Palestinian human rights lawyer Diana Buttu joins Drop Site's Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Murtaza Hussain on the latest in the West Bank and Gaza, and Hussain discusses Jeffrey Epstein's ties to Israel.
witnessing the truly unbelievable amount of atrocities committed and the unspeakable impunity their perpetrators enjoy, leaves me utterly speechless, and i do admire and thank you for finding words to describe events and for putting them into perspective for us.
and yes, it is deeply disappointing to see that the era of decolonization has ended even before it really began. colonizers realize how uncomfortable it makes them to share with others what they have … acquired through theft, plunder, proxy wars, modern slavery …
as to the issue of genocide being normalized: nathaniel raymond, exec. director of the humanitarian research lab at the yale school of public health, describing mass atrocities committed by US-supported, UAE-backed rapid support forces at al fasher, sudan, was asked by democracy now’s amy goodman recently what was at stake in sudan.
he replied that the issue is not limited to sudan. that the question today is whether the int’l. community still cares about protecting civilians from mass atrocity crimes: “el fasher“, he said, “tells us that the answer is 'no!’.“ events in gaza and around the globe, alas, have been doing so, too.
witnessing the truly unbelievable amount of atrocities committed and the unspeakable impunity their perpetrators enjoy, leaves me utterly speechless, and i do admire and thank you for finding words to describe events and for putting them into perspective for us.
and yes, it is deeply disappointing to see that the era of decolonization has ended even before it really began. colonizers realize how uncomfortable it makes them to share with others what they have … acquired through theft, plunder, proxy wars, modern slavery …
as to the issue of genocide being normalized: nathaniel raymond, exec. director of the humanitarian research lab at the yale school of public health, describing mass atrocities committed by US-supported, UAE-backed rapid support forces at al fasher, sudan, was asked by democracy now’s amy goodman recently what was at stake in sudan.
he replied that the issue is not limited to sudan. that the question today is whether the int’l. community still cares about protecting civilians from mass atrocity crimes: “el fasher“, he said, “tells us that the answer is 'no!’.“ events in gaza and around the globe, alas, have been doing so, too.
Thank you all for your work