George Rishmawi: The PA is not doing enough to oppose the invasion or lobby on the international level
As casualties of the Israeli attack exceed 1000 dead and 4600 injured, ground troops circle in on Gaza City. The Real News spoke to George Rishmawi, founder of the independent media source called International Middle East Media Center. In this first interview in the series, Rishmawi says Israel must be tried in international courts for war crimes committed during this attack and condemns the Palestinian Authority for failing to take initiatives on that front. Rishmawi also says that if the stated Israeli goal was to stop the so-called rocket attacks on Southern Israel, after 20 days of bombing the Gaza Strip they are still failing. Though Israel’s stated strategic plan of the attack has been to eradicate Hamas, almost half of the dead are civilians. Rishmawi discusses how this will affect power relations in Palestine and the unending feud between Hamas and the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority.
Bio
George N. Rishmawi is the director of the Palestinian Center for Rapprochement between People in Beit Sahour and co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). Rishmawi is based in Beit Sahour, Palestine, and is also the Director of the International Middle East Media Center.
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