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
newscast from the bbc. hello. it s adam in the studio. hello, it s alex in the studio. and there is a chris mason shaped hole just on that side of the table because he s off on his travels. he s in washington dc where he s been for the last day or two with rishi sunak, the prime minister who has been visiting joe biden. and on thursday evening they had a press conference. and alex, the centrepiece of this visit is this communique they ve put out where they ve talked about this new, new trade relationship. but don t call it a trade deal. because there s definitely not a trade deal. but what is not the trade deal that the conservatives promised they d get with the us and clearly haven t got it is. the atlantic declaration. so what effectively this is is them talking about how they re going to continue to strengthen their economic ties and work together and do some like deals which aren t trade deals they re little deals to help each other s economies work in tandem, particularl
at the end of the tunnel, and by that, i mean not in a negative way, it s sort of. ..getting control of my life again. and then very, very sad emotions because it s the end of an era and it s. i also feel sad and emotional for all my team here, some of which, in fact, most of which i deem as family. and some of them, we ve grown up together, basically. so very, very mixed emotions. and the last the last week, i know i am going to be a wreck. why? why are you shutting down? because you could fill every table here for the foreseeable future. everybody wants to come and eat here if they can afford it. so why shut it? yeah, i mean, the business is successful and it s. ..it is going well. reservations are very good especially since i announced that we re closing, it s gone crazy. but there are many reasons. i mean, first of all, i m getting on a bit. i m 63 and i m thinking, what next? do i want to sign up to another lease? the lease is coming to an end. so it made me refle
god save the king! - god save the king! may the 6th, 2023. god save the king plays light rain fell as king charles and camilla, queen consort, made their way to westminster abbey for the first coronation in 70 years. # i was glad. # prime ministers, presidents, foreign kings and queens, as well as community and charity representatives, joined the king s own family in a ritual dating back 1,000 years. your majesty, as children of the kingdom of god, we welcome you in the name of the king of kings. in his name and after his example, i come not to be served, but to serve. god save king charles. the coronation oath has stood for centuries - and is enshrined in law. are you willing to take the oath? lam willing. will you solemnly promise and swear to govern the peoples of the united kingdom, - of great britain and northern ireland, your other realms and the territories, - to any of them belonging or pertaining according . to their respective l laws and customs? i solemnly promis