Bianna Golodryga
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@CNN Anchor, Sr Global Affairs analyst, co-author ‘Don’t Feed the Lion’ with @leviyonit (pre-order link below), wife, mother, proud immigrant, ❤️ Houston, TX
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“I can hear them laughing and eating cakes and drinking tea, like there is no person that walks like next to them and looks like a skeleton. It's surreal, it was very frustrating. But this is how they are, they're very cruel." Evyatar David recounts being forced to dig his grave.
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The world first saw Evyatar David emaciated, forced to dig his own grave in a Hamas propaganda video. Nearly a year after his release, he sat down with me for his first international interview on his captivity and his recovery. Our full conversation on Christiane Amanpour CNN today.
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.Miad Maleki: “within 2 wks, Iran won’t be able to store oil and will have permanent long term damage to extracting it. The regime won’t be able to pay salaries if they can't collect taxes without selling metals, petrochemicals and petroleum. That is going to really hurt them.”
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Gadi Eisenkot leads the race to replace Netanyahu. I asked Naftali Bennett נפתלי בנט if he’d team up with him to win— “I will do anything necessary. My position is secondary...we’re talking now” “So yes, you’d serve under a PM Eisenkot?” “I’m sure we’re going to figure it out together.”
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“Do you believe Hamas will ever truly give up arms? Do you allow yourself to envision a Hamas-free Gaza. And peace?" “No, I don't think it's possible. They just want the whole land. They don't really care about Gaza. I could see it in their eyes...it's scary, really"
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“I remember walking by another room in the tunnel, seeing a big amount of food…huge amounts. So I was being starved, There’s no question about it.” For the majority of his 505 days in captivity, Omer Shem Tov survived on one biscuit and salty water a day. He lost over 50lbs.
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“The US and Israel are of course using kinetic power, but we are using soft power as well through different ideas because we need to collaborate with the public in Iran and make sure they will be responsible for their future.” - former Israeli Defense Minister יואב גלנט - Yoav Gallant
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Hamas released a video hostage Liri Elbag. I spoke to her mother in Oct.: “Liri and Naama are little girls, young girls that for one year are there, in hell. People in the world forget them. Our government, the media, and all over the world. They forget they are still there.”
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"I felt that someone had cleaved part of my body off and walked away. But I knew that wouldn't be productive in trying to save him...I would say to myself, 'Pretend to be a human. Get up, go’ And I would go because it was my son." Part 1 of my interview with Rachel Goldberg-Polin
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“She’s the daughter of a lioness, they are fighters. Proud Jewish girls who never lost hope.” Released hostage Daniella Gilboa’s uncle Razi, tells me. CNN was the only international network to witness in real time the return of four female hostages alongside their families today.
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"This must come to an end. It's not just for the hostages and the hostage families and the people in Israel. It's for the hundreds of thousands of innocent Gazan people who are suffering horribly." Rachel Goldberg-Polin shares her message to negotiators. Bring Hersh Home
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“Hamas is using my brother in this twisted, sick experiment on human lives. It’s not pressured enough…All leaders of all nations should stand up united and put every ounce of pressure they can on Hamas. Hamas must be begging for a deal.” - Ilay David, brother of hostage, Evyatar
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Weeks after arguing US strategy is working, د. مهند سلوم doubles down: Iran’s deterrence is shattered and Javad Zarif's peace plan is pure desperation. With zero Gulf allies left, Tehran is scrambling for an off-ramp while Trump tries to convert ultimatums into a final deal.
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