naftali bennett, in jerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. great to be here, stephen.s been quite a week, how would you characterise your relationship with prime minister netanyahu today? well, we're political adversaries, but i'm part of his government and i support prime minister netanyahu as the prime minister of israel. so, you know, it's not unlike the uk, where things are also quite tumultuous. we're going to continue in order to strengthen israel's security. let's un—pick this notion that you're sitting there in a cabinet led by a guy who you now describe as an adversary. lieberman, who was defence minister until very recently, he described mr in yards four neta nyahu's recently, he described mr in yards four netanyahu's decision to undertake a ceasefire with the mass after that flareup in gaza, lieberman described that decision as,", a capitulation. did you see it as,", a capitulation. did you see it asa as,", a capitulation. did you see it as a capitulation to terror?” thought it was a profound mistake andi thought it was a profound mistake and i tried to figh

naftali bennett, thank you for being on hardtalk.hine on the way on monday. 0verall, let's look at monday. some sunshine on the way on monday. overall, it will still be at chilly day. it will be warming up in the next few days but that's not until around tuesday or wednesday. here is the forecast for the early hours of monday morning, a lot of cloud across northern, eastern and central areas of the uk. most towns and cities will be a above freezing. 0utside of the uk. most towns and cities will be a above freezing. outside of town with the clear skies, some frost. the forecast for the afternoon itself on monday, it indicates a lot of cloud across eastern parts of the country with some showers as well. west will be the sunniest place so cardiff, belfast, western isles of scotland, should have a fine day on monday. let's look at tuesday's forecast and the low pressure starts marching in off the atlantic. the first weather front knocks on our doorstep first thing in the morning reaching south—western parts of england early in the mornin

is very happy with the naftali bennett leadership i think he and miscalculated in the gave an ultimatum to the prime minister and this was a mistake the prime minister put him in the corner and. use the all his influence to put pressure on the it religious leaders of. the party and they put pressure on them and on benette in the you had to do big dumb so way i think we skulk you lay the situation and basically. the politicians should not give the ultimatum to prime minister this was a big mistake for him but he still has a chance to correct it in the future done this line by netanyahu which is basically scrutinised by the israeli pundits and the israeli media when he said there is irresponsible to bring down the government in the midst of the sensitive security situation. is there any hint here what if he was here directing the nation well of course i mean israel is always in the middle and israel is always in the middle of the most sensitive security situation i think what's remarkable is that year after year election cycle after election cycle we are in the most sensitive security sit

perhaps in march or so that's the date that's being mentioned india's rady media you mentioned naftali bennett here one after the bennett has had a far more hawkish approach to gaza and even when it comes to avigdor lieberman prime minister but benjamin netanyahu and bennett certainly don't see eye to eye people will tell you it's very unlikely that to netanyahu would be handing him the defense point for you but again this is all political maneuvering at the moment threats and double threats and i think a lot of people will tell you that lieberman certainly trying to capitulate trying to get points out of the whole gaza situation the cease fire which was a very some would say bold and mature move by the israeli prime minister to come to a cease fire off to four hundred sixty rockets were fired out of gaza and in less than twenty four hours funny it was an enormous amount so even though this was all at the advice of the army and security services that war was not. an option right now but certainly lieberman trying to get the most mileage out of this when it comes to gaining support and placing

believe him and quit his defense minutes on one say over the ceasefire in gaza like lieberman naftali bennett has also called for hausherr israeli military action against palestinian armed groups snap elections are likely to be triggered if he pulls his support. turkey's foreign minister says the time is right to move the investigation into the killing of saudi journalists to the international stage kushal glue told parliament his government is committed to solving the murder and had shown the evidence it had to all interested parties to keep previously said it would fall prey to an international investigation and had called for a un prole. hundreds of central american migrants travelling in a caravan have reached the us border the group of asylum seekers gathered at the wall near the mexican city of t. juana they were closely watched by several border agents who were supported by u.s. marines the u.s. defense secretary jim mattis met some of the six thousand troops president donald trump sent to the border before the midterm elections and the remains of eight small people of been found in no

israel's government has not really avoided collapse education minister naftali bennett had been threatening to pull his party out of prime minister benjamin netanyahu is coalition but has decided against it a withdrawal he lead to a snap election the government crisis was triggered when defense minister avigdor lieberman resigned last week stephanie deca has been a shift from west jerusalem after all the criticism after all the ultimatum that he gave to the israeli prime minister naftali bennett will not be quitting this government he had made a very loud point where he said that if he was not given the post of defense minister that he would be resigning which would effectively have collapsed this government it hasn't happened now yes he extensively criticised the prime minister particularly his policies when it comes to the palestinians when it comes to the gaza border protest when it comes to how he's dealt with hamas when it comes to the fact that the prime minister hasn't yet demolished that bedouin village in the occupied west bank connel ahmad but after one of that he said that he wou

community to protect us israel's government has narrowly avoided collapse education minister naftali bennett had threatened to pull his party out of prime minister benjamin netanyahu as coalition but it's decided to keep his party in the government was thrown into crisis after defense minister avigdor lieberman resigned on what instead let's go live now to west recently mountains here and stephanie decker can tell us more staff does this mean that the early election has been avoided is the prime minister out of danger. it's been avoided for now people will tell you that even before this whole crisis let's say began over gaza that the prime minister was keen on bringing for those elections anyway but he didn't want to have that happen under these circumstances so many people expected naftali bennett to resign today because he's been issuing very loudly an ultimatum that if he wasn't given the post of defense minister after the resignation about the door neighbor and that he would resign well netanyahu assumed that post for himself and he really put now actually bennett in a corner pretty much

we're hearing from what we understand that there will be a press conference tomorrow morning by naftali bennett and also the justice minister so we have to wait and see what they have to say whether they're going to be pulling out because bennett initially had threatened to pull out if he wasn't awarded the post of defense minister it's a lot of political say come all but certainly people will tell you the bigger picture is this netanyahu had been keen to go to early elections even before what happened the tensions of escalation with gaza but he doesn't want to do it under these kinds of circumstances and many people will tell you how masses are already played it as various victories one of them was that they managed to discover the special forces that led to that botched operation the second was that they then achieved the cease fire another thing they've been praising the third the resignation of. also hamas is praising that as a victory so maybe will tell you that they don't want to be seen to give hamas another victory would be to see pulling down this right wing government but again nothin

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in ministration has given israel the green light to do whatever it wants you have figures like naftali bennett and avigdor lieberman pushing netanyahu for an invasion lieberman has been saying for years that he'd like to see the israeli military march on gaza city something we haven't seen in a long time which would be catastrophic and again the message that hamas is sending is that they have deterrent capacity and one thing to understand about is rick is the israeli military is that beyond the bluster israeli society cannot withstand significant losses from a political point of view the kidnap having some soldiers taken into captivity in the gaza strip would be a catastrophe for benjamin netanyahu and he is determined to avoid that and we know that gaza con to withstand another attack like the ones we stole you know two thousand and fourteen twelve two thousand and eight two thousand and nine but if the palace that be and israel maybe not the prime minister but the defense minister don't leave them in tony bennett if it determined to go into gaza again who's going to stop them. well that's a

israel's government has narrowly avoided collapse education minister naftali bennett had been threatening to pull his party out of prime minister benjamin netanyahu is coalition but has decided against it which will give most of the lead to a snap election stephanie decker has the latest from west jerusalem after all the criticism after all the ultimatum that he gave to the israeli prime minister naftali bennett will not be quitting this government he had made a very loud point where he said that if he was not given the post of defense minister that he would be resigning which would effectively have collapsed this government it hasn't happened now yes he extensively criticised the prime minister particularly his policies when it comes to the palestinians when it comes to the gaza border protests when it comes to how he's dealt with hamas when it comes to the fact that the prime minister hasn't yet demolished that bedouin village in the occupied west bank connel ahmad but after one of that he said that he would be remaining in government bennett doesn't want to be seen as the man to bring

the coalition government and the jewish home party threatens to follow suit on less its leader naftali bennett gets to seat of defense minister could this be the beginning of a and for an attorney on his coalition i mean how could its potential downfall affect or impact the peace process. you know in these well we are going to have. to most by next october we have new elections so it's only a may question where the election will take place in. whole five months will know all ten or eleven months from now that the whole difference about. a lot of the. informal members of the opposition in israel i still really believe in the hope that these events we'll accept the weight falling down over this government needs replacement by a better government for israel and israelis so the army wanted the ceasefire but always leave it on the i was allies do not and there were a demonstration is in israel demanding war do using these really public wants another operation you know we have a phenomenon that we call in to do is this unfortunately because we had. half a dozen of phones in in gaza in the last ten o

the former defense minister he stuck to his guns he said he was going to resign and he did that naftali bennett on the other hand also very much a right wing minister playing to a right wing base even though he criticized netanyahu extensively and up to all the threats he said that he would be resigning if he wasn't handed the defense minister post or was coming across slightly weak i suppose by now backing off extensively after all those ultimatums all the noise he made all the criticism that he does remain in government so we're going to have to wait and see how he fares in the next elections but some people will say the way they read this is that it probably won't be doing him any favors in the polls stephanie thanks very much still to come here on al-jazeera.

expecting to hear a press conference now just recently announced tomorrow morning that is from naftali bennett to see whether he'll be pulling out of this government if you does then it will collapse in early elections will be called that hasn't happened at the moment so that we're going to have to watch monday morning how things unfold people will tell you that netanyahu was keen on early elections also because he's facing corruption allegations but not under these circumstances not when it comes to gaza so i think we're going to have to wait and see how this plays out in the next couple of days but many people will tell you even though this was perhaps an unpopular decision the ceasefire with have asked for firing four hundred sixty rockets at israel people will tell you when it comes to the polls he remains a popular prime minister and if there are new elections he more than likely will retain that post. britain's prime minister says attempts to remove her from power will be pointless and risk delaying briggs's negotiations stories amaze critics are urging her to return to brussels and dema

expecting to hear a press conference now just recently announced tomorrow morning that is from naftali bennett to see whether he'll be pulling out of this government if he does then it will collapse in early elections will be called that hasn't happened at the moment so that we're going to have to watch monday morning how things unfold people will tell you that nationally on who was keen on early elections also because he's facing corruption allegations but not under these circumstances not when it comes to gaza so i think we're going to have to wait and see how this plays out in the next couple of days but many people will tell you even though this was perhaps an unpopular decision the ceasefire with have asked after firing four hundred sixty rockets at israel could will tell you when it comes to the polls he remains a popular prime minister and if there are new elections he more than likely will retain that post said i had an al-jazeera. thinking on how america out where we don't welcome central american migrants on their way to the u.s. face protests at a border town mexico britain's prime

himself however there is another right wing coalition partner the israel israeli jewish home party naftali bennett the leader of that part of the education minister is saying that he wants the defense ministry or he would to will will take his members out of the government triggering the collapse of the coalition and an early election even so there have been split there has been speculation for some time that there will be polls before they are due in november twenty nine hundred the presumption is that netanyahu has enough as things stand to keep things running for the next few months as long as this other coalition partner part or doesn't also pull out of the coalition air force i thank you very much indeed reaction to any of them is resignation has come from the palestinian task force on public diplomacy a special a no on day says palestinians are aware of impact gaza is having on israeli politics. well i think if the entire palestinian public it will not lose any sleep over the fact that lieberman will not be part of this government and the fact that his resignation is motivated by the fact th

after all the criticism after all the ultimatum that he gave to the israeli prime minister naftali bennett will not be quoting this government he had made a very loud point where he said that if he was not given the post of defense minister that he would be resigning which would effectively have collapsed this government it hasn't happened now yes he extensively criticize the prime minister particularly his policies when it comes to the palestinians when it comes to the gaza border protest when it comes to how he dealt with hamas when it comes to the fact that the prime minister hasn't yet demolished that bedouin village in the occupied west bank connel ahmad but after one of that he said that he would be remaining in government then it doesn't want to be seen as the man to bring down this right wing government that is also the position that the israeli prime minister i put him in netanyahu remains a shrewd political operator he played the security card when it came to defending his policies of these of the how mass to the cease fire in gaza so for the moment snap elections seem to have be

is one candidate who's made himself more than available another right wing coalition partner naftali bennett has said that he will take his party out according to his party's officials if of the coalition if he isn't given that portfolio so certainly that could make it more difficult for netanyahu to carry on in this way however he's already shown himself more than willing to overrule one very valuable and hawkish defense minister so he may well be prepared to do that again i think what is going to tate garza policy going forward is what often tends to dictate it and that is merely events the this was all sparked by an undercover israeli operation that we may never have known about had it not gone so spectacularly wrong here spelt spent a good deal of this political capital in bringing an early end to this round of hostilities if another flare up breaks out it's going to be more difficult for him to do that again thank you for that harry fossett in west jerusalem for us now at the united nations the u.k. and sweden have been pushing for more action and possibly even a different approach to t

the former defense minister he stuck to his guns he said he was going to resign and he did that naftali bennett on the other had also very much a right wing minister playing to a right wing base even though he criticized netanyahu extensively and after all the threats he said that he would be resigning if he wasn't handed the defense minister post almost coming across slightly weak i suppose by now backing off extensively after all those ultimatums all the noise he made all the criticism that he does remain in government so we're going to have to wait and see how he fares in the next elections but some people will say the way they read this is that it probably won't be doing him any favors in the polls stephanie thanks very much still to come here on al-jazeera. a cool intense reception in the mexican city of tijuana thousands of central americans hoping to get asylum in the u.s. . a double threat for aid workers trying to contain the worst people outbreak in the democratic republic of congo's history. hello again it's good to have you back we are watching what is happening over here towards th

expecting to hear a press conference now just recently announced tomorrow morning that is from naftali bennett to see whether he'll be pulling out of this government if you does then it will collapse in early elections will be called that hasn't happened at the moment so that we're going to have to watch monday morning how things unfold people will tell you that netanyahu was keen on early elections also because he's facing corruption allegations but not under these circumstances not when it comes to gaza so i think we're going to have to wait and see how this plays out in the next couple of days but many people will tell you even though this was.

israel's prime minister has added the collapse of his coalition government education minister naftali bennett and threatened to pull his party out of the governing alliance but decided against it the government was thrown into crisis when defense minister avigdor lieberman resigned on wednesday over a cease fire deal with groups in gaza. the headlines we're back with more after lifelines. there are those who dream of the possibilities of the world free of the ancient diseases that keep billions in poverty and for those who strive to make that dream a reality their quest is on the brink of the church. and. the only two countries in the world where polio is still endemic. afghanistan and pakistan but pakistan is the largest polio virus reservoir in the world and is considered to be a key battleground in the global fight against the disease. in the past year over forty vaccinators and support staff had been killed while working to eradicate the polio virus on tuesday gunmen shot to death six pakistani women who were boarding on the un and government backed polio vaccination campaign. the attacks

accused of being behind a grenade attack on a maid in june israel's far right education minister naftali bennett has threatened to withdraw his party from benjamin netanyahu as coalition government unless he has given the defense portfolio and yahoo is working with just a one seat majority after the door lieberman quit as defense minister on wednesday likely ramin bennett has call for harsher israeli military action against palestinian armed groups snap elections are likely to be triggered if he pulls the support of his eight m.p.'s. cuba is withdrawing thousands of its stalkers from brazil after president elects are paulson r.-o. question their training and demanded changes to their contracts or than eight thousand cuban doctors work and poor and remote parts or brazil atory reports. brazil's biggest health challenge isn't chronic disease it's a chronic shortage of doctors especially in poor neighborhoods and remote rural areas. five years ago brazil began importing foreign doctors mostly from cuba but that arrangement is abruptly ending an official statement read on cuban television blamed pre

potentially also outflank other right wing parties such as the party of the current education minister naftali bennett also part of the netanyahu coalition so it does position him in that that a right wing attracting position ahead of any potential votes being cast and lieberman has over recent weeks been making a very public very vociferous case for much harsher military action against hamas in gaza he said it when the in century balloons and kites have been launched calling for much more forceful action against that he said it in the case of the protests that we've been seeing along the border fence as well saying that there should be harsher action against protesters especially those who try to breach the border fence so he's been making this case publicly for some time now he's reached the end of that process and has left the government entirely did take so do we know who takes over as defense minister and when it all the israeli approach towards the guy's a. well we know who wants the job and that is natalee bennett this other right wing of the education minister it would seem that i mean he also

expecting to hear a press conference now just recently announced tomorrow morning that is from naftali bennett to see whether he'll be pulling out of this government if he does then it will collapse in early elections will be called that hasn't happened at the moment so that we're going to have to watch monday morning how things unfold people will tell you that nationally who was keen on early elections also because he's facing corruption allegations but not under these circumstances not when it comes to gaza so i think we're going to have to wait and see how this plays out in the next couple of days but many people will tell you even though this was perhaps an unpopular decision the ceasefire with have asked after firing four hundred sixty rockets at israel people will tell you when it comes to the polls he remains a popular prime minister and if there are new elections he more than likely will retain that post well the political crisis in israel was triggered when the defense minister lieberman resigned on weapons and withdrew his policy from the coalition he was upset about a cease fire agr

expecting to hear a press conference now just recently announced tomorrow morning that is from naftali bennett to see whether he'll be pulling out of this government if he does then it will collapse in early elections will be called that hasn't happened at the moment so that we're going to have to watch monday morning how things unfold people will tell you that netanyahu was keen on early elections also because he's facing corruption allegations but not under these circumstances not when it comes to gaza so i think we're going to have to wait and see how this plays out in the next couple of days but many people will tell you even though this was perhaps an unpopular decision the ceasefire with the mass after firing four hundred sixty rockets at israel people will tell you when it comes to the polls he remains a popular prime minister and if there are new elections he more than likely will retain that post. all right still ahead on al-jazeera essential american asylum seekers are now being forced to sleep on the streets in mexico plus. i'm kathleen saw a e-mail warehouse and thousand and then y