Proposal is that hamas would agree to the release of 33 hostages from the socalled humanitarian category. So that is women, it is children, it is the elderly, people with serious medical conditions. And in return, israel would agree to a 40day ceasefire and the release of potentially thousands of Palestinian Prisoners. We should stress at this point all we have is this statement from the political wing of hamas. We do not have the detail of what exactly it is that they have agreed to, and there has been pretty frenetic diplomacy over the weekend involving cia director bill burns who started in egypt, flying to qatar, coming here to israel. It is possible that the framework of that deal has changed over the weekend. It is also worth saying that these deals are often structured in terms of first an agreement on a broad framework and then hammering out of the details. As you know, chris, the devil is often in the detail, but there is positive indication for the First Time Since that last
some palestinians imprisoned in israel have also been returned to their homes. now, as i understand it, you personally opposed the deal, but because, on the face of it, it s working do you think you were wrong and that the deal has been a positive? i have to say that it doesn t really matter if i supported it or was against it, because once it s been decided by the government of the state of israel, so, of course, we are all committed the supporters and the people who were against to make sure that the state of israel and the people in israel will get the most out of the deal and pay the least of the prices that we expected, everyone, that we should pay. i think the major price is what you said in the beginning, is the equals sign that, sadly, this deal creates even in.in the media, the world media. we are talking about babies on one side babies, children, women, citizens and we are comparing them to terrorists, to convicted terrorists that were trialled because o
does netanyahu have a viable plan for what comes next? simcha rothman injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. hi. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show, mr rothman. i want to begin with the limited, fragile deal between the israeli government and hamas, which has enabled some israeli hostages held in gaza to return home. and part of the deal is that some palestinians imprisoned in israel have also been returned to their homes. now, as i understand it, you personally opposed the deal, but because, on the face of it, it s working do you think you were wrong and that the deal has been a positive? i have to say that it doesn t really matter if i supported it or was against it, because once it s been decided by the government of the state of israel, so, of course, we are all committed the supporters and the people who were against to make sure that the state of israel and the people in israel will get the most out of the deal and pay the least of the p
in gaza to return home. and part of the deal is that some palestinians imprisoned in israel have also been returned to their homes. now, as i understand it, you personally opposed the deal, but because, on the face of it, it s working do you think you were wrong and that the deal has been a positive? i have to say that it doesn t really matter if i supported it or was against it, because once it s been decided by the government of the state of israel, so, of course, we are all committed the supporters and the people who were against to make sure that the state of israel and the people in israel will get the most out of the deal and pay the least of the prices that we expected, everyone, that we should pay. i think the major price is what you said in the beginning, is the equals sign that, sadly, this deal creates even in.in the media, the world media. we are talking about babies on one side babies, children, women, citizens and we are comparing them to terrorists,