Their homes within 24 hours and flee south in what many palestinians fear is the start of a second nakba. The u. N. Said the Mass Transfer of half of gazas population, including all of gaza city, and the hospital as well, would have devastating humanitarian consequences. We will go to gaza for the latest as israels bombardment is now in its seventh day. We will also look at how the Biden Administration is increasing military and diplomatic support for israel even though human Rights Groups warn israel is committing war crimes in gaza. The message i bring israel is this, you may be Strong Enough on your own to defend yourself, but as long as america exists, you will never have to. We will always be there. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Israels army has ordered 1. 1 million civilians in the Northern Gaza Strip to evacuate southwards within just 24 hours, an order the United Nations called impossible without devastating humanitarian consequences. The ultimatum came as israel massed troops, tanks, and Armored Vehicles in southern israel for a widelyanticipated Ground Invasion of gaza. On friday, israel dropped thousands of leaflets across the gaza strip warning palestinians to leave their homes or risk death. The Norwegian Refugee Council condemned what it called the collective punishment of countless civilians, among them children, women, and the elderly, which it said would amount to the war crime of forcible transfer. Israels ultimatum came as its unrelenting bombardment of gaza continued for a seventh day. This is 14yearold jinan alattar, whose uncle was killed and whose family was left homeless by israeli airstrikes. It was my sisters wedding and we were making suites when the airstrike started we left the house. We were packed on top of each other in the car and drove directly to the school. Living in the school is not nice. My uncle went back to the house and they bombed it while he was there and he was killed. Amy Health Officials in gaza say at least 1500 palestinians have been killed by israeli strikes, including 500 children. Israel reports it dropped 6000 bombs on gaza during the first six days of the assault. Hospitals are overwhelmed with the wounded and dead, and increasingly rationing fuel to operate lifesaving medical equipment. Human rights watch has confirmed reports of israel firing White Phosphorus munitions during attacks on gaza and along its border with lebanon. White phosphorus poses a high risk of excruciating burns and lifelong suffering. Its use as an incendiary weapon in civilian areas is a war crime. Israel denies using it. Israeli previously used White Phosphorous in attacks on the gaza strip, including in 2009. Thousands of residents of southern lebanon have fled their homes near israels border amid fears that crossborder skirmishes between israel and lebanese militants could escalate into a war. The exodus continued thursday as irans foreign minister Hossein Amirabdollahian traveled to beirut where he met with hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah. Iran has warned the war risks spreading to other fronts if israel keeps bombing gaza. Hamas armed wing, the alqassam brigade, says 13 of the hostages it took during its weekend attack in southern israel were killed by israeli strikes on gaza over the past day. Meanwhile, israeli relatives of those slain and kidnapped by hamas are reeling from the ongoing tragedies. This is anat moshe shoshany, whose grandfather was killed and grandmother taken hostage by hamas during a raid on their home at the nir oz kibbutz. She is a 72yearold woman. She is sick. She has heart issues. She watched her husband died right in front of her. And right after, they got her on the motorcycle and she had to hold the terrorist that just murdered her husband. They were together for over 50 years. They build the kibbutz with their own hands. Amy hamas has killed over 1300 israelis and taken about 150 hostages. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Lincoln visited jordan today for talks with King Abdullah and acting Palestinian Authority president mahmoud abbas. Blinken will also visit qatar, bahrain, saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, and egypt over the weekend as he looks to secure the Immediate Release of hostages held by hamas. His trip came after u. S. Defense secretary lloyd austin said the pentagon is not placing any conditions on its weapons shipments to israel. This is a professional military led by professional leadership. He would hope and expect they would do the right things in the prosecution of their campaign. Amy austen spoke thursday from nato headquarters in brussels. Today he is in tel aviv where he pledged ironclad support for israel during a press conference. The french government has banned all rallies in response to the israeli bombardment and total blockade of gaza. On thursday, police in paris used tear gas and Water Cannons against propalestine protesters who gathered despite the prohibition. Unfortunately, we were not able to process properly because the demonstration was banned. While those in favor of the israeli cause are. This is not normal under law. Amy in the united kingdom, activists have vowed to take legal action if officials ban the palestinian flag. British home secretary Suella Braverman has urged Police Forces to use the full force of the law against protesters waving the palestinian flag which she said may not be legitimate if its found to be a sign in support of terrorism. In australia, human rights defenders are warning of the governments escalating repression against actions in support of palestine. New south Wales Acting Police commissioner dave hudson said officers wont need a reasonable cause to search protesters who attend marches planned in sydney this weekend. I arch people considering entering the city on sunday to reconsider. There are a number of peaceful alternatives for people to voice their opinion in relation to the conflict crying currently going on in israel and gaza. Amy here in new york, Columbia University closed its campus to the public thursday in response to two separate demonstrations led by propalestine and proisrael student groups. In massachusetts, the names and photos of several Harvard Students who signed a propalestinian letter were displayed on a billboard truck on campus wednesday with a banner that read harvards leading antisemites. Some of their names and personal information were also posted online. That action was organized by the ultraconservative nonprofit accuracy in media. The u. S. House of representatives remains without a speaker. On thursday, Steve Scalise dropped out of the race after 16 republicans said they would not vote for him. Supporters of ohio congressmember jim jordan are rallying to shift their partys support to jordan, who founded the farright House Freedom caucus and currently chairs the judiciary committee. White House Press SecretaryKarine Jeanpierre commented on the congressional turmoil thursday. What were seeing is symbolic of chaos we are seeing, the other side of pennsylvania avenue, and they need to get their act together. There is a lot of work that needs to be done on behalf of the american people. Amy it looks like Kevin Mccarthy is also back in the running for his old seat. House legislative business is at a standstill until a new speaker is elected. This includes a bill to keep the government open beyond november 17 and military funding for israel and ukraine. Prosecutors have announced an additional corruption charge against new jersey democratic senator bob menendez and his wife nadine. The superseding indictment accuses the couple of conspiring to have the senator act as an unregistered agent of the Egyptian Government while menendez was chair of the Senate Foreign relations committee. The indictments allege menendez worked to aid egyptian officials by ghostwriting a letter to fellow senators urging they lift a hold on 300 million of u. S. Military aid to egypt. Menendez is also accused of passing along classified information to egyptian officials, including details about employees at the u. S. Embassy in egypt. In colorado, a jury convicted Aurora Police officer Randy Roedema of criminally negligent homicide while acquitting officer Jason Rosenblatt in the 2019 killing of elijah mcclain. 23yearold mcclain, a black man, was walking home from the store when he was tackled by police, placed in a carotid hold, and later injected with the powerful sedative ketamine. Elijahs outraged mother Sheneen Mcclain told reporters as she left the courtroom, this is the divided states of america, and thats what happens. Sentencing for roedema is scheduled for january. He faces up to three years in prison. A third officer and two paramedics have also been charged and are awaiting trial. Talks between striking actors and Hollywood Studios have been suspended as the two parties remain at loggerheads. Sagaftra said it was presented with an offer that was shockingly, worth less than they proposed before the strike began. Unionized actors said they will continue fighting for a fair contract despite the setback. This is negotiating Committee Member jason george. We are storytellers so this is the part of the movie where the hero gets knocked down and you think they are out. This is where you double down and when the day. We believe that in our hearts. We get rejected for stuff we did not even know we were up for. Our ability to withstand rejection, to withstand adversity and stay resilient is more than i would say virtually anybody else in this town. Amy and those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We begin todays show in gaza where israel has ordered the evacuation of all palestinians living in the Northern Gaza Strip, some 1. 1 Million People. The United Nations has condemned the order saying it is impossible for such a movement to take ice without devastating humanitarian consequences. Much of gaza is already in the dark as israel has cut off energy, food, and water supplies. The bombardment has killed at least 1500 palestinians. Israel declared war after saturdays surprise brutal attack by hamas militants where the death toll has reached 1300. Israel is now amassing tanks on the border of gaza ahead of what appears to be an imminent Ground Invasion. Some 400,000 palestinians had already been displaced prior to israels . Wish and order last night. Some groups have announced plans to defy the order. The Palestinian Red Crescent society said despite the occupations threats to shell. The decision has been made. We did and will not leave. Our medics will carry on their humanitarian duties. We wont leave people face death alone. Many in gaza fear israels evacuation orders the start of a second nakba , 75 years ago, some 700,000 palestinians fled from or were violently expelled from their homes. Much of gazas population are refugees from families displaced 75 years ago. We begin todays show with Muhammad Shehada, writer and analyst from gaza. Chief communications at euromediterranean human rights monitor and a columnist at the forward newspaper, a jewish weekly in new work. He is joining us from copenhagen. Welcome to democracy now can you describe what is happening on the ground . First, respond to this order from the Israeli Government that half the population of gaza, 1. 1 Million People, mostly the north and head south and they gave them 24 hours last night to do it. Yes, thank you, amy. I have been through six military operations or more. This is like nothing ive ever seen in my entire life and nothing like gaza has ever seen in terms of magnitude, scale, level of destruction, and deaths. Entire neighborhoods are unrecognizable. With the evacuation orders, it is basically very obvious forcible transfers. Most important thing, it is not implement a bowl. If you know gaza geographically and physically, the devastation of the structure, you would know most roads are broken. There are vast electricity and internet outages. People are not getting any news. The area that people are able to go out of is the most densely part of gaza. The area with the most safe shelter, u. N. Schools, although they are being bombed the last six days, but the area with the most u. N. Schools it, the area with the most hospitals. Right now we have over 7000 palestinians wounded. Other hospitals around the area that israel once them to evacuate from. By the near many people are going to lose their lives. The other issue, there are not enough spaces for shelter in the south of gaza that israel wants to push people towards to be in. The only realistic outcome is that we are going have people literally baking in the sun at about 85 degrees daily, in the street without any access to hospitals, food, or water. Let alone the sheer terror of palestinians experiencing a second nakba. Many people are saying, were not leaving our homes. The Palestinian Ministry said we refuse to evacuate because were not going to let our people face it alone. At the same time, im aware there is some pressure from european officials and the Israeli Government discreetly to sort of backtrack this decision, but they are telling me quite obviously it is unlikely they would have much influence in israel without the was coming on board. Until now, the Biden Administration has not made its mind up about an event that is way, way more horrendous than the full opinion the philippine nakba. Amy we have been trying to reach guests and gaza and we are not able to make any connection at this point. Muhammad shehada, if you could explain more, the conditions on the ground and the significance as i listened last night to the general director of the palestine Red Crescent Society say, how do we move people out of hospitals would this short amount of time, not to mention more than one Million People . Before that evacuation orders, most everyone i know in gaza say our knees cannot lift us up. They have not been able to sleep more than two or three nights. Israel dropped about 6000 bombs in gaza in six days. That is about one bomb every 1. 5 minutes. Every single neighborhood in gaza was damaged. Every single street, area, all the famous sites completely gone. Pulverized. At the same time, the last time i talk to people was this morning, i talked to two to three people and i lost them as i was talking with him on the line because of airstrikes or running out of electricity. Israel has bombed the name to munication company the third or fourth they of the escalation, bombed it completely, leading to outages and vast areas of gaza. The last time i talked to someone is gaza and irish citizen. He was telling me basically, i only have a few leaders of water in my home for a family of six. I dont know where im going to go. They were running out of power. He doesnt know if hes going to stay alive. Most people i know in gaza are uploading literally come uploading their wills to their social media because and begging for forgiveness for any wrong they have done and saying please forgive us and we forgive you as well. This is what it has come down to. Amy Naftali Bennett exploded at a sky news anchor during an interview thursday after melbourne pressed bennett on israels attacks on Palestinian Civilians. Heres a portion of the exchange. What about the palestinians and hospital who are on life support and babies in incubators , kinky bidders will have to be turned off because the ease rallies have cut off the power to gaza . Are you sears the keep on asking me about Palestinian Civilians . What is wrong with you . Have you not seen what happened . We are fighting nazis. We dont target temples of the world can come and bring them anything they want. Im not going to feed electricity or water to my enemies. If anyone wants to, fine. We are not responsible for them. Listen i understand this is my program, my show, and im asking the questions. I asked you and we have already let me finish. We have already distinguished join clubs shame on you. I want to tell you, shame on you. Shame on you. We are trying to have a conversation about the situation here and youre are refusing to. Amy that is a sky news anchor melbourne challenging the former israeli Prime MinisterNaftali Bennett said to him, youre daring to ask me about Palestinian Civilians . Muhammad shehada, your response . Im afraid this is becoming a mainstream sentiment in israel. Not just israel, among european and american leaders. In the media as well. If you look at what israel is saying come about two days ago, an senior israeli lawmaker in the Ruling Coalition wrote on twitter sang, there are no innocents in gaza. Now we have the godfather of the israeli judicial saying that the main mode is a jewish kid can walk freely and gaza alone. If there would be a gaza at all. So this sentiment is shared widely. What i find most striking are two things. Number one, european diplomats in the occupied territories are telling me there leaders, therefore ministries for the last five to six days or not bringing gaza up to the israeli parts at all. That is the same with u. S. Government, theyre not bringing what israel aside from the issue of the humanitarian corridor. This might change now the forcible transfer of 1. 1 Million People. At the same time, the level of complicity i have never seen before. It is the same with mainstream media. Ive seen circulation of allegations that were debunked like decapitation of babies being taken it face value by the mainstream media, circulating immediately. Without the slightest journalistic investigation. It was later debunked. At the same time when we have Human Rights Watch coming out yesterday and saying we have solid evidence of israel using phosphorous munition on gaza civilian populations. That is a chemical weapon that burns on immediate and ignites on Immediate Impact with oxygen. It burns flesh and bone. It cannot be turned off. The toxic fumes of its can be lethal and cause respiratory permanent respiratory damage. Human rights watch says israel was using it. This is a war crime. Virtually, not a single mainstream eater is reporting on this. It is unimaginable the level of complicit this ive seen. Nobody is calling for a ceasefire, not even a humanitarian ceasefire. Although they did that in the last major war on gaza in 2014. That was the United Nations and the u. S. Had a ceasefire for 24 hours. At this time theres not even any talk about it. I find that most frightening. I get a lot of questions from my colleagues, family, people i love in gaza asking, are we going to stay alive . One of my friends says, i just gave birth about a month ago. My baby is clinging to me. Im afraid hes going to die from heart attack from the airstrikes in fear and terror. At the same time she is afraid her husband might get killed or taken away from her from the Ground Invasion. At the same time shes afraid shes going to in of criminally a refugee she is going to end up permanently a refugee. No one is intervening to stop it. This is pure madness. Amy im cnn last night, former military israeli analyst said our goal isnt turning gaza city to a parking lot, it is turning gaza into a hamas,less region. As i said, israeli it is, politicians, members of the Ruling Coalition are openly admitting the goal is flattening gaza. He is the chief architect of this judicial overhaul, one of the top lawmakers in the israeli Ruling Coalition, saying openly the goal is a jewishisraeli kid can walk in and out freely if there would be a gaza at all. His admitting it openly. Ive seen the sentiment not just from israeli politicians, but the media as well, israeli pundits, commentators, voices of reason in israel are becoming a shunned minority. Any are afraid to speak up because now the atmosphere is so volatile, so polarized and toxic and dehumanizing for people in gaza that whenever gaza is brought up, the only thing that is brought up with it is nazis. Can you imagine if any person in gaza would refer to israel as such, how many condemnations would be poured on their heads immediately . Amy Muhammad Shehada, i want to thank you for being with us, usually based in palestine, in gaza, writer and analyst, chief of communications at euromediterranean human rights monitor and a columnist at the forward newspaper, a jewish weekly here in new york. We turn now to a former Eu European Union ambassador to the occupied palestinian territories, served in that post up until july. Your response to this order by the israeli letter that half the population of gaza must move within a 24 hour period starting last night from the north to the south . Thank you. I can fully second bite Muhammad Shehada so well described as the absolute catastrophe, 2 million gazans are facing. Im fully aware of this deep hate and frustration and despair which held the israeli society. When i speak of their 9 11, what happened last saturday, i understand of course that that emotional tension makes it so difficult to have a rational discussion not only in israel but also from the u. S. We have to be aware we still are governed by International Law. We have rules of conduct for war. We have rules of conduct for how we can apply principles. No matter what hamas did, it does not justify the incredible use of lethal force without distinction and without precaution al it he as far as the palestinian population is concerned and gaza. Distinction and precaution are sacrosanct principles for the code of conduct. Israel as a democracy cannot escape that. Has to be held accountable. It cannot be that israel has Carte Blanche because brutal, gruesome acts happen to thousands of israelis. That is not an excuse you can use to flatten gaza must of let me come back to the point of what you asked. The announcement of the idf to basically forcibly evict more than one million gazans from their homes in the northern part of this trip is likely to be criticized by the International Legal experts as a war crime. If there is no provision made for ensuring humanitarian access and exit and the necessary facilities to accommodate the basic human rights to water, energy, food, and physical safety, let alone health. And this is also clearly assigned israel has ratified, is accountable to. It is inexcusable if the International Community does not use its Pressure Point to hold israel to account to what they have pledged before the International Community to respect. I understand the emotions are very high right now in israel. I am in france, but i can understand that. As i said, we all have to uphold International Law, humanitarian law, and International Rights law. That is the most important measure of conduct for all of us. Amy i want to turn to the president of their pink commission who arrived in israel today and play for your comment she made last year that russia targeting civilian infrastructure in ukraine. War crimes. Targeted attacks on civilian infrastructure with a clear aim to cut off men, women, children of water, electricity, and heating with the winter coming, these are accept pure terror. We have to call it as such. Amy she is talking about what russia is doing in ukraine. With this also apply to israel and palestine . International law applies to everywhere. Human rights are universal. This is the position across the world. Amy let me ask you about a statement by the secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council. He has dozens of workers in palestine. We just spoke to youseff yesterday. He talked about the difficulty to find a space that had electricity to speak to us. Today we cannot reach be all in ga. Za but jan egeland commented on the israeli relocation ultimate saying the Israeli Military demand 1. 2 main siblings in northern gaza relocate to the south within 24 hours absent of any guarantees of safety or return would amount to the war crime of forcible transfer. It must be reversed, he said. Your response, sven kuhn von burgsdorff . I fully subscribe to the statement of jan egeland. As a expert, political scientist, former diplomat, human being. Theres no doubt this has to be respected. By the way, let me underline, if israel decides to close its crossings, egypt is bound by International Law to open its Border Crossing in rafah and it cannot be that israel threatens to bomb corridors and transfers caring humanitarian caring humanitarian equipment. Egypt also has to ensure that its obligations toward refugees under International Law are fully respected. So it is not just ensuring that in the space at the south, if one were actually two displaced people actually two displaced people the ability for people to be able to exit for humanitarian reasons this highly densely populated strip in gaza and the south would also need for egypt to open its borders. And of course the community of providing the necessary provisions for people to live there. Again, this can only be a temporary solution. It cannot be, as Muhammad Shehada said, we are basically witnessing a second nakba whereby the entire gazan population is forcibly evicted from their homeland, which is gaza, from their homes. And that is also something i think we have clearly to underline when talking to israel and engaging with him on finding a solution. Let me say an important thing right now, the key, political measure, is to deescalate and stop any further war crime and try to ensure the people of gaza are fully safe and protected. Of course, understand the important issue of freeing the hostages. I dont know 150, whatever the number is. But it is very important this process be done as soon as possible. This is also a very important element which we have to be aware of. Humanitarian access and exit and freeing hostages and deescalating are the three key i think objectives one has to engage. Amy we want to thank you for being with us, sven kuhn von burgsdorff, former Eu Ambassador to the occupied palestinian territories, served in that post up until july. Speaking to us from france. When we come back, we will speak with rabbi david basior. One of his congregants was killed saturday in the hamas on one of the kibbutz is where he was living in israel. And we will speak with noura erakat. Stay with us. [music break] amy this is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We go now to seattle, washington, where we are joined by rabbi david basior of kadima reconstructionist community. One of his congregants, Hayim Katsman, died on saturday in the hamas in the kibbutz where he was living in israel. Hayims mother said, my father grew up in poland, he survived the holocaust with false papers, my mother was a refugee from germany who left after hitler kimye power, it is chilling to me that my son died while hiding in a closet. The death toll has topped 1300. The seven day israeli bombardment of gaza has killed at least 1500 palestinians. Rabbi david basior, welcome to democracy now condolences to you and your whole community. I say that for hayim, the phd student who returned to israel, lived in a kibbutz and was killed on saturday, part of your community. And also for what is happening in gaza because you are well known for speaking out on behalf of avenue palestinians as well on behalf of palestinians as well. Rabbi basior tells about Hayim Katsman and what you feel needd davin right now. Thank you for having me and for those condolences. Hayim dedicated his dissertation to all life forms that exist between the jordan river and the mediterranean sea. I join in that dedication today in speaking with you and your viewers. Hayim was a very warm, very loving, very humble, and very willing educator and student in our community. He came to us from israel where he grew up. He was in seattle studying for his phd. I had a very lastminute opening for a hebrew teacher in our program for young people, and he applied never having taught young people before and never having taught hebrew to americans before and yet he was willing, game, creative. He became beloved over the 2. 5 years he worked with us. Our young people have fond memories of talking about the politics of the situation with him during that dinner break on tuesday evenings here in seattle. He will be missed. I last saw him in 2021 when he came to defend his dissertation at the university of washington. I learned of his death first thing sunday morning. Amy and if you can talk about what happened on the border, the hamas attack, called the worst mass slaughter of jews since world war ii, and yet why you continue to talk about the end of the occupation and how critical that is, the occupation of palestinian territories . Yeah, thank you, amy. The attack against civilian jews in israel on saturday was shocking, terrifying, awful. It shook many in my community and myself to the core. Many israelis in my community, critical of the Israeli Government and the occupation but having family throughout the state, myself having friends in the land as well, it was terrible here about just as i was setting up for some services on saturday morning where we then danced around with the torah to music similar to what we just heard. We did so to sanctify life and that ultimately is why i have been outspoken against the Israeli Occupation for a few decades now. Life is the at most. It is the most core teaching that i have received for my tradition, from a ancestors. The idea that never again never again for anyone, means that in the west bank and certainly in gaza right now where we are on the verge of a complete nightmare, must be spoken out against, must be called back toward reason, toward the interdependence, toward the ways in which jews, israelis, palestinians everyone in the region, our fates are intertwined. Bombing is bombing all of us. Is bombing hope. Is bombing reason. We need to deescalate the situation. I can do what i can do from seattle. The almost without of hopelessness and into action by either calling our representatives, by coming together, by reaching out to palestinian friends, jews reaching out to jews, israelis who have friends and family in harms way. The situation has been terrible for many years. The context of the occupation of the atrocities from for the last 75 years must be reconciled. To face them is not to say anyone is bad, no one deserves to be killed, and yet we have to face them. We have to make things right. It is the teaching of the tradition that i came up in and now represent as a rabbi. Amy i want to turn to and end with the words of hayims brother on cnn. The most important thing for me and for my brother was that his death will be to kill innocent people. Sadly, my government is using cynically the death of people to kill like it is going to bring us security. Of course, it is not security because they always tell us, we are going to kill enough palestinians or so it is going to be better for us. Of course it never brings us peace and a better life, just brings more and more terror and People Killed like my brother. I dont want anything to happen to people in gaza like it happened to my brother. Im sure he would not either. That is my call to my government , to stop killing innocent people. That is not the way that brings us peace and security to people in israel. Amy that is the brother of hayim who was killed by hamas in a closet in his kibbutz on saturday. Rabbi david basior, thank you for being with us, of the kadima reconstructionist community. Coming up for more on the gaza crisis, we speak with noura erakat, palestinian human rights attorney. Back in 20 seconds. [music break] amy this is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Last night the israeli army ordered half the population gaza, 1. 1 million residents, to evacuate their homes within 24 hours from northern gaza to the south in what many palestinians fear is the start of a second nakba. The u. N. Said the transfer would have devastating humanitarian consequences. This comes as israel has bombed gaza for seven straight days, killing at least 1500 people. Joining us now is noura erakat, palestinian human rights attorney and an associate professor at rutgers university. She is author of justice for some law and the question of palestine. If you can respond to this order and what is happening in gaza . Good morning, amy. Thank you. Your reporting has been and it away says an away says. That mobilized almost every racial trope of savagery, built on islamophobia, and the infrastructure on the war on terror to create a common sense logical conclusion that war is inevitable and whatever consequences come out is the fault of hamas, thereby further blaming the victims for their own killings and massacres. At this point, we have to understand that there is no military solution. Theres never been a military solution to this. Hamas cannot be eradicated as we have seen right now palestinians are being killed, pulled from out of the rubble. We have not given them hope. I saw a young girl staring and trauma at the screen. Her entire family, decimated. What will happen at this young girl in 20 years . What will we tell her . That israel had no choice . That this is your fault and now your future is to continue to be stuck in an open air prison . There must be hope. That hope lies in applicable solution and in the responsibility of the International Community to dismantle an apartheid system, dismantle prolonged military occupation, the longest in the world. To lift a debilitating siege that has condemned palestinians to slow deaths. This is a human made disaster. Catastrophe, according to the World Health Organization. This is not a crisis, it is a humanitarian catastrophe. If we are to create a future, it has to begin and end with the political and diplomatic solution. Amy we have this uptake, palestines ministry of health said seven palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli Forces of the occupied west bank today. 500 palestinian children have been killed in gaza hamas hamas and at least is saying 13 of the hostages have died in the israel i airstrikes. These are hostages that hamas took from the gaza border. Your response . It is devastating. All of us are watching this but one of the things we have been emphasizing is although what we are seeing is devastating, we have also been laying a pathway out of it. While International Human rights organizations and israeli human rights organizations came to a consensus in 2020, a crime against humanity what is the greatest crime that is to standing this ongoing structure of violence there should have been mobilization to oppose weapons sanctions on israel, to oppose a diplomatic solution, to force israel in order to dismantle this racist colonial structure that is basically condemned palestinians to permanent subjugation, it is the failure of the International Community to mobilize that has now produce this outcome. It is all of our responsibility. There is blood on all our hands. Now the way out is not a military solution. We have to deescalate. There must be a ceasefire. There must be a recognition that hamas, unlike these awful comparisons to isis, is actually a nascent sovereign of the Palestinian People who have only targeted israel that gives them the right to use armed force oh that right is not qualified. That right excuse me, unqualified. It cannot use it however which way based on ongoing trauma and violence. It must be recognized that as a nascent sovereign theyre are representing opposing People Struggle for freedom. As we have seen from the brodd posting public brodd posting in public, Civil Society organizations, other political parties, they have all insisted that responsibly for this lies at the feet of israel. Hearts Editorial Team says this lies at the responsibility of israel. This is not about fingerpointing most of nor is it about being counting the dead. There is tragedy on all sides. But if we are interested, if were interested in not only ending this particular crisis but of also achieving a durable, truthful, longlasting solution, we have to go beyond this moment to dismantle the structures of violence that are sustaining it and creating these tragedies that are everybody and will spill beyond israelis and palestinians throughout the region and throughout the world. Amy i want to ask about the white house and gaza citys evacuation is a tall order to stop the israeli army has come for more than one lead people to evacuate, tall order, adding the u. S. Understands israel is trying to give civilians fair warning. Your response, noura erakat . That is so cynical. That is so cynical and can only be corroborated by an irresponsible media that is fair to ship failed to show decimation of palestinian communitys, the attack on shelters, the attack on refugee camps. What warning, to what end . Palestinians have been under attack for 16 years. There are no humanitarian corridors. The one quarter was bombed. The ministry of defense literally said there will be no exit, there will be a siege, electricity will be cut off, water will be cut off, palestinians are human animals. Theres been a priming that all of these mass atrocities will be accepted by a population who will watch it with limited but think to themselves, but what else was israel supposed to do . We are all being primed to accept mass atrocities. This historically is the playbook of how genocide happens. What were seeing is a genocidal campaign. You cannot forcibly transfer 1. 1 million palestinians in a 225 square mile closed area. There is nowhere for them to go. The largest palestinian hospital that is literally on life support, no pun intended, to stay functioning, is in the north. Where will these palestinians be treated . What were seeing is an ongoing shrinking of palestinian land, any Ongoing Campaign to take that land without the people they want to shrink and concentrate the palestinians now below and what is an untenable situation. As much as we think this is about war and conflict and perpetual animosities, this is about land and water. Theres only one viable future. We either all live together or we all die together. Despite all of our appeal for us to survive and live together, the International Community, mainly the western governments led by the United States, european capitals who have already cut off aid to israel, france which has been palestinian protest, germany which has banned palestinian protests, are intent on a military option where there is no outcome. Military solution will not produce an outcome of a viable future for anybody. Amy im going to play much shorter clip of the former israeli Prime MinisterNaftali Bennett exploding at the sky news anchor when asked about what is happening with Palestinian Civilians. What about those palestinians in hospital who are on left support, babies in incubators come his life support will have to be turned off because the israelis of cut the power to gaza . Are you sears the keep asking me about Palestinian Civilians . Amy are you seriously asking me about what is happening to Palestinian Civilians . The former israeli Prime MinisterNaftali Bennett. Your response . My response is it doesnt have to be based on an expertise in human rights. This is about morality. This is about decent the. The fact that Holly Bennett can get upset about Palestinian Civilians and the deaths of babies in incubators should be indicative to us that palestinians do not have the same rights to survive, that we are not exacting equality and respect and decency for all civilian life. We have set up a situation, amy, we have set up the situation where palestinians are expected to die. What were seeing in this moment is an expectation they can die in mass numbers, they can die in hospitals where they are cut off electricity, by the middle east only nuclear power. The 11th most powerful military in the world. The 12 Largest Military exporter. And the United States and the International Community is sending them arms. They do not need arms. This is not a security situation. This is not a failure of security, this is a crisis of political will. Rather than normalize apartheid by inviting israeli herzog to congress, congress should have moved for sanctions in order to create a future where all people live, where all of us live not just some of us. Amy or air cut, thank you for been with us, palestinian human rights attorney can associate professor at rutgers university. You just talked about hospitals. On thursday, the World Health Organization warned the Health System in gaza is at a breaking point. The who said without the immediate entry of humanitarian aid into gaza, especially health services, medical supplies, clean water, fuel, mentoring partners will be unable to respond to urgent needs of people who desperately need it. Each lost hour puts more lives at risk. Were joined now by dr. Zaher sahloul. He is joining us from chicago. Dr. Sahloul, we only have three minutes. Can you talk about the situation on the ground, what is possible, what is happening right now to the people of gaza, especially with this demand that half of the population moved from north to south . This is including the populations of the hospitals. The situation is beyond catastrophic. I dont have words to describe what is happening right now. I just came from ukraine two weeks ago and visited some of the areas that were hit by the russians. I have been in syria, lebanon. Ive been to gaza four times. But this is the worst ive seen in gaza. Children are dying unnecessarily because of the bombing. What happened in israel a week ago should not justify what is happening to the palestinian children and the women and elderly and what will happen in the future. Hospitals are overwhelmed. We only have 2500 beds in gaza, and right now we have 7000 patients. A doctor that works in one of the hospitals in gaza where patients are on the floor at the emergency room because theres not enough beds. Every exam bed has three children crying. Many are not crying because they are in shock. The doctors and nurses are in shock. Most of the overwhelming patients coming to the hospital because theyre not sure if their families are safe or not or whether they will live for one more day. 75 attacks on hospitals and ambulances that led to 15 medics killed and 30 plus injured. The situation is going to get worse. That means more in us people will die unnecessarily. Our hearts and prayers are with the people of gaza, with the Palestinian People of gaza who are not responsible for what has been happening in israel. Every loss of life should be treated the same way. I dont think as a physician, ive been in crisis areas and disasters for the past 12 years. This is the worst ive seen. Im fearful for the Palestinian People and the children that have no connection to what is happening in israel. Theyre not responsible for what is happening in israel. I urge our government, the only party that is able to stop h thisell that is running on gaza. Amy i want to thank you for being with us, president and ceo of medglobal, speaking to us from chicago. That does it for our show. Democracy now is currently accepting applications for our video news production fellowship. Learn more and apply at democracynow. Org. Democracy now is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. Email your comments to outreach democracynow. 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