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From JAPAN- Japan is supplying the US with interceptor missiles, after a change in Japanese law allowing the export of weapons. The Taiwan army conducted its first small arms drill outside military bases. The prefecture of Okinawa is not following the central government plan to build a new US marine base to an offshore site.

From FRANCE- On the first of the year markets in France will no longer wrap fresh fruits and vegetables in single-use plastic. Israeli troop attacks in Gaza continue while the WHO says 25% of Gazans are starving.

From GERMANY- The UN Security Council adopted a resolution to boost aid distribution in Gaza after days of delays by the US- a former UN Rapporteur for Human Rights analyzes the watered down resolution, and points out the civilian death toll in Gaza is the highest per day since the Vietnam War. An interview with Samah Hadid from the Norwegian Refugee Council on why a ceasefire is crucial to allow food and supplies to be distributed. An interview with Dr. Margaret Harris from the WHO on the horrific health situation in Gaza.

From CUBA- The WHO denounced the Israeli bombing of refugee camps in Gaza. Israel continues to accuse the UN of bias against Israel, while the UN reports that more of their workers have been killed in the war than any prior war. Hamas urged a probe into summary executions carried out by Israeli forces in Gaza.

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From JAPAN- Japan is supplying the US with interceptor missiles, after a change in Japanese law allowing the export of weapons. The Taiwan army conducted its first small arms drill outside military bases. The prefecture of Okinawa is not following the central government plan to build a new US marine base to an offshore site.

From FRANCE- On the first of the year markets in France will no longer wrap fresh fruits and vegetables in single-use plastic. Israeli troop attacks in Gaza continue while the WHO says 25% of Gazans are starving.

From GERMANY- The UN Security Council adopted a resolution to boost aid distribution in Gaza after days of delays by the US- a former UN Rapporteur for Human Rights analyzes the watered down resolution, and points out the civilian death toll in Gaza is the highest per day since the Vietnam War. An interview with Samah Hadid from the Norwegian Refugee Council on why a ceasefire is crucial to allow food and supplies to be distributed. An interview with Dr. Margaret Harris from the WHO on the horrific health situation in Gaza.

From CUBA- The WHO denounced the Israeli bombing of refugee camps in Gaza. Israel continues to accuse the UN of bias against Israel, while the UN reports that more of their workers have been killed in the war than any prior war. Hamas urged a probe into summary executions carried out by Israeli forces in Gaza.

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-Gloria Steinem

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From GERMANY- As a result of record numbers of immigrants since 2015, members of the EU have agreed on sweeping reforms on the displaced and asylum seekers. It will be significantly harder to find refuge, welfare and health services will be denied to the undocumented, and deportation will be simplified. The agreement is very divisive both within and between countries.

From FRANCE- A press review on the French government passing its own controversial immigration reform bill as well which the far right National Party saw as an ideological victory. Many in the left are appalled at President Macron for supporting the changes. Then press reviews on the murder of surrendering Israeli hostages by Israeli troops. At a Hanukah celebration President Biden stated that he did not trust the casualty figures in Gaza as reported by the health authorities in Gaza- Airwars is a non-profit organization that compiles independent data on the death toll in wars- they found that the deaths reported by Hamas were accurate and on a scale that they have not seen in any conflicts in the past 20 years.

From GOING UNDERGROUND- An excerpted interview with Dennis Kucinich by Afshin Rattansi on his program Going Underground. They discuss the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, funded by US taxpayers and supported by a strong majority of both US political parties. Also the US veto of ceasefire resolutions at the UN and Netanyahu's plan to fully destroy and occupy the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. He says that the US has lost its moral authority in world opinion by funding the wars in Palestine and Ukraine.

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“Martin Luther King Jr. was not just a man of peace. He was a radical pacifist, and so he was against war across the board.”

-Cornel West

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From GERMANY- An interview with human rights lawyer and climate campaigner Tessa Khan. She discusses the outcome of the COP 28 climate summit in Dubai, which many felt was an inadequate response to the climate emergency being experienced across the globe. The majority of countries and activists demanded a timeline to end to fossil fuels- what was delivered was a watered down version calling for a transition away from fossil fuels without specifying a schedule.

From CUBA- On Friday December 8th the US vetoed a UN Security Council binding resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine- 13 of the 15 members voted for it, the UK abstained and the US voted against. Following the veto the US Defense Department pushed through a sale of 14,000 tank shells to Israel without Congressional approval. Israel began this week by attacking a UN refugee school, a convoy of Palestinian ambulances, and another Gaza hospital. On Tuesday the UN General Assembly passed a non-binding resolution for a ceasefire- the US, Israel and 8 small countries voted against the bill, 23 countries abstained, and 153 voted for it.

From FRANCE- An interview with Gilbert Achar, Professor at the School of Oriental and Asian Studies in London. He describes the US veto of the ceasefire resolution as doublespeak and what the eradication of Hamas would entail.

From JAPAN- A Japanese doctor describes her recent work in Gaza with Doctors Without borders. The Washington Post reported Israeli use of US supplied white phosphorous munitions in Gaza. Health workers in Gaza are extremely worried about the rapidly spreading infectious diseases in shelters for Gaza refugees.

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“ Americans think of themselves first, second, third, fourth, fifth- and if there's any time left over they think about Americans ”

-Lula da Silva

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From FRANCE- For today's show I prepared several longer interviews as usual. However when I reviewed the daily press reviews from France 24 I found many insights to the war in Palestine, the Climate Summit, COP28, and the increasing right wing ideology. So I have selected 9 press reviews that provided me with a lot of information and opinion that expanded my global perspective. We will hear about a far-right jamboree in Italy, some takeaways and opinions on COP 28, news and international opinions on Gaza, the revised UK immigration bill, and whether it is healthy to watch war images on TV and in social media.

From CUBA- A piece on this weekend's Belmarsh Tribunal at the National Press Club in Washington DC, which is calling for the release of Julian Assange. The president of the International Red Cross said the level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable. Iran has critiqued the US for its role in supplying Israel with weapons that are destroying the people and infrastructure in Gaza.

From JAPAN- The Foreign Ministers of Australia and France have agreed to boost military cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, including sharing military facilities and holding joint drills. South Korea has test fired a solid fuel rocket, something that it had been restricted from using until 2021. Former Peruvian President Fujimori has been released early from prison for murder and corruption convictions. At the COP 28 summit the Global Carbon Project reported that there will be a record amount of carbon dioxide released from fossil fuels this year, and that the Paris agreement on limiting global temperature will be surpassed by 2030. Venezuela held a referendum on taking back part of its territory seized by Britain for former colony Guyana in 1899..

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“ Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.”

-Alejandro Jodorowsky

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From GERMANY- Henry Kissinger is dead at 100 years old. His legacy includes the Vietnam War, Cambodia, and Pinochet's Chile. As British filmmaker Ken Loach said, "Satire died the day Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize."

From JAPAN- The South Korean, Japanese, and US militaries staged military drills with a US nuclear powered aircraft carrier. The 28th Climate Change conference, COP 28, has opened in the UAE- countries are expected to update their emissions plans and the possibility of phasing out fossil fuels.

From FRANCE- A brief history of UN Climate conferences which began in 1992 in Brazil. A press review on the opening of this years UN Climate Conference. Chloe Brimicombe, a British climate scientist, analyzes controversies at the COP 28 summit. A brief review of climate change in Brazil and Canada.

From CUBA- A Viewpoint on the the importance of the COP 28 summit. This weekend Venezuela is holding a referendum over a territorial dispute with Guyana. A hunger strike is underway in front of the White House in support of a Gaza ceasefire. The WHO called the Al Shifa hospital in Gaza a death zone where 200 doctors and nurses have been killed by Israeli attacks. A surgeon from Doctors Without Borders reported that he treated 100 patients suffering from Israel's use of white phosphorous bombs, in violation of international humanitarian law.

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“ Satire died the day Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and it died a second time the day that Tony Blair was appointed Special Envoy for the Middle East.”

-Ken Loach

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From GERMANY- In Argentina the election of right-wing populist Javier Milei as President has been welcome by former presidents Bolsonaro and Trump. More surprising is the election of far-right politician Geert Wilders in the Netherlands- he is a staunch anti-immigrant white supremacist who says he will lead the country out of the EU.

From GOING UNDERGROUND- An interview with renowned Hungarian born Canadian physician Gabor Mate. His books on trauma, addiction, and childhood development are well-known around the world. He is an infant Jewish survivor of the Holocaust and speaks about the catastrophe underway in Palestine and Israel. He describes the trauma of youth growing up in occupied Palestine, and its relationship to the horrible attack by Hamas on October 7. He explains how the European history of colonization allows the American and European politicians and press to justify the Israeli slaughter of children and civilians. He also questions the notion that violence is an inevitable response of humans.

From CUBA- More than 50 journalists have been killed in the first 6 weeks of the war between Israel and Hamas. The UN general assembly President has travelled to Haiti in an attempt help stop the political and gang violence that has engulfed the island for two years.

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“ No society can understand itself without looking at its shadow side.”

-Gabor Mate'

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       From JAPAN- President Biden met with President Xi Jinping at the APEC conference in San Francisco, agreeing to keeping lines of communication open, start discussions on AI, and to crack down on the trade in Fentanyl- Biden added that the US is committed to the One China policy, Xi told Biden to stop arming Taiwan. Iran dismissed allegations of involvement in attacks on the US military stationed in Syria and Iraq. The Washington Post reported that the Ukrainian military played a key role in blowing up the Nord Stream pipeline last year.

       From GERMANY-  An interview with Omer Bartov, professor of holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University. Omer discusses what genocide is, and whether the world is witnessing the first stages of genocide and crimes against humanity on the part of the IDF and Hamas fighters now. He also rejects the notion that criticizing or protesting against the Israeli government is a form of anti-semitism.

       From FRANCE- An edition of Perspective, with Dutch citizen Dr. Lex Takkenberg, the senior advisor on the Question of Palestine at the Arab Renaissance for Democracy and Development. He talks about the protection hospitals are supposed to receive under international law. He says there is no credible evidence that the hospitals in Gaza have been used as military headquarters for Hamas. And that the purpose of the Israeli attacks on their hospitals is to cause panic and in effect a forced displacement of 1.5 million Palestinians. Then press reviews on the return to British politics of David Cameron, just appointed Foreign Secretary by PM Sunak, and the Israeli attacks on Palestinian hospitals.

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“ What I really learned in the army was how to be a pacifist.”

     -Utah Phillips

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From GERMANY- The number of migrants arriving in the EU has tripled compared to last year. Then Shaina Low, a communications adviser for the Norwegian Refugee Council, describes how civilians who fled to the south of Gaza are still facing dire shortages of food and water. UN Secretary-General Guterres has again criticized the high number of child deaths in Gaza, more than in all the conflicts over the past 3 years. Marc Weller, a professor of international law at Cambridge University and UN Mediation Expert, discusses the illegality of actions by the Israeli Defense Forces killing civilians in an effort to kill Hamas combatants in Gaza. They talk about what protections are required for civilians and what proportionality means.

From FRANCE- An interview with Emily Tripp, director of Airwars, a transparency watchdog which tracks and investigates civilian harm in conflict zones. The Biden administration has expressed doubt about the civilian death tolls released by the Health ministry in Gaza. Emily discusses her casualty findings and the impact that the US doubts have on public perception of the war.

From GOING UNDERGROUND- An interview with Illan Pappe, an expatriate Israeli historian, author and professor at the University of Exeter. Illan describes why there is a lack of compassion in Israel for Palestinians, why American Evangelicals support the eradication of Palestine, whether we are seeing the beginning of the end of the Israel project, and the affect that US, British, and German government support has on Israelis.

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“War is addictive. Indeed, it is the most potent narcotic unleashed by mankind.”

-Chris Hedges

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From JAPAN- The Japanese government has formalized plans for a stimulus package to shore up the economy and counter inflation. The arguments between the prefecture of Okinawa and the central government over the relocation of a US military base in Okinawa have been presented in court. China and the US will hold talks next week on nuclear arms control and non-proliferation. There was a summit in Malta to find a plan to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As of Thursday morning at least 10,000 people have died in the war between Israel and Palestine, with Israel bombing cities and refugee camps. There were protests in Tokyo at the Israeli embassy demanding an immediate ceasefire.

From FRANCE- First a press review focusing on the Israeli bombing of a refugee camp in Palestine. Then an interview from France 24s show called Perspective- Sari Bashi, program director at Human Right Watch, discusses the most urgent needs in Gaza- fuel, water, and electricity. She says that Israel has demanded that Gazans move while there is no safe place to move to or method to get there, and that it is a war crime to not protect civilians, something Israel and Hamas are both guilty of. Sari also says that Israel’s use of explosive weapons in densely populated areas continues to kill civilians and nearly 4000 children, and must stop these actions.

From CUBA- US based Jewish Voices For Peace blamed the US for supplying 80% of the bombs used on Gaza and called for an immediate ceasefire. Anti-war protestors with hands painted red interrupted a US Congressional hearing to give billions more taxpayer dollars in aid to Israel and Ukraine. Anti-war protests were held in the Canadian Parliament and more than a dozen cities across the country, calling the siege in Gaza genocide. Bolivia cut official ties with Israel, with the governments of Colombia, Chile, Mexico, and Brazil all condemning the bombing in Gaza. For the 31st time the resolution calling for the end of the US blockade against Cuba passed by an almost unanimous vote in the UN General Assembly.

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"It is better to be an outcast, a stranger in one's own country, than an outcast from one's self. It is better to see what is about to befall us and to resist than to retreat into the fantasies embraced by a nation of the blind."

-Chris Hedges

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       From FRANCE- First a  one day strike by women in Iceland over gender inequality, including the Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir. There have been many protests across the world against the war in Palestine- the list includes many Arab countries where protests are usually not tolerated. The war is centered in the Gaza Strip, but many Israeli settlers and police have joined in attacking Palestinians and destroying their properties in the West Bank. France 24 has a program called Perspective- this week it was an interview with Sari Bashi, human rights director of Human Rights Watch- she talks about the death tolls of infants in the Gaza Strip, the impossibility of the demand that Palestinians in the north head south, and that the horrific war crime by Hamas do not justify Israeli war crimes. Sari also points out that preventing food and fuel deliveries is collective punishment and that deliveries would be supervised by the UN. Then a business report on the  benefits the arms manufacturers have reaped from the wars, and threats of wars, spreading across the planet.

       From GERMANY- The largest state run gas company in Ukraine is called Naftogaz, and Oleksiy Chernyshov is the CEO. He is interviewed about the Russian gas that is still being supplied to Europe through pipelines in Ukraine, and how he envisions Ukraine will become the energy hub for Europe eventually. In Berlin there were rallies supporting Israel in the war, with pro-Palestinian marches across the country being banned and broken up by police. UN Secretary General Guterres is facing heavy criticism for remarks he made about the war in Palestine- the Israeli ambassador to the UN called for Guterres to resign. 

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“The texture of the fabric of socially shared hallucinations is what we call reality, and our collusive madness is what we call sanity.”

     -R.D. Laing

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