E86: Gaza screams for help. Why won’t Europe listen?

We’re more than two weeks into the implacable collective punishment of the Palestinian people by Israel. Thousands of civilians have been killed, most of them children, in a campaign that has Palestinians and Western activists and academics ringing the alarm bells of genocide.

And yet our European leaders seem incapable to see anything but Israel exercising its “right to self-defence”. Unelected Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered her unqualified support to Israel, with not a word about respect for the rights of Palestinians. French leader Emmanuel Macron criminalised pro-Palestine protests, as did German chancellor Olaf Scholz—who has also called for less refugees coming into Germany, and even for mass deportations.

How independent can Europe be, when it falls so nakedly in line with the US’ position on the conflict? What’s really behind these cowardly moves of our 'leaders'? And what can all of us, watching the horrors unfold on our screens, do about it?

That’s what our panel, including Yanis Varoufakis, Erik Edman and Julijana Zita, will discuss. Join us and put your questions to them live!

0:00 [Introduction] Lucas Febraro
3:32 Yanis Varoufakis
22:29 Lucas Febraro
26:25 Judith Meyer
33:00 Questions and comments from the chat
33:41 Panos Stenos
37:49 Amir Kiayei
43:36 Questions and comments from the chat
44:47 Davide Castro
47:02 Erik Edman
56:15 Johannes Fehr
1:00:28 Questions and comments from the chat
1:01:28 Yanis Varoufakis
1:02:19 [Conclusion] Mehran Khalili

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[hughiedavies]

Well said Yanis, a man who speaks out for humanity, and thank you to all the other speakers for their compassionate and knowledgeable comments, this is what I want the world to hear
I just hope conversations like this begin to appear in the mainstream media 👏

[FoxStv]

Yanis always speaking to truth,
he keeps getting better

thank you Yanis

[Z.adecasa]

Good speech, thanks for your position towards the Palestinians case and we hope all the free people can understand what happened

[roxannamarinak]

Thank you This needs to be exposed it is truly tragic!

[johnrichard]

I am getting a new respect for this man's courage to speak his truth

[taranehahmadi-parker]

Thank you Yanis and thank you all ✊🏽🇵🇸❤️🤍💚🖤💔💔💔🕊️🕊️🕊️

[annchibannchi]

Thanks for speaking out and organizing!!! This is what we need if theres anything supposed to be better in future!!!

[hahajaz]

What a superb analysis. Thank you for speaking the truth. ❤

[cheri]

Thank you all for this important opportunity to listen to this discussion.
Excellent critical analysis.
Yanis Varoufakis is a man of intelligence who exposes truth for all humanity.

[sureyyaekinci]

Cmon Europe start protesting. Thank you to everyone who is voicing their opinions too . Every bit counts

[karenwilliams]

Thank you Janis for such clarity and honesty. I feel so impotent as a European citizen, recognising that we are all culpable. There must be a state for the Palestinians.or one state, whatever the Palestinians want for their future.

[kelebeksky]

Hands up and thanks to the German reporters for coming clear and reporting the Truth not only of what is going on in Germany but also in Israel

[GuitarJimBourke]

I participated in a march and protest in Chicago on 10/21/23.
I saw Jews, Muslims, Christians Buddhists, or any faith.
Saying, no to the powerful you're mistaken about your march to war.

[zantecarroll]

I do feel ashamed that i didn't make more effort to understand what was being done to Palestine and therefore could not speak out in their defence. Ignorance is a choice i now realise, it is a lack of responsibility to others.

[conchubharcinnfhaolaidh]

Do the Israelis recall the Warsaw siege when the Nazis employed the same tactics? No water, no food, no power, referring them as rats and when the residents of the ghetto came out guns blazing, they were slaughtered. Where is the conscience of the victims and their kith and kin who are perpetrators of the same genocide? Lose your moral high ground, you lose your soul and respect of the world.

[abdulwakil]

Thank you YANIS AND ALL OF YOU FOR TELLING THE TRUTH NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH BLASS ALL OF YOU

[GabrielaBertulli-vekt]

Bravo Yanis, go on telling the Truth ❤

[stephenwaters]

Keep up the good work, keep telling the truth.

[dreammfyre]

Great talks and points by all the speakers. 👏👏👏👏

[brokenpremise]

The 3rd speaker, Judith Meyer makes excellent points. She points out the utterly absurd lack of cohesive strategy by the Israeli army, leading one to believe no one is in control and there is no plan but simply creating more chaos and hate