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#ShahMahmoodQureshi Pakistan FM said: Israel controls most of media, they r influential & have "Deep Pockets" in #US media. That's why #Israel gets favourable covarge from international media. Credit: @CNN #ceasefire #WellDoneSMQ #IronDome #فلسطين_تنتصر #gaza #ceasefire #irondrome #ForeignMinister Pakistan’s foreign minister: Israel has ‘deep pockets’ and controls the media JTA — Pakistan’s foreign minister echoed a pair of antisemitic tropes on a CNN segment discussing the Israel-Gaza violence on Thursday. In an interview with anchor Bianna Golodryga, who is Jewish, Shah Mahmood Qureshi first said that Israel is losing the “the media war” in its battle against Hamas, “despite their connections.” Golodryga shot back, saying “What are their connections?” Qureshi laughed, then said “Deep pockets.” Golodryga pushed again, asking what he meant, and Qureshi answered: “Well they’re very influential people, they control media.” “I would call that an antisemitic remark,” Golodryga responded. So began a testy seven-minute exchange between the two, which aired shortly after Qureshi spoke at a United Nations Security Council session in New York earlier in the day. CNN aired a clip of Qureshi’s speech, in which he said the responsibility lay with Israel to stop the violence on its border with the Gaza Strip. Hamas, which started the conflict over a week ago by firing rockets into Israel, agreed to a ceasefire with Israel hours later. Golodryga, who was born to Jewish parents in what is now Moldova and immigrated to the US in 1980, repeatedly brought up Qureshi’s statements about what he called Israel’s control of the media. When asked to condemn antisemitism, Qureshi said “I will not justify any rocket attacks…and I cannot condone the aerial bombardment that is taking place.” He described Israel’s actions against Hamas as “genocide,” “war crimes” and “ethnic cleansing.” Golodryga also pushed Qureshi to condemn China’s actions against its Uyghur population, which some Jewish groups have deemed a genocide. After noting that Pakistan is a close ally of China, Qureshi pivoted to talk about the Indian-Pakistani ethnic clashes in the Kashmir region. .......................................................................................................... Pakistan’s foreign minister met the UN chief to express “deep concern over the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories caused by Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday. Shah Mahmood Qureshi “underscored that his visit to New York to attend the [UN] General Assembly session on Palestine was an expression of Pakistan’s firm and unwavering support to the legitimate cause of the Palestinian people for their right to self-determination.” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that came into effect at 2.00 a.m. on Friday (2300GMT Thursday). He expressed the hope that this could “help revive efforts for a negotiated settlement of the Palestinian issue,” read the statement. Qureshi also briefed the UN chief on “the serious human rights and humanitarian situation” in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, “including continued illegal incarceration of Kashmiri political leaders and extrajudicial killings.” He urged the UN chief to “use his good offices to resolve the Jammu and Kashmir dispute in line with the UN Charter and the relevant Security Council Resolutions.” “Pakistan desires normal relations with India. However, the onus is on India to take steps to create an enabling environment for a meaningful engagement,” the minister said. He briefed Guterres on Islamabad’s “constructive efforts to facilitate the Afghan peace process, and expressed the hope that the Afghan parties would seize the opportunity and reach an inclusive, politically-negotiated settlement, resulting in lasting peace and security in Afghanistan.” Qureshi also expressed deep concern at the “rising tide of intolerance, discrimination, violence and Islamophobia against Muslims.” He stressed the need for the UN to “address this challenge, as well as take effective measures against the threat posed by violent nationalist, supremacist, far right and extreme-right wing terrorist groups and ideologies.” Earlier, Qureshi met Volkan Bozkir, the Turkish diplomat serving as president of the UN General Assembly, and lauded him for “his proactive leadership” in convening the session to discuss the Palestinian crisis. Bozkir thanked the foreign minister for inviting him to Pakistan. The senior diplomat is expected to arrive in Islamabad for a three-day visit on May 26. Palestine news Palestine song Palestine and israel Palestine girl speech #palestine chidren #gazaunderattack free Palestine #Gazaairstrike