the israelis are concerned about this. they are concerned about the transfer of chemical weapons from syria to hezbollah and to other groups inside syria and lebanon. they have been making statements about that in the last couple of weeks, saying if the transfer occurs, it could be a line for them. >> israeli officials have been tight-lipped about this incident. they have been speaking about their concerns over syria's dangerous weapons. >> that is right. on sunday, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, expressed his concerns. we also had the israeli air force chief talking about the efforts they are making in the north of the country to try to prevent any kind of war or increased tension along the northern border with lebanon. there are a lot of statements coming out of israel expressing their concern. also, they sent one of their missile defense systems to a northern city. there has been an increase in the rhetoric from the israeli side in terms of the conflict in syria and concerns about how it could spill ove

my husband and my daughter don't have israeli i.d.'s and they can't pass through the checkpoint they need special permission which is very difficult to get on the other hand i enter my children have israeli id we have a lot of problems far curb is in north jerusalem eighty two percent of the land belongs to jerusalem eighteen percent to the west bank residents pay taxes to the israeli government but because the area lies outside the israeli wall israel is slow to provide services the municipality says that many of the people living in far cub are doing so illegally and so it's not obliged to provide them with services it also says that the security wall makes it more complicated to carry out the services and the state needs to give it more money there have been small victories though residents took the municipality to court and one garbage collection at least for now should be more frequent this is the minimal oblon problem is really they deal with us as an enemy as an arab in jerusalem so we have to care that because we have our right

israelis it doesn't necessarily mean that they have to be involved directly they could. support. countries or bodies that could could make life for israelis more difficult of course iran will the syrian sovereignty and i think that the americans and israelis should take this seriously because the iranians through soft power and other means have made life very difficult for american americans and their allies in the region over the past decade as we saw in iraq and afghanistan and in lebanon. well israel has made a step closer to confrontation on its border with syria and it continues to receive harsh criticism over its settlement activity that's according to a fresh new u.n. report that says it is violating palestinians human rights the un human rights council says that israel must remove all of its a half a million settlers from the occupied territories in east jerusalem and the west bank the details just ahead. a decorated cia better enter into torture whistleblower and agency outcast is not awaiting a summons to start a prison sentence john q rockery was one of the fi

decided to implement a unity agreement signed two years ago the two met in cairo on wednesday amid israeli claims the talks were actually undermining the peace process this as the easing of tension between the two rival factions has already helped reunite one family in gaza bring the asli torn apart by political strife and a supposed leader now reports israeli policies may have pushed both sides to discard their differences. it's been five long years since this family was together one thousand eight hundred days since a mean a muslim last saw her son his crime belonging to a group the gaza government was opposed to except this time it wasn't the israelis who forced him into exile but hamas rather than a bronzer ago i left my family and house in gaza and headed for the west bank but it was only after the negotiations began that seventeen of us were given approval to go back home. it was back in two thousand and seven in a surprise coup that he must took control of gaza from wyvil faction group fatah one hundred sixty one people were killed and more than seven hundred injured when the dust s

are going to face serious consequences iranians have many means to hurt israelis to punish the israelis it doesn't necessarily mean that they have to be involved directly they could. support. countries or bodies that could could make life for israelis more difficult of course he ran the world the syrian sovereignty and i think that the americans and israelis should take this seriously because the iranians through soft power and other means have made life very difficult for american americans and their allies in the region over the past decade as we saw in iraq and afghanistan and in lebanon. a lively and heated session in the u.s. senator joe lieberman's pick for defense secretary goes before lawmakers as a confirmation starts with a vocal protests already coming from the israeli lobby that still aids. thirty his own government's warnings to the winch british prime minister david cameron has touched on in tripoli for surprise visit he promised to stand by libya as it rebuilds even as his own foreign office warned britons of going through true threat as to its embassies they aim to end r

my husband and my daughter don't have israeli i.d.'s and they can't pass through the checkpoint they need special permission which is very difficult to get on the other hand i am to have my children have israeli id we have a lot of problems far curve is in north jerusalem eighty two percent of the land belongs to jerusalem eighteen percent to the west bank residents pay taxes to the israeli government but because the area lies outside the israeli wall israel is slow to provide services the municipality says that many of the people living in far cut are doing so illegally and so it's not obliged to provide them with services it also says that the security wall makes it more complicated to carry out the services and the state needs to give it more money there have been small victories though residents took the municipality to court and one garbage collection at least for now should be more frequent this is the minimal problem from the instability. of an enemy in jerusalem so we have to can't that because we have our right we will be the

son his crime belonging to a group the gaza government was opposed to except this time it wasn't the israelis who forced him into exile but hamas. at the ago i left my family and house in gaza and headed for the west bank but it was only after the negotiations began that seventeen of us were given approval to go back home. it was back in two thousand and seven in a surprise coup that he must took control of gaza from wyvil faction group fatah one hundred sixty one people were killed and more than seven hundred injured when the dust settled the palestinian people were divided a mass was in charge in gaza fatah called the shots in the west bank hundreds fled their homes from both in fear of their lives like other fatah supporters from gaza mohammad took refuge in the west bank waiting for the day we conciliation would come. all day and night i prayed to god to protect my son more harm and i prayed for his safety and asked god to bring him back home safe and now for the first time we conciliation between the two sides looks promising each feels boosted by recent successes and is more willing to

well as i get more on tuesday's israeli election from how her as executive director of the one voice movement joining us on the line from tel aviv i believe are calling for a two state solution i'm sure that what do you think is behind this dwindling support of netanyahu is party. well i think that the current elections are an interesting. present an interesting development in the way the two blocks of the right wing and the left wing in israel are shaped i think that the right wing has become much more right wing and the left wing has clearly more more clearly become a left wing in the. sense that we all expected to be. there two poles running now against each other and. netanyahu finds himself leading a party that's offering a vague platform actually no platform at all they have not presented a program of party programs to address a lot of the issues that are concerning israeli citizens from the left and the right and are dividing them according to those pacs and one of the policies that netanyahu has not been vague on and very frank gardner is of course about building more settlem

iran say the israelis are going to face serious consequences iranians have many means to hurt the israelis and to punish the israelis it doesn't necessarily mean that they have to be involved directly they could. support. countries or bodies that could could make life for israelis more difficult of course he ran the world the syrian sovereignty and i think that the americans and the israelis should take this seriously because the iranians through soft power and other means have made life very difficult for american americans and their allies in the region over the past decade as we saw in iraq and afghanistan and in lebanon a lively and heated session in the u.s. senate job i must pick for defense secretary goes before lawmakers as a confirmation starts with a vocal protests already coming from the israeli lobby that still aids. thirty his own government's warnings to the winch british prime minister david cameron has touched on in tripoli for surprise visit he promised to stand by libya as it rebuilds even as his own foreign office want britons are going to threaten to its embassies the a

my husband and my daughter don't have israeli i.d.'s and they can't participate or that we need special permission which is very difficult to get on the other hand i am to have my children have israeli id seven children have a lot of problems far curb is in north jerusalem eighty two percent of the land belongs to jerusalem eighteen percent to the west bank residents pay taxes to the israeli government but because the area lies outside the israeli wall israel is slow to provide services the municipality says that many of the people living in cloud cover are doing so illegally and so it's not obliged to provide them with services it also says that the security wall makes it more complicated to carry out the services and the state needs. to give it more money there have been small victories though residents took the municipality to court and one garbage collection at least for now should be more frequent this is them in a bubble and from the instability that they deal with us as an enemy and not ups in jerusalem so we have to can't that

the israelis, from their own strategic standpoint, has an interest in what is the future of the israeli going to be. the possibility of resolving this conflict becomes close to nil so israel has a stake in having the palestinian authority survive. israel has a stake that the movement is nationalist and not islamist. it needs to focus on what can it do to move in a direction that makes that more likely. >> rose: dennis, do you believe the israelis should negotiate with hamas? >> i do not. >> rose: under no circumstances? >> i'm not, i'm not eye don't believe that we should and the israelis should be dealing with hamas when they're not prepared to meet the minimal conditions that the p.l.o. met. if they're prepared to meet recognizing israeli, yes, you deal with them. >> rose: if they renounce violence, that would be the key? >> well, renouncing violence and recognizing israeli's right to exist. those two. >> i bow to no one in my sense of-- my dismay and anger at what the hamas charter is. it's antisemitic. it's eliminationist and so on. but the history of diplomacy is filled with two si

my husband and my daughter don't have israeli i.d.'s and they can't pass through the checkpoints they need special permission which is very difficult to get on the other hand i enter my children have israeli id i have a lot of problems far curb is in north jerusalem eighty two percent of the land belongs to jerusalem eighteen percent to the west bank residents pay taxes to the israeli government but because the area lies outside the israeli wall israel is slow to provide services the municipality says that many of the people living in cloud cover are doing so illegally and so it's not obliged to provide them with services it also says that the security wall makes it more complicated to carry out the services and the state needs to. give it more money there have been small victories though residents took the municipality to court and one garbage collection at least for now should be more frequent this is them in a bubble i'm from them it's really they deal with us as an enemy and arabs in jerusalem so we have to chant that because we ha

the israelis, from their own strategic standpoint, has an interest in what is the future of the israeli going to be. the possibility of resolving this conflict becomes close to nil so israel has a stake in having the palestinian authority survive. israel has a stake that the movement is nationalist and not islamist. it needs to focus on what can it do to move in a direction that makes that more likely. >> rose: dennis, do you believe the israelis should negotiate withamas? >> i d n. >> rose: under no circumstances? >> i'm not, i'm not eye don't believe that we should and the israelis should be dealing with hamas when they're not prepared to meet the minimal conditions that the p.l.o. met. if they're prepared to meet recognizing israeli, yes, you deal with them. >> rose: if they renounce violence, that would be the key? >> well, renouncing violence and recognizing israeli's right to exist. those two. >> i bow to no one in my sense of-- my dismay and anger at what the hamas charter is. it's antisemitic. it's eliminationist and so on. but the history of diplomacy is filled with two sides n

my husband and my daughter don't have israeli i.d.'s and they can't pass through the checkpoint any special permission which is very difficult to get on the other hand i enter my children have israeli id we have a lot of problems far curve is in north jerusalem eighty two percent of the land belongs to jerusalem eighteen percent to the west bank residents pay taxes to the israeli government but because the area lies outside the israeli wall israel is slow to provide services the municipality says that many of the people living in far cub are doing so illegally and so it's not obliged to provide them with services it also says that the security wall makes it more complicated to carry out the services and the state needs to give it more money there have been small victories though residents took the municipality to court and one garbage collection at least for now should be more frequent this is the minimal level i'm from the instability that they deal with us as an enemy as an arab in jerusalem so we have to change that because we have

also the israeli normans forced to keep moving by their government from one place to another to keep areas occupied in its ongoing dispute with palestine that's still ahead for you. it's been dubbed the big speech as the british prime minister is set to make a tightrope walk this friday between his e.u. partners and euro skeptics at home david cameron is planning to overhaul ties with the union after saying he's not happy with certain aspects so the relationship that's while he still admits he doesn't want to break away from the union under a risk upsetting the e.u. leaders but as all reports now cameron may ultimately disappoint everyone his struggles to appease. when the prime minister first became leader of the conservative party he said the biggest problem was that they spent far too much of their time banging on about europe i see glad those days are over i. think countdowns as the prime minister prepares to deliver a landmark speech on europe but with warring factions in his own policy growing euro skeptic sentiment in the u.k. and his increasingly unimpressed european counterp

israelis and palestinians who want to share a home out in the cold. one hundred my husband this from have written i'm from jerusalem i found work in jerusalem and used to live there with my children but without my husband because he is not allowed to live there he couldn't visit me even once at the end of each week i would go to have been to visit him but lived like that for four years well come to no man's land a neighborhood that is technically part of jerusalem but in reality it is on the palestinian side of the security wall that israel has built some two thousand mixed couples live here. the problem of cooper arkell is that so many people are immigrating to the area because they have to so in four years we've had a growth of thirty five thousand people it's become more crowded than gaza. through here and so one came to live here six years ago with their three children but life in the village is far from ideal the schools are overcrowded garbage is collected only once a week and there's little fresh water so if one is old and sick and basic health

there are some populations designing the israeli society if you take a certain sort of the truth box presenters that turns out to vote is very high it's above eighty on the other hand when you look at the middle class the youth and the arabs the presenters is around sixty. and those figures only help netanyahu and his allies of course there are parties who are ready to oppose the government's policies one of their merits boasts that a vote for them is a secure vote against netanyahu and a leadership that will destroy israel first of all are is a lation the war will continue. there will be no solution to the palestinian problem and the economic and social gaps between rich and poor will get much wider and deeper that merits is expected to win only around five percent of the votes in a record field of fifty four parties that are running in these elections netanyahu is parties expected to get only about a quarter of the seats in the parliament but with other political forces being shattered into rival factions this is still going to be enough for him to continue in power the coalition e

and i do want to be fair and mention that the term israeli occupied the term that was used in that title and then removed that is used in the actual body of the article so. does that not negate these accusations of a bias or what do you think i don't begin to get the bias because the headline is what attracts people to read the article it's that stands out it's what it's the headline it's a headline or so and it's not just this issue the new york times has a troubling history of being biased for example their former chief youthen broner his son served in the israeli defense forces and there's really army which was actively occupying palestinian lands bombing the gaza strip shooting at human rights activists in the west bank the bureau chief is son was was an idea while he was a bro chief in jerusalem that's a major conflict of interest that the new york times refused to change his assignment at least temporarily until the sun is out of the army they refused to do that how can you be objective when your son is an army that's occupying palestinian land and territory and killing palestinian

my husband and my daughter don't have israeli i.d.'s and they can't pass through the checkpoint any special permission which is very difficult to get on the other hand i enter my children have israeli id we have a lot of problems far curve is in north jerusalem eighty two percent of the land belongs to jerusalem eighteen percent to the west bank residents pay taxes to the israeli government but because the area lies outside the israeli wall israel is slow to provide services the municipality says that many of the people living in far cub are doing so illegally and so it's not obliged to provide them with services it also says that the security wall makes it more complicated to carry out the services and the state needs to give it more money there have been small victories though residents took the municipality to court and one garbage collection at least for now should be more frequent this is the minimal problem from them it's really they deal with us as an enemy in jerusalem so we have to carry that because we have our right we will

my husband and my daughter don't have israeli i.d.'s and they can't pass through the checkpoint any special permission which is very difficult to get on the other hand i am to have my children have israeli id which we have a lot of problems far curb is in north jerusalem eighty two percent of the land belongs to jerusalem eighteen percent to the west bank residents pay taxes to the israeli government but because the area lies outside the israeli wall israel is slow to provide services the municipality says that many of the people living in far curb are doing so illegally and so it's not obliged to provide them with services it also says that the security wall makes it more complicated to carry out the services and the state needs to give it more money there have been small victories though residents took the municipality to court and one garbage collection at least for now should be more frequent this is the minimal problem from them it's really they deal with us as an enemy as an arab in jerusalem so we have to carry that because we h

we have an israeli prime minister who go to extreme lengths to continue to build and expand israeli settlements who doesn't want to confront the settler movement who simply wants to head israel down the path of war and is willing to go to extreme lengths to get himself reelected including attacking gaza and it's less than a week until we find out whether netanyahu is reelected as holds a snap elementary election tuesday with the situation the tabula is made least heavily dependent on the outcome the whole world will be watching vote closely so don't miss all the special coverage on the. how will change with to run develop we'll settle it expansion isolate can there be peace with gaza what's next in relations with america we'll let you know who survived his snuff election on january twenty second. israel decides. it's been four decades since the u.s. was drew from vietnam ending its involvement in a war that cost both sides dearly both financially and physically the price paid was too high for similar mistakes to be made again but some vietnam war veterans point to the fronts of hist

. >> this will concern the israeli allies who have already warned that time is running out for peace with the palestinians. this man says he is keen to have talks, but there is little expectation of progress on the ground. is really politics are always complicated. religious parties will fight any attempt to exclude them from government, but a coalition that is too ideologically why it could also prove unworkable. bbc news, jerusalem. >> for more on the results in israel, i am joined with -- but a man he served in the middle east and is a special assistant to president obama. he currently is a counselor at the washington institute. how weekend is he by these results? >> he is certainly in a different place than he was before the election. this is not going to be a simple negotiation. he faces a reality that there is a very strong, nelson dressed presents reflected in this election, and he has a right wing base of his own, which in many ways is even to the right of where he is, so how does he reconcile that? how does he reconcile what is highly secular and that which is religious? the

i do want to be fair and mention that the term israeli occupied the term that was used in that title and then removed that is used and the actual body of the article so. does that not negate these accusations of a biased or what do you think i don't think in the gates bias because the headline is what attracts people to read the article it's that stands out it's what it's the headline it's a headline or so and it's not just this issue the new york times has a troubling history of being bias for example their former chief youthen broner his son served in the israeli defense forces and there's really army which was actively occupying palestinian lands bombing the gaza strip shooting at human rights activists in the west bank the bureau chief is son was was an idea while he was a bro chief in jerusalem that's a major conflict of interest that the new. i mean at least temporarily until the sun is out of the army they refused to do that how can you be objective when your son is an army that's occupying palestinian land and territory and killing palestinians on a daily basis how can he be

there's a lot of noise about it there was a bombing in two thousand and seven the israeli jets bombed the site in syria claiming that it is a nuclear site there was no indication yes the i.a.e.a. visited the site the i.a.e.a. said that there were traces of uranium of depleted uranium but they did not confirm that there was any quantity or at least you know this huge quantity that is being publicized i mean they're saying fifty tons of uranium this is this is i don't know where they come up with a number. obviously i did some research and it appears that they came up with a number because they they feel they are coming up with the story that this site that was there that was bombed in two thousand and seven would actually require fifty tons that doesn't mean that the syrians actually have fifty tons and that doesn't mean that the site is actually for a nuclear program the syrian central government was able to control more the past six months there's an advance of the syrian army and the syrian official police and they are controlling most of the country there are only some areas in the

what we understand from syria from syrian sources is that the israelis hit a research center not far from the capital city of damascus and that at least two unsigned workers were killed there are also reports that the strike hit a convoy of weapons that was making its way from syria to lebanon and now washington reportedly was warned by israel obvious intention to strike inside syria this kind of comment coming from a high ranking american official who has spoken on condition that he not be named it is important to mention that a couple of months ago iran's revolutionary guard did say that assad had friends in the region who had not yet entered the fray the quote was that these planes were poised to strike out in case there was an intervention in syria earlier this month is well deployed its i am going defense missile system to its border with syria necklace of a growing concern that they could be some kind of use of chemical weapons as i mentioned earlier we have no comment yet from tel aviv there also has been no comment from washington moscow has said if indeed these reports are a

. >> rose: what happened in benghazi, and the israeli elections when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin this evening with secretary of state clinton on capitol hill. lawmakers questions her earlier today about the september 11, 2012 attacks on the american consulate in benghazi, libya. four americans were killed that day, including ambassador christopher stevens. secretary clinton's testimony had been post toned until now. she took responsibility and emsized her commitment to improving diplomat security abroad. >> as i have mentioned many times i take responsibility and nobody is more committed to getting this right. i am determined to leave the state department and our country safer, stronger, and more secure. now, taking responsibility meant moving quickly in those first uncertain hours and days to respond to the immediate crisis, but, also to further protect our people posts in high-threat areas across the region and the world. it meant launching an independent inves

only six minutes that's why i made this movie many israelis are already uneasy fearing iran might be building a nuclear bomb and tehran isn't mincing its words threatening tel aviv it will teach it a listen if it tries to attack first warning is we need missiles will make sure israel does not survive in the center of israel is a problem and that's where we have to move forward not only that we haven't got enough voters it's very very populated so everything that is falling in this area can cause casualties. in two thousand and six during the second lebanon war rachel balmer ors and her family hid here from the katyusha rockets raining down from across the border she never imagined she'd be restocking her shelter again so soon and for potentially more deadly consequences of course i'm afraid from the war from with iran because nobody wants war and peace and now i have also some rain children five grandchildren and i'm afraid i'm afraid because my sons will go to the army there are soldiers in the air i don't want it the recent war with gaza was a chance for tel aviv to test its iron d

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said stopping iran from building nuclear weapons will be his top priority if he wins in the upcoming election despite iran denying the allegations it's viewed as a major threat in israel and as are his policy reports many israelis are already preparing for. mushroom clouds confusion hysteria this is israel's last day according to a young filmmaker who wants to shock his country into taking action i have created this morning to share my thoughts and my fears with the world about the potential threat that is coming from iran if you ask me the same question two years ago i will say that people don't think about it so much but. it is different we can see the the majority here of israel are preparing the i think most men chile grandparents are holocaust survivors from a mania a foreshadow he fears of what could come it took hitler six serious to kill six million jews and it will take a where the only six minutes that's why i may be small maybe israelis are really uneasy fearing iran might be building a nuclear bomb and turn around isn't mincing

we have an israeli prime minister who go to extreme lengths to continue to build and expand israeli settlements who doesn't want to confront the settler movement who simply wants to head israel down the path of war and is willing to go to extreme lengths to get himself reelected including attacking gaza. and it is now or less than a week until we find out whether benjamin netanyahu was reelected as israel holds a stop parliamentary election on tuesday of course with a situation of a turbulent middle east heavily dependent on the outcome the whole world will be closely watching the vote try not to miss or to use a special coverage. how will it with to really develop. isolate there be peace with. what's next in relations with america we'll let you know who survived his snuff election on january twenty second. israel decides. well it's been four decades now since the u.s. withdrew from vietnam ending its involvement in a war that cost both sides daily both financially and physically the price pay was too high for similar mistakes to be made again but some vietnam war veterans point to

all six minutes that's why and maybe some or many israelis are really uneasy fearing iran might be building a nuclear bomb and tehran isn't mincing its words threatening tel aviv it will teach it a listen if it tries to attack first warning is waning missiles will make sure israel does not survive the center of israel is a problem and that's where we have to move forward not only that we haven't got enough voters it's very very populated so everything that is falling in this area can cause casualties in two thousand and six during the second lebanon war rachel balmer also and her family hid here from the katyusha rockets raining down from across the border she never imagined she'd be restocking her shelter again so soon and for potentially more deadly consequences of course i'm afraid from the war with iran because nobody wants war and peace. and now i have also some rain children five grandchildren and i'm afraid i'm afraid because my cells will go to the army there are soldiers in the air i don't want it the recent war with gaza was a chance for tel aviv to test its iron dome missile defe

what we understand from syria from syria and sources is that the israelis hit a research center not far from the capital city of damascus and that at least two on site workers were killed there are also reports that the strike hit a convoy of weapons that was making its way from syria to lebanon and now washington reportedly was warned by israel of its intention to strike inside syria this kind of comment coming from a high ranking american official who has spoken on condition that he not be named it is important to mention that a couple of months ago iran's revolutionary guard did say that assad had friends in the region who had not yet entered the fray the quote was that these planes were poised to strike out in case there was an intervention in syria earlier this month is well deployed its i am going defense missile system to its border with syria necklace of a growing concern that they could be some kind of use of chemical weapons as i mentioned earlier we have no comment yet from tel aviv there also has been no comment from washington moscow has said if indeed these reports are

there's a lot of noise about it there was a bombing in two thousand and seven the israeli jets bombed the site in syria claiming that it is a nuclear site there was no indication yes the i.a.e.a. visited the site the i.a.e.a. said that there were traces of your a norm of depleted uranium but they did not confirm that there was any quantity or at least you know this huge quantity that is being publicized i mean they're saying fifty tons of uranium this is this is i don't know where they come up with the number. of yes the i did some research and it appears that they came up with a number because they they they they are coming up with the story that this site that was there that was bombed in two thousand and seven would actually require fifty tons that doesn't mean that the syrians actually have fifty tons and that doesn't mean that the site is actually for a nuclear program the syrian central government was able to control more than past six months there is an advance of the syrian army and the syrian official police and they are controlling most of the country there are only some are

the settlements they sure will of course be one of the main decision drivers what israelis head to the polls in less than a week force not parliamentary election to join us here on the voting day generally the twenty second for our special coverage of the event. how will change you with to run develop we'll settle the expansion isolate can there be peace with gaza what's next in relations with america will not in you know who survive his snuff election on january twenty second. israel decides what are three. in the international news and that's minutes for you and up ahead us from estates now special report made in america. congress's approval rating has hit an all time low never has american record history been so disappointed with the lawmaking body the united states even former arkansas governor mike huckabee said that their approval ratings are just barely above a pedophile so i guess that's good news for the disgusting pedophiles out there soon you won't be the most hated group in america anymore but i don't think this statistic reflects the quality of government but so much the q

and israelis head to the polls this to this coming tuesday with prime minister benjamin netanyahu finding his support dwindling among more radical voters. three pm here in moscow you're watching our t.v. live with me and he said now way a look back at the week's top stories and the latest from around the world we begin in algeria where three british citizens have been confirmed dead following a four day hostage rescue operation at least twenty three captives and all thirty two militants involved were killed in the standoff at a gas plant and the number of victims is expected to rise the libyan militant group behind the attack claimed they were avenging french intervention in neighboring mali as archie's polly boycott reports many see france's military campaign in west africa as a hunt for natural resources. we don't always but it's terrorism was about to overwhelm this friendly country the terrorism that threatens not just all of west africa but also the entire world. he's vowed that france won't stop its intervention in mali until islamic extremism in the country is stamped out the milit

the israeli nobody is forced to keep moving by their government from one place to another to keep areas occupied in its ongoing dispute with palestine that's still ahead. it's been dubbed the big speech as the british prime minister is set to make a tightrope this friday between his e.u. partners and skeptics at home david cameron is planning to overhaul ties with the union i'm just saying he's not happy with certain aspects of the relationship while he's still admits he doesn't want to break away from the union and a risk on session e.u. leaders but as always he reports now cameron may ultimately disappoint everyone to his struggles to please. when the prime minister first became leader of the conservative party he said the biggest problem was that they spent far too much of their time banging on about europe i see glad those days are over i. count down. as the prime minister protests to deliver i learned about the speech of europe. warring factions in his own policy growing euro skeptics and it's in the u.k. and his increasingly unimpressed european counterparts to appease and the pre

point that we have the appointment of john brennan at the cia who i think is someone who the israelis are just fine with who will continue many of the covert programs of course our drone program but many of the covert programs that would be under his under his authority at the cia and that will be very much to israel's liking that will serve to undermine any attempts or any possibilities for a real coming to terms of the islamic republic of iran. there is an argument often made in washington that bashar al assad's fall would be a strategic victory against iran what can you say about an approach like that first of all at this point iran's most important arab ally is no longer syria it's iraq thanks in no small part to the united states iran's most important strategic ally in the arab world is iraq even in syria you know bashar al assad is still i don't know is imminent and even if you reach a point where he might feel like he needs to abandon damascus or something like this you're going to still have big chunks of syria that are effectively under good control of his government under hi

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said stopping iran from building nuclear weapons will be his top priority if you were in the upcoming election despite iran denying the allegations its view as a major threat in israel and as artie's policy reports many israelis are already preparing for war. mushroom clouds confusion hysteria this is israel's last day according to a young filmmaker who wants to shock his country into taking action i've created this morning to share my thoughts and my fears with the world about the potential threat that is coming from iran if you ask me the same question two years ago i would say that people don't think about it so much but. it is different we can see that the majority here of israel are preparing them so i think most mentally grandparents are holocaust survivors from a mania a foreshadow he fears of what could come it took hitler six years to kill six million jews and it will take. only six minutes that's why i made this movie many israelis already i'm easy fearing iran might be building a nuclear bomb until iran isn't mincing its words th

on the israel gaza border some other world news in brief and israeli police are treating a car bombing in central tel aviv as a criminal not a terrorist act several people were injured when the blast went off near a bus station or far from the israeli defense ministry headquarters authorities believe the attack could have been an attempt to assassinate a local crime ring leader political violence has also not been ruled out as the incident comes less than two weeks before the parliamentary election. three female goodish independence activists have been found dead from gunshot wounds in paris one of the victims who was the co-founder of the kurdistan workers party known as the p.k. k. who are in an armed struggle for separation from terry king forty thousand people have so far been killed in the twenty five year battle for independence has recently begun to waltz with the party's jailed leader to try and persuade the organization to disarm. a powerful blast says struck a security vehicle in a crowded part of pakistan city of where at least eleven people have been killed and dozens more

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said stopping iran from building nuclear weapons will be his stop or a already if you wins and the upcoming election despite tehran denying the allegations it's viewed as a major threat in israel and is our policy here now reports many israelis are already preparing for war. mushroom clouds confusion hysteria this is israel's last day according to a young filmmaker who wants to shock his country into taking action i have created this morning to share my thoughts and my fears with the world about the potential threat that is coming from iran if you ask me the same question two years ago i will say that people don't think about it so much but today it is different we can see that the majority here of israel are preparing this so i think most mentally grandparents are holocaust survivors from a mania a foreshadow he fears of what could come it took hitler six serious to kill six million jews and it will take a where all is six minutes that's why and maybe some or many israelis are already uneasy fearing iran might be building a nuclear bomb an

my husband and my daughter don't have israeli i.d.'s and they can't pass through the checkpoints any special permission which is very difficult to get on the other hand i enter my children have israeli id we have a lot of problems far curve is in north jerusalem eighty two percent of the land belongs to jerusalem eighteen percent to the west bank residents pay taxes to the israeli government but because the area lies outside the israeli wall israel is slow to provide services the municipality says that many of the people living in far cub are doing so illegally and so it's not obliged to provide them with services it also says that the security wall makes it more complicated to carry out the services and the state needs to give it more money there have been small victories though residents took the municipality to court and one garbage collection at least for now should be more frequent this is them in a bubble and from them is really going. on in me and arabs in jerusalem so we have to carry that because we have our right we will be t

union and with the palestinian population but it will also lead to a growing disappointment in the israeli public that. it is still supporting and i believe will still support. it and appalled its right to peace and security which can only be manifested and realized through the two state solution and we will be closely watching the israeli elections all day on tuesday bringing in therapy coverage as well as an in-depth exploration of the issues of israel settlements but the twist. i'm here with some investors from england. i'm here to show you most of my poverty in this area in the north georgia. not the world the next. two state solution. is about to. go to all of us in the. barack obama is officially at the helm of the us government for another four years after being sworn in at the white house all eyes will be on the american president later on monday when he lines his second term plans in his inaugural speech about his first four years show he wasn't he railed by falling by failing to keep some of his pledges gani chickie end questions if it's a trend that is here to stay. it's general

we have an israeli prime minister who go to extreme lengths to continue to build and expand israeli settlements who doesn't want to confront the settler movement who simply wants to head israel down the path of war and is willing to go to extreme lengths to get himself reelected including attacking gaza and it is less than a week until we find out whether benjamin netanyahu is reelected as israel holds a snap parliamentary election on tuesday with the situation of a turbulent middle east heavily dependent on the outcome the whole world will be watching the vote very closely try not to miss our special coverage. how will. develop will settle to expand just isolate there be peace with gaza what's next in relations with america we'll let you know who survived his snuff election on january twenty second. israel decides. and you stay with us for that special coverage here on out c starting on tuesday if an hour mourners in chicago have said tearful farewells the funeral of freedom of information activist erin schwartz he took his life just last week under pressure from federal prosecutor