and the only way for to mandatory and agencies such as the norwegian refugee council and our partners to be able to scale up aid to that. the people who desperately need it as bad and is, is on the bridge. we're on the brink of fan the paper because i do seem very much to be stuck in the middle of a great power politics and this a lovely. these are the people who are losing the most. they've been suffering for 6 months of possibilities. there's been 32000 house demands, has been killed over the last 6 months. more than 60 percent of housing in garwood damaged or destroyed 1100000 people facing acute starvation level. at this point we, it's the situation could not be any more dire. we've been warning for months that this would, what is what would happen so long as facilities continued and so long as, as not enough, he was reaching the people in god. and now we're at this point of, of serious desperation. and we need the world community to come together to push for these fire ones. and bro, that's the only way that we can even attempt to try and address the tremendous needs of quickly r

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with the norwegian refugee council, i asked him whether he expects a distribution to improve. now that the you in the top court has ordered israel to ensure more a gets into, gosh, i mean, we, we, we've heard a lot, i mean there's, there's a lot of soap that we have heard in, in recent months. i mean, the one example is, you know, is right, allowing phone voice to, uh, you know, uh, cross into goes that only, you know, trusted submitted submitted cause uh, only for them to be turned back once they, they made an incident. no. and the un itself says that, you know, over the past week, almost half of the call and base have phone voice, a phone voice have been turned back. so we hope that this, you know, announcement will change something on the grounds. obviously, we don't have time. i mean, to an ongoing already, you know, you have to, which you've seen in your report the length. so you have to go to just get a, you know, a package of 222 hungry people. ok, let me just on the, let me just let me just let me just breaking there and it. yeah. bringing you, we've been hearing from

they don't region refugee council. thank you very much for being on the delta. you can use talk. he's ready to tie up added one says this month's local elections will be his last suggesting he will not stand for another time as president. this is comments came during a visit by the ukranian of ludovic landscape at one and also told his credit and count about that. he was prepared to host a piece summit between ukraine, ambrosia and the turkey would contribute to the reconstruction of his country when the war and he's like the total for bolton, 20 years, winning over a 1000 elections. our sample correspond to dorian jones told us more about what ad one's announcement means why is made the statements. so it has provide quite a lot of discussion and certainly has rekindled questions about his health throughout his presidency. he has been told by room is all feel health, but it could also simply be an electron employee because at the end of the month, we have very hotly contested local elections. not most of them here and this time both where odd one is desperate to al, seeing compou

a china lo is a communications advisor for the norwegian refugee council. that is in jerusalem. i asked her what difference a deliveries by sea will like? well, i think there's potential for a deliveries by the to have a big impact. but our concern is that it's going to take 30 to 60 days to set up this a temporary port according to the united states government. and quite simply, the people of god do not have that time to wait. already there been reports of 20 children dying as a result of starvation and dehydration in gaza. and starvation is quickly spreading . famine is, is looming and, and we need to be getting it in as quickly as possible. and the most efficient way to be getting aide in is through the crossings that already exist. and that has the capacity to have many more trucks that are currently going in there, hundreds of trucks waiting on the, on the egyptian side of the border just to enter and, and provide a to desperate palestinians in gaza. so shut out, we told you about one of the same thing here, this port that the us, the floating point that the wife wants to s

low who's from the norwegian refugee council in jerusalem? welcome to d, w. a kind of start with your initial thoughts on that hearing based news of the failure of s u. s. resolution. well, we've seen that multiple un resolutions calling versus expired. so my understanding is that this one did not explicitly call for a cease fire, have now failed in the security council, but we need world leaders to keep pushing. we need there to be these fire. that's the only way to put an end to the tremendous devastation, death and destruction that we've seen over almost 6 months in gaza. and the only way for too many tearing agencies, such as the norwegian refugee council and our partners to be able to scale up aid to the, to the people who got a desperately needed as bad and is, is on the bridge. we're on the brink of fan the paper because i do seem very much to be stuck in the middle of a great power politics in this. i absolutely. these are the people who are losing the most. they've been suffering for 6 months of possibilities. there's been 32000 house demands, has be

so i'm at the bottom from the norwegian refugee council. so it's for us, for our president biden has delivered he states of the union address in addition to outlining times to get more 8 into gaza. it. okay, donald trump had of november expected election very much. joe biden used his state of the union address to make the case for a 2nd term in office, firing several broad sides that republican front runner, donald trump, never referring to him by name only as my pre, the assessor. he opened his address by declaring democracy under threat at home and abroad, and criticizing trump for inviting russia to invade nato countries. if they don't spend more on defense hallmark further assessing. a former republican president tells food quote, to whatever that, how you want to quote. for the present actually said that boeing down the russian later, i think it's outrages is dangerous and it's on acceptable by didn't frame the upcoming election as a choice between revenge and decency. he vowed to restore the federal abortion rights re committed us sup

earlier seeing a low with the norwegian refugee council jerusalem spoke with me and she told me that she what she's hearing from her colleagues on the ground and got this situation continues to be desperate and, and growing more and more desperate the by day as, as not enough data is getting in and not enough aid is an in the that is getting in isn't reaching all the people who are in desperate need. that situation is particularly dire in northern gaza, which has been effectively cut off from southern gaza since october. now 5 months in to this war, we're, we're already hearing reports of, of people dying of malnutrition, starvation. we only anticipate that as, as a, a continues to be delayed, getting in and not enough need is reaching people in need that the numbers of, of people dying from starvation, dehydration, and preventable diseases that they are unable to find off because their bodies are too weak. will continue to grow and those figures could even surpassed the 31000 palestinians killed as a result of direct hostilities. and this, this for ship that's bringing in food. can

we honest estimate by ron from middle region refugee council, about the feasibility of, of thing, amount of time card or this week. it, thanks for having me. uh, in terms of this thing, realistic probably, uh, i mean, we help so at least uh, you know, any age from any, any size of the, uh, full tech comes in. uh, 2 guys. uh, however, the question is, what happened to the, to the actual land troops that we have, or have we given up on those? have we give enough one convincing israel to allow more age and have we give enough one diplomacy? as, as these 2 are bringing some, you know, some of the leave just people who are literally starving and it goes on right now. i mean this, the 1st this team is welcome because people are so desperate, but it's getting know the gaza where you know, we are hearing reports to, to, and try and get them on the attrition. however, what we need to see is, is uh the reopening, the full reopening of the of the last crossings in rafa and cut them uh, shut off by, by run from the norwegian refugee council. well, as the war with thomas continues the situation on hi

and is this, you know, from china low norwegian refugee council? thank you very much for being on the top of giving us a truck is red ship tied up at one says this month's local elections will be his last suggesting he will not stand for another time as president is. comments came during a visit by his ukrainian count upon flooding mister landscape. at one also said he was prepared to host the p summit between ukraine, ambrosia and the turkey would contribute to the reconstruction of ukraine when the war ends is led toki for more than 20 years. winning over a 1000 elections, we assemble correspond to dorian jones. so it was more about what everyone's announcement mates. why has made the statement so it has provide quite a lot of discussion and certainly has rekindled questions about his health throughout his presidency. he has been told by room is all field health, but it could also simply be an electron employee because at the end of the month we have very hotly contested local elections. not most of them here in this town bowl . well, good one is

amy: we'll go to rafah to speak with yousef hammash with the norwegian refugee council and to francesca albanese, united nations special rapporteur on the occupied palestinian territory. then as president biden pushes a bipartisan bill to crackdown on immigrants, the tacoma washington based group la resistencia is reporting two suicide attempts at the massive northwest detention center run by geo group. >> i was brought back to my cell and iso-so people running around. the police arrived and the fire department. i meant was black and appeared to have hung himself. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. haiti's unelected prime minister ariel henry has announced he will resign once a transitional council is established. he made the announcement after caribbean leaders held an emergency meeting in jamaica to discuss the crisis in haiti where armed groups launched an uprising against henry last week. tony blinken attended the meeting and pledged $100 million to help finance the deployment of a multinational

or you want to get more now from the norwegian refugee council spokesperson jane alone. she joins me from jerusalem. it's good to have you with this. i mean, what are you hearing from your colleagues on the ground regarding the humanitarian situation in josh? this, this situation continues to be desperate and growing more and more desperate. the by day as, as not enough eat, is getting in and not enough is. and in the end that is getting in isn't reaching all the people who are in desperate need. the situation is particularly dire in northern gaza, which has been effectively cut off from southern gaza since october. now 5 months in to this war, we're, we're already hearing reports of, of people dying of malnutrition, starvation. we only anticipate that as, as a, a continues to be delayed, getting in and not enough need is reaching people in need. that the numbers of people dying from starvation, dehydration, and preventable diseases that they are unable to find off because their bodies are 2 weeks will continue to grow. and those figures can even surpassed the 31000 pale

my guest is jan egeland, secretary general of the norwegian refugee council. are aid agencies overwhelmed in a world seemingly incapable of protecting the vulnerable? jan egeland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you've been in the humanitarian and aid business for a very long time now. you're very recently back from gaza. were you shocked by what you saw? profoundly, profoundly. i wasn't really prepared. even being as old as i am in humanitarian work for the devastation, the destruction and this utter feeling of hopelessness among the population which is crammed together in southern gaza, in rafah. so i was there three days, two nights, spoke with the mothers, the fathers, the children. and i must say, it's in 2024 and we're allowing this to happen. it is beyond belief. you talk about the hopelessness of the people living through that experience. what about the hopelessness of people like you who are supposed to be making lives better, protecting those vulnerable people? we're not giving up. when i go to such places, i become enraged. isee... i need to fight h

alright, shallow with norwegian refugee council. as always, we appreciate your time tonight. thank you. all right, let's take a look now. some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. us media say these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu wants to reschedule a meeting that he cancelled. israel was supposed to send the officials to washington this week to discuss its plan offensive in rough. uh, but that then you all who canceled the talks when the us declined to veto a human call for a ceasefire in gosh, you ins at special rapids here on the occupied palestinian territories says there is reasonable grounds to believe. israel is committing genocide in garza. jessica ebony easy says israel's military thing has that intentional subverted. they are protection functions in their operation against a must is real says typically it's really rejects those fine. she acts up to the prosecutors are seeking to jail. the former football chief louis will be all this for 2 and a half years for kissing spain, midfielder judy, and also on the lips against her will

he is with the norwegian refugee council. he joins me today from a month in georgia. i mean, it's good to have you with this, the us state department today said that it is quite possible that we already have famine in parts of northern gaza. do you agree? so? yes, very much so without getting to to make those 3 causes out to 4, that would lead to kind of have feedback. st. garza, that is obviously complex. that is inadequate humanitarians full. and that is it cannot make them full. the 3 is, have been causing this perfect storm. and just to put this into comparison, i can't say we don't have an official declaration of how west, uh, what we have is chosen and people dying it's salvation. and just put this uh, you know, to compare that to the last time we had the declared funding that was in south to done in 2017. and that was off to 3 years of civil war. and that affected 80000 people. 3 is not 6 months of age of 1000, not a 1000000 or 2000000 people. so we are talking about common life conditions coolant signing, fully successful fixed conditions, whatever it is at th

it is, this is united from china low, mid norwegian refugee council. thank you very much for being on the top of giving us as that interview. sorry, it was from yesterday will bring you more in the efforts to provide a to counselor by see next down. first, caribbean nations have called an emergency meeting to end spiraling, gang violence in hazy, criminal groups of step down for the tax on the capital. driving residents from their homes, the gangs want the prime minister to resign. he was out of the country when the violence began and isn't back yet. acts of arson, committed by armed gangs in haiti. forcing many families to flee their homes. they came with big guns. we have no guns when we can defend ourselves. all of us, the children are suffering these displays people have moved to shelters and are now grappling with shortages of food and water. for me, even when our families send us 30 or 50 us dollars, we can't get it to all the banks are closed. nothing is functioning. there's no food and no water. with desperation going, many haitians are crossin

there was showing a lot of speaking with me earlier from the wage and refugee council. here in berlin, the leaders of germany, france, and poland have concluded, talks on ukraine with a promise of more weapons. and what they say will be ceaseless support for keep the trio agreed there. countries would provide long distance artillery to help you create, defend itself against russia, germany transfer a lot, sholtes and french president macro. and we're also looking to see is over their differences on how best to support you create as a signal of unity and solidarity. the leaders of gemini fronts and poland showing that continuing support to ukraine, charles macro, and to ask well to boost the supply of i munition to kids. laugh shouts listed, ways that can be achieved quickly. we've done them that among other things, we will now for a few, a even more weapons, the ukraine on the, until a global market. this is a good improvement. secondly, the production of military equipment will be expanded, including through cooperation with partners in ukraine's on my bike and 3rd and

through the crossings that exist have not been pushed further in order for china low norwegian refugee council. thank you very much for being on the top of giving you as well as the war with how much continues the situation is wales. northern border with levon on remains tense is one of the ami and his pulled. i have been exchanging flies since because a conflict broke out that on this can take a private as does as talk same the easing board attentions are expected to begin enjoying ramadan 11 on capital bay road. people are preparing for the most of all the months. is dw report to us. a shot a is done is nothing going fatal. start with the rising prices, put it to come to the royal piece of an outbreak of will buy a lot and the prices are steady at the moment. that's it. but there's news from traders. the price is no. right. well, i can get this done over the bottom. no, nothing is clear. and robin on price is may go up, you hello loans as effective, thinks of bad god knows how with a live life is difficult. we cannot buy q of tomatoes to run in. there is no cheese alumna and before i'm a don

aid and to gauze a i am at the i'm is reached to be jan communication advisor for the norwegian refugee council. we asked him how realistic it is that a new lot of time for adulthood open this weekend. thanks for having me in terms of this being realistic? probably, i mean, we help so nice that you know any age from any, any side of the boat that comes in to garza. however, the question is, what happened to the, to the actual land troops that we have, or have we given up on those? have we give enough one convincing israel to allow more age and have we give enough one diplomacy as, as these 2 are bringing some uh, you know, some of the leave to people who are literally starving and it goes to right now. i mean this, the 1st esteem is welcome because people are so desperate that security know the gaza where you know, we are hearing reports of children dying. it's my impression. however, what we need to see is, is uh the reopening, the full reopening of the, of the land crossings in rough uh and uh, cut them uh, shut off. and that's the same with that on from the norwegian refuge account. so now h

aid into gaza and with it on the 3 to the media and communication advisable for them all region refugee council. the awesome how realistic it this, that a new lot of time florida could open this weekend. thanks for having me. uh, in terms of this thing. realistic probably, uh, i mean, we help, so at least uh, you know, any age from any, any size of the, uh, 4 comes in uh, 2 guys. so however, the question is, what happened to the, to the actual land troops that we have, or have we given up on those? have we give enough one convincing israel to allow more age and have we give enough one diplomacy as, as these 2 are bringing some uh, you know, some of the leads to people who are literally starving and it goes to right now. i mean this before this team is, is welcome because people are so desperate that security knowing does that way. you know we are hearing reports of true and dying, gets malnutrition. however, what we need to see is, is uh the reopening, the full reopening of the of the last crossings in rough uh and cut them uh, shut off. and that was in my bed um, from the isle beach and refuge

these people like me by room with the norwegian refugee council, joining us from amman, jordan to night. and we appreciate your time and your insights. thank you. let's take a look. there was some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. the syrian observatory for human rights says it's really air strikes of killed at least 42 people in the left of the most serious strife by israel there in years. hezbollah says 3 of its militants were killed. these really military has not come in security forces in power. she can stay and have detained 9 people suspected of having links to last week. must gail, concert hall attack, or the 140 people were killed when government stormed the menu, so called is womach. state says it carried out the attack. the workers have begun clearing the wreckage of the francis scott key bridge in the us city of baltimore. one of the largest cranes in the country has been brought in to help remove the sections, blocking the river over a 1000 specialist will be deployed to clear the ruined bridge. a process that's expected to take several months.

um, who is the regional media and communication advisor for the norwegian and refugee council? it joins us from the jordanian, that capital amount. welcome to the w. we just had a sort of funds a line saying she hopes this new maritime college or could open this weekend. do you think that's realistic? good evening, phil. thanks for having me. in terms of this being realistic, probably, i mean we help so at least that you know, any age from any, any side of the boat that comes in to garza. however, the question is, what happened to the, to the actual land troops that we have, or have we given up on those? have we give enough one convincing israel to allow more age and have we give enough one diplomacy as, as these 2 are bringing some uh, you know, some of the leave just people who are literally starving and it goes on right now. i mean this before this team is welcome because people are so desperate that security knowing gaza, where you know we are hearing reports of children dying. it's malnutrition. however, what we need to see is, is uh, the reopening, the full reopening of t

needs to open more land routes for aid as well. shayna low is a spokesperson for the norwegian refugee council interest loan. we asked her how the aid is supposed to be distributed in gaza as well. there's not a lot of clarity in terms of who, how the distribution will actually work. it's still, i think it's unclear whether this, this jenny that was created to, to, to offload the aid will work. and it's, and it's unclear to us who the world central kitchen is coordinating with in terms of, of distributions and also howard trucks. another essential material needed to have distributions will be able to access that part of gaza and, and conduct the distributions. well meanwhile is really prime minister benjamin natania, who has rejected a ceasefire proposal put forward by him off these really premier call did quote, unrealistic. the proposal would have seemed the release of women, children, elderly and sick hostages taken by him us in the october 7th terror attacks and exchange for palestinian prisoners now whose office also said he's approved plans for a military operation and rough off in the s

my guest is jan egeland, secretary general of the norwegian refugee council.nerable?

that situation is just what the head of the norwegian refugee council, yan egeland, had warned me about earlier this week, yan egeland, welcome to the program from rafah. >> thank you very much. >> what is it like? like to be there and see it for the first time? we've heard a lot. we've seen pictures, we hear reports from inside. what are you seeing with your own eyes >> christiana you have to come to gaza to understand the devastation that tuition and the desperation of the people here >> i have never in my >> many, many s's network seen a place that has been shown bombarded for such a long time with such attract public relation without any escape. so people are traumatized beyond belief. they live under the most horrific conditions. i wasn't a school today with 50 people sleeping in a small classroom you know, 250, 200 people sharing one latrine and no real water. >> food >> too few mattresses, even we're trying to do all we can as the norwegian refugee council. >> but >> we're really, really overstretched in this ocean of needs you know, finally, the international community has start

the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council called for an end to the war in gaza. according to al jazeera , ian egeland declared the situation of the people of gaza to be critical he called for a ceasefire and facilitating the provision of aid to the people. in all the years of my life, i have never seen a crowded area with an escape route. they suffer from hunger. the situation is indescribable. because there has been no humanitarian aid in the north for a long time. 300,000 people are now living in the north of gaza and we do not have access to them. we want to move the aid away from the solution where the situation is very bad. but this is very difficult because every day only a few trucks carrying food arrive and many of them are looted. we need a ceasefire to be able to human work latin american space removed. the ministry of defense of chile announced: it is the government's decision to exclude israeli companies from the exhibition . the chilean government had previously recalled its ambassador from the occupied territories in protest of the unacceptable viol

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or you want to get more now from the norwegian refugee council spokesperson jane alone. she joins me from jerusalem. it's good to have you with this. i mean, what are you hearing from your colleagues on the ground regarding the humanitarian situation in josh, it's the situation continues to be desperate and growing more and more desperate the by day, as, as not enough is getting in and not enough aid is and in the end that is coming in isn't reaching all the people who are in desperate need. that situation is particularly dire in northern gaza, which has been effectively cut off from southern gaza since october. now 5 months in to this war we're, we're already hearing reports of a people dying of malnutrition, starvation. we only anticipate that as, as a, a continues to be the lead. getting in and not enough need is reaching people in need. that the numbers of, of people dying from starvation, dehydration, and preventable diseases that they are unable to find off because their bodies are too weak, will continue to grow. and those figures could even surpassed the 31000 pa

my guest is jan egeland, secretary general of the norwegian refugee council.the vulnerable?

initiative and verify and southern gaza use of how much goes advocacy officer at the norwegian refugee council and canterbury. jeffrey. nice and human rights lawyer who prosecute his former serbian liter solve it on the loss of a warm welcome to you all. and thanks so much for joining us today on inside store use of. let me start with you today. what's the situation like on the ground right now in the rough i and as the special rep or towards report do an accurate job of reflecting what palestinians and guys are facing right now. the. ready go, i've been being change except for those 2 days in the sense that we are passing through it on that's going to be a little. ready that to figured out figured it out the issue or the dishes better citizens will outside the box as well. but unfortunately, that doesn't happen. i'm not going to be changing. so we have more ways if the displacements from another area of the area also. yeah. unfortunately, we were hoping that this would be a box. unfortunately, this, it seems that it is or endless nightmare that i'm going to use in the but i'm going so in goes

let's speak now to shaina low who is a communication adviser at the norwegian refugee council.us a bit of a reaction to what you have been hearing about this potential port. how desperate is a situation now in gaza? the situation is incredibly — situation now in gaza? the situation is incredibly dire. _ situation now in gaza? the situation is incredibly dire. already, - situation now in gaza? the situation is incredibly dire. already, we - situation now in gaza? the situation is incredibly dire. already, we have | is incredibly dire. already, we have heard reports of 20 children dying from starvation and dehydration in northern gaza. we simply cannot wait and why we encourage all modes of aid delivery to the desperate publish in gaza, we note that it would be complex and possibly to get this temporary port up and running first test. as your correspondence that it may take up to month, and that it may take up to month, and thatis that it may take up to month, and that is time the people of gaza simply do not have. there are more easier and cost—efficient means to deliver and aid

the head of the norwegian refugee council, jan egeland, who has visited the area, says there is now aza. i think there is a famine in the north. yes. there is no other way to describe what has befallen on the 300,000 people who live in the ruins of the north and who haven't had really any aid for a very long time, because israel is not opening the border crossings from where we could have had hundreds and hundreds of trucks to feed the women, the children, the families, the innocent. i was there for three days, two nights. i was prepared for nightmare, but it is worse. it's much worse to be there to meet with the thousands of people who are trying to take your hand, get your attention, and to tell you, "we're starving here, we're dying here." "we will be attacked here." "we have fled five times to reach rafah," which is the southernmost point in the little gaza strip, and they've been under bombardment, you know, every day since mid—0ctober. it's... it's beyond belief. 0ur correspondne wyre davies injerusalem gave us more details on the ceasefire talks. well, look, it's relatively goo