jasem albudaiwi, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. now, we are talking as the temporary truce in the war between israel and hamas continues in gaza, but benjamin netanyahu, israel s prime minister, has made it plain that it will come to an end very soon and then, he says, israel s military operation will continue with full force until complete victory . when you hear the israelis say that sort of thing, what is your response? thank you, stephen, for having me. i m not surprised. he s been neglecting all international calls to cease fire for a long time. we re happy to see that the efforts by our brothers in qatar and egypt bear fruit and reach that agreement where exchange of prisoners, civilian prisoners, is done, and some of the goods and humanitarian and development assistance is moved through. it s not enough. the assistance is not enough. on that question of assistance, the gcc did pledge substantial amounts of money