Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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The military government in Myanmar has been bombing schools and churches in rebel-held areas, according to evidence seen by the BBC. Israel has recognised 19 new settlements in the occupied West Bank and US officials say the Coast Guard is pursuing another oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
Also in this podcast... A brilliant opening ceremony with a light show inside the ground and fireworks inside the stadium bowl as a large Africa Cup of Nations trophy was lifted. Africa's biggest football tournament kicks off, but with controversy amidst the razzmatazz. Schools and churches in rebel-held areas bombed.
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Chapter 2: What is happening in rebel-held Myanmar amid military attacks?
It had territory, weapons, autonomy, but it delivered the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. So statehood without demilitarization, it doesn't bring peace. It just brought us October the 7th.
I'm really sorry to interrupt you, but in terms of the news of today, after the security cabinet approved the 19 new settlements, the finance minister, who is himself a settler, Bezalel Smotrid, said the move was aimed at blocking the establishment of a Palestinian state. Was he speaking for the entire government or is that a personal opinion?
Well, look, the prime minister has made clear that Judea and Samaria, you call them the West Bank. I find that slightly insulting because... They are very much the cradle of Jewish civilization. And Hebron, that's also in the West Bank, as you call it, Judea and Samaria, where Abraham, Isaac and... Jacob are buried. These are chapters, key chapters in Jewish history.
And they're not about modern politics. And they predate any modern Palestinian claim. So we want to have peace with our neighbors, but it must come from a position of strength. The Prime Minister has made clear that a Palestinian state without security guarantees is not peace. It's a terror base.
The prime minister has also said that he has spent his career blocking the establishment of a Palestinian state. So I think we are to read that this move is further facts on the ground to prevent any possibility of an establishment of a Palestinian state. We've just had a de facto Palestinian state and we've just fought a two-year war because that state became a terrorist state.
We're not going to agree on that. You've made your position which is not recognised in international law. And you also, let's also go back to, it wasn't a Palestinian state. Under international law, under UN resolutions, a Palestinian state is to be established on land in the West Bank, occupied West Bank and in Gaza. You mentioned Judea and Samaria.
The legal scholars will tell you that that does not override international law, that religious texts are not legal sources under international law, including, most importantly, the Fourth Geneva Convention. We know because Israel always makes it clear. So we take it as given that Israel does not accept law.
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Chapter 3: How has the military government in Myanmar impacted civilians?
the overwhelming view of legal scholars that the establishment of legal settlements on occupied land is a violation of international law, including the Geneva Conventions. Let me tell you about the national Israeli consensus rather than these so-called scholars you're giving me. The consensus here in Israel, and it's not a question of right versus left, it's the reality.
You know, we just had a vote in our Knesset about it. 99 out of those 120 Knesset members voted oppose a Palestinian state, not because they're against peace. because they know that whenever an opportunity is given to build a Palestinian state, instead of giving freedom to the Gazans or the Palestinians, it's simply turned into a forward operating base for Iran.
It's simply turned into a terror state. So that was the Israeli government viewpoint. List is said also spoke to Jonathan Pollack, an Israeli campaigner against Israel's occupation. Israel is not only trying to block the establishment of a Palestinian state, but also to dispossess and displace Palestinians from their lands.
We are talking about joint efforts by both Israeli civilians in the form of Israeli settlers and the official Israeli armed forces working in coordination to implement an Israeli policy of ethnic cleansing. Over the past two years, more than 100 communities have been displaced forcefully displaced from where they were residing. And this happened through violence. I'll give a very simple example.
Just about two weeks ago, the army raided a village called in the West Bank.
At the very same time, while the army invaded the village and have done nothing more than shooting tear gas and throwing concussion grenades in the streets, so no attempt to make arrests, no actual military activity. At the same time, settlers came and attacked a house on the outskirts of the village.
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Chapter 4: What evidence is there of military attacks on schools and churches?
This house is the only thing that keeps settlers away from taking over about 60,000 dunams of land. A dunam is a square kilometer. The settlers left before the army left the village. And then the army blocked residents from coming to the aid of the family in the outskirts of the village. They've stopped an ambulance from getting there. The wounded could not be evacuated.
before the early hours of the morning. So they're really working hand in hand to implement this policy of ethnic cleansing, to displace these Palestinian communities.
So the recognition of these 19 settlements, it is important because it is something that is easy for the world to see. There is absolutely nothing that Israel cannot do in the occupied territories and with complete impunity. Jonathan Pollack.
Chapter 5: What are the implications of the upcoming general election in Myanmar?
In the previous edition of this podcast, we reported on how the US had seized a second tanker off the coast of Venezuela. American officials claimed, without evidence, that the ship was carrying sanctioned oil used to fund what it called narco-terrorism. Caracas, however, accused Washington of international piracy and kidnapping.
As we record this podcast, the US Coast Guard is pursuing another oil tanker in the same international waters. Our Latin America expert, Luis Fajardo, gave me the latest.
There's officials who have told US media that there's an ongoing operation against a third tanker in the Caribbean. There's media reports saying that the tanker had been en route to Venezuela and that it was not carrying a recognised national flag. Therefore, it would be, according to these reports, subject to boarding and inspection by US forces.
There's not much more known about it, the specific details. Apparently, it is an ongoing operation.
Chapter 6: How are civilians responding to the military's actions in Myanmar?
Have we heard anything? I mean, what does the Venezuelan government say, not just about this particular American operation, but the seizure of the other two ships as well?
Venezuela certainly has been very strongly rejecting these U.S. operations. As you said, they have not confirmed either. They have not commented either on this third apparent action. But on the action that took place on Saturday, they said that they would be denouncing the action before the U.N. Security Council. And overall, they have been saying in very strong terms that they reject these U.S.
actions, which they describe as illegal.
But do they deny the suggestion that these ships are breaking international sanctions by bringing the oil out?
Venezuela has been saying all throughout this crisis that the U.S. has been engaged in what they describe as, quote-unquote, piracy. They say that this is not about economics, that there's a bigger political story going on, which, according to the Venezuelan government, is the desire of the U.S.,
to remove the government of Maduro, to provoke political change in Venezuela, and eventually keep Venezuelan oil. So they suggest this is all part of what they describe as old-fashioned colonialism by the U.S., and they have rejected it in very strong terms.
The United States has certainly made no bones about the fact that it wants to see Nicolás Maduro removed from office. They don't recognize him as the legitimate leader of the country. And some have warned that all of this, plus, of course, there was the Americans attacking what they said were boats carrying drug dealers out of Venezuela.
All of this, they say, is a prelude to a full scale invasion of Venezuela. Is Venezuela preparing for this? Are they seriously worried that could happen?
Venezuela has said in the specific action of the ships being boarded in the Caribbean that they would escort these oil tankers in Venezuelan waters with Venezuelan Navy vessels. This has not led to a direct confrontation yet. The ships that have been caught have been caught in international waters.
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