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we can fund ukraine, our border and israel. that's the way our senate wants to do it in a bipartisan way. that's the way we need to do it in the house. >> i want to turn to the bipartisan package that was negotiated in the senate that included aid for ukraine and israel appears to have collapsed due to gop opposition. listen to what republicans used to say, used to say about this compromise. listen to this. >> any national security package has to begin with the security of our own border. >> the price of getting that done, again, which i support, is going to be meaningful policy changes which slow the flow of illegal immigration across the southern bored wither. >> republicans want to restore it and free up the aid as soon as we have aid for our own border and control the illegal immigration. >> congressman, what do you think changed? >> donald trump. he said, you know, the quiet part out loud, that this helps joe biden. if you didn't know then you know now that maga republicans are not serious, wolf, about governing. for the l
we can fund ukraine, our border and israel. that's the way our senate wants to do it in a bipartisan way. that's the way we need to do it in the house. >> i want to turn to the bipartisan package that was negotiated in the senate that included aid for ukraine and israel appears to have collapsed due to gop opposition. listen to what republicans used to say, used to say about this compromise. listen to this. >> any national security package has to begin with the security of our own...
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what will be the reaction in israel to that risk? >> so there are definitely parts in israeli society that are aware of that risk and in the government i'm sure as well. we do not know what are the plans, but as i said, a deal will save a lot of lives on both sides. so it should still be the preferred option. the problem is, as i said, it's a very controversial issue within the public itself. >> in terms of palestinians in this area of rafah, they don't really have anywhere to go. that's the truth, isn't it? but the israeli government could mitigate that by saying we are going to find a way of getting civilians out. then the problem is how do you filter the civilians from the militants they're trying to target. >> so that's what the world is currently demanding of israel if there's an operation in fraup civilians should be vaxxed but as you said it's not that simple. this is a very complicated issue. egypt has to be in the picture and egypt doesn't necessarily support that. so i think this is going to be very plusy of course, as war
what will be the reaction in israel to that risk? >> so there are definitely parts in israeli society that are aware of that risk and in the government i'm sure as well. we do not know what are the plans, but as i said, a deal will save a lot of lives on both sides. so it should still be the preferred option. the problem is, as i said, it's a very controversial issue within the public itself. >> in terms of palestinians in this area of rafah, they don't really have anywhere to go....
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israel ordered evacuations. it says it has no knowledge of what might have happened there since, nor of the tunnel's existence. meanwhile, israel is said to be preparing for a ground offensive in the southern gaza city of rafa. more than a million people are sheltering there. countries in the region are warning that a ground offensive in rafa could lead to serious repercussions. and an israeli official tells cnn that benjamin netanyahu told his war cabinet, the idf operation in rafah must be complete by march 10th, the start of ramadan. >>> well, journalist eliot gotkin is live for us in london with more. eliot, tell us about this hamas tunnel discovered under anra hq? >> ana, quite a striking discovery, the idf says that it has discovered, if not under the noses of anra hq, then certainly under the feet. this tunnel in total runs to about 700 meters in length, the idf says, and to a depth of 18 meters. and directly underneath the anra headquarters in the northern part of the gaza strip, it says it not only foun
israel ordered evacuations. it says it has no knowledge of what might have happened there since, nor of the tunnel's existence. meanwhile, israel is said to be preparing for a ground offensive in the southern gaza city of rafa. more than a million people are sheltering there. countries in the region are warning that a ground offensive in rafa could lead to serious repercussions. and an israeli official tells cnn that benjamin netanyahu told his war cabinet, the idf operation in rafah must be...
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israel's point, israel's perspective is that you cannot have four battalions belonging to hamas still present and still surviving this war if israel is to be in a position to say that it's job done, that israel, that hamas has indeed been dismantled, and that things can begin to move on, but it's not just the concerns about the civilian population, it's not just concerns about israeli troops, there's also concerns about the possibility of the palestinians being displaced over the other side of the border into egypt. there's a very big and impenetrable fence going along the border between israel and egypt, it would seem to be very hard to imagine palestinians streaming across the border but certainly that is a concern and the egyptians are adamant that it won't happen, as are other regional players as well. quite when this operation happens or how israel expects to be able to evacuate more than 1 million palestinians are questions that we simply don't know the answer to just yet. >> tell us more about what israel is saying about what they called a data center under the u.n.r.a. headqua
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and notably, for israel. that diplomatic path continues to come into ever sharper focus as i travel throughout the region and talk to all of our friends and partners. israel that is fully integrated into the region, with normal relations with key countries, including saudi arabia, with firm guarantees for its security , alongside a concrete, irreversible path to a palestinian state living side- by-side in peace and security with israel, with the necessary security assurances. over the course of this trip we discussed both the substance and sequence of steps that all would need to take to make this path real. that includes steps by the palestinian authorities to reform and revitalize itself. and, i reaffirmed the imperative of those steps in my meeting today with the president. the chief among them, improving governance, increasing account abilities of the palestinian people, reforms of the palestinian authorities committed to making a recently announced reform package, and that we urge you to implement social
and notably, for israel. that diplomatic path continues to come into ever sharper focus as i travel throughout the region and talk to all of our friends and partners. israel that is fully integrated into the region, with normal relations with key countries, including saudi arabia, with firm guarantees for its security , alongside a concrete, irreversible path to a palestinian state living side- by-side in peace and security with israel, with the necessary security assurances. over the course of...
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israel's prime minister and the u.s. president don't see eye to eye on plans to target rafah, what the two leaders discussed in their latest phone call. >>> plus the kansas city chiefs win again. we will take a look at the biggest moments of the super bowl thriller. >> live from atlanta, this is "cnn newsroom" with rosemary church. >> good to have you with us. >>> we begin with new developments out of gaza where the israel defense forces says two hostages have been rescued from the southern city of rafah from a special operation overnight and are now at a medical facility where they are said to be in good condition. the idf said they conducted a series of strikes in one area in rafah. more than 60 people have been killed in those strikes. this video obtained by cnn shows some of the aftermath. the rafah municipality says at least one mosque was among the targets. cnn's nic robertson joins us now from tel aviv. nic, what are you learning about this special israeli military operation that rescued two hostages in rafah? >>
israel's prime minister and the u.s. president don't see eye to eye on plans to target rafah, what the two leaders discussed in their latest phone call. >>> plus the kansas city chiefs win again. we will take a look at the biggest moments of the super bowl thriller. >> live from atlanta, this is "cnn newsroom" with rosemary church. >> good to have you with us. >>> we begin with new developments out of gaza where the israel defense forces says two hostages...
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that is not something that israel is ready to agree to. we heard netanyahu in the press conference earlier today saying they are still working on complete victory over hamas, which he says will take several more months. >> alex, thank you for that. we are joined by leon panetta, former defense secretary, former cia director during the obama administration. thank you for being with us. let's talk about what we've heard today from benjamin netanyahu. he said that he told blinken that they are near to complete victory, and surrendering to hamas's demands will only ask for another disaster. it really doesn't sound like someone looking to sign a hostage deal anytime soon. how are you evaluating what you are hearing from him? >> i think netanyahu is, basically, trying to establish a bargaining position. he knows, ultimately, this has to happen in order to be able to get the hostages released. in order to be able to take a breath with a cease-fire and be able to evaluate where they are at, and thirdly, i think it's critical to provide humanitaria
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the audience will be the domestic audience here in israel. it will be expected that he will be referring to hamas' count proposal. secretary blinken having his press conference expected after the prime minister. we'll get two narratives from both sides about what they think about the proposal. the proposal picks up on some of the threads that were in the proposal that came from the united states, israel, qatar and egypt over a week ago. this will be a three-phase process. 45 days between each phase. and the phases would run like this. in the first phase, hamas would release the women, the children, the elderly, and the sick hostages. they would expect israel to pull back the forces out of civilian areas, stop all military operations. stop drone activities. open up gaza to humanitarian aid can get in. they want a massive input of humanitarian aid. 60,000 housing units. 2,000 tents. they want people to move around gaza. during that phase, hamas say we have to talk about the permanent cease-fire they want. and phase two would have to see an agre
the audience will be the domestic audience here in israel. it will be expected that he will be referring to hamas' count proposal. secretary blinken having his press conference expected after the prime minister. we'll get two narratives from both sides about what they think about the proposal. the proposal picks up on some of the threads that were in the proposal that came from the united states, israel, qatar and egypt over a week ago. this will be a three-phase process. 45 days between each...
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but look, israel suffered this international condemnation now for four plus months lebanon, if israel did cross the southern border, i was there in 2006 when there was a border crossing of a war between israel and lebanon. if israel did cross that southern border into lebanon to go after hezbollah how much of an escalation would that be? >> look, it's a major escalation and this talk has been going on now for months and i've argued that why would israel want to start a second front, which is why? it's interesting now we're talking about late spring, summer. but look, hezbollah has 150,000 rockets and missiles and israel, they probably see an opportunity to go after this and look, there's other reporting coming out out of the region right now that says iranian irgc leadership met with has blonde said, if israel goes into rafah, we want you to attack. so there's a lot of conflicting information going on here. >> what asked you what's going on in ukraine right now, of course, vladimir putin held one of his big news conferences talking about any number of things. but today it included a n
but look, israel suffered this international condemnation now for four plus months lebanon, if israel did cross the southern border, i was there in 2006 when there was a border crossing of a war between israel and lebanon. if israel did cross that southern border into lebanon to go after hezbollah how much of an escalation would that be? >> look, it's a major escalation and this talk has been going on now for months and i've argued that why would israel want to start a second front, which...
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on the israel-lebanon border. that seems altogether to be achieving some of iran's aims. >> you know, to perhaps put it another way i think maybe it thinks that israel's losing. sees that, you know, in the four months of this war there's still rocket fire from hamas, from gaza. there's catastrophic death toll which is inflaming not only the iran streets but other parts of the arab and muslim world. and it sees actually the big targets that israel named to go after are still at large. and i think reporting shows that israel has started again to move its counter offensive towards rafah. so it keeps going and we're not sure what's going to happen in the next phase or where these negotiations are going to land. but i think the houthis are really showing up and really winning or flooding the information space. they are doing an amazing job in that region as ben said of -- of showing they are not afraid to take on the united states, take on, you know, the shipping in that whole region. and that's a big problem. and, of
on the israel-lebanon border. that seems altogether to be achieving some of iran's aims. >> you know, to perhaps put it another way i think maybe it thinks that israel's losing. sees that, you know, in the four months of this war there's still rocket fire from hamas, from gaza. there's catastrophic death toll which is inflaming not only the iran streets but other parts of the arab and muslim world. and it sees actually the big targets that israel named to go after are still at large. and...
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backing to israel than joe biden. but still, for political expediency, it's good for netanyahu to campaign as if he is standing up against the pressure to build a palestinian state in gaza. or to bring the palestinian authority there. it is good for him politically. and it's good for biden politically, vis-a-vis the situation in israel. >> and do you think it's the coalition that is holding netanyahu together? what is the state of the israeli government? >> no coalition in israel is ever stable. this coalition has been more stable than others because ied . they joined the covenant without aspirational portfolios or executive jobs, only to be part of the handling of the war. so, netanyahu can play. he has one cabinet with the ministers and a different cabinet with the centrist ministers and his own party. he is playing between both. his main risk is from the far right, ditching the coalition. if they disagree with what they might see as too far reaching cease-fire, compromise with hamas, they support fighting the war t
backing to israel than joe biden. but still, for political expediency, it's good for netanyahu to campaign as if he is standing up against the pressure to build a palestinian state in gaza. or to bring the palestinian authority there. it is good for him politically. and it's good for biden politically, vis-a-vis the situation in israel. >> and do you think it's the coalition that is holding netanyahu together? what is the state of the israeli government? >> no coalition in israel is...
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why israel is already saying no. christiane amanpour joins us to talk about all of it next. >>> new this morning, a counterproposal from hamas about a potential hostage deal. they are proposing a full withdrawal from gaza, a humanitarian effort and freedom of movement throughout early in exchange for hostages held in gaza. an israel official says there's no way tel aviv will agree to that. >> the news broke just as antony blinken was meeting with netanyahu. the prime minister's office described it as long and in-depth. with us to discuss this and more are christiane amanpour. is there a chance parts of it live? >> it's hard to tell. the news was breaking for us, but obviously, the parties have had these proposals and papers for at least 24 hours. it seems in -- if you talk about big picture, what hamas' counterproposal is an end to the war. israel's proposal suggested a temporary pause to get hostages back, obviously with the release of palestinian prisoners, and to allow more humanitarian aid into gaza. it looks rig
why israel is already saying no. christiane amanpour joins us to talk about all of it next. >>> new this morning, a counterproposal from hamas about a potential hostage deal. they are proposing a full withdrawal from gaza, a humanitarian effort and freedom of movement throughout early in exchange for hostages held in gaza. an israel official says there's no way tel aviv will agree to that. >> the news broke just as antony blinken was meeting with netanyahu. the prime minister's...
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i was over in israel right after october 7. again, a few weeks ago, i brought this up with yoav golan, whose defense minister, also direct faculty with netanyahu that they have to do better on this issue and you know, conflict in rafah it's gonna be a challenging it's going to be challenging for the idf. so hopefully the idf comes up with some rules of engagement that protects innocent life. there netanyahu said that the expected idf rafah operation has to be done by march 10, the beginning of ramadan. in your mind, does that eliminate possibility of a hostage? he'll pause in the fighting before then >> why don't think it necessarily eliminates it and that's what we need right now. we need to bring these hostage. hostages it is home. we have american hostages that are still there. i've met with the families multiple times. it's a tragic situation that needs to be the number one priority. but nearly willy is important as that is eliminating this threat from hamas they've already made it clear that given the opportunity they woul
i was over in israel right after october 7. again, a few weeks ago, i brought this up with yoav golan, whose defense minister, also direct faculty with netanyahu that they have to do better on this issue and you know, conflict in rafah it's gonna be a challenging it's going to be challenging for the idf. so hopefully the idf comes up with some rules of engagement that protects innocent life. there netanyahu said that the expected idf rafah operation has to be done by march 10, the beginning of...
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>> for israel we are already at war. we have more than 1500 casualties and we have more than 5,000 soldiers killed and 1200 civilians killed so for us it is really is bad and we have almost 200,000 israeli civilians evacuated from their homes into there's bad and worse. >> correct and it can get worse if the biggest iranian proxy in the region hezbollah in lebanon which is far more powerful than other iranian proxies in syria iraq even hamas and islamic jihad in gaza if the situation escalates there and hezbollah is told by the iranian masters to launch a war against israel then yes, we could find ourselves in a very dangerous regional escalation one that israel is trying to prevent and i think the u.s. is trying to prevent that with diplomatic means and get hezbollah away from the israeli border so israelis can go home without use of force. >> you heard james clapper say he believes ends of the day what needs to happen is a political solution to this war and then to end the fighting and path to two state solution but in
>> for israel we are already at war. we have more than 1500 casualties and we have more than 5,000 soldiers killed and 1200 civilians killed so for us it is really is bad and we have almost 200,000 israeli civilians evacuated from their homes into there's bad and worse. >> correct and it can get worse if the biggest iranian proxy in the region hezbollah in lebanon which is far more powerful than other iranian proxies in syria iraq even hamas and islamic jihad in gaza if the...
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signing p stools for israel and saudi arabia. so they want to sabotage any dealmaking that could lead to greater stability in the region. they ultimately, as i said, they want to be the hegemonic power. if they can get the u.s. to be confronted with a choice of either withdrawing or accepting being drawn into a middle eastern war, which the u.s. doesn't want, they are betting the u.s. will pull back. and so therefore they are using proxy forces and militias to try and inflict cost on the americans, to get them to pull back and create a strategic back from iran within sick to fill. >> malcolm davis, good to have you on the program, we appreciate you sharing your perspective and expertise, thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> donald trump will no longer go to trial on march 4th to face charges he interfered with the 2020 election. the federal judge overseeing the case postponed those proceedings over claims of immunity. caitlin is in washington with the details. >>> donald trump's first criminal trial will no longer be about the 20
signing p stools for israel and saudi arabia. so they want to sabotage any dealmaking that could lead to greater stability in the region. they ultimately, as i said, they want to be the hegemonic power. if they can get the u.s. to be confronted with a choice of either withdrawing or accepting being drawn into a middle eastern war, which the u.s. doesn't want, they are betting the u.s. will pull back. and so therefore they are using proxy forces and militias to try and inflict cost on the...
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outrage in isz israel from the security minister. he told a "wall street journal" that president biden is hindering israel's war against hamas. and insisting that donald trump would give the israelis, quote, more freedom, end quote, to fight. the white house is pressuring israel to use restraint to reduce civilian casualties in gaza. secretary of state antony blinken returned to the region this week and max foster joins us from london. max, good morning. we have spent not a considerable amount of time talking about this. the idea that we have talked about it in the context of benjamin netanyahu seeming to have preferred donald trump to joe biden. now he's saying this ovptly. obviously, the politics of this is very complicated for the prime minister because he needs to keep this fragile coalition that he has together. how do these comments resinate with israel and what's benjamin netanyahu's reaction been? >> it really does show how much he's juggling with. then he goes to these talks with blinken. he's got a lot of politics to deal w
outrage in isz israel from the security minister. he told a "wall street journal" that president biden is hindering israel's war against hamas. and insisting that donald trump would give the israelis, quote, more freedom, end quote, to fight. the white house is pressuring israel to use restraint to reduce civilian casualties in gaza. secretary of state antony blinken returned to the region this week and max foster joins us from london. max, good morning. we have spent not a...
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israel is saying that is essentially a nonstarter. there's also the question of visitors in exchange for the hostages to be released, hamas wants palestinian prisoners and they are asking for a huge number including 500 they say they want to name who israel would say have blood on their hands. and finally, i think the biggest sticking point is, hamas wants to see an end to this war and at the end of this pause, the war is over, whereas israel says there is still work to be done to eradicate hamas for a complete victory. >> how much sway does secretary blinkin actually have over benjamin netanyahu here? >> there are three types of pressure we are seeing come to bear here. the domestic pressure which is immense. people want to see these hostages home. i've spent time with these families. they've told me do whatever it takes. you can release all the palestinian prisoners you want to get these hostages home. there is international pressure. israel is increasingly isolated around the world because we have a growing number of countries call
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there has been pushback from israel on several fronts and this is one of them. we've heard from the prime minister who called the proposals for a ceasefire and a hostage deal, "delusional." but they have maintained they're working on a framework now. it's about closing some of the gaps in that deal making to release the hostages. all these threats coming together today in this call with the president and those calls happen when they are at critical juncture, so we are waiting to see what progress is made moving forward for the release of hostages, which we have not been able to see again since there was that seven-day pause in november. >> all right, priscilla, thank you so much from the. white house. let's go to jeremy diamond. they're pledging safe passage for the one million members. and he has offered little detail on how that's going to happen. are you learning anymore there? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. i mean the israeli prime minister announced plans for the ground offensive before announcing the fact the military was actually planning for the civili
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israel has pushed back on those and constantly said that it does. its utmost to avoid boy civilian casualties and that these civilian casualties are just a product of the fact that hamas embeds itself with the civilian population and uses civilians as human shields. so that's but he's also frustrated, frustration going the other way. would you say or is that it's just sort of clarifying their position? >> prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president biden have long had a friendly relationship on the one hand, but at the same time have had their disagreements and there's this famous photo. i think the biden rate upon saying, i love you, but i don't agree with the downward that you say. they've had their differences of opinion over the years. but president biden has certainly before october the seventh and the hamas terrorist attack described prime minister netanyahu as a friend. but clearly there is a divergence of opinion as to the best way to deal with hamas. now the us is now pushing israel to get back to the negotiating table as far as getting
israel has pushed back on those and constantly said that it does. its utmost to avoid boy civilian casualties and that these civilian casualties are just a product of the fact that hamas embeds itself with the civilian population and uses civilians as human shields. so that's but he's also frustrated, frustration going the other way. would you say or is that it's just sort of clarifying their position? >> prime minister benjamin netanyahu and president biden have long had a friendly...
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. >>> fears that rafah could become a zone of bloodshed and destruction as israel's prime minister tells the military to plan for a mass evacuation in the area where thousands have fled. >>> and we'll take you live to tokyo where taylor swift is kicking off her final concert receiver dashing back to the u.s. and the super bowl. >>> we begin this hour focused on washington where the white house is crying foul and pushing back on language used in a new report on the president's handling of classified information. if the charges -- it's that charges were not warranted but sparked controversy for suggesting age and lack of mental fitness caused him to forget some details during his interviews with special counsel robert hur. white house lawyers say some of the language used in the report violated justice department rules. our white house correspondent has more on the controversy. >> reporter: president biden today hosting german chancellor shultz to discuss ukraine. biden ignoring questions about special counsel robert hur's explosive report one day after teeing off. >> i've seen the headlin
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why the war is deeply self-destructive for israel, when we come back. >>> this week, israel marked four months since the october 7th attack. it's also been four months of captivity for what are believed to be more than 100 hostages and four months of war. my next guest wrote a powerful piece for foreign affairs on the war and prime minister netanyahu's execution of it. it's called, israel's self-destruction. aluf ben is the editor in chief of the left-leaning newspaper, har-aritz. let me start by asking, where do you see the state of play right now. w you have bibi netanyahu's government pushing further into gaza, now asking for plans to enter rafah. the secretary of state is openly saying that he thinks this is a bad idea. president biden is now talking about how israel is engaging in indiscriminate bombing and how hard he's trying to get a cease-fire. why does prime minister netanyahu think that he can so openly defy american pressure? >> well, i think he looks at the american electoral calendar and even more so, he looks inwards towards his political base. and israeli right-wing alwa
why the war is deeply self-destructive for israel, when we come back. >>> this week, israel marked four months since the october 7th attack. it's also been four months of captivity for what are believed to be more than 100 hostages and four months of war. my next guest wrote a powerful piece for foreign affairs on the war and prime minister netanyahu's execution of it. it's called, israel's self-destruction. aluf ben is the editor in chief of the left-leaning newspaper, har-aritz. let...
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why is biden so disappointed with israel? why is he saying israel not listening to him? why hasn't he disappointed with hamas? why isn't he disappointed with iran? if you're sitting there worried about what's happening to the people in gaza as we all are. why is it the first question? why is it egypt taking them? why is it in turkey taken them? why isn't cut? are taking them if you're meeting with the leaders of jordan, warrant jordan taking a why is it israel's problem to deal with that? you don't want none of the arab countries streets are taking them is because they don't know which ones are hamas and which ones aren't. and they don't want to take that threat on themselves. so why would you ask israel to take that threat on? it's unfair. it's not wise. let israel finish the job they care about human life. you see that in the fact that they tried to get these two hostages out, we need to let them finish their job. >> it's interesting that you raised the topic of after 911, we didn't want to listen to what any other country had to say about how we would respond but just
why is biden so disappointed with israel? why is he saying israel not listening to him? why hasn't he disappointed with hamas? why isn't he disappointed with iran? if you're sitting there worried about what's happening to the people in gaza as we all are. why is it the first question? why is it egypt taking them? why is it in turkey taken them? why isn't cut? are taking them if you're meeting with the leaders of jordan, warrant jordan taking a why is it israel's problem to deal with that? you...
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we are supporters of israel. we are believers that they have to defend themselves against what hamas has perpetrated here. but they are also going to be held to a very high standard. i think it's important that they kill as few civilians as possible. obviously, it's very important that they comply with international law. i think it was important for the president to send that signal, not just last night but with the guidelines that he established as part of the aid that we're going to be voting on this weekend for israel. >> those guidelines are that anybody receiving aid should abide by u.s. law and international law as well. senator, i want to ask you about rafah and the plans that israel may have to expand their military operation to the southern most tip of the gaza strip. as you know well there are around 1.3, 1.4 million palestinians who have sought refuge in rafah. many of them have nowhere else to go. what pressure do you think the administration should now be putting on israel to make sure that those civ
we are supporters of israel. we are believers that they have to defend themselves against what hamas has perpetrated here. but they are also going to be held to a very high standard. i think it's important that they kill as few civilians as possible. obviously, it's very important that they comply with international law. i think it was important for the president to send that signal, not just last night but with the guidelines that he established as part of the aid that we're going to be voting...
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the suggestion that of moving them into israel doesn't seem practical. there's been some talk of moving them into northern gaza, but the israeli defense force is still undertaking operations there against hamas units. so there really is nowhere for these people to go, and they are very much in harm's way. either as a result of hamas deliberately putting them in harm's way as human shields, which we all need to accept does happen, or because the israelis are undertaking military operations in densely urbanized, built-up areas packed with civilians. i think what the israelis may need to do is not repeat what they did today with that large-scale air strikes. they need to end those air strikes and go in on the ground, at greater risk to their forces, but it will also reduce the risk to palestinian civilians. >> malcolm, what will likely happen to those palestinians unable to get out of rafah, and of course, to the remaining hostages, if this israeli ground offensive goes ahead in the next few days, perhaps hours? >> i think they shelter in place. they find s
the suggestion that of moving them into israel doesn't seem practical. there's been some talk of moving them into northern gaza, but the israeli defense force is still undertaking operations there against hamas units. so there really is nowhere for these people to go, and they are very much in harm's way. either as a result of hamas deliberately putting them in harm's way as human shields, which we all need to accept does happen, or because the israelis are undertaking military operations in...
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that israel will send representatives there. so my hope is what was said in a press conference will not translate to actual policies. and hopefully behind the scenes, israel continues to negotiate for the release. >> do you think netanyahu and his government are doing enough to prioritize bringing back your family member? >> i think the government is not cohesive. there are members of the government who seem to oppose any proposal that is on the table. whether it is one proposed by israel and its allies or one that comes from hamas. i believe members of the war cabinet, they are pushing for a deal. the prime minister in meetings with families, and in other statements does say this is a primary objective, still a primary objective. i want to believe them, that this is what they're trying to do. tell win to push for our policy makers to do what they can to provide counterproposals on their own and understand that victory alone in the battlefield will not provide victory for our society. it will be for israel because it will lead t
that israel will send representatives there. so my hope is what was said in a press conference will not translate to actual policies. and hopefully behind the scenes, israel continues to negotiate for the release. >> do you think netanyahu and his government are doing enough to prioritize bringing back your family member? >> i think the government is not cohesive. there are members of the government who seem to oppose any proposal that is on the table. whether it is one proposed by...
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s support for israel in this war with hamas. i don't think the overall support for the objectives of israel against hamas in terms of its destruction and getting the hostages back are going to change but perhaps less support and more criticism for the way israel is conducting this war, especially if it now carries out its threat to move its ground operations on rafah, the most southerly city in the gaza strip where there are more than a million palestinians about half the population of the gaza strip and there are concerns that the civilian death toll will go even higher with that comes about. >> when i was listening to what the president had to say last night, i mean, he clearly was visibly angry and, you know, watching him over the years when he does feel that way you tend to get a little bit more of a clear picture of how things really stand and it did seem to reflect the frustration he -- it seemed as though he was frustrated in particular with benjamin netanyahu. how is that relationship between president biden and the loom
s support for israel in this war with hamas. i don't think the overall support for the objectives of israel against hamas in terms of its destruction and getting the hostages back are going to change but perhaps less support and more criticism for the way israel is conducting this war, especially if it now carries out its threat to move its ground operations on rafah, the most southerly city in the gaza strip where there are more than a million palestinians about half the population of the gaza...
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israel is blinken's fourth stop on his latest trip to the middle east. on tuesday he was in qatar where he discussed a humanitarian pause with with officials as well as the ongoing efforts to free the hostages. qatar has served as a key immemediator in negotiations wi hamas and describes the group's reply to the proposal as a positive development. >> translator: we have received a reply from hamas with regards to the hostages. the reply includes some comments, but in general, it's positive. >> u.s. president biden offered his own assess is the of the counterproposal saying this. >> there's been a response from the opposition, but it seems to be a little over the top. >> the israel defense forces and palestinian journalists in gaza are both reporting heavy fire and raids across multiple parts of gaza over the last two days. the idf says its operations in and around the south are continuing, where it says more militants in civilian clothing were killed tuesday after preparing to attack israeli forces. the hamas-run health ministry is accusing the military
israel is blinken's fourth stop on his latest trip to the middle east. on tuesday he was in qatar where he discussed a humanitarian pause with with officials as well as the ongoing efforts to free the hostages. qatar has served as a key immemediator in negotiations wi hamas and describes the group's reply to the proposal as a positive development. >> translator: we have received a reply from hamas with regards to the hostages. the reply includes some comments, but in general, it's...
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and the counter offensive by israel, this is what has started all these iranian proxies around israel to start, you know, getting involved. so it's not just in a vacuum. and certainly reporting that i've been able to do suggests that, you know, there's negotiations going on right now. how are these strikes going to affect negotiations to get hostages back, to get some kind of truce or whatever? but whatever happens the idea that you're going to defeat iran or its proxies on your own seems not to be, you know, consistent with experience in the past. and iran clearly is saying that it wants at least a say in how this because it is the only one that can turn off its proxies can which are the only one threatening israel, right syria, iraq, hamas, and the houthis as well. so the bigger picture in order to resolve this once and for all is to have some kind of negotiation as long -- also with saudi arabia and all the other states. but that has some kind of buy-in from iran so that it calls its proxies off for the future and forever. >> but, christiane, you know well when it comes to some of
and the counter offensive by israel, this is what has started all these iranian proxies around israel to start, you know, getting involved. so it's not just in a vacuum. and certainly reporting that i've been able to do suggests that, you know, there's negotiations going on right now. how are these strikes going to affect negotiations to get hostages back, to get some kind of truce or whatever? but whatever happens the idea that you're going to defeat iran or its proxies on your own seems not...
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and israel. have a listen to a comment president biden made earlier in the week. >> the conduct of the response in gaza, in the gaza strip has been over the top. there are a lot of innocent people starving, a lot of innocent people in trouble and dying. it's got to stop. >> he said it's over the top, meaning the israeli, you know, behavior as it pertains to gaza. is this a prelude potentially to a change in the u.s. support or posture of its commitment to israel? >> this was part of a full-court press of u.s. officials coming out in public and saying things that other western officials have been saying. they had been punishing in private and supporting israel in public. you had the president and secretary of state blinken in tel aviv, saying what's happened to the hostages was dehumanizing but not an excuse to dehumanize the palestinians inside gaza. that was taken as a sharp rebuke. you also had national security council spokesman, john kirby, say that for israel to try to take rafah right now w
and israel. have a listen to a comment president biden made earlier in the week. >> the conduct of the response in gaza, in the gaza strip has been over the top. there are a lot of innocent people starving, a lot of innocent people in trouble and dying. it's got to stop. >> he said it's over the top, meaning the israeli, you know, behavior as it pertains to gaza. is this a prelude potentially to a change in the u.s. support or posture of its commitment to israel? >> this was...
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and to isolate israel even more. you talked about the arab nations around, surrounding gaza and surrounding israel. what does this do internationally? >> well, not just internationally, but in the united states as well. you have seen the popular discontent in united states with the level of killing and death in gaza. and if you remember, if you go all the way back to october 7th, the weight of international sympathy was with israel after the awful slaughter of what we understand to be 1,200 israeli civilians. and there were soldiers as well. but also the kidnap of more than 200. and this really was very important for the world to understand what happened inside israel. but the minute -- the minute -- it started to show up in terms of exponentially greater deaths inside gaza, that has caused a shifting of public opinion around the world against the israeli operation, against the israeli counteroffensive. right up and to, you know, most of the world leaders, including president biden, who's saying over and again to tak
and to isolate israel even more. you talked about the arab nations around, surrounding gaza and surrounding israel. what does this do internationally? >> well, not just internationally, but in the united states as well. you have seen the popular discontent in united states with the level of killing and death in gaza. and if you remember, if you go all the way back to october 7th, the weight of international sympathy was with israel after the awful slaughter of what we understand to be...
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we don't get money from the government of israel. we only get money from philanthropy, from people who really care to combat sexual violence. so this is first of all, very important to say, because we are an ngo that we are dedicated to help survivors. this is our mission in the world. >> and when we started to collect the >> information, we didn't know what will come out in the report. but as you saw the macro picture this is what came out because we see that in every terrorist a scene, every crime scene, the same, methodology happened. there were body parts cut off gang-raped putting a grenade in woman's sorry genitals >> i really don't want to be too graphic >> because it's very horrific, but it didn't happen in one place what spot it happens systematically. so when you look at it in a macro level and you understand that they got instructions to do that. as we learned in israel and as some of the terrorist that we're caught and put captivated. but the israeli idf, they spoke and they said, we were said to this place and the other
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it's a war israel never asked for. it was a war as well as the prize from 7 october when hamas decided to launch a war against israel attacking, killing, murdering, massacring, and abducting 240 israeli and foreign nationals into gaza. there are still 130 t4 israelis being held by hamas. this war can end today. hamas can let them go and unconditionally surrender. know it will be no more need for war. >> but there is one very, very clear thing that everybody agrees upon. hamas have to go the paradigm has to change for the safety and security for all decent people in this region. >> you probably saw the report. cnn, investigating an incident back in early january, colonel, in which the idf said they were attacking militants in central gaza. but experts tell cnn, tell us, you use a 2000 pound bomb and that half of the abu jibba family was killed by the shockwave the family says they were never warmed. why did the idf feel it was appropriate to use this level of military force >> so as we rightly said in our response to th
it's a war israel never asked for. it was a war as well as the prize from 7 october when hamas decided to launch a war against israel attacking, killing, murdering, massacring, and abducting 240 israeli and foreign nationals into gaza. there are still 130 t4 israelis being held by hamas. this war can end today. hamas can let them go and unconditionally surrender. know it will be no more need for war. >> but there is one very, very clear thing that everybody agrees upon. hamas have to go...
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our ally israel needs the help desperately. you are pushing for israel. you're skeptical for ukraine. >> we'll see what the senate does. we're allowing the process to play out. we'll handle it as it is sent over. i've made clear you have to address the issues on their own merits. and israel needs the assistance. everyone knows that. everyone knows the tensions have esc escalated. we need to support it. frustrat. >> what happened with the vote of mayorkas in why bring it to the floor if you didn't have the votes. will you hold another vote to impeachment? >> that was a setback. but democracy is messy. we live in a time of divided government. we have a raizor thin margin here. when people show up and they're not expected to be in the building, it changes the equ equation. we have a duty to take care of this issue. we have to hold the department of homeland security accountable. ma mayorkas needs to be accountable. we'll pass the articles of impeachment. we will do it on the next round. >> mr. speaker, what would you say to the americans' concern that congre
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these talks are ongoing even if the high level delegation that israel sent to cairo has now returned. the main sticking point. do we understand from a us official is hamas has demands for the ratio for the number of palestinian prisoners and the type of palestinian prisoners. there's knows that it wants released in exchange for freeing the more than 100 israelis that it kidnapped as part of its terrorist attacks of october the seventh. now you recall we were talking about hamas's demands last week, which prime minister benjamin netanyahu decried as being as being delusional. these included demands for the release of all cool women miners, elderly, and sick palestinian prisoners. that part doesn't seem too controversial. the controversial bit seems to be the additional 1,500 palestinian prisoners, including a third of whom who are serving life sentences, including for killing israelis are taking part in attacks that led to the deaths of israelis. so that seems to be one of the main sticking points. but prime minister netanyahu and his government under pressure, not just from the biden
these talks are ongoing even if the high level delegation that israel sent to cairo has now returned. the main sticking point. do we understand from a us official is hamas has demands for the ratio for the number of palestinian prisoners and the type of palestinian prisoners. there's knows that it wants released in exchange for freeing the more than 100 israelis that it kidnapped as part of its terrorist attacks of october the seventh. now you recall we were talking about hamas's demands last...
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the israel defense forces tell cnn it was targeting a hezbollah xh commander believed to be involved in a number of rocket launches earlier in the day. hezbollah has not said whether one of its commanders was killed in that israeli strike. hufr however the militant group announced that it had conducted more rocket launches on an air base in response. and u.s. president biden on thursday gave his sharpest public rebuke to date of israel's military conduct in gaza. for more on that, let's chat with elliott. what did the president say and how much of a shift does this mark in the tone of america. >> it marks a slightly more aggressive tone let's say on the war. i suppose president biden is facing pressure on a number of different fronts. certainly from within his own democratic party, there are elements within that that want the u.s. to be less supportive of israel, for example by cutting off the supply of weapons, he has also been hemorrhaging arab-american voters. and at the same time he is frustrated with benjamin netanyahu and israel 's conduct in the war and for not always paying a
the israel defense forces tell cnn it was targeting a hezbollah xh commander believed to be involved in a number of rocket launches earlier in the day. hezbollah has not said whether one of its commanders was killed in that israeli strike. hufr however the militant group announced that it had conducted more rocket launches on an air base in response. and u.s. president biden on thursday gave his sharpest public rebuke to date of israel's military conduct in gaza. for more on that, let's chat...
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i think that israel. i think it is a reminder of the weakening grip that the -- that mcconnell has on the senate. historically, he has had a very stronghold of his membership, and you saw with the way that it fell that at least, and the skill, his hand was weakening. that is a typical. but most of all, i think it shows well beyond the fine print of the bill, which is zero trust on either side. in fairness to the republicans, and again, i am not a maga guy and certainly not a trump supporter, but in fairness to wear those folks are coming from, again, at membership level, people are saying, wait a minute, biden had the tools. he dismembered a number of policies that were working under the trump administration. there are far fewer encounters during that time. you can have laws, but if the executive doesn't actually implement them, they don't do any good. i think the breakdown here was ultimately beyond the confines of the legislation itself, but to the larger issue of trust, which is, okay, we pass this thi
i think that israel. i think it is a reminder of the weakening grip that the -- that mcconnell has on the senate. historically, he has had a very stronghold of his membership, and you saw with the way that it fell that at least, and the skill, his hand was weakening. that is a typical. but most of all, i think it shows well beyond the fine print of the bill, which is zero trust on either side. in fairness to the republicans, and again, i am not a maga guy and certainly not a trump supporter,...
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support for israel in its war against hamas. and we saw those sanctions onset is letters last week, which perhaps were seen to be a bit of a way to regain some of that support, but certain ly, the longer this war goes on and certainly if it escalates, that could spell more trump for biden as he seeks reelection. >> thank you. >>> ukraine's president says his country needs a leadership reset. he admitted to an italian media outlet that he is looking beyond just changes in the military command. he's also considering replaceing a series of state leaders. the president stressed he had something serious in mind, but did the not elaborate on who maybe out of a job. for now, zelenskyy is deciding on whether to dismiss his army chief following the counteroffensive in eastern ukraine. >>> still to come, they haven't sworn in a new leader after the death of a president. a live report just ahead. >>> and wildfires sweep through chile. we'll have the details on the dangerous conditions firefighters in the public are facing there. >>> plus t
support for israel in its war against hamas. and we saw those sanctions onset is letters last week, which perhaps were seen to be a bit of a way to regain some of that support, but certain ly, the longer this war goes on and certainly if it escalates, that could spell more trump for biden as he seeks reelection. >> thank you. >>> ukraine's president says his country needs a leadership reset. he admitted to an italian media outlet that he is looking beyond just changes in the...
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resistance to israel. and the hamas israel war has energized that resistance. most of these recent attacks, 170 or so, really occurred following the october incursion by hamas into israel. and so now we're facing this entire region pushing back, sending a message. united states is sending an even stronger message. first of all, don't mess with america. don't kill americans. there will be serious consequences and we saw that yesterday as well as today. we should expect the president to continue to order specific strikes against these terrorist proxy organizations. i do not believe we should nor do i believe the president will strike into iran. but certainly those elements of the iran operation that are in syria, iraq, as well as in the arabian peninsula in the yemen area. >> you noted, sir, that there were attacks by these militant groups in iraq and syria before october 7th, but am i understanding you correctly that if you think the war in gaza were to end, that these other regional flare ups would also go away? >> no. no. they haven't. this dates back to the 1
resistance to israel. and the hamas israel war has energized that resistance. most of these recent attacks, 170 or so, really occurred following the october incursion by hamas into israel. and so now we're facing this entire region pushing back, sending a message. united states is sending an even stronger message. first of all, don't mess with america. don't kill americans. there will be serious consequences and we saw that yesterday as well as today. we should expect the president to continue...
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and to my colleague brian, i hear you now. >> this funding for israel of course, funding for israel, funding, funding for taiwan but the main part here is funding for ukraine. >> ukraine in the border. the reason i ask is because there are some democrats, like in the squad and others who won't support it because of funding for israel. and i'm wondering if you think that's going to be impediment. an impediment to getting democratic signatures i think that getting anything done as it relates to supporting our allies in the fight in ukraine in israel >> israel, supporting taiwan and addressing the crisis at the border is going to have to grow out of the middle. and so i'm not as concerned about people on the far-left or far-right so congressman fitzpatrick, are there other republicans that will join you? this is as congressman golden was alluding, this is bold of you to do brave of you to do. are there other republicans that will join you in golden going around speaker johnson to force a vote on funding for ukraine >> there is, in fact, i spoke to several just last night and i wouldn't
and to my colleague brian, i hear you now. >> this funding for israel of course, funding for israel, funding, funding for taiwan but the main part here is funding for ukraine. >> ukraine in the border. the reason i ask is because there are some democrats, like in the squad and others who won't support it because of funding for israel. and i'm wondering if you think that's going to be impediment. an impediment to getting democratic signatures i think that getting anything done as it...
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jeremy diamond is in tel aviv, israel. tracking all of this. what is the latest? >> reporter: well benjamin netanyahu said that theize raelymill is working up a details plan for evacuated civilians from this southern most city of rafah, as he vows an israeli military offensive in that city that has become a last refuge for so many palestinians. more than half of the population sheltering there. 1.4 million people crammed into a city where there are normally there are 300,000 people that reside there. the israeli prime minister said there will be safe passage for the civilians of rafah but where will they go. this is how they answered that question this morning. >> the areas that we've cleared north of rafah are plenty of areas there. but we're working out a details plan to do so. that is what we're doing. this is part of our war effort to get civilians out of harm's w way. >> reporter: so as they vow safe pass passage, there is no clear area where that would be. north of rafah, but so much of gaza has been decimated over the last several months and there are major
jeremy diamond is in tel aviv, israel. tracking all of this. what is the latest? >> reporter: well benjamin netanyahu said that theize raelymill is working up a details plan for evacuated civilians from this southern most city of rafah, as he vows an israeli military offensive in that city that has become a last refuge for so many palestinians. more than half of the population sheltering there. 1.4 million people crammed into a city where there are normally there are 300,000 people that...
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and israel to large scale strategic blunders, not to mention to spoil relations between israel and saudi arabia. the attacks by islamic resistance in iraq on u.s. forces have a specific goal. pressure the government of iraq to expel u.s. forces stationed in that country. the group's militias are the very ones that support the current shia dominated government in baghdad. in a battle between washington and these militias, the baghdad government would have to side with those groups that sustain it in power. that would then complete the takeover of iraq by iran. symbolize by the expulsion of american troops and unraveling the u.s. built security system in the persian gulf. the biden administrations had to respond to these attacks on u.s. troops but it shows a limited response and should take care not to get into a tit-for-tat with the militias. the iranians are not looking to escalate either. the most effective response would be to show not that washington could escalate militarily, which of course it can do, but that it could de-escalate politically, meaning that it could use the crisis in
and israel to large scale strategic blunders, not to mention to spoil relations between israel and saudi arabia. the attacks by islamic resistance in iraq on u.s. forces have a specific goal. pressure the government of iraq to expel u.s. forces stationed in that country. the group's militias are the very ones that support the current shia dominated government in baghdad. in a battle between washington and these militias, the baghdad government would have to side with those groups that sustain...
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and israel are studying it, and a counterproposal will be expected from israel in due course. >> so what actually are the keep areas of negotiation. the other is the potential length of a cease-fire. am i missing anything? how do you understand the landscape of the back and forth here? >> the parameters were established in paris with the u.s. and egypt and qatar. outlining the framework, mainly hostages being release d. let's not frgt they have been held in captivity since they were abducted four months ago. so the release of those hostages in exchange for the freeing of prisoners and there would be phases. first would be women and civilians and children and then we would see soldiers and bodies released by hamas. and israel would release minors and other palestinian prisoners. but hamas would be want wanting to see some high level prisoners being freed as well. perhaps those that israel would describe as blood on their hands. the broad parameters are this in terms of hostages and also more humanitarian aid going in and some kind of cease-fire. but as i say, the devil will be in the deta
and israel are studying it, and a counterproposal will be expected from israel in due course. >> so what actually are the keep areas of negotiation. the other is the potential length of a cease-fire. am i missing anything? how do you understand the landscape of the back and forth here? >> the parameters were established in paris with the u.s. and egypt and qatar. outlining the framework, mainly hostages being release d. let's not frgt they have been held in captivity since they were...
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disapproval on israel? >> you know, victor, i think what's been interesting about the past week or so is that all of the pretenses between the united states and israel, at least the public pretense, that now we're talking about it and working out a plan for cooperating as allies, i think most of that has now fallen away. i think with secretary blinken's trip to israel a few days ago, it was pretty evident how wide the gap was. he had barely left the country when the standards set out by the u.s. were immediately contradicted by prime benjamin netanyahu. we're not seeing many phone calls between president biden and president netanyahu. and most of least, the u.s. certifications that u.s. arms are not used to violate humanitarian rights. clearly, israel was one of the targets of that, it will be interesting to see whether they enforce it. >> the president's comments on thursday, which somewhat have been lost in the discussion of, you know, mexico versus egypt and all that came out from that special counsel's
disapproval on israel? >> you know, victor, i think what's been interesting about the past week or so is that all of the pretenses between the united states and israel, at least the public pretense, that now we're talking about it and working out a plan for cooperating as allies, i think most of that has now fallen away. i think with secretary blinken's trip to israel a few days ago, it was pretty evident how wide the gap was. he had barely left the country when the standards set out by...
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but we are nearing a situation where israel may be forced to do more because israel has more than 100 thousand civilians out of their home from northern israel. that's an unprecedented situation. >> i was struck when you talked about the the conflict that's been on going inside gaza. it has been significant. it has been high intensity and trickled back a little bit. we heard from a former u.s. central commander, former commander of the u.s. central command, general frank mckenzie, he said this -- >> how do you judge the level of success of israel's campaign? >> it's very limited so far. i think they set themselves a goal of removing the political echelon and the military leadership echelon of hamas when they went in. they have not been successful to date at doing either. >> you were intimately involved in the beginning stages of this. i'm interested in your view of that assessment. >> not entirely sure on which updated intel that assessment is base on. what i can see is a hamas fighting force that has been decimated about two thirds of their fighting capabilities are no longer. two th
but we are nearing a situation where israel may be forced to do more because israel has more than 100 thousand civilians out of their home from northern israel. that's an unprecedented situation. >> i was struck when you talked about the the conflict that's been on going inside gaza. it has been significant. it has been high intensity and trickled back a little bit. we heard from a former u.s. central commander, former commander of the u.s. central command, general frank mckenzie, he said...
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she's an ethiopian who moved to israel, serve with the israel defense forces now lives in new york. lauren, what are you hearing from voters that is driving them to turn out for this election? >> yeah every single voter that we have talked to over the course of the last 24 hours in this district, jake unprompted has brought up the issue of the border and for people who are planning to vote for tom suozzi, a couple of trump voters actually who we talked to at a diner this morning, they say they've used suozzi is able to work with republicans to find some kind of bipartisan agreement not allowed that people are talking about, that short-lived senate agreement that was found and then died a quick death in the senate. >> they are >> also you're hearing from republicans who are voting for pilip that the issue of immigration isn't just about the border, it really becomes an issue for them about crime and issue about the economy. and fact, one dad that i talked to this morning said he's actually nervous to take his kids into the city because of all the headlines, he's seen over the last se
she's an ethiopian who moved to israel, serve with the israel defense forces now lives in new york. lauren, what are you hearing from voters that is driving them to turn out for this election? >> yeah every single voter that we have talked to over the course of the last 24 hours in this district, jake unprompted has brought up the issue of the border and for people who are planning to vote for tom suozzi, a couple of trump voters actually who we talked to at a diner this morning, they say...
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that's a big step for israel to take. you can expect strong words, criticism from advertise really prime minister. the other piece, inherent in accepting a deal, before israel has accomplished even half of its goal. its goal of destroying hamas. one of third of hamas fighters have been killed. it would be agreeing to that large deal with the large concessions before even getting halfway to the stated goal. of the military operations. and regardless of what the prime minister says, as they're discussing this, that would be quite an admission to make. listen, we're not there. we're not really even close. given how steadfast that promise was, really, in the early stages, of this military operation, that would be notable. >> it's not inviting but the implication is, hamas stays. that's very much part of this counterproposal there. what leverage does the u.s. secretary of state anthony blinken have when he is in discussions with israeli officials, as he is trying to nudge them along? >> reporter: some. not as much as the secre
that's a big step for israel to take. you can expect strong words, criticism from advertise really prime minister. the other piece, inherent in accepting a deal, before israel has accomplished even half of its goal. its goal of destroying hamas. one of third of hamas fighters have been killed. it would be agreeing to that large deal with the large concessions before even getting halfway to the stated goal. of the military operations. and regardless of what the prime minister says, as they're...
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but to rally your troops to go and attack israel again, hamas and israel, you need a ceasefire and we need to get the hostages back. i think that after that in this moment right now, i would urge the campaign not to lead with the alternative was donald trump. that is not resonating with people they know what the alternative that seems to be aware what the alternative is. their >> community was the first, some of the first people to be attacked by donald trump. i talked to one of the uncommitted voters earlier and he said to me, or she said to me we voted for donald trump because we want it something different. and now we are telling joe biden, we want him to be different. and if he isn't, we will make us decision about who we vote. mean they voted for joe biden miscues me. they voted for joe biden because they want it done. right. so here's here's my question. i mean, ashley makes the observation she thinks maybe we're getting close to a time where joe biden needs to endorse a ceasefire would that be enough for arab muslim voters in michigan based on your reporting? >> i mean, not a s
but to rally your troops to go and attack israel again, hamas and israel, you need a ceasefire and we need to get the hostages back. i think that after that in this moment right now, i would urge the campaign not to lead with the alternative was donald trump. that is not resonating with people they know what the alternative that seems to be aware what the alternative is. their >> community was the first, some of the first people to be attacked by donald trump. i talked to one of the...
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nic robertson, cnn, tel aviv, israel. >>> u.s. secretary of state antony blinken will travel to the middle east on sunday to continue hostage negotiations. the u.s. state department says he will travel to israel, the west bank, qatar, egypt, and saudi arabia to work on a deal to secure the release of hostages held in gaza. the leaders of hamas and islamic jihad are calling for a, quote, complete end to the aggression and the full withdrawal of israeli forces from gaza as part of any deal. however, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said as recently as this week that he would not agree to a full withdrawal from gaza until israel has completed its goal of eliminating hamas. >>> the u.n. says the escalating fighting around khan younis is forcing thousands of civilians to flee further south. the u.n.'s humanitarian office says the surge of people into rafah has turned the city into a, quote, pressure cooker of despair. israel's military claims it killed dozens of hamas fighters in recent days. the health ministry in gaza sa
nic robertson, cnn, tel aviv, israel. >>> u.s. secretary of state antony blinken will travel to the middle east on sunday to continue hostage negotiations. the u.s. state department says he will travel to israel, the west bank, qatar, egypt, and saudi arabia to work on a deal to secure the release of hostages held in gaza. the leaders of hamas and islamic jihad are calling for a, quote, complete end to the aggression and the full withdrawal of israeli forces from gaza as part of any...
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israel has a right to exist. israel has a right to protect itself and the president has historically been there. that's where he is now. he also has demonstrated, i think in the last month or so about the commitment that he has to make sure that he's pushing as hard as he can on the leaders of visual who by the way, the president does not get to choose. that's why this is really complicated, because the american president can't say who he wants the prime minister of israel to be. you have to work with who is there. but the president has put as you know, publicly, he said, i'll put pressure sure. on bibi to do the things that i need him to do in the most humanitarian way as possible. but wars, you, as you know, this war is really hard all of the pictures, all of the deaths on both sides are awful. it's a terrible situation that's very complicated, difficult, and the president will continue to prosecute his case publicly. and of course, as you know privately, very aggressively as his team has been doing, he said th
israel has a right to exist. israel has a right to protect itself and the president has historically been there. that's where he is now. he also has demonstrated, i think in the last month or so about the commitment that he has to make sure that he's pushing as hard as he can on the leaders of visual who by the way, the president does not get to choose. that's why this is really complicated, because the american president can't say who he wants the prime minister of israel to be. you have to...
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i don't think that someone spray painting a synagogue is a criticism of israel. i don't think people someone shooting at jews, walking the synagogue is a criticism of israel and that's what we're talking about here. i want to be clear when people talk about and including on college campuses, as you mentioned earlier when we talk about anti-semitism on college campuses, what's become really clear is that it isn't about, oh, i disagree three with what slogan someone shouting on the quad what i found i found this in my work at harvard on the advisory group to the president of harvard is that we're really talking about harassment of jewish students harassment, assault intimidation in some cases, what are probably civil rights violations and coming not just from fellow students, but also from faculty. in some cases. and that's been really terrifying so one of the tropes that has often been used in anti-semitism is the jews are too powerful, right? i mean that if you go back to the protocol of the elders of zion me was laughable in those days because jews were week per
i don't think that someone spray painting a synagogue is a criticism of israel. i don't think people someone shooting at jews, walking the synagogue is a criticism of israel and that's what we're talking about here. i want to be clear when people talk about and including on college campuses, as you mentioned earlier when we talk about anti-semitism on college campuses, what's become really clear is that it isn't about, oh, i disagree three with what slogan someone shouting on the quad what i...