so there is aid coming through. but what is the state of relationships between the white house and benjamin netanyahu in particular? well, i think they are pretty difficult at times. there has been some moments where i thinkjoe biden, the us president has expressed his frustration pretty clearly at some of the decision making that is going on here. and the americans, the secretary of state antony blinken and others have been an incredibly explicit about saying to the israelis, do not carry out this offensive in rafah. you simply cannot do it. when there are so many civilians packed into such a small space the potential impact on civilians is huge. the potential for bloodshed is enormous. so the question remains, how are the israelis going to get round it? are they going to ignore the americans? try and mitigate some of the impact? but at the moment the israelis are making very clear that at some point they do feel they are going to have to launch
supporters amongst ecuadorians for the security proposals? the security proposals? i think that, you the security proposals? i think that, you know, the security proposals? i think that, you know, the the security proposals? i think that, you know, the indicators| the security proposals? i think i that, you know, the indicators of violence very telling. as you were saying, a presidential candidate was killed last year for presidential elections. i do think that it is normalfor elections. i do think that it is normal for citizens in elections. i do think that it is normalfor citizens in a country that sees a rise in violence at this level to demand tougher measures and therefore it is very likely that the president would be able to pass some of the measures that he is proposing. usually, these type of measures has short term gains. but they fail in the medium and long term. unfortunately, people are now so desperate to feel safe that the president will probably be successful in p
see the democratic party split right in the centre. democratic disapproval of israel s actions has risen. now the same kind of opinion polls is indicated on the republican side, with parallel sympathy of palestinians. there are significant numbers of pro israel democrats. that s what makes the politics of this issue very difficult for president biden. he hasn t really satisfied anyone in his own party. we saw almost a0 democrats voted against and is aid to israel. is against and is aid to israel. is there any sort of concern here for there any sort of concern here for the white house when it comes to what the us s foes may be thinking as they are watching this battle out? , ~ , , out? yes, i think there is. there is clearl a out? yes, i think there is. there is clearly a concern out? yes, i think there is. there is clearly a concern that out? yes, i think there is. there is clearly a concern that the - clearly a concern that the polarisation here in the united states affecting both
diplomatically, the core support of the united states, namely, military kit, continues to grow. to that point, james, we did talk about that warning from the us israeli allies about this offensive, potential full out offensive in rafah. so there coming through. but what is the state of relationships between the white house and benjamin netanyahu in particular? well, i think they are pretty difficult at times. there has been some moments where i thinkjoe biden, the us president has expressed his frustration pretty clearly at some of the decision making that is going on here. and the americans, the secretary of state antony blinken and others have been an incredibly explicit about saying to the israelis, do not carry out this offensive in rafah. you simply cannot do it. when there are so many civilians
we did talk about that warning from the us and other israeli allies about this offensive, potential full out offensive in rafah. so there is aid coming through. but what is the state of relationships between the white house and benjamin netanyahu in particular? well, i think they are pretty difficult at times. there has been some moments where i thinkjoe biden, the us president, has expressed his frustration pretty clearly at some of the decision making that is going on here. and the americans, the secretary of state antony blinken and others, have been an incredibly explicit about saying to the israelis, do not carry out this offensive in rafah. you simply cannot do it. when there are so many civilians packed into such a small space the potential impact on civilians is huge. the potential for bloodshed is enormous. so the question remains, how are the israelis going to get round it? are they going to ignore the americans? try