GA / PALESTINE ABBAS

STORY: GA / PALESTINE ABBAS
TRT: 02:09
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGES: ARABIC / NATS

DATELINE: 23 SEPTEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

SHOTLIST:

FILE - NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior UN Headquarters

23SEPTEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, Mahmoud Abbas walks up to the GA rostrum
3. Wide shot, Palestine delegation
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Abbas, President, State of Palestine:
“Israel is enacting racist laws, consecrating an apartheid regime. Yes, apartheid, and if they do not like the appellation, this is the truth. They are an apartheid regime. Not only between Palestinians and Jews, they are doing so against our people before the eyes on the international community with total impunity.”
5. Med shot, Israel representative
6. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Abbas, President, State of Palestine:
“Israel did not leave us any land on which we can establish our independent state in the frame of its frantic settlement expansion. Where will our people live in freedom and dignity? Where can we build our independent state that will live in peace with its neighbours? We want to live in peace with them. With them. With Israel. Where will we establish our independent state to live?”
7. Med shot, US delegation
8. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mahmoud Abbas, President, State of Palestine:
“Israel is telling the Palestinian people, either you demolish your house, or I will demolish it myself. But demolish it yourself with your own hands is better, because if I demolish it, you will have to pay the cost of the demolishing. Have you ever heard about this? Can you imagine what is happening? This is what is taking place. I have to demolish my house, or they demolish my house, and they make me pay for it.”
9. Wide shot, Palestine delegation applauding
10. Wide shot, Abbas walks away

STORYLINE:

In his address to the General Assembly's General Debate, Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas today (23 Sep) said, “Israel is enacting racist laws, consecrating an apartheid regime.”

Abbas said, “yes, apartheid, and if they do not like the appellation, this is the truth. They are an apartheid regime,” and added that “they are doing so against our people before the eyes on the international community with total impunity.”

The President of the State of Palestine said, “IIsrael did not leave us any land on which we can establish our independent state in the frame of its frantic settlement expansion. Where will our people live in freedom and dignity? Where can we build our independent state that will live in peace with its neighbours? We want to live in peace with them. With them. With Israel. Where will we establish our independent state to live?”

Abbas said, “Israel is telling the Palestinian people, either you demolish your house, or I will demolish it myself. But demolish it yourself with your own hands is better, because if I demolish it, you will have to pay the cost of the demolishing. Have you ever heard about this? Can you imagine what is happening? This is what is taking place. I have to demolish my house, or they demolish my house, and they make me pay for it.”