1 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: All Zone Media. Hello, this is it could happen here 2 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:11,080 Speaker 1: and I am Sharene Today we have an update for 3 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: you about what is happening in Palestine. There is a 4 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,080 Speaker 1: lot that is happening in Palestine, way way too much 5 00:00:18,120 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: to cover in a single podcast episode, but I hope 6 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,439 Speaker 1: this at least gives you a general idea of where 7 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: we currently stand, just for clarity and context. I am 8 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: recording this on Tuesday, March twelfth, so any numbers I mention, 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 1: unfortunately and probably are different. Now at this point, there 10 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 1: have been over five months of bombardment and genocide and 11 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 1: this has caused a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, with children 12 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:48,800 Speaker 1: starving to death due to malnutrition and dehydration as Israel 13 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:53,160 Speaker 1: has imposed restrictions on aid deliveries to Gaza. Five months 14 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: of genocide on top of more than a decade and 15 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:59,080 Speaker 1: a half of blockade, have caused relentless mental harm to 16 00:00:59,160 --> 00:01:02,320 Speaker 1: children in Gaza. According to a report released by Save 17 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: the Children on Tuesday, twenty five Palestinians in Graza including 18 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,639 Speaker 1: out these, twenty children and a two month old baby, 19 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:14,280 Speaker 1: have died of malnutrition and dehydration. According to the Palestinian 20 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: Ministry of Health, the true death toll due to starvation 21 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 1: is feared to be much higher, as many Palestinians, particularly 22 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: in northern Gaza, face famine and are almost entirely cut 23 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: off from the severely limited humanitarian aid which is entering 24 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 1: Gaza through the southern Rapah crossing. Many Israelis have also 25 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: been blocking aid from entering Gaza. A group of Israeli 26 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 1: protesters have been blocking AID trucks from crossing into the 27 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: Gaza Strip for weeks now, vowing that quote not a 28 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: single loaf of bread should reach those trapped in the 29 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 1: tiny region of the Gaza Strip until all remaining hostages 30 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: are released. The area around Karam Shalom, which is Israel's 31 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: only functioning border crossing with Gaza, is a closed military zone, 32 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: but the IOF officers and their presence there hardly deters 33 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,720 Speaker 1: the dozens of protesters, who are mostly settlers, families of hostages, 34 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: and deactivated military reservists. It does not deter them from 35 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:14,239 Speaker 1: trekking through the area and protesting in an attempt to 36 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: slow AID trucks from entering Razza. I'm noticing right now 37 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:23,040 Speaker 1: that I'm interchangeably using Gaza and Razza. Raza's just how 38 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:28,320 Speaker 1: you say in Arabic, sofyi if I jump around my apologies. 39 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: On the ground, CNN recorded an interview with protester w Sharon. 40 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 1: She pointed to an AID truck convoy and said this 41 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: arrives into the tunnels of Hamas, fighting us and holding 42 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 1: our hostages. There is no evidence that the majority of AID, 43 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:50,360 Speaker 1: including food and medical supplies, is going to Hamas. Sharon 44 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,600 Speaker 1: and her fellow protesters are demanding that AIDS stop entering Gaza, 45 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:58,679 Speaker 1: where over thirty thousand people have now been killed according 46 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 1: to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, with people at an 47 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 1: increasing risk of starvation. Another protester named Katya said they 48 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 1: should only get the minimum calories to survive if they 49 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 1: are starving to death, give the hostages back. Not a 50 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 1: single loaf of bread should go there till our hostages 51 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: are coming back. When questioned about the scale of human 52 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: suffering in Gaza, Katya seemed unmoved. She said, even if 53 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 1: there is a humanitarian crisis, and there is not, it 54 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:31,919 Speaker 1: is my right and my duty to prioritize the Kiffeiti 55 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:36,600 Speaker 1: Bibas over any Gazen babies. Kiffitabibas is a one year 56 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: old who is being held hostage along with the baby's parents. 57 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: So that's what she's referring to, prioritizing Israeli babies over 58 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 1: Palestinian babies. Very little AID has made it into Palestine, 59 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,520 Speaker 1: and perhaps nothing captures what the US and Israel actually are. 60 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 1: Then a picture that has been making the rounds on 61 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:02,160 Speaker 1: social media recently. It's a photographs showing US AID drops 62 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,040 Speaker 1: and Israeli air strikes targeting civilian areas in northern Gaza, 63 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 1: happening at the same time, falling on the rubble of 64 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: destroyed buildings. The AID and the air strikes dropping at 65 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: the same moment is dystopian and beyond fucked up. Since 66 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,599 Speaker 1: October seventh, Israel has also shut off entry of food, water, 67 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: and medicine, as well as other supplies from entering Gaza, 68 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 1: only allowing a trickle of AID trucks through two crossings 69 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:33,000 Speaker 1: in the south. Israel has blamed the starvation that Palestinians 70 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: are enduring in Gaza on UN agencies, saying that they 71 00:04:36,560 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: fail to distribute supplies piling up at Gaza crossings. The UNRWA, 72 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: which is the largest UN agency in Gaza, says Israel 73 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: restricts goods and imposes cumbersome inspections that slow entry of aid. Also, 74 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 1: distribution within Gaza has been crippled. Un officials say. They 75 00:04:54,839 --> 00:04:58,200 Speaker 1: say that convoys regularly are turned back by Israeli forces 76 00:04:58,560 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: and that the military often reached fuses safe passage amid fighting, 77 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:04,279 Speaker 1: and that the AD does not get to the people 78 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: that need it the most, often being grabbed from trucks 79 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 1: by hungry Palestinians en route to the drop off points. 80 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: Recent air drops of aid by the US and other 81 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: countries provide far lower amounts of AID than truck deliveries, 82 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 1: which have become increasingly more rare, and they're also sometimes dangerous. 83 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 1: The UNRWA says that Israeli authorities haven't allowed it to 84 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 1: deliver supplies to the north of Gaza since January twenty third. 85 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: The World Food Organization, which had paused deliveries because of 86 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:37,440 Speaker 1: safety concerns, said the military forced its first convoy to 87 00:05:37,480 --> 00:05:40,359 Speaker 1: the north in two weeks to turn back on Tuesday. 88 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,679 Speaker 1: Jarine from the Future is here just for this quick update. 89 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: Yesterday Wednesday, Israeli forces hit a food distribution center and 90 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:53,720 Speaker 1: aid's center in Raphach. The UNRWA said that one of 91 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: their staff members were killed and twenty two others were injured, 92 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 1: and it said up to sixty people were believed to 93 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,200 Speaker 1: have been working there when it was hit. Those killed 94 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: were said to be a fifteen year old boy and 95 00:06:04,200 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 1: four men who were between twenty seven and fifty years old. 96 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 1: Rafai resident Sami Abu Salim said it's a UNRWA center 97 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: expected to be secure. Some came to work to distribute 98 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,479 Speaker 1: aid to the people in need of food during the 99 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:22,320 Speaker 1: holy month of Ramadan. Suddenly they were struck by two missiles. 100 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 1: The un r WA chief Philippe Lazzarini said in a 101 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:30,920 Speaker 1: statement that it was one of the very few UNWA 102 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,840 Speaker 1: distribution centers that was still operating in Gaza after these 103 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,240 Speaker 1: five months of genocide. He said this attack comes as 104 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: food supplies are running out, Hunger is widespread and in 105 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: some areas turning into famine every day. We shared the 106 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:48,200 Speaker 1: coordinates of all of our facilities across the Gaza Strip 107 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 1: with parties to the conflict. The Israeli Army received the coordinates, 108 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:57,479 Speaker 1: including this facility yesterday. Since October, the un r WA 109 00:06:57,600 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: says at least one hundred and sixty five of its 110 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 1: eighteen thousand employees in Gaza have been killed, and that 111 00:07:03,120 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 1: more than one hundred and fifty of its facilities have 112 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: been hit by Israeli forces. Here are the latest casualty 113 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: figures as of March thirteenth, at twelve forty pm. In Gaza, 114 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 1: there are at least thirty one thousand, two hundred and 115 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: seventy two people who have been killed. Of those, there 116 00:07:22,160 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 1: are twelve thousand and three hundred children who have been killed, 117 00:07:25,200 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 1: as well as eight thousand, four hundred women who have 118 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: been killed. There are more than seventy three thousand and 119 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: twenty four people who have been injured, including eight thousand 120 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:37,040 Speaker 1: and six hundred and sixty three children who have been 121 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 1: injured and six thousand, three hundred and twenty seven women 122 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: who have been injured. There are more than eight thousand 123 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 1: Palestinians who are missing in Gaza. The latest figures from 124 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: the Palestinian Ministry of Health for the occupied West Bank 125 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 1: is as follows. At least four hundred and thirty two 126 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: people have been killed, including more than one hundred and 127 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: fifteen children. There are more than four thousand, six hundred 128 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: and fifty Palestinians who have been injured in the West Bank. 129 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 1: In Israel, officials have revised the death toll from October 130 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 1: seventh from one thousand, four hundred and five to one thousand, 131 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:15,960 Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty nine. As far as the injured go, 132 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 1: in Israel, there are at least eight thousand, seven hundred 133 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: and thirty people who have been injured, according to the 134 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 1: latest data from the UN's Office for the Coordination of 135 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 1: Humanitarian Affairs, the World Health Organization, as well as the 136 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 1: Palestinian government. As of February twenty five, Israeli attacks have 137 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:35,600 Speaker 1: damaged more than half of Gaza's homes. Three hundred and 138 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 1: sixty thousand residential units have been destroyed or damaged. There 139 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 1: have been three hundred and ninety two educational facilities that 140 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:46,839 Speaker 1: have been destroyed, including all universities. Twelve out of the 141 00:08:46,880 --> 00:08:50,960 Speaker 1: thirty five hospitals are partially functioning. One hundred and thirty 142 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 1: two ground water wells have been damaged or destroyed. Two 143 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty seven places of worship have also been destroyed. 144 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:05,480 Speaker 1: We want to emphasize how damaging starvation is and famine is. 145 00:09:06,120 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: Starvation causes long lasting damage to the body. Large numbers 146 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 1: of people in Gaza are experiencing malnutrition. Studies of famines 147 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: in other countries show that famines can have long lasting 148 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: impacts on people's health and even that of their descendants. 149 00:09:23,960 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 1: A new type of video has been circulating online from 150 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 1: the Raza Strip footage showing families baking quote unquote bread 151 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: which is made from bird seed, eating weeds, and giving 152 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: newborn babies dat to suck on instead of milk. The 153 00:09:38,640 --> 00:09:43,240 Speaker 1: Accountability Program director at Defense for Children International Palestine said, 154 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 1: it is unthinkable that in twenty twenty four, in a 155 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 1: world that produces more than enough food for all people, 156 00:09:50,320 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: that Palestinian children are starving to death. The starvation of 157 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: children is a hallmark of genocide and a deliberate political 158 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:01,959 Speaker 1: choice by Israel, backed by the Biden administration. It is 159 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: complete madness that Israeli authorities continue to prohibit and restrict 160 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 1: food and other life saving supplies to a starving population 161 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: while the international community stands by. Palestinians in Gaza started 162 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:19,679 Speaker 1: to experience chronic hunger within weeks of October seventh. At 163 00:10:19,679 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: this point in time, Israeli strikes have killed more than 164 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:26,840 Speaker 1: thirty thousand Palestinians, and this is according to Gaza's Ministry 165 00:10:26,840 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 1: of Health. The death tolls that come out of the 166 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: Palestinian Ministry of Health. They account for Palestinians who die 167 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,400 Speaker 1: at hospitals or whose families report their deaths to the Ministry. 168 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:40,800 Speaker 1: Due to the telecommunications blackout, the collapse of the medical system, 169 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 1: Israeli ground invasion, and continued Israeli aerial bombardment, many Palestinians 170 00:10:46,120 --> 00:10:49,120 Speaker 1: are not able to reach hospitals and so this number 171 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:53,080 Speaker 1: is likely far far greater than it actually is. And 172 00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 1: as I mentioned, Israeli authorities have repeatedly blocked and severely 173 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 1: restricted any humanitarian aid from entering Gaza. On Tuesday, Israeli 174 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 1: forces attacked Palestinians who were waiting for aid trucks at 175 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,079 Speaker 1: the Kuwait roundabout south of Gaza City and they killed 176 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:11,880 Speaker 1: seven people. Keep in mind, this is after what has 177 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:16,000 Speaker 1: become known as the Flower Massacre. On February twenty ninth, 178 00:11:16,080 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 1: the Israeli Occupation Forces AA the IOF killed at least 179 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 1: one hundred and eighteen Palestinians who were attempting to get 180 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 1: aid from a convoy in Gaza City. In this Flower massacre. 181 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,080 Speaker 1: Along with the one hundred and eighteen Palestinians who were 182 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 1: shot and killed, at least seven hundred and fifty additional 183 00:11:33,400 --> 00:11:37,040 Speaker 1: Palestinians were injured. They were just trying to get food 184 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: from the aid trucks to feed their family. The United 185 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 1: States recently delivered two air drops of aid alongside the 186 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: Dardanian military into northern Gaza. The air drops contained a 187 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 1: total of seventy four thousand, eight hundred meals, and this 188 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,760 Speaker 1: was widely criticized as a public relations move because the 189 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:59,599 Speaker 1: Biden administration is still clearly complicit in Israel's genocide of Palestinians. 190 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 1: International criminal law prohibits serious atrocities, including core crimes of genocide, 191 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: the crime of aggression, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, 192 00:12:10,559 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 1: and provides for individual criminal responsibility for perpetrators. The crime 193 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:18,839 Speaker 1: of genocide constitutes the deliberate killing of a large number 194 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 1: of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with 195 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:25,360 Speaker 1: the aim of destroying that nation or group in whole 196 00:12:25,520 --> 00:12:29,360 Speaker 1: or in part. Genocide can result from killing or by 197 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:33,960 Speaker 1: creating conditions of life that are so unbearable. Intentionally using 198 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,680 Speaker 1: starvation of civilians as a method of warfare is an 199 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: underlying act of genocide, and it amounts to a war crime. 200 00:12:42,240 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 1: I've said this before on this podcast. I'll say it again, 201 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:48,840 Speaker 1: but At this point, international law means nothing. I mean, 202 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:51,240 Speaker 1: it hasn't been anything for a long time. Nothing happens 203 00:12:51,240 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 1: with Israel continues to break international law, so that phrase 204 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:58,439 Speaker 1: is a little empty to me when they are in 205 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:02,920 Speaker 1: violation of international law. But here we are, and it 206 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: should be noted that starvation of civilians also contributes and 207 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:09,800 Speaker 1: is an active genocide. I've talked about why this is 208 00:13:09,840 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: genocide in other episodes, but it's a clear ACTI of 209 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:17,160 Speaker 1: genocide what Israel is doing to Palestinians, and many scholars 210 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 1: agree with that. Anyway, let's continue. As weeks of blockades 211 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: on food and other aid have turned into months, starvation 212 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:30,680 Speaker 1: has reached historic proportions. One recent report by the Global 213 00:13:30,760 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: Nutrition Cluster, which is a United Nations Children's Fund, a 214 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:39,560 Speaker 1: UNISEF led partnership of humanitarian organizations. It found that in 215 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 1: December of twenty twenty three in January of twenty twenty four, 216 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: nine and ten children under the age of two and 217 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:50,560 Speaker 1: more than nine and ten pregnant and breastfeeding women surveyed 218 00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:54,560 Speaker 1: had consumed two or fewer food groups in the previous day. 219 00:13:55,640 --> 00:14:00,719 Speaker 1: This situation is considered severe food poverty. Two thirds of 220 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 1: households were eating just once a day, if at all. 221 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: In the northern Gaza Strip, one in six babies and 222 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:12,960 Speaker 1: toddlers were acutely malnourished. Aid organizations say that these numbers 223 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,960 Speaker 1: today are likely to be far, far worse, and that 224 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: the rapid onset and complexity of Gaza's food crisis is unprecedented. 225 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: Ted Chaiban is the Deputy Executive Director for Humanitarian Action 226 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:29,760 Speaker 1: and Supply Operations at UNICEF. He said in a recent statement, 227 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 1: the Gaza Strip is poised to witness and explosion in 228 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: preventable child deaths. If the conflict does not end now, 229 00:14:38,640 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 1: children's nutrition will continue to plummet, leading to preventable deaths 230 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:46,760 Speaker 1: or health issues which will affect the children of Gaza 231 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: for the rest of their lives and have potential intergenerational consequences. 232 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: There are nearly two point two million people living in 233 00:14:55,040 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 1: the Gaza Strip, nearly half of whom are children, nearly 234 00:14:58,840 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: one hundred and sixty million. I mean other people worldwide 235 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: are facing hunger, including millions of people in Somalia, Afghanistan 236 00:15:06,160 --> 00:15:10,800 Speaker 1: and Sudan. The short term health consequences of food scarcity 237 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: have been studied extensively in children, an especially vulnerable group. 238 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: Severe acute malnutrition can lead to muscle wasting, stunted growth, 239 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 1: and medical complications including sepsis, meningitis, diarrhea, and severe anemia. Worldwide, 240 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,760 Speaker 1: nearly half of all deaths of children less than five 241 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 1: years of age are linked to malnutrition. A growing body 242 00:15:35,960 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: of research is finding that even if these children return 243 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 1: to normal nutrition levels, a period of acute malnutrition can 244 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 1: lead to long lasting damage later in life, and it 245 00:15:46,280 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: may impact future generations. This is one of many examples 246 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:54,200 Speaker 1: of why Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people isn't just 247 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 1: about death and the lives they've destroyed and the land 248 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:02,920 Speaker 1: that they've taken. Israel's genocide is also about robbing Palestinians 249 00:16:02,960 --> 00:16:07,160 Speaker 1: of any livable future, affecting generations with Palestinians to come. 250 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 1: And they've done this since nineteen forty eight. That's why 251 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,800 Speaker 1: it's no accident when children are targeted by the IOF, 252 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:17,760 Speaker 1: when they're starving or when they're shot. They are murdered 253 00:16:17,800 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 1: as a way to prevent Palestinians from having a future 254 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: or having any hope. We see how the IOF shoots 255 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:28,480 Speaker 1: children with the intention to kill. There are many many 256 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:32,440 Speaker 1: examples of this, but here's a recent example. Two children 257 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,520 Speaker 1: were killed in November in the West Bank. Adam Samir 258 00:16:35,600 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: el Rul, eight years old, was shot in the head. 259 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 1: Bazez ude Man Abu Edwafa, fifteen years old, was shot 260 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:49,280 Speaker 1: in the chest. These children were both murdered and shot 261 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 1: with the intention to kill. The Israeli military and border 262 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: police forces have been killing Palestinian children with virtually no 263 00:16:56,840 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: recourse for accountability for decades. Back in August of twenty 264 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: twenty three. Well before October seventh of twenty twenty three, 265 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:09,399 Speaker 1: Bill van Esfeld, who was the Associate Children's Rights Director 266 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:13,920 Speaker 1: at Human Rights Watch, said Israeli forces are gunning down 267 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:20,440 Speaker 1: Palestinian children living under occupation with increasing frequency. Unless Israel's allies, 268 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 1: particularly the United States, pressure Israel to change course, more 269 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:29,639 Speaker 1: Palestinian children will be killed. And that is exactly what 270 00:17:29,800 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 1: has been happening. Many, many more Palestinian children have been killed, 271 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:39,840 Speaker 1: all preventable. Human Rights Watch researchers and documenting four killings 272 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: that happened, interviewed in person, seven witnesses, nine family members 273 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 1: and other residents, lawyers, doctors, staff and field workers at 274 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 1: Palestinian and Israeli rights groups as well as reviews CCTV 275 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: footage and videos that were posted on social media, as 276 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 1: well as statements by Israeli security agencies, medical records, and 277 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: news reports. In all cases that they researched, Israeli forces 278 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 1: shot the children's upper bodies without, according to witnesses, issuing warnings, 279 00:18:08,240 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: or using common less lethal measures like tear gas, concussion 280 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:15,719 Speaker 1: grenades or rubber coated bullets. I also want to draw 281 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,520 Speaker 1: attention to how this genocide is also a mass disabling 282 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 1: event that will harm an entire generation and make them 283 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 1: reliant on infrastructure that does not physically exist. More than 284 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:30,359 Speaker 1: ten children a day lose a limb in Gaza, and 285 00:18:30,440 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 1: this is from the source to save the children. At 286 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,840 Speaker 1: least seventeen thousand children, which is one percent of Gaza's 287 00:18:36,880 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: overall displaced population of one point seven million, have now 288 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,760 Speaker 1: been orphaned in the Gaza Strip and the number of 289 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 1: children who have been killed in Gaza. This number is 290 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:52,520 Speaker 1: now reaching thirteen thousand children. The number of children reported 291 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:55,840 Speaker 1: killed in just four months in Gaza is higher than 292 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,280 Speaker 1: the number of children killed in four years of war 293 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:04,120 Speaker 1: around the world combined. Let's take an ad break and 294 00:19:05,240 --> 00:19:19,399 Speaker 1: we'll be right back and we are back in the 295 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: twenty four hours between Sunday, March tenth and Monday, March eleventh, 296 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:27,200 Speaker 1: during which the vast majority of Americans were busy watching 297 00:19:27,240 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: the stupid fucking oscars, seven massacres were committed by Israeli 298 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: occupation forces against families in Laza, killing sixty seven Palestinians 299 00:19:36,840 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 1: and injuring one hundred and six others. This happened as 300 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 1: people were distracted by watching this dumb display of nothing. 301 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:50,280 Speaker 1: Palestinians are continuing to be murdered. And as for where 302 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:53,640 Speaker 1: things currently stand right now, there are more than one 303 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:56,960 Speaker 1: point seven million civilians who are trapped in the Rephah, 304 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,720 Speaker 1: which is Gaza's last place of refuge, right on the south, 305 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:04,000 Speaker 1: on the southern border. And this is after Israel kept 306 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:07,520 Speaker 1: telling Palestinians to go south because of these quote unquote 307 00:20:07,520 --> 00:20:10,800 Speaker 1: safe zones that were clearly not safe at all. A 308 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:13,199 Speaker 1: massacre is happening in the Dephah right now, and the 309 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 1: world is silent. And to make matters worse, not that 310 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 1: they can get any worse, Israeli Prime Ministers Benjamin and 311 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:23,119 Speaker 1: Yahoo says that he intends to press ahead with the 312 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:27,360 Speaker 1: invasion of the city of Raphach Joe Biden useless warned 313 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: that the offensive would be a quote red line. But 314 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 1: as we know, a slap on the wrist for Israel 315 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,480 Speaker 1: means absolutely nothing, and they continue to act with impunity, 316 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 1: without any repercussions. When asked on Sunday whether Israeli forces 317 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: would move into Nan Yahu replied, we'll go there. We're 318 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,159 Speaker 1: not going to leave them. You know, I have a 319 00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:50,399 Speaker 1: red line, and you know what the red line is 320 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:54,000 Speaker 1: that October seven does not happen again. It never happens again. 321 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: He also dismissed the idea of a ceasefire for Ramadan, 322 00:20:58,680 --> 00:21:01,479 Speaker 1: saying that he would like to say, see another hostage release, 323 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:03,840 Speaker 1: because without a release, there's not going to be a 324 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 1: pause in the fighting. And he also doubled down on 325 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:10,800 Speaker 1: his rejection of the possibility of a Palestinian state. He 326 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:14,000 Speaker 1: says the positions that I es bows are supported by 327 00:21:14,040 --> 00:21:17,120 Speaker 1: the overwhelming majority of Israelis who say to you, after 328 00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: October seventh, we don't want to see a Palestinian state. 329 00:21:21,520 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: The Israeli people also support my position that says that 330 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 1: we should resoundingly reject the attempts to ram down our throats. 331 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 1: A Palestinian state that is something they agree. On the 332 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:36,400 Speaker 1: evening of Sunday, March tenth was also the first day 333 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 1: of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. Tarak Ahmad, who 334 00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,840 Speaker 1: is the UK Minister of State responsible for relations to 335 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: the Middle East, to North Africa and the UN, on 336 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:50,919 Speaker 1: Monday he urged Israel to quote allow unhindered access to 337 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 1: Jerusalem's holy sites during Ramadan. What has Israel done since then? 338 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: You may ask, well, Israel has put up a barbed 339 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:03,359 Speaker 1: wire fence around Theluxamosque, something it hasn't done since nineteen 340 00:22:03,400 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 1: sixty seven. Israel erected barbed wire on a fence around 341 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 1: the Lions Gate area adjacent to Theluximosque complex and occupied 342 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:16,320 Speaker 1: East Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Governor's office itself said in a 343 00:22:16,359 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 1: statement on Monday, this is a dangerous precedent that has 344 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:24,919 Speaker 1: never occurred since nineteen sixty seven. The Lions Gate, also 345 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:29,320 Speaker 1: known as Bab Adasabat, is located within Jerusalem's Old City 346 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 1: and is one of the main gates leading to Theluxamosque. 347 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 1: Israel clearly aims to prevent Palestinians from entering Uximosque during 348 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:41,960 Speaker 1: the holy month of Ramadan. Israeli forces have also imposed 349 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:45,800 Speaker 1: a strict siege on Theluxamosque for the past five months, 350 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: preventing entry into it. On Sunday night, Israeli forces prevented 351 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: hundreds of Palestinians from entering the Mosque to perform the Tetawekh, 352 00:22:55,320 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: a special night of prayers during the holy month of Ramadan. 353 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: Be a Palestinian man near Bab a Zehara one of 354 00:23:03,320 --> 00:23:07,480 Speaker 1: the gates leading to the mosque before detaining him. Soldiers 355 00:23:07,560 --> 00:23:11,680 Speaker 1: also reportedly detained an Eluxamosque guard from the Old City 356 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: of Jerusalem. Continuing along with the news from just this week, 357 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:19,840 Speaker 1: on Monday, Israeli forces arrested six Palestinian boys from the 358 00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:25,000 Speaker 1: town of Saella, northeast of occupied Jerusalem. Video footage showed 359 00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:28,199 Speaker 1: a group of Israeli soldiers tying the Palestinians with a 360 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 1: rope and dragging them in a humiliating manner through the 361 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 1: streets of Essaella. You see this in this footage. They 362 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:40,880 Speaker 1: wrangle them and treat them like fucking cattle. Worse than 363 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: fucking cattle. They're treated worse than animals. And the entire 364 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,479 Speaker 1: world is witnessing this and what it's absolutely sickening to 365 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,840 Speaker 1: me is that so many Americans would probably care more 366 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 1: about a dead dog than about a dead Palestinian. And 367 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:57,840 Speaker 1: if that sentence made you uncomfortable, well it's supposed to. 368 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:01,960 Speaker 1: Palestinians have not been or depicted as human for so 369 00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 1: long that it's just become normal. But it is not normal. 370 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,960 Speaker 1: In Palestinian life matters just as much as any other. 371 00:24:22,320 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 1: I want to also take a moment to talk about 372 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 1: what's happening in the West Bank. According to Amnesty International, 373 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,760 Speaker 1: Israeli forces have unleashed a brutal wave of violence against 374 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: Palestinians and the occupied West Bank in the last five months, 375 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 1: carrying out unlawful killings, including by using lethal force without 376 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:44,480 Speaker 1: necessity or disproportionately during protests and arrest raids, as well 377 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: as denying medical assistance to those injured. The organization investigated 378 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:53,960 Speaker 1: four emblematic cases where Israeli forces used unlawful lethal force, 379 00:24:54,520 --> 00:24:58,200 Speaker 1: three incidents in October and one in November, which resulted 380 00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: in the unlawful killing of twenty p Palestinians, including seven children. 381 00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: Researchers remotely interviewed twelve people, ten of them eyewitnesses, including 382 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:12,720 Speaker 1: first responders and local residents. The organization's Crisis Evidence Lab 383 00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:17,760 Speaker 1: verified nineteen videos and four photos in examining these four incidents. 384 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:24,639 Speaker 1: Amnesty International's research also found that Israeli forces obstructed medical 385 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: assistance to people with life threatening wounds, as well as 386 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:33,480 Speaker 1: attacked those attempting to assist injured Palestinians, including paramedics. Since 387 00:25:33,520 --> 00:25:37,560 Speaker 1: October seventh, Israeli forces have stepped up raids, carrying them 388 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:40,880 Speaker 1: out almost daily across the occupied West Bank and what 389 00:25:40,920 --> 00:25:45,479 Speaker 1: it describes as search and arrest operations. In one recent 390 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 1: incident that you may have seen online, Israeli forces carried 391 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:54,160 Speaker 1: out arrayed masquerading as medical staff. In twenty twenty three, 392 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 1: at least five hundred and seven Palestinians were killed in 393 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:01,760 Speaker 1: the West Bank, including eighty one children, making it the 394 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,399 Speaker 1: deadliest year for Palestinians since the United Nations Office for 395 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 1: the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs began recording casualties in two 396 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:15,159 Speaker 1: thousand and five. Erica Guavera Rosas, Amnesty International Director of 397 00:26:15,160 --> 00:26:19,879 Speaker 1: Global Research, Advocacy and Policy, said under the cover of 398 00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 1: the relentless bombardment and atrocity crimes in Gaza, Israeli forces 399 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 1: have unleashed unlawful lethal force against Palestinians in the occupied 400 00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 1: West Bank, carrying out unlawful killings and displaying a chilling 401 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 1: disregard for Palestinian lives. These unlawful killings are a blatant 402 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:41,879 Speaker 1: violation of international human rights law and are committed with 403 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:47,119 Speaker 1: impunity in the context of maintaining Israel's institutionalized regime of 404 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: systematic oppression and domination over Palestinians. These cases provide shocking 405 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:58,639 Speaker 1: evidence of the deadly consequences of Israel's unlawful use of 406 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 1: force against Palestinian in the West Bank. Israeli authorities, including 407 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:07,959 Speaker 1: the Israeli judicial system, have proven shamefully unwilling to ensure 408 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 1: justice for Palestinian victims. In this climate of near total impunity, 409 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:17,119 Speaker 1: an international justice system worth its salt must step in. 410 00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,720 Speaker 1: The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court must investigate these 411 00:27:21,800 --> 00:27:25,520 Speaker 1: killings and injuries as possible war crimes of wilful killing 412 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 1: and wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury. The situation 413 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,639 Speaker 1: in Palestine. In Israel is a litmus test for the 414 00:27:33,720 --> 00:27:37,840 Speaker 1: legitimacy and reputation of the Court. It cannot afford to 415 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:42,199 Speaker 1: fail it. Since October seventh, across the West Bank. Israeli 416 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:46,240 Speaker 1: security forces use of unlawful force during law enforcement operations 417 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:51,520 Speaker 1: has been unrelenting, sowing fear and intimidation among entire communities. 418 00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: It has also been used to disperse rallies and protests 419 00:27:55,800 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 1: held in solidarity with Gaza and demanding the release of 420 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:04,479 Speaker 1: Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Between October seventh and December thirty one, 421 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: of twenty twenty three, two hundred and ninety nine Palestinians 422 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:12,320 Speaker 1: were killed, marking a fifty percent increase compared to the 423 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:16,120 Speaker 1: first nine months of the year. At least sixty one 424 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:20,280 Speaker 1: to more Palestinians, including thirteen children, have been killed so 425 00:28:20,400 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 1: far in twenty twenty four as of the end of January, 426 00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:27,199 Speaker 1: according to the numbers reported by OCHA. Israel has a 427 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 1: well documented track record of using excessive and often lethal 428 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: force to stifle descent and enforce its system of apartheid 429 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:39,120 Speaker 1: against Palestinians, leading to a historic pattern of unlawful killings 430 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:45,080 Speaker 1: committed with impunity. In one illustrative case investigated by Amnesty International, 431 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 1: Israeli military and border police forces use excessive force during 432 00:28:49,720 --> 00:28:53,560 Speaker 1: a thirty hour long raid on nous Chemi's refugee camp 433 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 1: on October nineteenth. During the operation, Israeli forces killed thirteen Palestinians, 434 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:03,920 Speaker 1: including six children, four of them under the age of sixteen, 435 00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 1: as well as arrested fifteen people. Israeli military sources quoted 436 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 1: in media reports said that one Israeli Border police officer 437 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,800 Speaker 1: was killed and nine were injured after an improvised explosive 438 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:20,000 Speaker 1: device was thrown at them by Palestinians. Residents told Amnesty 439 00:29:20,040 --> 00:29:24,280 Speaker 1: International that during the operation, Israeli soldiers stormed more than 440 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:28,880 Speaker 1: forty residential homes, destroying personal belongings and drilling holes in 441 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:33,480 Speaker 1: the walls for sniper outposts. Water and electricity to the 442 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:37,160 Speaker 1: camp was cut off, and soldiers used bulldozers to destroy 443 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:42,480 Speaker 1: public roads, electricity networks, and water infrastructure. Among those killed 444 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 1: during the October nineteenth raid was fifteen year old Taha Muhammad, 445 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 1: who Israeli forces shot dead in front of his house 446 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,840 Speaker 1: when he came out to check whether Israeli forces had 447 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 1: left the area. Taha was unarmed and posed no threat 448 00:29:57,320 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 1: to the soldiers at the time he was shot. Based 449 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 1: on eyewitness testimony and videos that were reviewed by Amnesty International, 450 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,920 Speaker 1: a video filmed by one of his sisters and verified 451 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: by Amnesty's Crisis Evidence Lab chose Taha walking on the street, 452 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 1: peeking to check for the presence of soldiers, and then 453 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 1: collapsing on the street outside of his house after the 454 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 1: sound of three gunshots. Faltima, Taha's sister, told Amnesty International 455 00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: they did not give him a chance. They did not 456 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:30,600 Speaker 1: give him a chance. In an instant, my brother was eliminated. 457 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 1: Three bullets were fired without any mercy. The first bullet 458 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,640 Speaker 1: hit him in the leg, the second in his stomach, 459 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 1: the third in his eye. There were no confrontations, there 460 00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:47,160 Speaker 1: was no conflict. An eyewitness told Amnesty International that went 461 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:51,440 Speaker 1: Toaha's father, Ibrahim Muhammad, then attempted to carry his injured 462 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 1: son to safety. Israeli forces shot him in the back. 463 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,760 Speaker 1: A verified video filmed by one of Taha's sisters immediately 464 00:30:58,800 --> 00:31:02,160 Speaker 1: after the shooting chose Taha's father lying on the ground 465 00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:06,200 Speaker 1: next to him before limping away. My father raised his 466 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 1: hands showing the soldiers that he had nothing in them. 467 00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:12,520 Speaker 1: He just wanted to take his son. They shot him 468 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: with one bullet and my father fell next to Taha. 469 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:17,960 Speaker 1: I want to mention that one example, but many, many 470 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:21,560 Speaker 1: more have happened since then and before then, Protests and 471 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 1: solidarity with Palestinians and Razza have been held frequently across 472 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: the occupied West Bank. Since October seventh, some protesters have 473 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,600 Speaker 1: been seen throwing stones in response to the presence or 474 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 1: forceful intervention of the Israeli forces. The iof's use of 475 00:31:37,120 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 1: lethal force in response to rock throwing is not new, 476 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 1: even if the rock throwing is done by children. In theory, 477 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:48,240 Speaker 1: lethal force and law enforcement can only be used when 478 00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:51,360 Speaker 1: there is an eminent threat to life. Its use is 479 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 1: not a proportionate response to stone throwing. In another egregious 480 00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:59,800 Speaker 1: case that happened on October thirteenth in Tokaram, two I 481 00:32:00,080 --> 00:32:04,320 Speaker 1: witnesses described to Amnesty International how Israeli forces stationed at 482 00:32:04,360 --> 00:32:07,000 Speaker 1: a military watch tower both at one of the main 483 00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:09,360 Speaker 1: entrances to the town, as well as on the roof 484 00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 1: of a nearby home, and then they opened fire on 485 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:15,600 Speaker 1: a crowd of at least eighty unarmed Palestinians who were 486 00:32:15,600 --> 00:32:19,959 Speaker 1: peacefully demonstrating in solidarity with Gaza. Two journalists who were 487 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: at the scene separately told Amnesty International that they saw 488 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,760 Speaker 1: Israeli forces firing two tear gas canisters at the crowd 489 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:30,280 Speaker 1: and shortly afterwards opening live fire at them without any 490 00:32:30,320 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 1: warning shots. The two journalists saw four people being shot 491 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,880 Speaker 1: and injured as they tried to run away from the shooting. 492 00:32:37,600 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 1: A few minutes later, Israeli forces then opened fire in 493 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:43,480 Speaker 1: the direction of the journalists, even though they were both 494 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:47,280 Speaker 1: wearing vests clearly marked as press. They hid behind a 495 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:50,280 Speaker 1: wall along with three children and had to remain there 496 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: for about two hours as the operation continued. During this time, 497 00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:59,120 Speaker 1: they also witnessed a Palestinian man who was riding past 498 00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,880 Speaker 1: them on a bike being shot by an Israeli soldier. 499 00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,480 Speaker 1: One of the journalists also saw another demonstrator being shot 500 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,560 Speaker 1: in the head. She described how the victim was suddenly 501 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:12,360 Speaker 1: shot and fell to the ground. The obstruction of medical 502 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:16,960 Speaker 1: assistance by Israeli forces during operations like this across Palestine 503 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:21,760 Speaker 1: is unfortunately a routine practice. An Amnesty International has documented 504 00:33:21,760 --> 00:33:24,960 Speaker 1: this for years, saying it is a part of Israel's 505 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:30,680 Speaker 1: system of apartheid. Under international law, Israeli forces have an 506 00:33:30,720 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 1: obligation to ensure anyone injured by their forces is able 507 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:40,880 Speaker 1: to access medical treatment. Amnesty International investigated five occasions where 508 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:44,240 Speaker 1: the Israeli forces hindered or prevented those who were seriously 509 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:48,920 Speaker 1: injured in demonstrations and raids from receiving critical medical assistance. 510 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:53,400 Speaker 1: They also shot at Palestinians trying to help, including medics 511 00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:56,840 Speaker 1: tending to the wounded during the raid I mentioned earlier 512 00:33:56,920 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 1: on Nourshem's on October nineteenth, three eyewitnesses, including a paramedic 513 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 1: on the scene said two ambulances were stopped at the 514 00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,960 Speaker 1: entrance of the camp and prevented from reaching the injured. 515 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:11,640 Speaker 1: The witnesses said the residents were forced to transport the 516 00:34:11,680 --> 00:34:16,240 Speaker 1: wounded to a hospital in private cars. Since October seventh, 517 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 1: according to the UN, more than four hundred Palestinians have 518 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:22,880 Speaker 1: been killed, one hundred and seven of those being children 519 00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:26,080 Speaker 1: in the West Bank. I also want to mention the 520 00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:29,880 Speaker 1: settler attacks on Palestinians, not just by the IOF, because 521 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:34,000 Speaker 1: these settler attacks have also become routine. Settlers have burned 522 00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:40,080 Speaker 1: cars and houses, blockaded roads, damaged electricity networks, seas farmland, 523 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:44,840 Speaker 1: severed irrigation lines, attacked people in their fields and olive groves, 524 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:49,640 Speaker 1: and killed people, all without repercussion. The UN has recorded 525 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:52,799 Speaker 1: five hundred and seventy three attacks by settlers in the 526 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:57,320 Speaker 1: West Bank since October seventh, with Israeli forces the IOF 527 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:01,240 Speaker 1: accompanying them half of the time. At least nine people 528 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,959 Speaker 1: have been killed by settlers and three hundred and eighty 529 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,560 Speaker 1: two have been killed by the IOF. According to these 530 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:11,160 Speaker 1: numbers by the UN, human rights groups in Israel and 531 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:14,360 Speaker 1: the West Bank allege a long pattern of violence that 532 00:35:14,400 --> 00:35:17,800 Speaker 1: has been enabled by the IOF. The army, however, of course, 533 00:35:17,880 --> 00:35:21,560 Speaker 1: denies this. Human rights groups in Israel and the West 534 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:25,279 Speaker 1: Bank allege a long pattern of violence by settlers that 535 00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 1: is enabled by the occupation forces. The army of course 536 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:33,680 Speaker 1: denies this. As I mentioned earlier, the IOF has a 537 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:37,120 Speaker 1: long history of using unnecessary lethal force, and we're seeing 538 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,160 Speaker 1: that increasingly happen in the West Bank. I want to 539 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,960 Speaker 1: end this episode with a quote from the Israeli Group 540 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:47,040 Speaker 1: B seven. They told the BBC. Since the beginning of 541 00:35:47,080 --> 00:35:50,360 Speaker 1: the war in the Gaza Strip, Israel has continued to 542 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:53,800 Speaker 1: implement a lethal open fire policy in the West Bank. 543 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:58,600 Speaker 1: Of the almost four hundred Palestinians killed by Israeli forces 544 00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:02,160 Speaker 1: since October seventh, many did not pose a threat at 545 00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,800 Speaker 1: the level that would justify the use of lethal force. 546 00:36:05,960 --> 00:36:10,279 Speaker 1: With extremely rare exceptions that usually involve low ranking soldiers. 547 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,880 Speaker 1: No one is brought to justice for the killing of Palestinians. 548 00:36:14,520 --> 00:36:19,280 Speaker 1: This reflects Israel's profound disregard for the lives and bodies 549 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:25,640 Speaker 1: of Palestinians. And that is our episode for today. As usual. 550 00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:29,520 Speaker 1: Please please keep talking about Palestine. Please keep raising awareness 551 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:33,160 Speaker 1: about this ongoing genocide that's happening in both Gaza and 552 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:39,400 Speaker 1: the West Bank. And yeah, just they'll stop talking about it. 553 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:48,440 Speaker 1: Pre Palestine. It Could Happen Here as a production of 554 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,400 Speaker 1: cool Zone Media. For more podcasts from cool Zone Media, 555 00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:54,120 Speaker 1: visit our website cool zonemedia dot com or check us 556 00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,960 Speaker 1: out on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you 557 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:59,600 Speaker 1: listen to podcasts. 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