Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC World Service News – October 14, 2000 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another day in the seemingly endless crisis in the Middle East, this October 14th, 2000. With news that PLO Leader Yassar Arafat agreed to a Summit to be
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Start of Arab-Israeli War (Yom Kippur War) – News reports – Oct. 6-7, 1973 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection 41-years ago, beginning on October 6th, 1973, Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israeli positions in Israeli-occupied territories. Egyptian and
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC News: Speaking Freely With Chaim Herzog – October 19, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the news earlier today of Sweden’s announcement of intention to recognize a Palestinian state, and the first nation in the EU to do so,
Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC News: Issues & Answers – Hafez al-Assad Interview -June 9, 1974 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As part of my ongoing series of interviews with historic Middle East figures of the past and present, here is an interview from the
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup + News On The Hour – August 21, 1980 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Busy news day, this August 21st in 1980. One filled with drama and uproar. Starting with news of outrage in Japan over tariffs
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Colin Edwards interviews a Spokesman for Al-Fatah – circa 1968 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In looking for as many historic aspects to this current state of conflict as possible, I ran across this rare interview, conducted by historian and journalist
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Meet The Press – Guest: Menachem Begin – Dec. 12, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection While the situation continues in Gaza and the Middle East, I’m going to try and offer as much background history as I can, going as
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – July 18, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As mad as the world seems this July 18th in 2014, it was just as mad – driven just as insane, this July 18th in 1994. Twenty years
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – June 20, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In what was characterized as the worst Earthquake ever to hit Iran, a 7.7 temblor hit Northern Iran in the middle of the night, leaving some 2,000 dead
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – May 13, 1994 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this May 13th in 1994 started off with a celebration. The Israeli occupation of the West Bank town of Jericho had come to an end.
