well, maintaining israel's regional head gemini is central to washington's middle east strategy with 10 of eve, a major recipients of ministry. 8. recently. it's a thing probus, a bump of $14500000000.00 almost package. in fact, most of the problems as well as dropped belonged to the united states designed m k i t family. the is what i do assist. it can target the palestinian miller as an organization from us accurately, while minimizing civilian casualties. the war is progressing according to the objectives, how mazda is suffering severe blows, more than 10000 munitions were dropped on guy, the city. thousands of targets where it hit thousands of sites were destroyed. thousands of terrace were eliminated. but these claims one counted to reality with maybe 15000 killed. and 1700000 of golf is 2300000 population set to be internally displaced. the humanitarian pause may have brought some temporary relief, but was televi promising. the foaming will continue of all for it comes to an end. the policy didn't desktop will continue to rise. well is wrong, carries out potential war crimes an

some way in the sense that we have in washington are kind of a consensus that's called the washington middle east consensus right? that you can repressed the palestinians. you can push them into open air prisons. you can do out of the scene or thought of the of the words and of the new person in garza. but the last thing, the one is a major massacre of the types of guys happening on the west bank, where you're definitely going to push on the policy is. this is not what the washington wants. washington wants a process where to buy. is there a con, dominate, and the policy and it would be dominated by not? mastercard. more and more beyond what would happen here and gaza already? what's happening and gaza is a bit too much to the taste of those in washington model. and we know that is a security cabinet meeting coming up. i think on tuesday we going to see at some point an official kind of formalize ation of the is riley post will plan. i think it's too early for that. and i think that's going to have to happen with washington because remember, you and i discussed the bear hug by then, dave is right

well, maintaining, as well as read your head gemini, is central to washington is middle east strategy with tend to be a major recipients of ministry. 8 recently, it's a thing probus, a bump of $14500000000.00 almost package. in fact, most of the problems as well as dropped belonged to the united states designed m k i n c family. the is what i insist it can target the palestinian militant organization from us accurately, while minimizing civilian casualties. the word is progressing according to the objective, how mazda is suffering severe blows, more than $10000.00 munitions were dropped on guy, the city. thousands of targets where it hit thousands of sites were destroyed. thousands of terrorists were eliminated. but these claims, uncounted to reality, when they, the 15000 killed 1700000 of galls is 2300000 population set to be internally displaced. the cuba saving pause may have brought some temporary relief . but with televi, promising the bombing will continue to offer it comes to an end. the policy didn't desktop will continue to rise well as well carries out potential war crimes a

washington's middle east policy frightens even the united states' closest allies. that they are disappointed and outraged, for the most part, that the white house... justifies carpet bombing of israel in the gas sector and continues to arm tel aviv. in europe , it demands that the attacks on palestine stop. in fact, civilians are being bombed today. these children, women, old people are being bombed and killed, so there is no basis or legitimacy for this. this is extremely important for all of us, because of our principles. it is important to recognize that all lives matter. show. was the meeting of the un general assembly last week, almost all countries voted for a resolution on an immediate ceasefire in gaza and the release of all hostages without preconditions. only 10 countries voted against, including israel itself, as well as the usa, austria and the czech republic. another 23 countries, including great britain, germany, italy and ukraine abstained, but the harshest words were heard in the security council from close us partners in the middle east. it was a d

tom costello, nbc news, washington >>> in the middle east new talks are under way aimed at securing another ceasefire to try and get hamas to release more of its hostages, as anger grows over the death of three hostages accidentally killed by israeli troops richard engel now with late details >> reporter: hamas released a video tonight showing three elderly male hostages. made under duress but proof they're still alive. in the past hamas has freed hostages shown in similar videos. a u.s. official tells nbc news cia director bill burns is now in talks with the head of the israeli mossad and senior qatari officials to reach a new ceasefire and potentially free more hostages the israeli government is under pressure to negotiate as details emerge about the three israeli hostages who were mistakenly killed by israeli troops last week the israeli military saying the hostages were shot even though they smeared "sos" with old food and "help, three hostages" in hebrew on white banners and were carrying a white flag. today in israel defense secretary lloyd austin said u.s. support for israel's right

miguel almaguer, nbc news, granite falls, washington >>> in the middle east tonight, israel approved an increase of fuel shipments into gaza as the military steps up its campaign targeting hamas in the south of the gaza strip, and we've now learned it is considering flooding hamas tunnels. richard engel now with late details >> reporter: israel says it's destroying hamas in gaza above ground and below targeting what it says are 300 miles of hamas tunnels. military officials showed nbc news videos they say were taken in the northern gaza city of beit hanoun a soldier points to a hamas tunnel outside of a classroom israel has blown up some now, a u.s. official tells nbc news, the israeli military is exploring a new tactic, flooding the tunnels with seawater. >> is that under consideration? >> i can't comment on any of our future operational activities and what we're planning to do in the future one thing i do know is that we are focusing on dismantling the terror infrastructure that hamas has embedded within and underground all of gaza >> reporter: some of hamas' hostages may be inside

washington affairs? employee of the middle east department? n station. you are in vain pretending that you don’t understand what we are talking about. did you mention that there is such a problem? so, so, so, so, so, and under what circumstances did he mention it? general bistonov had comprehensive information; i don’t know where he got it from. the report states that the operation to neutralize the kharaib group was part of another operation. this is classified information, but on all the most important issues, i communicated with ilya konstantinovich. so overyanov was taken from the cache location? the report that they gave me to read did not mention this, you met with someone in vilnius, dmitry sergeevich, perhaps, that is, you decided to frame the iron ore in order to convince the americans that the leak came from kiev, and no, from where she went, in fact, foreign intelligence officers are operating in moscow, almost openly trying to find out the name of the agent, yes, they can. no matter how long they sit here, no one will tell them thei

let's speak now to barbara slavin, a distinguished fellow at the stimson center in washington and runs a blog, middle eastington. can we talk about this attack in iraq first of all thethat have been a number of strikes recently on american bases. but in this one there were three americans injured. do you think that factor into decision making?— do you think that factor into decision making? do you think that factor into decision makin: ? . ., , ., decision making? that have been over 100 of these — decision making? that have been over 100 of these attacks _ decision making? that have been over 100 of these attacks since _ decision making? that have been over 100 of these attacks since october - 100 of these attacks since october 7. clearly, these militias in iraq have decided that it is they are too to show some sort of opposition to the us presence in their country. the united states, as the chief ally of israel, is being held responsible throughout much of the middle east and much of the world for israel's actions in gaza, for israel's retaliation for the hamas attacks of october 7. retaliation for the

beijing is disappointed with the us decision on the middle east. washingtonmediate ceasefire in the gaza strip. the document also called for the immediate release of all hostages. china's permanent representative to the un security council said that this position on the palestinian-israeli conflict showed the world an example of hypocrisy and double standards of the american authorities. on friday.

it is the results of a survey by the policy research institute middle east washington shows that most saudi people are against the normalization of relations with the zionist regime. according to this survey, 96 saudis believe that arab countries should cut ties with the zionist regime because of the gaza war. 911 the saudis announced that despite the crimes of the occupying regime and the widespread destruction of the palestinians , they won this war. 87 the saudis also say that the occupying regime was defeated from within, and the saudis have increased from 10% to 40% compared to the previous survey. the american court acquitted three police officers of the murder of a young black man he growled. manuel eliz, a 33-year-old black american, 3 years ago when the case was arrested. the police were beaten and killed. during the beating, this young man said that he could not breathe, and moments later, he went into a coma and died. medical sources declared the cause of death of manel ellis as homicide due to lack of oxygen. a group of human rights activists protested after the arrest of

beijing is disappointed with the us decision on the middle east. washington blocked a draft resolution on an immediate ceasefire in the gas sector. the document also called for the immediate release of all prisoners. china's permanent representative to the un security council said that this position on the palestinian-israeli conflict showed the world an example of hypocrisy and double standards of the american authorities. thirteen of the 15 members of the security council, including russia and china, favored the adoption of the resolution. the israeli military filmed a shootout in a school building in the gaza strip. according to the press service of the israeli defense forces. inside one of the classrooms was the entrance to the hamas tunnel. an underground path led to a mosque in the shujai area, in the very center of the enclave. also, the idf unit managed to detect the sources of night anti-tank shelling. hamas in the gaza strip, in the background you can see destroyed houses, damaged roads, the consequences of street fighting. in the southern and centr

beijing is disappointed with the us decision on the middle east. washington blocked a draft resolution calling for an immediate end fire in the gas sector. also called for the immediate release of all hostages. china's permanent representative to the un security council said that this position on the palestinian-israeli conflict showed the world an example of hypocrisy and double standards of the american authorities. on friday , 13 of the 15 members of the security council, including russia and china, voted in favor of adopting the resolution. the israeli military filmed a shootout inside a school building in the gaza strip, according to the israeli defense forces press service. one of the classrooms was the entrance to the hamas tunnel. underground the path led to a mosque in the shujai area in the very center of the enclave. also, idf units managed to detect the sources of night shelling against. tank missiles from lebanese territory. aircraft immediately launched a series of retaliatory strikes against hezbollah positions. and footage of the destruction o

middle east region. according to russian permanent representative to the un vasily nebenzi, only washington’s positions arethe middle east. having vetoed the call for a ceasefire, the american side actually issued a license to kill and now bears the entire burden. full responsibility for each new victim of the conflict in gaza, the rest of the un security council members and the un members as a whole should not share this blame with them. hall of the un general assembly like this greeted with applause the information that the demands for a ceasefire in the palestinian-israeli conflict zone were supported by 153 states. even the western press today is forced to admit that the united states is increasingly finding itself isolated on the world stage and at home. egypt, where they were met by diplomats and employees of the ministry of emergency situations. people will be transported to the operational headquarters in cairo, where rescue psychologists and doctors are already waiting. those arriving will be provided with medical care, food, water, and of course, the necessary paperwork will be completed. accordi

and here zelensky is in washington, today in the devil’s nest, trying in the middle east, but also inzelensky and misarov from britain to ukraine, and such a powerful attack by the white house itself on congress, it was caused by the fact that... at the end of november, johnson, the speaker of the house, announced that you know, before christmas during the holidays, the us congress, in particular the house of representatives, will have a window of opportunity, we can consider the request and even satisfy it, this is what the administration fell for, that is , having decided that there is such a window of opportunity, as they say, and it can be done before the new year to receive accordingly, well, at least part of this amount requested for ukraine in the amount of... this is an offensive, it is, as it were, symmetrical, a complete failure, that is, in this case , it fell off as far as the negotiations ended failures are happening in ukraine, failures are happening in the corridors of washington power, and as a consequence, probably, of this failure, the fact that tomorrow the house of

prevail in both regions. political analysts talib, abraham says it was never washington's goal to bring peace to the middle east, considering the region. it's a zone of influence. the nice things that some night that states wasn't serious about making these in middle east. and so they want to for their hands, and that a kind of case money or on the decision on the whole body of the notion of the states in the middle east. this thing that maybe a lease is one of the all faces was to the con, the long me, the empty mind data influence on basic practices. and this slips this little door to kind of model closing as a research solutions. i'm furnaces in middle east and we have seen many, and many of these us about us and capacitors, or, or one of them either the stuff side of the funds as are, is one. i thought things up to you as a market space has a new model of life, or is sick tend to rise to intervene on those countries. and i think that americans r n a is to give other nations on of, i've come to visit this sounds of democracy on the wall to my rights. indeed there instead of rations in libya and iraq and didn

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we have overnight developments from washington, and the growing fears the middle east conflict may extend

middle east. we're not going anywhere. and the pentagon's top official defense secretary lloyd austin will continue these conversations during his own visit to the middle east next week. >> in washington, i'm jessi tenure. all right, jesse coming back here to the bay taking a live look outside on this friday night. time to say cheers to the weekend. it. no clouds right now. but so at fog that i can say, lawrence, what's going on? yeah, no fog out there. we have some high clouds up above. kind of seeing those streaming across our skies last couple of days that ridge of high pressure looking pretty dirty. but this weekend, yeah, we could see the different time weather moving in as we might get some showers back to the bay area that be nice to see. >> out there now, the boy, it is busy out there on the golden gate bridge on this friday evening. but has mention there's no fog out there right now. that's a good thing to see out there, especially. thank you very busy out there right now. but things are about to tonight. high clouds, some hazy skies outside as well. tomorrow, mostly sunny, hazy, mild around the bay area. and then as we get into sunday, the clouds start to thicken up. and her

prevail in both regions. protocol analysts tell of abraham says it was never washington's goal to bring peace to the middle east, considering the region. it's zone of influence. nice things that's nice and states wasn't serious about making these in middle east. and so they want to for their hands. and that a kind of case money or from the decision on the whole body of that notion of the states in the middle east. this thing that maybe lease is one of them on the face as west of a con longly, the empty mind, a influence on basic practices. and this leads to this little door to kind of one of glazing as a research solutions. i'm furnaces in missouri east and we have seen many and many of these us about us and capacitors, or, or one of them, either the stuff. how does that sound as i reason i thought things up to you, they might have space has a new mode or a light, or is it can arise to intervene on those countries? and i think that americans are an a, b is to give other nations on of, i've come to this address, sounds about democracy on the wall to my rights. indeed, there instead of rations and you'll get liby

developments now with saw how come he's a senior non resident fellow at the middle east council on global affairs life from washington. so how good to have you back on alger 0. so you were listening the to this news conference from these really war cabinet and the prime minister and benjamin this now saying interesting, needed that they will continue fighting until they, when and he said that, you know, israel, it will do nothing. nothing rather would stop israel, including international pressure. nothing will stop is round including international pressure. how will the binding administration which has express recently concern about the direction the voice taken? how will they be viewing this statement by these are the problem is thank you so much for having me back. i've been listening to the press conference of course, and i didn't hear anything you coming out of that then. yeah, was press conference and his board cabinet is pretty much more of the same. i'll be reserve resilience and determinants on just continuing what is going on. you know the same course of action, the more escalation of the ongoing aggression

western media write: washington is hardly able to resist this. middle eastimir putin is called a strategic move that split the world in half. maria skorodilka has all the details. topic number one and big headlines. the visit of vladimir putin, american journalists discuss in detail an hour of live broadcast on cnn. experts admit that saudi arabia has turned its back on the west, and the united states will no longer be able to correct this. i think this visit, as we can see for ourselves, is very important for both the emirates and saudi arabia, judging by the way putin was received there, this is a direct message of challenge to the united states to the rest of the world. middle eastern countries focus on the leaders of the new world. putin's visit to abu dhabi and riyadh demonstrates moscow's strength on the world stage. saudi arabia may join brix, has already launched reciprocal currency mechanisms with china, and also supported russia in its intention. the emirates and russia are very important trading partners for each other, vladimir putin made it clea

directions, the united states imposed a death sentence on thousands of people in the middle east, which is why washingtonlocked the draft resolution of the un council. the work of military correspondents of the news was especially noted at the tefe prize. the holding in the state television and radio broadcasting company took 10 bronze orpheus at once. and we start with the situation in the special operation zone. the russian military has improved the situation along the front line in two directions, kupinsky and krasnolimansky. according to the ministry of defense, in a week the ukrainian armed forces lost almost 5,000 militants, most of all in the donetsk sector of the front. by enemy strongholds and command posts were hit by our hail. in the artyomovsky sector , the militants’ armored vehicles were destroyed by d-30 howitzers. proven and reliable, they work in conjunction with aerial reconnaissance, from receiving target coordinates to firing, in a matter of moments. there, near artyomovsk, russian soldiers shot down the ukrainian baba yaga. after gaining altitude, an impact hexocopter rammed a drone

in washington, alice barr, nbc news. >>> in the middle east, israel continues to push into southern gaza. a civilian death toll continues to mount. united nations resumed its call for a cease-fire tonight as palestinians are finding it harder to escape the fighting. the united states opposed the cease-fire while israeli hostages remain in captivity. u.s. leaders among others say israel needs more time to carry out its military operations against hamas. there's a growing chorus against that view as hamas's strategy of using human shields creates a humanitarian nightmare for gazans. the united states vetoed a resolution in the security council that would've demanded a permanent cease-fire in the israel hamas war. gaza is on the brink of an irreveunrsible ed nations sided israel arguing that if hamas is not dismantled a remove from power now there would be more terrorist attacks in the future. >> while the united states strongly supports piece in which both israelis and palestinians to live in peace and security we do not support calls for an immediate cease-fire. this would only plant the

samantha: for more, i spoke to our middle east correspondent who is in washington. >> he blamed the u.sr a lot of what is happening because he clearly said if the u.s. wants to bring the assault, the assault on gaza to a halt, it can. it is the only country that can pressure israel. he referred to the veto the u.s. used lately to disrupt a you and resolution calling for a cease-fire. he said what happened is far beyond a genocide or a disaster. it is worse than that. gaza at the moment is unrecognizable. he spoke about the ability of the palestinian authority's to run gaza after the war, but that is a controversial issue, given the huge lack of trust or at least the huge difference between hamas and the palestinian authority. will people in gaza except the palestinian authority taken control? that is unlikely. that is a big issue at the moment. he talked about israeli efforts to push palestinians into the egyptian sinai peninsula. thatas been one of the main concerns of the egyptian officials. they said if that happens, that would undermine the palestinian cause and they will not allow

i'm getting the senior fellow at the middle east institute in washington dc. i wanna thank you both for joining me today. then i'm going to start with you since october 7th, israel has consistently reiterated about to destroy from us. it's estimated that from us has 30000 fighters at least, uh, and by these really armies own records in its own account. the air strikes me attacks of killed somewhere around $1.00 to 2000 have mass fighters, given the level of destruction that we see so far a given the current situation on the ground is a military victory for is really impossible. you know, but that's not what they watch it from the beginning mark their idea of destroy him . us is code for destroyed casa, and anybody who's been watching those knows that this is what exactly what is real means. and that's why you see that the vast majority, 62 percent of those have been killed, are pulse any and children under the age of 18 and women. and so all along with their attempt has never been to destroy him, ask because they know that that's not achievable. and this is no

, was rearranging her agenda and searching for new role in the middle east under the oberbation america. the french ambassador in washingtona décidé de proposer à irak d'intervenir sur le volet, ce qu'on appelle le volet libano-syrien, en reprenant des éléments des accords de nf, de faire des propositions aux américains pour dire: "nous français, nous avons une influence encore au liban, nous pouvons vous aider à, je dirais décentrer le problème irak". of local and regional politics in the middle east long meeting between and prime minister ended with an agreement which opened to new phase, a homogeneous phase between the government and the resistance, all to the disappointment of those who desired the opposite. الاخيره من فتره حياته ما قبل الانتخاباتيه، كان واضح رايه بالمقاومه والتعامل مع المقاومه بصفتها مقاومه، مش بصفت ميليشيا، وانها تبقى الى اخر. on the 14th of february 2005, huge explosion rock b, it would be determed later that prime minister was assassinated in the bomb blast. it seems from the first moment, goal of this assassination was to the b secterian strife to rain down on his bulla to cuts popularity in the a

we're live in washington with overnight developments and growing fears the middle east conflict may expand into neighboring territories. >>> finals week may be around the corner, but some cal state faculty will walk out of the classroom. the potential bay area impact from a planned strike on some campuses. >>> and we are waking up to dense fog across the bay area. meteorologist kari hall is breaking down the advisory right now. >>> this is "today in the bay." good monday morning to you. i love the sound of that, monday morning. >> you do? >> i'm talking myself into it. >> said no one ever. >> speak and it shall be, right? i'm marcus washington. >> i'm laura garcia. hope you had a great weekend. kari and mike are both here tracking this fog that we have. it could make for a rough commute. >> yeah, especially in parts of the north bay, the delta where we've seen the really dense fog. and that's a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we are going to see in parts of the bay area some dense fog moving around. here is a look above the golden gate bridge, and we went from showers over the weekend t

business is skeptical, and the countries of the global south, looking at how washington wants to start a new war in the middle easthe united states is proposing cannot be called a new concept at all. in turn, the presence of foreigners in the persian gulf, the sea of ​​oman and the indian ocean is always provocation, and the americans, as always, are looking for someone to blame. iran , whose interests are directly affected, is waiting patiently , knowing that there is a peaceful path, knowing that there is another path, for example, the north-south corridor, there is another project in which russia is involved, that is, from russia to india, this too a project that involves this trade route from russia, through iran, through the countries of central asia. to india and further along the waterway. the houthis are a group that represents yemen's shiite minority. control the northern part of the country and warn that they will continue to attack any ships passing through the red sea heading to israel, saying that they are fighting the imperialists, the american fleet, indeed, has not smoked the middle eastern skies l

لكن ما هو الحل ليس لنا خيار. and searching for new role in the middle east under the observation of america. the french ambassador in washington'on appelle le volet libano-syrien, on reprenant les éléments des accords de tf, de faire proposition aux américains pour dire nous on sait, nous avons influence encore au liban, nous pouvons vous aider à... le problème irakien par le volet libano-syrien et peut-être on peut travailler à cet aspect des choses et ça a été je dirais le lancement et des premières initiatives de la 1559 هو قرار دولي بكل معنى الكلمه وتوجه دولي نحو لبنان في مرحله ما بعد الاحتلال الامريكي. resolution 1559 was a prelut to the tipping of the scales of local and regional politics in the middle east, meetings between prime minister and with an agreement which opened lebanon to two phase, homogeneous phase between the government and the resistance, all to the disappointment of those who desired the opposite. كان اتفاقه مع السيد حسن نصر الله خاصه في اللقاءات الكثيره الاخيره من فتره حياته ما قبل الانتخاباتات النياليه كان واضح رايه بالمقاومه والتعامل مع المقاومه بصفتها مقاومه مش بصفتها ميليشيا. on the 14th of februar

tell of abraham says it was never washington's goal to bring peace to the middle east, considering the region, it's zone of influence. a lot of things that's nice and stace wasn't serious about managing these in the, the ease. and so they want to for their hands, and that a kind of case, money orders from the decision all over the national states in the middle east. this thing that maybe a lease is one of them on the face as was to the con, the long me, the empty mind data influence on basic and activities. and this slips this little door, it kind of one of the licensing as a research solutions. i'm furnaces in missouri east and we have seen many and many of these us about us and capacitors or, or what did they meet with the stuff? how does that sound? as a result, i thought things up to you then like it states has a new model of life or is sick tend to arrive to intervene on those countries. and i think that americans are en, eh, eh, to give other nations. and i'll come to visit the sounds of democracy on the walk through my rights in via that instead of rations in libya and iraq and

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he says, washington is responsible for rising tensions in the middle east. no trotter, the court has done charity on yelman's reaction is natural. it comes from their spirits. the amenities have sympathy for palestine. if the americans in his release had followed a wiser path, the red sea would not have become unsafe. the fact that the war is spreading is due to the behavior of the americans and b as rarely use their gradually expanding the war. i am worried that this is the beginning of a 3rd world war. the is really poor to buy lots is almost non functional. now, aerial photos show there was not much traffic there. the red sea issue is not only about israel, and the country that helps is real, may be attacked by the who to use. our advice is to end the war as soon as possible and definitely not expand it. the worst situation for an army is to fight at 2 fronts. the americans have created a joint command with israel, creating another command would be beyond the abilities of the americans. the menus are ready. if the americans do something alongside israel a

prevail in both regions of political unlist instead of abraham says it was never washington's goal to bring peace to the middle east. considering the region, possibly stone of incidence. the nice things that some night in the states wasn't serious about making these in middle east. and so they want to put their hands. and that a kind of case money on, on that decision all over the national states in the middle east. this thing that maybe lease is one of their own faces west of a con longly the empty monday or influence on this. it that these is and this slips, this live to a kind of want to apply using as a research solutions. i'm furnaces in missouri east and we have seen many and many of these us about us and cut best gross or whole lot of them either the stuff. how does that sound as a result, i thought things up to you then like it states has a new model of life, or is it can arise to intervene on those countries. and i think that americans are unable to give other nations on of i've come to visit this sense of democracy and that was a few more rights in via that instead of rations in libya and iraq and didn't

was rearranging her agenda and searching for new role in the middle east under the observation of america. the french ambassador in washingtons décentrer le problème iraquien par le volet libano-syrien et peut-être on peut travailler à à cet aspect des choses et ça a été je dirais le lancement de des premiers brouillons et des premières initiatives de la 1559, الدولي اللي رقمه 1559 هو قرار دولي بكل معنى الكلمه وهو توجه دولي نحو لبنان في مرحله ما بعد الاحتلال الامريكي للعراق. resolution 1559 was a prelude to the tipping of the scales of local and regional politics in the middle east. long meetings between hasan nasrollah and prime minister rafiq al hariri ended with an agreement which opened lebanon to new phase, a homogeneous phase between the government and the resistance, all to the disappointment of those who desired the opposite. رايه بالمقاومه والتعامل مع المقاومه بصفتها مقاومه مش بصفتها ميليشيا وانها تبقى الى اخر يوم من ما قبل الاتفاق مع اسرائيل اتفاق سلام ولا اتفاق عربي ولا اتفاق الى اخره 14 2005, huge explosion rocked beirot. it would be discerned later that prime minister rafiq al-hariri was assassinated in the bomb

middle east as tensions with iran increase. for that we turn to paul salem, the president and ceo of the middle east institute, a washington-basedsan think tank. thank you for being with us. how do you interpret the comments from israel's former defense minister, current member of israel's war cabinet, who is clearly warning about the potential for military escalation against hezbollah? paul: there has been tension between israel and hezbollah from the first date of the hamas attack against israel october 7. reporting indicates u.s. talked israel down from a preemptive attack on hezbollah in those early days. this tension is coming back centerstage and the israelis have made it clear to the americans and to the world that they want some resolution to parts of the situation on their northern border with hezbollah and lebanon. otherwise they will take military action, or at least that is what they are threatening. geoff: is israel capable of starting and maintaining a two front war right now? paul: i believe it is capable of doing that. obviously that would take a lot of manpower and a lot of effort. particularly as they may be tr

well, syria and political analysts tell him if he believes it was never washington's primary goal to bring peace to the middle east. i think that's a night that states was in serious about making these in middle east. and so they want to for their hands. and that i kind of case money or from the decision on the overall of the national states in the middle east. this thing that maybe a lease is one of them on the face as was to the con, the long me, the empty mind data influence on basic practices and the slates. uh, this live door to kind of want to apply using as a research solutions. i'm furnaces in missouri east and we have seen many and many of these us about us and capacitors or, or what does that mean to the stuff? how does that sound as a result, i thought things up to you then like it's face, has a new mode or a light, or is it can arise to intervene on those countries. and i think that americans are en, eh, eh, to give other nations on of, i've come to this address, sounds about democracy on the wall to view my rights. indeed, there instead of rations and you'll get libya and iraq and didn't see any, any