A whole lot of civilians have been killed and injured within the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Israel’s authorities has declared a complete siege of Gaza, combating what it calls “human animals”. Earlier, lots of of Israelis have been killed by Palestinian fighters.
Why has politics failed so badly? And what’s subsequent – for each side?
Presenter: Sami Zeidan
Friends:
Francesca Albanese – United Nations Particular Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Diana Buttu – lawyer and former spokeswoman for the Palestine Liberation Organisation
Gideon Levy – columnist on the Israeli newspaper Haaretz and writer of The Punishment of Gaza