Established Diplomatic Convention by recognising jerusalem as israels capital. His recent tweets on the Israeli Palestinian conflict have been music to the ears of israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. So what do the palestinians do now . My guest today is mahmoud zahar, co founder of the Islamist Movement hamas, which controls gaza and has been at loggerheads with the Palestinian Authority in the west bank for more than a decade. Are the palestinians staring defeat in the face . Mahmoud zahar in gaza, welcome to hardtalk. Most welcome. I have to begin by asking you about your frame of mind, your spirit at the beginning of this new year, 2018. I look at the diplomatic, the political and the Economic Situation in gaza and i can barely imagine anything more bleak. Is that the way you feel too . First of all, id like to address that this is one of the most important points in our history. Yes, our life is very miserable, not because of bad management from our side but because of the
Im stephen sackur. Donald trump broke with long established Diplomatic Convention by recognising jerusalem as israels capital. His recent tweets on the Israeli Palestinian conflict have been music to the ears of israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. So what do the palestinians do now . My guest today is Mahmoud Zahar, co founder of the islamist movement, hamas, which controls gaza and has been at loggerheads with the Palestinian Authority in the west bank for more than a decade. Are the palestinians staring defeat in the face . Theme music playing Mahmoud Zahar in gaza, welcome to hardtalk. Most welcome. I have to begin by asking you about your frame of mind, your spirit at the beginning of this new year, 2018. I look at the diplomatic, the political and the Economic Situation in gaza and i can barely imagine anything more bleak. Is that the way you feel too . First of all, id like to address that this is one of the most important points in our history. Yes, our life is very miser
Donald trump broke with long established Diplomatic Convention by recognising jerusalem as israels capital. His recent tweets on the Israeli Palestinian conflict have been music to the ears of israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. So what do the palestinians do now . My guest today is mahmoud zahar, co founder of the Islamist Movement hamas, which controls gaza and has been at loggerheads with the Palestinian Authority in the west bank for more than a decade. Are the palestinians staring defeat in the face . Mahmoud zahar, in gaza, welcome to hardtalk. Most welcome. I have to begin by asking you about your frame of mind, your spirit at the beginning of this new year, 2018. I look at the diplomatic, the political and the Economic Situation in gaza and i can barely imagine anything more bleak. Is that the way you feel too . First of all, id like to address that this is one of the most important points in our history. Yes, our life is very miserable, not because of bad management fro
And a change in burk burkina fa. We begin with a story out of the palestinian west bank. A man has been shot after he stabbed at least three people one is a woman who has died. First what are the latest developments . Very tense situation. A palestinian man from hebron according to israeli investigators, theyve named him as a 30yearold man from hebron, hes also known to Israeli Security forces that he was in prison from 2000 to 2005. But again, a very tense situation. After three people were stabbed, two with whats been described as moderate injuries and a third, a woman at the age of 25 who lost her life in this attack. So again were still getting information from the scene. But as weve been saying, a very tense situation as israeli investigators peace together what happened in this settlement outside the occupied west bank. Weve seen tensions between israelis and palestinians. Whats stoking these current tensions, what is happening now . Indeed these tensions which have been brewing