a little stickle grants. are you just deal with rich new? i mean, the families of palestinians release from is really prisons re unite with their long awaited loved ones. meanwhile, another 12 hostages fried by hum mazda arrive back in israel and the pel assigned red crescent society calls on the international community for help. as the heads of god, as is too big, its hospitals are arrested. organizations spokesperson says israel should be held accountable as kid workers and paramedics should enjoy the access to the wounds of keeping while they were conducting their lights. paving mission this i shouldn't be hold responsible for engaging in these in these it wore crimes. but those are the top new stories we're following here on our to international next

step, an exclusive interview with a spokeswoman for russia's foreign ministry. maria's, the heart of us featuring her view points about the israel. hum us conflict. the i want to ask you, i mean, russia has been calling for a sci fi since the very beginning of the conflict. what do you will take on this brief humanitarian pools? i'm what's the significance of its timing now. pods you move by to doing. it is necessary to emphasize. rush is fundamental position and we are joined by most of the countries of the so called global majority. we all agree that there needs to be a ceasefire. a truce and urgent humanitarian relief efforts, it is necessary to emphasize that the global majority took this position immediately from the 1st days of the escalation of the situation. and i would like to draw your attention to those who blocked this initiative. this initiative was

blocked by the united states of america and the u. k. they blocked it not only and public speeches and debates. they blocked it in the un security council. immediately after the escalation, the un security council tried to come up with a document that would have instructed all those who could influence the situation to try to achieve humanitarian pauses. the escalation cease fires and urgent humanitarian relief. this work was blocked in the security council by the united states and the u. k. b. so it is indeed a great step forward to declare these humanitarian pauses. we have seen the horrifying statistics that were presented by the representatives of the gaza strip . the united nations and the neighboring countries in the region. those horrific statistics literally called for urgent actions. they didn't just suggest that it was necessary to do something. they screamed for something to be done urgently. those actions were taken. unfortunately, a lot of time was lost because the united states and the u. k. blocked this

initiative. and in this case, time meant human lives. unfortunately, because of the position of these 2 countries, time was lost and that caused the colossal number of casualties. we do not simply welcome the announcement of humanitarian pauses and the implementation of this agreement. we were the party that talked about it from the very beginning. we have defended our position and we have found many allies who have supported our position and stood in solidarity with us. you talked about those nations which have been providing obstacles, but we know that off to arab and muslim ministers just an end to the causal in beijing, delegations from our big nations on the organizational visit on the corporation they've visited most go to discuss the situation in your opinion, why is it that our countries are choosing to ton to beijing on most case specific t, you know, what do you know? han, i'm story that 1st of all, since we're talking about the role of countries in the region, we must once again express our gratitude to guitar and egypt for their assistance

in resolving the situation around the humanitarian pauses. second, you mentioned the countries of the region that visited russia, held talks at the level of foreign ministers and met with the russian foreign minister. i would like to mention them once again. they were the foreign ministers of saudi arabia, egypt, jordan, palestine, the secretary general of the oh, i see as well as an extra regional power that has a very active and constructive approach to the situation in the region. indonesia. this meeting followed up on the outcomes of the re add summit, which called on participating countries to work with the global community to resolve and deescalate the crisis. so that was in line with the outcomes of the summit. now why both moscow and beijing 1st because they are members of the un security council. second, because they have a strong voice both on the global agenda and in regional affairs. there is also the

fact that our countries are involved in providing 1st hand information, which i think is very important. and one more thing are countries, the countries you asked about russia in china are indeed the channels for the voice of the global majority among the permanent members of the security council. there are 5 permanent members, 3 of which are nato countries. in the vast majority of cases, their position is identical to what is being formulated in washington and in britain. so when we talk about this 5, our 2 countries, russia in china, are not just opportunistic like the western countries. beautiful. they are fulfilling the role and function of transmitting the voice of the global majority. if no, i don't even want to imagine what the situation would have been if our countries did not exist. but we hear english calls, including from the kiev regime and other parties that are out of touch with reality, i would say extreme is to demand that russia be excluded from the un security council. now imagine, as i said, i don't want to imagine, but as

a matter of speculation, should this logic prevail? what will it be like? only the voice of the western countries will remain. the current crisis in the middle east can serve as a model of what could have happened if there was no alternative to the western position in the security council. i think they would still insist that there is no need for humanitarian pauses or cease fires. that's what we've seen over the last 2 years with ukraine. the west took a similar approach before. as you all remember, t of asked for talks with the russian federation in the spring of 2022 to which russia agreed and began those talks. and it was the west, namely washington in london that blocked this process. they literally for bod, keith, to hold talks with our country. why? because talks are a way to peace, the escalation association of hostilities. but that was not what they wanted. they said that the fighting must continue. i'd like to recall how joseph burrell, the us administration. the entire british political leadership said that who is

right, who has one can only be decided on the battlefield. the logic here is the same. bloodshed must continue with no chance for peace. this is the approach that has been pursued by the so called collective west. and in a recent washington post pace, job item stated that despite the choosing one sides of the is ready palestinian conflict of utilizing terror tactics, he does not see acts of tyra in somebody keeps policy. how would you respond to the us presidents differing perspective on the complex? yeah, just as much the one longer visual. well, i'd like to say that in the media space dominated by the us and mass media acting within these western logic, we see and read a lot of made up stories. we see how they distort rushes official position, including the situation in the middle east. among other things available is drawing over rushes, fundamental opposition to any form of terrorist activity. i would like to use this

opportunity today to emphasize once again that our country, the russian federation has an excruciating tragic history of fighting terrorism on its own territory. in the 19 nineties and early 2 thousands, russia held an anti terrorist operation in the north carcases to combat international terrorism. we know what it is we faced that threat and we know what it feels like. this is why any forms of terrorism are not just unlawful to us. they are in admissible as such and not possible even theoretically. any form of terrorist activity is unacceptable to us. now regarding president biden's article, i'd like to say that, of course we all realize perfectly well that this article kicks off their internal electoral run. we realized it was written by a team of authors. we are perfectly aware of the fact that it was all written and released amid a slump, inviting and his teams readings that is catastrophic for the us administration.

it's all obvious. we see how this article manages to blend sensible things. like the statement about the 2 state approach to resulting the palestinian is really crisis with some obviously fake propaganda that draws parallels between russia and terrorist activities. overall, the article is a mixture of truth and fiction, which essentially is propaganda. so yes, certain parts of it related to the 2 state approach statement are important. i would like to emphasize, though, that president biden statements lead forth in the publication should be followed by specific the actions aimed at delivering on something that the entire us administration essentially signed off on. frankly speaking, i don't even remember who voice the statement on the 2 state approach. yet, on the other hand, it is now written down in all international legal documents and it would be to defiant, a challenge to renounce it, even for us presidents. the problem, however,

is in the fact that this statement set forth an international legislation in resolutions of the un security council in general assembly and then other internationally ratified documents, must be followed by its implementation and steps aimed at assisting its implementation. frankly speaking, this is exactly what we are not seeing on the part of the united states. this is an extremely important and key element of resolving the middle eastern conflict. i just want to return to the situation in the middle east a few days ago on november the 20th 117 russian citizens and that family members somewhat palestinians, ukrainian sweets to be what it brought to a to the from the golf. a strip on board, a special emergency ministry flight from clay road to moscow. in the meantime of destiny, some russian citizens and their loved ones still remain in garza. and can you provide any farther information regarding most cuz pip come take assets to ensure

the safety? do we have an idea, for example, when they'll be free to leave? that was meant to eat. i will add a few things to your previous question. you clearly defined the key problem of the us administration, which is the double standard. as you pointed out, while the byte in administration declares the terrorist methods are unacceptable in the middle east, it doesn't see the terrorist activities of the key of regime. and why doesn't it see it? well, because the barton administration created the zalinski regime. not only did it created, but it faded with money and weapons, and worst of all, it made them feel like they were allowed to do anything. despite what washington says, the money and weapons are not used for the sake of democracy, freedom or justice. they are used against civilians and against regular people, and it is done in the form of terrorist attacks. it is indeed a blatant destruction of any standards. and thank you for pointing that out. as for

our citizens who are in the gaza strip and not only in the gaza strip, but in the entire region, there are 2 main aspects of our work there. we facilitate the departure of people who want to leave this area and are affected by the escalation in one way or another. additional flights have been organized for russian citizens and for compatriots who are in israel. these flights have been running almost continuously since the beginning of the escalation through ben dury on airport. and those who wanted to leave israel temporarily or just leave were able to do so and are doing so. but of course, the most difficult situation developed around the gaza strip when people were literally blocked in, they had no way to leave the territory, not by or not by foot, not by car, not in any way. to this end, the russian federation launched in evacuation campaign. it is being implemented by the emergencies, ministry, the ministry of foreign affairs, and a number of other russian agencies. and of course, such a colossal burden and great responsibility have fallen on the shoulders of russian

diplomats in palestine. israel, you jumped, jordan and other countries in the region. this is not an evacuation from one country or one area. there are several countries involved in this evacuation operation. as you know, we started making lists immediately in the 1st few days, asking people to sign up if they want it to be evacuated. we have already assisted most of the people on those lists, and those who signed up in the beginning are already in russia. this applies to russian citizens are compatriots and citizens of other countries who asked russia for help. they were not denied. we help them with evacuation, but the problem is that as you know, the gaza strip was blocked. i mean the electricity, the grid, the internet, the cell phone service, everything was down for a long time. and a lot of people who wanted to leave garza were physically unable to do so. they couldn't even communicate with us. that is why we continue to receive requests from russian citizens who want to leave or be evacuated. therefore, as we said before,

and i will say again, the evacuation operation will continue. i have the numbers, we know how many people have been taken out at this point and how many people have cross the border. but i am not going to give them one simple reason because they changed literally by the hour. i want to emphasize again that we are working around the clock. and i can say that a significant number, hundreds of our citizens, remain in the gaza strip and in egypt waiting to be evacuated. that is, some of them remain in gaza while others have already cross the border and are waiting for evacuation in egypt. we provide accommodation for citizens of our country compact treats and those who have asked us for help. this is done by the emergencies, ministry with the assistance of diplomats in areas where the emergencies ministry has set up its basis. and after their return, after their evacuation to russia, they are placed in temporary accommodation centers in various regions of our country. this is a very complex,

very large task that was set by the leadership of our country by the president of the russian federation. and it is being carried out. i also want to ask you, i mean, even i'm against this tragic situation that seems to be time for political games. the french foreign ministry has accused rochelle of spreading on to submit to rhetoric and quote, exploiting the international prices to inflate intentions. i mean, what's your reaction to that? and i'm, well, generally, why do you believe that western countries, which obviously strongly supporting israel, military and otherwise, well, thousands of kilten dolls uh, are attempting to create such a narrative about russia. right? yeah. and they are not, you know, there are probably a lot of reasons that could be given as an answer. and probably one of them is historical nationalism and naziism, which were formed in western countries as a concept for the segregation of people. i mean, these are western discoveries,

nationalism naziism and fascism to us. when people were differentiated by blood, by skill shape or by their ethnicity, it was said that some people were entitled to everything and others to nothing. this concept took on different shades and names in different centuries. once it was the concept of colonialism. some countries, the western countries were entitled to global dominance, as they defined it. and they thought they had the right to enslaved the whole world . then it turned into the slave trade concept when again, western countries thought they had the right to segregate people and determine who would be slaves and who would be masters. then in the 20th century, all of this evolved into naziism and fascism. and again, the west was the originator of all this. then after world war 2, when the entire global community on all continents came to the horrifying conclusion that such experiments could lead the planet into an absolute dead end.

decisions were made and upheld everywhere. and by everyone that it was unacceptable to divide people this way and it should be condemned and banned in every possible way. but in spite of this new concept has been born in the west. literally it is segregation again the division of people into those who are entitled to more and those who are entitled to less. if you remember that, even before the 2nd half of the 20th century in the west, there was segregation on buses, in hospitals, in schools and universities. and even on the streets and in shops. there were separate sections for people who as the west believed, were entitled to everything and for people who were entitled to less. and it seems that this concept should have disappeared forever, but no, it's been reincarnated. and now the concept of exceptionalism is flourishing in the west. we have to be for peace. we have to be for love, and we have to be for a quality. we do not accept evil in the form of terrorism and violence,

no matter who it is manifested against what we are saying is that we have to deal with the problem itself. we have to allow the people, the palestinians to finally have their own state and to live in peace and harmony with their neighbors, including israel. that is our position. we know that this crisis has seen people use explosive language. you recently condemned the is really heritage minister statement, but dropping a new to the bottom on gauze was a viable option to ending the palestinian problem. now he has since been suspended by benjamin netanyahu, who said that the minister statement was not based on reality, but it isn't the 1st time not on his way any politician has hinted at new king garza. i'm why do you believe we haven't seen any strong condemnation? from the west, you know, but how much does that, what does, by the way,

it is because the west applies double standards. we've just recalled how the western approach works with russia. how the west condemns terrorist attacks and middle eastern countries and goes out of its way to point out that the already legal but doesn't notice identical terrorist attacks perpetrated by the key of regime against peaceful cities in the russian federation. but to think this is a problem with the current us administration would be wrong. people in the middle east know this better than any one. as we've already mentioned, the west had a similar attitude to what was happening in russia in the early and mid 19 nineties in early 2, thousands. to remind you, there was the terrorist attack investment where an entire school of children was taken hostage and held without water or food. and the terrorists force the children to drink their own urine. so they would not die of dehydration. there was the horrific terrorist attack on the 2 bras could see it or in central moscow where children and their parents who had come to see a children show were held at gunpoint for days. apartment blocks in the russian

federation were blown up at night with people sleeping inside. this happened all over the country in moscow, and we'll go down, skin and many other cities. there was also the terrorist attack that i think was truly unparalleled, and it's brutality when international terrorist seized the maternity hospital and put you on us with young mothers, newborn babies, and pregnant women, all taken hostage. no one in washington or london condemned that. they called the terrorist freedom fighters and said they were fighting for democracy in independence. why that is the key question. why did they have such different approaches to the same acts of evil? why do they condemn this evil in one case and ignore or justify it in another? it's because they use these acts to further their own interests to pursue their own political or geo political goals. this is the main point on which our country differs. russia calls out evil when it sees it, instead of using it to advance its own interest,

or any other interests for that matter, and that is the fundamental difference. now, i'd like to address the statement by the is really minister of jerusalem affairs, and heritage alia, who about the possibility of dropping a nuclear bomb and gaza. you rightly noted that prime minister netanyahu immediately announced alia, who suspension. it was declared at the official level in israel that such speech and such ideology in general are unacceptable. our country also made it clear that such remarks are unacceptable, but you asked why we don't hear this from the west. as i said, it's a double standard. but there is another important point that no one seems to be talking about, at least in the west. i don't know about the regional discourse. i looked up the distance between tell of even gaza. i looked up the distance between jerusalem and gaza. it's about 70 kilometers. can you imagine what the person was thinking, supposedly, with the best interest of israelis in mind when he suggested that nuclear weapons could be used within 70 kilometers of 2 major is really cities. who does he hate

more palestinians, or is riley's. if you're suggesting using nuclear weapons, 70 kilometers from your home, you're either suicidal or you hate your friends and family. one also called help, but know that if russia had made a statement such as that, that would be huge outcry and that would be mess condemnation is not fat. lip lip toich, not the jobs you got the wording just right here. if russia was the one making such statements, russia has never made and will not make any such statements. why not? because we're better or worse. but this is very important because we know what it is all about. because we are part of the international mechanisms and organizations that regulate this fear because we have academic knowledge because in our schools, kids are taught history. he's not falsified. but the true one. look at the tragedy

of hiroshima and nagasaki. the 2 japanese cities that the usa attacked with nuclear bombs, they became victims of an attack. that was the 1st and i hope the last ever case of nuclear weapons being used in warfare. the united states of america used it against people who lived in those cities, from the military standpoint, using nuclear weapons at that point, made no sense already. tactically or strategically. obviously, the united states dropped nuclear bombs on august saki and hiroshima, in revenge for pearl harbor for what the japanese army did to the american military early in the war. but the victims of the hiroshima and nagasaki attacks were not japanese soldiers. they were, i'm scared even to say how many civilians in children and they suffered not only at that very moment, but for decades since from generation to generation. because the land was poisoned, making people suffer for decades. we know all this. we do not edit history. we

teach it to our children the way it is. just let me give you another example, how history is taught at schools in japan, in the us. and in countries over which the us exercises protector. it. they say there that the tragedy happened because bombs were dropped from the sky. they don't say who did it or why they just say that here, oshima and nagasaki went through a nuclear disaster. it creates a false idea of the reason of such horrible consequences. sadly, not knowing or corrupting history, teaching falsified history as well as using the tactics of intimidation information manipulation and using false meanings. that is what creates the conditions in which such statements become possible at all. we know that as well as the fact or policy of the i'm the q at c means that the country is not to signet treat to any international conventions on such weapons. so i'm going to ask you all that any prospect but international inspect has to go that under any sort of mandate,

but russia could potentially endorse. we've been doing what i'm going to do. we have been working for a long time to make the middle east or nuclear weapon free zone. we have proposed these initiatives to states. we have held confidences. we have been politically motivated and supported by this strategy. and we have consistently supported the establishment of such a zone, a nuclear weapon free zone in the middle east. and from our point of view, it should be in the interest of all countries, without exception. recently, the 4th session of the conference on the establishment of a middle east zone, free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction was held in new york under the auspices of the united nations. and it is very important that the participants showed a constructive attitude towards the creation of favorable conditions for the participation of states that are still outside of this process. once again, our position was formed a long time ago and we have consistently defended it. just

a final question on this particular issue. i'm speaking about russian new to capabilities and those on the washer withdrew from the neat kind of test ban treaty . and the us immediately followed stop by carrying out what it called a quite high explosive experiment. and you can decide in the fall into i'm, is this something in the rush of plans to respond to in some kind of this year. we the latest, you know, we've seen these reports and russian deputy for administer riot golf issue to comment in response. in particular, he said that the event in question wasn't a nuclear test, and that particular explosion was in no breach of either the us more authority them on nuclear testing or the provisions of the non ratified comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty. we will continue monitoring the situation, and i would like to once again reiterate russia's principal position on nuclear weapons. and their use that has been declared by the russian president on multiple

occasions and is captured in russia's key policy documents. if you would like me to expand what this position is, i can do that or i'll say, rather, i'd better quote russian president's address to the federal assembly of february 21 2023. in his address, the president said, we won't be the 1st to do it. which of the united states conduct a nuclear test, we will conduct one to as we approach the end of 2023. when looking back, how would you assess russia's diplomatic achievements this? yeah, what do you will hopes for the upcoming one was nice. yeah, yep. was catching up on you know, i just want to remind you that the president usually talks about the results, the foreign policy results of the year. since we have a presidential foreign policy and it is also done by the russian foreign minister, usually the foreign minister holds special conferences in press conferences that last for many hours. and as a rule, they are held in january,

i think that this time will not be an exception and they will share the results the year is not over yet. and what's more important, it is the leadership of the country that will draw a relevant conclusions on this matter. but i can say that we have been active, and most importantly, it seems to me that this year has very clearly without any room for doubt defined the voice of the global majority. and it is consistent with our voice. we are speaking from similar positions as we set up events in multi lateral formats this year. it is become increasingly clear that we do not accept the situations where we are dictated to. we do not accept the division of the world into the exceptional and everyone else into jungles and gardens. we are all equal. our ancestors fought again and again for equality and freedom. they fought against the worst forms of slavery on the african continent. they fought against colonialism in

various asian countries. they fought for the independence of latin america. our ancestors fought against fascism and nazis, and as another form of segregation. and we have no right to forget that experience . not only the experience, but the sacrifice of our ancestors can we have to deal with the world from these positions to remember the legacy, the deeds of our ancestors. and i think that this year it has become the dominant idea for the majority of the world. we will no longer allow ourselves to be looked down upon. we will no longer allow segregation to gain momentum in the world. we're not going to let that happen anymore. the

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