Alternative Radio - Episode November 20, 2024

Anatomy of a Genocide: Gaza Francesca Albanese of the UN says, “Gaza is now a wasteland of rubble, garbage and human remains.” And it may be worse than that. In the litany of crimes genocide is the most heinous. Omer Bartov, Brown University genocide scholar and former Israeli military officer in November 2023, a month after the October 7 attack on Israel said, “There is no proof that genocide is taking place in Gaza.” By May 2024 he said, “I no longer believe that. It was no longer possible to deny that Israel was engaged in systematic war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocidal actions.” He said Israel in Gaza was acting as the Genocide Convention puts it “with intent to destroy, in whole or in part inflicting conditions of life meant to bring about the group’s destruction.” Recorded at Georgetown University. Speaker: Francesca Albanese Francesca Albanese, an international lawyer, is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories. She is the first woman to hold the position. She is an Affiliate Scholar at the Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University. She is the author of Palestinian Refugees in International Law. Description from www.alternativeradio.org