On Sunday the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Portugal recognised Palestinian statehood, with more countries expected to follow.

Almost two years since the October 7th attacks by Hamas and since Israel began its genocidal campaign in Gaza, the international community is finally reacting.

Over 65,000 Palestinians, among them many children, have been killed in what the United Nations Commission of Enquiry and the International Association of Genocide Scholars say is a genocide.

One such child is seven year old Khaled, who was killed in the bombing of Rafah on 17th October 2023. Khaled’s mother Amal El Khawaja, who works with the Norwegian Refugee Agency and now lives in Oslo, will visit Cork this weekend to tell her son’s story in a series of public events organised by Coffee for Palestine. She is the guest on today’s Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast.

Details of A Coffee and Conversation with Amal can be found on Instagram.com/coffeeforpalestine.

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