Canada’s only radio show dedicated solely to Palestine, Under The Olive Tree covers various news and topics related to Palestine and the Palestine-solidarity movement in Quebec and beyond. On the air since 2006.

Under The Olive Tree airs live on CKUT every Thursday from 11am to 12pm, and re-aired the same day on CFRC in Kingston, Ontario, at 4pm.

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November 3, 2022: COVID-19 in Palestine

COVID-19 IN PALESTINE: For the last few weeks we've been airing on Under the Olive Tree great COVID-19 related interviews created by various Palestine-solidarity platforms and groups. So If you want to learn more about the situation in Palestine in relation to this pandemic, here's a list of informative interviews so far:

** -Are Palestinians in Gaza dismissing the potential health crisis that COVID-19 can cause in the besieged strip? Did a decade-long siege desensitized Gazans to crises? Interview by Status/الوضع with 2 health workers from the Gaza strip.: https://soundcloud.com/sta.../politics-in-the-time-of-conora

** -What's the current situation in Gaza in terms of the availability of medical equipment, ventilators, PPE, testing kits and trained medical staff? Interview by the The Electronic Intifada podcast with Health Chair of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society of the Gaza Strip, Dr. Mona El-Farra: https://soundcloud.com/intifada/dr-mona-el-farra-26-march

** - Did the COVID-19 crisis exasperate the impact of the occupation in the Occupied Territories, and helped reinforce the security apparatus in Israel? Interviews conducted by Independent Jewish Voices Canada with Palestinian Lawyer, Diana Buttu, and Editor-in-chief of +972 Magazine, Edo Konrad: https://youtu.be/iUGhsfSvw7s

** - How COVID-19 cases started in Palestine and what was the initial measures taken by the PA? Interview by Mondoweiss with Betlehem-based Journalist, Yumna Patel: https://youtu.be/R1Lw6R9zMdU ****

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