earlier, the uk, the us and the european commission announced similar bans over security concerns. the chinese owners bytedance deny passing users information to the chinese government. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. ever since the failure of the so called oslo process to deliver a lasting israeli palestinian peace, that conflict has been a matter of mutual recrimination and sporadic violence. but now, the conditions seem ripe for something different, something worse. israel has the most far right government in its history. palestinian disillusion with the status quo seems to be stoking militancy. my guest is palestinian politician, physician and civil rights activist mustafa barghouti. what, if anything, can the palestinians do to improve their situation? mustafa barghouti in ramallah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be with you. thank you. good to have you on the show. let s start with the situation in the west bank, where you si
government in its history. palestinian disillusion with the status quo seems to be stoking militancy. my guest is palestinian politician, physician and civil rights activist mustafa barghouti. what, if anything, can the palestinians do to improve their situation? mustafa barghouti, in ramallah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be with you. thank you. good to have you on the show. let s start with the situation in the west bank, where you sit, in ramallah. is there any semblance of political authority or control in the west bank right now? unfortunately, the existing authority is the authority of occupation, israeli military occupation, which is really, from security perspective, controlling the whole area. the palestinian authority has been weakened dramatically by the israeli side. since 2002, when the israeli army re invaded all palestinian cities and all the so called area a, which is supposed to be under palestinian authority, since then, practically, the palestini
the officers allegedly fired tear gas into the crowds causing the stampede that killed 135 people. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. ever since the failure of the so called oslo process to deliver a lasting israeli palestinian peace, that conflict has been a matter of mutual recrimination and sporadic violence. but now the conditions seem ripe for something different, something worse. israel has the most far right government in its history. palestinian disillusion with the status quo seems to be stoking militancy. my guest is palestinian politician, physician and civil rights activist mustafa barghouti. what, if anything, can the palestinians do to improve their situation? mustafa barghouti, in ramallah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be with you. thank you. good to have you on the show. let s start with the situation in the west bank, where you sit, in ramallah. is there any semblance of political authority or control in the west
Im anna foster. Were live in Southern Israel, near the gaza border, where theres been a significant intensification of israeli airstrikes over gaza, with bright flashes and huge explosions overnight lighting up the night sky above the territory. It comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its Ground Operations there. It comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its Ground Operations there. A spokesman for the Israeli Government would not confirm that this heralded the start of a much anticipated Ground Offensive against hamas. The armed wing of hamas, which is a proscribed Terror Organisation by the uk and the usa, has said it is involved in violent confrontations with Israeli Forces in northern and central gaza. There has also been rocket fire from the territory into Southern Israel. This is the scene live in gaza. The United Nations has warned of what it described as an unprecedented avalanche of Human Suffering there and the Un General Assembly called fo
Put forward by Arab Countries calling for a humanitarian truce. Hello, im anna foster. This is bbc news. Were live in Southern Israel, near the gaza broder, where theres been a significant intensification of israeli airstrikes over gaza, with bright flashes and huge explosions overnight lighting up the night sky above the territory. It comes after the israeli army said that it was expanding its Ground Operations there. A spokesman for the Israeli Government would not confirm it has been a significant escalation overnight. Through the night, we saw bright flashes and loud explosions lighting up the night sky over the territory and this can be heard all around Southern Israel and gaza. A spokesman for the Israeli Government would not confirm that this heralded the start of a much anticipated Ground Offensive against hamas. The armed wing of hamas which is a proscribed Terror Organisation by the uk and the usa has said it is involved in violent confrontations with Israeli Forces in northe