Israel-Palestine: The Humanitarian Consequences of an Occupation

This week's Global Research News Hour returns to the Israel-Paestine conflict. Guest Suha Jarrar, researcher with the Palestinian human rights organization Al Haq, provides an overview of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, with a special emphasis on climate change impacts and settler-colonialism. Larry Commodore, an Indigenous activist from the Soowahlie community of the Stó:lō Nation, near Vancouver, talks about the abuse he and his fellow passengers aboard a Gaza-bound Freedom Flotilla ship after it was intercepted by Israeli forces. Lawyer, journalist, and Palestine solidarity activist examines Canada's unique role in aiding and abetting Israel's violations of international law, and measures that could be taken to hold in the Middle Eastern country and Canadian officials to account.