issue a proclamation, then it doesn't have the same force as international law. now, because the security council has an acted the other countries in the general assembly, specifically the organization of islamic cooperation and the era group here at the us were pushing for this meeting. they wanted to amplify the message that's coming out. so in that sense, that's what they hope to accomplish here. but you're right. the security council really is the only body that has the power of international law behind it. and of course, as we've seen over the years, the united states are, i'm sorry, over the years, they have issued many proclamations on middle east, but they haven't really been enforced or done anything to resolve the situation there. and you could argue the united states could argue that avoiding the security council, in this case, may be more productive because past security council resolutions have not achieved

the end goal of a 2 state solution. with the palestinians having their own rights and self determination side by side with the, with the israelis. so the tools at the disposal of the international community are limited as long as the security council is not engaged are active. okay. many things for that question salumi that for us at the united nations let's bring in my one, bashar al jazeera senior political analyst who is live for us in doha. you've been following the united nations general assembly. busy because today, what do you make of what you've been hearing? clearly the, the, the position or the position of various countries seems to be aligned. there is clearly a consensus among the different capitals regardless whether they are on friendly

terms or not. that there should be an immediate cease fire, and i think each and every one that we have heard did speak very clearly and unequal about the need for to cease fire. and to end the tragedy in garza. and as far as the american ambassador, you know, i am actually quite confused. miss morris, i should say, because on the one we have of the bus that was quite eloquent. and clearly, you know, she's picks it hard shell tone, even defensive tone, about you know what america isn't, there's not doing but clearly what she's saying negates the facts. she clearly negates what we've been reading in in and met credible us reports like in the new york times and the washing force about the by the ministrations position over the last 2 weeks. she says we would never be silent,

but the by that message has been silent over the last 2 weeks. the, by that message is, we are not obstructing the provide the process of the 6 to cancel. but there's a consensus at the un security council that over the last few days, the united states have obstructed 3 attempts at arriving at a minimum of statements, a statement only by the young secret cancel. so clearly the not says has been a obstructionist and we've only also seen already. 4th, in the new york times, president biden has been telling prime minister nathan, you know, that he could no longer withhold the pressure that he could no longer buy the prime minister time. which means he's been buying him time over the last few days to finish the jobs as well, which is a disgusting term. to be honest, because what it means is more and more tragedy in garza. again,

the american ambassador said that, you know, they are, you know, she's, she's paying for the tragedy that is happening there. but that is american watkins that are being used, that it's american client that is using american weapons, dad. and the only party that is able to stop is read from continuing with the onslaught with the offensive with the massacre in garza, in the united states. when what time's united states done over the last 2 weeks, one thing stands out. it announced the sale of $735000000.00 of weapons included, including a guided miss ives, something. but that is what i've been using the last 2 weeks in gaza. so,

so really, there is a huge discrepancy between what the american ambassador saying and what america is doing. and as far as the conflict, she calls it into israel staying mar one. i'm just going to inform the viewers. we're just looking at live pictures of gaza. it's about 7, 34 in the evening bears very ominous looking gray smoke. you can see the rising behind those buildings. israeli fights jets have been continuing to cause more destruction and death throughout the day. in the past 24 hours to crowded refugee camps, which are home to tens of thousands of people have come on the attack. so fall $233.00 palestinian $65.00 of them. children have been killed since this offensive began. not a very long time ago, i believe about 11 days ago. let's return now to mar one. shara mar,

one. we've been talking about the united states and how much leverage it has over israel, especially when it comes to the weapons sales. so why, why do you think the by didn't administration is unwilling to really ramp up the pressure and make israel stop? it can cause it well, there are a number of years and i'll just try to be as brief as possible. one, there are many and by that mistake in washington in general, but are happy for what israel is doing and gaza. they do want them to finish the job and they, they enjoy watching israel bombard how my star gets in cousin to there are a number of people in the by the next session. i would think, especially the person themselves who has a very ambitious legislative agenda. but only has 50 senators in his favor. democratic senators cannot afford to run and israel lobby in washington

because if he does, he won't be able to pass. is john the is there a lobby is very influential lobby. nathan has some influence or a lot of influence in the lobby. i'm shipping out on republicans in congress, and they would be able to derail by those agenda. so the last thing by didn't want to do at this point in time is l e n a. the prime minister, even though i would think that the president does not like the prime minister and 2nd, he had very tough, rough and bitter relationship during 8 years of serving under obama and 3rd, i think the president is worried about getting humiliated by by nathan, you know, i won't be the 1st time there. can you mediated obama before and for those who don't remember, 2014 was not just 11 days. the 2014 or war on gas i last to 50

days. that's more than 7 weeks. despite the attempts by the obama administration to stop that war, so clearly that the know has not been exactly agreeable if you, well, what? when, when, when, when do you not check puts pressure to think about the israel is especially at the now is, is that he gets, he gets the weapons. he gets the financial aid it, but he does not accept the advice. and we have a situation now that there is some complicity between the, by the administration and the government. but when the last for 24 hours or 48 hours the by the ministration began to make noises about the explanation. we saw the smug i minister in israel, basically shrugging off the american president and not giving anything that resembled a positive response. we will see what happens tonight after the cabinet meeting and

his drug marwan bazaar there for us in doha. many thanks for now, we are expected to return, we will return to the united nations. we're expected to hear from the israeli ambassador to the un july. done as soon as we see him get on the podium, we're going to return that in the meantime. let's have a look at this live shot from gaza. very ominous, looking dark, smoke billowing out from behind those buildings. apparently i'm just hearing in my ear from my producer. it's a factory that has been hit by and is rarely israeli strike. it's happened in the last half hour, so we don't yet know if anyone's been injured or the exact damage. but what we do know is that israeli fighter jets have been continuing to bombard gaza. it's been causing a lot of destruction and death in the past 24 hours to crowded refugee camps,

which a home to tens of thousands of people have come under attack. so far. 233 palestinians, including 65 children have been killed in that israeli offensive, which began last week. we will be monitoring what is happening there in gaza. as soon as we know any more, we will return to it as try and get some of the news now at least 90 people have died off the powerful sy clone hit india's west and coast. the indian navy says 37 bodies have been found from an oil barge. the sign off the coast during cycling. talk to a avid system on the way to find more workers on crew are still missing dozens more on known to have been killed in good rocks. fica and talked a was the most powerful storm to bass of the area in 2 decades. happening baton is

the latest from new delhi search and rescue operation is still under way off the coast of more by india. ruben. see, to locate at least 3 dozen people who've been missing these people who are on a barge in accommodation, budge that was used by people who worked in the oil rigs over there. now the rescue, the people involved that the navy and because scott said they have recovered at least 37 bodies, but also it rescued at least 188 people who were on that barge separately. over the last few days. they have also a rescue. hundreds of other people who will on 3 the vessels and an oil rig that went adrift when the site your head. now this has been a very challenging rescue operation because you know, the part of the storm was so powerful that the wind was so strong and the waters with so choppy. and these people have been out there for 4 days. so it's been a big challenge. the cycle has also left

a trade of devastation on land as well. you know, the state of goods off where it made landfall on tuesday or monday night actually, at least 53 people have died and hundreds of homes have been destroyed. hundreds of roads have been blocked and along the other states, along in the west coast have also reported, at least it doesn't get non 40, said this till assessing the damages from this site loan. but it has also complicated matters in terms of the pandemic. several of the states like her not to con, carry a lot marashi and of course, good shot are in the middle of g, a search in covey cases. the number of new corona virus death in india has fallen off to 2 days of record highs. at least 3800 people died over the last 24 hours. the number of new cases is down significantly after reaching daily highs of more than 400002 weeks ago. and at least 40 people have been killed in

a landslide at a gold mine in molly is not yet known what caused the incident? and ne could all region victims of believe to be of many nationalities. authorities have not clarified how many people may still be trapped in the mind. colombian politicians have voted down contentious health care reforms. hunting protest is another victory off weeks of often violent demonstrations. common opponents on backing down though, planning another week on the streets. alexander ron pet reports now from bo gave her the nationwide protest against the government in columbia entered their 4th week. they show no signs of abating, but they seemed to be getting more creative in color for union students. indigenous groups and others continue to march and dance for change. oh, demonstrations were marred by vandalism and violence. police response didn't kill

dozens, but people have in back down. we continue demanding guarantees to process safely and that the government respect columbia as youth who are demonstrating in the streets because they want new government model and new system that will respond to the needs of the poor and the marginalized and columbia. the demonstrations originally called against and now cancel tax plan have expanded to include domains like a basic living income and police reform. protests leaders have begun discussing their demands with the government, but formal negotiations of the yet to start, while deadly confrontations with the police continue at night in a number of cities. the government, once road blocks that have paralyzed the country's economy to be lifted before negotiating in return, they are promising to make some concessions. a health reform opposed by demonstrators which shelled by congress on wednesday before the professors needs

when think confessions while the import them are poor substitutes for the deep structure changes they're hoping to achieve. fabulous and finding the sun joined the rallies for the 1st time and wednesday they say they were compelled by the violent police response to the demonstration was the government's not listening to the people who are asking for better health that education for the younger, for our kids all we see is repression, and this hurts us all. it makes a heartache, negotiate legal, political annalee, say the level of repression that help unify and strengthen the resolve of a diverse group of demonstrators. and so the go, the protest now have the upper hand on the government, they have the upper hand in terms of the narrative. they are the upper hand in terms of the street. and now the government is trying to find ways it can be escalade, the protest reduce intensity, and this weighed blockades from continuing. unfortunately,

the government's not presenting a viable dialogue alternative to the protesters modelling through c on is a complex tangled to him. ravel for a colombian president that appears to be increasingly isolated in week as demonstrators bow to carry on. allison algebra will gotta in the united states, the political battle continues over president, jo biden's decision to raise the minimum wage last month by didn't signed an executive order that will increase it to $15.00 an hour. a federal contract is making it a part of his corona virus relief package, but his opponent say his policy is a crippling attempts to revive the economy. why can reports from washington d. c restaurant set to reopen, like thousands of small businesses around the country attempting to reset in the wake of the pandemic. the minimum wages one such as the de la santee,

hoping for new beginnings as manage oper. restaurant recently reopened off to being shut, and then sol as cupboard 19 raged. i'm very excited. i like being with people, but some are struggling to find enough workers to get the businesses going. and the drop in employment figures last month was seized on as evidence that the increased benefit payments removed an incentive to seek employment. democrats insisted on extending increased unemployment benefits the september of this year. and now we're seeing the result report suggests that many people are declining to return to work because they can make more money staying home and drawing unemployment benefits. the argument in congress to that president by didn't, is using the pandemic to force through his stated desire to increase the minimum wage nationwide. i think about sending things in my desk. let's

raise the minimum wage to $15.00. no one, no one working 40 hours away. no one working 40 hours we should live below the poverty line. b, u. s. senate rejected an attempt to make a permanent $15.00 minimum. as part of the pandemic really full, a democrats crossing the floor to join republican members in voting against the motion introduced by independence sen than he saunders. so let us be clear, and i don't think there's any debate about this. there ain't nobody in america, not in the north, south, east or the west who can survive on $7.25 in our federal minimum age. you can't make it 9 bucks. you can't make an on $12.00 an hour. that federal wage minimum was introduced by president obama in 2009. it only changed when president biden signed

an executive order, raising the hourly wage paid to federal contractors. a drop in the ocean compared to instituting $15.00 an hour on a nationwide basis. the white house insists the pandemic benefits and the why the minimum wage issue are not connected. it also maintains that pandemic benefits are not the cause of dropping employment rates. insisting that many are still reluctant to risk public exposure and saying that the process of reinstating a stable workforce will take time. whatever reason there's no rush of job seekers and that's returned to the united nations. we can hear now from dillard down, who's the israeli ambassador to the united nations internationally designated jihad, the terrorist organization that has fired more than 4000

rockets israeli cities over the last 11 days. right now, as i speak to you israeli civilians, a running to find shelter from massive in discriminate attacks here is a quote from the charter. israel will exist and will continue to exist until islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated other before re and it continues the day of judgment will not come up until muslims fight the jews and kill them.

now let me remind you of another charter, one that some of you seem to have forgotten the un charter which was formulated in the wake of the horror horrors of the world war 2. and then not the genocide of the jewish people. the charter of the un calls to and i quote, reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights practice tolerance and maintain international peace and security. sadly, in today's debate, we are not seeing a defense of the goals laid out for the us, but rather an indifference to how much to charter which like the nazis, is committed to the genocide, genocide of the jewish people. we see an attempt to create a full moral equivalence, an immoral equivalence between israel,

a democracy to seek peace and abide by international law and murderers, terrorist organization with an ideology similar to isis that he's carrying out the double war crime of firing it. israeli civilians while hiding its weapons behind palestinian civilians using using them as human shields. this is what today's debate should be about. it is about to take steps to support the values of the un charter and who takes steps to ignore the values of the charter. it is about who is on the side of extremism and hate and who is on the side of moderation and dialogue. it is about who has the moral courage to support that democracy,

fighting radical territory and who has sunk to such depth of moral depravity that they equate between the 2. every speaker here today that failed to unequivocally condemn come us, that fail to distinguish between come matters, war crime, and israel self defense the choosing to demonize these rather than supporting it heroic efforts to dismantle how much terry infrastructure is only strengthening extreme. it forces encouraging terry groups to use civilians, a human shield, and undermining the chances for peace. for years now, come, us has held israeli citizens and the body of our soldiers hostage. it is outrageous that you not only fail to call us at tara zation,

but you also refused to demand that our sons are returned to their families. mister president, it is really quite remarkable. you know, usually as we all here know, the us works slowly. very, very slowly, it took the general assembly a few month to convener discussion on the fight to get covered 19 from which millions around the world have died. but when it comes to holding a debate to pressure israel and give a terry through again is ation of free pause. you are able to convene after only 11 days. what are this grace? is this what the un was established for? are those your priorities? these debate in the general assembly are always characterized by december,

deception and life. so let me share some simple but critical truth, hamas target civilians, israel target terry. israel makes every effort to avoid civilian casualties. hamas makes every effort to increase civilian casualties, israeli and palestinian, by the way. israel use of its mythos to protect its children. how much uses the children to protect the mythos? how much it's rockets are indiscriminate by design. they have strong jewish towns, arab cities, and been doing villages. they have killed jewish and muslim israeli. this kid not just israelis, but indian and ty citizens and they have killed numerous innocent garzon children

and destroyed guys on homes. mister president, are you aware that out of every $100.00 rock, it's fired by how much that israel approximately $25.00 fall on gaza spreading death and destruction among kemati his own people. so welcome us. rockets are indiscriminate. israel strikes are precise surgical. we go above and beyond the demands of international law. how many militaries won't civilians with phone calls and text messages to evacuate building hiding tara centers in order to avoid collateral damage. yet, despite our greatest efforts, komatsu and cynical ploy of building a subterranean terror, metro beneath schools maternity ward that must in order to cause the death of

civilians. sadly works. but we must not forget how much is to blame for those fatalities as well as an israeli. and as a jew, i am deeply, deeply pained by every civilian casualties. but while israel sees every civilian death as a tragedy, come, i see every israeli civilian death as the victory in its campaign of jihad and every policy and civilian death as a victory in its propaganda campaign. i've heard voices in this hall accusing israel of a disproportionate response based on the different number of israeli and palestinian casualties. well, if the un general assembly had existed during the nazi regime, would that would,

would it have held a special session to condemn the live for their disproportionate response? and the large number of german casualties would have wouldn't have urge them to show restraint in the face of hitler. then that's the army and their supporters. i don't think so. did the general assembly hold an emergency debate to condemn coalition forces for acting disproportionately in their fight against isis? you and everyone around the world know the answer to that question. and let me be clear. this is not the war between israel and the people of gaza. know, this is not the war between israel and the palestinians. this is a war only between israel and hamas. we will never apologize

for defending our citizens, even if some of the countries here might be happy to see a greater number of dead jews. mister president. these are the facts. and here is one more critical fact that you should take into account as you choose. which side of history you will be on today. the massive unprovoked hamas assault had nothing to do with the legal dispute. the ship, joe rob, or the situation in the summer. nothing, in fact, during this run done and throughout the year, like every year, 100 of thousands of muslims sprayed peacefully at the musk. israel police were forced to enter the temple amount only after komatsu encouraged palestinian extremist to store weapons at the holy sight. and to desecrate it

sanctity by turning it into a launching pad for a tax on jewish worshippers. and on that police look at this photograph. is this the way to treat a sensitive holy sight who, who undermined the holy knife of the site, the police that work to restore order and to quickly reopen the site for prayers or the writers who repeatedly launched the violent attack. you all know and you know what, even the palestinian representative here today knows that my says pre meditated assault had nothing to do with any israeli.