when the zionist thought of going back to palestine, it wasn't like, oh, let's go to palestine. it took them over 50 years of thinking, of planning all the politics, money and else, but. played one of the most crucial roles here. this is our class, if i tell you. let's move to other class. you need that. if we're going to go there, we're going to find shares that the other is better, is more peaceful, that we have some kind of connections some kind of right. so for 50 years before the occupation of palestine and the establishment of the so-called israel in 1948, palestine and zionist jewish literature was present to the jewish people around the as palestine is a land without, a people for a people without a land. palestine flows with milk and honey there's no one there. so let's go many jewish people were disappointed when they came to palestine mean number one there was no and honey and were people there have always been in palestine so these are examples of how poetry can be a very significant part of life. thank you. thank you najla. our next speaker this evening is norman fi

and they got scammed, and so did the people of east palestine.nd so did that local food bank. >> and they were raising money, saying they were raising it for the food bank, with the food bank. and that was totally untrue. >> these guys raised more than $140,000 and something like 6.7% of that money actually ever got donated to east palestine. 6.7%. the other 93 plus percent just went poof. campaign staffers for republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene of georgia and new york republican congresswoman elise stefanik, who is now trump's choice for un ambassador. campaign staffers for them were involved in raising money for this scam. ohio clean water fund. they were eventually ordered to pay tens of thousands of dollars in costs and restitution. in a settlement with the state attorney general's office. they also got a four year ban on incorporating, operating or soliciting any soliciting for any charity in ohio. again, staffers for elise stefanik and marjorie taylor greene, the guy who founded the scam and operated this thing, claims that he

the result in east palestine was just this huge, disgusting, really dangerous environmental disaster for the people who lived there or lived near there. there was so many levels of danger. there was the immediate danger of the crash and the resultant conflagration. but then immediately there's also these very serious health concerns and contamination concerns about their air and their soil and their water. and those concerns seem to stretch on infinitely. now, for reasons we'll call them reasons. this was also a disaster that sparked a ton of conspiracy theories and misinformation, particularly on the far right people like the pro-trump, far right congresswoman from georgia, marjorie taylor greene. also the eccentric nfl quarterback aaron rodgers spread conspiracy theories about what had really happened in east palestine and who had really caused it and tried to make it look like a disaster. and what they didn't want you to know, and what they were trying to distract you from. senator jd vance of ohio had just become the senator from ohio one month before the derailment happened. and

.- elections in palestine.inly is _ elections in palestine. yeah, it certainly is a _ elections in palestine. yeah, it certainly is a lot _ elections in palestine. yeah, it certainly is a lot of - elections in palestine. yeah, it certainly is a lot of road i it certainly is a lot of road left run on this. thanks very much, former us ambassador to israel and seniorfellow much, former us ambassador to israel and senior fellow at the harvard belfer centre, edward jo durie and. this ceasefire deal between hamas and israel involved intermediaries like the us but also qatar and egypt. for more on this and what it means for the region, i'm joined by dania thafer, executive director of gulf international forum. tell us about about qatar's role in negotiating a ceasefire deal, and its influence in the region. thank you for having me. well, the ceasefire is extremely important. it is an extremely important. it is an extremely important breakthrough for the region as a whole because from the perspective of the gulf states

these are separate military operations that only started once the genocide in palestine began. and like i said, and i'll repeat it again for the 3rd time. it's in accordance to international law . so if, if we want to abide by international law, that it becomes the obligation of the united states regional nations, the west, as a whole, iran, russia, china. they all should step in militarily in order to bring an end to the bloodshed taking place in palestine less up. use of makes a very good point. no one really did care about human for a long time, but they do can now people are talking about you have a now that has to be a positive outcome. surely, us, i don't want to go back in history, why we have been into war in 2015 and we have, i'm one of as far as pull up all of the sources day one. this is, this is the fax and it's all public. now i'm not on this war has come to a halt. the police in 2019 now nothing happened up. there was no major wars. no. make sure that the tax have been yeah. i've talked to talked to them. i'm talking about what about from 2019 until 2023 when the,

you also have what is happening with the genocide that's taking place in palestine. you haven't feels that it is an obligation. the unsolved alarm movement also known as a who do they feel it is a moral imperative to stand with the people of palestine and, and bring an end to the genocide that's taking place in the midst of the chaos. and the turmoil that's happening in the midst of the us is really airframes that are being conducted on young men, the on site a lot movement and the you have any armed forces. they feel that it is still an obligation to vote international law. specifically, the genocide convention which obliges nations to act decisively including taken off military actions to help or stop genocide. now this, this military operation, this call to action from young men, is actually exposing the international community's obligation under international law. these military operations, citing with the palestinians, are pointing the fingers at the us, the as we all the western powers who have for almost a year and a half have enabled and allow this genocide t

at first si . ht, palestine square. at first sight. it _ palestine square.doesn't - palestine square. at first i sight, it doesn't necessarily see what is going on. in terms of body and soul.— of body and soul. many are still anxious _ of body and soul. many are still anxious among - of body and soul. many are still anxious among the - of body and soul. many are - still anxious among the crowd. everywhere here, there are signs, reminders of the dozens of israelis still held captive in gaza. it's not clear who is alive and who is dead, and there are worries about whether this fragile ceasefire will hold to free them all. and now, israel is accusing hamas of breaching the terms of the ceasefire deal as it has not released israeli women civilian hostages first. we released israeli women civilian hostages first.— hostages first. we are determined _ hostages first. we are determined to - hostages first. we are determined to return l hostages first. we are i determined to return to hostages first. we are - determined to return to the return of arbel yehud, an isra

or the or the state of palestine. palestine belong to the palestinians. palestinians get them to palestine. that's a reality to day. we heard the news in the early morning today, 45 palestinian homes, and the amount of village is to bethlehem receive the militia orders, that's almost the entire village that you are facing. so we're facing a situation where by buying that, by policy and by practice ethically the thing is that we are living published by as the si size progressed, we've seen palestinian prison is being released as part of the deals in exchange for and seen sold in hebron is to bethlehem the jordan valley to push people out of by this time. okay, have a good to get your thoughts, have you, i believe political and that's in full in a palace that's troops from lebanese territory before a 60 day deadline ended early on sunday. it's part of the ceasefire agreement that ended last year's war between as well. it has the law. we're, we're still here this day to model one month, one of you every day we will stay here and thought i'll come through. there were casualties among lebanon's

palestine. palestine was 93% arab then, but is how colonialism works. and they succeeded the they got the they got their jewish state in 19 and 48 but 1917 was the. basis of the basis of that process of humiliation which the palestinians and, all arabs still feel today. right. last point here. and 1953. last point, 1953, as the iranian revolution did not revolution, the iranian overthrow of the elected government by, the u.s. and the uk. it's no surprise the u.s. and the uk did this. two humiliating feats in history and led to resistance by the people and the u.s. and the uk too today are the most enthusiast supporters of the of israeli plausible genocide and the circle has to be broken. and one way to break it is to read about the actors and understand it better. we can all play our role. thank you and i'm sorry to go on that, sir. thank you, rami. let me just say i am with the violence of the timekeeper. so we're we'll try to get but. but thank you. i think you know what, rami when you said resistance and humiliation, it does seem to me the other side

and the one compromise is that they stop their military operations in support of palestine. right, and this is a fact, this is what the us called on the on thought alarm move on sort of the movement to abide by and then we recognize them and they will protect their rulership empower so there's a contradiction there. yeah. what's your reaction to what the use of this just said? well, it's a, it's sort of gas it because if you want to less up for, but how does that? you don't inflict your people inside dangers and to harrison and to, to imprison them and taking them hostage to policies. with these have not been elected. they have not been chosen by the people to govern this country. so what they're doing now is that i think the tension of the how many people towards the headset, which we all believe in the calls and with that. but i would have, i would have liked and loved to believe what the use of is saying from son. i have difficulties been kind of to the pieces that people who are living that but the whole of them doing is just trying to like, promote their image to promot

you know, i always do things for palestine, but you know, i can't do this anymore. that's what they try. but clearly that's not working with me because my response to every phase of intimidation is do more. you will never succeed to, to determine me. i will not stop until the system of oppression is dismantled entirely. um i will goodness to the to the audience now is my name is jonathan rosen head. i'm one of the jews who supports video of a movement full duration. can we build on the public outrage? israel's kind of brutal assault in gaza to tube chose to be the sanctions movement . and if so, how do we build on this outrage? says x johnson, the most important thing is to recognize that it is happening. can we accelerate it? i guess is the question. absolutely. i think the student movement goes and complements and this boldness and courage and fighting the system to complicit universities and their investments. put the b and the d and b, the s on the map much more than before. so today from pension funds to even states are, are taking what we were calling for, muc

your activism on palestine has landed you, it's pretty hot water. people have called you an anti semite. i've heard people call you a jew hater. many, many things have been said about you. what have been the consequences of your activism, particularly your activism on palestine. has it closed any doors, ebony space has been made unavailable to you as a consequence? i mean, in the climate crisis. we what i am a trying to just get back to this is not just because i want to train and well, it's an ecosystem. of course that's really, really important. but what it boils down directly to me is that because i care about you and there will be no matter what the cold acumen fucking is, whether it is climbed crisis, whether it is war or preston, genocide, i will fight against those goals that i'm the kind of crisis is built on into it. it is built the logic behind it is the effect of placing at each of the as well as current and future generation. for the possibility of you to keep making unimaginable amount of profit. and the continued exploit thing, trying

he's in palestine square in garza city. and they brought home just took us through the moments that we're seeing now does this indicates that the handover of his right of captives is imminent. yes, the hand over these for $84.00, a female soldiers will be handed in power. fine. we are right now. i'm standing in a sad square in the cold south sun where i'm seeing right now. i have hundreds of i guess on the re gauge. and so i a brigade are coming along with each other, just do it for the race. and for the change of these really got paid hundreds all go here are gathering around the re game just to watch the hand over and a change of these where he for females captive the n as in palestine is where i'm seeing that the ration right now. are taking place and as many, many, many as i'm a 3 gates are really bad right now for themselves, but the staff did not get a ride to kind of sign is where this is just ration maybe the hand over will like gas pick to play. it's in the mean hours then i'll be are just waiting for dates, you ch

which refers to palestine refugees. israel's ban on the agency's activities and revocation of the privileges are at odds with presumes of the -- principles of the union -- u.n. including those stemming from the convention on the immunity of the united nationses. no state has no state has the right to unilaterally to pride u.n. entities and its personnel of their privileges and immunities. such an approach makes the very notion of privileges and immunities pointless, a notion that is supposed to ensure international civil servants being able to serve their duties unfettered. the secretary-general should take a more decisive stance, given that a flagrant violation of the privileges and immunities of the u.n. is clear in this instance. a delay and the launch of a dispute settlement procedure only encourages further violations by israel. we deem necessary to consider the unrwa file for part of the request a third advisory opinion about israel's obligations in relation to the diplomatic presence of israel and the occupied te

i'm from palestine icon. why? the slim, if you, you can do is you want to use my platform such as instagram, youtube, and 6 ok to advocate for the power listing and costs amplifying the voices that are being silenced. last month i woke up one day ready to post another video as usual, only to find out that i wasn't able to log into my instagram account literally overnight. so my main instagram account, a piece with 1000000 followers, was deleted all of my videos where i exposed scientists were completely gone. they gave me no actual reason other than there were too many violations, which is simply untrue, as is i've never had a problem with instagram before each platform has a different system when it comes to bands or pages getting deleted. but the majority of people on instagram who lose their account like this, never get them back. what i feared most was losing my ability to make a positive impact on the palestinian cost. thankfully i got my account back. i immediately went to every friend that had connections w

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i'm from palestine icon a bite. the slick, if you, you can do is you want to use my platform such as instagram, youtube, and tick tock to advocate for the palestinian cause, amplifying the voices that are being silenced. last month i woke up one day ready to post another video as usual, only to find out that i wasn't able to log in to my instagram account literally overnight. so my main instagram account, a piece with 1000000 followers, was deleted all of my videos where i exposed scientists were completely gone. they gave me no actual reason other than there were too many violations, which is simply untrue, is i've never had a problem with instagram before each platform has a different system when it comes to bands or pages getting deleted. but the majority of people on instagram who lose their account like this, never get them back. what i feared most was losing my ability to make a positive impact on the palestinian cause. thankfully i got my account back. i immediately went to every friend that had connections w

you've been on the full front of the fight to defend human rights in palestine for decades. can you tell us what is b d s and what is the philosophy that animates it? so that'd be this was launched by the absolute majority of palestinian society in 2005, calling for the basic rights without which palestinians cannot exercise self determination . ending the occupation ending as the regime of racial segregation, which meets the one definition of apartheid. and that item of refugees to return. by focusing on those 3 right speeds, addresses the basic tribes stipulated under international law. the most important points of ideas is that it connects the palestinian liberation struggle with ending complicity internationally. which means we cannot and occupation on the part time then then to have our refugees to return and receive preparations without ending the complicity of states corporations and institutions. so in a nutshell, the theory of change of the media as movement is from the grassroots to the grass stops in order to effect the policy change, we need to build people power

peaceful protests and peaceful destructions will not stop with palestine. i think in the u. k. more and more groups are realizing this. for example, at when the former government tried to pass the conservative stride to pass and not to be the legislation that was sold, draconian, civil mccarthy, i sold repressive. the kind of sort of the campaign managed to form a very large, very broad coalition for the 1st time ever to address this. because everyone from amnesty to every other civil rights groups recognize that unless we stop this, they're coming for us. but the main point is this, what the, what you said, which is those powers that be those western inmates, those colonial states are really dismantling. clip pro democracy as we know it to defend their favorites. second colony is right. and, and this is, this, is this what scared every liberal, not just every progressive or leftist, every liberal should really be worried. your civic price that you take for granted are disappearing before your eyes. you can stop it before it goes away. um, what's a good que

there was no future in palestine semesters in coverage in arabs to leave . the homeland wasn't suckle with braves in public. and unapologetic palestinians have long known this israel's goal, but perhaps for the 1st time the intention was spelled out so openly. so blatantly and they've has sparked outrage from locals like me. it is clear what annexation means. we must understand its reality. some may think they will give us blue ideas to end to israel, but in truth, amex ation means they will seize all the lands of displacing the residents. before the end of the apple, we say that the occupation government that this is our fate, we will remain on our land and resist with all the strength we have. we will continue to appeal to both israeli and international courts. there has been an experience with international courts, but as citizens we will exert every effort to preserve these lands and prevent this sinister plan by smote rich and his supporters. when all the future is or a grim unless western countries and international human rights institutions act, these

we've also seen a stage erected in palestine square around this hamas. uh, demonstration, this setup that they have erected there. so that raises questions about who will be speaking, whether that will be a member of hamas, whether it will be a hostage speaking very much under duress, obviously, in their final moments of captivity. that remains to be seen. but there is what is clear is that hamas, just like last week, is going to take advantage of this moment in which it is in the spotlight, take advantage of this opportunity to be able to make its propaganda statements known, whether that is showing that it is still standing, showing that it is still in force, or perhaps trying to deliver a message from the hostages, trying to dispel notions about the mistreatment of these hostages. over the course of the last 15 months, we have seen, of course, that they have an eye for this, these kinds of propaganda moments, of course, including last week when we saw that they gave these hostages what appeared to be kind of gift bags, um, as as though they were, you

it's the people of palestine. they want to continue to make it cleans that, and they continuously property another certain property. but what, what has happened is that these been a crushing level of illegitimacy and, and pressure nobody wants to be associated with this grateful entity told israel anymore. but i also think we have to look at some opportunistic moves locked by the new president of america who's not really, i don't believe intervening because of he's sense of justice. but from a good to stick, a point of view of being the american president to promote peace to the region. so i think we must see that as of the 2 distinct and temporary because i think prompted change with the woods as many before him at the helm of the us have done and date and need one to watch for the show and always good today. your insights, but who research on right came uh, joining us from your how does a thank you again for your time to thank you. both sides. the coffee was having blames or they blamed each other for the delay

they're called palestinians because they've come from palestine. they're anchored in the solar promise time. and they're not going to go anywhere else. if they kind of were just, you know, the jewish people, the designers, the use of sort of spot the outrages plans from the bible. but basically they felt the same thing. they felt they have a link to that land an ancient times. and they wanted to revive it, even though it has very little if any legal basis. but still this is a human read all of the people all over the world. do this, the people in los angeles are going to go back to their destroyed burnout homes because that's where they come from. that's what makes them who they are. and you can try to give people alternatives. you can force them out, you can do ethnic cleansing. all of these things have been done to the palestinians . you can try to buy them off and give them money. and they're trying to buy off at georgia and is on the jump from georgia power things. but none of that sort of work because human nature to what we have reactions on

i mean, this is, this is the unprecedented even, even in palestine history. you said the goal is to make gaza unlivable. mm hm. what's the in game there? is it just resettlement? is it? what's the goal? what do you, what do you imagine the calculus is there? i mean, we know from the beginning of the war that the original objective was to kick as many people out of gaza as possible and to the disgrace, the internal disgrace of the united states. the american secretary of state went around to egypt. jordan inside the room and tried to get them to take people's israel would drive out of the gaza strip. so the original objective was ethnic cleansing, of as many people from gaza as could removed. what they're doing now is apparently clearing the northern part of guys, driving out as many people from there, turning it into a right now occupied zone and possibly later into settlements. we don't know. so i think that there's the ample evidence from what is rarely need or say, said and from what the us government, the office of managing management and budget put into

but see what the raj, that from best lights, university in palestine. thank if stinky, village around 90 percent of palestinians in garza hoping displays during israel's will on the strip. now the see sign was in effect, many advertising home, but most of garza is uninhabitable. 90 percent of the homes have been destroyed. as most palestinians, the place they call home is just a pile of rubble rocks so that it doesn't really see it. the whole thing of the blood shade is an indescribable feeling. i thank god that i survive. this will safely, however, when we return to our homes, we saw nothing but ruin and destruction. i built this house piece by piece. when i returned to it, i didn't find it as i knew it. will i seize devastation and i don't see my home. i only see destruction of a buick or buick 15 minutes of his way, the bombardments of gauze that has caused an unprecedented destruction in time suburbs, hospital schools and critical infrastructure and gone so have been obliterated. is a look at the scale of a demonstration caused by, as well as milita

i was sending you fuel palestine, and of course the friends in palestine also at work effectively together to build a strong government and a strong capacity. that's all the territory. all the kindest indian territories are united and so that both sides have a good partner. and in building a piece. so this is very much what the coalition is all about. i hope that the meetings we will have today will focus, particularly on this theme of institution, building safety building, how we can help the prime minister most of the on his team and both on their capacity building efforts and the reform efforts develop the economy as best piece of this pro the principle of course in the context. and i also welcome the presence of really for those that you need from me. uh, and we're at the commission of general love and ron, who are under very difficult conditions facing it, providing importance given to tell me in the work because we all know, but also will have to, well, it will be called the problem to play a role as we move forward to was well, once in the future be a normalization of the situation

there was no future in palestine. the message encouraging arabs to leave that homeland wasn't suckle with braves in public and unapologetic palestinians have long known. this is israel's goal, but perhaps for the 1st time the intention was spelled out so openly. so blatantly and it has sparked outrage from locals like me. it is clear what annexation means, we must understand its reality. some may think they will.

that is my main message to you. 0k, antoine renard, palestine _ message to you. 0k, antoine renard, palestineak to glenjohnson, who was senior adviser to the former us secretary of statejohn kerry, and author of window seat on the world, a book about that period. thank you so much for being with us on bbc news. let's just talk a bit about the american perspective on this. antony blinken, secretary of state, saying he is pretty confident this is going to start as scheduled on sunday. do you share that confidence? i scheduled on sunday. do you share that confidence? i don't know what — share that confidence? i don't know what he _ share that confidence? i don't know what he is _ share that confidence? i don't know what he is basing - share that confidence? i don't know what he is basing that l share that confidence? i don't i know what he is basing that on. i used to sit in the same meeting with him every morning with the secretary of state and after minutes respect for him and the work he has done over the last four years, but everybody who is really knowledgeable about that area really knows

and if we as we accept annexation and breach of borders and grabbing more land in palestine, then that's a breach of international law. >> in terms of the economic picture, do you think with now the ceasefire -- because the situation economically and is worse than it was two years ago. are there any initiatives that are stakeholders, be it governmental or private sector on the economy that you would like to point to? >> despite the gloomy situation and we have seen this in the past in palestine, the economy can be revived. but to revive the chi, you need political stability and need to have access and move freely. it is a political track that will take us with a time frame that will take us into that direction and then the economic issue will sin rovennize, but without a political track and direction it wick problematic. it will be difficult to attract investors to a volatile environment that is pushing investors out. investors see a glimmer of hope, we will see people pouring into the area. >> prime minister on the more geo political picture, so we have the new u.s. administration, what