Unprecedented grilling from mps over the broadcasters failure to label hamas as a terrorist organisation. Seven conservative organisation. Seven conservative mps are understood to have become increasingly concerned over the bbcs coverage of the israel hamas conflict. But israel hamas conflict. But todays meeting was requested by the 1922 committee, which represents conservative backbenchers to mp Jonathan Gullis spoke to gb news after the meeting, saying he was shocked that tim davie would not agree to calling Hamas Terrorists because it may hurt some peoples feelings. Some peoples feelings. To me this is mind boggling. Everyone knows that hamas is a terrorist organisation, its a proscribed terrorist organisation here in this country. Every other News Agency Like the great gb news also considers this to be a terrorist organisation mission, while on earth the director general thinks is going on. I dont know. But he is so far out of touch with the people of this great country, and particularly the jewish community. Not just great country, and particularly the j butih community. Not just great country, and particularly the j butih comnthe ty. Not just great country, and particularly therutih comnthe world. Just great country, and particularly therutih comnthe world. Hes here but around the world. Hes brought this brought shame upon this institution made institution and has made the case. Now than ever, case. Why now more than ever, the taxpayer should the british taxpayer should not have to continue paying the telly tax. Well, israels Prime Minister in the meantime, says all hamas fighters are doomed , as he warns fighters are doomed, as he warns his country is now preparing for a Ground Invasion of gaza. Benjamin netanyahu refused to give details of the planned offensive, but again urged palestinians in the gaza strip to evacuate to the south of the country. Israel has reportedly country. Israel has reportedly agreed to delay its Ground Invasion to allow the us to place Missile Defence systems around their assets in the middle east. Meanwhile, here the Prime Minister is refusing to support calls for a ceasefire, despite pressure from more than 80 mp5 despite pressure from more than 80 mps to do so. Instead, rishi 80 mps to do so. Instead, rishi sunakis 80 mps to do so. Instead, rishi sunak is backing what he calls specific pauses in the conflict to allow for the Safe Delivery of aid to the territory. Five of aid to the territory. Five british people are still among more than 200 still being held hostage in gaza. Politics and hostage in gaza. Politics and peter bowen has been suspended from the house of commons for six weeks over bullying and Sexual Misconduct of a staff member. The wellingborough mp, who denies the allegations , has who denies the allegations, has already been expelled from the tory party and that means another by election is looming now for rishi sunak is a call petition will be arranged. At a petition will be arranged. At a campaign against antisemitic demonstrations. Has taken part taken place rather in new Scotland Yard in london, hundreds gathered outside the Police Headquarters to protest against the National March for palestine planned for this saturday in london. The group has written to the metropolitan police asking that appropriate conditions be imposed on the march. Theyre calling on new march. Theyre calling on new Scotland Yard for the law to be upheld, saying arrests make arrests , not excuses. A former arrests, not excuses. A former South Wales Police officer has been jailed for life with a minimum term to serve of 12 years for Sexual Offences against children. Louis edwards used fake social media accounts and posed as a teenager to groom more than 200 young girls online. He forced his victims to take indecent videos and images of themselves, then, using the material to blackmail them. In material to blackmail them. In sentencing, the judge described his behaviour as cruel and sadistic. And lastly, an diamond sadistic. And lastly, an diamond has been made an obe at Buckingham Palace today , the Buckingham Palace today, the journalist and news presenter received the honour from his majesty king charles for her services to Public Health and charity. It recognised her charity. It recognised her campaigning efforts for research into cot death following the death of her own son, sebastian, from sudden infant death syndrome. Shes called the moment a crowning achievement to everyone , one who helped her everyone, one who helped her campaign. This is gb news across campaign. This is gb news across the uk on tv, in your car, on Digital Radio and on your smart speaken Digital Radio and on your smart speaker. By saying play gb news this is britains news channel. This is britains news channel. The socialist secretary general of the United Nations and Antonio Guterres are rather un diplomatic diplomat. Had this to say at the un yesterday. Yesterday. It is important to also recognise the attacks by hamas did not happen in a vacuum. The did not happen in a vacuum. The Palestinian People have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation. Suffocating occupation. In response, the israeli ambassador to the un, gilad erdan, said this. Erdan, said this. But the un is failing and the un is failing. But the un is failing and the un is failing. A new mr un is failing. A new mr secretary general have lost all moral and impartiality because when you say those terrible words that these heinous attacks did not happen in a vacuum, you are tolerating terrorism. And by are tolerating terrorism. And by tolerating terrorism , terrorism, tolerating terrorism, terrorism, you are justifying , justifying you are justifying, justifying terrorism. Terrorism. The u n terrorism. The un secretary general comments about the genocidal act of terrorism on the 7th of october seemed to justify it in some way. And whilst his response is somewhat cryptic, others have been even more explicit about this. Take, for example al latifa, abu shakira , example al latifa, abu shakira, the woman. Itv news , interviewed the woman. Itv news, interviewed regarding islamophobia , who told regarding islamophobia, who told the channel it makes me feel, as a muslim woman in this country that no matter how hard i work, no matter how good i can be, it will never be enough. Because apparently muslims and palestinians are inherently terrorists. It later emerged she is actually a reporter for the Iranian State funded press tv broadcaster as exposed by gb news very own charlie peters. And she actually had this to say about the recent attacks on israel. Israel. Nothing will ever be able to take back this moment, this moment of triumph , this moment moment of triumph, this moment of resistance, this moment of surprise, this moment of humiliation on behalf of the zionist entity. Zionist entity. How could she say this moment of triumph, this moment of resistance . What an appalling thing to say. And no wonder itv subsequently apologised and we saw this happen in new york yesterday at a pro palestinian rally. Brazier stance is justified. Justified. Resistance is justified. Resistance is justified. People are occupied , people are people are occupied, people are occupied , resistance is occupied, resistance is justified , resistance is justified, resistance is justified, resistance is justified. People are occupied. Justified. People are occupied. People are occupied. People are occupied. Resistance is justified. If people are occupied. What awful people are occupied. What awful nonsense is this that acts of evil beheading babies is not justified by anything and the fact that the gaza hadnt been occupied in nearly 20 years didnt seem to bother these protesters now bubbling under the surface of this movement is something sinister. While they talk of supporting innocent palestinian is, all too often they appear to go further to justify murdering 1400 innocent people as a legitimate act of resistance. And its this that resistance. And its this that has got the secretary general of the United Nations into trouble because he has got his fingers too close to this really appalling view of the world. This idea that seems to think that what hamas has done is something to be accepted or even celebrated rather than to be unequivocally condemned or is even way justified even in any way justified because to endorse or make excuses for hamas is not only glorification of terror ism, its also desperately unfair on the decent palestinians living in palestine who do not support hamas. But who get portrayed as being represented by hamas, by the type of people who buy in to the type of people who buy in to the secretary generals phraseology. And if hamas were phraseology. And if hamas were truly to represent palestinians, then theres no hope for peace in this conflict. So for the un secretary general, who was, of course, a former leader of the socialist international , antonio socialist international, antonio guitarist, echoed this sort of rhetoric is worse than improper andits rhetoric is worse than improper and its worse than showing the impotence of the United Nations. It is a real failure of leadership. Hes meant to be a diplomat. Hes not meant to be somebody whos making the problem. Its no wonder problem worse. Its no wonder the israelis have for him the israelis have called for him to go. Dont forget to let me know your thoughts email. Know your thoughts via email. Margaret gbnews. Com. Joining margaret gb news. Com. But joining me professor margaret gbnews. Com. But joining me professor ashok swain me now is professor ashok swain of the department of peace and conflict research at uppsala university. Well, professor, thank you very much for joining me. And this was clearly me. And this was clearly a blunder by the secretary general of the United Nations, who is meant to be diplomatic , wasnt meant to be diplomatic, wasnt it . He cant Start Talking about 56 years of occupation and things like that without appear to be justifying terrorism. To be justifying terrorism. Thank you for having me. And im afraid he is not wrong. I im afraid he is not wrong. I think he has pulled what the secretary general should say because for a long time i think we have been hiding what exactly the problem is. Its of course what has happened. On 7th of what has happened. On 7th of october, he didnt condone it. He didnt. He october, he didnt condone it. He didnt. He condemned it. He there is nothing that he wanted. He was ever justifying it, but he was also putting the problem in perspective. And he is the secretary general. Hes his job is to create bringing a peaceful resolution of the conflict. And resolution of the conflict. And i think thats thats thats his job. And i dont think he i think he was completely misunderstood or a contrary like israel, which has been born because of the United Nations , because of the United Nations, has this this kind of attitude to the United Nations and its representative like security secretary general is actually terrible. But isnt it rather difficult when the secretary general says things that appear to say that you will get violence if certain conditions are fulfilled . And thats the implication of what he was saying, which isnt true, because there are people who suffer under much worse regimes than anything the israelis have ever done who dont resort to violence and certainly dont slaughter babies, and that he has opened him up to this accusation , open himself up to accusation, open himself up to this accusation from israel by careless speech. Really no, i dont think i think it is. Its actually israel has a tendency not to be criticised for its actions. And i think it for its actions. And i think it has it has taken it for granted that whatever it does, nobody nobody will have the guts to criticise it. And i think that has been a problem. The problem is that we need a long Term Solution of this conflict. No way, nobody knows. Sensible mind will be any way justifying any terror activity or anyone who is killing any civilian. I mean thatis killing any civilian. I mean that is no way anyone can justify that. But that doesnt mean that the conflict is actually on or because of the 7th of october incident, the conflict is actually a sorry. Conflict is actually a sorry. Please go ahead. Well, no, thank you. I was just going to say that. Yes, of course. Its important to understand what the tensions are between israel and palestine, what the issues are and the solutions that have been discussed and proposed. And you discussed and proposed. And you charitably say of the secretary general of the un that his words have been quoted out of context or have been misconstrued, but actually , if misconstrued, but actually, if youre a diplomat, its your job youre a diplomat, its yourjob to speak in such a way that your words in such a sensitive matter cant be misconstrued. And cant be misconstrued. And i think that we have seen too much of diplomacy or diplomatic language on this issue and too much of somehow restrain or somehow taking this thing, which is going on in the middle east for so many years. And i think i think he has done the right thing because with which many countries, particularly in europe and north america, are afraid of saying these things because this is very, very important that this is what has happened of 7th of october. And even if the israeli with getting the right to defend it cannot kill 2. 3 Million People in gaza, even if it kills. The conflict is not going to solve. So the conflict needs to solve. So the conflict needs to be looked at. The long term perspective and how to find a lasting solution on who else will do that. If the lasting solution on who else will do that. If the un secretary general will not come fonnard, say exactly where the problem is. If you dont really look at the problem, you dont accept the problem, then you will never find the solution and i think this is where the diplomat is. Hes hes not hes not hes hes, of course, a chief diplomat. But he is also un secretary general and we want at this point of time when the world is going through so many crises, we want him to take the leadership role and i think this is where i see it that what he has done, it has it is absolutely the right thing to do to really tell the world that what exactly the problem is and why we need find a long term why we need to find a long Term Solution. Solution. Well, nobody would deny well, yes, nobody would deny that the effort to find a long Term Solution is very important. But as what might call the but as what you might call the worlds important diplomat worlds most important diplomat isnt it important that he doesnt aliens sit by essentially misspeaking by saying something in a way that was open to the interpretation that he was justifying the attack and therefore alienating israel makes it harder for him to do his job and to bring people together, because from an israeli point of view, hes not competent to do that. He seems to have been taking not only sides , but to taken a side that sides, but to taken a side that is sympathetic or justifies terrorism. In terrorism. In i think we i understand and the present government or present regime in israel of course, that is the voice. But of course , there has been of course, there has been a large number of israelis who do not really subscribe or do not support what is going on or what is being done by the netanyahu government. So i think it is somehow it is not exactly when we brand it that its israel is poised for all the jews are saying this. Thats actually wrong because israel i mean a large number of israelis are not supporting the kind of actions which is that the regime is doing in gaza. So i think i mean, we need to look at of course, i do agree that, you know, its the legitimate regime. You can say that that thats what which is in power. But of course, at the same time , but of course, at the same time, it is important for israel to know that what they cannot do, whatever they think they can do. Whatever they think they can do. So because there is there are restrictions there are international law, there are international law, there are international norms. There are international norms. There are supposed to be they not beyond that, they are supposed to know that, they are supposed to know that this are because are that this are because they are existence is actually with the with the support , with the with the support, with the strength of the United Nations. Strength of the United Nations. And the nations is and the United Nations is actually draws it because all the countries need to respect it. You cannot disrespect it this way because you dont like a statement of the un secretary general you can call him whatever you want to. The languages are being used in israel is absolutely horrific against it. I think we need to be very, very careful. Thank you. Not to not to not to tarnish his image. Im sorry to cut you off, but thank you for your time. Weve run out of time, but thank you, professor ashok, dont forget to let me know your thoughts. Mail margaret up margaret gbnews. Com. 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