Top american leaders often have problems with israel, which depends heavily on american support. Gunfire. But doesnt necessarily do what the us wants. Usually, though, american officials keep quiet about it. Not so the us deputy secretary of state, kurt campbell. He said publicly the other day, israels leaders mostly talk about the idea of a sweeping victory on the battlefield, but the Biden Administration didnt believe such a thing was possible. Neither do many other observers. So why is israel pursuing the idea, and why is Benjamin Netanyahu so willing to ignore what the us wants . I put these questions to shaina oppenheimer, a journalist with bbc monitoring injerusalem. First and foremost, he has some very far right Coalition Partners who have been very hawkish and very clear with him that they want to see the government do certain things, for example, for it to press ahead with a full scale invasion of rafah. And they would also like to see what they would describe as a total Victo
Hello and welcome to unspun world. Why is israels government deliberately flouting the wishes of its leading ally, the United States . Perhaps it goes to show what netanyahu is willing to do for his own political survival. This is definitely kind of bringing israel towards a more isolationist stance. Whats the extent of chinas infiltration of western countries . Whether its in the uk or in other countries weve seen them in the us, weve seen them in australia, theres a Canadian Parliamentary inquiry theres something going on there. And why is a law on foreign agents in georgia causing mass demonstrations . They see it as a pivot in the countrys Foreign Policy. It is quite black and white. You know, its either eu or russia. Top american leaders often have problems with israel, which depends heavily on american support. Gunfire. But doesnt necessarily do what the us wants. Usually, though, american officials keep quiet about it. Not so the us deputy secretary of state, kurt campbell. He s
Top american leaders often have problems with israel, which depends heavily on american support. Gunfire. But doesnt necessarily do what the us wants. Usually, though, american officials keep quiet about it. Not so the us deputy secretary of state, kurt campbell. He said publicly the other day israels leaders mostly talk about the idea of a sweeping victory on the battlefield, but the Biden Administration didnt believe such a thing was possible. Neither do many other observers. So why is israel pursuing the idea, and why is Benjamin Netanyahu so willing to ignore what the us wants . I put these questions to shaina oppenheimer, a journalist with bbc monitoring injerusalem. First and foremost, he has some very far right Coalition Partners who have been very hawkish and very clear with him that they want to see the government do certain things, for example, for it to press ahead with a full scale invasion of rafah. And they would also like to see what they would describe as a total Victor
Im lauren taylor. Israel is marking memorial day, which honours its war dead as its offensive in gaza continues. Ceremonies are getting under way as we speak, right now, sirens are sounding across the country to honour Fallen Soldiers and victims of terror attack. Im not playing at santry because of Broadcasting Restrictions in the us. We are not playing at sound because of Broadcasting Restrictions in the us. This year, israelis are also commemorating the more than 1000 victims of the hamas attack on october seventh, which triggered the current war. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu is attending the main State Ceremony at mount herzl injerusalem, followed by another event in memory of victims of terror at 1pm local time. 0ther ministers are attending ceremonies taking place right now around the country, despite some bereaved families urging them to stay away. Politicians from across the spectrum have urged keeping the deep political divisions and heated discourse out of the memorial d