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Today is day 585 of genocide. Prof. Noura Erakat's Urgent Plea at the United Nations

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On May 15 Erakat delivered a searing statement at the UN Headquarters in New York to mark the 77th anniversary of the Nakba - better known as The Catastrophe

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Weekly Program

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Prof. Noura Erakat

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Maria Gilardin Contact Contributor

Date Published:

May 28, 2025, midnight

Summary: The United Nations are commemorating the violent expulsion of 750,000 Palestinians from their homes and land in 1948 to make room for the state of Israel.

Noura Erakat is a Palestinian human rights lawyer and Rutgers University professor. In her address she focused on the ongoing campaign of genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza. As trained lawyer Erakat confronts the narrative that frames this as, quote, War. This is not a legal controversy, she says, there is no question that this is genocide; it is a political controversy. And she urged the nations who filled the auditorium to break their silence.

Before presenting her remarks at the United Nations, here is a clip from a recent interview on Democracy Now, where Noura Erakat is a frequent guest. Amy Goodman asked her about her diagnosis that the U.S. backed war on Palestine is expanding authoritarianism at home, right here - inside the U.S. with a boomerang effect.

You can find the video of Noura Erakat’s address at the United Nations on YouTube under the title: Today is day 585 of genocide. Prof. Noura Erakat's Urgent Plea at the UN

DATE: 2025-03-11 and 2025-05-15
LOCATION: INTERNET

Credits: CREDIT: Democracy Now and United Nations

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