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The World

Israel's Cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire deal

The World

PRX

News, Lethaldissent

4.6943 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Israel's security Cabinet has okayed a ceasefire deal with Hamas. But some members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet have threatened to resign and the future of his government remains in the balance. Also, authorities around the world are trying to crack down on AI-generated images of child sexual abuse. And, the most-beloved sport in Canada — hockey — is getting an update. This year, the sport will be broadcast in Indigenous languages Cree and Inuktitut. 

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0:00.0

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas looks set to go into effect, but in Israel, the discord continues.

0:12.4

Very few people feel outright that this is a great deal.

0:16.4

I'm Carolyn Beeler. And I'm Carol Hills. Also today, the German political party rising fastest in the polls

0:22.7

has been accused of pushing racist and xenophobic policies. They're at the stage now that they

0:28.2

don't care anymore if the vast majority of the public are against their ideas. And big changes

0:34.8

for Hockey Night and Canada will now be broadcast sometimes in two indigenous languages.

0:40.9

Using Canada's number one sport to promote our language has been nothing less than phenomenal.

0:47.8

Pretty cool, eh?

0:49.1

All that and more.

0:50.3

Today on the world.

0:57.8

The Today on The World. This is The World. I'm Carolyn Beeler.

1:00.4

And I'm Carol Hills.

1:01.7

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas looks set to go into effect,

1:05.8

more than 15 months after the start of a war that began with the Hamas attack on southern Israel.

1:11.2

The deal, which would pause the fighting, was reached on Wednesday, but hung in the balance

1:15.5

as Prime Minister Netanyahu deliberated over details.

1:19.2

Netanyahu says Israel's attacks will not end until Sunday at the earliest.

1:23.9

The ceasefire would last for six weeks and include the release of 33 Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinians being held in Israeli jails.

1:32.9

To learn more about reaction inside Israel and what this means politically for Netanyahu, I spoke with journalist Noga Tarnapolski.

1:40.5

She is based in Jerusalem.

1:42.5

Inside the country, there's really a complex array of unhappiness with this deal.

1:48.3

You have the most extreme right-wing nationalist theocrats who, until a few days ago, still hoped to be able to, you know, colonize Gaza and install a Jewish theocracy there. And we're

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