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the temporary ceasefire agreed between israel and hamas — that's due to begin in a few hours�* time — will take effect as planned. there's been violence close to the deadline. hamas claims at least 27 people have been killed by an israeli strike on a un—run school in northern gaza. israel hasn't commented. if the ceasefire does go to plan, the four—day pause in the fighting in gaza will begin on friday at 7 in the morning, local time. the first group of israeli hostages — 13 from a group of 50 — will be released a few hours after that. israel has confirmed it has a list...

>> i'm glad you are asking about that. i will tell you here for the first time that this letter is going to be dropping tomorrow morning. it's going to be signed by at least 200 house republicans. it is opposing the president's potential move of establishing a consul general in jerusalem, when president biden was senator biden, he was part of a nearly unanimous effort in getting the jerusalem embassy act passed and signed into law, which would say that jerusalem should be recognized as the capital of israel. it should be undivided. the palestinian authority wants this consulate general office ...

Dividing jerusalem in some fashion. and, in fact, israel has taken more palestinian areas of east jerusalem and the west bank rather than showing flexibility on these issues. amon aldine, i want to get your reaction, but i want to play some of this. >> we recognize the importance of jerusalem and our position on that has not changed. >> ignoring the christian rights in jerusalem will only fuel extremism and undermine the war against terrorism. >> amon, the reaction today from your standpoint in jerusalem which is a city of both western jerusalem with the israeli capital so far, and east jerusa...

That, i agree that should happen. i took a tour of the old city, i didn't have it on previous trips. the armenian sector and the muslim sector and the jewish't sector and the jewish sector in the christian sector. it's amazing in this very small area of space, there can be peaceful coexistence, and that the p.a. is paying a terrorist matter of law they don't recognize israel's right to exist, where do you begin the discussion in terms of peace, i don't think you can in until, they change. >> jerusalem right now is a city under israeli control and they are very respectful of muslims,w christian...

Peace but you don't have peace when you teach the children in the schools in the palestinian authority to hate and your name streets and you name parks after terrorists, they are heralded as heroes. he may say nice things when he's at the white house but this is the same abbas who made a fiery speech to the arab league not long ago in which he said yes, we will continue to incite. if you listen carefully to what he said of the white house he also said we've got to go back to the 67 borders, that's a suicide pact for israel. there is no way they can do that. dividing jerusalem is like solomon t...