palestinians use the word zionism. so to say we want to honor and keep our focus on palestinians but don't you dare use that word seems to me hypocritical and wrong. [applause] so, because it's not really just about what we say as speakers, it's about what palestinians are -- you know, we're not the only speakers out there. i totally agree that we need to reach out to diverse audiences, to bring people along in some cases, to meet them with they're at to, you know, invite them on that journey, but where is our breaking point? and that is -- and i believe our breaking point is when we begin to, when we begin to lose sight of the fundamental basic rights of palestinians. [applause] >> so, um, thanks, anna. so as you can see, not only are jews not united on israel, they're not united in the way they oppose israel. [laughter] i want to follow up on norman's point about the question of audience. norman is arguing that talk of zionism, risks alienating the audience, boring the audience and that it's just not very practical t

. >> i am not going to talk about palestinians. i always enjoy talking about is really politics. >> no, it is not fair. now you can ask a who barack. he is free and can speak openly -- ehud barak. he is free and can speak openly without restrictions. >> well, let me try. i think americans would be interested in your analysis of israeli happening in is reall politics. it appears that there is a rightward shift. is that true, and can you explain what happened to the electorate, why you joined with m as opposed to staying separate? >> the first idea was presidential elections. in the united states, you have only two parties. in the last knesset, now in the knesset, we have 14 parties. in the previous knesset, we had 23 parties in the parliament, and we only have 120 members. 14 parties. you know how difficult it is to establish coalition. for these reasons, israel has about 29-31 ministers and numerous deputy ministers. in a country like the united states, i think you have only 16 ministers. in a country like switzerland, they have on

the palestinians does not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state programs and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants are living there it's i were certainly given by the united nations the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who are the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was an equivalent of the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking for. there you see that as soon as this resolution was accepted the israeli forces began a massive campaign of et

the land with palestinians or smaller state which will not have the palestinians and they will have their own independent state in the territories they will control? >>. >> rose: is it part of the problem that you and the prime minister and perhaps others have a varying degree of national security? the security of israel? >> charlie, i could argue, i think, rather successfully that during my time we did many things in order to guarantee the security on the state of israel which will never done before and certainly not by the government of netanyahu. some of the things we are not supposed to talk about that were publications in foreign press about operations in syria which were essential for the existence of the state of israel which were carried out by my government. we stopped stopped in what i consider to be a very successful war in lebanon. all the threats against israeli citizens living in most part of israel, it's quiet for the last six and a half years, there was not one bullet shot across the border from lebanon after the second lebanese war. so we did the operation in gaza which -

vote germany didn't vote for the palestinian cause which is in a pretty good. use for a vote so first of all germany of spain germany didn't turn its back against. the protests from german politicians against the settlement politics right now are in my opinion more or less symbolic because they are telling the protesters they are not defined or noticing that this is a violation of the peace plan off the middle east but we will have to wait until the end of the baby if this political shit big if it's really culprit if this protest follows a political action we have to see the difference of our protests and that this political action to be honest i don't think that there will be any political action coming out of the order of protests. now israel is facing increasing isolation in europe there's been talk all possible essentials of tel aviv doesn't back down and settlement decisions do you expect this kind of pressure from here oh ben what's on the what germany take sanction is all on the table. this is a really interesting question because we see here a coalition

it was a little more than a year ago that palestinian president mahmoud abbas came to the u.n. in a bid for statehood since then tel aviv and washington's approach to the middle east conflict has gained them an ever shrinking minority of supporters the irony is that the bid was passed on the watches of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his rightwing foreign minister avigdor lieberman it was last year that lieberman boasted in the united nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give policy r.t. tel aviv earlier israeli college like true mary eisen told me that those who are movers directed against israel. the majority of israelis including this government by the way have stated clearly that they'd like to see palestine independent and both of us understand that there is a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is j

elevated the palestinian authority's u.n. observer status from entity to nonmember state so what are the ramifications of that un decision and what are the key issues preventing peaceful and constructive negotiations between israel and the palestinians joining me now is dillon j. williams director of government affairs at the pro peace pro israel group j. street and dr hussein ibish senior fellow at the american task force on palestine a.t.f. feet and executive director of the hawse a law suit a foundation for arab american leadership thank you both for joining me thank you very much for announcing everything yeah oh yeah. ok first of all just in general the consequences of what happened at the u.n. yesterday let's just begin with that it. remains to be seen really there the fallout is not clear certainly album as in got a bump of popularity. among palestinians in the west bank and across the board all over the world and in the arab world how much that counters the bump in popularity that how mascot from the war that they fou

the palestinians did not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state prevailed and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants were living there at the time were suddenly given by the united nations the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who were the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was a father was an officer and there was an equivalent on the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking further and you see that as soon as this resolution was accepted the israeli forces began a massive campaign

passed a resolution to partition palestine that the palestinians does not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state prevailed and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants are living there it's eyes were suddenly given by the united nations the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who are the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was was your father was an officer and there was an equivalent on the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking for. so there you see that as soon as this resolution was accep

the palestinians did not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state programs and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants are living there that's i were suddenly given by the united nations like the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who are the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was an equivalent of the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking for. there you see that as soon as this resolution was accepted he's really forces began a massive campaign

the palestinians did not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously was then a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state prevailed and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants were living there its eyes were suddenly given by the united nations the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who were the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was an equivalent of the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking for. so there you see that as soon as this resolution was accepted he has really forces began a massive cam

for the palestinian people especially on the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians can now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips in dealing with israel but it came at a price within hours tel aviv announced to peace building three thousand more homes in the west bank a sure sign that the situation on the ground won't change overnight does it's not a step forward it's a step aside or even you know a step. further it's really a pity that the international community gives to this violation the us was also quick to cost account of the palestinian party the unfortunate and counterproductive resolution at the united nations general assembly that just passed today's grand pronouncements will soon fade and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed but washington's unflinching support for tel aviv has situated it from some of its longtime allies in the un more and more countries are turning their back on decades of negotiations that have led nowhere what has ch

the palestinians did not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small of your state prevailed and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants were living there at the time were suddenly given by the united nations the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who were the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was an equivalent on the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking further and you see that as soon as this resolution was accepted the israeli forces began a massive campa

hello i'm kevin owen with a major new stories the past week than of course the palestinians moved a step closer to being fully recognized as independent the un voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state the middle east correspondent for us policy reports now on how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight voting in favor nine against forty one abstentions it's an important political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations the international law and its violations to the rights of the palestinian people especially on the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians can now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips in dealing with israel. but it came at a price within hours tel av

palestinians are not allowed to use them. and these super highways crisscross across palestinian land, linking the settlements together and linking them with israeli cities inside the 1948 borders >> the separate roads you find the sediment infrastructure that you find in the west bank, for example, which in south africa we did not truman would have roads that would only be for whites. >> in 2008, there were 800 kilometers of jewish-only roads in the west bank, or as the israeli military prefers to call them, sterile roads. settlers are issued yellow license plates so the military can distinguish them from palestinian drivers. >> a clip of "road map to apartheid." ana nogueira, the film is out on dvd? >> yes, you can find it on our website or journeymen pictures website. >> ana nogueira and eron davidson, thank you for being with us for it in our last segment, we turn to reverend billy. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> traditional music. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman w

elevated the palestinian authority's u.n. observer status from entity to nonmember state so what are the ramifications of that un decision and what are the key issues preventing peaceful and constructive negotiations between israel and the palestinians joining me now is dylan jay williams director of government affairs at the pro peace pro israel group j. street and dr hussein ibish senior fellow at the american task force on palestine a.t.f. heat and executive director of the hawse a law suit a foundation for arab american leadership thank you both for joining me thank you very much pronouncing everything oh yeah. ok first of all just in general the consequences of what happened at the u.n. yesterday let's just begin with that it. remains to be seen really the the fallout is not clear certainly album as in got a bump of popularity. among palestinians in the west bank and across the board all over the world and in the arab world how much that counters the bump in popularity that how mascot from the war that they fought with i

the palestinians does not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state programs and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants are living there it's a time where certainly given by the united nations a lot of the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who are the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was was your father was an officer and there was an equivalent of the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking for. there and you see that as soon as this resolution was accepted the israeli forces began a massi

the palestinians did not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state prevailed and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants were living there its eyes were suddenly given by the united nations the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who were the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was the equivalent of the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking for the. and you see that as soon as this resolution was accepted the israeli forces began a massive campaig

was also quick to cost account of the palestinian party mood the unfortunate and counterproductive resolution at the united nations general assembly that just passed today's grand pronouncements will soon fade and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed but washington's unflinching support for tel aviv has separated from some of its a longtime allies in the un more and more countries are turning their back on decades of negotiations that have led nowhere what has changed has been the continual failure of the us controlled so-called peace process to lead to any kind of end to occupation and what i think was the catalyst here is that political pressure on them as an on the palestinian authority from their own population from their own people who were saying you know what we've had twenty one years of failed diplomacy

the palestinians not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state prevailed and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants were living there at the time were suddenly given by the united nations a lot the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who were the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was an acquittal of the palestinian side there was no fighting force on the both inside and then once again you keep looking further and you see that as soon as this resolution was accepted the israeli forces began a massive campaign

it will be negotiated with the israelis and palestinians and palestinians will be think that egypt. you have the muslim brotherhood and hamas with issues of sharia law, israel, u.s. poquoson nevermind. it would be allowed walk together and sign the linkage. i don't want to annex the palestinian towns. i think it should be done to jordan and yes it will not happen tomorrow. we have to weigh. if i would've come here to washington d.c. two years ago, i would've told you president hosni mubarak will be caged in jail. you would think i'm insane. today i'm coming to tell you in the long term there should be a linkage between the palestinian judaic, and in the future you would say it's not going to happen. they would not agree to it. so things change very fast and we have to put forward what we believe is good for us. >> at the situation continues, i fear for israel's security and future. i see that it's dangerous and there's also a moral issue they are coming to come the patina. >> thank you. >> my name is jerry dan says. i was in jerusalem in 1973 when the war broke out in all the europe

, led by their legitimate representative, the palestinian authority. which brings me to the third goal we must pursue together -- at a time when violence commands attention, america and israel must do better at demonstrating not just the costs of extremism but the benefits of cooperation and coexistence. for example, we have to convince palestinians that direct negotiations with israel represent not just the best but the only path to the independent state they deserve. america supports the goal of a palestinian state, living side by side in peace and security with israel. but this week's vote at the un won't bring palestinians any closer to that goal. it may bring new challenges to the united nations system and for israel. but this week's vote should give all of us pause. all sides need to consider carefully the path ahead. palestinian leaders need to ask themselves what unilateral action can really accomplish for their people. president abbas took a step in the wrong direction this week. we opposed his resolution. but we also need to see that the pale

the palestinians does not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state programs and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants are living there its eyes were suddenly given by the united nations the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who were the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was the cool of the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking for. so there you see that as soon as this resolution was accepted the israeli forces began a massive campaign of et

the palestinians get the backing of the world at a historic u.n. vote as israel announces plans to build new settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem. egypt is heading deeper into chaos after the country's top court halted all work in protest over being blocked from ruling on the new constitution is comes amid public outrage triggered by president morsi self-imposed powers. wiki leaks will release a raft of new and shocking revelations in the next year according to join assange speaking to r.t. the whistleblower says the new material is said to rival even the publication of u.s. diplomatic cables. from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us the palestinians moved a step closer to being fully recognized as independent the un voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state our middle east correspondent parsley or reports now on how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might should be no foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilat

today's news and the week's top stories on our g the palestinians get the backing of the world at a historic at the u.n. vote as israel announces plans to build new settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem. egypt is heading deeper into chaos after the country's top court halted all work in protest over being blocked from ruling on the new constitution this comes amid public outrage triggered by president morsi self-imposed power. wiki leaks will release a raft of new and shocking revelations in the next year according to join a sun speaking to r t the whistleblower says that the new material is said to rival even the publication of the u.s. diplomatic cables. and live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. glad to have you with us the palestinians moved a step closer to being fully recognized as independent the u.n. voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state our middle east correspondent possibly or reports now on how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might should be no foregone conclusion but

to protest plans to colonize more palestinian lands and. the u.n. says israeli settlement expansion could deal and almost fatal broke all the details coming out. of the top stories russia and turkey penned lucrative business deals president putin says the two countries are also looking at new ways to solve the syrian conflict while warning against a military build a bomb to school. bus spain's banking bailout eurozone finance ministers reconvene in brussels as madrid makes an official request for the e.u. to rescue its wheat banks. in live here at the new sensor thanks for being with us from some britain have some of the israeli ambassadors in their countries to get on says over why more settlements have been authorized in disputed lands near east jerusalem the un and the you've also said that israel's construction plans pose a threat to future peace negotiations now more from a middle east correspondent pull the slip. that's happening in an area known as anyone known what it effectively means is that the voice that include will be cutoff instrument

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lays into israel over its plans to build three thousand more settler homes and leave the after the palestinians u.n. status is upgraded. egypt is divided as tens of thousands rallied to both support and oppose president morsi with a referendum on a controversial new constitution is set for two weeks time. and the world's top whistle blower promises more sensational revelations next year we talked to judy in the sound clips of interview. good to have you company i'm andrey farmer the u.s. is trying to stay israel and the palestinians back to the negotiating table but so far to no avail washington has criticized israel to prove three thousand more sessile homes in disputed territories the move came immediately after the u.n. voted to upgrade palestine to observer state status despite america's opposition artie's polis lir now looks at how the vote affects the situation in the middle east. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hund

people especially on the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians. now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips in dealing with israel but it came at a price within hours tel aviv announced it was building three thousand more homes in the west bank a sure sign that the situation on the ground won't change overnight or the birds does it's not a step forward it's a step aside or even you know a step. berkut it's really a pity the international community gives hand to this violation the us was also quick to cost a cloud over the palestinian party mood the unfortunate and counterproductive resolution at the united nations general assembly that just passed today's grand pronouncements will soon fade and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed but washington's unflinching support for tel aviv has separated from some of its longtime allies in the un more and more countries are turning their back on decades of negotiations that hav

, and the palestinians had already decided to bring it up. there is a rule in politics -- when you have the votes, a vote. they have the votes. i believe behind it was an attempt to buttress and support the palestinian authority, which has been eclipsed by hamas, it is strengthening its hand -- into strengthening its hand, that hamas had become the paramount force in the region. >> i believe this is on the anniversary of the vote for israeli acceptance in the un, wasn't it? 1948? exactly the same day. that was not a creation of israel. that was the partition resolution to create two states. that is the tragedy. that was a resolution 65 years ago that said there should be a jewish state and an arab state. the jews accepted, the arabs rejected. they started a war where they attacked israel, five arab countries invaded, and they thought israel would easily be destroyed. it wasn't, and we have had 60- plus years where israel has been a state and the palestinians, overrun by their own arab allies, or cap essentially in bondage. they never achieved

kevin owen it's eleven pm now here in moscow and the main story of the week just gone the palestinians moved a step closer to being fully recognized as independent the u.n. voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic station status to ignore member observer state middle east correspondent paula reports that now on how the move may signal a way in the way that the world sees israeli actions from now on. it might be foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight voting in favor nine against forty one abstentions speaks of import of political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations the national law and its violations the rights of the palestinian people especially on the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians can now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips in dealing with israel but it came at a price wit

the palestinians does not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state programs and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants are living there it's i were suddenly given by the united nations like the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who are the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was the cool of the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking for. there you see that as soon as this resolution was accepted the israeli forces began a massive campaign of eth

lays into israel over plans to build three thousand more set for homes immediately after the palestinians u.n. status was upgraded. egypt is divided as tens of thousands rallied to both support and oppose president morsi with a referendum on a controversial new constitution is set for two weeks time. and the world's top whistle blower promises more sensational revelations next year we talked to judy in the sun explosive interview. good to have you company i'm andrea farmer the u.s. is trying to stay israel and the palestinians back to the negotiating table but so far to no avail washington is criticize israel to approval of three thousand more settler homes in disputed territories the move came immediately after the un voted to upgrade palestine to observer state status despite america's opposition artie's poll a slayer now looks at how the vote affects the situation in the middle east. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un on

live from moscow the us is trying to stay israel and the palestinians back to the negotiating table but so far to no avail washington has criticized israel to prove or of three thousand more settler homes in disputed territories the move came immediately after the u.n. voted to upgrade palestine to observer state status despite america's opposition parties paul asli and now looks at how the vote affects the situation in the middle east. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight voting in favor nine against forty one abstentions it's an important political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations of the national law and its violations the rights of the palestinian people especially the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians can now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips in dealing wit

well no i think that we must divide what the palestinians have done on the twenty ninth of november is one thing which is connected to the idea of keeping the two state solution is a viable option. there is a deadlock in the negotiations and the retaliation of the israeli government i think works against her will you theresa at the end of the day will have to reach an agreement with the palestinians which is based on sixty seven borders give or take exchange of territory including the partition of jerusalem what the current israeli government is doing is actually breaking this opposition this very good proposition of being able to do something which eventually serves the interest of israel of and i believe that it is work a should engage the international we know the arab world and the palestinians which is bad and secondly part of it will not even take place because if there would be negotiations there won't be any more building so all together i think it goes against our own interests and for this reason i think it's a big mistake but there are big practical questions here too that n

could collapse, the palestinian authority could collapse. he didn't want that. he came up with this settlement idea. partly there's two different pieces to it is my understanding. the issue of building in what's called the settlement clusters block around the jerusalem area. it's about 5% of the land that the world assumes will be israeli in a final deal. but the palestinians say there is no deal yet. so you're prejudging that deal. then there's the issue of the e-1 which is an area that israel sees as linking east jerusalem. it's one of the biggest settlements for the east but palestinians see that 4.5-mile bottle neck area as severing north and south. so, you know, is he really going to go forward or is he saying i'm having a planning meeting because he knows it's very sensitive? is this political theater in an election period where he's worried about a party to his right? or is it about something more serious than that? >> suarez: ghaith, which is it? is this a really significant issue for the palestinians or just another example of the constant political bac

so to hear what loveridge palestinian statehood house on an international scale next. in the market. for the summer seem anything like. november market to malta this month for palestine after an israeli offensive in gaza palestinians and human rights advocates a world wide green for a people constantly struck by death and destruction but merely two weeks later celebrations broke out after a successful bid for statehood at the u.n. it was then that the palestinian people experience starkly different emotions happiness relief and most importantly hope that finally things would change the many critics were also quick to point out that the un vote might be merely a symbolic representation of palestine's international support that it couldn't really change the reality on the ground without direct negotiate. as with israel so what is the tangible significance of this vote and how might it authorize the expansion of palestinian rights on the basis of international law to talk about all that and more i'm joined by francis boyle a presser at the university of illinois school of

it was a little more than a year ago that palestinian president mahmoud abbas came to the un in a bid for statehood since then tel aviv and washington's approach to the middle east conflict has gained them an ever shrinking minority of supporters the irony is that the bid was passed on the watchers of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his rightwing foreign minister avigdor lieberman it was last year that lieberman boasted in the united nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give policy r.t. tel aviv. but saving israeli college lecturer mary i said told me that thursday's you were move was directed against israel. the majority of israelis including this government by the way have stated clearly that they'd like to see palestine independent both of us understand that there's a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is ju

if the palestinians moved a step closer to being fully recognized as independent the u.n. voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state our middle east correspondent paula slayer reports now on how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight voting in favor nine against look at me forty one abstentions it's important political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations the national law and its violations of the rights of the palestinian people especially on the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians can now apply to join the internet. criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips in dealing with israel but it came at a price within hours tel aviv announced it was building three thousand more homes in

certainly glad to have you with us and the palestinians moved a step closer to being fully recognized as independent the u.n. voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state our middle east correspondent policy or reports now on how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred fifty eight voting in favor nine against look at me forty one abstentions it's an important political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way. it's a violation of the national law it's a violation of the rights of the palestinian people especially on the expansion of illegal search provides palestinians can now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips in dealing with israel but it came at a price within hours tel aviv announced it was buildi

the palestinians get the backing of the world at a historic a u.n. vote as israel announces plans to build new settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem. egypt is heading deeper into chaos after the country's top court halted all work in protest over being blocked from ruling on the new constitution this comes amid public outrage triggered by president morsi his self-imposed powers. we do weeks and will release a raft of the new and shocking revelations in the next year according to join us speaking to r t the whistleblower says the new material is set to rival even the publication of the u.s. diplomatic cables. broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow recapping the week's top stories this is r.t. with the weekly glad to have you with us. the palestinians and moved a step closer to being a fully recognized as independent in the un voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a non member observer state in our middle east correspondent paula slayer reports now on how the move may signal a change in the way the world see

it was a little more than a year ago that palestinian president mahmoud abbas came to the un in a bid for statehood since then tel aviv and washington's approach to the middle east conflict has gained them an ever shrinking minority of supporters the irony is that the bid was passed on the watches of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his right wing foreign minister avigdor lieberman it was last year that lieberman boasted in the united nations that the moral majority of western states was with israel it now turns out he was wrong and whether israel wants it or not it's increasingly clear that something needs to give policy r.t. tel aviv but within hours of palestine's newfound status israel committed to build a new settler homes in east jerusalem and other palestinian areas the u.s. is now trying to direct them both back to the negotiating table but there's been no headway so far for palestinian leaders that's because israel is literally building hurdles to peace. the current israeli government on the political scene right now in israel seems to be a lot more interested in

we're not trying to provoke the palestinians. we think it is our right to define our capital and to decide about constructions, about our view on our security issues. you must understand that this construction activity and the settlements today is part of our security view. >> first of all, this announcement was not timed to coincide with the vote at the un. it was described that way. fair enough? >> ok. but, first of all, again, the settlements are not an obstacle to peace. the opposite is true. i think everybody who wants to avoid a real understanding, a real solution tries to use this issue as the biggest problem. you know, sometimes i see watching tv, you can see some reports. 40,000 people killed in syria. dozens in iraq, egypt, libya. but of course, the main report about eight buildings in some small town. >> we spend a great deal of time reporting on the fighting in syria. >> it is like the discussion u.n.rday and the in the the international community not able for 22 months to stop this massacre, this bloodshed in syria.

won't bring palestinians any closer to that goal. it may bring new challenges to the united nations system and for israel. >> joining me now to talk more about the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, john bolton and a fox news contributor, ambassador, great to see you today. >> hi, jamie, how are you? >> i'm great. does secretary clinton have it right? >> no, unfortunately, you know, the-- what she was expressing there about the inevitability of a two state solution and trying to convince the palestinians to negotiate is the kind of setup that convinces the palestinians that they don't have to be negotiate. the united states opposed the palestinian authority effort to have the u.n. general assembly declare them to be an observer state, but failed to prevent it which i think was a real defeat for the united states and israel and the palestinians and the u.n. under the obama administration will suffer no consequences from that. so if you're the palestinian authority or even more if you're hamas, the lesson that you learn is t

lays into israel over plans to build three thousand more subtler homes immediately after the palestinians u.n. status was upgraded. egypt divided as tens of thousands rallied to both supporters and opponents of president roh see a referendum on a controversial new constitution set for two weeks time. and the world's top promises more sensational revelations next year we talked to during the sun an exclusive interview. this is artie's weekly news review i'm carrie johnson and welcome to the program the u.s. says it's trying to steer israel and the palestinians back to the negotiating table but so far to no avail washington has criticised israel's approval of three thousand more settler homes in disputed territories the move came immediately after the un voted to upgrade palestine to a nonmember observer state despite america's opposition. looks now at how the vote effects the situation in the middle east. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer

live near to new central moscow is kevin owen here it's one am moscow time now the palestinians moved a big step closer to being fully recognizes independent last week the u.n. voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a normal member observer state middle east correspondent paula slee reports now on how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israel's actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight voting in favor nine against look at me forty one abstentions it's important political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations the international law and its violations of the rights of the palestinian people especially on the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians can now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips indeed. with israel but it came at a pri

the big news of the week the palestinians were a step closer to being fully recognized as independent the u.n. voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state a middle east correspondent paula slee reports now on how the move my signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight voting in favor nine against forty one abstentions its import of political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations the national law and its violations of the rights of the palestinian people especially on the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians can now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips in dealing with israel. but it came at a price within hours tel aviv announced it was building three thousand more homes in the

lays into israel over plans to build three thousand more satellite homes immediately after the palestinians u.n. status was upgraded. egypt divided as tens of thousands rallied both supporters and opponents of president morsi a referendum on traditional new constitution set two weeks time. as the world's top whistleblower promises more sensational revelations next year he talked of joining the son of an exclusive interview. this is artie's weekly news review welcome to the program. the us says it's trying to steer israel and the palestinians back to the table so far to no avail washington has criticised israel's approval of three thousand more settler homes in disputed territories the move came immediately after the un voted to upgrade palestine to a nonmember observer state despite america's opposition party's poilus lead looks now at how the vote affects the situation in the middle east. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un o