Democracy Now! 2024-06-12 Wednesday
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🗓️ 12 June 2024
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Headlines for June 12, 2024; Sarah Leah Whitson: U.S. Ceasefire Push in Gaza Is Welcome, But “40,000 Dead Palestinians Too Late”; Hunter Biden: President’s Son Convicted in Federal Gun Case, Faces Tax Evasion Trial Next; Bananas and Blood: Chiquita Ordered to Pay Colombian Families $38 Million for Backing Death Squads
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| 0:00.0 | Okay. |
| 0:14.0 | From New York, this is Democracy Now. |
| 0:21.0 | We are profoundly shocked at the impact on civilians of the Israeli Forces Operation in An Nazareth |
| 0:29.4 | at the weekend to secure the release of four hostages. |
| 0:34.0 | Hundreds of Palestinians, many of them civilians |
| 0:38.0 | who were reportedly killed and injured. |
| 0:42.0 | A pair of new UN reports has accused Israel, as well as Hamas, of committing war crimes in Gaza. |
| 0:48.9 | This comes as pressures growing on both sides to back the ceasefire and hostage deal endorsed by the UN Security Council. |
| 0:55.6 | We'll get the latest. |
| 0:57.2 | Then a jury in Delaware has convicted President Biden's son hunter of all three felonies in a federal gun trial for |
| 1:04.2 | buying a gun at a time when he was using illegal drugs. |
| 1:08.0 | No one in this country is above the law. Everyone must be accountable for their actions, even this defender. |
| 1:15.4 | And in a historic verdict, a federal jury in Florida has ordered Chiquita to pay over 38 million dollars and damages to the families of eight |
| 1:26.2 | Colombian men killed by paramilitary death squads funded by the Banana Giant. |
| 1:33.2 | All that and more coming up. |
| 1:37.0 | Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the War and Peace Report, I'm Amy Goodman. |
| 1:47.0 | Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic jihad have submitted a formal response to a United Nations ceasefire proposal for the Gaza Strip. |
| 1:55.6 | A Hamas spokesperson said the group's priority is to bring a complete stop to Israel's assault |
| 2:00.8 | on Gaza. |
| 2:02.3 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has yet to respond publicly to the US-backed |
| 2:06.7 | ceasefire resolution, which was approved by the UN General Assembly Monday. |
| 2:11.4 | U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinkins said Tuesday, Netanyahu had, quote, reaffirmed his commitment |
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