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with me is professor lina khatib, the director of the soas middle east institute.i am struck by how many of the victims in these reports are pacifist who have worked with palestinians, who picked palestinians up from the areas crossing. the other people in the south most at risk, but in a way they are at the same be closer to they are at the same be closer to the palestinians, is that right? we have to the palestinians, is that right? - have to remember that in this conflict not everyone is in extremes, not everyone believes in violence, and there are pacifist on both sides. when you're talking about pacifist souare is really, who live near gaza, these are the people who are also observing the suffering of the palestinians in gaza, and this perhaps makes a more likely to want to help because of observing the suffering of fellow human beings. the suffering of fellow human beinus. . ., .,, beings. rather than those in tel aviv west bank _ beings. rather than those in tel aviv west bank and _ beings. rather than those in tel aviv west bank and jerusalem l beings. rath

shejoined my colleague samantha simmonds in the studio alongside lina khatib, who is direcor of the soasaunched this attack now. there are a few reasons, one, it is symbolic, almost 50 years after the yom kippur war of 1973, it is symbolically important for hamas to be seen as heroic on these days, and that you have domestic drivers to do with the behaviour of the israeli government under benjamin netanyahu towards palestinians which have seen tensions escalate under this right—wing government and a lot of people in gaza and palestinians in general are quite fed up and that is why people are so expressing support for hamas in this campaign. and there is a wider geopolitical reason, which is to do with the talks between israel, saudi arabia and the united states about potentially brokering a deal. and that deal of course means that saudi arabia would have to talk to the palestinian authority about some sort of solution for the palestine israeli conflict and hamas is not part of that discussion. 0ver recent years we have seen israel normalising relations with an increasing number of middle

and lina khatib, director of the soas military institute. ow? there are a few reasons, it is _ what you make of it, why now? there are a few reasons, it is symbolic, i are a few reasons, it is symbolic, almost 50 years after the yom kippur war of 1973, almost 50 years after the yom kippur war of1973, it almost 50 years after the yom kippur war of 1973, it is symbolic for hamas to be seen as heroic on these days, and that you have domestic drivers to do with the behaviour of the israeli government under benjamin netanyahu towards benjamin neta nyahu towards palestinians benjamin netanyahu towards palestinians which have seen tensions escalate under this right—wing government and a lot of people in gazza and palestinians in general are quite fed up and that is why people are so expressing support in this campaign. and there is a wider geopolitical reason, which is to do with the talks between israel, saudi arabia and the united states about potentially brokering a deal. and that deal of course means that saudi arabia would have to talk to the p