The criteria for membership. Of the 15 council members, 12 voted yes while britain and switzerland abstained. We agree that the people of the West Bank And Gaza must be given the political perspective of a credible route to a Palestinian State and a new future. And it needs to be irreversible. This is not entirely in our gift but our recognition of a Palestinian State should be part of it. We believe that such recognition of Palestinian Statehood should not come at the start of a new process. But it doesnt have to be at the very end of the process. The palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas condemned the us veto as unfair, unethical, and unjustified, saying in a statement that it challenged the will of the international community, which strongly supports palestine� s full membership. The push to recognise its statehood comes after more than six months of war in gaza, while israel continues expanding settlements in the occupied west bank. Thats a move widely considered a violation of international law. Our North America correspondent, john sudworth, has more on the vote. Yeah, theres been a long day of speeches here at the United Nations. Passionately held positions on both sides. The palestinian representative saying that granting palestine full membership status would give hope to the palestinian people. A response from the israeli ambassador here saying that six months on from the hamas attacks, it would simply be a reward for terror. Now, the us position, as you say, has long been known. It argues that granting palestine full status would be premature, that it should not come ahead of a negotiated settlement, a Bilateral Agreement between palestine and israel. But nonetheless, although that was the us position, it was clear that it did not want, if it could possibly avoid it, to have to do what it did today. There are reports of pretty intense lobbying behind the scenes. The us would have liked to have got this vote delayed or even better had other members come on board to help defeat it. But in the end, whats remarkable is 12 of the 15 members of the Security Council voted in favour, including some pretty key us allies japan, south korea and france. And that forced the Us Ambassador robert wood, to raise that hand, issuing the veto and killing the proposal. But not only that, some critics would say once again exposing how isolated the us is becoming on the International Stage over this issue. That wasjohn that was john sudworth. Live now to hussein ibish, senior resident scholar at the arab gulf states institute. Thank you forjoining us. The us said that after this boat it supports a Palestinian State but it still veto the resolution that would have fully recognised palestine at the United Nations at least. What you make of the us� s action today . It what you make of the uss action today . What you make of the uss action today . It is consistent with us positions action today . It is consistent with us positions going action today . It is consistent with us positions going back| action today . It is consistent. With us positions going back a couple of decades of supporting Palestinian Statehood and supporting un Security Council resolutions that call for the creation of a Palestinian State that was done under george w bush. But at the same time, not supporting a request for full membership in the general assembly. Palestine is a nonmember Observer State in the general assembly. Nonmember Observer State in the generalassembly. I nonmember Observer State in the general assembly. I think the biggest difference this time is that it has come with a heavy heart rather than in anger. In the past it has always been a veto applied in anger at the palestinians, how do you ask this, and this time it is not, it is sort with a heavy heart and explanation that no, this is not the way, and there is no threat of us sanctions or reprisals against the palestinians at this point. In the past us aid has been cut, israel has withheld money and theres been an effort to punish the Palestinian Authority the west bank for the actions of the plo at the un and thats not on the cards this time, so i do think there is the sense that the us position is moving towards greater sympathy for the eventual creation of a Palestinian State, itjust has not reached the point where it wants to get ahead of itself and enter palestine in the un when there is no Palestinian State on the ground. I when there is no Palestinian State on the ground. When there is no Palestinian State on the ground. I want to touch on state on the ground. I want to touch on what state on the ground. I want to touch on what israel state on the ground. I want to touch on what israel had state on the ground. I want to touch on what israel had to i state on the ground. I want to| touch on what israel had to say about this. Israel nonmember of the Security Council but are representatives calling the proposal shameful and essentially saying that a recognition of statehood for palestine six months after the attacks by hamas on israel would be a reward for terrorism, kind of paraphrasing. Terrorism, kind of paraphrasing. Terrorism, kind of arahrasina. , paraphrasing. Do you agree with that . Of course paraphrasing. Do you agree with that . Of course not, paraphrasing. Do you agree with that . Of course not, thats that . Of course not, thats preposterous. It is the reverse of the truth, it would have been a great victory for the palestinians who want to talk to israel and do a deal with israel rather than the palestinians who want to shoot at israelis but this is really government is an extremist government, it is committed to annexation, it is opposed to a two state solution, it has a lot of people in it who if they were palestinians would find hamas to be too wishy washy for them and they are very radical. So of course they make up some absurd sort of up is down, down is a logic like this where a move that might have strengthened the plo and the Palestinian Authority, the palestinians who are committed to a Peace Agreement with israel, at the expense of hamas, becomes a reward for hamas, becomes a reward for hamas, it is all wrong, of course, but you see the Israeli Government is being totally opposed to statehood, wants to conflate all palestinians with hamas and punish all palestinians for the actions of hamas whereas the israelis themselves kept hamas in power in gaza. ~. ,. , in gaza. What about globally . I want to touch in gaza. What about globally . I want to touch others in gaza. What about globally . I want to touch others because l in gaza. What about globally . I i want to touch others because it was interesting to see the boat, 12 of the 15 members voting in favour, there were two abstentions, were here in countries like spain, ireland, malta and flaminia reportedly want to recognise palestine as a state diplomatically. Looking globally, how would you describe support for Palestinian State . It describe support for Palestinian State . It is very stron Palestinian State . It is very strong and Palestinian State . It is very strong and the Palestinian State . It is very strong and the global Palestinian State . It is very i strong and the global standing on the plo which speaks for the palestinians internationally is the crown jewel in the Palestinian National movement. All these embassies, 130 round the world, and the nonmember Observer State status in the un is the most important things palestinians have accumulated politically since the plo was reformed in 1967 and that israel cant take away from them. Thats what hamas is fighting to get a hold of. It is what fattah has, palestinians who want to talk to israelis have that, they control the International Standing and voice, hamas is fighting and in fact the attack israel precisely in order to further a Long Term Plan to get hold of that voice. For israel to say, well, we have to weaken that voice, in order to kind of punish palestinians who are opposed to hamas in order to, i dont know, punish palestinians from 7 october, is just crazy. International support for palestine is growing, there is not much israel can do about it but the israelis can do, they can pick what palestinians they want to do business with, the ones who want to kill them all the ones who want to talk to them and write elie okobo great job of strangling the ones who want to kill them and we getting the ones who want to talk to them. Hussein ibish, senior resident scholar at the arab gulf states institute. Thank you for your thoughts tonight. Thank you for your thoughts toniaht. ,. ,. , , tonight. You are absolutely welcome tonight. You are absolutely welcome. Thank tonight. You are absolutely welcome. Thank you. To the italian island of capri, where aid to ukraine dominated discussions on day two of talks between g7 Foreign Ministers. Ukraines Foreign MinisterDmytro Kuleba also joined those discussions. He said there needs to be a change in strategy if kyiv is going to fight off russias continued aggression. In attendance were Foreign Ministers from italy, canada, france, germany, japan, britain, and the United States. Kuleba also told them ukraine needs more air defence systems. Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg also in capri for the Talks Acknowleged the need for those defence systems, and said nato is actively working to supply them. Jessica parker reports from capri. A majorfocus here is ukraines calls for more air defence systems. The nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, is here in capri. He said earlier there is an urgent critical need, that russia is pushing on the whole front line whilst carrying out waves of air strikes. But, look, this is a g7 Foreign Ministers meeting ukraines Foreign Minister is here but its not a formal weapons pledging session. That being said, they can discuss, they can coordinate. But speaking to officials today, the mood on this issue overall is somewhat downbeat. Causing a bit more optimism, though, is the prospect of a vote in congress on the long stalled us aid package to ukraine of 60 billion. Thats certainly being talked up here. They are looking, though, at other ways to raise money for ukraine and one idea thats been kicking about for quite some time now, seen as potentially legally quite tricky, is using frozen russian assets specifically, according to people ive been speaking to, whether they could use the interest from those assets to effectively channel money to ukraine. But we dont expect any final decisions on that here, its something thats been indicated that you could see maybe being proposed at the g7 leaders meeting later this year. The United States and britain have imposed new sanctions on iran and its Weapons Manufacturers to punish tehran for its missile and drone attack on israel last weekend. White house officials said the sanctions were aimed at disrupting irans ability to produce the drones that its military used to attack israel. Our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has more. Israel is cunning number substantial pressure to reduce and minimise any response that makes to iran in response to irans attack at the weekend and comes under pressure from different angles. From the detonations you have got antonio guterres, the us secretary general, saying, look, because we are now in a place of maximum danger, we need to be in a position of maximum restraint. Warning that if there is and Vasculature Out by israelis, we could have a full scale regional war. Thats the pressure from the un. From the pressure from the un. From the other side you have pressure from the iranians themselves doing everything they could to try to deter anti israeli counter attack, so you have got a Revolutionary Guard general saying if israel attacks are hard, we might have to revise our nuclear strategy. Youve got the Iranian Foreign minister at the United Nations saying if israel retaliates, we will have to retaliate as well. So thats the pressure that israel is under at the moment and then its getting some diplomatic nudging from its allies, the americans and the british and some of the europeans now agreeing new sanctions on iran, they are not that substantive because there are a lot of sanctions already in place on iran but essentially this is the americans and uk saying that International Pressure should be reimposed on iran, that israel is not alone, that there is a broader coalition against what iran has been doing and they are currently supporting israel and the coalition has been encouraged and increased because of that attack at the weekend. Youve got a little bit of carrot and stick approach thats been levelled against israel and they still have yet to decide what to do. The israeli leadership made they are going to respond to iran but they about to say when or how. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at another story making news. The former chief executive of the Scottish National party, peter murrell, has been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the snp. Mr murrell, who is married to the former Scottish First minister nicola sturgeon, was taken into custody for questioning on thursday more than a year after he was first arrested. A Police Investigation is ongoing. Our scotland editor, james cook, has more. At the heart of this enquiry is nearly £667,000 raised by the snp between 2017 and 2020 to campaign for independence. Questions first arose at the end of 2019 when it emerged that the party had just under £97,000 in the bank. Tonight one more development in enquiry that has sent shock waves through scottish politics, Peter Marshall has resigned his membership of the snp. What happens now . Well what happens now . The police say in due course, they will send what is known as a Standard Prosecution Report to the Public Prosecutor in scotland. Youre live with bbc news. 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