
Palestinian Politician on the Drastic Situation in Gaza
Clip: 10/16/2023 | 5m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Mustafa Barghouti explains the situation in Gaza.
Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh warns against a new “Nakba” in Gaza – a reference to the mass migration of almost one million Palestinians following the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Mustafa Barghouti of the Palestinian National Initiative, a political party in the occupied West Bank joins to discuss.
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Palestinian Politician on the Drastic Situation in Gaza
Clip: 10/16/2023 | 5m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh warns against a new “Nakba” in Gaza – a reference to the mass migration of almost one million Palestinians following the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Mustafa Barghouti of the Palestinian National Initiative, a political party in the occupied West Bank joins to discuss.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> YOU ARE ALSO A DOCTOR SO I WANT TO ASK YOU WHAT YOU ARE FEELING AND WHAT YOU WOULD DO AND KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN TERMS OF THE MEDICAL SITUATION AND THE HEALTH SITUATION INSIDE GAZA RIGHT NOW.
>> I AM IN TOUCH , WE HAVE OPERATION THERE WITH THE HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS AND I AM SORRY TO SAY WHAT GAZA IS EXPOSED TO NOW IS NOTHING BUT WAR CRIMES COMMITTED BY ISRAEL.
THE FIRST ONE IS SIEGE AND COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT WHICH IS A WAR CRIME BY INTERNATIONAL LAW.
THE SECOND ONE IS GENOCIDE THROUGH THIS TERRIBLE BOMBARDMENT AND A NONSTOP OF CIVILIAN POPULATION.
THE THIRD ONE IS ETHNIC CLEANSING WHICH ALREADY STARTED IN THE NORTH AND THEY ARE PLANNING TO CONTINUE IT TOWARDS EGYPT.
REGARDING THE HEALTH SITUATION IS DRASTIC.
HOSPITALS AND HEALTH SERVICES DO NOT HAVE WATER, MEDICATIONS, NECESSARY MEDICINES.
THEY DON'T HAVE ELECTRICITY , THERE IS SCARCITY OF WATER SOURCES .
WE HAVE CHILDREN AND INCUBATORS WHO COULD DIE AT ANY MOMENT BECAUSE OF LACK OF ELECTRICITY AND OXYGEN BY THE WAY.
GAZA AT THE MOMENT ARE PREGNANT AND 5500 OF THEM WILL BE GIVING BIRTH THIS MONTH.
WE ALREADY HAVE CASES OF WOMEN WHO HAVE TO GIVE BIRTH IN STREETS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO HOME TO BE IN AFTER ISRAEL DESTROYED 70,000 HOMES ALREADY IN GAZA.
THERE IS A VERY BIG PROBLEM WITH PATIENTS WHO NEED KIDNEY DIALYSIS, MANY OF THEM WILL DIE INCLUDING 170 CHILDREN BECAUSE THEY CANNOT HAVE ACCESS TO KIDNEY DIALYSIS.
WE HAVE A VERY SERIOUS POSSIBILITY OF EPIDEMICS IN GAZA FOR TWO REASONS.
FIRST OF ALL DESTRUCTION OF WATER PIPES AS WELL AS WASTE SYSTEMS AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE ABSENCE OF ANY VACCINATION PROGRAM FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
>> MAY I ASK YOU A QUESTION ?
IT'S DRASTIC SO THE YOU AND SAYS THE SAME BOTH SIDES ACCUSING EACH OTHER OF WAR CRIMES.
I WANT TO KNOW YOUR REACTION TO OTHERS WHO SAY IT IS ON HAMAS'S HEAD.
THEY MASSACRED 1400 PEOPLE, TOOK HUNDRED 99 INCLUDING BABIES , HOSTAGE AND THEY ARE BRINGING THIS DOWN ON THEIR PEOPLE AS WELL.
AND WHAT IT DOES SEEM TO BE IS THERE'S A PERPETUAL FIGHT BETWEEN HAMAS AND THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND I GUESS PEOPLE LIKE YOUR PARTY AS WELL ABOUT WHO SHOULD PROPERLY RUN PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS .
DO NOT ASCRIBE ANY BLAME TO THEM AS WELL?
>> LOOK , IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR ISRAELIS TO CLAIM PALESTINIANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING PALESTINIANS WHEN THEY ARE BOMBARDING THEM.
I AM SO SURPRISED BY WHAT YAIR LAPID SAID BECAUSE HE SUPPOSED BE IN OPPOSITION LEADER BUT I DON'T SEE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIM AND BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
I'M SORRY TO SAY HE IS COMPETING WITH HIM AND TELLING LIES FIXING THE WAR IN PALESTINIAN BEFORE BOMBARDING THEM.
THIS IS NOT HAPPENING ANYMORE.
THEY ARE BOMBARDING PEOPLE WITHOUT THEM KNOWING.
WHAT GETS YOU THE RIGHT TO DESTROY 70,000 HOUSES OVER PEOPLE'S HEADS AND CLAIM THIS IS AGAINST HAMAS.
THIS IS AN ATTACK NOT ON HAMAS IT'S AN ATTACK AGAINST 2.3 MILLION PEOPLE IN GAZA WHO ARE BESIEGED.
HE SAID SOMETHING IMPORTANT.
HE SAID NOT AGAIN.
I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM A PRESCRIPTION OF HOW NOT TO HAVE ANYTHING AGAIN SO THAT NO PALESTINIAN WILL BE KILLED.
END OCCUPATION, END THE SYSTEM OF APARTHEID, STOP THIS OCCUPATION THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR 56 YEARS.
YOU HAVE DONE 10 WARS ALREADY DURING THIS PERIOD OF TIME, HOW MANY MORE WARS DO YOU WANT?
IS THE SOLUTION OF OCCUPATION TO REOCCUPY GAZA AGAIN?
I AM SURE THAT IS REALLY PLAN IS NOT ONLY TO ETHNICALLY CLEANSE GAZA COMPLETELY AND REOCCUPY IT BUT ALSO AN EXIT TO ISRAEL.
THIS IS THE MAP THAT BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SHOWED IN THE UNITED NATIONS THAT SHOWS ANNEXATION OF WEST BANK, GAZA STRIP AND JERUSALEM .
THESE PEOPLE ARE CONDUCTING WAR CRIMES NOW AND THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR PALESTINIANS AND ISRAEL.
LET ME TELL HAMAS DID NOT EXIST 40 YEARS AGO WHAT STOP THEM FROM ENDING OCCUPATION?
WHY NOW THEY SPEAK AT BEST COMING BACK TO GAZA WHY MR. LAPID AND HIS GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO MEET WITH NETANYAHU.
WHITE DID THEY BLOCK NEGOTIATIONS WITH PALESTINIANS?
WHY DID THEY BLOCK THE PEACE PROCESS?
NOBODY CAN HIDE THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH TODAY IS THREE WAR CRIMES ARE HAPPENING IN GAZA AND THIS WE SHOULD BE STOPPED.
I AM SO SURPRISED THAT THE UNITED STATES IS SENDING 2000 TROOPS TO PARTICIPATE , NOT ONLY BEING COMPLICIT WITH THESE WAR CRIMES BUT TO PARTICIPATE IN THEM.
>> THE UNITED STATES HAS NOT SAID IT IS GETTING INVOLVED
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