Israeli Human Rights Groups Allege "Genocide" in Gaza

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🗓️ 2 August 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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As suffering and starvation continues unimpeded in Gaza, the chorus of criticism is becoming louder, and not just from abroad. In an unprecedented move, Yuli Novak & Guy Shalev, the executive directors of B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, two leading Israeli human rights groups, tell Christiane why they believe their government is committing genocide in Gaza. Then former National Institutes of Health chief Francis Collins discusses the chilling impact of science and research cuts on American healthcare under Donald Trump's second term. Also, as Trump ramps up pressure on Putin's grinding war, Nick Paton Walsh has a special report on one of the country's youngest victims, Tymur, aged ten. Plus, after recent elections in Japan saw the obscure far-right party, Sanseito, make dramatic gains in the recent election, Christiane discusses whether Trump or tourists are behind the stunning results with Tomohiko Taniguchi, a former advisor to longtime Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Mira Rapp-Hooper, who was a special Asia advisor to President Biden. Thirty-five years since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, from her archives, Christiane's report on America's massive military buildup in the Saudi desert ahead of their effort to repel Saddam, and the weary U.S. troops she met there, worried about insufficient supplies and what was yet to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the Amunpur Hour.
0:10.0	Here's where we're headed this week.
0:14.0	As suffering and starvation continue in Gaza, Israeli critics are getting louder, especially inside the country.
0:22.4	The leaders of two Israeli human rights organizations tell me why they believe their government
0:27.6	is committing genocide in Gaza.
0:30.2	Attack after attack, hospital after hospital, blocking of water, blocking of food, destruction
0:35.6	of infrastructure that's just needed for people to survive.
0:41.3	That's when we get to the conclusion that a genocide is being committed, unfortunately.
0:45.3	Then...
0:46.3	Well, there are immediate consequences for people who are depending on medical research to potentially come up with an answer.
0:52.3	Former National Institutes of Health Chief, Francis Collins,
0:56.0	on the chilling impact of science and research cuts to your healthcare.
1:00.0	Also ahead.
1:03.0	As Trump ramps up pressure on Putin's grinding war,
1:06.0	a special report on one of Ukraine's youngest victims.
1:10.0	Plus, the far right win big at polls in Japan,
1:15.2	how tourism could be a cause and what the US stands to lose.
1:19.4	We hear from experts in Tokyo and Washington.
1:22.6	And from my archive,
1:23.9	1, 2, 3, 0.
1:26.3	35 years ago today, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait,
1:30.7	CNN got its global launchpad, and I got my start covering the first Gulf War and meeting America's military machine.
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