that was prime minister netanyahu - prime minister netanyahu speaking after the strikes.me minister also facing legal trouble at home and israel as his benjamin netanyahu is facing political troubles at home — as his corruption trial continues. on thursday, israel's attorney general ordered police to open an investigation into a report accusing mr netanyahu's wife, sara, of allegedly harassing political opponents — and a witness — in the prime minister's trial. the israeli justice ministry has declined further comment. meanwhile in central gaza, health officials say five journalists have been killed by an israeli strike. the strike hit a marked broadcast van outside al—awda hospital in the nuseirat refugee camp. the israeli military said those killed were members of a "terrorist cell". i've been speaking to our correspondent in jerusalem, shaimaa khalil. this is the second israeli air strike on yemen in less than a week. it strike on yemen in less than a week. . ., , strike on yemen in less than a week. _, , ., , strike on yemen in less than a week. , , ., week. it comes

netanyahu was forced to take the stand earlier this month., the judge at the trial calling out netanyahu's defense team, telling them, speed up the pace of its testimony, suggesting the convention is prolonging the trial. netanyahu had earlier testified that the charges against him were absurd, and he castigated the israeli media for his legal troubles. within israel, netanyahu has long faced the accusation of using the war and even undermining his own cease-fire negotiations to avoid these corruption charges and to dodge possible jail time. joining me now from jerusalem is independent israeli journalist noga tarapulski. it's not just netanyahu's defense team being accused of dragging this out in court. some breaking news in israel tonight, the attorney general's office is calling for an investigation into accusations that benjamin netanyahu's wife, sarah, sought to intimidate a witness and interfere in the corruption case against her husband. what more can you share with our viewers? >> hi, katie, yes. this is one of these trials that at thi

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netanyahu denies it all.g on the eve of his testimony, he said the investigation into him had been borne of sin. today in court he said the trial was based on an ocean of absurdities. this case, which has been rumbling on for years, has divided israel. outside the courthouse today, anti-bb protestors faced off with his supporters. >> the accusations from the protestors here, some of whom have family members held hostage in gaza, is that prime minister netanyahu has prolonged and escalated the wars in the middle east for his own political survival and even to avoid going to jail. reporter: calderon is still a hostage in gaza and his wife is angry at her prime minister. >> he care more to survive in a political way. it's very sad. reporter: bb needs to go to jail was the chant but mr. netanyahu is crently riding high in opinion polls. his supporters say at a time of war, he shouldn't have to face a trial. his testimony alone is expected to take a minimum of two weeks. bbc news, tel aviv. anchor: for more on pri

in all 3 cases, netanyahu denies any wrong doing. when he admits he did receive gift, he says no favors were given in exchange and he answers the charges optimistic. he might have dated the caesar, such as the savior of israel, the one who fights there, the bears than any other leader in these run. and perhaps, than any other leader in the world uh, being charged or being convicted will, i think, is legacy. and his critics of accused of prolonging the war and gospel on purpose, to delay judgment and remaining power. the appointment is only concern is his own survival. he wants to stay in power at the same time that yahoo has been able to use the trial to school points with his support of its service. his the political constituency said, you see, i'm being hunted a by all kinds of, of negative enemies. even the judy sure system that they find all kinds of false accusations. netanyahu's legal team applied to delight this hearing to. they say you, the prime minister didn't have enough time to prepare his defense because he is too busy w

my experience _ side of netanyahu? my experience is _ side of netanyahu?of netanyahu? m experience is parties make side of netanyahu? m; experience is parties make a deal when they are in a hurry, when the urgency of reaching an agreement outweighs the benefits of maintaining the status quo. in this case i think hamas is under great pressure inaudible hezbollah, iran is on their back heels and the israeli military campaign as your report suggested is still intensifying in northern gaza and then you have the issue of what is hamas... how issue of what is hamas... how is it going to explain the last 14 months? who have almost nothing to show so i think hamas wants a deal, needs a deal and benjamin netanyahu is more inclined to agree to a deal. that is what i think is driving this and if donald trump is a catalyst here, so much the better. the fact is the only way to de—escalate this war and, frankly, it is no longer a wall. the israelis have ostensibly demolished hamas as a military force and now it is a question of depriving them, i think of any political v

benjamin netanyahu is facing political troubles domestically — as his corruption trial continues.el's attorney general ordered police to open an investigation into a report accusing mr netanyahu's wife, sara, of allegedly harassing political opponents — and a witness — in the prime minister's trial. the israeli justice ministry has declined further comment. a short time ago, the air force attacked targets of the houthi terror organisation in yemen, both on the coastline and in sana'a. we are determined to cut this branch of terrorism from the iranian axis of evil. we will continue until thejob is done. benjamin netanyahu is facing political troubles domestically — as his corruption trial continues. on thursday, israel's attorney general ordered police to open an investigation into a report accusing mr netanyahu's wife, sara, of allegedly harassing political opponents — and a witness — in the prime minister's trial. the israeli justice ministry has declined further comment. meanwhile in central gaza, health officials say five journalists have been killed by an israeli strike. the s

benjamin netanyahu, giving testimony.trial, which is a long time coming. that's right. this trial has been going on now for some time, but this is the opening of the defence. we had quite lengthy remarks from the lawyer for benjamin netanyahu, really calling this a biased case and saying that the aim was the downfall of his client. then we heard from benjamin netanyahu, speaking on the witness stand as a defendant in this case, for the first time. he gave evidence. he was really outlining, you know, what he thought the charges were against him, how he was minimising those, i suppose, and distressing israel �*s role in the region at this momentous time when he has been called before the court. he was saying that the future of the state was the only thing in front of him. that was his priority, not his own future. he criticised the media for what he said were "absurd attacks" on him. of course, one of the cases he involves the allegations that he received positive press coverage, or requested it, from media owners in exchan

netanyahu is in the courtroom, so to speak.pretty good timing for this film yes, it is pretty good timing. >> i mean, we've been saying that for a year. every time you think something's going to happen or that he's going to say something substantive or have to face the charges, it turns out that he sort of, um, sort of shirks them the first day of the court hearing was a little disappointing in that he used it mainly for grandstanding. i would say he was saying that there's an attempted coup against him. the media is out to get him, that the judicial system is biased, and he used it very much to sort of attack what he calls the deep state. >> well, look, you say the deep state, it obviously all sounds very trumpian as well when he talks about the media against him, his domestic enemies against him, and he uses those terms. but here's the thing, alexis and alex, your film cannot be seen at this point inside israel because of various laws and privacy provisions that prohibit that kind of interrogation footage being shown at this

program. israel's prime minister gives evidence for the 1st time in his corruption trial. benjamin netanyahu is charged with bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, all of which he denies the life. okay, welcome to the program. israel has launched a string of ass strikes against evian military bases. it says the attacks necessary to prevent weapons folding into hostile hands after the collapse of the outside regime. israel also says it is setting up a weapons free zone in southern syria. and this denying reports that its troops have moved beyond an established buffers of. i'm closer to the capital of damascus . the g 7, a group of leading nations we'll meet to discuss the syria crisis on friday. a smoke rising over the syrian capital up to the latest is really air strikes. dozens of them hit the military targets across the country. according to the syrian media reports they included and fields, munitions, depos, and the facility linked to the production of chemical weapons. e's real says it's acting to stop arms from getting into the hands of extreme is forces. i don't know who it was doing, bu

netanyahu denies any wrongdoing. we're joined now live by barak ravid, a cnn political and global affairs analyst. barak, thanks so much for being with us. so there are three main cases here. he's accused of bribery, fraud, receiving gifts from businessmen overseas, trying to boost favorable coverage in a top israeli newspaper. which of these allegations do you think most worries netanyahu well, boris and brianna, i think all of them were in netanyahu very much because at least in one case, there's really no argument over the facts. >> for example, case 1000, where netanyahu uh, received, um, $200,000 worth of cigars, champagne and jewelry from two businessmen whom he. afterwards helped in, uh, on certain issues. he doesn't deny that he received, uh, this champagne and those cigars and the jewelry. he just says it's a gift between friends. uh, on the other hand, in case 4000 about the millions of hundreds of millions of dollars of regulatory benefits that he allegedly gave this telecommunication tycoon in order to ge

netanyahu in the past. consequences are the potential consequences are of israel acting on its own against the houthis? t’m are of israel acting on its own against the houthis?— against the houthis? i'm not sure there — against the houthis? i'm not sure there are _ against the houthis? i'm not sure there are going - against the houthis? i'm not sure there are going to - against the houthis? i'm not sure there are going to be i sure there are going to be measurable or concrete consequences but militarily it is not very sustainable. yemen is... of the capital is 2000 kilometres away from israel. in order to fly there and strike military targets or infrastructure, israeli planes need to be refuelled in the air. this is a very lengthy trick back it exposes the israeli operation and the israeli operation and the israeli planes. you could do it once, you could do it twice, you could do it three times and you could do it three times and you could do it three times and you could even use the navy as a supplement, b

that despite the international criminal court, indicted and prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and his former defense minister, you'll have the launch for crimes against humanity. a warrant was also issued for from mazda is military commander mohammed dates. nothing yahoo reflexively dismissed the arrest warrants as anti semitic. so did much of the as really media. one notable exception was how that's one of the few was really news. the graphs critical of the war on gaza and the continuing oppression of palestinians in the occupied westbank. it's tough to call that is really newspaper ad submitted. so instead, nothing yeah. whose government announced of an official board taught of head acts, no more a state sponsored ads. a move designed to squeeze the paper financially. from the outside, the walls appear to be closing in on that and yahoo. but he is a skilled operator, a survivor. and when the going gets tough, he knows how to muddy the waters mess with the narrative. he also knows he can count on most is really journalists and the news outlets. they work for, to take his cues and run

with holding netanyahu accountable.able. he should be held to account. i think for a long time he's wrapped himself in the mantle of state hood. as long as there's a war going on, you dare not criticize me. and i think, people need to separate between the man who is deeply corrupt and the state of israel. because unless we do that, we're all on the road to pre predicion. >> i encourage everybody to watch this very important film the bb files. thank you so much for making it. thank you so much. >> thank you for having us. >> thank you for watching us. make sure to catch ayman back here on saturday and sunday at 7:00 p.m. eastern. listen to every episode of ayman as a podcast. just scan the qr code there you see on your screen to get the podcast. until we meet again, have a good night. podcast. until we meet again, have a good night. how easy is it to play the lottery with jackpocket? step one grab your phone. step two download jackpocket and start ordering tickets for your favorite state lottery game. step three let the

mr netanyahu denies it all.m had been born of sin. and today in court, he said the trial was based on an ocean of absurdities. this case, which has been rumbling on for years, has divided israel. outside the courthouse today, anti—bibi protesters faced off with his supporters. the accusation from the protesters here, some of whom have family members held hostage in gaza, is that prime minister netanyahu has prolonged and escalated the wars in the middle east for his own political survival and even to avoid going to jail. ofer calderon is still a hostage in gaza and his wife, hadas, told me she's angry at her prime minister. he don't care about these 100 hostages and he cares more to survive in the politic way. it's very sad. "bibi needs to go to jail" was the chant. but mr netanyahu is currently riding high in opinion polls. his supporters say at a time of war, he shouldn't be having to face a trial. his testimony alone is expected to take a minimum of two weeks. jon donnison, bbc news, tel aviv. strong winds an

>> i hope this film helps with holding netanyahu accountable.k for a long time he's wrapped himself in the mantle of statehood and said as long as there's a war going on, you dare not criticize me and i think people need to separate between the man, who is deeply corrupt, and the state of israel because unless we do that, we're all on the road to perdition. >> i encourage everyone to watch this very important documentary film, "the bibi files." thank you so much for making it and sharing it with us. >>> thank you for making time for us. make sure to catch "ayman" saturdays and sundays at 7:00 p.m. on sundays. you can find us on blue sky and instagram and listen to every episode as a podcast. scan the qr code on your screen to get your podcast wherever you listen to them. until we meet again, i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york. have a good night! (♪♪) today, you can give a gift like no other. a gift that can help st. jude children's research hospital save lives. i think it's the most worthwhile place to put your money when it comes to childhood canc

and netanyahu is not very interested in that. and i think this will, uh, this will happen again as it happened last time, that trump will ask netanyahu to do things, and netanyahu wouldn't want to do. and last time trump got to the conclusion that netanyahu just led them on, led them on and didn't really want peace. and i think there's a quite a big chance that he will get to the same point this time around. >> yeah. i mean, when you look, when you think of it, making netanyahu's life easier and getting what donald trump ultimately always wants is to get a deal and to get credit for pulling off a deal, which would be in the middle east and which would be bringing the hostages home and ending the war there. those things very likely are going to be in opposition, and they're going to see that really quickly. um, come january 20th. barack, thank you, as always, for your reporting. thanks for coming on. coming up for us, this is a huge week for holiday travel. of course, whether you're packing up to head home from christmas or you're

mr netanyahu denies it all.today in court, he said the trial was based on an ocean of absurdities. this case, which has been rumbling on for years, has divided israel. outside the courthouse today, anti—bibi protesters faced off with his supporters. the accusation from the protesters here, some of whom have family members held hostage in gaza, is that prime minister netanyahu has prolonged and escalated the wars in the middle east for his own political survival and even to avoid going to jail. 0fer calderon is still a hostage in gaza and his wife, hadas, told me she's angry at her prime minister. he don't care about these 100 hostages and he cares more to survive in the politic way. it's very sad. "bibi needs to go to jail" was the chant. but mr netanyahu is currently riding high in opinion polls. his supporters say at a time of war, he shouldn't be having to face a trial. his testimony alone is expected to take a minimum of two weeks. jon donnison, bbc news, tel aviv. mr netanyahu has called the trial a threat

i want to talk about netanyahu and his government and hezbollah and iran.had nothing to do with it. the international nearly attacking him get israeli people were united in fighting these and now on the opposite. >> listen to biden and the administration and side with area and the leader of hamas and hezbollah and israel will be elected by terrorists. netanyahu has comments and he stood up against is online and they said no, we are going into lebanon. now we are going to bring about resolution in syria. the entire middle east has changed because they didn't have the facts to stand up to biden and say i'm going to protect my people, i'm putting israel first and for america first to be sure that i'm going to help israel and he's jump in remarkable job and he turned around the middle east and everything militarily israel. >> literally if you days ago they lifted sanctions again and said 10 billion while talking about weakening the regime. schizophrenia with this administration on the one hand they say look but we have to. on the other hand, they keep funding i

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu arrives in court to testify for the first time in his long—runningorruption trial. and real—life �*succession�* — rupert murdoch loses his bid to change a family trust and give control of his media empire to his eldest son. in syria, the main islamist rebel leader has said the country's new government will pursue officials from president assad's regime who oversaw torture and war crimes and offer rewards for information about those involved. rebel fighters say they've found more than a0 bodies showing signs of torture at a hospital near damascus. this the scene live in the capital. banks are expected to reopen and public transport services resume today. work continues to build a transitional government. the rebel leader abu mohammed al—jolani has named an interim prime minister. and a small cabinet so that public services can resume. aru na ayengar reports. scenes of joy as scenes ofjoy as people point to damascus for a second day. women, children and families joined with rebel soldiers... gunfire. ..to celebrate freedom from the regime of former pre

it is a part of netanyahu's military campaign against an netanyahu's military campaign againstan iranianaign against an iranian proxy in the region after the large defeat against hamas and hezbollah that made them run any kind of operation against israel and after the fall of assad now it is probably after that netanyahu will go to the iraqi militia and eventually to iran and in terms of yemen, the big difference between this operation and saudi arabia led operations previously is israel is not intending to change the government or do any kind of operation. they were clear and limited, first off to eliminate the leaders of the houthis and make the organisation not able and capable to continue the operation against israel, destruct all of the missile capabilities and other military capabilities and other military capabilities of the houthis cannot shoot more missiles to israel and third to push them back from hodeida to make them unable to make any threat to the ships in the red sea. it seems to me that there israelis are capable of doing that and this is the goal for yemen. are capable o

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because why the prime minister benjamin netanyahu appears in court for the 1st time, accused of bribery for awards and a breach of trust. and will be live to counselor as the world watches as well. carry out the genocide, dozens of people are killed in the life of strikes. the we begin in syria with dies off defined as to kind of at the capital, damascus. syrians are coming to tens with changes in the country out to decades of repression. the prime minister in the new administration mohammed elbow share this task with forming a transitional government banks, ministries and local services. a reopening syrians looking to rebuild up to 13 years of civil war and the toppling of the assault regime has on cover the evidence of atrocities committed inside serious prisons. the new administration says it will hold a war criminals who persecuted the syrian people. it's to account these rarely military has count out loud scully as drugs across syria. more than 250 attacks. targeted military bases, airports and missile defense facilities, navy vessels in the ports of attack. yes. but also destroyed

netanyahu, so to speak, has. it really just really fascinating dynamics.mmend the documentary. it's called the bibi files now streaming alex gibney. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you so much. >> all right. time now for sports. the 49ers linebacker quit on the team mid-game during their loss to the rams last night. andy scholes has this morning's cnn sports update. andy good morning. good morning casey. this is something you don't see very often. >> you know the 49 ers have lots of injuries on defense. and last night they needed veteran linebacker de'vondre campbell to go into the game. but he said no i'm good. campbell refusing to enter the game in the third quarter. and then in the fourth quarter he walked to the locker room with a towel over his head. campbell had started 12 of the team's 13 games coming into this one, and afterwards 49ers head coach kyle shanahan said. campbell told him he didn't want to play. >> that's somebody who doesn't want to play football. that's pretty simple. >> i mean i think our i think our team and myself, we

dealing the blow to kurdish fighters and protests as gather outside. colton, tennessee is benjamin netanyahu is due to testify and there's corruption trial for the 1st time. the israel has continued to carry out a strikes on said he's in syria dies off to all positions sizes. so the through the sondra shane, israel says it's strong so aimed at preventing weapons from reaching people. they describe as extremists, it comes as people look to rebuild after 13 years of civil born wrestle instead of begins out coverage from damascus. it is ready air strikes on damascus and house what in syria are further challenge enough for that? just ration is ready. army made is reporting that the ministry has to be carrying out a series of large gifts strikes across the country. target to strategic made it to the infrastructure. this building near the state tv station was born by he's ready to just on december the 8th. the same day the shuttle as the left syria smoke from the attack is still rising. at that, maybe in square in damascus, syrians are celebrating the full of the savages to have endured the pain a

>> well, you know, bibi netanyahu, never lets a crisis go to waste.tegic part of syria which israel captured in the 1967 war when syria invaded does a surprise invasion of israel. it became next to israel in 1981. it is not recognized by the u.n. and other powers but it is a big strategic advantage for netanyahu. netanyahu is looking at this as this kind of reordering of the middle east which could be to israel's benefit. he signed the abraham accords with the first trump administration which normized relationships between israel and uae and baja rain. and this is another step in the process. but the flaw in that was that israel never made a deal with the palestinians and they desperately want to have a deal with the saudis, but through these two wars that are going on now, the saudis said, look, we're not going to recognize israel until there is a two-state solution. so i mean, who knows what would happen. that would be a smart route but he hasn't given any indication he's going in that direction. >> so you have president-elect trump this morning rel

people around the world to realize that israel is not netanyahu and judaism is not netanyahu. he is a politician like any other and if it puts a bit of daylight between him and the country for the international audience, we would have done our job. >> the new documentary "the bibi files" opens in select theaters and will be available to stream online at jolt.film on wednesday. that's jolt.film. alex and alexis both very much, this looks really incredible. thank you. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," from school desegregation to the civil rights movement to black lives matter, our next guest is examining the last century of civil rights act vichl and the role that young americans have played in shaping our democracy. our democracy. (vo) memory and thinking issues keep piling up? it may seem like normal aging but could be due to a buildup of amyloid plaques in the brain. the sooner you talk to your doctor, the more options you may have. learn more at amyloid.com. go-friends, gather! keke! chris! jason! boop! friends. let's go, let's go, friends! hold onto your dice. woohoo!! -ni

staying in the middle east benjamin - the middle east benjamin netanyahu has become the first servings a criminal defendant. was a cuter say mr netanyahu accept lavished gifts and exchanged favours with media owners have a positive press country bridge. he told a court in tel aviv that the corruption allegations against him were accusing the country's media have been biased against him. our correspondent has more from 0ur correspondent has more from jerusalem. he is accused of taking hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of gifts including fines champagne and cigars in exchange for favours. champagne and cigars in exchange forfavours. he is also accused of doing a deal with one of israel's biggest media moguls to get favourable press coverage. in court today he said that this case was based on an ocean of absurdities. his supporters say this is no time, a time of war, for a prime minister to be standing trial his critics, and there were many of them outside there were many of them outside the court today protesting, including the families of some of the hostages still held in gaza, th

in the go on heights. despite growing international criticism is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu insisting is really true, will remain in the buffer zone of the board of and syria. he says, to guarantee is real security. also coming up ukraine contaminated with land mines like no other place on earth. tonight will show you the dangerous task of clearing the ground that explosives and time magazine named you as president elect. donald trump is person of the year for the 2nd time. finding a political come back of historic proportions. the hybrid golf is good to have you with this we begin this thursday with is really forces in places they have not been in half a century. this week is really true. pushed deeper into the go one heights, areas that the last entered 15 years ago today, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu pointed to the toppling of the of sod, receiving syria. and said, israel's military will remain in a go one heights buffer zone until border security. but syria can be guaranteed this is the israeli military, in the u. n. monitor demilitarized buffer zone betwee

and mr netanyahu said he had been waiting eight years to tell the truth.s." he denies all of the charges against him. he stood up in the witness box as he was giving his testimony instead of sitting down. and this courtroom is actually in an underground bunker in this court. it was moved here for security reasons. and in terms of the allegations against the prime minister, he's got three criminal cases outstanding. one of them involves receiving gifts from millionaire friends. another one, he's alleged to have passed more favourable regulations for media owners in israel in order to receive more positive press coverage. he has going to continue to appear here to testify, and it will take up quite a significant chunk of his time, because judges ruled last week that he will have to appear three times a week for the next several weeks, at least, as the defence case continues. the french president, emmanuel macron, is convening round—table talks to try gain agreement on a coalition government, and to find a prime minister who could lead it. the previous admini

i'm going to netanyahu's trial has stretched out even more than 4 years. he stands accused of committing fraud, bribery, and breach of trust. in 3 separate cases, case one to 1000 claims netanyahu and his family accepted the loss of such as a supervisor of the one who fights their the best than any other leader in these run. and perhaps, than any other leader in the world, uh, being charged or being convicted will think is legacy. and his critics had accused him of prolonging the horn above the delayed judgment and for maintenance. how our appointment is only concern is his own survival. he wants to stay in power at the same time then john, who has been able to use the trial to school points with his support says it's service his the political constituency said, you see, i'm being hunted a by all kinds of, of negative enemies. even the judy sure system that they find all kinds of false accusations. netanyahu's legal team applied to the light this hearing to they say the prime minister didn't have enough time to prepare his defense because he is too busy wi

in court today, mr netanyahu said this case was based on an ocean of absurdities.er to be standing trial, but his critics, and there were plenty outside court today protesting, including the families of some of the hostages still held in gaza. they say that the prime minister has prolonged and escalated the war is in the middle east for his own political survival, and even to avoid going to jail. he is expected to testify four weeks. thank you, jon. jon donnison there. thousands of women are set to have their claims for equal pay settled, four years after they took action against birmingham city council. the dispute relates to claims that women employed in female—dominated roles such as teaching assistants were underpaid compared to those injobs dominated by men. the council says the payout has partly contributed to it declaring itself bankrupt last year, as phil mackie now reports. all chant: equal pay. equal pay... a small group of women gathered outside the council house in birmingham today in celebratory mood. supported by the union which backed their claim, ar

start with the quote from netanyahu.g that talks are hung up over the number of hostages to be released in a partial deal. according to channel 13. hamas insists on releasing far fewer than israel demands and israel is not willing to budge. channel 12 news reported sunday evening that during the netanyahu/trump conversation the prime minister told the president-elect that the u.s. must pressure negotiators to agree to a much higher number of hostages. so high stakes. what do you think? >> yeah, obviously this is progress. sinwar and those who followed him immediately had the position they were not going to cut any deal on hostages until the idf, israeli's military forces got completely out of gaza. of course, prime minister netanyahu is never going to agree to that. i know from talking to his administration folks that the reality is they intend to stay in gaza for multi-years to make certain that hamas does not rise again. but here we are and the issue is now the number of hostages. so that in itself, dana, is progress.

we heard this across the spectrum, benny gantz, one of the many opposition figures against netanyahunt. fentanyl and benny gantz are essentially have had arrest warrants issued by the icc and if you look at incoming president trump's statement, he doesn't actually identify hamas. either unequivocally or quivically. he doesn't identify gaza or israel. he mentions all of those hostages in the middle east, and he calls out those responsible for crimes against humanity. when talking about arrest warrants that have been issued against benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz, in additioning to mohammad deif from hamas, it looks as though blame for crimes against humanity could be spread across all these groups and doesn't identify necessarily it is hamas to blame. as you mentioned, andrea, he doesn't say what he is going to do. all hell to pay could mean just about anything. the one way in which the hostages have been pursued has been through military pressure and benjamin netanyahu has not relaxed on that and continued to insist that car in gaza continue, and he says that is being done in the