we never endured press reports from sarajevo that were routinely routinely discredited and dismissed by the international community, although 25 journalists were killed in the war by the besieging serbian forces. never endured western governments justifying the siege as the right of the serbs to defend themselves, although un peacekeepers sent to bosnia were largely a public relations gesture, ineffective in halting the slaughter, until forced to respond following the massacres of 8,00 bosniak men and boys at schrebraniza. i don't mean to minimize the horror of the siege in sarajevo, which... gives me nightmares nearly three decades later, but what we suffered, three to 400 shells a day, four to five dead a day, two dozen wounded a day, is a tiny fraction of the wholesale death and destruction in gaza. the israeli siege of gaza more resembles the vermock's assault on staling grad, where over 90%. the city's buildings were destroyed than sarajevo. israel's goal is to erase not only people, but the idea of palestine. it is a carbon copy of the massive campaigns of racialized slaughter

during the siege in sarajevo, when i was reporting for the new york times, we never endured the level of saturation bombing and near total blockage of food, water, fuel and medicine that israel has imposed on gaza. we never endured hundreds of dead a day and wounded a day. we never endure the complicity. the international community in the serbian campaign of genocide. we never endured washington intervening to block a ceasefire resolution. we never endured massive arms shipments from the us and other western countries to sustain the siege. we never endured press reports from sarajevo that were retunly routinely discredited and dismissed by the international community, although 25 journal. were killed in the war by the besieging serbian forces. we never endured western governments justifying the siege as the right of the serbs to defend themselves. although un peacekeepers sent to bosnia were largely a public relations gesture, ineffective in halting the slaughter, until forced to respond following the massacers of 800 bosniak men and boys at schrebraniza. "i don't mean to minimize the

demonstrators marched towards the american embassy in sarajevo and condemned washington's support for the people of gaza. a march to support the palestinian people in besni, herzegovina. total many of the different ethnic groups of bosnia and herzegovina support the palestinian people. announce. we organized this march to show our support to the palestinian people and to condemn the genocide and ethnic cleansing that is happening in palestine and gaza. it is enough for the people to always be united and to show this many times. we declare our support for the palestinian people and condemn the killing of women, children and civilians by the israeli regime. letter of gatherings and marches in support of palestine in besni and herzegovina, hundreds of people from sarajevo in snowy weather, while declaring all-round support for the people. palestine demanded an end to the crimes of the zionist regime in gaza. here in besni we have always stood by our brothers and sisters in gaza. we are with them every moment and israel's crime and america's support for them. we condemn we are ready to he

there is a siege of sarajevo and it was an enormous ethnic conflict there is not just a violence it was really a political means to wipe out anyone dissenting with who you were. there's been a long history of involvement with the accords i was a triumph of democracy and diplomacy that saved lives. there's been a history in this sentence of exceptional members of the senate like bob dole and now recently jean shaheen who want to make certain we do not squander or let slip away the achievements we've made incorporate what you know in your work is the work is never done. the next the implementation. and even as the implementation goes on there are stresses pulling and tugging here and there what is now resurrecting with the pressure and kosovo. whether you're engaged to make certain to tamp down potential escalation. though senator shaheen is all in on maintaining the tradition of her predecessors. i am smart enough to know that when i find a good woman i'm going to tag along. i want to be involved with her because i think that focus of making certain we do not let slip away the achievemen

the bosnian capital sarajevo topped the list of the world's most polluted cities for the second straight quality company put sarajevo's air quality index at 301 on wednesday, followed by the indian city of kolkata at 239. you're live with bbc news. here in washington the us supreme court has declined — for now — to decide whether former president donald trump is immune from prosecution on federal charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election. special counsel, jack smith, was hoping to speed up the process for the four separate charges mr trump faces. the trial was initially set to begin in march, but could be delayed several months. mr trump denies the charges, but claims any of his actions while in office should be covered under presidential immunity. president biden has expanded his pardon for americans with federal criminal convictions for marijuana offences. the white house granted clemency to those who were convicted of simple possesion and using cannabis on federal [and and in the district of columbia. thousands of people are now expected to have their criminal records expung

i personally carried relief goods to bosnia and sarajevo in december 1993 and met president ali izid begovich and then iran, saudi arabia, turkey and malaysia followed suit. and today we have an independent state of bosnia and herzegovina. so i think we should be clear, we should give full support to the palestine cause with single minded determination. and last, i would also like to endorse what a friend from lebanon said that 2024 should be the year of the palestinian child, and i also endorse the demand of our brothers from afghanistan, my brother amir khan muttaqi who is the debunk wazer kharja of afghanistan, that the sanctions against afghanistan are also criminal after they have faced occupation, they have faced wars and conflict and any sanctions whether against afghanistan. or even iran or any other country by the west is unacceptable, long live palestine and long live solidarity of the muslim ummah with the people of palestine. thank you very much. i thank mr. shah housein. two next speaker is first the mr. safrankov, the special representative of the russian federation uh

herzegovina an article on... criminal prosecution for denying the genocide that allegedly took place in sarajevowhich has now fired. we are few , you say correctly, we are not enough of our allies, but dodik, by the way , this is probably the only political and international conference to which parliamentarians from almost thirty european countries were invited, where dodik is just there with leninsky. appeal said that the republika srpska never imposes sanctions against russia, which means that bosnia and herzegovina will also never impose these sanctions, because that yes, this is a single state. right there, so to speak, the bosnian deputies said, of course, until the republika srpska recognizes kosovo, bosnia and herzegovina, what does criminal prosecution mean? firstly, they can be imprisoned for several, from several months to 5 years. “we understand everything, well, our people just want to know, vladimir, so everyone seems to be talking a lot, sometimes a lot and loudly, first about this changing situation and around ukraine , including in the footsteps, so to speak, of open colleagues o

the director of the sarajevo film festival. the city was under siege and the early 19. asked why he was holding a film festival, the siege, he replied, the better question would be why are they holding a siege during a film festival? similarly the spirit of the lviv book forum is so much to ask why are we mounting a book during an invasion but rather why are they mounting invasion during our book festival? but it's now certainly time to start this conversation about literature and war and peace about the role of literature, the responsibilities of a novelist and. it is a such an honor to introduce these two remarkable writers. you know, first of all, jonathan franzen, one of the greatest writers of his generation writer and essays and someone who's managed to his remarkable of writing literary novels that audiences really want to read funny, insightful, nimble beautifully attentive to the nuance of human relationships. he first came to broad attention 20 years ago with his novel the corrections. since then come further novels freedom and purity and his most recent cross

the survivors recognize the suffering and the strip. ida has a moose, which reports from sarajevo using music as a form of resistance during the bosnian war in to ninety's actress and medium of which performs for children insoluble. and to see each task forward almost to 2 years later. she's using arts to honor those skills into world gods that someone can tell now that it's on your own girl. and was that, that i felt not just due to an enormous desire to raise awareness about. so wouldn't garza, i transform that this into autistic expression. less than the months ago was changed to performance and we quoted pain test scale, but he's still with us. the other both knew and act or is joined an initiative by the asked or theater, a non profit, public opinion ensemble, based in vermont law. it pulled for readings and performances around the world of the play, the golf, some one deluxe. the play was race and then 1st performed in 2010. i thought to see me and you would describe the horrors of these really world gaza in 2008. as the people who survived on the side who survived the siege was t