the the, this is data, the news live from berlin is real issues. a warning to a read for the regression will carry a heavy price, is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu remained silent about the assassination of a top tomas leader into a run around his blaming. israel for the attack on israel, nea and his vowing to take revenge. also coming off a free deal for the man accused of masterminding, the september 11th terror attacks on the u. s. could be checked mohammed and to accomplices being held at guantanamo bay military prison. we spare the death penalty, the

hello and welcome to the show, steven beardsley in berlin. we'd begin with the escalating crisis in the middle east ran and homos, or choosing israel, of assassinating hamas. his top political leader is male nea. they say wednesdays air striking the ready and capital to iran would not go unpunished. hardline protesters to the streets, vowing revenge and denouncing israel. and the us. this is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu has not specifically spoken about the attack into a run, but says there will be severe consequences for anyone who attacks his nation. the, i mean not very challenging. days ahead of us since the attack and by root threatens have been heard from all sides and we are prepared for any scenario and we will stand united undetermined against any threat as well, but exact a heavy price to any aggression that guidance stuff. so any from last year who is

male, he is killing and the assassination of a top hezbollah commander have prompted please from world leaders for restraint. and while motivation for killing the mosque leader may stem from the groups, october 7th, terror attacks and israel, the animosity toward nea, goes back long before that is man nia, greet surrounds new president. and what would be one of his last meetings? just i was off to attending the president's integration. he and his body guard would killed in the strike on his residence in t. ron nia was the political face of hamas. the militant islam is carried out via october 7th terror attacks on israel nea had not lived in guns or for several years. but ron, how must from cut to where he lived in exile, he became the palestinian prime minister in 2006,

and continue to rise through how mazda is ranks eventually becoming its political chief in 2017 mazda is gone and lead. yeah, he, us in law is believed to be the most the minds of the october 7th. the tax was near represented. how much internationally and moved around the region, the diplomatic meetings. he was a key player in negotiations to stop the fighting in gaza. some via he's killing will be a may just set back to achieving peace in the region. near death came just i was off to israel said it killed celia. hezbollah, come on. the ford screwed in they would be attacked, also kills at least one woman and 2 children. and we did thousands israel says it targeted. sure. good. in retaliation for roughly to tack on this soccer field in the is really occupied golan heights. the cube 12 children and teenagers is

well blamed his beloved and wound the military route. it would pay a heavy price. seclude had being one of his beloved, needing military figures since it was established by iran, revolutionary god, move in 4 decades ago after the israel, how much will broke out on october 7th. so crude was accused by his right of being behind many of the drone and we saw the tax that his belie launched against israel . so crude is the most senior has block amanda to be to since 2016. when most of the reading the groups minute 3 come on, the in syria died in an explosion in damascus. global lead us via the depth of to see me and he does. it is around the greatest enemies when tensions were, where the boiling point could now from an old out regional bull.

laura bloomfield is the middle east analyst best selling author and a former senior policy advisor at the us state department where she focused on the middle east peace process. are welcome to the show. 2 of israel's most senior enemies killed within 24 hours. can we say to what extent the us government, israel's biggest ally was caught off guard as well? you know, the united states, whatever they're saying publicly, this is very complicated and challenging for them. we're looking everything through the prism of a presidential race and vice president harris is running on a theme of freedom versus k as well. they're major ally in the middle east has pretty much a kingdom of chaos right now with these toppling of, you know, what they call the twin towers of terrorism. what, what does this, these killing these 2 killings, but especially in need of what could that mean to the attempts to get a ceasefire going in gaza? something to us government has been very invested in in recent months. yeah. i mean, it could go either way. on the one hand, you could say, well this,

this when for natania, who kind of gives him that symbolic victory, that he needed to make that concessions to reach a cease fire. and the same can be said of her mouth that they've kind of been softened down by these military attacks and kind of beaten into submission, which is natania who's approach all along. on the other hand, you can say no, hamas is just going to go into lockdown, they've got nothing to lose. as long as they hold those hostages, those souls in their hands, they hold the key cards. and he has also been described as a mazda official who was interested in a ceasefire agreement. how likely is it that his successors will see things in the same way? i mean, it's interesting strategy, right? shoot the messenger, and i've known him here for decades. the last time i spoke to him, he was actually laughing bitterly because he was talking to me about the last time these railings had tried to assassinate him. and he was sitting at lunch and the ceiling started writing down paint on his head because he has realized i dropped a quarter ton bomb on his house rather than

a one time bomb. and so he escaped. there's always a replacement. i can't tell you how many homeless leaders i've met with, and then months later they were gone. so i don't think that will really have a huge impact because seeing why really was the key interlocutor. he was the decision maker for this deal. lora, i want to ask you where we go from here, but 1st let's listen to what the us deputy ambassador to the un said today at the un security council. it is best not to speculate on the impact the recent events may have on peace and security in the middle east. a broader war is neither imminent nor inevitable. first of all, we know that this killing of honey was a major, major event, especially when we compared against the has block a manager who's killed or the night before. do we have any idea of how i ran might respond. so, you know, i, i went to iran and spoke to the grand ayatollah years ago about the concept of retaliation and revenge,

and how you respond to the injustice. and what he said to me is very, very specific, according to islam. the key though about revenge is that the, the, the response is often greater than the original offence and that's what they have this prescription from the elders. one gray, the opposite one. great. so what would that mean in this case? does it mean that they would go after diplomat and it's really liter may be, you know, diplomat um in western europe for example, or doesn't mean they go to the heart of israel the way that israel see radically anyway, they haven't acknowledged it yet, but it struck in the heart of, of iran intel here on, does that mean an attack on tel aviv me time will tell it's coming and it's coming soon at the same time, we know that in april we saw an exchange of direct fire between both countries after israel targeted and randy and official in damascus, but neither side seemed really interested in an escalation. could we not see something similar here? there was a very choreographed, carefully choreographed retaliation. here there is an extra element which is humiliation. iran was embarrassed. how near was it there?

guess he was in there, they're there, they're sort of vip guest house. so i think that there's this element now there where you need to sort of restore a, you know, restore um the balance of sort of honor. and it's a matter of personal respect. i think that's why the you know, the, the, the i'm, the leader of iran declared raised the red flag of revenge and said there will be justice and a price must be paid right. laura bloomfield, thank you very much. thank you. and then other news, the man accused of being the mastermind of the september 11th terrorist attacks as agreed to a guilty plea to avoid a possible death sentence. lead shake mohammed who is being held at the us military prison at guantanamo bay, has been in custody since 2003. the us accused him of being the main planner of the 911 attacks which killed nearly 3000 people. muhammad and 2 of his accomplices have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy charges in exchange for life sentences.

terry's tratta is chair of $911.00 families united, a group of more than $3000.00 family members, survivors and 1st responders. her husband, tom, worked in the world trade center and was killed in the attack. terry, thank you for joining us. how our members of your group reacting to news of this pre deal? there is mixed emotions on this play deal. they are older family members that believe that this will give them some type of relief, some type of closure. but the vast majority of the family members i've been speaking to are very angry and we'd feel like justice was denied today in cuba. in what sense do you feel that justice was denied? he will have to admit guilt after 23 years. is that not correct? yes, but he will not stand trial and he will not face a punishment by death which is what was on the table. so this is something that pay

us them and the. busy wanted so it's a victory for them, and i don't feel like we should ever give them in victory. this is a sign of a very weak leadership in our country to strike such a deal. that of like i just said, a vast majority of family members do not support, do not want, and we do not want him to have this victory. so why is the prospect was the prospect of the trial so important for you and other family members? is it about the kind of direct facing of, or her hearing him in courts? seeing him in quarter, everyone going through the evidence? is it something of that nature kind of airing of what actually happened? yes, it's all of that. it is a true file and that the accused stand on the trial like you should or all of them should. and that's what we have come to expect from this military tribunal,

that we would have a trial at some point and that they would have to face the charges and that they would sit there. and while this, while the trial happens and the evidence is displayed and questions can cross examinations could happen all of that. and that's just all been taken away from us now because they've got to plead guilty, they're going to get to stay in guantanamo bay, a. they're going to invade the death penalty. and i mean they, they government sent us the letters, so we could ask them questions. i don't want to submit any questions to any of these men. they urge you caught us. they are looking for media attention. they will send out some type of message to their brother's in their answers, and i don't believe we should give them and i'm out of attention and let them speak out at all. we know that the government had evidentiary problems, that some statements key evidence from these defendants were extracted by torture. in light of that is a life sentence, not actually

a very good outcome when the statements could endanger the entire case. a life sentence and maximum prison. what has been a better outcome then? a match sentence at guantanamo bay. guantanamo bay is like a country club for them. they get to exercise, they get to go outside, they get to pick their diet and they get to reading books. i think they can watch movies, you know, they're, they're living not in a very difficult circumstances. and so, yeah, i wanted to see them either in a max prison or face the consequences of what you did. you murder, nearly 3000 americans on american soil. and you boasted about it and you also said if you had the opportunity to do it again, that you would, these men do not deserve any mercy. so yeah, that doesn't sound it was the right punishment. and like i said, it's been taken away from us. terry, we're running out of time, but i want to ask you it's taken 23 years for colleen check mohammad the legend

mastermind of the $911.00 attack to face. just as i know this is not the preferred outcome, but what has that delay meant for family members? oh, it's been so difficult for family members because we've lost so many family members, but we tried a lot of family members pass away. so you've got widows now and husbands that have, well, you know, died and they never see any justice for their children. and you've got rid of where it has lost their wives and they've never saw any injustice for their children. it's been terrible, you know, very difficult tortures type of situation to be in all these years, you know, wanting justice for the murder of your loved ones. and i please do you know, at the last minute i'll pay for political reasons. i mean, i don't understand what the by the administration is doing. you know why you're doing this now, but it's not what the vast majority of us wanted. so it's just very disappointing. terry strada chair of $911.00 families united her husband tom was killed in new tax

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