the state of hermose on december 5. the united states on december 8th used its v2 of power to turn down a un security council resolution put forward by the uae calling for immediate humanitarian sease fire in gaza. we do not support calls for immediate cease fire. us deputy permanent representative to the un robert a wood. said before the vote, this would only plant the seeds for the next war, alleged would with a war mongering tone. this was the disappointing diplomatic result of the uae draft resolution, which calls for immediate cease fire in gaza for humanitarian reasons, while calling for the protection of civilians, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and ensuring the access of humanitarian aid. despite srinious diplomatic efforts made by the arab ministerial contact group eminating from the... summits in the capital of the most

prominent member states of the council, especially washington, it was there where the arab ministerial delegation met with several officials, most notably secretary of state anthony blincan and the chairman of the foreign relations committee in the senate ben carden and number of committee members in order to persuade those concerned in the us administration to vote in favor of the project. hours before the vote, the saudi foreign minister faisal bin farhan speaking on behalf of the arab group called the us security council to take a decision to immediately end what bin farhan called the war between israel and hamas in gaza. while the palestinian permanent representative to the united nations riyad mansor appealed to members of the united nations body to listen to the courageous and principal position of the secretary general in reference to antonio guteres activation of article 99 of the charter of international organization when he called for a ceasefire in gaza. during the voting session on the draft and resolution

against the backdrop of a sharp division in the security council, the deputy us representative to the united nations, robert wood accused the security council of moral failure to condemn what he described as the terrorist attacks on october 7 committed by hamas, including sexual violence and other unspeakable evils, claimed wood, the slave of the empire. wood continued by saying the resolution was divorced from reality that would not move the needle forward on the ground. any concrete way. oh, sure, mr. house slave would. it would only preserve the lives of 2 million palestinians in gaza after your bombs killed at least 22,00 civilians so far, including 6,00 children, you were mongering beast. the us video, however, was in no way a of surprise for anyone. how could it be when it is us made bombs that is being dropped on the heads of palestinians to begin with? welcome to the mid stream, i'm osman.

as expected, the united nations security council failed to pass the draft resolution submitted by the uae on behalf of the arab group in light of the united states continued opposition to the cease fire in gaza and its use of its veto in order to allow the completion of the israeli entity's military operation. also known as genocide in the gaza strip. they discuss this issue with us from beirot is dr. tim anderson, author, political commentator and pro-palestinian activist. it's a pleasure and an honor to have you on with us, dr. anderson. now, as bombs continue to fall down on the heads of the palestinian civilians in the gaza strip, and the wild destruction all across the strip. we see that the us has once again used its power of veto to stop any sort of cease fire that would rid the palest. people from the calamity that

they are living living at the moment because of zianist israel, but by vetoing this resolution, the us is telling the world that it is complicit in the genocide and it doesn't care. has that surprised you in any way? uh, well, first of all, thank you for inviting me. um, in a way, it doesn't surprise me, but the extremity of the situation, um, has shown us that really all of the so-called allies or even the, the lap dogs of the us have abandoned them, the us is a... uh with its um colony, it's forward base effectively in the region at the united nations, it has other support, it's extremely isolated, and i think this this current situation is showing just how isolated the us, even other states, european states and so on, my own country, the government of my own country for example, are ashamed to be seen to be supporting the us in this genocide as you say, but as we heard the us representative at the un. saying that in case

of a cease fire there will not be any sort of uh maybe enhancement on the field, they really don't care about the people that are dying, do they? i think... think it's worse than that, i think that the not just it's not neglect really, they are directly involved, they are providing all the weapons, the the israeli army couldn't last for a day without the us weapons, it's really the mastermind we're talking about here who hides behind it its front people basically, but the us is behind all of the atrocities going on in gaza today, well dr. anderson, by continuing to provide diplomatic cover for the ongoing atrocities in gaza, the united states is signaling that international law can... be applied selectively and that the lives of some people matter more than the lives of others. however, even with such a scandal, you think that the image of the united states of america really will be affected by the so-called international communities perspective to how it's operating, this genocide? oh yes, it's it's in serious

decline, of course it was battered by many other factors in recent years, but this uh this slaughter in gaza is really sheating home, it's doing great damage to the u.s. reputation and that has important implications for uh its influence in the world and its attempt to get other states to support it, they're banning it on this one, and uh of course in relation to ukraine, the ukraine war, its prestige, its reputation, it's its image as something which is supreme power, the global policeman has suffered extremely, so it's a failure in in ukraine and a genocide in the middle east, what is the us telling the world at the moment? "it's telling the world that that the u.s. is a lawless um exceptionalist beast which is involved directly in the worst crimes of this century effectively, and the idea of it being a shining light, moral um beacon for others to follow has been undermined savagely. well,

israel has continued to uh indiscriminately attack civilians, the civilian infrastructure, we saw them bombing down uh not only hospitals but also universities." and schools, they even the latest attempt of execution of palestinian civilians by uh saying to the world that these are hamas fighters who have surrendered, when we all know that they were displaced in a school and they were executed in front of their families, they're imposing seat that amounts to collective punishment of the entire population of gaza, even when aid is trying to get there, i was watching this morning a video when some of the egyptian aid was trying to get into gaza, the israeli entity just decimated it, they destroyed it and it was just packets of water, water packages for. the palestinians, but if body like the united nations cannot do anything to stop the atrocities committed by zionist israel, then what other option does the palestinians have to put a halt for their calamity? well, they have their own resistance and they've relied on their own resistance for very long time

with only some very small number of regional allies who are supporting them in this struggle, but basically the palestinian people have been reduced to relying on their own resistance with with very few loyal friends. who are who are ready to help? but is it enough? i mean, at the moment, is the resistance inside of gaza alone enough to try and elevate maybe the suffering of the palestinians or at least put hold on the israeli genocidal warmongering acts? it's not enough by itself, because really the uh the international support for the regime is critical at this moment, just as it was in as it is still in ukraine effectively, that the the kiev regime cannot continue with that international. support, i think the israeli regime can't continue without its international support, and that is why international support, the international uh discrediting of the sianest regime, if it needs any more discrediting is very important, because we have to find ways to dry up that continual resupply and and

support of the israeli regime, otherwise uh it will go on for very long time. i know dr. tim anderson that you came to beirout after visit to south africa to take part in a conference uh... a pro- palestinian conference uh, especially in at these very difficult times, can you tell us how the reaction of the people that took part in that conference was considering the genocide against the palestinian people at the moment? well, there's a lot of uh grief of course in the world amongst many many peoples who who are witnessing this this these terrible crimes, there are no worse crimes really in living memory that we've seen, and of course the propaganda war carries on in in uh in the us in particular or the anglo-american world let's say, that propaganda war has been seriously undermined, so in uh south africa at the conference we saw, this was organized by the global campaign for the return to palestine and hosted by our south african colleagues, including grandson of nelson mandela, mr. mandla mandela, it was very powerful expression of support for palestine

and also a uh the parallels of course made between the dismantling of apartide in south africa and the need to dismantle the racist regime in occupied palestine were very... clear and i think our south african colleagues put it very, very well, very, very strongly, and i hope that they will continue in the leadership of this campaign to dismantle the racist regime in occupied palestine. well, we will continue to talk about... how the world reacted to the us veto and the carnage of the palestinians that is being put forth and committed by the zionist entity, but after the breaks after the break, ladies and gentle, stay with us, because we will be talking about how the international community reacted to the us's veto.

many countries and international organizations condemned the united states of america's use of its veto in the united nations security council against a draft resolution calling for immediate cease fire for humanitarian reasons in the palestinian gaza strip. the convictions came one day after the united states used its veto during emergency. to vote in the un security council on the draft resolution submitted by the uae, in which about 100 countries participated, more details in this following report. zionist israel has continued to indiscriminately attack civilians and civilian structures, impos a siege that amounts to collective punishment for the entire population of gaza, force mass displacement and deny access to vital medical care and humanitarian assistance. and how did the us respond to this carnage? the united

states of america used its veto power to turn down a un security council resolution put forward by the uae, calling for immediate humanitarian sease fire in gaza. a surprise, not really, but a damning testimony that the us veto makes it complicit in the carnage in gaza. many countries and international organizations condemned the united states use of its vetop. and were vocal about the double standards and hypocrisy of the us, as its veto stands in sharp contrast to the values it professes to uphold. in his strong condemnation and protest of the us veto, malaysian prime minister anwar ibrahim said, on behalf of the malaysian government, i strongly condemn and protest the united states use of the veto a draft resolution for an urgent humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. in statements he made to reporters, the malaysian prime minister expressed his deep regret over the ugly veeto. as it neglected to see the cries and appeals of the international community. in turn, iranian

foreign ministry spokesman nasir kanani said, the us government has proven once again that it is the main actor and factor in killing palestinian civilians and citizens, especially women and children and destroying vital infrastructure in gaza. while china described the us video as disappointing and regrettable, zeng jun, china's permanent representative to the united nations said, despite the use of veto against the resolution, the prevail. point of view of the international community is clear, immediate humanitarian sease fire is the highest priority. in response to the us veto, dimitri polyansky, russian deputy permanent representative to the un security council, said it will not be an exaggeration if we say that today is one of the darkest days in the history of the middle east, as our colleagues in the united states have sentenced to death before our eyes, thousands if not tens of thousands of civilians in palestine, including women and children by obstructing the call for a cease fire. as for the organization of islamic cooperation, which includes 57 members, it said in a statement

that this failure reflects negatively on the role of the un security council in maintaining international peace and security, protecting innocent civilians and putting an end to the deteriorating humanitarian situation as a result of the continued brutal israeli entity aggression against the palestinian people in the gaza strip. and in the context of its condemnation of the us veto of... ben wa executive director of doctors without borders in the united states of america said that washington's use of its veto against the ceasefire in gaza makes it complicit in the massacre in the gaza strip while bombs continue to fall on palestinian civilians and cause wide spread destruction. now we are back with our guest from beirout dr. tim anderson, author, political commentator and pro-palestinian activist. again, it's a wonderful. pleasure having you with us, the united arab emirates deputy un ambassador muhammad abu shahab, he asked the

unsc this, and i quote his question, he said, what is the message we are sending palestinians if we cannot unite behind a call to halt the relentless bombardment of gaza? indeed, what is the message we are sending civilians across the world who may find themselves in similar situations? that is it, i mean, that is the reply that will uh come out from ally of the united states of america, the best friend of the united states of america and west asia, this is how they retaliate to the veto. yes, but um, if we look a little bit further, the united nations media unit itself, the state media in my country, australia are being critical of the us, which is very unusual from um agencies which are usually very subservient, so there is a the cynicism has turned into a deep-seated criticism and an unusual expression from some who are uh allies or

rather slaves of the us, there is a certain degree of speaking out which is... almost unheard of really, because there is such a slavish support for us policies anywhere, but this slaughter in gaza has upset that, it's it's turned over the apple cart so to speak, but i mean the saudi foreign minister and the uae uh also representatives were in washington three days before uh this vote and they were trying to lobby this uh resolution and they knew that the us will veeto it, so what is this just a show, is this just a charade while people are dying under the rubble in gaza? i think that some of these some arab regimes in in the persian gulf, they are trying to keep some level of support from the arab street street so to speak, the people in saudi arabia, the people in the emirates are are feel very deeply for the palestinian people, it's the same in egypt, it's the same in morocco, in countries that have normalized with the zionist regime, still a street level there's a very strong

degree of support for the palestinian people and and even the most brutal dictators like in riyad or or or... anywhere in the world have to pay attention to that, having said all that, i think you're right, there is also a degree of cynicism where um there's an attempt to paper over things or or rather reduce the reduce the embarrassment to the us, which after all is calling the shots in in respect of its um compliant regimes in this region, well we also heard the iranian foreign minister hussen amir abdullahyan warning of the threat of what he called uncontrollable. explosion of the situation in the middle east after the us veto. now we all know that iran, the islamic republic of iran is vital uh member of the access of resistance if not leader of the access by of itself. how can we translate such a warning by the foreign minister of the islamic republic at such very tense times while knowing the situation in southern lebanon,

northern occupied palestine and also the yemeni situation and the iraqi situation? i think there's a degree of... deterrence going on in terms of rhetoric, in terms of the possibilities of escalation, pardon me, of course the us is sitting there with its own stop of missiles and where there to be serious escalation, each side is weary really the extent of extent of escalation, but the the fact that the iran has significant missile capability means there is a certain deterrent there to the us trying escalate the situation further a local of course, as you pointed out, there is the yemini involvement directly to to attack the israeli enemy and to prevent it being resupplied by ships, we have fairly controlled um degrading of israeli military capacity by hesbollah in in the north of palestine there, so there is i believe fair degree of consciousness about uh the need to contain escalation because

escalation by its nature is unpredictable and no one knows exactly how far it will go, but on the other hand there is this... uh level of deterrance that's going to to one side trying to prevent the other side from escalating the situation further, and of course that's important, because the more isolated the israeli military is, the more likely it is to take significant damage. do you think that is also equally sustaining the idea of deterrence in iraq and syria as well, where we seeed elevated escalation against us bases? well that's very important because it shows a degree of regional integration, doesn't it? i think that that... "the the enemy is going to be very conscious of this, the fact that the iraqi resistance is attacking us bases not just in iraq but in syria also in punishment for the crimes being committed in gaza is a significant statement in itself by the iraqi resistance that there is uh this level of integration going on and and uh it's not no longer isolated wars really there is a regional war going on which

the us has been prosecuting for for many years as you know well both also uh russia and" china had their uh uh ideas about what this us veto means and they called it a double standard since condoning the continuation of fighting while making reference to the protection of women and children and human rights is hypocritical by the united states of america, but might we see some sort of a russian chinese approach to finding solution to the ongoing genocide in gaza or is it just at the level of diplomacy and just registering certain points against the united states of america on the international community platform. "look, i think the role of russia and china will be important to remember all of these so-called new middle east wars in this entire west asian region were initiated by the us with the idea of trying to exclude..." it's big perceived rivals, russia and china, and the reverse has happened, now we we now see very strong relations building between china and iran and russia and iran in particular, as

you pointed out, iran being the senior member the access of resistance in this region, so i think their role is going to be important on an ongoing sense, including in in terms of the economic recovery of this region, but in terms of palestine, i think at the moment we have to educate our friends in russia and china and... elsewhere in the world that there is no possibility of two-state solution in this in this situation, there has to be a dismantling of the racist regime as there was in south africa with the apartide regime there, apartide regime, let's remember is a crime against humanity and it's a crime to support and supply and recognize that crime against humanity too. unfortunately many of our friends in the world are talking about so-called two state solution which presupposes recognizing the apartide regime and the israeli regime that that's not. longer possible, that's that idea has been superceeded a long time ago, but i think it's a it's an ongoing obstacle to um our friends seeing where the political resolution of the

situation is going to be, because of course the occupation is at the root of all of this violence. well, in less than one minute, dr. anderson, you think that call for a one democratic palestinian state will help the carnet going on right now in gaza, or will it just put israel on an all-out war? it has to necess even if conflict increases, it has. there has to be a clear focus, i believe, on what the political resolution will be. many people talk about the necessity of getting rid of the occupation of um of having a palestinian state, but i think we need to focus on the idea that there has to be democratic palestine, we're not talking about having a little uh bun to stun like rump of dominated entity like the palestinian authority is at the moment, all of the proposals from the us, which itself is talking about two-state solution have been... this idea of um normalizing the land theft on the west bank some sort of compensation mechanisms, but keeping the idea of of a palestinian state like the palestinian

authority completely dominated by this vicious uh israeli entity, and that's that's no longer possible, it's not even conceivable under international law that there's that possible possible two-state solution. the south africans know this very well and they express it very clearly, there can't be a buntis son solution in palestine. well, dr. tim anderson, author, political commentator and pro-palestinian activist, thank you very much for being with us, it's an honor to have you here in our beirot studio to talk about uh the most important cause uh right now uh on on the international community on the the globe to be honest with you, the palestinian issue, thanks million for your contribution to our show, and ladies and gents, please do follow us on telegram and on exformally known as twitter so we could get you the latest from west asia right here on the mediast stream assalamu alaikum.

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the headlines this hour: the deaththoll from the us israel genocide in gaza nears 1900. palestinian fighters remain engaged in heavy fighting, inflicting heavy losses on the occupation forces. pressures. the israeli prime minister, as he fails to free the captives from gaza, all three of those held are killed by the regime's own forces. an arm forces say that they have conducted new drone strikes against israeli targets in the south of occupied palestine.