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STORY: UN / ISRAEL PALESTINE
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DATELINE: 28 MAY 2025, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UN headquarters
28 MAY 2025, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ad Interim, United Nations:
“There can however be no sustainable peace in the Middle East without a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There are no shortcuts. The region's future will remain bound to its unresolved past - unless bold political will and decisions break the cycle. The two-State solution is on life support; reviving it requires collective action.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ad Interim, United Nations:
“Since the resumption of hostilities in Gaza, the already horrific existence of civilians has only sunk further into the abyss. This is manmade. When speaking of our fellow human beings in Gaza, words such as empathy, solidarity and support have lost their meaning.”
6. Med shot, Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Palestine
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ad Interim, United Nations:
“On 18 May, the United Nations was informed by Israeli authorities of the approval for the resumption of limited aid entry into Gaza. Since then, very limited numbers of goods have entered and have been distributed by the United Nations and its partners. But this is comparable to a lifeboat after the ship has sunk.”
8. Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Feroze Sidhwa, trauma and critical care surgeon:
“My Palestinian friends, mostly healthcare workers, no longer speak of resilience or even survival. Parents memorize their children’s clothing in case they must identify their remains later. They pray for one piece of bread to give them before they sleep, so their children might die a little less hungry if they are killed at night.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Feroze Sidhwa, trauma and critical care surgeon:
“Strongly and explicitly reject the weaponization and politicization of aid embodied by the “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,”’ whose executive director, a veteran of the US Marine Corps, publicly resigned on Sunday, citing the foundation’s lack of adherence to humanitarian principles. We must affirm support for existing UN mechanisms, back UNRWA, and ensure NGOs with expertise in reaching and providing specialized care to those in need have unimpeded, full access.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kelley, Acting Alternate Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“Every day Hamas demonstrates its lack of regard for the Palestinians it claims to represent, all while it violently suppresses protests against its barbaric rule and diverts aid meant for civilians. The United States fully stands behind Israel and its right to defend itself. In order to move forward, Hamas must be defeated, as Secretary Rubio has said, “If ember survives, it will spark again into a fire. There can be no peaceful and prosperous Gaza as long as Hamas governs it by force.”
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Palestine:
"Since Israel broke ceasefire in March, over 1300 Palestinian children have been killed and around 4000 have been injured. These are children, children, and still 'a war against barbarism' - children! Children are dying of starvation amid the images of mothers embracing their motionless bodies, caressing their hair, talking to them, apologizing to them. It is unbearable!"
15. Wide shot, Security Council
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Palestine:
"Israel wants to appear as allowing aid in, while continuing to make sure life cannot actually be sustained in Gaza."
15. Wide shot, Security Council
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon, Representative to the United Nations, Israel:
"Mr. Mansour, you mentioned our prime minister many times in your speech, your long speech. I want to remind you of the words of our former prime minister, Golda Meir, who served fifty years ago in this position. She said that peace will come when you love your children more than you hate us."
17. Wide shot, Security Council
18. Wide shot, Ambassador Danny Danon stepping to the stakeout’s area dais
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon, Representative to the United Nations, Israel:
“When UN officials like Mr. Tom Fletcher accuse Israel of genocide, when they irresponsibly claim that quote, and I quote it now, “14,000 babies will die in the next 48 hours,” they are not engaging in advocacy. They are engaging in incitement. That claim was a lie, Mr. Fletcher quietly retracted it, but the damage was already done.”
20. Wide shot, Ambassador Danny Danon at the stakeout area
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Danny Danon, Representative to the United Nations, Israel:
“Well, we are not bombing the people of Gaza. We are fighting a terrorist organization. And I said very clearly, we have two goals in this war. We haven't finished the job. We will not finish the war, leaving behind 58 people. Their families are waiting for them, and we are committed to finish this war by making sure the hostages are back, and Hamas is out of the game.”
22. Wide shot, Ambassador Danny Danon leaving the stakeout area
23. Wide shot, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Sigrid Kaag walking to the stakeout area
24. SOUNDBITE (English) Sigrid Kaag, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ad Interim, United Nations:
"Privatization of aid and the weaponization of aid is a very dangerous precedent. It doesn't only speak to the situation, potentially in Gaza, but worldwide. And we have to look at the things we allow, don't allow or speak out against or discourage. It's not only relevant to the here and the now, it is relevant to so many other conflict situations. So, I would say support the UN."
25. Wide shot, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Sigrid Kaag leaving the stakeout area
UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Sigrid Kaag said, “Since the resumption of hostilities in Gaza, the already horrific existence of civilians has only sunk further into the abyss. This is manmade.”
During a briefing to the Security Council today (28 May) Kaag confirmed that Israel had approved a limited resumption of aid entry on 18 May. But she stressed that deliveries remain woefully inadequate. “Since then, very limited numbers of goods have entered and have been distributed by the United Nations and its partners. But this is comparable to a lifeboat after the ship has sunk.”
Emphasizing the need for a political solution, Kaag said, “There can however be no sustainable peace in the Middle East without a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There are no shortcuts. The two-State solution is on life support; reviving it requires collective action.”
Feroze Sidhwa, a trauma surgeon, shared the anguish of health workers on the ground. “My Palestinian friends, mostly healthcare workers, no longer speak of resilience or even survival,” he said. “Parents memorize their children’s clothing in case they must identify their remains.”
Sidhwa also said, “We strongly and explicitly reject the weaponization and politicization of aid embodied by the ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation,’” he said, citing the resignation of its executive director over alleged failures to uphold humanitarian principles.
U.S. envoy John Kelley reaffirmed Washington’s support for Israel, “Every day Hamas demonstrates its lack of regard for the Palestinians it claims to represent.” He also said that Hamas is diverting aid and violently suppressing dissent, adding, “The United States fully stands behind Israel and its right to defend itself.”
Riyad Mansour, Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Palestine said, "Israel wants to appear as allowing aid in, while continuing to make sure life cannot actually be sustained in Gaza."
Before the Security Council meeting Israel’s Ambassador Danny Danon spoke to members of press and pushed back against international criticism. “We are not bombing the people of Gaza. We are fighting a terrorist organization,” he said.
“We have two goals in this war,” Danon added. “We will not finish the war leaving behind 58 people. Their families are waiting for them, and we are committed to finish this war by making sure the hostages are back, and Hamas is out of the game.”
After the Security Council meeting, Sigrid Kaag said to reporters, "Privatization of aid and the weaponization of aid is a very dangerous precedent. It doesn't only speak to the situation, potentially in Gaza, but worldwide. And we have to look at the things we allow, don't allow or speak out against or discourage. It's not only relevant to the here and the now, it is relevant to so many other conflict situations. So, I would say support the UN."
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