Corruption. The ecuadorian authorities have been in fact take the mexico shouldnt protect to then going to my media, whether theres no way that he can be seen as politically, religiously or ethnically persecuted. Mexico contravene . Clearly the principle of no intervention in the internal affairs of another country. Ecuador told mexico several times, not grant class asylum of the latin american governments on the less. Im right. Some results. Watson tina condemned the embassy invasion. There was smooth protests outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in mexico city. As the mexican stuff in kito made their way home. The mexico expects ecuador to offer the necessary guarantees for our departing diplomatic personnel. Mexico appealed to the International Court of justice to hold ecuador accountable for violations of international law. But its unclear to appeal to the quotes will have any time to believe impact. And thats the thing about this, the storming of another Countries Embassy has always been seen a sorry to boot, the thought to be quite rare, to find recent examples of it happening. Now. The question is, whats the still public countries doing the same . The ripples from equity, those actions could be felt for a fail been just here in mexico. Dont home and i would just say to mexico, city thats of a markets in several countries. Are coming into increasing scrutiny over the prices they charge at their checkouts and australia government inquiry into the grocery sector has been launched and in new zealand shop is a pay some of the highest prices in the world. When he reports of the easy land is interest, section money is tied to so many and more than any with thats being felt in the supermarkets. There were just 2 Major Grocery companies in new zealand, which control 80 percent of the markets, squeezing consumers and supplies. On the same time, i only have one or 2 magistrates markets to sell to. I dont feel like theyre able to put a lovely rest, and i will say he dropped 6. The 10s that given almost at midday, allegations of price gouging at anti competitive behavior. Last year, the government introduced amended tree code of conduct for the grocery companies. There been many complaints against supermarkets, both here and in australia, including advertising. Special discounted price is on products, which youd like to have found to be more expensive than the original price or combo deals on items which it cheapest is bought individually. In australia, 2 companies have 65 percent of the markets and the being criticized be using inflation as an excuse to keep increasing prices. Neither agreed to be interviewed by l. G 0. But the government is investigating the industry. We heard that these inquiries will not only encourage supermarkets to do better by consumers, but encourage the government to introduce strong the laws and protections for consumers. Theres more competition in places like great person and the United States. But in the us, food prices have increased 25 percent in the last 4 years. The new zealand and australian markets a smaller and the for less attractive to Foreign Companies to into its the consumers itself is perhaps now more than ever. Wayne, hey, al jazeera oakland, a s and use are now on alexs era, and thats it for me for the back to you know, just stay with us. Ill be back in about a half an hour with more of todays top stories right after the bottom line. Thanks so much the the challenges with hire and Steve Clements and i have a question despite the changing views in america and even inside his own administration. Why despite and insist on 0 consequences for israel in this war on gaza. Lets get to the bottom line. The, the contradiction is obvious. Talk about the need to protect civilians and aid workers, but make sure is real faces, no consequences for its actions, and then keep the weapons flowing. Wash rinse, repeat that sums up the bye, didnt ministrations approach to israels war and gaza, even as it carries out work crimes and uses food as a weapon of war. After is really forces killed 7 humanitarian workers for world central kitchen. Us President Joe Biden put out of state and critical of israel, but then the white house rushed to declare its unconditional support of his real no change in policy. So despite the theatrical protest is the weight of setting up a new forever war in the middle east. And whats the effect on the United States itself with a how policy is clearly visible to a lot of voters, particularly Younger Voters who dont buy this equation. Today were talking with nell. She line who quit her job at the state department in protest of the by the ministration support for israels were and gaza and holiday again. The a former advisor to the Palestinian Authority and now is senior fellow at the middle east institute. Now you just resigned from the state department, you put out a statement about why you resigned your contract. Youre not the assistant secretary state, youre not the deputy secretary state, youre not the secretary of state. Youre in the would work of the state department, and yet youre using this moment to focus attention on this crisis. Tell us about your decision. So 1st, thanks so much for having me. And for drawing attention to this issue and i had thought about resigning earlier. I was at state as a Foreign Affairs officer working in the bureau of democracy, human rights and labor near eastern affairs, trying to promote human rights in the middle east. And it had just become so difficult to try to do that. In the aftermath of october 7th and i, it just, it felt that it had gotten to the point where i had tried to raise objections internally to the extent that i was able to like through descent cables, for example. Um, but eventually it just got to the point that it seemed that resignation was really the only option left. And then when i was speaking with colleagues, they encouraged me to do so publicly in order to draw more attention to the. So i decided that i would, i would go ahead and go public and to, to try to contribute to these efforts to push the administration to adopt a different let me push you a little bit further. October 7th, was a trigger for a lot of different players in this drama. Right clearly is real, felt assaulted in a way and you saw a consensus of opinion inside is real about a response that you havent seen in a very long time. So was across from left to right, about about reacting. Um. Do you think that the us at that moment took the right policy course in the way its supported israel in that moment, shouldve anticipated. The what we now see is a kind of overreach and an incredible impact on victims casualties among civilian civilian kids. Women even met and i mean i, i have to tell people, i keep seeing white flags go up and thats almost assigned to be shot. So what, tell us about that dynamic . And i, i think the fact that President Biden came out in his response, warning israel to not react the way the us did after 911 was really wise on his part. I think unfortunately, there was no effort to actually try to ensure that that didnt happen. The sort of over reaction we saw from the United States in the aftermath of 911. 00. And this over reaction from israel. You know, we know that there is really military is capable of carrying out very precise surgical strikes and that is not the approach that theyve taken in gaza. I mean, based on my understanding of what were observing, this is a policy of collective punishment that they are trying to engage in an ethnic cleansing, to try to remove the population of gaza and to, to make life so unlivable there that people cannot survive or are forced to leave and, and to take over that territory. And i think another important thing to keep in mind here is that, you know, Prime Minister netanyahu, whose political future depends on this violence continuing. And he has no incentive to either get his own hostages back or to end the violence. So i do think the Us Administration is just being somewhat naive or you know, will fully blind to the political incentives on netanyahus side when they keep pushing, you know, they, they keep talking about their efforts to push for a cease fire. But theyre not using american leverage to get their college candy. Ive been reading your work intensely for now, almost half a year. Its almost half a year of this crisis going on. And the gap between what we hear about the President Biden talking about the fact that we need to minimize casualties, we may not need new israel needs to minimize impact on civilians, etc. And then the lack of conditionality on this, im just interested both from your own perspective as someone who knows the middle east well. But also the hop hopper see that americans are watching and then election year. And how that gap is going to play out. The reality is that not only is the american public, not there, and specifically Democratic Party constituencies have, i think, are increasingly vocal and angry at where this administration is. But even inside the washington policy establishment itself, you know, we hear very mainstream voices of both democrats and occasionally also, a republican voice is saying that the president looks week at the president is being led to by an extremist, a Prime Minister with his own survival. Busy in mind and who is himself beholden to a band of extremist in his coalition. And the president is constantly being humiliated with by these re lease or something, their nose as the president and secretary blinking at every opportunity. Well it, well let me, let me to interrupt you there just for a 2nd. How it and ask you is Prime Minister is really Prime Minister netanyahus political survival undermining President Bidens political survival. Yeah, it seems so its pretty remarkable to me and it really shows, i think the extent to which this president is blinker is wilfully blind up to certain realities. And i do think that it is kind of caught up in the person of joe biden. I think most people in the administration has probably moved on in their thinking, but the real kind of you, its, its a person of joe biden, who is the reason that we are stuck where we are. Well, this takes us back to a nail. She line in her resignation from the state department. I think a lot of us are struggling with whether you are a boutique actor or you represent many others who share this perspective. Whispers in the hallways, discomfort with the direction of the administration. Weve seen letters from donors, weve seen anonymous letters written by whitehouse, staff and others. Theyre very few who have stepped forward a now and done what you did and resigned your job and position. And as you wrote in your eloquent essay and cnn, this may foreclose a future for you and foreign service. And so you, you, you put this. So how, how unique are you in this environment right now . Are there others out there that share your perspectives . Many people share this perspective, the people inside state. Many of them want to do that work because they believe in what the United States says its supposed to stand for and they believe in the work theyre doing. Many people are doing extremely important work on gaza and on Accountability Measures for israel, but those wont come into effect unless spite and wants them to. So theyre there. There are efforts sort of waiting in the wings, but until they get a sign off from the president , theyre not going to be put in place. So, you know, i think for many people who work at the state they, they would like to still believe in the work that theyre doing or especially if theyre working on this issue, they are doing everything they can to try to shift us. Lets see here. But again, those kinds of decisions get made at the very top. But what i was struck by was how you felt that no one was returning your calls, that america doesnt have voice on this anymore. Tell us what the implications of that are. So, i mean, just to be clear, i was working on, you know, human rights issues, not, you know, israel palestine was not one of the countries in my portfolio, right. But my work was impacted, you know, very significantly by the conflict. And partly because the Civil Society in the middle east and north africa in the week of october 7th and the, the us response didnt want to have anything to do with the Us Government. The us had lost all credibility as an entity working to promote human rights. In addition, it just became that much more difficult for the Us Government to criticize any of these middle eastern governments about their own human rights record. Such that theres, theres a meeting with a for an official for example. Usually our office would try to emphasize a particular case or concerns around, you know, freedom of expression of freedom of association, you know, political prisoners. But in this context, that doesnt get emphasized as much. Its not a priority or, you know, the Immediate Reaction from the government is who are you to lecture us about human rights and to your question of how wide spread is the sentiment. I mean, people are devastated. There are there, the state department has held listening sessions for people to talk about this. But there has been multiple defense cables i co authored one they signed 2 more. I dont know how many there have been total, but my understanding of their new people are very concerned and they are trying to speak up. And i do think that the overall, the, the broader question here for people inside state, although they try to remain a political, there are a lot of concerns about what this means for us politics mean and Trump Administration really undermine the state department. And people welcome this administrations pledges to reestablish us more leadership to emphasize human rights to engage in International Institutions like un and in the week of october 7th, its become clear that those things are, are not in fact the priority. And what is the priority is this unconditional u. S. Military support for israel and Political Support like in the u. N. So i think many, many people just feel very betrayed. I know there are more people who have resigned quietly. We havent seen many public resignations. I think in part just because its part of the culture of the state department to not sort of, you know, seek the spotlight or you know, the, just so much of that work is done quietly and out of the public eyes. So i think for many people, theyre just not really accustomed to that you know, to coming out publicly like this. Right. Well, i want to get your reactions to a sound bite. We have from National Security council spokesperson, john kirby responding to the aftermath of the death of 7 worlds. Central kitchen aid workers. We continue to look at incidents as they occur. The state department has a process in place and to date, as you and i are speaking, they have not found any incidents where these rallies have violated International Humanitarian law. Unless you think we dont take it seriously, i can assure you that we do. We look at this in real time, and now i want to ask you to respond to john kirbys comments that specifically mentioned, the state department. To me sound a bit orwellian, how do they sound to you . Its and i would just counter that. The reality is fairly clear here. We have other governments and other International Institutions, bodies around the world that have demonstrated very clearly the ways in which israel is, is committing gross violations of human rights for crimes. And in, in this, and, you know, as you mentioned directly targeting journalists targeting aid workers targeting hospitals and Health Care Workers on top of just nasa occurring civilians. The state department is not yet ready to acknowledge that because that would necessitate a different course of action. Israel is violating us laws here. So for example, the way he laws are not being applied or section 620 i of the, for an assistance act. These and other laws would require the us to change his behavior. But until the white house is ready to take a different approach here, the state department is not going to acknowledge that. And so we are going to continue to see, as you said, this sort of orwellian disregard for the truth. Which again, gets back to some of my concerns about this also is starting to sound very trump in or just the ways in which reality is denied. People can see with their own eyes whats happening. They have direct accounts from social media, from people inside gaza. And, and yet this administration doesnt seem to have caught up to the fact that theyve lost the narrative here. They cant continue to just treat this as a p r issue to be managed, that they have to take a different approach or they do risk. Not only, you know, losing the, this election, but sort of the, the credibility of the United States on the world stage writ large. I mean, this, this administration likes to talk about Great Power Competition with china, with russia. We have the obviously ongoing ukraine conflict and the theres a lot more at stake here as, as father had mentioned. I mean its devastating for the people in gaza, but its, its much bigger than that as well. When you listen to the perspective we just heard from the white house on the, by the administration versus some of the other voices that are also very st. Senior in parts of the Us Government. What do you make of it . I think theres something going on here that a lot of people dont know about it. You know, when its in, in the, in the minds of Israeli Militar