that we have seen in the last few weeks. what is going to be left of palestinians? the weeks. what is going to be left of palestinians? weeks. what is going to be left of palestinians? ., ., ., ., palestinians? the population of gaza i think is palestinians? the population of gaza i think is 2-2 palestinians? the population of gaza i think is 2.2 million palestinians? the population of gaza i think is 2.2 million people. - palestinians? the population of gaza i think is 2.2 million people. the - i think is 2.2 million people. the claims of genocide are bogus. nobody is trying to kill all of the palestinians because they are palestinians. israel is going after hamas fighters and leaders. he saw the pictures, just as i did, of a guy in a t shirt shooting an rpg. unfortunately, though, it is palestinians and gazans are being killed clearly. who is accountable for the? ., ., , killed clearly. who is accountable forthe? ., , killed clearly. who is accountable forthe? . , ., , ., ., for
is that there is the short term, which is get the hostages out, and flood gaza with aid to help the desperate humanitarian situation there 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? one of the things that has changed that is a potential positive is that the arab states are leaning in and prepared to help and support a peace process in ways that i have not seen before, and i think an incredibly positive contribution being played by egypt, jordan and qatar and others in helping to bring this about bears testament to that. and there is the other prize here, or what people refer to as normalisation but countries like saudi arabia, as part of this process, recognising israel, having proper relations with israel, as two normal countries should. that is an enormous prize for israel and also i would argue a prize for saudi arabia too.
is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place sunday to discuss the re opening of the rafah crossing. a short time ago, i spoke with the uk s foreign secretary, lord cameron. 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. then it goes on to a second stage with a longer pause, more israeli withdrawals, and the release of further hostages, then going onto a third stage, hopefully without any return to fighting, when you get onto the rebuilding of gaza. of course, all of these plans are incredibly difficult to put in place but fundamentally, why i think this is a moment we should seize to try to bring this conflict to an end permanently, is that it is one thing to call for a ceasefire but of course, if you cannot put in place the conditions that make a ceasefire sustainable, then it will not last,
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but all parties hope these pledges will help them be victorious on july a. ione wells, bbc news. the scottish national party leader, john swinney, has also been on the campaign trail in aberdeen, where the party is targeting a number of conservative seats, because of what he calls damage done to the area s economy by westminster politics . meanwhile, george galloway has launched his workers party of britain s general election campaign with an attack on labour. he told supporters labour leader, sir keir starmer was indistinguishable from rishi sunak and had blood on his hands over his position on gaza. mr galloway announced that his party was standing hundreds of candidates across the country and he d be extremely disappointed if the number elected was not in double figures. now it s time for a look at today s sport with carthy. hello from the bbc sport centre.