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foreign policy isn't something i even consider. considering both parties are so similar, ukraine, i.s.i.s, with what's happening i think this might change. >> voters do tend to prioritize domestic issues, when deciding which candidate to put in office. but with international crises galvanizing public opinion of late, should congressional candidates consider foreign policy? maybe so. especially mounting criticism against president obama's decisions overseas may hurt the democratic party come november. so how much does foreign policy matter in mid term elections and should recent events in places like iraq and ukraine be influential? >> lisa and patrick. following american voter trends over the last 20 years.

thanks to both of you for joining us. patrick, while it's not unusual for foreign policy to be mostly absent, especially in mid term elections, what waj just mentioned, israel-palestine, i.s.i.l, they seem to be conspicuously absent in mid term elections. why are candidates back wag --ing away from these mid term elections? >> that's the really interesting thing. the only real candidate that has a real clear foreign policy agenda is the independent who's running in kansas. the republicans and democrats don't want anything to do with this. part of this the polling i've seen and the polling i've actually done is the voters are unhappy with both parties. they see both parties devoid of

leadership, and as i heard comments from some voters earlier, domestic issues always trump these other foreign issues unless we are in a state of war. and when i'm looking at some of the polling out there now, and some of the races where i think there are four races for senate where terrorism or something about i.s.i.l. is at least making its way into the debate between the candidates. it's less about the foreign policy itself and more about whether they're a good leader, strong leader, protecting us at home rather than overseas. >> lisa, is it too politically dangerous to stake a claim on these issues as a candidate when these issues are so rapidly changing? >> to an extent that's true but >> hello, i'm del walters in new york. right now we're going to breakaway from our colleagues in doha and bring you the address before the u.n. general assembly from sheik tamin bin hamad al

thani. this is the 69th u.n. assembly meeting in new york. this is the emir of qatar. >> in the name of god, the compassionate and the merciful, your excellency. president of the united nations, secretary general of u.n. ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to begin by congratulating on the election of the 69th session of the assembly of the united nations. we wish him success in his mission. i would like also like to thank his excellency, mr. john ash for the efforts he made during his

presidency, and i would like to thank his excellency mr. ban ki-moon secretary general of the united nations in his efforts to promote in the united nations. this comes at a time with the latest development on the international arena affect the security of humanity at large for the united nations to assume it's role in international peace and security. it must activate mechanisms under the united nations and explore all the means to avoid conflict and settle through peaceful means. international peace and security will not be achieved without the principle of equality and compliance to international law, the implementation of the resolution of international legitimacy and respect for human

rights and human rights of people. ladies and gentlemen, theres have been an extremely dangerous phase during the recent war launched against palestinian brothers. there are no guarantees that such a war will not recur. israel continues its occupation policies and continues to define the will of the international community by confiscating land and capitulate settlements. the unprecedented pictures of destruction during the latest round of aggression targeting civilians. babies were killed in the arms of their mothers. half a million palestinians were displaced, and the gaza strip was destroy much before--well, we hardly had the time to complete construction inflicted

by gaza in the previous war. under international law and the international human law these acts are defined as crimes against humanity. the arrogance of power will not prevail over the resistence of the palestinian people. i asuit the steadfastness of the palestinian people in the face of and insisting on their rights. israeli must realize that the security of its people will only achieve through peace and that of occupation is bound to end the damage inflicted by the past years. and the destruction that has been wreaked on structure makes it incumbent on the international community to compel israel to fulfill it's obligations and expedite the removal of any obstacle in order to lift the blockade achieved, and to complete the construction

process. the state of qatar shall spare no effort in the reconstruction of the gaza strip. we afternoon all countries to follow suit. the international responsibility to respond to the palestinian people to freedom and independence, particularly that the question of palestine is the last remaining issue on the legal colonization agenda. the settlements have proven to be useless and unacceptable. we're compelled to refer to the united nations in a way that accommodates the security council who needs to assume it's moral responsibility by uphelding international legitimacy and human rights and avoid legitimacy that has characterized this issue in the past period. the council must adopt a resolution under chapter 7 under

the charter for israel to stop its occupation of the land and implement the two-state solution agreed upon by the time-bound political plan. within the framework of peace negotiations leading to permanent settlement of the palestinian question in accordance to the two-state solution, in arab peace. the u.n. is duty bound that those who killed children in gas will not receive diplomatic forum as if they carried out a civilized action because they bombed from the air without staining their hands with their blood. mr. president, the tragedy of the syrian people, which has entered it's fourth year, has brought one of the major challenges in the middle east,

and becoming increasingly dangerous given the lack of solution for the crisis and continued acts of murder and destruction. the violations of human rights, the suffering, placement of nearly half the palestinian people. this makes it incumbent upon the international community to work to end the bloodshed and the systemic bloodshed, to choose between accepting it's presence or their country. we've already warned that the continuation of the regime of terrorism, genocide and replacement and to provide support of the syrian revolution when demanding dignity. we've also warned international community right from the beginning that if action was not taken about the situation in syria, we would be getting to where we are now. when the syrian people defended themselves with weapons weed a

co-aggravate the support of the syrian people before the regime destroys their country and before extremist organizations at large. no red lines were drawn for the action of the syrian regime. the world remained silent even when syrian women and children were killed with chemical weapons and populated neighborhoods with air-dropped bomb barrels. the terror of the extremist forces that drive in violence. the war of genocide raged, and the displacement remains the major crime. faced with the grim reality, the international community must provide aid to the syrian people inside and outside of areas where they took refugee. called on the security council to accomplish all legal and humanitarian responsibility. it must support the syrian

people against the dangerous caused by the terrorism, regime and crimes of genocide it's perpetrating, and that of terrorist forces that took advantage of the misery and bitterness and the absence of state and the international community. the first danger has begotten the second. mr. president, many areas of the world suffer from terrorism under the pretexts of the world and happennen the achievement of the desired development. there is no civilization that has not moved terrorism in our modern times. there is no doubt that the society that are most affected are those in which the bad seed of such phenomenon has grown. such phenomenon that enrich communities. in the case of affected arab and islamic societies, terrorism

affects innocent people and impoverishes their societies because they're deprived from their diversity, and offends their religion by superficial interpretation. therefore we must all redouble our efforts to fight this phenomenon whatever it forms, targets or source. it has been proven beyond any doubt that terrorism can only be defeated in its social environment. if societies were to stand with us in the fight against terrorism we need to be fair to them, and we need not force them to choose between terrorism and tyranny or terrorism. if the peoples were not convinced that it is their war, not the war to stabilize the area that is oppressing them. the syrian people have suffered from tyranny and terrorism.

the international community did not heed the appeals for help, the iraqi people were the first to suffer terrorism. they fought strong, and it is imperative that the iraqi people would not pay the price a thousand times, and when they defend their homeland, they are merely defending their rights, dignity, and freedoms, which must be all guaranteed. this is what the majority of the syrian people must believe after being soaked in the blood spilled by the syrian regime. the international community needs to stand firmly by the iraq to confront terrorism, and end its ordeal, preserving the territory integrity and diversity can only be achieved

by diffusing the secretary tyrian conflict, and achieving iraqi reconciliation that lays the foundations for a society free from secretary tyrian and ethnic conflicts with the participation of all political forces without exclusion of any. in this context we must also support our fraternal libya to end its current owe deal by serious efforts by the international community to respect the will of the libyan people and meet their aspirations for security and stability, and return inclusiv inclusiveness that embrace all libyan stripes. from this, i call on all libyan forces to reach a formula for governance that meets the aspirations of the libyan people, who gave so much for their freedom. on this occasion i cannot but

hail the experience that all goes well for the future. hence we're in the unity, and success of their experience despite the continuous attempts by powers that do not want for the experiences of pluralism to continue in our region. we were encouraged by the international dialogue and the support of the security council, which passed a resolution emphasizing commitment to the process, and condemning those undermining its implementation. but it seems that there are forces who are joining the rank to thwart that experience. some of these oppose any change to begin with. and with fair the time that the hands of the clock would go back. and some prefer sectarian conflict, and interests over

justice and good governance for yemen. experience that shows that these are violence and political action and sectarian perspective does not lead to achieve a better system of governance. it pose as threat to the political system itself. we call on our yemeni brothers to preserve achievements of the young people of yemen, and achievements of national dialogue and the wisdom and not to abandon what they have accomplished. they must not allow anyone to drag them into the part of factional violence. we call upon the united nations for an international dialogue including rebuilding the army so it can defend religious institutions and stop the phenomenon of armed militias in yemen. it is clear that such forces would lead to civil strife, and would stop the process of

peaceful transition. many suffer poverty and face difficulties in promoting their developments in a desired dream. the sustained development goals with a common vision for future generations. i would like to emphasize here that the state of qatar, which continue its efforts to adopt a 2015 plan to meet the aspirations of people of all countries and regional blocks. i would also like to know the state of qatar has achieved steps in their national development plans. this has been confirmed by the united nations 2014 human development. the state of qatar was ranked 31st globally, and today we continue the implementation of the comprehensive national strategy for human development based on qatar vision 2013 aimed

at achieving development in various fields. mr. president, ladies and gentlemen, qatar will continue to support initiatives in developing countries and to provide aid in disaster areas. over the past five years we provided the humanitarian aid worth $2.5 billion u.s. in addition to non-governmental aid to the value of $390 million. the state of qatar will continue it's active policy in providing a space for dialogue in areas of conflict, and to mediate among various parties because we believe in resolving conflicts by peaceful means. we also have established a tradition of peaceful mediation. we'll continue to establish a platform for dialogue for cultures and religious.

in future i would like to renew the commitment of the state of qatar to work with the united nations to address coming challenges and achieve the goals we all seek. thank you, and may god's prey peace be upon you. >> you've been listening to sheik tamim bin hamad al thani. calling on nations to become more active, and pointed out that there is an extremely dangerous time and calling out israel for continuing to build settlements in the west banks, saying that security can only come about by peace. and he he was very critical of the assad regime. he is among many speakers today. earlier today president obama also talked before the united nations general assembly, this being the 69th meeting. hear the president's comments on terrorism. >> i made it clear that america

will not base policy on reacting to terrorism. we waged a focused campaign against al-qaeda and it's associated forces, taking out its leaders, denying them the safe havens they rely on. at the same time we have reaffirmed again and again that the united states is not and will never be at war with islam. >> as usually he's giving us his perspective from washington, d.c. p mike viqueira is here with us in new york. and we need to point out in full disclosure we're owned by the qatarry government low they do not effect our editorial judgments in one way or another 3. but there is a new balance in the world as the united states has called on qatar and others to fight isis. >> the emir began with views on israel 37 it's certainly not heard that often on american television but not uncommon with

taking israel to task and the warring in gaza. i thought it was interesting when he talked about the aid to syria, the help to syria. he was critical of the international community, and of course by implication the united states for not coming in earlier. he said no red lines were drawn. that's going to raise red flags because the president famously true a red line in the use of chemicals, and then deferred to congress in retaliation to that. it was a volatile and controversial speech from the emir. >> it would seem if this particular u.n. assembly is remembered for anything, it was the meeting where the gloves came off on all sides. the president pointing out that the clerics can no longer teach a doctrine of hate, and call on the wealthier nations, the

wealthier members of that nation to stop arming those factions and funding those factions, and as you indicated the emir himself pointing out there are things that need to change all the way around and pointing an indicting finger at the united states. we want to go to mack abrams, professor at northwestern university. professor abrahams, your reaction to the emir's speech. >> it was very short on details with respect to the arab coalition of which qatar is a part. the big news story over the week over than this huge u.n. event is that the u.s. has begun a coalition, military coalition striking syria. yet, there was almost nothing in that talk related to this very important event. so i was a little bit surprised, frankly.

obama's speech did not talk that much in detail about that military campaign. >> as we talk about these speeches and this coalition, is not one of the details emerging from this coalition that the arab voices, these five arab countries that are now part of the coalition fighting isil now has a voice in american politics and a stronger voice on the international stage? >> i think that that's right. the obama administration, you know, came to power as critics of the george w. bush administration, pickerly the way they wage insurgency in terms of toppling saddam usain. thasaddam hussein. first, there were too many u.s. boots on the ground. second, it was not multi lateral enough. everything that the obama administration is doing with respect to respon responding to

isis is intended to be the exact opposite. he couldn't state clearly enough that there will not be major u.s. boots on the ground, that essentially syrians will be fighting syrians. iraqis will be fighting iraqis. that isn't even an u.s. initiative but rather an international initiative populated by sunni states including qatar. >> in fact, i want to talk us back to an hour ago before the u.n. this is exactly what the president said when he said the world needs to react to isil. >> first, the terrorist group known as isil must be degraded and ultimately destroyed. this group has terroristed all who they come across in iraq and syria. mothers, sisters, daughters, have been subjected to rape as a weapon of war. innocent children have been

gunned down. bodies have been dumped in mass graves. religious minorities have been starved to death. the most horrific crimes imaginable, innocent human beings have been beheaded with videos of the atrocities distributed to shock the conscience of the world. >> again, mike viqueira, this was an address sharp on tone. professor abrams, i'll be back with you to address that message as well, but sharper rhetoric we've heard from the united states than in the past. it appears that the events are now shaping the office. >> one of the key phrases in the speech the president turns on is the only advantage that the language that killers understand is the language of force. that did not sound like the president obama of before. i call that a tough love, especially towards the muslim community around the world. he did take countries to task

like qatar whose government is not funding these organizations, but whose individuals are doing so. >> professor, in 15 seconds or less, the president said we're in the crossroads between war and peace. will he achieve what he wants to achieve? >> i think things are looking up in iraq primarily because we do have support on the ground, if not u.s. boots on the ground, it's in the form of peshmerga, iraqi military forces, pka, etc. it becomes much more complicated in syria. we'll need reliable partners on the ground. >> we'll leave it there. you're watching al jazeera america. ebola and pursue new treatments. but we need a broader effort to ,

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