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caroline modarressy tehrani and seb payne, director of the centre right think tank, onward. welcome to the programme. the us secretary of state antony blinken, has urged israel and the palestinians to take steps to calm tensions during a spike in violence that has put the region on edge. in the latest incident, just hours before mr blinken was due to arrive in israel palestinian health officials say israeli forces shot dead a palestinian man at a military checkpoint in hebron. the violence was sparked on thursday, when ten palestinians were shot dead in the occupied west bank by israeli forces. then on friday, seven israelis were killed when a palestinian gunmen opened fire outside a synagogue in east jerusalem. secretary blinken has already met prime minister benjamin netanyahu and will also meet the president of the palestinian authority mahmoud abas. from the moment mr blinken s plane touched the tarmac he made it clear that addressing the violence of the las ....
Troubling. it seems as though the dialo . ue, troubling. it seems as though the dialogue. the troubling. it seems as though the dialogue, the tone troubling. it seems as though the dialogue, the tone of troubling. it seems as though the dialogue, the tone of it, - troubling. it seems as though the dialogue, the tone of it, is - troubling. it seems as though the | dialogue, the tone of it, is without a doubt hardening. on the israeli side, you have the israeli prime minister vowing to take tough measures in response to the rockets being fired from gaza and the attack on the synagogue in eastjerusalem from the palestinian side you have this decision to withdraw co operation on security. because of the raid on the west bank by israeli forces last week. how do they row back from that, and what role do you think secretary blink and can play in terms of bringing back a modicum of cooperation there? the in terms of bringing back a modicum of cooperation there? of cooperation there? the ....
So that there is really military was already predicting a high risk of major escalation on the west bank long before the israeli elections. now, with a new government in israel, it becomes even harder. some of the rhetoric you are hearing from the israeli site has to do with that. you have extreme members of the coalition in charge of the police, the minister of finance is also an extreme member, and the left flank of the government is calmer, and is not interested in information. on the other hand, the domestic politics is quite strong. they are facing a very difficult reality on the israeli side, and the palestinian authority that has lost a lot of legitimacy on the west bank, especially in the northern west bank. the administration is trying to convey a return to normalcy to restore cooperation which still exists, but co operation between security forces, to try to prevent the worst from happening. ....