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you're going to get an arab doctor. arab, you know, it's almost non-arab pharmacist. right. so you israel has and they don't see credit for it and they don't take credit for it's a shame. but israel has the ability to empower and respect its arab minority. so the idea to me is like, well, is everybody trying to, you know, push a square peg into a round hole, take a people who've become radicalized who hate israel, who have shown that they've given they've been given the chance, you know, you know, in gaza no -- living in gaza. and that seems thousand and five. no, no, no, no soldiers set foot in gaza since 2005. they got billions of dollars. they got this beautiful land, a western facing mediterranee view which is the best for you. we get to sunset at and they took all that money and they built terror and they built rockets. right? so that that's that's you know, to me, strike one, two and three. and they elected hamas. they weren't taking over by hamas. and then on the other side, you know, in judea and samaria, they were given, you area and area b under oslo, which is abou

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it was a promise to arab voters here, the arab voters in the united states oppose this. what do you say to that? pres. trump: if you look at michigan, where we have a large arab population, as you know i was just telling the king that we won, i won the arab population. when i started off, i wasn't leading, when i finished a few months later, we started campaigning in michigan. and when i finished, we won it by a tremendous amount, by 30 points. my relationship with the arab population has been fantastic. and my relationship with the middle east is very good. very good with just about all the countries prayed let's see. i would say all the countries. they all want to do something. they all want to see peace in the middle east. all the stories you hear about the middle east not really wanting peace, that they want war, that they want this, they want to go to a certain place. the stories are false. they want to have peace. i know them all very well pray they would have a good life like other people. this will be of big factor in bringing peace to the middle east. thank you

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will the arab nations up a the arab nations come up with a clear—cut counter argument that be implementedr mass be part of post—war guys :— -7£ :-—:§ who will take chargef j who will take chargevof: are? who will take charge of the strip? as long as there is uncertainty we cannot give answers as to there are ansguecszas towhether there are opportunities investment opportunities yet. thank you. german voters will pick a new government in an election on sunday. there could be a new chancellor in charge on monday; or perhaps the beginning of a political stalemate. the centre—right christian democratic union has been leading the polls, with the far—right alternativ fur deutschland in second spot. they won't work with the afd. anti—immgration sentiment has been on the rise. more about the economic backdrop and outlook. from illegal immigrants, is something that also dominated it has made immigration topic number one. as the polls suggest, what changes in economic policy are they are proposing if they were to take power? the german election campaign has not been what the christian democrats wou

palestine was 93% arab then, but is how colonialism works. and they succeeded the they got the they got their jewish state in 19 and 48 but 1917 was the. basis of the basis of that process of humiliation which the palestinians and, all arabs still feel today. right. last point here. and 1953. last point, 1953, as the iranian revolution did not revolution, the iranian overthrow of the elected government by, the u.s. and the uk. it's no surprise the u.s. and the uk did this. two humiliating feats in history and led to resistance by the people and the u.s. and the uk too today are the most enthusiast supporters of the of israeli plausible genocide and the circle has to be broken. and one way to break it is to read about the actors and understand it better. we can all play our role. thank you and i'm sorry to go on that, sir. thank you, rami. let me just say i am with the violence of the timekeeper. so we're we'll try to get but. but thank you. i think you know what, rami when you said resistance and humiliation, it does seem to me the other side

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the israeli defense minister is preparing a plan for the palestinians to leave with a warning to arab they need to step up. we will get reaction from egypt's former prime minister and donald trump former advisor john bolton. and the bonfire of red tape. the british prime minister rips up the planning rules to fire up nuclear power. very good evening. if the president's plan for the united states to take ownership of gaza was being discussed internally, if it indeed have been part of a national security discussion, then the people who knew about it were extremely limited in number. it came as a shock to most in the inner circle even to his own secretary of state. certainly he caught the israeli prime minister by surprise. he could hardly disguise his joy on tuesday night. not sure that would have been the first reaction of those who were sent out to then explain it, but their job is to apply the gloss. the press secretary described it as visionary. >> insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. president trump is an outside of the box thinker a

now president of the arab gulf states institute in washington.rst about the current israel-gaza peace agreement and these clear tensions that have emerged in the last few days about the handover of hostages. what do you think happens to the next two stages of that peace agreement? we have hostage releases, but they have not gone smoothly. >> the first phase is proceeding in fits of starts. phases two and three have not been negotiated in all their detail. it is important to continue for the israelis and hamas to put pressure on both sides to keep the exchange of israeli prisoners for hostages or the bodies of hostages taken on october 7. i think the real test is going to come when all of the hostages or their remains are close to being released, and israel and hamas will have to decide if they want to proceed into phase two. >> let's talk about this meeting of arab leaders, what to do about the long-term reconstruction of gaza. a response perhaps to donald trump's plans, much criticized plans for the riviera of the middle east. are they a viable

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. >> there is a plan from egypt and the arab countries.being invited to have conversations and discussions. it is hard to make this work in a way that is good for everyone. >> not only these conversations about the future of gaza. there is also this looming deadline in the cease-fire negotiations between hamas and israel. >> the israeli prime minister takes his cue from donald trump. the war will resume on saturday unless hostages are released. the king of jordan is at the white house to negotiate for the arabs. we will get reaction from washington. also tonight, 60 countries agree to sign a final communique at the ai summit in paris but the u.k. sides with the united states, opting out. the security brief is back out. will talk about the arms for minerals deal that suddenly has donald trump's attention. a very good evening. jordan's king is in washington for what surely is the toughest encounter he has had since he took the throne. president trump is pushing the king to relocate to million palestinians from the gaza strip to jordan and eg

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for all of those, arab partners will be crucial. some silver linings in the comments made by president trump in the presser which seems to be greater american readiness to play a role. a lot of arab allies have been hesitant saying if you require us to put resources, boots on the ground security forces, we very much would like a broader american commitment, american resources and american boots on the ground to guarantee the process. comments that would not go down well in some quarters of president trump's administration. we know under the very broad tent in the administration there are foreign policy hoxie want to see a forward leaning american position in the region. but also abolitionists who don't want to see the american commitments, let alone in the middle east and gaza. >> we are nearly out of time. speaking of deeper pockets. one of the big regional issues is the normalization of the relationship between israel and saudi arabia. what do these comments due to those discussions? >> great question. we know one of the key forei

arab states have rejected president trump's proposal that the u.s. territory and relocate its more than 2 million inhabitants to redevelop what he calls the riviera of the middle east. joining me now is a retired u.s. diplomat and former u.s. ambassador to yemen. thank you for being with us on bbc news. this meeting between the gulf state leaders, egypt and jordan, strategizing ahead of a wider meeting next month. how will they combat that suggestion from president trump that the u.s. somehow controls gaza? >> a pleasure to be with you tonight. it is a very good question because this issue of how to manage the devastation, the destruction of gaza, how to move forward in reconstruction, rehabilitation for the people and for the infrastructure is extremely complicated. it's really beyond the capacity, i would say, of the arab states themselves to take on all the responsibilities to clear unexploded ordinance, clear the rubble and do all these things. this is on the that requires the full effort of the international community working together. but clear

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hamas is a terror organization, seen this way not only by the u.s., but the arab world.tinian authority is discredited. the only way is to rehabilitate the palestinian authority through reform, enforcements. the israeli government is playing on this to ensure there is no progress. sumi: a question on the state of the cease-fire agreement we just discussed with tom. do you see the prospect it could fall apart? guest: absolutely. it is a risky situation. i believe one hamas said they were -- they might not release hostages were trying to increase leverage, but did not realize trump would escalate, and hamas has to climb off this ladder, but so does israel. what netanyahu said compared to trump, trump said all the hostages saturday. netanyahu did not say that. for netanyahu, he has his own complications. if the cease-fire collapses, the right wing part of his government might be happy, but more than 70% of the israelis want the cease-fire. so he has to manage his public. in many ways trump has put him in a corner. sumi: great to get your perspective. thank you. let's move o

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all us steel imports with a 25% tariff. election, saying he is "confident" of forming launches an arabicdition of its award—winning educational programme for children in the middle east and north africa. of the fa cup by struggling championship side he will announce a 25% import tax on all steel and aluminium entering the us. president trump made the announcement while for more on this new tariff threat and all the latest us politics, we arejoined now by white house columnist for the hill, niall stanage in washington. i was reading a comment by the vice chair of the european central bank a little earlier in reaction to all of this saying you have to have an open mind, you cannot let yourself be overwhelmed by this. you also have to take account, they said, that initial announcement sometimes do not materialise. it feels like the idea of tariffs is a favourite talking point and action for donald trump right now. what do you think will happen, will he go ahead with the threat? it is ahead with the threat? it is difficult to _ ahead with the threat? it is difficult to predict - ahead with t

and hamas issued a statement saying we rejected that and call on the arabs to hold an urgent summit.ound, in practice, people are continuing they are in practice refusing the idea by returning back to gaza city, even though they all know gaza is almost destroyed, especially the northern part operation, to force people out. many people, yes, they left, but those who remain, palestinians call them heroes, because they fought many of them said, yes, we are happy to leave gaza happened back in 1948 when grandfathers and their family to have the right to return. that was the latest from our and gamal that was the latest from our is and gamal that was the latest from our is former|d gamal that was the latest from our is former egyptian “$5? '; �*e f“;5 a??? and now a diplomat and now a spokesperson for the arab league's general secretary this was secretary and this was his assessment. we have been following what mr trump has proposed and i think the response from many arab countries came for the arab league, it is not only national interest. that they are going to be subjected to what happ

arab voters here, the arab voters in the united states oppose this. what do you say to them? >> well, you know, if you look at michigan, where we have a large arab population, as you know, i was just telling the king that we won. as you know, i won the arab population. and when i started off, i wasn't leading. and when i finished a few months later, we started campaigning in michigan. and when i finished, we won it by a tremendous amount. by 30 points. so my relationship with the arab population has been fantastic, and my relationship with the middle east is very good, very good. with all the countries, just about all the countries. let's see, i would say all the countries, and they all want to do something and they want to see peace in the middle east. all the stories you hear about the middle east not really wanting peace, that they want war, they want this, they want to go to a certain place. let me tell you, those stories are false. they want to have peace. i know them all very well. they want to have peace. they want to have a good life like other people. and we'll bring

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last time you were on, the name of your group was arab americans for trump. you changed it this week after those announcements about gaza. do you no longer support the president? >> well arab americans for trump was created to help president trump win the elections. we wanted an end to the war in gaza, primarily, and the president also promised us a lasting peace in the middle east that is satisfactory to all parties. based on those two promises, we lent our the president our vote. now, when he started suggesting that relocating gazans, which is against international law, against palestinian interests, against the continuity of a palestinian state between the gaza strip and the west bank, we could not come out with a statement under the title of arab americans for trump. first of all, we're not a cult. secondly, we want peace. we started supporting the president because we wanted peace. and as a result, we changed the name. >> so you say that you listed two of the things you say that the president promised you, but when you were on this show back in may, ther

meetings today in riyadh before the arab to before the arab summit to talk about another alternatives displace everyone from gaza to displace everyone from gaza to displace everyone from gaza to egypt and jordan. so it is complication for the situation but hopefully it will be diffused before tomorrow. diffuses! befere wk,,.,,,mmfimfl, diffuses! befere lemmas-4:7 ~ , ~ very much for that, diffuses! befere tame-”revs? ~ , ~ very much for that, we'll you very much for that, we'll be talking about that a potential plan to rebuild potential arab plan to rebuild gaza in business today at 5:30am. thank you. and a planned news conference between mr zelensky was cancelled yesterday. mr president... america's diplomatic offering to ukraine. retired general keith kellogg, now special envoy, but his suddenly, it was our time to leave. we gather, that the american side cancelled so the meeting between mr kellogg and zelensky side which cancelled the press conference. has been sidelined by the trump administration. so what is going to be discussed, you can only imagine. there was also criticism aft

that's a plan flatly rejected and almost universally condemned by arab leaders.rd to get saudi arabia to normalise relations with israel, but that never came to be. the crown prince insists he won't do so without an agreement that creates a palestinian state — something incompatible with mr trump's latest proposals. meanwhile, israeli media is reporting that the bodies of some hostages who died in captivity in gaza will be released by hamas this week. the release would be in line with the ceasefire agreement, which stipulated the return of the first dead hostages on the 33rd day of the truce. let's speak to aaron david miller, former us state department adviser and senior fellow, carnegie endowment for international peace. so, welcome. first of all, let's start with from's plan. he has pitched because as the riviera of the middle east. is this actually viable? it would involve displacing over 2 million palestinians, many of them in neighbouring countries like saudi arabia not wanting to take them in? hot like saudi arabia not wanting to take them in?— like saudi

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it will go to the arab league. it's really meant to be an alternative to the kind of ethnic cleansing plan that was presented by president bush and president trump. sorry. >> yeah. that's right. i mean, more immediately, in terms of of phase two, i mean, there were two weeks late in starting to negotiate that, and we've heard from hamas that they're willing, apparently, to release all of the hostages in one go if israel withdraws from gaza. will prime minister netanyahu go for that? >> yeah. it's important to note that this is not a new hamas position. this is hamas has been saying this since last september, but the israeli side has rejected it. on the refusal to end the war. as long as hamas is in power. there is no clear statement from hamas about who's going to control gaza afterwards. although the hamas leadership outside of gaza seems to understand that as long as hamas is in charge of gaza, there won't be a single dollar of reconstruction money that will enter gaza. so there is a dilemma here. the problem is

arab voters here, the arab voters in the united states oppose this. what do you say to that? >> well, you know, if you look at michigan, where we have a large arab population, as you know, i was just telling the king that we won. as you know, i won the arab population. and when i started off, i wasn't leading. and when i finished a few months later, we started campaigning in michigan. and when i finished, we won it by a tremendous amount, by 30 points. so my relationship with the arab population has been fantastic, and my relationship with the middle east is very good, very good. with all the countries, just about all the countries. let's see. i would say all the countries, and they all want to do something and they want to see peace in the middle east. all the stories you hear about the middle east not really wanting peace, that they want war, they want this, they want to go to a certain place. let me tell you, those stories are false. they want to have peace. i know them all very well. they want to have peace. they want to have a good life like other people. and we'll bring

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the name of your group was arab americans for trump. you changed it after president trump announced plans to take over gaza and relocate palestinians. why did you change it? do you no longer support the president? >> no. no, no, we changed that. we, after the victory of the president in november, there was no need to continue with the name arab americans for trump. and we were thinking of changing the name. however, when he made the announcement regarding the relocations of gazans, we wanted to come out with a press release, but we could not do it under arab americans for trump, because that would be counterproductive or contradictory to what we intended in our press release. so we changed it to arab americans for peace. all along, we wanted peace in the middle east. that is why we supported the president and abandoned harris and president biden. >> do you stand by that decision given as you put out, that the contradictory position of having a name like that, with your view of the plans he has for gaza? >> yes, i do stand by my position

so those arab leaders met in saudi arabia. they just met. and and the purpose of the meeting was to form a unified position about the way forward. there's going to be an arab summit in cairo on the 27th of february, where they're going to be more detailed in putting out an actual plan. and then that plan is to be presented on march 4th. so in terms of pressure on netanyahu to go back to your question, it's not just going to be up to the u.s. whether to put pressure on netanyahu or not, but the more united and active and involved the arab states are in in shaping that future in gaza. and and on the palestinian issue in general. you will also see that adding pressure on netanyahu as well to come to the table equally in good faith. >> yeah. and as you say, we don't know exactly the shape of that plan you outlined very well the timeline of how that will be announced. but presumably their plan will be in sharp contrast to to what president trump has proposed, that so-called, uh, riviera plan. uh, we'll leave it there for now. jasmine el-gamal in

|re for declaration of intent to occupy urgent arab summit for the plan. and, a--- is “p i'm back soon and, a--- is up next. hello there. temperatures below the seasonal norm. but with some cloud and a bit of rain moving up will be so cold. so a strong area of high pressure dominating the scene but today doesn't look too bad at all. plenty of sunshine around. temperatures in single digits. so as we head through tonight, we start to pick up more of an east—northeasterly breeze across england and wales, but another cold and frosty one further north and west where we have clearer skies. is what's making it windy. up stronger easterly winds and the weather front mainly over the hills in the south. towards more northern and western areas. so large parts of scotland, northern ireland faring best with the sunshine. into the weekend the wind begins to turn a bit light. limited spells of sunshine. again, probably the best of it in the north west. more sunshine around for england and wales. again, there will be some rather grey and cold spots, should be a little bit