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human rights groups. all right, i'm being told, sorry, honey, i'm being told now that we actually need to go to the united nations gonna thank you honey for updating us on the situation with you and security council. this filed the pos, a draft resolution calling for humanitarian pools in gauze. brazil had sponsors that dropped the king of 9500 people in his ray. the strike on tuesday is also high on the agenda, brazil's presence louisa, and also to the silver cold. the attack and unjustifiable tragedy. let's go over to kristen salumi joins us now from the un headquarters in new york. so kristen, what happened? the expectations were that this tax had been bolted down and bolted down. it would pos yeah, the security council had been negotiating on this draft for since friday when brazil 1st started working on it. but it got 12 votes,
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but the united states vetoed at uh, the only vote against it came from the united states. there were 2 extensions, russia and the united kingdom. but again, 12 votes in favor it would have passed, had the united states, not we'll, that it's vito and the united states is just about to speak and give it to explanation. but we've heard from brazil, which holds the presidency of the council, saying that this lack of action by the security council in their words, does nothing for the international community. they said that they had work to try to come up with a compromise to all right. sorry kristen, i'm going to jump into i'm do we've got the us and back to the, to the nice invasion speaking that's listening to what she's saying or it is disappointed. this resolution made no mention of israel's rights of self defense. like every nation in the world, israel has the inherent right of self defense, as reflected in article 51 of the un charter following previous terrorist attacks
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by groups such as al qaeda in isis. viscouso reaffirmed that right, this tex should have done the same though we could not support this resolution going forward. we will continue to work closely with all council members on this pressing issue. just as we will continue to reiterate the need to protect civilians including members of the media, humanitarian workers, and you and officials. and when i talk about the protection of submit civilians, i mean all civilians. the united states has horrified and said by yesterday's explosion at the alley era hospital in gaza. we more in this tragic tragic loss of life on the humanitarian front we're working with is ro, it's neighbors, the united nations and other partners to address the humanitarian crisis. and gaza,
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it is critical that food, medicine, water, and fuel begin flowing into gaza as soon as possible families, the elderly and children, are in dire need. let's be clear how mazda is own actions have brought this on this severe humanitarian crisis in gaza. and her mom says, cause so much needless suffering. death and destruction, as every member state should condemn mazda is terrorism and cruelty, and every member state should call on her boss to seize its inlets barrage of rockets against israel. this is not complicated. it's not controversial. this is the bare minimum colleagues at this difficult moment. let us all call for the protection of civilians and unequivocally condemn moss. let us all a firm,
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israel's right of self defense and support the urgent diplomatic efforts underway. let us stand with the un and of the partners as they work to alleviate the humana, terry, and prizes facing palestinians and gaza. and let us all support equal measures of justice and freedom for israelis and palestinians a life. thank you mister president. i thank the representative of the united states and i give the floor to the representative of malta to thank you president. most of those said m. c of the of the drugs tricity russian tables vipers in most of those. so up stains on the 2 amendments proposed by the russians. preservation was the we have no issue with the substance. we saw no reason to all the way across
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to tricity russian not to rest on a delicate balance. and that sold count city entity on this critical matter with deep sea, recreate stuff that i'm sorry i'm yes, i'm sorry. you're that the john to the he was not adopted. jermaine gravely comes and at the heidi, but it's only a hearing right now from security council members. malta speaking about that perspective, that there was no need to talk to the brazilian dropoff resolution. we had the full that from the us. and by so the to the un condemning, hum us but calling for a humanitarian solution to the situation and gone. so let's go live to kristin salumi just once again live from those un headquarters in new york. so sorry, chris, that i had to jump in and interrupt you, but you had explained to us what went wrong. basically there was expectations that this was going to pos in at least some form to begin some action to address the who
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might have terry in need and this conflict or yeah, so we just heard from the us and basset, or to the united nations with the thomas greenfield, she said that the us detailed this resolution because it had no mention of israel's right to self defense. now, on earlier versions of this, the u. s. subjected to the fact that it didn't uh to, to earlier versions of this resolution into a resolution that was put forward by russia. the united states had any resolution would have to condemn us and call for the freeing of hostages. and that was added to this, do you have subjected to a humanitarian ceasefire blanket humanitarian ceasefire. so this resolution went from calling for humanitarian ceasefire to call in for humanitarian pauses. we
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heard from the brazilian ambassador to the un that did the negotiating and the drafting of this resolution that multiple attempts were made to work with member states work with members of the security council to get an appropriate draft that would pass. but we just heard from malta saying that they didn't vote in favor of rushes amendments, even though they didn't strongly object to them in an effort to have a consensus and something that would pass with the united states. the implication being there and yet it didn't pass us. so we are hearing from members of the security council about their concern for the humanitarian situation on the ground in gaza. in decrying the fact that the international community represented by the security council was unable to come together and make
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a statement given the gravity of the situation and the rapidly deteriorating situation of the people engaged. and now i should say that the united states also said that they were horrified by the explosion at the hospital that left hundreds of palestinians dead. but they said that they were against the needless suffering of the people of gauze or the innocent civilians in gaza. but they put the blame squarely on her moss and called for condemnation again of her mos going forward. we are now hearing from many members of the council who are expressing their disappointment in the fact china next china also voted in favor of this resolution. so i clearly a big anti climax here after several days of intense negotiations to try to come up with something which the un said was needed in order to get these supplies
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into gaza. and alas, no no resolution, no resolution but christ. and then what happens now to all of this diplomatic momentum a yeah, it's a great question. we know that the united nations has aide position in israel in the west bank in egypt. they have been saying that they need the bombs to stop in order to get that aide. and there is no safe way for humanitarians to do their work. if the bombs are falling, the secretary general himself has called for an immediate cease fire. he had hesitated to use those words cease fire, he had been calling for access and so far so forth. after the hospital bombing, he said it very plainly. we need an immediate cease fire in order to get aid in and to get is really hostages out. so the pressure is still there,
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the concern is still there. but now the pressure turns to israel and the united states to find another way to allow this aiden since they are the united states, are responsible for blocking this resolution. all right, we'll leave it the thanks so much for the update. kristen. so let me watching the situation to the un security council must bring in some pictures coming in from dallas. so as you can see, the quite an eerie site. another huge plume of smoke over garza as sun as it heads towards sunset that a very disturbing image of continuing strikes and suffering. so calling about account is director of the global institute for strategic research of the i'm
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a been felicia university here in casa. so distilling what we just saw, that there, it does look like that is absolutely no progress in trying to establish a date, a mechanism un backing for any kind of cold seeds. find cold humanitarian pools for any kind of breaking this fight to here. it's very disappointing. it's clear that the u. s. is looking to buy more time product, so it's going to ask you will allow those rallies to cut it out wine checked, because you don't to veto other solution based on our eyes that's already implicit. you know, to say that there is no reference for as well, to have the right to defend this of this is ridiculous, every state has the right to defend itself. so that is already implicit. and this is the, those that the nation's work on. so clearly this is being taken as an excuse and i, i fear that is going to have a great to impact way beyond is right in palestine. this is going to be the last
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stroll or even that i was now in the coffin of the modern, such of the order that was created in after the 2nd world war led by the united states. already there's a lot of anger in the south can just like brazil, south africa, india, indonesia who do not agree with the way the security council is constructed. it has to be though, for 18. and i think this particular incidental go down in history now as the one that really erupt is older, anger salt on a one to read, to a line that we're getting here. this is coming in through is right, the media. and i'm going to see your thoughts on whether this is tied to the delay as uh, as you put it in the us design to, to delay. this resolution is writing media channel 12, quoting is these ready prime. and this is officer, the saying that the council of ministers is decided that is where i will not allow any humanitarian a to enter the gaza strip. unless the kid not says riley's already tons is the or
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is this? is there a link here to why we've seen you as far as the, is now they've seen by the end of the thing and they've gone back to where we started a week ago. and what we see here is that now how much for returning it, how much a week ago, also threatened to kill the kidnapped individuals or the hostages of the captives, if as well does it stop. so we've gone, gone back a full cycle, and i think worse is to come, how much pressure is building on egypt and jordan ethics it from the us also based not the meeting with bites and must be a huge pressure. i mean, jordan in particular is a very, in a very difficult position. economically, it's is reliant on uh, american aid. it receives almost $1500000000.00 a year and must find it very, very difficult to say no to night states. but at the same time, it has its population to worry about and without stability in 10 any, no amount of age can have the jordanians. so i think the position that was taken by
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going up to like these governments, the right one, as far as egypt, egypt has such if we become less and less dependent on american age over the last few years now they're only receive just under a $1000000000.00 and they, they don't have the same pressures, but you're graphically, it's egypt who is bordering guides and, and the again, $100000000.00 people who are angry, upset about what's going on is going to be very, very difficult to manage, talking about people angry and upset. how do you think audiences are going to fix in this part of the world? the viewing the statements that speech that we heard from joe biden, he, on the one hand, he gave a very clear condemnation of the mass of tax, which kills so many is right, easiest re, the civilians. he went into great detail to share his unequivocal as he put it a condemnation. but on the other hand,
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we didn't see is any kind of language direct to the israel for conducting a tax, which international human rights groups have also said closing here, the bet. send them reports of october, the 10th where they cooled a criminal policy of revenge in garza, a policy of for funding damage of a precision. and they quoted a war crime, human rights watch in the statements of october 15 saying the terrible deaths and injuries and destruction of homes and schools, an indication that of the that the laws of war and not being followed by these re lease with not seeing that kind of stephen handed yes. approach in that speech from the us president. how is that going to resonate? i mean, i must say for me it was a very odd speech. it's very c, after cool,
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and the references. and the way he delivered the speech is it says if he's the father of israel talking to his as for you, i'm guilty child that you shouldn't do this. we should stick to our rules. our civilized actions is addressed as even caught it from the tower. and made, i think a couple of really bad references that he will regret maybe later on in terms of his political career. the reference to, to uh, the, uh, the attack on the hospital as an a random explosion. this is a rack. take this around, take rocket file runs as a, as an error and sorry, aaron rocket file, file type. and this is very similar to his reference to the for 2 babies being the headed. and again, the, the, the proof will come out and he will be having to backtrack them this. and also this quotation from a go there may or that we, as jewish people have no where else to go. this kind of contradicts itself with
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what's going on at the moment. they're flying in from all over the world to 5 and a half of his route that we're flying out from israel on an extra this everywhere in the world. everybody has to do a nationality and so on. so well the quote he didn't mention, for example, is by the secretary general of amnesty international, october 13th. when agnes, call them all a cold for a house of transfer of homes that could be used to commit unlawful attacks. how do you think people will see the images of these attacks in gauze? a lot of civilians suffering a lot of human rights groups saying it's unlawful and it's associated with the american weapons and resupply, and course when america supplied. so your advantage for in yemen, there were a lot of organizations and this and that there was and others calling for comfortability based on the fact that the american weapons, what used is idea raise on you haven't. now this is not just a suspicion. he has actually action the, the weapons, and they have supplied them in front of the rest of the world. we all know where
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these munitions, the munition is coming from, and he's just made another promise similar to the old days of biden, with the previous war. when just at, towards the end of, of this conflict. he's then is going to ask for an increase of the amount of money coming to his riley and weaponry. it's already stands on $3800000000.00. i suspected we pushed up beyond that. all right, thank you so much. still talking about a cost for analyzing it for us. think the, the use foreign policy chief use a bottle is said counting of water supplies in gaza is illegal. right? to get us. i mean, the initial visit wars also have their rule that they are established in international law. and we have set it on several occasions referring to other economy that was cutting off water and basic supplies to a population which is not compatible with the law of war. at this moment,
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the moment there is no more water in gaza in gas, there are more than 3000 debt and what and a quarter of them are children. and we cannot hold all gardens responsible for the criminal actions that come up as that is all the hospital mastercard and guys forget to protest, right across the occupied westbank with hundreds of palestinians rallying enroll my law firms, phrases, it again turned out to show this solid down and see where the people have gone. so people were also on the streets on tuesday night, and they were confronted by how a simian security forces to hold on to how many it has more from me on my left. while the protests have a by and large wrapped up we, i would say this between 3250 demonstrates are still there that so a short while ago they held the prayer for those who have full and in gaza. and now
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they just gathering and having a chat from what i can see here. but earlier i have to say that square the one on our square here in ramallah was pretty packed. it has been a peaceful protests. they many different slogans were chanted in support of an ox and all of the polish to me isn't occupied east jerusalem in support of any sort of they're already of the people and guys and the full. and then guys are they were also some slogans games. president mahmoud abbas with that typical slogan, slogan the people are calling for the full of the resume. so it's been a mix bags really of calls, but certainly a wave of ballast and is living in the of the 5 best bag to express how they feel about what they watch they after they are unfolding to their fellow palestinians in gaza. or protests of being held in the region against israel strikes and gaza,
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the 11 and has the long cold for large scale demonstrations on wednesday. and one is cooling a day of unprecedented rage and by root, the angry process outside the us embassy. so if he's used will to canon and 510 guess find this 1st crowds to the was at those protests and by rights while we are in the law, it has called for this. what is this calling? again? this message is for the people that there's also a message really from has the law that is there to take to stand by the people
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now and join the military capabilities with feel resist talk each year. but they will not so interesting for has are all part of the around the officials who are become effective, special fights either as well as the law has been reading fire with orders uh for the trading fire bases. but the conflict of the order is large and target.
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besides this target military position in the area of conflict, and the officers from the board of the radio support for the biggest question is what's next? when has intervene and health care has been calls from day one for others to take part in this stuff. so today, the words from a top hezbollah officials of thousands of faithful right outside the us and his re, the embassies in the jo damian capital, who was a show support for palestinians also as well as has frank on the hospital and gone . so we got a new government as the class 2 days of morning. so i've been divided has no on those 1st as well. there is more and as people continue to come
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to the streets here in the georgia indian capital, it's not just the us and is really embassy. is there other places because police has now blocking roads that are leading to words. these embassies and people are not allowed to go there, but people are finding ways from various leading streets where they leaving their cars behind and walking to these really embassy. they've seen more of what we saw last night. therefore, just as they're trying to push the barricade of security around these really embassy to try and reach it, we are the security forces are pushing them back and sometimes resorting to fighting t a guests. but this is a crowd which keeps getting bigger as more people are hearing about this since last night. more people are coming to the streets. as you said, there is the call for general strike from various political parties has been. this is the place where the fort parties were supposed to meet to try and mediate a solution for a coming coming up with the ceasefire. this is where the americans, these really is the americans, the jordanians, the palestinians as well as egypt. sions were supposed to meet and pushed towards
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it ceased by which hasn't happened, present bite and canceled his trip. and jordanian for ministry says that there can't be any strides towards feast unten is riot. uh, quote, stuck continues to massacre people and there's been possible anger not just here in the company in major cities across jordan, people have been coming out in the dozens into hundreds depending on the community . i protested against israel, the attack last night insides. that seems to be the trigger which has actually brought people out of their homes. there were protests that were happening in jordan in the last 10 days where people were coming out every evening near the us in his really embassies trotting slogans and going back home. but since the attack happens in the size of these numbers keeps reading. people continue to arrive there people continue to protest, john slogans in support of palestinians against israel, and against what they called the deafening silence of the international community
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or bringing you some live pictures of what appears to be another series of huge explosions. going off over garza, as well as the told has deployed rather more troops and tanks near the gauze border . it's evacuated, its own residents from towns in the south of as well as it has once expected to be a ground of invasion into the enclave. toys of bo now were here in southern israel. this is the closest we could make it to the border with a gas up from here, we're able to see the air strikes happening right behind us. the black smoke coming out from those strikes that are happening and guys in the past few days were able to make it closer to some of the towns a closer to the border. but that is really military has been increasing the exclusion so, so it's becoming harder and harder to make it closer to the border with guys,
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we have seen thousands of soldiers moving into this part of the country. there's times are more vehicles probably preparing for what could be a ground defense of most of the towns around this area have been evacuated, the houses around to the shops, a closed in the town of state, or for example, a town of around 30000 people. there's only a few 1000 that have been left out the, the is compared to other of countries around the world to other conflicts around the world. if you see what's happening here and with the strikes that are happening right in guys of this area would be flooded with refugees, with people trying to escape awards on what that is not happening because they've been fighting, guys are trapped, they kind of go to egypt they kind of come towards as well, i know kind of leave towards the sea, so they're completely under siege. they cannot leave. they're being told, for example, to move towards the southern part of the country. but some of those areas are also
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being bombed. there's been lots of talks about the possibility of too many tiring assistance, but there's also been humanitarian workers who have been killed. and if the situation continues, as it is with the air strikes that we have been seeing from here, it's not clear yet when something like that could happen. but if i will just see that in southern as well. how that brings us to the end of this news our, we're going to leave you some live pictures coming out of gauze, or you can see those huge plumes of smoke. a city, an area choked by smoke and suffering styles is next. the
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