of korea will end. europe as a symbol of america's intention to stem aggression and preserve peace. but there is a light side to serving in korea today which offers relaxing fun, adventure and a variety of travel and rep regional opportunities. wherever you're stationed going on leave can mean places to visit with lots to do at sea. ♪♪ ♪♪ there is of course seoul who's rapidly changing broke -- profile is home. old and new lifestyles coexist amidst the racing pulse of this capital city that expresses the essence of today's south korean vitality and research and see. by night seoul swings, sings and sores and even though a midnight curfew prevails there still ample time to savor the flavors of the city. it's culture and beauty are part of your seeing seen a lifetime of korean history can be found in the historic temples and palaces scattered throughout the land. ♪♪ throughout korea you'll be surrounded by beauty where traditional farming villages and rice paddies offer another reflection of korea and dra

southern korea which we now call south korea was a different situation. with the assistance of the un, they sponsored elections in south korea and south koreans elected a democratic government. north korea, however, wanted unite under its term and sent insurgentes in south korea to overthrow the government and they failed to do so. then in january of 1950, the u.s. secretary of state dean made a significant error. in a speech talking about the areas of influence he mentioned and the north koreans interpreted as a statement that the u.s. wouldn't go to war to defend south korea. in june of 1950, armed with soviet equipment and aided by the chinese, the north koreans invaded south korea and as you can see from our map, they stormed right across the border. the south koreans were largely caught off guard and unprepared. the u.s. had military forces in japan under our far eastern commander douglas mcarthur. the problem was that those troops and their units were badly undertrained and the equipment they had were carryovers from world war ii. so it wasn't reall

korea. they agreed to divide korea. not northern korea what we call today to north korea was a very much communist influence. southern influence, we now call south korea was a very different situation. with the assistance of the un they sponsored elections in south korea and south koreans elected a democratic government. north korea however wanted to unite under its terms so it sent insurgents into south korea to try to overthrow that government and they failed to do so. then, on january 1950 the u.s. secretary of state dean acheson had very significant air in a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions that were vital to the united states interest. imagine japan and the philippines and omitted south korea. the north koreans interpreted that as a statement the u.s. would not go to war to defend the south korea. so in june of 1950, armed with soviet equipment and aided by the chinese the north korea invaded south korea. as you can see from our map they stormed right across the

north korea there on north korea. it was a big mistake when the united states play, the north koreans is, was a u. s. versus the north koreans was much more successful when they got the 6 party talks of the board. and more nations were sort of deflected from this antagonism, what's the sort of north korean in the americans? and i think that is the white ford in asia. the united states hasn't always understood asia date play, that asian nations need to be leading their relationship with china. maybe with america and constant america listening involved but not always, america leading. and so i think that's the role. busy of allies to not just say we're on side with america, but to in some ways school america about big concerns and also about been knowledge of how to deal and try it as many nations do across asia. such as a strategy, incredibly dependent on tried with china very successfully. so this has to be looked at, i think, in a very broad why and some of the rhetoric. sometimes it's unfortunate and we need to simp

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trade between china and north korea came to a complete| and north korea came to a complete halt last up some earlier this year, and the february and march. there are estimates or suggestions and may start back up in august, but right now but we have primarily seen is imports of food and fertiliser and some plastic use for agriculture, super merely what we are seeing is trade being restricted to the basics that north koreans need to get by on day—to—day basis. that north koreans need to get by on day-to-day bash-— day-to-day basis. and what does it mean for the _ day-to-day basis. and what does it mean for the ordinary _ day-to-day basis. and what does it mean for the ordinary lives - day-to-day basis. and what does it mean for the ordinary lives of- mean for the ordinary lives of ordinary people, because some people might remember those awful scenes from 1990 and the famines? is this coming anywhere close to that? we coming anywhere close to that? - are definitely seeing an increased in feud —— infood —— in food insecurity... the university our us deferment of agriculture... trying t

the north korea expert dr.howe. >> it is quite clear that the narrative north korea has disseminated for the past year, that it is the land of covid free, is rapidly disintegrating. the state has not been specific in terms of the nature of the covid fight. but, it is highly likely that we are starting to see signs of covid infiltrating into north korea. >> north korea claims to be free of the virus. but, bear in mind, the authorities are a poor source of information, and, they may not have a clear picture. north korea's testing capacity is thought to be low. we do know it has taken measures. last year it created a buffer zone along the border with china. issuing a shoot to kill order to stop unauthorized crossing. we also know south korea intelligence says the north executed an official for violating a trade ban imposed 25 virus. last july, a man from south korea defected to the north and north korea declad a national emergency for fear he may have brought the virus. we know this closing of borders have created

what is trade wi china looking like now in north korea?e obviously a hugely important trading partner. >> trade between china and north korea came to a complete halt last fall. it started some earlier th year, in february and march, and then got scaled back. there are suggestions it may start back up in august. like now, what we see primarily is imports of food and fertilizer, some things used for agriculture. right now we are seeing trade being restcted to the things that north korea needs to get by on a day-to-day basis. >> what does this mean for the day-to-day lives of ordinary people? some might remember those awful sces in the 1990's and the famines. is this coming anywhere close to that? >> we are definitely seeing an increase in food insecurity. at least one more million more north koreans are food insecure. to try and combat this, there have been reports of food aid from china, reports mystically -- domestically that the government itself is releasing some supply from stocks to make up for the decline in food. these seem to be pre

this is a very significant development, but is it more significant for north korea or south korea? north korea has in the past use the cutting and then the reconnection of the hotline as a way of showing its displeasure at any given moment. but certainly the reconnection now is very significant for both because it comes after a year where we've seen relations virtually at a standstill, and at times even slipping back into some of the old acro, many of the past these, this line was cut last june. when relation soured, and in fact, relations got so bad that the north koreans actually destroyed with explosives, the liaison office that have been set up to try to improve relations with the south . and it does come with the i significant moment. we are marking the $68.00 anniversary of the signing of the armistice that brought fighting in the korean war to an end and ignore the career. it has been marked by a visit by kim jungle into a cemetery for the war dead there. and it does seem as though this is timed to coincide with that. while relations have officially been at a stalemate for t

north korea is sending a message to the u.s.uld be an indication on the south korean end, an attempt to retrieve is falling approval rates ahead of the presidential election next march. but also with the biden administration hopes they will not be implement in more sentience on north korea. yvonne: vietnam, singapore. we were all there. seems like such a long time ago. >> and it ended with no deal. rishaad: singapore to allow quarantine free travel by september. but the public raising doubts about that target. we have details on that coming up just ahead. you are with bloomberg. ♪ david: welcome back. just an update on these markets. here we are again 110 points on the index. the hsci up from its peak. we had a bear market, line in the sand here. buying signal? well, maybe. let me see if i can get my magnifying glass up. it's ready. 31, 14 weeks. not 14 days. it is a longer-term look at momentum coming down. the last time we were at these levels was way back in 2016. we had, of course, upward momentum coming through but it could

>> korea? >> yes sir. >> has a coming along now?ing along pretty good now. >> how long were you a prisoner? >> 27 months in 10 days. >> what exactly happened you after your captured there? >> it took me on the hill and a group of us march north. >> wordage of march 2? >> i march to the yellow river. >> that's from the engine to the yellow, how far is that? >> 's approximately four miles. >> when you finally got to the yellow prison camp or that why? >> guys head lice and dysentery and sickness and they were weak and especially after that long march. >> did in a the fellow sky from malnutrition or disease? >> yes sir. >> how many? >> quite a few of them died but i don't know the exact number. >> what was the north korean hospital like? >> it was an old japanese temple. it was made of mud and of course the best sleep is on the floor. they were putting him in a dungeon where a guy was sick and they taken there and die. >> you spent two years in a prison camp. did you get any heat at all? >> rarely. maybe two hours a day. >> what about

in the relatively small area of korea, targets of opportunity count heavily.. [background sounds] ♪ ♪ >> a b-26 raid is in preparation during the week of 6 september. the b-26 is armed with 16 50-caliber machine guns. these guns are electrically operate, and a single gunner can bring many of them to bear on the same target at once. the b-24 can carry five of these 1,000-pounders. with these bombs plus napalm, plus the heavy firepower of the machine guns, a b-26 flight is a formidable attacking unit. these planes have seen constant use in the korean war, their targets ranging from strategic industrial area in the north to about the call areas along the battle lines in the south. the b-26 is classified as a light bomber with a speed of more than 350 miles an hour. ♪ >> after their final briefing, crew members head for the field. this has become a familiar scene in united states air bases in japan from which b-26 sorties are flown on an around the clock schedule. these invaders were formerly called a-26 bombers. they differ from the b-26 marauders used in world w

but this hasn't been a surprise for south korea. every time we speak, rob starts with you, but with other correspondence as well, you get the feeling that yes, there was a point where countries were able to deal with the code 19 crisis. and then suddenly something happened. and they weren't able to do that again. south korea seems to have gone exactly the same way, right? it is dealing with this massive 4th wave here of, of cases which is a concern. and the latest figures, again, bear out the fact that there is still very much in the grip of this wave sundays figures were slightly reduced because of course, there's a dip and the number of tests done over the weekend. but still, the number of new cases being recorded here is well above a 1000 that it has remained like that for nearly 2 weeks. the good news for the authorities is that because more and more of the population, especially the vulnerable populations here are getting vaccinated. then it's not being accompanied by the same kind of numbers of hospitalizations or death, but i

it's been marked in north korea by leader kim jong on visiting the cemetery to north korea. is, was that. so this announcement does seem to be timed to coincide with that. and although that hasn't been any official talks for the past year, it has been confirmed that north korean and south korean leaders have been exchanging letters over the past year. and this seems to be the result of that exchange. south korea leader and moon j and of course, has made it a cornerstone of his administration to try to improve relations. he has yes, in less, less than a year left in office and would daily love to see get talks back on track before the end of his term. well, let's talk about those talks. getting back on track. is this going to restart? i look there has been no specific mention of that, but that must surely be the hope certainly here in south career. in fact, the south korea is a presidential offices, said that the to lead as do see i to why and that they want to help develop really trust and relations. it's also been matched by similar noise is coming from the north, a stateme

shery: let me turn to policymakers in south korea.he bloomberg showing how the three year yield in south korea, the spread over the bok's policy reaching the highest in over 10 years. this coming at a time, the headline dropping. south korea confirming 1600 more coronavirus cases. yesterday was a record. another record of 1615. still very elevated. what are your expectations the bok will do? >> don't think they will do anything today. the bank of korea is like the pboc six or seven months ago. the economy is recovering. then the central bank cannot afford to shift their focus away from growth. even the concern about real estate prices and household leverage. they will probably be in of the first central banks in the region to hike interest rates. i would say there probably will not choose today to hike interest rates. maybe later this year. today, i would say they probably will stay on hold. haidi: we spoke with an advisor to the japanese government and he was saying japan need to next trip budget of as much as $270 billion. you agree

definitely in south korea.will need to have one different gender on their board as well. i recently -- hong kong exchange proposed the rules requiring companies to have at least one female board of directors so these are very encouraging signs and optimistic about the future. shery: so great to have you with us. that was an exclusive conversation with suyi kim, at the canada pension plan investment board. we do have lots more to come on "daybreak asia." this is bloomberg. ♪ >> i think there always paradigm shifts going on. it's really a very important market that we need to really tap into, especially in the greater bay area. we have been investing in millennial companies that focus on packaged products. we are invested in home gyms and also, lately, we are invested in one of the biggest companies in mobile cases and mobile accessories and their penetration to millennials is very substantial. haidi: that was adrian chang and you can catch more of that exclusive interview in generation x, where he will be discus

korea's protest in 1987. of hong kong, i was really surprised first and then i started feeling we have an obligation to their success and they believe at some point, hong kong can experience the same level of democracy as korea right now. we are going to have to strengthen ties and fight against the enemies of democracy. i feel a strong obligation. >> what do you make of the current governments china policy and how big a role will it play in the next residential race? >> i can definitely say that government is leaning more toward china than before and the korean public is not happy about it. >> what do you make of other sensitive issues? >> mostly human rights issues are my concern. at the same time, if china was to participate in the global economy, they would have to abide by the rules of the world trade organization. they include many issues, sake copyright issues. the main concern is the human rights issue and issues related to tibet. >> what do you see as the policy priorities your party should take? >>

for decades, south korea reports another record of daily colbert infections. we'll have a live update from a capital sold, and a boost in the fight against pain can addiction epidemic in the us. drug companies reached a $26000000000.00 settlement. ah, the pentagon is expressing alarm over the worsening security situation in afghanistan, the senior most us general says the taliban now controls nearly half of the country's $400.00 districts. coincides with the continued pullout of us troops. fighting between the afghan government forces and the taliban is intensifying at least 7 people were killed me southern province of canada. on wednesday it happened during shelling between the military and taliban fighters in a separate incident for fighters were killed when the vehicle hit a roadside bomb in the dunn district. my county has more now from washington. d. c . is secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who spoke to the media in the course of the day. they say that withdrawal is going on as scheduled. some $8000.00 troops have already

also coming up back in touch, the leaders of north and south korea are communicating again in a page to improve relations. veritext you on the motorcyclist who's the 1st to be charged under hong kong, strict new national security law. and my only osaka lives, the olympic flame. and her games are already over. japan's tennis star is knocked into kil, ah. as the world watches on the political crisis in june, his year continues to deepen, the president says and pulls the nation wives nighttime curfew for a month. and the army is on the streets. on sunday i said dismissed the prime minister and put a freeze on parliament. he shook his she says he's willing to hand over responsibility to whoever the president chooses. guys said also the fact the justice and defense ministers or a burden. manley begins are coverage. the wible camps from different sides of the political divide have been protesting outside to new jersey as parliament. so man goes spilling over into violence. once again, the country is in turmoil. on sunday, people took the streets and several cities in mass, anti government

other costs of south korea have also been on this highest level. and really, as the authority is now, look at the summer months, some people doing more, vacationing, more traveling that really have to look at extending some of these restrictions through the rest of south korea. given the virulent of this delta variance and rob, despite the rise in cases south korea, haven't seen a significant increase in the hospitalizations and death is the vaccine rollout having any impact here. that is one of the encouraging aspects i suppose of this that compared with previous waves, we have not had the same types of hospitalizations and deaths. there are more hospital resources, more beds for cobra patients in existence. but also, as the vaccines that have been rolled out then some of the more vulnerable groups, such as the elderly and nursing homes and so on, they are by and large being protected. we have something like a 3rd of the population has had at least one jobs so far. but that does draw attention to the fact that there are 2 thirds of the population

the nation of korea subjects its people to utter tyranny. the kim regime threatens the peace and security of south korea, the reeng and even the world. families remain broken. from those still fighting to bring their loved ones and to be in contact with them but remain home to those with family members trapped in north korea, this is an attempt to try to say let's get this moving to try to get those families reunited. our vibrant korean community, including the korean american grassroots conference, feels this legacy -- i congratulate congresswoman meng which directs the state department to consult with north korea and korean americans to help families reunite. i trust the state department will be vigilant in making sure that organizations tied with north korea will not exploit their loved ones to raise hard currency for the kim regime. with that in mind, i support the bill, and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey reserves. the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i h

north korea and south korea have agreed to rebuild ties.ring lines of communications that were cut just over a year ago after improving the prospects for progress in the nuclear talks. great to have you with us. what do you know so far? what is the scale of the restoration? is it material? and will it shift global geo-politics? >> the answer is yes indeed because just last year remember north korea blowing up the office that was along the border of south and north korea as a signal to say they no longer want to engage in diplomacy. in this, released just hours ago, north korea said -- they called it a big stride in restoring trust between the two koreas and this could be a message sending to the u.s. side as it comes at the back of wendy sherman's visit to seoul and tokyo. jen sake also said north korea was on their agenda. >> our philosophy is we should not avoid hard topics. they are part of any discussion we have diplomatically. there are areas we have concern. whether it is crimes against humanity in exinjong. there are other area wes m

it raises concerns. korea is only 30 percent vaccinated. so it gets to the point that vaccination really is going to be the way that countries like korea will finally get a handle on, on, on the corner of ours pandemic. and finally begin to safely loosen some of the restrictions. what is being put into place now again reflects some of the success. the korean government had earlier, but with newman and stricter messaging, you know, you've only 2 people can go out to dinner rather than 4. bars and restaurants are closing much earlier. are actually bars are closed, restaurants are open for a very limited period of time. again, looking at the areas where transmission has been problematic. so they are directing attention to the areas where they know spreaders occurring and hopefully this will be successful. vaccines are also going up in indonesia where it says a new daily record. many hospitals are a capacity leading to patients being turned away and people are scrambling to find oxygen to care for their relatives at home. just washington report

also motivating north korea could be the multiple crises. it faces. years of sanctions compounded by food shortages from damaging storms and isolation because of the pandemic, provide compelling reasons. it seems to pick up the phone to its neighbor. robert bride al jazeera, so still ahead zone. i'll just be arrest lanka narrowly avoid diesel on that serious financial problems remain. we'll have the details from colombo and we'll take a flood ravaged john worth thousands of people with forced into emergency shelters . ah, it's persistently dry ish in indonesia that are showers around the silhouette, busy west, papua maybe one or 2 in sumatra. but on the whole, you have to look to the north sea to the philippines and certainly me and my thailand for the seasonal range is therefore only a scattering showers fit a surf in australia winters really digging in. now we got snow office now after snow from the victorian apps. damaging winds are blowing through purse and i think we can still see windy weather. they're not as windy on 50 wednesdays, mo

this is home to around half of south korea population. we've been under the most stringent measures since the start of this week. but this is where most of the new cases are occurring. but there is increasing concern about what's going on out in the provinces with reports of new daily infections, more than doubling recently. and there's a real concern that as we get further into the summer holiday season, south koreans this summer, as they did last summer by and large, can't be taking that vacations overseas. so they tend to head for all of the coastal resorts on the east coast. the south coast, the island of gedge you, all of these a tourism destination is become very busy and there's a real concern that unless the government puts these greater restrictions in place across south korea, we're going to see more clusters in those areas. and the government believes that if they take action now this the latest 4th wave will peak in about one to 2 weeks . but by that stage, we might actually be seeing daily infections get more than 2000 per da

korea. relations hit such a low. the north destroyed the liaison office which had been set up with the south . but it's been confirmed the leaders of north and south of state in touch throughout exchanging multiple letters down the young tongues. on the 2 latest course, i agreed to work to regain mutual trust and foster progress on relations again, wednesday, also south korean president, moon j n. has made restoring relations with the north, a cornerstone of his administration, and with less than a year left in office, he's determined to get dialogue back on track a sentiment the south korean shared with the north. in this 1st phone call, since the inter korean communication liaison lines where restore today, i hope we can continue to deliver good news to the rest of the world. this announcement coincides with the 68 anniversary of the signing of the armistice. the brought fighting and the korean war to an end and event marked by north korean leader kim junglin. visiting a cemetery for his country's war dead. north k

standards and rob, south korea. the vaccination program seems to have slowed right down, even though the demand. the jabs is an all time high me and how does that work? there has been an awful lot of criticism about the rollout of the vaccination program here. the government's been accused of being overly cautious of not planning to vaccinate enough people quickly enough. there was some reticence to begin with from people about side effects that seem to not being replaced by a more widespread concern about the impact of this 4th wave and about the prevalence of the more transmissible delta barrier entered cetera. and you are seeing a search for back scenes, especially this week. we are seeing the vaccines being rolled out for the latest target group. it's the 55 to 59 year olds here. it's several 1000000 people at one point after the website here started to take bookings for, for inoculations from those people. it's estimated that at one point some 800000 people were all online trying to make a booking for their 1st

it raises concerns. korea is only 30 percent vaccinated. so it gets to the point that vaccination really is going to be the way that countries like korea will finally get a handle on, on, on the corner of ours pandemic. and finally, begin to safely loosen some of the restriction. what is being put into place now again reflects some of the success. the korean government had earlier, but with newman and stricter messaging, you know, you only 2 people can go out to dinner rather than 4. bars and restaurants are closing much earlier. are actually bars are closed, the restaurants are open for a very limited period of time. again, looking at the areas where transmission has been problematic. so they are directing attention to the areas where they know spread is occurring and hopefully this will be successful. there will be no spectators to lim pick events in tokyo, the organization organize a your guys this sort of made the decision just 2 weeks before the start of the games. as the city struggles to deal with codeine team. they would stokes repo

and south korea have called for renewed diplomacy and dialogue with north korea on its nuclear program. the states and came to the us deputy secretary of state met south korean leaders, including president, one j in pyongyang has so far, refused to resume talks in protest against what it calls us. hostility south korea has reported a record 18 hundreds. you go with 19 cases in one day, the war contagious delta, very interest, feeling the search. the latest numbers include 270 sailors who were flown home from an i to piracy mission abroad. authorities are now considering expanding restrictions in so and it's neighboring regions. mcbride has more on the covert 19 break in south korea. that crew has now had to be flown back at 2 south career out of 301 crew members. 271 have now tested positive. that's a staggering 90 percent. but even if you strip out that number, this is still a very significant rise. we've been seeing for the best part of 2 weeks more than 1000 new cases per day as this 4th wave has really taken a hold here with some predictions that will soon be thing well over 2000 n

we know that north korea would be eligible. certainly from north korea's point of view, accepting vaccines from the united states, when there are no ongoing talks or diplomatic efforts between the two, would be quite a step forward, shall we say. and we know also that south korea would be keen to try and use vaccine diplomacy to push things forward. paula hancocks, cnn. >>> russia is mounting on olympic organizers has tokyo 2020 is two weeks away. with fans banned around the capital because of surging covid infections. cnn's blake essig is in tokyo for us. blake, take us through what banning spectators will mean for the olympics. >> yeah, kim, the olympic games have turned into a tv event.the buzz and excitement that typically comes with the olympics doesn't exist. now in the buildup to the games and without fans it's hard to imagine that changing. while the biggest impact will likely be felt by fans who are excited about seeing the games in person and for the athletes hoping to feed off the crowd's energy. financially, the imp

they have sent from south korea to military croft to bring the entire crew back here to south korea. those same planes have taken out a replacement crew, a reduced crew of a $150.00 sailors whose job it is now to bring this ill fated vessel back to south korea waters rather pride there with all the latest force from phil. thank you so much, ron. on moving over now to thailand, which has expanded its locked down as corona, virus infections continue to rise. it's now reported a 4th consecutive day of record new cases. with more than 11 thousands infections. domestic flights have been suspended and more places and now under curfew, people from high risk areas have also been asked to stay at home. well let's speak to tony chang. he's in bangkok, the capital 4th. tony, we've seen thailand slowly expand their restrictions, but it really doesn't seem to have helped. what's driving this isn't delta? yes, very much. so a couple of weeks ago we would tell the only 50 percent of the cases doctors were saying where the delta variant last week. it was more than 50 percent of those cases. and thes

to military craft to bring the entire crew back here to south korea. those same planes have taken out a replacement crew, a reduced crew of a $150.00 sailors whose job it is now to bring this ill fated vessel back to south korea waters. home in while thailand has expanded its locked down as current of ours infections that continue to rise and now reported a 4th consecutive day of record new cases with more than 11000 infections. domestic flights have now been suspended and even more places are under curfew. people from high risk areas of also been asked to stay at home. tony chang has one from bank call. drove past the hospital to day where they were accused outside the hospital around the block of people waiting just to get tested. it's a real problem here. i think the government recognizes that they don't have the system this situation under control. they're trying to increase the level of the locked and we're still not seeing the same level of lockdown. we saw this time last year when very strict missions were in place. but they're tightening things

also, motivating north korea, could be the multiple crises it faces.sanctions, food shortages, isolation, provide compelling reasons to pick up the phone to its neighbor. al jazeera. anchor: simone biles pulled out of the team finals event in tokyo on tuesday due to stress. the 24-year-old, considered to be the greatest female gymnast of all time, left the floor with a team dr. after letting her first vault. she said she needed to focus on her mental health. biles has not decided whether she will compete in the event still to come. reporter: in the buildup to this final, things have not gone perfectly. she has made some uncharacteristic mistakes. she posted on instagram, i feel like i have to wait of the world on my shoulders. so much expectation coming into these olympics. let's remember why we talk about her. she is a 19 time world champion. no female gymnast has ever one more. she won in rio, 2016. she is already one of the all-time greats of her sport. she is due to compete for five more medals on thursday. set to go in the individual all-around ev

with china and japan and korea. but those were the first respondents to send the engineering team of the neighboring countries. but now i hope that leadership of the haitian government should do more. but now since i have not been dealing with this method the president isn't doing much then the united nations priorities sense because there are so many issues. and with the haitian people. >> so you have devoted the chapter to your book so what are the thoughts on the gaza strip in may? and what actions do you believe the un should take? >> my two state solution is the best way to have equal rights i'm afraid to tell you to be increasingly remote i am deeply concerned that after three days under with the airstrike of hamas. so nobody should be blamed. but the reality of what is happening and that is troubling for me. but of those palestine territories that you call parties. the cycle of violence and palestine as a whole and the consequences and addressing the root causes with any long-term solutions. and also those op