hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to the programme. we start with news that the israeli defence minister has said that israel will retain security control of gaza after the fighting has ended and all hostages have been reef free. this comes as america and europe s most senior diplomat ticks head to the middle east to press israel and its strategy. they do appear to reject positions put forward last year by washington. under you have gland s so called fork proposals, hamas would no longer control gaza and israel would retain overall security control. a multinational force would take charge of rebuilding the territory. neighbouring egypt would take on an as yet unspecified role. but gaza would be run by unspecified government of palestinians as long as they are not hostile towards israel. and there would be no resettlement of israelis in the territory. well, the deputy secretary general of the fatah central committee, the hasty decision making body of the fatah party which contr
and flavour of the year. indie rock band the last dinner party are named the bbc s sound of 202a. hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to the programme. his brother has repeated its warning of a fierce response to the killing of a fierce response to the killing of a fierce response to the killing of a hamas leader. saleh al arouri in beirut on tuesday. it comes as lebanon lodged a complaint with the un about the attack. tensions are still high in his hometown in the occupied west bank, following the killing, as shaimaa khalil reports. the town of al arura in the west bank, saleh al arouri s hometown, is in a state of mourning. but there is also deep fury and rage at his killing. protesters have come out after the friday prayer s protesting, chanting his name, chanting for continuation of resistance, and condemning the war. saleh al arouri s killing may have taken a significant name off israel s and the us s most wanted list. he is a man that they have accused of being responsible
Have been reduced to rubble. More than 1,000 palestinians, including many children, have been killed. My guest is former israeli Prime Minister ehud barak. Unimaginable horror has been unleashed. Where will it end . Ehud barak, in tel aviv, welcome to hardtalk. You have fought in many of israels wars. Youve led the country as Prime Minister. Have you ever experienced a mood in the country as you see it and feel it right now . This is the most severe blow that israel suffered since its establishment some 75 years ago. And the death toll of a devastating 1,200 within the first 2a, 30 hours, its something that never happened in our history. And in this case, its not a war. These are notjust soldiers. There are many citizens, many civilians, women, young babies, elderly people, even some holocaust survivors. And we still have 150, so to speak, in their hands. So its very tough. Great, huge failure of our Early Warning system, of our operational system. But we, the israelis, we are a defian
Been reduced to rubble. More than 1,000 palestinians, including many children, have been killed. My guest is former israeli Prime Minister ehud barak. Unimaginable horror has been unleashed. Where will it end . Ehud barak, in tel aviv, welcome to hardtalk. You have fought in many of israels wars. Youve led the country as Prime Minister. Have you ever experienced a mood in the country as you see it and feel it right now . This is the most severe blow that israel suffered since its establishment some 75 years ago. And the death toll of a devastating 1,200 within the first 2a, 30 hours, its something that never happened in our history. And in this case, its not a war. These are notjust soldiers. There are many citizens, many civilians, women, young babies, elderly people, even some holocaust survivors. And we still have 150, so to speak, in their hands. So its very tough. Great, huge failure of our Early Warning system, of our operational system. But we, the israelis, we are a defiant kin
More than 1,000 palestinians, including many children, have been killed. My guest is former israeli Prime Minister ehud barak. Unimaginable horror has been unleashed. Where will it end . Ehud barak, in tel aviv, welcome to hardtalk. You have fought in many of israels wars. Youve led the country as Prime Minister. Have you ever experienced a mood in the country as you see it and feel it right now . This is the most severe blow that israel suffered since its establishment some 75 years ago. And the death toll of a devastating 1,200 within the first 2a, 30 hours, its something that never happened in our history. And in this case, its not a war. These are notjust soldiers. There are many citizens, many civilians, women, young babies, elderly people, even some holocaust survivors. And we still have 150, so to speak, in their hands. So its very tough. Great, huge failure of our Early Warning system, of our operational system. But we, the israelis, we are a defiant kind of species. We know ho