and from the washington institute for near east policy. thanks for asking me please raise their hand. those are against how the extension the reserves over the voting gives us 4 rows. 14 votes in favor, 0 vote against one extension the throughout 50. 5th at 3728. what was the un security council approving a new draft resolution quoting for an immediate humanitarian seized by in gaza for the remainder of the muslim holy month of ramadan. and you saw the us on boss of that to the un glenda thomas greenfield abstaining a council had failed to agree on a number of 65 resolution since the war began in october. the late night towards the wording of the slightest resolution was amended to make it acceptable to the rest of the world and was changed to lasting. the king section of the final version rates, the un security council demands on immediate cease 5 for the month of ramadan, respected by old potters leading to a lasting sustainable cx. 5 over here is the reaction to the vote from the palestinian and is really i'm baset as to the us. it has t

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biden administration and prime minister netanyahu, we turn to david makovsky of the washington institute for near easte joins us from tel aviv. always good to see you. you saw the reporting. continues to lay bare the horrific conditions on the ground for palestinians. that is what people here in the knighted states are seeing. the suffering, that he military and crisis. tell me about the perspective in israel. what is the news coverage like? >> i usually try and certainly since the start of the war and october 7 but before, i try to watch the israeli network news witches primetime in hebrew and try to watch multiple channels. sometimes you do feel like you are watching different wars in different countries. it could be for purposes of morale. that you don't always see suffering of individuals. for the most part, they don't see these reports of people's minute sense of starvation in the north which is 10 to 15%. they see the food distributed in the south with 85 to 90% are. they don't see the size of the humanitarian crisis in the same way we see it in the united states. >> went to ask you about the re

i've been speaking to michael singh — he's the managing director at the washington institute for near eastl and they were more marked shift. in the language - coming from the biden administration about israel's offensive in gaza and those i comments from senator schumer today which president biden - praised. is this a deliberate - and co—ordinated strategy, do you think? it certainly seems like it. president biden was ready to volunteer that he approved of senator schumer�*s speed without getting into the details was ready to volunteer that the speech had been reviewed by senior staff. so i think it is clear a signal of approval and it does seem to be part of a strategy to, on one hand, show that while president biden is close to israel and supporting israel he does not necessarily agree with the prime minister of israel and the decisions he is making. there is also perhaps effort by senator schumer and by the president to use this criticism to also help diffuse some of the calls within the democratic caucus for things like placing conditions on aid to israel. maybe defending those and del

they were trying to get awa . ., ~ , ., let's speak to aaron y zelin, fellow at the washington institute for near easthis research focuses on sunni arabjihadi groups, and he's also a founder of "jihadology. net" thank you for being with us. we have heard that the islamic group has claimed responsibility for this attack, doesn't seem to be much doubt about that, can you talk us through why i would be targeting moscow? , ., , ., ., , moscow? there is a number of reasons wh , moscow? there is a number of reasons why. purely — moscow? there is a number of reasons why. purely from _ moscow? there is a number of reasons why. purely from an — moscow? there is a number of reasons why, purely from an ideological- why, purely from an ideological perspective, the islamist views russia as infidels and crusaders alongside other countries in the west, but they view them as eastern crusaders, but from a geopolitical perspective russia has normalised a lot with the taliban regime in afghanistan, mcafee has been fighting them, and beyond that —— is has been fighting them. russia has been thanking them, we have seen co

international crisis group, and last but not least mike singh who is managing director at the washington institute for near east policy as well as lane-swig senior fellow. so over to you, david, to start the discussion. >> thank you, thank yoy regretful robin wright was set to join us but, unfortunately, is unable to do so today. so i'm stepping in. but i want to just open with a quick comment as robin had intended referencing everyone, drawing peoples attention to the odni, the office of director of national intelligence report that came out last week on iran with the assessment which is quite grim of the scope and maligned nature of iranian behavior throughout the region. their continued commitment to work on et cetera to its nuclear program, and in particular its exploitation of the situation in gaza. for all of these will be topics for our discussion today. my own observation as a diplomat for 38 years at the state department is since 1979, our presidents and our leaders have tried almost every single strategy you could think of in the national security sort of rulebook from containment to engagement, maxim

international crisis group, and last but not least mike singh who is managing director at the washington institute for near east policy as well as lane-swig senior fellow. so over to you, david, to start the discussion. >> thank you, thank yoy regretful robin wright was set to join us but, unfortunately, is unable to do so today. so i'm stepping in. but i want to just open with a quick comment as robin had intended referencing everyone, drawing peoples attention to the odni, the office of director of national intelligence report that came out last week on iran with the assessment which is quite grim of the scope and maligned nature of iranian behavior throughout the region. their continued commitment to work on et cetera to its nuclear program, and in particular its exploitation of the situation in gaza. for all of these will be topics for our discussion today. my own observation as a diplomat for 38 years at the state department is since 1979, our presidents and our leaders have tried almost every single strategy you could think of in the national security sort of rulebook from containment to engagement, maxim