, thank you >> well, daniel taub, thank you so much for your participation in the program this from jerusalem , not from live from jerusalem, not from tel aviv. as we originally said . tel aviv. as we originally said. really interesting stuff there. but let's see if we can get the other side. the other perspective now from manuel hassassian , the former head of hassassian, the former head of the palestinian diplomatic mission to the united kingdom. he joins me this morning from copenhagen . thank you so much copenhagen. thank you so much for making the time for us this morning. i do want to start off by putting to you directly, lee, a claim made there by daniel taub that that perhaps the palestinian authority has missed a trick by not getting a firm hand on on hamas, by not controlling the palestinian territory in a way that perhaps it should. has it the palestinian authority been too weak on hamas ? weak on hamas? >> the question is not being too weak or strong . what happened is weak or strong. what happened is that hamas was created actually by the consent of the israelis to

now israel's former ambassador to the uk, daniel taub, will also join me live from gaza. i'll also be joined by the former palestine representative to the uk , manuel hassassian. he's been uk, manuel hassassian. he's been the he had been the representative of the palestinian authority for 15 years to this country . and with years to this country. and with this wednesday marking a year since, a year since the day rishi sunak became prime minister although to some it might feel a little bit longer than that. who better to speak to than the man who literally wrote the book on prime ministers? esteemed ministers? the esteemed political historian, sir anthony seldon? well that's all to come in the show , but first let's in the show, but first let's have a look. what's in the papers today. joining me now is the spectator columnist and former member of the european parliament, patrick o'flynn . parliament, patrick o'flynn. let's have a little run through of the papers first. so patrick, you've picked out the sunday times front page as as perhaps the most predominant story this m

we arejoined now in jerusalem by daniel taub who was a diplomat for many years including a speu diplomatresenting his country in numerous foreign negotiations. welcome to newsnight. america's relationship with this country is key and people have really valued the expressions of support, the fact the expressions of support, the fact the americans have sent a carrier group, butare the americans have sent a carrier group, but are they hearing the americans when they say take every possible precaution to avoid harming palestinian citizens? $5 possible precaution to avoid harming palestinian citizens?— palestinian citizens? as you say israel is enormously _ palestinian citizens? as you say| israel is enormously appreciative palestinian citizens? as you say - israel is enormously appreciative of the really forthright statements by president biden and secretary antony blinken. by british leaders as well, prime minister rishi sunak, moral clarity about the barbarous terrorism that we are facing. regarding the i think you need to think back 18 years to israel pulled that every civilian from the g

well, with us now is former israeli ambassador to the uk, daniel taub. on, daniel, good to see you on gb news. we now have four hostages out of a total of what's believed to be 220 that have now been freed . ed, what is hamas's been freed. ed, what is hamas's game plan , if you like, now, do game plan, if you like, now, do you think? >> well, first of all, it's great to have your bev turner it back with their family as, um, as you say, there are still more than 200, 220, possibly even more, because after the massacre of october the 7th, there are still a hundred israelis who are missing and not accounted for. and the hostages , as i think you and the hostages, as i think you mentioned, includes . as mentioned, includes. as nathaniel kevitz husbands, amiram and oded. that are still in gaza. as far as hamas, we need to be prepared for the very worst that we can imagine. and even worse than that, the atrocities that we saw from from murdering infants in their cot and murdering children in front of their parents were really worse than anything that we could i

former israeli ambassador to the uk, daniel taub says israel is not targeting civilians. >> we have been working very closely with the international community to try and make sure that supplies humanitarian access, reaches the palestinians of the gaza strip , particularly of the gaza strip, particularly in the south. but we're also aware that to date , in the 16 aware that to date, in the 16 years since israel pulled out of every inch of the gaza strip, humanitarian aid, and that's including european aid has been and abused by the hamas terrorist organisation . terrorist organisation. >> the head of the palestinian diplomatic mission to the uk, manuel hassassian, says he still believes in a two state solution i >> and don't try to put us, you know, all in a frame that we are terrorists as palestinians. there is a difference between the palestinian people who want peace and security and there is a difference between the palestinian authority, which is the legitimate, legitimate representative of the palestinian people who believe in a two state solution, who have condemned the violence al

now israel's former ambassador to the uk, daniel taub, will also join me live from gaza.