mickey bergman, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. now, let s go back to october the 7th and the days after, when your phone started ringing. tell us what happened. well, like the rest of the world, i woke up in the united states on october 7th to kind of get the news and start understanding what is happening. but very soon after, i started getting phone calls, initially from the mother of an israeli soldier who s been killed and kidnapped in gaza years ago, leah goldin, who i ve worked with over the years, to let me know that there s a lot of hostages families that are seeking help. she started organising and listing their names, and i started receiving a lot of phone calls from what ended up being about 67 different families asking us to help. now, just. we should be clear, you are not involved in the formal negotiations, either now or then. so what was it that you were doing? so that is correct. we are a not for profit, non government organisation. we work on behalf of famil
News. Thank you very much for your Company Donald trump is about to speak at the white house hes expected to announce a significant break with decades of u. S. Policy and International Convention by recognizing the contested city of jerusalem as israels capital well thats despite warnings from the palestinians and arab nations in the middle east the doing so could spark unrest and lay to rest any hope of a Permanent Peace deal with israel all right and as i said well be carrying that live for you will be interrupting anything that were doing and take you live to that but first off with all eyes on washington in what would be a Historic Development weve got Team Coverage for you to help us understand the significance and possible ramifications of this im to. And in the studio by shiny resign resign this east expert in jerusalem our very own tanya kramer has were supported extensively in both israel and the palestinian territories and weighing in firm in washington as well is corresponde
The Israeli Government is accusing hamas of holding at least one of two Israeli Citizens missing in the gaza strip. An Ethiopian Israeli has not been seen since last year the second is an israeli palestine. Live to gaza strip, and imtiaz tyab is there. What do we know . At this stage, very little. However, we have reached out to hamas for comment after this gag order in israel was lifted. And it was revealed that at least one of its citizens was being held by hamas. Now, we spoke with senior hamas spokesmen, who said that he had nothing to say. In saying that though over the past few days from statements made from senior hamas officials, there are some suggestions or some illusions to the fact that an israeli may be held in gaza. A few days ago the leader of hamas, in a statement to the media said i should preface this by saying he was talking about negotiations mediated by european powers that hamas would not agree to a deal with israel unless the soldiers or unless the people or rath
Celebrate. Robin adams with the sport. We have the latest from ashes, and wimbledon update. A man who helped to expose misconduct within f. I. F. A. They have come down heavily on former executive chuck blazer we begin this newshour with gaza. Israeli Officials Say citizens are being held in the strip, one by hamas. They have been held there for 10 months. A gag order has been listed. Paul brennan is at the home of one of the missing mens families. Before going into the issue of the families tell us about the two missing men. What do we know about them . Well two men, which the gagging order was listed on the main is a man who is an israeli of ethiopian dissent. Hes 28 years old. It appears he crossed the border from israel into gaza on september 7th last year two years after the end of the gaza war, the anniversary that we are marking today. The mystery is why he did it. It appears that he wept the five or six miles to the beach where the gaza perimeter fence is left his bag on the be
Why the fishing boats if thailand are not allowed out to sea. We begin with breaking news out of gaza. Israelis say two citizens are held in the strip, one by hamas one disappeared last year. Details are coming out now, 10 months after a gag order was lifted. Well cross live to gaza and imtiaz tyab in a moment first to paul brennan in ashkelon the home of one of the missing mens families. Paul what do we know of the missing men, how did they disappear. The first was a bedouin from the desered and appears to have entered gaza of his own volition and gone missing. Very little is known about him. Thats pretty much as much as we are told. The second man from ashkelon a coastal city 56 files from the fence that separates israel from gaza along the beach. He disappeared on 7th september. It has been known in the community about his appearance. There was a gagging order placed on it by the authorities, it was released thursday as a result of a challenge by an israeli newspaper. Circumstances