Gavin Grey: UK and Europe correspondent on French demands for halt on Israeli arms deliveries

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the French President's demands for a halt on arms deliveries to Israel for use in Gaza is a "disgrace". He says "Israel will win with or without their support". 

UK and Europe correspondent Gavin Grey says it came as a surprise since France is known to be a supporter of Israel. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Devin Gray is in the UK. He's how you can
your correspondent, Gavin, good morning to you. Morning there, tell
us there's been a resignation at Number ten.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Yes, Sue Gray. Now she's not an MP, she's not
a member of the cabinet. She is instead the chief
of staff for Sekre Starma, or should I say are
prime Minister's former chief of staff. Because she has resigned.
She was caught up in lots of rows about pay.
It materialized she was being paid more than the Prime minister.
That was leaked by dissatisfied colleagues who had actually taken

(00:32):
a pay cut. And also it was really last few
weeks have been dominated by freebies, by the donations given
to the Prime Minister, his wife and indeed to other
ministers that I don't know, many say not been handled
very well. So Sue Gray is going to move to
a new role as the Prime Minister's Envoy for Nations

(00:55):
and Regions. But make no mistake, her resignation, she said,
was because she become a distraction for the part of
the government. There will be plenty of people in the
opposition benches who were in government who would be delighted.
After all, Suegray led the investigation into parties at Downing Street,
which ultimately led to Boris Johnson's downfall.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
Interesting move, isn't it. Let's go to the situation in
the Middle East. The Israeli Prime Minister leshing Outmenuel Machrom.

Speaker 2 (01:26):
Yes, So the seventh of October is the first anniversary
of Hamas's attack on Israel, in which about two hundred
people were killed in two hundred and fifty one taken hostage.
So it was an odd time for the French President
Emmanuel Macron to call for a holt on arms deliveries
to Israel for use in Gaza. Immediately, the Israeli Prime

(01:46):
Minister Benjamin yet Yahoo hit back, saying effectively, this is
shame on them. He said, Israel will win with or
without their support, calling it a disgrace. Well, they branch
of hit back, saying that France is a steadfast friend
of Israel and that Nettna, whose reaction is excessive and

(02:07):
detached from the friendship between France and Israel. Will others, however,
begin to make plain their feelings on the matter. Will
America change heart with its tactics, Well not at the moment,
but I think this gives some indication ran as to
how upset frustrated so many in the European ranks are.

(02:27):
Whether it'll make any difference, of course to Benjamin Mattnia,
who is a completely different question.

Speaker 1 (02:32):
Yeah, certainly, as Gevin, thank you for that. Givin Gray
are UK europe correspondent.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
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