Attended the incident and treated the woman for stab injuries, but she died at the scene. A 22 year old man was arrested in the colindale area on thursday afternoon and remained in custody. Thousands of people have joined pro palestinian protests in the swedish city of malmo ahead of israels appearance in the semifinal of the eurovision song contest. The climate activist Greta Thunberg was among the crowds that gathered in the citys main square, waving flags and chanting. The man performing for israel, eden golan, was booed during the rehearsals. A bbc investigation has revealed the saudi authorities have permitted the use of lethal force to clear land for a futuristic desert city that is being built by dozens of western companies. A former Intelligence Officer says he was ordered to evict villagers to make way for the line, part of the neom eco project. You are very welcome to the programme. The People Living in rafah say the last two days have been punctuated by the almost constant sound of shelling. There are reports tonight that israeli tanks are close to built up areas. One humanitarian Group Operating in the city says it is impossible to get staff in or out in the face of Daily Bombardment and gunfire. The Ceasefire Talks are ongoing in cairo, but there is a sense that things are escalating quickly. The fear of a much bigger assault has caused President Biden and the white house to make clear repeatedly the us opposition to any such campaign. This evening, the Us National Security advisor, john kirby, said Smashing Into Rafah Wil not advance the objective of defeating hamas. The president has tasked his team to continue to work with israel to refine their strategy to inflict an enduring defeat on hamas. And i want to repeat that an enduring defeat on hamas certainly remains the israeli goal, and we share that goal with them. Smashing into rafah, in his view, will not advance that objective, will not get to that sustainable and enduring defeat of hamas. A shipment of 2000 pound bombs has already been suspended. The president made it clear last night further shipments will be delayers if the operation goes ahead. That sparked a furious response from the Israeli Security minister, itamar ben gvir, who wrote this on x. Hamas loves biden, a comment that was described as irresponsible by the israeli president. And in washington, republicans lined up to condemn the president for his interference in israels war. Ijust want to emphasise one thing this is all about President Biden and lloyd austin trying to take over the war from israel. Ive got one message for israel dont let them do it. Tragically, joe biden has been the greatest friendj to hamas and hezbollah that there is on planet earth. Now, those sound like extraordinary statements. What are the facts . The Biden Administration is sending money right now to gaza. Many of us said, if you send the money to gaza, it will be seized by hamas. What happened . The first shipment came in and, boom, immediately seized by hamas, exactly like we said. But they are combining it with blocking weapons to israel. Im joined by . Brian katulis, senior fellow at the middle east institute. Maybe i could to start with the first of all. Just to make clear to our viewers will a seismic step this is because the United States has never done this before. They have never done this before. They have never suspended weapons not since the 1980s, and there is a law, a congressional law, that guarantees 3. 8 billion of aid every year. So its a big step. Its 3. 8 billion of aid every year. So its a big step its a big step. Its a big step onl a its a big step. Its a big step only a particular its a big step. Its a big step only a particular type its a big step. Its a big step only a particular type of its a big step. Its a big step only a particular type of weapon, and its part of this debate thats been ongoing for several months now, mostly private debate but what is different now is is now public in a very big way about the difference between israel and the Biden Administration right now on how does this all end. What is the best way to eliminate hamas, asjohn kirby said . Both countries agree on this, but there is a sharp disagreement about the tactics and the next steps in all of this, and its driven mostly by the concerns of the height loss of civilian life in gaza amongst palestinians and the concerns about humanitarian aid and not aid, but a million plus People Living in rafah which is where the hamas leadership is right now. There is a practical concern about keeping palestinians say that the United States is trying to voice here, and the israelis have a concern about the israelis have a concern about the threat hamas continues to pose. I want to get the thinking from joe biden because there is been a flurry of phone calls withjerusalem. They were urging him according to the Washington Post not to do this, and they were quite angry at some of these exchanges. And then there have been phone calls with regional leaders. He had King Abdullah of jordan in the white house as the other day. Is he trying to pick a way through that . Is the under enormous pressure now among some of his other middle east allies . Yeah. His other middle east allies . Yeah, the middle east his other middle east allies . Yeah, the middle east allies his other middle east allies . Yeah, the middle east allies of his other middle east allies . Yeah, the middle east allies of the his other middle east allies . Ir u the middle east allies of the United States has, they have all been consistent and wanting to see an immediate cease fire and also consist in wanting to see the creation of a Palestinian State eventually. Thats their condition for support for rebuilding gaza once this war is over, but thats their condition for years now. The problem is you have gotten government in israel that refuses to do two things. One, it is not actually have a clear plan to define what end state they want inside gaza. This is cause for consternation within their own Security System because people who are working in the military are really worried that they dont have an answer the question of how does this end. In the second challenge is youve have gotten government in israel that has rejected a state of palestine. And thats at odds with what saudi arabia, jordan, egypt and others want. I think what youre going to see in the next few weeks is this confluence of events come to a head which will really, i think, isolate Benjamin Netanyahu from the region that he himself once integrated into. He wants to have and continue to prosecute the war against hamas in the us will support that to some degree, but he also wants to deny a state of palestine which is what the rest of the region and us policy actually wants and many of our European Partners do. Mike, i watched many of our European Partners do. Mike, iwatched republicans many of our European Partners do. Mike, i watched republicans limit today and was reminded of this quote that i read in the morning from ryan graham, the bureau Chief In Austin for the intercept. He wrote this. And thats the point really. You have to pick a political line on these things, and now he does not sue anyone. These things, and now he does not sue anyone sue anyone. Yeah, and inherent in that question sue anyone. 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