and for example, the national security minister in israel and the ultranationalist itamar ben—gvir hassocial media to say this is a bad deal not too late to stop deal coming out of washington and beirut and, in some cases, coming out ofjerusalem here. but i think it's not there yet. first of all, the israeli security cabinet has to ratify it, and there are voices within the government here, in israel, who are opposed to this deal. and for example, the national security minister in israel and the ultranationalist itamar ben—gvir has taken to social media to say this is a bad deal not too late to stop in his view is that israel has hezbollah on the back foot and really weakend militarily. and also, the time to give them breathing room, but to finish them off and they are in rocket range of hezbollah�*s rockets who worried that hezbollah�*s arsenal, its armoury is not sufficiently depleted and they do not trust this deal and they think it is simply going to be a matter of time before they start getting rockets again. while ceasefire efforts appear to be progressing, israel and hezbollah c

in a letter gali baharav—miara said itamar ben—gvir has politicised the police force — and "allegedlyroper, and repeated manner". our correspondentjoe inwood told me more about ben—gvir�*s profile. he leads one of the far right political parties who helped put benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister, in power and have supported his coalition ever since. and as a reward for that, he was given the powerful national security ministry. and, as you say, deeply controversial. and there's been suggestions for a long time that he's been politicising the police, promoting officers who follow his agenda, people who crack down very hard on anti—government protesters and demoting or removing officers who don't fit in. those have been the suggestions, and those allegations were made very forcefully in this letter a from the attorney general, writing to benjamin netanyahu, she alleged that he has politicised the police force. he's intervened, he's interfered, and that it really risks undermining the sense of impartiality that a police force should have. it's worth pointing out that mr ben—gvir came

so for example, itamar ben—gvir, who is the national security minister in israel, and ultranationalistas taken to social media to say that this is a bad deal. it is not too late to stop it. his view is that israel has got hezbollah on the back foot, but they are really weakened militarily and now is the time not to give them breathing space, but to finish them off. there are those in the north of israel who are in rocket range of hezbollah�*s rockets who worry that hezbollah�*s armoury, its armoury is not sufficiently depleted, they don't trust this deal anything that is simply going to be a matter of time before they start getting rocketed again. iamjoined by i am joined by javid i am joined byjavid ali, formerly with the us security council. always good to speak to about this. what is your read on the prospect of a ceasefire, or the circumstances right? it ceasefire, or the circumstances riuht? , , right? it definitely sounds like things _ right? it definitely sounds like things are _ right? it definitely sounds like things are very - right? it definitely sounds like things are very

notably from the national security minister, who is a famously hard line ultra nationalist — that's itamar bencial media yesterday saying that this was a bad deal. it wasn't too late to stop it, because he believes that hezbollah are on the back foot militarily, that they are broken and that now is the time to, in his words, to sort of press home israel's advantage and finish them off. that is not the official government view here, because whereas israel has vowed, as its strategic war aims, to defeat and destroy hamas in gaza, they haven't vowed to do the same about hezbollah. so they seem to accept that hezbollah, as well as being a military force, is also a politicalforce in lebanon. hezbollah are members of the parliament there. there are mps, and they are very much part of lebanon's national fabric. so what they're trying to do in this deal is to push them north, well north of the border, 30km north beyond the river litani, and have a framework in place that has a strong enough force policed by a number of countries in southern lebanon that stops hezbollah from coming back. so i think it'

itamar ben gvir the national security minister. really one of the hard right wing members of prime minister netanyahu's cabinet has said today. he said, i told the prime minister hezbollah is losing. we should continue to press on, he said. continue continue, continue. he wants the idf to continue taking the fight to hezbollah tomorrow morning before the prime minister with the individual parties that make up his coalition. so that will be his opportunity to give the hard sell to people at itamar ben gvir and the others who are reticent about this um, but the momentum seems to be there. i don't get a sense of big support coming from the people who live in the north. i was talking with somebody i know is very close to the border in the north, and he feels that the government is selling them out. he feels that the terms of this deal are really like the terms of the deal in 2006, where it will be quiet for a while, but eventually hezbollah will make their way back to the border and become as big a threat again. so i think there's a le

the attorney general said itamar ben—gvir has politicised the police force — and allegedly influencesfor purpose' and need urgent overhaul. the latest gathering, cop 29, is taking place now in azerbaijan. the country's role has already been criticised after its president said oil and gas were a �*gift of god'. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt, who is in baku, told us more about this letter. we're probably at the nadir. i think it's fair to say they're sort of bottom of the expectations of this climate conference. i mean, it was always going to be a big challenge. this is about finance. it's about raising huge amounts of money from rich countries to pay poor countries, to switch away from dirty technologies, fossil fuels to clean technologies, renewable power, and also to make their countries more resilient. we're talking about one of the breakthroughs here was an agreed estimate of how much finance we're talking about. we're talking about 1.3 trillion, not billion trillion dollars, a huge amount of money. and at a time when there's inflation, a post pandemic, economies are struggling.

so, for example, itamar ben—gvir — who is the national security minister in israel, an ultranationalists taken to social media to say, this is a bad deal, it's not too late to stop it. his view is that israel has got hezbollah on the back foot, that they are really weakened militarily and now is the time not to give them breathing space, but to finish them off. there are those in the north of israel — who are in rocket range of hezbollah�*s rockets — who worry that hezbollah�*s arsenal, its armoury is not sufficiently depleted. they don't trust this deal, and they think that it's simply going to be a matter of time before they start getting rocketed again. danny danon, israel's ambassador to the united nations explains some of the sticking points that need to be ironed out before a ceasefire deal can come through. well, i think we can agree that hezbollah will be north of the litani river and the lebanese military will be deployed to the south of lebanon. think the most challenging part is what will happen if hezbollah will start to again the region or to bring weapons and ammunition in

minister benjamin netanyahu, his national security minister, who is famously nationalistic — this is itamar benk and give them some respite. now is the time, he's saying, to finish them off". so he's opposed to the deal, as are some people, some israeli residents in the north of the country who simply don't trust this deal to deliver the kind of quiet and tranquillity that they are hoping for up in the north. because you've got to remember, ben, as you know, because you and i both covered the 2006 lebanon israel war, we've been here before, and that war ended inconclusively after 33 days with a un security council resolution 1701, which stipulated that hezbollah had to stay north of the litani river, which is about 30km north of the border. they built up huge weapon stocks, and then, since october the 8th last year, have been firing those rockets into northern israel. the really tricky thing here — and i think this is what's going to take up a lot of the three—and—a—half hours that the israeli security cabinet is devoting to discussing lebanon tomorrow afternoon here injerusalem — what'll take

we know that the netanyahu's right wing cabinet member itamar ben gvir the national security minister, he said today that his advice to the prime minister today that h the prime minister was don't sign the ceasefire deal. now you've got hezbollah on the run, continue to smash them, continue, continue continue. his words. but we also understand that netanyahu will be meeting with his party his coalition party groups, individually that will include ben-gvir's group. and that's where he would hope to persuade them of his opinion. i think the expectation is when that vote comes tomorrow afternoon, it is going to go through. >> nic robertson live for us in jerusalem. thank you so much for the update. let's talk about this more with former deputy assistant secretary of defense for the middle east and research director for the washington institute for near east policy, dana stroll and the former director for syria and lebanon at the white house national security council, hagar chemali. thank you both for being with us. hagar, first to you. do you expect that the cease fire deal between israe

for example, the national security minister in israel and ultranationalist itamar ben—gvir has takencial media to say this is a bad deal, it's too late to stop it. his view is that israel has hezbollah on the back foot and really weakend militarily. and also, the time to give them breathing room, but to finish them off and they are in rocket range of hezbollah�*s rockets who worried that hezbollah�*s arsenal, its armoury is not sufficiently depleted and they do not trust this deal and they think it is simply going to be a matter of time before they start getting rocketed again. ajudge granted a request from special counseljack smith to dismiss the federal election interference case against president—elect donald trump. it comes just hours after mr smith filed new documents, saying the case should be closed following donald trump's election victory, because of the justice department's policy that bans the prosecution of a sitting president. this was the first time america had had a president—elect who had had a president—elect who had already been indicted and was facing trial. but th

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