Bonus: The Global Story - Will Netanyahu change course?
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 September 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
A bonus episode from The Global Story podcast.
Israel has been rocked by huge protests after six hostages being held in Gaza were shot and killed last weekend. Fury at the Netanyahu government’s handling of negotiations with Hamas has prompted a wave of public indignation which has spilled into the streets. We examine whether or not the demonstrations and rising international pressure over the number of Palestinians being killed in Gaza, will force Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to change its position.
On today's episode, host Katya Adler is joined by the BBC’s International Editor Jeremy Bowen, who has been reporting from the Middle East for decades.
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Producers: Peter Goffin, Laurie Kalus and Tom Kavanagh.
Sound Engineer: Jack Graysmark.
Assistant Editor: Sergi Forcada Freixas.
Senior News Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, this is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Bernadette Keio. I'm here to introduce you to the Global Story Podcast, which brings you a single story in depth with insight from the BBC's best journalists. There's a new |
| 0:14.5 | edition every weekday. Just search for the global story wherever you get your |
| 0:18.7 | podcasts and be sure to subscribe so you don't miss a single episode. |
| 0:22.8 | Hello I'm Katia Adler from the BBC World Service |
| 0:29.4 | this is the Global Story. |
| 0:31.4 | The confirmed deaths of another six of the hostages |
| 0:37.1 | taken from Israel last October by Hamas has led to Israelis taking to the |
| 0:41.5 | streets in recent days. |
| 0:43.2 | They're calling for a ceasefire in Gaza |
| 0:45.1 | and criticizing their prime minister loudly. |
| 0:48.1 | We're protesting against the government |
| 0:51.4 | to never gave us a chance to rescue our beloved ones. |
| 0:57.0 | Overseas, even close allies of Israel, like the US President, are ever more bluntly accusing Benjamin Netanyahu of not doing enough |
| 1:05.3 | to secure a hostage deal. So far Israel's Prime Minister appears not to be |
| 1:10.7 | listening to any criticism coming his way. |
| 1:13.2 | Now the world will seriously demand that Israel make concessions after this massacre? |
| 1:18.8 | What message is this sent to Hamas? |
| 1:21.0 | Murder more hostages? You'll get more concessions. So will |
| 1:24.4 | anything, can anything ever change Benjamin Netanyahu's mind and his |
| 1:28.9 | plans to keep fighting in Gaza, he says, until her mass is wiped out. |
| 1:37.5 | With me today is the BBC's international editor, Jeremy Bowen, and I wanted to ask you, Jeremy, I mean you've been covering the Middle East for years |
| 1:45.7 | I've been out there for quite a few years myself and have spoken to Benjamin Netanyahu |
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