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Gaza Flotilla: Catching the Next Wave
Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:29:25 +0000

so-called activists from Iran, Turkey, Lebanon, Germany and several other countries are planning on sending waves of blockade-busting sea craft towards Gaza in coming days and weeks. In an exclusive interview, Dave Bender speaks with an American-Israeli maritime security expert who says Israel must take a harder, clearer tack in averting a humanitarian disaster in the [...]

“Childhood obesity is a growing problem in Georgia. According to the Georgia Department of Health, one in four third-graders is at risk for being overweight. Today in our childhood obesity series, Dave Bender travels to Mitchell County in south Georgia where one community is trying to reverse the trend.” By Dave Bender Reporter/Producer This feature won the [...]

Activist attorney, Nitzana Darshan-Leitner, of the Shurat Hadin Law Center talks with Dave Bender about what is increasingly being used as a courtroom cudgel against the Jewish State: “Lawfare,” and how she’s taking the legal battle against Israel to it’s foes.

“Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle” co-author, Saul Singer talks with Dave Bender about the recent Jerusalem Conference, and what America can learn from Israeli hi-tech business prowess.

Chad Harley, Founder and CEO of YouTube, presented Israeli President Shimon Peres with a plaque featuring original coding for the YouTube site, and the two discussed opportunities for using YouTube as a tool to foster free expression towards achieving peace. Peres talked about the potential for peace talks with Syria and related Middle East issues. The [...]

Now that Atlanta candidates Mary Norwood and Kasim Reed are in a runoff to see who will be the city’s next mayor, the challenge for the candidates will be to sustain voter interest in the race.

It’s been a bright, clear day for voters in the area. Officials at two Atlanta polling stations say turnout was moderate; but those who came to cast a ballot knew exactly why they were there. Dave Bender reports for WABE 90.1 FM. Officials at Dekalb County’s Briar Vista and Fulton County’s Morningside Elementary schools say voters [...]

A week of events celebrating Gay Pride 2009 culminated in a festive parade and concert in Atlanta’s Piedmont park on Sunday. Dave Bender was there for WABE 90.1 FM.

Against a background of water wars, drought, and flooding, Georgia state agencies and companies are meeting with water experts from Israel, who offer some solutions. (For WABE 90.1 FM).

Fervent supporters and opponents of a controversial immigration law faced off on a stormy Monday in Cobb County. (For WABE 90.1 FM) The competing groups are huddled against the pounding rain in two gazebos on opposite ends of Marietta Square. They’re here about Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement law, 287(g). The rule says police and sheriff’s departments [...]

Israel’s expertise in greening the desert with little water is legendary. Last year, Dave Bender spoke with officials at the 2008 Georgia Association of Water Professionals‘ annual confab. Keynote speaker, and water industry expert Avraham Israeli says if Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians can sit down and solve water issues - so can Georgia, Alabama and [...]

Solar power advocates want Georgians to use the sun to help meet the state’s growing energy needs. On Saturday, they’re showing off gear and on-site installations in Atlanta and statewide. Dave Bender reports for WABE 90.1 FM.

Four Atlanta mayoral candidates on Tuesday focused on the city’s proposed Beltline rail plan, in the latest of a series of public forums and debates. Dave Bender reports for WABE 90.1 FM.

Dekalb County officials held an emergency meeting Wednesday night to help flood-stricken residents: After the heavens poured out for five days, local residents responded in kind… Dave Bender was there. (For WABE 90.1 FM).

Candidates in Atlanta’s mayoralty race square off in a debate focusing on police and public safety. Much of the hour-long give-and-take among the four candidates hones in on the shootings and stickups, break-ins and rapes afflicting metro Atlanta. Dave Bender was there.

Atlanta supporters of President Barack Obama’s Congressional health care address, talk with Dave Bender at an open-air tv-rally.

Scott Shelar, head of the Construction Education Foundation of Georgia tells Dave Bender that good jobs and solid career choices abound in architecture and design, project management and construction in Georgia.

Georgia’s Center of Innovation for Manufacturing aims to foster growth and development among a wealth of Georgia businesses and service-providers. Dave Bender speak with two firms that are using that assistance to bring innovative products and services to the state. (For The Georgia Centers of Innovation)

[Georgia] Fourth District Democratic Congressman Hank Johnson chaired a standing-room-only health care townhall meeting Monday evening. Dave Bender reports. “I think we should stop thinking about what some politician wants or needs, and start thinking about what the majority of Americans need,” said Atlanta resident Minnie Ruffin, and well over a thousand others, who got their [...]

ACLU KOSHER WABE AIRDATE: 070709 DAVE BENDER TRT: 1:06 OUTRO: “….” The American Civil Liberties Union is filing suit over a state law they say infringes on a Marietta rabbi’s First Amendment rights. Dave Bender reports… Conservative rabbi Shalom Lewis of Congregation Etz Haim says the Kosher Food Labeling Act of 1980 keeps him [...]