Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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United Nations Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese shares stories of the immense suffering in Palestine and laments the gutting of international law in her book, “When the World Sleeps."

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(0:00) Intro
(2:45) The state of Dr. Hussam Abu Sayif
(9:29) Elimination of healthcare workers
(14:15) The role of media in genocide
(15:21) The West’s complicity
(16:16) Parallels between holocaust and genocide
(18:35) Connection between Palestine and rest of world
(25:50) Direct action protest
(26:20) Palestine as a legal issue and legal decolonialization
(31:39) Trump reimposing sanctions
(37:56) Trump as the Caligula of our time
(41:56) Gaza Riviera is a distraction
(43:51) Gas fields in Gaza that Israel wants
(44:57) Where are the gas fields?
(45:20) Children in gaza
(53:58) Gabor Maté
(56:59) Outro