, the structural -- pal stipe, the structural factor is the growing movement and solidarity with pal stipe, the protest movement on the streets of london and in many other parts of the world, where people went on the streets and we saw the campaign becoming successful. there's a second important factor, which reflect the changes in public opinion towards israel. i think that is the revolution in the middle east, which has related a critical change compared to the situation of the last massacre in 2008. since then, we have had the revolutions and many countries across the rhymon, and they have not only overthrown the pit call order, but allowed us to imagine different political solutions for the region as such. >>> still to come on the programme - it's killed more than 650 people. now the deadly ebola virus spreads to mij earia. >> watch -- nigeria. watch out for the traffic in nepal. but are bikes the april to cope with the cronn -- answer to cope with the chronic pollution and congestion. >> and sport - why a tough running race had a change of scenery this year. >>> the fighting in

>> honestly i almost gained the respect of the people in pal stipe, you know, the people -- palestinenow, the people in the middle east. at the end of the day what is happening in gaza, this is not something i joke about, i do not joke about the cliche things, i don't talk about issues with airports. i don't do that comedy. my comedy is more than ode to them, almost to pay respect, to show i have not forgotten my culture, and looela is the same way, we haven't forgotten, we are in and here at the same time. >> in terms of a type of activism. no matter how different or geography or beliefs or religion, things typify us. when you use comedy, you are tapping into something everybody experiences. is there a unity that you find in that. is there a bridge that you are creating. >> they say laughter sa universal language. when people try to recall articles they read. they can't remember who wrote it or what they say. when they quote john adjournment they say here is what they say, here is how it's said. when you get someone to laugh, it takes down the walls and allows them to see, hey, he's

basically, i mean, israelis respect of the leadership of pal stipe, they should listen to the advice and report, because all of the number of casualties will undermine the authorities, if they want mahmoud abbas to be more popular they have - they should allow people so have a normal life, a dz ep people to -- dozen people to have a normal life. this is not happening. >> that is not what is happening to gazans now. they are fleeing their homes, trying to seek shelter anywhere they can find, as israel's bombardment campaign continues. we have seen people fleeing and people arriving in hospitals that are overwhelmed with patients. paramedics, our correspondent told us, are targeted. two of them have been killed in the last two hours. doctor, we spoke to that they were forced to turn patients away from a clinic because they couldn't cope. >> earlier my cole eke spoke to a nor weegan doctor in gaza, and he said there's a large, large number of civilian casualties. >> we are receiving loads of injured from the shajaiya area, and we were flown over by two f-16 fighters, firing a large numb

and free pal stipe. united states, israel, europe consider hamas terrorists. when israel pulled out the gaza in 2005. its borders largely became sealed. israel opened its border, main for the seriously hurt. israel left hamas to take over the strip and ruled the land an a de facto state government. the leader lives in exile. >> people tend to make the mistake of thinking hamas has an agenda against israel. it has a domestic agenda. >> it includes running hospitals, schools, soup kitchens in an area where people live in poverty. cut off from much of the world, food is expensive and hard to find. weapons and rockets are smuggled in. sense 2012, they have grown powerful. hamas, like syria and iran, their relationship is strained and their group strength is questioned. >> hamas is challenged internally and has been quickly weakened. >> now a look at the israeli military. israel uses fighter jets, helicopters and drones to fire missiles into gaza. it has tank and 20,000 troops on the border. warships have been firing missiles from the mediterranean sea. coming up,

neil: stiping back -- steppinee decisions, there is no love lost, some others say he is breaking new ground. fair is fair everyone splitting, you broke that model, this seems to be model going forward. i am ask you, is this fair? the way you do it? >> well, fair in sense that if money -- if money can compensate innocent victims of loss that is a tough sell to give people money instead of a lost loved one or a horrible injury or a loss of limb, it is not fair in that sense. life is unfair. it is unfair. i think that a program like this, is designed to provide a voluntary alternative to years of litigation, and an individual choice. it is an individual choice, but i don't think this is the wave of the future, there are a number of times you find a program like this gm, bp, 9/11. they are rare in total scheme. neil: i mean just over last more than decade, they have not been that rare. >> three, every day in this country people go to court. they go to judges, jurys, witnesses. they hear the case, jury decides, that is the american way, i think programs like gm and bp, even 9/11, very rar

he works agency for pal stipe in gaza -- palestine in gaza. >> before the violence unemployment was over 40% in gaza, with a recent challenge of the former government to pay salaries, the people that are unemployed, unpaid is over 50%. the situation is dire. people have eight hours of electricity, eight hours to battle electricity, pumping water, problems with sewerage. the situation is intolerable for most people in gaza. >> you talk about the destruction since last week, a hospital, three clinics. are the civilians injured being properly cared for? >> to the extent they can. prior to the conflict the situation of medical care in gaza was dire. over half the drugs needed were not in stock. many of the disposables were not in stock. the world health organization has been doing a lot of work and we are looking at stocks to see what we could donate to the workings to provide -- world health organisation to provide material to see that people refused proper treatment. >>> the main hospital has gone through 55% of its medical supplies. why are we not seeing more supplies entering gaza? >> th