What Happens 'When the World Sleeps' (w/ Francesca Albanese) | The Chris Hedges Report

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[intro jingle] Francesca Albanese, the Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, comprising the West Bank, Gaza, and East Jerusalem, is one of the singular most courageous voices against the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the savage repression meted out to Palestinians in the West Bank. Her detailed UN reports have been fearless examinations of the machinery of apartheid and genocide and Israel's disregard for international humanitarian law. She has been viciously attacked. The Trump administration ordered the US Department of Treasury to classify her as a specially designated national, cutting her off from the global financial system and blocking any US citizen and corporation from engaging with her. All of her US assets have been frozen. She is unable to carry out routine financial transactions. She has paid for her courage and her honesty. Her book, When the World Sleeps: Stories, Words, and Wounds of Palestine, lifts up the voices of Palestinians, many of whom she knows, and others, in 10 short chapters to expose the human cost of Israel's occupation and mass slaughter. She draws from her own experience living in Palestine, weaving her chapters around individuals that give a human face to the suffering. These include Malak Matar, an artist