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Israeli minister threatens to quit over ceasefire

Newshour

BBC

Daily News, News

4.21.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Itamar Ben-Gvir is a far right politician who, if he does resign, could bring down the Israeli government. He says a ceasefire would be a win for Hamas,

Also on the programme: the American director David Lynch, whose work included films like The Elephant Man and Blue Velvet as well as the TV series Twin Peaks, has died at the age of 78. Nicholas Cage, the star of his classic film Wild At Heart, pays tribute: and animal rights campaigners in France are celebrating the saving of a tame wild boar named "Rillette", who was named after a meat pâté. We hear from the woman who saved him.

(Picture: Israel's Minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir. Credit: Reuters)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to NewsHour. It's live from the BBC World Service in London. I'm Tim Franks.

0:09.4

This time yesterday I was telling you about a ceasefire deal that had just, just been announced.

0:15.5

A deal to bring a ceasefire to Gaza, a release of Israeli hostages, and an ensuing freeing of Palestinian prisoners and

0:22.4

increase in aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip. Today, perhaps this was only to be expected,

0:29.2

there appears to have been obstacles, objections, warnings at the ceasefire due to start on Sunday,

0:35.1

could be delayed, and at the same time, continuing violence in Gaza,

0:39.4

with dozens killed in Israeli strikes over the last 24 hours. As for the arguments within Israel

0:44.6

over the terms of this deal, well, it does still need to be signed off by ministers, and shortly

0:50.0

before we came on air, one of them, the far-right security minister Itimer bin Gavir,

0:55.4

said he would quit the government should the deal go through.

1:01.2

The current deal gives them greater appetite, gives Hamas more motivation. This deal teaches them

1:08.9

that they can kidnap and abuse and hurt and finally ultimately get what they want

1:14.7

I think that the release of the hostages should be done in another way we should stop completely the humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip

1:24.6

humanitarian only if we get the hostages back.

1:29.7

Utmar Ben-Gavir speaking an hour or so ago.

1:32.3

Fleur Hassan Nahum is a special envoy for the Israeli foreign ministry.

1:37.0

How confident is she that a cease-fired deal will be signed off

1:40.3

and it will come into force on Sunday?

1:43.7

Well, it's very difficult to be confident about anything, but ultimately there were a lot of

1:49.4

today, there were a lot of quibbles about the details of the deal, but it was announced this

1:55.9

evening that the deal is going through, so let's hope that tomorrow morning it remains in place.

2:00.5

And what do you make of Ben Gavir's announcement that he's going to quit if this win for

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