Israel accused of trying to annexe West Bank
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What are the implications of Israel's actions in the West Bank?
I'm Charlotte Gallagher, and in the early hours of Thursday, the 19th of February, these are our main stories. The UN meets to discuss the future of Gaza, but concerns are raised about Israel's actions in the West Bank. Who is the American billionaire thought to have played a key role in making Jeffrey Epstein wealthy? As Mark Zuckerberg takes to the stand in a landmark trial, the parents who say social media was responsible for the deaths of their children speak out.
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Hospitality bosses weighed in as food influencers clash with couples on date night. It's more than two years since the recent conflict in Gaza began, and despite the implementation of a ceasefire late last year, Israeli airstrikes are continuing and Palestinians are being killed. The future of the Gaza Strip still hangs in limbo, and now a senior United Nations official has warned that Israel's plan to tighten its control on parts of the occupied West Bank is a serious concern. Rosemary DiCarlo was speaking at a UN Security Council session in New York. We are witnessing the gradual de facto annexation of the West Bank as unilateral Israeli steps steadily transform the landscape. The meeting was called to discuss how to bring the war in Gaza to an end.
But the Israeli foreign minister, Gideon Saar, accused the UN of being infected with what he called an anti-Israeli obsession.
Amazingly, so many countries say that Jewish presence in our ancient homelands violates international law. The opposite is true. No other nation in any other place in the world has a stronger right than our historical and documented right to the land of the Bible.
The UN talks came a day before the inaugural meeting of Donald Trump's Board of Peace, which has its own ideas on Gaza's future. Neda Tawfiq has been following the session in New York.
The meeting was actually chaired by the UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper, who has a very different assessment compared to the US. She believes that the two-state solution is in profound peril, whereas the U.S. has really been touting what they believe has been real progress since Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan was endorsed by the Security Council. And so you have this real tension between what we're hearing at the U.N., And what we're hearing from the United States and what we heard in the council today was real concern by a majority of member states that not only was not the fact that not enough aid is getting in to Gaza. but also that the situation in the West Bank is now a serious threat to an eventual two-state solution, citing the fact that we have seen record settlement expansion and this decision by the Israeli cabinet to approve these far-reaching changes that expand their authority in the occupied West Bank, which today the U.N.
political chief Rosemary DiCarlo said amounted to de facto annexation.
And the UN, obviously, it makes a lot of pronouncements and it's talked a lot about Gaza and Israel and the West Bank. Is there a feeling that it's slightly powerless in this situation, considering you have Trump pushing his board of peace?
There is absolutely a recognition that the UN Security Council has always been and remains paralyzed because the United States, Israel's key ally, has a veto power. And there has been a lot of criticism that this has amounted to impunity for Israel because the United States is not taking a tougher stance. And you heard Yvette Cooper talking about needing more international solidarity to make some headway on a two-state solution, saying that the U.K. in March would hold a peace-building conference.
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Now, that's at the same time that, again, tomorrow, the United States, with this board of peace, says that they have 27 nations on board, that they have $5 billion for rebuilding, pushing a way forward that would include disarming Hamas, trying to get more reconstruction in Gaza.
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8 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:59
2
What are the implications of Israel's actions in the West Bank?
0:59–5:25
3
Who is Les Wexner and what role did he play in the Epstein scandal?
5:25–7:07
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What did Mark Zuckerberg say about social media addiction in court?
7:07–10:51
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What happened during the trial of the climber in Austria?
10:51–12:20
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What charges have been brought against Fiji's former leaders?
12:20–13:47
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How are influencers impacting the restaurant industry?
13:47–15:45
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Why are traditional French restaurants closing at an alarming rate?
15:45–30:11
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