MEDI1TV Afrique : LE GRAND JOURNAL MIDI - 13/11/2024
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00:00Hello everyone, welcome to the big news of the afternoon, we start right away with the
00:23titles.
00:24And we go to the United States after a day spent unveiling the casting of his future
00:29administration.
00:30Donald Trump confirms his campaign promise, he will appoint the richest man on the planet.
00:38Elon Musk will be at the head of a new government efficiency ministry.
00:46A senior UN official denounced the daily cruelty suffered by the population of the
00:57Gaza Strip and bombed by Israel, acts reminiscent of the most serious international crimes.
01:06And in Senegal, less than a week from the closure of the election campaign of the anti-citizen
01:17legislatives of November 17, violence still persists in the political space.
01:24Clashes have been noted in several localities of the country.
01:28Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko calls for calm.
01:32And we start this newspaper in Morocco after Léa Younes, the ambassador of France to Morocco,
01:44went this Wednesday to Darla.
01:47Christophe Lecourtier is accompanied by several ambassadors of the embassy in charge of
01:52cultural, educational and economic issues.
01:55A visit that aims to translate concretely in the facts the cooperation between Morocco
02:02and France in economic, cultural, social and school areas.
02:09The French diplomat added that this trip illustrated the support expressed by President Emmanuel
02:16Macron in the letter addressed to His Majesty the King Mohammed VI.
02:22By stating that the present and future of the Sahara is inscribed in the framework of Moroccan sovereignty.
02:27According to him, this visit is also intended to inform about the projects carried out or
02:33to implement at the level of the region in the framework of the Regional Development Programme
02:39and also to examine the role that French partners can play in this approach.
02:45On this occasion, an exhibition on the Regional Development Programme was presented.
02:49This is the program for which an envelope of more than 4.36 billion dirhams has been allocated.
02:55Finally, the French delegation also followed an exhibition presented by the Director of
02:59the Regional Investment Centre on the various aspects of development that the region knows,
03:05in particular the major infrastructure projects, investment opportunities and facilitations for investors.
03:16And since yesterday, no less than 50 decision-makers and French business leaders
03:23have started a visit to the provinces of southern Morocco.
03:28First step, La Rione, where local officials and elected officials met in order to explore
03:34investment and partnership opportunities in the region.
03:38Nama Malahinein gives us a report and the story is signed by Ima Fekri.
03:46It is an exceptional partnership that links France to Morocco.
03:50Paris expressed its clear support for the Moroccan Sahara.
03:55During his visit to the city of La Rione, the French Ambassador Christophe Lecourtier
03:59met several local officials, including the President of the Municipal Council of La Rione,
04:05the President of the Council of the Region La Rione Saqqialhamra and the Governor of the Region.
04:09We came here to express the political will that was stated during the visit of the President
04:17of the Republic to the invitation of His Majesty by the letter he addressed him this summer.
04:22We have here started to measure all the opportunities that arise in the economic field.
04:28We were presented with the regional development plan, in the cultural field, in other fields
04:34that also interest us, school in particular, here in this school.
04:38And today we are able to start to imagine the projects in response to these opportunities.
04:46The interviews were carried out on the indisputable support of the Hexagon to the Moroccan Sahara,
04:51as well as on the advanced development projects in the southern provinces
04:56within the framework of the development model.
04:58This visit of the French Ambassador comes 15 days after that of President Macron in Morocco.
05:03This visit of the French Ambassador comes 15 days after that of President Macron in Morocco.
05:09It reflects the diplomatic will of Paris and also translates the radiance of the royal vision
05:14in terms of international support for our territorial integrity.
05:21On the occasion of this visit, the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Morocco
05:26organizes its Economic Days Morocco-France in the regions of La Rione Saqqialhamra and Dakhlaouet-Dahab.
05:32An event that brings together nearly 50 decision-makers and French business leaders
05:36and an opportunity to present the regional and local development plans.
05:41It is also about allowing participants to better understand the economic priorities of the two regions,
05:46particularly in promising sectors such as renewable energies, fishing, water and infrastructure.
05:52This visit was not limited to the economic aspect, but also took on a cultural dimension,
05:58since the delegation visited the French school of La Rione,
06:01a gesture that embodies the depth of cultural ties and educational cooperation between the two countries.
06:10And in the news also, this stunning seizure of cannabis.
06:16The Spanish Civil Guard, in collaboration with the Directorate of Surveillance of the Territory in Morocco,
06:20intercepted 4.7 tons of cannabis.
06:25The goods were on board two pneumatic boats between the islands of the Canary Islands and Fuerteventura.
06:34The operation was made possible thanks to a close police collaboration with Morocco
06:42and it allowed to deploy a maritime surveillance device
06:45that located the boats loaded with 131 drugs, about 80 km off the coast.
06:53The questions were put to the Spanish justice system, which ordered their temporary detention.
07:03We continue in Morocco with the inauguration of the market in term.
07:08Inauguration that was made in the presence of the financial authorities
07:12and actors of the market, accompanied by a compensation chamber.
07:16The market in term, I remind you, offers cover solutions against financial risks,
07:20offering banks and institutional investors to be part of the fluctuations of the markets
07:28in a context in full evolution.
07:30The explanations of Younes Benzineb on this subject.
07:35A major step towards an integrated financial infrastructure,
07:38the market in term was launched at the level of the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
07:42At a meeting of the Committee of the Market of Capitals,
07:45chaired by the Minister of Economy and Finance,
07:48the committee that brings together regulators and stakeholders of the market
07:52made official the transformation of the Casablanca Stock Exchange into a holding company.
07:58Today we have a platform, an arsenal that positions Morocco
08:04in the best standards in terms of infrastructure for the financial markets.
08:10Why is it important?
08:11Because we need to mobilize more funding, savings,
08:19given the very large projects of economic development reforms
08:24that we know in our country, in all sectors,
08:26social sectors, infrastructure sectors, economy.
08:31To accelerate the deployment of the market in term and the first derivatives products,
08:35the banks took an active part in the capital of the central counterparty,
08:40otherwise called the compensation chamber.
08:43We can say that this is really a historical moment,
08:45a white stone to be marked in the illustrious history of the Casablanca Stock Exchange,
08:50which dates back to 1995.
08:51Indeed, this committee has acted on the transformation of the Casablanca Stock Exchange
08:56into a holding company with the best international standards
08:58and also new operations,
09:01notably a significant participation in the central depository.
09:06The market in term will begin gradually
09:08by proposing in the first term future contracts based on a stock market index.
09:13This market allows investors to anticipate fluctuations,
09:16to arbitrate effectively between the ups and the downs
09:19and to protect themselves against market variations.
09:23A promised thing, a due thing.
09:25Donald Trump has confirmed his desire to name the richest man on the planet
09:29at the head of a new ministry, that of government efficiency.
09:35And the elected president has announced that he intends to name Elon Musk
09:39at this post that has played an unprecedented role in his campaign,
09:43jointly with the Republican businessman Viven Ramaswamy,
09:47the boss of Tesla,
09:49then announced on X for his part that the actions of the ministry
09:55would be listed online for maximum transparency.
09:59Donald Trump, who also announced that he intended to name
10:03Pete Hegsey, Minister of Defense.
10:06He is a former Major in the US Army.
10:10Today, he is a presenter on Fox News.
10:19An author responsible for the UN denounces the daily cruelty
10:25suffered by the population of the Gaza Strip,
10:27besieged and bombed by Israel.
10:30Joyce Msouya describes acts that recall, I quote,
10:35the most serious international crimes.
10:38End of quote.
10:39The head of the UN Humanitarian Affairs Office
10:44spoke in front of the UN Security Council.
10:48We have condemned the deaths, the destructions and the dehumanization
10:54of the civilians of Gaza who have been driven out of their homes,
10:58deprived of their sense of belonging and their dignity,
11:02forced to watch members of their families be killed, burned and buried alive.
11:08This meeting of the council was more specifically dedicated
11:13to the alert launched a few days ago by the Integrated Framework
11:17of Classification of Food Security,
11:20which has put on guard against an imminent and substantial probability
11:25of famine in the Gaza Strip.
11:30People have shown their support at the 29th UN Conference on Climate Change.
11:37Leaders of poor and vulnerable countries have called for a doubling of efforts.
11:42Others have pleaded not to demonize gas and oil.
11:47The main arm of BAKU and therefore of the negotiators,
11:52including a new annual financial aid figure for developing countries.
11:57They are calling for a doubling or more of the current amounts,
12:02116 billion dollars per year in 2022.
12:07An amount deemed unrealistic by Westerners,
12:11rather inclined to reduce their public spending after deficits and post-COVID inflation.
12:17Yesterday, a first agreement was purely and simply rejected
12:21by the negotiators of the southern countries in a meeting at 8 o'clock.
12:30We leave for Senegal, or less than a week from the closure of the election campaign
12:35of the legislatives anticipated for November 17th.
12:39The violence persists, in the political space of the clashes
12:43have been noted in several localities of the country
12:45and Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko calls for calm in this context.
12:51This is a report by Ousine Ouniang and Chirindao.
12:54Let's watch.
12:56The election campaign for the November 17 elections
12:59is still marked by a persistence of violence scenes.
13:02This despite the various calls of the Senegalese president for a peaceful election.
13:08However, since the start of the campaign,
13:09a number of measures have been taken by the Senegalese people of the interior
13:13for a peaceful election.
13:14According to some analysts,
13:16this show of tension is due to the continuity of political discourses
13:19and the absence of programmatic debates.
13:21The violence was not only in the action, but in the verb already,
13:24because there were already armed discourses.
13:27Then we really expected a background debate.
13:30We also hoped to really have the strength of the argument
13:35and not the argument of the force,
13:36but we saw that when it arrived, there was a lot of violence.
13:40The messages we were really waiting for were not at the rendezvous.
13:44And in truth, there was less background debate,
13:48there was less deep debate.
13:50We were really waiting for deep debates,
13:53especially on the programmatic proposals.
13:56But there were no programs put in truth.
13:58But there were attacks.
14:00And it's true that it's not the habit of Senegalese people
14:05to see these kinds of campaigns.
14:07Faced with this tense tension,
14:08the activists of the civil society
14:10call on the political actors to take more responsibility
14:13and to have a citizen education.
14:15For the rest of the campaign,
14:17the leaders must speak to their militants
14:20by telling them to shut up.
14:22It's useless to challenge each other,
14:25in any case, by bending the muscles
14:27or by showing that we are more warriors than the others.
14:29It's useless at all.
14:31Because we finish the day of the scrutin,
14:33it's not with the muscles that we are going to vote.
14:36We are going to vote with intelligence.
14:38There was the school of parties.
14:40There was a certain education
14:43that the coalitions of parties
14:45should do with their militants
14:48in terms of awareness,
14:50in terms of awareness
14:52in relation to their rights and duties.
14:55Senegal is recognized for its democratic and peaceful trajectory.
14:59The legislative elections anticipated for 17 November
15:03constitute an appointment to better affirm this commitment to democracy
15:07and to ban violence in the political space.
15:12And we end with strong gusts of wind in Morocco
15:17with probable dust storms
15:19which are expected tomorrow in several provinces of the kingdom.
15:22This is what the General Directorate of Meteorology announced.
15:25These strong gusts of wind
15:27which could go up to 90 km per hour
15:29concern the provinces of Figuig.
15:33Oujda, Nged, Saourir, Boulmen and Midelt among others.
15:41And it's time now for the guest of the Grand Journal.
15:46And we are live with Mahmoud Hassan from Paris.
15:51Mahmoud Hassan, political analyst and professor of private law
15:55at the University of Tunis.
15:56And with him we will discuss the catastrophic humanitarian situation
16:00in the Gaza Strip.
16:01Oujda, bonjour à vous et bienvenue.
16:03Bonjour, merci.
16:07So we will start, if you don't mind,
16:10with this recent statement
16:13of the interim head of the UN Office of Humanitarian Affairs,
16:17Joyce Moussia, who said, I quote,
16:21who denounced the daily cruelty
16:24suffered by the population of the Gaza Strip.
16:27She describes acts that recall
16:29the most serious international crimes.
16:32She said, I quote,
16:34we have condemned the deaths, the destruction,
16:38the dehumanization of the civilians of Gaza
16:42who have been driven out of their homes,
16:45deprived of their sense of belonging and dignity,
16:48forced to watch members of their families
16:52be killed, burned and buried alive.
16:56What first reaction, what first reading
17:00do you make of this statement by Joyce Moussia
17:03before the UN Security Council?
17:07This UN statement once again shows
17:11that what is happening in Gaza
17:13is a real continuous genocide,
17:16which is perpetrated by Israel
17:21every day,
17:23even in front of the great members
17:28of the Security Council,
17:32some of whom continue to provide weapons for Israel,
17:37which leads to questions of how to qualify
17:42not only their inactivity
17:46in the face of this committed genocide,
17:49but also of a passive complicity
17:56in the face of the passivity
18:01of the regional organizations
18:04of the region and the neighboring countries.
18:10These are the observations that remind
18:15or arouse this UN statement every day.
18:19The UN, in its reports,
18:22informs the world general opinion
18:25of what is really happening in Gaza.
18:29It is now a crime against humanity,
18:34a genocide, as I said,
18:37which has all the constitutive elements of this crime.
18:43We see that the UN,
18:46through its reports and resolutions,
18:51which are not respected by Israel,
18:54is doing what it can,
18:58but it also shows
19:02the limited and reduced character of international law,
19:07since it has not been able to stop
19:13this genocide that has been perpetrated
19:19for more than a year.
19:22So, Mahmoud Hassan, you say that
19:25this statement and the reports show
19:28the limited character of international law
19:31regarding what is happening in Gaza.
19:34You just talked about genocide,
19:37about crimes against humanity,
19:40if I understood correctly,
19:43from report to report,
19:46from statement to statement.
19:49Does this mean that what the UN states today
19:53has no meaning, has no impact
19:56on the catastrophic and inhumane situation
20:00that is happening today in the Gaza Strip?
20:04What is the purpose of these UN reports?
20:07Because international law,
20:10with all its principles,
20:13has been built on a feeling of self-discipline
20:17and respect for international norms.
20:20These principles are not fully supported by Israel.
20:28That is why all the authors
20:31talk about the limited character of international law,
20:35because the UN has no coercive forces,
20:39to put it simply,
20:42to respect these resolutions.
20:45These resolutions must be respected
20:48by the Member States,
20:51but when they are not respected,
20:54Israel is the state
20:57that has always shown
21:00total disrespect for UN resolutions.
21:03This is nothing new,
21:06except that the problem is getting worse
21:09regarding Gaza and even Lebanon,
21:12which is being bombed.
21:15Israel does not stop there,
21:18but it also commits a breach
21:21of the UN structures.
21:24The humanitarian action of UNRWA
21:27is currently obstructed
21:30by Israeli coups de force.
21:33The principles of humanitarian law
21:36are also not respected.
21:39The hospitals that are bombed
21:42and destroyed
21:45are also obstructed
21:48by Israeli coups de force.
21:51This leads to rethink
21:54international law.
21:57But this is another question,
22:00because this principle
22:03must be accepted
22:06and implemented.
22:09International law,
22:12as it was conceived
22:15by the UN Constitution,
22:18currently continues to show
22:21its insufficiencies.
22:24Some authors even talk
22:27about a breach of international law,
22:30of which Israel
22:33is mainly responsible.
22:36This also does not take into account
22:39the judicial instances
22:42of the International Court of Justice
22:45and the International Criminal Court.
22:48So how can we take urgent measures
22:51to stop this genocide
22:54and even seize this opportunity
22:57to rethink
23:00the mechanisms of international law?
23:03Mahmoud Hassan,
23:06you just talked about a breach
23:09of international law.
23:12Washington claims that Israel
23:15does not break American law
23:18on humanitarian aid to Palestine.
23:21On the other hand,
23:24the US Secretary of State,
23:27Anthony Blinken,
23:30has called on Israel
23:33to accept real humanitarian
23:36rights.
23:39Humanitarian rights have
23:42its own general principles
23:45that are not influenced
23:48by a determined legal system,
23:51whether it is American or not.
23:54Humanitarian rights are applied
23:57by the CICR,
24:00the International Committee
24:03of the Red Cross,
24:06or by UN agencies
24:09that manage international law.
24:12These are principles
24:15that have a supranational nature.
24:18In other words,
24:21international law cannot be seen
24:24by each country
24:27from its own system.
24:30It is defined,
24:33it is known,
24:36it has principles and rules
24:39that are set by the UN and its agencies.
24:42What the US has done
24:45is unbearable.
24:48Last question, Mahmoud Hassan.
24:51Israel has announced the opening
24:54of a new checkpoint in Kissoufim
24:57Do you think this will encourage
25:00Israel to open more roads
25:03to Gaza, in light of what we have just said?
25:08This is not the first time
25:11that a humanitarian passage has been opened
25:14after multiple interceptions.
25:17It is a solution that is urgent
25:20but also insufficient.
25:23The problem is that
25:26we have seen in the past
25:29that a few times
25:32that a humanitarian passage has been opened,
25:35the execution of the humanitarian aid
25:38through this passage
25:41has also led to controversy
25:44and to protests.
25:47It turned out that even Israel
25:50announced the authorization
25:53to bypass this humanitarian aid
25:56and did not facilitate the execution
25:59of this humanitarian aid.
26:02So the question,
26:05in my opinion, is not there.
26:08It is much more urgent than that
26:11and requires much broader measures,
26:14measures that also require
26:17a control
26:20by the UN
26:23of the admission of humanitarian aid
26:26and also its distribution.
26:29What is happening here
26:32is that Israel announces
26:35the opening of a new passage
26:38but behaves as if it were both
26:41a judge and a party.
26:44This is what has contributed
26:47to such a solution.
26:50We will see how this passage
26:53is going to work
26:56but this solution
26:59is very insufficient
27:02and will not bring the solutions
27:05required by the world general opinion
27:08and by the UN
27:11to this very worrying
27:15situation that threatens
27:18the whole region.
27:21Thank you Mahmoud Hassan
27:24for answering our questions.
27:27I remind you that you are a political analyst
27:30and a law professor at the University of Tunis
27:33and that you have been live with us from Paris.
27:39And thank you.
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