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we can show you the moment when police officers begin to enter hamilton hall that is an academic building that was occupied in the early hours of tuesday. nypd officers in riot gear entered the building through a window. several officers used a ladder to reach an upper floor, crawling through the opening to enter the hall. the protesting students had smashed their way into that building to gain access and had barricaded themselves inside. meanwhile, those who were detained were moved to police buses you can see here. students were led off campus with their hands behind their backs. new york police said that no tear gas was used. in a letter to the new york police department, columbia university said, we believe that while the group who broke into the building includes students, it is led by individuals who are not affiliated with the university. the university had requested help by local police to clear the scene. just to remind you of the events that led up to th ....
you have been watching israel s military assault in gaza from afar. has it unfolded in the way you expected? yes, it has unfolded in the way i expected but not in the way that i thought it should be. there is a huge tension between the way that i see this war and the way that the government define it, and the problem is, and i have said it from the very beginning, that this war is a war without any political goal. and what happens to this type of war, that the war becomes the end and not the means in order to achieve a better political goal. so the answer is yes and no. isn t the strategic sort of aim to destroy hamas as a fighting force and to completely eliminate it as a governing force in gaza, isn t that a clear political strategic ambition? no, absolutely not. it is a military goal, it is not a political goal. we have to understand that when we discuss the whole concept of war, the idea is to create a better political reality. the battlefield or the military forces ....
ami ayalon, in northern israel, welcome to hardtalk.- ami ayalon, in northern israel, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for invitin: welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. great welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. great to - welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. great to have - for inviting me. great to have you on. you have a long, distinguished career at the top of the israeli security forces. obviously that and sometime ago. you have been watching israel s military assault in gaza from afar. has it unfolded in the way you expected? yes, it has unfolded in the way i expected but not in the way that i thought it should be. there is a huge tension between the way that i see this war and the way that i see this war and the way that the government define it, and the problem is, and i have set it from the very beginning, that this war is a war without any political goal. and what happens to this ....
return with a response. our security correspondent frank gardner has more, from jerusalem. what s being debated is the permission by the israeli military for large numbers of palestinian displaced people, currently who are sheltering in the south of the gaza strip, in the city of rafah, to move back to their homes in the north. that s something that israel has resisted in the past. israel, reportedly, would also remove some of its forces from gaza. this would be during a a0 day truce. and there would of course be the exchange of hostages and prisoners. probably hundreds, if not thousands, of palestinian prisoners coming out of israeli jails in return for a rather lowerfigure than was originally demanded by israel an initialfigure of around 33 israeli hostages. now, from the israeli side, there is dual pressure going on here. pressure from the united states to do this deal, and pressure domestically from all the families and friends of the hostages who ve been demonstr ....
some time ago. you have been watching israel s military assault in gaza from afar. has it unfolded in the way you expected? yes, it has unfolded in the way i expected but not in the way that i thought it should be. there is a huge tension between the way that i see this war and the way that the government define it, and the problem is, and i have said it from the very beginning, that this war is a war without any political goal. and what happens to this type of war, that the war becomes the end and not the means in order to achieve a better political goal. so the answer is yes and no. isn t the strategic sort of aim to destroy hamas as a fighting force and to completely eliminate it as a governing force in gaza, isn t that a clear political strategic ambition? no, absolutely not. it is a military goal, it is not a political goal. we have to understand that when we discuss the whole concept of war, the idea is to create a better political reality. the battlefield or the ....