Norman Finkelstein
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first heard Mar 2024
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Confining a million children in what the economists called a human rubbish sheep.
What International Committee of the Red Cross called a sinking ship what the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called a toxic slum. You think- It is a slum, of course it's a slum. You think- But it's caused by the commas. Under international law, you think it's legitimate- Forget the law. Hey. I know you want to forget the law. What about morality? It's what every Israeli fears the most.
What? The law. No, no, no. As Sippy Litney said, I studied international law. I oppose international law. Of course you don't want to hear about the law. Then it's got nothing to do with anything. Okay, so here's the thing.
Then don't complain about October 7th. If you want to say, forget about the law, then there is no international humanitarian law. There's no distinction between civilians and combatants. There should be. Now you're doing what Muin said. You're becoming very selective about the law. If you want to forget about the law, Hamas had every right to do what it did.
It had every right to do what it did, according to you, not to me, because you want to forget the law.
Absolutely. And were there a power during World War II who had the courage of the Houthis, were there a power... to have that kind of courage.
I'm very happy they're helping out the Palestinians. It's at the expense of the Yemenis. They'll pay for it. Anybody who comes to the aid of those suffering the genocide, half of whom are children, according to the most current UN reports as of today, One quarter of the population of Gaza is starving. That means 500,000 children are starving, are on the verge of famine.
They keep saying on the verge.
I think, excuse me, Human Rights Watch called it using starvation as a weapon. That's called engineering.
I'm happy to answer it. I just called you from the humanitarian organizations. They said one quarter of the population of Gaza is now verging on famine. Before October 7th. I'm not going before October 7th.
There were about five, six, or seven reports... issued by UNCTAD, issued by the World Bank, issued by the International Monetary Fund. And they all said, that's why. That's why. Why did they say why? Why did they say that? That's why The Economist, not a radical periodical, described Gaza as a human rubbish. So tell me by what metrics?
I don't think I've avoided any of your questions, except when they breached the threshold of complete imbecility. You're about to tell me by what metric the Gaza Strip is a humanitarian crisis. You remember what I said a moment ago? I said to Professor Morris, I defer to expertise. I look at what the organizations say.
I look at what the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights- The same one word that you don't know.
You know how complicated, have you ever investigated how complicated is the metric for hunger, starvation, and famine? It is such a complicated metric they figured out. If you asked me to repeat it now, I couldn't do it.
They start complete ignorance because we don't know. Professor Morris doesn't know. Muin Rabbani doesn't know.
It was a rhetorical question. Obviously you don't. You know why? Because I looked at the UN report. The Goldstone report? No, the UN report on the Great March of Return in 2018. And they said that the snipers were targeting children, medics, journalists and disabled people.
It's so boring. Virtue signaling. It is virtue signaling. When you say children over and over again, that's virtue signaling. You have this habit of mocking the dead. That's not virtue signaling because that's human life.
I don't care if a hundred are killed or a thousand are killed. I'm curious who you're assigning blame to. I'm curious who you're assigning the question. That's not the number. That's the responsibility norm. Muin mentions that more journalists were killed in Gaza than in all of World War II. That doesn't get it. That doesn't further any part of the conversation.
And more medics were killed in Gaza. No, no, that's silly. And then he says it's virtue signaling. But when Israelis get killed, that's serious. I never said it's serious on both sides.
I think it's a reasonable assumption. Perhaps it is. You're not the best person to be asking that question. You know, I read when you described Operation Defensive Shield. And you said a few dozen homes were destroyed. You're talking about what happened in the Jenin refugee camp.
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