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A mission from the country. As of the washington floods, sanctions on the african nations published those all your news headlines, the 3 most go time. Money is be discussed on the bike with the full news run down in just on the and i was the im action redundancy. And welcome back to going underground, broadcasting all around the world from the u a. This week. So cold genocide, joe biden plans to release his budget request for next year on to months where he has failed to pass. Multi 1000000000. 00 requests disabled the proxy war and ukraine on the war on gaza. As for palestine up to tens of thousands of being killed with native nation weapons, mostly women and children. Now hundreds of thousands face famine, aid convoys, lifelines carrying food watering medicine. I routinely denied entry to northern guns in what human rights organizations that cooling a deliberate starvation of gauze as civilian population by israel, all this off to about the usa, and you can have repeatedly refused. Thatd be you and the back of sci fi joining. The now is someone who wasnt adviser to the palestinian leadership in romano and government in stages negotiations with israel khalid l getting the now senior fellow and director of the program and palestine and post ending is really fast. And the middle east institute joins me now from arlington and virginia calling to thank you so much for coming on. I should say that the guys and the even the top story in the countries which is supplying the weapons so that the genocide can uh, can happen. You, you describe the unprecedented nature then what is what is happening. I mean is really so just posting stuff, videos of the beginning of the students in gaza, people on social media can see is yeah, its its, its actually pretty astonishing what, what is happening in end to gaza. I mean, we, weve seen over the past 5 months, the destruction of an entire society and civilian infrastructure, most of its homes, most of its hospitals, all of its universities, hundreds of schools, mosques, churches. I mean, just the basic uh the, the basic foundations of, of life. And thats, you know, not even, not even counting the 10s of thousands who have been killed the 20000 or offends. I mean, the list goes on and on in terms of the scale of destruction. And, and of course you was, you mention you, we have these videos of Israeli Soldiers gleefully mocking um the people uh, you know, leading items from peoples homes, marketing the people who escaped or were killed in those homes. And, and its quite horrifying. And all we see it from the west, really, particularly in the United States, is either silence in the face of atrocities, including the deliberate starvation of an entire population. And everyone knows this. And so either we get silence or we get kind of really mouth talking points um, you know, from the state department and white house spokes, people trying to deflect edge or casual i made the headlines of the papers, drinking does understand it. So it says the state, the bottom, oh they, they absolutely understand it. And when, when, when the president comes out and says, you know, we wont stand for this, you know, clearly, you know, feigning a moral outrage. She personally understands exactly whats happening to the state department of the c. I a certainly the pentagon, the white house, as they all understand, that israel is deliberately preventing humanitarian assistance from coming in. And theyve hinted at kind of mild criticism, but they certainly have a tackled it directly. And as of right, you know, rather than confront that atrocity of head on and call it out. They just circumvented by doing these kind of performative air drops and hand wringing when, when the reality is the substance of the policy has not changed. And theres been no interruption in the weapons flow to israel. Theres been no disruption of providing cover in the United Nations and seizure. You know, the v towing resolution after resolution in order to shield israel from from any critique or org or having to stop this war. And its, i dont know what, what there is left to say. Well, one thing to be said was, uh, what the again made the newspapers of the country supplying the weapons for the killing of the you and reported by special invite for me in the past. Who said it was all uh, rape on october, the 7th. And you can compare the profile functionality between the oaks at october 7th, resistance attacks. And whats happened to guys since . Yeah, i mean theres, theres no question that from us committed very serious work crimes and atrocities on october 7, actually i have a war crimes because a, a occupied people has the right to resist using their, their out to use weapons. Ok. Sure. Yeah, i mean there, there is no question that the why you guys in the also, but this warrant attacks as well. Well, what i, what im saying is, so the way in which hundreds of armed militants carried out those attacks, those were, those are clearly go attacking civilians, killing wanton cooling. That is, those are clearly work crimes. And i mean theres no, you know, we have to in the same way that we cant conflate israels right to self defense with what theyre doing and gaza, which is committing more atrocities as starving the population. Thats not self defense. But im just wondering why you called when i would are generally past the point of that. I would argue that what from mass and other armed groups carried out on october 7 was also not legitimate form of resistance. I dont think what is in the g as in my home because Nelson Mandela would presumably have given it is back in given mandela famously. So the bombing of the restaurants as a legitimate form of resistance under apartheid. Yeah, but, but i dont subscribe to that view. Um and obviously Nelson Mandela was entitled to his view. But, but you know, my standard is, is based on International Humanitarian law and International Human rights law. And the national renew, allows, saw, justified international as on struggle. Again, talk about buying authorities. Yeah. Right. So, you know, you can carry out armed a tax on, on the military, on any armed group that represents the state. Those could be considered legitimate target on the is really have also have their function. But oh is really, is have to fight with the idea, i know. But you know, this is a dangerous path that we go down on when we start attributing kind of collective guilt. We have to understand, you know, its the same mindset that allows israel to, to bomb an entire building and say, either, well, they all voted for him as are they all support from ass or a, or, or to, you know, attribute collective guilt to, to an entire people because they are, lets say bureaucrats or Civil Servants in how mass lead government. I dont think thats a reasonable standard for who qualifies as a combatant or legitimate target. I dont think even targeting a, a, a so called militant in their home while theyre sleeping. And killing him and his family. I dont think thats legitimate when israel does it, and i dont think its legitimate when im asked or any other group does something similar. So sorry, you have to be how would you already goshen combatants and civilians . You advised . The people in ramallah who danny are dont have the best of reputations amongst the Palestinian People right now. What . So what the Palestinian People to just of us to trust these international kind of for a i think that was the quartet, which i think tony blair was associated with for a long time. Russias got pulled out of that one. You dont see that. I mean, obviously over the dead bodies of tens of thousands, mostly women and children, at least gaza is on the map. In World Opinion now being time will depart from nature countries. Simple again, the rights of the Palestinian People. Yeah, i mean that between those are 2 separate questions though, i mean whether whether the attacks were morally or legally justified the tax of october 7th. And the question of whether they were represented a tactical victory far from ass. Those are 2 different questions. And yes, score to tactical victory deliver to shop to these really system in a way that is, you know, no Israeli Government or public had had failed before. So that certainly from a strictly psychological and even political standpoint. Sure that was a tactical victory but, but again, i think we cant confuse you know, outcomes with, with sort of moral or legal justification. And so the bottom line is, we know we, we, we know these kinds of attacks. They work terrorism works, right . It gets peoples attention and, and it can even move the ball politically. And i would say not only terrorism by palestinians, but, but also by israelis and by, by sinus groups. I mean, israels preparation was very much in large part of result of, of terrorism. Very effective terrorism against the, the civilian population in palestine against a British Government and other targets. So terrorism historically has worked but, but thats different. Then the kind of miracle question. It was okay by their own excellent civilians are justified. I wonder what its like very much i should just say in britain they dont teach much. My dear good and killing british soldiers. Thats cool is directly. Whats it like being there in washington, in the middle east institute that amongst and amidst the media landscape that because as far as i can tell in the United States, the media are focused in on the headings, rapes and all sorts of atrocities committed by the im us terrorist is that the lens and always real at the end is now seeing, i mean, do you give credence to bite and they have to walk it back. It 1st went by and said he saw pictures and they headed babies. What, whats your understanding . Well, i mean certainly the Media Coverage immediately after october, 7th for weeks and probably longer was quite verandas. It was since ation lipstick. It was the humanizing of palestinians in error ebbs and muslims. In general. It was, you know, youre responsible, you know, we saw people carrying these stories, these totally unsubstantiated stories liked to be headed babies, which later turned out to be false. Um, and there is a, you know, i will say the, the, the media record, the record of us media in particular is, is mixed. There are those who ran with those stories kind of unrepentant lee and you know, we havent seen really corrections, but weve seen other media. Weve seen other media, weve seen our kind of learning curve where certain media have adapted and responded much more responsibly since then. And there is much more coverage and there is even a little bit. Busy more of self criticism and, and i think so you see a video of the New York Times responding to the grey, the and electronic into father and others did. Right. And i, and i think, i think alternative new sources and social media have helped to create a certain kind of accountability for legacy media liked in your times. And theyve had to, you know, theyre being held to account for shoddy journalism and for unsubstantiated claims. And so its really, its a mixed picture, i think in terms of the media, its not all as, as horrible as it was in october and november. And it, it is not at all, i would say, certainly not ideal. Um, but but its, its hard to generalize. I mean, certain, some outlets are better than others. Um and have improved others are i have not uh thatll get into yalls company. You the more from the former advisors in the palestinian leadership in ramallah right now senior fellow at the middle east institute after this, right . The who when i was just dont to safe house because the advocate and engagement includes the trail. When so many find themselves will support, we choose to look for Common Ground the the welcome back to going under run it. Im still here with all that hell getting the former advisor to the palestinian leadership with room. All right now senior fellow and director of the program on palestine and policy and you and is really fast at the middle east institute. A tighter we were talking about, the learning curve obeyed over the decades of tested dead bodies of tens of thousands of palestinians in, in gaza. Why do you think on the ground . And i know there may be this learning curve. I understand the sources as a see and then people are talking against the management at the moment in the coverage of gaza. But in palestine him us has never been any be more popular. Do you see how my says, of having be victorious in the sense of any kind of idea of a democratic election that might take place in the west bank . Let alone guys a once the nature of nation and genocide ends . Well, i mean its, its hard to say its, its, uh, we dont actually know where dozens, where costs and ends and guys stand at the moment. Its very hard to do, polling in an environment where people are, you know, constantly just looking for a shelter or trying to not be killed or trying to find some more assault to eat or, you know, get their children to a safe place or to. So medical attention, this isnt and of course when there are frequent uh, media blackouts, you know, where, where the little tricity is, is scarce and people have a hard time connecting their, their phones and other devices to, to the internet. So theres, its, its extraordinary difficult to gauge Public Opinion in gaza in this environment. What we do know is, is that there has been a surge in how masses, popularity, at least in the west bank, including in, in East Jerusalem and, and among maybe palestinians outside in the dallas, bro. Um and uh, you know, that is not unexpected because her masses is seen as a group that has withstood this huge onslaught the, the most powerful military in the region. They still have not been dismantled or destroyed, much to the frustration of the israeli political and military leadership. And theyre seeing us as a, as a group that has inflicted pain and cost on their occupiers. And so for those reasons we, we expect to see a surgeon in from us as popularity, but we dont know what that would translate into in terms of electronics support. Um and i, i think collections are very far off. So what we have then is im us perhaps more popular in the context of iraq, thats kind of send syria libya a and sue the reputation of these major powers that keep talking by the rule of its based order because clearly theyre arming. Whats happening in gaza and we have israel now the most dangerous place in the world to be a jew. So this is, this is where they situation is at the moment. Um, i suppose, i mean that was um, i mean its not exactly how i would characterize it, but dont tell me how you would because ill tell you the global south does not support well, yeah, right. I mean there is that there is going to be kind of several of the United States or theres, theres no question that a, the so called rules based order has taken a huge hit. I dont know that it can recover. I dont know that the credibility of the countries and states who have claimed to uphold the rules based order in places like you crane. And i dont know that there credibility can ever really be restored. Baptist with the global south. I mean, certainly with the global south, i think its not a coincidence that south africa was the country that took up the case of the for genocide against israel in the International Court of justice. And it wasnt an error of states. It wasnt, it was the majority country, it was so south africa and, and so yes, the global south is, is not only this illusion but quite angry at this very obvious, a double standard and flagrant disregard for the most basic principles of, you know, theres people can debate about self defense and, and when its justified and whats over the over the limit. Thats why we have the laws of war and International Humanitarian law. But theres no instance in which the starvation, the deliberate starvation of an entire civilian population could ever be justified for any military or political. And, uh, and so the mirror silence if not tacit or even open support for this policy. Why these countries i think is come, is the vista rated the idea of a rules based order and i dont know that it can recover. And frankly, theres no question about that. Um, you know, theyre going to and, but, and i think their credibility has been shot to a large extent in their own countries in the United States or in the u. K. In germany and other parts of the west where weve seen mass protests, where weve seen major acts of civil disobedience. You have now an entire generation in the west who are completely disillusioned and who dont by the official talking points coming from their leaders anymore. Theres a major gap between the ruling and leads in places like the us and the u. K. A n, and the grassroots and the public. And we see that every day mean the majority of the population in the us and in the u. K. Overwhelmingly. Support a ceasefire and have for many months, but that is not at all where the political leaderships are in these countries. I know that you a sponsored one of the Security Council resolutions, as part of it, is rotating a place on the Security Council. But why do arab nations take people again to the blinking seriously and meet up with him . I mean, hes a full member of the drums consultancy boss. We know lloyd austin, of course, will perhaps be profiting as a director, rape young from the amounts of arms transferred from nato countries to support the israel. I think it said i come before you know it as a us extra estate, but as a, as a jew when he arrived at idea of headquarters in tell of even minutes the genocide, why do our believe does take lincoln seriously. I mean, newland is going in the past few days. I mean, i think theres a number of reasons. One, its because its the United States, even if they dislike very strongly us policy. You cannot ignore the United States, just the mere geo political reality of the United States as a superpower. And that has enormous influence in the region and people. And i actually just say these are all the money and the ones, the ones you worked with, the both ends you worked with. They went to moscow. And in fact, with the king of jordan refused to meet joe biden, when he hurriedly came over in the past few months to make some kind of some people to the visit to the region. Yeah, that was early on when they, when they refused to, to, to meet with him. He hasnt been, the president hasnt been back. But uh, you know, the moscow eating. Yes. I think, you know, that was largely for show, i think at this point palestinian factions are each for their own reasons trying to show that they are committed to national unity. Obviously, the United States is not going to host a meeting that includes how mass and other groups that us doesnt accept. And, and so rest is one of the few places that, that can host a meeting like that. Russia has an interest in projecting its own power and influence in the region at the expense of the United States. And posted in groups have an interest in demonstrating to the United States that theyre not the only game in town. But at the end of the day, you know, russias influence is going to be limited. Russia doesnt have the depths of its in. Busy and it doesnt have, i think the credibility with all posted in a groups. Uh and it also, it just, it doesnt have the bandwidth itself to do whats needed. I think its largely opportunistic. You know, that, that moscow is picking this up. Well, roger, roger, would normally they deny that, but on the other hand, theres no jerk russia saudi arabia, the u. A. Whats up with the gc no longer following orders from washington in the past few months, whereas historically, im sure you, you were close to observer of this. They would do what washington told them to do. Yeah, theyre, theyre not following orders for washington, but theyre also not trying to alienate the United States. They are, they are trying, you know, part of can one do that. But as they have been doing that dance, i dont know how effective it is, but were talking about resumes to saudi arabia, the u. A. He of egypt that depend very heavily on the United States for their own security. And that in the case of saudi arabia, the energy from the much closer you really, really sorry, security for me. What are the, you know, various regional threats including including your on but im not even lying around as close relations valley view. Uranium farm is, are visited this out in the middle of the night, so ill have to be out of the way. Why is it the only that . Hes to think tags in washington believe that the United States has some sort of umbrella helping, where im speaking to you from your role and im going to evade the way or south the heck, you know, obviously the, the, the day time between side or the any ron, thats something that is in saudis saudi arabias interest there. Theres no question about it. And i think it, its not a coincidence that that it was broken by china and a think it was a clear signal to the United States. But at the end of the day, you look at the saudi normalization arrangement with israel that had been pursued before october 7th. It was and, and that is still being talked about now. It was in large part to draw the United States back in to provide security guarantees to the saudis, to, to crew, to recreate a kind of us lead Security Architecture in the region. The saudis want that um and that is the only reason theyre talking about normalizing windows really, but i mean, always in your well, im interested in denies has really, really hard that i did stage. Iran has denies any moves in on that, and there isnt certainly any talk about normalization here in this region. Ill tell you that just briefly on trump gas election in november, which i suppose is the, like you said to be even if its from jail. Will it get worse, the situation for the palestinians or given he wants to change in policy visa vi russia to joint with, with russia . Could this pay the way for something far better than weve seen under the under genocide . Joe is gold. I mean its, its very hard to say whether it will be better or the worse, worse or the same as far as this issue. I mean, obviously a Trump Presidency would have enormous implications for a whole range of domestic issues, but not the least of which is, you know, basic civil liberties. Um, uh and, you know, trump has shown himself to be very unpredictable on foreign policy. Its very hard. He does not have a guy reading, vision or ideology. It is all very personal. Its useing craddick and its transactional and an opportunistic his is approach to foreign policy. So yes, when it comes to playing to his base, he will say things like, were going to band students who protest so you know, were going to band palestinians from entering the country because you know, you have this anti immigrant sense or instead of a phobia that runs through the Republican Party and so hes going to push those buttons because theyre useful for him. But, but in terms of broader issues about deal politics, its much, much harder to predict what he would do. You know, the price, you know, President Biden does not believe in putting any public pressure at all, even on the most extreme government and israels history. And hes now being criticized by his own party in some circles for 2 uh, 2 types of an embrace of, of netanyahu and is extreme is coalition. Whereas with a trump administration, we dont know what were trump put up with a, a, a intransigent netanyahu government in this to the same degree. I think his ego would dictate, uh, he would at least be willing to challenge that top one, some things. How does theyll get any . Thank you. Yeah, thanks for having me. And thats it for the show. Continued condolences to those bree by the u. K. U. S. U, im bombing in palestine 11 in yemen, syria and iraq. Well be back with a brand new episode on saturday until then keep in touch my last social media. If its not sense, if you will, country, and have to watch, i dont going underground tv on rumble. Dont com and watching you know, the upsets going underground fees at the the