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00:14As promised yesterday in the framework of the Gaza strike, Hamas has today returned the bodies of four hostages to Israel, including those of a mother and her two children.
00:28The 4th World Ministerial Conference on Road Safety has closed today in the city of Okhre in Morocco, a closure marked by the declaration of Marrakech.
00:42Following their victory, the German conservatives, led by Friedrich Merz, are on a quest for a score, without appeal to the legislative elections on Sunday, to impose their hard line, especially on immigration.
00:54The new stage of the Gaza strike, the Israeli army indicates that it has received from the Red Cross the bodies of the hostages returned by Hamas after the transfer of four coffins,
01:11which are supposed to contain the remains of the two children of their mothers and hostages.
01:18The Palestinian movement had announced their death in November 2023 in an Israeli bombing in Gaza.
01:26Hundreds of people gathered this morning in Hanounez to attend the restitution of the four bodies.
01:35And in this context, Riyad will welcome this Friday an Arab summit to discuss a plan to respond to Donald Trump's proposal to take control of Gaza and the displacement of its population to Jordan and Egypt.
01:54This meeting will undoubtedly be the most important concerning the Arab world and the Palestinian cause for decades.
02:01The refusal to move the Palestinians has been the subject of a rare Arab consensus, but disagreements could break out over the governance of Gaza and the financing of its reconstruction.
02:14In Morocco, the General of the Army Corps Mohamed Belly, General Inspector of the Royal Armed Forces and Commander of the South Zone, received yesterday in Agadir the General of the Fakhr-ul-Arsene Division,
02:29Commander of the UN mission force in the southern provinces of the Kingdom.
02:34An opportunity to exchange on the activities of the mission.
02:38The two officials also congratulated each other on the exceptional levels achieved in terms of coordination in the areas of security operations, demining and logistical support.
02:51We stay in Morocco, where the head of the government, Aziz Arhanoucha, presided yesterday in Rabat a meeting dedicated to the monitoring of the construction of the health system.
03:04It was the presence of several members of the government.
03:07A meeting during which the progress made in the implementation of the construction program of regional and provincial university hospitals, which covers 64 projects.
03:20This meeting also allowed to examine the progress of the rehabilitation program of primary health centers, of which 934 have been rehabilitated on a total of 1,439 structures of the kind.
03:38At the beginning of the week, Morocco was brilliantly elected to the presidency of the consultative committee of the Council of Human Rights,
03:47in the person of Nadia Amal Bernoussi, for whom this election testifies to the credibility of which the Kingdom plays within the international institutions of human rights.
03:57Together we listen to her.
03:59Listen, it is an election that testifies to the confidence of which Morocco plays within the international community,
04:08its perception as a pole of stability, a pole of balance, as a country that advances democratically while maintaining its authenticity
04:24and a country that advances especially in a close environment that is disturbed and regressive.
04:32This election must also be connected with the democratic advances that have been made in Morocco under the enlightened leadership of His Majesty Mohamed VI,
04:46whether in the field of human rights, women's rights, the status of migrants, disabled people, what is called the social state.
04:56All these democratic advances are known in Morocco and are carried out in Morocco, but they are also known by the international community.
05:06I have been on this committee since 2020.
05:10With my expert colleagues, we have had the opportunity several times to show how far Morocco is advancing.
05:21This is not a propagandist attitude, it is an attitude of an observer of the social and political scene in Morocco.
05:34This credibility and this confidence that Morocco plays with the international community,
05:45we want to prove that in 2024 our ambassador Omar Zineb has been elected with a very large score.
05:53We also want to prove that almost all human rights treaties are in place.
06:00We find Moroccan experts at the torture committee level, at the civil and political, economic and social rights level, etc.
06:08Moroccan experts are in multilateralism and are doing a good job.
06:19I will tell you in the titles, the 4th World Ministerial Conference on Road Safety
06:24has closed today in Velocre, a closure marked by the declaration of Marrakech,
06:30coming from the four corners of the world.
06:33The participants in this global event have reaffirmed their commitment to implement the World Plan for the Decade of Action of the United Nations for Road Safety 2021-2030,
06:43aimed at reducing the number of road deaths by half.
06:49Nadia Bakero has covered for us this 4th edition of the World Ministerial Conference on Road Safety.
06:59She is live from Marrakech with us. Hello Nadia.
07:06Hello Babsheikh.
07:08So Nadia, tell us, what assessment, what to retain of the work of the World Ministerial Summit on Road Safety?
07:17So what we can retain, Babsheikh, of this 4th World Ministerial Conference on Road Safety,
07:29which officially closes its doors here at the Congress Palace in Marrakech,
07:33is above all that this conference was held for the first time in an Arab and African country.
07:39And today, here in Marrakech, we feel it, it has been impacted in the debates,
07:47because if 1,200,000 people die every year on the roads because of road accidents,
07:57it must be said that it is in Africa, first of all, that the mortality rates are the highest.
08:03It is the World Report of the WHO on the situation of road safety, which says so,
08:09with 24% of deaths on the continent, while Africa only holds 4% of the world's automotive park.
08:18Governance, infrastructure, challenges related to sustainable development, challenges related to health,
08:27we have seen it here, Babsheikh, during these 3 days of work.
08:32We have understood that the challenges were both intersectoral and transversal.
08:39As such, several appeals have been made, in particular to states and African states,
08:45precisely to ratify the famous African Road Safety Charter
08:51and also to join the African Road Safety Observatory,
08:58which is sheltered here in the Moroccan territory, so that this observatory fully plays its role,
09:05its role precisely to highlight the data, the data.
09:09It is the neuralgic factor to move forward concretely in road safety.
09:14The other event, the golden point, I would also say, of this World Conference, Babsheikh,
09:22was obviously the creation, the launch of the International Mohammed VI Prize,
09:27a prestigious prize that was created here,
09:32which aims to reward the best scientific and technical project,
09:38which has shown innovation for road safety.
09:43From now on, it is official, it will be discerned each year by Morocco,
09:48during the next World Conference on Road Safety.
09:53Among the other significant events, there was also the announcement by the Moroccan Minister of Transport,
10:00Mr. Absamad Kayouh, that from now on, when a mobile phone will be bought,
10:07two helmets will be sold at the same time.
10:11This is a small revolution, especially here in Marrakech,
10:15where, as we know, mobile phones are widely used by citizens in the city of Ocre.
10:24There was also, Babsheikh, here a whole application of the private sector,
10:31and also of innovation.
10:33There was also a film festival, with the best impact,
10:39to raise awareness of this major issue, which is road safety.
10:44But I would say the most important, Babsheikh,
10:47was also the testimonies of the survivors,
10:54of the road, of the accidents, of the road, whether anonymous,
10:58whether personalities,
11:00such as the Moroccan Paralympic champion Ayman El Hedawi,
11:05who clearly made a unique message vibrate and deliver,
11:10and who reminds us that if statistics are important,
11:15if data are important,
11:17it is first of all human lives that are behind these data,
11:22and that road safety exceeds all challenges.
11:26This is a vital issue for all.
11:31We have already taken initiatives to reduce the number of accidents on our roads.
11:36This meeting of Marrakech was sanctioned by the declaration of Marrakech.
11:43Can you come back to the main points of this declaration?
11:52Yes, this final declaration of Marrakech was read by the Moroccan Minister of Transport,
11:59Abdissamed Kayyouh,
12:01and the first reminder, as you said earlier, Babsheikh,
12:05was to call on Member States to accelerate,
12:08to intensify all efforts to implement this decennial global plan
12:14for road safety 2021-2030,
12:17and to make this issue a real political priority.
12:22We have also launched several appeals
12:26to the implementation of inter-sectoral coordination mechanisms
12:31precisely to address this issue in a transversal way.
12:34We have also called on States to concretely set up national road safety agencies
12:40for the issue of data,
12:43a strategy also in these policies and these inclusive strategies.
12:48We have also asked Babsheikh for States
12:52to raise awareness, to integrate in schools
12:57dedicated programs in establishments
13:01to raise awareness of this issue,
13:03which obviously concerns all generations,
13:05but the future generations of societies.
13:09We have also called, of course,
13:11to ratify all the United Nations Conventions
13:14on the safety of vehicles.
13:18Finally, Babsheikh, here it must be said,
13:21and it has been strongly affirmed,
13:23the royal leadership, the leadership of His Majesty King Mohammed VI
13:28was saluted by all participants of this world conference,
13:33both for the organization of this global event,
13:37but also for this international prize, Mohammed VI,
13:42and also for the entire national strategy
13:46put in place since 1977 in the Kingdom
13:50in the direction of improving road safety.
13:54Morocco, which asserts itself as a key player in road safety,
13:59you said it Nadia, thank you.
14:01Thank you for all these details.
14:03A big thank you also to Kamal Runaim behind the camera.
14:07The Germans are called to the polls this Sunday
14:11for anticipated legislative elections
14:13and to elect 630 deputies
14:15who will make up the next Bundestag.
14:18The conservatives of the CDU and CSU
14:21are in the lead in the polls.
14:24As for the extreme right party, AfD,
14:26they could make a historic breakthrough
14:28and arrive in second place
14:30in front of the Social Democrats of Germany.
14:34The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
14:36and the head of the opposition Friedrich Merz
14:39faced each other during a last debate
14:41televised this Wednesday
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16:53It's time for the guest
16:55of La Mise Journée
16:57and we continue to talk
16:59about the truce in Gaza
17:01with Mahmoud Hassan,
17:03political analyst.
17:05He is live from Casablanca with us.
17:07Mahmoud Hassan, hello
17:09and thank you for accepting
17:11our invitation.
17:13Hello sir, thank you
17:15for your kind invitation.
17:17Mahmoud Hassan, this morning
17:19in Khan Younes we saw
17:21other Palestinian army groups
17:23exposed on a podium
17:25four coffins
17:27each with a photo of hostages
17:29above a poster
17:31where the Israeli Prime Minister
17:33Benjamin Netanyahu
17:35appears with a bloody face.
17:37What message is Hamas
17:39trying to convey
17:41through its way
17:43of freeing hostages
17:45or giving their bodies to Israel
17:47as was the case this morning?
17:51I think that Hamas
17:53wants to prove
17:55that it is respecting
17:57the terms of the first stage
17:59of the ceasefire
18:01which consists of
18:03the exchange
18:05of hostages
18:07and bodies
18:11against the liberation
18:13of political prisoners
18:17or Palestinian prisoners, sorry.
18:21It also does so
18:23with a certain
18:25caution
18:27towards
18:29the Israeli
18:31party
18:33which is due to
18:35several factors
18:37among which
18:39Israel
18:41continues
18:43military operations
18:45in the
18:47West Bank, in
18:49Palestine,
18:51as well as the statements
18:53of the Israeli
18:55Prime Minister
18:57after his trip to the United States,
18:59as well as
19:01the position
19:03of President Trump
19:07concerning
19:09the future of the Gaza Strip
19:11and in particular
19:13his intention
19:15to ask for the
19:17release, not to mention
19:19the deportation
19:21of Palestinians
19:23from the Gaza Strip
19:25to other Arab countries.
19:27All of this
19:31leads
19:33Hamas
19:35to act
19:37with some
19:39suspicion,
19:41especially
19:43that
19:45Hamas is not
19:47sufficiently supported
19:49by the Libidrof countries,
19:53the League of Arab States,
19:55the organization
19:57of Islamic countries
19:59which are the
20:01most concerned
20:03regional organizations.
20:05We will have the opportunity to come back
20:07to these points that you are raising.
20:09A few moments ago you were talking
20:11about the American proposal
20:13to move the Gazans to
20:15Egypt and Jordan. We will have the opportunity
20:17to talk about it during
20:19this interview. But before that,
20:21this way of bringing
20:23the hostages to Israel,
20:25through this,
20:27doesn't Hamas also seek
20:29to show that it remains the master of Gaza?
20:35Naturally, Hamas has always
20:37claimed
20:39its position
20:41as the master
20:43of the Gaza Strip
20:45and wants
20:49to preserve this position.
20:51It has always manifested it
20:53in all the stages of
20:55exchange
20:57of hostages
20:59against the
21:01Palestinian
21:03prisoners.
21:05It has also confirmed
21:07today
21:09by the framework
21:11it has chosen
21:13to also
21:15restore
21:17bodies.
21:19But
21:21I also think that
21:23Hamas is aware
21:25that there are other stages
21:27that are planned
21:29in the framework of this
21:31exchange and
21:33above all that it has
21:35clarified
21:37its position.
21:39Concerning these stages,
21:41on Saturday, Hamas must
21:43release 6 hostages
21:45living against the Palestinian prisoners.
21:47It has also said that it is ready to
21:49release hostages
21:51held in Gaza
21:53during the second phase of the strike.
21:55The Palestinian movement
21:57seeks to show
21:59that it respects the terms
22:01of the first phase of the agreement.
22:03The discussions on the
22:05second phase are supposed to end
22:07definitively.
22:09The war has been delayed.
22:11Both parties are mutually
22:13accused of violating the agreement.
22:15At this rate, can we reach
22:17the end of the war quickly?
22:23Everyone wishes to reach
22:25the end of the war,
22:27but everyone feels that
22:29things are not that easy,
22:31unfortunately.
22:33The exchange and release
22:35of the Palestinian prisoners
22:37is not over yet.
22:39Other stages
22:41are planned.
22:43Hamas,
22:45by declaring
22:47its intention
22:49to release
22:51the remaining hostages,
22:53is declaring
22:55good intentions
22:57on its part.
22:59It wants to confirm
23:01that it will keep
23:03the commitments
23:05of the ceasefire.
23:07The end of the war
23:09requires other
23:11stages that may be
23:15more complicated.
23:17The second
23:19fundamental stage
23:21that must be negotiated
23:23is the reconstruction
23:25of the Gaza Strip.
23:27The reconstruction requires
23:29a budget estimated
23:31by the UN
23:33at 53 billion
23:35dollars.
23:37There are several questions
23:39about the reconstruction
23:41of Gaza,
23:43which must
23:45provide the necessary
23:47budget, which must also
23:49manage the reconstruction,
23:51and which must take responsibility
23:53for the catastrophic
23:55situation in which
23:57the Gaza Strip
23:59and the
24:01damage
24:05of the gravity
24:07that the whole world
24:09has suffered
24:11by the Palestinian people
24:13in Gaza
24:15and even in the West Bank.
24:17In my opinion,
24:19this is the most
24:21important stage.
24:23The question is
24:25how it will be
24:27negotiated.
24:29Will Israel
24:31assume its responsibility?
24:33Logically, it should assume
24:35because the aggressor
24:37must answer to the consequences
24:39of his aggression.
24:41This is an elementary principle
24:43of international law.
24:45The Western powers
24:47that helped
24:49or supported
24:51Israel,
24:53directly or indirectly,
24:55explicitly or implicitly,
24:57should normally
24:59take their part
25:01in the reconstruction.
25:03Another
25:05important
25:07stage
25:09is
25:11the governance
25:13of Gaza.
25:19So far,
25:21the points of view
25:23according to the declarations
25:25are
25:27divergent.
25:29First, among Palestinians,
25:31because Hamas,
25:33as you said,
25:35remains the master
25:37of the Gaza Strip.
25:39The Palestinian Authority
25:41is not of this opinion.
25:43Israel
25:45has not yet
25:47committed
25:49to withdrawing
25:51from the Gaza Strip.
25:53Retreat
25:55is a
25:57fundamental condition
25:59for
26:01the end of the war
26:03and the
26:05concrete
26:07and reasonable
26:09unity.
26:11All these steps
26:13that remain to be negotiated
26:15are
26:17even more important
26:19than the exchange
26:21of hostages
26:23against the Palestinian
26:25prisoners.
26:29These steps are planned
26:31in a rather difficult
26:33situation,
26:35both regionally and internationally.
26:39This situation
26:41could be
26:43more complicated
26:45given the statements
26:47of President Trump
26:49and even
26:53the report of the Arab Summit
26:55which was planned
26:57for February
26:5927,
27:01its replacement
27:03by a mini-summit
27:05in Riyadh
27:07and under the supervision
27:11of the President
27:13of the United States.
27:15All these factors
27:17could complicate
27:19the next steps
27:21and
27:23lead to
27:25the question
27:27of whether
27:29the peace
27:31wanted by everyone
27:33could be realized
27:35soon.
27:37Thank you
27:39for answering our questions.
27:43This concludes
27:45this edition.
27:49See you next time on Mediantv
27:51and Mediantv Africa.