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[00:00:00] you know for them it feels like it's the end
[00:00:02] of the world and for me i felt like it was the beginning of
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[00:00:25] of of the state Duma of Elections officially wraps up across of Russia with voter turnout
[00:00:26] of nearing 45%. We're here to bring you our special. average
[00:00:30] is the world's biggest country, has its democratic
[00:00:34] say, and really, no
[00:00:37] of excuse not
[00:00:39] to vote. Russians get to cast their ballots without even coming to a
[00:00:42] in polling of station, giving low
[00:00:45] of mobility citizens and equal opportunity to take part in
[00:00:48] elections. They brought the ballot box right here to
[00:00:51] me, I dropped my ballot in and I was done, I'm very happy with how it
[00:00:55] went.
[00:00:56] You don't have to walk far at all, it's so convenient.
[00:01:01] and in other news, the Kremlin warns that Washington's new sanctions could
[00:01:05] have negative impact on efforts to end the Ukraine
[00:01:08] conflict, that's after Donald Trump is given the right to impose
[00:01:12] 100% tariffs on countries purchasing Russian
[00:01:16] energy like China and
[00:01:18] India.
[00:01:27] You're watching RC International News and updates. from all over the world, my name is
[00:01:31] Igdanov and I will be your host for this hour.
[00:01:35] in now it's the second day
[00:01:37] of the nationwide stay duma elections and it has ended
[00:01:41] across all of Russia's regions, which means there's just
[00:01:45] one to go before results start pouring in either late on
[00:01:48] Sunday or already on the Monday night. RT's been keeping
[00:01:52] a close eye on the polls with our special coverage bringing you all the
[00:01:56] latest updates.
[00:02:08] of Now the
[00:02:10] of scale
[00:02:10] of the parliamentary elections is truly massive for the lack of better word with voter
[00:02:14] turnout coming close to 45% on day
[00:02:18] two out of three already. Russian nationals are exercising their
[00:02:22] constitutional right and casting their votes which will define
[00:02:25] Russia's future for the next five years. In Russia's new
[00:02:30] regions more than 4 million residents have voted early elections, but
[00:02:34] the
[00:02:34] in process is still ongoing. in the frontline Danetsk and lugansk
[00:02:38] republics, you can see people have been heading to the polls all these
[00:02:42] two
[00:02:42] of days to cast their ballots. turn out in Denetsk is close to
[00:02:46] 80%, while 67% of voters in
[00:02:49] Lugansk also have had their democratic say, that's well above
[00:02:53] average across the country. the chairman
[00:02:56] of the denets collections committee says Ukrainian provocation
[00:03:03] a
[00:03:04] of These elections have been marked
[00:03:07] a by intense hostile scrutiny from our adversaries. It seems to unsettle them
[00:03:11] that we vote, that we elect deputies, and that we choose our representatives for the
[00:03:15] national parliament, the state Duma. We faced a wide range of
[00:03:20] of challenges from fake letters and documents perportedly from the election
[00:03:23] of commission, demanding various information from our local polling station
[00:03:26] commissions
[00:03:27] of to actual threats and drone activity.
[00:03:29] There were instances. where our colleagues, members
[00:03:31] of the local commissions had to take
[00:03:34] in of cover from drones or alter their roots. These issues frequently erose during voter outreach, such
[00:03:38] as door-to-door visits and
[00:03:40] of during early voting, when our colleagues went out to residential courtyards to ensure
[00:03:43] every voter had the chance to cast his or her ballot. They monitored
[00:03:47] people and tried to
[00:03:48] of disrupt the process, but thank God, everything is fine, and the elections are
[00:03:52] proceeding. I believe the character of our people plays major role here, our
[00:03:56] determination and our resolve to see task through to the end, regardless of...
[00:04:03] well the voting there does come amid unrelenting
[00:04:07] threat of Ukrainian strikes and that's including in
[00:04:10] of one
[00:04:10] of the most iconic regions of Russia Crimea too it has been
[00:04:14] participating and deciding the future as well, having
[00:04:18] a joined Russia in well 12 years ago, it's the third
[00:04:22] federal election
[00:04:23] of of process for the peninsula's residents. They say participating in
[00:04:27] the vote is one
[00:04:28] of the
[00:04:28] of most important duties
[00:04:29] for patr'.
[00:04:33] of
[00:04:46] of
[00:05:01] It's about my grandchildren's future. We were born here,
[00:05:04] of I started my family here. My husband was an officer, but sadly
[00:05:08] he died in the special military
[00:05:10] of operation. a My son is an officer and... "my daughter is here too.
[00:05:14] i have three grandchildren, so i want to vote for their
[00:05:17] future. i want my
[00:05:21] family, my children and grandchildren to live a different kind of state, one
[00:05:25] that is more secure and
[00:05:26] powerful. well, by any measure,
[00:05:30] it's no trivial undertaking, organizing over
[00:05:33] 111 million voters spread across
[00:05:36] 89 regions as well as the two million more located
[00:05:40] abroad, from vladiv stocken." the east to Siberia, then
[00:05:44] Moscow, and to Kaliningrad in the west. The
[00:05:47] electorate is spread across 11 time zones. All that
[00:05:51] means that each day of Russia's parliamentary voting
[00:05:55] process takes up the better part the
[00:05:58] 24-hour day. Here's a breakdown of how the
[00:06:01] world's biggest country is handling the election
[00:06:04] process.
[00:08:00] Well with the second day of voting wrapped up, Art is taking a deep dive into
[00:08:04] the country's elections and our correspondent Umai Maid Shah has been
[00:08:08] covering all the action from just outside the Kremlin walls in
[00:08:11] Moscow. the police stations have officially closed as
[00:08:15] the second day the parliamentary elections here in Russia
[00:08:19] came to closure which turn out nearing
[00:08:22] 45%. now we have over 90,000
[00:08:26] polling stations all throughout the country, citizens are also
[00:08:30] able to cast their ballots online. of course, tomorrow is the big day,
[00:08:34] it is the final day of voting and later
[00:08:37] tomorrow evening will finally be able to hear the uh preliminary
[00:08:41] results of of this election, so I will be taking
[00:08:44] you through just a quick reminder of um how all of
[00:08:48] this process works, so
[00:08:50] the state Duma elections or the parliamentary elections here in Russia are held
[00:08:54] every five years with over 450 deputies
[00:08:58] elected to the state Duma, the lower chamber the federal
[00:09:01] assembly. The system here is as follows: so we have
[00:09:04] 225 seats that are elected through party
[00:09:08] lists and the other 225 are elected
[00:09:11] in single. constituency, so in practice vaters here
[00:09:15] cast two ballots, and to enter the duma through a uh
[00:09:19] the the party list, a party needs to have at least
[00:09:22] 5% the vote. in Russia, we have
[00:09:25] 10 parties that are in the federal list. let's start off with the United
[00:09:29] Arassia party, the
[00:09:31] dinaya yasi, the party that has held constitutional super majority over two
[00:09:35] thirds the seats since 2016. we
[00:09:38] also have the communist party the Russian Federation, now this is...
[00:09:43] uh largely considered to be the biggest opposition party
[00:09:46] in the parliament and it is also the oldest
[00:09:50] in the ballot. we also have the noviludi party
[00:09:54] or the new people party, this is probably the youngest party
[00:09:58] here, it has it was created in 2020 and
[00:10:01] officially got itself involved in the state duma in
[00:10:05] 2021. we have a just rusha party and others
[00:10:09] such as direct democracy party, the greens, rodina, uh
[00:10:12] pensioners party and a communists of Russia. now it
[00:10:16] is worth uh mentioning here that this is the first
[00:10:20] time uh citizens, Russian citizens the
[00:10:24] Daniet. Zaparoji and Herson
[00:10:27] regions are finally able to cast their ballots
[00:10:31] in these parliamentary elections. On top of that, Russia has also
[00:10:35] opened over 300 polling stations in over
[00:10:38] 150 countries uh in order for its uh
[00:10:41] citizens abroad to be able to vote as well. It's also worth
[00:10:45] mentioning that this is the first parliamentary election to take place
[00:10:49] since the start the special military operation in
[00:10:52] 2022. Now more on. this and to discuss this further,
[00:10:56] I am joined by our guest here in the studio,
[00:11:00] Joseph Trutzman uh, who is the host the Russia upclose
[00:11:03] podcast. Thank you so much for joining us, thank you very much for having me. I would like to start
[00:11:07] off with the fact that this is the second uh voting day and now we
[00:11:11] hear that the turnout is closing to
[00:11:13] 45%. What are your thoughts on that? I
[00:11:16] expect to have a really good follow-up uh tomorrow and a
[00:11:20] really strong finish for participation. I think it's going to be quite high like the
[00:11:24] last. elections were also very high as well, we also had
[00:11:28] observers uh here from from 130
[00:11:32] countries actually that have arrived in Russia and they're monitoring the
[00:11:34] elections uh now uh western media outlets are
[00:11:38] already claiming that these elections are legitimate, what would it
[00:11:42] take for an election to essentially meet western expectations in
[00:11:46] your opinion? well I don't think that there's anything that uh
[00:11:50] could convince western uh oligarchies if you will
[00:11:54] to uh... uh say that they are legitimate, it's not in their
[00:11:58] best interest to give any legitimacy to Russia anything that Russia
[00:12:01] does, um, and this is really the problem, it's aor
[00:12:05] horribly ironic, and it's tremendous gas lighting on their part, because
[00:12:08] as we've even seen just in this past year what's happened in Europe where people can win
[00:12:12] elections and then we just decide, no, we didn't like the result of that election, and we're just
[00:12:16] going to take it away from you, so if you can't fake it, then you can just unilaterally take
[00:12:20] it away from a country that belongs to the EU as an example, so it's
[00:12:24] it's... kind of ridiculous statement, it's just meant to again
[00:12:28] to continually uh push and
[00:12:31] aggravate uh Russia, Russian people and whatnot, but at the end
[00:12:35] the day it really doesn't matter what they have to say about it. Considering you're
[00:12:39] American, I would like to ask you a question about the differences in
[00:12:43] the electoral process between the US and and Russia,
[00:12:47] you know when it comes to democratic process, the
[00:12:50] transparency, what's your opinion on that, well
[00:12:53] you there is... very good question itself, um, you
[00:12:57] know, it's fascinating living a country that has 10
[00:13:01] parties a ballot, like the we're pretty pretty used to
[00:13:05] a binary, you some states will actually
[00:13:08] get a libertarian uh party on
[00:13:10] the on the ballot, but
[00:13:11] you know, pretty much everybody understands, it's either the
[00:13:14] democrats or the Republicans. It should be very interesting to see actually
[00:13:18] what's happens in this next presidential election, if this uh America
[00:13:22] first uh party gets off the ground. "we'll see what
[00:13:26] happens, um, but you know, it's it's one thing for a western
[00:13:30] country to talk about a place where they don't believe in their elections at all, yet
[00:13:34] Russia happens to have 10 parties, I think that is actually a big deal that there's that much
[00:13:37] representation to show the spectrum of opinions that
[00:13:41] exist in Russia, so I think that's at least important that they are
[00:13:45] recognized and understood that there are all all all these. Well,
[00:13:49] Joseph Schutzman, thank you so much for your time, that was Joseph Schutzman, Russia
[00:13:53] upclose podcast host, thank you so much." We are very excited to hear
[00:13:57] the outcome the election and that is coming up tomorrow,
[00:14:00] later in
[00:14:01] the evening. Well, with a significant portion the
[00:14:05] ballots being cast online, international observers from some African
[00:14:09] states expressed that they actually would be happy to adopt the
[00:14:12] very same voting technologies that Russia has already
[00:14:15] implemented. I was very amazed by
[00:14:19] the time and the time frame that was
[00:14:23] taken to establish the... digital voting, which
[00:14:27] I believe that it's something that can work for us. In South Africa on the
[00:14:31] 4th of November, we are having local government election, how we were
[00:14:35] introduced in this technology, which Moscow is well
[00:14:39] advancing it, we have seen the level of development and the
[00:14:42] transformation Russia has made in terms of electoral
[00:14:45] democracy, we have seen the level of transparency, the
[00:14:49] voters, the the the freedom which the
[00:14:53] voters have to have their choices. made and also the level
[00:14:57] of dictalization uh the election process, we have lessons to
[00:15:00] pick from here to take back home, but either way we are
[00:15:04] also seeing the future of democracy into dictor
[00:15:07] elections. well, the actual turnout of voters
[00:15:11] who applied for the ability to cast their ballots online has
[00:15:15] reached 80%. that's according to the date data from
[00:15:19] remote electronic voting portal. now the ongoing parliamentary
[00:15:22] elections are pro providing a number. ways for citizens to
[00:15:26] participate, artis, she tried one of
[00:15:30] those and then interviewed those people who preferred
[00:15:33] different one here in Russia,
[00:15:37] do my elections are now underway nationwide. the voting process
[00:15:41] taking place over the course of three days will determine the composition the
[00:15:45] lower house of parliament. 450 deputies will be elected to
[00:15:49] five-year term and there are multiple ways for people to take part
[00:15:52] in the election. first let's take closer look at remote electronic
[00:15:56] voting available in numerous russian regions. residents the Russian
[00:16:00] capital are able to cast their vote on the official portal the moscow
[00:16:04] mayor and moscow government (mos.ru) so
[00:16:08] this is where I will be casting my vote today. The platform is
[00:16:12] easy to navigate, ensuring the process is simple from start to
[00:16:16] finish. Here I'm presented with digital versions the two
[00:16:20] paper ballots I would otherwise receive a polling station.
[00:16:24] The first digital ballot allows me to cast my vote for a political party of my
[00:16:27] choosing. The second presents me with a list of candidates and
[00:16:31] I am to select one of those candidates whom I would like to represent my
[00:16:35] individual constituency in the... doomer
[00:16:38] and my vote has been securely sent. now let's take to the
[00:16:42] polling station and see what the process is like for those who choose to
[00:16:46] vote in person. the Russian capital alone consists of
[00:16:50] 16 single member constituencies with over 7 million
[00:16:53] 800 registered voters. here to exercise your constitutional
[00:16:57] right to vote, all you need is your passport. once the voter
[00:17:01] receives their ballots, they head right to the voting booth, make their choice and
[00:17:05] drop it into the ballot box. alternatively people can choose to vote through
[00:17:09] a specialized terminal, after an identity check, an anonymized electronic
[00:17:13] ballot appears on the terminal screen, allowing the voter to make their
[00:17:16] choice. decided to try the electronic voting and
[00:17:20] found it to be very fast and easy. this polling station is
[00:17:24] wonderful, everything is fast, everything. the charming girls
[00:17:27] helped me with what was slightly unclear to me, they were very
[00:17:31] kind,
[00:18:07] unable to do so due to health reasons or other circumstances can vote from
[00:18:11] home, and those receiving medical treatment at hospitals are able
[00:18:15] to exercise their right to vote, just the sim. All
[00:18:19] patients were notified that they could vote in their hospital beds while
[00:18:22] receiving treatment. The different ways to vote were explained to them
[00:18:26] in simple, easy to understand terms. Those opted for
[00:18:30] traditional voting or used a mobile electronic voting terminal were added
[00:18:34] to a list which was subsequently handed over.
[00:18:46] of which we are
[00:18:49] election commission, members, to guarantee that every patient can exercise their right to vote in the state
[00:18:53] Duma elections. They may submit a verbal or written request to vote
[00:18:57] outside the polling station. This is precisely the task we are
[00:19:00] carrying out. Hospital patients noted the
[00:19:04] convenience the election process at the facility.
[00:19:07] notified me in advance that i would have the opportunity to vote. of course i
[00:19:11] agreed. they brought the ballet box right here to me. i dropped my ballet
[00:19:15] in and i was done. i'm very happy with how it went. you don't have to
[00:19:19] walk far at all. it's so convenient. they help you and even offer to
[00:19:23] let you vote right by your bed. so it's really easy and great to be
[00:19:27] able to vote in the hospital from your bedside. i'm extremely happy with the
[00:19:31] voting process. everything was brought to me exactly as requested and i just
[00:19:35] dropped my ballet into the box. everything was. I'm very
[00:19:38] pleased. Whether online or in person, a paper ballot or through a
[00:19:42] specialized terminal, every vote counts. Convenience and
[00:19:46] simplicity make for smooth election process, and as it will soon
[00:19:50] move into its next and final stage, the nation awaits the election
[00:19:54] results. RT reporting from
[00:19:56] Moscow. All and things are not over
[00:20:00] yet. In fact, they're entering the final home stretch. One more day of
[00:20:04] voting is still to come before we know who will be. representing this
[00:20:08] vast country in parliament for the next five years. when it comes
[00:20:12] to all the latest updates, RT has you covered all weekend
[00:20:16] long.
[00:20:28] well to other news now, and well, negative impact on the
[00:20:32] Ukraine settlement. that's how the Kremlin has described Donald Trump
[00:20:36] decision to sign a... sweeping sanctions package into law,
[00:20:40] allowing Washington to impose 100% tariffs nations
[00:20:44] buying Russian oil and gas. The legislation honors late
[00:20:48] Republican senator and infamous Warhawk Lincy Graham. These
[00:20:52] measures will evidently target Moscow's biggest trade partners, China
[00:20:56] and India. What led to this and what could become
[00:21:00] the result of this is something that artis Anastasia
[00:21:03] Valodina has explained. From what we know so
[00:21:07] far is that Donald Trump has signed the law, which basically uh
[00:21:11] means um the U.S. is extending its sanctions against
[00:21:14] Iran, but at the same time um the law also and the
[00:21:18] sanctions are targeting. Russia as well, because the law in fact is
[00:21:22] called Linti O'Gram sanctioning Russia and Iran
[00:21:26] act of 2026, so that law um
[00:21:29] earlier passed the House of Representatives um a
[00:21:33] bipartisan 262 to
[00:21:36] 159 vote, and we'll get deeper into
[00:21:40] what that actually means and why is this so important and so much talked
[00:21:43] about recently, but for now let's take a listen to what the Kremlin
[00:21:47] spokesperson had to say just before the law. had been
[00:21:50] signed, we are monitoring the
[00:21:54] progress of this document, it falls under the category of unfriendly actions and
[00:21:58] additional sanctions from the US will complicate efforts to find a peaceful
[00:22:01] settlement in Ukraine. now what is the real
[00:22:05] fallout of this bill? well, the biggest fallout in all of this is that
[00:22:09] basically despite uh the factum well and that the
[00:22:13] bill is actually called the law Russia and Aron sanctions, the
[00:22:17] law actually targets countries that trade. with
[00:22:20] Russia and primarily we know the biggest traders are um
[00:22:24] India and China uh and to be precise um the
[00:22:28] law targets countries that buy russian energy um
[00:22:32] and the law basically allows to impose and here's the catch actually the law allows
[00:22:36] to impose uh up to 100% tariffs on those who
[00:22:40] buy russian oil and of course primarily that is
[00:22:43] India and China and to give a little more depth
[00:22:46] into uh why this is so important let's have look at
[00:22:50] statistics, so just last month China bought half
[00:22:54] of Russian oil exports, so an enormous amount, and with
[00:22:58] India was, well, India was close behind with 37%
[00:23:01] of Moscow supplies, Russian gas is also crucial in
[00:23:05] all of this, because Beijing makes nearly a third of all
[00:23:09] purchases, so basically India and China are now
[00:23:13] at crossroads and have to choose, they either uh keep
[00:23:16] buying Russian energy a relatively good price. or they lose
[00:23:20] access to the US market because Washington is basically
[00:23:24] using tariffs as leverage uh to discourage new Delhi and
[00:23:28] Beijing from buying Russian energy uh and
[00:23:32] one the US senators actually didn't even mince his words about
[00:23:36] that to Vladimir Putin, we
[00:23:38] have your number, your economy is reeling, we're going to
[00:23:42] throttle your war machine, China and India
[00:23:46] to you, you better clean up your act, it doesn't.
[00:23:50] come as a surprise uh why we've heard just such reaction from the
[00:23:53] Kremland spokesperson Dmitri Peskoff just earlier because um
[00:23:57] as we recall on one important point just around two weeks ago uh
[00:24:01] Donald Trump personally sent his envoice to Russia then they travel to
[00:24:05] Kiev Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to negotiate the Ukraine
[00:24:09] crisis to find a solution uh but um so
[00:24:13] the timing raises lot of questions why does this come uh just two
[00:24:17] weeks after the US tried its best in trying to to settle the conflict in
[00:24:21] Ukraine uh, but um, the law, anyhow, has now been
[00:24:24] signed, it will primarily affect India and China, but
[00:24:28] nevertheless it will also affect Russia. now,
[00:24:31] in all of this, what has been the reaction of China and
[00:24:35] India, if any? well, we know the Washington is basically
[00:24:38] turning up the heat on Russia's biggest oil bias uh, but
[00:24:42] India and China are sending very clear message
[00:24:46] that national interests come first, let's listen in.
[00:24:50] China consistently opposes unilateral sanctions that lack UN
[00:24:54] authorization or a basis in international law, and opposes
[00:24:58] the imposition of so-called secondary sanctions on other countries based on
[00:25:01] their dealings with third parties. China has always conducted normal
[00:25:05] economic and trade cooperation with countries around the world on the basis of
[00:25:09] equality and mutual benefit. Such cooperation neither targets third
[00:25:13] parties nor is subject to interference or coersion by them. India
[00:25:17] remains firmly committed to ensuring energy security for. 1.4
[00:25:21] billion people, it will continue to do so through diversified sourcing
[00:25:25] and on the basis of evolving market dynamics. The Indian side has also made
[00:25:29] clear its determination to take all necessary measures to protect its trade and
[00:25:32] economic interests. After Washington launched its war
[00:25:36] against Iran earlier this year, it has of course triggered
[00:25:40] an unprecedented disruption to the uh oil fuel markets
[00:25:44] and just generally sparking a worldwide
[00:25:48] crisis um never. less of course these new sanctions will
[00:25:52] of course uh will rub off on all the countries
[00:25:55] worldwide but primarily in fact India and
[00:25:58] China. Well, we discussed these developments in depth. with our
[00:26:02] guests who say that neither Beijing nor New Delhi will
[00:26:06] sacrifice their sovereign economic ties with Russia to serve
[00:26:09] narrow American interests, I think
[00:26:13] definitely they will damage New Delhi's relations
[00:26:17] with Washington, for me
[00:26:19] I see this as hostile action
[00:26:22] because for India uses for
[00:26:26] 50% their energy needs are
[00:26:29] currently supplied by Russia. and given the
[00:26:33] fact that the straights of hormose and the red sea are almost
[00:26:37] closed, this makes it even more
[00:26:40] important the supply from Russia. India is very used to
[00:26:44] refining Rush the supplies for Russian crude and
[00:26:48] also use it for their
[00:26:50] own industry, their
[00:26:51] own development and to re-export it,
[00:26:54] including to to Europe and even the
[00:26:57] diesel back in some cases to Russia, because it's
[00:27:01] cheaper to... clean it up in Indian factories,
[00:27:05] but for the US, they only look at their own very
[00:27:08] narrow interest. There is a
[00:27:12] possibility, Washington is trying to pressure the Chinese side,
[00:27:16] you know, like if you don't do this, we will impose one% sanctions on
[00:27:19] your exports as a way basically to leverage
[00:27:23] against the Chinese side, to pressure the Chinese side to make more
[00:27:27] concessions public, that's a trade off on certain issues,
[00:27:30] certain topics, China. not going to back off
[00:27:34] from doing business with Russia, that's in the interest of Russia, in
[00:27:38] interest of China, that's simply business as, legitimate business
[00:27:42] between Moscow, it has nothing to do with Washington, has nothing to do
[00:27:46] with the Europeans, so that's the way to go, I think the
[00:27:49] message has been very clear from Beijing, if people are being
[00:27:53] pragmatic, being realistic, it's just
[00:27:56] impossible to cut the Russian energy
[00:28:00] off entirely from global energy market,
[00:28:04] because the supply is there, I'm not sure President Trump is
[00:28:08] going to do what some the senators you
[00:28:12] know like to to to happen to Russia, to
[00:28:16] China to India, because it also offerts the consumers
[00:28:19] inside the US, well
[00:28:23] over to Gaza now where one Palestinian has reportedly being killed
[00:28:27] with several others wounded in new Israeli attack, according to
[00:28:31] local media and israi drone struck vehicle driven by a civilian in
[00:28:35] the Sheikh Ridwan neighborhood of Gaza City. The assault
[00:28:39] carried caused the card to catch fire prompting local
[00:28:42] residents to attempt to put out the flames. This latest assault
[00:28:46] comes amid the regular destruction of civilian infrastructure, including
[00:28:50] residential buildings in the enclave. That's as locals
[00:28:54] struggle to just survive in terrible conditions. For
[00:28:58] instance, here footage shows the consequences of
[00:29:01] Israel's. presence in the region, demolished houses and civilian
[00:29:05] infrastructure, leaving mostly debris and ruins as far
[00:29:09] as the eye can see. some locals say that the humanitarian
[00:29:13] crisis resulting from the Gaza war has made residential
[00:29:17] areas high risk
[00:29:18] zones. these towers are
[00:29:22] like ticking time bombs, meaning they could explode and collapse any
[00:29:26] moment,
[00:29:30] صاروا الاولاد عندي بالليل. night, my son started checking on each
[00:29:34] other, the girls were terrified and my wife was a state of panic
[00:29:38] asking me repeatedly, is it possible that the tower collapsed,
[00:29:41] michelle? I replied, we put our trust in
[00:29:44] God. Ultimately, we're as good as
[00:29:48] dead, and have lost all our love for life. We've had enough,
[00:29:52] ultimately we see ourselves dying slow
[00:29:54] death. Well, Gazans are facing
[00:29:57] regular attempts to drive them off their own lands and that's
[00:30:01] as Israel's. national security minister sees Palestinian
[00:30:05] territories as nothing but real estate and openly
[00:30:09] calls for locals to just leave their homes voluntarily. Just a quick
[00:30:13] warning, up next we're going to show some distressing
[00:30:15] images. is a real estate
[00:30:19] arena. I want to refugee to leave voluntarily. I don't want to send them
[00:30:23] anywhere. The conditions are not good there for some them, correct? I have no problem
[00:30:27] with this. I'm humanitarian, okay? I'm doing them a favor. I'm getting them
[00:30:31] out of here. I want them to say. to the world, look, there's a
[00:30:33] solution. well, amid such statements from ben and other
[00:30:37] Israeli top officials, Washington remains silent, but if someone
[00:30:41] tries to speak out against Israeli actions, that's when the United States is
[00:30:45] very quick to shut those voices down, quite possibly one the world's
[00:30:49] most famous journalists, Tucker Carson, addressed exactly this
[00:30:53] as the...