hello, welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. the us defence secretary, lloyd austin, made a statement at a joint press conference with his israeli counterpart in tel aviv. he met that is really prime minister, lloyd austin said the us commitment to israel was unquestionable. he also met his counterpart in the past hour the pair held a news conference in which amongst other matters he confirmed they discussed the past or future for gaza. israelis and palestinians both deserve a horizon of hope. so the united states continues to believe, as we have under administrations of both parties, that it is in the interest of both israelis and palestinians to move forward toward two states, living side by side in mutual security. here s the israeli defence minister, yoav gallant, who also made a statement following talks with his us counterpart. in northern gaza, our troops have eliminated thousands of terrorist, destroyed mil
about mrjimmy lai. what was the word that you used to describejimmy lai at the very beginning? respected newspaper proprietor is what he is. respected? yeah. ok, so recently last year, an nbc article revealed that jimmy lai has, according to him, unknowingly funded a false persona report discrediting joe biden. and he accused hunter biden of chinese business ties, and you know what apple daily did? one of the charge that the enforcement agency now lay on apple daily has nothing to do with national security. it has to do with fraud, and apple daily actually lied to the government and misused the land, which is supposed to be used for media purposes and used it for company secretarial purpose. and so i find it very difficult to believe that you would use the word well respected to describe mrjimmy lai. i wonder what the government in hong kong and indeed
one of the charge that the enforcement agency now lay on apple daily has nothing to do with national security. it has to do with fraud, and apple daily actually lied to the government and misused the land, which is supposed to be used for media purposes and used it for company secretarial purpose. and so i find it very difficult to believe that you would use the word well respected to describe mrjimmy lai. i wonder what the government in hong kong and indeed the government in beijing is so frightened of, mr lee. maybe you can tell me. when people are arrested ma chun man was one individual arrested for simply waving banners and wearing slogans on t shirts which call for liberation of hong kong when ngos that defend human rights are forced to close, when university campuses are raided, when teachers are banned from teaching because they re deemed to have sympathy with the pro democracy movement, what are the authorities so scared of?
of these protests and not as a result of these police. so i think hong kong definitely has preserved our freedom and liberty. mr lee, do you feel comfortable living in a society where a respected newspaper editor, jimmy lai, can be imprisoned under the national security legislation and can potentially face the prospect, if convicted, of spending the rest of his life in prison? are you comfortable with that? you know what s interesting about what you said about mrjimmy lai. what was the word that you used to describejimmy lai at the very beginning? respected newspaper proprietor is what he is. respected? yeah. ok, so recently last year, an nbc article revealed that jimmy lai has, according to him, unknowingly funded a false persona report discrediting joe biden. and he accused hunter biden of chinese business ties, and you know
you know what s interesting about what you said about mrjimmy lai. what was the word that you used to describejimmy lai at the very beginning? respected newspaper proprietor is what he is. respected? yeah. ok, so recently last year, an nbc article revealed that jimmy lai has, according to him, unknowingly funded a false persona report discrediting joe biden. and he accused hunter biden of chinese business ties, and you know what apple daily did? one of the charge that the enforcement agency now lay on apple daily has nothing to do with national security. it has to do with fraud, and apple daily actually lied to the government and misused the land, which is supposed to be used for media purposes and used it for company secretarial purpose. and so i find it very difficult to believe that you would use the word well respected to describe mrjimmy lai.