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Meet Tarek Loubani, the Canadian Doctor Shot by Israeli Forces Monday While Treating Gaza's Wounded (Transcript)
As Palestinians vow to continue protesting against the Israeli occupation of Gaza, we speak to a Canadian doctor who was shot by Israeli forces in both legs Monday [May 14] while he was helping injured Palestinians. Israeli forces shot dead at least 61 unarmed Palestinian protesters taking part in the Great March of Return Monday, including one doctor. Canada, Britain, Germany, Ireland, and Belgium have called for an investigation into the killings. The United Nations Human Rights Council has announced that it will hold a special session Friday to discuss escalating violence in Gaza. We speak with Dr. Tarek Loubani, an emergency room medical doctor, one of 19 medical personnel shot in Gaza on Monday.
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Pacifica Radio KPFK has a partial audio file, available till mid-July, ~7MB for the story. (KPFK is in fund drive mode.)
Gaza coverage begins at 13:25. The doctor's story is from 15:15 - 31:30.
He notes that the doctor who treated him was subsequently shot, resulting in his death--this, while he was wearing high-visibility clothing to denote his first-responder status.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Thexalon on Friday May 18 2018, @04:46PM
Approximately 1500 ft from the Reichstag and about 250 ft from where Hitler killed himself is the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. The Germans are actually hypervigilant about genocide, precisely because of their history.
It's actually hard to find a major power that hasn't committed atrocities at some point in its history. Going through the G8 and permanent UN Security Council members, some of the more prominent examples of their crimes:
- United States: genocide of Native Americans, and African slavery.
- Canada: genocide of Native Americans.
- United Kingdom: Massacres and wars against native peoples the world over, e.g. South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, the Carribbean. African slavery.
- France: Massacres in what is now Vietnam, most of West Africa.
- Italy: Massacres in Tunisia, Libya, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.
- Germany: Holocaust. Enough said.
- Japan: Massacres of Koreans, Mongolians, and Chinese throughout the 1930's and 1940's.
- Russia: Horrendous massacres of Poles and Jews. Deliberate starvation of Ukraine.
- China: Deliberate starvation of millions during the Great Leap Forward. Violence toward Tibetan civilians.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.