another question people have been asking is does hamasl have been asking is does hamas represent palestine been asking is does hamas represent palestine?— have been asking is does hamas represent palestine? no, it doesn't reresent represent palestine? no, it doesn't represent palestine. _ represent palestine? no, it doesn't represent palestine. it _ represent palestine? no, it doesn't represent palestine. it is _ represent palestine? no, it doesn't represent palestine. it is one - represent palestine? no, it doesn't represent palestine. it is one of- represent palestine. it is one of the two main factions. it is wholly controlled gaza since 2007. it won the last elections in 2006, then fought a battle with fatah, the party that essentially runs the occupied west bank and drove them out. it has been in control since then. it is an islamist organisation, its ideology originally comes from the muslim brotherhood in egypt. palestinians themselves, not all of them are muslims, there are christians, as well. it doesn't represent the entirety of palestinians by any means. it represents notjust th

i have not been in gaza for a while but hamasl been in gaza for a while but hamas took power and won win another one but that has not been one. it uses strong security methods to control and regularly brings the whole of gaza into the situation they are in now. palestinians believe in the right to assistance and their cause and belief did not been listened to and they know how dire the situation is the bit for the palestinians each time want to be put in this situation whether families are being killed and they have to move from place to place and in this you changer is a big question. if you look across to the occupied west bank, what we see there is the main institution of palestinian authority, fatah, no longer has any real support but other groups have been rising, particularly in refugee camps not particularly in refugee camps not particularly affiliated with fatah or hamas and those elements and forces might develop more in the west bank and begin to show an alternative to both hamas and fatah. you have to remember not all palestinians are muslims and don't necessarily want an

israel has said that their aim is to destroy hamasl all. rights.re. where are we with those objectives as you outlined some of them in your opening remarks. we've come to nearly three weeks of the war. how are you seeing in terms of progress? i think israelis and air strikes have probably killed mid—level, maybe one senior level hamas commander. they've clearly flattened and devastated much of gaza city in and devastated much of gaza city in an effort to make it easier for their troops to operate there should there be a massive ground campaign with tanks, and thousands of israeli soldiers. but i think the issue, frankly, for hamas is much less complicated for the israelis. all hamas has to do is survive this. all hamas has to do is survive this. all hamas has to do is survive this. all hamas has to do when the fighting is over is to demonstrate that it's frankly still operates in gaza. and thatis frankly still operates in gaza. and that is the dilemma the israelis have created for themselves. these objectives which may now have to be rethought. mr

but as you've noted, china, israel will unleash the gates of on hamasls. officials that we spoke with have been very clear about that. heheand you might be able to hey the fighter jets overhead. they continue at thi chis s hou. >> you know, trey, in one of my recent trips to israel, recent meeting a number of years ago, was i at the the gaza border where several days which a afor town where in that town, literally the night before we got there, missiles had been fired into what they cal we call kibbutz, which known as a neighborhood. this is wher neige children play an, play underground, you know, that areu really bunkers because there's not enough timghe. the proximity to gaza, those rockets are fireare fid and. they're landing in 15 seconds. not enough time to find safety. tfi went to the back ofn se the police station when i was there, and the levele evs th, y, you can see over the years, the progression in terms of the sophistication of of those missiles that they're firing into israel and all designeds mh with as much shrapnel as it can possibly carry

you ca el's n longer have hamasl in the south, hezbollah in the north, without massive consequenc thee. his th >> this is justei their opportunity to fight to f. opportunity to fight shot at it is absolutely necessary that israel do precisely what we're saying, begin this evening. that iseeing b this the destruco the infrastructure and the leadership of a terrorist or sitting on theiranrist border. and your your points tonight have been prettyd yours tonigh . they have been at war not only with israel, but they've beeney've be missiles into the m of saudi arabia. they've been conductinve beeng r attacks around the world. and we should not forget that in spituld noat ie of the t that the biden administration denies that it was iran that killed americans on kamericanoctober. right, there were several dozen americans, blue passport holders that wericans, be passp. and there are american hostages still being heldng by them.i do' >> i don't think the biden administration has completely taken on board that thisadminist about some faraway place and demanding a humanitarian . d demanding a hum

keir starmer's position on the war between israel and hamasl achieve?people of gaza. that has generally held here in westminster among the labour party for the past few weeks but there are signs that it might be beginning to fray. the reason for thatis beginning to fray. the reason for that is an interview keir starmer gave a couple of weeks ago in which he appeared to suggest he believed israel had the right to cut off fuel and water from gaza. israel had the right to cut off fuel and waterfrom gaza. now keir starmer's people say he didn't mean to say that, he thought he was answering a different question, he has been consistent that he believes fuel and water should reach the people in gaza. but that interview reverberated on social media, particularly in muslim communities, and labour mps say they have had lots of complaints about the labour party position. this meeting is an attempt by keir starmer to try to reassure muslim voters, muslim mps, labour mps representing communities with large numbers of muslims, about his position, but it is looking a