Premier league match. Now on Bbc News Dateline london. Hello. Im shaun ley. Welcome to the programme which brings together british commentators, bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who write, Broadcast And Blog for audiences back home from the dateline, london. This week, pulling israelis and palestinians back from the brink of war. And Decision Day looms for tokyo 2021 does japan want to host the pandemic games . Joining us this week, jeffrey kofman, a canadian broadcaster and former us News Anchor whos worked extensively in The Middle East as a correspondent. And the british Journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti provides Comment And Analysis about israel and its neighbours. Jonathan also campaigns against anti semitism. With me in the studio is celia hatton. Celia also hails from canada. She is the bbc s asia pacific editor. Good to have you with us and good to see both of you there too, albeit remotely. Good to have you on dateline. The exchange of rocket fire, the fear and fatal
A similar way that you see in the us, where you have this hard right that is intransigent, netanyahu, Prime Minister netanyahu, playing to that franchise, and so it really builds on this. I dont know if i agree Withjonathans Perspective on this potential Civil War lets not call it that, lets be careful not to overstate it but this internal clash is in many ways the crisis. The israeli. Fight with hamas is something weve seen before, in 2014. This new dimension of internal strife, while it may not reflect, asjonathan notes, the broader Feelings Ofjewish Israelis and Arab Israelis, the kind of horrific violence we are seeing, person against person, within israel, has the ability to undo a lot that has been built over the last decades, in trying to make israel a multicultural state and to include Arab Israelis in part of the democracy. Clearly not a complete project by any means, but this is a huge setback. And even netanyahu, who likes to pit one side against the other, has recognised th
Now on bbc news, Dateline London. Hello. Im shaun ley. Welcome to the programme which brings together british commentators, bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents who write, Broadcast And Blog for audiences back home from the dateline, london. This week, pulling israelis and palestinians back from the brink of war. And Decision Day looms for tokyo 2021 does japan want to host the pandemic games . Joining us this week, jeffrey kofman, a canadian broadcaster and former us News Anchor whos worked extensively in The Middle East as a correspondent. And the british Journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti provides Comment And Analysis about israel and its neighbours. Jonathan also campaigns against anti semitism. With me in the studio is celia hatton. Celia also hails from canada. She is the bbc s asia pacific editor. Good to have you with us and good to see both of you there too, albeit remotely. Good to have you on dateline. The exchange of rocket fire, the fear and fatalities between palesti
Gaza, as palestinian rockets continue to target civilian areas in central and southern israel. Amazon says it will create 10,000 new permanent Uk Jobs in 2021 and a new training programme. In an appearance on an american podcast, Prince Harry says he wants to Break The Cycle of the Pain And Suffering of his upbringing with his own children. And coming up this hour. A meteorite that landed in gloucestershire in february will be on display at the natural History Museum in london, when it re opens next week. Hello, and welcome to Bbc News. The government has this morning confirmed its sending more vaccine doses to some parts of the uk that have seen an increase in the indian variant of coronavirus. Its one of a number of measures planned to try to tackle the spread after the number of cases more than doubled over the past week. Public Health England has recorded 1,313 Uk Cases of the indian variant in the past week. The figures are more than double the 520 cases recorded last week. Cases
WIll start a four Day Boycott of SocIal MedIa today, an attempt to tackle onlIne abuse. The boss of Barclays Bank predIcts the uk Is about to enjoy Its bIggest economIc boom sInce after the second World War It comes as the bank reveals Increased profIts thIs year. And comIng up the venues In lIverpool gearIng up for non socIally dIstanced gIgs and clubnIghts thIs weekend, as part of a government pIlot. Its been descrIbed as one of Israels worst dIsasters. At least 44 people have been kIlled In a stampede at a relIgIous festIval In the north of the country. More than 100 others were Injured when up to 80,000 Orthodox Jews gathered at a festIval at Mount Meron. The PrIme MInIster has descrIbed It as a heavy dIsaster who says he Is prayIng for the casualtIes. Courtney bembrIdge has more. And a warnIng her report contaIns dIstressIng Images. Vt vIdeos uploaded to SocIal MedIa show the chaotIc scenes. Tens of thousands of people crushed together at the foot of Mount Meron. We just fInIshed