{"id":2367,"date":"2008-02-11T10:08:58","date_gmt":"2008-02-11T18:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/?p=2367"},"modified":"2008-02-11T10:09:39","modified_gmt":"2008-02-11T18:09:39","slug":"israeli-siege-of-gaza-escalated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/2008\/02\/11\/israeli-siege-of-gaza-escalated\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Siege of Gaza Escalated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" border=0 src=\"graphics\/listen.gif\"\/> <ul class=\"inline-playlist playlist\" title=\"\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest-021108\/2008_02_11_piterberg.mp3\">Listen to  this segment <\/a><\/li><\/ul>| <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/DailyDigest-021108\/2008_02_11_uprising.MP3\">  the entire program<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=right width=45% src=\"http:\/\/d.yimg.com\/us.yimg.com\/p\/rids\/20080211\/i\/r4255053539.jpg?x=202&#038;y=345&#038;sig=Gxmf9tGbqOtVIAJGbKkFdg--\" alt=\"Gaza\" \/><em>GUEST: Gabriel Piterberg, Associate Professor of History at UCLA, author of the forthcoming book, &#8220;The Returns of Zionism.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Israeli officials vowed today to intensify an armed offensive against Gaza with the hopes of bringing down Hamas within months. The Israeli government also hinted at renewing political assassinations as Vice Premier Haim Ramon noted that the army should target Hamas leaders &#8220;directly or indirectly&#8221; involved in Qassam rocket attacks. Taking the threats seriously, major officials of Hamas have not made public appearances in several days. In addition to elevated military threats, Israel announced and implemented a reduction of electrical power last Friday to the Gaza Strip. Critics of the ongoing siege say that in addition to the decision to close border crossings, the further cuts in the energy amount to a collective punishment of the people of Gaza. According to a UN official, the siege has already resulted less access to food rations and running water in Palestinian homes, and the failure of proper wastewater treatment. Rolling blackouts were already a fact of life before the energy cuts. <\/p>\n<p><em>A Friends of Sabeel Conference: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Al-Nakba will take place on February 15 &#8211; 16, 2008 at All Saints Church, Pasadena (located at 132 N. Euclid Avenue).<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Registration:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fosna.org\">www.fosna.org<\/a>, or call 213-596-0845.<\/p>\n<p>Friday &#038; Saturday:<br \/>\n$70 General Admission, $40 Student\/Low Income <\/p>\n<p>One Day Only &#8211; Friday:<br \/>\n$35 General Admission, $20 Student\/Low Income<\/p>\n<p>One Day Only &#8211; Saturday:<br \/>\n$40 General Admission, $20 Student\/Low Income <\/p>\n<p>Register before February 10th, 2008 to ensure your participation and meals. Prices include, Friday Dinner, Saturday Continental Breakfast &#038; Lunch, and Parking. Childcare is available upon request. <\/p>\n<p>Keynote and Workshop Speakers include: <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gabriel Piterberg<br \/>\nRev. Dr. Naim Ateek<br \/>\nPhyllis Bennis<br \/>\nRev. Dr. Donald Wagner<br \/>\nAnna Baltzer<br \/>\nDr. Laila Al-Marayati<br \/>\nRev. Garth Hewitt<br \/>\nHussam Ayloush<br \/>\nRobert Massoud<br \/>\nNabila Espanioly<br \/>\nDr. Nadera Shaloub-Kervorkian<br \/>\nRizek Abu Sharr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>| the entire program GUEST: Gabriel Piterberg, Associate Professor of History at UCLA, author of the forthcoming book, &#8220;The Returns of Zionism.&#8221; Israeli officials vowed today to intensify an armed offensive against Gaza with the hopes of bringing down Hamas within months. The Israeli government also hinted at renewing political assassinations as Vice Premier Haim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-program"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uprisingradio.org\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}