david: tom bateman there in jerusalem.ollywood actress went of paltrow is due to take the stand on friday in a court case involving a skiing accident. she is being sued by a retired optometrist to claim she caused a collision in 2016. she denies the claim, now the loggers are also gaining some unwanted attention of their own. take a look at thi >> true or false. >> someone would get hurt anyway, i think i just said that. >> they went down to the bottom of the hill, and who was waiting for her daughter, apple? now 18, then eight. 11,orry, got that mixed up. true or false. >> if you can't answer it with a yes or a no, just indicate that. just say are really can't answer that yes or no. did you hear everything i just said? >> i still can't hear. >> defendant went of paltrow new that looking up the mountain into the side, or skiing down the mountain was dangerous. by looking up and to the side, she knew what she was doing was dangerous. she knew it was reckless. and somebody would get hurt anyway, i thi i just said that. david

david: our middle east correspondent, tom bateman there .ormer chief executive of starbucks, howard schultz, has denied so-called unionbusting in his most pointed public comments yet in the ongoing dispute between labor unions and the coffee giant in the u.s. officials repeatedly accused the firm of reaching federal laws including wrongfully firing workers. as a result, mr. schulz, who stepped down as the starbucks boss this month, was called to appear before congress to answer more about the findings. he was once the darling of politicians on the left. howard schultz is another demon, it seems. tell us more. reporter: the hearing was very testy. a lot of really pointed questions from senators. howard schultz used to be this democrat, this leading pioneer when it came to good fair wages for their workers, but the scene was very different. have a listen to some of the testy exchange. >> over the past 18 months, starbucks has waged the most aggressive and illegal unionbusting campaign in the modern history of our country. that unionbusting cam

tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem.he violence that's accompanied the latest day of mass demonstrations against the reform of the pension system. there were clashes in numerous french cities as more than a million people took to the streets to demand president emmanuel macron withdraw the increase of the age of retirement to 64. in paris, police clashed with hundreds of demonstrators, but some of the worst scenes were in the western city of bordeaux, where the entrance to the town hall was set ablaze. police have made almost 200 arrests. the world athletics council has announced that no female transgender athlete who has gone through male puberty will be permitted to compete in female world ranking competitions from the 31st of march. officials argue that such athletes would have an unfair advantage in strength and muscle mass. earlier, i wasjoined by sports illustrated copy chiefjulie kliegman, who told me she doesn't think the ban is fair. i don't. i think leaders like sebastian set up this false dichotomy between fai

our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports.ting today outside the israeli parliament. this country is gripped by unprecedented turmoil, and a leader who had been refusing to give in. we are fighting for our democracy, and we won't give up. the brutality of what is happening is overwhelming, and if it continues, it will be irreversible. all day, they demanded mr netanyahu back down but they were met with silence and security forces. the police are now pushing the protesters back from this point. we've seen mounted police, as the crowd erupts here. this is a battle between the opposition and mr netanyahu's forces of the far right and the ultra religious inside the building. and all the while, the rest of the country is coming to a complete standstill. demonstrators blocked highways and strike grounded planes at the main airport. israel was being shut down. while things were boiling over inside the parliament. for months mr netanyahu's coalition has pushed its plans to severely limit the power of the courts, saying that people vot

tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem.at the high court in london, as legal proceedings get under way in a privacy case brought by him and a number of other high—profile figures against a newspaper publisher. the group, which includes sir eltonjohn and doreen lawrence, who also came to court today, are suing associated newspapers, which publishes the daily mail and the mail on sunday. tom symonds reports from the high court. hello, guys, morning. it is only day one of what could be a long, legal battle, no witnesses giving evidence, just procedure, so when prince harry turned up bit seem to send a message, he will be fighting this battle in person. and it wasn'tjust him, eltonjohn wasn't just him, elton john arrived wasn'tjust him, eltonjohn arrived next and headed to the plastic centre court 76 to sit next to his husband, david furnish, and then baroness lawrence, mothered of murdered stephen. along with liz hurley, sadie ross and former mp sir simon hughes, they are accusing the male and mail on sunday of bugging cars an

tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem.s state of tennessee say the woman who shot dead six people, including three children, at a christian primary school in nashville had planned attacks in multiple locations. the 28—year—old, who identified as transgender, was shot dead at the scene. nada tawfik has this report. children running for their lives in the midst of yet another mass shooting. this time, it happened in nashville, tennessee, at the covenant school, a private christian institution for children between four to 12 years old. it was slightly after 10am when emergency services got the call of an active shooter and rushed to the scene. the response was a swift one, taking officers less than 15 minutes to stop the shooter — a 28—year—old nashville woman armed with two assault rifles and a handgun. officers entered the first storey of the school, began clearing it. they heard shots coming from the second level. they immediately went to the gunfire. when the officers got to the second level, they saw a shooter, a female,

tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem.y a retired optometrist, who claims she caused a collision on a utah mountainside back in 2016. ms paltrow denies the claim, and — whilst her involvement has spurred coverage of the case around the world — the lawyers are also gaining some unwanted attention of their own. take a look at this.... yes orfalse? true orfalse. and somebody would get hurt anyway, i think ijust said that. no, no, no. 11. 11, sorry, i got that mixed up. they went down to the bottom of the hill. - and who was waiting for her, her daughter, apple? - now, 18, then eight, ithink. no, no, no. 11. 11, sorry, i got that mixed up. yes or false. true or false? if you can't answer it with a yes or no, just indicate that, just say, "i really can't answer that with a yes or no." no, it's... did you hear everything ijust said? no, i thought you were... gwyneth paltrow knew that looking up the mountain and to the side... - ladies and gentlemen... still can't hear. the defendant, gwyneth paltrow, i knew that looking up the m

tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem.managing editor of the jerusalem post website. it is great to get you on the programme, iwant it is great to get you on the programme, i want to get your thoughts on the fact that is the suspension of the law the end of the political pride crass —— crisis or a pause? it political pride crass -- crisis or a ause? , , . ., , ., pause? it is very much a pause on what has been _ pause? it is very much a pause on what has been happening - pause? it is very much a pause on what has been happening until- pause? it is very much a pause on l what has been happening until now. we have seen protests reached very, very large numbers, hundreds of thousands reaching jerusalem, tel aviv and different central areas throughout the country. this is currently being paused, this isn't actually not moving forward at all. and that is why they say suspension. in reality, the knesset is going on a break the passover holiday and will be back after april 30, in reality we are going to see the same arise, the sa

from jerusalem, tom bateman sent this report.�* plan to overhaul their court. weeks of protest are boiling over into is a bitter division. this is a fight for the flag. and now, it is spilling blood onto the streets of tel aviv. they sprayed us with mace. and then, i tried to stop him and he hit me with a can on the face. how does this make you feel about all of this — what's happening in your country? we have a dictator in israel that is trying to make these people hurt us. you tell your government, you tell your people. the demonstrators had reached the british embassy last week, wanting foreign governments to add pressure as mr netanyahu heads abroad, visiting london today. they warned of dystopia and dictatorship and a muzzling of legal protections by the new coalition of the ultra—religious and the far—right. this government is the first post—zionist messianic government. my father and his brothers didn't fight in wars for a theocracy for orthodox jews. the israeli leader is caught between deepening dissent and a coalition h

tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. day's news, visit our website, bbc news online, or click on our app. that's all for now on bbc news. i am monica miller. goodbye for now. hello. quite an ominous—looking sky behind me with heavy showers forecast for friday, perhaps with hail and thunder. and indeed, the outlook is looking very unsettled. sunday onwards, it'll also turn quite a bit colder, particularly across the northern half of the uk. now, here's the satellite picture — look at this broad area of cloud to the south, that brought the rain on thursday evening. but the centre of the low pressure here now, a very large area of low pressure, is approaching ireland — and within this centre of low pressure, we have frequent showers circling. so from early morning onwards, the winds will start to strengthen across many western parts of the uk. it's already cloudy with showers across scotland and northern ireland, but in england and wales it'll actually start off pretty clear — and in fact, lots of sunshine expected early in

tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem.rivacy case, brought by him and a number of other high profile figures. they include sir eltonjohn and doreen lawrence, who were also in court, suing associated newspapers, which publishes the daily mail and the mail on sunday. here's tom symonds. morning. hi, guys. morning. it's only day one of what could be a long legal battle. no witnesses giving evidence, just procedure. so when prince harry suddenly turned up, it seemed to send a message. he'll be fighting this battle in person. and it wasn'tjust him. eltonjohn arrived next, and headed to the plastic seats of court 76 to sit next to his husband, david furnish. and then baroness lawrence, mother of murdered stephen. along with liz hurley, sadie frost and the former mp sir simon hughes, who are accusing the publisher of the mail and mail on sunday of bugging cars and homes, listening to private telephone calls, paying police officials and obtaining medical and financial records, along with phone hacking. as crowds gathered here, ins

tom bateman injerusalem, thank you.ng people found guilty of crimes such as vandalism and graffiti swiftly clear up the damage they've caused. nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, will be banned. and there'll be larger fines forflytipping. our home editor mark easton has more. the prime minister with police officers in essex this morning, promising to get tough on anti—social behaviour. the labour leader with police officers in essex last month, promising to get tough on anti—social behaviour. tougher enforcement, tick. hotspot patrols to target the worst areas, tick. more resources and powers, tick. both party leaders see anti—social behaviour as a key battleground at the next election. now, you might assume these promises of new powers to deal with anti—social behaviour is because it's getting worse. well, look at this. in the last two decades, the proportion of people who think asb's a big problem in their neighbourhood has fallen from over 20% down to 7 or 8%, among the lowest on record. the best evidence

tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem.eting rishi sunak as we speak. protesters have gathered outside downing street. our news, respondent is there. give us a sense of who is protesting, what they are saying and the size of the protest.— the size of the protest. yeah, i would say _ the size of the protest. yeah, i would say there _ the size of the protest. yeah, i would say there is _ the size of the protest. yeah, i would say there is probably - the size of the protest. yeah, i i would say there is probably about 1000 people here at the moment. we have seen a line of police dogs, there have been police horses as well today, quite noisy. rishi sunak and binyamin netanyahu, they will be able to hear the crowd. you can probably hear the dog is going at the moment. when they were meeting in downing street, they would have had the very large crowd. we have seen off course in tel aviv tens of thousands of people out on the streets protesting aboutjudicial streets protesting about judicial reforms streets protesting aboutjudicia

laura: tom bateman reporting. for more on what is happening in israel the u.s.tive, we a joined by former secrettaofarjete sruwe, bil n. can you explain how it is that things have got to such a point in israel over judicial reform that the country's president says it is thrtear the country apart? clash of government that is a hell-bent on pushing forward reforms and reforms only's -- suppor narrow minority of the population. the public is saying, if you can enact these, you will undermine civil , human rights, p us at risk of military service , creating a dynamic where the judicial sector will no longer matter. if one political party can dominate any rule ofnd that is too far for the public. laura: what does the u.s. do about this? usually a staunch supporter of israel, secretary lloyd austin is there for talks. is there any influence this administration can bring to bear? joel: president biden is careful not calling out israel in public. he hasade it a central theme of how he engages israel. behind the scenes, talks are tough. recently says there needs to be co

tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem.a nyahu's arrival at downing street. among them are israelis and britishjews opposed to hisjudicial reforms. here's what one protester, sharon shochat of the organisation defend israeli democracy, told us this morning. we are expecting the israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu to arrive around 9am this morning. he landed at 4am in the uk. we are here protesting, standing in solidarity with the people in israel who are protesting, ourfriends with the people in israel who are protesting, our friends and families. we are against the legislation that is going on in israel, thejudicial legislation that is going on in israel, the judicial coup as we call it and we are here to make it very clear, make a clear stand against what is going on in israel these days. the chaos unleashed by this government. well, let's speak now to paul adams, our diplomatic correspondent. first of all, on the protests in the uk, how widespread do you think the opposition is among britishjews to the plans from b

here's our middle east correspondent tom bateman.have now breached the main north—south highway that runs through tel aviv. we can now see mounted police, israeli security forces heading towards the protesters. this is exactly what israel's far right police minister said he would not allow. he calls these people anarchists. they say they are fighting for democracy. so what is this all about? this is about the new nationalists israeli government led by benjamin netanyahu pushing through a series ofjudicial reform that pushing through a series ofjudicial reforms that its critics say would strip the israeli supreme court of its independence and would stack the judiciary in favour of the government. the mounted police are now pushing these protesters back. we're seeing a stand—off. the ones who breached this main road here are digging in. this is a clash for them over the future of this country. the protesters here are shouting, "shame" at the security forces. the border police are now forcing back this crowd. we are seeing the sense of

the us defense secretary lloyd austin arrived in israel for talks. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman protests in tel aviv. the protesters have now breached the main north—south highway that runs through a mounted police, israeli security forces heading towards the protesters. this is exactly what israel's far right policeman has. he calls these people and our guests. they say they're so what is this all abouta pushing through a series its supreme court of instep independence and it would start the judiciary in favour the mounted police are now. we are they're about to breach this main route here, digging in. this is over the future the protesters shame at the border police sense of the border police are still trying to push people away here. we see the protesters being, and someone being as the border police have three people on the ground now, as you for more on what's happening in israel and the us perspective, we're joined now by former us deputy assistant secretary of state joel rubin. help our viewers in to with threatened to tear the country apart. threatened to tear the countr

here's our middle east correspondent tom bateman the protesters have now breached the main north—south now see mounted police, security forces heading towards the protesters. this is exactly what israel far right policeman said he would not allow. because these people anarchists and they say they are fighting for democracy. so what is this all about? this is the new nationalists israeli government led by brexit pushing through a series of judicial reform. —— binyamin netanyahu. they say it would stack the judiciary in favour of the government. the mounted police are now pushing these protesters back. we're a stand—off. the ones who breached this main road are digging in, this is a clash for them over the future of this country. the protesters here are shouting, "shame" at the security forces. the border police are now forcing back this crowd. we are seeing their sense of tension really spiral now. the border police are still trying to push people away. the protesters are broken into two groups and someone being forcibly arrested here. but a police have got to people on the ground here,

our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports.ums the anger has built for weeks, erupting today outside the israeli parliament. this country is gripped by unprecedented turmoil, and a leader who had been refusing to give in. we are fighting for our democracy, and we won't give up. the brutality of what is happening is overwhelming, and if it continues it will be irreversible. all day they demanded mr netanyahu back down but they were met with silence and security forces. the police are now pushing the protesters back from this point. protesters chanting, singing we've seen mounted police, as the crowd erupts here. this is a battle between the opposition and mr netanyahu's forces of the far right and the ultra religious inside the building. and all the while, the rest of the country is coming to a complete standstill. demonstrators blocked highways and a strike grounded planes at the main airport. israel was being shut down. overlapping yelling while things were boiling over inside the parliament. for months, mr netanyahu's coaliti

marked increase in violence in the occupied territory in recent weeks. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman it happened in the town of azzun late on thursday. the town is often the scene of confrontations between palestinians and israeli forces. in this particular case, the palestinian authority and palestinian health officials say that the 15—year—old boy was shot in the back. a second teenager also shot and his critically wounded, and a third suffered from minor injuries. now the israeli army says that there were youngsters throwing or firing fireworks towards israeli vehicles on one of the main highways there — they say that they then carried out a search for the people that were doing that, and they say that petrol bombs were thrown towards the troops, and they opened fire using live ammunition, and that has then led to the death of this 15—year—old boy. all of this coming in the context of what has been spiralling violence in the occupied west bank — so far this year, at least 65 palestinians killed, including civilians and militant gunmen killed by israeli forces and israeli civilians

his defence minister for saying that the plans should be scrapped. 0ur middle east correspondent tom batemanael is gripped by unprecedented turmoil. and a leader refusing to give in. in tel aviv last night, protests erupted as people burned tires and blocked highways and the police here let it happen, leaving it hours to respond. it is police here let it happen, leaving it hours to respond.— it hours to respond. it is not a matter of— it hours to respond. it is not a matter of left _ it hours to respond. it is not a matter of left or _ it hours to respond. it is not a matter of left or right - it hours to respond. it is not a i matter of left or right anymore, it hours to respond. it is not a - matter of left or right anymore, for a long time it is not a lot of left or right, it is a matter of pure, basic human rights that albion crashed daily. in basic human rights that albion crashed daily.— crashed daily. in jerusalem, demonstrators _ crashed daily. in jerusalem, demonstrators broke - crashed daily. in jerusalem, l demonstrators broke through crashed daily. in jerusalem, - demonstrators b

tom bateman reporting there.ublishes the daily mail newspaper. the case, which is supported by other high—profile figures, including the singer eltonjohn, alleges that the media group bugged people's phones, cars and homes, and paid police for sensitive information. i'm joined now by dr tom bennett, senior lecturer in law at city law school. it is interesting, isn't it? these are preliminary arguments. aren't they? it won't necessarily mean that they? it won't necessarily mean that the case will go ahead. yes. they? it won't necessarily mean that the case will go ahead.— the case will go ahead. yes, that's riuht. the case will go ahead. yes, that's riht. it the case will go ahead. yes, that's right- it is — the case will go ahead. yes, that's right. it is notable _ the case will go ahead. yes, that's right. it is notable that _ the case will go ahead. yes, that's right. it is notable that harry... i right. it is notable that harry... wants to lend right. it is notable that harry... wants to [end his weight, even

tom bateman, middle east correspondent.ain and anger at the failure of mi5 to stop the attack. a public inquiry found the intelligence and security agency missed a significant chance to take action that might have stopped the 2017 bombing. danny savage reports. nearly six years on from the atrocity at the manchester arena, a thorough report has concluded the security services missed a significant chance to take action that may have prevented it. i have found a significant missed opportunity to take action that might have prevented the attack. there was a realistic possibility that actionable intelligence could have been obtained, which might have led to action preventing the attack. the reason for this missed opportunity included a failure by the security service, in my view, to act swiftly enough. in response to the criticism, the director general of mi5 made a statement but refused to take questions from the media. i deeply regret that such intelligence was not obtained. gathering covert intelligence is difficult. but had

live tojerusalem and our correspondent tom bateman. least a prime minister by a president. but taken in totality with the opposition to this at home, how much pressure do these comments from president biden, extra pressure, put on benjamin netanyahu? i president biden, extra pressure, put on benjamin netanyahu?— president biden, extra pressure, put on benjamin netanyahu? on ben'amin netanyahu? i think they ut on benjamin netanyahu? i think they ut uuite a on benjamin netanyahu? i think they out quite a bit _ on benjamin netanyahu? i think they put quite a bit and _ on benjamin netanyahu? i think they put quite a bit and actually _ on benjamin netanyahu? i think they put quite a bit and actually i - on benjamin netanyahu? i think they put quite a bit and actually i think- put quite a bit and actually i think what has been the most significant point of all of this has been the weeks that the us has been dialling up weeks that the us has been dialling up the pressure on mr netanyahu, not just in public, but also privately, and it is thoug

our middle east correspondent tom bateman has been at a protest — and filed this update. in tel aviv. you can see the protesters. they breached the road, the police had been trying to stop them, they came down here, jumped over the fence, we followed them over as we were filming, they got on the road and blocked it. this is exactly what israel's far right police minister said he would not accept. he called these protesters anarchists. you can hear them chanting for democracy. we are just going to stop here and you can see the mounted police here. we watched as the mounted police came along the street, the protesters dug in, dozens were sitting on the road, and at that point they pushed them back. and there is now more of a stand—off. we saw one man being dragged away, arrested. so what is this all about? this is all about the new nationalist israeli government led by benjamin netanyahu pushing through a series ofjudicial reforms that would, as its critics say, strip the israel supreme court of his independence and would stack the judiciary in favour of the government. it

our middle east correspondent tom bateman begins our coverage.precedented turmoil. and a leader refusing to give in. in tel aviv last night, protests erupted as people burned tyres and blocked highways and the police here let it happen, leaving it hours to respond. it is not a matter of left or right anymore, for a long time it is not a lot of left or right, it is a matter of pure, basic human rights that are being crashed daily. injerusalem, demonstrators broke through barriers towards mr netanyahu's home, chanting against dictatorship. the anger has been intensifying for weeks against plans by mr netanyahu's government to severely limit the power of israel's courts, plans he says the public voted for, but which his opponents say amounts to a coup of his far right and ultra—religious coalition. this is about the very identity of the state of israel. it reached a tipping point over the weekend when the defence minister broke ranks and called for a halt to the controversial reforms. he said protest within the military was endangering israel's secu

i spoke to our middle east correspondent tom bateman injerusalem about how much additional pressure thetony blinken, who came here and stood next to the israeli prime minister and in public gave him this effective dressing down saying, "look, these are expectations for what a democratic state is." and he gave a list basically of what america expects the ruling israeli coalition to do and the kind of values it expects them to stick to. so this has been going on publicly and privately and you got a sense there from joe biden that he has made it clear to benjamin netanyahu. 0ur sense is that they were bombarding mr netanyahu's government with messages during this 48—hour crisis from sunday to monday, when the country was brought to a standstill by protesters and people striking earlier this week. the americans saying, look, you are imperilling the image, the international image, of israel as the sole democracy in the region. so the message has been very clear. then we had this extraordinary angry rebuke from mr netanyahu, tweeting a series of messages late last night in response to mr bide

our middle east correspondent tom bateman has the latest.ve been trying to stop them, they came down here, jumped over the fence, we followed them over as we were filming, they got on the road and blocked it. this is exactly what israel's far right police minister said he would not accept. he called these protesters anarchists. you can hear them chanting for democracy. we are just hear them chanting for democracy. we arejust going to hear them chanting for democracy. we are just going to stop here and you can see the mounted police here. we watched as the mounted police came along the street, the protesters dug in, dozens were sitting on the road, and at that point they pushed them back. and there is now more of a stand—off. we saw one man being dragged away, arrested. just tell us the reason why the protesters are out on the streets today. protesters are out on the streets toda . , , , , protesters are out on the streets toda. ,, ., today. this is because of the lanned today. this is because of the planned judicial _ today. this is because

here's our middle east correspondent tom bateman on that.prime minister and in public gave him this effective dressing down saying, "look, these are expectations for what a democratic state is." and he gave a list basically of what america expects the ruling israeli coalition to do and the kind of values it expects them to stick to. so this has been going on publicly and privately and you got a sense there from joe biden that he has made it clear to benjamin netanyahu. our sense is that they were bombarding mr netanyahu's government with messages during this 48—hour crisis from sunday to monday, when the country was brought earlier this week. the americans saying, look, you are imperilling the image, the international image, of israel as the sole democracy in the region. so the message has been very clear. then we had this extraordinary angry rebuke from mr netanyahu, tweeting a series of messages late last night in response to mr biden, saying, we are an independent country, we will effectively do what we want and we are not going to listen

tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem.n improve. but it�*s notjust the planes that take teams to fixtures. a positioning flight, as it�*s known, arriving at liverpool airport last week to pick up everton forjust a 35—minute journey south for that game against chelsea, one of 37 such flights, often largely empty, that we found evidence of in the two—month window. premier league teams taking short domestic flights like this one to and from matches, despite it being worse for the environment than travelling by road or rail, has raised serious questions overjust how committed the top of the sport truly is to sustainability. last weekend, a positioning flight came all the way from inverness to take bournemouth to birmingham for a match against aston villa, the plane going on empty to liverpool. the next day, another positioning flight from aberdeen picked the team up and took them home before returning back to scotland. league one forest green rovers are known as the country�*s most sustainable club and its owner told me he was

our middle east correspondent tom bateman was there. you can see the protesters.llowed them over as we were filming. they got onto the road and blocked it. this is exactly what israel�*s far right police minister itamar ben—gvir said he would not accept. he calls these protesters �*anarchists�*. you can hear them chanting for democracy. we watch as the mounted police came along the streets, the protesters dug in. dozens of them were sitting on the road and at that point they pushed them back. so what is it that they oppose so fiercely? they�*re against changes to the justice system which are a cornerstone of israel�*s new nationalist—religious coalition led by prime minister benjamin netanyahu. they include giving the elected government decisive influence over the selection ofjudges. they also limit the ability of the supreme court to rule against the executive or strike down legislation. critics say the reforms will undermine judicial independence and threaten democracy. tens of thousands of people have turned out for weekly mass rallies against the new legislati

live tojerusalem and our correspondent tom bateman.e. a lot of people in israel don't want these changes to the judiciary to go through. so how much additional pressure does this statement from president biden put on the israeli prime minister? the president biden put on the israeli prime minister?— prime minister? the american ressure prime minister? the american pressure has _ prime minister? the american pressure has already - prime minister? the american pressure has already been - prime minister? the american - pressure has already been massive, it's been building for months. for example, earlierthis it's been building for months. for example, earlier this year we had the us secretary of state antony blinken, who came here and stood next to the israeli prime minister and in public gave him this effective dressing down saying, these are our expectations for what a democratic state is. he gave a list basically of what america expects the ruling israeli coalition to do and the kind of values it expects them to stick to. this has been