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
Started. Tonight, new developments on the israelhamas war, which is now in its 16day. A new aid convoy of 14 trucks entered the gaza strip through the rafah Border Crossing with egypt today. According to the United Nations, that is. It is the second batch of relief to enter gaza this weekend. 20 trucks of medicine, fo, water, came through the region yesterday. This only offers, course, a small sliver of relief to the needed of more than 2 Million People in the gaza strip according to Palestinian Civil Society groups before the October 7th Attack, about 500 trucks were entering gaza daily. President biden spoke of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier today, affirming that there will be a continued flow of assistance into the region. The war is already spreading outside of gaza. Israel says it has launched an aerial strike today on an underground compound at a mosque in the occupiedest bank, containing the miliry described as a, quote, terror cell. Palestinian officials report, at l
Story. The october 7th attack by hamas which the u. S. Labels a Terrorist Organization left at least 1400 people dead. More than 200 people are being held hostage according to israeli officials, and many more people are still unaccounted for. In response, israel began a Bombing Campaign in gaza. According to the hamas controlled Health Ministry more than 4,000 people have died there so far. The story of hamas is complex. Its roots date back to the formation of israel in 1948. It has many factions including the socalled Military Wing which perpetrated the terror attack. Over the next hour, cnns sara sidner brings us The Whole Story on hamas from how they were formed, what their ideology is, and how they have evolved over the decades. We want to warn you some of the images youll see in this hour may be disturbing. Pure, unadulterated evil. I cant even try to comprehend these monsters. Terrorists. This is not islam. They should be spit out. We cannot expect that israel will continue to bl