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displaced civilians. people there celebrated the announcement that the deal had been accepted by hamas. but israel says it s pressing ahead with its military operations in the area with the idf carrying out targeted strikes in rafah. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has urged both israel and hamas to go the extra mile for peace and bring an end to the suffering in gaza. the prospect of an israeli assault has caused an international outcry with aid agencies warning of devastating consequences. let s get this update from our correspondent, fergal keane, in jerusalem. they haven t had reason to dance for a long time. but they haven t forgotten how. even amid uncertainty about israel s position, hope springs. across gaza, bbcjournalists captured the reaction. ..of those convinced, perhaps prematurely, that a ceasefire will happen. translation: the feeling is indescribable. we re so happy we re going back to our home in gaza city. we re refugees from the north and we ....
celebrations broke out in gaza as news of the potential breakthrough reached palestinians. but earlier in the day civilians in eastern rafah began to flee after the israeli military dropped leaflets warning them to evacuate ahead of a limited ground operation against hamas. 100,000 refugees have been told to move to what israel is calling an expanded humanitarian zone near khan younis, but gazans say the area is already overcrowded. jordan s king abdullah ii is in the us on a state visit. in a meeting at the white house on monday, jordanian officials say the king told presidentjoe biden a ground invasion into rafah would lead to a new massacre and risk spilling over into the wider region. in new york the un sectetary general antonio guterres told reporters that israel invading rafah would be intolerable. our special correspondent fergal keane has more details. they haven t had reason to dance for a long time. but they haven t forgotten how. even amid uncertainty about i ....
who are making a political point are doing it not with persuasion but with intimidation. and i ve done a lot of writing about how it was the arrival of social media that allowed people to intimidate others, threaten any dissenters with mob reactions. so my previous book, the coddling of the american mind, was about this strange, new and really kind of frightening morality that came to us right around 2015 it wasn t there in 2013. and so i m starting this way because this is the backstory to what s happening today. yeah, but what you ve already said is important because you have made it clear in the past that you reject the notion that words can be seen as violence. mm hm. and you basically say that, intellectually speaking, we all need to have thicker skins. mm hm. we all need to understand that offence can happen, it can be taken, but it is not akin to violence. that s right. so when you use that word intimidation about a bunch of young people chanting slogans abou ....
in the us is in ferment, with students occupying certain grounds within the university. mm hm. you ve written a lot over many years about the intellectual atmosphere on campus in america, so i want to begin by asking you what you make of these protests. so, of course, the right to protest, we re all in favour of. the key issue for me is intimidation. this is what began in 2015 a change in the nature of campus life, so that people who are making a political point are doing it not with persuasion but with intimidation. and i ve done a lot of writing about how it was the arrival of social media that allowed people to intimidate others, threaten any dissenters with mob reactions. so my previous book, the coddling of the american mind, was about this strange, new and really kind of frightening morality that came to us right around 2015 it wasn t there in 2013. and so i m starting this way because this is the backstory to what s happening today. yeah, but what you ve al ....
locate to al mawasi, and expanded safe said, east of khan younis. a rtefa cts artefa cts as artefacts as the deal has been revised and accepted. outside al aqsa hospital in gaza there were celebrations at the news. but israel did not react warmly to the deal. prime and the netanyahu said it did not meet israel s demands and they will continue in rafah in southern gaza. moments ago the un secretary general antonio guterres his call against a ground invasion. he said it would be intolerable. here s the latest from our security correspondent, frank gardner. they have at least agreed to do with they did not do it the weekend which is to send a delegation of mediators, experts to try to thrash out a deal. it set the terms that hamas have agreed to are very far from what meets their needs but not ruling it out and i think there s a degree of optimism here at the same time as i mentioned, they re continuing to push them against the wishes of the americans in rafa and that is c ....