no, no, believe it. ..husam zomlot thinks that...on october 7th was justifiable, was right... i simply don't believe you think that. no, ijust told you — we condemn the targeting of civilians from all sides. and i told you, very clearly, that 22 states with us have done so. the entire region... they're missing from that condemnation and responsibility and commitment is from israel. so you're asking the wrong people, the wrong questions, stephen. and not only you, the entire international media, the wrong questions. and why don't you ask me about the kahanist groups in israeli government now, that you recognise and you legitimise, and you celebrate, and you want to have the unequivocal support for them all the time. why don't you ask me about ben gvir? who has been handing weapons to israeli civilians over the last week. over the last week? machine guns. why don't you ask me about smotrich, who published publicly a paper calling for palestinians to choose between three options, publicly. either we accept being slaves in our own land,

my guest is husam zomlot, the chief palestinian diplomat in london.h hamas? what are their options?

my guest is husam zomlot, the chief palestinian diplomat in london.what are their options?

earlier my colleague lyse doucet spoke to husam zomlot, head of the palestinian mission to the uk aboutza and what should happen next. after the unprecedented assault into southern israel by hamas on october the 7th, and what you would know would be an unprecedented israeli military response, what are you calling for israel to do now? what is happening now has nothing to do with october the 7th. what is happening... well, it was sparked by october the 7th. nothing justifies this mass murder of civilians, live in your cameras. more than 6500, 2700 of them are children, nothing, nothing justifies the carpet bombing of entire civilian areas. nothing justifies cutting water, food, electricity, fuel from hospitals. nothing justifies that we still have 1000 people under rubble. people are hearing the cries of people under rubble and we have no rescue teams, they have been targeted, our medical sector is collapsing, nothing justifies this, so please let us not refer to this 7th of october, what is happening now could not be justified by any standards. that's number one. number two, we are call

husam zomlot is the head of the palestinian mission to the uk and joins me now from our london newsroomwelcome to bbc news. thank you. after the unprecedented _ welcome to bbc news. thank you. after the unprecedented assault i welcome to bbc news. thank you. i after the unprecedented assault into southern israel by hamas on october the 7th, and what you would know would be an unprecedented israeli military response, what are you calling for israel to do now? what calling for israel to do now? what is happening _ calling for israel to do now? what is happening now— calling for israel to do now? what is happening now has _ calling for israel to do now? twat is happening now has nothing calling for israel to do now? wiat is happening now has nothing to do with october the 7th. what is happening... with october the 7th. what is happening- - -_ with october the 7th. what is haueninu...~ ~ _ happening... well, it was sparked by october the — happening... well, it was sparked by october the 7th. — happening... well, it was sparked by october the 7th. nothing _ happening... well, it was sparked

with me is ambassador, husam zomlot, who is head of palestinian mission to the united kingdom.gramme. ijust want thank you for coming onto the programme. i just want to take you back to saturday morning when you first heard but hamas had done. what went through your head?— went through your head? regret that the international _ went through your head? regret that the international community - went through your head? regret that the international community has - went through your head? regret that the international community has not| the international community has not heeded our warnings. regret that this was allowed to fester for decades. regret that there is attention now on the bbc and all over the world only because blood has been spilled. i wish we did not get to this moment. 50 has been spilled. i wish we did not get to this moment.— has been spilled. i wish we did not get to this moment. so you listened a number of — get to this moment. so you listened a number of things _ get to this moment. so you listened a number of things you _ get to this moment. so you listened a

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i was joined earlier in the studio by ambassador husam zomlot, head of the palestinian mission to thesor to the palestinian president. i began by asking him about the message that was sent today at the pro—palestinian protests happening across london and around the world. this is an opportunity, lewis, to thank the tens of thousands, the hundreds of thousands who flooded the streets of london today, of manchester, glasgow, cardiff, everywhere. this was a scene like never before of the british people who are renowned to side with right, not might, to always side with fairness. that is what the british people are famous for, and today, they have really delivered a loud and clear verdict that they are pro, not palestine by the way, they are pro—international law, pro—humanity, pro—justice, pro—peace. for that, we salute every one of them who came out, despite the intimidations and attempts to silence them, to say enough is enough, ceaseefire now and full and equal application of international law. that is commendable, lewis, really commendable. i spoke to a representative spokesperson fo

the palestinian ambassador , husam zomlot, has ambassador, husam zomlot, has held a press conference war on hamas, but of the people of palestine . but of the people of palestine. our reporter theo chikomba was at this press conference. and we can hear from him now . so, theo, can hear from him now. so, theo, talk to me about what was said in this . conference in this. conference >> yes, well, a very good afternoon to you and the uk's palestinian ambassador was direct in his approach when he delivered that press conference this morning. >> he was saying he rejects the targeting of civilians. he spoke about how a thousand children have been killed and that palestinians are being killed every five minutes. he also raised concerns about some of the hospitals who are finding it difficult to have fuel. we have indeed heard this afternoon some of those reports saying that those hospitals have around 24 hours left of fuel . and he spoke hours left of fuel. and he spoke about some of the relations he's been having. and conversations with other diplomats . indeed, we with other diplomats. ind

joining me now is husam zomlot, the head of the palestinian mission to the uk.u know what happened to them? thea;r extended family put up do you know what happened to them?— what happened to them? they were sittin: at what happened to them? they were sitting at home _ what happened to them? they were sitting at home and _ what happened to them? they were sitting at home and they _ what happened to them? they were sitting at home and they were - what happened to them? they were l sitting at home and they were simply bombarded, the entire building was brought down. my husband, her two a husband, her mother—in—law and two other relatives died immediately, were killed instantly, and two of their youngest children, at two years old, are now in intensive care. this is truly heartbreaking and the issue here is that they have no bankers, they have no iron dome, they have nowhere to go. they are simply sitting ducks for the israeli war machine. flan simply sitting ducks for the israeli war machine-— war machine. can i be clear, you cannot condone _ war machine. can i be

. >> zomlot , who i may not >> husam zomlot, who i may not pronounce that correctly, but he's palestinian, unable to condemn to the uk, unable to condemn hamas today on a rival broadcast . in an interview he was doing, ijust . in an interview he was doing, i just found that how he could not say that what they did was wrong, that it's terror, that it's evil. that is the fundamental problem when we have this debate that we must have decent palestinians calling out hamas and the ambassador to the uk must be one of them. >> jeremy for corbyn similar reasons. they've got a lot of time for corbyn, but not when he doesn't condemn hamas. >> amen to that . jason says. >> amen to that. jason says. obviously none of you live up north. we've had the heating on for a month now. i'm back tomorrow at nine. headliners is next. >> hello there. good evening . >> hello there. good evening. i'm jonathan vautrey. who is your gb news weather forecast provided by the met office . if provided by the met office. if you enjoyed the fine conditions we've had around weekend, we've had around this weekend, we've had

channel we welcome back to the live desk now, the palestinian ambassador to london, husam zomlot, hasng in which he said that there was a humanitarian crisis, immediate ceasefire needed with the setting up of a humanity corridor indicating that casualties included at least 1000 children with 50 families. >> he said completely wiped out . >> he said completely wiped out. >> he said completely wiped out. >> yeah, he was speaking as a medical staff in gaza, warned that thousands of people could die as hospitals run so dangerously low on just the basic supplies ahead of that expected israeli ground offensive. well, our reporter theo chikomba was at that press conference and we can hear from him now. theo give us give us the main lines then here. what exactly did he say ? exactly did he say? >> yes. well, the uk's palestinian ambassador was direct in his speech here during the press conference, which lasted just over an hour. and he was clear that he wanted to make that distinction that he's seen in the coverage in the last couple of weeks about the hamas group and palestinians . he's grou

and he's he's spoken to palestine's ambassador to the uk , husam ambassador to the uk, husam zomlot, him that it's important now for palestinian voices, people in leadership up to come out and criticise the appalling behaviour of the terrorist organisation hamas , to criticise organisation hamas, to criticise their atrocious, atrocious actions, the indiscriminate killings and the murders, and to do that very vocally. now right outside the embassy for the moment. thank you very much for updating us. >> the uk is on forecast to be the slowing growing economy amongst the g7 region next year. now that's according to projections from the international monetary fund. >> yeah, the figures are pretty stark. it's slashed britain's growth outlook from 1% to just 0.6% ahead of what could be the general election year. so let's get more with our economics and business editor liam halligan in liverpool at the labour party conference who will be looking fairly closely at these figures . liam, in terms of the job in hand, if they do get into power , i'd say mark and pip, the leader of the opposition