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,
mohammad shtayyeh, welcome to hardtalk, and thank you forjoining us from ramallah. now, the terrible scenes in rafah are just the latest mass casualty event of this war. as we stand nearly eight months into this phase of the conflict, how do you envisage the current war in gaza coming to an end? well, first of all, i hope there will be an immediate ceasefire and an immediate end to these atrocities that israel is committing against our people. as you rightly said, what is happening in rafah is simply a repetition of what has been happening since october 7th, a very terrible situation, genocide, massive killing and also use of aid and food and water and electricity as a tool for killing good people. there are people who have been killed because of bombing, and there are people who have been dying because of hunger, been dying because of lack of medical treatment. so the situation, really, is very catastrophic. and there isn t anything called refuge. there isn t anything that s
mohammad shtayyeh, welcome to hardtalk, and thank you forjoining us from ramallah. now, the terrible scenes in rafah are just the latest mass casualty event of this war. as we stand nearly eight months into this phase of the conflict, how do you envisage the current war in gaza coming to an end? well, first of all, i hope there will be an immediate ceasefire and an immediate end to these atrocities that israel is committing against our people. as you rightly said, what is happening in rafah is simply a repetition of what has been happening since october 7th, a very terrible situation, genocide, massive killing and also use of aid and food and water and electricity as a tool for killing good people. there are people who have been killed because of bombing, and there are people who have been dying because of hunger, been dying because of lack of medical treatment. so the situation, really, is very catastrophic. and there isn t anything called refuge. there isn t anything that s
ongoing coverage of the israel gaza war. waves of intensity extracts over gaza, much heavier than in previous notes. the army says it is increasing the number of abstracts in the territory and expanding its ground force operations. in gaza, sirens are warning of malt rocket fire to come and communications, including phone and internet have been cut off, making it nearly impossible for residents to reach anyone. amid the darkness, explosions are intensifying. gaza city residents have been want to move south for their safety. hamas says it is clashing with israeli forces in northern gaza and take it into israeli cities with intense missile pariahs. an overwhelming majority of the un general assembly voted in favour of any media trees in gaza, adopting a resolution that condemns all acts of violence against palestinian and israeli civilians. it calls for unhindered eight and the protection of civilians and we will bring a model later in the programme. it is happening at the huma