Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with Stephen Sackur welcome to hardtalk, im Stephen Sackur. Here we are again, reporting an escalating conflict between israel and the Islamic Militant groups who run the gaza strip. In some ways, it looks like a rerun of the summer war of 2014, which left more than 2,000 palestinians dead, along with 67 Israeli Soldiers and six israeli civilians. But there are differences this time, not least because communal violence has spilled into towns inside israel, prompting fears of civil war. My guest is israels ambassador in the uk, and former minister, tzipi hotovely. Can the spiral of violence be stopped . Ambassador tzipi hotovely, welcome to hardtalk. Hi, its great to be here. What is israels strategic objective right now . Is it to restore quiet on that Southern Front with the gaza strip or does it go much deeper . Is it to destroy the Military Capability of the Islamic Militant groups . Well, the first thing is definitely true. We want to restore quiet. Ju
Its hardtalk with stephen sackur. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. Here we are again, reporting an escalating conflict between israel and the Islamic Militant groups who run the gaza strip. In some ways, it looks like a rerun of the summer war of 2014, which left more than 2,000 palestinians dead, along with 67 Israeli Soldiers and six israeli civilians. But there are differences this time, not least because communal violence has spilled into towns inside israel, prompting fears of civil war. My guest is israels ambassador in the uk, and former minister, tzipi hotovely. Can the spiral of violence be stopped . Ambassador tzipi hotovely, welcome to hardtalk. Hi, its great to be here. What is israels strategic objective right now . Is it to restore quiet on that Southern Front with the gaza strip or does it go much deeper . Is it to destroy the Military Capability of the Islamic Militant groups . Well, the first thing is definitely true. We want to restore quiet. Just yesterday, we
Those pilots were amazing. Full respect of them for getting us down. And the incredible findings at Mission Jurassic well take you to one of the biggest dinosaur graveyards in the world. Israel has blocked the visit of these two Us Democratic congresswomen after President Donald Trump encouraged it. The two women are ilhan omar and Rashida Tlaib, part of this group called the squad. They were involved in a racism row with President Trump last month, after he tweeted that they should go back to where they came from. Rashida tlaib is of palestinian origin and was planning to visit israel and the palestinian territories this weekend. Mr trump tweeted. Israel initially agreed to the visit but has now reversed its decision. Israels Deputy Foreign minister Tzipi Hotovely has tweeted. Bds stands for boycott, divestment and sanctions its a movement that urges a complete boycott of israel over its policies towards the palestinians. Tom batemen is injerusalem. These two congresswomen, ilhan omar
israel s prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says there will be a strong, swift and accurate response to the attacks injerusalem in recent days. police say a 13 year old boy was behind a shooting that wounded two people in the east of the city. it comes a day after a palestinian gunman killed seven people near a synagogue. that attack has led to dozens of arrests with the guman being killed at the scene. on thursday, nine palestinians died during an army raid in the west bank town ofjenin. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports. another victim of a jerusalem shooting being treated by medics. an israeli father and son were injured in a new attack this morning. the suspect is just 13. he s said to be the relative of another teenager shot dead by israeli forces this week. the police are not going to allow terrorist organisations to take advantage of children. we see that they have no shame in using such 13 year olds to commit their crimes. meanwhile, this was the
hundreds of staff have been made redundant, and all flights due to and from the uk to be operated by the airline have been cancelled. police in the american city of memphis have released graphic footage of the violent arrest that led to the death of a 29 year old black man. the officers body camera video, shows tyre nichols being kicked and punched by five policemen. the officers, who are also black, have been sacked and face multiple charges, including murder. a warning, nada tawfik s report contains some distressing images. nojustice! no peace! the familiar rallying cry heard too often after incidents of police brutality. memphis s worst fears never materialised as protesters remained peaceful. a considered effort by city officials to deliver swiftjustice for tyre nichols seems to have worked. small scale demonstrations took place across the country, from new york to detroit and los angeles. free of violence, just as the family wanted. five black officers have been charged