now human rights council resolutions are not like security council resolution. they're not binding, but they can do things. and the main thing that this resolution wants to do, which will eventually be, would be decided on is to urgently established an ongoing, independent, international commission of inquiry to investigate new occupied policy inter she including eastern reason of and in israel, all alleged violations of international humanitarian law since the 3rd of april this year. so a new commission of inquiry. i think it's probably likely that israel will not cooperate and involve itself with that says it's not done in the past, but certainly that putting pressure on israel if the human rights council does decide that. remember the human rights council is a body that israel and israelis do not like they think it's biased against us. they think the whole us system is boss against them in terms of the human rights council . and for that matter, the general assembly, as the general view of the majority of the 193 members of the united nations, is, is not part

various members of the security council including the president of the security council and we invited these security council to assume its responsibility and to adhere to the principles of the international legality legality and any quote vaguely condemn the newman and the repressive measures of the occupying power in woods and the orchid by and by the senior land and to put an end to the israeli practice on the ground. you know that there is a draft statement which has been. circulated among the members and they are still discussing. on this document we are of course fully aware of the political within the un security council especially on this issue but we remain hopeful. that the security council could assume its regional stability is towards the palestinian people and fulfill its primary role of protecting. human lives in any case the the i grew up of the arab group will continue its and gauged. with the members of the security council individually and through our representative tunisia. as with the rest of the membership of the united nation to try to end the suffering of the pal

i'm of the security council during may and appreciate that efforts. of the numerous challenges crises on security council's agenda i appreciate the efforts of the secretary general and his commendable efforts to establish peace in the middle east and i appreciate the pretty think by mr tobin islam which special coordinator off the middle east peace process we are meeting the president after 70 years. since the beginning of the palestinian. and around 42 years after the launch of the peace process in the region. at the outset this process was a very hopeful one. piece in the region for this hope has little by little dissipated. the only thing unsuccessful attempts to bring an end to the conflict. in the palestinian question which has continued to deteriorate. resulting in greater tension and frustration. which has resulted in the situation we are seeing today we are meeting after the end of the sacred month of ramadan during which we witnessed confrontations and provocation of an unprecedented nature against the faithful and the bushes in the city of j

n is doing nothing and the security council doesn't have a say you, sir. all united nations security council resolution, the sort of all of us then some of the people here we spoke with. they say the majority of the decisions which i'm finding weren't to implemented, let alone the human rights council. so across generations, we're seeing more and more frustration when it comes to the international community, the ability to change things on the ground for palestinians. that's why they say they only have themselves to rely on the spring in stephen zune, as he is a professor of political science at the university of san francisco. he joins us from santa cruz and california of any thanks to speaking to us. and i'll just, sarah the you and council has previously ordered 8 investigations into rights, foundations committed in the palestinian territories. what's different about this investigation? the investigation is more expensive. it is a official committee on inquiry, which is the highest such investigation possible at the united nations and also in addition t

the human rights council session at the un. what the tv is new and people are just going about their lives. why they're not wanting it? what's the use of those meetings? who's standing with us palestinians? no one the world is against us. we're fed up with them to talk to one of the us talks about israel's rights to self defense. when is the only nuclear power in the middle east? the u. n. is doing nothing. and the security council doesn't have a say. they're all united nations security council resolution, the thought of all of us then some of the people here we spoke with. they say the majority of the decisions which are finding weren't implemented, let alone the human rights council know across generations. we're seeing more and more frustration when it comes to the international community, the ability to change things on the ground for palestinians. that's why they say they only have themselves to rely on the united nation is asking for $95000000.00 in an emergency appeal for garza to cover humanitarian needs over the next 3

so far the united states have been resistant to that this is the 1st time that the council was able to come together because of u.s. resistance and we heard linda thomas greenfield who also is a member of biden's cabinet mentioned echoing some of his talking points she talked about the human toll of this conflict and the. i think sought to bolster the reputation of the united states here which has been taking some heads as being the ones who have been blocking international action pointing out that the u.s. has been very engaged with regional partners she pointed out that mr biden spoke to both the israeli and palestinian leaders in the last 24 hours as well as leaders from other countries in the region that they feel can help. however you know not a lot of indication that the u.s. was ready to take any further action in the security council and terms of a statement even we know other council members have wanted to issue in a unified statement the chinese ambassador earlier called out the united states directly for that. calling and the united states i think i'm looking for a remark he

the yeas are saying they just want the council to vote on yes or no. did any council members.ke with. >> indicate whether or not they were willing to do so. we know the mayor wants this ball park to be built at the waterfront site. >> well, i feel that the mayor has also been kind of change your mind a little bit, shall we. say, because when put out their financial statement that they wanted the council to vote to vote on and put that on the counter july. she said, well, we we need to look at this further and now she's saying, well, we want the waterfront. so it seems that it goes back and forth on that. and as well. so. yes, they want the a's want this on calendar in july so that there's an agreement to the financial statement that they presented. but the council saying, well, they need some more information. so i'm not sure how much more information i asked the council members i spoke with today. they said that they just simply need more information. so it seems, you know, still we're on these scales of weighing a back and and again, you know, fans getting increasingly upset

security council. that is the guardian of international law so how could the world all over be irrespective of international law and know the u.n. security council when it's not able to withhold its own responsibility and that is over international law because then because again this is an internal state conflict this is a question of israel and its popular part that authorities this is not an internal issue to israel itself and hence there is a real major or important role for the u.n. security council to play they need to stand up and carry on with their responsibility as guardians of international law and international security but we haven't heard that today i mean i'm still hold fall that they would behind the scene carry on with a conversation that norway to new zealand china will dash forward in order to get some sort of a consensus around some sort of a statement leading to some sort of resolution if they don't of course we're going to see more and more of the serious coalition on the ground no

and the security council doesn't have a federal united nations security council resolution. the thought of all of us then some of the people here we spoke with, they say the majority of the decisions which i'm finding weren't implemented. that's alone, the human rights council. so across generations, we're seeing more and more frustration when it comes to the international community . the ability to change things on the ground for palestinians. that's why they say they only have themselves to rely on. meanwhile, the united nations are asking for $95000000.00 in an emergency appeal for garza to cover humanitarian needs over the next 3 months. the money is mainly needed for rebuilding or repairing hospital schools, sewage water facilities. 8 has been trickling in on thursday. hundreds of people lined up to get goods sent from egypt. the united states is putting more pressure on if you appear to end the violence in its northern te gray region. the country is washington's most important ally in the horn of africa. seine white house official is warning of new sanctions and says,

security council. they have them every month on the situation in the occupied palestinian territories. because this is one of the most longest standing conflicts and agenda items for the security council. and we are hearing in the remarks today reference to the long standing issues that underlie the most recent conflict for venice law. the special coordinator for the middle east for the secretary general, gave his briefing and he described a tense cease fire. one that he felt he stressed that the pressure from the international community was crucial and bringing about. and he made an appeal for continued pressure on some of the underlying issues that led to attention. he described simmering tensions on both issues around religious sites in jerusalem. he talked about forest evictions. he talks about inflammatory comments on both sides of the fight there that lead to the hostilities the most recent bombardments. and he said that it would be a mistake to go forward business as usual without addressing som

the human rights council. so across generations, we're seeing more and more frustration when it comes to the international community . the ability to change things on the ground for palestinian. that's why they say they only have themselves to rely on. the united nations is asking for $95000000.00 in an emergency appeal for garza to cover humanitarian needs for the next 3 months . the money is mainly for rebuilding or repairing hospital schools and sewage and wards facilities. aid has been trickling in on thursdays, hundreds of people lined up for goods sent from egypt. the united states is putting more pressure on it to end its violence in its northern to gray region. the country is washington's most important ally in the horn of africa. a senior white house officials warning of new sanctions and says the region risks from and if the conflict continues unofficial, has its report fighting glucose to any c o p as t 3 region, 6 months ago. if the o, p and trips back by allies, the energy and army claimed the t g

no formal action on the part of the council is expected. in fact, after they held that private meeting, and this statement was released by these certain members of the council, russia talked about it on twitter, the deputy ambassador saying that it was fake news and a thinly veiled attempt at regime change in bella roost by certain council members, so we don't expect any further action on that front. sensor louis with the latest from the un. kristen, thank you. now rescuers in northern nigeria are searching for more than a 100 people missing. after an overcrowded boat capsized around, $200.00 people were on board when it's sang. can you watch? i can be state. local government spokesman says the passengers, mostly women and children, were coming from they bring the share at least 22 people have survived. and at least said people are dead after the latest, last shooting in the united states. this time in the state of california, a transport employee opened fire in a railway maintenance yard in the city of sun who say that gun man also was als

and the security council doesn't have a federal united nations security council resolution. the thought of all of us then some of the people here we spoke with, they say the majority of the decisions which i'm finding weren't implemented, let alone the human rights council. so across generations, we're seeing more and more frustration when it comes to the international community . the ability to change things on the ground for palestinians. that's why they say they only have themselves to rely on well, i am just his professor of international law, queens university in author and kind of them. and he says, he's really, government says claiming bias while refusing to accept judgment for its actions as an occupying force. this is the position of the really government that goes back for years and their position. the reason for that position and symbol, they're being judged by their actions on the ground in occupied palestine by other states, and not alone. how many in our groups are being judged as well if you like by these other states. the fact of the matter is empirically spe

they came together and propose some action on the part of the security council. didn't go anywhere with the united states blocking further action. frances taking it a step further now pushing for a resolution, attempting to keep the issue in the spotlight and to get some international response. and basically we've heard speaker after speaker this morning, calling for the same thing, calling for a stronger action in the effort of getting an immediate cease fire. so it's worth talking about the elements of what she's talking about. she mentioned what france would like to see in this resolution by the security council, the demand for an immediate cessation of hostilities and respect for humanitarian law protection of civilians and a return to discussions towards a 2 state solution. and what we've heard from speakers over and over again, that while yes, israel has the right to defend itself. there is an underlying situation here of palestinians who also have rights that have not been respected, that is leading to the ongoing violence and the situation there. we heard

has made its position on if it should demolitions and the settlement enterprise clear in this council. and i will do so again today we have posed these activities settlements are illegal under international law and an obstacle to peace we urge the government of israel to cease its policies related to settlement expansion immediately and instead work towards the establishment of a palestinian state along 1967 lines with its capital in east jerusalem mr president the situation on the ground demonstrates the urgent need to make progress towards peace the u.k. remains committed to the 2 state solution as the best way to permanently end the occupation and bring peace and stability to the region we urge all sides to show maximum restraint and refrain from taking actions which endangered civilians and make peace more difficult. these next hours and days are critical mr president the united kingdom will continue to do all it can to bring an end to this violence and work towards a more peaceful future for israelis and palestinians alike thank you. barbara woodward there lee. to the united nati

frustrated by the lack of security council action on an issue that's been on the council's agenda for more than 70 years china's foreign minister called out the united states as the only dissenting voice and promise to keep pushing until the council can speak as one christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations while u.s. president joe biden says his administration is working toward what he calls a sustained calm between israel and palestine his remarks were in a video released to walk the white house has virtual eve celebration on sunday but prominent muslim advocacy groups in the u.s. boycotted the event. we're also believe palestinians and israelis equally deserve to live in safety and security and enjoy equal measure of freedom prosperity and democracy and my administration is going to continue engaging powers tinnies israelis and other regional partners to work toward sustained calm while the muslim advocacy group council on american islamic relations tweeted only add that we cannot in good conscience celebrate ied with the biden administration while it literally aids a bad end

frustrated by the lack of security council action on an issue that's been on the council's agenda for more than 70 years china's foreign minister called out the united states as the only dissenting voice and promise to keep pushing until the council can speak as one christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations. still to come this hour. from viral moments to rallying cries how they passed on israel conflict is playing out on social media. and vaccines versus variants of the u.k. banks tama took measures to help it stay on track with easy credit restrictions. right off the bat let's take you to the arabian sea where we do have tropical cyclone talked to spinning around let's show the impact in india just massive amounts of rain plenty of wind as well this is in careless stayed too far away we've got about 343 millimeters of rain over the past 2 days which is incredible rainfall about so this is we're talk to is right now just offshore of mumbai so 20000000 people in the line of fire here we have storm surge 2 meters high so that's the ocean being picked up and shoved in shore 185 kilo

and in the absence of action by the security council, by the general assembly, a unified statement and work we understand is being done behind the scenes to get to that point. many here are hoping to amplify that message to pressure, not only israel and her mom to stop fighting, but to pressure the united states to get behind a more unified international response. kristen just worth mentioning to view as we are looking at live pictures of that general assembly. it is the technician, foreign minister of mines around the who is currently speaking in a couple of speakers. we're going to soon hear from the u. s. and back to the united nation, there's going to be a lot of focus on what she has to say. well, the united states has been saying behind the scenes to other ambassadors to our crew here with al jazeera, when we've asked for their position that they are working tirelessly for a de escalation. they say they have spoken out to call for an end to the violence, but they have not expressed that call as urgently as many here would like. they have not called for an immediate cease fire. th

security council hold sort of urgency session but the u.s. is urging all sides to cease fire. it is just after 8 pm in gaza israel's bombardment of the territories shows no sign of slowing. that israeli airstrike targeted another high rise tower block a 14 story tower was destroyed around 90 minutes ago 30 minutes earlier israeli jets partially bombed the building as a warning for people to evacuate hamas has launched another bausch of rockets from gaza it says it's in response to the killing of senior hamas commanders including its military chief that follows the launch of more than $1000.00 rockets last night 5 civilians in a soldier were reported killed in israel. let's go live now to gaza. is a journalist based on what's happening there now you know. well as you can see or hear around me the smoke is the skies of the gaza 8 strip the air raids unfortunately a sick going on until the small men 3 people were killed in the site in the center of the gaza strip just a while ago another targeting laws in. in the north and. a little bit closer to gaza city and. a number of people

is the norwegian refugee council's. he his pregnant wife and 3 year old daughter have had to move for times in the last days because of the asteroid she joins us via skype from gaza thank you very much for being with us i want to ask you about the broader situation but but i want to 1st of all i ask you about your personal situation quite scary. i think i don't think that's enough for to describe the situation in gaza i think started everything started on tuesday 6 pm when i was at my apartment in beit lahiya with my pregnant wife and daughter when there is a air force attack the apartment below my apartment by a drunk ok so it was really hard to understand and i don't recall its kind of warning that is going to be follow up followed by heavier strikes or what are you thinking about to just to escape from the house and that that moment was a crazy moment and i had to do it with my terrified daughter my pregnant wife or what we're thinking is just we need to move out from that building so i went to my family building at

frustrated by the lack of security council action on an issue that's been on the council's agenda for more than 70 years china's foreign minister called out the united states as the only dissenting voice and promise to keep pushing until the council can speak as one christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations on a sound speak to albert wolf he's associate fellow at the school of advanced international studies at johns hopkins university is via skype from philadelphia in the u.s. very good to have you with us mr wolf the u.n. security council heard police today to end the violence but no action so far do you get a sense 1st that there is real international pressure that israel can respond to. well there is there is international pressure that israel can respond to but right now 1st of all the u.n. is not the appropriate forum and the 2nd thing is that there isn't any sort of multilateral pressure that's being exerted right now say the u.s. is not the u.n. right is not the right forum then if not the u.n. u.n. will because right now the biden administration seems to be just going thr

well, this special session of the human rights council was called the after unprecedented . some have been saying level of international scrutiny and pressure for action in the wake of the most recent violence in israel. during that session, we did hear from the human rights chief michelle bachelor, who called for an investigation saying that israel and hamas are both possibly guilty of war crimes for indiscriminate bombing. in the case of israel. the interest, criminal and disproportionate attack on civilians would be an issue of concern. she said her masters indiscriminate rocket fire was also a clear violation of rules of war. and so we had different speakers in countries making the case, israel insisting that it was reacting as any country would in self defense to indiscriminate attacks. but the council went ahead and voted in with 24 states in favor, 9 against and 14 abstentions. to launch this further investigation and while it has no power this body to punish those that they find guilty, it does mark an unprecedented level of scrutiny for israel in a situation that it

pardon me -- from the council? >> while we're waiting for that, helen, if i may comment i might just say publicly, thank you, of course, but also -- are you okay? >> chairman: yeah. i'm fine. >> that's the most important thing. >> chairman: thank you. >> so i just want to say very publicly, the public engagement process in this next phase hasn't started formally yet. we really have an opportunity right now to do this part right, engage people from the beginning of this process and really think about it right now and really get that plan together because so often as we all know i'm preaching to the choir in this room definitely, but especially during the pandemic which we know that people with disabilities have been consulted and i just really want to push for that and whatever we can do and whatever the mtc can do to help advise around that, please let us do that so we can bring people together in a way that is productive and collaborative because there's a lot of interest, but also concern about this issue. so it'

frustrated by the lack of security council action on an issue that's been on the council's agenda for more than 70 years china's foreign minister called out the united states as the only dissenting voice and promise to keep pushing until the council can speak as one christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations india's health ministry of reporting 4106 more deaths and more than 281000 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours was the 1st time daily cases are below 300000 since april 21 health experts and government critics say there's significant under-reporting they say testing is limited in rural areas especially in the northern states of pradesh and bihari that's where hundreds of bodies have been found floating on the ganges river or buried along its banks. well public to tell joins us live now from new delhi india is reporting a significant reduction in its code cases but just how reliable are these numbers when i mean right now what we have are the government figures if you look at the national pictures just taking those numbers at face value you are seeing it is more a dip so f

the part of the security council as a body not even a statement was issued on behalf of the council despite efforts by norway china and tunisia to right one we're told that they are continuing with those efforts the united states has blocked efforts at a unified statement much to the frustration of many member states early in the week they told al-jazeera and other council members behind the scenes that they were giving space one we're told that they are continuing with those efforts the united states has blocked efforts at a unified statement much to the frustration of many member states early in the week they told al-jazeera and other council members behind the scenes that they were giving space for diplomacy to work behind the scenes at the highest levels they wanted to see an escalation of violence and thought that was the best way to achieve that of course the violence has only continued and so in the end the united states relented allowed this meeting to take place and spoke before it with the united states calling for an end to the cycle of violence. prolonging this current c

security council as a body not even a statement was issued on behalf of the council despite efforts by norway china and tunisia to write one we're told that they are continuing with those efforts the united states has blocked efforts at a unified statement much to the frustration of many member states earlier in the week they told al-jazeera and other council members behind the scenes that they were giving space for diplomacy to work behind the scenes at the highest levels they wanted to see an escalation of violence and thought that was the best way to achieve that of course the violence has only continued and so in the end the united states relented allowed this meeting to take place and spoke before it with the united states calling for an end to the cycle of violence prolonging this current cycle of violence will only make these challenges more complex and difficult to stall and will only put a negotiated 2 state solution further out of our reach so the current cycle of violence must end it is critical all parties to working in good faith toward the bijan of israel and palestini

and the security council doesn't have a say that all united nations security council resolution, the thought of all of them, some of the people here we spoke with basically the majority of the decisions which i'm finding weren't to implemented. that's a known the human rights council. so across generations, we're seeing more and more frustration when it comes to the international community, the ability to change things on the ground for palestinian. that's why they say they only have themselves to rely on that's the view from romanella. meanwhile, the un has launched an emergency appeal for $95000000.00 to cover the next 3 months of humanitarian needs and gaza. the money is set to be spent on damaged or destroyed hospitals, schools and water facilities. around 800000 people have been left without access to regular pipe water. while 58 educational buildings were damaged in the conflict. earlier on thursday, hundreds of palestinians lined up to receive aid donated by egypt. ah, the united states relationship with the few most important ally in the horn of africa region is under the spo

frustrated by the lack of security council action on an issue that's been on the council's agenda for more than 70 years china's foreign minister called out the united states as the only dissenting voice and promise to keep pushing until the council can speak as one christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations all these really palestinian conflict is playing out on social media in a way never seen before is here to tell us more. now social media is playing a big role by providing more content in real time straight from the ground and with a wider global reach than during the israel's attacks on gaza in 282014 within hours of correspondent stephanie decker posting this video of the destruction of the al-jazeera and 80 offices in gaza on saturday it went viral and has been viewed more than $8000000.00 times in less than 24 hours the israeli military was quick to defend itself on twitter it claims it's only targeting hamas now in a tweet it said i.d.f. fighter jets struck a multi-story building containing hamas military intelligence assets the building contained civilian media offices

>> -- norwegian refugee council is doing?we care for those who fled from the volcano. the eruption truly catastrophic, another is 1.5 million people here in goma. we need to be able to do more for the millions who have been displaced by the conflicts. there are 150 armed groups active in the congo. it is really horrific what is happening here. amy: and going to that larger issue of refugees, in 2020 alone, natural disasters and conflict uprooted as you said more than 40 million people. you deal with countries and then there is the overall crisis of wars, climate change, and then you have the pandemic. can you talk about how the pandemic has affected the refugee situation in the world? >> the pandemic really has been a tremendous medical shock and social shock for the whole world. the united states has suffered, so have we in europe. but it is hard for us in the noh and northwest of the world to understand the socioeconomic meltdown that is led to new places like congo. so here in the country which has the highest richness of

security council sessions.ay, they are broadcasting the human rights council session at the u.n., but the tv is on mute and people are just going about their lives. i asked them why they are not watching it. >> what is the use of those meetings? who is standing with palestinians. no one. the world is against us. we are fed up with empty talk. >> the u.s. talks about israel' is right to self-defense when it is the only nuclear power in the middle east. the un's doing nothing in the security council doesn't have a say. reporter: the united nations security council resolution is older than some of the people here we spoke with. they say the majority of these decisions, which are binding, across generations we are saying more frustration when it comes to the international community's ability to change things on the ground for palestinians. that is why they say they only have themselves to rely on. barbara: syrian president basher al-assad has been reelected for a fourth seven-year term, this bike a decade of war an

we will talk jan egeland of the norwegian refugee council about the crisis in gaza. he will join us from goma in the democratic republic of congo where tens of thousands have fled their homes fearing another volcano eruption. then we look back 100 years ago to the tulsa race massacre, one of the deadliest acts of racist terror in u.s. history when a white mob in oklahoma attacked what was known as black wall street, killing an estimated 300 black residents. >> theestruction was s colete. the suffing was biblica thbetray was so pfound. >>lack comnities derve the opportunity too constructhe pa. oucityas been uck. we have ver recored. tulsa w the besplace in e nation r afrin-americs. hotels,heaters. >> doctors, lawyers. >> people referred to it as like wall street. amy: we will speak to stanley nelson about his new documentary "tulsa burning: the 1921 race massacre." all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine port. i'm amy goodman. the united nations high commissioner for human rights since israel may have committed war cri

he's saying the council is simply white washing hamas, his actions. this isn't a real investigation from your understanding. will the investigation not be looking at houses, firing of rockets onto israeli cities as well? yes, i'm not actually seeing the resolution of the human rights council and yes, but knowing what i do about about what i've read in the press so far and of the practice of the nice counsel in such things is that the, the in the body will be investigating not only actions of these really side, but also actions of the palestinian side. so i'm very skeptical about the about the prospect that this would be a whitewash smoke that is not the historical work record of the human rights council or the commission of inquiry. they're typically very, very judicious and careful with, with how they pronounce in an equal way. if you like the facts, drive it how, what israel says you were talking about how it's still might be useful because it might get some information the others can use with israel. is saying that human rights council has what it'

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you mentioned the guardian council. what exactly is the guardian council role in iranian elections? while the guardian council is the most influential body in iran, is, consists of 6 islamic clerics and lawyers. and they get to decide whether new laws or new candidates an election in line with the constitution and the countries atlantic laws. and in the past they have disqualified almost all candidates with reformist views, all women, as we've heard. but also senior officials or even candidates, a previously approved for example, 4 years ago. even my job was qualified. somebody who had previously been president for 8 years. and what you also have to know about the guardian council is that it's not an elected body. its members are directly or indirectly appointed by the supreme leader. and that is why it's criticized both internationally and within iran as being an obstacle to democracy because it prevents candidates from running . and iranians do not have a free choice of who they think is best for their country. okay, and just quickly, it's theresa, how much power does the iranian

frustrated by the lack of security council action on an issue that's been on the council's agenda for more than 70 years china's foreign minister called out the united states as the only dissenting voice and promise to keep pushing until the council can speak as one christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations. some of it but that he is a palestinian journalist who is calling on the us to stop providing israel with weapons to continue its bombardment of gaza and i think what matters here is what the palestinians of gaza of jerusalem and of israel proper within what we call the 1948 areas think and what they think is that the united states needs to not only speak out on the floors of the congress but and immediately all aid to israel nothing short of that will suffice the reason why we are calling for that is because the weapons that are being dropped on the innocent civilians of gaza now and that are being aimed directly at the innocent civilians throughout historic palestine or american made now for the united states to concede that point and to confront the very real. reality that

tension is increasing in chad after the death of his president and gas the enter a military council is growing and there are more protests and threats from armed rebel groups so the stability at risk in this north central african state this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. tensions have been high in charge since the sudden death of president idriss deby nearly 2 weeks ago all the impoverished desert country for 3 decades but was killed while visiting troops fighting rebels very son was immediately announced as his successor and a military council set up that moves rejected by the opposition that condemns the army's takeover as a coup and it's since led to more division at least 8 people were killed between protesters and security forces earlier this week civil society groups in charge are calling for more protests to demand a return to civilian rule some demonstrators say they want to choose their leader freely while others accuse fronts of backing the military council against the will of the people i met idriess has the latest from the capital in germany. since the death

security council the secretary general and other u.n. officials have been speaking out daily about the situation calling for calm expressing their concern about rising violence and the underlying causes behind it but the security council has been able to unable to speak with one voice 14 council members did want to make a statement about the situation on the ground one council member opposes that was the united states they blocked even an informal statement the weakest form of the statement that the security council could make. saying that they instead wanted to focus on diplomatic efforts that were happening at the highest levels they were calling doing their own diplomacy they said behind the scenes to work towards easing tensions there of course in the meantime the violence has just escalated so with all of that pressure building against the situation on the ground and here with the growing calls behind the scenes from diplomats who wanted to speak out the united states has relented and is now agreed to a rare sunday meeting on the si

security council but no signs of action to end the violence. or israeli airstrikes of flattened more buildings and killed dozens more people in gaza deadliest day yet of the past week of violence meanwhile at a meeting of the u.n. security council to discuss the crisis as failed to produce even a joint statement after an objection by the u.s. on the ground the conflict is spiraling at least $42.00 people were killed in sunday's israeli air assault in gaza city including 2 doctors and 10 children the military says it was targeting hamas underground tunnels really 200 people have been killed in gaza since the conflict began a week ago 58 of them children and tensions keep escalating a car has rammed israeli police injuring at least 6 offices in the occupied east jerusalem neighborhood of. and hamas continues to fire rockets into israel nearly 3000 have been launched since monday killing 10 people including 2 children nor a bad man it begins our coverage. calling for survivors in a room flattened by rocket fire. and a sign of life a man calls back

and the security council doesn't have a say that all united nations security council resolution, this sort of all or then some of the people here we spoke with. they said the majority of the decisions which i'm finding were it's implemented. that's a loan, that human rights council know across generations. we're seeing more and more frustration when it comes to the international community. the ability to change things on the ground for palestinian. that's why they say they only have themselves to rely on whether you and ask you for $95000000.00 in an emergency appeal for garza to cover humanitarian needs for the next 3 months. the money is mainly for rebuilding or repairing hospitals. schools and sewage and border facilities. aid has been just trickling in on thursday, hundreds of people lined up for good sent from egypt. israel has summoned frances ambassador to discuss remarks by the french foreign minister, referring to apartheid during an interview this week, john eve, latria said the prospect of a 2 state solution was starting to disappear and added that the risk of apartheid is

the president seems to be arguing against the council so the council has great power on that they supervising the elections and they have said that those that say the. rules they have set they need to be observed i think. at the end of the day we have to wait and see that will happen but the guardian council has i mean great they say scope aren't very probing the candidates who want to. run for the election putting this age bahrain disallowing anyone under the age of 40 from running immediately blocks the minister of communications and information technology who happens to be $39.00. is is this the system that's imposed that basically meant to deny anyone that the supreme leader dislikes or disagrees with running. well i heard that they might backtrack from this let's say age limitation and changing from 40 to 38 i was waiting for the come from a shim but this might happen but on the 2nd hand i can say that the communication minister who will let's say turned 40 next year is not much likely to win if he is ever again it proved by the let's say gaudy council there are other candidates a specif

envoy says security council inaction is costing lives it's again failed to find consensus. i was coughing really bad guy but it wouldn't say anything. and pepper sprayed because he's asian american a new build to fight a rise in hate crimes. welcome to the program the 1st palestinian national strike in decades across occupied territory and israel has ended with further violence and bloodshed israeli security forces fired live rounds during protests in the occupied west bank 4 people were killed more than 160 injured well the strike was called in support of people under bombardment in gaza which is relatively quiet now at just after 8 in the morning there are reports of 4 killed in air strikes earlier in the night and israel's air defense system known as the iron dome has intercepted more rocket fire from gaza at least 12 people have been killed in israel since the start of the conflict including 2 children more on that shortly. but 1st the protests and violence across the occupied west bank al-jazeera is neither abraham was speaking to a demonstrator live on air when gunfir

the un human rights council is looking back at the conflict and how it played out. the organization of islamic cooperation, along with palestinians requested an investigation into possible violations of international law. a masses, indiscriminate rocket fire into israel was a clear one, according to high commissioner for human rights. michelle bash lay, but she says israel's response which killed $254.00 people, including $66.00 children, might also qualify as a war crime. despite is well cleaned, the menu is building one hosting armed route or be used for military purposes. we have not seen evidence in this regard. such like re serious concerns of his wild compliance with the principal distinction and proportionality under international. the council voted 24 to 9 to open investigation. israel however, refuses to participate another shameful day for the you and human rights council, which not only defend democracy trying to protect its people. but it, what washes a brutal genocidal terrorist organization that don't only indiscriminately attacks is ready civilians, b

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