Short insight in the Bristol Palestine Film Festival 2024:
My short video insight in the Bristol Palestine Film Festival 2024, filmed at Arnolfini, Bristol, ahead of the screening of the documentary film 'Where Olive Trees Weep', and the Q&A with activist Ashira Darwish, hosted by myself, Melissa Chemam.
See more here: https://bristolpff.org.uk/
I'm here for the Bristol Palestine Film Festival.
Last event on Sunday: Where Olive Trees Weep + Q&A
Half of the film are shown here, the only Palestinian museum in Europe...
I've been walking around a lot, but not takin much pictures, here are a few more.
A node to the Black Lives Matter movement at Bristol Museum:
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Pero's Bridge
Israel's Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza Revealed Through Evidence and Analysis
Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip, the organisation said in a landmark new report published today.
The report, ‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza, documents how, during its military offensive launched in the wake of the deadly Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel on 7 October 2023, Israel has unleashed hell and destruction on Palestinians in Gaza brazenly, continuously and with total impunity.
“Amnesty International’s report demonstrates that Israel has carried out acts prohibited under the Genocide Convention, with the specific intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza. These acts include killings, causing serious bodily or mental harm and deliberately inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza conditions of life calculated to bring about their physical destruction.
Month after month, Israel has treated Palestinians in Gaza as a subhuman group unworthy of human rights and dignity, demonstrating its intent to physically destroy them,” said Agnès Callamard, Secretary General of Amnesty International.
“Our damning findings must serve as a wake-up call to the international community: this is genocide. It must stop now.
“States that continue to transfer arms to Israel at this time must know they are violating their obligation to prevent genocide and are at risk of becoming complicit in genocide. All states with influence over Israel, particularly key arms suppliers like the USA and Germany, but also other EU member states, the UK and others, must act now to bring Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza to an immediate end.”
Over the past two months the crisis has grown particularly acute in the North Gaza governorate, where a besieged population is facing starvation, displacement and annihilation amid relentless bombardment and suffocating restrictions on life-saving humanitarian aid.
“Our research reveals that, for months, Israel has persisted in committing genocidal acts, fully aware of the irreparable harm it was inflicting on Palestinians in Gaza. It continued to do so in defiance of countless warnings about the catastrophic humanitarian situation and of legally binding decisions from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering Israel to take immediate measures to enable the provision of humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza,” said Agnès Callamard.
“Israel has repeatedly argued that its actions in Gaza are lawful and can be justified by its military goal to eradicate Hamas. But genocidal intent can co-exist alongside military goals and does not need to be Israel’s sole intent.”
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Read from this link:
Been here 24 hours and already had the best of time...
More Christmas feel
Bristol Palestine Film Festival
... and Danny Pandolfi
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More soon
Just interviewed the Nigerian singer Chioma Ogbonna aka Cill, here is her amazing new song:
'Échí' by Cill x Destiny Trust Children
Interview to come soon on RFI English...
27 Nov. 2024
In a statement shared this Wednesday, the French foreign ministry said France would 'respect its international obligations' but added that the Israeli leader was covered by immunity rules that apply to states that are not a party to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The statement goes on to say: "In accordance with the long-standing friendship between France and Israel, two democracies committed to the rule of law and to respect for a professional and independent justice system, France intends to continue working in close cooperation with Prime Minister Netanyahu and the other Israeli authorities to achieve peace and security for all in the Middle East."
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An israeli soldier pass by an army vehicle in tin Kiryat Shmona on the day that the ceasefire between Israel and Hizballa began, northern Israel, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) |
France's stance on potential immunity for Netanyahu prompted some strong reactions Wednesday, both at home and abroad.
Amnesty International called the French stance granting immunity to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu "deeply problematic", saying it ran counter to the government's obligations as an ICC member.
"Rather than inferring that ICC indictees may enjoy immunity, France should expressly confirm its acceptance of the unequivocal legal duty under the Rome Statute to carry out arrest warrants," said Anne Savinel-Barras, president of Amnesty International France.
According to law specialist Johann Soufi, quoting several Israeli media & Lebanon's L'Orient Le Jour, French president Emmanuel Macron might have agreed to recognise “immunity” to Netanyahu in exchange for the mention of France in the ceasefire agreement in Lebanon...
Europe Media and Editorial Director for Human Rights Watch, Andrew Stroehlein, wrote on social media:
"Some shocking nonsense from France here. No one gets immunity from an ICC arrest warrant because they're in office - not Netanyahu, not Putin, no one. See Article 27 of the Rome Statute".
He also frequently states: "If you only care about war crimes when your enemies commit them, then you don't really care about war crimes."
The choice of Macron's government also shocked some in France.
French Green party boss Marine Tondelier called the government's stance "shameful", adding it was probably the result of an agreement between the French and Israeli leaders.
"Surely that was the deal, that France would get a mention in the official statement announcing the ceasefire in Lebanon that was published by France and the United States yesterday," she wrote on her socials.
"Again, France is bending over backward to meet Benjamin Netanyahu's demand to pick him over international justice," she added.
Israel's Netanyahu says he backs Lebanon ceasefire deal with Hezbollah
Israeli prime minister says he will ask his cabinet to OK agreement, but vows to continue the war in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that he is asking his government to approve a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon but promised that Israel's war on Gaza would continue.
Netanyahu said Israel's attacks on Lebanon had "set Hezbollah back by decades" and it was time to focus on Gaza and "intensify" pressure on Hamas.
He also said a ceasefire in Lebanon will allow Israel to "focus on the Iranian threat" and that the truce would speed up a delayed arms shipment from the United States.
Speaking in a televised address after getting backing for the ceasefire from his security cabinet, the Israeli prime minister said he would ask all of his ministers for their approval later on Tuesday. Lebanon's parliament is expected to meet on Wednesday morning to discuss the agreement.
