Aviv, israel. We begin this hour with israels Military Ratcheting up its bombardment of gaza. A short time ago, israels military reported it has conducted dozens of strikes on hamas in gaza in recent hours as well as destroying two hezbollah cells in lebanon. Its part of israels plan to prepare for a possible Ground Incursion into gaza. That order could come at any time. Defense secretary lloyd austin says the u. S. Is worried about an escalation in the middle east, so the u. S. Will deploy Missile Defense systems like the one you see right there throughout the region to protect u. S. Troops. Erin, whats the latest on your end . Reporter all right. Well, jim, here we are learning that the Biden Administration is pressing israel to delay a possible fullscale Ground Invasion of gaza. Alex marquardt reporting that, saying the goal is to provide more time to negotiate for the release of hostages and allow for more humanitarian aid to go in to reach palestinian civilians. Now, the white hou
The ground war seems imminent but how its described is already a subject of debate. Im in philadelphia. One week from the brutal attack by hamas to israel and now israel have ordered 1. 1 Million People to advocate their homes. The crisis is deepening. Theyre putting up a united front from visits to the middle east. Behind the Front A Diplomaticing Challenge is brewing about public messaging. The State Department sent an email to a small group of officials who work on that messaging not to use words like deescalation, restoring calm. Jennifer, what can you tell us, from washington, d. C. Good morning. Were seeing this administration tow this difficult line when it comes to the war in israel. Normally we would see the administration coming out to urge calm and urge the parties to deescalate. We have not seen any of that in the past week. We have seen full support for israel for those attacks by hamas last weekend. Secretary of state has traveled and said these are not retaliatory operat
this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. today on the program we ll bring you the latest from the middle east with jeremy dimon who was in gaza yesterday. then one of the burning questions of the war, who will run gaza when it s over? i ll talk to the former foreign minister of the palestinian authority nasser al kidwa. will iran get more involved in the conflict than it is? the longtime middle east reporter and analyst will weigh in, and finally, exactly a year from today, americans will elect their next president. the 2024 race is top of mind for my guest, the ever so politically incorrect bill maher host of hbo s real time, but first, here s my take. israelis are understandably horrified by the october 7th hamas attacks on their country. the resulting sense of trauma has fueled the desire for prime minister benjamin netanyahu calls mighty vengeance. but
this is gps , the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i m fareed zakaria coming to you live from new york. today on the program, we ll bring you the latest from the middle east with cnn s jeremy diamond who was in gaza yesterday. then one of the burning questions of the war, who will run gaza when it is over? i ll talk to the former foreign minister of the palestinian authority nasser al kidwa. and will iran get more involved in the conflict than it is? the long time middle east reporter and analyst kim ghattas will weigh in. and finally exactly a year from today, americans will elect their next president. the 2024 race is top of mind for my guest, the ever so politically incorrect bill maher, host of hbo s real time. but fiers here is my take. israelis are horrified by the attacks on their country. the results sense of trauma has fueled a desire for benjamin netanyahu called mighty vengeance. but intense emotions ma