James Menendez
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The journalist gathered in Martyr Square in silence. No words needed to describe the pain, the outrage, after another colleague, Amal Khalil, was killed by Israel in Lebanon. The front page of the newspaper where she worked, Al-Akbar, featured a picture of her, microphone in hand, smiling.
Lebanese officials say she was deliberately targeted by Israel in southern Lebanon while seeking shelter after an earlier airstrike, and that the Israeli military then prevented rescuers from reaching her. Israel denies this, but says it is reviewing the case. The Committee to Protect Journalists says Israel has killed at least seven other reporters in Lebanon during this war, and dozens more before, both here and in Gaza.
I was on the phone with Amal and we had followed her exact location. And she was with her colleague, two ladies in the car, journalists. And the car in front of them was targeted first. And the two men in the car in front of them had died. So Amal and her colleague left their car and they went to a nearby home to take refuge.
Hieman myöhemmin israelilaiset lÀhettivÀt polttoaineen, jossa Amal ja hÀnen ystÀvÀnsÀ menivÀt asuksiin.
I think the Israelis have sufficient intelligence capacity to know exactly who was there before they bombed it. And they bombed it with fighter jets, so it was an explicit attack to assassinate Amal Khalil. Is it possible that they mistook her and her colleagues for a group of Hezbollah militants?
This is, I think, impossible considering the technology and the surveillance and the capacity of the Israelis to survey and follow up. And the evidence of this capacity is that they were able to assassinate very well protected Hezbollah military leaders. So they have the capacity to access information that can identify the persons they are targeting.
TÀmÀ on tieteellinen asia. Emme ole puhuneet opetuksista. TÀmÀ on heidÀn mahdollisuudensa ja heillÀ on kaikki tilaisuus tehdÀ sitÀ. Miksi ajattelit, ettÀ heidÀn olisi halunnut tappaa hÀnet?
KyllÀ, se on erittÀin hyvÀ kysymys. HÀn on saanut israelilaisista viime vuosina vaikeuksia. Ja moni hÀnen kollegansa oli itse asiassa tullut israelilaisiin viime viikkoina. Ja tiedÀtkö, ettÀ jÀrjestelmien tappaminen on hyvin selkeÀ asia israelilaisissa.
It's not the first time they kill journalists. I think it's very clear that they don't care because they get away with it every time. They keep doing it and it doesn't matter because the international community is so permissive and is allowing impunity for the Israelis. Impunity will encourage them to do more killing and kill everyone who actually supports the resistance against the Israeli occupation.
Do you ever expect to get any answers as to what happened and why it happened? In this case, we would expect international law to step in. We would expect international tribunals and the international community. However, it is very evident now that these mechanisms are dysfunctional. Unfortunately, apparently the world has lost its moral, ethical compass.
Voinko kysyÀ viimeisenÀ, kuinka muistat Amalaa, henkilöstÀ ja journalistista? Ajattelemme, ettÀ Amalan tukiminen oli myös meitÀ kaikille vaikutus. Se oli pysÀyttÀÀ hÀnen työtÀÀn. Me jatketaan Amalan työtÀ. Haluan vain sanoa, ettÀ Amal ei ollut vain journalisti.
Kun hÀn teki työtÀ jÀrjestelmÀssÀ, hÀn nÀki, kuinka paljon ihmisiÀ on kÀrsinyt. HÀn halusi myös tehdÀ kansainvÀlinen työtÀ. Olin aina töissÀ Amalissa, jossa lÀhettivÀt ruokaa ja pankkeja ihmisille, jotka olivat pysyneet Suomessa. HeidÀn asukkaansa olivat pysyneet israelilaisiksi.
HÀn esitteli minua niin moniin perheisiin, jotka ovat meitÀ nyt yhteydessÀ ja me autamme heitÀ. IhmisiÀ, jotka olivat menneet lapsensa, isoja, jotka olivat menneet isÀnsÀ. Me jatketaan Amalan työtÀ. Amalan nimessÀ hÀn ei kuunnella. Kaikki työt, joita teemme, teemme hÀneltÀ. Afia Fork on ulkopolitiikan edustaja Israelin pÀÀministeri Benjamin Netanyahu ja puhui Sarah Montaguille.
Me katsomme tÀtÀ tapahtumaa, mutta en voi sanoa, ettÀ Israel ei koskaan tarkoita yksilöitÀ. Se ei koskaan tarkoita julkaisuja. Toisaalta me teemme kaikkea mahdollista, jotta julkaisujen ja julkaisujen riskiÀ voidaan vÀhentÀÀ.
You don't have to take my word for it. You can listen to the head of urban warfare at West Point, Colonel John Spencer, who says that Israel takes more measures to mitigate threats to civilians. Just a second, Sarah. All right. So those are the facts. I want to put some facts to you from the Committee to Protect Journalists. 129 press members were killed last year. Israel was responsible for two thirds of those deaths.
Are you saying that was all an accident, a terrible mistake? I'm saying that war has its risks and journalism and combat zones take their risks and unfortunately they sometimes pay a price. What I can tell you again, 100% sure, is that Israel does everything possible to mitigate the threat to civilians.
And crucially, there's still no sign of fresh peace talks. Meanwhile, the effect on the global economy from the war is massive, as James Kopnell heard from Alexander Dekru from the United Nations Development Programme. We know now, even if the war would stop tomorrow, this is pushing at least 32 million people back into poverty. And it shows that things that take decades to achieve, it takes only eight weeks of war to destroy it.
Tuo 32 miljoonaa on yllÀttÀvÀn suuri numero. Oletko ymmÀrtÀnyt, ettÀ se on laajentunut ympÀri maailmaa, tai onko siellÀ paikkoja, jotka ovat erityisen haastavia? Ei, se on laajentunut ympÀri maailmaa, mutta tietysti ympÀri. Tietysti on vaikutus alueelle itse asiassa, ja Iranissa arvioidaan, ettÀ miljoonat ihmisiÀ on pystytty pohjoiseen. Mutta sitten nÀet toisia vaikutuksia. Suomalais-Saharan Afrikassa,
Suurin, suuri vaikutus energiakauppien lisÀÀminen, mutta myös vertailujÀrjestelmien ilmaisuus. Monet niistÀ maista ovat nyt planttiin, eivÀt ole avautunut vertailujÀrjestelmiin, joten se vaikuttaa yli 40 miljoonaan ihmisiin, jotka on vaikuttaneet ruotsin ja turvallisuuteen. Ja sitten jotkut vaikutukset todella lÀhellÀ. Ripple-vaikutukset Pasiikassa.
Suomessa on pieniÀ ilmastonmuutoksia. Esimerkki on Tuvalu, ilmaston Tuvalu. Me olemme tuvaluun puutteessa ja alamme ratkaisemaan tuvaluun kÀyttöÀ, koska laitteet eivÀt kÀy. Puhu meille hieman siitÀ, millaisia vaihtoehtoja hallitsevat, koska te teette hallitsemalla koko maailman edistÀmis- ja koulutusjÀrjestelmien kehittÀmisestÀ.