Palestine

Palestine (Arabic: فلسطين‎ Filasṭīn), officially the State of Palestine (Arabic: دولة فلسطين‎ Dawlat Filasṭīn), is a de jure sovereign state in the Middle East comprising currently of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The latter is currently controlled by Hamas (an organisation that is alligned to the Muslim Brotherhood) and the former by the PLO (Palestinian Liberation Organisation, a secular organisation), which controls a small amount of the West Bank, whilst the rest is controlled by Israel. The State of Palestine is recognized by 136 UN members and since 2012 has a status of a non-member observer state in the United Nations – which amounts to a de facto, or implicit, recognition of statehood. It is a member of the Arab League, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, G77, and the International Olympic Committee.

Links To Peel
Peel played tracks from the Palestine - Music Of The Intifada compilation album in 1989, which raised awareness of the Palestinians fight against the Israelis that was released by VENTURE, a recors label launched by Virgin. He did not express his opinions on the subject when playing the songs on the radio, but did came close to publically discussing it when he interviewed Robert Wyatt on Sounds Of The Suburbs: Humberside, where Wyatt described local authority ambitions in removing homes in his neighbourhood and converting them to a caravan park as Palestinians huddling in the West Bank waiting to be moved out.

Palestine Compilation
(LP - Palestine - Music Of The Intifada) VENTURE
 * 1989
 * 06 February 1989: Sabaya Al Intifada : Min Al Mukhayyam Toulad Al Ru´aya
 * 07 February 1989: In A'd Rifaki: Al Raba'yye
 * 08 February 1989: In A'd Rifaki: Al Kassam Al Filistini
 * 14 February 1989: Abnaa El-Balad: Ajrass Al Intisar
 * 01 March 1989: Palestinian Student Karmel Group: Watania Laysa Hakiba
 * 06 March 1989: Muhiddine Al Baghdadi: Al Fajir