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Palestinian human rights lawyer Raji Sourani talks exclusively to TRT World's Roundtable detailing his work in Gaza and Occupied West Bank documenting evidence of war crimes, genocide and fighting against Israeli injustices by representing 'the voiceless'.
In this wide-ranging interview, Sourani tells Enda Brady how the international community has been complicit in the Gaza genocide, changing laws to protect Israel's crimes and claiming the West is aiding Israel's war crimes with its 'selective self-defence stance.'
Sourani talks passionately about the case of six-year-old Hind Rajab who was killed by Israeli forces alongside her relatives despite her pleas for help. He said her death was 'the tip of the iceberg' with 'hundreds, maybe thousands of Hind Rajab cases'.
The Palestinian lawyer who has been imprisoned by Israel numerous times and had his home in Gaza destroyed by an Israeli strike, believes 'occupation will end sooner or later' and 'Gaza will be rebuilt'.
#palestine #israel #genocide #gaza #humanrightsabuse #europeanpolitics #middleeast
Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by Enda Brady, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:00 GMT on TRT World.
Palestinian human rights lawyer Raji Sourani talks exclusively to TRT World's Roundtable detailing his work in Gaza and Occupied West Bank documenting evidence of war crimes, genocide and fighting against Israeli injustices by representing 'the voiceless'.
In this wide-ranging interview, Sourani tells Enda Brady how the international community has been complicit in the Gaza genocide, changing laws to protect Israel's crimes and claiming the West is aiding Israel's war crimes with its 'selective self-defence stance.'
Sourani talks passionately about the case of six-year-old Hind Rajab who was killed by Israeli forces alongside her relatives despite her pleas for help. He said her death was 'the tip of the iceberg' with 'hundreds, maybe thousands of Hind Rajab cases'.
The Palestinian lawyer who has been imprisoned by Israel numerous times and had his home in Gaza destroyed by an Israeli strike, believes 'occupation will end sooner or later' and 'Gaza will be rebuilt'.
#palestine #israel #genocide #gaza #humanrightsabuse #europeanpolitics #middleeast
Roundtable is a discussion programme with an edge. Broadcast out of London and presented by Enda Brady, it's about bringing people to the table, listening to every opinion, and analysing every point of view. From fierce debate to reflective thinking, Roundtable discussions offer a different perspective on the issues that matter to you. Watch it every weekday at 15:00 GMT on TRT World.
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What are Human Rights?Human rights are moral principles or norms that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected as natural and legal rights in municipal and international law. They are commonly understood as inalienable, fundamental rights "to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being" and which are "inherent in all human beings", regardless of their age, ethnic origin, location, language, religion, ethnicity, or any other status. They are applicable everywhere and at every time in the sense of being universal, and they are egalitarian in the sense of being the same for everyone. They are regarded as requiring empathy and the rule of law and imposing an obligation on persons to respect the human rights of others, and it is generally considered that they should not be taken away except as a result of due process based on specific circumstances; for example, human rights may include freedom from unlawful imprisonment, torture, and execution.
Who are TRT World?At TRT World we are building a global community focused around change. We are looking beyond the headlines to drive meaningful conversations that empower. We want to connect people across the globe to issues that matter. We explore the reality behind the hashtags and the people behind the statistics. We will seek to unpack the issues behind each story. By placing the human at the heart of each story we hope to promote a global conscience that provokes moral reactions - revealing a deeper understanding of the diversity of the lives around us.
What is a Genocide?Genocide is intentional action to destroy a people. People are defined as an ethnic, national, racial, or religious group in whole or in part. The hybrid word "genocide" is a combination of the Greek word genos ("race, people") and the Latin suffix -cide ("act of killing"). The United Nations Genocide Convention, which was established in 1948, defines genocide as "acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group". The Political Instability Task Force estimated that, between 1956 and 2016, a total of forty-three genocides took place, causing the death of about 50 million people. The UNHCR estimated that a further 50 million had been displaced by such episodes of violence up to 2008. The Holocaust is a specific instance of genocide. It refers specifically to the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jewish people by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.
What is Israel?Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East. Located on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea. It has land borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan on the east, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the east and west, respectively, and Egypt to the southwest.
Where is Gaza?Palestine is a geographic region in Western Asia. It is usually considered to include the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Israel, and in some definitions, some parts of western Jordan. The name was used by ancient Greek writers, and it was later used for the Roman province Syria Palaestina, the Byzantine Palaestina Prima, and the Islamic provincial district of Jund Filastin. The region comprises most of the territory claimed for the biblical regions known as the Land of Israel, the Holy Land or Promised Land. Historically, it has been known as the southern portion of wider regional designations such as Canaan, Syria, ash-Sham, and the Levant. Situated at a strategic location between Egypt, Syria and Arabia, and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity, the region has a long and tumultuous history as a crossroads for religion, culture, commerce, and politics.
What is Sin?In Abrahamic contexts, sin is the act of violating God's will. Sin can also be viewed as anything that violates the ideal relationship between an individual and God; or as any diversion from the ideal order for human living. To sin has been defined as "to miss the mark". Sins fall in a spectrum from minor errors to deadly misdeeds. Catholicism regards the least corrupt sins as venial sins which are part of human living and carry immediate consequences on earth, and, if unrepented for, more painful purgation, assuming the person is destined to heaven, as it is written in the formation letter "Purgatory", "most of the early Fathers of the Church speak of a cleansing fire, though we cannot tell whether this means actual or spiritual fire." Conversely, sins of great evil are mortal sins which bring the consequence of hell if they are not addressed either through an act of perfect contrition or going to confession about them.
