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“If [Israel] continues on the path… this will be the end of the Zionist dream”
Former Israeli security chief Ami Ayalon says that only a two-state solution can safeguard the dream of “Israel as a Jewish democracy”
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“The war against terror is a war against an idea. And there is no way to destroy or to defeat an idea by the use of military power” – Ami Ayalon
Former Israeli intelligence chief says while Israel might be winning on the battlefield, it is failing to defeat Hamas’s ideology
“We do not deserve to be a bargaining card.”
Amin Salam, Lebanon’s Economy Minister, says his country has earned the right to be more peaceful and stable.
@BBCHARDtalk asks what the government is doing to prevent further escalation in the region
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Did the International Court of Justice’s order on the conflict in Gaza change anything on the ground?
Our exclusive interview with Judge Joan Donoghue, former president of the court, is available here
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“We are officially in a state of war”
Lebanon’s economy minister Amin Salam warns the conflict between the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah and Israel has already escalated dangerously
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“Without the Western support, the chances of Ukraine to prevail in this war are very, very, very low”
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister @Yatsenyuk_AP says that without extra US assistance, Ukraine could lose its war with Russia
“Our goal is not to start a full war but at the same time we need to find the smart way to act to what happened here” – Danny Danon
Israel’s former UN ambassador says his country will “make sure the leaders of Iran will think very carefully next time”
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I loved doing @BBCHARDtalk with Stephen Sackur.We discussed me playing Mitch Winehouse in @backtoblack, John Adams in Franklin for @AppleTV,finding the balance between authenticity & diversity in acting and liking people you don’t politically agree with.
"I am prepared to die for the causes that I believe in" – Zimbabwean opposition politician
Job Sikhala, recently released after nearly two years in prison, says he will not relent in his struggle for democratic freedom in Zimbabwe
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“The UK government has to stop arms sales to Israel" - @HumzaYousaf
The First Minister of Scotland says if the UK continues to provide arms, it will be “complicit in the killing of innocent people”
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Just interviewed Scotland First Minister @HumzaYousaf. Clearest break yet with UK govt on Israel. He says: ‘if the UK govt continues to provide arms [to Israel] that makes the UK complicit….The evidence that we have seen certainly suggests war crimes have been committed’
“We have the lowest rate of deforestation in the world… Guyana will still be net zero”
President Irfaan Ali says Guyana won’t take lectures on climate change as it exploits its huge offshore oil and gas reserves
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“They cannot ask the Dominican Republic to solve the Haitian problem,” says @luisabinader
The President of the Dominican Republic tells HARDtalk that he will not halt deportations as the crisis unfolds in neighbouring Haiti
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Have lessons been learned from the Birmingham Six injustice?
Listen to the full interview with campaigning writer and journalist Chris Mullin
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“These are the most painful months in my history,” says the Palestinian Ambassador to the UN
Riyad Mansour says “it is within our national interest to put our house in order and to try to unify our ranks”
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Navalny aide Leonid Volkov has been attacked with a meat hammer in Vilnius
Lithuanian police are investigating the assault, described by the Putin critic as “a gangster greeting” from Russia’s President
He spoke to Stephen Sackur days ago bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…
Listen to Stephen Sackur’s interview with writer Sathnam Sanghera
As the British son of Indian immigrants, he wanted to look afresh at the legacies of the British Empire. Why has his work stirred up so much hate?
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