my guest is palestinian ambassador to the un riyad mansour.e any prospect of change in the grim status quo? ambassador riyad mansour, at un headquarter in new york, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. let me begin with a very grim figure. it now seems 140 palestinians, at least, have been killed by israeli forces during protests that began in march along the gaza—israel border. is it not time now for senior palestinians such as yourself to make a clear call to all palestinians in gaza to stop those protests, in the interests of saving life? well, i think you have a situation where it is in the interests of saving lives that israel should stop killing palestinian civilians, and injuring more than 15,000 since 30 march. and the international community is on the side of this kind of articulation, because when we went to the security council seeking protection for the civilian population from the israeli attacks and aggression against our civilian population, the great majority of members of the security council endorsed the draft resolu

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