Israel potts was contestant was booed when she rehearsed her Song Hurricane outside with pro Palestinian Protesters who demonstrated against the war in gaza with Smoke Canisters in the colours of the palestinian flag set up an malmo� s central square. I of the palestinian flag set up an malmos central square. Of the palestinian flag set up an malmos central square. I think they should be everywhere malmos central square. I think they should be everywhere and malmos central square. I think they should be everywhere and once malmos central square. I think they l should be everywhere and once again, young people are leading the way and showing the world how we should react to this. Showing the world how we should react to thie showing the world how we should react to thia react to this. Speaking to our Culture Correspondent react to this. Speaking to our Culture Correspondent who i react to this. Speaking to our Culture Correspondent who is| react to this. Speaking to our. Culture correspondent who is in malmo following events for us there in charlotte, it is no exaggeration to say that the war in gaza and the protest against it is overshadowing the song contest. It is protest against it is overshadowing the song contest. The song contest. It is really noticeable the song contest. It is really noticeable because the song contest. It is really noticeable because when. The song contest. It is really| noticeable because when you the song contest. It is really noticeable because when you go into malmo there is such a increased police and security presence and before we checked into our hotel, armed police want to see that we had armed police want to see that we had a Booking Confirmation and that we were staying there and im outside the arena now and there are hundreds of police and other security staff Walking Around in plain of your pieces on an ten minutes ago, Hundreds Of Pro Palestinian Demonstrators came up from the Metro Station just demonstrators came up from the Metro Stationjust behind demonstrators came up from the Metro Station just behind where we are now instead of protesting and theyve been moved and today has been dominated by those pro palestinian protests in the centre of malmo and they were loud but peaceful and people want to make their point that israel should not be included in the Eurovision Song Contest but israel is here and performing at the semifinals hurricane. And that was changed and originally called 0ctober Rain And Eurovision Sound that referenced what happened in october when hamas fighters went into israel and the lives that song and to be changed it is a difference on tonight and she was booed in her Dress Rehearsal and it is a very different atmosphere and its about the sequence, the feathers, the music, politics cannot be separated this year in malmo but tonight, the people queuing up behind me now, they are here for the music we see flags running from every country in eurovision that ive yet to see anyone with an israeli flag at the arena whether theyll be taking them out inside the arena whether theyre just not flying them this year, ive yet to see one among the fans that are down here at the moment. Lets are down here at the moment. Lets take a look are down here at the moment. Lets take a look of are down here at the moment. Lets take a look of the are down here at the moment. Lets take a look of the situation on the ground in gaza itself. Israel has intensified its Bombing Campaign of the Southern City of rafah within the Southern City of rafah within the israeli officials saying that israel will press and and elsewhere in the gaza area is planned. And compounded from the air, 1. 4 million palestinians are thought to be sheltered there, including 600,000 children and among the 25 people injured in the strike in the Heart Of The City while seven corpses were pulled from the rubble in the west of rafah were many palestinians fled to after the israelis ordered them to after the israelis ordered them to evacuate to the east of the city and thats here now from one of them. ,. ,. ,. , them. They said to evacuate at the western area them. They said to evacuate at the western area is them. They said to evacuate at the western area is safe them. They said to evacuate at the western area is safe and them. They said to evacuate at the western area is safe and this them. They said to evacuate at the western area is safe and this is western area is safe and this is proof that the Israeli Occupation is a liar. There is no safe place. This comes the a liar. There is no safe place. This comes the united a liar. There is no safe place. This comes the United States has issued a fresh warning to israel not to the amount of full scale assault on rafah. That follows president joe bidens decision not to supply weapons which could be used in such an attack. Civilians have been cured as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they attacked the centres. And if they go into rafah, i am not going to supply the weapons used historically to deal with the cities and deal with this. We are going to continue to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and responding to attacks like what came out of The Middle East recently. 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If yes goes ahead with the full east with this assessment. If yes goes ahead with the full invasion j east with this assessment. If as goes ahead with the full invasion of rafah, there will be carnage. Fear and panic with Tens Of Thousands of people and food and fuel quickly running out. People and food and fuel quickly running out running out. Britain will follow lead of the running out. Britain will follow lead of the united running out. Britain will follow lead of the United States running out. Britain will follow lead of the United States and| running out. Britain will follow lead of the United States and heres what he had to say. Thea;r lead of the United States and heres what he had to say. Lead of the United States and heres what he had to say. They made those decisions themselves what he had to say. They made those decisions themselves and what he had to say. They made those decisions themselves and we what he had to say. They made those decisions themselves and we dont i decisions themselves and we dont sell weapons on the government to government basis at all and that is a decision for the us and we are encouraging israel to move carefully because we have seen understanding that israel wants to defend itself and tunnels and those who have murdered. And tunnels and those who have murdered and tunnels and those who have murdered. ,. ,. ,. , murdered. Israel is now reopening one of its main murdered. Israel is now reopening one of its main entry murdered. Israel is now reopening one of its main entry points murdered. Israel is now reopening one of its main entry points for. Murdered. Israel is now reopeningj one of its main entry points for aid into gaza and the crossing and has been safe enough and others in the crossing and at the age Distribution Group and Global Empowerment Missions and in central gaza because the enclosures and a set of Ground Operations have been opting to distribute it amongst Palestinians Fleeing Rafah and he spoke to me earlier on today. Earlier on today. Where using the infrastructure earlier on today. Where using the infrastructure that earlier on today. Where using the infrastructure that we earlier on today. Where using the infrastructure that we have earlier on today. Where using the infrastructure that we have seen l infrastructure that we have seen within the middle area of the warehouse. And theyve been able to continue distribution of parcels and flour and the communities setup and those fleeing from rafah that the minute, we arejudging the data around how many people are coming out every day and where theyre going there to be thickly looking at the of the thousand coming through in the last couple of days but is crazy about this is their only a few they contain. The saladin road and they contain. The saladin road and the other on the east. And you can imagine, people evacuating with every bit of their belongings and donkeys and cards and some on their backs. It is quite the picture but we are trying to send our distribution teams out to at least give them some fresh proper water intake in the heat and it is getting hot here and carrying your whole life on your back, people really need Something Like that and also, providing them with food parcels. Taste providing them with food parcels. We are able to see some of the pictures that you have actually taken of these people on the road and how desperate are they to get out of rafah and how fearful are they that there will be a full scale Israeli Attack there . There will be a fullscale Israeli Attack there . There will be a fullscale Israeli Attack there . Theyre extremely fearful and attack there . Theyre extremely fearful and on attack there . Theyre extremely fearful and on the attack there . Theyre extremely fearful and on the images, attack there . Theyre extremely i fearful and on the images, people having just packed backs and hope for the best, theyre packing up their entire lives and setting out on a newjourney and a lot of people who are currently in the regions in the hard thing is we are not only having to deal with the sheer numbers of already displaced People Living in tents but also now dealing with a whole new wave of people who were still living in their houses around which 50,000 people who were already living in rafah at the time in the 1. 4 million peoplejoining them. It is very messy and very worrying. Them. It is very messy and very wor inc. , them. It is very messy and very worrying worrying. Our director of Gaza Operations worrying. Our director of Gaza Operations at worrying. Our director of Gaza Operations at the worrying. Our director of Gaza Operations at the age worrying. Our director of Gaza Operations at the age group. Worrying. Our director of Gaza Operations at the Age Group Global empowerment commission. It also speak into a Security Correspondent who is injerusalem and our washington correspondent. Who is in jerusalem and our washington correspondent. Theyre Showina Washington correspondent. Theyre showing every washington correspondent. Theyre showing every sign washington correspondent. Theyre showing every sign that washington correspondent. Theyre showing every sign that theyre showing every sign that theyre planning to intensify the Military Operation in rafah and what started as being a limited operation starting to friend the edges as people report artillery strikes in air strikes and other parts of this very crowded part of the Southern Gaza strip. Israel is absolutely stung by the us threatening to withhold weapons and their talking of the trail, they can believe it and this is what since 1982. When we talk about 2000 bomb, you can drop that on a house be you will impact everyone in a 300 mile radius. They do not want to supply the weapons because they do not trust the Israeli Forces not to hurt civilians in Southern Gaza. Tom, pretty straight up warnings from the white house and from joe biden in that interview about intensified action by the israelis intensified action by the israelis in rafah. It intensified action by the israelis in rafah. ,. ,. ,. ,. , in rafah. It is hard to overstate the significance in rafah. It is hard to overstate the significance when in rafah. It is hard to overstate the significance when joe in rafah. It is hard to overstate j the significance when joe biden in rafah. It is hard to overstate the significance when joe biden has the significance Whenjoe Biden has said in terms of the us israel relationship which is suggesting you have to go back four decades to the day that Ronald Reagan in the last time in the very public way, the threat of withholding weapons from washington to israel was used in this way to try and affect israeli tactics on the ground. After the interview with cnn from resin biden, but we have seen is very sharp republican backlash here in washington in the last hour or so is in key republican senators who see themselves as closely allied israel have sharply criticised President Biden saying that this is in their words, and outrage. Standing on the president , that when i spoke to outside of the Senate Relations committee that lasted a couple of hours saying that she fully backed when President Biden was doing here because the numbers of women and children that had been killed by the israelis in gaza. And when this goes back to his call the President Biden made to Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu to achieve effectively threatened to withdraw armed supplies if that operation and rafah went through and you see civilians living in tents there and the us is reached a point where theyre trying to stave off the Ground Offensive which is been delivered and that warning in our phone call which is the start of limiting armed supplies and that said, to the administration, they believe israel still has everything it needs in terms of american armaments if i want to go into rafah, it could still do that but this is about trying to pressure Benjamin Netanyahu in changing or modifying his decision. The netanyahu in changing or modifying his decision. , netanyahu in changing or modifying his decision his decision. The latest from jerusalem his decision. The latest from jerusalem and his decision. The latest from jerusalem and still his decision. The latest from jerusalem and still to his decision. The latest from jerusalem and still to comel his decision. The latest from l jerusalem and still to come on his decision. The latest from jerusalem and still to come on the jerusalem and still to come on the road today, 30 serious criminals are jailed after police cracked their encrypted Text Messages that revealed plans for brutal violence. The bbc toward saudi arabia and authorities that it is permitted is of lethal forced to clear land for a futuristic city in the desert. Of lethal force to clear land for a futuristic city in the desert. 0n israels offensive in gaza and opposed by its biggest ally, the United States and the Prime Minister on whether the Israeli Ground offensive there is really necessary given the us warning. Given the us warning. President biden is been given the us warning. President biden is been a given the us warning. President biden is been a great given the us warning. President biden is been a great friend given the us warning. President biden is been a great friend to l given the us warning. President l biden is been a great friend to the state of israel however, this decision ipos feel spend a profound mistake and the why it is a mistake is three forward and it is telling hamas, you do not need to cut a deal and ensure that israel doesnt go in and ensure that israel doesnt go in and destroy hamas and why would they need the leverage which we do need to go into rafah and secondly, if we do not have accurate munit