from more than 800 serving officials in the us and europe denouncing their governments policy on israel and the war in gaza. in a signed a statement, they warn that their own governments policies on the israel gaza war could amount to grave violations of international law . one signatory to the statement a us government official with more than 25 years national security experience told the bbc those who understand the region were not being listened to. the statement warns that their administrations risk being complicit in one of the worst human catastrophes of this century, but that their expert advice has been sidelined. it says israel has shown no boundaries in its military operations in gaza, which has resulted in tens of thousands of preventable civilian deaths. it also calls for the us and european governments to stop asserting to the public that there is a strategic and defensible rationale behind the israeli operation . the statement is signed by civil ser
Deputy first minister are in effect joint rules and although the switch around with sinn fein being the bigger party as opposed to the dup, 8] bigger party as opposed to the dup, aj of coming together and agreeing to do anything will be impossible unless the dup relent on the northern ireland protocol get the sort of changes they want so even although this is being talked of as although this is being talked of as a landmark moment and perhaps the constitution of northern ireland with sinn fein favouring a united ireland and talk of a potential border pull referendum on that coming down the line, even getting the day to day nitty gritty business of politics done here will be impossible until power sharing resumes so we re looking at a period of political paralysis which could go on as long as six months and then if there is still no agreement and no executive by then it will be potentially put to the westminster government may be order a new election. i don t think there is any ambition
Joint roles and although they switch around now with sinn fein being the bigger party as opposed to the dup, of coming together and agreeing to do anything will be impossible unless the dup relent on the northern ireland protocol get the sort of changes they want so even although this is being talked of as a landmark moment and perhaps the constitution of northern ireland with sinn fein favouring a united ireland and talk of a potential border poll referendum on that coming down the line, even getting the day to day nitty gritty business of politics done here will be impossible until power sharing resumes so we re looking at a period of political paralysis which could go on as long as six months and then if there is still no agreement and government maybe to order a new election. i don t think there is any ambition for that so maybe that will help the parties come together and may put pressure on the uk government to try to deliver those changes on the northern line the so things can c