hello, i m ben thompson, welcome to the programme. we start with news that the israeli defence minister has said that israel will retain security control of gaza after the fighting has ended and all hostages have been reef free. this comes as america and europe s most senior diplomat ticks head to the middle east to press israel and its strategy. they do appear to reject positions put forward last year by washington. under you have gland s so called fork proposals, hamas would no longer control gaza and israel would retain overall security control. a multinational force would take charge of rebuilding the territory. neighbouring egypt would take on an as yet unspecified role. but gaza would be run by unspecified government of palestinians as long as they are not hostile towards israel. and there would be no resettlement of israelis in the territory. well, the deputy secretary general of the fatah central committee, the hasty decision making body of the fatah party which contr
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saleh al arouri s killing may have taken a significant name off israel s and the us s most wanted list. he is the man that they have accused of being responsible for many acts of terror, as they put it. but for the people in his home town, for the people in the west bank where he is from, they have lost a symbol of resistance. he was a very important figure on both the political and the military friend. he was the link between hamas and the iran backed hezbollah and iran itself. also responsible for many significant prisoner swap deals with israel. there has always been this fear, this concern among the international community since the beginning of the war in gaza that this conflict could spill over here in the west bank and the rest of the region. and the concern now that saleh al arouri s killing could be that trigger. although it is not clear what this retaliation from either hamas or hezbollah would look like. as shiner was touching on, there are
whether it will make any difference to the outcome of this war?- to the outcome of this war? i don t think it will to the outcome of this war? i don t think it will make to the outcome of this war? i don t think it will make a to the outcome of this war? i don t think it will make a difference - to the outcome of this war? i don t think it will make a difference to i think it will make a difference to the outcome. and the plan is described as simply impractical. it is basically asking people to do things that they are very clear that they will not do. this international force. who wants to go in while israel is still actively involved in security military operations in gaza? who is going to want to go in and make part of this international force? who is going to want to pay and conduct reconstruction when there are going to be seen as an agent of israeli reoccupation in gaza? what sort of palestinian authorities would they be willing to work with? i don t think it is a workable p
is somewhat of gaza. and the fact therefore that is somewhat vaguely of gaza. and the fact therefore that is somewhat vaguely defined, - of gaza. and the fact therefore that is somewhat vaguely defined, does| is somewhat vaguely defined, does that speak to some of the indecision, some of the conflict within israel itself about what the future will look like and who once what? what is achievable, but also what? what is achievable, but also what are the ambition is when this war is over? i what are the ambition is when this war is over? war is over? i think there is conflict within war is over? i think there is conflict within the - war is over? i think there is conflict within the israeli i war is over? i think there is - conflict within the israeli cabinet right now. some ideological conflict. i think there might be a little bit more, or a little bit less than meets the eye, when you look at what these ideas are going to be if they were actually implemented. some voices within t