Episode 117 - The Torture Files

It’s day 161 of the genocide, and the extent of torture in Gaza right now is beyond imagination. The occupation is going beyond civilians & children and extending their torture tactics to aid workers. Michael and Lara discuss the endless attacks on Palestinian civilians, the restricted aid sitting just across the border, and the propaganda tactics used by the occupation to convince the western world that they’re the good guys as they continue their war crimes. It is a relentless oppression of the Palestinian people marked by starvation, daily attacks, torture, and psychological warfare. As Michael and Lara are filming, another 36 people are killed in Nuseirat refugee camp, showcasing the unending horror for the people of in Gaza.

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

Sources

• ICJ Order for Provisional Measures 26 January 2024 (icj-cij.org)

• IV Geneva Convention_Civilian Protections (UN.org)

• Let's Talk Palestine (Daily Updates Broadcast Channel)

Videos

• Former Shin Bet director Ami Ayalon says he would ‘fight against Israel’ if he was Palestinian (youtube.com)   

• What's in the Aid Airdrop Packages? (@wearthepeace with @princekouta on Threads) 

• AIPAC to Congress Talking Points Visual (@moetkacik on X) 

• US Rep Andy Ogles_"kill em all"  (@theTNHoller on X)  

Articles

• US Imposes Sanctions on Israeli Settlers, Two West Bank Outposts (U.S. News and World Report)

• 700,000 Israeli Settlers (Al Jazeera)

• U.S. Humanitarian Airdrop into Gaza (U.S. Central Command Press Release)

• Five killed and 10 injured in Gaza aid airdrop (The Guardian)

• Aid airdrop kills five people in Gaza after parachute fails (Al Jazeera)

• Gaza hospital medic confirms US aid airdrop killed five (The Times of Israel)

• Jordan's King Abdullah joins aid airdrop (The Times of Israel)

• Aid Airdrops "Unsafe, Ineffective, Undignified" (Time)

Malnutrition/Children/Violating ICJ

• Acute malnutrition has doubled in one month in the north of Gaza strip (UNICEF)

• UNRWA Situation Report of March 17 2024

• Decrease in Humanitarian Aid in January 2024 (UNOCHA)

• How Israel defied ICJ provisional measures (Middle East Eye)

• Israel Not Complying with World Court Order in Genocide Case (Human Rights Watch)

• ‘We Cannot Deliver Aid Under Fire’ – Israel Bombs UNRWA Relief Truck (Palestine Chronicle)

• Israel government continues to block aid response despite ICJ genocide court ruling (Oxfam International)

• Israel's starvation diet for Gaza (The Electronic Intifada)

• AIPAC Talking Points Revealed (The American Prospect)

• Gaza: Number of children killed higher than from four years of world conflict (UN News)

• Thousands of Women and Children Under the Rubble (Al Jazeera)

Rafah

• Israel Authorizes Rafah Invasion Plans in Defiance of Biden (March 15, 2024 TIME)   

• At least 11 Palestinians killed after Israel hits tent camp in Rafah (Al Jazeera)

• Born and died during Gaza war, infant twins are buried in Rafah (Reuters)

• Rafah bombed daily prior to March 15 (Al Jazeera)    

• Understanding forcible displacement into Rafah (Al Jazeera)

Nuseirat

• Israel Massacres Family of 36 in Nuseirat Refugee Camp (Al Jazeera)

• Israeli Airstrikes Kills 36 Family Members (Palestine Chronicle)

• Meta censoring Nerdeen Kiswani and WOL (Middel East Eye)

• US House passes bill to force ByteDance to divest TikTok or face ban (Reuters)

• TikTok Exposed Youth to Genocide in Gaza — Is That Why Electeds Want It Banned? (MSN)

• TikTok activism: Is TikTok changing Palestine-Israel Narrative? (Medium)

• Antitrust Division | The Antitrust Laws (justice.gov)

• Hamas Proposal Points (Al Jazeera)

• Israeli Proposal of 6 Week Ceasefire, Hamas Response (CNN)

• Hamas/Israel Proposals (CNN)

• Resolution 194 | Refugee Right of Return and Compensation (UNRWA)

• Israel's Blockade Illegal, Violates Geneva Convention (Human Rights Watch)

• IV Geneva Convention_Civilian Protections (UN.org)

• Israel's Fragmentation of Palestine (UN.org)

• Turning Zeitoun into Shivat Zion: Israeli summit envisions Gaza resettlement (972mag.com)

• Martin Griffiths "Hamas is not a terrorist group for us" (Times of Israel)

• UNRWA Report: Israel Detaining and Torturing Palestinian Men, Women, and Children 

• Israel Torturing UNRWA Staffers Into False Confessions (CNN)

• Not just the UNRWA report: Countless accounts of Israeli torture in Gaza (Al Jazeera)

• At the Gates of Yassergrad (Haaretz.com)

• The Zone of Interest (2023) - IMDb