Amendment put forward by canada that corrects these glaring omissions. It is straightforward and an object of old. It calls on us to condemn hamas s terrorist attacks on october seven, and it calls for the immediate and unconditional release of hostages. It should be easy. This is the bare minimum that we would hope to see in this resolution. We urge all Member States to vote yes on this amendment. The General Assembly most send a clear message to the world that we stand against all acts of terror, and that we stand with all those who are being held hostage. We believe the un Security Council, a body charged with maintaining International Peace and security, must send this same message. And that is why this week we put forward a Security Council resolution that garnered the support of the majority of the council. In drafting this text, we solicited input from all council members, including russia and china, and the product of our consultations was a balanced and strong resolution. That
Fear, and suicide. When we spoke to victims here, the first thing that they said that the mental torture that they went through was beyond anything. They said the money actually became secondary for them. Shouting. Nobody saw this coming. Only a fortnight ago, the Us National Security adviser said the middle east was quieter than it had been for years. Israelis were celebrating a religious holiday. Soldiers were on leave. Politicians were taking time off at home. It was uncannily similar to what happened 50 years ago in 1973, when egypt and syria launched their totally unexpected attack on israel in the yom kippur war. Israel survived, but no one s ever forgotten the moment of utter israeli vulnerability, nor the successes of the arab armies, just as no one will forget israels total intelligence blank this time. Israel says hamas deliberately targeted israeli civilians. An american official called it the worst attack on jews since the holocaust. Weve seen clear visual evidence of appal
Now on bbc news, john simpson presents his program unspun world. Hello, and welcome to unspun world. Im john simpson. Not much doubt about our main story this week, naturally, and in a moment, ill be analysing the latest situation in israel and gaza. But also on this programme, immigration, probably the dominant topic in europe at present. Is there any foolproof way of stopping the Illegal Movement of people . Shouldnt we start thinking further upstream . Are we dealing with Development Issues so that people are less desirous of leaving their home countries in the first place . The Us Government has serious political problems in paying its way, but do ordinary Americans Care if their politicians jam up the works deliberately . A lot of republican voters, a lot of republican Rank And File members, think the country is heading in a terribly wrong direction. A government has gotten too big that if something isnt done very, very soon, that itll be too late to save the country. And in india
Active in gaza. Mediators have been waiting for hamas to respond to an israeli proposal to halt the fighting for forty days and to exchange hostages, for palestinian prisoners. But even if a deal is reached, israeli prme minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists there will be a fresh Military Offensive in rafah. There has been Widespread International concern that an Israeli Ground operation could endanger more than one million palestinians sheltering there. Our correspondent Anna Foster Injerusalem has more on where negotiations stand as of saturday. Were at that point in proceedings where, through the afternoon, ive been watching in the regional media, various briefings, everything from saying were on the verge of an agreement the framework of an agreement everything through to israel saying no, they wont agree to a ceasefire to end the war permanently. The key thing at this point in time is this is the moment where we hear these briefings and hear Different Things from different sides but
Active in gaza. Mediators have been waiting for hamas to respond to an israeli proposal to halt the fighting for a0 days and to exchange hostages for palestinian prisoners. But even if a deal is reached, israeli prme minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists there will be a fresh Military Offensive in rafah. There has been Widespread International concern that an Israeli Ground operation could endanger more than one million palestinians sheltering there. Our correspondent, anna foster, in jerusalem, has more on where negotiations stand as of saturday. Ive been watching in the regional media, various briefings, everything from saying were on the verge of an agreement the framework of an agreement everything through to israel saying no, they wont agree to a ceasefire to end the war permanently. The key thing at this point in time is this is the moment where we hear these briefings and hear Different Things from different sides but until we get some sort of official word, potentially from the e