initiative was totally recontextualized by the war between hamas and and and israel the fact that hamas claimed victory because a weaker party confront a stronger party and survive they always claim victory they claim with egypt and backing to have won some concessions on the blockade which seem to be illusory they don't seem to actually be taking place and i'm not surprised by that israel never israel has denied they made those concessions and i don't think they did frankly but it doesn't matter how a loser it is there's always this moment of intoxication you know for policies or for any oppressed people when they when they're confronted the enemy and survived and one i know it is it's a terrible illusion but it's inevitable and there but there's usually a hangover typically there is and there's the next morning we wake up and you bury the dead and you count the cost and whatnot last time we went through this in two thousand and nine the p.a. could point to a lot of successes on the ground in terms of improvement of quality of life and say look our approach of diplomacy security and ne

this is a radio station related to hamas. in order to tell their side of the story, they will do whatever it takes. these children lost close family members in the bombardment. they have been brought in the studio to stoke people's anger and boost support for hamas. >> translator: we're just reporting the reality of the situation. we aren't broadcasting propaganda or trying to scare people. >> reporter: hamas cannot match israel's overwhelming military strength. to make up for that, the islamic movement hit back during the fighting through a war of words. they released a video claiming to have captured an israeli unmanned aircraft. in fact, the aircraft shown is different from an actual israeli drone. the video appears to have been made to give palestinians in gaza the impression that hamas is just as strong as the israeli military. hamas has also used social media such as twitter to prove that the israeli air strikes killed palestinian children. it also posted photos of children laying on their backs. the intention was to dr

the entire issue was totally recontextualized by the war between hamas and israel the fact that hamas claimed victory because a weaker party confront a stronger party and survives they always claim victory big claim with egypt to have won some concessions on the blockade which seem to be illusory they don't seem to actually be taking place and i'm. surprised by that israel never israel has denied they made those concessions and i don't think they did frankly but it doesn't matter how a loser it is there's always this moment of intoxication you know for policies or for any oppressed people when they when they're confronted the enemy and survived and we're not out it is it's a terrible illusion but it's inevitable and there but there is usually a hangover typically there is then there's the next morning where you wake up and you bury the dead and you count the costs of what not last and went through this in two thousand and nine the p.a. could point to a lot of successes on the ground in terms of improvement of quality of life and say look our approach of diplomacy security and negotiat

this is a radio station inside of hamas. in order to tell their side of the story they will do whatever it takes. these children lost close family members in the bombardment. they have been brought in the studio to stoke people's anger and boost support for hamas. >> translator: we're just reporting the reality of the situation. we aren't broadcasting propaganda or trying to scare people. >> reporter: hamas cannot match israel's overwhelming interest. to make up for that, islamic movement hit back during the fighting through a war of words. they released a video claiming to have captured an israeli unmanned aircraft. in fact, the aircraft shown is different from an actual israeli drone. the video appears to have been made to give palestinians in gaza the impression that hamas is just as strong as the israeli military. hamas has also used social media such as twitter to move from the israeli air strikes killed palestinian children. it also posted photos of children laying on their backs. the intention was to drum up support b

like you, hamas believes in strength. like you, hamas does not want to come to the white house. so what you're doing is talking to the people you say it's not worth it to talk to israel in your discouraging the palestinians in the west bank who believe in peace. people like mahmoud abbas, you discourage them, so you take the swing vote among palestinians and push them towards hamas. does not bother you and did she feel guilty? that the first question. the second question is right now there's a lot of forces in the world. israel needs friends in the world. don't you think is her would gain more friends in the struggle against how dangerous it ran as. i completely agree how dangerous iran and mockler, danish artist. what mccain is your more friends if you stop loving friends in the west bank. those are my two questions. >> okay, i will do it this way. i do not feel guilty. on the contrary, it is very important to speak up and say you're talking about abu mazen went and signed an agreement with the hamas. he decided to what together with hamas. we can not come to ask israeli, i'm n

also free 22 hamas fighters. the incident has proved a disaster. >> the failed assassination was a disaster. poison and second, israel had to free this man from jail. sheikh ahmed yassin, the sick but still powerful spiritual leader of hamas. today he got a hero's welcome in gaza. also free, 22 hamas fighters. the incident has proved a disaster. the failed assassination was indeed a disaster for israel. the guy they were trying to kill did not dye die. israeli agents were captured. israel had to provide the antidote to save the life of the guy they were trying to kill, and they had to release almost two dozen palestinians from jail. there is pressure on prime minister netanyahu to resign. 15 years later netanyahu is again the prime minister. and meshaal is the again the head of hamas. he has been in exile the hole time. he has never, ever been to gaza, which is where hamas is based until today. today the hamas leader visited gaza for the very first time in his entire life. he was there to celebrate the group's 25

also free 22 hamas fighters. the incident has proved a disaster. >> the failed assassination was a disaster for israel. the guy they were trying to kill did not die. israeli agents were captured. they provided an antidote for the guy they were going to kill and had to release two dozen men from jail to get their guy back from jordan. this pressured him to resign. again he's the prime minister and mashal is the red of hamas. he's lived in exile the entire time. he was born on the west bank and left as a kid but never been to gaza where hamas is based until today. today he visited gaza for the first time in his life. he was there to celebrate the 25th anniversary. there will be a huge rally tomorrow. also on the agenda, a visit to the family of one of the men released from an israeli prison 15 years ago in the wake of that failed assassination attempt. that one released from prison by israel. he was successfully assassinated by israel in 2004. khaled meshaal visited his family home today. but the most important thi

it really wanted to could have squeezed hamas out of palestine but it didn't do so why. well i think israel did attempt very to use violence in the earlier cast lead operation it did that was at the very end of two thousand and eight as there was a change of administrations going on in washington it's interesting this war also happened around me with election time exactly but i feel that israel failed and the reason it failed is that the strategy is wrong you cannot bomb people into peaceful coexistence just does not work you just spoke about the elections that was right after they presidential election in the united states or right before the elections in israel. what does it suggest to you is the timing important or was it a coincidence well i suspect that the timing in this case was dictated by the israeli election. it's very popular in israel to kill lots of palestinians in gaza . and have mass is seen as a monster and so a war against amounts when vote you know i want to talk about the wording of the operation pillar of cloud obviously referring to the bible and bac

call hamas leader and benjamin netanyahu? if hamas joined the government, plenty of ministers would say it's a terrorist government, can't do business with it and overcoming preconditions is what the work is of getting people to the table. carter spent his first year banging his head how to do it, and a peace conference in geneva thinking the soviets could pull the party together and failed and everybody came out of retirement and slashing at carter across the water. he had to walk away from that, and got the thought to call them to camp david and talk to them any way he could and thought until the last minute he failed. start by looking at what are the greatest points of resistance with each party now and how to overcome them. congress would be up in arms, letters every day from 95 senators or 33 # 3 house members insisting the president stand up for his rights. it would be hard. you can imagine where the fiscal cliff negotiations would go in that atmosphere. bill clinton is an -- i've heard the same reports with interest. t

so the head of hamas was allowed to travel to the gaza strip. that's one example of the titanic shift in politics in this part of the world going on right now. here is another. this is cairo. not during the revolution that brought morsi to power, but now, this is cairo right now. tens of thousands of protesters have been out there for about two weeks in the famed tahrir square and near the presidential palace. they're very upset that their newly elected democratic president morsi is doing things that they not so democratic. he is trying to make it so his decisions are not subject to judicial review. at least six civilians have been killed and hundreds injured in the violence. president obama called his egyptian counterpart yesterday to express concern about the situation that seems to be spinning out of control. he urged president morsi to meet with and negotiate with the opposition. >>> and then there is syria, where nbc news reports the assad regime is preparing chemical weapons that can be loaded on the missiles. and human rights groups say m

more than one hundred thousand have joined celebrations marking the twenty fifth anniversary of hamas a call to address by the exiled leader of the group khaled mashal who's in gaza for his first visit they in decades michel regenerated the mission of liberating palestine and defying israel and to urge arab countries to support the resistance for more on this let's not talk to show me no one a commentator and political analyst joining us live now i mean i wonder why has this symbolic the return of the exiled hamas leader now become possible. why i think the simplest reason is because you have a new islamist egyptian government that is willing to let him cross into gaza from egypt there is of course the more complicated answer which is the geopolitics of the region has shifted a lot from the arab uprisings and hamas has been a key player that the parties on either side of the q political fault line would like to cultivate you know for countries like israel the united states everything happening in the region today is viewed through the prism of how this helps or hurts iran and right no

also free 22 hamas fighters. the incident has proved a disaster. >> the failed assassination was a disaster. it was as if it was part of a very bad hollywood movie. >> jordan's king hussein was outraged. the hit was in his capital and he is israel's strongest arab ally. hussein made two deals. he would return the two captured agents if first israel would provide an antidote for the poison and second, israel had to free this man from jail. today the hamas leader visited gaza for the very first time in his entire life. he was there to celebrate the group's 25th anniversary. there will be a huge rally tomorrow. also on the agenda, a visit to the family of one of the men released from an israeli prison 15 years ago in the wake of that failed assassination attempt. that one released from prison by israel. he was successfully assassinated in 2004. khaled meshaal visited his family home today. but the most important thing to know here is how the head of hamas got into gaza. he was allowed to enter the territory through

for its part, egypt can use its unique relationship with hamas and the other palestinian factions in gaza to make clear that it opposes provocation and escalation on its borders. and we look to egypt to intensify its efforts to crack down on weapon smuggling from libya and sudan into gaza. i am convinced that if more rockets are allowed to enter gaza through the tunnels, that will certainly pave the way for more fighting again soon. we are ready to help and to support egyptian efforts to bring security and economic development to the sinai. others who are close to hamas and the other factions in gaza, including turkey and qatar, can and should make clear that another violent confrontation is in no one's interest. hamas itself, which has condemned those it rules to violence and misery, faces a choice between the future of gaza and its fight with israel. america has shown that we are willing to work with islamists who reject violence and work toward real democracy. but we will not, we will never, work with terrorists. hamas knows what it needs to do if it wishes to reunite the palestin

the cease-fire with hamas in gaza is fragile and temporary. the possibility of a nuclear iran has been called an existential threat to israel and throughout the middle east dictatorship which is could once be relied on to ensure israel's security are being replaced by unpredictable populist movements. i am pleased to have ehud olmert back at this table. welcome. >> thank you. >> rose: do you disagree with anything i just said? >> (laughs) >> rose: (laughs) well, like -- that prime minister netanyahu is the favorite to win reelection. >> that's right. >> rose: that's clear. >> that's the appearance at this moment, yes. >> rose: you have not decided whether you're going to reenter politics. >> right. >> rose: if you did you would run in kadima? >> well, the idea was that if i run it will be in a group of a few different factions together. >> rose: where do you see israel at this moment after gaza, after the palestinian vote at the united nations? >> well, i think that the gaza operation was necessary. they -- the operation started with the killi

dozens of civilians are reportedly killed in a serious hama province where the government and the opposition blaming each other and the russian foreign minister exclusively tells our team just where moscow stands in the conflict. russia and india rubber stamp billions of dollars worth of military megadeals up the two of the world's fastest growing countries and boost their global influence which is certainly making some in the west nervous. and while some celebrate others struggle the spiraling costs of christmas leave british pensioners in a far from the festive spirit. world news live from our brand new age steam moscow headquarters here watching r t with me lucy catherine of. well see. at least sixty people have been killed in a government airstrike on a bakery in the central hama province the state run media broadcast of the nie only instead accusing the opposition of the killings designed to smear the authorities as the international peace envoy visited damascus they are problems have it witnessed intense fighting in the past few days meanwhile russia's foreign minister had rebuffed spe

leader of hamas. who runs the militant group from qatar is in the last day of his of his historic trip to gaza and a speech labeled as extremist by israel he slammed it for occupation of the palestinian lands refusing to recognize the legitimacy of the jewish state that's after israel has announced earlier this week that it will keep on building new settlements which has been denounced by the international community middle east expert. says israel has even soured relations with one of its allies germany. we really made it very clear that we are totally against the continuing new settlements in the west bank and in jerusalem because this will definitely make the two state solution impossible it because if this building so going on the west bank will be split into the access to jerusalem will not be possible for the palestinians any more reaction by mr netanyahu and others were very strong and unusually undiplomatic you could say just before his visit to berlin condemning the stand of germany and the fa

dozens of civilians are reportedly killed in a serious hama province with the government and the opposition blaming one another of the russian foreign minister exclusivity tells our t.v. we're moscow stands in the conflict. russia and india rubber stamp of billions of dollars worth of military megadeals of the two of the world's fastest growing countries boost their global clout influence which is making some in the west nervous. and while some celebrate others are struggling as borrowing costs of christmas leave british pensioners in a far from festive spirit. world news live from our moscow h.t. brand new headquarters you're watching our team with me to see how often of. well syria's rebels say that at least sixty people have been killed in a government airstrike on a bakery in the central hama province state run media broadcast the denial instead of accusing the opposition of the killings designed to smear the authorities and the international peace envoy visited them ask us how much promise had a witnessed intense fighting in the past few days meanwhile russia's foreign minister has reb

right so operation pillar of cloud that israel has carried out in gaza is over now both israel and hamas are claiming victory could do you think is doing or i don't think israel is the winner except in one sense and that is it demonstrated that the iron dome missile defense system will work otherwise in the arena of public opinion internationally in the region it lost heavily. nobody likes to see advanced military aircraft bombing civilian populations which is what was happening. and of course this energized egypt diplomatically in a new way and it generated a lot of support for the palestinians in gaza. despite the fact that many of the governments that came to visit sent their foreign ministers or to gaza for example don't i come i said all in fact they fear it so it clearly strengthened the. how matz both in the palestinian territories and in the arab world politically and i think that's a victory for hamas and a defeat for israel but israel invokes the right to defend itself against terrorism and this is a claim backed by countries such as united states and germany you certainly don'

dozens of civilians are reportedly killed in syria's hama province with the government and the opposition blaming each other the russian foreign minister exclusively tells our team just where moscow stands on the conflict. russia and india rubber stamp billions of dollars worth of military megadeals two of the world's fastest growing countries with them global clout influence which is certainly making some and the west a bit nervous. and while some celebrates others struggle the spiraling costs of christmas leave british pensioners in a far from festive spirit. world news live from our brand new moscow h.d. headquarters i'm lucy cough and of and thanks for tuning in to our t.v. this hour. well syria's rebels say at least sixty people have been killed in a government airstrike on a bakery in the central hama province meanwhile state run media has broadcast a denial it claims that the opposition is behind the killings designed to smear the authorities as the international peace envoy visited damascus province has witnessed intense fighting in the past few days meanwhile russia's foreign min

dozens of civilians reportedly killed in syria's hama province with the government of the opposition blaming each other for it the russian foreign minister exclusively tells our moscow stands now in the conflict. the british. missing for months inexplicably turns up in a u.s. court on terror charges his reappearance has ignited suspicion but he's a victim of washington's the tourist rendition program. russia and india rubber stamp billions of dollars worth of military mega deals and two of the world's fast growing countries boost the global influence it's making some in the west. and while some celebrate other struggle the spiraling costs of christmas leave british pension is in a far from festive period. hello and very good even if you just joined us is kevin owen here at the new center tonight our top story syria's rebels say at least sixty people have been killed in a government air strike on a bakery in the central hama province state run media has broadcast a denial instead accusing the opposition of the killings designed to smear the authorities it said just as the internationa

the power of hamas is coming from the fact that there is no peace if we negotiated with abbas. and go out to a palestinian state side by side with israel and then a bus would have been much more supported in the west bank and the hamas would become much weaker and because the bill situation today is that the palestinian society says no hope. mahmoud abbas. saying that we need to talk to the israelis but then he gets no results well under hamas it is fighting by force and yet least you know they feel that they get something not that they really do they get more violence but but in terms of the feelings. hamas has a lot of power as long as there is no peace so as soon as we make peace with a bus he will be much much stronger ok we have to leave it there front director of the settlement watch project at peace now working to promote a two state solution thank you for your time here on r.t. today thank you. well an independent panel has concluded its investigation into september's deadly attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi concluded that protests sparked by national movie are n

and hamas valve's it to see the palestinians liberated as the militant group marks twenty five years in action while israel is losing allies through its plans to build more settlements. broadcasting live from central moscow recapping our week's top stories this is r.t. to have you with us the egyptian opposition has announced it will boycott of the referendum on the new constitution saying the document fails to represent the whole nation president morsi has ordered the military to maintain security until after saturday's vote on the disputed draft it is viewed by many as discriminatory journalist a bell true has more from cairo. the national salvation front which is the coalition of opposition forces how the press conference they express their complete rejection of the referendum of the constitution which they say enforces dictatorial tendencies and the key economic and social rights they've called for more protests on choose to against this documents and said that basically they will not stand down how this will be responded to by the president is yet to be seen and all of the speec

and hamas evolves to see the palestinians liberated as the militant group marks twenty five years in action while israel is losing allies through its plans to build more settlements. and recapping the week's top stories this is our team with the weekly report glad to have you with us the egyptian opposition has announced it will boycott the referendum on the new constitution saying the document fails to represent the whole nation president morsi has ordered the military to maintain security until after saturday's vote on the disputed draft it is viewed by many as discriminatory journalist a bell true has more from cairo. national salvation front which is the coalition of opposition forces how the press conferences they express their complete rejection of the referendum of the constitution which they say in force is dictatorial tendencies and the key economic and social rights they've called for more protests on choose to against this document and said that basically they will not stand down how this will be responded to by the president is yet to be seen in all of the speeches by the

into the countryside, and they are pushing further, trying to reach the city of hama. the government is striking back with warplanes, shelling areas. up to 700 syrian refugees have not been registered, but others have been crossing the border illegally. the fact that there is no political settlement in sight, that means more refugees will be finding safe haven, especially since most of them say they expect the government to put up a strong fight. hama is a strategic town. >> what about health of the refugees, as winter really hits hard? >> it has been very difficult. according to turkish authorities, they are now hosting 150,000 refugees. those that are registered. others that have the means to survive have rented apartments or lived with relatives, and a new camp has been built for a new wave of refugees. they are also building a further six refugee camps, expecting to absorbent up to 50,000. people are cold, hungry, and it is not only a question of refugees. they might be more likely than those that are displaced from one village to another. as long as there is no po

will be a challenge to try to talk even to hamas even though he's. speech was really. the traditional old if you will of hamas which has no intention to recognize the state of israel which wants to liberate palestine from the jaw from the river to the sea is he mentioned this new so very very little room for negotiations but you know that variations in the really big rally is one thing i mean the courageous in a big rally is one thing and getting into negotiations can lead to somewhere. the palestinian president mahmoud abbas treading very carefully right now or if he refrained from criticizing amasses actions because he's striving for unity with the mass is it possible for him to actually bridge that gap. the question should be raised to both parties to hamas and to fire till now all the efforts really failed i think it's a fatal mistake for the palestinian cause the palestinian are so divided about at least the rhetorical the last days sounds a little more promising and there is a chance for unification reunification but there were still very low.

both taking steps that have the effect of bolstering hamas. that improve hamas' standing in the region and i don't think that's the way they're going to find a peaceful resolution here. >> the how would characterize this administration's handling of the statehood issue? >> well i agree with the president's position, the question now is, what happens after it occurs? and of course what we've seen is that the israelis have responded with an action of their own. that we also disagree with. that's moving them further apart. but in the end, the united states wants a peaceful resolution. but it cannot impose it and it must be the parties themselves who want it bad enough to negotiate and make reasonable and principled compromise to get there. i believe they can do it. and i think ultimately they will, because it's in their self-interest. >> before i let you go, let's turn to domestic politics. let's talk about the fiscal cliff. you've been part of many of a political standoff. senate majority leader from '89 to 1995. how wide is the chasm between wh

militants are showing wreckage of a car in which a hamas commander was killed during an air strike. they are also displaying pictures of women and children who were killed or injured in the violence. >> translator: this exhibition is meant to show the barbaric action of israel against women and children. >> reporter: hamas leaders have presented the cease-fire as a concession imposed on israel. tens of thousands of their supporters gathered to celebrate in early december. >> translator: the armed struggle against israel is our path to freedom. >> reporter: a new perfume called m-75 has hit the stands selling more than 2,000 bottles. it's named after the rockets fired by militants against israeli citizens. >> translator: i'm proud that our rockets can target israel in naming a perfume after them was a great idea. >> reporter: the violence left deep scars in the minds of children. nearly 50 received counselling at this facility. they are encouraged to write down or draw pictures of their anxieties. then the children put their messages into what counselors call a box. >> translator: wh

god willing, unity fatah and hamas will happen very soon in the near future. we will be brothers, and together we will destroy the israeli entity. god willing, we are going to victory, victory, victory. >> reporter: the vote was largely symbolic, but abbas called the vote a birth certifcate for the state of palestine. the palestinians say the u.n. backing will strengthen their hand, but israel says it will make talks every tougher. >> the truth is when the party is over and the people wake up tomorrow morning, they'll see nothing has changed. reality on the ground remains as is. the only way forward is not meaningless theatre at the united nations, the only way forward is to have meaningful peace talks. >> reporter: both israel and the u.s. suffered a huge blow diplomatically. >> a treaty that fulfills the aspirations of the palestinian people is through jerusalem and ramallah, not new york. we made it very clear to the palestinian leadership -- you know i met with president abbas last week -- that we oppose palestinian efforts to upgrade their status at the u

, it is strengthening its hand -- into strengthening its hand, that hamas had become the paramount force in the region. >> i believe this is on the anniversary of the vote for israeli acceptance in the un, wasn't it? 1948? exactly the same day. that was not a creation of israel. that was the partition resolution to create two states. that is the tragedy. that was a resolution 65 years ago that said there should be a jewish state and an arab state. the jews accepted, the arabs rejected. they started a war where they attacked israel, five arab countries invaded, and they thought israel would easily be destroyed. it wasn't, and we have had 60- plus years where israel has been a state and the palestinians, overrun by their own arab allies, or cap essentially in bondage. they never achieved statehood because every time it was offered, like in 1947, with the jewish state and a palestinian state, they always said no if there is a jewish state. it is the lack of acceptance of a jewish state for this entire time that has prevented the emergence of the palestinian state. >> charles issue right in

this morning dozens of civilians are reportedly killed in syria's hama province with the government of the opposition blaming each other the russian foreign ministry exclusively tells r.t. moscow stands in the conflict. a british somali man for missing for months inexplicably turns up in a u.s. court on terror charges his reappearance has ignited suspicion he's a victim of washington's the tories rendition program. russia and india rubber stamp billions of dollars worth of military mega deals with the world's fastest growing countries boost their global influence which is making some in the west nervous. and while some celebrate others struggle the spiraling costs of christmas leave british pension it's in a festive spirit. just called midnight here now this twenty fifth of december if you're celebrating christmas our very best wishes to you for me kevin owen and the rest of the team syria's rebels say at least sixty people have been killed in a government a strike on a bakery in the central province state run media is broadcast in denial instead accusing the opposition of the killings

. >>> it's been more than a month since israel and hamas agreed to a cease fire in the gaza strip. six israelis died in the fighting. the vit lens violence left many traumatized particularly children. here's the report from gaza. >> reporter: one month into the cease fire resentment against israel runs deep in the gaza strip. militants are showing off the wreckage of a car in which a hamas commander was killed during an air strike and displaying pictures of women and children who were killed or injured in the violence. >> translator: this exhibition is meant to show the barbaric actions of israel against women and children. >> reporter: hamas leaded have viewed as a recession against israel. >> translator: the armed struggle against israel is our path to freedom. >> reporter: a new perfume also hit the stands selling more than 2,000 bottles. its named after the rockets fired against militants in israeli cities. >> translator: i'm proud our rockets can target israel in naming a perfume after them was a great idea. >> reporter: the violence left deep in the minds of children. nearly

. >>> it's been more than a month since israel and hamas agreed to a cease fire in the gaza strip. more than 170 palestinians and six israelis died in the fighting. the violence left many traumatized particularly children. here's the report from gaza. >> reporter: one month into the cease fire resentment against israel runs deep in the gaza strip. militants are showing off the wreckage of a car in which a hamas commander was killed during an air strike and displaying pictures of women and children who were killed or injured in the violence. >> translator: this exhibition is meant to show the barbaric actions of israel against women and children. >> reporter: hamas leaded have viewed as a recession against israel. tens of thousands of their sp supporters gathered to celebrate. >> translator: the armed struggle against israel is our path to freedom. >> reporter: a new perfume also hit the stands selling more than 2,000 bottles. its named after the rockets fired against militants in israeli cities. >> translator: i'm proud our rockets can target israel in naming a perfume after them w

up to ninety people have been killed in syria's volatile hama province and what opposition activists claim was a government led as trike the attack happened as around a thousand people were queuing in front of a bakery but also coming side over their arrival of if you want to make envoy lakhdar brahimi in syria meanwhile the means about science have resorted to the civil war have come under fire from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov spoke exclusively to say and our own he has warned that russia's foreign minister once again stressed that there could only be a diplomatic solution to this conflict adding that moscow is not taking sides and has condemned syrian authorities for using disproportionate force the security forces clearly were. prepared to face the public. protests and protests in the cities and in the villages they have been through you know to counter foreign aggression not to keep law and order a civilized manner however the minister also said that this doesn't rule out the fact that the rebels continue provoking syrian after henri's and he criticized the west for f

watching r t with me lucy catherine of well around one hundred people have been killed in syria's volatile hama province and what opposition activists say was a government airstrike the attack happened around as around a thousand people were lining up in front of a bakery that also coincided with the arrival of u.n. and arab league envoy lakhdar brahimi in syria meanwhile the medians that both sides have resorted to in a civil war have come under fire from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov had spoken exclusively to our team and our own ego piskun off has more on that russia's foreign minister once again stressed that there could only be a diplomatic solution to this conflict adding that moscow is not taking sides and has condemned the syrian authorities for. using disproportionate force the security forces clearly were. prepared to face the public. protests and protests in the cities and in the villages they have been trained you know to counter for an aggression not to keep law and order civilized men there however the minister also said that this doesn't rule out the fact that the rebel

government in gaza. >> and the hamas leader may still be a wanted man. palestinian police have been rehearsing the drill for any assassination attempt. >> is >> sreenivasan: israel and the u.s. consider hamas a terror organization. the israelis had little to say about today's visit. the death toll has passed 500 in the typhoon that smashed into the philippines on tuesday, with more than 400 people still missing. rescuers dug through mud and debris again today, to retrieve bodies in the hardest hit compostela valley region. some 250 people died there. more than 300,000 others lost their homes in the storm. president o blamea-- obama will ask congress for $50 billion for hurricane sandy. they announced it today in a statement the money is to help rebuild road, tunnels and assist thousands of people forced from their homes. those are those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: the u.s. supreme court announced today that for the first time in its history it would review the contentious issue of same-sex marriage. for more on th

it really wanted to could have squeezed hamas out of palestine but it didn't do so why. well i think israel did attempt very to use violence in the earlier cast lead operation it did there was at the very end of two thousand and eight as there was a change of administrations going on in washington it's interesting this war also happened around me with election time exactly but what israel failed and the reason it failed is that the strategy is wrong you cannot bomb people into peaceful coexistence it just does not work you spoke about their actions it was right after the presidential election in the united states right before the elections in israel . what does it suggest to you is the timing important or was it a coincidence well i suspect that the timing in this case was dictated by the israeli election. it's very popular in israel to kill lots of palestinians in gaza . and have mass is seen as a monster and so war against amounts when vote you know i want to talk about the wording of the operation pillar of cloud obviously referring to the bible and back in the bible.

it's part of the so-called axis of resistance against israel referring to the lions between hezbollah hamas syria and iran and according to hezbollah's leader hassan nasrallah both israel and the united states would suffer a retaliation to any strike against tehran but. the response would not be limited to the israeli entity the u.s. military bases in the entire region will serve as targets. so if israel targets iran even by itself that. america will be held accountable for this that. israel's november battle with gaza was seen as a test for a possible confrontation with the law an israeli airstrikes rained on gaza in exchange came a barrage of long range mortars and rockets most repelled by israel's anti-missile shield the front your fire a rocket threat from gaza the war may have showcased newly acquired weapons by palestinian militant factions but hezbollah's arsenal is thought to be of higher quality and quantity and experts say that it could launch four times as many markets per day as hamas the details of hezbollah stop all are secret but the group's willingness to use it is not. isra

a sewer and rebels are accused assad forces of launching an air strike in hama province in the east of the country leaving at least sixty dead they say civilians were killed as they queued to buy bread these images were taken by acts of its own kind of the independently verified this comes on and i would link representative brahimi arrives in syria to meet with officials. and see where it was also one of the topics russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov touched upon as he talked of the ships in global politics we're bringing you this exclusive interview with elsie in just a few minutes. longer decades. mediators. self-imposed out costs from society i will cut myself am i going to tag my brother understand my gone. image and i'm a. going to eventually attack the columns of my anger and my frustration the bill that. got upgraded well into the dome. observed the most violent gangs in us history. as just all model killing to kill with the colors matching the national flag not. that this country uses violence when it reaches and then it legitimizes the violence they all made in america on

and hamas vows to see palestinians liberated as the militant group marks twenty five years of action now while israel faces growing international pressure to stop building more settlements. a lot of very warm welcome to futures joined us this is our t. midnight here in moscow and. in first egypt opposition says it will boycott the referendum on the new constitution saying that the document fails to represent the whole nation president morsy earlier ordered the military to maintain security until after saturday's vote on the disputed draft is viewed by many as discriminatory let's get more live well true do you think the opposition is boycott of the referendum will force morsy end of the day the changes mind or not. while the national salvation front which is the coalition of opposition forces how the press conference literally about an hour ago they expressed their complete rejection of the referendum of the constitution which they say enforces dictatorial tendencies and neglect key economic and social rights they've called for more protests on chewstick and this document and said th

the last time during the hamas party has invited for todd to its twenty fifth anniversary celebrations in gaza the move is seen as a sign of warming relations between the two parties after splits caused by hamas winning power in gaza six years ago it's believed israel's latest military operation which killed over one hundred people has pushed hamas and fatah to cross the side of the differences. in athens agreed to use a clash with police during a rally marking the fourth anniversary of a deadly police shooting tear gas was used to disperse the angry mob or at least twenty eight people were detained are reported six cars were set alight back in two thousand and eight a policeman shot dead in an armed fifteen year old a sparking mass protest the officer received a life sentence just two years later. the financial drain for greece and europe in general doesn't seem to be going anywhere despite all the effort artie's cross-talk showed today on whether nosediving and decline is a new trend for the whole western world here's a preview of what's coming up at fifteen thirty g.m.t. . so is the

tonight dozens of civilians reportedly killed in syria's hama province with the government of the opposition blaming each other the russian foreign minister exclusively tells us where moscow's stands in the conflict. the british for missing for months inexplicably turns up in a u.s. court on terror charges his reappearance has ignited suspicion he's a victim of washington's the tories rendition program. russia and india rubber stamp billions of dollars worth of military mega deals as to the world's fast growing countries boost the global clout influence that's making some of the west nervous. and while some celebrate others struggle the spiraling construct christmas leaves british pensioners in a far from festive spirit. hello there in a very good evening shift just joy this is kevin irwin here at the new center tonight our top story syria's rebels say at least sixty people have been killed in a government a strike on a bakery in the central how my province state run media is broadcast a denial instead accusing the opposition of the killings designed to smear the authorities just as the inte

up to ninety people have been killed in syria is a volatile hama province and what opposition activists clay was a government allowed ass trike the at times happened as around a thousand people were clearing in front of a bakery it also coincided with the arrival of your arab league envoy lakhdar brahimi in syria and while that means the main sport science has resulted in the civil war have come under fire from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov spoke exclusively to our scene and our own he joins us now live with more details hello there you go or so the blood is standoff in syria is a focus of international attention right now how has the foreign minister approached a she. go out of his once again stress that could only be a diplomatic solution to this conflict he added that russia is not taking sides and condemn syrian authorities for using disproportionate force. the security forces clearly were. prepared to face public. protests and protests in the cities and in the villages they have been through you know to counter foreign aggression not to keep law and order a civilized mann

weapons to hamas and responsibility to protect its homeland. hamas is a terrorist organization that denies israel's right to exist and indiscriminately fired thousands of rockets in at towns, is a proxy for iran and an impediment to peace in the region and he goes on to say israel's citizens deserve to live without fear. as we move forward we must do all we can to break this unbreakable bond and as he heads to a second term i have no doubt he will do that. join me in welcoming our friend senator robert casey. [applause] >> thanks so much for that introduction. i am honored to be here for so many reasons. to follow the chairman, always an honor. it -- time grateful for that but especially glad to be here today because i almost wasn't, not in a dramatic way. we were all set to have a meeting and a vote that would involve the debt ceiling. as you know, not much rises quickly in the senate anyway. there was a meeting called for 1:00 and a vote after that or so we thought. that lasted about 18 minutes and then got change so thing goodness we are her

government in gaza. >> and the hamas leader may still be a wanted man. palestinian police have been rehearsing the drill for any assassination attempt. >> is >> sreenivasan: israel and the u.s. consider hamas a terror organization. the israelis had little to say about today's visit. the death toll has passed 500 in the typhoon that smashed into the philippines on tuesday, with more than 400 people still missing. rescuers dug through mud and debris again today, to retrieve bodies in the hardest hit compostela valley region. some 250 people died there. more than 300,000 others lost their homes in the storm. president o blamea-- obama will ask congress for $50 billion for hurricane sandy. they announced it today in a statement the moy is to help rebuild road, tunnels and assist thousands of people forced from their homes. those are those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: the u.s. supreme court announced today that for the first time in its history it would review the contentious issue of same-sex marriage. for more on the

that may help him a little bit in his joust for power that he has going on with hamas. it does not change the situation on the ground between the palestinians and israel. i think this is really the decision announced by the government today to expand settlements particularly in the key parts of the eastern part of jerusalem in a large settlement block, it's very worrisome. the united states will have to criticize this. if they build those 3,000 housing settlements it off the northern part of the west bank from the southern part of the west bank. very worrisome if you try to negotiate a final peace deal. >> eliot: michael, i have not heard anybody that disagrees with the analysis there. that's these have an unique lick destructive play and role in the prospect of peace negotiation. what can we do after this vote? how can the president called prime minister netanyahu and say don't do it? this is a tough moment for netanyahu as well. >> nick burns has more experience in these issues than i do, but in theory it could be walked back or transferred to palestinians as part of

rebels say at least sixty people have been killed in a government airstrike on a bakery in the central hama province state run media has broadcast a denial instead accusing the opposition of the killings designed to smear the authorities they say just as the international peace envoy visits damascus provinces witnessed intense fighting in the past few days meanwhile russia's foreign ministers rebel. off speculation that moscow is looking to get asylum the president the sad and the russians shielding his government so get over australia exclusively to us and say we got more from our correspondent he got his call. russia's foreign minister once again stressed that there could only be a diplomatic solution to this conflict adding that moscow is not taking sides and has condemned the syrian authorities for using disproportionate force the security forces clearly we're. prepared to face the public. protests and protests in this city is and in the villages they have been through you know to counter foreign aggression not to keep law and order a civilized manner however the minister also said that

that dozens of civilians are reportedly killed in syria's hama province with the government the opposition blaming each other the russian foreign minister exclusively tells us. in the complex. of the headlines from us the british missing for months explicitly turns up a u.s. court on terror charges is reappearances ignited suspicion he's a victim of washington's the rendition program we examine that. russia and india rubber stamp billions of dollars worth of military maggot deals with two of the world's fastest growing countries boost their global clout influence this making some in the west nervous. some celebrate this struggle we report of a spiraling costs of christmas leaving british pension is in a far from festive spirit. there in a very good evening for me kevin and if you just joined us it's now just after eleven pm here at the new center our top story syria's rebels say at least sixty people have been killed in a government airstrike on a bakery in the central province state run media is broadcast a denial instead accusing the opposition of the killings designed to smear the autho