and humanitarian chief in palestine jamie mcgoldrick busken israeli prime minister netanyahu used to run a virus to dodge justice we have chief of staff the former israeli prime minister ehud barak also more coming up in today's going underground 1st let's go straight to gaza one of the most densely populated areas on earth tackling coronavirus dr yes robert you're may director of the gaza community mental health program joins me now via skype yes and thanks so much for joining us so what is the situation in gaza israel is claiming it has sent you hundreds of testing kits thousands of or at least 1000 protective suits the world health organization to save people save 2000000 people arguably from coronavirus. jeff thank you very much and the conditions as like this now we have only tool fortunately only 2 confirmed cases of corn of m. so around the same time we have about 1300 people who are out and quarantine centers these are mainly people who are right from outside because this trip and we

have about $3000.00 people who are of are asked to to all be staying at their houses and like silk county this is a place that is under blankets is more than 12 years health system itself is not in its best. readiness for any. or we're not prepared to receive these kinds of complaints ok but i mean i'm speaking to you from a obviously from a area in lockdown in britain it is better then than when israel was injuring tens of thousands of people let alone the 200 who were killed 8000 wounded in weekly protests it is better now. well well in in one sense it's better because the probability of getting infected is a lot lower because you are as you said locked down yonder block and however on the other hand you know if he thinks get. me not controlled by me and then we will

have a big and a serious. issue to have a. bit if we have an outbreak you know let other places it will be a disaster from the if you've got a sister if you do have a outbreak how many ventilators do you have in preparation if more cases emerge 60 or 60 intensive care units and again this is we speak about 2000000 people you know i think out of the 22 currently in cinders we have 10 or 11 schools and then we have about 3 hotels and that is the health or primary and carriage facilities you know they started a few days ago to work on a hospital that is aimed at providing contin the place that's still in what is ongoing but in total we prayed just like that the numbers were not really increase well in fairness to israel obviously it's not bombing those schools or

hospitals at the moment as it has done i should ask you also any news on israel of the possible release of thousands of imprisoned palestinians including hundreds of children people in gaza have no word of the. well as far as a not as nothing get there were talks about cases that might be from the palestinians in israeli prisons who got the disease not sure that any of that this is confirmed it is known as that person after they have requested the policy and community at large abbey who still is there is for the release those prisoners most of them are not criminal prisoners we speak about just the people who are just acting against. living under occupation you know and some of them are and that is simply administrative detention it's against human rights it's against the health. effects it's against all. laws that would indicate how to deal

with prisoners in any place you know i work in the field of mental health you know when you speak about gaza strip and speak about. more than 53 percent people and poverty 33 pair of people percent of people under extreme poverty you simply talk about people who live on daily basis from like hand to mouth as this is we are basically still and the occupation of all our gates are controlled by the israeli soul israel has and if it can obligation towards the international community towards the palestinian people to do whatever is needed to improve the health conditions in gaza strip and to reduce any possibility or any chances of having serious complications or caused by the comet 900 s. ok well just briefly then britain obviously has sold weapons to israel we're told here that we have to wash our hands what are water supplies like in gaza given that

washing one's hands is the world health organization advice and what is the toll on mental health of course your asika trist on the people of gaza as they live under a defacto siege their services we know reports of any extra medical equipment being let through the checkpoint. well there could say that. people are what it looks really anxious like others in on this planet at the moment the 1st time the local authorities announced that most are not to be open anymore in order are not all. players president thinks it's a truck to have a toll free line that is open and operating and we are trying to increase that capacity in order to receive like for example a 5 course of this imply i'm now it comes to hygiene as you asked you know what i don't is not enough you need to water with with with soap you know any you need something to clean your hands we all know that more than 95 percent of the water in us that is not portable you know how the water is available more obvious for

cleaning if i could say. but of course one of the interesting thing is that we heard different places and watch for pink you know this pretty but shopping panic and that showed on the main books i mean on the main shops could be empty and this is not the situation in gaza and i don't think that this is going to happen and that's simply because people are not most of the people do not have the money that is needed in order to buy things of our years of look at the end of our economic and financial resources and with the larger scale operations of francis with the threat much of it in casualties a lot of families the good also the end of the day drained of resources and this is again that it's a big issue and this is all 15 the mental health of the population and just finally no news of any extra equipment in addition to the w.h.o.

testing kits that have come through as yet to my knowledge not yet but often you will see something some doctor a as aboriginal a thank you. well the u.n. relief agency in palestine is facing the collapse of schools and health centers as the global body struggles to find funding this while palestinian officials say israel has intensified illegal settlement construction joining me via skype from jerusalem is u.n. development and humanitarian coordinator in palestine jamie mccall drik thanks jamie for coming on we've just been hearing about gaza but obviously the news in developed countries is a record unemployment in the united states and the economic collapse here in the e.u. and the standard the u.n. once a $2000000000.00 fund to combat coronavirus what do you need in palestine well i mean we've. climbed

a certain which will be covering the 1st $6090.00 days it's the american citizens once we've asked for $33000000.00 and try and get it from like what fun and ideas to trying center of a 1st step to cure our equipment such as protective equipment testing equipment as well as ventilators and oxygen concentrator us all use for the all intensive care unit say things so we're trying to get a range of material that covers the full range of their case crook or from you know ellie ellie testing all the way through to see the treatment do you think the fact that you're having to call for this money and that it wasn't immediately given to you by richer countries suggests the message that corona virus the response from most developed countries will only be as good as that it's received as the response to what happens in poor regions of the earth something that u.n. undersecretary for humanitarian affairs mark local copy has to be saying. yeah i

think they're straight i mean i think the idea is that we're all in this together in this doesn't know 'd any burn trees i mean i think yes that the secular journal of self nor to the need for a global response and that's why with the mark look at the necessarily coordinator this idea of trying to make sure that richer countries are able to help them move under countries if you've got a place like palestine or some these other catholic countries that meaning many different dimensions of conflict and vulnerability could not talk of that covert virus in a no group of that. context you basically exacerbate an already weakened systems and more importantly a very wonderful people and so the important part of as is to prevent them becoming deep rooted in place that other stay in another conflict yes difficult though for policymakers in the west to understand it when we were just hearing around 60 ventilators are available for $2000000.00 besieged in gaza that's actually if you do the calculations maybe 3 times the amount per capita in terms of ventilators

that britain appears to have. yemen i think what we recognize is that has a lot of essential equipment required especially for gaza and in gaza has a place which as you know has been under siege but their 1st years and because of the economy is free for all the services are very poorly maintained that deliverable systems such as what's a sanitation help and the great march it's on the demonstrations of. stress and pressure on the system which is already weak and you're weak and what you've got no is clearly there are massive gaps that need to be faute an order for us to have a position whereby if. we got 9 cases already in gaza if it was to accelerate equate heavily in fust we have to be there police to actually have the equipment needed and therefore the ventilators and respirators oxygen concentrator was very sophisticated equipment this in short supply globally and there are many countries

so there were very rich countries who are trying to buy that missing we were trying to response from a very poor country which doesn't have the means themselves to take care of purchasing globally in the market and obviously doctors are saying the densely populated areas are more susceptible to corona virus $55000.00 palestinians live on 5 percent of jordan valley land $12000.00 or 95 percent of those in israelis any evidence for say barack claims that israel is using coronavirus for illegal settlement expansion which would mean again higher density populations of palestinians in smaller amounts of land but i think what you see right know there's a an unprecedented cooperation between the israeli authorities and the palestinians it's been claussen it's been an effort i think this there to contain the epidemic it doesn't mean others want train exploit the opportunity but i would say that you

know the president of palestine has declared a state of emergency in the brain minister as the monday. and i think they have this crisis management center you know which is then replicated all the government levels and the important thing rayno is to actually try to contain this virus and get in the spread and that's basically done 3 different ways in or screening insisting isolation and health education and we want very closely with them and with the israeli authorities and that is very good cooperation to make sure that this can be contained and doesn't mean that the politics disappear but it means that politics 'd has diminished because the priority right know is that you might in dimension of the crisis in pakistan and the neighboring countries while there obviously some grounds for optimism there over here in britain u.k. authorities are refusing to release julian asylum to the world's most famous prisoner what can you do is coordinator about palestinians including hundreds of children in israeli jails as regards coronavirus no well i mean i think that anybody and as we see in any country people in the present population because of

the crowding situation i mean having people close contact with the is that almost like an incubator for the virus to spread so the important thing is the social distancing where possible 'd and all the other structures that be given out and are forcefully and prison systems and anywhere they are they are overcrowded and so they are possibly less likely to provide an opportunity for the virus to spread and we know that information is going to the prison systems to make sure that does not and there be awfully there would be an attempt at some point to try and prevent it from becoming something that is locked into a prison or prison system you know uncoordinated thank you. after the break is coronavirus the corruption a get out of jail free card israeli pm netanyahu is be looking for we all skill a charity for of stop the former israeli prime minister every borough all the civil coming up about to have going on the growth.

of. trade and investment to become magic spells to come economic development. most people think about trade they think about goods and services being exchanged between countries and the in fast chapter of a trade agreement is about something very different but won't when investment leads to toxic manufacturing that destroys sacred sites all ruins the environment. that means if local communities that are being poisoned if they object if they do anything that the company feels is interrupting their profits they can be sued now multinationals are taking on the whole nations philip morris is trying to use i.s.t.'s to stop tour of the white from implementing new tobacco regulations

aimed at cutting domestic smoking rates a french company sued egypt because egypt raise its minimum wage democratic choice of a trump cool britain will join us as we try to find don't want to. and . that's the crucial point of the book a bottom line of the book namely i think you're pretty much stuck with your looks but if you have other things that you're good at either music or running or doing intellectual work or politics then one should take advantage of one's advantages and project ours and forget about the. like that you may not be the best looking person on the block. welcome back on the other side of the gaza strip british armed israel is going into

lockdown as a diagnosis thousands of cases of covert 19 i mean political deadlock in a postponement corruption trial against its prime minister binyamin netanyahu delayed shares the chief of staff to former israeli prime minister who broke joins me now via skype from tel aviv thanks for coming on so apparently bethlehem appears to be an epicenter in that region what's actually happening in tel aviv i've been to a bit right now i'm looking through the window there's no almost no movement of ours or people. almost all the closure there's severe restrictions on movements on business cetera we have 2500 people already diagnosed with the virus 5 dead people. 40 very seriously. i think. patients with severe conditions unemployment went up over 20 percent we have now we are waiting for

a possible. even even more serious condition. in next with patient for a complete lockdown depending of course on the trends in the coming days and the main problem as. i can analyze here now is that is that we have a shortage of. of spirit or the systems or spirit or even changed. everyone is mobilized here the home front command the i.d.f. least of course all the a welfare and the health care bodies and has to sions are all mobilized 247. ok i thought day israel was a had a reputation of being a highly militarized society prepared for war an incoming rocket fire but that only seems to be very different to that assumption is the siege of gaza going to

continue at the checkpoints going to be relaxed so that essential services can now go through to gaza a little known of course through the checkpoints in the west bank well in a in a in an awkward manner in an open session what we see is that the. closures and. borders that are. hermetically or masoretic those provide better. conditions for nonproliferation. but altogether you know that is really by the stand in relationship is put on the back burner there is cooperation there is cooperation of security matters and even health care and other and. as i suppose there are some reports amazed some reports of the world health organization working with a co gatt to distribute thousands of respirators and medical equipment to run the

west bank where you just said there's a shortage of respirators in israel or in tel aviv how how can that be. well. i want to stick to take the right decisions and the decisions are taken you know the i.r.s. does not. just distinguish between israelis and palestinians which is our it's and choose between muslims and christians and we are all in this in the same boat i can tell you that the political stalemate within israel is ocean contributing to. to that because there's no rockets no miss i was. launched by hamas or islamic jihad from the gaza strip on the israeli civilian centers which is which is a nice. a nice differentiation from from the very recent past.

will be and again you know the future will be that the those who are more pessimistic say the death toll may be high much higher from covering 1000 than any rockets fired from that can i just ask you given that you said there's a shortage of respirators do you blame the netanyahu administrations and what has happened to netanyahu is a corruption trial in the midst of this crisis. you know there's always a question of of. prioritizing the prioritizing issues that that are pending on the governments table and i don't think that this is affected by by the china just against yeah but i do think that i always i think the health care. the public and scaring israel was not at its best during the last decade. despite the fact that we are still one of the best public systems worldwide in terms of health care and hospitals etc one of our hospitals

sheba. is ranked 9th in the world in terms of the best hospitals in the world but anyway you know netanyahu was. indictment has been has been postponed until late may for the very serious charges of corruption and bribery fraud rich of trust of a trust well this is on hold of presumably prime minister netanyahu and his aide is kind of on hold the corruption trial is on holding the. trial will not go ahead my career has been postponed a spawn but not not not it did not disappear from the. from the public discourse in israel and we are waiting until after over easter. and probably i hope that we will be out of this major

major challenge crisis of the coronavirus by the end of may and he will have to he will have to stand in court and and face his indictment would you have preferred if i. would you have preferred the trying to go on had via video link the israeli justice minister amir honest complete saying the decision to not allow video link trial was completely nonpolitical it was a matter of the judiciary of course i think that this is much better than not or get it altogether. well why do you think i mean stu i mean to perform any any kind of session in court with all the precautions taken and under the very severe restrictions. i wouldn't i wouldn't give any any discount to anyone facing such era starters why do you think 3 disagrees argument why do you think the judiciary disagrees with you on that point well this would not be the 1st

disagreement that i had with them i believe that. that facing serious charges like that could be handled. correctly by providing the the right environment under or destructions. and by the way this is why this is why it has been postponed but but eventually not later than september. this. this court will. will come again and and start the trial in. an almost daily basis do you think the prime minister is trying to exploit coronavirus for his own political ends while i believe that. it will do whatever is possible politically and otherwise to avoid court and possibly because these are serious charges but you know every person is

is completely innocent until. until there is a court resolution. that. defines otherwise so where. for the benefit of doubt that we all enjoy i would like to to be hoping that we get out of that completely. completely innocent and that. that the indictment we go through and be in be tried. as for anyone else i believe that israel is is a state. that preserves and cherishes the rule of law and the supremacy of the law over any any individual and this is the case here as well but of course politically it's completely different whether. you confront the court as a prime minister even an interim prime minister or. as

a member of knesset or even as an individual. individual who does not assume any responsibility government responsibility so this is why i believe that netanyahu will do his best in order to. preserve is pissed as prime minister until until the court. until the court resumes its sessions i just say the prime minister of course denies all the charges of corruption over here the european union they even in the united states people are talking about geopolitical realignment because of coronavirus would israel back to the lifting of sanctions on countries like iran syria other countries in the region trying to tackle coronavirus wherever it's it's directly connected to

the sanctions and the. countering the coronavirus i would i would look into that in more. with more flexibility but only when it is directly connected not indirectly connected i believe that. now of course we have boundaries we have enemies we have we have the geo political system that does not stop even during the coronavirus however we need to alleviate our fears and it is temporarily. look at humanity as one and not as and not as separate. from the others so what israel you are recommending should work with iran to tackle coronavirus together the health professionals in both your countries i'll tell you at least if israel develops. and tell you virus that

helps. get people a better better health and better action against iran a virus i would share it with iran is going to thank you and that's it for the show will be back on monday to look at more global responses to the throat of virus outbreak as we investigate communist cuba's medical internationalism until then will the news go covered by the mainstream media joining on the ground by following up on you tube twitter facebook instagram and. a duck industry comes to life in los angeles every night. dozens of women sells abilities on the streets many of them under age. police reveal a taste of their daily challenge if you're going to exploit for

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