>> TEST TEST TEST DRAFT REVOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN CIRCULATED BY ALGERIA AND HAVE PROVIDED FEEDBACK. WE ARE CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO NEGOTIATE ON THE INS AND OUTS OF THIS IN PUBLIC. BUT I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT IT IS.
IMBALANCED AND FAILS TO NOTE A CIVIL FACT, WHICH IS THAT HAMAS IS TO BLAME FOR THIS CONFLICT AND FIGHTING IN RAFAH COULD END TOMORROW IF HAMAS AGREED TO A DEAL FOR A CEASE-FIRE AND A RELEASE OF HOSTAGES. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE UNITED NATIONS NOT TO ERASE HAMAS'.
ROLE FROM THIS CONFLICT OR IGNORE ITS REPEATED VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. BEYOND THAT, I'M JUST NOT GOING TO GET AHEAD OF THE PROCESS. >> WOULD YOU VETO IT AS IT STANDS NOW? >> THAT WOULD BE ME GETTING AHEAD OF THE PROCESS, WHICH IS.
WHAT I SAID I WAS JUST NOT GOING TO DO. >> THE UNITED NATIONS THAT ON WEDNESDAY THAT THE AMOUNT OF HUMANITARIAN AID ENTERING THE ENCLAVE HAS DROPPED BY TWO THIRDS SINCE ISRAEL BEGAN ITS MILITARY OPERATION IN THE SOUTHERN RAFAH REGION THIS.
MONTH. WHAT IS U.S. TO ABOUT THIS? >> I'M SORRY, I DID HEAR THAT. ENTERING THE WHAT?>> THE AMOUNT OF HUMANITARIAN AID ENTERING GAZA. >> YOU GOT IT. SORRY. I DID HEAR THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. LOOK, WE HAVE URGED ISRAEL TO ALLOW INCREASED ASSISTANCE INTO GAZA THROUGH AS MANY POINTS AS POSSIBLE AND TO ENSURE THE SAFE AND SECURE DISTRIBUTION OF AID THROUGHOUT THE REGION. WE HAVE ALSO CALLED FOR CONSISTENT ACCESS THROUGH RAFAH.
AND CROSSINGS TO PREVENT HARMS TO CIVILIANS RELYING ON AID AND CONTINUING TO WORK WITH PARTNERS IN ISRAEL AND EGYPT, TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE AS MANY OF THOSE CROSSINGS AS POSSIBLE ARE AS OPEN AND CAN SERVE AS CONDUITS FOR ADDITIONAL HUMANITARIAN.
AID. >> ONE MORE ON GAZA. STACY KROEBER, A STATE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE OF MORE THAN 20 YEARS SAID SHE RESIGNED AFTER THE ADMINISTRATION RELEASED A REPORT THIS MONTH, WHICH SHE SAID WAS WRONG. SHE SAID A DRAFT OF THE REPORT.
SAY CLEARLY THAT ISRAEL WAS BLOCKING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE, BUT THAT SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS WERE REMOVED AND IT WAS EDITED AT A HIGHER LEVEL BEFORE BEING PUBLISHED WITH THE CONCLUSION THAT ISRAEL WAS NOT BLOCKING ASSISTANCE. WHAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE TO.
THIS CONCLUSION AND DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THIS? >> LET ME SEE HIM JUST NOT WHAT A CONTENT DOES COMMENT ON PERSONNEL ISSUES. WE HAVE BEEN CLEAR THAT WE WELCOMED DIVERSE POINTS OF VIEW AND BELIEVE IT MAKES US A STRONGER DEPARTMENT AND IT MAKES.
AND LEADS TO A STRONGER POLICYMAKING PROCESS. THE SECRETARY AND DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK OUT A WIDE RANGE OF VIEWS, BECAUSE WE THINK IT IMPROVES OUR POLICYMAKING PROCESS, AS I SAID. WE CONTINUE TO PRESS THE.
GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL TO AVOID HARMING CIVILIANS AND URGENTLY EXPAND HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO AND INSIDE GAZA. THIS INCLUDES THE PROVISION OF LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE, ALLOWING FUEL ENTRY AND ENSURING THE SAFE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT FOR HUMANITARIAN.
WORKERS. WHAT I CAN SAY ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY MEMORANDUM, 20, AND THE PROCESS, AND WE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT TO THIS ABOUT WHEN THE REPORT WAS RELEASED, IS THAT THIS WAS A JOINT STATE DEPARTMENT DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORT AND ARE REFLECTED INPUT.
FROM ACROSS THE INTER-AGENCY, INCLUDING THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE, INCLUDING OUR EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES IN THE RELEVANT COUNTRIES THAT ARE LAID OUT IN THE AND SM. AS WELL AS INPUT FROM NGOs AND NONPROFITS. RELATIVE — RELATIVE STATE.
DEPARTMENT BUREAUS, INCLUDING, OF COURSE, THE BUREAU OF NEAR EAST AFFAIRS AND THE BUREAU OF REFUGEES PROVIDED INPUT. I WILL SAY THAT WE STAND BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY MEMORANDUM 20 REPORT. WE ARE NOT ENDED ADMINISTRATION OR A DEPARTMENT THAT TWISTS THE.
FACTS. AND ALLEGATIONS THAT WE HAVE ARE UNFOUNDED. BUT THIS IS, AS IN A REPORT AND AS ANY PROCESS, THAT IS UNDERTAKEN IN A POLICYMAKING PROCESS, THESE PROCESSES ARE DELIBERATIVE AND THEY INVOLVE INPUTS FROM PEOPLE AT A VARIETY.
OF SENIORITY AND EXPERT LEVELS. >> THANK YOU. I HAVE A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS ON OTHER THINGS. >> OKAY. GREAT. GO AHEAD. >> FURTHER ON THE ASSISTANCE TO GAZA, WITH THE DOD TEMPORARY.
PEER OUT OF COMMISSION HAS U.S. ENGAGED WITH ISRAEL TO TRY TO GET SOME OF THAT ASSISTANCE THAT'S PRESUMABLY SITTING AT CYPRESS TO COME INTO THE PORT OF ASHDOD? >> WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER OPTIONS MIGHT BE AVAILABLE. FIRST, LET ME JUST SAY THAT PEER.
, PART OF THE OVERALL BROADER MARITIME CORRIDOR, HAS PROVEN TO BE CRUCIAL IN DELIVERING SUPPLIES. AND WE EXPECT THAT THE REPAIR AND THE RE-ENTERING OF THIS PEER TO HAPPEN AS SWIFTLY AS POSSIBLE. I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE AT THE DIP.
OF DEFENSE ARE WORKING ROUND- THE-CLOCK HIM AS HIS OTHERS ACROSS THE INTERAGENCY TO GET THAT TO HAPPEN. THERE IS, OF COURSE, THE WAREHOUSE IN CYPRUS. THERE IS THE PORT OF ASHDOD. THERE ARE THE FACILITIES ON THE BEACH SIDE AND OTHER AVENUES.
LIKE THAT. WE THINK THOSE ARE VIABLE OPTIONS FOR THE HUMANITARIAN AID COMMODITIES. WE ARE CONTINUING TO CONSULT WITH DONOR COUNTRIES, THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL AND OTHER INTERLOCUTORS ON WHAT ME BE FEASIBLE.
I DON'T HAVE A NEW PROCESS TO ANNOUNCE. YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP HURTS. JUST AS YOU SAID, THE PART OF THIS FEAR HAS BEEN CRUCIAL TO DISTRIBUTING AID TO GAZA. IN FACT, SINCE IT STARTED IT HAS BEEN HAVING A SERIES OF ISSUES AND PROBLEMS.
>> SINCE IT STARTED MORE THAN 100 METRIC TONS OF AID HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED FROM THE PIER TO A STAGING AREA WHERE YOU IN HUMANITARIAN GROUPS DISTRIBUTE IT TO PALESTINIANS. OF COURSE, WE WANT THESE REPAIRS AND RAIN GOING TO HAPPEN AS SWIFTLY AS POSSIBLE.
BUT IT HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF OUR OVERALL HUMANITARIAN AID EFFORTS. I KNOW THAT ACROSS THE INTERAGENCY WE ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO RECTIFY THE CHALLENGES THAT WERE FOUND DUE TO SOME WET WEATHER. WHAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE.
CAN TO CONTINUE TO OPEN THIS PROCESS BACKUP. WE THINK IT HAS BEEN VITAL. AS I WAS MENTIONING TO SHANNON, THERE ARE SOME OTHER COMPONENTS OF THIS OVERALL CORRIDOR, INCLUDING THE WAREHOUSE IN CYPRUS, ASHDOD PORT, OTHER SETUPS THAT WE THINK ARE VIABLE.
OPTIONS FOR THESE COMMODITIES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT PROCESS.>>> THANK YOU. THE UNITED NATIONS HAS SAID THAT AID HAD DROPPED BY 67%. THAT'S A LOT OF AID SINCE THE OPERATION IN RAFAH BEGAN. DOES THAT TELL YOU THAT THESE, I'M SORRY TO CALL IT THIS WAY,.
BUT BANDED KIND OF SOLUTIONS, LIKE THE PIER. — THEY ARE SUBJECT TO ALL KINDS OF WEATHER, MISHAPS, WHATEVER IT IS. THE ONLY WAY ARE REALLY THE LAND CROSSINGS. ISN'T THAT THE CASE NOW? ISN'T THAT THE PROOF?>> AS I.
SAID WHEN ANSWERING LEON'S QUESTION, WHEN THE PIER WAS ANCHORED AND FUNCTIONING IT'S ALLOW THE PROVISION OF 1000 METRIC TONS OF HUMANITARIAN AID . ALSO, I WAS PRETTY CLEAR, AS HAZMAT, AS HAS SECRETARY BLANKET WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE J LOTS PROCESS AND IT.
BEING ESTABLISH THAT THIS MEANT ADMINISTRATION IS ONE IN WHICH WE ARE PURSUING, AND ALL OF THE ABOVE APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO HUMANITARIAN AID. AT NO POINT SINCE THE ONSET OF THIS CONFLICT HAVE WE TRIED TO MAKE THE CASE THAT A MARITIME CORRIDOR OR A PIER,.
ESTABLISHMENT OF A PIER SYSTEM WAS MEANT TO REPLACE OR SUPERSEDE LAND ROUTE CROSSINGS. THAT'S WHY WE CONTINUE TO WORK AROUND THE CLOCK TO MAKE SURE THOSE LAND CROSSINGS ARE OPEN AS WITH AS POSSIBLE AS WELL.>> YOU GUYS SAID TIME AND AGAIN THAT IT'S NOT AN ALTERNATIVE TO.
LAND CROSSINGS. BUT THAT CONTINUES TO BE THE CASE. WHY NOT BRING TO BEAR WHATEVER ABILITIES YOU HAVE, WHATEVER PRESSURE YOU HAVE ON THE ISRAELIS TO ALLOW MORE AID TO GO TO THE LAND CROSSING? OR THE EGYPTIANS.
OR WHATEVER. WHATEVER LAND CROSSING THERE IS AVAILABLE — >> WE ARE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE EXACTLY THAT KIND OF DIPLOMACY TO TURN ON AND OPEN AS MANY CROSSINGS AS WE CAN. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE THAT.
>> DO YOU FEEL THAT WE CONCEIVE THE REOPENING OR THE RESUMPTION OF AID THROUGH THIS CROSSING ANYTIME SOON? >> IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT AID IS FLOWING AMONG THE CROSSINGS THAT EXIST. ON MAY 29th PICTURE LOVE 325 TRUCKS CROSSED INTO GAZA.
CERTAINLY, NOT INDICATING THAT IS ENOUGH OR ENOUGH TO ALLEVIATE THE DIRE SITUATION IN GAZA, BUT AID IS FLOWING AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK AROUND THE CLOCK WITH PARTNERS IN EGYPT AND ISRAEL TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE OTHER VITAL CROSSINGS ARE OPEN AND CAN OPEN AS.
SWIFTLY AS POSSIBLE. SIMULTANEOUSLY WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REPAIR AND RETROFIT THIS PIER AND MAKE SURE IT CAN BE RE-ANCHORED AS SWIFTLY AS POSSIBLE AS WELL. I'M SURE MY COLLEAGUES AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CAN SPEAK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE.
PRECISELY ABOUT THAT PROCESS. >> THERE IS A CNN NEW YORK TIMES INVESTIGATION THAT DETERMINED THAT THE WEAPONS USED IN RAFAH WERE AMERICAN WEAPONS, THAT JP YOU 39, WHATEVER. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THAT? YESTERDAY I THINK THE SECRETARY.
SAID HE WAS NOT SURE YET WHETHER IT WAS AMERICAN MADE WEAPONS. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHAT IS YOUR POSITION TODAY? >> I'M GOING TO LET THE I.D.s. TO THEIR INVESTIGATION, INCLUDING — >> I'M ASKING YOU ABOUT IS THIS A U.S. WEAPON, AS FAR AS YOU.
KNOW? >> AGAIN, IT IS NOT FOR US TO SPEAK TO. WE CAN'T SPEAK TO INDIVIDUAL WEAPONS, LOAD OUTS, TO ISRAELI AIRCRAFT. I WILL LET THE IDF SPEAK TO THEIR INVESTIGATION FINDINGS AND INDICATE, INCLUDING.
ANYTHING THEY HAVE TO SHARE ABOUT WHAT WEAPONS WERE USED. I JUST DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER.>> AND LASTLY, DOES IT BOTHER YOU GUYS WHEN FORMER OFFICIALS, YOU KNOW, HIGH PROFILE OFFICIALS, LIKE THE FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS, NIKKI HALEY, RIGHTS ON A BOMB, FINISH.
THEM OFF. OR WHEN SOMEONE THAT IS STILL, LIKE U.S. SENATOR, SAYS DROP A NUCLEAR BOMB ON THEM AND SO ON. LIKE IF ON A SOLUTION KIND OF THING. DOESN'T REALLY BOTHER YOU? DO YOU FEEL DISGUSTED? DO YOU FEEL THAT MAYBE YOU.
OUGHT TO ISSUE A STATEMENT. IF ANYBODY SAID THIS ABOUT ANY OTHER GROUP OF PEOPLE OR SO ON AT THAT YOU PROBABLY WOULD BE DISGUSTED. I THOUGHT YOU WOULD SAY THIS IS TERRACE'S. THIS IS AWFUL. WHAT IS YOUR POSITION ON WHAT.
THEY SAY? ? AMBASSADOR HALEY IS A PRIVATE CITIZEN. WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON IS THE DIPLOMACY AND TASK AT HAND. WE ARE FOCUSED ON DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET THIS CONFLICT TO END, SECURE A CEASE- FIRE, A CEASE-FIRE COUPLED WITH.
RELEASE OF HOSTAGES. A CEASE-FIRE THAT CAN BE COUPLED WITH AN ADDITIONAL INFLUX OF HUMANITARIAN AID. ONE THAT INSURES PALESTINIANS IN GAZA ARE PROTECTED, HAVE THEIR HUMANITARIAN NEEDS MET. A CEASE-FIRE THAT WILL HELP IDENTIFY A VISION FOR THE POST-.
CONFLICT OF GAZA. GAZA THAT CAN NO LONGER BE A SPRINGBOARD OF TERRORISM. AND A GAZA WHERE PALESTINIANS IN A SEPARATE STATE, ISRAELI'S, CAN LIVE WITH EQUAL MEASURES OF SECURITY AND PROSPERITY. THAT'S WHAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON. [ INAUDIBLE QUESTION ].
>> I'M GOING TO GO TO ABBY, BECAUSE SHE HAS HAD HER PATIENT — HER HEAD A PATIENTLY. >> WHY CAN'T YOU COMMENT ON WHETHER OR NOT THIS WAS A U.S. BOMB? IS THAT A MATTER OF POLICY OR IS IT BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW? >> OH TOM, WE JUST CAN'T SPEAK.
TO INDIVIDUAL WEAPONS, LOAD OUTS, ON ISRAELI AIRCRAFT. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING FOR US TO SPEAK TO. THIS WAS NOT A U.S. OPERATION. WE ARE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, AS IT RELATES TO THIS CONFLICT. I WILL LET THE IDF SPEAK TO.
THEIR INVESTIGATIONS AND THEIR FINDINGS. PROBABLY, OF COURSE, THE UNITED STATES HAS A BROAD AND ROBUST SECURITY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL. THAT IS CERTAINLY NO SECRET. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SPEAKING, AS IT RELATES TO INDIVIDUAL.
OPERATIONS, WE ARE JUST NOT GOING TO DO THAT FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. I DO FOR YOU TO OUR PARTNERS IN ISRAEL TO SPEAK TO THAT. >> IT MATTERS THOUGH. YOU ARE A SPOKESMAN FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. IF THIS WAS A U.S. WEAPON AS.
HAS BEEN WIDELY REPORTED, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IMAGES ARE SUGGESTING. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY AN INTEREST FOR YOU AND POTENTIAL RESPONSIBILITY GIVEN CATASTROPHIC DEATHS IN THE WAY THAT PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THIS INCIDENT AFTER ISRAELI AIR STRIKES.
TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE PICTURES?. TOM, IT'S IMPORTANT. LET'S NOT CONFLATE MULTIPLE THINGS ANSPIRED. WE BELIEVE THAT UNDERSTANDING THAT WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO HELP THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL AND.
THE IDF AS A CONTINUES TO CONDUCT ITS OPERATIONS. THAT IS TRUE. THAT IS OUR BELIEF. REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER THE WEAPON OF ORIGIN IS. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR ISRAELI PARTNERS CAN SPEAK TO IN THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION.
PRODUCE. I THINK MY QUESTION IS MORE ABOUT WHAT THE YOU KNOW THE ORIGIN OF THIS QUESTION AND YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT IT OR WHETHER YOU DON'T KNOW. >> THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO. CERTAINLY, NOT FROM THE STATE.
DEPARTMENT. IF YOU WANT TO GET VERY TECHNICAL [ INAUDIBLE – MULTIPLE SPEAKERS ] — >> THESE IMAGES HAVE ESTABLISHED ITS AMERICAN WEAPON. CLEANS A SLIGHTLY PECULIAR POSITION — >> ON DOES NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO SPECIFIC.
WEAPONS. >> I THINK IT WAS A BIT OF CONFUSION, PERHAPS ON MONDAY, ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THE TENTS AND THE FIRE. AND WHERE THE BOMB, WHERE THE BOMBS WERE DROPPED. THE AERIAL IMAGES THAT HAVE EMERGED SEEM TO SHOW THE.
STRUCTURES THAT WERE ATTACKED VERY CLOSE TO QUITE A LOT OF TENSE. THE PALESTINIAN JOURNALIST THAT TOOK THE PHOTOS WITH THE ELECTRONIC BOARD OF THE WEAPON SAYS THAT CHILD TOLD HIM HE FOUND ELECTRONICS BOARD IN HIS TENT, WHICH WOULD SUGGEST A.
CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE TENT TO THE STRIKE. HAVE YOU GOT ANY FURTHER THREE DAYS ON NOW ABOUT THE PROXIMITY? >> WE DON'T, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, TOM. THAT SOMETHING WE ARE CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH OUR.
PARTNERS IN ISRAEL. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD BY THE ISRAELIS IT IS CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION. WE WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN THOROUGHLY, SWIFTLY AND TRANSPARENTLY. AS I SAID, LOOKING INTO THESE KINDS OF THINGS, MAKING THESE.
KINDS OF ASSESSMENTS ARE CRITICAL TO ENSURING THAT THE IDF AVOID SIMILAR TRAGEDIES IN THE FUTURE. ABBY. >> SECRETARY SAID YESTERDAY THAT IN LIGHT OF THE HORRIFIC CONSEQUENCES FOR THEIR ACTIONS WITHIN RAFAH THEY HAVE TO.
CONSIDER WHETHER THE INCREMENTAL GAINS MADE AGAINST THOMAS ARE WORTH THOSE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES. IS THE ADMINISTRATION, DOES THE ADMINISTRATION BELIEVE THAT ISRAEL IS MOVING CLOSER TO THAT REDLINE THAT THEY DREW FOR RECONSIDERING SUPPLYING U.S.
WEAPONS? >> LOOK, AS IT RELATES TO A MAJOR MILITARY OPERATION IN RAFAH, WE HAVE YET TO SEE SUCH ONE TRANSPIRE. THERE HAS BEEN AN UPTICK IN MILITARY OPERATIONS ALONG THE PHILADELPHIA CORRIDOR ON THE OUTSKIRTS, BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN.
A MAJOR OPERATION AS IT RELATES TO RAFAH. WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. ABBY, TO TAKE A STEP BACK, WHAT THE SECRETARY WAS REFERRING TO IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE HEARD HIM SAY BEFORE.
OVER THE COURSE OF THIS CONFLICT IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT OUR PARTNERS IN ISRAEL HAVE A VISION FOR WHAT THE DAY AFTER THIS CONFLICT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND STEPS ARE TAKEN TO DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP GET THE REGION OUT OF THIS ENDLESS.
CYCLE OF VIOLENCE. THAT IS IN LINE WITH WHAT THE SECRETARY LAID OUT IN TOKYO LAST DECEMBER. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY TENETS OF OUR VISION FOR THIS REGION. A GAZA THAT CAN NO LONGER BE A SPRINGBOARD FOR TERRORISM.
AGAINST THE ISRAELI PEOPLE. A GAZA THAT IS REUNITED UNDER THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY WITH THE WEST BANK. WE ARE LOOKING FOR A REAL PLAN FOR PROGRESS FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. ONE THAT WILL BRING EQUAL MEASURES OF DIGNITY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS ALIKE. TO PUT IT MORE CANDIDLY, A MILITARY OPERATION HERE THAT WE HAVE NEVER FELT IS ENOUGH. WE, OF COURSE, SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGE EVERY EFFORT TO DEFEAT HAMAS. BUT WITHOUT SOME PLANS FOR SOME.
BROAD OR GREATER DIPLOMACY WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIND OURSELVES IN THIS ENDLESS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE. >> ONE MORE. GO AHEAD. >> NO, GO AHEAD. >> ONE MORE RELATED QUESTION. CAN YOU CONFIRM SOME OF THESE.
REPORTS THAT U.S. AND ISRAEL AND EGYPT WILL BE MEETING NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS OPENING RAFAH CROSSING AND SECURING THE BORDER BETWEEN EGYPT AND GAZA? AND WHAT DOES THE U.S. HOPE TO SEE, AS FAR AS WHO WOULD BE ADMINISTERING THE GAZA SIDE? >> ABBY, I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK.
TO SPECIFIC REPORTS AND DIPLOMATIC CONVERSATIONS. WHAT I CAN SAY IS WE ARE ENGAGED IN THIS WORK AROUND THE CLOCK. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY WITH OUR PARTNERS IN EGYPT AND PARTNERS IN ISRAEL TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO GET THE RAFAH BORDER.
CROSSING OPEN. I'M NOT GOING TO PREVIEW OR HYPOTHESIZE ON JUST TO CLEAR OR TECHNICALLY WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE. WE ARE GOING TO LET THIS PROCESS PLAY OUT. >> THANK YOU. ON THE — USED ON RAFAH, YOU.
SAID IT'S NOT A MAJOR OPERATION. 54 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN GAZA OVER THE PAST HOURS. NEARLY 1 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY FLED RAFAH OVER THE PAST THREE WEEKS, AS ISRAELI STRIKES CONTINUE. WE HAVE SEEN ISRAELI TANKS IN RAFAH, ALTHOUGH YOU DENY.
ARE THESE ACCEPTABLE FOR YOU? IS THERE A LINE? WHERE IS THE LINE FOR YOU TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS ENOUGH IN THIS CANNOT CONTINUE ANYMORE?>> I'M JUST NOT GOING TO PREVIEW OR TRY TO PINPOINT A HYPOTHETICAL LIKE THAT. THE TRUTH OF THE FACTS ON THE.
GROUND IS THAT WE HAVE YET TO SEE A MAJOR MILITARY OPERATION INTO RAFAH. AS I SAID, WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN MILITARY OPERATIONS AT THE BORDER IN THE PHILADELPHIA CORRIDOR AND IN THE OUTSKIRTS, BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN A MAJOR OPERATION INTO.
GAZA. WE — INTO RAFAH, I'M SORRY. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR OPERATIONS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> WHAT WILL BE A MAJOR OPERATION?>> AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN CURED CLEAR ABOUT WHAT THIS IS IT, WHICH IS A MILITARY –.
MAJOR MILITARY OPERATION. NOT GOING TO CATEGORIZE IT INTO ONE BOX OR ANOTHER. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY DYNAMIC AND FLUID SITUATION. WE ARE WANT TO CONTINUE TO CONSULT WITH OUR PARTNERS IN ISRAEL AND ENGAGE ON THESE ISSUES.>> JUST A QUICK FOLLOW-UP.
ON THE QUESTION REGARDING — U.S. WEAPONS. I KNOW THIS WAS BASED ON OPEN SOURCE INFORMATION FOOTAGE. WHY ISN'T THE STATE DEPARTMENT ABLE TO MAKE A SIMILAR ASSESSMENT BASED ON — INSTEAD OF RELYING ON THE IDF INVESTIGATION?.
>> WE ARE JUST NOT GOING TOSPEAK ON INDIVIDUAL WEAPONS, LOAD OUTS, ON INDIVIDUAL AIRCRAFT. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO FROM HERE. I WILL LEAVE IT TO THE IDF TO SPEAK TO ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO SHARE AS IT RELATES TO.
THEIR FINDINGS AND INVESTIGATION THAT THEY HAVE UNDERWAY. GO AHEAD. >> JUST BASED ON YOUR ANSWER, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN A MAJOR MILITARY OPERATION AND YOU OPPOSE A GROUND MILITARY OPERATION IN RAFAH.
YOU SUPPORT ISRAEL IN GOING AFTER HAMAS. YOU'RE SAYING HAMAS IS EMBEDDED WITHIN THE CIVILIAN POPULATION. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS HOW ISRAEL CAN GO AFTER HAMAS. AND THESE CONSEQUENCES WOULD LOOK LIKE WHAT WE HAVE SEEN DURING THE WEEKEND.
SO, JUST CAN YOU SAY ON THE RECORD, THAT YOU SUPPORT WHAT IS TAKING PLACE NOW WITHOUT CALLING IT A MAJOR MILITARY OPERATION OR A TARGET MILITARY OPERATION? CAN YOU GIVE US AN ANSWER WHETHER YOU SUPPORT WHAT IS HAPPENING AND WHAT IS TAKING.
PLACE? THE WAY IT'S TAKEN PLACE NOW IN RAFAH? >> WE SUPPORT EFFORTS TO DEFEAT HAMAS. WE HAVE SUPPORTED THOSE EFFORTS SINCE OCTOBER 7th. AT EVERY MEASURE WE HAVE CONTINUE TO STRESS THE MORAL.
AND STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE MILITARY OPERATIONS ARE CONDUCTED IN A WAY THAT MINIMIZED CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. OBVIOUSLY, JUST BASED ON IMAGERY THE EVENTS OF THIS PAST WEEKEND FAILED TO MEET THAT MARK. THAT BEING SAID, WE DO CONTINUE.
TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO TAKE OUT HAMAS TERRORISTS, WHICH OUR PARTNERS IN THE IDF INDICATED THAT THEY DID OVER THE COURSE OF THE OPERATION THIS PAST WEEKEND. WE WILL CONTINUE TO STRESS THAT THEY NEED TO BE CONDUCTED IN WAYS THAT DO NOT IMPEDE.
HUMANITARIAN AID ACCESS, THAT DO NOT PUT UNDUE RISK AT CIVILIANS, PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS, WITHIN GAZA. >> ONE MORE QUESTION, IF I MAY. NOBODY CAN DENY THAT THERE IS A TENSION GROWING BETWEEN THE ISRAELI AND THE EGYPTIANS. NOW WE HAVE A LITIGATION.
THE WHITE HOUSE IS SENDING A LITIGATION. TO WHAT EXTENT THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS ENGAGED, IN AT LEAST AVOIDING THIS ESCALATION? >> ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH OF THE HORRIFIC OCTOBER 7th TERRORIST ATTACKS.
WAS A NECESSITY TO ENSURE THAT ALL REGIONAL PARTIES HAD A RESPONSIBILITY, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CONFLICT DIDN'T SPREAD AND THAT TENSIONS DIDN'T RISE UNNECESSARILY. AS IT RELATES TO THE RAFAH BORDER CROSSING AND ENGAGEMENTS THAT ARE ONGOING BETWEEN OUR.
PARTNERS AND EGYPT AND OUR PARTNERS IN ISRAEL, WE WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY A ROLE IN THAT CONVERSATION AS WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE PROGRESS MADE AND OPENING THAT CROSSING. WE THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONDUIT FOR THE OVERALL HUMANITARIAN AID SITUATION INTO.
GAZA. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING YOU BEYOND THAT. GO AHEAD. >> SHE HAS CALLED FOR A PIECE SUMMIT. DO YOU HAVE ANY REACTION TO THAT?>> NOT REALLY. LOOK, THE UNITED STATES HAS A.
CLEAR VISION ON WHAT WE THINK NEEDS TO HAPPEN. WE HAVE BEEN, WE HAVE NOT BEEN AMBIGUOUS ABOUT THAT IT IS NECESSARY FOR A CEASE-FIRE, THE ONE THAT IS COUPLED WITH THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES AND ONE THAT IS COUPLED WITH ADDITIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.
TIME AND TIME AGAIN WE HAVE SEEN HAMAS MOVE THE GOALPOST OR WALK AWAY FROM LEGITIMATE DEALS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE TABLE. BUT, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK AT. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE SECRETARY HIMSELF HAS COMMITTED.
TO. IT'S WHY HE HAS ENGAGED SO DIRECTLY ON THIS WITH MULTIPLE TRIPS TO THE REGION. I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT BEYOND JUST A CEASE-FIRE IN THE SEA STATION OF THIS IMMEDIATE CONFLICT IN GAZA, YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, IT IS.
CRUCIAL THAT WE ALSO TALK ABOUT THE KIND OF DIPLOMACY AND THE KIND OF STEPS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO GET THE REGION OUT OF THIS ENDLESS CYCLE OF VIOLENCE. ONE THAT IS, AS YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY BEFORE, WILL STOP GAZA FROM BEING A LAUNCHPAD FOR TERRORISM AGAINST THE ISRAELI.
PEOPLE. ONE NOT UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF HAMAS TERRORIST GROUP. THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON. >> YOU KNOW, FOR EIGHT MONTHS ON NOW THESE EFFORTS CLEARLY AREN'T NOT GOING ANYWHERE AT THE MOMENT.
WHY NOT, YOU KNOW, BE OPEN TO KIND OF FRESH, FRESH IDEAS?>> IF ANY COUNTRY IS INTERESTED IN THINKING THAT THEY CAN PLAY A PRODUCTIVE ROLE, THEY CERTAINLY ARE WELCOME TO. LET'S NOT FORGET OR LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THIS CONFLICT COULD HAVE ENDED YESTERDAY IF.
HAMAS WERE TO JUST STOP HIDING BEHIND CIVILIANS, PUT DOWN ITS ARMS AND LEAVE GAZA. AND WE HAVE YET TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. >> >>> WHERE DO YOU WANT THEM TO GO? WHO WOULD TAKE THEM?.
>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A TERRORIST GROUP. >> WHO WOULD TAKE THEM QUICK OH >> GO AHEAD. ANYTHING ELSE ON THE MIDDLE EAST ? GO AHEAD. >> I DON'T THINK YOUR QUESTION IS ON THE MIDDLE EAST. I WILL COME BACK TO YOU, I.
PROMISE. OKAY. I THINK I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW. GO AHEAD. A PROMISE WE WILL GET TO YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU MENTIONED THESE TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATIONS AND,.
SORT OF, ALLOWING ISRAEL TO CONDUCT THOSE INVESTIGATIONS. OBVIOUSLY, YOU MENTIONED RATHER MATT MENTIONED ON TUESDAY THAT VOYEURS HAVE BEEN INTEGRATED WITH THE IVF — TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE GOING AS INTERNATIONAL LAW. IMAGES FROM THIS WEEKEND ARE.
DEVASTATING. YOU PUT A LOT OF TRUST IN JUST NOW SAYS SPECIFICALLY THAT THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY, QUOTE, ASSESSES THAT ISRAEL COULD DO MORE TO AVOID CIVILIAN HARM. SO, AT WHAT POINT WITH THE DEPARTMENT SEE A PATTERN OF CIVILIAN HARM RATHER THAN JUST.
INDIVIDUAL INSTANCES THAT THEY ALLOW FOR INVESTIGATIONS TO CONTINUE?>> SO, LET'S TAKE A STEP BACK HERE. I DISPUTE THE PREMISE OF YOUR QUESTION. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY INDICATION OVER THE COURSE OF THIS CONFLICT, ANY KIND OF.
INTENTIONAL TARGETING OR HARM OF CIVILIANS. WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IS A PRIMARY BELLIGERENT HAMAS THAT HAS A CLEAR TRACK RECORD OF CO- LOCATING ITSELF AMONG CIVILIANS AND CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. THUS, THAT HAS CREATED AN INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED AND.
COMPLEX WARFARE SCENARIO IN GAZA RIGHT NOW. THAT DOES NOT, HOWEVER MINIMIZE THE STRATEGIC AND MORAL IMPERATIVE THAT OUR PARTNERS IN ISRAEL HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THEY CONDUCT MILITARY OPERATIONS THAT RISK AND CASUALTIES TO CIVILIANS ARE.
MINIMIZED AS SIGNIFICANTLY AS POSSIBLE. AND OVER THE COURSE OF THIS PAST WEEKEND THE IMAGES IN THE VIDEOS THAT WE HAVE SEEN HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY HEARTBREAKING. AND WE ARE TRYING TO GET AS MANY ANSWERS AS WE CAN AS TO WHAT TRANSPIRED AND HOW THIS.
INCIDENT UNFOLDED. AND HOW THIS INCIDENT FAILED TO MEET EVEN OUR ISRAELI PARTNERS OWN STATED GOALS OF WANTING TO MINIMIZE CIVILIAN CASUALTIES AS OFTEN AS THEY CAN. GO AHEAD IN THE BACK. >> A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. FIRST OF ALL, YOU SAY THEIR.
ONGOING DIPLOMATIC MOVES TO TRY AND GET MORE AID INTO GAZA. U.S. HAS BEEN TALKING SINCE NOVEMBER OF GETTING MORE AID INTO GAZA. IS THE FACT THAT THERE ISN'T MORE AID GETTING INTO GAZA A FAILURE OF U.S. DIPLOMACY OR IS IT ANTI-RHETORIC?.
>> OVER THE COURSE OF THIS CAN'T — CONFLICT IT IS BECAUSE OF U.S. ENGAGEMENT THAT WE HAVE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE BALL FORWARD ON HUMANITARIAN AID. NO ONE HAS EVER STOOD OUT PERIOD TRY TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THEY MANAGED HEARING AID THAT WE ARE SEEING HAS BEEN.
SUFFICIENT ENOUGH OR A SILVER BULLET TO ADDRESS THE DIRE CONSEQUENCES THAT THE PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS ARE FACING IN GAZA RIGHT NOW. BUT IT IS BECAUSE OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY AND AMERICAN ENGAGEMENT, SPECIFICALLY BY THIS PRESIDENT AND THIS.
SECRETARY OF STATE, THAT WE HAVE CONTINUE TO SEE PROGRESS ON A HUMANITARIAN AID. NO ONE ACROSS THIS IT ADMINISTRATION HAS EVER MADE THE CASE THAT IT IS ENOUGH. I'M NOT SAYING THAT TODAY. BUT IT IS BECAUSE OF AMERICAN AID ENGAGEMENT THAT WE ARE.
SEEING SOME SMALL STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND WE HAVE. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS OUR PARTNERS IN ISRAEL WHEN WE HAVE SEEN THINGS THAT DO NOT MEET THE MARK AS I WAS ANSWERING SIDE'S QUESTION EARLIER, OR IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
TOM'S, WE SELL MORE THAN 300 TRUCKS INTO GAZA ON MAY 29th. I'M NOT AT ALL THINK THAT IS ENOUGH, BUT THAT IS AID FLOWING INTO GAZA WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK AROUND THE CLOCK TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PIER AND THE OVERALL MARITIME CORRIDOR CAN BE RECORD.
TO GAZA AS SWIFTLY AS POSSIBLE. SIMULTANEOUSLY, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE WAREHOUSES IN CYPRUS AND OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE MARITIME CORRIDOR THAT CAN BE USED FOR HUMANITARIAN AID COMMODITIES AND WE ARE LOOKING INTO WHAT MIGHT BE FEASIBLE IN THOSE ASPECTS AS WELL.
>> IF I CAN TELL YOU, THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE QUESTION, IF NIKKI HALEY'S COMMENTS ARE MADE BY A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND DON'T REQUIRE ANY COMMENT FROM YOU WHY DID THIS ADMINISTRATION CRITICIZE PEOPLE WHO SPOKE OUT IN FAVOR OF THOSE IN PALESTINE DEMANDING A CEASE-FIRE?.
AND WERE QUITE VOCAL.>> WHEN DID WE DO THAT? >> DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF TIMES THEY WERE DISCOVERED AS ANTI SEMITIC? ANYTIME THERE WAS A PRO- PALESTINIAN PROTEST IT SEEMED TO BE — >> I THINK YOU'RE CONFLATING.
SIX DIFFERENT THINGS. >> I DON'T THINK THAT I AM. >> YOUR QUESTION IS NOT ON THE LEVEL. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FACTS HERE. PROTEST, WHETHER THEY BE ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES OR ELSEWHERE, THEY INHERENTLY ARE NOT ANTI-.
SEMITIC. THERE HAVE BEEN, OF COURSE, OVER THE COURSE OF THESE PROTESTS, AND IMAGERY, CHANCE, SLOGANS, SIGNAGE THAT HAS BEEN ANTI SEMITIC. ALSO, WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES IS PROTESTERS WHO, IN SOME.
INSTANCES, HAVE BROKEN THE LAW. TAKING OVER BUILDINGS, OCCUPYING CERTAIN AREAS WITHIN SPECIFIC MUNICIPALITIES, THOSE ARE NOT EXPRESSIONS OF FREE SPEECH. THAT IS ILLEGAL IN SOME PLACES. THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS BUT I REALLY DON'T APPRECIATE.
YOU CONFLATING. >> ONE MORE POINT ON THIS. THE FACT IS, YOU HAVE SAID A LOT OF THE THINGS SAID BY THE LIKES OF NIKKI HALEY ARE SIMPLY RHETORIC. YET, WHEN YOU CALL FOR THE DESTRUCTION — AND ANNIHILATION OF PEOPLE, THAT'S AGAINST.
INTERNATIONAL LAW. WHY IS THAT NOT BEING CONDEMNED FROM THE PLATFORM?. THAT IS THAT THE KIND OF RHETORIC THAT WE SUPPORT FROM THIS ADMINISTRATION. AND IT'S NOT ONE THAT WE HAVE BEEN USING. AMBASSADOR HALEY IS A PRIVATE.
CITIZEN. SHE DOESN'T SPEAK FOR THE UNITED STATES. SHE DOES NOT SPEAK FOR THE UNITED STATES. SHE DOES NOT SPEAK FOR THIS ADMINISTRATION. GO AHEAD.>> THANKS. ALL RIGHT. >> YOU GUYS WANT A DAILY PRESS.
BRIEFING FROM SYED? >> I'M OKAY. >> HOW MUCH OF THE INDO-PACIFIC PRIORITIES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE WARS IN UKRAINE AND GAZA? SECURITY ANALYSTS SAY LEAVING TAIWAN AND THE PHILIPPINES — MAY LEAD TO A FAILED.
DETERRENCE. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT ASSESSMENT? >> WE DON'T AT ALL. LET ME BE CLEAR ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE NOT TAKEN OUR EYE OFF THE BALL WHEN IT COMES TO OUR EFFORTS AND OUR FOCUS ON THE INDO-PACIFIC AND THE ASIA.
REGION BROADLY. LET'S NOT FORGET THAT IN THE PAST YEAR ALONE YOU HAVE SEEN THIS PRESIDENT CONVENE A HISTORIC TRILATERAL SUMMIT AT CAMP DAVID BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA. YOU SAW HIM HOLD A HISTORIC SUMMIT IN WOODSIDE, CALIFORNIA,.
WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, SECRETARY LINCOLN HIMSELF IN PAST 12 MONTHS HAS BEEN TO CHINA TWICE, AS HAVE OTHER MEMBERS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION. YOU SAW THIS AND MINISTRATION HOLD A HISTORIC TRILATERAL SUMMIT BETWEEN OUR JAPANESE.
PARTNERS AND OUR PARTNERS IN THE PHILIPPINES. WHEN IT COMES TO OUR COMMITMENT TO A FREE AND OPEN INDO-PACIFIC WE CONTINUE TO PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD. THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE GOING TO REMAIN FOCUSED ON. AND A PERFECT SEGUE TO JANNIE.
I WILL COME BACK TO YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. — [ INAUDIBLE ] ACROSS SOUTH KOREA. THEY ARE ALSO AFFECTING CPS >>> WHAT CAN YOU SAY ABOUT NORTH KOREA CONTINUING ITS PROVOCATION IN VARIOUS WAYS? >> WE CONTINUE TO CALL ON THE.
DPRK TO A FRIEND FROM ACTIONS AND — WE CONDEMNED MAY 29th MISSILE LAUNCH. LIKE OTHER BALLISTIC MISSILES THESE LAUNCHES ARE IN VIOLATION OF MULTIPLE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS. THEY POSE A THREAT TO REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND.
SECURITY. AND UNDERMINED THE GLOBAL AND SECURITY, THE GLOBAL NONPROLIFERATION REGIME. WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONSULT CLOSELY WITH REPUBLIC OF KOREA, JAPAN AND OTHER ALLIES AND PARTNERS ON HOW TO BEST ENGAGE WITH THE DPRK.>> HOW DOES THE.
UNITED STATES VIEW CHINA'S >>> DESPITE NORTH KOREA'S CONTINUOUS PROVOCATIONS? >> YOU HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE. WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THERE ARE COUNTRIES WHO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DPRK AND HAVE INFLUENCE WITH THE DPRK.
THAT HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO REIN IN AND INFLUENCE SOME OF THEM ALIGNED AND BAD BEHAVIOR THAT WE ARE SEEING, ESPECIALLY A COUNTRY LIKE THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WHICH SITS ON THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LAUNCHES THAT HERE IN VIOLATION OF CERTAIN UN.
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS OF COURSE, IT'S INCREDIBLY CONCERNING. MICHELLE. >> TWO QUESTIONS. >> SORRY. >> SAME TOPIC. >> YOU CONDEMNED THE BALLISTIC MISSILE LAUNCH BUT YOU DIDN'T.
SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE BULLETS WITH FECAL MATTER IN THERE. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ON THAT? >> NICK, ANY KIND OF AERIAL OBJECT, CERTAINLY WE WOULD FIND DESTABILIZING AND PROVOCATIVE. AND WE CONTINUE TO CONSULT CLOSELY WITH THE REPUBLICS OF.
KOREA AND JAPAN AGAINST THESE DESTABILIZING BEHAVIORS PERIOD? DO YOU HAVE ANY REACTION TO THE STATEMENT THAT RUSSIA WOULD REACT TO THE DEPLOYMENT OF ANY U.S. MISSILES IN THE INDO- PACIFIC REGION?>> SO, I HAVE SEEN THOSE REPORTS. LET ME JUST SAY THAT THE U.S. DOES NOT.
ASSESS RETURNING NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO THE INDO-PACIFIC AS NECESSARY AT THIS TIME. AND THE U.S. HAS NO PLANS TO FORWARD DEPLOY NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO THE KOREAN PENINSULA. BUT LET'S NOT FORGET THAT IT IS THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION THAT TIME AND TIME AGAIN, DATING.
BACK TO THE EARLY DAYS OF ITS AGGRESSION INTO UKRAINE, THAT IT HAS RECKLESSLY PARTICIPATED IN NUCLEAR SABER RATTLING. TALKING ABOUT THE USE AND PLYMOUTH NUCLEAR WEAPONS. AND GOING SO FAR AS TO WITHDRAW FROM NEW START. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE.
SOME CONTEXT HERE. >> AND ANOTHER ONE ON T■HE REGIN . TO WHAT EXTENT U.S. ADMINISTRATOR REFLECTS THE VIEWS OF THE ADMINISTRATION WHEN SHE SAID THAT CONDITIONS IN GAZA ARE WORSE NOW THAN EVER BEFORE? >> LOOK, MICHELLE, IT'S NOT.
HYPERBOLE TO SAY THE SITUATION IN GAZA IS DIRE. YOU HAVE HEARD US SAY TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT THERE IS IMMENSE CONCERN OF THE ONSET OF FAMINE. THAT IS WHY WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE THAT MORE HUMANITARIAN AID CAN.
FLOW INTO GAZA. WE ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO OPEN AS MANY CROSSINGS AS WE CAN FOR THAT TO TAKE PLACE. >> IS IT YOUR VIEW [ INAUDIBLE ] >> I DON'T HAVE ANY REACTION TO HER SPECIFIC COMMENTS. YOU HAVE HEARD US SAY THIS BEFORE.
THE SITUATION IN GAZA IS DIRE. IT'S INCREDIBLY CONCERNING. THAT'S WHY ALL APPROPRIATE INTERLOCUTORS NEED TO DO WHATEVER THEY CAN'T GET MORE ADDITIONAL HUMANITARIAN AID INTO GAZA. DAPHNE, GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU.
BACK ON CHINA. HOW IS DEPUTY SECRETARIES CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH CHINA AND WHAT WAS THE FOCUS OF THAT? >> I THINK WILL HAVE A MORE FORMAL READOUT COMING LATER TODAY, DAPHNE. TO CONFIRM DEPUTY SECRETARY CAMPBELL DID MEET TODAY WITH.
THE PRC EXECUTIVE, VICE FOREIGN MINISTER. THIS VISIT FOLLOWS, AS YOU KNOW, SECRETARY LINCOLN'S RECENT VISIT TO SHANGHAI AND BEIJING. IT BUILDS ON DIPLOMACY THAT HAS HAPPENED TO RESPONSIBLY MANAGE COMPETITION IN THE RELATIONSHIP EVEN IN AREAS WHERE WE.
DISAGREE. AS YOU HEARD US SAY, I WOULD SAY ON THE MARGINS OF THE PRESIDENTS HISTORIC SUMMIT IN WOODSIDE, WE EXPECT THERE TO BE CONTINUED ENGAGEMENTS AT SENIOR LEVELS FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE PACIFIC. I EXPECT A MORE FORMAL READOUT.
TODAY. >> CAMPBELL PLACED BLAME ON CHINESE LEADERSHIP FOR SUPPORTING THE RUSSIAN WHEN UKRAINE. IS THE UNITED STATES CONSIDERING SANCTIONS? >> WE WOULD NOT PREVIEW SANCTIONS FROM UP HERE.
YOU KNOW THAT BY NOW, DAPHNE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT PRETTY CLEARLY BEFORE. THIS IS A POINT OF YOU THAT IS NOT JUST HELD BY THE UNITES STATES, BUT ALSO HELD BY G-7 EU AND NATO COUNTRIES AS WELL. PRC SUPPORTS AND RECONSTITUTION.
OF THE RUSSIAN DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL THEY NOT ONLY THREATENS UKRAINIAN SECURITY, IT THREATENS EUROPEAN SECURITY. WE HAVE MADE THAT CLEAR IN OUR ENGAGEMENT. THE SECRETARY DID WHEN HE WAS IN THE REGION. AND IF CHINA DOES NOT CURTAIL ITS SUPPORT FOR RUSSIA'S.
DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE THE U.S. WON'T — WILL BE PREPARED TO TAKE FURTHER STEPS. I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THAT FROM UP HERE. ONE MORE. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] >> I WILL COME BACK TO ON THAT. >> A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO.
PROTESTERS IN PAKISTAN ATTACKED A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY OVER BLASPHEMY CHARGES. WE HAVE SEEN SOME HORRIFYING IMAGES. IS THE NOT TIME PAKISTAN CHRISTIANS HAVE COME UNDER ATTACK. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?>> IT.
IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN ATTACKS AGAINST CHRISTIANS. VIOLENCE OR THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE IS NEVER ACCEPTABLE FORM OF EXPRESSION. AND THE U.S. UNIFORMLY OPPOSES BLASPHEMY LAWS EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING IN.
PAKISTAN.>>> PAKISTANI SOLDIERS WERE KILLED IN A GUN BATTLE WITH TERRORISTS AT THE BORDER REGION. THESE TERRORISTS WERE NOT ONLY TARGETING PAKISTANI SECURITY FORCES, BUT ALSO TARGETING THOSE WHO ARE TRYING TO MAINTAIN PEACE IN THE TRIBAL.
BELT. PAKISTAN U.S. RECENTLY — >>> FROM THE U.S. >> WE ARE AWARE OF REPORTS CONCERNING THE DEATHS OF PAKISTANI SOLDIERS THAT WERE CONDUCTING OPERATIONS ALONG THE AFGHAN BORDER. YOU ARE RIGHT, WE ARE IN REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH.
PAKISTANI LEADERS AS PART OF OUR COUNTERTERRORISM ISSUES WE WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY IN DETAIL, INCLUDING THROUGH HIGH-LEVEL ENGAGEMENTS. WORKING WITH ENGAGEMENTS AND OTHER EXTENSIVE BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS.
>> ONE LAST QUESTION. THE CZECH REPUBLIC IS WORKING ON THE INSTALLATION OF — REFUSED INVOLVEMENT IN THE PLOT TO KILL >>> IN NEW YORK. HE WAS NAMED IN THAT INDICTMENT BY U.S. PROSECUTORS. DO YOU HAVE ANY DE TELLS ON.
THAT? >> I WOULD FOR YOU TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WHO CAN SPEAK ON THAT. WE ARE NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON PENDING EXTRADITION MATTERS.>> ONLY TWO. MATT MILLER HAD CALLED MILESTONE TO THIS CHIEF.
MINISTER OF PUNJAB. SHE JUST INTRODUCED THESE LAWS WHICH ARE CONDEMNED BY THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF JOURNALISTS AND ALMOST EVERY SINGLE MEDIA UNION IN PAKISTAN. DO YOU CONDEMNED THAT OR YOU WANT TO TAKE MAYBE THAT MILESTONE STATEMENT BACK FROM.
HER? >> I'M NOT AWARE OF THE SPECIFIC POLICY, DELILLO. I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. OUR COMMENTS THAT DAY WERE ABOUT OF THE TRAILBLAZING CANDIDACY OF HERSELF AT HER PROFILE AND BACKGROUND AND WHAT.
IT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO HER GETTING THAT POSITION. IT WAS NOT A REFLECTION OF ANY SPECIFIC POLICY, WHICH LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT AWARE OF THESE. I'M NOT SEEING THESE SIMILAR REPORTS. >> THANK YOU. JUST ONE MORE.
PLEASE LOOK INTO IT, BECAUSE SHE WAS CONVICTED IN A SUPREME COURT. THE SECOND ONE IS THE LAST THREE YEARS I HAVE BEEN RAISING THIS, NOT BECAUSE I HAVE SOME PERSONAL INTEREST IN PAKISTAN'S ISSUE, AND I COMPARE WITH AFGHANISTAN.
WHEN THAT U.S. WITHDREW FROM AFGHANISTAN THE CURRENCY IN PAKISTAN WAS 70. NOW IT'S 77. THE PAKISTAN RUPEE WAS 125 AND NOW IT'S 270. LAST WEEK $12 BILLION OF PAKISTAN BUSINESSMEN, THEY SENT IT TO DUBAI TO PURCHASE.
PROPERTY. AT THE SAME TIME PAKISTAN IS BEGGING FOR 12 BEEN. YOU HAVE A PRIME MINISTER WHO IS OPENLY INSULTING CHIEF JUSTICES. >> IT'S YOUR QUESTION HERE? >> ARE YOU AT ALL WORRIED ABOUT PAKISTAN? THESE FACTS THAT I'M.
PRESENTING, THESE ARE FACTS, — >> AGAIN, YOU HAVE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE. WE HAVE DEEP RELATIONSHIP WITH PAKISTAN. OVER A NUMBER OF KEY AREAS. WE WILL LOOK FOR WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN CONTINUE TO DEEPEN COOPERATION, PARTICULARLY IN.
THE AREAS OF THE ECONOMY AND SECURITY AS WELL. GO AHEAD. >>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> GO AHEAD, GITA. >> TODAY'S U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROGRAM IN HONOR OF THE IRANIAN PRESIDENT WHO WAS KILLED LAST WEEK SEEMS LIKE IT DIDN'T GO AS.
PLANNED. IT WAS MUCH SHORTER. THE U.S. DIDN'T PARTICIPATE. MANY EUROPEAN ALLIES DIDN'T PARTICIPATE. I WAS WONDERING WHAT YOUR TAKE IS OF THIS LOW TURNOUT IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT THIS WAS PLANNED WELL IN ADVANCE AND.
EVERYBODY KNEW ABOUT IT? >> I IMAGINE THE LOW TURN OUT IS THE REFLECTION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC'S STANDING IN THE WORLD. AND ITS TRACK RECORD AS THE LARGEST EXPORTER OF TERRORISM AND ITS CONTINUED ROLE IN PROVOCATIVE AND MALIGN AND.
DESTABILIZING ACTIVITIES. NOT JUST IN ITS IMMEDIATE REGION, BUT ALSO MORE BROADLY AS WELL. >> LAST WEEK A MOSQUE IN MARYLAND, RIGHT HERE IN THE SUBURBS OF D.C., HELD A CEREMONY FOR RIGHTY, A GROUP OF IRANIAN DISSIDENTS WENT THERE TO PROTEST . AN INDIVIDUAL, AND IRANIAN.
INDIVIDUAL WHO IS CLEARLY A SUPPORTER OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC SHOWED A THROAT CUT GESTURE TO THE ORGANIZER OF THAT PROTEST. I WAS WONDERING NOW THE INDIVIDUAL WHO WAS THREATENED HAS TAKEN THIS TO COURT. THE COURT IS GOING TO BE.
DEALING WITH IT. WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? >> IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THREATENING ANYBODY ON U.S. SOIL IS INTOLERABLE AND SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY. THROUGHOUT THIS ADMINISTRATION.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT TO RESPOND TO ANY THREATS ON U.S. SOIL. REPRESENTATIVES OF AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES CANNOT OPENLY THREATEN OR ATTACK CITIZENS WITHOUT FACING CONSEQUENCES. CITIZENS AND CIVIL SOCIETY.
GROUPS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE PROTECTED IN THEIR RIGHTS OF EXPRESSION AND THEIR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH WITHOUT FACING ANY CONSEQUENCES. NICK, GO AHEAD. >> HAITI. >>> ANYTHING ELSE? >> GERMANY AND OTHER EU.
COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR THE LARGER EU TO DESIGNATE THE [ INAUDIBLE ] AS A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. ARE YOU URGING YOUR EUROPEAN PARTNERS TO TAKE THIS STEP QUITE >> THE IRGC IS A MENACE TO THE WORLD. WE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT EFFORTS.
TO DESIGNATE THE IRGC A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION WAS FOR THOSE EFFORTS WORLDWIDE. AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THE UNITED STATES HAS DONE ALREADY DESIGNATING THE IRGC. IT'S A TERRIBLE PURVEYOR OF TERRORISM THAT WE BELIEVE AFFECTS THE ENTIRE WORLD.
>> ONE MORE. >> SURE. >> IT HAS BEEN 18 MONTHS SINCE THE RESOLUTION WAS PASSED AT THE IAEA AGAINST IRAN FOR THEIR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THEIR UNDECLARED NUCLEAR SITE. GIVEN THE RAPID DEVELOP OF.
THEIR PROGRAM SINCE THEN IS THE U.S. IN SUPPORT OF PURSUING ANOTHER RESOLUTION AGAINST IRAN FOR THE TO COMPLY? IF NOT, WHY NOT? >> WE ARE CONTINUING TO REMAIN COORDINATED ON THIS WITH OUR A3 PARTNERS. NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
WITH RESPECT TO ANY PARTICULAR UPCOMING BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETINGS. I WILL JUST SAY THAT WE, THE UNITED STATES, ARE ACTIVELY INCREASING PRESSURE ON IRAN THROUGH A COMBINATION OF SANCTIONS, DETERRENTS AND INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE THOSE LINES OF EFFORTS ALSO. DR, GO AHEAD. AND THEN NICK, I WILL COME TO YOU.>> AS YOU WERE CLOSELY ENGAGED WITH THE KURDISH — ABOUT THE ELECTION THE HIGH COMMISSION REQUESTED THE PRESIDENT TO RESCHEDULE THE.
ELECTION TO SEPTEMBER 5th. HOW DO YOU VIEW THIS AND HOW DO YOU VIEW THE ELECTION OVERALL? >> WE UNDERSTAND THE HIGH COMMISSION REQUIRES DELAY IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT SOME RECENT CHANGES TO THE ALLOTMENT OF SEATS IN THE IRAQ HE KURDISTAN PARLIAMENT.
WE URGE THE PARTIES TO REACH AN AGREEMENT QUICKLY, TO SCHEDULE A FREE, FAIR AND TRANSPARENT ELECTIONS AS SOON AS FEASIBLE. >> SECONDLY, — THE ADMINISTRATION >>> THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE ELECTION ON JUNE 11th. DOES THE U.S. CONSIDER.
MONITORING THIS ELECTION AND HOW DO YOU — >> ANY ELECTIONS THAT OCCUR IN SYRIA SHOULD BE FREE, TRANSFER, AND CONCLUSION. AS CALLED FOR IN U.N. RESOLUTION 2254. WE DON'T THINK THE CONDITIONS FOR SUCH ELECTIONS ARE IN PLACE IN NORTHEAST SYRIA IN PRESENT.
TIME. WE HAVE CONVEYED THIS TO A RANGE OF ACTORS IN NORTHEAST SYRIA. NICK, GO AHEAD. >> HAITI. CAN YOU CONFIRM REPORTS THAT U.S. OFFICIALS HAD NEGOTIATED WITH GANG LEADERS IN HAITI FOR.
THE RECOVERY OF THE TWO U.S. MISSIONARIES WHO WERE KILLED? ALSO, DO YOU KNOW IF THOSE BODIES HAVE BEEN REPATRIATED? >> WHAT I CAN SAY, NICK IS THAT THOSE BODIES HAVE BEEN REPATRIATED. THEY ARE IN THE UNITED STATES NOW.
I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE DELIBERATIONS BEYOND THAT. I WOULD JUST ECHO WHAT YOU HEARD. THE DEPARTMENT SAID OVER THE WEEKEND THAT WE EXTEND OUR DEFENSES CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILIES OF THESE TWO AMERICAN CITIZENS ON BEHALF OF THE.
PRESIDENT, OUR AMBASSADOR AND HAITI HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE FAMILIES. THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE FAMILIES. WE KNOW THEY ARE EXPERIENCING UNIMAGINABLE GRIEF. I CAN ALSO ADD THAT TODAY WAS WHEN THOSE REPATRIATION'S.
HAPPENED, IN LINE WITH THE FAMILY'S WISHES. SO, OUR OFFICIALS IN PORT-au- PRINCE WORKED WITH THE FAMILIES TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THOSE TRANSPORTS BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. DAPHNE. >> SUDAN'S ARMY YESTERDAY.
REJECTED A CALL TO RETURN TO PEACE TALKS AT THE RS OF FOLLOWING A CONVERSATION BETWEEN BRUJAN AND LINCOLN. BRUJAN IS NUMBER TWO ON THE COUNTRIES TRANSITIONAL SOVEREIGN COUNSEL AND SAID THE COUNTRY WOULD NOT GO TO JETTE AND SAID, QUOTE, WHOEVER WANTS.
US TO TO KILL US AND TAKE OUR BODIES THERE. DO YOU HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS MESSAGING AND WHAT WAS THE MESSAGING ON THE CALL ABOUT THE TALKS? >> WE ARE ENGAGED IN INTENSIVE DIPLOMACY TO IN THIS WAR AND PREVENT FUTURE ATROCITIES.
AS YOU NOTED, THE SECRETARY SPOKE WITH GENERAL BRUJAN EARLIER THIS WEEK AND THE POINT OF THAT CONVERSATION WAS TO PRESS HIM TO END THE CONFLICT IN SUDAN AND RESUME NEGOTIATIONS UNDER THE JETTE PLATFORM. AND ENABLE UNHINDERED.
HUMANITARIAN ACCESS, INCLUDING CROSS-BORDER AND CROSSLINE TO ALLEVIATE THE SUFFERING OF THE SUDANESE PEOPLE. THANK YOU. THANKS, EVERYBODY. >> YOU SAID YOU WOULD GET BACK TO ME.
