She seems very good.
Content Warning: there is an American asshole from I24 at one point. It gets a bit confrontational. Other than that, it’s incredible.
It’s honestly very cathartic seeing someone at the highest possible level be this honest and upfront about what is going on. Also, Abby Martin is there.
there is an American asshole from I24 at one point. It gets a bit confrontational.
He tries to "force" her into admitting her point of view that Israel is and has always been an occupier. As though it would be some sort of get. Hello her title is "UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territory"
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Mike wagenheim with I24 news (it's been a while since we've last spoken) a couple questions for you. in your report you have a line in here that says that since its establishment Israel has treated the occupied people as "a hated incumbrance and threat to be eradicated" and you go on uh listing other items --- we'll leave aside the contextual and factual debate about that --- based on that statement it seems to infer that you believe that Israel has been an occupier since the day of its birth is that your position you said since its establishment Israel has treated occupied people Etc are you inferring that Israel's been an occupier since 1948?
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let me elaborate. Israel has taken, and we can I can concede that it has done it with with the recognition of the general assembly, from a human rights law point of view and as I take a people centered approach I cannot forget it the creation of the state of Israel has meant the dispossession of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians of who have been kicked out of their homes and never allowed to return.
it does make an occupier. it makes a state of Israel a state who has forcibly displaced significant part of the native population and this is the past that has never been addressed
the guy looks like a fool, honestly it isn't upsetting for what he says so much as he has the smug look on his face like a conspiracy nut observing "sheeple"
the fact that 17 000 children have been killed, and this was not even mentioned. together with the full destruction of gaza, made us realize, that life is not worth the same, and Palestinian life is not worth as much, to some member states. This is a fact.
Thanks for posting. I am watching the press conference.
Here is the page for the report: A/79/384: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese - Genocide as colonial erasure | OHCHR
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Summary
In the present report, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Francesca Albanese, examines the unfolding horrors in the occupied Palestinian territory. While the wholesale destruction of Gaza continues unabated, other parts of the land have not been spared. The violence that Israel has unleashed against the Palestinians post-7 October is not happening in a vacuum, but is part of a long-term intentional, systematic, State- organized forced displacement and replacement of the Palestinians. This trajectory risks causing irreparable prejudice to the very existence of the Palestinian people in Palestine. Member States must intervene now to prevent new atrocities that will further scar human history.
If the above isn't heinous enough, there are 576 documents in UN Human Rights tagged #Palestine
Thanks for the links! I’m glad someone found the video useful :)
YouTube just randomly recced it to me as I was going to sleep and I had to stay up to watch it. I couldn’t believe someone as high up in a position of power as her was being so frank and honest about what was going on.
In a way it was cathartic. But it was also depressing - even she can’t get through to the people with actual power…
I mean there is a reason why Israel hates the UN. Because as much as it would be to their benefit to adhere to the US line, they can't help themselves but to appoint people like this. For all it'll do. One big puzzle for me is why this isn't a more concerning aspect for libs. Shouldn't this be their problem?
I didn't actually bring myself to read the report yet. I only opened it and zoomed out. Look at the footnotes (purple) vs text ratio in the report:
Showit is allllll citations. The mark of a writer who knows they will not be believed when asserting the sky is blue.
I'm surprised at her pep. I felt tired on her behalf watching.
I only notice at the end she is wearing a gray and black kufiyyeh.
I think you found the only good italian.
I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
