Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Democracy Now and Al Jazeera updates on Gaza : Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide

If i may chime in on edward kissi's question

For many years i have been a "Country specialist" for amnesty international, and every one who works for them or any equivalent group like human rights watch or the many un groups or committee for the protection of journalists, etc., asks themselves the same question. There are short term results, which we never get, but then longer term ones we do often get, at least for individuals. We worked on behalf of imprisoned journalists in burundi, and after some time they were released. I do believe the protests helped them.

Aside from individuals, calling a state into account for torture is hard, but when bbc picks up the story and headlines it, there are national pressures that might result.

I don't care if the u.k. Had a bad past in africa, if i can use them today to pressure some state to stop torturing or disappearing people.

If i had to ask a state to be pure before it spoke out, NO ONE would fit that bill.

Ken

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Excellent question, Chidi! 

I have a similar one from the perspective of scholars like myself who study the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human rights violations, and have written and spoken profusely about the causes and consequences of these atrocity crimes, how they can be prevented, and why the states and people who perpetrated  and/or perpetrate them must be punished.

The question is: what is the utility of what we study and speak about if the states and governments to whom we direct our scholarship  ignore it, in the face of atrocities, and all that the scholars who propound theories and policies, but  have no armies and power to enforce them, can do is squirm in their seats or lend harmless signatures to protest letters?

Just a thought!

Edward Kissi

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Ask iran. Plus it weakens the u.s. alliance w saudis and uae, to which they hoped to join israel.

Kenneth Harrow

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Why hasn't the other big powers(China and  Russia)who are not US allies, in collaboration with  the Arab League and the UN, taken decisive steps to end the war in Gaza? 

-CAO 

On Thursday 21 March 2024, cornelius...@gmail.com <corneliushamelberg@gmail.com> wrote:

Democracy Now: Israel's Ultimate Goal Is Ethnic Cleansing: Dr. Mustafa Barghouti on Growing Famine, Al-Shifa Attack

The Bottom Line : Professor Jeffrey Sachs: 'US is complicit in Israeli genocide'

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