Israel signals a shift in the war on Gaza
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2024
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is ending the “intense” phase of the war on Gaza and signals a shift of focus to the simmering conflict on the country's northern border with Lebanon. So, what will this mean on the ground?
In this episode:
- Daniel Levy, President of the US/Middle East Project and a former Israeli peace negotiator
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Sarí el-Khalili, Ashish Malhotra, and Sonia Bhagat, with Amy Walters, Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan, Duha Mosaad, Veronique Eshaya, and our host Natasha Del Toro, in for Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, Israel is shifting gears. |
| 0:15.0 | The intense phase of the fighting against Hamas is about to end. |
| 0:27.7 | But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says troops would soon be deployed to the northern border with Lebanon. |
| 0:30.2 | So what is on Israel's agenda? |
| 0:36.3 | I'm Natasha Deltoro, and this is the take. |
| 0:52.3 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat down for an interview with Israel's Channel 14, a right-wing television outlet on Sunday. It was his first interview since October 7th. |
| 0:55.2 | He was addressing his base in the audience and those watching him at home. |
| 1:00.0 | And he made news. |
| 1:02.3 | The war in Gaza, he said, is about to enter a new phase. |
| 1:07.7 | It doesn't mean that the war is about to end, |
| 1:10.7 | but the war in its intense phase is about to end in Rapa. |
| 1:15.7 | What Natanahu has categorically said is that the Israeli defense forces will stay inside Gaza. |
| 1:25.0 | The war will continue. |
| 1:31.9 | Joining me is Daniel Levy. I'm joining you from London, |
| 1:38.1 | president of the US Middle East Project, and former Israeli negotiating peace talks with the Palestinians way back. We're so happy to have you here with us today to talk about all of this. |
| 1:47.8 | Tell me, Daniel, how do you read what Netanyahu is saying? |
| 1:52.8 | I mean, does this sound like the end of this phase of fighting in Gaza to you? |
| 2:00.3 | He has said it will not take place at the intensity it has taken place in the last months, but the military will remain, military |
| 2:02.2 | operations will be conducted, and under those circumstances, one might hope that humanitarian |
| 2:08.4 | aid will be allowed in, that that situation at least might improve, but I don't think |
| 2:13.5 | there's any guarantee that that will be the case. |
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