You have been watching israels Military Assault in gaza from afar. Has it unfolded in the way you expected . Yes, it has unfolded in the way i expected but not in the way that i thought it should be. There is a huge tension between the way that i see this war and the way that the government define it, and the problem is, and i have said it from the very beginning, that this war is a war without any political goal. And what happens to this type of war, that the war becomes the end and not the means in order to achieve a better political goal. So the answer is yes and no. Isnt the strategic sort of aim to destroy hamas as a Fighting Force and to completely eliminate it as a governing force in gaza, isnt that a clear political strategic ambition . No, absolutely not. It is a military goal, it is not a political goal. We have to understand that when we discuss the whole concept of war, the idea is to create a better political reality. The battlefield or the military forces are just the mea
Ami ayalon, in northern israel, welcome to hardtalk. Ami ayalon, in northern israel, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for invitin welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me. Welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me. Great welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me. Great to welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for inviting me. Great to have for inviting me. Great to have you on. You have a long, distinguished career at the top of the Israeli Security forces. Obviously that and sometime ago. You have been watching israels Military Assault in gaza from afar. Has it unfolded in the way you expected . Yes, it has unfolded in the way i expected but not in the way that i thought it should be. There is a huge tension between the way that i see this war and the way that i see this war and the way that the government define it, and the problem is, and i have set it from the very beginning, that this war is a war without any political goal. And what happens to this type of war, that the wa
Some time ago. You have been watching israels Military Assault in gaza from afar. Has it unfolded in the way you expected . Yes, it has unfolded in the way i expected but not in the way that i thought it should be. There is a huge tension between the way that i see this war and the way that the government define it, and the problem is, and i have said it from the very beginning, that this war is a war without any political goal. And what happens to this type of war, that the war becomes the end and not the means in order to achieve a better political goal. So the answer is yes and no. Isnt the strategic sort of aim to destroy hamas as a Fighting Force and to completely eliminate it as a governing force in gaza, isnt that a clear political strategic ambition . No, absolutely not. It is a military goal, it is not a political goal. We have to understand that when we discuss the whole concept of war, the idea is to create a better political reality. The battlefield or the military forces a
A settlement with the palestinians lets meet next tuesday south korea agrees to talks with the north about the olympics but says Nuclear Matters are its top priority plus. In a few months time the stands here at Luzhniki Stadium in moscow will be filled with football fans from all over the world. And ill have more on this later in the program with russia now in its world cup year. At least eight iranians have been killed overnight in antigovernment protests thats according to local state media they say twenty two people are known to have died since the demonstrations began on thursday the countrys Supreme Leader is blaming what hes calling irans enemies for the trouble rob matheson has the story. Gunshots in the city of persia on monday night. Demonstrators defy a Government Social media blackout posting these pictures from cities across iran of damaged cars crowds and burning buildings. Just hours earlier in the capital tehran there was little sign of the turmoil which is engulfed par
Me to solo the national anthem. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the best attended a. J. C. Global forum in our 110year history. [applause] we are more than 2,700 people here tonight. We represent more than 70 countries. We have diplomats here tonight, and id like quickly to read the countries so that we all know whos here as an exception of friendship with a. J. C. We have diplomats from albania, angola, argentina, armenia, australia, austria. Aber za january. Barbados, belgium, brazil, bulgaria. Brunaldy. Costa rica, cyprus. Equatorial guinea. Ethiopia, georgia, ghana. Greece, hungary, israel and italy. Kurdistan, lithuania. Macedonia, mauricious and mexico [applause] lets hear it for micronesia. [applause] mongolia, morocco, paraguay, the philippines, romania, serbia, slovaka. Slovenia, south korea, spain, sri lanka, swaws land, sweden, in dad and tobago and inidad and to bago and uruguay. Have i missed any countries . France . Bonjour. Im so sorry. The u. K. [appl