Benjamin netanyahu, has delayed his departure for the Un General Assembly in new york. Lets speak to Yossi Belin the former israeli Justice Minister who initiated the oslo Peace Process and the informal geneva peace accord. He joins us live from Tel Aviv. Welcome to Bbc News. Did you hear those sirens this morning given you are in Tel Aviv . Yes, i did. Given you are in Tel Aviv . Yes, i did and given you are in Tel Aviv . Yes, i did. And what given you are in Tel Aviv . Yes, i did. And what do given you are in Tel Aviv . Yes, i did. And what do you given you are in Tel Aviv . Yes, i did. And what do you make i given you are in Tel Aviv . Yes, j i did. And what do you make of the ongoing i did. And what do you make of the ongoing tensions i did. And what do you make of the ongoing tensions that the ongoing tensions that continue to escalate . I must admit, continue to escalate . I must admit. For continue to escalate . I must admit, for us, continue to escalate . I must admit, for us,
The first thing i should do is express my condolences on the death of six american members in sinai. You know the pain of the loss of the people who will who were killed last week. They were killed along with fellow peacemakers from france and the czech republic. So we honor their memory and their thoughts and prayers are with their families. We worked together closely for these past four years, first when you were cia director and then secretary of state and from points,o unique vantage you see firsthand evidence of what i have been saying for many years, that the United States of america has no better friend than the state of israel. And you can attest to that in a variety of ways. But you also worked hard to prove the other thing that im saying for many years and you contributed to it personally, that israel has no better friend in the world than the United States of america. And over the last four years under President Trump and his remarkable team, led by you and ambassador freidm
Week from jerusalem is near bach out of form of matter of the city and a leading politician there mr netanyahu said we could party all the wheels finally coming off the Prime Ministers wife. Welcomes of conferences Prime Minister netanyahu is under increasing pressure out of accusations of corruption which hes denied and his handling of the pandemic the Approval Rating or not seems to have sunk just on the 30 percent how long before the party and it could party says enough and its time he stood aside at least temporarily. Well 1st of all shalom from jerusalem. I think the biggest challenge we have right now is the corner virus the economics the medical challenges we have a d large government of over 70 Parliament Members supporting it in the coalition the issue you raised is not in the Critical Path of the challenges israel has right now. There are challenges on economics on the medical side and the trial d which is happening in parallel is not an issue for us israelis here mr barak at
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A lot of nods about it as it is its not just about elections now where is the hardship that the palestinians live under more apparent than in the city that you ran for 2 terms as majerus and again your american friends in the trumpet ministration a scathing about the lack of services for non jews in jerusalem the latest report says arab christians and muslims druze and ethiopian citizens faced persistent institutional and societal discrimination this is disgraceful enough isnt it but if you go back and look at previous reports this discrimination has been flagged up year after year and nothing was done to improve the situation why well i think you are describing the situation in the United States of america and many other European Countries i could tell if they were trying to israel jailing of them. Fine im just saying that. If you look at the facts the quality of life of arab residents in East Jerusalem is far far better than any of the arabs countries around us and the reason they ar