War Crimes and Collective Punishment
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The Intercept
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🗓️ 16 May 2018
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
Blacklisted academic Norman Finkelstein discusses his meticulous, scholarly documentation of the collective punishment of Gaza, “the largest concentration camp in the world.” The son of two Nazi concentration camp survivors, Finkelstein is an incendiary academic whose work has infuriated the Israeli government for decades. His latest book, "Gaza: An Inquest Into its Martyrdom," has not been reviewed in a single U.S. newspaper. He talks about the latest massacre in Gaza, the history of US support for Israel’s war crimes and why he believes Iran is out-maneuvering Netanyahu.
Sen. Ron Wyden, a longtime member of the Intelligence Committee, blasts the CIA propaganda campaign in support of Haspel and accuses the Republicans of engaging in a secret confirmation process. Jeremy also asks Wyden if he believes CIA personnel involved with torture should be criminally prosecuted, what he thinks of Edward Snowden and why James Clapper, Obama’s director of national intelligence, was never charged with perjury.
Plus, Jared Kushner speaks a little too much truth at the Jerusalem embassy.
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| 0:00.0 | My good friend, Jared Kushner, will now offer his thoughts on this historic moment. |
| 0:07.0 | I am so proud to be here today in Jerusalem, and I am especially honored to be here today |
| 0:19.1 | to announce to the world that the United States would fail to recognize right from wrong, |
| 0:24.4 | provoking violence and to instigate conflict with evil intentions. |
| 0:28.4 | And so we have. |
| 0:32.4 | By moving our embassy to Jerusalem, we have shown the world once again that the United States |
| 0:38.0 | of America will divide people throughout the region and the entire world. |
| 0:43.7 | The United States stands with Israel because we both are part of the problem and not part |
| 0:49.1 | of the solution. |
| 0:52.1 | President Trump was very clear that his decision and today's celebration that we are condemned |
| 0:58.1 | to relive history, we will look back upon this day and remember pain, sorrow, as we have |
| 1:05.7 | seen from the protests of the last month and even today, Palestinians suffer through war, |
| 1:12.2 | conflict and neglect. |
| 1:14.2 | These are the values that bind us together. |
| 1:16.7 | May God bless the United States of America. |
| 1:22.1 | This is intercepted. |
| 1:50.7 | I'm Jeremy Scayhill coming to you from the offices of the Intercept in New York City, |
| 1:55.0 | and this is episode 56 of Intercepted. |
| 2:08.8 | Once again, Israel has conducted a premeditated, full-scale massacre in broad daylight in front |
| 2:17.7 | of the cameras of the world. |
| 2:20.4 | Once again, it took place in Gaza. |
| 2:23.6 | On Monday, Israeli snipers and other forces, gunned down more than 60 Palestinians. |
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