rather than continuation of the fighting, that s a good thing. does this contain a vision for palestinian statehood? it would seem unusual that israel would agree to that or that the israeli prime minister would agree to that when he said clearly that he wouldn t. does that exist in the deal at this stage or would it be worked on, as the deal progresses? it has to be worked on, because fundamentally, a deal like this will only work if you can meet those twin needs, israeli security on the one hand and palestinian statehood on the other. but i think that, why i think this is a moment we have got to seize to bring this conflict to an end is that there is the short term, which is to get the hostages out, and flood gaza with aid to help the desperate humanitarian situation, that is the short term, the medium to long term is, can you put in place the conditions necessary to bring about a permanent peace and ultimately a settlement of this problem.
it clear that he considers such a deal a victory for hamas. it does not stipulate the withdrawal of hamas, as we discussed earlier in the conflict. if hamas remains in gaza, it well that real, it will continue at the attacks such as we saw before october 7 rocket attacks, smaller terrorist attacks, and hamas leadership said we will repeat 0ctober and hamas leadership said we will repeat october 7. and hamas leadership said we will repeat october 7. let s ust go back to our repeat october 7. let s ust go back to your point that h repeat october 7. let s ust go back to your point that this repeat october 7. let sjust go back to your point that this would - repeat october 7. let sjust go back to your point that this would be - repeat october 7. let sjust go back to your point that this would be a l to your point that this would be a good dealfor to your point that this would be a good deal for hamas and to your point that this would be a good dealfor hamas and not to your point tha
october 7 style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place sunday to discuss the reopening of the rafah crossing. speaking to the bbc earlier, the uk s foreign secretary, lord cameron, gave us his thoughts on the deal. i think what the deal contains is a staged process for the release of hostages in the first phase and a pause in the fighting, and then it goes on to a second stage with a longer pause, with more israeli withdrawals and the release of further hostages, then going on to a third stage, hopefully without any return to fighting, when you get on to the rebuilding of gaza. now, of course, all these plans are incredibly difficult to put in place. but fundamentally why i think this is a moment we should seize to try
indicated it is willing to discuss a new plan to end the war in gaza unveiled by us presidentjoe biden. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again insisted that the war will end only once hamas is destroyed. the opposition leader, yair lapid, has urged the prime minister to accept the proposal. speaking earlier, mr lapid suggested that if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government in its efforts to secure a hostage deal. it comes as mr netanyahu repeated that israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposal presented by us president, joe biden, who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another
if israel does. in south africa, the ruling anc has lost its majority for the first time since apartheid ended 30 years ago. the party has won around a0% of the vote and will now have to hold coalition talks. the uk election campaign is ramping up. labour launches a 5,000 mile battle bus tour promising to create wealth across the uk. prime minister rishi sunak visits north east england pledges millions of pounds in funding for local towns if the conservatives hold on to power. to the middle east where hamas has indicated it is willing to discuss a new plan to end the war in gaza unveiled by us president, joe biden. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has again insisted that the war will end only once hamas is destroyed. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv