palestinians. now there to me there not only presented as their enemy as you know over the years we had to empty far does each of them lasted several years a very violent especially the second one with about two hundred fifty suicide attacks a lot of israeli casualties we still have missiles from time to time comic form. it's look it would not be fair to say that somebody is manipulating it and presenting the palestinians as the enemy the palestinians the enemy one of the enemies of israel so it's very difficult for part of the public to to sympathize with the difficult conditions there especially in gaza or any in the west bank. however i think there are many many israelis tens of thousands maybe hundreds of thousands if that care about eight that are in touch with palestinians and support them through their civil society also there is a responsibility of the israeli government because we're they'll keep bio's to see to eat there the conditions will be bearable and we are passing money that we col

state we will be the palestinian state it will be israeli palestinian state or by national state so i don't know the struggle or the government is doing ok but what can be done about the settlements in israel and says there cannot be another gaza solution which has settlements dismantled so what's the way out first of all we had to freeze in the past but the issue of the settlements is directly correlated to issue a for make off the agreement if an attorney oh whoops to reach peace with the palestinians the further think he personally has to say is let's stop settling because the more settlements we have the more difficult it is to reach an agreement so first he should be there were stopping it don't forget that the prime minister shot room when he decided to go out to for gaza and the rules of the west bank removed the settlements removed them and said no we shouldn't be that. he's not doing it. first of all it doesn't look just enough to stand against the pressures of the right but even more worrying it looks as if he's personally in favor of it so so this is this is the really ma

arafat's attorney will meet the palestinian authority and the swiss tomorrow afternoon, but the palestinian authority has insisted that al jazeera be frozen out. we cannot film, or attend. >> thanks for coming out to geneva >> no problem >> professor dave barclay is also here. >> he's a leading forensic scientist, with decades of experience in the british crime investigation services. and he's followed the case closely since the beginning of our investigation. i use the opportunity to show him the russian report for his reaction to the 15 pages that reach an inconclusive conclusion. >> the choice of bone fragments that they've chosen to use is very odd and the levels they've got appear to be ten or twenty times less than you'd expect just from anybody else in the world, so i think the results are meaningless. >> november 5th, in geneva, the arafat family lawyer, saad djebbar, sets off. he will collect the final report along with the palestinian authority after a presentation from the swiss scientists. in paris, arafat's widow and daughter, suha and zahwa, wait and wonder what the findings w

state we will be the palestinian state it will be in israeli palestinian state that by national state so i don't know the struggle or the government is doing ok but what can be done about the settlements israel insists are cannot be another gaza solution which saw settlements dismantled so what's the way out first of all we had to freeze in the past but the issue of the settlements is directly correlated to issue a for make off the agreement if an attorney oh whoops to reach peace with the palestinians the further think he personally has to say is let's stop settling because the more settlements we have the more difficult it is to reach an agreement so first he should be there were stopping it don't forget that the prime minister shot room when he decided to go out to for gaza and the rules of the west bank removed the settlements removed them and said no we shouldn't be that. he's not doing it. first of all it doesn't look just enough to stand against the pressures of the right but even more worrying it looks as if he's personally in favor of it so so this is this is the real main co

let's begin with the palestinians. i may just say something about the book it's important to me to stress that beyond the way i deal with the conflict and all that goes with it, this is really like a celebration of israel. and this is, it's not only about all these heavy things because the fact -- >> i mean the book is really what i say about israel that israel is an amazing phenomenon of vitality against all odds. and. >> it's one part and a significant part. >> very important part. and it's and again i think that after you do, you're honest enough to dealing with the problems, the things, the conflict and so on, you may step, take a step back and look at what the wonderous place it is and what a miracle with its man-made miracle israel is. and this is very important to strike. the problem is that this great energy israel has in economy and the culture, in arts, in every day life, in night life, israel is a very lustful sexy creative place. and it's wonderful to live there actually when there are no wars. the problem

not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe that rather than creating two separate states, one israeli and one palestinian, that we should have a one-state solution where everyone shares in the same land and has equal rights. i know i'm in the minority with this idea. still, the situation in the west bank and in israel is so complicated now that you have a scrambled situation, where the israelis are living amongst palestinians, and palestinians are living amongst israelis, and the question really is how to separate the two people. one of the israeli intellectuals that dealt with this binational situation which we are in is the former deputy mayor

in the palestinian-controlled areas, you have 2 million palestinians and no rells. in the israeli-controlled areas, you have 400,000 israelis, and 70,000 palestinians. so here's what i suggest. in the palestinian-control areas, let them have full self-governance-- elections, pay your own taxes, build your own homes, have your own economy-- do whatever you want. we don't want to govern you, barring one thing-- we have to have overall security responsibility. otherwise, it will become a terror state like gaza. now, in the israeli-controlled areas i would apply israeli law and sovereignty. i would offer full, equal citizenship to those 70,000 palestinians. they would be offered to be an equal israeli citizen like myself, like 1.7 million israeli arabs, vote are if the the kinesset. to that degree we would separate. they would have their own intity. it's not a state in the sense they don't have their own army because i'm not willing to risk my kids again, charlie. i'm not willing to do that. >> rose: if you were a palestinian would you accept that? >> absolutely. >> ros

it was painful for the palestinian people, the palestinian leadership and the family of the late president. it was maybe it could have been not possible to arrive at the analysis of the body if -- if the body has been subjected to postmortem since the death was not known according to the knows known. and if the french support included all examinations relative to toxic substances used in political assassinations including the alpha radiance. or if the samples of the blood and body have been kept for 10 years since the cause of the death is not known for the [inaudible] center. considering all these circumstances and the importance of arriving at the facts with complete transparency, we were looking for a third party of assistance to us. this was suggested based on their experience in this area. and they met the russian foreign minister on november 11th, 212 and requested thei their assist. the russian government agreed to send a specialized team to provide that assistance. there are three teams, the swiss, the french and the russian arrived on november 25th, 2012 to open the case. we reque

state we will be the palestinian state it will be an israeli palestinian state a binational state so i don't understand what all the government is doing ok but what can be done about a settlement israel and saved are cannot be another gaza solution which has an immense dismantled so what's the way out first of all we had to freeze in the past but the issue of the settlements is directly connected to issue a for make off the agreement if an attorney oh whoops to reach peace with the palestinians defer think he personally has to say is let's stop settling because the more settlements we have the more difficult it is to reach an agreement so first he should be there were stopping it don't forget that prime minister sharon when he decided to go out to for gaza in the north of the west bank removed the settlements removed them and said no we shouldn't be that. he's not doing it. first of all it doesn't look just enough to stand against the pressures of the right but even more worrying it looks as if he's a person. only. so. this is really may. be musing over the settlements well talking a

now, palestinians await the next step that the palestinian authority would take, whether they would demand an international investigation, and then they say maybe press ahead and move ahead to take the case to the international criminal cou court. the palestinian state is a nonmember state of the united nations and does have the right to request membership at the international criminal court. >> al jazeera reporting from ramallah. later this hour we explain how the deadly poison works, we'll look back at arafat's life and controversial image as well. >>> the former leader of pakistan is a free man today, at least in his own country. mu musharraf was freed on bail. musharraf has faced a series of charges since he returned to pakistan in march after years of self-imposed exile of the he was also complicated for his role in the death in bhutto and he was granted bail in those cases. >>> a fresh round of negotiations is set to begin this morning on iran's nuclear program. members of the u.n. security council are in geneva to give a proposal to leaders. the international community hopes the tal

the first all-female palestinian racing team. >> hi. i'm tony. good to meet you. >> when i'm riding a car, i'm the happiest girl ever. racing, it's in my blood. here in palestine, it's very small. there's no roads. so when i drive, i speed. i feel free. >> do you find that people underestimated you at first? >> at the beginning, they could maybe make fun of us. but when we got good scores -- >> now they know? >> yeah. a car doesn't know if you're a woman or a man. a lot of girls want to join us as speed sisters. but some of their families are very reserved. they don't like their daughters to be between men racing, you know. palestine is a very reserved society. >> so are things getting better? staying the same, or worse? >> you never know what's going to happen in palestine. one day it's good and the other day it's just -- you never know. it's a crazy country. >> the local police would prefer them off the streets for obvious reasons. but the track here, such as it is, has its drawbacks. it's basically a parking lot across from the detention cente

we hope the palestinians are too. our palestinian neighbors have to finally say they recognize the legitimacy of the jewish state and they are willing to live with us in peace. and we want to hear they are willing to take seriously our legitimate security concerns. because without security legitimacy there can be no peace. >> but you are still building settlements even as you accuse the palestinians of not being sincere, doesn't it suggest that israel is not a sincere partner for peace? >> i disagree. we're building in existing communities in the jewish neighborhoods of jerusalem. you remember the famous al jazeera leaks. these are areas where the palestinians themselves accepted the principle that they will remain in israeli hands. so we're not building new neighborhoods, we're building inside existing commune tease. the settlement issue along with all of the other issues, and all of the issues have to be on the table, and negotiated, and that's what we want to do. >> i wonder how you assess the relations right now.

and palestinians because israel will not accept significant numbers of palestinians going back. >> any progress to be made here--sorry, these discussions doomed to lead to no real solution? >> i believe it will lead to nowhere unless the united states takes a clear position. eventually the united states will have to come with a plan based on the prior agreements between the two sides and say here it is. we're going to have to start negotiating based on what you have agreed in 2000 and 2009, because we can no longer start every time from scratch. it is up for the united states to put its foot down. as soon as president obama does so, there will be no peace between israel and palestinians under his watch. >> always great to speak with you. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> kevin has the chilly forecast coming up. >> rethey watching you i'll tell what you is going on online next on al jazeera america. >> you're on capitol hill controversy and blame continue over the botched roll out of the federal healthcare law's website. i'm libby casey, and i'll have more coming up. >> all right, we're goi

refugee, and they want the palestinians to recognize israel as a jewish state. they believe all of these krns a non-starter for them. but palestinian president is committed to the nine-month period of talk he agreed to initially, so if the talks fail he won't be blamed for their failure. >> the obama administration says it is now working to fix those problems with the affordable care website. but members of congress still have plenty of questions about what went wrong especially with the rollout. right now the committee is grilling kathleen sebelius. libby casey is in washington. libby this time it's the senate. it's supposed to be safe territory for the democrats but some way with political friends like this, who needs the endnys. >> that's right, dell. she is facing tough questions from this group. the last time she testified before the finance committee was in the spring. and a democrat warned her that if implementation wasn't done right that the healthcare law could turn into a train wreck. senator baucus is the main architect of the law. but he asked if the

palestinians accuse israel of being behind his death an allegation israel tonight. an israeli government spokesman dismissed the investigation which involved opening and touched him and said it was more soap opera than science but the palestinian liberation organization says there's no other credible suspect. more on the women's national inquiry committee should be formed to investigate this and find you committed this crime against the monster down. because in israel have an interest in getting him to only a few israel the media have speculated a power struggle within the palestinian leadership might have been behind arafat's death. more we're joined now in studio by clinic divesting palestinian ambassador to germany. thank you very much for joining us what conclusions and you are drawn from the swiss friends the team's findings. with ed chose to stay in and took no time to breaking in for the design of the hallway. it is then that i have tied dyed blue and in this being an icing that this would explain quantum taught us it's not it's nothing new but to which inclu

the first all-female palestinian racing team. >> hi. i'm tony. good to meet you. >> when i'm riding a car, i'm the happiest girl ever. racing, it's in my blood. here in palestine, it's very small. there's no roads. so when i drive, i speed. i feel free. >> do you find that people underestimated you at first? >> at the beginning, they could maybe make fun of us. but when we got good scores -- >> now they know? >> yeah. a car doesn't know if you're a woman or a man. a lot of girls want to join us as speed sisters. but some of their families are very reserved. they don't like their daughters to be between men racing, you know. palestine is a very reserved society. >> so are things getting better? staying the same, or worse? >> you never know what's going to happen in palestine. one day it's good and the other day it's just -- you never know. it's a crazy country. >> the local police would prefer them off the streets for obvious reasons. but the track here, such as it is, has its drawbacks. it's basically a parking lot across from the detention cente

the first all-female palestinian racing team. >> hi. i'm tony. good to meet you. >> when i'm riding a car, i'm the happiest girl ever. racing, it's in my blood. here in palestine, it's very small. there's no roads. so when i drive, i speed. i feel free. >> do you find that people underestimated you at first? >> at the beginning, they could maybe make fun of us. but when we got good scores -- >> now they know? >> yeah. a car doesn't know if you're a woman or a man. a lot of girls want to join us as speed sisters. but some of their families are very reserved. they don't like their daughters to be between men racing, you know. palestine is a very reserved society. >> so are things getting better? staying the same, or worse? >> you never know what's going to happen in palestine. one day it's good and the other day it's just -- you never know. it's a crazy country. >> the local police would prefer them off the streets for obvious reasons. but the track here, such as it is, has its drawbacks. it's basically a parking lot across from the detention cente

now, the palestinians await the next step that the palestinian authority would take, and whether they would demand an international investigation, and then they say, maybe press ahead and move ahead to take the case to the international critical court. the palestinian state is a non-member state acting in the united nations, and it does have the right to request membership at the international criminal court. >> taking a look at money news. yesterday's exuberance on wall street seems to be fading, after initially starting higher, the dow is falling off of its highs. there's a decline in business and consumer spending, but the big news involves a company that's famous for its messages of 140 characters or less. live at the new york stock exchange, with more on twitter, who just began trading a few moments ago, and heidi, you can go over 140 characters, but why are investors excited when 2013 has yet to turn a profit? >> just minutes after trade open, the twitter shares are more than $46 a share, and that's significantly more than the initial offering at $26 a share. but twitter, there

israeli settlements on palestinian land are illegitimate. >> it was something palestinians had waited to hear and was perhaps encouraged if not depend by the palestinian authority. the most unequivocal u.s. statement yet on the israeli settlements. >> the position of the united states of america on the settlements is that we consider now and have always considered the settlements to be illegitimate. and i want to make it extremely clear that at no time did the palestinians in any way agree as a matter of going back to the talks that they some how condone or accept the settlements. >> the public acceptance, an important endorsement to the palestinian position. >> i welcome you again. >> earlier in the day the public handshake was apparently one of the few moments in the meeting with the prime minister who following reports of israeli process clearly decided this form of defense was attacked. >> i see they continue with theory crisis, continue to create artificial crisis and continue to avoid and runaway from historic decisions that are needed to make genuine peace. >> if the purpose of

when it comes to the palestinians. these babies to sit in a study of the settlements that he comes to the palestinians of course there's the issue of the cheese and i discuss this with us. it's that the two best part of the discussion of potential that i've called realistic digital. now i know realistically to mow it covers the cities of considerations element is added to the rocks. to be a stakeholder in the negotiation itself the beaches say that that is must be part of the settlement of disputes but missed them all for the season. the blog. or it could be great we were directed to its. if you do have that which can lead to that kid to be on his chin refugee advocates problem has to be was all an in depth probe has to be rizzo for us in to put it. to one of the conflict with the students we should bring it to them. what the book to send them out of. the let the awesome how we have made a commitment to them. we support the arab peace initiative adopted by the security council in residence in fifteen fifteen in which t

this is a crime, assassination of an elected palestinian leader by his people. it is assassination, and you can't imagine how my daughter and myself are in a very sad situation. we are mourning the father and the husband again, you know, this is a terrible feeling. >> al jazeera will have more continuing coverage on the poisoning of yasser arafat throughout the evening. >>> it is a dream that one man had for over 50 years. a california man had a dream of a flying car. soon it's about to take an evaluate. his car is scheduled in june to take flight. >> reporter: getting stuck in traffic may be soon be the thing of a past if one california inventor has his way. >> i designed my first helicopter when i was 15. >> reporter: creator of the sky car, a futuristic looking vehicle that can go from the streets to the sky like this transporter in this space age cartoon. >> i don't know if the jetsons inspired me or if i inspired them. >> reporter: he has been on a mission to create the world's first flying car. this is the vehicle that started it all. a flying sa saucer th

secretary of state has been meeting with israeli and palestinian -- palestinian leaders. in july,ng launched the negotiations quickly ran into trouble with no visible signs of progress. kerry is meeting palestinian abbas and bettelheim after an earlier meeting with israeli prime minister netanyahu. picture of a grim peace talks, benjamin netanyahu sounded less than optimistic, pointing the finger at the palestinians. >> israel wants peace with the palestinians. i am concerned about their rye grass because i see the palestinians continue with incitement, continuing to create artificial crises, continue to avoid and run away from the historic decisions that are needed to make a genuine peace. >> the israeli prime minister said he hopes john kerry's visit will help get the talks back on track in the u.s. secretary of helped revive negotiations in july after years of stalemate. he said he was confident a deal could be made before the april deadline. >> this can be achieved with good faith, with a serious effort on both sides to make real compromises and hard decisions. >> tho

palestinians. >>> amid the party atmosphere in new orleans, there's a big problem in the big easy, an explosion of homeless women and nowhere for them to go. >>> and the vehicle of the future is taking flight. the sky car could make sitting in traffic a thing of the past. >>> good morning, and welcome to "al jazeera america." i'm stephanie cy. the 2013 election brought major surprises, but for avid political watchers and the off-year voting was a tasty appetizer for the main courses to come, next year's midterms and the race for the white house two years later. voters picked new leaders in cities and states across the country. most of the national focus was on new jersey and virginia, where governors were chosen. new jersey incumbent chris christie was re-elected in a landslide. he's viewed as a top republican challenger to hillary clinton in a potential 2016 presidential match-up. in virginia a powerful clinton ally, terry mcauliffe narrowly beat republican ken cuccinelli. virginia has been a batt

we have to deal with the israeli-palestinian crisis. we have to deal with repairing our relations with saudi arabia and egypt. and many other things, all over the world. so you've got to come back to the israeli-palestinian file as one that the united states takes seriously on its own. it cannot be held hostage. >> brown: very briefly, do you think that will happen? >> i do, actually. i think there is an ability that the united states has to make this issue-- to bring this issue to the fore. if the united states wants to focus on it, the parties will focus on it. and i think clearly the intervention to stop this settlement expansion is inspired by washington in one way or another. >> brown: okay, we are going to have to leave it there, but we'll keep watching, robert satloff, and hussein ibish, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> wooduff: again, the major developments of the day: the typhoon death toll in the philippines neared 2,350, and survivors ransacked whole warehouses for food. the obama administration reported fe

after that the palestinians will be awaiting what the palestinian authority may be doing. a credible international investigation into the in incidt sounds like the right steps to take after it's closed. one person from the plo we spoke to said after the investigation the palestinian authority could consider going to the national criminal court at the hague. and one person blamed israel for the death of arafat at the time that the israelis are the only ones that had the means and the motive to get rid of arafat. >>> aamnesty international is accusing the oil giant shelf covering up the oil spilled in the delta. they have made false statements about clean ups. >> they row objec reject the a s that are baseless. let's fak take a look. 100 to 2,000 barrels of oil are stolen a day. the sabotage can be rejected to accept claims by local communities. one. worst disasters was in 1978. the people that are affected by this spill have launched a lawsuit in the uk. joined live by joan good to have you with us. if i could get you to respond to shell's response to am a am a as report. >

this is going to be disputed and heatedly rejected by the palestinians. there is another issue brewing in resent days, there has been discussion in the israeli parliament about the issue of granting no you. jewish access to the sacred sanctuary. and this is something that the palestinians warn is mo potentiy explosive. even by the stormy standard of debate this meeting stood out as rowdy. and a discussion in a parliamentary committee is the issue of whether jews should have free access to pray on one of islam's holiest sites. jewish prayer has u always been allowed at the western war, but not on the haram sharif itself. in the past the status quo was largely challenged by an extreme fringe of the israeli row will i greligiousright. now it's a matter of mainstream political debate. fused together of the coa coalin government are members of the settlest's movement to gain free access to the temple mount. >> it's the most important place. the temple mount is the holiest place in the no jewish row list. remission. religion. but to allow the prayer it would bb

from the president of the palestinian authority. the most unequivocal u.s. statement left on the issue of israeli settlements. >> on the issue of the settlements is that we consider now and have always considered the settlements to be illegitimate. and i want to make it extremely clear that at no time did the palestinians in any way agree as a matter of going back to the talks that they some how condone or accept the settlements. >> the public insistence that there had been no secret agreements condoning settlement. possibly something not expected by the small group of palestinians protesting against the john kerry visit. >> earlier in the day the public happened shake was apparently one of the few o affiable momens during the negotiation. it was clearly decided the best form of defense is attack. >> i'm concerned about progress because i see the palestinians continuing with excitement, continue to go create artificial crises. continuing to avoid and runaway from this historic decisions that are needed to make genuine piece. >> if t

france trusts you and israel and as well as the palestinian authority. it is not up to france to decide what the agreement should be about because it is you who has to make peace. we can only encourage you and to say to you what are the principles for us two states for two people living together side by side in peace and security with jerusalem as the capitol of the two states. safe, secure, recognized borders based on those of 1967, yes, but with the possibility of exchanging territory. and the possibility of international organization, of compensation, our palestinian friends recognize these parameters but we must go through to the end and at one time commit ourselves. >> reporter: you are watching a live press conference from the west bank and a meeting with the palestinian president, let's cross over to al jazeera's mike who has been monitoring this press conference for us and mike is there, mike, both leaders not surprisingly focus on the stalled peace talks issue. how significant is tell visit? he has met with the israelis and palestinians but to w

swiss scientists say the former palestinian leader was poisoned. they found high levels of poison in his ribs and pelvis, and the radioactive material was found in the soil where he was buried. clayton swisher has more from paris. >> reporter: first they found abnormally high amounts of the poison in his clothes. now they have discovered a high presence of the radioactive substance inside his bones. swiss scientists produced this 108 report after an exhume makes of his body last september. the data clearly favors poisoning of the leader with up to 83% confidence. the family received the results from their lawyer along with analysis from david bar -- barclay. for widow and daughter it is 100% proof. >> when they came with the results, they told me he just died. i will not stop. me and my daughter will go to all courts in all over the world to punish who did this crime. >> now that i have proof that he was poisoned, i feel a bit relieved. i feel relieved actually. final closure for me will be knowing who killed him, and the motive and ambition behind

there, at thec palestinian presidential palace. they made it clear that israel is the only suspect. thatactly, and they say also as a way to brush off rumors that the late leaders palestinian entourage may have been involved. the head of the palestinian commission investigating the circumstances of the death of yasser arafat did not give any concrete evidence to back his claim, and that is why he refers to israel as a suspect, not a culprit. and he added that the investigation, the palestinian investigation into the matter is not quite finish. remember, what the swiss medical experts have been saying at this point is that the possibility of the late palestinian leader having been poisoned could not be entirely confirmed, nor could it be completely ruled out. and one reason why there is such a high degree of uncertainty is because the autopsy was conducted eight years after his death and not in 2004 at the time of his passing. at that time, the man's own widow had refused that arafat be autopsied. ,about arafat's widow she is behind the investigation. she is saying it is too early to

it would look the fit to say that somebody is manipulating it then presenting the palestinians is. right on the street. first street. and i think pictures. on our reporters twitter. and instagram. could be in the. on. this immediately so we need to. find the same potion security for your party there's a poll. questions that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics only on our t.v. . southie live from moscow a rescue operation is underway in the philippines after the biggest typhoon to ever hit the region has left parts of the country in ruin thousands of troops have been deployed to help relief workers currently struggling through the mountains of debris a local authorities say more than ten thousand people may have died in the disaster the numbers yet to be confirmed meanwhile the typhoon has already reached vietnam killing at least six and literally forcing hundreds of thousands to flee the coastal areas and is expected to move on to southern china where a state of emergency has already been declared meteorologists are robotic o.-l. beli

they say the palestinians need to stop leveling these accusations. enough is enough. >> thank you for joining us from ramallah. now we go to a round up of other news. the french government says it is by standard & poor's decision to downgrade its credit rating. says it is acting because of the country's inability to enact reforms. this latest downgrade puts it two notches below neighboring germany. police have arrested a man in connection with a series of explosions. it was outside the committee of the communist party and taiwan. police found self made bombs in the man's residence. couldis a fear that polio reemerge in europe because of an outbreak in syria. the vaccination's used are not as effective as those used in other parts of the world. refugees may spread the disease while it is still incubating. masters champion adam scott leads in the australian championship. he is two shots clear and 10 under par. when actors need to fight on stage or screen, they have to be taught how to fake it realistically and safely. she became britain's first ever fe

investigators that follows the publication of two reports into the death of the late palestinian leader and swiss scientists said he was certainly poisoned and they confirmed that he had poison in his body but the findings were inconclusive. >> translator: this is the crime of the 21st century. we will not save an effort and no obstacle will stop us arriving at the facts. the basis, ladies and gentlemen, is to find out who stands before the assassination of yasser arafat. and who has the technical and scientific resources for that. we say that israel is the only one to be accused. >> reporter: and joining us now is phil reese one of the journalist in the special investigative unit who spearheaded the investigation into yasser arafat's death. we heard the conclusions by palestinian officials and a slight difference between the swiss and russian results and you have been through the russian results and are you saying they were skewed in advance for political reasons? >> well it was an intriguing press conference and he seemed to say both reports confirmed that there was poisoning and mr.

state we will be the palestinian state. right. first. and i think the church. for. instance. to be in the know. to speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the will talks about six of the ip interviews intriguing story for you to. try. to find out more visit our big. dog called. the media leave us so we leave that maybe. by the same motions secure. your party there's a bill. for shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all politics only on our team. welcome back across up we're all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing what the term international community means. ok george i want to go back to you were discussing when the international community whatever that is is important isn't applied to and we've heard to and when it's not go ahead george. yes if you want to say that. iraq was invaded by a coalition of the willing led by the united states then you should say that it was led by a small group o

state we will be the palestinian state. welcome back to crossfire for all things are considered i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're discussing what the term international community means. ok george i want to go back to you were discussing when the international community whatever that is is important and isn't applied to and we've heard to and when it's not go ahead george yes if you want to say that. the iraq was invaded by a coalition of the willing led by the united states then you should say that it was led by a small group of countries led by the united states and i want to say it was the international community just like in the case of yugoslavia it was nato that bombed yugoslavia and he was again it was a policy that was pushed by a few of the nato powers so you have no real business deeming this somehow the will and the actions of the international community as well as a kind of or the dishonesty in the use of this international community there is no way that you can actually solve the international community when

i say this to the israelis as a friend and i say it here to the palestinians. they must also make efforts to deal with difficult problems. >> to get more analysis on the french president's visit, let's bring in roger from ramallah. what effect will the french president's visit have on peace negotiations, if any? they will not have peace negotiations to speak of. the palestinians are disappointed in general. they are disappointed in their own leadership. they do not recognize any role model in the political sphere. they are even more disappointed with leaders abroad to give them good advice and then do not stay long enough to see it is carried out. peace negotiations have been overshadowed by other talks on iran's nuclear program. talksffect might the iran have on peace negotiations the israelis and palestinians? you ask political scientists to deal with realism, they will say france has been asked to take a hard line by israel and perhaps the united states on iran and asks change -- in exchange for help in the peace process. implied the temporary cutback in set

brady to be looked into the incident palestinian top of the country. it is. if the palestinians are far reaching heights again its construction. it dies away it means construction of is the aim of school. and not to toll even on the industry and and if you say you don't want anybody looking at me and let me excuse me just one second. exclude many discrimination. and it's unbearable. the reality is in order to have peace negotiations is now needs to halt construction on settlement building in the disputed tear because it is part of the priests his presence is one of the conditions and conditions you can put any condition would be acceptable for you if somebody say is if you are jewish you may email construct the building didn't they use to say. they are the united states the european union. most of the international treaty it's seen as the confiscation of land in practice but that's it. to make opinion is not the source of the legal opinion and from a legal point of view. construction in the territory's the chalk and with which we chop under israeli adm

and the palestinian authority ordered three separate investigations. and as was said, al jazeera has discovered there were abnormalities in the way the russian report was produced. >> reporter: a new development brings me to the armenian capitol. we were expecting results from switzerland months ago, but the news is that they will be delayed for more testing and verification. in the meantime a man from the former soviet union contacts me online saying he can access leaked findings from the study of arafat's remains. the palestinian authority brought russia in to conduct a third examination on top of the french and which ises studies, but the krim listen has refused any access, so the leak could be significant. after months of communication, i decide to meet the source. ♪ he asked and we agreed to hide his identity. we spend hours checking that neither of us are being followed, unsure of the risks of releasing this classified material. he shows us 15 pages, said to be the summary findings from the russian lab. after we convince him to speak to us on c

the palestinian authority brought russia in to conduct a third examination. after months of communication i decide to meet the source. ♪ he asked and we agreed to hide his debitty. we spent hours checking that neither of us are being followed, unsure of the risks of releasing this classified material. ♪ >> he shows us 15 pages, said to be the summary findings from the russian lab. after we convince him to speak us to on camera. >> they were not only restricted in how they presented the report, they were also given an incomplete selection of samples. the document shows they measured only four of a total of 20. >> it's not clear what happened to the other 16 samples. in the four that were tested the reading of pal loan um were suspiciously lowe. nonetheless the scientists write that the results are inconclusive. >> so phil, does it appear as though the russians have handled the evidence that they were given incorrectly or has their investigation in some way been interfered with, do you think? >> well, that's a good question. it does appear that there was po