Guest: Na'eem Jeenah - Senior Researcher at the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) 

Today marks 80 days since the start of the Israel and Palestine war. As people around the world celebrate Christmas day, the people of Israel and Palestine are reeling from the war stricken country. Israeli forces have killed some 8,000 Palestinian fighters in the Gaza war. Meanwhile United States President Joe Biden says he did not ask Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza in a telephone call between the two leaders