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Aug 11
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Former UN special rapporteur for Palesti...

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Israel's security cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza city. Michael Lynk is a professor emeritus of law at Western University and the former UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory. He shares his thoughts on this move with Jeff Douglas and gives us an update of what is happening in Gaza.


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