if you look at israeli public opinion you will see that the majority of israelis actually do want to state solution a majority of israelis accept a solution that is based on the vision of the land between two states i think what a visitor but i think is unfortunately inaccurate even in her own read of the israeli political system ultimately look i mean if you use the you referred to the oslo agreement and terrorism of course there were terrorism there were many many mistakes in the was the period i hope that we have learned from them i know the palestinians have learned and them by creating this new leader constituted the security forces that do that are completely by israeli security officials the admission are doing an amazing job in terms of called the terrorism at the end of the day i want to go exactly what i was before there is a chance for peace you know i was in camp david i was in all these negotiations. there was never a full deal that was put there but we got close and we're getting closer by the day we know what the solution is and again if we have an israeli right wing p

if you look at israeli public opinion you will see that the majority of israelis actually do want to state solution a majority of israelis accept a solution that is based on the vision of the land between two states i think what a visitor but i think is unfortunately inaccurate even in her own read of the israeli political system ultimately look i mean if you use the you referred to the oslo agreement and terrorism of course there were terrorism there were many many mistakes in the was the period i hope that we have all learned from them i know the palestinians have learned from them by creating this new leader constituted. of security forces that do that are completely by israeli security officials admission are doing an amazing job in terms of called terrorism at the end of the day i want to go exactly what i was before there is a chance for peace you know i was in camp david i was in all these negotiations. there was never a full deal that was put there but we got close and we're getting closer by the day we know what the solution is and again if we have an israeli right wing prim

if you look at israeli public opinion you will see that the majority of israelis actually do want to state solution a majority of israelis accept a solution that is based on the vision of the land between two states i think what a visitor but i think is unfortunately inaccurate even in her own read of the israeli political system ultimately look i mean if you use the you referred to the oslo agreement on terrorism of course there were terrorism there were many many mistakes in the was the period i hope that we have learned from them i know the palestinians have learned and them by creating this new leader constituted the security forces that do that are completely by israeli security officials the admission are doing an amazing job in terms of called the terrorism at the end of the day i want to go exactly what i was before there is a chance for peace you know i was in camp david i was in all these negotiations. there was never a full deal that was put there but we got close and we're getting closer by the day we know what the solution is and again if we have an israeli right wing pr

if you look at israeli public opinion you will see that the majority of israelis actually do want to state solution a majority of israelis accept a solution that is based on the vision of the land between two states i think what a visitor but i think is unfortunately inaccurate even in her own read of the israeli political system ultimately look i mean if you use the you referred to the oslo agreement on terrorism of course there were terrorism there were many many mistakes in the was the period i hope that we have learned from them i know the palestinians have learned from them by creating this new leader constituted. security forces that do that are completely by israeli security officials the admission are doing an amazing job in terms of called the terrorism at the end of the day i want to go exactly what i was before there is a chance for peace you know i was in camp david i was in all these negotiations. there was never a full day of that was put there but we got close and we're getting closer by the day we know what the solution is and again if we have an israeli right wing pr

if you look at israeli public opinion you will see that the majority of israelis actually do want to state solution a majority of israelis accept a solution that is based on the vision of the land between two states i think what a visitor but i think is unfortunately inaccurate even in her own read of the israeli political system ultimately look i mean if you use the you referred to the oslo agreement and terrorism of course there were terrorism there were many many mistakes in the was the period i hope that we have all learned from them i know the palestinians have learned from them by creating this new leader constituted. security forces that do that are completely by israeli security officials the admission are doing an amazing job in terms of called the terrorism at the end of the day i want to go exactly what i was before there is a chance for peace you know i was in camp david i was in all these negotiations. there was never a full deal that was put there but we got close and we're getting closer by the day we know what the solution is and again if we have an israeli right wing

if you look at israeli public opinion you will see that the majority of israelis actually do want to state solution a majority of israelis accept a solution that is based on the vision of the land between two states i think what a visitor but i think is unfortunately inaccurate even in her own read of the israeli political system ultimately look i mean if you use the you referred to the oslo agreement and terrorism of course there were terrorism there were many many mistakes in the was the period i hope that we have learned from them i know the palestinians have learned and them by creating this new leader constituted. the security forces that do that are completely by israeli security officials the admission are doing an amazing job in terms of called terrorism at the end of the day i want to go exactly what i was before there is a chance for peace you know i was in camp david i was in all these negotiations. there was never a full deal that was put there but we got close and we're getting closer by the day we know what the solution is and again if we have an israeli right wing prim

if you look at israeli public opinion you will see that the majority of israelis actually do want to state solution a majority of israelis accept a solution that is based on the vision of the land between two states i think what a visitor but i think is unfortunately inaccurate even in her own read of the israeli political system ultimately look i mean if you use the you referred to the oslo agreement and terrorism of course there were terrorism there were many many mistakes in the was the period i hope that we have all learned from them i know the palestinians have learned from them by creating this new leader constituted. security forces that do that are completely by israeli security officials that admission are doing an amazing job in terms of called the terrorism at the end of the day i want to go exactly what i was before there is a chance for peace you know i was in camp david i was in all these negotiations. there was never a full day that was put there but we got close and we're getting closer by the day we know what the solution is and again if we have an israeli right wing

we began with israeli novelist david grossman. his book "to the end of the land." >> writing this book was an act of choosing life against the temptation of despair, against the gravity of despair and grief and the book is about the wholeness of life. it's a very vital book. >> rose: and the power of story of african american from the south to the north. isabel wilkerson's book is called "the warmth of other suns. " i grew up the daughter of people who migrated from the south to the north. you could say i've been writing it all my life. it was a story i was surrounded by in washington, d.c. where everyone around me, the parents were from south carolina, north carolina, georgia. my mother was from rome, georgia migrated to washington, d.c. my father migrated from southern virginia to washington, d.c. different decades, would never have met had there been no great migration, had they not left the south and landed in the same city. so in some ways i exist because of the great migration and i think i've been in some ways writing it al

it looks as if the israelis are just trying to buy time for more... for changing more facts on the ground which will prevent any kind of two-state solution. >> rose: roll tape, here it is. >> we saw the men trying to push the soldiers and none of them could doll that. but i think the girls could do it. >> rose: these are people who taking their own futures with courage, sacrifice. >> absolutely. they realize that they couldn't wait for the palestinian authority to take any action, which is a very important thing to mention. this is a small village of 1,500 people. >> rose: and the palestinian authority was doing nothing to stop? >> absolutely nothing. the separation barrier was being built, confiscating a large percentage of several villages and still is, especially now around jerusalem and the palestinian authority is not taking action so what's happening right now and what happened in budrus is that the communities are realizing they have to rely on themselves and on their israeli neighbors and what happened in these villages starting in budrus is t

and it's a shame that the israeli government is supporting. in this initiative it's only purpose is to bring to school still it's interim all to students between arabs and jews within the state of israel where it will leave the last where we do thank you very much indeed. from jerusalem and also that's all we have time for but we really do appreciate your time here thanks very much for that that debate here that discussion here live on r.t. we appreciate time thank you. all immigrants in germany should actively integrate into society the german president said in an address to the turkish parliament christian wolf. is the first german president to visit the country in over ten years his statement and reiterate chancellor angela merkel's comments last week that multiculturalism had totally failed and as it grapples with integrating its three and a half million mostly turkish muslims german identity is in the spotlight for now i'm joined in london by keith best and he's a former british m.p. and chief executive of the foundation for care of victi

those stories still to come but first a law forcing prospective israeli citizens who are non jews to pledge allegiance to a jewish state has unleashed a storm of anger among arabs there was an aversion issued last week required only israeli arabs to swear allegiance well despite the israeli government now extending the oath to jews arabs still refuse to swear loyalty to a state that they say has persecuted them as artie's paula smith reports. this photograph is all that remains from some mere will why these family home the house survived for generations but it couldn't survive an israeli demolition two years ago there was a code i started to have problems with the circulars ten years ago they wanted to take all of my own land they took one house and then they wanted to. since then he started rebuilding. the supreme courts discovered that big documents they changed the name of my grandfather on the papers. but the discovery didn't help him hang on to most of his grandfather's land a family of israeli settlers now lives on property to samir insists is his and his story only one of many

ship guards are being instruct by retired israeli commandos. >> earlier this year private israeli guards on an italian cruiseship successfully thrwarted an attack, wherein in the last year somali pirates have capture dozens of ships. the security company, which has no connection to the guards from the italian cruiseship is trying to cash in on the incident, boosting of israeli's unique experience and his combat philosophy. >> we do not give up. we not give up. we create conditions that i will say "the american way." so we give them an offer they cannot refuse. >> reporter: and it was also a chance for representative from israeli's main weapon manufactures to show off their latest deadly wares. >> you can see a very short weapon that i can hide it. >> reporter: the apartments are playing the roll of pirates boarding the ship and instructors hope that the graduates of this course will make it much more difficult for anybody to get this close. they believe with arm and potentially dangerous guards on board ships, the pirates themselves may end up walking the plank. ben weidman in northern i

israeli farmers received water year round at sub diesed rates. their palestinian neighbors must rely on rain-fed springs which flow only in the winter, says this man. >> if you look around us, you will see that the palestinian land is totally bare now. there is no farming here because there is no water. next to us here we can see a big farm owned by one israeli settler who is taking the water from a well while the palestinians have no access or right to dig any new wells to have the ground water. >> reporter: palestinians complain that israel controls water sources that should be shared even though there's a joint committee set up under the 1993 oslo accords that must approve water permits. palestinian water minister says israel's water policies imperil any permanent peace plans. >> when you talk about a two- state solution and enable a viable palestinian state imagine there's no water. there will be no viable state if there's no water. >> reporter: international agencies like the world bank estimate that palestinian per capita water consumption

a law forcing prospective israeli citizen jews to pledge allegiance to a jewish state. among arabs despite the israeli government wanting to extend the oath to jews are obsessed to refuse to swear loyalty to a state that has prosecuted them. reports. this photograph is all that remains from samir worldwide his family home the house survived for generations but it couldn't survive an israeli demolition two years ago. i started to have problems with the circulars ten years ago they wanted to take all of my land they took one house and then they wanted to take this house since then he started rebuilding. thing god the supreme courts discovered that fake documents they changed the name of my grandfather on the papers but the discovery didn't help him hang on to most of his grandfather's land a family of israeli settlers now lives on property to samir insists is his and his story only one of many. in the two hours we spend here therefore a recess and the usual round of tear gas rubber bullets and blame and because the union shouldn't complain about anything they should say t

court on a recently adopted loyalty oath bill is straining on easy israeli palestinian relations even further also the. potential drivers are supposed to go to a driving school and pass a test on a course like this one that we're on right now as well as study the different tactics of driving from a written test but that's not exactly how it happens in most cases around moscow russia is renowned for its bad roads and reckless motorists you can find out how driving licenses come at a cost quite literally. the first russia's president dmitry medvedev will attend the nato summit next month in lisbon welcomed as a major move towards closer ties with the e.u. the announcement came during talks between the russian french and german leaders in the french resort to deal with. is the following the meetings. yes to nato russian president dmitry medvedev showed relations between his country and the european union are on the mend by agreeing to attend the nato summit in lisbon next month speaking at a joint press conference with angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy the russian leader spoke of a growi

israeli arabs to swear allegiance well despite the israeli government now extending to jews arabs still refuse to state that is persecuted them as. reports. this photograph is all that remains from some mere why these family home the house survived for generations but it couldn't survive an israeli demolition two years ago the other coalition i started to have problems with the circulars ten years ago they wanted to take all of my land they took one house and then they wanted to take this house since then he started rebuilding. things god the supreme courts discovered that big documents they changed the name of my grandfather papers but the discovery didn't help him hang on to most of his grandfather's learned a family of israeli settlers now lives on property near insists is his and his story only one of many. in the two hours we spend here therefore a wrist and the usual round of tear gas rubber bullets and blame and they are because the union shouldn't complain about anything they should say thank you thank you that we are still here. and they'll be saying a lot more than that if the

and the young men in their head scarves are all israeli citizens, arab israelis. they are protesting the arrival here of a group of right-wing israeli extremists. across town, under tight police guard, the jewish hardliners are shepherded to buses. among them are several leaders who used to belong to a far right-party. before it was banned, it advocates the expulsion of israel's arab population. >> this is the second-biggest arab town inside israel, and the local population considers this protest to be a deliberate and extreme provocation. although there have only been about 50 israeli protesters to come here today, the local population is determined not to allow this protest to go ahead. the violence was more symbolic than real. 10 arab israelis were arrested and a handful of people might be injured. but the fact that seems like this are happening inside israel is symbolic of the growing tensions here between israel's increasingly powerful right and it's increasingly militant arab minority. bbc news in northern israel. >> the latest headlines for you on bbc world

israeli farmers received water year round at sub diesed rates. their palestinian neighbors must rely on rain-fed springs which flow only in the winter, says this man. >> if you look around us, you will see that the palestinian land is totally bare now. there is no farming here because there is no water. next to us here we can see a big farm owned by one israeli settler who is taking the water from a well while the palestinians have no access or right to dig any new wells to have the ground water. >> reporter: palestinians complain that israel controls water sources that should be shared even though there's a joint committee set up under the 1993 oslo accords that must approve water permits. palestinian water minister says israel's water policies imperil any permanent peace plans. >> when you talk about a two- state solution and enable a viable paltinian state imagine there's no water. there will be no viable state if there's no water. >> reporter: international agencies like the world bank estimate that palestinian per capita water consumption is

through will be abuse of palestinians carried out by israeli soldiers so how where are the israeli public do you think i've been turning a blind eye till now. look i think in that case the israeli public is not different than any other public when you do bad things you don't want to face the america this is our nature as human beings we find it very easy to look through a window at someone else we find it very difficult to paint one side dark and face america and this is our job our job is breaking the silence as israelis as people who are work comp that soldiers are people who today some of us served today still is to come back to our society raise up to america and try to demand from our society to take responsibility over what has been done in its name we as a society as a democratic society must debate and decide for ourselves what are our board red lines and that's in a way the job of breaking the silence is coming back home and demanding from our society to know the truth. thanks for being with us i really hope that these former israeli soldier and founder of the breaking the silenc

unleashed a storm of anger among arabs despite the israeli government wanting to extend the oath to jews arabs still refuse to swear loyalty to a state that has persecuted them as artie's polis live reports this photograph is all that remains from some mere why these family home the house survived for generations but it couldn't survive an israeli demolition two years ago in the middle of the coalition i started to have problems with the settlers ten years ago they wanted to take all of my land they took one house and then they wanted to take this house since then he started rebuilding or like i said i think god the supreme courts discovered their big documents they changed the name of my grandfather on the papers. but the discovery didn't help him hang on to most of his grandfather's learned a family of israeli settlers now lives on property just a mere insists is his and his story only one of many. in the two hours we spend here therefore a wrist and the usual round of tear gas rubber bullets and blame and they are because the union shouldn't award anything they should say thank y

israeli palestinian relations even further also. the potential drivers are supposed to go to a driving school and pass a test on a closed course like this one that we're on right now as well as studying the different tactics of driving from a written test but that's not exactly how it happens in most cases around moscow russia is renowned for its roads reckless motorists find out how driving licenses come in quite a cost literally. russia's president dmitri will attend the nato summit next month in lisbon welcomed as a major move towards closer ties with the e.u. the announcement came during talks between the russian french and german leaders in the french resort city. following all of the discussions. many experts are already saying that the mood of resetting ties which started of course with russia and the united states is now moving eastward with relations between russia and the e.u. also growing closer stronger better ties all the three leaders russian president dmitry medvedev and his colleagues angle of merkel and nicolas sark

society itself how would you explain the right wing shift in israeli politics i think israel is one of the most open democratic countries in the world today and the accusations about it. being an extremist society are way off the mark so you don't see any any worrying signs in israel. that israel you know many other democratic countries in the world is different. no have. they have the ability to see political shifts take place over time but they never see you know what but the political shifts go center left or center right i don't see an extremist element taking hold in israel today well actually president bill clinton former u.s. leader he does see. signs of the rise of the n.f.l. we have in israel and here's how he tries to explain it. an increasing number of the young people in the israel defense force are the children of russians and settlers the hardest core people against a division of the land. this presents a staggering problem it's a different israel sixteen percent of israelis speak russian. would you agree that israelis of russian and soviet origin are really less toler

but he's also got his detractors arabs and many israeli jews are up in arms this country defines itself as a jewish and democratic state but if you ask just about any arab here they'll tell you it's heavy on the jewish and rather light on the democratic. angry demonstrators take to the streets claiming the next step transferring arab israelis to a palestinian state but the government is doing its best to accommodate lieberman's demands and recently approved the loyalty bill by a twenty two eight majority and the government decided upon it because it wants to make sure that lieberman sparky is a manger is a government it's a lot component of the coalition and. the government under american pressure to freeze settlement building and needs lieberman support but arab citizens like well why the will never give in all or most of the whole that argument i'm a muslim a man allowed to swear in the world you two are jewish do what you wanted to in the first word to them what do i think them for. but how do you go on and those jerusalem announces preliminary plans for two hundred thirty eight home

society itself how would you explain the right wing shifts in israeli politics i think israel is one of the most open democratic countries in the world today and any accusations about it to. being extremists to society are way off the mark so you. i don't see any worrying signs in israel. that israel. many other democratic countries in the world is different. no have. they have the ability to see political shifts take place over time. but they never see you know what but the political shifts go center left or center right i don't see an extremist element taking hold in israel today well actually it president bill clinton former u.s. leader he does see. signs of the rise of the n.f.l. we have in israel and here's how he tries to explain it. an increasing number of the young people in the israel defense force are the children of russians and settlers the hardest core people against a division of the land this presents a staggering problem it's a different israel sixteen percent of israelis speak russian. would you agree that israelis of russian and soviet our region are really less tol

for human rights released a comprehensive report detailing its findings were guarding the may tenth israeli attack on the six ship flotilla that was attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to gaza now this report found that much of the israeli force was quote unnecessary disproportion. it's excessive and inappropriate and resulted in wholly avoidable killing and maiming of a large number of civilian passengers they said that at least six of those killings could be characterized as extra legal arbitrary and some merry executions and that israel violated numerous international human rights conventions including the fourth geneva convention now perhaps most shocking here is that forensic evidence has established for kendo again a nineteen year old american citizen was murdered execution style i think shot in the face of point blank range and yet the u.s. government and the media have been silent on these findings which clearly leaves us to ask the question of why you're discussing with me is dr gareth porter and best to get historian and journalist on u.s. national security policy. dr porter th

this presents a staggering problem it's a different israel sixteen percent of israelis speak russian. would you agree that israelis of russian and soviet origin are really less tolerant than the rest of the jews absolutely not i think that. israelis of russian origin may be more on the on the conservative side of the political spectrum but i don't think they're any less the less tolerant and i think having had the privilege of working with president clinton in his administration for eight years on these types of issues i suspect that his words and not by you but the original report may have been just misinterpreted or misunderstood right out of the context and maybe out of him because this quote was all over the person not only or something a lot of the absolutely but i think i think the point president clinton may have been making is where where are the israelis of russian origin stand today in political life and nothing more who maybe maybe what he means i'm just suggesting is that is that the russians who came to israel to live for good they want to be as the french say. at least c

but he's also got his detractors arabs and many israeli jews are up in arms this country defines itself as a jewish and democratic state but if you ask just about any arab here they'll tell you it's heavy on the jewish and rather light on the democratic. angry demonstrators take to the streets claiming the next step transferring arab israelis to a palestinian state but the government is doing its best to accommodate lieberman's demands and recently approved the loyalty bill by a twenty two eight majority and the government decided upon it because it wants to make sure that lieberman sparky is a manger is a government it's a lot component of the coalition and. the government under american pressure to freeze settlement building and needs lieberman support but arab citizens like the windy will never give in all or most of the hell that argument i'm a muslim i'm not allowed to swirl the world you two are jewish the world should i use word two in the first word to them what do i think them for. and those jerusalem announces preliminary plans for two hundred thirty eight new secure homes see

unleashed a storm of anger among arabs despite the israeli government wanting to extend the oath to jews are obsessed still refuse to swear loyalty to a state that has prosecuted them as artie's fall asleep reports. this photograph is all that remains from some mere why these family home the house survived for generations but it couldn't survive an israeli demolition two years ago in the middle of the circle i started to have problems with the circulars ten years ago they wanted to take all of my land they took one house and then they wanted to take this house since then he started rebuilding. think god the supreme courts discovered their big documents they changed the name of my grandfather on the papers but the discovery didn't help him hang on to most of his grandfather's land a family of israeli settlers now lives on property from near insists is his and his story only one of many. in the two hours we spend here therefore of this and the usual round of tear gas rubber bullets and blame and because then you shouldn't complain about anything they should say thank you israel thank

find out how the recently adopted loyalty oath bill is training on easing israeli palestinian relations even further was. tempered drivers are supposed to go to a driving school and pass a test on a closed course like this one that we're on right now as well as study the different tactics of driving from a written test but that's not exactly how it happens in most cases around moscow. we look at what russia on top of the list when it comes to road. european security is under scrutiny as the leaders of france germany and russia meet in the french resort of divil president viet of us to push his proposal yet again for a new security framework to replace the current system which he says is outdated. or has more. they're going to be some very serious issues of course on the table as the three leaders tackle various issues relevant not only to the european community but also to the international agenda issues such as stability and the middle east the ongoing situation in afghanistan and iran is nuclear agenda those are all going to be discussed by dmitry medvedev and his colleagues from fran

the current israeli government, but every israeli government going back to 1967, whether it be a labor government. with that, this israeli government understands that the palestinians have their own position on jerusalem and they understand the palestinians will bring that position to the negotiating table and that we will discuss it. the united states and israel have often had a disagreement over the issue of settlements. the united states has long asked israel to refrain from building communities in the areas captured by israel from jordan and in 18676 day war. and for many years the united states hoped that those areas would be the basis of a peace treaty with jordan. and since the signing of the 1993 oslo accords between israel and the plo, that help that area would serve as the gambit for resolving the palestinian question. israel's position has always been that the areas we call judaica and samaria by the ancient hebrew names of the ancient homeland of the jewish people. if you look at your bible, haifa is not in there. look in there. but for tel aviv. it's in there, but at the t

the israeli army once again stands accused of disregarding the basic human rights of palestinians and follows a video being uploaded on you tube showing an i.d.f. soldier humiliating a blindfolded palestinian woman now to talk more about this we're joined live by a bundle sugaree by daughter news from the public committee against torture in israel hello to you so netanyahu says that this tarnish is the reputation of the i.d.f. which he called one of the most moral armies in the world do you agree with that time. unfortunately not unfortunately the police could be against torture gets dozens of complaints every year and torture mistreatment and you relations of palestinian detainees of all the range from the humiliation we watched together on t.v. and till the range of. easy physical torture in the very rare cases unfortunately the problem is not only that it's not the most moral. army in the world but the fact is that there is a culture of impunity where such humiliation such violations and crimes are not. are not actually. convicted by the army or by the other authorities of this cul