campaign to end the israeli occupation. quote black friday guys you know the day when mindless consumers camped out in front of stores for days on end and trample each other to death just to save a couple hundred dollars on merchandise things like this that makes me so proud to be an american check out some of the most memorable black friday moments in recent years. the holiday shopping season got off to a violent start a temporary wal-mart worker was trampled to death by shoppers eager for post thanksgiving bargains seconds after the doors opened something went dangerously wrong. crazy black friday shoppers began piling up on each other. a black friday shopper is accused of using pepper spray at a wal-mart in los angeles police say the woman was trying to keep other people away from merchandise that she wanted to buy. revile human display you think that if you stop someone on the ground you'd stop to help them but this is america where people pepper spray and kill each other over the last tickle me elmo on the shelf what s

campaign to end the israeli occupation. quote black friday guys you know the day when mindless consumers camped out in front of stores for days on end and trample each other to death just to save a couple hundred dollars on merchandise things like this that makes me so proud to be an american check out some of the most memorable black friday moments in recent years. the holiday shopping season got off to a violent start a temporary wal-mart worker was trampled to death by shoppers eager for post thanksgiving bargains seconds after the doors opened something went dangerously wrong. crazy black friday shoppers began piling up on each other. black friday shopper is accused of using pepper spray at a wal-mart in los angeles police say the woman was trying to keep other people away from merchandise that she wanted to buy. revile human display you think that if you stop someone on the ground you'd stop to help them but this is america where people pepper spray and kill each other over the last tickle me elmo on the shelf but stri

a new israeli invasion looms over gonzalez the palestinian enclaves battered with artillery and air strikes with allegations that white phosphorus is being used against civilians. gaza militants come close to hitting israel's largest city tel of eve with rockets as the israel's military says this is only the beginning of its offensive. bad news building just hours after a twenty four hour pan-european strike killed over twenty countries to a standstill new figures suggest the eurozone is back in recession. beijing ushers in the new top officials which will leave the country for the next decade and fifteen minutes we look at how the world might be changed by china's emerging economic might. not from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with international news and comment twenty four hours a day the israeli military is converging on gaza as it continues to pummel the palestinians from sea and land the operation dubbed the pillars of defense is on the verge of turning into a new invasion as tel aviv says it's prepared to go all the way under the pretext of self defense three israelis and

about a dozen israelis were killed in that operation and then the israelis were able to split up gaza, cut supply lines. this time analysts say hamas could make it tougher. >> they have some better weapons, no question about it. they have much better tank capability with the concord and they have a better capability. >> reporter: white says in 2008/2009 hamas units were not good at close combat with the israelis. they broke and ran and didn't coordinate well. he says since then they made an effort to improve with that with iran's help. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> petitions from all 50 states, yes, all 50 are asking to withdraw from the u.s. more than 100,000 signatures alone now support a texas secession. that's coming up. >>> first, check out a clip from the next episode of "next list." >> this right here in this spot, this forest on this branch with these mosses is where i feel most at home. my enthusiasm in spreading this, you know, like a religious evangelist, if you know you have the truth, you want to make sure everybody has it. >> it's not for the faint of heart climbing u

at israelis proportionate. after israel left gaza, how long can they destroy any chance for reason and peace? >> what's the role of iran that is playing right now behind the scenes in gaza? >> iran it feels competing with egypt. they want to win -- their chance is to have the more extreme on their side. so they support not only hamas but also the jihad. >> islamic jihad? >> islamic jihad in gaza. so the islamic jihad also to be more extreme. other problems in gaza is there's nobody rules it. there's a competition among four or five different groups. many other groups. and they're competing. and iran is supplying arms to all of them. >> so who do you negotiate with the cease-fire with? >> hamas has to take charge otherwise they don't have a future. >> can they? >> i think yes. they don't have a choice. the others too if hamas will take a position, the people in gaza will say to those others, stop it. what are you doing to us? there are people in gaza too. and none of us want to see them suffering. doesn't give u

i need recognition, not the israelis. this is a reverse question. >> what do you make of what he said? christiane. >> reporter: well, i -- when there is a peace agreement, then the palestinians can decide themselves, that was his final point on that. which i thought was really interesting, and it was interesting to hear the head of hamas say that. and he has become quite the figure at the moment, you know, anderson, far from being isolated as the u.s. and israel had always wanted to do, now with this muslim brotherhood spring, really, people have been beating down the doors throughout this war to go in and stand shoulder to shoulder with ham hamas. so they have come out of this with somewhat elevated stature. >> and how does that change the dynamic, do you think? in particular with mahmoud abbas, with the palestinian authority, with the group with israel and the united states has been trying to deal with. and as you said, trying to political isolate hamas by not recognizing them? >> reporter: well, i think this must be a

israelis have been doing this on occasion. it was warning residents a few days ago to stay away from areas where militant commanders live, where they are what they call terrorist operations, where these rockets are being launched from. there have been a number of thuds in the zant distance in the other direction. we're not exactly sure what it is. most of the shops are closed, streets deserted. most people saying they don't believe there is going to be any cease fire in the short term. we do now know that the arab league delegation we have been expecting has crossed into the gaza strip. they are here on a diplomatic mission and also an effort to show solidarity. there has been a lot of diplomatic activity, intense diplomatic activity. trying to mediate negotiations on both sides. as of this time there is no cease fire that seems it's going to come into play any time soon. >> diplomatic mission on one hand and rockets firing on the other hand. arwith an, thank you. >>> superstorm sandy, one family business is trying to bounce b

going on israeli territory but how many israelis have been killed how many israelis have been killed sitting here right now how is the one hundred and twenty palestinians let's have a listen when the being killed in the last week. ok greg go ahead because it's a weekend show on i want to be fair gemma's and doesn't want to hear it is since. ok hamas does not care about how many palestinian civilians are killed because they don't do anything in terms of building infrastructure protect they and therefore as you know you want to kill israeli as they really are some schoolyards. in why israel cares about civilians. still i mean i mentioned here gentlemen gentlemen nothing's been mentioned here they did the gaza strip is under siege go ahead i would still like to know which arabic newspaper reflects this absolutely ridiculous distorted version of recent history we are now being served up. secondly. is is are the claims that greg norman is making about how mass somehow a justification for mass murder by israel in the gaza strip whether in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine or tod

the israeli this israelis policy carries on continues. as i see it the project of colonization in the west bank. is going to not only continue but to be intensified in the next coming. years what how much is this un bid for the past go ahead. playing well i don't want to say that i should makers now go ahead. i think i think you hit upon an absolutely critical. factor here which is that you can look at this issue solely in terms of israel and the palestinians and israel's actions towards the palestinians because the us is an absolutely key and i would argue extraordinarily destructive player in this process and i mean you know if you want to have a proper understanding of american israeli relations you should probably do better . you would probably do better to consult specialists in erotic literature than historians or political scientists like you rob i mean it's you know has achieved simply mind blowing proportions and therefore again picking up from an earlier point i think it's absolutely essential to restore international law as the

the israeli this israelis policy carries on continues. as i see it the project of colonization in the west bank. is going to not only continue but to be intensified in the next coming. years when one how much is this un bid for the past go ahead. playing well he said i should makers now go ahead. i think i think you hit upon an absolutely critical. factor here which is that you can look at this issue in terms of israel and the palestinians and israel's actions towards the palestinians because the u.s. is an absolutely key and i would argue extraordinarily destructive player in this process and i mean you know if you want to have a proper understanding of american israeli relations you should would probably do better. you would probably do better to consult specialists in erotic literature than historians or political scientists like you rob i mean it's you know has achieved simply mind blowing proportions and therefore again picking up from an earlier point i think it's absolutely essential to restore international law. and un resolutions

the israeli people want security, they have a right to it. the palestinians want a state, they ought to be able to have a state. each of them should be invested. so far there's many obstacles and flex xwrit which you, wolf, know very well, have prevented that from occurring. >> i couldn't great more with your assessment. i know whoever president obama names as a special envoy will want to sit down with you and consult in depth on some of the recommendations you have on how to moch this process off the grund. as you know and i think all our viewers know, states for not only the israelis and palestinians, but the entire region, dare i say the entire world, are enormous right now. senator mitchell, thanks for coming in. >> thanks for having me, wolf. >>> we're standing by, watching several breaking news developments. that terrorist attack in tel aviv today, terrorists going after a bus that was bombed right in the heart of the israeli commercial center. >>> we're also watching what's happens in gaza, right now israeli air strikes continuing even

israeli soldiers, civilians. we were in for a couple minutes and then we finally emerged and we did hear these loud thumps in the sky, then we saw these plumes of cloud. it was one of those iron dome anti-missile systems that had destroyed the incoming rocket, coming into ashkelon. as a result there was nobody hurt. but it was a terrifying scene. lot of people were scared, especially the young kids were very scared, and this goes on all the time. they get about 1,000 of these rockets that have been launched in the past six days from gaza into israel. the iron dome has worked pretty successfully, anderson. about 90% of the missiles, the anti-missiles that were launched, worked, and they only use it when they sense that one of these rockets or missiles is heading toward a populated area or a strategically important area. if it's just going to a farmland or rural area, they're not going to use it. it's been pretty successful so far. it's probably saved a bunch of lives but it's a very tense situation here in israel

the israeli people. that what we're really seeing is a continuation. gratian that is not just the aggression is not just aggression that has started in the last few days or weeks and not just the last few years but this you know we have to conjecture a lie is what israel is doing in the gaza strip and also in the west bank within the context of the occupation and the occupation started in one thousand nine hundred seventy and some made see even even earlier than that in the people in the gaza strip and the palestinian people in general are people who live with. i wouldn't really be live without human rights and everybody has human rights but these people are not afforded the rights to which the are intitled more. times type i'm afraid that's not anything but a couple of minutes for a whole charm afraid to talk about this all night of course the basic question this is why israel saying have mass brought this particular instance going on now on itself what other israeli reaction could there have been to ro

i need recognition, not tis rhe israelis. this is a reverse question. >> what do you make of what he said, christiane? >> well, i kept pushing him. i kept saying you say this is a reverse question, but it is the question. recognition of israel. after several times, he said, look. when there is a peace agreement, then the palestinians can decide themselves. that was his final point on that. which i thought was really interesting. it was interesting to hear the head of hamas say that. and he has become quite the figure at the moment. you know, anderson, far from being isolated as the u.s. and israel h israel had always wanted to do, now with this muslim brotherhood spring, really people have been beating down the door throughout this war to go in and stand shoulder to shoulder with hamas. so they've come out of this with somewhat elevated stature. >> and how does that change the dynamic, you think? in particular with mahmoud abbas, the palestinian authority, which is the group that israel and the united states has been trying t

over the last twenty four hours we've seen an escalation in violence from israeli air force and israeli naval vessels and feted on tragically every single part of the gaza strip even in the most recent moments before we were according this program earlier today i had to evacuate a scene while i was filming for a documentary as israel struck areas which are densely populated the gaza strip is one of the most densely populated places on earth so everyone here is terrorized including the internationals and no one actually is safe in gaza tonight then are we seeing a repeat of what we saw four years ago. it's really up to hamas the the people of southern israel have been in bomb shelters where they have less than fifteen seconds warning more than a million israelis have spent the weekend in bomb shelters during two thousand and twelve we have more than nine hundred missiles launched it israel and israel has shown remarkable restraint but now what israel has done is to capitated the military command of hamas and it attacked the missile storage spots and that's what they've done so far the ne

campaign to end the israeli occupation. quote black friday guys you know the day when mindless consumers camped out in front of stores for days on end and trample each other to death just to save a couple hundred dollars on merchandise things like this that makes me so proud to be an american check out some of the most memorable black friday moments in recent years. the holiday shopping season got off to a violent start a temporary wal-mart worker was trampled to death by shoppers eager for post thanksgiving bargains seconds after the doors opened something went dangerously wrong. crazy black friday shoppers began piling up on each other. and black friday shopper is accused of using pepper spray at a wal-mart in los angeles police say the woman was trying to keep other people away from merchandise that she wanted to buy. revile human display you think that if you stop someone on the ground you'd stop to help them but this is america where people pepper spray and kill each other over the last tickle me elmo on the shelf what

that makes it easier to take some israeli casualty and it makes it far more likely that some israeli soldiers could face the threat of kidnapping. so it is not something pram minister netanyahu can do if he wants to avoid it. >> thanks, let's bring back ed henry. can you imagine they would send the secretary of state there? history tells us they wouldn't. >> i think you are absolutely right, shep. they don't want to send secretary clinton at the last minute into a mission that looks like it will unraffle or fail. they are obviously hoping that we are on the verge of a cease-fire. there are reports that we may see it as early as this evening. now the reports are suggesting that israel hasn't responded to the late ease offers and maybe it won't happen until at least tomorrow. nonetheless, the secretary of state is doing this shuttle diplomacy. they are hopeful in the white house that this will lead to a cease-fire. think about the big picture from this newly elected president who ran a campaign about the whichy and domestic issues. a resonding victory -- a resounding victory and nation

the top stories of the day this week an israeli airstrike kills two children in gaza while another hits a media center leaving six journalists injured. while in another front israel also changes fire with syria where the rebels are gaining more western support from the point to oust president assad. also this hour europe united in austerity fury millions go on a first quarter native continent wide strike demanding and then to prevent cuts. the power shuffle at the very top in china and new leadership takes over the world's second largest economy for the next decade. this is all see coming to life for most. with the latest news on the week's top stories for us to children have been killed and over twelve people injured by a missile attack on gaza on sunday as israel steps up its military assault with increased shelling from sea and air it brings to at least forty eight the number of palestinians have been killed in the bombardment launched by israel on wednesday three israelis have died at the hands of hamas rockets over the same period of his policy of brings us the latest on the develo

other issues such as the israeli-palestinian conflict are important especially important to israelis and palestinians but have little impact on the larger scheme of things. 3 -- in this part of the world and perhaps elsewhere, there are perhaps few happily ever after. what starts with hope and inspiration rarely ends that way. look at the bloodless revolution in syria, the spirited to rear square, the courage and look where they are all today. anyone who followed the opslo process through the last 90 years learn this lesson a long time ago but you, mr. president, weren't for the first time. last, as an overall lesson, as much as words matter whether it is the cairo speech he delivered in 2009 or your repeated at important declarations on prevention of the iranian nuclear capability, actions matter most. do not mistake the former for the latter. i have to step out of my role for a moment because as an historian, today is the anniversary of my favorite ever presidential statement on the middle east. 70 years ago today, president franklin delano roosevelt issued the following statement

to stop the firing of rockets on israeli cities don't really schools israeli children and if we will need some ground operation we definitely will consider so. reaction now from antiwar activists or of the she's head of the new york based international action center joining me from there from new york of course you have been to gaza many times what do you make of the mass militants carrying on with their rocket attacks which is obviously leading to a very harsh reaction from the israelis resulting in civilian deaths in gaza. it's really a game changer and very significant that for the first time hamas or from gaza attacks have come because israel is used to and has for six decades again and again hit the palestinians with impunity when they were totally and entirely defenseless and bombed again and again even during the time that i was there in in gaza it's almost a daily occurrence israeli attacks and then there's a big offensive such as we saw four years ago and israel is used to carrying out these attacks and the threat now of a ground invasion for the first time really the palest

the israeli defense forces have sealed off roads around gaza declaring the area a closed military zone this is just another suggestion that a ground offensive could be imminent also israeli officials have been meeting with foreign diplomats and telling them that they plan to extend the army operations this comes off to some seventy five thousand reservists were called out and we all witnessing an increase in activity along the israeli gaza border now there continues to be heavy shelling from tanks along this border into gaza the tanks as well as all the personnel vehicles have been moved through off this border over the past few days we are also hearing from the chief of these ready defense forces for an increase in the pace of a strikes on gaza this comes just after a massive air strikes on saturday completely destroyed the headquarters of the hamas government now this is a building where just yesterday the egyptian foreign minister visited it is a building that has now been reduced to rubble at the time of the prime minister's visit there was supposed to be a cease fire in effect and

it said that a communications antenna used by how much to target israelis was in fact their target but the thing is that you have in these media houses international journalists and the israeli army is fully aware of that fact we also are aware that in one of the buildings all sister organization. offices were completely destroyed in the strike unfortunately just an hour before his staff members had gone home we are now however receiving reports that the journalists and people inside these two buildings have been ordered again to evacuate we all receive in the course of the israeli air force plans to strike these buildings again it's not something that the israeli air force is denying in fact they have stated that the army eight for one of these buildings is the office of have nots and that this is ultimately a target now the leaders of hamas have gone into hiding they are fearing for their lives this comes as a statement from israel's interior ministry that the goal is to stand and i'm quoting here because a back to the middle ages these signs so you do dictate that a full scale groun

when the israeli cabinet meets, it could go either way, a cease-fire or all-out israeli ground invasion. >> reporter: we're going to talk to a member of -- a spokesman for the foreign ministry in just a few moments. ben, explain how the level of sophistication of these rockets that are hamas and other groups here in gaza has increased and also how are they able to get rockets in? >> reporter: well, they're much more sophisticated than they were six years ago. i went to a rocket factory here, and it was very crude. no guidance systems, made with basically fertilizer repellent. now they're getting these rockets through the tunnels in the southern border with egypt. some of them is more than one stage. it's a long rocket. it has to be disassembled and brought in. and this has increased the range of the rockets fired by hamas and the other resistance organizations as far as jerusalem and tel aviv. and that has real significant change. really the most significant change we've seen in the conflict between hamas and israel for quite some time. >> reporter: you and i were also on the scene abou

and israeli defense spokespeople. saying things like this is just the beginning of this operation it will go on for some days yet and saying that this operation will hit many more targets and israel will do anything that is needed including a ground invasion in order to secure the safety of its citizens living in the south the risk of a ground war very much looming still and the shattering of this cease fire almost before it could begin really doesn't give any any greater hope that it can be avoided once he's tom blanton the latest live from tel aviv thank you very much indeed for that update. despite a number of civilian deaths including those of children israel's foreign ministry has hailed the precision of these radio operation and my colleague. has been speaking to that spokesperson paul shanley. this is been so far one of the most surgical pinpoint military operations in modern military history i think again you will see that the civilian to militant casualty ratio will show up israel to have unfortunately killed

army's headquarters israeli authorities are now hunting for two people thought to be involved in the bombing and she's point to clear reports now not far from where the blast took place. now the police have told us that what they think happened is that one of these two placed a bag with a bomb on the bus and then immediately ran north the whole of tel aviv is in shut down the schools are closed children are being prevented from going home because there's also growing concern that they could be a second lost or potential second suicide bombing that is being planned now it was widely anticipated that such a blast could happen not to say that people here are not shocked but there has been warnings issued for the past few days by both the police and the army for people to be extra vigilant that they are receiving bet that the police have been receiving threats of terror at the same time we do understand that the martyrs brigade which is the military wing of fatah has claimed responsibility although the blast has been welcomed by hamas through the al aqsa television a mass has said that t

the israelis need to be convinced hamas is going to stop its rocketing of the israeli population and want to test mohamed morsi. can he deliver a deal? as jamie said, this is a new egypt. and there's no more standoffish relationship with the hamas organization. mohamed morsi has identified with them, supported them throughout this conflict. but then again, mohamed morsi has a relationship, the president of egypt, with the united states of america, with europe, with the international financial institutions. he's the one who needs to facilitate, leverage, pressure, hamas to agree to the cease-fire. and i do agree with jamie, as well. hillary clinton is essential now. the united states is the only country that can put together either a period of calm, deescalation or a full cease-fire. and then hopefully if that is achieved, pick up the initiative and try to reinvigorate discussions between palestinians and israelis. >> one thing this has me thinking about, people complain about the middle east and the conflict and the united states having to always deal with it of the only thing worse

he stood 1/2% by the israelis. i think the problem is, it shows a complete lack of strategy of how to move this forward, strategic thinking that echoed, by the way, in the israeli government. they're referring to what they're doing in gaza as mowing the lawn. the bombardment of and largely civilian population, most of whom are refugees, they refer to with the callous idiom of mowing the lawn. and bombardment they have to do to set at the capacity of the factions there. that is not strategic. what morality is there an award is repetition is planned? there is none. there is the strategic thinking in israel about how to move the situation florida. the answer from them has always been to respond to palestinians with force. you simply cannot think mowing the lawn is going to succeed. a note to our -- on the language, it is a problem with describing them as a native or indigenous, take it up with the zionists who quite those terms in the early 20th century. >> let's go back to president obama on sunday. >> there's no cou

the israelis say he was instrumental in the abduction of israeli soldier gilead shalit. he also negotiated his release in exchange for prisoners. >> not having somebody like that, somebody who can be an enforcer of peace as well as an enforcer of war can make it not only hard to reach a peace agreement, but it can make it hard to avoid war because whenever somebody decides to take a pot shot, they take a pot shot. >> now all eyes will be on who among the sur vooifg hamas leaders can bring those more fanatical elements of the group in line and try to keep some measure of peace with israel. it's believed that mohammed who worked behind the scenes while maum medicine al jabri worked behind has at least temporarily taken his place, but he is physically impaired from at least two assassination attempts by the israelis, and it's not clear how much control he has. brian todd, cnn, washington. >>> here in the states i told you earlier about a big pile-up in south texas. now we're getting some aerial views of it. it is pretty phenomenal. 50-vehicle pile-up there. you can see near

army and the israeli government will do everything needed targeting terrorists only. to stop the firing of rockets from israel or cities don't because really schools israeli children and if we will need some ground. with certainly will consider so. for more on what's going on in gaza i'm joined by harry theer he's a documentary filmmaker and activist he's right there in gaza itself. what do you see happening there at the moment and what have you experienced since this crisis started. last few hours straight and various parts of the strip from again. mosques being struck cars being struck in the last few hours we've got reports of injuries coming in and we're seeing a serious situation we've got hot running out of electricity and fuel fortunately looks for the guards and would be. and what about the hospitals themselves are they coping with the amount of casualties give us an idea of what sort of casualties we're talking about of the stage. we're talking about over three hundred injuries in one of the most. densely populated places on earth in a time coastlines through

the israelis need to be convinced hamas is going to stop its rocketing of the israeli population and want to test mohamed morsi. can can he deliver a deal? as jamie said, this is a new egypt. and there's no more standoffish relationship with the hamas organization. mohamed morsi has identified with them, supported them throughout this conflict. but then again, mohamed morsi has a relationship, the president of egypt, with the united states of america, with europe, with the international financial institutions. he's the one who needs to facilitate, leverage, pressure, hamas to agree to the cease-fire. and i do agree with jamie, as well. hillary clinton is essential now. the united states is the only country that can put together either a period of calm, deescalation or a full cease-fire. and then hopefully if that is achieved, pick up the initiative and try to reinvigorate discussions between palestinians and it's reallies. >> one thing this has me thinking about, people complain about the middle east and the conflict and the united states having to always deal with it of the only thi

it cool to holdings also hit by israeli missiles at least six people have been injured one of them is a come a man who later had to have his leg amputated the i.d.f. the israeli defense forces has said that the journalists were not afraid target but that they were aware that there were journalists in these buildings and a statement released by the i.d.f. it says that a communications antenna used by hamas to target israelis was in fact their target but the thing is that you have in these media houses international journalists and the israeli army is fully aware of that fact we also are aware that in one of the buildings all sister organization. offices were completely destroyed in the strike unfortunately just an hour before all the staff members had gone home we are now however receiving reports that the journalists and people inside these two buildings have been ordered again to evacuate we always see reports that the israeli air force plans to strike these buildings again it's not something that the israeli air force is denying in fact they have stated on the eighth floor of one of

of israeli israeli airstrikes are the fault of hamas. so i can tell you genuinely generally breaks my heart you think that we want to see dead children on any side who are in this predicament that however with the most strategically surgical precision pinpoint strikes when they're hiding beneath their civilian population there will be collateral damage. meanwhile hamas blames israel forestalling peace talks in cairo hopes that a cease fire agreements was a matter of hours were earlier aquash by israel's demand for more time to respond to proposals or brings us the details. the chances for ceasefire are increasingly elusive it's a far cry today wednesday what we witnessed from late tuesday when we were hearing that a cease fire was imminent at that stage a key hamas spokesperson said that the announcement would be made but now what we're hearing from hamas is that israel is to blame for delaying the whole process and thus essentially says that israel has not yet responded to proposals put forward on the table television however for its si

hi there bill a intense aerial offensive going on as we speak over gaza israeli jets say they've targeted about twenty sites sites say they're trying to destroy a terrorist infrastructure there in gaza the result large explosions most recently near the the house of a hamas leader earlier on today video is now being circulated by the israeli defense force of the moment when the car of med jobbery the leader of hamas his military wing was blown up by a missile strike at what the israelis call a targeted killing there's also been another high ranking hamas military figure killed as well there's also been reports of casualties inside gaza at the moment nine killed dozens wounded the dead in including a seven year old girl according to palestinian officials those figures expected to rise as the bombing continues all of this goes back some weeks now hundreds of rockets have been fired from gaza into southern israel over the past couple of weeks one hundred twenty fired since saturday and also at the weekend the first retaliation from israel an air strike which killed four people reportedly incl

the israeli defense forces has said that the journalists were not simply a target but that they were aware that they were journalists in these buildings and a statement released by the i.d.f. it said that a communications antenna used by hamas to target israelis was in fact their target but the thing is that you have in these media houses international journalists and the israeli army is fully aware of that fact we also are aware that in one of the buildings all sister organization. offices were completely destroyed in the strike unfortunately just an hour before the staff members had gone home we are now however receiving reports that the journalists and people inside these two buildings have been ordered again to evacuate we always see reports that the israeli air force plans to strike these buildings again it's not something that the israeli air force is denying in fact and have stated that being on the eighth floor of one of these buildings is the office of have nots and that this is ultimately a target now the leaders of hamas have gone into hiding they are fearing for their liv

troops to the israeli people have an appetite to. lose troops under these circumstances. i believe that being the military the biggest organization in the country we have the full support of the israeli people because they understand that the next rockets from gaza can reach their homes this is why we have their full support. statistically many would say that the rocket attacks on israel have had not as much in the fact as what's happening with the retaliate three attacks from israel against gaza we're getting reports obviously of civilians dying i spoke to an eyewitness earlier who was saying that even children were caught up in this what do you say about this collateral damage after all you are using fighter jets and the navy to target but something like twenty. targets and people are dying as a result of that so it's hard to hit it. i believe that there are casualties on both sides in the past decades now we don't have any intention to target people that are not involved directly in terror but hamas is the terror going to zation t

israeli strikes only have themselves to blame. we're talking about two media buildings indeed but on the roofs of these media buildings hamas wisely positioned a whole system of communications and electronics for its own personal or operational work we targeted only these and ten as these communications center and i spread films earlier today showing this exactly and you can see an accurate hit on the roof none of the floors were targeted of course there was a little bit of. it as a result of the explosives on the windows shattered in the one but the direction was not to the floors but rather than ten as the communication centers on the roof i think that if a journalist chooses to locate himself near hamas facility that's a mistake we are now in operation defending half of this country's population and we are determined to continue with this operation until we bring some peace and quiet to this country the equation is very clear if there will be quiet in israel there will be peace and quiet in gaza but of course what the internati

i need recognition, not the israelis. this is a reverse question. >> what do you make of what he said? >> well, i kept pushing him and saying you say this is a reverse question, but it is the question. recognition of israel, and after several times, he said, look, when there is a peace agreement, then the palestinians can decide themselves. that was his final point on that which i thought was really interesting and interesting to hear the head of hamas say that, and he has become quite the figure at the moment. you know, anderson, far from being isolates as the u.s. and israel always wanted to do, now with the muslim brotherhood brin spring, people have been beating down the doors and stand shoulder to shoulder with hamas. they have come out with somewhat elevated stature. >> how does that change the dynamic with mahmoud abbas, the palestinian authority, the group israel and the united states has been trying to deal with, and trying to politically isolate hamas by not recognizing them? >>> well, i think this must be a nig

it seems to be working for the israeli military. i just spoke with a member of the israel defense forces say it's working very well, the way most of the experts in israel thought it would work. it's a joint military operation, the creation of this system. there were some intense shelling going on today as well rocks coming in from gaza. i don't think there were any casualties today on the part of the israelis. there was nobody who was killed, but the israelis were deeply worried every time one of those sirens goes off, people scrambled, especially those in town, it's obviously a very, very major, major target, a source of terror if you will for hundreds of thousands of israelis. >> these are rockets being fired. there's a new key that's under way in egypt. this could be very crucial, very important. now the secretary general ban ki-moon is in cairo. so there's a lot of pressure, the u.s. would certainly like to see a cessation of hostilities, the israelis are anxious for that to happen. they want to see what's going on. one of the t

thing is that you have in these media houses international journalists and the israeli army is fully aware of that fact we also are aware that in one of the buildings all sister organization. offices were completely destroyed in the strike unfortunately just an hour before all the staff members had gone home we are now however receiving reports that the journalists and people inside these two buildings have been ordered again to evacuate we obviously records that the israeli air force plans to strike these buildings again it's not something that the israeli air force is denying in fact they have stated that being on the eighth floor of one of these buildings is the office of have nots and that this is ultimately a target now the leaders of hamas have gone into hiding they are fearing for their lives this comes as a statement from israel's interior ministry that the goal is to stand and i'm quoting here gaza back to the middle ages these signs so if you do dictate that a full scale ground invasion could be imminent we heard earlier from the israeli defense force chief has ordered to i

going on israeli territory but how many israelis have been killed how many israelis have been killed sitting here right now how is the one hundred and twenty palestinians let's have a listen when the being killed in the last week. ok greg go ahead because they were going on i want to be fair gemma's and doesn't want to be going to since. ok how mosque does not care about how many palestinian civilians are killed because they don't do anything in terms of building infrastructure protect they and therefore as you know you want to kill israeli as they really are some schoolyards. in why israel cares about civilians. still i mean i mentioned here gentlemen gentlemen nothing's been mentioned here they did the gaza strip is under siege go ahead i would still like to know which arabic newspaper reflects this absolutely ridiculous distorted version of recent history we are now being served up. secondly. is as are the claims that greg norman is making about how mouse somehow a justification for mass murder by israel in the gaza strip whether in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine or

one israeli was killed yesterday in the attack from gaza my house took a direct hit israeli citizens experience indescribable suffering this video offers a sophisticated alternative to the diddly reality on the ground a growing civilian death toll in gaza at the hands of the i.d.f. today very a battle the campaign online offline in the electronic media for the hearts and minds of public opinion it's very very important when the israelis killed her must be the homage of bari last. week they didn't just kill him they instantly posted this video on you tube and then tweeted a warning to all his comrades that they could be next the ability of the poor longer active duty is also based on how it is being perceived internationally interesting enough this war provides less pictures that for example of the two thousand and eight million war which was taking place in gaza paradoxically again as cynical as it sounds one of the reasons that there are less but assuming casualties is because israel would like their policies would have less pictures of the war israeli citizens are reporting rocket

intelligence or israeli official or not those within the neoconservative camp in washington. well from voting machine glitches to bureaucratic barriers voting wasn't exactly straightforward for some americans but those levels have been bumped off united states accusations that it prefers to scrutinize other country's elections rather than its own and as we report later. greek lawmakers have approved a budget for next year that will slash government spending by nine billion euros the figure demanded by international lenders the move follows the passage of another even more extensive austerity package it's part of protests on thursday the cuts in place satins now qualifies for the next tranche of bailout money from the e.u. just in time to avoid bankruptcy economist dimitris populace says that passing the budget under such terms is less about helping the economy more about external control the greek finances. the release of these lawmen wages long delayed early one point five. tranche that's the only thing that the government has just getting through the program. the program is

election cycle this time as was true then the israeli assault on gaza began during a cease fire that had held in this case only for two days but was still holding it began right after the u.s. elections had elected barack obama and before the inauguration for in that case the first term in this case the second. term i think what's at fundamental importance in terms of the timing is the israeli election that is set now for january that's you know who knows he has support from the center right the right the far right of the fascist right and he's juggling those various components of his base one of the things he knows is that the center right as well as the labor party and others are very upset with him for disrupting the u.s. israeli relationship because of his very bad relationship with president obama now one of the things that will happen here as has or we've already seen from both the white house and the state department is that the u.s. is in a position where they have said right from the beginning israel has absolute right to quote self-defense a false claim but they are not pre

hamas says israeli rockets have destroyed it has borders and guards are on a fourth day of deadly strike. massing along the gaza border as some seventy five thousand reservists are called upload to see all the details coming on. the syrian rebels advance by overwhelming support the u.k. gets it is looking at you on zimbabwe one of the front and center back here recognize the opposition group the major demographic. and britain's binds emerged unscathed by the powerful points and while the public would like to pick up that one one six to six pm pounds. international news and comment live from moscow this is aussie with me hello and welcome to the shot israel stepping up its assault on gaza targeting over one hundred fifty size overnight including the headquarters of hamas meanwhile israeli troops are massing on the gaza border with the number of reserve it's all standing by at around seventy five thousand. is following the developing conflict. the israeli air force has hit the headquarters of the hamas compound in gaza city and some strikes with i'm an eyewitness is reporting that there is

israeli is more powerful. they are claiming at the same time that they are afraid of the palestinians. well, this is -- to be said all the time. you have to start talking about the oppressed people, under the occupation. i think the palestinians, after 20 years of the peace process without any outcome of this process, they are talking to themselves. there is no need to peace process. xloet failure for the peace process after 19 years of signing the agreement. this is the result of the wrong policies, the conflict in the region. i think it's the moment of trouth. you have to understand we have rights as palestinians and we need the international xhoucommy to recognize those rights. without this, the palestinians are not ready to receive questions, answering them. we have been answering those questions for more than 40 years without any result. >> thank you for joining us this morning, hamas spokesman osama hamdan joining us on the phone from beirut. >>> i'll talk live with the mayor of jerusalem. we'll be right

but how many israelis have been killed how many israelis have been killed sitting here right now is that he said one hundred and twenty palestinians let's have a listen was he being killed in the last week. ok greg go ahead because it's a weekend show on i want to be fair gemma's and doesn't want to hear it is since. ok hamas does not care about how many palestinian civilians are killed because they don't do anything in terms of building infrastructure protect they and therefore it is you know you want to kill israeli as they really are some school yards. in why israel cares about its civilians. still i mean it's not really been mentioned here gentlemen gentlemen nothing's been mentioned here they did the gaza strip is under siege go ahead i would still like to know which arabic newspaper reflects this absolutely ridiculous distorted version of recent history we are now being served up. secondly. is is are the claims that greg norman is making about how mass somehow a justification for mass murder by israel in the gaza strip whether in two thousand and eight two thousand and nine or

israelis said nothing. the sudanese were convinced it was an israeli air strike carried out against an ammunition factory. that particular factory, according to u.s. officials, has been essentially under iranian control since 2006. so although the israelis say nothing, they have been pretty active in monitoring this pipeline of weapons shipments and trying to stop it whenever they can. >> fascinating to see the pipeline up close. thanks very much. we'll take a short break. our coverage continues. hillary clinton landed earlier. we want to get an update on where negotiations or discussions may stand now. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with scottrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reas

the latest hostilities in gaza coming after weeks of escalating tensions with israeli airstrikes and rocket attacks over the border. parts of the south is trying that brought europe to a standstill the continent tries to return to normality of to millions walked out of their jobs in protest against austerity only to be matched with a heavy hundred police response. and china's communist party elect a new leader to steer the country's powerhouse economy as part of a once in a decade political challenge. international news live from moscow this is r.t. with me thanks for joining us israel is continuing its trikes on gaza with at least three palestinians reported killed this follows ones' day rocket attacks which left turn dead including the military leader of hamas israel has also warns that a ground operation is on the table all she's talking boston is intel of. overnight the bombardment continued from the air israeli airstrikes killed three more militants belonging to the same militant group in gaza as after jobbery the head of hamas his military wing who was killed in a targeted airs

remember, abbas won't sit down with the israelis until and unless they have a settlement freeze and israelis said we had a settlement freeze for nine months, and you didn't sit down until it was virtually over. sit down before the settlement freeze, with the understanding if there are good-faith negotiations continuing, then the settlement freeze will occur and abbas thought that was a very good idea. and i hope secretary clinton might put that both to abbas and prime minister netanyahu. we have to break the deadlock, get them seated at the table and everybody knows how it this is going to work, what parts will remain part of israel and the settlement continue there. everybody knows what parts won't remain part of israel and then the area is in dispute have to be negotiated and resolved, that's a good beginning i think. >> is that a good solution, reza? >> i don't see any reason to see there is any desire on the government of israel to pursue that kind of policy. even if netanyahu wanted to create a palestinian state, the extreme right-wing coalition repeatedly said that he does not abide by

the israelis don't want a ground war. but this has been going on for months, rockets flying out and terrorizing a million neme southern israel. you saw what they went through as we experienced today with the air raid sirens and the israeli government had enough. they say, we want it stopped now, or we are coming in on the ground. >> eric: it appears we are on the brink. as always, at the boarder. >> jamie: as leyland reports from the border, israel saying it is not going to take t. how do they handle the growing violence in an all-out war? what do they do? dan gillerman is a former ambassador to the united nations. ambassador, how are you doing? you are in tel aviv. this is where the rockets are headed. >> well, thank you, jamie. i was actually hoping to be in the studio with you today. i was planning to leave for new york last night, but i decided to do here because of the situation. we are doing fine. israel is very resilient. tel aviv people are taking this -- not in stride -- obviously it's a very, very stressful situ