'Christmas is officially cancelled in Bethlehem'

In this episode of Battle Lines, Middle East Correspondent
Nataliya Vasilyeva joins us from Bethlehem in the West Bank to
bring us up to date with the news from the Israeli assault on the
Gaza strip, and Senior Foreign Correspondent Sophia Yan talks us
through her analysis of Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin
Netanyahu, and asks how the war has impacted his chances of
political survival. 


Plus more than a month on from the start of Israeli ground
operations in Gaza, Hamish de Bretton-Gordon shares his thoughts
on the tactics and effectiveness of the IDF. 


Contributors:


David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on X.


Nataliya Vasilyeva (Middle East
Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on X.


Sophia Yan (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @sophia_yan
on X.


Hamish de Bretton Gordon, former British Army
Colonel. @HamishDBG on X.


Read: Netanyahu fighting on two fronts – in Gaza and for his own
survival, by Sophia Yan


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