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Dec 2023
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Will the Israeli prime minister help fre...

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Israel's Prime Minister insists the war on Gaza will continue - despite growing anger over the Israeli army's killing of three captives. Their families are demanding the government do more to ensure those being held by Hamas are released. So, can a deal be agreed to free them and secure a new truce?

Join Host Folly Bah Thibault

Guests:

Alon Liel - Former Director General, Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 

Yossi Mekelberg - Associate Fellow of the MENA Programme, Chatham House.

Sultan Barakat - Professor of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University.

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