yes. nearly dies in new zealand first came in here in tokyo. i think it doesn't matter we don't any of our missions kiwis have this the same here and desire to continue to build and build and build new zealanders in iraq to date the astray a new one. this is a significant contribution to the iraqi. and already we're now looking forward to trying to fill two thousand soldiers in the coming weeks and like nato nations do zealand's ties with israel are growing no surprise then that on syria new zealand policy is so close to that of israel and the u.k. is the kind of attack. given the veto power was used at the security council by russia which is something we strongly condemned very little option in terms of standing up and giving a response to the use of chemical weapons which is it hard and it's a breach of international law also we except that decision made by the u.s.

and by the u.k. and by france that was before the u.n. failed to detect syrian government use of sarin alleged by israel and britain prime minister meanwhile this yes defense minister to israel as israel bombed because we have. very friendly relations with like to make the move from here on all. continents diplomacy. you know this is in a way because there's no need to nine hundred eighty two was the year of israeli atrocities in sabra and shatila in lebanon unlike defense minister the new zealand's prime minister did use the phrase one sided when it came to more recent israeli mass killing of civilians in gaza this is a defense stacie one sided loss of life we would condemn the violence in his case and i think it's plain to see that the effects of this decision in the ramifications of wide reaching. well the bombing of gaza has continued in the past

few days joining me now is positrons ambassador to the u.k. go to his arms on lot about that thanks for coming back on away from gaza perhaps and in the sidon rivalry babs. pulling boming that has been continuing over gaza you have disturbing news from elex mosque that seems to revive ideas of i don't know the killing of a moment i'll do or a spot of the second intifada what is going on in a lot of. government insists to transfer the situation this conflict from it being political and legal that could be dissolved to it being simply religious and they see the world through the prism of all may get it for them depriving people of the right to pray closing off mosques would be the way to do so for the last few days there's really calculation forces the police have been arresting anybody who would go and pray in the mosque now what. one has government of doing applying actually to push all of us at the edge and to leave the frame the whole

thing into a religious war between muslims and jews when in fact it isn't this is for politics it's political reasons i mean the police obviously want you know indicted and to the justice minister that shack head says clearly that the palestinians are in the role of going there to pray in that area and of course she's in the news or at least the social media palestinians are wrong to go on pray and there are some most of the palestinians are wrong to go out appears to be a position wrong and so the this israeli minister who was just releasing a promo about fascism and the perfume and the smell of fascism and she claims this means the most graphic ones to tell the palestinians where they can pray and when they come out playing with was like fascism appealing to some constituency is a bit and have a base that she thinks would like the word fascism it's very dangerous playing with the files of the religious war and people is very emotional attachment to the places of worship is a very dangerous. this israeli government is in the o.c.

well next three months one year since the great return much what do you make of this un report possible crimes against humanity by israel report was welcomed by christian aid and war and what israel says it will be investigating will it has been saying things will be investigating but in the history of the situation more than fifty years of military occupation seventy years since the neck but we are not aware of any case where israel has really done a duly you know do legal process and they have brought soldiers and officers to trial to justice much of it is just sugar cake to try and cover it up but the white horse shit in effect is what has killed more than one hundred eighty palestinians over the last few months mostly life on camera mostly civilians children women and what have you on these war crimes and crimes against humanity children thirty two churches that was very well documented by the united nations and then when the yuan fulfills its international responsibility by reporting these

crimes israel comes and attacks the un for being biased so this is the vicious cycle that we are in and that israel will continue violating basic human rights and basic international law provisions because there are no consequences and that's why we have been saying you cannot leave politics to local issues it has to be global and there has to be international scrutiny and the full implications of international law yes six thousand protests just in gitmo greg of your counterparts here in london says that they did every israel did everything they could to avoid bloodshed there was a measured response measure the spawns i mean the whole world so what is really a bunch of the means by measured response i mean when you smile you people from far away more than a thousand meters or two thousand meters they pose no threat to fully armed soldiers and they are a moment only waving their hands or their waving their flags and then you smile snipe them in their heads and just and you say they have done. everything by the

book i don't know which book the ultimate thing is regarding sniper rifles razor may said nothing about stopping the export of british libre rifles to israel we've got record three hundred fifty million pounds with the military hardware going to israel in the past five years this is the legal responsibility of britain to make sure that its weapons do not end up in the better bodies of children and women and peaceful demonstrators we can go home and to take up its responsibility at this point in time and make sure that its weapons are only was according to international standards and we've seen groups allied to the embassy filmed in secret in the know be meeting with important like joan bryan formerly of the labor party and i presume we don't million pounds doesn't come up when you're speaking to british politicians but it is the diplomat the diplomatic missions in london very different in their influence well i just came from the parliament after meeting so for a piece and i do have very good access to the u.k.

government they have been. coming with an open door policy and actually engaging positively and i must say we must commend the you could go a month so far in the last year to go about its political position official position they have open was the thrum decision reserve usual sort of of the moving of the american embassy to jerusalem publicly opposed they have doubled the contribution to on the war that's the u.k. government in a political statement about the rights of the refugees the pacific they have kept their very vocal opposition against israeli league of southern most of the occupied territories they have kept their policy of vision about a two state solution on the one nine hundred sixty seven borders so there we are engaging the u.k. it's all over the line to have a role it's a razor maze governor what do you make of the independent group of it they're talking about now which has very close ties arguably with the israeli embassy here luciana berger former director of the israeli embassy link labor friends of israel party independent group john ryan and other connections to this group the labor friends of israel tom watson deputy editor of the leader of the labor party. do you

think they took tom watson deputy leader of the labor party they were friends of israel a trip to israel is to raise them a holding the fort here for palestinian rights and international law against a parliament that isn't really as for united nations resolutions as palestine is not the issue or a partisan issue it's a you cage it's a cross spot issue if you go back to the vote about the recognition of the state of palestine which is an act still in waiting or being executed by the government which is the one act that would actually end up saving all of us both the palestinians and israelis and within the actually buying time for the dying body of that was that solution and we could go a month to recognize a set of palestine and hence the whole night its own policy of wanting to see two states the argument that the recognition has to come off the peace has been tested for twenty seven years and failed this is a moment when we require leadership and leadership needs standing up to and saying no we mean the two state solution we would recognize this the two states we would

give the parameters for the two states and then it would be the incentive to peace not actually the outcome of it everybody and do a wants to see peace based on the two state solution based on international legitimacy and international rules the question is what is not interested and then what to do about it and this is exactly the discussion of the happening with the you could government in the parliament and other feet i mean this is where it made a trade deal with palestine as it did with israel i'm not here to defend the u.k. government position but when we ask them about the trade deal they released a statement in the parliament the minister of state for international trade saying that any agreement with israel will not include any part of the palestinian occupied territories all israeli settlements are illegal according to the british law and british policy we will not accept any trade agreement that will infringe on the rights of the parties to your government did sign the radios we signed a short off trade agreement because that confirms the u.k. government position that the land occupied in one thousand sixty seven border area

does not belong to israel it belongs to the same. in the trade deals with the government selling three hundred fifty million pounds with their arms to the israelis that are being used against your people so that is something on the to something else we see the u.k. as a partner and we we see there is a lot of potential between a lot of good talents and i think in many of the other sectors of the volume of all trade is very. small in comparison to other countries but it has doubled over the last three years only and we have even to continue and sending a way there is a historic relationship between the u.k. and by this time and we want that relationship to be upgraded so yes we signed a trade agreement to protect the rights of our business community of all of a companies and to make sure that the business will go smoothly it's the responsibility of all the states and old element to do so with of the same time we want to keep. discussing with the you could go a month how do we deal with the other issues including the issue of arms trade and this i thank you most welcome on the right as europe lost its marbles and not just

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welcome back johnny now to give you some of the week's top stories this broadcaster involved a liberal democrat member of parliament it will solve bricks it obviously in a moment at the end of this yes segment let's go straight to this the loya jirga is in afghanistan that today i think and gullible they're deciding on things are done with we'll be discussing this what is this nobody not independent reports war crime investigators will be bogged from entering the u.s. secretary of state might pompei is that right the widest against is i think in this criminal investigative why because they want to protect their american troops from any threat of prosecution for anything they may have done during the afghanistan war they know already that the united states committed no war crimes of they don't need this international criminal court in a way the jurisdiction is you amaze me you amaze me if they've done nothing wrong they have nothing to fear why would they stop this kind of investigation if there's nothing to explore if everything is going to give a clean sheet that's the problem they've begun to look guilty by inference in him

which. about this really afghan authorities particular pair is going to israel presumably they can back up the idea of doing israel a war crimes. with their country either should we it's a matter of sovereign designed our own laws and all of these quasi transnational courts decide who's right news wrong it's a democratic state that is fake news often fake news coming from you of all people ok with the next story this time the tories are in trouble tory chairman brandon louis asked if he. said public of a phobia of complaints brandon lewis said that there was no investigation going on about islamophobia in the conservative party and then called nick loaves lowell's who runs hope not hate accused him of trying to mislead us and by the statement members of the public at least that's the accusation here because he says that there have been investigations and we all know what boris johnson said in one of his articles about letter boxes and women who are muslims wearing the burka of

course i do assure that opinion shared by quite a few people i have to say as well that's not the point though i'm not seeing as i'm going to get out and see what david cameron in twenty sixteen using biology privilege to link the present mayor of london so he can to isis directly i mean surely that's kind of true of the london mayoral candidate for twenty twenty sean bailey is that non-christian festivals in the capital have turned this city and you live in it of the crime ridden cesspool that robes britain of community a good mayor of london hasn't been elected yet in both directions labor and conservative there been accusations that been investigations and it's really one side calling the other something completely that could be pointed back at them we've got two parties basically pointing towards their own potential hypocrisy in resisting being investigated that's the issue here because you're a liberal you want the whole lot rules out there to be libertarian option not a bizarre is really the story that lots of the same is becoming tall tales about

islamophobia leader of the house andrea that emerged as a figure that said islamophobia the foreign office should worry about that there are british muslims as well about let's go do something irish not the backstop i should just say the inquiry has been going on this week ten deaths of course their witness and ninety seven lance corporal in b. company two barracks truly frightening experience he's base came under heavy and sustained fire by ira gunman so this is the unnamed lance corporal in that investigation what will been on bloody sunday. this is about that's right accusation and counter-accusations and once again jeremy corbett come right into this by saying i think fairly clearly in the express corbin sparks theory as he says bloody sunday soldiers should face prosecution this is cause death serious reaction from the right wing but what he's actually saying is in line with what you've discussed about that lance corporal there should be an investigation and there could be a criminal investigation as to gauge of the bloody sunday was there was an

investigation but it could be a criminal investigation about whether anyone has broken the law now today no longer shared northern ireland secretary the good friday agreement it is true said the there was no immunity. the backstroke in all these other negotiations is a sensitive and not just for the conservatives when i was shadow sector state for northern ireland we had a similar a very very sensitive approach to all sides now this is coming up again jeremy corbyn who is perhaps not really saying anything he hasn't implied before by by calling for this criminal investigation he's simply saying what thousands of people in the republican community in particular north mind are already saying i've spoken to them i know what they're saying and in their view there's a case to answer he's simply giving a voice to those until recently voiceless people if you will see british soldiers in prison i don't think there's any chance of it at all it's not in the labor party's interest really and not the conservative party's interests especially when

they're desperate to get that handful of votes of a brac set from the d.p. thank you well jeremy corbyn is the only socialist under attack from the military industrial complex let alone over ireland and britain isn't the only country facing tough negotiations greece's series our government has bought over life and death with the e.u. since it came to power ahead of october's shadow of the elections it defies e.u. orthodoxy refusing to accept brussels pick for president of venezuela and defying some new liberal e.u. austerity policies joining me now via skype from athens is series our m.e.p. sell us corner. you said yes welcome to going underground let's just actually begin given that not far from the studio where they'll get mobiles initially the bricks and vote i understand greek politicians were hopeful that you might get them return no hope now as part of the raise maze deal that the greek government are going to get their of marbles back we think it's something much bigger than just character of the. it's about the great britain the leader of england you know

this is a disaster made by the them up books in the u.k. and the extreme right in great britain britain and the nationalist they promised everything without any base just to collected some votes the greatest irish or stick to the colonial past you know and i think one of the reasons the brits think the big buck stops here is going to but well the obviously the british museum here in london refuses to give them back as it were and seventeen point four million never vote as might not all say they're right wing and stand the chin fane were in athens recently do you think there will be a unified island out of bracks that though we're talking about something that belongs to the past to the quality of course of the well to great britain is very unusual that it's divided and one part the northern part of the nile and belongs to another kind of usually i mean country so states are made out of you know google

creek you think that opinion is shared by your colleagues in the european parliament maybe. you know my dad right now it's about. mrs macy that. because of course the docs the tactics used by recently discussed you know well you may say that but you obviously believe in your party believes in the reform ability of the european union the european parliament what would it take to see me as a board leaving the e.u. i mean we already have thousands of refugees have drowned cattle and politicians are in jail your exhibition that i understand your range of political cartoons was banned from the european parliament can they do anything to you and you always support the european union how well i'm not going to that's got your opinion and i'm supporting that another you're very. with not much more democratic and with

much more i mean is there not in the union no you don't really understand i believe it is a big if the biggest invention of the last two centuries because countries that were five did we do to each other mean there are certain leaders of this people now who talk you've got to be efficient to be to the universe to be completed before because the politicians there could push or in general they are you know they're driving people away from the european union european union and the truck to invoke with the dish face which undemocratic and the majority of the people are working only for the i think it was i don't know those levels and get to how successful you are in this project in series eyes in reforming the european union i understand the top one percent seem to have done relatively well poverty thirty five percent or so are in danger of poverty ten years ago maybe twenty eight percent extreme poverty up riffing social indicators over these years of austerity

at the behest of your beloved european union i.m.f. what do you make now that they want to withhold one point one billion dollars in debt relief depending on what policies seem he. has for the greek people whether yes you know what there is outside of the european union you know completely or are just of the euro zone like great britain where or should the bogeys increasing now do differently if what happened is that that might hit the european banks from the usually then it's pretty good bones i'm sure there are lots of the greek economy two thousand and two thousand and twenty promised to give the money but issues the it could only be lasered sector they get a grip on. mr shaw then don't find us minister decided to use you as your weapon or for blackmail. shortly after me did the money the money

belongs to barry to greece but leggett got attacked you show us how we give you the money but ashdod you but then you have to do to do something for me please give me your wife or something like that you know you know there are what they're not asking for our wives are actually but what they're asking is more prevalent decisions because that's the the idea and then they're not a very much or a certain state because we reached it in greece the median salary. and the submarine i'm sorry for young people blanked out for your experiment we know what not but what are you going to do and i understand they also want less trade union involvement in wage negotiation what is your leader to press going to do when you are elected to be the party was elected by the government what are they going to do this is not only a matter of social justice but the simple economics you know you could use the salary you increase the construction that makes the the economy work but you just

said blackmail he said gangsters you can see why terrorism may and certainly people in the have the british parliament think there's no point in negotiating with these people at all i mean you yourself said gangsters there is only. solution tactic so if you go to the disaster you know first of all i mean you have to believe to do such. research mate does not believe that the brick should one thing that's worrying probably the buildings in one part of brussels and in another part of brussels the nato headquarters is of course the greek relationship with china especially given the port of up there has in athens is greece going to recognize china's belton road initiative like italy is signaling it will imminently do why don't you know i mean. ocracy you know because from new york they are imposing you very tough. most searched and dishes were all done supposedly

to do to attract investors and went to china comes first in this you know no we don't like but yes we want investors coming from everywhere because we need to do to reduce our you unemployment which is a very high you know still know. though it has been if you spray the shoes of government very much but still you are you surprised you know you know what the young people are going to be elections any moment in greece what do you make of the european union as it meddling with your sovereignty judging that because of imminent elections the ruling party doesn't name syriza but it's clear that it says the economy may suffer if the kinds of policies in the one series that supports. to the fore at a general election no not general elections will be will be shown to be knocked

over when the mandate of the first governor expires and dish will be also going to. sign that greece is becoming little by little to no mark up ok might just very briefly the right is winning or the center right or whatever they call it in greece in their opinion polls do you think the european union in effect will have interfered in greek sovereignty to get rid of series. after the elections to try to do that they tried to do several times but the state completely we're going to fight but i think the elections are you know that will be it will be a good to repeat and we were going to we said if can all go thank you and that's it for the show people touch my social media and how they respond to infamous lobster psychologist jordan peters and his controversial twelve rules from life or so million see them.

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