you are a former spokesperson for the palestine liberation organization. how did you get involved with the institute? guest: i was never a spokesperson for the palestine liberation organization, i was a legal advisor to the palestine liberation organization. i was advising during the period of negotiations and there were negotiations that were happening between the years 2000 to 2007. i ended up leaving my position and working for the palestinian president because i did not believe a negotiated settlement as possible. i still don't believe a negotiated settlement as possible. as a result, somebody who believes it is much more important for people to understand precisely what is happening in palestine. what it means to live under military rule, what it means to be somebody who has been dispossessed of their home and homeland. so that people understand and get a better sense of what it is the united states' role is in this as well. host: you are currently in the mideast. can you tell us where you are and what you are seeing there right now? guest: i am both a

no, i don't speak on behalf of the palestinian authority, i speak on behalf of the palestine liberation organizationent abbas is the president of the palestine liberation organization and... you were appointed by him and you worked for him very closely for years. yes, i was appointed by him, as the president of the palestinian institutions, as the head of our state under occupation... and i guess my point to you... ..like all other ambassadors. now, the point is, this isn't a confrontation between netanyahu and hamas, this is a confrontation that has lasted for 100 years between israel and the people of palestine. this is a confrontation that has been based primarily on one word, negation. and this negation started here, in this city, in this country, the balfour declaration. 67 words that have really promised our land to others without consulting us, and in 67 words it's shown that imperial arrogance, that colonial arrogance, and this negation has lasted until now. so, to reduce the whole story into netanyahu and hamas really does not serve justice for the situation. i'm not reducing the story to..

hugo shader ins spokes person who until recently was on the executive committee of the palestine liberation organization tweeting out a video of a woman being wrestled to the ground and flung around by the israeli security forces saying that this is what they do to palestinian protesters so this is something that is gaining traction both in gaza and in the occupied west bank in ramallah. and as i say really is focusing international attention in a way that the issues of eviction issues haven't really. done up until this point so all of these factors are coming together and they are really brewing a pretty dangerous mix of grievance and tension and violence that we've seen over the last couple nights ok thank you very much gary forced a parting reporting test there at damascus gate in occupied east jerusalem thank you hari. we go to another story that we've been following throughout the evening dozens of people have been killed in a string of losses in afghanistan the attack happened near a school in western kabul president musharraf gone to accuse the taliban of being behind the attack but the group say

as a palestinian leader activist and former member of the palestine liberation organization as executive committee she says that israel has been acting with impunity you have and and i didn't use of violence by the strongest army and that egypt doubting and sincerely and getting residential buildings in an area that has been totally closed and beseeched without any means up to exams with not ever forced window shelters with no signs and at the same time to claim there's various claims have it's not just humanitarian it's a question 10 exist tension issue it's political it's legal yes it is human and it is not certainly military because as it is used our military is punitive and monitored and in many ways there's an expression of an unbridled occupation that has existed with impunity for all these years that has never been held accountable since it was created 72 years ago since the other occupation if people use a girl as and has acted with impunity as doug it is the palestinians as a get it up your nation under its control and outside of iraq but this is not new this escalation is new i

political forces in order to restore national unity on the basis of the palestinian palestine liberation organization platform so moscow believes that it is important for the un security council to provide a concerted response to the current severe crisis there is a basis for this all members of the security council. as we have seen today are advocating in favor of ending the armed confrontation confrontation they are united with respect to the need to strictly observe international humanitarian law as well as the inadmissibility of harm to civilians all security council members are in favor of relaunching the political process between palestinians and israelis and achieving a 2 state solution we also believe that a direct dialogue between the parties should be carried out with the activists distance of the international quartet of mediators as the only internationally recognized mechanism for supporting the palestinian israeli peace process thank you for your attention. russia's envoy to the united nations. richard taking us through and the various delegates and ambassadors and foreign ministers you

the palestine liberation organization the executive committee she joins us from ramallah and just looking at your twitter page you happen to be eating about the situation in gaza what what is you want to standing of the humanitarian situation there today well it's not just the humanitarian situation you have and use of violence right of the strongest army and the region that are getting and since you're going to start getting residential buildings in an area that has been don't drink. beseeched without any means up in terms with not only force with shelters with no sirens and at the same time they claim it's very this claim center it's not just to manage that in it's a question 10 exists tension issue it's political it's legal yes it is human and it is not certainly military because as soon as you saw that militia is punitive is monitored and in many ways there's an expression of an unbridled occupation that has existed with impunity for all these years that has never been held accountable since it was created 72 years ago since the other occupation if people use that group israel has act

you are a former spokesperson for the palestine liberation organization. did you get involved with the institute? guest: i was never a spokesperson for the palestine liberation organization, i was a legal advisor to the palestine liberation organization. i was advising during the period of negotiations and there were negotiations that were happening between the years 2000 to 2007. i ended up leaving my position and working for the palestinian president because i did not believe a negotiated settlement as possible. i still don't believe a negotiated settlement as possible. as a result, somebody who believes it is much more important for people to understand precisely what is happening in palestine. what it means to live under military rule, what it means to be somebody who has been dispossessed of their home and homeland. so that people understand and get a better sense of what it is the united states' role is in this as well. host: you are currently in the mideast. can you tell us where you are and what you are seeing there right now? guest: i am both a can

she was formerly an executive committee member of the palestine liberation organization, the first womanhold a seat in the highest executive body in palestine. she also served as the official spokesperson of the palestinian delegation to the middle east peace process. welcome back to democracy now! let's begin with dr. hanan ashrawi. can you talk about what is happening now and the significance of both the attacks there and also the mob attacks throughout other parts of israel and the occupied territories? >> yes. the israeli patient forces once again targeted an area that is the most does the populated area in the world that is under a state of siege. ey have nowhere to go. nor died. th don't have shelters. they don't have air force. of course, they have no protection whatsoever. they started bombing and shelling by air. the first three major high-rise buildings were resideial apartments then they contued. they escalated by destroying roads and streets, infrastructure, electricity, and so on. and they're turning life in gaza, which was already a disaster area, turning it into shr hel th

us and we'll fight back how is a palestinian leader activist and former member of the palestine liberation organization executive committee she says that israel has been acting with impunity. you have hit and and i did use of violence by the strongest army and that agent at that getting and since you're going to start getting residential buildings in an area that has been totally closed and beseeched without any means of defense with not ever forced windows shelters with no sirens and at the same time to claim this various claims have it it's not just humanitarian it's a question of 10 existential issues it's political it's legal yes it is human and it is not certainly military because as it is used our military is punitive and monitored and in many ways there's an expression of an unbridled occupation that has existed with impunity for all these years that has never been held accountable since it was created 72 years ago since the other occupation if people use a girl as and has acted with impunity as doug it is the palestinians as a get it up your nation under its control and outside of iraq but this

. >> the doctor is a former executive committee member of the palestine liberation organization.ning me is a staff writer with "the new york times" magazine, a senior political and military analyst for a national daily newspaper out of tel aviv and the author of "rise and kill first," the history of israel's targeted assassinations. he is somebody i turn to to understand what is going on in the middle east. ronan, i want to start with this issue, the idea that every time there are these fights, these wars, whatever you want to call them, they often end up with something that feels like the status quo, no meaningful change, but something that feels meaningfully different here is opinion in the united states about that. how is that going down in israel? >> i think it is reflected in the way that the audience of israel, that this is not just a war between israel and hamas and that the fate of this war and the identification of the winner or loser or who gained more is not just in the number of skull counts of the enemy, but also a war that is being conducted over international media

it's very important because and then the day the piano is the palestine did but ration organization, it's mandated to liberate palestine from the israeli occupation and to end the dispossession stimulus. so i think they are the correct address, but i think it's good that the lord the to be that the a unites with us in order to create one united better sitting in front national community as a united address to engage with and think, i think in that sense then we can talk about goods, jerusalem, the students live in the sharing of just as capital of 2 states. all of that will come next. oh, and be sure i thank you very much indeed for talking to us. and that's it for me. and taylor and the team here in london as leave you with these live pictures of gaza or a cease fire between israel and palestine in groups is due to come into effect in the next few minutes. the deal was broken by the gypsies government. house official confirmed the deal as a mutual and civil, tenuous truce with israel. and a reminder, as we draw to close that you can always catch up with all the stories recovering and particularly the events

many issues, has liberated the american administration that trump put them in regarding role organizations, environment, relationship to european countries but when it comes to palestine, [indiscernible] the even praise the normalization agreements which are misleading and -- this has to change. the united states has to stop doing that and has to be fair they have to accept our right as palestinians to be free, free from occupation and from the system of israeli apartheid. this will be good for everyone, not just palestinians. regarding erb countries, we are not happy and we are disappointed because up to now, the arab countries are not doing what they should do. we're not asking them to fight israel, we are asking them to stop having normalizations with this system of apartheid and occupation. to cut the relationship with israel stop this oppression of the palestinian people. we think they should do much more. of course, we cannot put them -- some countries are doing a good job and others are not doing enough. i know one thingome the people of the arab world are on the side of the palestinian people. that is what we have seen in huge demonstrations. hundreds of thous

of pro israel pro peace liberal advocacy organization and is awesome, a human rights attorney who is senior legal adviser of the palestinian negotiating team. during palestine'sis now visiting fellow at carnegie endowment for international peace. jeremy, let me start with you. is the biden administration doing enough to stop the violence right now? >> now. the simple emperor it is time to lean and is to do something. it's not enough to say you support the idea of a cease-fire in the united states is the world's only superpower and has the unique relationship with israel that allows it to lean in and it's time to insist on an end to this conflict now before more innocent people on both sides are killed. >> so, the biden administration has said repeatedly that the israeli and the israeli government have the right to defend themselves. that's a statement we've heard from many american presidents, barack obama, george w. bush, etc. i think the more sort of granular position that's argued here is basically, during these periods of relative calm, how moss uses that time to move weapons around and develop its rocket artillery and all these things that every seven or

palestine will be free. >> reporter: as pro- palestinians marched, it was a deeply personal day. >> my family's worried if they will see another day on this planet. >> reporter: he helped organize this protest.seefor liberatione as palestinian struggle for liberation. we are joining in our struggles. we have people from the black lives matter movement coming to the protest just as we went to the george flood protest with the black lives matter movement. >> reporter: organizers say 9000 to 10,000 people came out through the day. the chairs were not once of celebration, rather the cold air, a somber day for palestinians around the world. >> my heart is heavy but it fills me with hope. >> reporter: she's a first generationpalestinian american. she said the solution to the ongoing conflict is simple. >> the only thing that will end this is the liberation of the palestinian people. >> reporter: getting there has be c the mariof arab and are distant. >> reporter: he moved to the bay area six years ago. he said he supports israel's right to defend itself, but has been appalled by the violence. >> escalation inside the country is driven by arab and extreme arabs and extreme . >> reporter: there's an irony in the who