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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and British MP Jeremy Corbyn call for justice in Gaza, warning the ceasefire is fragile, and say the Global South is rising for fairness, dignity, and a stronger voice globally.
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00:00Prime Minister Dato' Sri Anwar Ibrahim and British MP Jeremy Corbyn are calling for justice and accountability in Gaza,
00:08warning that the current ceasefire is fragile and far from a real solution.
00:13Speaking at the Kuala Lumpur Conference on a Just and Humane International Order,
00:17Anwar said the ceasefire offers little security or dignity for Palestinians,
00:22stressing the need to rebuild Gaza and recognize their right to live freely on their land.
00:27Now, with the latest fragile ceasefire in place,
00:35we are monitoring by the minute,
00:38there is a glimpse, faint but real, of peace.
00:43There is no plan for comprehensive peace,
00:47no guarantee of return to the Palestinians,
00:53and no clear categorical statement
00:59to guarantee
01:02the formation of an independent state of Palestine.
01:11We welcome, of course, the initiative,
01:12even if it's by President Donald Trump,
01:15but we must be honest enough to state that
01:21we do not want
01:23and other pause
01:25between wars.
01:28We are dealing with Netanyahu and his cabinet.
01:31We made no pretensions.
01:33They are not going to honor that.
01:34So, the ceasefire, as far as we are concerned,
01:41must be a doorway
01:42to rebuilding Gaza,
01:44to restoring dignity,
01:46and to recognizing the Palestinian right
01:49to live freely
01:50in their own land.
01:53Anwar also joined delegates from across Asia,
01:56Africa, and Latin America
01:57in urging for a stronger South-South cooperation.
02:00The nations of the global South
02:02are rediscovering their voice.
02:06And this is something very reassuring.
02:10And it's supported by many young students,
02:15youth, and general public from the north.
02:18And again, I see these contradictions.
02:20You know, we were struggling
02:22and demonized or arrested
02:26under the International Security Act,
02:28no more, eh?
02:28We thought it just happening
02:30in this Asia, Africa, Latin America.
02:35But now,
02:36fortunately, Malaysia
02:37is much freer
02:39for students to demonstrate
02:42and say their peace
02:44than those in the UK
02:45and the United States.
02:47British MP Jeremy Corbyn
02:49echoed Anwar's remarks
02:51saying the global South
02:52is going through a reawakening
02:54while more people in the West
02:55are pushing back against systems
02:57that no longer represent them.
02:59Prime Minister Anwar's call
03:02for a new order from the South
03:03speaks directly and powerfully
03:06to this reawakening.
03:09It's not a nostalgia for the past.
03:12It is a renewal of its promise
03:15to build a world
03:16where every nation,
03:17every person
03:18can live in dignity,
03:20free from domination.
03:22At the same time,
03:24and this is an interesting phenomenon,
03:26the same extraordinary thing
03:29is happening in the northern countries.
03:31People are rising against a system
03:33that does not represent them.
03:36In Italy,
03:37workers have gone on general strike
03:39for Palestine,
03:41refusing to be complicit in the genocide.
03:43In my own country,
03:45in Britain,
03:46hundreds of thousands
03:47have marched
03:48throughout London
03:48and every other city
03:50for peace week in,
03:51week out,
03:52despite verification
03:54from the last two governments.
03:57And now we have the absurdity
03:59of 1,500 people
04:01arrested on terrorism charges,
04:05many of them pensioners
04:06and people with disabilities,
04:08for simply holding signs up
04:10with seven words
04:11and they're saying,
04:12I oppose genocide,
04:13I support Palestine action.
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