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Former Saudi ambassador weighs in on Trump’s approach to Gaza and the Middle East

PBS News Hour - Segments

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Israel is blocking humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza until Hamas agrees to a proposal to extend phase one of the ceasefire, which expired Saturday. John Yang speaks with Prince Turki Al-Faisal, a former Saudi ambassador to the U.S. and U.K., about the latest developments and the Trump administration’s involvement in Gaza. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

The other big story we're following tonight is in the Middle East, where Israel is blocking

0:05.0

humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza until Hamas agrees to temporarily extend phase one of

0:10.8

the ceasefire, which expired yesterday. Israel has embraced a U.S. plan to pause fighting

0:16.1

through Ramadan and Passover, which ends April 20th. Hamas would have to release half of the

0:20.8

remaining hostages being held in Gaza have to release half of the remaining hostages

0:21.6

being held in Gaza on the first day of the extension.

0:24.6

Hamas immediately rejected the proposal.

0:27.6

Earlier, I spoke about all of this with Prince Turkey Al-Faisal,

0:30.6

a former Saudi ambassador to the United States and the United Kingdom.

0:33.6

We all thought that the two sagas of the ceasefire would lead to a permanent

0:40.3

ceasefire and that those issues were fully and thoroughly discussed when the previous administration

0:50.3

was in power in America. So all these new additions seem to be on the side of Mr. Netanyahu

0:59.6

to get away from the commitments that he made in the previous agreement. Talking about that,

1:07.1

how would you rate President Trump's involvement in Gaza so far?

1:11.2

Well, it's been very helpful from one aspect is that it has implemented the ceasefire,

1:17.8

but on other things like the promotion of the Riviera on the Mediterranean and driving out the Palestinians and actually pushing for ethnic

1:33.0

cleansing of the Palestinians. That is wrong. That is unacceptable, not just by us, but by the whole

1:40.9

world. And then for him to put up that silly, I would say obscene concoction of him and Mr. Netanyahu

1:51.7

drinking sodas in front of the beachfront in Madhazza, it's just awful.

1:57.3

I believe you're referring to a social media post that he didn't create, but he reposted,

2:02.9

showing his vision or a vision of the Riviera.

2:06.1

But he reposted it.

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