Episode 115 - Why are we not like the other children?

Another young Palestinian girl was murdered, and the image of her body hanging from a wire with her legs shaved off has made its way around the internet. Yet the genocide continues. Lara and Michael discuss this, along with the mounting offenses at the Rafah border, the siege of Nassar Hospital, enforced starvation by the occupation and the celebration of this tactic by Israeli citizens. South Africa issues an emergency request for the ICJ to consider the bombings and ongoing attacks at the Rafah border as blatant non-compliance to their initial order which requires Israel to take all provisional measures to avoid a genocide. Michael discusses Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s “relevant partners” and Lara points out a damning statement from Rami Igra of the Mossad where he claims that all Palestinian children over the age of 4 are “involved” as a Hamas supporter. It’s another week of the occupation blocking humanitarian aid, targeting journalists, doctors, women, and children, and being fully transparent about the ongoing genocide.

To consult the sources used in the preparation of this episode, please see:

Sources

• UNRWA (Instagram)

• @frankieboyle (X)

• @blackliturgies (Instagram)

Videos

• Egypt-Gaza 'buffer zone' construction continues (Sky News)

• She Survived an Airstrike That Killed Her Entire Family in Gaza (The New York Times)

• Protesters set up tents and barricades to prevent aid into Gaza (The Independent)

• Israeli pro-war song condemned as ‘genocidal’ tops the chart (Al Jazeera)

• Scenes inside Nasser hospital in Gaza amid Israeli attack (The Star)

• Doctors come under fire at Nasser Hospital (NBC News)

• Controversial Israeli PR figure Ofer Rosenbaum says ‘the new Jew takes the head off their enemy’ (Middle East Eye)

Articles

• 'We're Rolling Out Nakba 2023,' Israeli Minister Says on Northern Gaza Strip Evacuation (Haaretz)

• Israeli strikes on Gaza's Rafah escalate fears of ground operation (France 24)

• "Gaza now a different color from space"  (Tehran Times)

• What’s behind Israel’s threat to attack Rafah? (Al Jazeera)

• Over 100 killed in Israeli attacks on Rafah city in southern Gaza (Anadolu Ajansi)

• Humans of Gaza: Sidra Hassouna, 7-year-old whose body was dismembered  (PressTV)

• Israeli diplomat’s crying son, 19, ‘intentionally’ ran over Florida cop with motorcycle, may avoid charges due to dad’s immunity: lawyer (New York Post)

• Israeli Diplomat's Son Is Denied Immunity After Allegedly Hitting Cop With Motorcycle (Huff Post)

• Former Mossad official: Children in Gaza over the age of 4 deserve to be starved (Mondoweiss)

• US reissues plea for Israel to allow massive American shipment of flour into Gaza (The Times of Israel)

• SOUTH AFRICA MAKES URGENT REQUEST TO INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ON RAFAH OFFENSIVE (The Presidency Republic of South Africa)

• Israeli soldier gives tour of occupied Palestinian home in Gaza (Middle East Monitor)

• Viewers at 'Sderot cinema' complain over media portrayal (Middle East Eye)

• Gaza war: Israel army behind inflammatory '72 Virgins' Telegram channel (The New Arab)

•  Palestinian doctor flees hospital stormed by IDF only to go back to work in overcrowded Rafah (NBC News)

• Palestinians brace for Rafah assault, Israel promises evacuation (Reuters)

• 'There’s no explanation for Israel to be killing women and children', says Lula in Egypt (Brazil de Fato)

• Nearly 75% of journalists killed in 2023 died in Israel’s war on Gaza: CPJ (Al Jazeera)

• U.S. Senate Passes Bill Granting Israel $14 Billion in Aid, but Path Ahead Remains Unclear (Haaretz)

• Which countries have stopped supplying arms to Israel? (Al Jazeera)