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thanks alex alex with tank of from the middle east institute in washington dc. here's a recap of our menus. israel is considering is response to the wave of drones and miss, how's it launched against it by iran and says the conflict is not over. prime minister benjamin netanyahu has matches war cabinet ministers, are set to favor retaliating, but are divided over how and when to strike back. real leaders have urged restraint on all sides and the u. s. is refusing to join any is raining military retaliation against around around we launched more than $300.00 missiles and drones and its 1st direct attack on israel. nearly all were shop town by is route the u. s. u k. jordan, israel's president says, be rainy and attack amounts to a declaration of war. all right, you are up to days coming up next sports life needs a chilean, he's one of the world's best free stop rover of writers uses for talent to inspire others. thank you for that for me in the team. take care the rules we say they're about never giving up every weekend on d. w. cost about why does that because l

thanks alex alex with tank up from the middle east institute in washington dc. here's a recap of our main use. israel is considering its response to the wave of thrones and to me sounds launched against it by iran and says the conflict is not over. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is mad, his war cabinet ministers are said to favor retaliating or divided over how and when to strike back were leaders have urged restraints on all sides and the u. s. is refusing to join any is right. it made a treat retaliation against around, around launched to more than $300000.00 drones in its 1st direct attack on israel. nearly all were shot down by israel, the us u. k. and jordan. israel's president says, the rainy and attacking 9th to a declaration of war. okay, you are up to date coming up next. 4th life needs a chilean who's one of the world's best freestyle roller blighters and uses her talent to inspire other and stuff after a short break. and don't forget despite the more and using information on our website, dw, dot com and you can follow some social media or handle is

so as out assessments very clear, a general de, feisty from the middle east institute in philadelphia. thank you. this is quite a good 1st situation. this is a worse usually like never before. nobody's ever seated. if the while i get and again to suggest that you have never been brought to the sol america, and that's why i'm very proud to be here. this is in this author and our crime scene. photo trump best big into the medium is all the stats of jewelry selection in he's hush money tried in new york, the former us president of the accuser, falsifying business reco. it's to cover up payments made to an adult film star before the 2016 presidential election. just one of the many diamonds a game. so mr. trump is the 1st, the former us president to face criminal prosecution. i've been speaking about the trial with professor john co haine, from delaware law school and began by asking him to exact to outline exactly what mr. trump is accused on or so. but he is being up to you is, gets a bit complicated. so i'm going to unpack and he's been accused of uh, paying how much money, right. uh, a

look at basic, profess out and go to a tall i think director of the tuckers program in the middle east institute and joins us from a washington dc. welcome to the w professor at these local elections that visit valley to extrapolate to what might happen nationally in presidential elections in 4 years. because it does look bad for president had one of them, as it does indeed. and uh, yeah, some of these photos about this or supposed to be about and electing mirrors and we'll click new strangers. and yet i turned it into a referendum on useful by a 10 painting, very heart ahead of the boat by even threatening disorders. that if they did not pick who's holding for these candidates, that they will not receive services from the central government. so i've seen the way he framed and the way he injected himself into the campaign made to sort a friend or on his full. so the positions victory on sunday is not just a defeat for the ruling party a, but i think it's also a big signal about our doors waiting popularity. okay. so tell us more than about sage pay. wait, wait, we know of, oh, do i'm this big, b

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the at the middle east institute. thank you so much for being with us today. so what's the bottom line? what happened to world central kitchen is telling. here you have an organization that was getting significant amounts of food to palestinians in gaza, while the united states government talks about building a seaport by summer time to get aiden as israel continues to use for invasion as a weapon of war. jose andres, the chef that started world central kitchen, says israel targeted his 8 convoy, systematically, car by car, killing 7 of those he calls angels. but what happened to those innocent workers is exactly what we've seen happen to thousands of innocent palestinian children, women, and men. now more than $33000.00 killed by israel waving a white flag does nothing to stop a tank gun or a drone operator or a sniper's deadly bullet. despite the reports of anger in the white house of israel's actions, nothing has changed in the unconditional us support for israel's attacks on gaza. the hypocrisy is obvious. widespread famine is immune and the death and dest

and now a senior fellow at the middle east institute, and now you just resigned from the state department. you put out a statement about why you resigned your contract. you're not the assistant secretary state, you're not the deputy secretary state, you're not the secretary of state. you're in the woodwork of the state department, and yet you're using this moment to focus attention on this crisis. tell us about your decision. so 1st, thanks so much for having me. and for drawing attention to this issue, and i had thought about resigning earlier, i was at state as a foreign affairs officer working in the bureau of democracy, human rights and labor near eastern affairs, trying to promote human rights in the middle east. and it had just become so difficult to try to do that in the aftermath of october 7th. and i, it just, it felt that it had gotten to the point where i had tried to raise objections internally to the extent that i was able to like through descent cables, for example. um, but eventually it just got to the point that it seemed that resignation was really the only option left. a

let's bring in a senior research fellow at the middle east research institute. he specializes in middle east strategic fares with a focus on the israel-hezbollah conflict. you say it is a win-win for israel as well as ron. yet here we are awaiting israel's response. why? >> for israel right now the issue is in in terms of the optics, there has not been any damage. at the same time, you have an unprecedented attack directly on israeli territory. hundreds of crews and ballistic missiles. the question is does israel stop here the cycle of escalation or does it want to demonstrate that it has no fear to escalate more. right now it seems the biden administration has been clear. it doesn't want israel to a tally it after what happened. haslinda: it does seem more symbolic than significant. it has been well choreographed, well telegraphed. and there has been no damage. >> we have many information that suggests that the iranians wanted mostly to demonstrate publicly that they weren't doing nothing after the attack on the embassy in damascus. they consulted the neighborin

the president and director of the middle east institute in washington also says: iran's response to israel is calculations. has changed neither side is currently interested in a major war. i think that the israelis will not take immediate action because they know that if they do something, iran will also take more drastic action . it is obvious that america does not want a wider war either. but this event will change the regional calculations for israelis and even americans in the long run. iran is the line this time he showed a red that says when the officers. and if my generals are killed or attacked directly , i will respond directly myself. on the second day of public gatherings in different provinces in support of operation true promise, people celebrated and rejoiced by chanting anti-american and anti-zionist slogans while appreciating the armed forces of the islamic republic of iran. special thanks to the children of the irgc, army, security officials, basij, e. revenge is hard to take. i came with this baby, i am very happy. we are very happy and happy about this proud and proud vi

i spoke tojean—loup samaan from the middle east institute of the national university of singapore. if the latest diplomatic action to deter iran and placate israel is enough to stop any further military escalations. no, unfortunately, i don't think economic sanctions will do more thanjust reinforce the diplomatic, the symbolic pressure on iran. the reason is that iran is already under comprehensive —— under a comprehensive regime of sanctions and a lot of the missiles, the drones that iran has been using do not need the access to the western economy, so those sanctions are unlikely to change the behaviour or the ability of iran to either put the pressure on israel directly — like we saw a week ago — or indirectly through its forces in the region. so, sanctions don't work then, the un sec gen is warning against any action that could tip the entire region into chaos — that has got to factor into israel's calculations as they look to respond to last week's attack by iran, hasn't it? yes, it seems so far the israelis are postponing the moment where they decide on the type of retaliatio

alex vatanka is director of the iran programme at the middle east institute.hat of former general qasem soleimani who was killed in 2020. it's going to be different in terms of iranian reactions compared to what happened injanuary 2020 really depends on what iran decides to do next. if i look at the trend, if i look at iranian israeli proxy conflict really escalating during the course of the last decade, particularly on syrian soil, then what we've seen is, yes, step by step escalation. but, fundamentally, what you have had all along is an iranian decision to avoid direct conflict with israel. and i'm not sure we're about to see a change on that fundamental issue on tehran's behalf. in terms of the israeli response. they, of course, never directly respond to say if they're responsible. but their defence minister today has said, "we operate everywhere every day in order to prevent our enemies from gaining strength. "we make it clear to anyone who threatens us all over the middle east that the price for such action will be a big one." so you can interpret very c

first i'm senior fellow at the middle east institute in philadelphia. it's good to have you with this is male honey, his sons. they are among the highest profile figures that we know of so far it with being killed in this will work. what effect do you think this is going to have on the ongoing ceasefire negotiations? it's a pleasure to be with you this evening brand. i certainly, this isn't going to help to negotiations. i think the home us will look at this is as a need to himself is already said as a bringing families into the age of this conflict in a way that is only going to entrench hard liners within the homeless movement. and in these negotiations, how important would you say is mailed? mean your is in this more and in the possibility of this more continuing on as well. he of course, is a, as a senior political leader and how much movement is not it cause of course, these are del huh. um and what we've seen over the course of the last 6 months is, are really the decision making. the key individuals who are managing their hom us response to these

in the us today run the slim is a senior fellow and director of conflict resolution to the middle east institute in durham and northern england robot geist pen fold is electra and peace and security at durham university and in tennessee, israel a keep a elder is a political analyst, an author of the book, notes of the land, which is about israel, sacraments in the occupied territories. thank you, old of you for talking to us. we heard in our report to you and set country general talking about the situation at the security council. he says the middle east is on the brink, ronda in a different scenario. if that had been death, so many casualties. we may have already gone over the brink. would you not agree? yes, of course. i think we might have gotten over the bank and that's why thank you, ron might have a, a, me or it on stage this this attack anyway to avoid a civilian death to avoid fatalities. we are definitely in a new era in the region in terms of the conflict between iran and is your l. will have moved from a shed to war, where the rules of the game with somehow understood between them. no

let's now speak to alex vatanka who is the director of the iran programme at the middle east instituteing with us. what is your analysis of this seizure by iran of this ship? timing is the most — seizure by iran of this ship? timing is the most important _ seizure by iran of this ship? timing is the most important part. - seizure by iran of this ship? timing is the most important part. taking| is the most important part. taking ships has been something the islamic republic has done in those waters over the last decade, but as we just heard this is happening in the context of the last two weeks with tensions between israel and iran, and this iranians promise of retaliation. is this the retaliation question mark i doubt very much this could be the end of it, simply because it is just not corresponding to what the iranian leadership felt israel did to them by attacking the consulate in damascus and killing those visionary guards officers. one other point i make, i have not seen in iranian media so far a connection between the taking of this ship and the attack on the consulate in damascus

for more i've been speaking to firas maksad, who is a senior director at the middle east institute.out the optics of this. , ., ., , ., this. they are horrible for israel as _ this. they are horrible for israel as far _ this. they are horrible for israel as far as _ this. they are horrible for israel as far as the - this. they are horrible for. israel as far as the broader arab and muslim world is concerned. he'd, today, is essentially christmas morning and we have got the children but the grandchildren of micro tubing assassinated by israel. ismail haniyeh is not particularly loved in many quarters of the arab and muslim world but what is israel doing by assassinating these grandchildren on each, the essential of christmas day is empowering and feeding the radical forces that want to stand behind hamas, support hamas and the iranian proxies in the region so the proxy for israel are also coming on the heels on the targeting of the convoy of humanitarian aid, world central kitchen convoy last week are just horrible. i don't understand, frankly decision—making taking place in jerusale

let's speak to alex vatanka, who is director of the iran programme at the middle east institute in dcore consequential than the 2020 attack which killed qasem soleimani. do you share that basic analysis of what we have seen over the weekend? ihla basic analysis of what we have seen over the weekend?— basic analysis of what we have seen over the weekend? no doubt about it. very serious. — over the weekend? no doubt about it. very serious. and _ over the weekend? no doubt about it. very serious, and what _ over the weekend? no doubt about it. very serious, and what is _ over the weekend? no doubt about it. very serious, and what is going - over the weekend? no doubt about it. very serious, and what is going to - very serious, and what is going to be different in terms of iranian reactions compared to what happened in 2020, january, 2020, depends on what iran decides to do next and if i look at the trend and the israeli proxy conflict, during the course of the last decade, especially on syrian soil, what we have seen is, step—by—step escalation, yes, but what you have had fundamentally i

let's speak to charles lister, director of syria and counter terrorism programmes at the middle east institutefor being with us. first, we've had these threats which clearly the americans are very worried about. the white house is warned, a real and credible threat from iran. we have now seen rockets fired in by hezbollah which is backed, of course, by iran. do you think this could be connected, do you think this is a hezbollah attack at the behest of iran? i you think this is a hezbollah attack at the behest of iran?— at the behest of iran? i think hezbollah — at the behest of iran? i think hezbollah has _ at the behest of iran? i think hezbollah has been - at the behest of iran? i think. hezbollah has been conducting attacks against israel almost daily for the last six months so it is likely that what has happened just now, literallyjust minutes ago, is part and parcel of that tit—for—tat violence that we have seen. at the same time, everything that is happening across the region, whether from lebanon, iraq, serie a or elsewhere is often linked into the ongoing conflict in gaza and all of th

firas maksad is a senior fellow at the middle east institute, a non—partisan think—tank.rogramme-— thank you very much for coming on the programme._ how| thank you very much for coming on i the programme._ how do the programme. my pleasure. how do ou assess the programme. my pleasure. how do you assess the — the programme. my pleasure. how do you assess the threat _ the programme. my pleasure. how do you assess the threat of _ the programme. my pleasure. how do you assess the threat of an _ the programme. my pleasure. how do you assess the threat of an iranian - you assess the threat of an iranian strike on israel?— strike on israel? everybody is . uessinu strike on israel? everybody is guessing and _ strike on israel? everybody is guessing and everybody's - strike on israel? everybody is guessing and everybody's try| strike on israel? everybody is l guessing and everybody's try to grapple with whatever intelligence is available. i think what we can assess from open source is that there will be a response also that response, though, however, will remain measured. i think

university and in colorado have so hello is a political consultant and non resident fellow at the middle east institute. thank 2 or 3 for joining us. all 3 of you. let me start with a very quick question to each of you, which is how optimistic you are about the chances of a deal have. so what do you think? all the chances that they could get a deal this time in the city way, you all car very briefly, i'm not optimistic. i don't think much of the parameters around the hostage deal have really changed, nor have the, the sort of been transpositions on, on both sides. in that regard. don, your thoughts on this? do you think there is a chance of a deal here? i think i'm on the wrong so deal we're. ready essentially, to visualize exchange for all the hostages and the chance of the better. explain the small whether they can do a partial hosted release for a temporary disease. fire is entirely up the some or as you know near your thoughts at the start of the discussion about how optimistic you all that could be a deal. unfortunately, i'm not mistaken because i think that the gap is quite big between both the b

joining me now isjean—loup samaan, a senior research fellow at the middle east institute of the nationalt diplomatic action deter iran and placate israel enough to stop any further military escalations? no, unfortunately i don't think economic sanctions will do more than just reinforce the diplomatic, symbolic pressure on iran. the reason is, iran is already under comprehensive regime of sanctions and a lot of the missiles, the drones that iran has been using do not need access to western economy. so those sanctions are unlikely to change the behaviour or the ability of iran to either put the pressure on israel directly, likely so a week ago, or indirectly through its forces in the region. 50 ago, or indirectly through its forces in the region. so sanctions don't work. _ forces in the region. so sanctions don't work, the _ forces in the region. so sanctions don't work, the un _ forces in the region. so sanctions don't work, the un is _ forces in the region. so sanctions don't work, the un is warning - don't work, the un is warning against any action that could tip the entire region into

griff: for more on this let's bring in the president of the middle east institute, paul salem.e region and knows well what's going on. thank you for being in studio. >> thank you, griff. griff: i want to pick up where jeff paul's reporting left off. and we heard by the town in iran, no damage was done, no damage was done whatsoever, but in what appears to be a limited strategic strike, striking the area where they house the most sensitive nuclear headquarters, what do they make of that? >> well, i think, and this is good news, we've avoided major escalation in the region. i think a lot of credit of that goes to the united states, both the military defense as well as its active diplomacy to urge israel to have a measured and limited response to the attack that happened on israel last weekend. i think we've avoided a pattern of major escalation. but we've entered a new period when both iran and israel feel free in the sense to attack others, other country's mainland directly and that, you know, that poses serious questions for the future. griff: that's the rubicon we've crossed,

institute for near east policy. a washington think tank. and khaled elgindy has participated in past israeli-palestinian negotiations, and is now the director of the middleestine and israeli-palestinian affairs. thank you very much. welcome both of you to the "newshour." let's start in new york. the u.s. is vetoing a resolution that would have allowed the state of palestine to join the u.n. as a full member. u.s. allies and fellow permanent members the united kingdom is abstaining. and france is voting in favor. what is your response to those votes? dennis: i am not surprised the biden administration is going to veto it. i think they look at this is not just a symbolic move at this point the palestinians do not look like a state. and so i do not think they are prepared to recognize it as such in a u.n. context. i also think they see this is not necessarily connected to the diplomacy they are engaged in right now. the are trying to reach a saudi normalization deal. i think they are negotiating what that might mean in terms of defense treaty, saudi development of nuclear industry, but they are also talking about what with the -- what would the passing comp

guard corps at the united against nuclear iran organisation and a non—resident scholar at the middle east instituteeast institute, first of all, my sympathy to your colleague who suffered this attack and indeed to your community. we do. we think that this was an attempt to kill him . this was an attempt to kill him. >> so i've spoken to pooja, who's a very close friend of mine. and this has all the hallmarks of a targeted attack. puri himself told me that at that present time, when the two attackers struck , he had lost attackers struck, he had lost full control. if they wanted to kill him, if they wanted to stab him in the neck, if they wanted to stab him in the heart, they could have. but they precisely targeted the leg. still, obviously a horrific, horrific attack. this was a targeted attack. this was a targeted attack to send a very, threatening message to persia, so it was orchestrated, well planned . the fact that they have planned. the fact that they have now fled the country , reveals now fled the country, reveals that it has all the hallmarks of an attack by the islamic repubuc an attack b

nations in new york area, i spoke to gerald fast on he is a senior fellow on us diplomacy at the middle east institute. he says the cx 5 deal depends on how much pressure the bind administration is. willing to put on his ro, once again, we're hearing positive, positive noises from uh, from certainly the administration, as well as some encouraging reports out of the region. we've heard that the a mosque leadership may be coming back with their response to their proposal. as soon as tomorrow, so that would all be a positive indication. but, but still, as you reported on the comments coming out of the netanyahu, government raise questions about whether it's such a cease fire agreement would really be a substantial or could lead to a long term secession of the fight. or what, what do you make of his comments, specifically the one a by basically saying, regardless of whether a c 5 deal is where you start going to go into rough. uh well, i think this is the biggest concern, not only in washington, but uh, but certainly around the world that netanyahu for his own domestic political reasons. again, is your, a

done as a former us ambassador to human and to distinguish senior fellow on us diplomacy at middle east institute. he joins us now from philadelphia. thank you very much for being with us here on now to sierra vista will much just be made of these latest round tools. how much, how do you hold that to $65.00, could i actually be agreed in the coming days? oh, thanks. it's a, it's a pleasure to be with you this evening. i think that once again, we're hearing positive, positive noises from, from certainly the administration as well as some encouraging reports out of the region. we've heard that the ma, so leadership may be coming back with their response to the proposal as soon as tomorrow. so that would all be a positive indication. but, but still, as you reported on the comments coming out of the netanyahu, government raise questions about whether it's such a cease fire agreement would really be a substantial or it could lead to a long term session, the fight or what, what do you make if his comments specifically the one a by basically saying, regardless of whether a sci fi deal is reached, that g

earlier i spoke to alex vatanka, who is the director of the iran programme at the middle east institutertant part. i mean, taking ships occasionally has been something the islamic republic has done in those waters over the last decade plus. but as we just heard, this is happening in the context of the last two weeks, almost, of tensions between israel and iran and this iranian promise of retaliation. is this the retaliation? i doubt very much this could be the end of it, simply because itjust is not corresponding to what the iranian leadership felt israel did to them by attacking the consulate in damascus and killing those seven iranian revolutionary guards officers. and one other point i make, i haven't seen in iranian media and persian language media so far, a connection between the taking of this, the seizing of this ship and the attack on iran's consulate in damascus. maybe that's deliberate, i don't know. but there you have it. do you feel at this stage there could be a direct iranian attack on israel? you know, i think the iranians right now have sort of made up their mind that an

. >> vice president of the middle east. the institute piece. it's my pleasure to find those online but this fireside chat beginning thousand those of you not familiar we are a national independent nonpartisan made by congress. our mission is back resolution is around the world. as we think about conflict i think our lives to gaza. it is ay complex set of challenges. returninger to cure prices leve. their concerns and northern thousand, and estimating 129 hostages remain unaccounted for in gaza get a potential concussion thousand. i'm honored to impact the complexity every working out for gaza. ssage of un security councl resolution 27-20 last december. in this role, she facilitates, coordinates, monitors, and verifies humanitarian relief into gaza. she brings a wealth of experience to this job. she has held several positions in the dutch government, most recently serving as deputy prime minister and minister of finance. she also has a wide range of senior positions at the u.n. she served, among other places, as u.s. special court nader for leba

your insights with us today at his doctor house on assigned research fellow for middle east policy at the international institute for strategic studies. look and straight across now to dw as a chief, political correspondent, nina has a you know, what kinds of initial reactions have we seen from the german government? if any we haven't seen an official reaction yet from the german government, but that is not really a surprise given how unclear the situation is at the moment. and the fact that even is res, haven't commented on this kind. of course, be interpreted is assigned that there is a willingness to de escalate, but the german foreign minister, nina babel, she is currently in copper in italy and holding talks with her g 7 counterparts. so the foreign ministers of the most industrialized nations, the 7 most industrialized nations, and with show that lead debates exist, and we're expecting that statement around midday, so we'll have to wait for that. meanwhile, you commission president was a lot funder lion has given a short statement on the topic. i quote, it is absolutely necessary that the regions stay stab

middle east. she recently resigned over the biden administration's handling of the war in gaza. she's currently a non—resident fellow with the baker institutee middle east. thank you for being here. as we just heard, the discontent within the us, within the biden administration, how widespread is that concern over the fact that the us may not be doing enough to stem the humanitarian crisis in gaza? it enough to stem the humanitarian crisis in gaza?— crisis in gaza? it is extremely wideswead- _ crisis in gaza? it is extremely widespread. one _ crisis in gaza? it is extremely widespread. one of _ crisis in gaza? it is extremely widespread. one of the - crisis in gaza? it is extremely. widespread. one of the groups that i work with is called feds united for peace which represents thousands of people inside the federal government to oppose the us policy on this unconditional support to israel. i also think as we continue to see the political calculus on this shift we do see increasingly americans considering biden's handling of this, he is plummeting in poll numbers so i do hope that we may be beginning to see a significant shift here in americ

middle east. in 1836 he went to mesopotamia and lebanon with the goal of opening catholic educational institutionsin asia and africa, where he conducted archaeological excavations. maximilian rylla led a missionary mission in syria and founded a college in beirut with classrooms, a printing house and a museum. later. this college received the status of a university, which, by the way, still exists and is considered one of the best in the middle east. rylo organized a catholic school in malta, preached in sicily, and lectured at the roman collegium. in 1846 he was appointed vicar apostolic for central africa. the researcher is a priest, also known as the author of travel diaries and commentaries on the book of the founder of the jesuit order, ignatius laiola, a spiritual exercise. maximilian ryla became the first explorer of the ruins of ancient babylon and presented as a gift the vatican museum with his collection of archaeological finds, was a member of the pontifical archaeological academy and the french orientological society. one of the most famous preachers of his time, a missionary scientist