Ambassador Riyad Mansour at the un in new york, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the programme. Ambassador, do you have any hope left that talks can achieve a stop or at least a suspension to the war in gaza . I still have hope. And thats what drives me to work harder with all of my colleagues, to succeed in putting an end to this war, to have a ceasefire, and to be able to send humanitarian assistance up to the needs of the people in the gaza strip and to prevent a forced Mass Transfer to egypt. I mean, nobody would doubt that, for the two million and more palestinians who live in gaza and of course the 100 or so hostages who are being held in the tunnels in gaza as well, every day is a day of extreme suffering. The problem is, if one looks at the talks and what is being said about the talks, there appears to be very little ground for optimism. For example, the israelis say no way will they even countenance a stop to their Military
Thank you. Thank you for having me. Its a pleasure to have you on the programme. Ambassador, do you have any hope left that talks can achieve a stop or at least a suspension to the war in gaza . I still have hope. And thats what drives me to work harder with all of my colleagues, to succeed in putting an end to this war, to have a ceasefire, and to be able to send humanitarian assistance up to the needs of the people in the gaza strip and to prevent a forced Mass Transfer to egypt. I mean, nobody would doubt that, for the 2 million and more palestinians who live in gaza and of course the 100 or so hostages who are being held in the tunnels in gaza as well, every day is a day of extreme suffering. The problem is, if one looks at the talks and what is being said about the talks, there appears to be very little ground for optimism. For example, the israelis say no way will they even countenance a stop to their Military Operations until hamas provides a full list of those hostages who are
released on the sixth day of the temporary truce between israel and hamas. 12 more hitters were released from gaza early on tuesday, some shown here. the total number is now more than eight fred. the hostage handover tuesday included ten israelis and tutor hostages. theyjoin the 150 other palestinians, mostly women and teenage boys, who have so far been released from the israeli jail since the truth began on friday. the originalfour day truth began on friday. the original four day poison fighting was extended by two days to allow for more hostages to be freed. more than 160 are still being held in gaza. tal heinrich, spokesperson for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. she told me there were really to release donna cottages. should there be another extension? we certainly hope so and thank you for having me on tonight. i can confirm at this hour that israel has received another list of potential hostages who may be released tomorrow. we have received the list. we are n
jasem albudaiwi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. now, we are talking as the temporary truce in the war between israel and hamas continues in gaza, but benjamin netanyahu, israel s prime minister, has made it plain that it will come to an end very soon and then, he says, israel s military operation will continue with full force until complete victory . when you hear the israelis say that sort of thing, what is your response? thank you, stephen, for having me. i m not surprised. he s been neglecting all international calls to cease fire for a long time. we re happy to see that the efforts by our brothers in qatar and egypt bear fruit and reach that agreement where exchange of prisoners, civilian prisoners, is done, and some of the goods and humanitarian and development assistance is moved through. it s not enough. the assistance is not enough. on that question of assistance, the gcc did pledge substantial amounts of money
jasem albudaiwi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. now, we are talking as the temporary truce in the war between israel and hamas continues in gaza, but benjamin netanyahu, israel s prime minister, has made it plain that it will come to an end very soon and then, he says, israel s military operation will continue with full force until complete victory . when you hear the israelis say that sort of thing, what is your response? thank you, stephen, for having me. i m not surprised. he s been neglecting all international calls to cease fire for a long time. we re happy to see that the efforts by our brothers in qatar and egypt bear fruit and reach that agreement where exchange of prisoners, civilian prisoners, is done, and some of the goods and humanitarian and development assistance is moved through. it s not enough. the assistance is not enough. on that question of assistance, the gcc did pledge substantial amounts of money