Is the US Doing Enough to Address Gaza Crisis?

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00:00Jonathan, I can hear everything that you are saying to me

00:05and with regards to the October 7th attack and Hamas.

00:10And a lot of people think that things might have become

00:15a little bit disproportionate at the moment

00:17and the international tide is turning against Israel.

00:21The October 7th attack was absolutely horrendous

00:25and the whole world condemned it.

00:27But we're now seeing 62,000 people dead inside of Gaza

00:33and a famine being declared.

00:37Do you not think that the world needs to speak out?

00:40And really, has President Trump done enough?

00:43Because in the past, he said occupying Gaza

00:45is pretty much up to Benjamin Netanyahu.

00:48And he's also said Netanyahu was a war hero.

00:52So right now, you know, what's the answer?

00:55And is the U.S. doing enough or are they giving carte blanche to Israel?

01:00Really, this is an issue that affects the neighbourhood first and foremost.

01:05So what needs to happen, Leanne, is truly the death toll

01:08and the suffering that's happening in Gaza,

01:11which is, you know, we don't know even where the truth lies in that.

01:15The numbers are astounding in terms of children dying and women

01:18and innocents of those 62,000 people you talk about.

01:24Certainly a large number are Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

01:28But we don't know because the Ministry of Health is run by Hamas

01:32and they, you know, they're the ones delivering the figures

01:36and they do not differentiate between civilians and militants.

01:41They just don't.

01:41So it's very questionable what is the case and not disputing that whatsoever

01:48is that the situation in Gaza is absolutely unacceptable

01:52and there needs to be relief coming in and we need to resolve this crisis.

01:57Now, the Arab League the other day asked Hamas to put down their arms

02:03and allow a political settlement of the situation and to release the hostages.

02:09If the hostages had been released months and months ago,

02:13actually well over, you know, well over a year ago,

02:16we wouldn't be where we are.

02:17This would not be happening.

02:19And the problem is that we're stuck in a situation in which Benjamin Netanyahu

02:24and his coalition, which is very fragile, has a couple of figures in it

02:30who are really ultra-nationalists and difficult

02:33and holding him accountable to not cave in.

02:39And it's a political quagmire.

02:41In a situation like this, a lot of power is in the hands of the Egyptians,

02:46the Qataris and other Arab countries, the UAE included,

02:51of trying to figure out a way to intervene in a way in which the Arab street

02:56doesn't perceive this as capitulating to Israeli wants and wishes,

03:02but really wants and wishes of the Palestinian people

03:05who do not deserve leadership of what Hamas represents.

03:09They are not responsible.

03:12What they've done is essentially subjected the Palestinian people.

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