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The Honorable Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, describes the dire situation in Gaza, calling for an immediate ceasefire and an end to aggression. He highlights the high number of casualties, damage to infrastructure, and the displacement of people. Zomlot accuses Israel of using starvation and disease as weapons of war, leading to a humanitarian crisis. He emphasizes the need for a political and legal solution, including the International Court of Justice's involvement and the implementation of UN resolutions. Zomlot also addresses the root cause of the conflict, Israel's occupation and colonization of Palestinian land. He calls for massive humanitarian and rebuilding efforts to make Gaza livable again.
@DrMadsGilbert - Dr. Mads Gilbert
Listen carefully to the Honorable Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Ambassador to the UK: An apocalyptic situation in Gaza! The only hope is an immediate ceasefire. Comprehensive. Permanent. Stop the aggression. Any other issues are secondary. The normalisation of mass killing of children, mass destruction of homes, schools; the normalisation of starvation, of the use of diseases as a weapon, is the most dangerous thing that has happened since WW2. (Notes from press conference in London, Jan. 16. 2024: full video below, including Q&A) • 85.000 killed/wounded in a hundred days! • 850 killed/wounded per day, a large percentage women and children • 70% of people's housings damaged • Civilian infrastructure destroyed • Gaza has been made unliveable • 85% forcefully displaced, still being bombed in “safe areas” • The displaced forced to live in tents • No running water, electricity or fuel due to the Israeli siege • Barely food, 2,3 million people are being starved • 93% now suffer from hunger and malnutrition • Only eight of 38 Palestinian hospitals are partially functioning • Infectious diseases are reaching pandemic dimensions Israel uses starvation & and disease as a weapon of war. Destruction of healthcare causes deaths due to lack of regular medical care. Scale and timeframe are unprecedented. Also increased attacks on the West Bank. Deliberate genocide and ethnic cleansing. Israel has shown intent and execution, and talks about Amalek. US/UK are supporting starvation and extermination of an entire population. Israel engaged in a war of vengeance and political survival of Netanyahu. They say “no one will stop them”. Israel will not respect the highest court of the human family. There is no military solution. There is only a political and legal solution. All eyes are on the International Court of Justice (ICJ), thanks to South Africa. This is the first serious international effort to give Palestinians equal rights in 75 years. UN Security Council has for decades failed to implement its own resolutions on Palestine. 80 resolutions stand unimplemented. UN need to implement its resolutions. No negotiations are needed. Remove the US veto on Palestine and allow it to become a full member state. First, address the immediate cause: The aggression on Gaza, this atrocious, murderous campaign. Then the military occupation and colonisation of Palestine. "Address the root cause: Israel's illegal and brutal military occupation of Palestinian land, the theft of our resources the subjugation of our people, the oppression of our people, the apartheid regime they have erected, the besiegement of our entire population in Gaza and all other documented violations for 75 years.” "Who will take a stance for international law? …Anyone who blocks this venue supports violence.” “This is the first time in history that a genocide is recorded by the people who were executed." “The issue is not religion. Religion is innocent. This is not a Muslim-Jewish issue. The issue is the oppression.” “All settlements and settlers are illegal.” Massive humanitarian efforts are needed. A humongous rebuilding effort is required. Want to be able to send children to school, and hospitals, to make Gaza liveable again. On the question on pro-Palestinian demonstrations and the media's headlines regarding arrests: “A few arrests from hundreds of thousands of people. Let's not desecrate the only beautiful thing that happened in the last hundred days, which is the outpouring, raw emotions and solidarity of ordinary people and families." Ambassador Husam Zomlot: @hzomlot Video by Guardian News, @guardiannews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAjdqgDRmqM
Video Transcript AI Summary
The speaker discusses the dire situation in Gaza due to Israel's war, highlighting the high number of Palestinian casualties and the extensive damage to infrastructure. They emphasize the deliberate use of starvation and diseases as weapons of war, leading to a humanitarian crisis. The speaker calls for an immediate, sustainable, and comprehensive ceasefire, along with international efforts to address Gaza's urgent needs and rebuild the area. They stress the importance of accountability and the need for a political and legal solution to the conflict. The speaker also mentions the ongoing legal cases against Israel at the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. They express hope for a change in international leadership and a renewed commitment to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Speaker 0: Good morning, good day. Before I take your questions, allow me to say a few words. We have just passed a 100 days of Israel's war of choice on Gaza. Some 85,000 Palestinians have been killed or wounded so far. That amounts to 850 people killed or wounded every single day.
The vast majority are women and children. This does not even include Innocent people under the rubble, missing or uncounted for. Israel has damaged and destroyed 70% of Gaza's housing stock. The damage to Gaza's civilian infrastructure has been comprehensive. Hospitals, Schools, universities, UN facilities, offices, Shops, water treatment plants, mosques, church churches, and so on.
This is the plan Israel began implementing a 100 days ago to make Gaza unlivable. Alas, the plan is succeeding. Some 1,900,000 people, That is 85% of Gaza's population have been displaced to the south of Gaza, primarily Rafah, and are still bombed regularly even though these are supposed to be safe areas. They now They now stay in tents, overcrowded UN facilities, Schools, public spaces, homes of friends and relatives wherever they can. There is no running water anywhere in Gaza or electricity and barely any fuel.
Food assistance is only trickling in because Israel's blockage and preventing access under the pretext of security. Gaza's entire population of 2,300,000 is being starved. 93% Face crisis level of hunger and malnutrition. 93% I'm quoting you, International Organizations, UN. Infectious diseases brought about by contaminated water, A lack of hygiene and overcrowding is already becoming a pandemic.
A pandemic. Cases of cholera, respiratory illnesses, diarrhea, scabies, Abetitis, chickenpox are all soaring. This will only get worse during the cold winter months. Gaza's ability to treat people is and has been limited. As you all know, Out of the 38 hospitals, only 8 are functioning partially.
Israel has decimated the health sector. Combined, these are deliberate policies of starvation and diseases used as a weapon of war, used as a weapon of war. And we have no final count yet of the innocent people who have died because of the lack of health, treatment, health care, starvation, diseases, pandemics, and what have you. The numbers I quoted earlier was only those who have been killed and wounded directly because of Israeli air strikes on fire. But I assure you the numbers of those who have been killed Because they were not treated for their cancer or they didn't get the the dialysis for their kidney failure is going to be shocking.
An entire population has been sentenced to death or mass exposure, Exactly as top Israeli officials have been saying since the beginning of this aggression and even before Even before 7th October, using starvation as a weapon of war has happened before. It happened in Ukraine in the thirties. It happened in Sarajevo in the nineties. It has happened in many other places, but never never in history of mankind in such a short span of time and at this scale. Along with the wholesale destruction of Gaza, Israeli onslaught on the West Bank is at a pace.
Engineering, in Nablus, in Jerusalem, in Hebrew, Khalil, everywhere. But the whole destruction of Gaza is a deliberate genocide and ethnic cleansing, Very deliberate, the intent and the execution. Despite this unprecedented man made Humanitarian disaster, we see no serious efforts by the most important international actors to bring about an immediate, sustainable, comprehensive, and permanent ceasefire. We do not see efforts to bring about an immediate and comprehensive Blasting cease fire. Without an immediate cease fire, there is no hope.
Immediate, comprehensive, permanent. Without that immediate ceasefire, we see no hope of addressing the apocalyptic situation in Gaza. Nothing comes before an immediate ceasefire. All those who want to discuss other issues are missing the point. I'm not helping.
This remains our top top priority. In parallel to demanding a an immediate permanent ceasefire, there has to be a massive International humanitarian efforts to address Gaza's acute needs alongside a huge Huge, humongous reconstruction efforts to make the area livable again. So families can send their kids to school again. They can send their children to hospitals to be treated again. Unlike doctor Beseso, who had to operate on his on her on her on her daughter without anesthesia, Amputating her leg, and I'm sure many of you have seen that horrifying image.
We must make Gaza livable again and as soon as possible. Unfortunately, countries like the US and the UK I've so far resisted calling for an immediate ceasefire. Do these countries really want to support What I have just described, this is the only meaning of it. Starvation, displacement, extermination, Extermination of an entire population. With the UN Security Council at a stalemate because of the US vetoes, All eyes are now on the International Court of Justice, ICG.
South Africa's case against Israel at the ICJ is the first serious international effort At ending this appalling situation and demanding accountability After 75 years of being denied, our basic rights equal to all other peoples. This is the first serious attempt. It came about because the international community has failed In its duty to protect civilians as per their own commitments and responsibilities as contracting parties to the international order to the rules based international order. It came about because the UN Security Council has, For decades, failed to implement its own resolutions on Palestine. For decades, More than 80 UN Security Council resolutions, all stand unimplemented.
Let's be clear. Israel chose to conduct a war of vengeance, of genocidal rage. In fact, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not only conducting a war of vengeance, but a war for his own political survival. Netanyahu has already plainly stated that No one and nothing no one and nothing, not the ICJ, not any other country We'll prevent him from pursuing this genocidal aggression to its end. He has publicly stated that.
In other words, Israel has been clear that it does not intend to respect the findings of the highest Arbitral of international law in the world, the highest court of the globe, The highest judicial authority for our human family. And this is not just in the last 100 days. Israel has refused to cooperate with any international investigations for 75 years. Israel wants to reserve for itself judgment about who is violating international law and international humanitarian law. Israel wants to be the only referee of its own crimes, War crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, and the West let it do so.
Certain key Western governments have let Israel do so. It is clear from the way Israel has conducted its war, its aggression, that it is regularly and openly violating the laws of war, violating international law, violating international humanitarian law, violating our very basic human values, our universal values. The UK has to be the United Kingdom has to be clear about these violations. The UK and the rest of the world must be consistent about international law, Must be consistent about accountability. Must be consistent about the way forward.
Things do not add up. We are working with our people, Our allies, friends, brothers and sisters in the region and in the international community To ensure there will be no forced displacement of Palestinians outside of our homeland, that's a top priority Next 2, followed by an immediate permanent ceasefire. There must be there must not be There must not be another mass expulsion of Palestinians like the Nakba of 1948. Never again. Never again.
70% of our nation were Ethnically cleansed in 1948. We shall not see that experience again, and we will not. Let me assure all of you here the following. There is no military solution to this. Israel has been at it for 75 years.
It has failed and will continue to fail despite the backing of the US and other countries. No military solution to this. There is only a political and legal solution. The legal solution is being sought as we speak in the ICJ, in the ICC, the National Criminal Court, and in the Human Rights Council, the UN Human Rights Council, among many other legal institutions. Let me remind you that long before 7th October, the state of Palestine, which I represent here today, Ask the ICC to investigate war crimes during the and after Israel's 2014 Aggression on Gaza.
So our case is there at the ICC. We have given full mandate and jurisdiction For the ICC to investigate all war crimes, all crimes committed in the occupied land of Palestine. And the ICC has been dragging its feet since 2014. We also referred the legal situation in the occupied territory for an advisory opinion at the ICJ, at the International Court of Justice, to rule on Israel's illegal occupation just last year, a case is already there. So we have been reverting to international legality.
We believe in the power of international law. We need the international judicial system to come in with full force, with equal application of international rules. This is on a very important track. That's why We welcome South Africa's case in the ice seizure because we believe in the legal track to be a key trap because we believe accountability has been missing for 75 years. And short of reinforcing accountability, We will revisit the horrors we are living today.
The political solution should come In irreversible and credible steps, irreversible and credible steps, There needs to be a clear decision decision, resolution in the Security Council, in the UN Security Council to implement its own resolutions. Enough. One, to remove the US veto on the state of Palestine, assuming its rightful our rightful Position as a full member of the United Nations. Because of the US veto, we are now a state in the UN system, but a non member state. That has this veto has to be removed.
2, To recognize the state of Palestine on the 1967 borders, and we are recognized by a 141 countries. That's the absolute vast majority of the world. The rest is a club you know very well. The rest is a club you know very well, US, UK, Western Europe. If you are serious about 2 states, and we'll come to the 2 states in the conversation.
Either we are serious about these resolutions or the whole foundation of the international system is hollowed out, simply hollowed out. This is the biggest stress test of the international order since its founding in 1940 in the in the mid forties, since the second World War, Biggest stressors, both at the political level, I e, UN Security Council, and the legal level, the ICJ and the ICC. The implementation of UN resolutions can then be addressed at an international conference, peace conference, that will discuss timetables, underwritings, guarantees, security, empowerment of existing national institutions, and enforcement of international resolutions. None of the above none of it Includes or needs a process or endless negotiations. There is a consensus about where we should go.
All what we need is implementation and enforcement and international will to do so. For 35 years, my friends, the world has said it It supports the end of Israel's occupation. I'm talking about the world, consensus, from the far west to the far east, from the far north to the far south. Consensus supports the end of Israel's occupation that began in 1967, the establishment of independent sovereign state of Palestine with Jerusalem as its capital and a fair resolution to the issue of Palestinian refugees in accordance with international resolutions. What is there to negotiate?
What is there to negotiate? Have you do you ever ever recall Any other place where international resolutions have been negotiated. You negotiate when there is a dispute. There is no dispute here. It is time to stop paying lib paying lib service, and I'm addressing the the international community here.
Paying lip service and start getting serious. This is the time. Now is the time. The state of Palestine is ready. The state of Palestine is ready to take charge of the whole territory of the West Bank, Israel, and Gaza Immediately.
The state of Palestine has the capacity. We do have the capacity and institutions to do so with international support, of course. And I refer you to many international studies in the last many years, including the World Bank, that have said that we have built, Still under occupation, national institutions at the level of middle income, free, independent, sovereign countries. So please don't talk to us about capacity because we can we have it, and we can build it further. However, we refuse any military any military or partial solutions for Gaza.
Gaza is an integral part of the state of Palestine, of the Palestinian territory. Any role for the state of Palestine has to come in the context of independence and sovereignty. We do not accept Israel's goal to separate Gaza carve Gaza from the rest of Palestine, that has been a constant goal for decades. Israel wants to spread the conflict, and this is very serious, very real, and very dangerous. Netanyahu wants to drag everyone into his own political calculations and survival, and you've seen what has happened over the last few days weeks.
And they want to spread the conflict not only for the surviving of Netanyahu, but because they have no, they they have no political solution. There is no solution agenda on the table so far in Israel. Its allies should not help it in that direction, shouldn't? Its allies should once and for all get serious about addressing the root cause of the conflict, namely Israel's illegal and brutal military occupation of Palestinian land, the theft of our resources, the subjugation of our people, the oppression of our people, The apartheid regime, they have erected the besiegement of our entire population in Gaza and all the violations you will know and record it and document. And as you all know, this has been happening for 75 years.
Only that way lies peace. The real question is who is prepared to take a serious stand for international law and for peace? That is a question we are asking at this point in time. And with that, I'll take your Questions? Thank you.
Okay, we'll start with Ipa. Our, our issue is not religious. Religion is absolutely innocent of this situation. This is not a Muslim Jewish issue. It's a ridiculous proposition to assume that We have an issue with Israel because of their identity.
We have an issue with Israel because of the identity of the oppressors. That's not true. The issue is with the fact of our oppression. It could be any identity, And therefore, we would want to warn any leaders of using such language. As I tried to outline before, Our issue is legal and political.
It has nothing to do with relations. I have been seeing The outpouring support here in the UK including the massive demonstrations and I assure you there's considerable number of Jewish brothers and sisters who take part in these demos all the time. So this divisive politics between this religious group and that religious group does not help. Doesn't help.
Speaker 1: Hello. It's Yikhan Khomeini from Channel 4 News. I realize it's difficult to contemplate, the day after the war, in the midst of the war, in the midst of my suffering, But I wonder if you could share any insight into the conversations that have been taking place between, particularly, American officials and PA officials About what role there could be for the PA in the future? What's the PA response and suggestions be to that? What kind of suggestions
Speaker 0: Thank you very much. Issues of revitalizing Palestinian national institutions is a purely internal matter. Any international intervention would be extremely counterproductive because it's meddling. We have our national institutions. We have our legitimate institutions.
We have the PLO that represents all Palestinians inside and outside. The PLO It's not only recognized as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people by the region and the world by but first and foremost, by our people. Not one Palestinian challenges the legitimacy of the PLO. Of course, we are not perfect. Who is?
Name me one government that is perfect. We need to make sure that our institutions are at the level that our people expect, but that's a purely Palestinian national matter, internal Palestinian national Matter. Yes. We heard many things from the US in conversations. We had we had many, promises, many vows, And so far, they have been unimplemented.
From the US wanting Israel to downscale and Start stopping its aggression, which has not happened. Israel is doubling down. All the way to simple issues Like, Israel stopped the piracy on our own money, you know, the the the tax they collect on our behalf, and they have been withholding For the last 3 months, the US said from day 1, this has to be, repaid. It's your money. It's not their money.
Even that, The US couldn't get through Israel. And therefore, this poses a serious question about the US's ability An influence on Israel despite the fact that, the US is the biggest political, legal, material, military Bakr of Israel. Almost most of Israel's weaponry, including all these 2,000 pounds pounds sorry, Towns, bombs that are falling on the heads of our families are American made. So either America doesn't Use its leverage or doesn't know how to use its leverage? Please.
Speaker 2: Hi.
Speaker 1: Tools in Israel's favor.
Speaker 0: There is no way the ICJ would rule in Israel's favor. There is no possible legal way. This was the first time in history that a genocide has been recorded by the people who were executed, transmitted life all over the world. There is no way Israel can hide its intent of committing genocide. There is no way on Earth From the prime minister provoking invoking the Amalek just the first day of the aggression To the defense minister with his hands saying that I've just got water, electricity, fuel, gasoline, everything, all the way to members of the cabinet, Knesset.
And therefore, This is a defining moment. Should the ICJ stick to its legal mandate and succeed in its ruling, it have succeeded for itself and for the international order, for the rules based international order. Should it fail, I think it would have failed itself, its mandate and the entire Rules based order. Please, BBC. Sorry, I'll come to all of you.
BBC.
Speaker 3: It's clearly it's gonna take years before they rule on genocide. It's a legal mountain, for the South Africans to climb. You know that. Everyone knows that. What are your actual practical hopes for the outcome of the ICJ?
Are you more interested in what they might do in terms of Issuing provisional orders, in the coming weeks because waiting for 4 years for a genocide verdict is not very useful, is it?
Speaker 0: It isn't and that's why the South African case was very clear. They presented a case in 2 forms. The first is provisional measures that the court should issue a temporary injunction to stop the genocide until the merit of genocide is being investigated. I agree that the second part will take some time and the process of courts are usually lengthy. But the first one, as per the very mandate of the ICJ should be very short and should be looked at within days or maximum few weeks.
And therefore, it is that part that we are waiting for. We want to see an immediate injunction for Israel to stop. Now many would say that Israel did not heed the ICJ before. Israel may not heed the ICJ now, But the legal and political ramification of an IC decision for an immediate injunction of the aggression and the genocide would have consequences, and we would build on it. This is not going to be maybe a knockdown effect or a knockout effect, but it's a major, major step in the right direction for 2 things.
1st is stopping This carnage because nobody else did. It's not like we have other options. No one else did. And for the sake of accountability. And here, accountability is key, my friend.
It's very key. We must make sure that what has taken place over the last 100 These 100 days will never ever happen again, all of us, including you in the media. These atrocities, the normalization of mass killing of children, the normalization of mass destruction of homes, schools, The normalization of starvation, the normalization of the use of diseases as a weapon is the most dangerous thing that happened in our history since the World War 2 and even before. And to ensure that this does not ever happen again, we must make sure that those who has who have done so are brought to justice. That's the best way to do so and perhaps the only way to do so.
We need accountability, so we bring justice to the victims, but we also need deterrent. And you tell me what would be the best deterrent. The best deterrent is a nonviolent legal act at the ICJ. South Africa and before the the state of Palestine were using these legitimate legal means, so we don't Give way to others to use different means. You see?
This is everybody who blocks that venue Is somebody who is promoting violence? That's the bear that's the actual truth that needs to be conveyed and portrayed there. Now, Okay. I'll come to you.
Speaker 2: It's Rafi You expect the UK to be clear about Israel's violations of the laws of war, and you certainly presented a very strong Case and position this morning. In reality, prime minister Rishi Sunak Has, rejected the South African accusation of genocide against Israel. The UK opposes a ceasefire. So do you feel, let down by the UK? And Ulf, do you feel that your message has perhaps failed to penetrate, the U.
K. Decision makers? And secondly, if you don't mind, The Home Secretary, as you all know, has, is to ban his batariah, at the end of this week, Almost certainly. I'd like to know your response to that whether you condone that or you Disagree with that, the banning of this group.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Rafi. Well, as I said, we want to see a U. K. Policy that is consistent and clear, and we don't see that. On the one hand, we hear the UK prime minister Rishi Sonak and others saying that, you know, the ICJ Has no mandate.
Israel's there is the case against Israel of genocide does not stand. They say that. Right? You just quoted them. They appointed the it's a self appointment as international just judges.
It's intervention and interven interference in the international Judicial system. But when they are asked, does Israel violate international law, like, only couple of days ago in the parliament, they say, oh, we're not lawyers. We don't intervene. This has to be left to the experts. This is the inconsistency.
This is the double standards. This is the selectivity. This is the hypocrisy. Also, the inconsistency in many other, forms. Only recently, the UK government has announced a new policy, significant and welcomed, that they will ban Violent settlers from accessing the UK.
They will be both on a blacklist, welcomed. Serious policy. In my opinion, that was a very significant moment because you know why? Not because of the policy itself, but this is the first time in 75 Yes. The UK takes any step that has to do with sanctions the first time Yet and we have said publicly, and I repeat it here, that policy needs to be more comprehensive because there is no such a thing as good settlers and bad settlers.
All settlers are illegal. All settlements are illegal. All these entities and those who reside in it are very clearly defined in international law as war crimes. This is not us defining it. This is the 4 Geneva Convention divided defining it.
The transfer of the occupying power population to the occupied land is a war crime. Yet I have just said this is this was a significant Development. Where is the inconsistency here? Only last Wednesday, the UK government pushes ahead A legislation using the power of the law, a legislation in the parliament that has been voted in the 3rd and final reading last Wednesday, So they curb public bodies here and perhaps others from divesting from these illegal settlements, from taking any step to actually mark that these for the products of these settlements are illegal. It's such a, it's such a bill that, number 1, gives Another layer of protection to the illegal settlement products, those who work in settlements, illegal settlers, a hue a a new level of protection, shielding.
And furthermore, it says, and this law does not apply if a new government comes in office, I. E, because the beginning of the legislation says, any public body, what have you, has to be in line with the the the government policy. Ironically, the government policy does not call for the sanctions on the settlement products and activities transactions. So Israel was unfortunately shielded by the first part, but they go even further to say even if a government changes its policy, Israel remains to be the exception. Unbelievable.
Furthermore, they erase any distinction between Israel, the occupied territories, and the Golan Heights. They put it in one sentence, one paragraph, one item as the exception. This is the inconsistency. Where are you exactly? Do you consider Israel's occupation of the 1967 borders to be a military occupation and colonization?
Where are you exactly? I tell you, there is such inconsistency in the UK policy That I, as an ambassador here to my country and to for my people, I no longer understand if you ask me what is the UK policy vis a vis Palestine. I don't. Inconsistent. Contradictory.
I don't have much details about that. I really don't. Wow. This is a this is to
Speaker 2: come as trial.
Speaker 0: This this is a this this is this is a UK matter, and, I'll be looking I'll be looking I'll I'll be I'll be, yes. I am the Palestinian ambassador, so I comment on Palestinian issues that has to do with the UK. Go ahead. I'm sorry. I think you came late.
You came after because I have many hands here. I'm sorry. I have many hands here.
Speaker 1: Emma Blanche from CBS News. Yes. In December, the Palestinian Authority Prime Minister, Manushai, said Hamas is an integral part of the Palestinian holiday. I know again it's hard to talk about the day after and administer The gas of the future, would you still hold that view? Yes.
And following on from that, how do you view an administration who will have reformed a mass reform Palestinian authority?
Speaker 0: Hamas Is a Palestinian matter, not an international matter? And only a Palestinian national institution, A Palestinian internal process will integrate, will deal with that, not international and external Intervention. Hamas is not just its military wing. Hamas is also an idea, an ideology. And if you want to challenge that idea, you have to present a different idea.
And there has been many efforts, many Attempts at reconciliation in the past, only few months before the October 7th in July, there was an initiative by our President, President Mahmoud Abbas, bringing all heads of various factions including the heads of Hamas and El Alamein in Egypt, and the discussion is ongoing. The idea is Hamas needs to be part of the PLO and needs to respect and abide by the PLO's provisions and the PLO's responsibilities.
Speaker 2: Just to expand on that question. So would you see HomeAstra's having a kind of specific Legal institutional role in running Gaza after the conflict.
Speaker 0: Hamas is a political faction and a military wing. The institutions that should run Gaza, Jerusalem, and the West Bank is the institutions of the State of Palestine, And Hamas needs to be brought to the Palestinian National Institutions in an internal national reconciliation process that ensures that all of us are committed to the very agenda, the principles, the commitments of the PLO for its own people, our agenda which is very clear and for the international law. So issues of governments has got to be in the hands of the state of Palestine and the institutions of the state of Palestine. Thank you, Alberto. And just a
Speaker 1: follow-up, can you talk about impact pressure on PA to All these conversations going on, is there pressure being put on the PPA to come up with new names for a prime
Speaker 0: I can't share with you compositions, Andrew, but I can tell you the following. I can tell you our position. Our position is the problem is not picking a name and choosing another name. That's not the problem. And the prime minister we have now is a very capable a national figure.
This is not about personalities. This is about changing the whole dynamics. In my opinion, if you bring Nelson Mandela back and Hand them the keys. They will not succeed given the dynamics now. So the issue is not to always do what the International community has done for a long time.
This is a movie we have seen for a 100 times, for a 1000 times. Whenever the international community fails to pressure Israel, They turned their eyes into Palestinians, and they say, oh, only if you fix this and that you have issues here and have issues there. And remember what have happened with, our late president Yasser Arafat and the decisement and the killing of Yasser under the same pretext. We have our institutions. We have our leaders.
We have our people, And our people demand many things. By the way, our the Palestinian people are their expectations is very high, I assure you. And the pressure the main pressure is internal, But the external side of the pressure, is is not very helpful. Why? Because part of that argument, Andrew, is not just to export the crisis and the failure to pressure Israel upon us.
And let's see if we have a new government. Maybe things will change. Things will not change unless you tackle the root causes unless you tackle the root causes. And if you want to talk about regime change and if you want to talk about renewal, Did you hear anybody from the international community talking about Israeli government? Seriously?
We have the the most renowned members of our cabinet right now, respected and adhering to international law and resolutions and in line with international consensus. Can you apply that on Smotresh or Bangvir, Andrew, or Netanyahu? So stop this. Stop it. And there is another side to this.
There's another major side to this, which is a very implicit line all through That for some reason, we are the only exception on Earth, whereby our rights are conditioned upon some sort of behavior. Shall I say it again? Our rights are conditioned upon some sort of behavior, I. E. The Palestinians has they have to behave in a certain manner, which is according to their occupier's judgment For them to be worthy worthy, the right of self determination.
For them to be worthy, the right to return. For them to be worthy, a state. This is utter nonsense. Nonsense. We have been behaving, however, but even if we misbehave, Even if we misbehave, our right to self determination is a bad right, has nothing to do with how tall are we, How wide are we?
How good are we? How bad are we? How good managed or mismanaged we? I haven't heard this in any other case. So it is very important to call out that logic.
And in my opinion, that logic is very designed. It's orchestrated. It's meant. It's in built in the whole process of Israeli led, US led, so called peace processes, And it is meant to block the final outcome. I say it before.
I say it again, Andrew. We are not perfect. Who is? And there is a lot that needs to be done. But I assure you, if you now have an initiative Whereby the world is ready to implement its own resolutions, their own resolutions, over a 2 state solution on the 1967 borders, You will find Palestine ready to implement that, and you will find the Israeli government completely and utterly unready to do so.
Okay. I'm gonna have to divert here or my friend and my friend. Guardian.
Speaker 1: Before the formal statement.
Speaker 0: Well, it's clear. It's very clear. They there were 2 agendas for the last 35 years. The first is the Palestinian And with us, the entire international community, that agenda was going towards back rolling Israeli occupation, colonization, and establishing a state of Palestine and resolving all outstanding issues in according to international resolutions, legitimacy, consensus. That's the first agenda, and that's why we went to the Madrid Peace Conference under the US auspices and mediation at the time, if you remember, in other major countries, and then the Oslo Agreements in the also post.
The second agenda, which started shortly after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, Shortly after so, the whole thing, this first agenda was was lived for a year, a year and a half, and then Isaac Rabeel was assassinated. And who was elected? Benjamin Netanyahu. Remember? 1996.
There comes the second agenda. You're talking about a quarter of a century now, 25 years of Netanyahu's government. In and out, but he was the Key sort of decider of the direction of travel Israel was taking and that agenda is an agenda that is anti two state solution that is, based on bypassing the Palestinian issue. Remember all that he has done and the normalization and what have you. Bypassing the Palestinian issue, having us as the biggest elephant in the room, but don't talk about it, And slowly, slowly build what the record charter says, the greater Israel project from the river to the sea.
That's the second agenda. And why I'm explaining all that? Because within these within the second agenda, there comes Netanyahu's Israeli successive government's obsession With maintaining Palestinian geographic and political divisions, do I need to give you details? Knows about this more than anyone else. Netanyahu was enabling cash to go into Gaza because he has said it publicly in the case that he wants to see the Palestinians continue being divided, fragmented.
That's why we need to empower the first agenda, And that's why the only legitimate entity that takes over is a state of Palestine that is there to protect and provide for its people In Gaza, in Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and in the diaspora in exile, a state of Palestine that is an agent and and and agency for their people. That is the source of legitimacy. Now about the practicality, all what it takes is a bit of political will, and I outlined the process of starting at a global, global decision that sends a clear message in the Security Council, and then we work the little details. But the time of trying to create several authorities, the the time to play on the on the fragmentation is gone It's gone. The entity, the agency that should take care of our people is the state of Palestine.
The government of that state is the PLO in interim because the PLO is the sole legitimate representation of every Palestinian, the 13 +1000000 boss, inside and outside. And the PLO will be tasked to convene elections for, for the government of the state of Palestine once elections are possible. Okay. I'll come to Bert Patrick, and then I'll come to Hi. Thank you very much.
Speaker 1: It's Patrick. And, thank you, Do you think it's right there will be no negative electoral impact for labor? And what damage is being done to the U. K.
Speaker 0: Well, all what I can say about the UK Labour Party is that we are We expect the current leadership to be true to its own base. We know where the labor base is. The labor base is with An international or internationalist agenda, the Labour Base is with a fair, just solution to the issue of Palestine. The Labour Base is with the Labour Party committing to international law and committing to the provision of international law such as the ICJ. The, the labor base is also with sanctions, being enforced on any illegal, transactions, including settlements and the settlers might tell you, the companies working in the settlements, there has been numerous conferences, congresses of the Labour Party, numerous resolutions throughout the last so many years.
So we expect the Labour leadership to reflect the depth of feeling and the policies of its own base and its own values. That's what we truly expect. And of a leader of the Labour Party, Sir Kirsztama, who is himself a lawyer specialized in international humanitarian law, so he knows best, and we hope that will be reflected more and more in his and their policies in the time to come. As for the issue of the damage the reputational damage of the U. K, I've said this to senior very senior UK ministers and officials that, as far as the perception in the region, damage has been done.
Damage has been done. And, the perception is that the UK It's always quick to shield Israel. The perception is that the U. K. Is Unable, unwilling to focus primarily on the root cause, and the U.
K. Has not held in the call for a ceasefire. However, there is a long history here, a very long history, goes back many, many decades ago. And I hope that that perception is going to be fixed, attended to, altered, reversed, very soon. We believe that the UK has a role to play.
We believe the UK, was the pin holder of International diplomacy. You have one of the best diplomatic, core diplomatic Capacity in the world, you are a founder of the international system, the post World War 2 international system. I keep reminding myself and others that the 1st UN General Assembly did not take place in in San Francisco or New York. It took place here in London in the Methodist Church in Westminster Square, the first UN general secretary was British. And therefore, We are really hoping that the U.
K. Would and by the way, the U. K. Was the penholder up until recently. We are hoping that the U.
K. Will return to be that to be a force of enforcing international legality and international rules. And that in itself will take care over the issue of reputational damage. Yes. And and then I'll Okay.
We'll take the last three questions. Okay. Well, from day 1 from day 1, we have been warning that the aggression on Gaza, if not stopped, Well spread. The West Bank, including Jerusalem, is on a tipping point. Literally, Israel is invading towns, refugee camps all over the West Bank, and you are following, provoking, killing, maiming, arresting.
You're talking about 1,000. So it's a matter of time when pressure will. We have been warning from this becoming regional because we know Netanyahu would want to make it regional, And we know, that, his allies, might have to actually be dragged into his walls and his calculations. So we warn that the spread of this is going to be damaging, And the only way, the only way to stop the spread is to stop the aggression on Gaza, a ceasefire immediate. And we need to stop as an international community to deal with the symptoms symptoms.
We have got to go straight to the cause, not the symptoms. The the immediate cause Is the aggression on Gaza, this atrocious, murderous campaign? That's the immediate cause. As for the actual cause, it is, as I have described, the military occupation and the colonization. Okay.
Please. And then
Speaker 1: And how can you explain to us the the the answer between the British a call for ceasefire. How can you explain this to us?
Speaker 0: What was the first question, sorry?
Speaker 1: About the International Center of Justice
Speaker 0: I don't have the details about the International Center For Justice for Palestinians. I'll leave it to them to comment on that, but I can assure you of our complete support for the legal track. We need to leverage, utilize, benefit from the legal track, from the court system everywhere possible. So we hope that courts, judicial institutions will be a place where we stop the Madness, the carnage, the atrocities. As for the, as for the public, the British public, I very much Agree that this is the most empowering, inspiring, and strategic, development that happened since a 100 days, Seeing 100 of 1,000, millions, not only in London, but all over the UK and the world, is a scene that reminds us of the anti apartheid movement.
And like that of South Africa anti apartheid movement, some governments came very late in supporting the anti apartheid war. It is often the people who actually start A movement. It is often the people who side with justice. It is often the people, not politicians, who actually create dynamics, Power pressure to change the course of history and to free Nelson Mandela. Remember?
So I take what happens in the streets of London very strategically very strategically. You know why? And I believe Britain is the most strategically relevant place for our movement for Palestine because the anti apartheid movement emanated from London. It was the British people who led the anti apartheid movement. And I believe given the history, given the Balfour Declaration, that colonial Declaration.
The arrogance of the British Empire, promising our land without consulting us and turning us the natives that who have lived there for millennials, for millennia, the birthplace of Christianity And almost every other civilization, the crossroad of civilizations turned us into non Jewish minorities. Therefore, the the historic, Legal, political, moral relevance of Britain cannot be overstated on the one hand. On the other hand, the British people are known for their, quest for justice, fairness, Exposed and very well read, London is known for its being the hub of international activism, The hub of international civil society, you you very, very complex set of institutions. The hub of international media, look at you here. And therefore, we are in the right place at the right time with the right people to Be with this movement, be part of this change, and I, for one, believe that this is the best hope we have to change the positions of the government here and elsewhere.
I'll delay the behind, and then we will Okay. BBC wants to come back. Thank you. Paul.
Speaker 1: Christine, TV news. There's a lot of support, in the public, especially here in London with, pro
Speaker 0: Thank you, Christina, and thank you for being here from GB. I have taken part in almost every demonstration, and I was a speaker in in most of them, if not. I mean, the central words. I haven't seen, you know, chantings that people are accusing these people. I have seen love.
I have seen love. I have seen commitment to international legality. I have seen diversity. I have seen unity. I have seen all colors, all religions.
I have seen many, many Jewish brothers and sisters in these demos and not just for the last 100 days, but for the last 75 years with us. I have the I have seen the best Britain offers. The way Britain did this to the South Africans is is the way British people are doing it to Palestine. And attempts to conflate And to use 1 person here and 2 individuals there to conflate and to actually frame Millions is a very bad exercise. We should focus on the millions, not the 2, 3 individuals.
The millions are calling out For an immediate ceasefire, that is something so humane. That is something so British. That is something that should be hailed and respected. The millions are demanding an end of Israel's occupation. That is the policy of the UK.
That is the international consensus resolutions. And the millions are promising to create an agency to put pressure on all that to happen. So let's not defame and defile and desecrate the most beautiful thing that happened over the the only beautiful thing that happened in the last 100 days, which is the outpouring raw emotions and principal solidarity of ordinary mother. You know, I was walking last Saturday. How many how many mothers with their babies with their, you know, iPads, playing around?
It was Britain there. It was ordinary families. And the media here are I've seen all the headlines. The media would start 6 arrests at you see, the framing? 6 arrests.
Okay. There were half a1000000. There is always an attempt to focus on the French, not the bark, not the heart. We need to stop that, Christina. We need to really, really give these people what they are what they are oath of respect, admiration because so far, they are the best hope we have.
Okay, I will have to choose Paul and our friend from Memo, Nassim, and that's it.
Speaker 3: Ambassador, before October 7th, the case of Palestine almost vanished from the international agenda. The the the phrase, the 2 state solution, had almost entirely disappeared. Now it's back every day, day in, day out. You have the Saudis The case before, do you feel that this is actually a moment of opportunity? Do you feel any optimism But out of the dreadful things that happened in the last 3 or 4 months, something bad will emerge?
Speaker 0: Yes. With a capital letter. Yes. Because anybody who thought that they could bypass the Palestinian issue has at least stopped thinking so. And any anyone who thought that Israel's military might is the solution, And I mean anybody including in the Israeli ranks and files have to think again.
Anybody who thinks that the Occupation could turn into a permanent reality has got to rethink. Anyone who thought that that biggest elephant in the room Could be simply abracadabra disappearing, has to think again. So, yes, with that comes an opportunity for seriousness, for political will, for a momentum. It does. It does.
And I believe that, we could do it, but I have my fears. I have my reservations. And the main reservation I have, the the main fear I have, this tragedy that happened since the 7th October, Most horrific tragedy in modern history, a scar in our humanity for generations to come, could be turned into a momentum, a positive momentum, but it requires one thing, International leadership. Now, Paul, you name me if we have international leadership now. You tell me.
My fear is this moment will be wasted by the lack of a serious, powerful, determined, consistent, principled, international leadership. My fear is we will go back to the last 30, 40 years of ops. There is elections in the US. Ops, there is election in the UK. Oh, the let's wait for elections in Israel.
Always the sharing, always kicking the ball to the other side, always buying time. And I assure you one thing, if we buy time this time, time will be our enemy. Time will be our enemy, not our friend. So I hope my fears are not accurate, And I hope because all the ducks are lying now. And I'm saying international leadership because forget it.
To to wait for an Israeli government that will be Perfectly ready to, bring the majority of their population towards and implement international consensus, I'm not so sure if this will happen in you or in my lifetime. Palestinian institutions could be easily empowered, supported by an international System, international alliance, could bring it to the best level there is, and they do exist, and we have them. The missing point is the role of a third party. That's the missing role. And our issue was started by a third party.
That's your country, Paul. That's the UK. Was sustained by a third party since then. That's the Plus, our issue is international, and name me one conflict that was resolved without a strong sustained international intervention, a third party role. One conflict.
South Africa, Ireland, the Balkans, well, East Timor. Every and each one of those were resolved because of a sustained, credible, international, external mediation and credible and, intervention. And, therefore, I hope that part of the of the equation It's not going to be missing in the coming weeks months. Okay. Thank you, Nasim.
Thank you very much. Biden and the 100 days statement, it's very regrettable. It's extremely, extremely painful Unregrettable to see the president of the US, that has been one thing to be the sole mediator in the peacemaking that poses itself as a guarantor of international legality that host the UN Mentions 100 days with failing to mention the 10,000 children who have been slaughtered, The 85,000 who have been killed and injured, the lives taken without any Consideration of any profession. It's very painful, and I believe this has more to do with the US than us, and it does speak volumes about the US policies and standings in the world, and lots needs to be done there. And I'm not gonna comment further.
As for, clear sir Sergei Stomer and the reported news yesterday that he may reverse his policies. We have sent a letter to the Labour leadership requesting clarification about this. We are yet to receive it. It was late last night that that thing came out. Once we do, we will comment on it.
For now, we expect Demand that the U. K. Labor continues to have its very clear policy of immediate recognition of banning the illegal settlement products, of supporting international legalities ICC and ICJ, and of supporting a political resolution That includes the ending of the occupation, Israeli occupation. Any change of that policy, would be seen as rewarding Netanyahu just when he had just committed the most horrific genocide in recent memory. So I thank you all for this.
Thank you very much, And we'll see you again.
reSee.it AI Summary
Israel's aggression on the Gaza Strip has resulted in the destruction of 1,000 out of 1,200 mosques, according to Gaza's Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs. The reconstruction of these mosques is estimated to cost $500 million. The ministry also reported the killing of over 100 Muslim preachers and accused Israel of violating the sanctity of cemeteries. The Israeli authorities have not commented on these accusations. The Israeli offensive has caused significant damage to Gaza's infrastructure and left a large portion of the population displaced and in dire need of basic necessities.
@SamiXSavage - Abu Savage
Israel's brutal aggression on the Gaza Strip has destroyed 1,000 out of 1,200 existing mosques since 7 October, according to Gaza's Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs. The ministry also said the reconstruction of these mosques will cost around $500 million. There are an estimated 1,200 mosques in the Gaza Strip. According to the ministry, more than 100 Muslim preachers have also been killed in the deadly Israeli offensive on the seaside enclave. “The Israeli occupation continues to destroy dozens of cemeteries and dig up graves, violating their sanctity…and stealing the corpses inside, in a clear challenge to international charters and human rights,” the statement said. There was no comment from the Israeli authorities on the accusation. According to the statement, a church, several administrative buildings, Quranic schools, and a bank headquarters were destroyed in the Israeli onslaught. “We appeal to the Arab and Islamic nations and people of conscience to fulfill their responsibilities towards the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip,” it added. Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7, which Tel Aviv says killed nearly 1,200 people. At least 25,105 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and 62,681 injured, according to Palestinian health authorities. The Israeli offensive has left 85% of Gaza’s population internally displaced amid acute shortages of food, clean water and medicine, while 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure was damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.
@UN_News_Centre - UN News
“These are not conditions for human beings” - @UNRWA The latest on Gaza from UN agencies: 🔷 25,000 civilians have been killed 🔷 70% were women & children 🔷 1.7 million are displaced 🔷 570,000 people face catastrophic hunger 🔷 Health facilities are decimated https://t.co/4kSqPQ0rvh
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We urgently appeal for a ceasefire and increased humanitarian aid, particularly medicines for chronic illnesses that are currently scarce. These conditions are not suitable for human beings.
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Speaker 0: We continue to call for a humanitarian ceasefire. Much more humanitarian supplies, including medicines for chronic diseases, which are, in in very short supply, these are not conditions meant for human beings.
@Gaza_Psych - Dr. Mustafa Elmasri
We, the hunger experts in Gaza declare it is already a FAMINE, I have seen several cases of acute malnutrion in children, very hard to secure food, thank you unicef, or do you want me to beg...
@UNRWA - UNRWA
📍#Gaza There have now been at least 270 attacks impacting @UNRWA facilities sheltering displaced families, killing 372 people. Because there is nowhere else to go, people continue to shelter in these same @UN facilities, even after attacks. The situation is utterly desperate. https://t.co/lU5rRkMxlf
@Partisangirl - Syrian Girl 🇸🇾
JUST IN‼️The moment Israeli tanks targeted Hungry people waiting for aid in Gaza, 110 deaths and 700 injuries. This is genocide live at the hands of the Jewish ISIS. https://t.co/R9lBrH4GNG
@BeckettUnite - Howard Beckett
Day 151 of genocide. Israelis 🇮🇱 at Nitzana Border Crossing with Egypt 🇪🇬 blocking humanitarian aid trucks from entering Gaza 🇵🇸 At least 20 🇵🇸 children have been murdered from starvation. Pure evil. https://t.co/olWTvXImXq
@mhdksafa - Mohamad Safa
Israel has killed a record number of UN staff, 163 UN staff were killed in Gaza in 5 months, nine times more than in all other countries combined “16 killed in all other countries in 365 days,” making Gaza the deadliest place to be a UN staff in the 79-year history of the UN. https://t.co/CnfgmyySYg
@QudsNen - Quds News Network
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini stated that the number of children reported killed in just over 4 months in Gaza is higher than the number of children killed in 4 years of wars around the world combined. https://t.co/k7kRGyPaKg
@UNRWA - UNRWA
📍#Gaza: Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch, the Israeli Authorities informed the @UN that they will no longer approve any @UNRWA food convoys to the north. This is outrageous & makes it intentional to obstruct lifesaving assistance during a man made famine.
@UNLazzarini - Philippe Lazzarini
📍# Gaza: as of today, @UNRWA, the main lifeline for #Palestine Refugees, is denied from providing lifesaving assistance to northern Gaza. Despite the tragedy unfolding under our watch, the Israeli Authorities informed the UN that they will no longer approve any @UNRWA food convoys to the north. This is outrageous & makes it intentional to obstruct lifesaving assistance during a man made famine. These restrictions must be lifted. UNRWA is the largest organisation with the highest reach to displaced communities in Gaza. By preventing UNRWA to fulfill its mandate in Gaza, the clock will tick faster towards famine & many more will die of hunger, dehydration + lack of shelter. This cannot happen, it would only stain our collective humanity.
@NathanJRobinson - Nathan J Robinson
israel has killed more aid workers in the tiny gaza strip than have died in all of the countries in the rest of the world combined in any of the last 30 years https://t.co/v3IgprToYI
@shiraz_lall - Shiraz Lall
Hundreds of thousands more could face starvation as Israel continues to “use starvation as a weapon of war” in Gaza, where 70% of the population is estimated to be experiencing catastrophic hunger. https://t.co/jTs2yKS5hE
@NourNaim88 - Nour Naim| نُور
🚨Breaking: UN officalls: % 2 Of Gaza Strip population have been killed This only includes hospital-recorded casualties .However, thousands are still trapped under rubble, decomposing, or missing, with some feared executed by the Israeli army or abducted, yet to be documented ‼️ https://t.co/4M7NvzLPbw
@PalHighlight - Palestine Highlights
According to a report by Gaza’s Health Ministry, at least 115 newborns have been murdered by Israel since the beginning of the genocide on October 7. #GazaGenocide https://t.co/iIFskqQ71V
@JehadAbusalim - Jehad Abusalim جهاد أبو سليم
1.8 million Palestinians are now confined to an area that is just 11% of the Gaza Strip. This has effectively become a death camp. https://t.co/70EwReklEy
@mhdksafa - Mohamad Safa
Israel has dropped almost 80,000 tons of explosives - this means that Israel has dropped ~36 kilograms of explosives on Gaza for every man, woman, and child. Each red dot shows a bombed place in Gaza. (UN Satellite Centre, July 6th) This is what genocide looks like. https://t.co/nKwOo9ZKVT
@prem_thakker - Prem Thakker
In the past 2 days, Israeli forces have: –Killed 3 World Central Kitchen aid workers –Killed a Save The Children staffer –Killed a Gaza Soup Kitchen chef –Killed an ICU director –Attacked & killed hundreds of displaced Palestinians –Shot a 10-year-old girl
reSee.it AI Summary
I shared updates on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank. Gaza now has the highest rate of child amputees per capita globally. With 945,000 displaced individuals facing the threat of cold weather and rain this winter, the humanitarian crisis deepens. Additionally, as of December 1, UNRWA has paused aid delivery through the main crossing point due to safety concerns, further complicating the already dire circumstances.
@UNRWA - UNRWA
Our latest on the situation in the📍#GazaStrip and the📍#WestBank 🔹#Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees per capita anywhere in the world. 🔹945,000 displaced people in Gaza are at risk of exposure to cold weather and rain this winter. 🔹As of 1 December, due to lack of safety, UNRWA has had to pause aid delivery through Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem, the main crossing point for humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip. https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-report-150-situation-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem
@swilkinsonbc - Sarah Wilkinson
The israelis have slaughtered an average of 41 Palestinian children in Gaza, mostly under the age of 12, every single day since January 2024 https://t.co/GLjQSVyhda
@QudsNen - Quds News Network
Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza has slaughtered over 60,000 Palestinians, with thousands still missing beneath the rubble and many more wounded. Yet, the stories of these victims have largely gone unrecognized, despite the fact that most of them are children and women. https://t.co/GQzHEsjEWw