Welcome to Gorilla Radio, recorded April 16th, 2025.
The killing continues today across Gaza and in the West Bank, the same as it has done for more than 18 months. One difference though, according to a recent report by the United Nations Human Rights Office, is that since March 18th, of the 224 recorded bombing attacks against refugee camps, 36 of these killed only women and children.
Whether this is an Israeli decision to specifically target women and children, or merely the chance result of indiscriminate bombing the UN won't venture, but it precedes mass "evacuation orders" forcing the population into ever smaller areas, where vital resources like food and water are denied, and the people there are still subject to both targeted and indiscriminate bombing. That forced displacement constitutes, according to UN Human Rights Office spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani a "...grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention and a crime against humanity.”
Laith Marouf is a Beirut-based multimedia consultant, producer, and now frontline war reporter. He's the founder and Executive Director of FreePalestine.Video whose purpose is to provide coverage of the region, “…in the absence of media supporting the resistance forces in the English language due to the ban in the West.”
Laith Marouf in the first half.
And; as Canada's federal election looms, the genocide all sides of the political spectrum here have tacitly supported is becoming an issue. While the Tories jumped last week onto the Trump train - promising crackdowns on students and immigrants protesting Israel's ongoing terror campaigns in Gaza and beyond - the incumbent Liberal leader remains harder to pin down.
Mark Carney's calculated noncommittal came to a head last week with a response of "I know" to a citizen shouting, "...there is a genocide happening in Palestine" at one of his speeches, triggering a Netanyahu election intervention. The Israeli leader and International Criminal Court genocidiere at-large is demanding Canada's acting prime minister now "backtrack your irresponsible statement".
Yves Engler is a Canadian journalist, author, and activist. He's written thirteen books on and about the perfidy of Canada and its foreign policy, the latest being 'Canada’s Long Fight Against Democracy'. Yves' recent election coverage article at his site, YvesEngler.com asks, 'Why the double standard about Israel’s foreign interference?'
Yves Engler and Canada's cooked electoral gooses in the second half.
But first, Laith Marouf and the widening genocide gyre in West Asia.
Song: Trump 2.0
Artist: David Rovics
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