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special envoy for the middle east. let's turn to those comments.not wrong it will take years to rebuild gaza. but when you talk about moving displaced people out of the strip, alarm bells will be going off in the palestinian communities. >> they are certainly correct in describing, indeed understating the magnitude of the humanitarian disaster, the physical disaster that is gaza. the difficulty here is any effort to address this horrific situation by the movement out of gaza, however that might be done , of significant numbers of its palestinian population, run immediately into a significant security and political challenge. whether one looks at egypt or jordan. in both cases, and before the october 7, 2023 attack by hamas, both governments made clear the political stability, the security of their countries, egypt and jordan, could not, would not withstand the transfer of the presence, even for an interim of significant number of populations. it is a security threat for egypt. both a political and security challenge of the highest order for the kin

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good to have your let's to the middle east let's go to the middle east first. thousands of palestinians have been its troops from the netzarim corridor which splits part of the ceasefire deal between israel and hamas. the bbc, along with other international broadcasters, is not allowed by israel to report from inside gaza. report from jerusalem. carrying whatever they can, however they can, thousands of people made homeless by the war in gaza, heading home or at least to where their homes once stood. israel's withdrawal along a strategic road, once they get there, it's a case of picking through what's left of their lives after one translation: we are steadfast and we have been patient under| they've deprived us of food and water, but they have not deprived us of air. for us, says this man, determined to rebuild his life in the ruins of the north. but the ceasefire that allows this is fragile. the israeli government, but polls suggest an overwhelming majority of israelis still support for palestinians too. jails under the deal. as benjamin netanyahu returns from

ownership position and i see it bringing great stability to that part of the middle east and maybe the entire middle east. >> let'serspective now from senator tina smith, a democrat from minnesota. senator smith, a long term ownership position in gaza for the united states. what do you think about that? >> well, this is horrifying, but it's hard to say. we can be shocked by anything that comes out of president trump's mouth. he seems to be completely ignoring the the sovereignty and the self-determination of the palestinian people who have lived in this place for generations. and he's got his eye on some real estate deal, because he thinks that the coastline of gaza is going to be great for some new hotel. it is really incredible when you think about the people that have been there, who have been through so much, who have been victimized by hamas and have been so devastated by this terrible war, are now confronted with the president of the united states seeming to say that that the united states would move in and forcibly remove them to some other place. it is just i mean, it's just ridiculous, right? it's just ri

and held a joint press conference as well, making major announcements about the future of the middle east. let'slook. >> they've lived like you were living in. gaza is not a place for people to be living and the only reason they want to go back, and i believe that strongly is because they have no alternative. what is the alternative? aware? there's no other alternative. if they had an alternative they would much rather not go back to gaza and live in a beautiful alternative that is safe. the u.s. will take over the gaza strip and we will do a job with it. we will own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangers, unexploded bombs and weapons on the site. level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited endeavors of jobs and housing for the people of the area. do a real job. i do see a long-term ownership position and i see it bringing great stability to that part of the middle east and maybe the entire middle east. and everybody i have spoken to, this is not a decision made lightly. everyone i have spoken to

this distance is adding to the confusion of it from some tensions cus involvement in the middle east. now let's bring it in. well, i'm gonna show he is a, a ride to and a guys, an analyst with the european council on foreign relations. not how likely is it that people from gaza would put on charlie leave and things get hard. the idea is, is practically impossible to implement in the 1st place, and you don't have any host countries willing to take this team in the fifty's and approve them from their homeland at the same time, philistines and guys have consistently showed and expressed their refusal to this idea that is not the birth child of this moment it's being proposed for parents. damian's repeatedly as early as the year 1951 in in $53.00. there was a proposal to reset of 12000 guidance in the sign. i did start godson's, revolted against egypt, general probation, and gods at the time, and managed to support that ideas. it was proposed again and $67.00 in the seventy's eighty's ninety's early 2 thousands. you had in his reading national security council here that was called your i'm and the

i do want to bring with me before it goes back to the middle east. matthew, let me put the same question to you. confidence mohammed vince on mon told trump on a phone call that he wants to invest $600000000.00 in the us over the next 4 years . does solve the hold any cause he had given that trump wants to normalize sally to normalize relations with as well? yeah, i think so. you really holds a very key card here. i think that that number of 600000000 dollars in investment is and test the go button. but i think that suggested 100 in solomon knows his audience when he dangles this, this amount in front of donald trump. but we all know that donald trump and he said repeatedly, wants a nobel peace prize. one of the past to that price would be getting, you know, one is really the somebody piece a normalization deal. and i think you know, the saudis and might have been solomon, while he personally doesn't really care that much for the palestinians or about the palestinians. i think he understands that many in his cock street in the region do . and that for his own pol

institute, whose latest piece in time magazine is the hopeful sounding how trump can be a middle east peacemaker. so let'sthat you make, which is now is the time for trump to prove he is a deal maker and a peacemaker in the middle east. give me your thoughts. why? what do you make of trump pushing for this ceasefire now? and why is this the moment for him to perhaps pressure netanyahu? >> well. >> first, thank you for having. >> me on, ayman. >> and second. >> this is the. time for trump to push for a permanent end. >> to the war. >> and netanyahu's visit comes at a very critical time. it's on the heels of this very fragile ceasefire, which, for reasons i'm sure we'll discuss, could collapse very soon. >> netanyahu wants trump to support. >> a resumption of the. >> war, and is likely going to push this pretty hard during his visit. it already appears that netanyahu and his coalition partners are gearing up to tank the agreement. but the united states, i argue in the. piece that you mentioned, has no interest in supporting a resumption of the war, and trump should stand firm on this point. >> we know that

spending blood or treasure abroad, and especially in the middle east. and let me just tell you up front, because i try to keep it very direct here. many voters believed him. many trump voters believed that they accepted his claimed policy against u.s. involvement occupation as a positive. and we heard that in surveys and interviews. now, two weeks into returning to the white house, president trump is floating a plan. however, unseriously which breaks that vow. his comments alongside the israeli leader about plunging the u.s. into another mideast occupation in an area that everyone knows, a region that could be as dangerous and complex as iraq, if not more so, is the story that matters. even though i'm going to show you why it is not exactly how it looks and people should be careful overreacting. trump saying that his leadership, quote, the u.s. will take over the gaza strip. here's that statement alongside memory lane. >> the u.s. will take over the gaza strip, and we will do a job with it, too. it is not the duty of u.s. troops to solve ancient conflicts in fa

let's return to the middle east.resident trump has said he wants the us to take over of the middle east. it was 1.75 celsius above pre—industrial levels and came despite la nina weather patterns in the pacific which normally cool global temperatures. police in sweden say that several weapons have been found at an adult education centre in orebro where a gunman killed ten people in the country's worst mass shooting on tuesday. the bank of england is expected to cut interest rates this lunchtime. analysts believe the key rate could go down from 4.75% to 4.5%. hello, i'm catherine byaruhanga. let's return to the middle east. president trump has said he wants the us to take over the gaza strip and turn it into the riviera of the middle east. bbc verify�*s nick eardley has spoken to international law experts to understand if the us has the authority to do so. can president trump really take ownership of gaza and turn it into the riviera of the middle east? the us will take over the gaza strip and we will do a job with it.

so kicking off and use our and straight to the middle east. we go, let's show you some live pictures right now from central gaza. the at a law where it's just off the 11 am on saturday. temperature is about 14 degrees celsius. so basically we're watching another hostage exchange. it is basically set to take place any moment. now we understand more than a $180.00 palestinians will be swapped. for 3. is riley's well, that's course live and on top of at least bureau tree for if an alternate for more details on this, maria, good morning to you. can you take us to the details of a swap right now of the good morning to your rory? well, after hours of delay and 10 some dissipation, the feast prisoner exchanged between a throw out of her mouth is finally on the way his really hostages, 1st followed by palestinian prisoner is the fact that it is happening at o is already a positive sign. why this is the 1st swap since trump controversial garza take over plan was and failed raising. fear is that the deal could fall apart, especially as the plan includes the displace

middle east at all. especially not in gaza. let the palestinian people live. they would like to stay in gaza, they would like to live their lives and rebuild palestine, let them stay in palestine and let us help with aid. that is what trump can do, send money and help the people of palestine. that is all the u.s. can do and trump is crazy about turning gaza into a tourist destination. thank you very much. host: connecticut, republican line, anne-marie is next. caller: yes, good morning. i'm going to be addressing this for my spiritual point of view, i don't know who president trump's spiritual advisors are right now, but they have either all gone woke or they are not communicating with our president. i voted for president trump three times. i attended his inauguration in 2017. i love this man, but this is totally preposterous. first of all, you don't divide the land, and when the palestinians are crying out from the river to the sea, they would like to push israel into the sea, you cannot negotiate with demons. hamas is demon possessed terrorists, ok, and isra

shouldn't be involved in the middle east. >> correct. alex, lete bring you in here because we know that the trauma induced by the iraq war and the u.s. presence in the middle east on top of 20 years in afghanistan has been significant. and it was also a significant reason that barack obama was a popular politician who could be president. and it also has been a big selling point for donald trump, who denied he supported the iraq war. what he's now proposing. and i think a lot of people thought of donald trump as an isolationist and wanting to make the us presence in the world smaller. we're now talking about potential occupation of the gaza strip, which has caused israel to be at war in gaza even before october 7th of the october 7th attacks. we're talking about the united states taking that position of occupation. >> with seemingly no consultation. >> with regional partners. >> right. >> the suggestion. >> that the. >> egyptians and the jordanians. >> should take. >> the palestinians. right, that i can almost. guarantee you, given. >> bibi netanya

let's speak to to our middle east correspondent yolande knell, who is injerusalem. s deal with these comments by president trump. i mean, who is seriously going to believe that america is going to buy gaza and from whom? i that america is going to buy gaza and from whom? i mean, of % gaza and from whom? i mean, of . r ~, of gaza and from whom? i mean, of g of- about - gaza and from whom? i mean, of g of- about what . but a lot of concern about what 2’ ’ mean for ceasefire this could mean for ceasefire talks. does seem to this could mean for ceasefire talks changed does seem to this could mean for ceasefire talks changed context m to this could mean for ceasefire talks changed context for o hayelchanged the context for somewhat. ~ . v those somewhat. what's the state g now? - so, there is an israeli team that gone negotiating team that has gone along to qatar being this alang ta daha, qatar being this mediator. but while these talks are supposed to move on to the next of discussing the next stage af would see more end to the a more permanent end to the fighting, the o

middle east at all. especially not in gaza. let the palestinian people live. they would like to stay in gaza, they would like to live their lives and rebuild palestine, let them stay in palestine and let us help with aid. that is what trump can do, send money and help the people of palestine. that is all the u.s. can do and trump is crazy about turning gaza into a tourist destination. thank you very much. host: connecticut, republican line, anne-marie is next. caller: yes, good morning. i'm going to be addressing this for my spiritual point of view, i don't know who president trump's spiritual advisors are right now, but they have either all gone woke or they are not communicating with our president. i voted for president trump three times. i attended his inauguration in 2017. i love this man, but this is totally preposterous. first of all, you don't divide the land, and when the palestinians are crying out from the river to the sea, they would like to push israel into the sea, you cannot negotiate with demons. hamas is demon possessed terrorists, ok, and isra

but also abolitionists who don't want to see the american commitments, let alone in the middle east andwe are nearly out of time. speaking of deeper pockets. one of the big regional issues is the normalization of the relationship between israel and saudi arabia. what do these comments due to those discussions? >> great question. we know one of the key foreign policy priorities for president trump is achieving the deal of the century, the normalization between saudi arabia and israel. the suggestions in these off-the-cuff remarks about the deportation of palestinians from gaza only makes the objective that much farther away. the saudi position as a result of public opinion is only hardening. we saw midnight statement, 4:00 statement from saudi arabia very much rejecting the proposal trump put on the table. >> great to get your thoughts on those questions. thank you for your time. let's focus on the country trump sees as one of the u.s. main enemies in the region, iran. amidst the chaos of tuesday's remarks on gaza, the president signed an executive order to revive the maximum pressure ca

let's go live now to our middle east butte, chief maria from ocean maria. just take us through the details of based on going forward slope now and whether it's any different from what we've seen during those 3 previous exchanges. the good morning to you. well, yes indeed. it's the so we can to the role of exchange prisoner of hostage prisoner exchanges between israel and her mouth and sundays released again earlier than planned on one to most smoothly as if from us. have learned lessons from previous exchanges. the hostages that are extract it through 2 locations in guys on this time 3 is really captives of being fried off to 484 days in captivity, and exchange for 108 to 3, palestinian prisoners in detainees. and b i v, i hope you can see that, oh, for prison. this is the only is really military prison on the 2 or 3 on deal supplies. westbank, this is the location where all the prisoner is set to be released today. a half being brought earlier from different facilities they were held in, waiting to be released among the hostages case said go a duel is real

an axis that threatens the peace of israel, the middle east, and the entire world. christian: let'st down with a senior fellow at the foundation for defense and democracies, former spokesperson for the israeli defense forces. thanks for being on the program. what does benjamin netanyahu want from trump when it comes to phase two of the agreement? >> that's a very good question. it depends on which perspective we look at. there is the israeli political aspect to it and then the many fronts that israel is busy fighting various wars. i think the most important thing currently is to bring back hostages. i think that would be the top priority. and i think this is very difficult for people around the world to understand but israel is still effectively at war. we are in limbo, in this situation where it is neither really war but definitely not safe to go back to homes in the communities that were ravaged by hamas along the gaza border, or community is destroyed by hezbollah in the north. israelis are still in this in between situation. of course, waiting, anticipating, praying for hostages

>> i like what emily said but i would take it a different direction i think he is letting leaders in the middle eastow, if i don't do it, you guys do it but if you don't, i will. and that might lead to change ultimately. >> trace: aaron? >> i agree with kevin i think he's right and signalling but i love the disruptive nature of how we put everything out there. it's amazing to watch, everybody freaked out because he just trump and i'm enjoying it. >> trace: is not bluffing that's the whole thing trump does not bluff which is why people are scared is going to go through with it. i don't think it will get that far because it's such a big negotiating tool for him. we asked what you think, it's the art of the deal at its best, it gets the dialogue started with world leaders . leo said and told the mid-70s beirut capital lebanon was known as the terrorist -- the pairs of the middle east. 100% trust trump, love it, it's a real estate development, redevelopment matter not military one james said interesting idea, but it will never happen . not a fan, i think it's about idea, i love it, it's about time someb

middle east but friends and neighbours too, it seems. let's play it first. it.nd he keeps extending the million a year he's talking about the trade deficit where $200 billion a year, that's a simplistic view of things. but the canadian prime minister has want to offend trump by saying but i think that trump, if his economists in his ear are war with canada and listen to them. what i do during the day is i don't look at saying. actions on what he's pontificating about taking over gaza or canada or greenland, i and in the last hour, russian state media has state news agency that russia has not received any quote �*satisfactory proposals to start negotiations'. china has imposed retaliatory tariffs on the us hitting fourteen billion dollars worth of goods — economies could be avoided. after president trump's 10 percent tax china's latest tariffs include a 15% border tax on imports of us coal and liquefied natural gas products. for your time. the china [ma for your time. the china tariffs come into - for your time. the china tariffs come into effect - - for your tim

let's be here. the middle east has real here.conflict because of the mass cleansing of ethnic cleansing of palestinians in i9li8 when the state of israel was created. everybody understands what the implications of that been implications of that have been is going to and nobody is going to be willing support put up with 27:1: of more of 7 of more of that trum - trum- was c-oin because donald trump was going to around for a couple more years and might, with some cockamamie idea that he thinks will lead to peaceful development or business interests or what have i are increasingly think people are increasingly getting used to the reality can take fully that you can take fully seriously what he is saying but this is not a in the this is not aeioke in the and i this is not a joke in the and i think the region and i think the reasonable be reminding donald these are not matters z take lately. 5—722? 722; how do ou take lately-j: - how do you think i take lately-zz zz - how do you think they region, how do you think they will respond? i

. >> let's stay with the middle east situation there are so many things that play but the biggest issuee palestinians. how do you move 2 million people, how to convince others in the region these other countries to take is not just 2,020,000 it is 2 million how does this realistically play out in your opinion it is true gaza for the most part is destroyed. >> my trip to the middle east i talked to leaders in the middle east arab leaders want peace and they don't like what iran is doing and what houthis are doing or has a lot or hamas they know this has to change. i don't know exactly what the plan will be steve wycoff gave us ideas of what could happen. we have to come together egypt jordan saudi arabia everybody's got a come together and say how do we solve this together. it's not just an israel problem is not just the united states problem we have iran that has to be dealt with. we have to come together where people hopefully the palestinians can live without hamas control in their lives in where that happens i don't know but that needs to happen. >> senator rick scott is always great

let's turn to events in the middle east.st stage of the deal with hamas continues to hold, with more hostages freed over the weekend. since the truce was agreed. palestinian health officials say 50 sick and wounded our correspondent, joe inwood, is injerusalem with the latest we are going to be seeing how to bring a permanent end to this we are still in this conflict. we are still in first phase. this conflict. we are still. in. first phase. the fighting the first phase. the fighting has been posed for 42 days. 43 israeli hostages have been released. of released. many hundreds of palestinian prisoners have been phase see releases. phase two witteee — ~ ~ .. .. .. . releases. phase two witteee — ~ ~ .. .. .. . release of teteasee. phase twe wittsee . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ . release of the rest of the the release of the rest of the hostages are still alive. that hostages are stittatiee'."that ' ' " " " be hostages are stittstitfe'."that ' ' " " " be hostages and will be male hostages and many palestinian soldiers. many palestinian will al

site defined, they have been looted by paramilitary rep and support forces the hello, the let's look to the middle east and live bandwidth things a set time. well, i'm settled in the days ahead of things to some pretty wet and windy weather moving out from the eastern mediterranean. but for tuesday it is looking to launch the quiet with lots of sunshine. we could see some cloud developing across central pots of saudi arabia, but temperatures across the gulf off fits to pick up a bit of a breeze blowing up across a rock. there was, i see things turn very wet and windy wintry as well across. took us thanks to the system, moving its way across the eastern parts of the mediterranean by wednesday. we'll see that very heavy rain start to roll into pads of syria 11 on as well as israel and the occupied palestinian territory. so some white, today's a head for gauze, the city is looking largely west and windy as well across the north west of africa, thanks to a system pulling its way across the mediterranean, bringing no showers for the east to the likes of 2 new remains of ronda blustery across northern africa

let's get more from a used to them on who's directed of the middle east. and now the african program at the international crisis group in the, in different capital, cairo used un secretary general antonio good. that is, has warned against ethnic cleansing, but israel's department is to nathan. yeah. jose is, there's nothing wrong with gardens leaving the strip. what's your assessment of this proposal? well, the far from the fact that it's really not implementable, this proposal of the president trumps. and it's, it's also something that is essential being and both of the palestinians in gaza. if you listen to, to guidance and of course they haven't done the total, the public survey, but it's going to go to the i think it's very indicative that the studies and guys do not want to leave their left. and they certainly don't want to be given it so call voluntary choice to, to stay or to leave they, they feel they're, they're being forced to leave. of course, there's always people who say ok, we kind of present this destruction as you know, as last hope and the

ahead. as see trump tariffs on china, and mexico kicking in as " thank thank you. 77 let's turn to events in the middle east in the coming talks. continues to hold with more hostages the rafah border crossing into egypt from southern since the truce was agreed. children were the first to cross into egypt. let's cross live to jerusalem and speak to our correspondent, joe inwood. us us through the next phase of negotiations. what will they involve? ~ ., of negotiations. what will they involve? w . ., ., involve? what we are u——— ——— seeinu involve? what we ate a7=7ee ——— seeinu now as involve? what we ate117:17——— ——— seeinu now as discussions be seeing now as discussions around how to bring a permanent end to the conflict. the first stage, where we are now, it's stage, wherewe are now, its force for 112 stage, wherewe are now, it's force for 112 days, all fighting force for 112 days, involving the release of 33 israeli hostages, five thai =—w and many hundreds of hostages, and many hundreds of prisoners released palestinian prisoners released in return. phase two will see the release of rest of the the relea

the world said well now the middle east is going to explode. the opposite happened. so let's>> laura: well, and with the abraham accords and everything that he tried to do to change this dynamic that has been so deadly for so long and i think there's a weariness, mathias on the part of the public middle east and it's understandable as we are alive with israel strongly can still a deep weariness about the money we spent and the blood shed that continues. >> i very much understand that i have to tell you, laura, that for us, for as a company. this is a very particular topic. i mean, this company was founded on the ashes of the holocaust. we have core values in our company. one of them is the support of the state of israel and the jewish people and the fight how this horrible attack on october 7th let's global rise of anti-semitism that is totally inconceivable. and it is really turning upside down perpetrate victims and, perhaps, in that spirit, it is not about one specific conflict. it's about a very, very fundamental prince. fund principle. free society model. that's very muc

and i guess let's turn attention now to the middle east with the latest exchange of captives in the gals were happening earlier that that is the 4th to date, a bus carrying palestinians has arrived in 10 units in the church. we saw the 183 people were set free from this really prisons on saturday and return 3 hostages were released by from us in dallas ortiz, middle east, corresponding research that can tell us more were thing, develops very fast and smooth. during some of these exchange, just an hour after 3 is really hostages. were free buses with the released palestinian prisoners started moving from all for prison. the only is really military jail and you want to find was the bank that served as the gathering point for all day to be freed. and the basses quickly arrived here to downtown the size t say to where massive crowds have welcomed them. families are for seagly, anticipating the return of their loved ones and friends, but also ordinary random policy is they say it is a momento form ration for the entire nation. their hair haze paused with a motion to make some fitness and joy.

i'm the conflict across the middle east right now evolving israel on several front . so let's close eva to white house correspondent, kimberly healthcare who was also listening in to everything that was being said, that we've got a clear picture really. i think kimberly of web, vice president trump stems. and what israel stands that i think present from gives very clear picture really of what he thinks is going to happen in suddenly the next few weeks or months when it comes to gaza. it's yeah, it's clear that it is donald trump, that is really leading and it is benjamin netanyahu. following out there are a lot of major headlines that are coming out of this day, but especially out of the joint press conference that we just heard. let's start with gaza. uh, what we've just heard from the us president, is that building on his comments in the last few hours, he now sees this not only as a demolition a site, but as a place where there will not be a relocation of palestinians. he has reiterated, but he believes that he can work with both jordan and egypt to get them to resettle the

middle east. i've been invited everywhere. but i will be visiting some. yeah. ok. let's go. kaitlin, go ahead. reporter: thank you so much, president trump. president trump: sate. reporter: just about saying gazans going to another country, where are you suggesting they should go? are you saying should they return after it's rebuilt? who you do envision living there? president trump: i envision the world living there. the world's people. i think you'll make that into an international unbelievable place. i think the potential and the gaza strip sun believable. and -- strip is unbelievable. and i think representatives from all over the world will be there and they'll -- palestinians also. palestinians will live there. many people will live there. but they've tried the other and they've tried it for decades and decades and decades. it's not going to do work. it did not work. it will never work. and you have to learn from history. history has, you know, you just can't let it repeating itself. we have an opportunity to do something that's phenomenal. i don't want to be cute or a wise guy, but the r

let's get more details. now. of course he lives on middle east bureau chief maria for an option of details on this. maria, good morning to you. can you take us through the details office swap right now, the wanting to jo rory. well, so the de monster fees present are exchanged between these were aligned him off and so saw everything is going according to plan will almost everything as preparations are still on to go with. and we are indeed expecting the release of hostages to begin, and in a matter of minutes, this is the 1st swap since from sky the take over plan there were fi or is it can do real big deal, especially since it includes the displacement of palestinians and move soon, we oppose by how much pensions were also high on friday when her mouse fails to hand over the least of hostages on time, printed in his own. yeah. whose office to issue a warning about the serious violation of the agreements. moss and then stirring blaine's israel for delaying much needed humanitarian aid including tens, 4 gallons facing rain and cold. but now all that is behind us and the exchange is about to happen t

middle east policies. welcome to the news hour let me start with you.is going on with amra as we said earlier there is an official ban that has gone in effect but you're still operating. what's the status? >> all amra facilities remained open. save our field headquarters in jerusalem. in fact, we had 400 medical consultations in east jerusalem alone. school is going to reopen again on sunday. in gaza, we are -- our international staff remain. and we continue to stay and deliver. we are a major part of the humanitarian assistance effort particularly since the cease-fire. >> what should we make of that in your opinion that there is an official ban on this organization yet, it continues to operate? >> i think it is important to understand the israeli view of amra. and to put it shortly, it's a poisoned apple. the apple part is the -- the services that we heard, education, food, and health which are a necessity and everybody recognizes the need to do so. the poison part is connected to negative aspects of -- of amra, the involvement and actually the repurpo

middle east general. that a welcome to you all the launch. let's start with you for so long. a dominant force and lebanese on regional politics is, has fall off facing an existential threat. but yes, but uh, we have seen uh, this new government. where does she uh, on the present there were 5 ministers selected and approved by the prime minister, the president. i'm on the lead to that to, to speak up and has by law. so here's the law has suggested and supported loan and half you need a good ministers. and then if any is government and the boss whitehead belied. senate has direct cuz he has military position since 2005. it has also back independent or allied for goes direct present just interest without being officially labeled as has blogs, members. ready of direct affiliated military. it's so this best because a lot of the policy to maintain political effects ability. any money government has been a lot was present and this positive. and this government has, will not, is also a president by agreeing on the nomination of these 5 minutes. however, it doesn't mean that nothing h