why some germans are getting competitive about communing with nature. hello and welcome. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will be injerusalem later today, to discuss how to de escalate tensions between israelis and palestinians. on thursday, nine palestinians were killed during an israeli military raid in the west bank, followed on friday, by the killing of seven jewish settlers outside a synagogue in occupied eastjerusalem. israeli forces have now moved in to evict the family of the palestinian gunman who carried out friday s attack. nader hashemi is director of the center for middle east studies at the university of denver in colorado. thank you for being on the programme. thank you for being on the programme- thank you for being on the programme. first of all, give us our programme. first of all, give us your reaction programme. first of all, give us your reaction to programme. first of all, give us your reaction to these - us your reaction to these leaders
JERUSALEM — Eight years after the foundation of the state of Israel, Moshe Dayan, the chief of staff of the Israeli military, stood close to the Gaza border to pronounce a eulogy for a 21-year-old Israeli security officer slain by Palestinian and Egyptian assailants. “Let us not today cast blame on his murderers,” he said in 1956. “What can we say against their terrible hatred of us? For eight years now, they have sat in the refugee camps of Gaza and have watched how, before their very eyes, we
i think we are headed for dark times and the recent escalation of violence is a sign of things to come. of violence is a sign of things to come- of violence is a sign of things to come. ,, . ., , ., ,, ., to come. the secretary of state s visit to come. the secretary of state s visit was to come. the secretary of state s visit was scheduled to come. the secretary of state s visit was scheduled anyway, i s visit was scheduled anyway, this is not a sudden trip because of what has been going on since thursday. what is the best we can hope for in terms of what he may be able to achieve? of what he may be able to achieve? perhaps trying to convince achieve? perhaps trying to convince israel achieve? perhaps trying to convince israel to - achieve? perhaps trying to convince israel to scale - achieve? perhaps trying to i convince israel to scale back its repression of the palestinians stop for example this attempt to demolish the homes or expel the family members of palestinian