Democracy Now! 2023-10-13 Friday
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🗓️ 13 October 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Headlines for October 13, 2023; A Second Nakba? Israel Orders 1.1 Million Palestinians to Evacuate Northern Gaza Amid Bombing & Siege; Former EU Envoy: Israel’s Forced Transfer of Palestinians in Gaza Would Be a War Crime; Seattle Rabbi David Basior Eulogizes Former Congregant Killed by Hamas, Says Occupation Must End; Noura Erakat: Western Leaders & Media Are Justifying Israel’s “Genocidal Campaign” Against Palestinians; Gaza’s Health System at a “Breaking Point” Amid Israeli Siege & Bombing
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| 0:00.0 | From New York, this is democracy now. |
| 0:17.6 | Israel's decision to evacuate one million gathons is basically forcible transfer. |
| 0:24.0 | That is a war crime under international law, and on the other hand, it's completely unimplementable. |
| 0:29.0 | The United Nations is calling it horrendous. |
| 0:32.0 | Last night, the Israeli army ordered 1.1 million residents of Gaza to evacuate their homes within 24 hours and flee south. |
| 0:42.0 | In what many Palestinians fear is the start of a second knockback. |
| 0:46.0 | The UN said the mass transfer of half of Gaza's population, including all of Gaza City and the hospital as well, would have quote devastating humanitarian consequences. |
| 0:57.0 | We'll go to Gaza for the latest, as Israel's bombardment is now in its seventh day. |
| 1:02.0 | We'll also look at how the Biden administration's increasing military and diplomatic support for Israel, even though human rights groups warn Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza. |
| 1:14.0 | The message that I bring to Israel is this. |
| 1:18.0 | You may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself, but as long as America exists, you will never ever have to. |
| 1:26.0 | We will always be there by your side. |
| 1:29.0 | Bye-bye, Moore. |
| 1:30.0 | Coming up. |
| 1:36.0 | Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, The War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman. |
| 1:42.0 | Israel's army has ordered 1.1 million civilians in the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate southwards within just 24 hours from last night. |
| 1:53.0 | In order, the United Nations called impossible without devastating humanitarian consequences. |
| 1:59.0 | The ultimatum came as Israel mass troops, tanks and armored vehicles in southern Israel for a widely anticipated ground invasion of Gaza. |
| 2:09.0 | On Friday, Israel dropped thousands of leaflets across the Gaza Strip, warning Palestinians to leave their homes or risk death. |
| 2:18.0 | The Norwegian Refugee Council condemned what it called the collective punishment of countless civilians among them children, women and the elderly, which it said would amount to the war crime of forcible transfer. |
| 2:32.0 | Israel's ultimatum came as its unrelenting bombardment of Gaza continued for a seventh day. |
| 2:39.0 | This is 14-year-old Janan Alatar, whose uncle was killed and whose family was left homeless by Israeli air strikes. |
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