death is on the way. 1700 women were killed by israel in the last two weeks. a young man wrote, we will not leave gaza. we will only leave gaza to join the heavens. a few days later he did. 7000 palestinians have been killed by israel in the last almost three weeks. 70% of all of those killed are women and children. almost all killed our civilians. sorry to lose that line and we will try to re—establish it, but a very moving opening from the palestinian ambassador talking about the 3000 children killed in the last three weeks, and reading out personal

accounts from individual palestinians there on the ground. we have restored the line, so let's go back. a, have restored the line, so let's go back. �* . ., ., have restored the line, so let's go back. . ., ., ., back. a war that some of you are defending- _ back. a war that some of you are defending. can _ back. a war that some of you are defending. can this _ back. a war that some of you are defending. can this war- back. a war that some of you are defending. can this war be - back. a war that some of you are - defending. can this war be defended? these are crimes. this is barbarism. if you do not stop it for all of those who were killed, stop it for all of those for all of those whose lives we still can save. a little girl, underthe lives we still can save. a little girl, under the rubble, shouts at the people coming to rescue her. what took you so long? there are 900 palestinian children under the rubble, alive or dead. wondering, what is taking so long? wondering if any help is on the way. one little

boy, known as anoo, crawled from under the rubble is, not to fine light, but more darkness. devastation and death all around him. his ordeal has only started, not ended. 1600 palestinians are under the rubble. and no one can reach them to save them or bury them. a doctor speaks of the term coined during this war. wounded child with no surviving family. 80 palestinian families have lost ten or more members. sometimes up to 45 members of the same family. and

18,000 people were wounded. many treated in hospital hallways, if at all, with no anaesthesia. paramedics who have seen death time and time again break down and cry. this time isjust too much. un staff, humanitarian personnel are standing their ground. and paying the ultimate price for it. this memory is honoured by some as if a natural disaster had killed them. not a un natural disaster had killed them. nota un member natural disaster had killed them. not a un member state. as hospitals turn into morgues, doctors and

patients alike wonder, is help on the way? is help on the way? they are not listening to the explanations of some leaders on why the war has to go on. theyjust hear the war has to go on. theyjust hear the bombs. theyjust feel the blast, theyjust the bombs. theyjust feel the blast, they just face all of this death trying to survive or honour the pledge they took to save lives with no means to do so. people are ordered to evacuate. they look at their children. should we head south? will we be bombed on the way? or once there. should we go to a 0r once there. should we go to a hospital courtyard, a un school, a church, a mosque? sleep in our cars

in the streets? but bombs are everywhere. what choices do you make as a parent when there are only impossible choices, when death is everywhere and devastation is everywhere. a man stands in front of his house, turned into rubble yet another time. after a long pause he asks, how do you bury a house? israel has destroyed over 40% of all homes, making an entire population homeless and displaced. 1.4 million people, in the hope to forcibly transfer them outside of the territories. the israeli foreign minister came to the security council and said, this meeting should conclude with a clear

message, bring them home. for millions of palestinians, there is no home to go back to. for thousands, there is no family left. , not by an act of god but by the acts of government represented here in this chamber. he spoke of families and their pain. there is not a single family in gaza that has not a single family in gaza that has not enjoyed epic suffering. we have told you how horrible it was to kill civilians. just before justifying the killing of palestinians by the thousands, he spoke of the fear felt by people when rockets are launched and israeli bombs have not spared a

single square metre of gaza. he believes the difference between civilisation and barbarism is who is doing the killing, or how they do it. he believes the laws of humanity and of our international law based order apply to others but not to israel. that they protect israeli lives and allow the killing of palestinians and taking palestinian lives. he believes that israel can pretend it is abiding by the very laws it is breaching live on your tv screens and before your eyes. that if you say hamas enough times, the word will not be able to object to wiping off the face, from the face of earth entire families. for

generations at a time, or a siege where you let in enough humanitarian aid to pretend you have a sense of humanity. but nowhere enough to address the immense needs that are growing exponentially as you keep bombing a besieged territory. he says release the hostages and takes 2 million palestinian hostages. let me translate these numbers. compared to the population of gaza, this is the equivalent of of 28,000 israelis killed. including 12,000 children and 6800 women. 72,000 wounded, 5.6 million displaced. is it more tragic

now, more unacceptable, more outrageous? why some feel so much pain for israelis and so little pain for us, the palestinians. what is the problem? do we have the wrong faith? the wrong skin colour? the wrong nationality? the wrong origin? let me address all of those who have in the past few days explained why one should not call for a ceasefire. how can representatives of states explain how horrible it is that 1000 israelis were killed and not to feel the same outrage when 1000

palestinians are now killed every day. 1000 palestinians killed every day. 1000 palestinians killed every day. why not feel a sense of urgency to end the killing? nothing can justify war crimes. a crime against humanity and genocide. nothing can justify the killing of a single palestinian child. nothing. nothing at all. why not feel a sense of urgency to end our killing. nothing can, as i said, justify war crimes you are sitting —— setting us back 80 years by trying to justify what israel is doing now. how naive one has to be or how hypocritical to

protect that they don't know israel is voluntarily killing palestinian civilians. who can believe that those killed by israel are for 70% children and women, and that entire families were killed while israel was trying to minimise civilian death. they killed all of us, they kill thousands of us, and they say they are trying to minimise killing civilians. how will it look like if they were trying to maximise killing palestinian civilians? if killing 7000 is to minimise, killing 700,000 would be possible. to maximise. we don't need you to offer us semantic

reassurances about the protection of civilians. we need you to honour the norms, not recall them only to justify their breach seconds later. this selective outrage is outrageous. and it needs to stop and needs to stop now. these people, you watch them on your screens for a few minutes a day, every night while they are being slaughtered and they have survived decades of military occupation. a16 year long blockade and wars in the gaza strip. they built and rebuilt their lives and their homes, again and again, against all odds. despite tremendous

suffering. they are walking miracles. how could you leave them to be killed once again? the answer to be killed once again? the answer to the killing of palestinian civilians is not the killing of israelis... civilians is not the killing of israelis. . ._ civilians is not the killing of israelis... ~ . , ., israelis... well, the palestinian ambassador— israelis... well, the palestinian ambassador talking _ israelis... well, the palestinian ambassador talking about - israelis... well, the palestinian ambassador talking about the l israelis... well, the palestinian - ambassador talking about the deaths of palestinians, the numbers, the 3000 children, talking about the evacuation order, talking about it being impossible choices. we will return to the un general assembly in the next little while, but a very busy afternoon here because just in the last three seconds a news conference has started in the american state of maine after the shooting overnight, updated figures from the governor saying that 18 people were killed in that shooting, and of course they are still looking for the suspect. let's put the microphone up. my

for the suspect. let's put the microhone u. g . , ., ., for the suspect. let's put the micro--honeu. g . , ., ., , microphone up. my administration is behind the law _ microphone up. my administration is behind the law enforcement - microphone up. my administration is behind the law enforcement efforts i behind the law enforcement efforts to capture the person of interest, robert card, to hold whoever is responsible for this atrocity accountable under the full force of state and federal law, and to seek full justice for the victims state and federal law, and to seek fulljustice for the victims and theirfamilies. we cannot fulljustice for the victims and their families. we cannot and will not rest in this endeavour. my administration is coordinating closely with local, regional and federal officials to respond to this shooting and i spoken twice with president biden, twice with vice president biden, twice with vice president harris, the secretary of homeland security. all of them called me last night to express the binding administration's support and

to offer any and all help that we the people of maine might make. the governors of our neighbouring new england states and other states have contacted me and i am sincerely grateful for their friendship and support. we've been in touch with every member of the delegation, all of whom have offered their full support, for which i am grateful. i also spoke with the mayors to reiterate that we are standing by them. and that we are ready to provide any help for people in these communities that they need to deploy all available state resources including grief counsellors and other mental health services. we need to help our communities heal.

if you or a person you love need someone to talk to this difficult time, please call or text 988. for free and confidential counselling. 988. lewiston is a special place, close—knit community, along history of hard work, faith, opening its big heart to people everywhere. lewiston is where i worked for years and where i met and married my husband and where my girls went to school. i love this place, just as i love the whole state with my entire heart. i am so deeply saddened, as is every one of the 1.3 million people in this beautiful state. this city did

not deserve this terrible assault on its citizens, on its peace of mind and its sense of security. no city does, no state, no people. no words can truly or fully measure the grief of many people today. our small state ofjust1.3 million people has long been known as one of the safest states in the nation. this attack strikes at the very heart of who we are in the values we hold dear for this precious place we call home. all of the people are sharing the sorrows of the families who lost loved ones last night, loved ones, normal people who were killed or injured while unwinding from a day off work or spending time with family and friends, socialising. so on behalf of the 1.3 million people

in the whole state of maine, i hold these families on the city in my heart today. i know the people of lewiston are enduring immeasurable pain. i wish i could take that pain of your hearts, off your shoulders and i promise you this, we will help you carry that grief. . i asked my people to join me you carry that grief. . i asked my people tojoin me in offering our comfort to the families and friends who have lost someone, and in offering our prayers for swift recovery for those who are healing in the hospitals of maine today. this is a dark day for maine. i know it's hard for us to think about healing when our hearts are broken. but i want every person in maine to know that we will heal together. we

are strong. we are resilient. we are very caring people, and in the days and weeks ahead we will need to lean on those qualities more than ever before. as we move forward, struggling as we may, let us wrap our arms around one another, offer comfort and solace. and love. i know the maine state police will continue to release information to the public as we confirm it and information for any steps the public might take to support the people of lewiston at this time. may god bless the people of lewiston and bless the memories of lewiston and bless the memories of those we lost. thank you. i will pass this over.—

of those we lost. thank you. i will pass this over. thank you very much covernor pass this over. thank you very much governor and _ pass this over. thank you very much governor and we _ pass this over. thank you very much governor and we appreciate - pass this over. thank you very much governor and we appreciate your - governor and we appreciate your swport, — governor and we appreciate your support, the city of lewiston and of the state _ support, the city of lewiston and of the state of — support, the city of lewiston and of the state of maine and our first responders who have been there every day and _ responders who have been there every day and thank you very much for that and we _ day and thank you very much for that and we also — day and thank you very much for that and we also want to say thank you to and we also want to say thank you to a large _ and we also want to say thank you to a large number of elected officials across _ a large number of elected officials across the — a large number of elected officials across the state whether it's the federal— across the state whether it's the federal delegation, elected officials, and many others that are part of _ officials, and many others that are part of the — officials, and many others that are part of the organisations or law enforcement agencies that wanted to 'oin enforcement agencies that wanted to join us _ enforcement agencies that wanted to join us today at this time but wanted — join us today at this time but wanted to speak on behalf of their communities and as the governor mentioned — communities and as the governor mentioned and everybody else will reiterate. — mentioned and everybody else will reiterate, our reality for today is that the — reiterate, our reality for today is that the suspect is still at large and we — that the suspect is still at large and we want to provide community support— and we want to provide community sopport for— and we want to provide community support for the victims and families in the _ support for the victims and families in the communities across state but we also _ in the communities across state but we also have an incredibly strong and laser—like focus on bringing the suspect— and laser—like focus on bringing the suspect into custody. we and laser-like focus on bringing the suspect into custody.—

suspect into custody. we are going to leave that _ suspect into custody. we are going to leave that after _ suspect into custody. we are going to leave that after hearing - suspect into custody. we are going to leave that after hearing from - suspect into custody. we are going | to leave that after hearing from the governor of maine talking about a dark day for the state, saying they deployed all state resources in the hunt for robert card, who is armed and dangerous and on the loose, but still confirming that 18 people have been killed in the shootings overnight. as i say, a very busy afternoon. we were at the united nations earlier and let's go back to the general assembly because the israeli ambassador has just arrived at the microphone. israeli ambassador has 'ust arrived at the microphone._ at the microphone. israel is at war with the genocidal— at the microphone. israel is at war with the genocidaljihadist - at the microphone. israel is at war with the genocidaljihadist hamas| with the genocidaljihadist hamas terrorist organisation. 0nly it is the law—abiding democracy of israel against modern—day nazis. these are the facts. hamas do not care about the facts. hamas do not care about the palestinian people. they do not care about peace, or dialogue. hamas

is only one goal, to annihilate israel and murder every single jewish person on the face of the earth. their original charter makes this very clear. i will read you a few lines. israel will exist and continue to exist until islam will obliterate it. there is no solution for the palestinian problem except byjihad. another quote. the day of judgment will not come about until muslims fightjewish people and kill them. friends, on october muslims fightjewish people and kill them. friends, on 0ctoberthe muslims fightjewish people and kill them. friends, on october the 7th, it became clear to the entire world that hamas's charter was not a compilation of empty words, it was an action plan, an action plan. imagine a bright, sunny day. clear

skies will stop music in the air. young people are dancing at a rave, a concert for peace. yes, for peace. it is early morning on the holy sabbath and the sun has just risen to mark a new day. it is also a festive jewish high to mark a new day. it is also a festivejewish high holiday, expressing the joy of the torah where we celebrate the book of books, the holy bible, and then in one split—second, this idyllic eden became helena. the peaceful morning air was pierced with the wail of rocket science, thousands, i am telling you, thousands of hamas mortars and rockets rain down indiscriminately on many israeli cities and villages. but the rockets were only, for the pogrom that

followed. barbarian hamas territories invaded israel from the sea, the land on the air. they came with one purpose, one purpose only, to savagely murder every living thing they encountered. hamas nazi murders went from house to house with hit lists. a thoroughly planned, wilful, premeditated attack. they brutally murdered civilians in their beds. they drove pick trucks with machine guns. yes, we will remember, just like isis, and fired blindly at hundreds of young people at a concert. 300 were burned alive or butchered. in that concert. much of what remained work lumps of flesh and bloody limbs.

parents are to bring their children's toothbrushes for dna so they could figure out which limb belonged to who. these hamas monsters raped women and children, parading naked girls that they had raped and bodies they had defiled through the streets of gaza while thousands, and you can see the footage, thousands cheered and cheered. these savages tortured small babies, just like the nazis, hamas terrorist removed infants from their cribs. yes, we have it on video, and swung them repeatedly against the ground until their skulls became a pulp. children were murdered in front of their parents, and parents in front of their children. i have seen a video of a terrorist field by himself, who tossed a grenade into a bomb shelter

with a father and his two young boys inside. the father was killed instantly and the two boys ran out of the shelter screaming that their father is dead and that they want to be dead as well. all this is occurring, believe it or not, as the monster who murdered their father calmly helps himself to the contents of the family's fridge. yes. no horror movie compares to the pure brutality that hamas carried out. none. a 22—year—old from the kibbutz and a paramedic in the dome, the israeli red cross, she dedicated her life, literally, and you will understand why, to saving others. when the hamas monsters invaded the

kibbutz, she ran to the clinic to treat as many wounded as she could. hours, she worked nonstop trying to save lives. she knew these sadistic terrorists were outside her clinic because she heard the gunfire, but she stayed there. she was committed to saving lives, not running away. finally the terrorists burst into her clinic and put a bullet through her clinic and put a bullet through her brain. she was a paramedic from the israeli red cross, in uniform, but that didn't stop these savages. this is how the rescue teams found her.

ambulances were set on fire, not one, many. dozens of the medical teams were intentionally targeted on their way to tend to the wounded. and many other paramedics were murdered and in the hospital of my hometown in israel, they suffered a direct hit from the hamas rockets, not for the first time. hamas has been deliberately firing rockets at it for years, intentionally, yet not a single condemnation of this barbarity has been mentioned here. not here, not by the good counsel, not by the secretary—general and not by this absurd resolution. it seems that hospitals and medical teams only need to be protected as long as they are not israeli. the hypocrisy

is beyond belief. the brutal monsters like isis have abducted over 220 hostages from israel and dozens of other countries including babies, children, persons with disabilities, the elderly holocaust survivors. there is one nine—month—old child, and he is being held right now in gaza as a hostage. nine months old. what by barrick terrorist can do such a thing, and together with him, 30 other children, 30 other children —— barbaric terrorist. we saw the hamas barbarity in israel. i can't begin to fathom what horrors the hostages are enduring right now as we speak here. 20 days have gone by and israel is still counting her dead. it took weeks to

collect all the bodies. some bodies are burned like pieces of coal. it's almost impossible to identify them. countless burned bodies have been found with ash in their throats, meaning they were still alive, still alive, when lit on fire, intentionally, by the hamas terrorists. a clump of charred human remains burned beyond recognition was found. at first medical professionals couldn't understand what they were looking at but a ct scan found there were two spines bound together with wire. 0ne belonging to an adult, and the other, the small spine of a child. just try to imagine that

parent's feeling as they and