Continuing its bombardment for a 19th day. The Palestinian Death toll has now topped 6500, including 2700 children. I am telling you we were at home when we felt like what was a barrel bomb. It was no ordinary rocket. As you can see, everything is gone. Innocent people died, including children and women. This is israels goal, to kill innocent women and children. Amy we will go to the occupied west bank to speak with Amnesty Internationals researcher on israel and the occupied territories. We will also talk to the Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of the new memoir a man of two faces. Last week a Major Cultural Institution in new york, 92ny, formerly the 92nd street y, canceled an event with him after he signed an open letter calling for a ceasefire in gaza. Plus, we will look at how u. S. Foreign policy in toward latin america is fueling historic numbers of asylum seekers. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peac
Has rejected the call and is continuing its bombardment for a 19th day. The Palestinian Death toll has now topped 6500, including 2700 children. I am telling you we were at home when we felt like what was a barrel bomb. It was no ordinary rocket. As you can see, everything is gone. Innocent people died, including children and women. This is israels goal, to kill innocent women and children. Amy we will go to the occupied west bank to speak with Amnesty Internationals researcher on israel and the occupied territories. We will also talk to the Pulitzer Prize winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of the new memoir a man of two faces. Last week a Major Cultural Institution in new york, 92ny, formerly the 92nd street y, canceled an event with him after he signed an open letter calling for a ceasefire in gaza. Plus, we will look at how u. S. Foreign policy in toward latin america is fueling historic numbers of asylum seekers. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democr
Israels bombardment of gaza are growing across the middle east and in the United States. Hundreds arrested inside the capitol wednesday in a protest organized by jewish groups. People chanted, cease fire now. We will hear remarks by the only Palestinian American Congress woman proceeded to leave and cori bush, along with naomi klein. These are the darkest days i have ever experienced. The Israeli Government announced an intent to commit genocide using jewish fears of another genocide as the excuse. And now it is in the process of making good on that threat. That is what we must stop. Amy first, we go to the occupied west bank, ramallah, to speak with dr. Mustafa barghouti and then longtime israeli journalist amira hass, who has spent decades covering the occupied west bank and live in gaza for years. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Dozens of Palestinian Civilians were killed in gaza as israel bombed t