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84. Just before the DNC in August- 40,000 Palestinian lives lost in Gaza: UN Human Rights Chief pleads for end to fighting

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Sat Aug 23, 2025, 12:35 AM

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stating that 130 people have been killed every day in Gaza over the past 10 months.

https://www.un.org/unispal/document/gaza-40000deaths-turk-ohchr-15aug24/

Statement by Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

"Today marks a grim milestone for the world. The people of Gaza are now grieving 40,000 Palestinian lives lost, according to Gaza’s health ministry. Most of the dead are women and children. This unimaginable situation is overwhelmingly due to recurring failures by the Israeli Defense Forces to comply with the rules of war..."

Allowing a Palestinian state representative from Georgia, Rep. Ruwa Romman, to give this speech might have moved some votes. She was not not allowed to speak, even though tens of thousands had been killed.

Then again it sounds convenient to blame the deaths in Gaza on one group, it helps to shift the blame while we continued to fund the war and look away from settlements in the WB.

Speech was posted here, thanks for posting the MJ link.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20580666
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/dnc-speech-uncommitted-movement-harris-walz-ruwan-romman/

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