Sister rashida today. We are here to highlight before i actually start, we were supposed to have other speakers. Are they in the room . How are you . Thank you for coming. Rep. Omar wonderful. Today we are here to highlight the human cost of occupation and travel restrictions. I had planned to travel to israel and palestine to hear from individuals on the ground about the conflict so that i could be more informed as a member of congress and as a member on the Foreign Affairs committee. Contrary to many media reports and statements of the israeli Prime Minister, i planned to oft directly with members Israeli Security along with Palestinian Civil Society groups, former soldiers, israel, palestine, and international organizations, and United Nations officials. Leading up to the trip, i met with constituents holding a wide range of views on the conflict. All the activities on my trip had been done by members of congress in the past. Including a nearly identical trip a few years ago led by
Thank you, everyone for being here. Sorry for being late, there were some traffic detours. I am so glad to be here with my sister rashida today. Today we are here to highlight before i actually start, we were supposed to have a couple other speakers. Are they in the room . Would you join us . How are you . Thank you for coming. Thank you. Thank you for speaking up. Rep. Omar today we are here to highlight the human cost of the occupation and travel restrictions on palestinians and others. As many of you know, i had planned to travel to israel and palestine to hear from individuals on the ground about the conflict, so i could be more informed as a member of congress and as a member of the Foreign Affairs committee. Contrary to many media reports and the statements of the israeli Prime Minister, i plan to meet directly with members of the knesset and members of Palestinian Civil Society groups, former soldiers, palestine and Israel International organizations and United Nations officials
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israel has the most far right government in its history. palestinian disillusion with the status quo seems to be stoking militancy. my guest is palestinian politician, physician and civil rights activist mustafa barghouti. what, if anything, can the palestinians do to improve their situation? mustafa barghouti, in ramallah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be with you. thank you. good to have you on the show. let s start with the situation in the west bank, where you sit, in ramallah. is there any semblance of political authority or control in the west bank right now? unfortunately, the existing authority is the authority of occupation, israeli military occupation, which is really, from security perspective, controlling the whole area. the palestinian authority has been weakened dramatically by the israeli side. since 2002, when the israeli army re invaded all palestinian cities and all the so called area a, which is supposed to be under palestinian authority, since th