government will deny. they will say this is a religious ceremony, this was something that millions of hindus have wanted. israel s long serving prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is for the umpteenth time fighting for his political life. the opinion polls suggest that if he called an election now, his likud party would lose half its seats. the political centre, which has been in the wilderness for years, seems to be making a comeback in israel. the war in gaza is getting difficult, and international opinion has turned sharply against israel, which makes life harder for israel s supporters, countries like the us and britain. it doesn t help that mr netanyahu refuses to consider a two state solution for the palestinians, the only thing western countries can think of as a possible way forward. and of course, there are very real worries that the gazan war could expand to take in the entire middle east a pretty gloomy picture all the way round, i suggested to lyse doucet, the b
hello, and welcome to unspun world. is the war in gaza beginning to slip away from israel? and are we seeing the start of a wider middle east conflict? for all of the words and all of the warnings, here we are, months on, and so many red lights are flashing across the region. after its involvement with the three hs hamas, hezbollah and the houthis is iran getting an inflated sense of its own importance? the iranian authorities felt overconfident in projecting their power in the middle east and they felt that they can get away with doing the same in pakistan. and prime minister modi of india inaugurates the hugely controversial hindu temple in ayodhya. does it represent the start of his election campaign? there was definitely a sense of political colour in that event. it is something the government will deny. they will say this is a religious ceremony, this was something that millions of hindus have wanted. israel s long serving prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is for t
Today 133 hostages still in captivity if they are all still alive. A grim milestone and an administration now waivering on 75 years of unwavering support for our top middle east ally. President biden facing massive backlash within his own party as november looms. What will he do . Im Harris Faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. President bidens most recent call with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu contained a not so veiled threat from biden. It went this way. If israel does not conduct its war the way the United States wants it to, there will be consequences. Then he brushed off this question about the apparent ultimatum. Mr. President , are you abandoning israel . Are you abandoning israel . [inaudible] harris look at this. Antiisrael protestors showing up in force at the president s home in wilmington, delaware where he spent the weekend. Thats as far as they could get in because secret service set a perimeter up. Thats pretty far in, though. Demonstrations like this