how strong is netanyahu's position right now?se not only does he have to deal with the extreme right in his cabinet — and you've talked about the influence you think that smotrich is wielding upon him — but we also have other pressures upon him. for example, the israeli top general, herzi halevi, has just announced that he's resigning in march because he needs to acknowledge his failures connected to the october 7th hamas attack on southern israel. the general in charge of southern command is also quitting, and that's led some opposition figures to say netanyahu, netanyahu himself has to take responsibility. how much is all this eroding netanyahu's authority? i don't think that it will make a dramatic impact on his political partners presently, except for mr smotrich. if netanyahu will not resume the fighting about a0 days from now. but in terms of public opinion, you have to understand that netanyahu may have the majority in parliament, present parliament in israel, but in all of the polls which were conducted in israel over the

netanyahu.ent he gives different interpretations to different people at a different time of the day for the same text, and then is surprised when everyone is angry at him. well, alan, let's try and explore that a little bit more, because to do that, i want to ask for your thoughts on how specifically donald trump has managed to get this deal over the line with benjamin netanyahu. is it that he's given him an ultimatum? is it transactional? and whichever of those it was or a combination of both, will that pressure from donald trump be sufficient to hold israel, to hold benjamin netanyahu to the deal beyond this initial phase? it should. and you know what? it's not even transactional because in a transaction there's a quid pro quo element. and other than agreeing to the deal, there's no, uh, quo that netanyahu could provide trump with. trump said three times ever since winning the election in november, trump said on three separate occasions. i want this wrapped up. i want this out of sight. i don'

so far, we've not had any response from hamas to mr netanyahu's comments.ad one other development however — egypt, one of the countries which helped to mediate the ceasefire deal, has said that israel will release 1,890 palestinian prisoners in exchange for 33 israeli hostages in the first phase of the ceasefire. and our correspondent jonah fisher had further analysis from jerusalem. the overwhelming message from mr netanyahu in his address was that this was going ahead, but it certainly didn't feel like peace in our time, did it? i mean, part of the reason that he, mr netanyahu, is not talking about this being a permanent ceasefire is because by getting to that point of permanent ceasefire, it throws up all sorts of difficult questions, both for him politically and questions about what happens in gaza. at the moment, with it as a temporary arrangement, it's easy to, if you like, keep the option of war open and indeed not try and tackle some of the significant issues and problems around discussions about gaza's future. there is, it seems, a very difficult d

so plenty of topics dealt with there by benjamin netanyahu. out for me, which is this clear statement that, in his words, this was this is a temporary ceasefire and that israel reserves the right to go back, to send its forces back into gaza and resume the war in the weeks ahead. if the if the two sides do not agree to, to continue and progress to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement. in other words, this is he is not committing at this stage to it being a long term permanent ceasefire. now, i have to say, lauren, that benjamin netanyahu is a man who often says certain things to certain audiences. this is what he is saying to the israeli public. it is no doubt what he has said to his rebellious ministers. there were two ministers in his cabinet from the far right who fiercely objected to the ceasefire deal, and six others who voted against it in the cabinet meeting. we do not, of course, know what assurances he has given to the americans and to the qataris and egyptians behind closed doors over his intentions to make this a permanent ce

netanyahu? have known for a lona netanyahu? have known for a long time _ netanyahu?etanyahu? have known for a long time that itamar - netanyahu? have known for a | long time that itamar ben-gvir long time that itamar ben—gvir andindeed long time that itamar ben—gvir and indeed otherforeign or nationalist members of mr netanyahu's government were not happy with the deal that has been reached in the negotiations in qatar also what has been not clear is what they were going to do about it. that became a little bit clearer about half an hour ago, when we heard from mr ben—gvir. he effectively lambasted the contents of the deal calling it a terrible deal, and said that his party would resign from the government if the deal was passed by the israeli government and security cabinet. what he then went on to say, and this is really the crucial part, is that even if they did leave government, his party would not seek to try and bring down mr netanyahu's administration because that is really the nuclear option that could be played here. if mr ben—gvir was able to persuade the o

netanyahu in relation to gaza discussions.s also problematic for him when we're thinking about his own political strength. here in israel, he relies on, two far right, basically extremist parties to keep his coalition, in a majority. and those, those parties have made it clear that they are not happy that the war is ending. and indeed, they are arguing explicitly that they would like a commitment from mr netanyahu to go back to war in six weeks�* time when this first phase of the ceasefire agreement expires. so some idea there of the political tightrope that's been walked here and why, in mr netanyahu's address, the emphasis was so much on going back to war, the possibility of fighting again rather than anything really about the possibilities of peace. let's take a moment to take a look at how the situation reflects on hamas. khaled elindgy, adjunct professor at georgetown university described the state of its forces. operational terms, hamas has been greatly weakened. its various, you know, battalions and brigades have been,

well, it depends mainly on the israeli side, or netanyahu in particular and his government.man has been so selfish all the time. he prepared his own position and his own coalition to the interests not only of the palestinian people but also the interests of israeli people and israeli prisoners. so it depends on him. we have a deal that will last four to 42 days, then in the process during this time there should be negotiations about the next stages and about complete and final ceasefire. that's where the risk is, because if israel is not cooperative, and if it doesn't proceed with total withdrawal of israeli army from gaza strip which is a very little, small area, and if the ceasefire does not become a complete stop of the war, we face lots of risks and lots of possibilities that more atrocities will happen. palestinians have been subjected to three war crimes here, the war crime of genocide, collective punishment and ethnic cleansing. collective punishment and ethnic cleansina. ., ~ ., , , cleansing. doctor mustapha, yes, i have our cleansing. doctor mustapha, yes, i have y

depends on netanyahu.nds on one person and this is donald trump. in the last week he showed that if the united states really wants something to happen in the middle east and really wants to push israel from its policy, it is possible. for half a year, for eight months. the same proposal was made eight months ago on the table. but the biden administration was threatening israel, proposing the kind of proposals to israel, and warning israel, but they didn't take any measures and israel learned to totally ignore biden. now there is a new boy in town and within a week netanyahu has left all his oppositions and surrendered, there is no other way to put it, and agreed to the ceasefire. so will donald trump continue to be as tough and harsh as he is, or will he lose interest and go for his next problem to be solved? this will depend on donald trump. if he will be as strong and really decisive as he was in the last week, then there will be a second phase. journalist and gideon leavey. some negotiations being kicke

so benjamin netanyahu, netanyahu has been doubling down this morning on his demand that the gaza ceasefire will not begin until hamas provides the names of those hostages to be released as promised in their agreement, preparations had been underway for the transfer of the three female israeli hostages this morning to kick start the weeks long cease fire plan, but now that is all on hold, as you said. and after the prime minister held a security situation assessment overnight regarding the delay in receiving the list of the names of those captives, he gave this instruction to the idf, quote, the cease fire will not begin until israel has received the list of released hostages which hamas has committed to providing now. hamas, in a statement, blamed technical issues, saying this, quote, the hamas movement confirms its commitment to the terms of the ceasefire agreement and points out that the delay in the delivery of the names to be released in the first batch is due to technical field reasons, but despite the delay, palestinians were seen celebrating in the streets of southern gaza, includin

benjamin netanyahu's government is a coalition one.ael getting to a conclusion will rest on the same details. but i do want to reiterate the number one priority here is getting the americans, state departments counting of october last year has seven. they should be home before the inauguration next week or that threat of all hell is still in the table. >> john: let me ask about the feel of an this because benjamin netanyahu stated over and over again that the israeli military operation had to continue until hamas was no longer in a position where it could rule gaza. but now the 11 left in place and antony blinken said the other day that hamas recruited as many militants as it lost during the war over the last 460 whatever days. so hamas is still very much a forest, even though david friedman says it has no future. >> that is the end goal in the best interest of the united states and the prevention of hamas coming back in any form of governance or power in gaza at the end of the fighting. we are at the final stages of it. this is the ha

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and netanyahu then added new terms.nd that that ended up delaying the cease fire agreement until today. and the biden administration was unwilling to put any pressure on israel to take the deal at that time. back in july. and so we are now in a situation in which tens of thousands more people had have perished because of it. so trump was instrumental. he was critical in this, uh, you know, the israeli prime minister believes trump will exert pressure on him and believes trump wants to end the ongoing conflict and wants to see a deal. ultimately, that brings in the entire region. and so i think it can't be understated how influential trump was on netanyahu getting to this point. >> interesting. well, i'm going to wrap that for now. thank you so much. zahra hassan in washington. i was going to say thank you for joining me. and, uh, staying up late for me, but i'm sure you're not going to be going to bed any time soon as you wait and see what happens next. but thank you for now. >> thank you. >> so welcome families of amer

thanks so much, honey. joining us from garza as well as prime minister benjamin netanyahu. his office is released the statement on the seas 5 deal. it reads, how mass has renee is on parts of the agreement reached with the mediators, and as well, in an effort to install last minute concessions. these ready cabinet will not convey and until the media is notify as well how masses except to the limits of the agreement will have asked for its font size. it's already committed to the seas. 5 deal announced by mediators in concert on wednesday for the asthma and the video regarding the claims of his ready permanence to benjamin to, to know his office. i confirmed that how much is committed to what was agreed upon and to the seat fight agreements. that was announced by the mediators and no amendments. why did i hope that such statements from the to know his office? i'm not an attempt to evade that commitment to the ceasefire agreement. and so some of the soho joins us now from my mind because israel has band, i'll just hear from operating that and in the occupied the west bank. so

netanyahu, the prime minister? yes.sters, their lives before and after the 7th of october. happy moments in the past, and the gaps left by the missing and the dead. for the families, the wait is an agony. for israelis and palestinians, the clock is ticking towards the ceasefire far too slowly. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. benjamin netanyahu is under strong pressure from the right—wing of his government, which is deeply critical of the ceasefire deal with hamas. so, what shape is hamas in after 15 months of conflict, and what threat might it still pose? james landale has this assessment. when hamas launched its brutal attack on israel in october the 7th, it was a powerful force. it sent about 3,000 fighters across the border and launched about 5,000 rockets. in all, the armed group and political movement was estimated to have about 30,000 fighters, hidden in hundreds of tunnels across gaza. but after 15 months of war, israel says it is a shadow of its former self. hamas has been decimated. their leadership has been

netanyahu, the prime minister? yes. on the posters, their lives before and after the october 7.py moments in the past, and the gaps left by the missing and the dead. for the families, the wait is an agony. for israelis and palestinians, the clock is ticking towards the ceasefire far too slowly. jeremy bowen, bbc news, jerusalem. joining me live now is paul scham, professor of israel studies at the university of maryland, who has decades of experience working on issues involving israel and palestine. thank you very much for your time. what is your reaction to the news the israeli cabinet has okayed this deal? relief but not surprised. _ has okayed this deal? relief but not surprised. i - has okayed this deal? relief but not surprised. i think- has okayed this deal? relief i but not surprised. i think many of us assume that trump poste make outspoken anger at the idea of the hostages still being held at... idea of the hostages still being held at. . .- being held at... are you surprised _ being held at... are you surprised about - being held at... are you surprised about the - bei

so, not with benjamin netanyahu. so, not down to — with benjamin netanyahu.blinken? no, i don't think— visits by antony blinken? no, i don't think so. _ visits by antony blinken? no, i don't think so. i _ visits by antony blinken? no, i don't think so. i think- visits by antony blinken? no, i don't think so. i think they i don't think so. i think they haven't made very much progress. we keep hearing the same thing, that they are on the brink of a ceasefire, and thenit the brink of a ceasefire, and then it has never happened. it becomes like the boy who cried wolf. if we look slightly more broadly at this in terms ofjoe biden's legacy. he is now in the last week of his presidency. obviously, one could see, were it not for the fact that all of these people involved in these talks are in or heading to doha, one could say that this is what jake sullivan, his national security advisor, which they are not briefing earlier, because they would want to put this on the best possible terms, that they are putting a deal on at the table that is there for the taking. t tab

do we anticipate that could be prime minister netanyahu? some reporting that there may be a meeting in the tom: works next week. that is certainly being reported in the israeli media, a trip to both israel and u.s. officials. that has not been confirmed formally by either side, but if that was to take place next week, it would, of course, be the first visit to a foreign leader by mr. trump since he took office again. mr. netanyahu has recently had prostate surgery, which may be a factor in whether or not he would be able to make the journey this soon. and, of course, there will be much scrutiny on that, because it will be, you know, the first significant visit since the international criminal court issued an arrest warrants both for him and his defense member, former defense minister yoav gallant. that would add to the sense of controversy around the trip, but for the moment, we don't have neither side has confirmed those details. caitriona:caitriona: ok, tom bateman at the state department, thanks so much for joining us. let's bring in our

the neo netanyahu is generally suspected of genocide against palestinians, but i'll say more than that because he continues this more unnecessarily. he's also responsible for the death of israeli soldiers and civilians the back on events, the shapes, the most skill, invalid a newspaper miss all on the battlefield in ukraine. just as k, i was given the green light to strike deep inside russia with nature made myself the very welcome and good morning. it's 11 am here in moscow and you're watching all t international with the very latest world news update. now, top story this holiday suspect in the new orleans call rounding that claimed at least 15 lives, have posted videos online, suggesting he was, inspires quite isis. the us president stood live and confirm the probable link kid remarks following the deputy attack. the deputy also reported to me the mere hours before they attacked the post, the videos on social media indicating, is inspired by isis, especially desire to kill, desire to kill. you guys, flag was found this vehicle. would you read it to conduct this attack? the. the picku

and yahoo government has is wally blood on it in the own netanyahu is generally suspected of genocide against palestinians, but i'll say more than that because he continues this war unnecessarily. he's also responsible for the death of israeli soldiers and civilians. the current events, the shapes, the yeah, most scale invalid a supersonic me saw on the battlefield in ukraine. joseph k. f was given the green light this point think inside russia with nate. so it made smith down the mid day here in the russian capital. and you're watching aussie international with the latest world news updates and very well welcome to you. our top story, this out. the suspects in the new orleans call roaming. they claimed at least 15 lives, had posted videos online, suggesting he was inspired by isis, the u. s. presidential biden concerns the probable link and remarks following the deputy a task y'all's report to be the mere hours before the attack. he follows the videos on social media indicating there is inspired by isis, especially desire to kill, desire to kill, or the guys of slides found this vehi

i think in broad terms, netanyahu? i think in broad terms. people _ netanyahu? people will- netanyahu? i think in broad terms, people will be - netanyahu? i think in broadl terms, people will be feeling the same as yesterday because we know there are some fiery members of the government who are completely against this idea of an exchange —— far right members. others are very supportive and a lot of the families will tell you that they should have happened months ago and the government should have prioritised this more and they are disappointed it didn't happen soon enough. so people are pretty in their opinions but this is a fragile peace deal and what happens in the days and weeks to come is not at all clear that rather precarious. not at all clear that rather precarious-— not at all clear that rather precarious. not at all clear that rather recarious. ., ~ , ., a precarious. thank you. nick in tel aviv- _ a large number of palestinian prisoners have also begun arriving in ramallah in the west bank. our correspondentjon donnison was there as the buses arrived a

benjamin netanyahu has benjamin neta nyahu has consistently benjamin netanyahu has consistently said there would be total victory, in his words, meaning the total destruction of hamas. but is that even possible to mock this is a movement which has run gaza since 2006. frankly, who support has actually increased in some parts because of the attacks by israel. with antony blinken, the outgoing us secretary of state, speaking at the atlanta council yesterday, saying that every hamas militant who has been killed as manage to recruit another strip the implication being that you can wipe out the leadership of hamas, you can wipe out hamas militants, but you can't destroy the ideology, especially when more than 116,000 people have been killed in gaza in the last 15 months and everyone has seen those truths deeds of sufferings in gaza. so israel has not achieved its aim of destroying hamas. that said, the incoming fire from gaza into israel is largely subsided. and, yes, the senior leadership of the group has been wiped out. going forward, the question is, whether hamas would play any part a

netanyahu's government.ot appear to be the plan, and so it would appear that we are going to see maybe tomorrow, maybe saturday, the israeli security cabinet and government meet to finally take a closer look at the cease-fire agreement. ben: and that meeting delayed, pushed back because the israelis were not happy with what hamas were asking for in terms of concessions. jonah: well, that's what we were told earlier in the day. it is hard to know whether it really was about these extra concessions which we were told were the problem because we had a briefing by the israeli prime minister spokesman making a clear that the holdup was due to the fact that hamas had insisted on changing some parts of the agreement. was it that, or was it more related to the turmoil going on behind the scenes in relation to these members of mr. netanyahu's government who are clearly not happy with the agreement? the issues related to the cease-fire agreement, these details do now appear to have been ironed out. there has been conf

israeli prime minister benyamin netanyahu has repeatedly neta nyahu has repeatedly promised netanyahudly promised to destroy hamas. so after 125 months of conflict, what state is the group in. our diplomatic correspondent has this assessment. when hamas launched its brutal attack on israel in october 7, it was a powerful force. it sent about 3,000 fighters across the border and launched about 5,000 rockets. in all, the armed group and political movement was estimated to have about 30,000 fighters, hidden in hundreds of tunnels across gaza. but after 15 months of war, israel says it is a shadow of its former self. hamas has been decimated. their leadership has been eliminated. their rocket arsenal has been destroyed. their tunnel network has been compromised. their operational capabilities have been shattered. they are no longer the force they once were. certainly, many senior figures have been killed. hamas' political leader, ismail haniyeh, was assassinated in tehran injuly. it sent about 3,000 fighters across the border and launched about 5,000 rockets. in all, the armed group and p

the neo netanyahu is generally suspected of genocide against palestinians. but i'll say more because he continues this more unnecessarily. he's also responsible for the death of israeli soldiers and civilians. and to look back at the benefits shaped the most colon valdez people's only can we saw on the baffled building crane. just as t edwards keeps with the lights is pointing in solely russia with me to made miss the . this is all the international life on most of those changes. it was good to have your companies. we bring you, your local news updates plenty to get through this january, the 2nd of what we're going to stop in the us. and this is because it's a merge that the suspect in the new orleans call rhyming. the claim that is 15 lives had posted videos online, suggesting that he was inspired by isis president joe biden has confirmed that probable link following the deputy attack. your hours reported to be the mere hours before the attack. he posed the videos on social media indicating, is inspired by isis, especially desire to kill, desire to kill, or

and benjamin netanyahu has been meeting with these ministers lucky. some are big beer and bits on it, smelt rich to try and warm them up to the idea of a ceasefire. but their comments have been pretty straightforward about where they stand. do some are ben beer is trying to get ventilated smart words with him to leave the government? if this deal comes to a vote within these really parliament, if it passes with benjamin netanyahu, has also been speaking with these really negotiating team that's in del, how is the longest they've been in doha. this is also the 1st time since august of 2024, but all 3 negotiators, the head of israel's massage, the head of israel should in bed. and the representative from these really military have been together for the negotiations. and they've been talking to net and y'all who constantly about the mandate that he gave them. but it's also worth mentioning that there were a lot of red lines previously in that mandate. it's still a little bit unclear exactly what netanyahu told them that they could have some wiggle room o

something netanyahu has utterly failed to form. we demand that he agreed to a hostage release deal with a cease fire, which is also in israel's interest, is real nice security and end to this blood shed. and to conclude this horrific chapter to begin on october 7th, which is entirely his fault. well, to turkey and now with tens of thousands of people convene during these symbols, the loss of bridge. this was on new year's day and to show of support for the palestinian corps and made the ongoing cottage in garza. this was organized by coalition is some 300 n g o is causing national we'll platform, demonstration showcasing widespread support for garza. now the process comes in response to escalate to violence in the region. the reports estimating now the policy and in depth of support. 45000 people since the conflict began. present sonya address and media crowd stressing the need for continued support to 1000. i'm criticizing as well as actions led to the muslims in syria were determined and patient and they achieved victory after si

they want prime minister netanyahu to resume the war.f the 1,200 killed in the october attacks are everywhere in israel. this was outside the prime minister's office — also a reminder that israelis are deeply divided over the best way to get the hostages back. netanyahu's critics say he's broken his promise to rescue the hostages by destroying hamas completely. instead, he's made a deal with hamas. translation: our message is very clear. _ that a ceasefire deal is a surrender to hamas. we will only support a deal if all hostages are released. that would send the message to the enemy that we are the rulers. benjamin netanyahu's coalition crisis is going to be of little importance to donald trump, who is always going to put the interests of his own presidency first, and he wants to re—enter the white house being able to claim, with some justification, that he was able to deliver a ceasefire that joe biden could not. now, longer term, the structure of the ceasefire could be a problem, because it's over a period of weeks and months and it's

and this is the last thing netanyahu wants. so i think this will be the main question tomorrow when the israeli cabinet votes what those two parties, led by, uh, jewish supremacists. uh itamar ben gvir, the minister of national security and radical right wing minister of finance, bezalel smotrich, both of them said that this deal is a disaster. they will most likely vote against it, but also most likely stay in the government. >> um, well, that is definitely something we're going to be watching. thank you so much for that, barak. appreciate it. i want to go now to alayna treene, who is in west palm beach near donald trump's mar-a-lago home. alana, we have been talking about some of the statements we've seen coming onto donald trump's social media feed. uh, claiming credit, saying that this is, uh, this is because he was elected his incoming national security advisor. mike waltz just retweeted, or we retrieved one of his statements saying that this is the trump effect. and, you know, uh, i'm sure they're they're saying that. and

the old netanyahu is generally suspected of genocide against palestinians, but i'll say more than because he continues this war unnecessarily. he's also responsible for the death of israeli soldiers, and so the bank on events, the shapes, the small sco unveiled they supersonic, missed all on the battlefield. and ukraine justice tia was given the green light to strike thing inside russia with nate road made the it's when pm here in the russian capital, the new watching all the international with the latest world news updates and very well and welcome to the top story. this are the suspects and the new orleans that call rhyming. they claim that these 15 lives have posted videos online, suggesting he was inspired by isis. u. s. president joe biden concerns the probable late and pay remarks following the deputy attack. jeffrey aus reported to be the mere hours before the attack. he post the videos on social media indicating, is inspired by isis. especially desire to kill, desire to kill. you guys flag was found this vehicle. would you read it to conduct this attack? the pickup truck flushed i

something netanyahu has utterly failed to perform. we demand that he agreed to a hostage release deal with a cease fire, which is also in israel's interest, is real nice security an end to this blood shed. and to conclude this horrific chapter to begin on october 7th, which is entirely his fault. the one human rights office is also accused as well. a full thing dawns as health system into ruin. this comes amid the idea of detention for 6 days now of the director of what was once a t regional hospital doctor whose son i will say is director of canal as one hospital which was forcibly evacuated by the idea on december 27th. sophia continued to cast the wounded on, refused to leave his patients during the attacks on northern gauze, them. he was briefly arrested once before by his ready forces and along with other hospitals. stuff was detained for alleged links to him. last last week, a video circulating on social media shows what all set to be medics on patients from come all on one hospital being forced to to evacuate a gun points the h

but there is also hope, the okay, that was benjamin netanyahu. these rarely prime minister, the speaking reiterating that the cabinet has approved the agreements to the safe spot and the release of the captives. he did reiterate that uh, the 1st stage of the deal is only temporary, is a temporary cease fire. he said its donald trump, and joe biden back is rouse right to resume funding if the 2nd stage is fruitless. and he said, if we must return to financing, we will do that. and you forceful wise, me to go now to stephanie deca who is in a mine because this route has been delta 0 from operating there, as well as in the occupied with bank and see if, as we're talking to you in listening to this in yahoo, we're also seeing hundreds of protest as intel as a loved ones is kept instead of being held to 15 months in gaza. i think a lot of people suspected this, but so what comes much of a surprise that the 1st prize, the way that israel is describing it, calling it a temporary cease fire? so yes, so this is the deal that netanyahu didn't ideally want

netanyahu - eye towards. let's talk about tomorrow. netanyahu of- eye towards.ways pledged to eradicate hamas, as we were hearing from our correspondent there, it certainly wasn't happening with those pictures now in palestine. it is a failure on his part? i palestine. it is a failure on his part?— his part? i would suggest utterly s0- _ his part? i would suggest utterly so. i _ his part? i would suggest utterly so. ithink- his part? i would suggest. utterly so. i think netanyahu from the beginning refused repeated efforts from the international community led by the us to put up an alternative, a viable alternative, a viable alternative, to hamas. the push from the international community was that to's foil, you could say, the palestinian authority which has a semi— autonomy in the west bank netanyahu, either due to his own politics or due to the politics of his coalition partners who have refused any role for the palestinian authority and what that meant was that all these arab countries that we may be willing to help take part in the reconstruction process, he

a supporter of netanyahu. and and so he didn't want to be tough on netanyahu because he didn't want to get criticized by the republicans. trump campaigned by telling saying he was going to be more supportive of netanyahu. and then as soon as he got elected, he switched and pressured netanyahu. so the republicans were talking out of both sides of their mouth. they're saying that joe biden, you have to support netanyahu 100%. whatever he wants to do. and hamas is the problem. and as it turns out, trump revealed very skillfully, actually, that netanyahu was the roadblock to table. >> a question here that has slipped through the cracks, as i recall, netanyahu has been charged by the hague. that's still out there with other leaders of hamas as well. the only countries he can travel to are israel and the united states. they're the only ones that don't abide by the hague order. if his plane ever runs out of fuel in another country, he'll go to trial in the hague. how do you feel about that? >> well, he won't. that wo

netanyahu has completely rejected any of that. and so without any alternative, you're left with hamas de facto in power. um, and mostly just no strategic difference. since october 6th, 2023. >> yeah. let me ask you about that directly then, in terms of that so-called day after, if we get that far, the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas, has said the pa is ready to assume full responsibility in gaza. so you're saying that's a nonstarter, that that just won't happen. >> as far as the israeli government and netanyahu is concerned, that's a nonstarter. but there, you know, and there is a lot of problems with mahmoud abbas. he's also not willing to reconcile his issues with hamas and other factions because he himself has centralized power over so long. um, but, you know, there there's no way that there will be a day after that makes sense for palestinians. and that is sensible also for long term israeli security. if hamas doesn't have some kind of acquiescence or buy in into what happens there, and if the palestinians themse

i, i think that the mistaken steps here were taken by netanyahu. i think netanyahu way back in may, couldn't imagine an end to this war. he also spent this month shoring himself up politically. he brought another party into his coalition. this is going to sound pretty tinny and pretty superficial and pretty uncharitable on my part, because the war during these eight wasted months has brought israel very significant results, including basically eliminating hezbollah as a real player, eliminating hamas as a serious political player, but still, for the israeli population, the civilian israeli population, the idea that their children died in army service. it's a conscript army. the six hostages, including the american citizen goldberg, poland, those who were executed in september. the idea that all of them could still be alive, and that this same deal was on the table in may, and that netanyahu simply dismissed it, is not going to be easy to swallow. and paradoxically, i think the idea that that is going to shock israelis is actually going to help neta

wonder if those held capital contains nothing on his government has, is wally blood on his hon. netanyahu is generally suspected of genocide against palestinians, but also in more than that because he continues this war unnecessarily. he's also responsible for the death of israeli soldiers and civilians. how many members of had gone to the hospital directly to detained during the forceful evaluation of come all on one hospital quality as well. but he's in medias really the very moment. welcome on. good morning. it's just on 8 and here in moscow, and you're watching on see international with the latest world news updates on top story, the solid, the suspects in the new orleans call rounding that came to these 15 lives, had posted videos online, suggesting he was inspired by isis he was president, joy bite and confirmed faces. space is link it remarks following the deadly attack . y'all's reported to be the mere hours before the attack. he posed the videos on social media indicating, is inspired by isis, especially desire to kill, desire to kill, or the guy says slide was found this vehicle

and netanyahu turned away from that. actually believe the reason we're here is simply because the president trump, i'm not, i'm not saying he's a friend to the potter's to me and people will know the united states as cool, little shops here. the head thing here is, tom said he wanted this done by the 20th of january, therefore it must be over by the 20th of january. and i think that was a message to benjamin netanyahu even just statements last week when he basically said all hell will break loose and gaza if you know this continues. well, that was lots of old people in gaza around even come off in the sense that got a he noticed a gas is already being level, you know, we'll know by some estimates that could be 300000 that and definitely it was 20000 children's dawsons have been bombed indiscriminately as saw, so they knew that that wasn't really a message that was a message to benjamin netanyahu, which was also reinforced by his, that of trump's invoice, the wit, costs and force, basically israel, kansas. and i should ge

the neo netanyahu is generally suspected of genocide against palestinians, but i'll say more than because he continues this war unnecessarily. he's also responsible for the deaths of israeli soldiers and civilians. and they look back at the events that shape the most co, unavailable keep us only can we saw along the bottles. fielding crane just as p. f was given a green light just by thinking side. russia, with nato made the time not to bring you up today or what's happening across the world. hey, on, on the international. good to have your company as we dig into those top stories. and of course, much more what we're going to start now in the us because it's a much that the suspect, new orleans call robbing that claim the lives of at least 15 people had posted videos online, suggesting that he was inspired by isis president joe biden has confirmed up front of the link following the deputy attack. jeffrey also reported to be the mere hours before the attack. he post the videos on social media indicating, is inspired by isis. especially desire to kill, desire to kill. you guys fly goose fou

netanyahu's office says due to the strong insistence of prime minister benjamin netanyahu, hamas folded on its last minute demands to change the deployment of idf forces in the philadelphia corridor. what his office is saying there is that hamas, at the last minute, according to israel, tried to change something around the arrangement of how israeli forces were supposed to be deployed along the egypt gaza border. now, this has been one of the key stumbling blocks throughout these negotiations. israel refusing to fully withdraw from that border, saying that if it does, hamas will resume smuggling weapons back into gaza from egypt and that it will rearm. we are waiting to see the final draft of this deal, to fully understand what has been agreed upon along that very contentious border. the second sentence of this statement from netanyahu's office says. however, several items in the framework have yet to be finalized. we hope that details will be finalized tonight. now, chris, we are seeking clarification from prime minister netanyahu's office about what exactly they mean that several item

with netanyahu, putting the pressure on and saying publicly, you have to do this deal before i take just deal before i take office which isjust and a deal before i take office which is just and a few days, and steve wheatcroft was in israel and qatar, and the israeli press is reporting stern messages he has sent to the israelis, basically saying the deal has to be signed, you are going to sign this deal, enough is enough, and donald trump saying there will be trouble like you have never seen before if this deal is not signed up immense pressure.- if this deal is not signed up immense pressure. how confident are ou immense pressure. how confident are you about _ immense pressure. how confident are you about the _ immense pressure. how confident are you about the second - immense pressure. how confident are you about the second and - are you about the second and third stages? there are details about the first stage and prisoner exchanges but much less clear about the second stage and the third.- stage and the third. that is ri . ht. stage and the third. that is right- i'm _ stage and

netanyahu followed the american. dictates almost, i would say very good ones, by the way, but without this, we would continue and continue like it was under biden, with all kind of trips, round trips of the secretary of state and other envoys, which led to nowhere. >> certainly there is reason for pessimism, but we still have to emphasize how much joy and relief there is right now. as we saw about half an hour ago, the four israeli hostages being released, gideon levy in tel aviv. thank you so much for being with us. really appreciate it. all right. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to bring in ambassador alon pinkas, former israeli consul general in new york, joining us live via skype from tel aviv. good to see you again. we just spoke yesterday, you know, hoping for moments like these, seeing those four hostages released. take me through the emotions as you were watching along. >> well, kim, you know, it's just like you have a split screen on television. you have a split screen, and, you know, inside people's m

this is something that i think netanyahu wanted to do. so yes, he does have his right wing cabinet members that he has to, you know, take into account. but i do think he holds sway within that cabinet. and he could have forged this deal earlier. but again, i think he had an agenda, not just in gaza, but i think at that time also, he was anticipating that lebanon and hezbollah was going to also be in his target list. and so therefore that's why he waited. but he gets a benefit. now with trump coming in, he can offer a gift to the incoming administration, but also as a way to, i think, recognize the tremendous efforts that the biden administration made over the past, you know, year plus. >> yeah, i think biden was right to come out and say, this is his deal. it's a deal that he already had put on the table. eamon, let's talk about the bigger regional sort of picture here, because you do have, as director brennan mentioned, you have lebanon, you have syria, which has seen the bashar al assad regime fall. you still have issues in yemen. it's

netanyahu, netanyahu himself has committed to that. we see the provocations simultaneously in the west bank, not part of this deal, but something that could easily create a much more different environment, whether that's jenin, the epicenter of the israeli military actions, thousands there being removed, destruction of infrastructure, more palestinians arrested, dispossessed, more closures. and today was a good day, kim. but we can expect, i think it's almost a given that in some of these future release days, it won't be smiling, waving people. it will be, uh, dead bodies. and also every day palestinians are going to be pulling dead women, children, men out of the rubble as that death toll goes up even further. so an awful lot that still needs to be done in order for more days like today to be witnessed in the future. >> yeah, today, as you say, a good day and even in a good day. we've seen, uh, hiccups in every exchange so far, but certainly nothing compared to what we're going to see as we try to get to the next phases. are is your i

what would be a - message to benjamin netanyahu right now? message to ben'amin netanyahu riaht now?eryone back home. and for _ right now? bring everyone back home. and for the _ right now? bring everyone back home. and for the world, - right now? bring everyone back home. and for the world, when j home. and for the world, when the last— home. and for the world, when the last hostages home, we know there _ the last hostages home, we know there will— the last hostages home, we know there will be a permanent ceasefire. and the world has to decide — ceasefire. and the world has to decide how to help israel and the idf— decide how to help israel and the idf for who will manage gaza — the idf for who will manage gaza. because we all understand the terror— gaza. because we all understand the terror organisation did what — the terror organisation did what it— the terror organisation did what it did on october 7th and did what— what it did on october 7th and did what it did to the gazans. it did what it did to the gazans. it is _ did what it did to the gazans. it is not — did what it did to

captive, who says in espanol, whose government has this waiting on its hat forwarded to the old netanyahu's, generally suspected of genocide against palestinians. but also more than that because he continues this more unnecessarily. he's also responsible for the death of israeli soldiers and civilians. and they look back at the events that shaped the most co unveiled with super sonic me. so i will on the battlefield in ukraine just to see if was different. a green light point inside last year with nature made me solve the, with the global update. this is all to international. good to have you with this as we take you through what's unfolding in the world. but we all going to spell it in the us, where it's a merge the suspect in the new orleans call rhyming mclean. the lives of at least 15 people had posted videos online, suggesting that he was inspired by isis president joe biden has confirmed that probable link following the deputy attack. the deputy also reported to me the mere hours before they attacked the post, the videos on social media indicating, is inspired by isis, especially desi

and that gives political space to prime minister netanyahu. and we're going to see him take advantage of that and push back against his most hard line folks in his coalition. then, of course, the x factor here is the region. the middle east countries are now fully invested in this qatar, egypt, turkey, saudi arabia. they are there. they were at the table there talking about a future. they're talking about potential peace. while they're going to have to pay for it, pony up a lot of funds and work with the israelis and the americans on a reconstruction project, as well as a political program for a day after. but all those big picture factors coalesced. and so president biden and his team, big kudos for sticking with it all the way to the end, almost to the fully the 11th hour of the administration to get this really important deal done for the hostages and the palestinian people. >> joel isaac herzog, of course, the president of israel is speaking right now, but it's in hebrew. so we'll see what he has to say about this. but when you talk about

donald trump clearly had real leverage over bibi netanyahu and a funny sort of way, because bibi netanyahu no longer had the leverage of going around joe biden to donald trump. it was a little bit like nixon going to china. right? so trump has the evangelicals, has conservative american jews. and i think that will help get this deal. certainly phase one, probably phase two, because you've got to get all the hostages back. but and that's the big but maybe also the deal with the saudis. i don't think, though, there is any appetite that i have discovered for tackling the fundamentals of the israeli-palestinian issue. so no one should look at this. as good as this is, as welcome. this is this ain't peace. totally agree with you. we are not far down that road at all. to you, bob uecker, we talked about this morning. this is still the first inning here. we've got a long, long ways to go. this is real. not just this israeli government. joe israel has changed in part because of october 7th, in part because of demographics. i'm not sure israel is psychologically and politically prepared to go much