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Emma Graham-Harrison

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
381 total appearances

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Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

We've seen increasingly senior figures speaking out particularly about impunity for violence by settlers in the occupied West Bank.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

You know, a lot of our reporting, we've focused on the...

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

The way the lines between the army and civilians are blurred in the occupied West Bank.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

And I think there's a lot of the establishment figures who have been critical would like to make a clear distinction.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

But I spoke to Ehud Olmert a couple of months ago, who is the former prime minister of Israel.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

You know, I think one of the things that to me was most important about what Olmert said, you know, and to be clear, he was speaking specifically about violence by Israeli settler civilians in the Occupy West Bank.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

against Palestinians, not about all violence.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

But he called for an ICC intervention to save Palestinians and Israelis.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

This isn't just about protecting Palestinians from Israeli violence.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

It's also about, you know, in his view, about protecting Israel and Israel's future as a democratic state with a functioning legal system.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

He sees this intervention as vital for both Palestinians and Israelis.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

I mean, it depends what you mean by investigation, right?

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

These are internal military investigations.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

There have not been any criminal investigations that I'm aware of.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

Even the very high profile ones that have involved, for instance, the killing of

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

International aid workers like the World Central Kitchen, the documented killing of medical staff, a group of Palestinian Red Crescent workers who were in their ambulances, video showed that they were in their ambulances answering a call.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

Israel initially tried to say that they were not, didn't have their lights on and things.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

The punishments that have been handed down have been administrative and within the military justice system.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

They've been put in military prison for a few days, but there hasn't been any criminal proceedings.

Today in Focus
The death penalty returns to Israel

I mean, that's an interesting question.