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firas maksad, alwa s the region. firas maksad, always good _ the region.on. firas maksad, always good to talk - the region. firas maksad, always good to talk to, i the region. firas maksad, . always good to talk to, thank you. meanwhille in tel aviv, thousands of israelis are rallying in the streets — and some even outside the home of prime minister benjamin netanyahu — demanding the government does more to secure the release of hostages in gaza. protesters also called for elections so a new government can be put in place. our middle east correspondent mark lowen reports from jerusalem. in gaza's skies, where bombs have rained down, not an israeli attack, but an israeli appeal — for information on the hostages seized by hamas. around 130 are still not home. how many are dead is unknown. the subtext from israel — "this is why we're still on the offensive." but in israel, at the prime minister's residence, anger from families of the missing who want him to do more to get them back. polls show most think benjamin netanyahu should be prioritising their release
firas maksad, alwa s the region. firas maksad, always good _ the region.on. firas maksad, always good to talk - the region. firas maksad, always good to talk to, i the region. firas maksad, . always good to talk to, thank you. meanwhille in tel aviv, thousands of israelis are rallying in the streets — and some even outside the home of prime minister benjamin netanyahu — demanding the government does more to secure the release of hostages in gaza. protesters also called for elections so a...
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firas maksad, a senior fellow at _ nation. firas maksad, a senior fellow at the _ nation.middle _ nation. firas maksad, a senior fellow at the middle east - fellow at the middle east institute, always good to talk to you. institute, always good to talk to ou. ., ~ i. meanwhile in tel aviv, thousands of israelis are rallying in the streets, demanding the government does more to secure the release of hostages in gaza. protesters called for elections for a new government. the protests come as prime minister benjamin netanyahu again insisted israel should retain security control over all the palestinian territories. he said this condition was "contrary" to a future palestinian state being established, defying pressure from the us and others to commit to future palestinian statehood. our middle east correspondent mark lowen reports from jerusalem. in gaza's skies, where bombs have rained down, not an israeli attack, but an israeli appeal — for information on the hostages seized by hamas. around 130 are still not home. how many are dead is unknown. the subtext from israel — "thi
firas maksad, a senior fellow at _ nation. firas maksad, a senior fellow at the _ nation.middle _ nation. firas maksad, a senior fellow at the middle east - fellow at the middle east institute, always good to talk to you. institute, always good to talk to ou. ., ~ i. meanwhile in tel aviv, thousands of israelis are rallying in the streets, demanding the government does more to secure the release of hostages in gaza. protesters called for elections for a new government. the protests come as...
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firas maksad thank you for comini trigger war. firas maksad thank you for coming on _ trigger war.u for coming on the programme. i un security council, talking about attacks on ships in red sea. houthi rebels in yemen attacking ships they say with links to israel. houthi rebels are backed by iran and support hamas in the war against israel. this is having a huge impact on global shipping. we can take a quick look at a map to show you the scale of the impact. this map shows basically why. shipping companies avoiding that stretch around yemen, not using the suez canal going all the way on that long diversion around the south of africa for delays in delivery, high cost to associate with that. we know military ships have been sent to that area. let's take you back alive to the pictures of the un security council. just before the session started, a joint statement was released us, uk, ten other countries basically warning the hoodies will face consequences if they continue to threaten life with their actions. —— houthi rebels. we will be keeping the details of what is discussed as we ge
firas maksad thank you for comini trigger war. firas maksad thank you for coming on _ trigger war.u for coming on the programme. i un security council, talking about attacks on ships in red sea. houthi rebels in yemen attacking ships they say with links to israel. houthi rebels are backed by iran and support hamas in the war against israel. this is having a huge impact on global shipping. we can take a quick look at a map to show you the scale of the impact. this map shows basically why....
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firas maksad, a senior fellow at the middle east institute. good to have your analysis. thank you.is using north koeran ballistic missiles against ukraine. it says russia used the missiles in at least two attacks this week. the us also says russia is also engaged in talks with iran to obtain close—range ballistic missiles. white house national security council spokesman john kirby condemned the moves. this is a significant and concerning escalation and the dprk support for russia. in return principle we assess that pyongyang is seeking military assistance from russia including fighter aircraft, surface—to—air missiles, armoured vehicles, ballistic missiles production equipment or materials and other advanced technologies. the most effective response to the russian horrific males against ukrainian people is continue providing you create with vital our defence capabilities and other military equipment and to do that we need congress to approve out supplemental request for ukraine without delay. republicans in congress have blocked president biden's $61 billlion request for aid to ukr
firas maksad, a senior fellow at the middle east institute. good to have your analysis. thank you.is using north koeran ballistic missiles against ukraine. it says russia used the missiles in at least two attacks this week. the us also says russia is also engaged in talks with iran to obtain close—range ballistic missiles. white house national security council spokesman john kirby condemned the moves. this is a significant and concerning escalation and the dprk support for russia. in return...
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earlier, i spoke with firas maksad, a senior fellow at the middle east institute.begin by putting this in context for us. israel says it doesn't usually, it doesn't comment on its operations abroad, but there is a background to this in terms of the military presence of iran in syria. explain that to us firstly. absolutely. killing a senior intelligence commander, a iranian senior commander in damascus, syria, has all the hallmarks of an israeli operation. they have done it before. recently israel dealt a blow to iran by assassinating its top commander for syria, lebanon, and arrive. so although israel has a tradition of not outright admitting its role in such an assassination, it certainly has all the hallmarks of israel being behind it. after that, very swiftly, we heard from iran vowing to have a response, vowing revenge. what do you anticipate we could potentially see here? i think to say that this is an israel versus hamas conflict is to be missing the forest for the trees. this is no longer an israel hamas conflict. this is a conflict between iran, its allies
earlier, i spoke with firas maksad, a senior fellow at the middle east institute.begin by putting this in context for us. israel says it doesn't usually, it doesn't comment on its operations abroad, but there is a background to this in terms of the military presence of iran in syria. explain that to us firstly. absolutely. killing a senior intelligence commander, a iranian senior commander in damascus, syria, has all the hallmarks of an israeli operation. they have done it before. recently...
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firas maksad is a senior fellow at the middle east institute think tank, and an adjunct professor at university. i spoke to him a little earlier about the spreading regional unrest from the conflict in gaza. i'd like to start with the killing of the deputy hamas leader in beirut. and that impacting on the hezbollah stronghold. the leader of hezbollah hassan nazrallah spoke yesterday, he said that this would not go unpunished but he seemed ambiguous as to exactly what a response could be. what do you think hezbollah might do, if anything? hassan nasrallah did not give it away yesterday, he will talk again tomorrow, and we will all tune into that, and perhaps it will reveal some more. it's important to point out that the current status quo that has prevailed over the past 2.5 months since the conflict in gaza started suits hezbollah very well. hezbollah and their iranian sponsors very much prefer a grey zone warfare, taking the fight to israel in the form of cross border skirmishes and harassment, forcing it to divert resources and soldiers up to the northern border away from gaza, a w
firas maksad is a senior fellow at the middle east institute think tank, and an adjunct professor at university. i spoke to him a little earlier about the spreading regional unrest from the conflict in gaza. i'd like to start with the killing of the deputy hamas leader in beirut. and that impacting on the hezbollah stronghold. the leader of hezbollah hassan nazrallah spoke yesterday, he said that this would not go unpunished but he seemed ambiguous as to exactly what a response could be. what...