the head of the u.n. vote we've been hearing from the people making about call a key palestinian politician next explains to his wife or member status will finally hold israel to a comb over its actions and occupation. are to sitting down with award winning scholar and internationally recognized politician executive committee member of the palestine liberation organization dr hanan ashrawi thank you so much for joining us today thank you and if there's a smile close for dr shah let's start with one of the most highlighted issues this year's united nations general assembly gathering of course palestine's bid for recognize statehood we know that palestine is already recognized by over one hundred twenty countries why does this u.n. vote matter. it's very important because this is a turning point and sort of palestinian history and in the history of peacemaking in the region we do have as you said bilateral recognitions from different countries we have by now one hundred twenty seven but at the same time we are we

have been engaged in a peace process that has taken on over two decades of prolongation and stalling with israel creating facts on the ground building settlements in a latterly acting from a position of power as an occupier and undermining the chances of peace and the objectives of the two state solution and so on so we are trying now to say that this is a new face a new era and it's a we are going to the international community to say that the palestinian question and the palestinian people have that i thought of such determination and should be placed within this international context as the essence of multilateralism as the source of international global legislation and the palestinian question must be dissolved in accordance with international law now the united states has made it more than clear that a veto is really it's only possible reaction to a resolution at the security council so are there really there are plans reportage

that palestine may consider going through just through the general assembly is that really in the works well we have many different options and alternatives and we studied all of them and we're keeping all our options open frankly speaking we cause if we go through the security council directly that means we want different objectives and we certainly don't want to have a confrontation with the u.s. but they're the ones who are choosing a confrontation over something that is actually part of their own policies and that on the lead suppose we could also go to the journalist family and ask for upgrading of us that score greater decadent sharon and then ask for support put out a bit to go to the security council so what we're saying is we can go straight to the security council. and deal with the consequences if the u.s. wants to isolate itself on the wrong side of the law it could be its choice or we could go in that actually to the security council also fortified by

a positive solution and that's an assembly and then again the present but as i said many many options and we're keeping them all up open unlike going through the security council going through the general assembly would mean a nonmember state status for palestine why would that be important that's very important because although we are now we have observer status as the p.l.o. and we want to have. a nonmember state status which means there would be a recognition of statehood but it's our membership that is an observer membership but that opens the doors for us to become a member of all you and organizations institutions agencies and so on it would empower the palestinians it would also declare our territory as occupied territory not disputed territory and therefore up for grabs it would declare is to solemnize occupied not as the eternally unified capital of reserve whatever number it would

lay the foundations of any this illusion based on international law so it's very important and we can also hold israel accountable which is something that is driving israel and the us absolutely insane when talking about accountability because they don't want any kind of accountability put it whether through you and human rights organizations like the un council on human rights or whether the international criminal court the international court of justice they just want to ensure that israel continues to act outside the number of the law you have mentioned access to you want to situations if we look for example at the international criminal court access to that what kind of really impact would that have for palestine ballad have a tremendous impact. because that means that the international criminal court can act in accordance with their own convention and their own statute describes settlement activities as a walk around because when you violate the fourth geneva convention when you move

populations of your own into occupied territory and you take other people's lands this is a war crime and collective crime against the palestinian people so automatically we can start a suit and law cases against not just the government but against even all the settlers and this will be seen as being part of this war crime and that's why quite worried about the palestinians becoming a state or getting access to the instruments of accountability particularly the international criminal court well in an interview with archie we had aired previously post palestinian politician a bill shot said to us that israelis must be changed to be taken to paradise assuming command. on their way to peace who is strong enough do you think to forge a chain like that look i think it's a modern power more than anything else. seems to me that if you can use your powers of persuasion and humanity for the israelis to understand that

a land grab their greed for the land for control for subjugating and other people is really a strategic liability for him it's a passion political legal human decision you have to think about the consequences of your actions that you cannot ever claim to be above the law and claim to be exempt from any accountability and claim real impunity and preferential treatment that there is a time in which all these things will end then you will be held accountable like any other country and you cannot continue and enslaving people whatever and getting away with it so it's a question of persuasion and looking clearly at the reality and understanding that given also the context of the arab spring given the comp. text of regional and even global changes and transformations has a unique chance to make peace quickly with the palestinians and to be accepted in

the region rather than continue with its unilateral dangerous adventurous policy of control and oppression and theft of land and so on and then delay the inevitable which is going to be further confrontations violence and extremism now if we look a little bit at united states involvement in all of this we know that last year barack obama spoke at the general assembly saying that hopefully by this year two thousand and eleven palestine will be recognized as a member within the united nations now his administration is clearly opposed to this do you see this is a stab in the back i see this as a source of commander sled down real disappointment because he theys the expectations and a variety of ways starting with ending all settlement activities to acting decisively in peacemaking to basing all of peacemaking on international law and multilateralism and to building the palestinian state in the sixty seven months so having it in that dawn on most all these things that he has created

a sense of letdown among the palestinians the arabs even the world people of good conscience who expect. obama to live up to his promises and to his values and principles other than to narrow self-interest right now. if he's seen as doing israel's bidding and trying to justify the occupation and trying to justify israeli policies and actually putting pressure on everybody starting with the palestinians who are of course the weakest part because we do not have any kind of power or weapons or anything so he'll be seen as sort of not just bullying the palestinians but he'll be seen as weighing in on the side of an illegal and unjust situation and he'll be undermining the stand. belittle and to those of us in the region and throughout the world other brokers russia the european union united nations do they have really a place as

a place what they're trying to do is very dangerous because the u.s. in many ways has changed its policy to accommodate the most extreme government and not only that but it was trying to put pressure on the quartet to accept this position. again by saying palestinians shouldn't go to you on the e.u. by asking them to change their longstanding policy of a two state solution and so on and jerusalem and the legality of settlers and of course that has taken a very clear stance on the basis of international law and palestinian rights including that at the terminix and so by adopting the israeli position and then trying to salvage the throat of the quartet the u.s. is leading the strong legal system as well as a political system that's run as a human imperative of achieving a just peace what do you think americans and some european countries have been willing to welcome the arab spring and yet palestine's self determination is seen

as something pretty much an acceptable by the united states in particular it is ironic this that will stand that look at the arab spring as a way of vindication towards democracy and freedom and human rights and human dignity and yet when it comes to the palestinians we are decontextualized. this is very selective precisely because i think out occupied israel. as a domestic issue in the us and has enormous influence on the. fates of many politicians through elections through access to the media through the campaign funds and song. and of course there's a strategic alliance of people. did like any other country. discussed the example also because of the part of the holocaust that history and western guilt for what they've been through so in a sense. shaped

a certain bubble in which was given. what i described as a sense of exceptionalism and the impact on monk and community and of course it has acted with impunity so the palestinians were deprived of the protection of the law . given the success of a particularly because it has a powerful lobby. that is a growing movement of solidarity with the palestinians and i hope that that would hold that own. countries accountable or systems of government and this is. the arab spring where the arab spring has moved. to the social media and these global principles that don't just go from the sun to the west like to humanity as a whole and therefore the exemption of the palestinians from these values and the exemption from accountability for violating these values will no longer be

tolerated. the americans may succeed in having that interest but on values and principles but not for long because they too will be held accountable by their own people dr hanan ashrawi thank you for your time with us today thank you very much and it's nice to meet you . here is the same. time. peace process. i asked the united nations to upgrade their current observer status so that a full member state. mission and free accreditation free transfer charges free. arrangement free.

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gadhafi loyalists are keeping up the fight in libya but the country's interim leaders are struggling to form a cabinet meantime the french president could face a legal battle at home over his country's actions in the war. to take center stage in new york on friday. recognition although the support they're getting could clash with a veto wielding u.s. financial institutions and independent palestine. tensions that erupted when. the approach roads. it's going to twenty two forty six moscow time thanks be with us. for the next thirty minutes or so.

it's all coming up right. game with. seconds. but first let's get a basketball update where russia have wrapped up their european championship campaign with a bronze medal finish david plotz men beating to do me a seventy two sixty eight to reach the lowest rung on the podium their victory in

the semifinals france had to settle for silver in the grand final later tonight spain the side successfully defending their courtesy of a thirteen point win. brings us on to football schools a months long reign at the top of the russian premier league is over is the meat of the team to catch though their rise to the summit over the weekend was far from straightforward fellow title challengers rubin taking the lead in their clash five minutes into the grass choose penalty the hosts then doubled their lead a quarter of an hour later the ak taking full advantage of the rushing international goalkeeper. was left brawling on the turf after a collision to know however within five minutes. launched there's a need comeback the midfielder launching onto a. free kick to cut the deficit and then within a second half minutes portugese danger man down the hudson deal typical direct

running from the midfield learnt leading to two goals from him on the three two scoreline the way it would finish. these charges the secure their third win in four games is. being top for months heading into the weekend for the drop off seen them slide to joint second alongside near neighbors. dimitri could love putting the home side ahead for just five minutes with the units to be able to conjure up an equaliser until an hour later the league's top scorer see to dim b.s. even his side's blushes one one hundred finished up in the west which. brings us nicely on to rugby or. russia are gearing up for only their second ever world cup game the burrs take on its li on tuesday following defeat to the u.s. in their opening pool stage match on is richard from port fleet reports the

russians are going to have their work cut out for them if they want to become the first team making their maiden appearance in the competition to win again. tuesday's much of it really remains russia's best hope of winning a game at this tournament following their opening day defeat to the united states however this is going to be a tall order as to tell you one of world rugby is more established nations but there's opponents have made wholesale changes for the match but russia's coach. still expects a very tough encounter because they go more than if it's every team other tournaments have thirty players at their disposal and i don't think outearning some of them will change anything significantly in fact if we use a few players from the bench it might well be beneficial for us as replacements want to prove that they deserve a place in the starting line up. a cup of italian strength is definitely a backpack and a scrum is one area where russia are particularly weak and a lot of them burns will be winning his first full cap for the bears please visit

main area where russia will have to watch out you trying to piece their family their scrum these plus. the top few of the world so. it's going to be a point of. who we're going to have to try and get some sort of parity or at least get out. we try and scrum and also a lot now this is a very strong point for them and they said face rushes back plays definitely best strength how of a fail to create many attacking opportunities against us this month or so you have team if hardly had a touch of a ball in that opening encounter and he like the rest of a team we praying for the rain to stay away unlike in new plymouth and the best coaching staff believe attack could be the best form of the. ends against be italian so moved. because unfortunately we've failed to demonstrate that in our opening game against the united states the more you control the ball the more you're attacking the less you have to defend if we succeed with those tactics you

tomorrow is game should be thrilling. to show that no one is expecting russia to win unlike the game against usa but the bears had a decent chance of getting a victory and captain blood is left portion of belief for lack of pressure could play into their hands the whims of simple so wouldn't you think that now would be less pressure on us from the outside and from the media and that should give the team the opportunity to play in a more relaxed manner with little school morale is still very high in the russian camp of the players firmly believing they have a chance of pulling off picture e which even managed to do so would undoubtedly be the shock of the world cup so far but after the disappointment of their opening day defeats of us say the russian's going to be hoping for a much more positive result against italy this time outs be entirely ins who are going to be filtering out what is essentially going to be a second string fifteen they're still going to be hope favorites and russia are going to have to play out of their skins and hope for

a little slice of luck as well of a going to have any chance of winning. nelson new zealand let's get together that was the message following a joint meeting of russia and ukraine the olympic officials today at the grandly named memorandum of cooperations aim is to quote share and succeed russian olympic committee president alexander to cough ukrainian pull of old legend sergei booka the man doing the necessary in moscow bilateral competitions a technical and scientific collaboration you can quote exchanges just some of the ideas to kick into action over the next three years this season celebrated their best ever world cup medics results after years of olympic under. let's move stateside where week two of the n.f.l. season so. some early favorites stretch their wings including the hawks who won the battle of the big birds against philadelphia the game notes of zero four star quarterback michael vick stewart turned to atlanta with his new eagles team on the

thirty one year old didn't wait around to make his mark throwing his first of two touchdown passes midway through the opening quarter to tie the game at seventy seven though in the third quarter vick would have to leave the game this knock ending his participation with his philadelphia taking the lead while he was being treated on the sideline but the other advantage was until last vick's opposite number mike ryan laying the ball off for his fourth t.d. pass here michael turner the man running it in full kittens ticket thirty five thirty. overall favorites for super bowl success this year new england made a two wins from two this season with victory over sunday a go tom brady very much all that much in massachusetts with the three time n.f.l. champion for a week for three touchdowns on a moment four hundred twenty three yards in total though his team's defense run him close in the honor stakes turning chargers ball over three times leading to

seventeen. points the pops eventually taking the contest thirty five twenty. hitting the greens now or just and rose has come launch on top of the big money b.m.w. championship winning by two strokes in chicago rose finding himself five shots ahead of closest challenger john senden after just seven holes on the final day and even in the fifteenth couldn't prevent the thirty one year old from teaching his third p.g.a. tour victory karting thirteen overall the britain also not showing the biggest payday of his career almost one point five million dollars a number of players also lost their spots on the presidents cup to use where sport america grew up against world select tiger woods really didn't play with a weekend but the californian could yet be one of us captain fred. couple pics from that. let's they would call finally where the biggest event on the russian calendar teed off this past weekend sir correspondent constantine but top off kept track of

all the goings on in the moscow region including sunday's final day. little had made a big move up the leaderboard on the third day of the russian challenge cup as the englishman climbed sixteen places to take his share of the lead with swede bel-air medic and austria's florian pregnant the thirty six year old was in search of a third challenge to a win on the final day which would secure him a place in the on poor and top twenty and a card to return to the european tour and the londoner mixed five birdies in two more years on the front nine to extend his lead meanwhile lils compared to a down to johnston who was fourth before the final round dared to build some pressure on the leader with a needle on the fifteenth and the long buried bottom the eighteenth challenge to a real key johnston was trailing to little break just a stroke. and little had to make at least four on the last hole to secure but he made no mistake and with two points finished the closing round with

a sixty eight to collected check for forty thousand euros but extremely happy very well this weekend. i really enjoy some fantasy venue and. come back again. maybe i'm main european tour of and it's a fantastic place and delighted to win and played well. for and for today's not the nation for undersell first place or well despite a poor performance on the final day tommy fleetwood still managed to increase his overall lead at the top of the rankings with five events still to go and top twenty finish is still up for grabs for those old important cards on the european tour complain about out of r t. yeah great weekend of golf all round there that is all the sport flower whether it's next season.

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lawyers keep up the fight in libya court battle on home soil for the french president his country's actions in the war. revving up for recognition the palestinian leadership takes center stage in new york to secure a statehood state as well as supporting majority could clash with a veto wielding u.s. . steps. to break his checkpoints on the northern border prompting serbs to blockade roads. welcomes his r.t. it's eleven pm now here in moscow. and first tonight despite a heavy offensive from libyan forces gadhafi loyalists are still putting up a strong resistance this is the as the country's interim need to struggle to form a cohesive.