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So welcome, lyse. A relatively easy question to kick off with. Can you give us a sense of the size and location of gaza in relation to israel . Who lives there . Whos in charge . And who are its neighbours . Well, thats a sort of a wikipedia of the gaza strip. The gaza strip is a coastal strip of land on the mediterranean. Once on one side, its on the mediterranean. The other side, the southern side, its connecting to egypt. And then its other neighbour is israel. It is described as one of the most densely populated places on earth. Some 2. 3 million palestinians live there and they live with great frustration because they feel they dont really have control over their lives. Even though israel pulled out its troops in 2005, it controls the airspace. It controls the sea. It also controls all of the land crossings into gaza, except the one which goes to egypt, which is called the Rafah Crossing. Weve tried to use various measures to say how big it is for british viewers. Its about as big
ProgrammeBbc-newsHeadlinesTopPalestinian-israeli-conflictPodcastBbcNewsHostI-mjackie-leonardSouthern-israelOn-gazaAssessing the first week of the israel gaza conflict. Hello. Imjackie leonard, the host of the Global News Podcast. Today, weve teamed up with a new bbc podcast, the conflict, for a special programme, answering your questions about whats going on in israel and gaza. Werejoined by the host of the conflict, the bbc s chief International Correspondent lyse doucet, who is in ashdod in israel, north of gaza, and also by our International Editor jeremy bowen, whos injerusalem. So welcome, lyse. A relatively easy question to kick off with. Can you give us a sense of the size and location of gaza in relation to israel . Who lives there . Whos in charge . And who are its neighbours . Well, thats a sort of a wikipedia of the gaza strip. The gaza strip is a coastal strip of land on the mediterranean. Once on one side, its on the mediterranean. The other side, the southern side, its connecting to egypt. And then its other neighbour is israel. It is described as one of the most densely populated pl
AttackForcesGroundLandIsraeli-militaryIdfOperationsStatementComprehensive-offensiveAirand-seaGaza-stripThe-state-of-israelMemorial, israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. The people of israel bow their heads for the departure of ariel sharon, the former Prime Minister. A warrior. I believe he was one of the greatest military leaders we had in modern days. We will get reaction from noam chomsky. Israeli historian avi shlaim, and Rashid Khalidi. Ariel sharon began his career as a military commander with atrocities in 1953 and continued through masterminding the lebanon war in which 50,000 became casualties. He ended his career as the architect of the israeli expansion in the occupied territories of the west bank, largely his handiwork from 1977 onward. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Hundreds of thousands of West Virginia residents are on their fifth day without safe cap water after a Chemical Spill in the elk river. The Company Freedom industries leaked up to 7500 gallons of an agent used in coal extraction on thursday
KadimaHamerkazIsraelJerusalemIsrael-generalWest-bankSyriaAleppoLabRussiaWashingtonDistrict-of-columbiaMemorial, israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. The people of israel bow their heads for the departure of ariel sharon, the former Prime Minister. A warrior. I believe he was one of the greatest military leaders we had in modern days. We will get reaction from noam chomsky. Israeli historian avi shlaim, and Rashid Khalidi. Ariel sharon began his career as a military commander with atrocities in 1953 and continued through masterminding the lebanon war in which 50,000 became casualties. He ended his career as the architect of the israeli expansion in the occupied territories of the west bank, largely his handiwork from 1977 onward. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Hundreds of thousands of West Virginia residents are on their fifth day without safe cap water after a Chemical Spill in the elk river. The Company Freedom industries leaked up to 7500 gallons of an agent used in coal extraction on thursday
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