Whole World Condemns Israel’s Invasion of Rafah. But Who Will Stop It?

On The Freedom Side LIVE, Thursday, 5/09 at 3pm ET/12pm PT, Eugene and Rania are joined by special guests:

Despite global condemnation and the Palestinian resistance's acceptance of a ceasefire proposal, Israel began a ground invasion of Rafah where 1.4 million displaced Palestinians are taking refuge. Throughout its bombardment of Gaza, Israel has forcibly evacuated Palestinians further south, originally designating Rafah a ‘safe zone.’ Israeli tanks entered Rafah Tuesday, sealing off the crossing with Egypt, cutting off all aid, and trapping Palestinians as it carpet bombs the besieged city. Hosts Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear discuss why Israel is as isolated as ever and losing the wider war.

Kambale Musavuli - 12 people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo were killed after two separate bomb attacks hit refugee camps where thousands of internally displaced people are sheltering. The fighting between the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and the M23 rebel group, a proxy force backed by Rwanda, has displaced over 150,000 people. Kambale Musavuli of the Center for Research on the Congo gives an overview of one year of violence and explains how the Western powers are involved.

Kei Pritsker - The student movement for Palestine remains strong despite the arrest of over 2,500 students nationwide as school administrators and their billionaire donors, police, and politicians work together to repress the protests. Inspired by the Gaza encampment at Columbia University and moved into action after police stormed campus, students internationally have built encampments on over a hundred university campuses against academic complicity in Israel’s genocidal war. BT’s Kei Pritsker was embedded at Columbia and joins the show to share what he saw in his thirteen-day stay at the encampment.

Dr. Jemima Pierre - The US is moving forward with its plans to invade Haiti by way of a UN-backed police force led by Kenya. The intervention was postponed after Haiti’s unelected prime minister Ariel Henry resigned in March but CARICOM's recent appointment of a 'transitional council' has revived the plans. Dr. Jemima Pierre, Professor of Global Race in the Institute of Race, Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice (GRSJ) at the University of British Columbia and a member of Black Alliance for Peace, discusses Haiti’s newest puppet leaders and why foreign intervention is not the solution to the deepening crisis in the country.

Tings Chak - Chinese President Xi Jinping is on his first trip to Europe in five years, and the US corporate-owned media is seeking to portray the tour as a sinister attempt by China to drive a wedge between the US and EU. Tings Chak, a researcher at the Tricontinental Institute & a member of Dongsheng News collective, discusses EU-China relations amid Washington’s policy of containment as it wages a Cold War against China.