‘A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths are a statistic.’ While the provenance of this aphorism is still disputed, it does reflect the desensitizing effect that mass violence has on the human psyche. The bigger or longer the suffering, the harder it is to relate to it. The case in point is the Palestinian question, unresolved for more than 75 years and steeped in many thousands of deaths. What’s the Palestinian story beyond the rising death toll and international inaction? To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Jamal Kanj, author of ‘Children of Catastrophe: Journey from a Palestinian Refugee Camp to America’. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: https://t.me/rtnews Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/RT_com

The tragedy of the war in Ukraine is so visceral and dramatic that it may easily conceal other repercussions or other casualties of the Russian-Western clash, which has already adversely affected many countries, especially in the global south. How is this seemingly faraway regional conflict seen from the largest and one of the most ethnically diverse countries in South America? To discuss this, Oksana is joined by Gilson Schwartz, Professor of Economics at the University of Sao Paulo. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Freedom over censorship, truth over narrative. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RTnews Follow us on Telegram: t.me/rtnews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RT_com