>> 138 generally assembly -- general assembly members voted in favor of upgrading palestine to the status of nonmember observers say. israel opposed the status change, saying the resolution will not help further the peace process. >> the truth is nothing will change if they continue to boycott israel and boycott peace talks. that is the only way to move forward. >> as a further response to the vote, israel has revealed plans for thousands of new settlement homes in east jerusalem and the west bank. >> agrees is exhaling today after the german parliament voted in support of providing the country with the next installment of bailout money. the deal is worth some 44 billion euros. >> germany's finance minister has defended the package, saying that a greek bankruptcy would be a major blow to the world economy. >> rescuing greece has been a main priority for the government, the citizens want to know -- what will it cost? >> an overwhelming majority bank of the measures, although the opposition left party voted no. there is still a sense of unease among lawmakers about the cost to taxpayers. th

compos successor and pseudo has announced that in light of the un general assembly vote giving a list of observer state status she is going to revisit that issue. but second dad that initiative was not on the basis of palestine becoming a contracting party to the rome statute of the international criminal court which they can also do so they have two different approaches to the iceland city one of which they have already taken ok here and in france as we have and we have a little bit limited time here and i really want to get into a lot but do you think the u.s. is going to block any sort of charges i mean what do you think the u.s. is going to do. well they didn't block us the first time because the united states is not a party to the rome statute to the international criminal court so they they didn't stop was the last time when we filed after operation cast lead and their complaint is is still there and still sitting and now has a friday ms bensouda said she's going to look at it so i don't see how the u.s. or israel can block us that the i.c.c. when they're not parties well what d

general assembly lucky obama administration tightened up in the security council gates threatened to veto it all. some of the united. tell us time could have broken the log jam at the security council and turned it over to the general assembly for a two thirds vote in any event i believe they concluded that that would have been a step too far given the diplomatic and political situation so last spring the p.l.o. executive committee that serves as the provisional government for the state of palestine will hold to go for u.n. observer state membership along the lines that switzerland used to hang out i guess until about ten years one it's finally joined the united nations organization but from the very founding of the wait until about ten years ago switzerland was a u.n. observer state and in that capacity was able to join all of the. international organizations treaties including the statue to the international court of justice so let's talk about some of the leverage that palestine now has from the status francis what new status doesn't give an international court you kind of just ju

general assembly lucky obama administration tied it up in the security council gates threatened to veto it all. of the united. palestine could have broken the log jam at the security council and turned it over to the general assembly for two thirds though in any event i believe they concluded that that would have been a step too far given the diplomatic and political situation so last spring the p.l.o. executive committee that serves as the provisional government for the state of palestine voted to go for un observer state membership along the lines that switzerland used to have i guess until about ten years one finally joined the united nations organization but from the very foundation of the wait until about ten years ago switzerland was a un observer state and in that capacity was able to join all of the. international organizations treaties including the statue to the international court of justice so let's talk about some of the leverage that palestine now has from the status francis what new status doesn't give an international court your kind of justice just a touch upon what the

general assembly lucky obama administration tied it up in the security council gates threaten to veto it all. of the united. palestine could have broken the log jam at the security council and turned it over to the general assembly for a two thirds vote in any event i believe they concluded that that would have been a step too far given the diplomatic and political situation so last spring the p.l.o. executive committee that serves as the provisional government for the state of palestine voted to go for un observer state membership along the lines that switzerland used to have i guess until about ten years one finally joined the united nations organization but from the very founding you wait until about ten years ago switzerland was a u.n. observer state and in that capacity was able to join all of the. international organizations treaties including the statue to the international court of justice for let's talk about some of the leverage that palestine now has from the status francis what new status doesn't give an international court you kind of just just touch upon one legal recour

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

and you know a quarter conventions in general assembly declarations don't allow legalization of drugs and here is why. even the drugs that you referred to as soft like. marry juana for example damage the central nervous systems they kill people they destroy their personality. at the worst number one and number two this business generates huge profits which will immediately send crime rates up so it's a grave mistake but the roots of this movement to lend lies marijuana. holding to those who benefit from drug production and drug trade and in addition to organized crime this includes strange as it may seem the international finance system is after the financial crisis but cash bangs but started accepting drug money to improve their financial situation. so that's the way it is now. he recently suggested criminalizing drug abuse even started preparing a bill to this effect but at the same time you personally said that this punitive approach was over and that it had proved ineffective in our country one people are prosecuted every year and those people are sent to rehabs which wait a minut

general assembly win by the palestinians last thursday. joining us now as he does every sunday at this time, former united states ambassador to the u.n. john bolton. also a fox news contributor. good morning, ambassador. >> guest: good morning, eric. glad to be with you. >> eric: as always. of course. the u.n. vote, does it really instead make peace more difficult and compromise more complicated in that region? >> guest: absolutely. this vote was fundamentally illegitimate. there is no palestinian state. there is nothing that meets the custnary international law definition. the palestinian authority violated the oslo accord trying to change the status of the west bank and gaza through a means other than negotiation. i have to say it was a vote that could have been won by the united states and israel. but that, leave it for another day. i think israel is responding appropriately. i think that the initial israeli reaction sort of shuts the whole thing off was a mistake. this is a serious problem. and i think they are well within their legiti

the un general assembly called on israel to open up its nuclear arsenal for inspection and join the global anti atomic pact. and it has cure for spain's banks of the euro zone approved some forty billion euros of rescue for lenders a lot of people are probably crippling. this three pm here in moscow you live on archie with us with me to bomb was a good to have you with us colombia's armed opposition group says it wants dialogue in peace with the country's government the statement came from one of the group's top members san diego ca to tania name mayor he spoke exclusively to r.t. spanish language channel ahead of a fresh round of peace talks in cuba. human how enough are gravel sent colombian officials holding talks trying to hammer out a peace deal letting america's fiercest drive also and their force attempt to put an end to the fifty years of conflict this has claimed more than half a million lives and the sole woman at the negotiating table is dutch fire to turn yet no meyer she left her alone to join fire ten years ago to fight what she calls social justice and has become a symbol of

the un general assembly calls on israel to open up its nuclear arsenal for inspection and join the nonproliferation treaty. catch cure for spain the banks of the eurozone to approve some forty billion euro zone rescue for lenders all the people are struggling with that. they're watching live from moscow with me to bomb was a good to have you with us this afternoon colombia's armed opposition group says it wants dialogue in peace with the country's government the statement came from one of the group's top members and negotiated tanya name male who spoke exclusively to r.t. spanish language channel ahead of a fresh round of peace talks in cuba. human how enough are gravel some colombian officials are holding talks trying to hammer out a peace deal letting america's fiercest drive also and their force attempt to put an end to the fifty years of conflict this has claimed more than half a million lives and the sole woman at the negotiating table is dutch fighter time yet no meyer she left her alone to join fire ten years ago to fight what she calls social justice and has become a symbol of their revolut

has announced that in light of the un general assembly vote giving a list of observer state status she is going to revisit that issue. but second dad that initiative was not on the basis of palestine becoming a contracting party to the rome statute of the international criminal court which they can also do so they have two different approaches to the ice queen city one of which they've already taken ok here and in france as we have and we have a little bit limited time here and i really want to get into a lot but do you think the u.s. is going to block any sort of charges i mean what do you think the u.s. is going to do. well they didn't block us the first time because the united states is not a party to the rome statute to the international criminal court so they they didn't stop was the last time when we filed up after operation cast lead and their complaint is is still there and still sitting and now has a friday news bensouda said she's going to look at it so i don't see how the u.s. or israel can block us that the i.c.c. when they're not parties well what do you just mentioned net

assembly vote void. around the world on screen online international news and comment live from moscow we start in egypt where the standoff between mohamed morsi and the opposition has caused new outbreaks of violence supporters of the country's leader have reportedly clashed with his opponents near the presidential palace where both parties have planned demonstrations the muslim brotherhood is rallying morsy supporters in response to an opposition march which attracted tens of thousands on tuesday night . is in current. in the streets outside the presidential palace it's become a battleground between pro and anti mohammed morsi protesters we were there last night an enormous crowd made up of the more liberal elements that the opposition elements in society gathered to demand that varying things in between him leaving his office completely or at the very least rescinding those extra powers that he gave himself over a week ago that caused this whole feel or in the first place the police fired a few rounds

so it was obvious there that they had more support when it come tots the general assembly. and they decided they wanted to exercise this support in the general assembly in order to promote what they thought was important for the interests. had they been engaged in the negotiations for us and then is we did in the past i think it wouldn't have been raised by the palestinians so i think it's incredible that there are no negotiations. >> rose: you reject the idea expressed by some that if, in fact, there's a one-state solution it would end up as a kind of ar apartheid? >> well, i don't like this comparison but on the other hand i myself said many times and i firmbly believe in this that for the long run that it's impossible that there will be five million palestinians, perhaps more in the future that will live within israeli authority without sharing full equal rights. that will not make israeli democracy and we want to maintain israeli as a jewish democratic state so there is no alternative to a separation between us and them unless, unfortunately, if it will come to it, ther

arafat speaking for the general assembly. very tumultuous period. i moved to israel and tried for this unit in the army. the tryouts are rather rigorous. i did 17 months of basic training. and got out just prior to the lebanon war. but in israel, we have -- you serve for a long period your regular serve and do reserve service to the age of 52. now i have a son in the army who is 19. and in a very elite unit. i am still doing reserve duty. we share uniforms. very bizarre. >> how old are you now? >> i'm 47. >> you can be called up at any time? >> i have been. i served in the latest intifada. in a combat role. >> where? >> in nablus. >> full combat uniform? >> i'm supposed to be semiretired. you stop jumping in the israeli army in the paratroopers at age 37 and cease being a combat soldier at age 42. at 42, 43, i was asked to stay on as an advisor on media relations. why not? sounds interesting. get good briefings. when the fighting broke out in the west bank, they asked any of the media advisors if they had combat experience. like a total fool, i said

the general assembly vote. around the world on screen online international news and comment live from moscow breaking news this hour the egyptian opposition says two people have died in clashes between supporters and opponents of the president demonstrators have thrown . official residence where. joins me now live from cairo. disturbing reports about this surge in violence we're hearing of deaths and injuries. from what you can see. well those seem to really reminiscent of. nearly two years ago just before the overthrow of hosni mubarak here in there in egypt it's really not too much to say that it's absolute time to learn a new one for its analysis of the logs there was a large group called mohamed morsi firsthand stood. outside the walls of the presidential palace all through an enormous contrition rally yesterday evening others with the vermin and laugh midway through the day a lot strewn all through muhammad mostly muslim brotherhood supporters turned up and proceed to attack the the council sends cows and

assembly vote void. around the world on screen online international news and comment live from moscow breaking news this the egyptian opposition says two people have died in clashes between supporters and opponents of the president demonstrators affirm petrol bombs or rocks near mohamed morsi official residence where two rival rallies taking place where we hope to talk to our correspondent tom in a little later. joined on the phone by blogger and journalist while he's at the very heart of events in cairo while where are you at the moment and what can you see. right now in the ominous tree called from the moon that leads to a. street where the towers reside and i'm on the. side and what i can see is that they're being chased away using. guns and blanks and we heard also. what sounded like live ammo and who's who's chasing the anti morsi opponents away easy at authorities or is it the supporters of morsi know each other over that earlier. violence be evacuated because in that was making a play by advancing

assembly voted void. you're watching our live from moscow with me to bomb let's say we start in egypt where the standoff between mohamed morsi and the opposition has caused new al breaks of violence supporters of the country's leader has reportedly clashed with its opponents near the presidential palace where both parties have called rallies the muslim brotherhood israeli morsy supporters of the tens of thousands took part in an opposition mas' on his palace on tuesday night let's get more from our correspondent in cairo tomball to joins us live now tom we're getting reports of fresh clashes in cairo any signs of those where you are. there is indeed to buying it seems that in the streets outside the presidential palace it's become a battleground between pro and anti mohamed morsi protesters we with them last night an enormous crowd made up of the more liberal elements of the opposition elements. he gathered to demand that varying things in between him leaving his office completely or at the very least res

assembly vote very. live from moscow with me to bomb would say the standoff between mohamed morsi and egypt's opposition group continues hundreds of protesters camped outside the presidential palace in cairo suburbs the angry crowds are spread from the iconic squared to the outskirts of the city where the president forced to feed through the back door of the palace and choose day cairo based reporter bell truly is following developments. i was that in the march tenth that tens of thousands of protesters coming from various locations in cairo converging in front of the presidential palace in a suburb of cairo when they got there they were greeted by police behind barbed wire and really i mean speaking of the protesters they felt like they wanted to protest the walls of the presidential palace to the president not to what they said was a bunch of police so what happened is they broke through the barbed wire which obviously was met with seven tear gas so quite a lot of take asked by the police who actually

assembly approved a resolution urging the country to allow inspections of its atomic facilities. reports. this one in the past has never opened its facilities in fact the israeli government has never gone on record publicly stating that it has nuclear capability they response has always been no comment but of course it is widely assumed and widely understood that israel has a nuclear program particularly in the south of the country in dimona what we're hearing now is a resolution that has been overwhelmingly passed by the united nations general assembly and this calls on israel to quickly open its nuclear facilities to international inspectors from the international atomic energy agency the resolution was passed with one hundred seventy four in favor six against and six abstentions and essentially it's calling on israel to join the non proliferation nuclear treaty not as all get it off all countries who do have nuclear arms but who are not recognized by the nonproliferation proliferation treaty these resolutions of the united nations are not legally binding but they are important

to open up the world the nuclear arsenal it denies even exists in an overwhelming vote the general assembly approved a resolution urging the country to allow inspections of its atomic facilities. reports. this one in the past has never opened its facilities in fact the israeli government has never gone on record publicly stating that it has nuclear capability they will sponsor it's always been no comment but of course it is widely assumed and widely understood that israel has a nuclear program particularly in the south of the country in dimona what we're hearing now is a resolution that has been overwhelmingly passed by the united nations general assembly and this calls on israel to quickly open its nuclear facilities to international and inspectors from the international atomic energy agency the resolution was passed with one hundred seventy four in favor six against and six abstentions and essentially it's calling on israel to join in the non proliferation nuclear treaty not as of yet it is off for countries who do have nuclear arms but who are not recognized by this nonproliferation prol

even exists in an overwhelming vote the general assembly approved a resolution urging the country to allow inspections of its atomic facilities. reports. this one in the past has never opened its facilities in fact the israeli government has never gone on record publicly stating that it has nuclear capability they will sponsor is always been no comment but of course it is widely assumed and widely understood that israel has a nuclear program particularly in the south of the country in dimona what we're hearing now is a resolution that has been overwhelmingly passed by the united nations general assembly and this calls on israel to quickly open its nuclear facilities to international and inspectors from the international atomic energy agency the resolution was passed with one hundred seventy four in favor six against and six abstentions and essentially it's calling on israel to join the non proliferation nuclear treaty not as all get it off all countries who do have nuclear arms but who are not recognized by the nonproliferation proliferation treaty these resolutions of the united nat

to open up to the world the nuclear arsenal it denies even exists in an overwhelming vote the general assembly approved a resolution urging the country to allow inspection of its atomic facilities archies policia reports. this one in the past has never opened its facilities in fact the israeli government has never gone on record publicly stating that it has nuclear capability they will sponsor is always been no comment but of course it is widely assumed and widely understood that israel has a nuclear program particularly in the south of the country in dimona what we're hearing now is a resolution that has been overwhelmingly passed by the united nations general assembly and this calls on israel to quickly open its nuclear facilities to international and inspectors from the international atomic energy agency the resolution was passed with one hundred seventy four in favor six against and six abstentions and essentially it's calling on israel to join the non proliferation nuclear treaty not as of yet it is off all countries who do have nuclear arms but who are not recognized by the nonp

assembly a good boy. it's five pm here in moscow you live with us on archie good to have you with us the standoff between mohamed morsi and egypt's opposition threatens to cause new all breaks of violence the muslim brotherhood which supports the country's leader is planning a mess rally at the presidential palace or come face to face with opponents all of morsi hundreds of which i camped outside the palace and are also following more protests cairo based reporter bill truth has more. why was that in the march tenth that tens of thousands of protesters coming from various locations in cairo converging in front of the presidential palace in this suburb of cairo when they got there they were greeted by police behind barbed wire and really i mean speaking to the protesters they felt like they wanted to protest the walls of the presidential palace to the president not to what they said was a bunch of police so what happened is they broke through the barbed wire which obviously was met with seven tear gas so q

assembly approved a resolution urging the country to allow inspections of its atomic facilities are policia reports. this one in the past has never opened its facilities in fact the israeli government has never gone on record publicly stating that it has nuclear capability they will sponsor is always been no comment but of course it is widely assumed and widely understood that israel has a nuclear program particularly in the south of the country in dimona what we're hearing now is a resolution that has been overwhelmingly passed by the united nations general assembly and this calls on israel to quickly open its nuclear facilities to international and inspectors from the international atomic energy agency the resolution was passed with one hundred seventy four in favor six against and six abstentions and essentially it's calling on israel to join in the non proliferation nuclear treaty not as of yet it is off for countries who do have nuclear arms but who are not recognized by this nonproliferation proliferation treaty these resolutions of the united nations are not legally binding b

earlier israeli academic miri eisin a told my colleague kevin owen a very general assembly's decision puts the whole peace process under threat. the majority of israelis including the sky over move by the way have stated clearly that they'd like to see palestine independent and both of us understand that there's a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is just the state that's here let's do this hand in hand without negotiations without us as a partner to do a one sided to impose it on israel and they feel the strong need to give a response as an israeli i can say that has to do with domestic politics personally i don't necessarily adhere to that stuff i think you've heard a lot of criticism here in israel in linking it in such a way but that is also about politics but of course israel maybe not helping the other could be said on top of the and i was for the settlements israel is also announced is not going to hold over a hundred million dollars of aid to the palestin

assembly vote void. around the world on screen online international news and comment live from moscow the egyptian opposition says two people have died in clashes between supporters and opponents of the president demonstrators of throwing petrol bombs and rocks near mohamed morsi is official residence where two rival rallies are taking place. is there in the crowd. muslim brotherhood supporters are currently in control of this ground as it were an enormous crowd of theirs has swept around the side of the palace walls and they have effectively claimed it for mohamed morsi who they support earlier on that was not the case there had been a small protest camp outside the walls of morphy's palace manned by anti protesters they were the remnants of a large protest probably similar size to this yesterday evening and they were chanting against muhammad morsi but today the last of their supporters who had vowed that they were going to camp out were chased out of their account by the by the muslim brotherhood and

general assembly upgraded palestine to being a normal member observer the u.s. called the construction decision counterproductive to peace negotiations on a two state solution palestinians say the lands in the west bank and east jerusalem which were occupied by israel in the nineteen sixty's must be returned to but since then the number of israelis living there is risen to half a million for the palestinians all settlement building must stop before a new peace talks begin human rights activist steve hind think both sides are further apart from a two state solution than ever. if we're serious about a two state solution and if we're serious about moving towards that. there's no way that this deliver settlement expansion can be seen as in any way a move towards getting back on the table and moving towards the peace talks that both sides so desperately need in the latest upsurge in violence in gaza we've seen documented proof that israel launched indiscriminate attacks i.e. they failed to distinguish between combatant and civilian in the same way that hamas rocket a

assembly and this calls on israel to quickly open its nuclear facilities to international inspectors from the international atomic energy agency the resolution was passed with one hundred seventy four in favor six against and six abstentions and essentially it's calling on israel to join the non proliferation nuclear treaty not as of yet it is off for countries who do have nuclear arms but who are not recognized by this nonproliferation proliferation treaty these resolutions of the united nations are not legally binding but they are important because they reflect world opinion and they certainly carry political weight so this is something that will make tel aviv sit up and take notice what we've witnessed ever since the palestinians went to the united nations last week and will recognize that with increased status is a strong reaction from the israeli government the israeli prime minister netanyahu are not that he was approving some three thousand new sick wholeness essentially in an area known as the one which is in these two men the west bank and it does mean that these two areas w

assembly approved a resolution urging the country to allow inspections of his atomic facilities archies policia reports. one of the pastors never opened its facilities in fact the israeli government has never gone on record publicly stating that it has nuclear capability they were sponsors always been no comment but of course it is widely assumed and widely understood that israel has a nuclear program particularly in the south of the country into mana what we're hearing now is a resolution that has been overwhelmingly passed by the united nations general assembly and this calls on israel to quickly open its nuclear facilities to international and inspectors from the international atomic energy agency the resolution was passed with one hundred seventy four in favor a six against and six abstentions and essentially it's calling on israel to join the non proliferation of nuclear treaty not as of yet it is off all countries who do have nuclear arms but who are not recognized by this nonproliferation proliferation treaty these resolutions of the united nations are not legally binding but the

proliferation treaty calling the general assembly vote void. around the world on screen online international news and comment live from moscow we start in egypt where the standoff between mohammed morsi and the opposition has caused new outbreaks of violence supporters of the country's leader have reportedly clashed with his opponents near the presidential palace where both parties are planned demonstrations the muslim brotherhood is running morsy supporters in response to an opposition march which attracted tens of thousands on tuesday night . in the streets outside the presidential palace it's become a battleground between pro and anti mohammed morsi protesters we were there last night an enormous crowd made up of the more liberal elements that the opposition elements in society gathered to demand that varying things in between him leaving his office completely or at the very least rescinding those extra powers that he gave himself over a week ago that caused this whole feel or in the first place the police fired a few rounds of tear gas but

tel aviv earlier israeli academic miri eisin i told my colleague kevin owen the general assembly's decision puts the whole peace process under threat. the majority of israelis including this government by the way have stated clearly that they'd like to see palestine independent and both of us understand that there is a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is just the state that's here let's do this hand in hand without negotiations without us as a partner to do a one sided to impose it on israel and they feel the strong need to give a response as an israeli i can say that has to do with domestic politics personally i don't necessarily adhere to that stop i think you've heard a lot of criticism here in israel in linking it in such a way that is also about politics but of course israel maybe not helping the matter could be said on top of the and i was with the settlements also announced is not going to hold over a hundred million dollars of aid to the palestinians to pay bu

assembly vote void. you're watching are too good to have you with us we start in egypt where the standoff between mohamed morsi and egypt's opposition has caused a new al breaks of violence supporters of the country's leader have reportedly clash with its opponents near the presidential palace where both parties have called rallies the muslim brotherhood is running morsy supporters after tens of thousands took part in an opposition march on his palace on tuesday night car based porter has more. i was that in the march tenth that tens of thousands of protesters coming from various locations in cairo converging in front of the presidential palace in this suburb of cairo when they got there they were greeted by police behind barbed wire and really i mean speaking of the protesters they felt like they wanted to protest the walls of the presidential palace to the president not to what they said was a bunch of police so what happened is they broke through the barbed wire which obviously was meant to tear gas s

this is going to be why do you know which is first address to the general assembly since returning to office and the federal assembly consists pretty much of russia's political elite so we're me here some big announcements for instance last time president beat the media during his address to the federal assembly proposed to increase the presidential term for. four to six years and actually the time you were fourteen is expected to talk about how he's planning to use these six years in office and of course talk about both domestic and international issues. so when will start the biggest challenges ahead for plates and then draw sure that. well this has been quite an eventful year both domestically and internationally and among the biggest challenges for the president right now is to satisfy the need of the russian population for change because we've seen the biggest increase of protests throughout this year pretty much since the early ninety's several new laws have been passed which are criticized by some and supported by others also there are issues like. demographic problems and the

tel aviv earlier israeli academic a myriad told my colleague karen all in the general assembly's decision puts the whole peace process under threat. the majority of israelis including the sculptor move by the way have stated clearly that they'd like to see palestine independent both of us understand that there is a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is just the state that's here let's do this hand in hand without negotiations without us as a partner to do a one sided to impose it on israel and they feel the strong need to give a response as an israeli i can say that has to do with domestic politics personally i don't necessarily adhere to that stop i think you've heard a lot of criticism here in israel in linking it in such a way but that is also about politics but of course israel maybe not helping them out or it could be said on top of the and i was for the settlements also announced is not going to hold over a hundred million dollars of aid to the palestinians to p

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even exists in an overwhelming vote the general assembly approved a resolution urging the country to allow inspections of its atomic facilities all to. reports. this one in the past has never opened its facilities in fact the israeli government has never gone on record publicly stating that it has nuclear capability they response has always been no comment but of course it is widely assumed and widely understood that israel has a nuclear program particularly in the south of the country in dimona what we're hearing now is a resolution that has been overwhelmingly passed by the united nations general assembly and this calls on israel to quickly open its nuclear facilities to international and inspectors from the international atomic energy agency the resolution was passed with one hundred seventy four in favor six against and six abstentions and essentially it's calling on israel to join the non proliferation nuclear treaty not as all get it off all countries who do have nuclear arms but who are not recognized by the nonproliferation proliferation treaty these resolutions of the united

tel aviv earlier israeli academic miri eisin told my colleague kevin owen the general assembly's decision puts the whole peace process under threat. the majority of israelis including this government by the way have stated clearly that they'd like to see palestine independent and both of us understand that there is a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is just the state that's here let's do this hand in hand without negotiations without us as a partner to do a one sided to impose it on israel and they feel the strong need to give a response as an israeli i can say that has to do with domestic politics personally i don't necessarily adhere to that stop i think you've heard a lot of criticism here in israel in linking it in such a way but that is also about politics but of course israel maybe not helping the other could be said on top of the and i was one of the settlements also announced it's not going to hold over a hundred million dollars of aid to the palestinians to

assembly 64 years ago is actually not known by a large proportion of our population. and we also found that when youth and adults found out about it, they got very excited and, in fact we got the name because someone said my goodness this document spells out the world it's could be. it has been the creative spirit of the administrators and students at balboa that have really brought this to life. we're now, i just got to see on friday, their third student-produced assembly about the universal declaration of human rights and it's breathtaking to see how their whole culture has taken on this path and that they are setting an example for how to help us bring forward eleanor roosevelt's work and make it continually relevant to the world today. i would love to have you here from kevin curr, the principal of balboa and oxy trejos, sr. to explain what it is to them. thank you so much. >> good evening commissioners. superintendent. you know, we live in kind of a high-stakes world in high schools. whether it's the california standards test, ap testing, sat. these are very impo

the legislation in 2007 by the state general assembly. homeowners must submit eligibility, which limits the amount of assessment increase. spending the holidays at home is not in the plans for george h. w. bush. he is spending another night in hospital. he has been in the hospital since last month with a lingering bronchitis' cough. doctors had hoped to release them but he delivered a fever. doctors say they are optimistic he will recover. the good news come he is surrounded by his wife and other relatives. nelson mandela is looking better after two weeks in the hospital. he had surgery to remove gall stones and developed a lung infection. no word on whether the former president will be released but he does remain in good spirits. she had a memorable moment with daniel craig and now queen elizabeth's's christmas message is all of the bus. it is the first time it was delivered in 3d. >> those who have lost loved ones may find a state full of memories. that is why it is important at this time of year to reach out beyond our familiar relatio

general assembly declare them to be an observer state, but failed to prevent it which i think was a real defeat for the united states and israel and the palestinians and the u.n. under the obama administration will suffer no consequences from that. so if you're the palestinian authority or even more if you're hamas, the lesson that you learn is that ultimately, if you just keep the pressure on, the united nations will deliver israel for you. now, that's a badly misguided view, but when secretary clinton reacts the way she did just in the tape you showed, i think it sends the wrong signal to the palestinians and makes the negotiated outcome less likely, not more likely. >> and i want to ask you about what would have to happen, but i want a side bar on what happens at the united nations. as you described, despite objections from the u.s. and israel, they did get the status they were looking for and maybe they wanted more. why did that happen? >> well, i think because the united nations basically wasn't concerned enough about the consequences of this declaration by the general assembly to t

assembly voted overwhelmingly to recognize palestine as a nonmember observer state. many jewish groups denounced the u.n. action, saying it undermines future peace negotiations with israel. some u.s. christian and muslim leaders supported the move. the palestinians were not granted full u.n. membership, but their upgraded status could allow them access to other u.n. and international bodies, including the international criminal court where they could possibly bring charges against israel. the united states was one of nine nations that voted against the resolution. >>> in egypt, seven coptic christians and a controversial american pastor have been sentenced to death over an anti-islam film that sparked massive protests in several muslim countries in september. but the sentences can not be carried out since none of the eight lives in egypt. a u.s.-muslim organization urged the court to drop the charges, saying the prophet muhammed taught forgiveness. florida pastor terry jones was among those sentenced for promoting the film. in 2010, jones caused international outrage

general assembly organization funded by the u.s. and many european countries. and they claim that they have the right to relocate into israel. this is not an idea that sits well with a two state situation. they do not accept the idea of a two state solution. they do not accept the original petition of 47 that there will be a jewish state and an arab state. this, is for example, something that was not in the resolution and this is why it's a problem. >> people sees one state as being a palestinian territory and west bank and the other is israel as it is now. but the government seems ready to have the bulling of 3,000 new housing units in occupied territory. the palestinians have called that an act of defiance. one person called it a heart attack, failed heart attack to the state. why do this? and why do it now? >> in general, i think there is a bit of unconstructive behavior on the two sides. people are taking symbolic acts. this is also symbolic acts that plays into the future, not to be exactly realized tomorrow. rather than actually sitting down. the thing is