to discuss the prospects for peace in the middle east i'm joined by robert fisk in cairo he's the middle east correspondent for the independent and the author of numerous international bestsellers in jerusalem we cross to dan dyker the director of strategic affairs of the world jewish congress and a foreign policy fellow at the jerusalem center for public affairs and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger are a gentleman both of you have been on the program before you so you know how it works you can jump right in that's cross talk rules it robert fisk if i can go to you first ok we've seen a public mending offenses with netanyahu and obama not long time back and the process michel's in the middle east doing as little shuttle can the united states will this be quite blunt can united states be a fair broker in finding some kind of solution because it seems to have gone on forever. no i don't think you can the last time that america really complained about israel seriously was when eisenhower ordered the israelis along with the british and the french to get out of so is i

you discuss the prospects for peace in the middle east i'm joined by robert fisk in cairo he's the middle east correspondent for the independent and the author of numerous international bestsellers in jerusalem we cross to dan dyker the director of strategic affairs of the world jewish congress and a foreign policy fellow at the jerusalem center for public affairs and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger are a gentlemen both of you have been on the program before you so you know how it works you can jump right in that's crosstalk rules it robert fisk if i can go to you first ok we've seen a public mending offenses with netanyahu and obama not long time back and the process michel's in the middle east doing as little shuttle can the united states will this be quite blunt can unite states be a fair broker in finding some kind of solution because that seems to have gone on forever. no i don't think you can the last time that america really complained about israel seriously was when eisenhower ordered the israelis along with the british and the french to get out of so is i

that's the tragic nature of negotiations in the middle east. you're not going to change the topography, it will get even worse in time, weapons become more lethal and the need to take these courageous decisions -- it's painful. it's short of perfect. we are short of perfect. the other side is short of perfect. no one is perfect in our region. >> charlie: ehud barak for the hour. next. >> welcome to our program. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> and by bloomberg. a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. ♪ captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: ehud barak is here. he is defense minister in the coalition government of benjamin netanyahu. he's the most decorated soldier, a former general and leads the pay -- from 1991 to 2001 he s prime minister. this month 10 years ago he, president clinton and yasser arafat tried to reach a peace agreement at camp david. period in the united states brokered proximity talks but can't agree

we want to see a peaceful middle east. we want to see a moderate middle east. i think there's a larger battle taking place between the forces of modernity and the forces of medievalism. i cannot describe this militancy that tries not merely to eradicate israel but to bring down any moderate government in the arab world and in the middle east. in a way, there's a -- this is the first time in my lifetime that the -- many of the arab governments and israel understand that there's a great -- a great foe that threatens all of us. and that is the basis of a broader understanding. i don't think peace should be merely forged by common dangers. it should be forged also by the benefits, the blessings of peace, economic blessings, the human blessings of every sort. but today, the context of a peace is made perhaps more likely and more possible because of this common enemy that threatens israel and arab countries alike. >> larry: what's -- what about hezbollah, lebanon, that -- four years since the war with hezbollah and lebanon. are you still concerned about them? >> unfo

discuss the prospects for peace in the middle east i'm joined by robert fisk in cairo he's the middle east correspondent for the independent and the author of numerous international bestsellers in jerusalem we cross to dan dyker the director of strategic affairs of the world jewish congress and a foreign policy fellow at the jerusalem center for public affairs and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger are a gentleman both of you have been on the program before you so you know how it works you can jump right in that's cross talk rules it robert fisk if i can go to you first ok we've seen a public mending offenses with netanyahu and obama not a long time back and the process michel's in the middle east doing as little shuttle can the united states of this be quite blunt communicates be a fair broker in finding some kind of solution because it seems to have gone on forever. no i don't think you can the last time that america really complained about israel seriously was when eisenhower ordered the israelis along with the british and the french to get out of so is in one

discuss the prospects for peace in the middle east i'm joined by robert fisk in cairo he's the middle east correspondent for the independent and the author of numerous international bestsellers in jerusalem we cross to dan dyker the director of strategic affairs of the world jewish congress and a foreign policy fellow at the jerusalem center for public affairs and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all right gentlemen both of you have been on the program before you so you know how it works you can jump right in that's crosstalk rules it robert fisk if i can go to you first ok we've seen a public mending offenses with netanyahu and obama not a long time back and the process michel's in the middle east doing as little shuttle can the united states will this be quite blunt can unite states be a fair broker in finding some kind of solution because it seems to have gone on forever. no i don't think you can the last time that america really complained about israel seriously was when eisenhower ordered the israelis along with the british and the french to get out of so

to discuss the prospects for peace in the middle east i'm joined by robert fisk in cairo he's the middle east correspondent for the independent and the author of numerous international bestsellers in jerusalem we cross to dan dyker the director of strategic affairs of the world jewish congress and a foreign policy fellow at the jerusalem center for public affairs and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all right gentlemen both of you have been on the program before you so you know how it works you can jump right in that's crosstalk rules it robert fisk if i can go to you first ok we've seen a public mending offenses with netanyahu and obama not a long time back and the process michel's in the middle east doing as little shuttle can the united states of this be quite blunt can unite states be a fair broker in finding some kind of solution because it seems to have gone on forever. no i don't think you can the last time that america really complained about israel seriously was when eisenhower ordered the israelis along with the british and the french to get out of so is

we want to see a peaceful middle east. we want to see a moderate middle east. i think there's a larger battle taking place between the forces of modernity and the forces of medievalism. tries not merely to eradicate israel but to bring down any moderate government in the arab world and in the middle east. in a way, there's a -- this is the first time in my lifetime that the -- many of the arab governments and israel understand that there's a great -- a great foe that threatens all of us. and that is the basis of a broader understanding. i don't think peace should be merely forged by common dangers. it should be forged also by the benefits, the blessings of peace, economic blessings, the human blessings of every sort. but today the context of the peace is made perhaps more likely and more possible because of this common enemy that threatens israel and arab countries alike. >> larry: what's -- what about hezbollah, lebanon, that -- four years since the war with hezbollah and lebanon. are you still concerned about them? >> unfortunately, yes, because it is basical

you discuss the prospects for peace in the middle east i'm joined by robert fisk in cairo he's the middle east correspondent for the independent and the author of numerous international bestsellers in jerusalem we cross to dan dyker the director of strategic affairs of the world jewish congress and a foreign policy fellow at the jerusalem center for public affairs and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger or a gentlemen both of you have been on the program before you so you know how it works you can jump right in that's crosstalk rules it robert fisk if i can go to you first ok we've seen a public mending offenses with netanyahu and obama not a long time back and the process michel's in the middle east doing as little shuttle can the united states will this be quite blunt can the united states be a fair broker in finding some kind of solution because it seems to have gone on forever. no i don't think you can the last time that america really complained about israel seriously was when eisenhower ordered the israelis along with the british and the french to get out of so

discuss the prospects for peace in the middle east i'm joined by robert fisk in cairo he's the middle east correspondent for the independent and the author of numerous international bestsellers in jerusalem we cross to dan dyker the director of strategic affairs of the world jewish congress and a foreign policy fellow at the jerusalem center for public affairs and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger are a gentlemen both of you have been on the program before you so you know how it works you can jump right in that's crosstalk rules it robert fisk if i can go to you first ok we've seen a public mending offenses with netanyahu and obama not a long time back and the process michel's in the middle east doing as little shuttle can the united states on this be quite blunt can the united states be a fair broker in finding some kind of solution because it seems to have gone on forever. no i don't think you can the last time that america really complained about israel seriously was when eisenhower ordered the israelis along with the british and the french to get out of so i

discuss the prospects for peace in the middle east i'm joined by robert fisk in cairo he's the middle east correspondent for the independent and the author of numerous international bestsellers in jerusalem we cross to dan dyker the director of strategic affairs of the world jewish congress and a foreign policy fellow at the jerusalem center for public affairs and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all right gentlemen both of you have been on the program before you so you know how it works you can jump right in that's crosstalk rules it robert fisk if i can go to you first ok we've seen a public mending offenses with netanyahu and obama not a long time back and the process michel's in the middle east doing as little shuttle can the united states will this be quite blunt can the united states be a fair broker in finding some kind of solution because it seems to have gone on forever. no i don't think you can the last time that america really complained about israel seriously was when eisenhower ordered the israelis along with the british and the french to get out o

we want to see a peaceful middle east. we want to see a moderate middle east. i think there's a larger battle taking place between the forces of madernity and the forces of medievalism. tries not merely to eradicate israel but to bring down any moderate government in the arab world and in the middle east. in a way, there's a -- this is the first time in my lifetime that the -- many of the arab governments and israel understand that there's a great -- a great foe that threatens all of us. and that is the basis of a broader understanding. i don't think peace should be merely forged by common dangers. it should be forged also by the benefits, the blessings of peace, economic blessings, the human blessings of every sort. but today the context of the peace is made perhaps more likely and more possible because of this common enemy that threatens israel and arab countries alike. >> larry: what's -- what about hezbollah, lebanon, that -- four years since the war with hezbollah and lebanon. are you still concerned about them? >> unfortunately, yes, because it is basical

that's the tragic nature of negotiations in the middle east. you're not going to change the topography, it will get even worse in time, weapons become more lethal and the need to take these courageous decisions -- it's painful. it's short of perfect. we are short of perfect. the other side is short of perfect. no one is perfect in our region. >> charlie: ehud barak for the hour. next. >> welcome to our program. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following. >> and by bloomberg. a provider of multimedia news and information services worldwide. ♪ captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: ehud barak is here. he is defense minister in the coalition government of benjamin netanyahu. he's the most decorated soldier, a former general and leads the party -- from 1991 to 2001 he was prime minister. this month 10 years ago he, president clinton and yasser arafat tried to reach a peace agreement at camp david. period in the united states brokered proximity talks but can't ag

israel in the middle east, only true democracy in the middle east. their enemies are our enemies, radical jihadist like iran. >> rumors of war, in isra, what are their concerns rieg now for israel and the future? >> iran, iran, iran one of the messages of this conference. everyone is deeply concerned about iran acquiring nuclear weapons. they are hell bent on acquiring these kinds of weapons. if someone doesn't step up militarily and intervene, iran will go nuclear d that is a disaster for israel and america. >> are you among those that think there is going to be a war this summe >> it is tough to say. we are the late july. by end of this year, i'd be shocked if we don't see some kind of out break in the middle east. i would be shocked if israel doesn't strike those iranian nuclear facilities. two questions, how will iran act? and no. 2, how will the obama administration react? >> check out cbn.com, thanks, erick. >> thank you. >>> we often report on the violence of arabs anjews in the middle east. this is something you don't see everyday, arabs and

east well i've argued that israel is in favor of chaos in the middle east partly because. it's falling in a tradition of well known colonial tradition of divide and rule one that that israel has implemented in the occupied territories the lesson israel learned from that is it's a very effective way of stopping any kind of resistance to your plans the palestinians have struggled to counteract israel's initiatives because they've been so divided. it's been a very useful strategy inside israel in the occupied territories you say that the fact that they still have relatively large jewish community around makes you skeptical of the threat that iran poses to israel and you've also ridiculed comparisons between ethernet in the shed and. do you not though think that israel has cause for concern reason to be afraid of a nuclear iran the jewish population in tehran of at least twenty thousand maybe thirty thousand people who are living quite it seems quite happily there when they talk about their lives there they seem to be very comfortable they don't seem to be any signs of that th

east well i've argued that israel is in favor of chaos in the middle east partly because. it's following in a tradition of well known colonial tradition of divide and rule one that israel has implemented in the occupied territories the lesson israel learned from that is it's a very effective way of stopping any kind of resistance to your plans the palestinians have struggled to counteract israel's initiatives because they've been so divided. it's been a very useful strategy inside israel in the occupied territories you say that the fact that they still have relatively large jewish community around makes you skeptical of the threat that iran poses to israel and you've also ridiculed comparisons between at and then. do you not both think that israel has cause for concern reason to be afraid of a nuclear iran the jewish population in tehran of at least twenty thousand maybe thirty thousand people who are living quite it seems quite happily there when they talk about their lives there they seem to be very comfortable they don't seem to be any signs of that they've been persecu

east well i've argued that israel is in favor of chaos in the middle east partly because. it's following in a tradition of well known colonial tradition of dividing and rule one that israel has implemented in the occupied territories the lesson israel learned from that is it's a very effective way of stopping any kind of resistance to your plans the palestinians have struggled to to counteract israel's initiatives because they've been so divided. it's been a very useful strategy inside israel in the occupied territories you say that the fact that they started relatively large jewish community around makes you skeptical of the threat that iran poses to israel and you've also ridiculed comparisons between at and then. do you not think that israel has cause for concern reason to be afraid of a nuclear iran jewish population in tehran of at least twenty thousand maybe thirty thousand people who are living quite seemed quite happily there when they talk about their lives there they seem to be very comfortable they don't seem to be any signs of that they've been persecuted why w

east well i've argued that israel is in favor of chaos in the middle east partly because. it's falling into a tradition of well known colonial tradition of divide and rule one that that israel has implemented in the occupied territories the lesson israel learned from that is it's a very effective way of stopping any kind of resistance to your plans the palestinians have struggled to counteract israel's initiatives because they've been so divided. it's been a very useful strategy inside israel in the occupied territories you say that the fact that they still have relatively large jewish community around makes you skeptical of the threat that iran poses to israel and you've also ridiculed comparisons between ethernet in the shed and. do you not though think that israel has cause for concern reason to be afraid of a nuclear iran the jewish population in tehran of at least twenty thousand maybe thirty thousand people who are living quite it seems quite happily there when they talk about their lives there they seem to be very comfortable they don't seem to be any signs of that

appear to be strong as they have a stronger enemy means experts on policy in the middle east are calling for a stronger strategy asking for more time i think the first time we ought to do is to stop is to stop talking about twenty eleven and start talking about twenty four tane and more resources the second they want it is a big tactical hit on the taliban dr david kilcullen a counterinsurgency expert says in other words you have to do a lot of damage on the taliban before they'll be willing to talk a strategy that may sound familiar more money more troops and more time and if you do well there's no guarantee anything will change is it possible that this war is just unwinnable but certainly possible the thing is we want to know until we get to the point where we begin to pull out and we see if the afghan government is sustainable it looks rather that significantly break from the one president obama announced in december and our lawmakers say they are listening many do not like their hero now what point do we say that we camps we can't make this work u.s. senator ted kaufman not accepting

appear to be strong as they have a stronger enemy means experts on policy in the middle east are calling for a stronger strategy asking for more time i think the first time we ought to do is to stay is to stop talking about twenty eleven and start talking about twenty four tane and more resources the second they were need is a big tactical hit on the taliban dr david kilcullen a counterinsurgency expert says in other words you have to do a lot of damage on the taliban before they'll be willing to talk a strategy that may sound familiar more money more troops and more time and if you do well there's no guarantee anything will change is it possible that this war is just unwinnable but certainly possible the thing is we want to know until we get to the point where we begin to pull out and we see if the afghan government is sustainable it looks rather that significantly break from the one president obama announced in december and what lawmakers say they are listening to many do not like what their hero now what point do we say that we camps we can't make this work u.s. senator ted kaufman no

east well i've argued that israel is in favor of chaos in the middle east partly because. it's following in a tradition of well known colonial tradition of divide and rule one that that israel has implemented in the occupied territories the lesson israel learned from that is it's a very effective way of stopping any kind of resistance to your plans the palestinians have struggled to counteract israel's initiatives because they've been so divided. it's been a very useful strategy inside israel in the occupied territories and you say that the fact that they start a relatively large jewish community iran makes you skeptical of the threat that iran poses to israel and you've also ridiculed comparisons between ethernet energy . do you not though think that israel has cause for concern reason to be afraid of a nuclear iran jewish population in tehran of at least twenty thousand maybe thirty thousand people who are living quite it seems quite happy there when they talk about their lives there they seem to be very comfortable they don't seem to be any signs of that they've been pe

east well i've argued that israel is in favor of chaos in the middle east partly because. it's following in a tradition of well known colonial tradition of divide and rule one that israel has implemented in the occupied territories the lesson israel learned from that is it's a very effective way of stopping any kind of resistance to your plans the palestinians have struggled to counteract israel's initiatives because they've been so divided. it's been a very useful strategy inside israel in the occupied territories you say that the fact that they still have relatively large jewish community around makes you skeptical of the threat that iran poses to israel and you've also ridiculed comparisons between athletic. do you not though think that israel has cause for concern reason to be afraid of a nuclear iran and jewish population in tehran of at least twenty thousand maybe thirty thousand people who are living quite it seems quite happy there when they talk about their lives there they seem to be very comfortable they don't seem to be any signs of that they've been persecuted

east doing as little shuttle can the united states will this be quite blunt can the united states be a fair broker in finding some kind of solution because it seems to have gone on forever. no i don't think you can the last time that america really complained about israel seriously was when eisenhower ordered the israelis along with the british and the french to get out of so is in one thousand fifty six ever since then the americans basically go along with israeli policy in fact if you listen to department of state spokesman and you listen to israeli spokesman and you mix it all up you can't tell who is which at the end of the day i don't believe in this business there was a chill and then we've mended fences i think this is for the press at the end of the day israel will do what it wants to do and when america objects it will remind the united states of where it stands which is it must back israel for electoral

appear to be strong as they have a stronger enemy means experts on policy in the middle east are calling for a stronger strategy asking for more time i think the first time we ought to do is to is to stop talking about twenty eleven and start talking about twenty four tane and more resources the second they want it is a big tactical hit on the taliban dr david kilcullen a counterinsurgency expert says in other words you have to do a lot of damage on the taliban before they'll be willing to talk a strategy that may sound familiar more money more troops and more time and if you do well there's no guarantee anything will change is it possible that this war is just unwinnable it's certainly possible the thing is we want to know until we get to the point where we begin to pull out and we see if the afghan government is sustainable and the tragedy that significantly breaks from the one president obama announced in december and our lawmakers say they are listening many do not like their hero now what point do we say that we camps we can't make this work us senator ted kaufman not accepting the

east well i've argued that israel is in favor of chaos in the middle east partly because. it's following in a tradition of well known colonial tradition of divide and rule one that israel has implemented in the occupied territories the lesson israel learned from that is it's a very effective way of stopping any kind of resistance to your plans the palestinians have struggled to counteract israel's initiatives because they've been so divided. it's been a very useful strategy inside israel in the occupied territories you say that the fact that they still have relatively dies jewish community iran makes you skeptical of the threat that iran poses to israel and you've also ridiculed comparisons between ethernet in the shed and. do you not though think that israel has cause for concern reason to be afraid of a nuclear iran and jewish population in tehran of at least twenty thousand maybe thirty thousand people who are living quite seemed quite happy there when they talk about their lives there they seem to be very comfortable they don't seem to be any signs of that they've been

appear to be strong as they have a stronger enemy means experts on policy in the middle east are calling for a stronger strategy asking for more time i think the first time we ought to do is to stop is to stop talking about twenty eleven and start talking about twenty four tane and more resources the second they want it is a big tactical hit on the taliban dr david kilcullen a counterinsurgency expert says in other words you have to do a lot of damage on the taliban before they'll be willing to talk a strategy that may sound familiar more money more troops and more time and if you do well there's no guarantee anything will change is it possible that this war is just unwinnable it's certainly possible the thing is we want to know until we get to the point where we begin to pull out and we see if the afghan government is sustainable it looks rather that significantly break from the one president obama announced in december and the lawmakers say they are listening many do not like their hero now what point do we say that we camps we can't make this work u.s. senator ted kaufman not acceptin

east well i've argued that israel is in favor of chaos in the middle east partly because. it's following in a tradition of well known colonial tradition of divide and rule one that israel has implemented in the occupied territories the lesson israel learned from that is it's a very effective way of stopping any kind of resistance to. your plans the palestinians have struggled to counteract israel's initiatives because they've been so divided. it's been a very useful strategy inside israel in the occupied territories what is the solution we disappoint to a one state solution i'm support anything that brought peace and gave palestinians and israeli jews the right to live happy contented lives. the question is how do you achieve that now some people say you can do it through two state solution i don't actually think that's even technically possible any longer if it ever was we're talking about very small areas of land that would be left to the palestinians nobody's talking about it being a militarized state who control the borders i mean there are all sorts of questions that

today i'm talking to you alan hart veteran middle east correspondent we're going to start by talking about israel's blockade on gaza and the aid ships that are trying to get into the region allan hart thanks very much for talking to r.t. let's talk first about israel's blockade on gaza and the eight chips that are trying to get in and israel insists that that blockade is legal what do you think well let's first of all say that the purpose of the blockade is the collective punishment of the whole people of gaza to try to wean them away from hamas now collective punishment by definition is a war crime it is absolutely illegal. the only benefit of the attempts to break the blockade is not really assisting the people of gaza but it is helping to make israel be perceived in the world to people as more and more prostate and who is set to gain the most from that p.r. exercise has a very simple truth that most people don't know when israel was created and closed the palestine file after its picture on the battlefield in forty eight. the whole establishment world wanted that file to remain cl

. >> if this superpowers will stay ignoring what happening in the middle east i think maybe in the next 50 or 70 years, the middle east will be empty from christianity. >> reporter: for iraq's christian community, which traces its roots as far back as ancient mesopotamia, it's a bitter prospect. but the only real guarantee for its safety is a secure, stable and democratic iraq. with baghdad's politicians still fighting over forming a new government and american troops soon scheduled to leave, a stable iraq seems to many christians like a dream. "for religion and ethics newsweekly," i'm kate seelye in iraq. >>> in other news, in haiti, pilgrims flock to the sacred water falls to celebrate the festival of our ladyóñ of mt. carmel. the annual event attracts christians and practitioners of voodoo who believe bathing in the water washes away sins and bad luck. this year they pray for a better future for their country that's still recovering from the earthquake six months ago. >>> desmond tutu announced he will retire from public life when he turns 79 years old. >> the time has now come to

appear to be strong as they have a stronger enemy means experts on policy in the middle east are calling for a stronger strategy asking for more time i think the first time we ought to do is to stick is to stop talking about twenty eleven and start talking about twenty four tane and more resources the second they want it is a big tactical hit on the taliban dr david kilcullen a counterinsurgency expert says in other words you have to do a lot of damage on the taliban before they'll be willing to talk a strategy that may sound familiar more money more troops and more time and if you do well there's no guarantee anything will change is it possible that this war is just unwinnable it's certainly possible the thing is we want to know until we get to the point where we begin to pull out and we see if the afghan government is sustainable and the tragedy that significantly breaks from the one president obama announced in december and the lawmakers say they are listening to many do not like their hero now what point do we say that we camps we can't make this work u.s. senator ted kaufman not acc

the middle east and so they now just want to be seen as tough on russia because obama was i think it's a mix of political opportunism and ignorance pushed together so jim de mint in a recent speech referred to russia as the soviet union half a dozen times he wasn't aware that the cold war had ended right sarah palin probably is aware of it but just doesn't care this is part of their opposition to anything that obama does on farms and he's in favor of that it's over she sees it from her house you would think so but you know her expertise notwithstanding she wants to make this a big issue she needs to make this a big issue she wants to attack obama on anything and everything and in foreign policy this is the thing that's going on now so this is the thing they've decided to start crowing about ok but sarah palin of course she makes her career out of attacking obama because she doesn't have anything of substance to really say she doesn't have really experience mitt romney here is interesting too i guess you could say he's more of a businessman than a politician but this guy many say is the

and the car bomb would next appear in the middle east in palestine in the violent struggle over the founding of the state of israel. in the one nine hundred forty s. palestine was under british rule. the majority arab population were opposed to a jewish state. the same time extremists jewish factions like the stern gang waged a terrorist campaign. against those who. as enemies of the future jewish state. arabs and british troops. were determined to drive arabs out by terror. as their rightful jewish homeland. who started the first car bombing here. whose decision was that. it was the head. were opposed to any deal with the arabs by the mainstream jewish leadership led by david ben-gurion. and planning car bombs was a short cut to provoking all out war. on january the fourth one nine hundred forty eight he struck. their target was the sariah building in the heart of java a densely populated arab district. disguised as arabs a lot he bomb team drove a truck packed with two hundred pounds of explosives and park close to the building . the electric timer was set for eighty seconds to let the bom

appear to be strong as they have a stronger enemy means experts on policy in the middle east are calling for a stronger strategy asking for more time i think the first time we ought to do is to is to stop talking about twenty eleven and start talking about twenty four tane and more resources the second they want it is a big tactical hit on the taliban dr david kilcullen a counterinsurgency expert says in other words you have to do a lot of damage on the taliban before they'll be willing to talk a strategy that may sound familiar more money more troops and more time and if you do well there's no guarantee anything will change is it possible that this war is just unwinnable but certainly possible the thing is we want to know until we get to the point where we begin to pull out and we see if the afghan government is sustainable it looks rather that significantly break from the one president obama announced in december and the lawmakers say they are listening many do not like their hero now what point do we say that we camps we can't make this work u.s. senator ted kaufman not accepting the

east well i've argued that israel is in favor of chaos in the middle east partly because. it's following in a tradition of a well known colonial tradition of dividing and rule one that israel has implemented in the occupied territories the lesson israel learned from that is it's a very effective way of stopping any kind of resistance to your plans the palestinians have struggled to to counteract israel's initiatives because they've been so divided. it's been a very useful strategy inside israel in the occupied territories what is the solution would you support a one state solution i'm support anything that brought peace and gave palestinians and israeli jews the right to live happy contented lives. the question is how do you achieve that now some people say you can do it through two state solution i don't actually think that's even technically possible any longer if it ever was we're talking about very small areas of land that would be left to the palestinians nobody's talking about it being a militarized state who control the borders i mean there are all sorts of question

and the car bomb would next appear in the middle east in palestine in the violent struggle over the founding of the state of israel. in the one nine hundred forty s. palestine was under british rule. the majority arab population were opposed to a jewish state. the same time extremist jewish factions like the stern gang waged a terrorist campaign. against those who. as enemies of the future jewish state. arabs and british troops. stern's organisation. freedom fighters. were determined to drive arabs out. as their rightful jewish homeland. who started the first. decision was that. it was they had. left he were opposed to any deal with the arabs by the mainstream jewish leadership led by david. and planning was a short cut to provoking war. in the heart of. this. two hundred pounds of explosives. close to the building. get away. the explosion killed twenty eight including innocent passers by and injured hundreds. lefty did not have a monopoly on planning car bombs. the palestinians made plans to strike back using their own bomb maker. could train by the nazis during world war two. thousand sist

east well i've argued that israel is in favor of chaos in the middle east partly because. it's falling in a tradition of well known colonial tradition of divide and rule one that israel has implemented in the occupied territories the lesson israel learned from that is it's a very effective way of stopping any kind of resistance to your plans the palestinians have struggled to counteract israel's initiatives because they've been so divided. it's been a very useful strategy inside israel in the occupied territories you say that the fact that they still have relatively large jewish community around makes you skeptical of the threat that iran poses to israel and you've also ridiculed comparisons between ethernet energy. do you not though think that israel has cause for concern reason to be afraid of a nuclear iran and jewish population in tehran of at least twenty thousand maybe thirty thousand people who are living quite it seems quite happily there when they talk about their lives there they seem to be very comfortable they don't seem to be any signs of that they're being pe

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today i'm talking to allan hart veteran middle east correspondent we're going to start by talking about israel's blockade on gaza and the aid ships that are trying to get into the region allan hart thanks very much for talking to r.t. let's talk first about israel's blockade on gaza and the eight chips that are trying to get in israel insists that that blockade is legal what do you thing well let's first of all say that the purpose of the blockade is a collective punishment of the whole people of gaza to try to wean them away from hamas now collective punishment by definition is a war crime it is absolutely illegal. the only benefit of the attempts to break the blockade is not really assisting the people of gaza but it is helping to make israel. be perceived in the world of people as more and more staid and who is set to gain the most from that p.r. exercise as a very simple truth that most people don't know when israel was created and closed the palestine file after its picture on the battlefield in forty eight. the whole establishment world wanted that file to remain closed in other w

and the car bomb would next appear in the middle east in palestine in the violent struggle over the founding of the state of israel. in the one nine hundred forty s. palestine was under british rule. the majority arab population were opposed to a jewish state. the same time extremist jewish factions like the stern gang waged a terrorist campaign. against those who. as enemies of the future jewish state. arabs and british troops. organisation. freedom fighters of israel were determined to drive arabs out by terror. as their rightful jewish homeland. who started the first car bombing here. whose decision was that. it was they had. left he were opposed to any deal with the arabs by the mainstream jewish leadership led by david ben-gurion. and planning car bombs was a short cut to provoking all out war. on january the fourth one nine hundred forty eight plus he struck. their target was the sariah building in the heart of java a densely populated arab district. disguised as arabs a lot he bomb team drove a truck packed with two hundred pounds of explosives and park close to the building . the ele

and the car bomb would next appear in the middle east in palestine in the violent struggle over the founding of the state of israel. in the one nine hundred forty s. palestine was under british rule. the majority arab population were opposed to a jewish state. the same time extremists jewish factions like the stern gang waged a terrorist campaign against those who they saw as enemies of the future jewish state. arabs and british troops. stern's organisation. freedom fighters of israel were determined to drive arabs out by terror from what he saw as their rightful jewish homeland. who started the first car bombing here in this. whose decision was that. it was the headquarters of the. left he were opposed to any deal with the arabs by the mainstream jewish leadership led by david ben-gurion. and planning car bombs was a short cut to provoking all out war. on january the fourth one nine hundred forty eight blessed be struck. their target was the sariah building in the heart of java a densely populated arab district. disguised as arabs a lot he bomb team drove a truck packed with two hundred pou

and the car bomb would next appear in the middle east in palestine in the violent struggle over the founding of the state of israel. in the one nine hundred forty s. palestine was under british rule. the majority arab population were opposed to a jewish state. the same time extremist jewish factions like the stern gang waged a terrorist campaign against those who they saw as enemies of the future jewish state. arabs and british troops. stern's organisation. freedom fighters of israel were determined to drive arabs out by terror from. as their rightful jewish homeland. who started the first car bombing here. whose decision was that. it was the head of the. lefty were opposed to any deal with the arabs by the mainstream jewish leadership led by david ben-gurion. and planning car bombs was a short cut to provoking all out war. on january the fourth one nine hundred forty eight left he struck. their target was the sariah building in the heart of java a densely populated arab district. disguised as arabs a lot he bomb team drove a truck packed with two hundred pounds of explosives and park close

today i'm talking to alan hart veteran middle east correspondent we're going to start by talking about israel's blockade on gaza and the aid ships that are trying to get into the region allan hart that's very much for talking to r.t. let's talk first about israel's blockade on gaza and the eight chips that are trying to get in and israel insists that that blockade is legal what do you thing well let's first of all say that the purpose of the blockade is the collective punishment of the whole people of gaza to try to wean them away from hamas now collective punishment by definition is a war crime it is absolutely illegal. the only benefit of the attempts to break the blockade is not really assisting the people of gaza but it is helping to make israel. be perceived in the world of people as more and more prostate and who is set to gain the most from that p.r. exercise as a very simple truth that most people don't know when israel was created and closed the palestine file after its picture on the battlefield in forty eight. the whole establishment world wanted that file to remain closed i

and the car bomb would next appear in the middle east in palestine in the violent struggle over the founding of the state of israel. in the one nine hundred forty s. palestine was under british rule. the majority arab population were opposed to a jewish state. the same time extremist jewish factions like the stern gang waged a terrorist campaign. against those who. as enemies of the future jewish state. arabs and british troops. were determined to drive arabs out by terror. as their rightful jewish homeland. who started the first car bombing here. whose decision was that. it was they had. left he were opposed to any deal with the arabs by the mainstream jewish leadership led by david ben-gurion. and planning car bombs was a short cut to provoking all out war. on january the fourth one nine hundred forty eight he struck. their target was the sariah building in the heart of java a densely populated arab district. disguised as arabs a lot he bomb team drove a truck packed with two hundred pounds of explosives and park close to the building . the electric timer was set for eighty seconds to let

today i'm talking to alan hart veteran middle east correspondent we're going to start by talking about israel's blockade on gaza and the aid ships that are trying to get into the region allan hart that's very much for talking to r.t. let's talk first about israel's blockade on gaza and the eight chips that are trying to get in and israel insists that that blockade is legal what do you thing well let's first of all say that the purpose of the blockade is the collective punishment of the whole people of gaza to try to wean them away from hamas now collective punishment by definition is a war crime it is absolutely illegal. the only benefit of the attempts to break the blockade is not really assisting the people of gaza but it is helping to make israel be perceived in the world to people as more and more state and who is set to gain the most from that p.r. exercise has a very simple truth that most people don't know when israel was created and closed the palestine file after its picture on the battlefield in forty eight. the whole establishment world wanted that file to remain closed in o

convince the un of his vision for middle east peace process. and i will not be but if you're all americans. believe norman finkelstein has never shied away from controversy. the american jail banned from israel and pledges support for the palestinian people the author and former professor has lost jobs and get the pigmy an average. family heated debates documented in the film american radical i subject we begin with during our teeth interview i want to start with a question about your new documentary american radical it has been described in many ways one being an intimate portrait of a man behind the controversy tell me about the documentary why you decided to make this film where you actually have not seen the documentary. but many of your sort of stories about you know some reason i didn't want to see myself on the silver screen and so i chose not to watch it but my friends many of my close friends watched it and for better or for worse they said it's an ocular per trail of me but i was obviously involved in the making of the documentary. no

today i'm talking to you alan hart veteran middle east correspondent we're going to start by talking about israel's blockade on gaza and the aid ships that are trying to get into the region allan hart thanks very much for talking to r.t. let's talk first about israel's blockade on gaza and the eight ships that are trying to get in and israel insists that that blockade is legal what do you thing well let's first of all say that the purpose of the blockade is the collective punishment of the whole people of gaza to try to wean them away from hamas now collective punishment by definition is a war crime it is absolutely illegal. the only benefit of the attempts to break the blockade is not really assisting the people of gaza but it is helping to make israel. be perceived in the world to people as more and more prostate i'm here to is set to gain the most from that p.r. exercise has a very simple truth that most people don't know when israel was created and closed the palestine file after its picture on the battlefield in forty eight. the whole establishment world wanted that file to rema

the israeli prime minister said the next steps in the middle east. process would begin within a few weeks and spoke in favor of direct talks with the palestinians. the two leaders commented on the irony in nuclear program and a blockade of the gaza strip. this is 20 minutes. >> i want to thank the prime minister for his comments on the fourth of july. that marked one more chapter in the extraordinary friendship between our two countries. as prime minister netanyahu indicated, the bond between the united states and israel is unbreakable. it encompasses our national security interests, our strategic interests, but most importantly, the bond of two democracies who share a common set of values and whose people have rown closer and closer as time goes on. during our discussions in our private meeting, we covered a wide range of issues. we discussed the issue of the gaza strip and the commanded the prime minister on the progress that has been made and allowing more goods into the gaza strip. we have seen more progress on the ground and that has been abolis