This Week on GR
by C. L. Cook
 This week: Crowds in the Egyptian capital reacted to Israel's encroachment of their
territory and the killing of five Egyptian soldiers by surrounding the
Israeli Embassy, with one intrepid scaling the highrise housing it and
pulling down the Israeli flag. Typically, there was no international
condemnation of the Israeli attacks in Gaza, or the killing of civilians
there. In fact, Israel has lobbied the United Nations to draw up a
Security Council Presidential Statement condemning the attack in Eilat.
Saturday, Israel issued an apology to Egypt for the attack, but the
press, and most notably the Jerusalem Post, is condemning the Egyptians
for allowing terrorists passage across the Sinai. Now, the Israeli
regime and its allies in the press are calling into question the Sinai
agreement with Egypt, hinting at a re-annexation of the so-called
'Peninsula of Peace.'
Jon Elmer is a Canadian journalist and
photographer living in and reporting from Occupied Palestine. Jon's
reports are carried by Al Jazeera, the InterPress Service, and are
featured at other online forums. His work can also be found at his
website, JonElmer.com. Jon Elmer and Israel under attack in the first
half.
And; over the weekend, the Vancouver Sun featured the leaked "minutes"
of an internal BC Hydro conference call, where Hydro CEO, David Cobb
reportedly criticized the government's IPP, or Independent Power
Producers policy. Also known as the Run of Rivers program, or "Ruin of
Rivers" to its many opponents, the controversial plan was rammed through
the Legislature by the former Campbell government and effectively
divided what exists of an "environmental activist community" in British
Columbia. I spoke to David Cobb in July, asking directly about
contracting out power production in the province. Me and David Cobb in
the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher, and CFUV
broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft is back from her foray into the wilds of Vancouver Island's retirement country, and will join us with harrowing tales of her survival at the bottom of the hour. But first,
Jon Elmer and Assassins Across the Sinai.
Concerted attacks last week near the southern Israeli town of Eilat claimed fourteen lives, with more than thirty others wounded. Survivors say at least some of the estimated fifteen to twenty assailants were dressed in Egyptian military uniforms. In response to the attacks, the Israeli military flew into Egypt, reportedly in pursuit of fleeing terrorists, and attacked an Egyptian military unit, killing five and wounding several more. Egyptian border police too encountered the suspected attackers, shooting dead five of them. Since, the Israeli Defense Force has bombed the Gaza Strip, killing as many as fifteen and wounding scores more. Israel says the attackers came from the Popular Resistance Committee in the Gaza Strip, though no group in Gaza has claimed responsibility for the "operation."
Crowds in the Egyptian capital reacted to Israel's encroachment of their territory and the deaths of the five soldiers by surrounding the Israeli Embassy, with one intrepid scaling the highrise housing it and pulling down the Israeli flag. Typically, there was no international condemnation of the Israeli attacks in Gaza, or the killing of civilians there. In fact, Israel has lobbied the United Nations to draw up a Security Council Presidential Statement condemning the attack in Eilat. Saturday, Israel issued an apology to Egypt for the attack, but the press, and most notably the Jerusalem Post, is condemning the Egyptians for allowing terrorists passage across the Sinai. Now, the Israeli regime and its allies in the press are calling into question the Sinai agreement with Egypt, hinting at a re-annexation of the so-called 'Peninsula of Peace.'
Jon Elmer is a Canadian journalist and photographer living in and reporting from Occupied Palestine. Jon's reports are carried by Al Jazeera, the InterPress Service, and are featured at other online forums. His work can also be found at his website, JonElmer.com. Jon Elmer and Israel under attack in the first half.
And; over the weekend, the Vancouver Sun featured the leaked "minutes" of an internal BC Hydro conference call, where Hydro CEO, David Cobb reportedly criticized the government's IPP, or Independent Power Producers policy. Also known as the Run of Rivers program, or "Ruin of Rivers" to its many opponents, the controversial plan was rammed through the Legislature by the former Campbell government and effectively divided what exists of an "environmental activist community" in British Columbia. I spoke to David Cobb in July, asking directly about contracting out power production in the province. Me and David Cobb in the second half.
And; Victoria Street Newz publisher, and CFUV broadcaster, Janine Bandcroft is back from her foray into the wilds of the Vancouver Island's retirement country, and will join us with her harrowing tales of her survival at the bottom of the hour. But first, Jon Elmer and Assassins Across the Sinai.
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