The next episode of my live podcast is this upcoming Tuesday, August 25, at 10:00am EDT with former Israeli diplomat Alon Liel and former Palestinian minister and peace negotiator Ziad Abu Zayyad. Alon Liel is the former director general of the Foreign Ministry of Israel and was also Israel`s ambassador to South Africa. Ziad Abu Zayyad is a former Palestinian Authority Minister and Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, a former negotiator, and the co-editor of the Palestine Israel Journal.
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Italy is facing a human rights challenge before the European Court of Human Rights after releasing a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. The case raises profound questions about accountability, victims` rights, and whether political and security interests can override international legal obligations.
Today’s podcast guest is Hon. Lise Pearlman (ret.), a former California trial lawyer and first Presiding Judge of the California State Bar Court. Following her retirement from the bench, Judge Pearlman has become a best-selling author and nationally recognized speaker on famous 20th century trials whose books have won multiple awards in the categories of law, U.S. History, and multicultural nonfiction.
In this episode, we discuss her book With Justice for Some: Politically Charged Criminal Trials of the Early 20th Century That Helped Shape Today’s America and a few of the significant cases detailed within, and delve into the injustices surrounding each trial and how they have impacted the American legal system.
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Ten years after the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2286 to protect healthcare in war zones, hospitals, clinics, doctors, and aid workers remain under attack. Most alarming, both the United Nations and human rights organizations report that state actors are responsible for many of these violations. Protecting medical workers and patients must become a global priority.
Hundreds of migrants and asylum seekers in Ceuta are facing overcrowded and inadequate conditions after a sharp increase in arrivals. Human Rights Watch is calling on Spanish and local authorities to urgently provide adequate shelter and ensure that people arriving in the Spanish enclave are treated with dignity and respect for their fundamental rights. Migration pressures do not absolve governments of their human rights obligations. Spain must ensure humane reception conditions, access to protection, and safeguards for those seeking asylum. Border management cannot come at the expense of human dignity. Every person, regardless of immigration status, deserves safety and humane treatment.
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Recently, Trump ordered the Pentagon to cut back joint exercises with South Korea, saying the drills sent an "inappropriate and hostile message," complaining that Seoul had declined to join the American military campaign against Iran. The joint Exercise was shortened and field training roughly halved, reportedly blindsiding Seoul. So, readiness against a nuclear-armed North Korea was traded for a grievance and a hoped-for summit photograph. South Koreans, who watched their conscripts stand ready for seventy years, are now openly debating their own nuclear deterrent, and Japan is listening. Alliances survive on predictability, not affection. When protection becomes a bill and loyalty a favor withheld, allies stop planning around Washington and start planning without it. So, leave it to Trump to betray a 70-year-old ally that stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the US because, as he said, Kim Ju-un “respects me” and for that he is happily trading America’s vital national security interests. Is there any shameful line left that Trump will not cross?
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It is self-evident that climate change, war, and widening economic and social disparities are deepening poverty around the world. All of this unfolds while most countries spend ever more on armaments than on social programs or feeding the poor. That is the greatest travesty of our time. Hard to imagine how the so-called civilized nations fail to reckon with the fact that we are digging our own grave. Security and prosperity do not depend on the size of armies and arsenals. They depend on strong, cohesive societies built on a measure of equality — communities given the means to sustain themselves and succeed. That is where real security comes from. Yet we still invest excessively in armaments instead of people. We wage wars for more power, more land, or mere subjugation of other people, but not for mitigating the plight of the poor and the oppressed.
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Due to the US unabated military, economic, and political support, and the lack of any pressure on Israel, the relationship between Israelis and Palestinians has not merely stagnated—it has become increasingly intractable. Following the catastrophic Gaza war, in which tens 73,000 Palestinian civilians, including 20, 0000 were killed, famine spread, and the enclave was largely destroyed, neither the Biden nor the Trump administration made any genuine attempt to halt the bloodshed, and became de facto complicit in the mounting of war crimes and crimes against humanity that were being committed. The US’ blind support has only eroded Israel's moral standing, earning it the most intense international condemnation, from which it may recover for decades, making the prospect of any solution to the conflict with the Palestinians ever more remote.
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