presence in the west bank despite the fact that's one of the main obstacles to peace talks prime minister benjamin netanyahu however keeps talking about his desire to find a solution to the middle east conflict but looking at the action and not the words does israel really want peace. israel and palestine will both of those names ever share the same maps while political leaders struggle to even agree to hold talks about talks real peace is far from sight israel keeps building settlements while the palestinians keep insisting they want to all of their land back where is the nonexistent relationship between the two neighbors taking. our guns today's our lonely and former director general of israel is foreign ministry mr lee always great to have you with us today so you did not believe netanyahu wants peace with the palestinians any peace even with concessions so basically all speculations regarding talks and solutions involving this government is just hot air is that right. well i think that the neo would like to have peace but he's terms. so i think early acceptable to the palestinians so

they cannot cross into israel for work or to go to the west bank. and the only exist is through egypt where people spend days at the border. >> i felt like i left to go to another country, you know? >> you went to another country. >> so you think i did the right thing? >> oh, forget it. >> forget it? >> yeah. >> they'll lynch you. you know? because they don't have too many trees. i don't know where they'll handing you from. >> i'm always eager to come here because this is my home. and then when i go back, i take with me a lot of guilt leaving these people behind. >> when are we going to get to the humane level? people should be incensed. not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe tha

only economic issues if you give building and planning to build more settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem and that's despite all the criticism it gets in quoting from the united nations and the u.s. is ignoring it actually the best tactic i think this is the said issue is story clearly. in the conflict the settlements i think when we started speaking if there is chance for peace or not and i will specifically stick with this is the reason the mold of settlements is huge and probably irreversible and. the signal that the israeli government is sending to the palestinians to the rest of the middle east to the world by by continuing even aggressively it to settle it is a very negative signal because if low the talks with a lot. in in agreement it will be called a peace agreement when we meet next time to talk with the palestinians in three or five who knows maybe ten years the volume of the settlements will be bigger and the chance for a palestinian state smaller so i personally do not understand what this government is doing i know that a lot of pressures from the israeli righ

only economic issues if you give building and planning to build more settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem and that's despite all the criticism it gets in quoting from the united nations and the u.s. is ignoring it actually the best tactic i think this is the said issue is story clearly. in the conflict the settlements i think when we started speaking if there is chance for peace or not and i will specifically stick with this is the reason the mold of settlements is huge and probably irreversible and. the signal that the israeli government is sending to the palestinians to the rest of the middle east to the world by by continuing even aggressively to settle it is a very negative signal because if low the talks will look. in an agreement it will be called a peace agreement when we meet next time to talk with the palestinians in three or five who knows maybe ten years the volume of the settlements will be bigger and the chance for a palestinian state smaller so i personally do not understand what this government is doing i know that a lot of pressures from the israeli right to

only economic issues it's out of building and planning to build more settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem and that's despite all the criticism of getting quoting from the united nations and the us is ignoring it actually the best tactic i think this is the said issue is story clearly. in the conflict the settlements i think when we started speaking if there is chance for peace or not and i will specifically stick with this is the reason the mold of settlements is huge and probably irreversible and. the signal that the israeli government is sending to the palestinians to the rest of the middle east to the world by by continuing even aggressively to settle it is a very negative is signal because if low the talks with a lot. in in agreement. it will be called a peace agreement when we meet next time to talk with the palestinians in three or five who knows maybe ten years the volume of the settlements will be bigger and the chance for a palestinian state smaller so i personally. do not understand what this government is doing i know that there are a lot of pressures from the is

. >> israel's prime minister pulls plans for 20,000 settler homes in the occupied west bank. >> egypt ends a state of emergency imposed after a crackdown on supporters of the deposed president. >> a record-breaking art auction. a painting by francis bacon goes for $114 million. >> welcome to al jazeera, we begin in the philippines. the city tacloban has been flattened by typhoon haiyan. wayne hay is at the airport. marga ortigas is in cebu - reports of people using guns to get aid. first, craig leeson in cebu, on how international aid is not arriving fast enough for some >> reporter: they lumbered into cebu air force base delivering with precision supplies. those that couldn't walk were carried - the sick, the old, and those that wanted to escape the disaster. >> bodies are on the road. nobody is picking them up. >> reporter: the injured and sick were taken to a military hospital. for many here the horror of losing their families outweighed the pain of their injuries. this woman was struck by her roof as it collapsed in the storm. she managed to crawl out with her daughters, after it

parrots revealed that tenders have been published for 25,000 new settlement homes in the west bank. however, later in the day, a statement from benjamin netanyahu shot the proposal down. created a need this tension with the international community. just when we are making an effort to persuade it to reach a better agreement with he ran. the housingbuked minister for publishing the tenders without prior coordination. he may have taken into account the displeasure of washington, were made aware shortly after a visit from john kerry. are aware that 20,000 additional units were in the planning stages. we were surprised by this move and we are seeking further explanation from the government of israel. >> it is a rare drawback, suggesting the promise of a good deal on uranium nuclear program may have tipped the balance. sri lanka says no commonwealth country has the right to lecture it on human rights. this comes after canadian prime minister stephen harper and the indian prime minister said they would stay away from the commonwealth summit in sri lanka starting friday. lanka stands its g

you're right. >> elsewhere in the west bank, just outside of ramallah -- meet betty and mona. two members of a group of women who call themselves the speed sisters. the first all-female palestinian racing team. >> hi. i'm tony. good to meet you. >> when i'm riding a car, i'm the happiest girl ever. racing, it's in my blood. here in palestine, it's very small. there's no roads. so when i drive, i speed. i feel free. >> do you find that people underestimated you at first? >> at the beginning, they could maybe make fun of us. but when we got good scores -- >> now they know? >> yeah. a car doesn't know if you're a woman or a man. a lot of girls want to join us as speed sisters. but some of their families are very reserved. they don't like their daughters to be between men racing, you know. palestine is a very reserved society. >> so are things getting better? staying the same, or worse? >> you never know what's going to happen in palestine. one day it's good and the other day it's just -- you never know. it's a crazy country. >> the local police would prefer them off the streets f

do we see the west bank as part of the state of israel, or not? this is of course speaking from the israeli point of view. so this has been an ongoing debate within zionism. now its unique religious flavor is really a matter of the past 25 years, where the question of the status of the west bank was viewed also by some groups in religious terms- that is to say, some of the religious zionists saw the project- the zionists said, "it's not only the creation of a state and sovereignty, but also redemption of land." and for them, the return to the land, the redemption of the land, was seen as part of a larger messianic scheme. now here, on the other hand, you have two other religious voices- the ultra-orthodox and anti-zionists- which do not, at least initially, did not see any messianic significance in the state of israel, nor in the redemption of the land. but they said, "that time will come, and we will know when it does come. but it hasn't arrived yet." most of them view themselves as living in exile within the land of israel. as a footnote, it's i

. >>> israel decides not to build in the west bank. >> it is the highest high-rise in the country - but it was a close call. . >>> welcome to al jazeera america. relief organizations and nations around the world are scrambling to help survivors of one of the largest storms to make landfall. little aid is getting to the typhoon haiyan victims, especially those in remote locations. time is running out. the philippine government says more than 2 million people need aid. the death toll has climbed to 2200 people. damaged roads and poor conditions at airports are complicating the system. add to that relief and rescue efforts - desperate pleas for help turning to looting for food, water and medicine. let's look at where the devastation is. in the central philippines the destruction stretches from leyte to tacloban and palay. craig leeson is in cebu with the latest. >> reporter: they lumbered into the cebu air force base with precision - delivering precious cargo from the nightmare that is one of the worst natural disasters. those that could not walk were carried - the sick, the old and those

you're right. >> elsewhere in the west bank, just outside of ramallah -- meet betty and mona. two members of a group of women who call themselves the speed sisters. the first all-female palestinian racing team. >> hi. i'm tony. good to meet you. >> when i'm riding a car, i'm the happiest girl ever. racing, it's in my blood. here in palestine, it's very small. there's no roads. so when i drive, i speed. i feel free. >> do you find that people underestimated you at first? >> at the beginning, they could maybe make fun of us. but when we got good scores -- >> now they know? >> yeah. a car doesn't know if you're a woman or a man. a lot of girls want to join us as speed sisters. but some of their families are very reserved. they don't like their daughters to be between men racing, you know. palestine is a very reserved society. >> so are things getting better? staying the same, or worse? >> you never know what's going to happen in palestine. one day it's good and the other day it's just -- you never know. it's a crazy country. >> the local police would prefer them off the streets f

. >>> the israeli government put plants for a settlement in the west bank on hold. after announcing it would build 20,000 homes in the west bank, it today announced it would renew the plan, saying the construction would create unnecessary confliction. >> the israeli housing ministerry threatened threats to the talks by approving money to the first stage of construction planning in some contentious areas of the west bank , including 1200 housing units near jerusalem, where it is feared more settlements could end hopes of a viable palestine state. the u.s. government expressed displeasure m. >> we are surprised by the announcement. our position on settlement is clear. we do not accept the legitimacy. >> secretary of state john kerry used tougher language calling more jewish settlements a roadblock to political agreement. in interviews john kerry said: >> prime minister benyamin netanyahu said the housing minister ry's announcement was made with no prior process and had been cancelled saying: benyamin netanyahu did not signal a decision to scrap the long-term developme

you're right. >> elsewhere in the west bank, just outside of ramallah -- meet betty and mona. two members of a group of women who call themselves the speed sisters. the first all-female palestinian racing team. >> hi. i'm tony. good to meet you. >> when i'm riding a car, i'm the happiest girl ever. racing, it's in my blood. here in palestine, it's very small. there's no roads. so when i drive, i speed. i feel free. >> do you find that people underestimated you at first? >> at the beginning, they could maybe make fun of us. but when we got good scores -- >> now they know? >> yeah. a car doesn't know if you're a woman or a man. a lot of girls want to join us as speed sisters. but some of their families are very reserved. they don't like their daughters to be between men racing, you know. palestine is a very reserved society. >> so are things getting better? staying the same, or worse? >> you never know what's going to happen in palestine. one day it's good and the other day it's just -- you never know. it's a crazy country. >> the local police would prefer them off the streets f

on ground, in the west bank-- what you call the west bank, there's a positive trend. there's more joint palestinian-israeli businesses. 30,000 palestinians work with israelis. >> rose: so what's the end game for you then? the end game is israel should never give you what i call the west bank. and any palestinians in the area will not have a state of their own. they will be living in israel. >> no. so here's my-- you know, saying the end state, i don't know. but i can tell you where i think -- >> but you don't want a perpetual state of what exists today, do you? >> i agree, i don't. here's what i suggest. charlie, in the west bank, there are two types of areas. there are the palestinian-controlled areas and the israeli-controlled areas. in the palestinian-controlled areas, you have 2 million palestinians and no rells. in the israeli-controlled areas, you have 400,000 israelis, and 70,000 palestinians. so here's what i suggest. in the palestinian-control areas, let them have full self-governance-- elections, pay your own taxes, build your own homes, have your own econom

we are coming with a third intifada midwestern sand to the three t's red's gaza and west bank will come together as one that we are brothers from inside to nineteen twenty eight there will be another was approved to choose the upcoming the upcoming go israel's operation here defense began with the assassination of hamas is made to command a good day night air strike which followed weeks of incessant all teary far from the gaza strip killing seven israelis in bringing misery to hundreds of thousands of others pointing in bomb shelters on an almost daily basis. we understand that it allows dna. you stoop to act against his own civilians and interpersonal on bail for. we do train no people. we do collect intelligence and legal process for the next. a depression. it is such a person it would be made the november twenty twelve olympics all palestinian repeats hitting ten of these dreams heritage in the state's most populated city on a daily basis for the first time ever. however most of the tax was successfully intercepted by israel's much more to missile defense system the line don't prime

let's take you live now to bethlehem and the west bank. secretary of state john kerry has arrived at the west bank. he has been visiting israel and is attempting to revive the peace talks. he has already met with net anaynetanyahu and now he is movg to pale. pale. pa palestine. \. >> and in sports tiger woods finds a new way to drive from area to europe. >> where did that ball land? we'll have more on that later. stay with us. ♪ stories. benjamin netanyahu has growthed john kerry. and we now know that john kerry has arrived in west bank. >> soldiers are celebrating defeat of m-23 rebels in the democratic republic of congo. some soldiers have found evidence that the rebels have support from rwanda during the 20 month uprising. the government is not going to win and the opposition is not going to win on the ground. >> syrians must wait for a diplomatic end to the war. they have not been able to get a diplomat to agree to peace talks in geneviev again geneva. >> how is john kerry's visit being seen there in israel. he is aiming to revive pe

one of those was in the west bank. -- this isthe first newfirst and only planned city. it sparks interest and controversy. >> the biggest private investment in west bank history shows the world that palestinians are busy laying the foundations of their future. that is what this multimillionaire says about his pet project. in very first planned city the territory. 6000 units expected to house some 30,000 residents at an overall cost of nearly $1 billion. >> if we could do a project like this, then try us and see what we can do if the political circumstances get better. we are working under occupation and despite occupation we are producing. the locals have been flocking to the site in hopes of finding the home of their dreams. this businessman bought an apartment here because he believes that it is the future. anything, it is a new city and a modern city with new and modern infrastructure. the buyer is proud of the location he picked and how it defines his social status in the eyes of the community. that he will finance half of the $120,000 super deluxe model. project is

we are coming with a third intifada midwestern sand to the three t's red's gaza and west bank will come together as one that we are brothers from inside to nineteen twenty eight there will be another was approved to choose the upcoming the upcoming go israel's operation here defense began with the assassination of hamas is made to command a good day night air strike which followed weeks of incessant all teary far from the gaza strip killing seven israelis in bringing misery to hundreds of thousands of others pointing in bomb shelters on an almost daily basis. we understand that it

bank. trying to replant seeds of trust, a report on white farmers offering help to black owners a decade after being evicted from their land. >> local and international rescuers in the philippines are struggling to cope with the aftermath of one of the strongest storms recorded. the philippine's president says the number killed during typhoon haiyan may be lower than the 10,000 estimated. many people across the affected region are in need of food and water. the people in tacloban had to resort to digging pipes out of the ground get drinking water. security situations has been deteriorating. soldiers are trying to keep control. people suspected of having robbed shops drive away in gunfire. >> around 10 million people are in need of help. we have reporters covering the stories from the worst effected areas. wayne hay is at tacloban airport. we do to cebu. craig leeson reports on how international aid is not arriving fast enough for some. >> they lumbered into the cebu air force base deliverin

. >>> secretary of state john kerry is visiting israel and the west bank. it is his latest attempt to revive the negotiations there. both sides say the other is to blame for the current state of talks or non-talks. john kerry said that he was optimistic that tensions could be overcome. >> i hope we will continue in the good faith that brought the parties together in the first place. this can be achieved with good faith, with a serious effort on both sides, to make real compromises, and hard decisions. this can be achieved. president obama sees the road ahead as do i. >> and kerry also met today with palestinian leader in bethlehem. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry is here to try to bring the palestinian and israel negotiators closer after direct talks started and were relaunched between the two sides since the end of july. it's going to be a very difficult task because so far the pal stinance and israelis have held 16 meetings without achieving any break through. one official described the israeli stance as the worst in 20 years. since these talks

we have this report from the west bank. palestinians are losing hope there's anything left for them to gain. >> it was not like this 10 years ago. now this is the only way home. living in a prison would be easier. here he and his family faced a threat of harassment from jewish settlers and the israeli army. >> we live inside the wall, not behind or next to it. inside it. i am surrounded by gates. on each gate is a mortal danger zone. imagine what that is like. >> the separation wall surrounds his house. to show you what it means. it's over at the back, going across the side and the front. he's isolated. you have a settlement down the road, another on the hill, and here when we come to his garden there's a settlement literally across the way. it's an extreme example reflecting the reality of ever-expanding israeli settlements. israeli government approved thousands of units. they were out raged by the release of prisoners held for more than 20 years. there's a feeling that since prime minister benyamin netanyahu never agreed

bank gaza strip. the organization said via social media that the two new cases are in addition to the fifteen cases in northeastern syria last month the first reported cases of fourteen years. vaccination rates in syria has dropped under the strain of three years of the civil war that has killed more than a hundred twenty thousand people according to today's thousands flee into nearby lebanon everyday on hygiene conditions in refugee camps increase the risk of exclusion and can lead to paralysis and a rare cases death. earlier this month the syrian minister blames pakistani members fight scene has to show how upset the outbreak but yet it is endemic in pakistan afghanistan and nigeria focused on the telly done and plenty of ex nations in two thousand and twelve up to they discovered a pakistani position was working with the c i a. the news of the fresh outbreak comes as militants in pakistan's coolest northwest area released eleven teaches kidnapped during a party a vaccination campaign coming frequen

also coming up, john kerry's mission to israel and the west bank. and we'll look at the vicious drawing war in mexico. >> for nearly nine years there has been suspicions of foul play in yasser arafat's death, that mystery has been partially solved. swift scientists say that the leader was poisoned with polonium. we have this al jazeera exclusive. >> first they found high amounts of polonium 210 in yasser arafat's clothes. then they found high rates in his bones. this one page report after the exhumation of arafat's body last november. they favor polonium poisoning with 83% confidence. the arafat family received the results from their lawyer along with an analysis from forensic scientists david barclay. >> if i were a jury, this is stone cold certain. there is no doubt that that it was polonium that caused the death of yasser arafat. >> when we received the results, it was just like he just died. i will not stop. me and my daughter will go to call courts in all over the world to punish who did this crime. >> now that i have proof that he was poisoned

. >>> secretary of state john kerry is visiting israel and the west bank in an attempt to revive negotiations there. both sides saying the other is to blame for the current state of non-talks. he bet with netenyahu in jerusalem and he said he was optimistic that tensions can be overcome. >> i hope that we will continue in the good faith that brought the parties together in the first place. this can be achieved with good faith, with a serious effort on both sides to make real compromises and hard decisions, this can be achieved. president obama sees the road ahead as a new line. >>> kerry also met with the palestinian leader in bethlehem. >> reporter: -- the palestinian and israeli negotiators closer after direct talks were relaunched between the two sides. it is going to be a very difficult task was so far they have held 16 meetings without achieving any break through. one palestinian official described the israeli stance as the worst in 20 years. since these talks began at the end of july, israel has approved or announced tenders for building an additional 5,000 new housing units in the occu

a french president meets leaders and live in the west bank and more than 6,000 candidates are vying for a seat. ♪ welcome to al jazeera, in need of help and desperate to flee, the u.n. says 10-30 million people in the philippines have been effected by typhoon haiyan, the medical challenges are monumentel, rising temperatures and rain are providing perfect conditions as pneumonia and diarrhea to thrive and they have rushish and debris and a large numbers of bodies are yet to be buried and trying to flee the typhoon destroyed places and there is little food, little water and no shelter. the president is leading government relief operations in effected areas and comes on a growing criticism of the aftermath of the storm and handing out packets of food to survivors. >> despair and the minute they despair then it cascades down and everyone is hampered. what will you do to challenge mother nature, but the over all question with any casualty, what do we want to try to maintain is what more can we do to minimize casualties number one and disaster effects. >> reporter: food is getting through

the unwelcome to say i'm sophie shevardnadze is raul is expanding its presence in the west bank despite the fact that's one of the main obstacles to peace talks prime minister benjamin netanyahu however keeps talking about his desire to find a solution to the middle east conflict but looking at the action and not the words does israel really want peace. is really post will both of those names ever share the same maps while political leaders struggle to even agree to hold talks about talks real peace is far from sight israel keeps building settlements while the palestinians keep insisting they want all. well and back home where is the nonexistent relationship between the two neighbors taking. our gas today's our lonely and former director general of israel is foreign ministry mr lee it's great to have you with us today so you did not believe that one yahoo wants peace with the palestinians any peace even with concessions so basically all speculations regarding talks and solutions involving this government is just hot air is that right. good i think that the neo would like to have peace b

airline welcome to say hello i'm sophia shevardnadze is your out is expanding its presence in the west bank despite the fact that's one of the main obstacles to peace talks prime minister benjamin netanyahu however keeps talking about his desire to find a solution to the middle east conflict by looking at the action.

with bank. turning out as another stories making headlines across the globe demonstrators clashed with police across the west bank defying a plan to resettle better when residents from the southern negev desert protesters were tear gassed when they started throwing rocks ten officers suffered minor injuries there are about two hundred thousand bedouins currently living in the area and under government plans more than forty thousand could be forced to leave their homes. meanwhile egypt's capital cairo is seeing another day of violent unrest riot police fired tear gas to disperse stone throwing protesters public anger triggered by a series of arrests connected to a law against street demonstrations earlier this week twenty four out of us were detained after taking part in an authorized protest. at least six people have been killed in gun battles in the lebanese city of tripoli reportedly clashes erupted between residents of neighborhoods backing rival sides in syria's war a teenage boy believed to

bank. he then apparently hijacked a car of forcing the driver to take in about six km back into the center of paris. towards the show's these day which is the last place and he was seen. police are on high alert in the area there are helicopters hovering around the time he reached the suspect it's believed that he has been using them extra to get around at some points during the day. there's the very least these hazards. all transport hubs as those of you said at media outlets across the french capital. i think you very much kate bring us the laces on a manhunt underway right now he's in packs. after two days of talks with israeli and palestinian officials also are known to address the israeli parliament social monica and he spake about the school's pitching for the state's initiative and again coltrane and the sentiments in the last time the french president will say it's a sign of stance against iran. wait be dropped any time soon he is a correspondent and interesting gallagher friendly w

its completion would bisect the west bank and ensure the failure of forming a palestinian state. constructiond e-1 last year after the u.n. recognized palestine status as an observer state. israeli officials say they're frozen the e-1 to reduce tensions with the obama administration. but as is it's been a building in the area, israel announced plans to build some 20,000 new settlements on palestinian land in the west bank. in response, the palestinian authority said it would end involvement in peace talks if the new plans go through. the afghan government is reportedly abandoned a probe into the killings of civilians after being refused access to the u.s. soldiers linked to the crimes. the investigation centers around the disappearances of 17 men seized by u.s. forces in wardak province. the bodies of 10 of the victims were later found buried your u.s. military base used by a unit called the a-team. a recent report said the disappearances and killings could amount to some of the gravest war crimes perpetrated by u.s. forces since u.s.-led invasion in 2001. according to reuters, a

you now to some other stories making international headlines demonstrators with police across the west bank defying a plan to resettle bedouin residents from the southern negev desert protesters were tear gas after they started throwing rocks ten officers suffered minor injuries there are about two hundred thousand bedouins currently living in the area under the government plan more than forty thousand people could be forced to leave their homes. egypt's capital cairo is seeing another day of unrest riot police fired tear gas to disperse stone throwing protesters public anger triggered by a series of arrests connected to a law against street demonstrations earlier this week twenty four activists were detained after taking part in an unauthorized protest. at least six people killed in gun battles in the lebanese city of tripoli clashes reportedly erupted between residents of neighborhoods backing rival sides in syria's war a teenage boy believed to be among the victims a lebanese army was deployed to the city local media say seven soldiers have been injured. one person reportedly shot d

bank now and the blockbuster report is sparking reaction in the west bank. we have more from rimala where yasser arafat lived. >> for many palestinians, the findings in the swiss report are not very shocking or surprising. many palestinians have widely held the belief that arafat did not die a natural death and rather was poisoned. so far, we've heard that the p.l.o. is demanding an international, independent and credible investigation into the deaths of arafat. the palestinian authority has yet to make an official staple. we understand that the central committee is meeting this morning to discuss this report, however we also understand that we won't be hearing anything official from the palestinian authority until the heads of the pal tinian investigation committee announces publicly the results of the swiss report, as well as a russian report submitted to the palestinian authority. the next step they would take, whether they would demand an international investigation, then they say maybe press ahead and move ahead to take the case to the international cri

or chicago, maybe we can have a conversation about allow to build trust, in the west bank or in ramalla. >> i have to chime in, antidefamation group called out your group as being one of the top 10 antiisrael groups in the area. two groups doing great works respectively, calling out the other one. how do you move forward? >> that's part of getting beyond the rhetoric. what that list was a, was feeding into the rhetoric. and the adl qualified their list by saying, they do work on civil rights on counterextremively counterterrorism, but in the middle east that's where we were put on the list. if we can focus on partnerships on the issues of bullying, how many muslims or orthodox jews get bullied in schools. if we can put in a guideline for bullying in public schools, what i would suggest to our friends at adl and other institutions, let's get beyond the rhetoric. let's talk and have a more civil and substantive conversation about the middle east and hopefully we'll be an example for them in that region. >> speaking about building trust in these grass roots organizations, how do you know i

but they do have appreciable results on the west bank. when packingham forced, you know basically looks at the situation he is given, i don't know if you've ever been to chaumette, it's a classic location for a battle. you can walk from one end to the battlefield to the other in five minutes. hopefully 300 to 400, the american right is the river. on the american left is a cypress swamp. it was literally impenetrable. you had a 500-yard wide battlefield. and what can you do with that? packingham decides okay, we'll make a frontal assault. now there is some debate over why it doesn't, why it does not succeed. most of the blame is thrown on the shoulders of a guy named colonel thomas mullens. he was supposed to bring up the ladders. and they didn't show up in time. when the british ranks get to the american lines, they're just being mowed down. there's no way to get across the earthen rampart. and then after the battle is over, you know, packingham body is put in a barrel of rum and sent back to the fleet. you know, cochran is saying you kno

israel is preparing a new round of annexation projects in the occupied west bank. on sunday, the israeli government issued tenders to build over 1800 homes in the west bank and east jerusalem. it is also reportedly planning to build a new separation wall along its border with jordan. the move comes ahead of a visit by secretary of state john kerry to encourage u.s.-brokered peace talks. the pending geneva peace conference on syria appears further in doubt after months of delay. on sunday, the opposition syrian national coalition set a timetable for the departure of president bashar al-assad remains a precondition for its involvement in any talks. the coalition also rejected the inclusion of iran at the negotiating table. the syrian government accused secretary of state john kerry of interference for publicly backing handover of power. two french journalists have been found dead following their abduction in mali. claude verlon and ghislaine dupont of the radio network rfi were kidnapped after interviewing the separatist leader. 12 suspects have been arrested for the

from the west bank to indiana to all kinds of amazing places. like for instance petra in jordan. who knew? i would find myself raising a nation of chickens in between travel and business to all the people in oakland, where baker. might cushion on the fountain of peace because of my attention to some of the deep suffering in the world sometimes seemed far away. i felt torn. the condition i didn't like or recommend. and then in a dream that came to me there was a long asphalt highway like the one that passed by my grandparents place when i lived with them as an eight and nine year old. my grandfather and i said on the porch in the heat and count the cars as they whiz by. he chose red cars and i would choose blue or black. it was a sitting on cushions sort i suppose for the two of us because ours could go by and we were perfectly content. perhaps that is why in the dream the solution to my quandary was available. they are in the middle of the perfectly straight highway with a slightly fetid yellow center line that i have known and loved as a child sat by rose colored meditation cush

stefanie dekker is in the occupied west bank. plins are losing hope that there's anything left to gain. >> it was not like this 10 years ago. this is the only way home. he says living in a prison would be easier. here he and his family face a threat of harassment from the jewish settlers. >> we live inside the wall, not behind or next to it. this is a military zone. i'm surrounded by gates on each there's a mortal danger sign. >> the separation wall completely surround his house. to show you what that means, it's over the back, goes across the side and across the front. he's completely isolated. there's a settlement down the road, on the hill and wep r when we come to his garden there's a settlement across the way. it's extreme, but reflects the reality of ever-expanding settlements. israeli government private thousands of settler houses after the release of 104 prisoners held for 20 years. there's a thought that because bett didn't agree to stop building, the talks were a failure from the start. . >> there'll be a continued isra

approach to banking, go west, bank of the west. >>> in just a few hours we should know whether bart's two biggest unions approved a new contract. the results are expected at 11:00 tonight following the vote of atu and sciu members. if the agreement is ratified, it will go to the board of directors for approval. the deal came following a pair of strikes, one in early june and the other that ended 10 days ago. >>> honda is recalling more than 300,000 odyssey minivans. a problem with the braking system can cause the vehicles to brake suddenly without the brake lights coming on. the part won't be available until early next year to repair the problem. meantime the automaker issued instructions online on how to prevent the problem from happening. >>> apple fans are getting a chance to buy the newest tablet. the ipad air went on sale today. it starts at $499 goes up to $629. later this month apple plans to start selling a new ipad mini with a retina display. >>> the dow rose 69 points. nasdaq gained two. it had more technical problems. regular stock trading was not affected. >>> a walnut cre

. >> ramallah, the occupied west bank: july 2012: this is the tomb that houses yasser arafat's body. it also holds the key to finding out if the palestinian leader was poisoned with the radioactive element, polonium 210. although polonium is one of the deadliest substances known to man, it disappears quickly, by 50 per cent every 138 days. so scientists need to exhume arafat's corpse and quickly begin their specialized tests. >> we have to do it quite fast because polonium is decaying so if we wait too long, for sure, any possible proof will disappear. >> based on their projections, the scientists set a deadline of the end of 2012 to do the exhumation. doha, qatar, july 3rd, the story has just broken. arafat's widow, suha, is leading a campaign to get her husband's body exhumed. time is not on her side, and neither is her late husband's nephew. despite the opposition, suha presses on. >> you know, nasser, he is a diplomat. i'm the wife. for me there's a difference. i respect his opinion but my opinion is i don't want any one per cent doubt about this story. i want to reveal this for

and now at the west bank he has called to an end of israeli settlements. let's go to mike hanna, france among the nations to support during the u.n. general assembly last year. what can hollande do to further peace talks between the palestinians and israelis. is he considered a fair mediator? >> reporter: well generally both sides would appear to see him as a fair liver listener, indeed, d they're grateful for france's recognition of the palestinian stakes and the back off of the e.u. lines. certainly there is belief that he would listen to them and he's a friend of palestine. we heard strong criticism after the israeli activity. at the same time we also saw his infewsive welcome from the israeli prim prime minister. having made sit simple of the settlements, the french president was also very careful to say to say both sides need to play a part if the negotiation process is going to work. >> france is asking for the complete ender of colonial colonialization because it understand that it is part of the two-state solution. the parts of palestine and israel

. >> stefanie dekker reports from the west bank. palestinians are losing hope there's anything left for them to gain. >> it was not like this 10 years ago. now this is the only way home. he says living in a prison would be easier. here he and his family face the threat of harassment from jewish settlers and the israeli harmy. >> we live inside the wall, not beside or next to it. inside it. this is a military zone. i'm surrounded by gates, on each gate is a mortal danger zone. >> the separation wall surrounds his house. over at the back it goes across the side, right across the front. he's completely isolated. there's a settlement down the road and on the hill. and when we come to his garden there's a settlement across the way. it's an extreme example but reflects the reality on the ground of ever-expanding israeli settlements. the israeli government approved thousands of settlement houses. it's seen as a step to calm members of the israeli right. outraged by the release of 112 prisoners held for 20 years. there's a feeling that sinc

. >> still to come on its news hour, israel's plan to build another wall in the west bank. we'll tell i couldn't. >> reporter: here in dubai for the world tour championship. i'll tell you if the ice man henrik stenson kept his cool. what killed arafat? today at 3pm et/12pm pt and tomorrow the rivieting conclusion... >> one other thing points to this being an assassination... >> killing arafat tomorrow at 3pm et/12pm pt on al jazeera america power of the people until we restore our freedoms a consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but, what about buying shares in a professional athlete? >> al jazeera america brings you live coverage: typhoon haiyan. >> relief efforts are well underway here in cebu. >> we have a problem with no ho