it s such a pleasure to be back in hardtalk with you, stephen. well, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. let s begin with a very basic fact you are one of your own israeli government s fiercest critics. you have been for a long time. you ve certainly been an arch critic of the israeli military strategy in gaza. given all of that, i just wonder how you feel sitting in tel aviv watching the international court ofjustice consider the case of genocide filed against israel. i was watching it with a lot of sadness, depression and also a sense of shame, i must tell you. you know, my parents came here as refugees, really the ashes of the biggest genocide in history. and here, 80, 90 years later, israel is accused for genocide. i mean, i wish more israelis have at least watched the scenes, at least watch the scenes of gaza. they don t see gaza. i wish they would have seen more of the children on the grounds of the hospitals, the starvation, the destruction. but none of this is
destruction, but none of this is presented here. so theyjust condemn anyone who dares to criticise israel. i don t know if weekly is a genocide. but it is a bloodbath, it is a terrible mass killing. do we care if it is legally a genocide or not. the israeli boron actor mind about pickling, their mind about labelling it as genocide. the? about pickling, their mind about labelling it as genocide. they mind, i cuess, labelling it as genocide. they mind, i guess. for labelling it as genocide. they mind, i guess, for reasons labelling it as genocide. they mind, i guess, for reasons which - labelling it as genocide. they mind, i guess, for reasons which are - labelling it as genocide. they mind, i guess, for reasons which are for. i guess, for reasons which are for anyone who knows some history are understandable. to quote your country s president, he calls the accusations atrocious. and preposterous. you yourself mentioned to me your own past, your own parents came from germa
welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s such a pleasure to be back in hardtalk with you, stephen. well, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. let s begin with a very basic fact you are one of your own israeli government s fiercest critics. you have been for a long time. you ve certainly been an arch critic of the israeli military strategy in gaza. given all of that, i just wonder how you feel sitting in tel aviv watching the international court ofjustice consider the case of genocide filed against israel. i was watching it with a lot of sadness, depression and also a sense of shame, i must tell you. you know, my parents came here as refugees, really the ashes of the biggest genocide in history. and here, 80, 90 years later, israel is accused for genocide. i mean, i wish more israelis have at least watched the scenes, at least watch the scenes of gaza. they don t see gaza. i wish they would have seen more of the children on the grounds of the hospitals, the starvation, the d
gideon levy in tel aviv, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s such a pleasure to be back in hardtalk with you, stephen. well, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. let s begin with a very basic fact you are one of your own israeli government s fiercest critics. you have been for a long time. you ve certainly been an arch critic of the israeli military strategy in gaza. given all of that, i just wonder how you feel sitting in tel aviv watching the international court ofjustice consider the case of genocide filed against israel. i was watching it with a lot of sadness, depression and also a sense of shame, i must tell you. you know, my parents came here as refugees, really the ashes of the biggest genocide in history. and here, 80, 90 years later, israel is accused for genocide. i mean, i wish more israelis have at least watched the scenes, at least watch the scenes of gaza. they don t see gaza. i wish they would have seen more of the children on the grounds of the hospita
Today on Inside Politics, jim jordan abandons a vote. Jor deny will back someone else temporarily to get the government up and running after more than two weeks afwithout a house speaker. Plus a prime time test for joe biden. He will make an address to lay out the stakes for american support for two democracies under siege. Israel and ukraine. Plus the mccracken cracks, Sidney Powell admits she spread lie after conspiracy after lie about the 2020 election. She will testify at trial, including against donald trump. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and Inside Politics. Up first, best laid plans, scrapped. We entered today expecting a third vote right around this time to try once again to give jim jordan the gafl. That vote is no longer happening. Now we are told that jordan will get behind plan d or e or ive lost track of the letters at this point, but sources are telling us that jordan will back giving more power to a speaker place holder Patrick Mchenry, and that will happen