israeli soldiers opened fire. sharpshooters were deployed but palestinians frustrated by the endless siege to live under undeterred. israeli commanders say they issued warnings against approaching the border fence. we will never shoot one bullet against anyone who stays away from the security wall we have wounded during the last few days that everyone who tries to violate the israeli sovereignty or to infiltrate the israeli territories will put himself and his life in danger but for besieged palestinian demonstrating next to the border is about the only visible means available for the world not to forget their plight we live under immense pressure that is why the people explode the blockade and the siege led to the explosion we either choose to live properly or to die we have no space we have no alternatives but to explode we have nothing except the oxygen in the air. land the is considered the first palestinian popular uprising for the past forty two years palestinians have been commemorating this day but this ye

society never again will we allow ourselves to be made victims say the israelis and the declaration of the state of israel by david ben-gurion in one nine hundred forty eight gave jews around the world their own homeland but israeli media too found itself at war with five arab nations during the conflict hundreds of thousands of palestinians fled from their homelands in what they called the naacp are all catastrophe. two groups of people fighting for the same homeland yes but i but i think. and i think this is unfortunately that the challenge that israel is a failed to take up on them right i mean in a good way to try and fix but i don't think that acknowledging the palestinian suffering is contradicting the belief that jews have a place in the land palestine and i think both palestinians and jews well the moderates will moderate ones know and understand these two people will have to find a way to co-exist and the lack of success is a tragedy and there's no doubt if you're looking at who's paying the price of that tragedy. when that you guys there's the there's no doubt who's carryi

now she's working on a book about israelis and germans. the things that they have in common and the problems they have with each other. and the beginning probably like all germans i was a bit apprehensive like when i talk on the phone with my mother in german but i had very positive experiences that said i live in tel aviv and young televisa are in fact really into germany. and. israelis are so wonderfully relaxed and laid back and i really like the mentality there's a kind of easiness you walk down the streets you sit down in a cafe and immediately someone comes and starts chatting with you that can be pretty annoying sometimes the good thing about israel is that you're practically never alone i mean the bad thing about israel is that you're practically never alone. germany is three thousand kilometers away but israelis follow events there closely so i think. the anti semitic voices in germany there heard here too like during the recent conflict when videos with calls of gas the jews circulated on the web people here are aware of that but

now, you can blame the israelis. but you can also blame palestinians for allowing enough justifications for the creation of that mess. maybe they were misled. maybe they had no other choice. but this is what you have. you have enough building blocks to create the myth of israeli -- >> were the palestinians misled during the four years? and how are they coping with their fears? we went to see a person who fought for victims w witut a futurere. >> i h had mycousin killed by the israelis. anand we were susupped to have party here. we lit candles for all those who passed away to give us life. so we lit candles. and we cried there. then we came back home, we danced. we also cried again. andd for us, that was the resistance. >> the regression in the last three years has been incredible in the relationship between palestinians and the israelis. is there any way that you found to go tothe heart ofisraelis and tell them don't be afraid of me? >> i don't believe in this fear. we are the people who are afraid of them. they are

now she's working on a book about israelis and germans. the things that they have in common and the problems they have with each other. and the beginning probably like all germans i was a bit apprehensive like when i talk on the phone with my mother in german but i had very positive experiences that said i live in tel aviv and young televisa are in fact really into germany. and it isn't israelis are so wonderfully relaxed and laid back and i really like the mentality there's a kind of easiness you walk down the streets you sit down in a cafe and immediately someone comes and starts chatting with you that can be pretty annoying sometimes the good thing about israel is that you're practically never alone the bad thing about israel is that you're practically never alone. germany is three thousand kilometers away but israelis follow events there closely so i think. the anti semitic voices in germany there heard here too like during the recent conflict when videos with calls of gas the jews circulated on the web people here are aware of that bu

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now she's working on a book about israelis and germans. the things that they have in common and the problems they. i have with each other. and that are beginning probably like all germans i was a bit apprehensive like when i talk on the phone with my mother in german but i had very positive experiences that said i live in tel aviv and young televisa are in fact really into germany. as it is and israelis are so wonderfully relaxed and laid back and i really like the mentality there's a kind of easiness you walk down the streets you sit down in a cafe and immediately someone comes and starts chatting with you that can be pretty annoying sometimes the good thing about israel is that you're practically never alone the bad thing about israel is that you're practically never alone. germany is three thousand kilometers away but israelis follow events there closely so i think. the anti semitic voices in germany there heard here too like during the recent conflict when videos with calls of gas the jews circulated on the web people here are aware of

for jewish israeli media israeli still democracy there is going to scan of jewish children are still free to say whatever they like to go wherever they want to do whatever the they want if there is pressure it's not from the government itself the civil society the part of the civil society that are less tolerant to some views a i am working for how it which puts freedoms which is its core value and i am allowed to say whatever i like and they've been tested the borders of for that mean . we hope we all of the jewish journalists are free to do whatever we want whatever we think it is right for our profession and that's not true for part of the enjoyment it's not and so i did learn a lot in the west bank and through surely not in gaza a as for the reporting about it and the great most of the term form the israeli side there is no room for it at the moment there is no danger of the go there was no not even a single is really doing this five weeks between forty five i mean that could have been really don't want to be about this haven't you know i did see today that you've had a lawsuit b

don't want to humanitarian crisis israelis don't want to deny people freedoms israelis don't like when children are starving and when there's no electricity so that you have a broken home because there was a maybe that's not a favorite is don't know why is that what why they've got it straight well it's it's it's very simple it's a six it's a security issue for the most part meaning remember let's go back twelve years israel there were israeli settlements in gaza israeli prime minister and i worked in the prime minister's office for ariel sharon when he declared it i said it is israel's going to leave gaza and it almost tore this country apart because there are a lot of people that didn't want to do that because we don't need to be there now in the twelve years that the come odds are the palestinian leadership has been in charge of gaza what have we seen there we've seen more hunger more destruction the blockades are related to the tunnels meaning it's nice to let concrete go in and building materials but if buildings are not getting built and tunnels are getting built to launch terror

don't want to humanitarian crisis israelis don't want to deny people freedoms israelis don't like when children are starving and when there's no electricity so then you have a zero eight of them because they say maybe it is don't know why is that why why they blockaded gaza strip well it's it's it's very simple it's a city it's a security issue for the most part meaning remember let's go back twelve years israel there were israeli settlements in gaza israeli prime minister and i worked in the prime minister's office for ariel sharon when he declared it a said is that israel is going to leave gaza and it almost tore this country apart because there are a lot of people that didn't want to do that because we don't need to be there now in the twelve years that the come odds are the palestinian leadership has been in charge of gaza what have we seen there we've seen more hunger more destruction the blockades are related to the tunnels meaning it's nice to let concrete go in and building materials but if buildings are not getting built and tunnels are getting built to launch terror attacks a

and the israelis. intervened on the side of the king by mobilizing their arm on the border with syria. and also by having the air force in the air they didn't bomb the theory. but they were you know very threatening way and they sent a clear message that they are going to intervene if the syrians perceive. egypt's president called for an emergency arab summit in cairo to find a solution to the crisis. the same came under intense pressure and found himself forced to agree to an immediate cease fire with arafat's. but the agreement also called for all palestinian militants to leave jordanian cities and would ultimately lead to the expulsion of the p.l.o. from jordan. fifty three member states. one night comic figurehead as leaders of the commonwealth descend on london for its by any a meeting al-jazeera asks how much does the commonwealth matter in today's world and where does it go up to queen elizabeth follow the commonwealth heads of government meeting on al-jazeera. a story fourteen hundred years in

the image the shooting journalists would cause the israeli side. because of the media attention that helping journalists creates i do think that there is a declared the israeli policy to use. excessive force against the protest of the civilian protest of along the gaza strip and there is and to add to that there is no account of accountability to snipers who shot. up until now i think that the. these are the government is defending those night bills and instead of putting finding who who was the sniper who shot. who is the sniper who sort of a double hussein and they're putting them on price for breaking the windows they are protecting them and by that they're filth of all creating an image of if they really is deliberately hurting the journalists and second of all is there they are not getting. clarifying to other type of the truth is forbidden it is against the laws to add to that they think that the fact that there is a mass uses of snipers against civilians along the gaza strip unarmed civilians which according to even the i.d.f. both spokesper

damage the shooting journalists would cause the israeli side. because of the media attention that helping journalists creates i do think that there is a declared the israeli policy to use. excessive force against the protest of the civilian protest of along the gaza strip and there is and to add to that there is no account of accountability to snipers who shot. up until now i think that the. these are the government is defending those night bills and instead of putting finding who who was the sniper who shot the. who is the sniper was sort of a double hussein and the putting them on price for breaking the all of those they are protecting them and by the filth of all creating an image as if it is really is deliberately helping the journalists and second of all is there they're not getting . clarifying to other type of that shooting journalists is forbidden it is against the laws it to add to that they think that the fact that there is a mass uses of snipers against civilians along the gaza strip and on civilians which according to even the i.d.f.

palestinian words meet israeli bullets in gaza. from behind the border fence israeli snipers have palestinians on these sites they shooting a guest in life fire and rubber bullets. but still reeling from the bloodiest day in years this was the area where last friday israeli snipers shot seven hundred palestinians twenty one would die. a week later they're back with a smokescreen and stretches the casualty numbers quickly climb. injuries turn to fate tell us what's going to the stars they are seeing we're not bringing them for war anything we brought them to protect ourselves from israeli snipers. last friday's killings happened on what the palestinians called lend it's an annual protest an act of resistance to israeli occupation and the seizure of land for illegal jewish settlements. this year israel warned that opened fire if anyone approached the border fence and then they followed through. fourteen hundred people were injured many shot by more than one hundred israeli snipers some in the back as they ran away another is he price

reception and israel turns seventy as a nation celebrates its founding the prime minister calls on israelis to make sacrifices to ensure the country's future safety. and well iraq thank you very much for your company everyone. cuba has a new president and his name isn't castro for the first time since the communist revolution more than a half century ago the country's leader does not hail from the castro family who. has been sworn in as the country's new president replacing our own castro cuban lawmakers have decided to elect the ask him how he could rule for a maximum of two five year terms d.s. cannot climb through the ranks of the. ominous party for decades he has now said his mandate is to give continuity to the cuban revolution. while our old castro will remain the leader of the communist party for now but cuba's do have expectations from their new president. a region change it is not the era of fiedel and raul castro may be coming to an end but the cuba they built remains launch of the unchanged cubans extent the new president to continue his predecessor's legacy of slowly modernizing

now she's working on a book about israelis and germans. the things that they have in common and the problems they have with each other. and that are beginning probably like all germans i was a bit apprehensive like when i talk on the phone with my mother in german but i had very positive experiences that said i live in tel aviv and young televisa are in fact really into germany. and. israelis are so wonderfully relaxed and laid back and i really like the mentality there's a kind of easiness you walk down the streets you sit down in a cafe and immediately someone comes and starts chatting with you that can be pretty annoying sometimes the good thing about israel is that you're practically never alone the bad thing about israel is that you're practically never alone. germany is three thousand kilometers away but israelis follow events there closely so i think. the anti semitic voices in germany there heard here too like during the recent conflict when videos with calls of gas the jews circulated on the web people here are aware of that but t

and the israelis. intervened on the side of the king by mobilizing their arm on the border with syria. and also by having the air force in the air they didn't bomb the fear. but they were you know very threatening way and they sent a clear message that they are going to intervene if the syrians perceive that. egypt's president called for an emergency arab summit in cairo to find a solution to the crisis. saying came under intense pressure and found himself forced to agree to an immediate cease fire with arafat's. but the agreement also called for all palestinian militants to leave jordanian cities and would ultimately lead to the expulsion of the p.l.o. from jordan. inmates learning from other inmates acquiring knowledge that can set them free. through legal education classes and mock tribunals vegetation has led to staggering results even in prison for fifteen years is all that they were. teaching empowerment kenya part of the rebel education series at this time on al-jazeera we headed to jerusalem bu

israeli occupation army. never other side, israel cooperated with any investigation committee ever, by the u.n. or any other body. they only recognize their justice. they know how to justify for themselves for these killings and crimes there perpetrating against the national law. we do act according to simple formula supported by international community. the facts we know. we are living here. i think we have the ability of professionalism to say this is a peaceful demonstration. and palestinians can be peaceful. we are freedom fighters. we are romantic revolutionaries. ofhave legitimate rights being free of occupation, and history never, ever spoke about -- it is fights for so. the israeli occupation shows by default how criminal they are. the demonstrations were peaceful. -- the israelimy army before this friday, in a clear-cut way, a spokesperson army spokespersons, and security theers said we are going to staffers. we're going to kill anyone who come close to the border, peaceful or not. . believe me, amy,

palestinian words meet israeli bullets in gaza. from behind the border fence israeli snipers have palestinians in the sights they shoot tear gas in life fire and rubber bullets. but still reeling from their bloodiest day in years this was the area where last friday israeli snipers shot seven hundred palestinians twenty one would die. a week later their bet with a smokescreen and stretches the casualty numbers quickly climb injuries turn to fate tell us what's going to be stars they are seeing we're not bringing them for war anything we brought them to protect ourselves from israeli snipers. the last friday's killings happened on what the palestinians call lend day it's an annual protest an act of resistance to israeli occupation and the seizure of land for illegal jewish settlements. this year israel warned that opened fire if anyone approached the border fence and then they followed through. fourteen hundred people were injured many shot by more than one hundred israeli snipers some in the back as they ran away another is he price

at eleven o'clock this morning israelis polls for two minutes to remember. when soldiers and victims of terrorism the country turn to more joyful celebrations tonight israel was founded after the partition of palestine in one nine hundred forty eight providing jews with a homeland but also causing divisions which have lasted to this day. well for more now i'm joined by the w.'s tanya kramer she is on the story for us tonight from jerusalem good evening to you tanya seventy years of israel is a story of success it's also a story of expulsions war in violence what does this day mean to the israeli people tonight. my friend you can see here tonight i mean we had the you know the some live mood of memorial day and now it turns into this test if new tonight here i'm in the middle of. the street one of the main shopping streets in west jerusalem and people are just celebrating enjoying the evening for most tomorrow it's a day off this well so people are saying that there's a sense of patriotism here of course united felt very proud of to country what they have ach

it was israeli soldiers that did this not how mass it was israeli soldiers acting on the orders of the israeli government not have mass you simply cannot keep blaming palestinians every time you kill palestinians it's unacceptable as far as whether or not the israelis left gaza they routinely enter gaza's air space its sea waters and fire into gaza any time they want just because you don't swim in a fish bowl with your fish doesn't mean that you don't control its life that's the way that israel exercises its control over gaza and its holy day two million people there in captivity i must stick with this going to the purpose of discussion to talk about the deaths in gaza you keep saying that terrorist if hamas is fold forget the protesters from and we had a journalist yasser more to judge who we all saw pictures of having been shot he was wearing a press jacket and he was shot by an israeli sniper what was his crime the crime may not be his crime is those who sent him there. to send a message to someone who may or may not have some. infiltrate you can't just shoot someone because you don

protest israelis occupation of palestinian with israeli officials refusing to change open fire orders and more demonstrations planned in the upcoming weeks this bloody scenario may play out again and again in washington dan cohen artsy. called joins us now to talk a little bit more in-depth about that story it's interesting what has been the response over the thought of this photo journalist yasser montage or. have we heard anything from like the committee to protect journalism freedom the press foundation has anyone spoken out about this already i mean we have seen statements from the major press foundations they did condemn israel's killing of. but he was actually not even the only photo journalist the only journalist who was targeted mohammed as a new and another photojournalist was targeted he was shot in the hand i mean there's you know about a thousand people who were shot several of which were journalists and i mean it's been kind of overshadowed i mean what we see clear evidence of what i mean what those activists describe as a massacre incontrovertibly all evidence it's been

you have a separation between different groups, between arab israelis and jewish israelis. remindssense, jerusalem us of the challenges with which israel is confronted, and we teed of here in germany -- and we too here in germany. at 70, what does it mean to you? lots of trouble, lots of challenges, but i want to break the gloom and doom factor we are about to launch here. it has been 70 years for what was an incredible act of statehood. this in the context of nation building 70 years is not a long time, and these challenges israel is facing, some of them are pressing and need to be solved sooner rather than later. they cannot overshadow everything. we need to still keep in mind -- offer bank -- ofer was talking about his parents' memory. if you put this in context, it brings us back to 1948 to the survivors of the holocaust, one of the biggest tragedies, most atrocious parts of human history . coming together and managing to .uild this state , when youthing that think about it, it is hard not to be touched. >> when you talk about these achievements, what are you the most o

society never again will we allow ourselves to be made victims savey israelis and the declaration of the state of israel by david ben-gurion in one nine hundred forty eight gave jews around the world their own homeland but israeli media to be found itself at war with five arab nations during the conflict hundreds of thousands of palestinians fled from their homelands in what they called the nakba or catastrophe. two groups of people fighting for the same homeland yes but i but i think. and i think if think this is unfortunately that the challenge that israel is a failed to take up on them right i mean in a good way to it and fixed but i don't think that acknowledging the palestinian suffering is contradicting the belief that jews have a place and land palestine and i think both palestinians and jews well the moderates will moderate ones know and understand these two people will have to find a way to co-exist and that the lack of success is a tragedy and there's no doubt if you're looking at who's paying the price of that tragedy. when that you guys there's the there's no doubt who's

and the israelis. intervened on the side of the king by mobilizing their arm on the border with syria. and also by having the force in the air they didn't bomb the three. but they were in a very threatening way and they sent a clear message that they are going to intervene if the syrians pussy through. egypt's president called for an emergency arab summit in cairo to find a solution to the crisis. saying came under intense pressure and found himself forced to agree to an immediate cease fire without a thought. but the agreement also called for all palestinian militants to leave jordanian cities and would ultimately lead to the expulsion of the p.l.o. from jordan. everything to do is being analyzed it's being weighed and it's being measured for intelligence agencies are they are tossed to do things in secret that are a lawful or politically embarrassing all of the colleagues that i knew to retire from the n.s.a. they could not stand by and see all the work that they had done being used for mass surveill

he says the israeli actions are criminals. all those killed were from gaza what the israelis did is a crime against unarmed civilians who just want to return to their villages and towns and who have a right to under the nine hundred forty eight un resolutions or these really is are displaying the kind of fear seen in a thief who was trying to protect what he's stolen this is how they treat unarmed civilians who just want to return home. last confirmed that five of those killed were members of its military wing israel blamed its violent response on hamas which it views as a terrorist organization when we asked the israeli prime minister's foreign media spokesperson david keene is whether the i.d.f. response was proportionate. large stone thrown at someone's head can kill them as has happened in the past but there is no reason for someone to be twenty meters away from the fence and if you look at the pictures you see directly or trying to infiltrate a peaceful protest this is not we know what peaceful protest looks like and they

don't want to humanitarian crisis israelis don't want to deny people freedoms israelis don't like when children are starving and when there's no electricity so then you have a zero eight home because they say maybe that's the real life that what why they've got it straight well it's it's it's very simple it's a six it's a security issue for the most part meaning remember let's go back twelve years israel there were israeli settlements in gaza israeli prime minister and i worked in the prime minister's office for ariel sharon when he declared it a said is that israel is going to leave gaza and it almost tore this country apart because there are a lot of people that didn't want to do that because we don't need to be there now in the twelve years that the come odds are the palestinian leadership has been in charge of gaza what have we seen there we've seen more hunger more destruction the blockades are related to the tunnels meaning it's nice to let concrete go in and building materials but if buildings are not getting built and tunnels are getting built to launch terror attacks against i

morning a day after israeli forces killed at least ten palestinian protesters. and richelle carey this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up. the syrian government bombard the last remaining rebel stronghold in eastern grid as rescuers rushed to save people from the rubble. elations prepare for an early election after parliament is dissolved. and under attack families caught between an escalating dispute over fishing rights between mauritania and senegal. generals are underway for the ten palestinian protesters killed by israeli troops and friday's protests israeli forces have killed at least thirty protesters since last week there have been mass demonstrations along the israel gaza border since last friday thousands of people had been camping there to demand the right of return for palestinian refugees and a vigil is being held in the occupied west bank for a prominent palestinian journalist killed in gaza on friday hundreds of people including hamas leaders have attended the funeral of thirty year old yasser montage fourteen other journalists were injure

there's just been an incident in berlin where two israelis wearing a kippah were attacked by young men who spoke arabic. then you're going to the balkans and you told me earlier that you sometimes wear a star of david necklace. even now before we could see just what not. because i've never had a problem no one's ever said anything about it no one's ever her arrest me because of it. obviously a star of david necklace is less noticeable than a kid but we need to talk about the fact that anti-semitism is not a marginal phenomenon and studies about mainstream society have shown that there's been a steady increase in bias against jews and roma and it's about blacks and the fun to zoom into a small space stand and a report compiled by the federal office for migration and refugees reaches the same conclusion. so to condemn muslims and call this a muslim arab problem isn't enough. blame for the one missed. spike lee's developments are growing number of israelis are emigrating to germany you conducted a study in collaboration with the university of the hebrew university in jerusalem what conclu

and the israelis. intervened on the side of the king by mobilizing their arm on the border with syria. and also by having the air force in the air they didn't bomb the three. but they were there in a very threatening way and they sent a clear message that they are going to intervene if the syrians pacy through. egypt's president called for an emergency arab summit in cairo to find a solution to the crisis. saying came under intense pressure and found himself forced to agree to an immediate cease fire with arafat's. but the agreement also called for all palestinian militants to leave jordanian cities and would ultimately lead to the expulsion of the p.l.o. from jordan. the latest news as it breaks this was a great election about it was going to win but it was about by how much with details coverage the syrian civil war no that said to its teeth but what is no different is that each day some people will live until to morrow so many innocent people will die from around the world the bats and balls are sev

society never again will we allow ourselves to be made victims savey israelis and the declaration of the state of israel by david ben-gurion in one nine hundred forty eight gave jews around the world their own homeland but israeli media plea found itself at wall with five arab nations during the conflict hundreds of thousands of palestinians fled from that homelands in what they called the nakba or catastrophe. two groups of people fighting for the same homeland yes but i but i think. and i think this is unfortunately that the challenge that israel is a failed to take up on them right i mean in a good way to try and fix but i don't think that acknowledging the palestinian suffering is contradicting the belief that jews have a place and land palestine and i think both palestinians and jews well the moderate ones know and understand these two people will have to find a way to coexist and a lack of success is a tragedy and there's no doubt if you're looking at who's paying the price of that tragedy. when that your guys there's the there's no doubt who's carrying the burden on his should

tensions are running high right now and the israeli army started to shoot trend to meet. your policy demands are getting injured why that ambulances are already here to bridge to take on the injuries that we're now the injured sunday's really i mean that by live bullets and i mean nation and get tear gas canisters. this is one of the injuries that was injured just right now from the al for booklets and at the tear gas and there it's cross ambulances and on the medics are trying to save father and juries . and palestinians are very close to the fence and no are getting out way back because the by israeli army arabs are shooting everyone who's getting near to the funds. this guy is way of the tires the palestinian youths have been saying since i'm whining and at the same time the israeli army have been throwing tear gas canisters and targeting the palestinians where the funds. as you see the palestinian protesters are running away from the tear gas canisters that were thrown just right now and the protesters. and. so. these are unexploded to gas canisters that are being tar

human rights organization accuses the israeli army of deliberately targeting the legs of protesters in gaza. i spent six hours in surgery and then one week in the intensive care unit and i didn't think my mike would be like. those calls for donald trump to be awarded the nobel peace prize after he takes credit for progress on the korean peninsula. i. europe braces itself for a trade war with the u.s. as a deadline to extend an exemption for many and steel tariffs is set to expire tamara . thanks for joining us you're watching our international. palestinian medics are struggling to cope with the number of injured after a month of protests along the gaza border the international committee of the red cross says the hospitals are only get around forty eight hours of power each day the demonstrations have been met by heavy response from israel notably sniper fire palestinian health ministry in gaza says that more than two thousand people every single leg injuries a lack of medical treatments also forced unnecessary amputations and for one palestinian athlete it meant the end of his career.

and the israelis. intervened on the side of the king by mobilizing their arm on the border with syria. and also by having the air force in the they didn't bomb the theory. but they were you know very threatening way and they sent a clear message that they are going to intervene if the syrians pathy through. egypt's president called for an emergency arab summit in cairo to find a solution to the crisis. came under intense pressure and found himself forced to agree to an immediate cease fire without a thought. but the agreement also called for all palestinian militants to leave jordanian cities and would ultimately lead to the expulsion of the p.l.o. from jordan. stories and life. and inspiration. a series of short documentaries from around the wilds that celebrate the human spirit against the arts. ouches era selects gangs. the most memorable moments of al-jazeera was when i was on air as hosni mubarak fell with the crowds in tahrir square toolkit. if something happens anywhere in the world al jazeera i

i think the israelis are voting with their feet. a lot of people are coming to berlin, a lot of german cities. it has become a destination of choice in israel. there is a new atmosphere in our bilateral relationship. let's face it, we have had a problematic past. but the problematic past is becoming a very promising feature. that's another major goal that i have and ensuring that only increases in the coming years. reporter: thank you so much. brent: that was israel's ambassador to germany speaking with dw news. pierce some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world. international weapons inspectors say a united nations security team came under fire near the site of an alleged poison gas attack in syria. the security team was trying to pave the way for the inspectors to enter the town of duma. weapons investigators want to establish whether the attack actually took place and what chemicals may have been used. turkey's president recep tayyip erdogan has announced plans to hold early elections on june 24. this

tensions are running high right now and the israeli army started to shoot randomly. more palestinians are getting injured why that ambulances are in here too pretty to take on the injuries that we're now injured from days already i mean by live but it's and i mean nation and it tear gas canisters. this is one of the injuries that was injured just right now from the al for booklets and at the tear gas and then it's cross ambulances and on the medics are trying to save the injuries. and palestinians are very close to the fence and no are getting out way back because the butt israeli army i have are shooting everyone who's getting near to the funds. this guy is way of the tires the palestinian youth have been saying since the morning and at the same time the israeli army have been throwing tear gas canisters and targeting the palestinians here the friends. wow. the as you see the palestinian protesters are running away from the tear gas canisters that were thrown just right now and the protesters the. so these are unexploded to gas canisters that are being targeted and

and the israelis. intervened on the side of the king by mobilizing their arm on the border with syria. and also by having the air force in the air they didn't bomb the theory. but they were there in a very threatening way and they sent a clear message that they are going to intervene if the syrians pathy through. egypt's president called for an emergency arab summit in cairo to find a solution to the crisis. saying came under intense pressure and found himself forced to agree to an immediate cease fire with arafat's. but the agreement also called for all palestinian militants to leave jordanian cities and would ultimately lead to the expulsion of the p.l.o. from jordan. if you were in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships. somehow time is aiming to replace america and around the world well the chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our first president george washington said if you want peace prepa

and israeli ministers and the israeli government is committing war crimes by shooting civilian people who are peacefully demonstrating who are demanding their freedom this is the main issue and it has to end and the world community cannot continue to allow israel to be in punitive to international law to be above international law and continue to be blind about what israel is doing to the palestinian people. united states impose new sanctions against russian businessmen companies and government officials including associates of president vladimir putin sanctions target seven russian oligarchs and the twelve companies they own or control as well as seventeen senior russian government officials washington says it's targeting russia's malign activities which include alleged meddling in the two thousand and sixteen election our white house correspondent kimberly hulk it is life first now at the white house and the press secretary has just been giving a briefing what more have we learned about these sanctions can. well the white house press secretary sara sanders has been very firm in what

it's the policies of the israeli government and this transformation of israeli society into a right wing vicious society which is based in a it's own business before you come back on the show and elicit i would go some images for the viewers and then i'll come straight back to her because the birth of the state of israel seventy years ago as we've just seen came shortly after the end of the second world war the holocaust the mass murder of european jews this shocking chapter of european history still counts to shadow over israeli society never again will we allow ourselves to be made victims savey israelis and the declaration of the state of israel by david ben-gurion in one nine hundred forty eight gave jews around the world their oh homeland but israeli media too found itself at war with five hour of nations during the conflict hundreds of thousands of palestinians fled from their homelands in what they called the nakba or catastrophe. two groups of people fighting for the same homeland yes but i but i think. and i think this is unfortunately that the challenge that israel is a failed

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also coming up israel turns seventy the nation celebrates its founding the prime minister calls on israelis to make sacrifices to ensure the country's future safety. plus it has been the biggest change to the world of football in decades. video review system has another controversial week we'll hear what referee making of it all. off it's good to have you with us tonight cuba has a new president and his name is not castro president. was sworn in today and he promised to uphold the legacy of the country's revolution which was first led by fidel castro six decades ago the is the hand-picked successor to outgoing leader raul castro and critics are warning that any change beyond the name of the president looks tonight very unlikely. handing over the presidency but not complete power after almost sixty years of rule by the castro brothers cuba has a new leader mikhail diaz can now promised outgoing president raul castro and the national assembly that he would carry on the socialist revolution. but i assume the responsibility for which i have been elected with the conviction that all the cuban re

israeli soldiers opened fire. sharpshooters were deployed but palestinians frustrated by the endless siege to live under undeterred. israeli commanders say they issued warnings against approaching the border fence not clear. we will never shoot one bullet against anyone who stays away from the security wall we have wanted to join the last few days that everyone who tries to violate the israeli sovereignty or to infiltrate the israeli territories will put himself and his life in danger but for besieged palestinian demonstrating next to the border is about the only visible means available for the world not to forget their plight we live under immense pressure that is why the people explode the blockade and the siege led to the explosion we either choose to live properly or to die we have no space we have no alternatives but to explode we have nothing except the oxygen in the air . land the is considered the first palestinian popular uprising for the past forty two years palestinians have been commemorating this day

welcome back to worlds apart bit of a bad batch a lawman and israeli air force veteran and columnist but they generously post colonel let's talk about israel's own actions namely these massive air raid on the t. four air base near holmes is this is not the first time that israel hit targets in syria and until recently russia's reaction to dive has essentially been to look the other way do you think moscow will continue to tolerate what it clearly sees as a pretty dangerous behavior on the part of israel interesting question because after the last attack we heard rhetoric from syrian leadership from from side to russian leadership criticizing israel for the attack my guess is that it also had to do with the early warning and coordination about the specific attack because in general i think russia respects the fact that we are carrying out pinpoint attacks that have to do with vital interests of israel mainly preventing strategic weapons coming online that would that would hurt israel because if you notice i mean what are we doing inside of syria that we have no claims from syria we ha

it was israeli soldiers that did this not how mess it was israeli soldiers acting on the orders of the israeli government not have mass you simply cannot keep blaming palestinians every time you kill palestinians it's unacceptable as far as whether or not the israelis left gaza they routinely enter gaza's air space it's sea waters and fire into gaza any time they want just because you don't swim in a fish bowl with your fish doesn't mean that you don't control its life that's the way that israel exercises its control over gaza and its holy day two million people there in captivity i must stick with this you're going to the purpose of discussion to talk about the deaths in gaza you keep saying that terrorist if hamas is fold figure the protesters from and we had a journalist. who we all saw pictures of having been shot he was wearing a press jacket and he was shot by an israeli sniper what was his crime the crime may not be his crime is those who send him there. to send a message to someone who may or may not have some. infiltrate you can't just shoot someone because you don't like who

it was israeli soldiers that did this not how mess it was israeli soldiers acting on the orders of the israeli government not have mass you simply cannot keep blaming palestinians every time you kill palestinians it's unacceptable as far as whether or not the israelis left gaza they routinely enter gaza's airspace its sea waters and fire into gaza any time they want just because you don't swim in a fish bowl with your fish doesn't mean that you don't control its life that's the way that israel exercises its control over gaza and its holy day two million people there in captivity i must stick with this going to the purpose of discussion to talk about the deaths in gaza you keep saying that terrorist if hamas is fold forget the protesters from and we had a journalist yasser more to judge who we all saw pictures of having been shot he was wearing a press jacket and he was shot by an israeli sniper what was his crime the crime may not be his crime is those who sent him there. to send a message to someone who may or may not have said they were going to lower down infiltrate you can't just s

protest israelis occupation of palestinian with israeli officials refusing to change open fire orders and more demonstrations planned in the upcoming weeks this bloody scenario may play out again and again in washington dan cohen r.t. . call joins us now to talk a little bit more in-depth about that story it's interesting what has been the response over the of this photojournalist yasser mataji. have we heard anything from like the committee to protect journalism freedom the prospect of beijing has anyone spoke about about this already i mean we have seen statements from the major press foundations they did condemn israel's killing of. but he was actually not even the only photo journalist the only journalist who was targeted mohammed as a new and another photojournalist was targeted he was shot in the hand i mean there's you know about a thousand people who were shot several of which were journalists and i mean it's been kind of overshadowed i mean what we see clear evidence of what i mean what those activists describe as a massacre incontrovertibly all evidence it's been overshadowe

it was israeli soldiers that did this not how mess it was israeli soldiers acting on the orders of the israeli government not have mass you simply cannot keep blaming palestinians every time you kill palestinians it's unacceptable as far as whether or not the israelis left gaza they routinely enter gaza's air space it's sea waters and fire into gaza any time they want just because you don't swim in a fish bowl with your fish doesn't mean that you don't control its life that's the way that israel exercises its control over gaza and its holy day two million people there in captivity i must stick with this you're going to the purpose of discussion to talk about the deaths in gaza you keep saying that terrorist if hamas has fold forget the protesters from and we had a journalist yasser more to judge who we all saw pictures of having been shot he was wearing a press jacket and he was shot by an israeli sniper what was his crime the crime may not be his crime is those who sent him there but you call him. to send a message to someone who may or may not have some. infiltrate you can't just sho

could protest israelis occupation of palestinian with israeli officials refusing to change open fire orders and more demonstrations planned in the upcoming weeks this bloody scenario may play out again and again in washington dan cohen r.t. . joins us now to talk a little bit more in-depth about that story it's interesting what has been the response over the of this photojournalist yasser mataji. have we heard anything from like the committee to protect journalism freedom the press foundation has anyone spoken out about this already you know i mean we have seen statements from the major press foundations they did condemn israel's killing of tajoura but he was actually not even the only photo journalist the only journalist who was targeted mohammad was a new and another photojournalist was targeted he was shot in the hand i mean there's you know about a thousand people who were shot several of which were journalists and i mean it's. been kind of overshadowed i mean what we see clear evidence of what i mean what those activists described as a massacre incontrovertibly all evidence it's

welcome back to worlds apart and the band bacha lawman an israeli air force veteran and columnist for the jerusalem post colonel let's talk about israel's all inactions namely these massive air raid on the eighty four air base near holmes is this is not the first time that israel hit targets in syria and until recently russia's reaction to has essentially been to look the other way do you think moscow will continue to tolerate what it clearly sees as a pretty dangerous behavior on the part of israel interesting question because after the last attack we heard rhetoric from syrian leadership from from. sorry for russian leadership criticizing israel for the attack my guess is that it also had to do with the early warning and coordination about this specific attack because in general i think russia respects the fact that we are carrying out pinpoint attacks that have to do with vital interests of israel mainly preventing strategic weapons coming online that would that would hurt israel because if you notice i mean what are we doing inside of syria again we have no claims from syria we ha