more in previous elections netanyahu built an enemy in the shape of an iran . and hezbollah today the situation isn't one that enables him to build an enemy from the outside and therefore he's putting up the media and the justice system to be the enemy. that tries to bring me down. we're discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers flow phillips flow the egyptian photojournalist mahmoud. better known to show released from prison this past week after something like five and a half years behind bars but he's not exactly a free man is he not exactly and should undeniably this is one of the best pieces of media news to come out of egypt lately but one condition of siobhan's. is that he spends every night for the next five years at a police station and all this for a case that so many consider a sham shocking was arrested back in august twenty third team during the early days of the c.c. government there was a huge pro muslim brotherhood demonstration in cairo in which at least six hundred protesters were killed sharpton s

because they're under attack on netanyahu issue for now, they are circling the wagons around netanyahu and you will not do anything other than that entailed, not only until april 9. until there is an indictment. do you want to widely guess what's going to happen after the indictment? you know, it doesn't take wild9. imagination to know that the cancellation completely changes once there is an indictment. the reason i say in confidence because i heard the former commissioner of the police, i just happen to hear him in his voice, and his voice intonation when he said a couple of months ago when he said, i cannot -- something like that, he said basically, i cannot conceive of a situation -- i'm trying to translate from hebrew. i cannot conceive in a situation in which this does not result in indictment. and by the way, we have to remember that this has gone actually already farther than people thought, in the sense that it was not -- two things were not clear. for months and months and months, number one, from everything that stinks, what's actually criminal? and from that that is crimina

more than a penny in previous elections netanyahu built an enemy in the shape of an iran. and hezbollah today the situation isn't one that enables him to build an enemy from the outside and therefore he's putting up the media and the justice system to be the enemy saying that trying to bring me down. we're discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers flow phillips flow the egyptian photojournalist mahmoud it better known to shall conquer released from prison this past week after something like five and a half years behind bars but he's not exactly a free man is he not exactly and should undeniably this is one of the best pieces of media news to come out of egypt lately but one condition of shotguns release is that he spends every night for the next five years at a police station and all this for a case that so many consider a sham shall come as a rested back in august twenty third jaring the early days of the c.c. government there was a huge pro muslim brotherhood demonstration in cairo in which at least six hundred protesters we

were positive articles on netanyahu as well of negative one. are you for or against him explain that what we're saying was the tip of the iceberg underneath there was a constant battle about whether to follow the orders that came from netanyahu or over the editorial team to just do the job and. look at that while workers a while our reporters and junior editors i think that some of them were maybe too young and then they couldn't see the big picture but it was not only on their shoulders it was a matter of their chief executive editor and they rector of the company those were the people that did it. the netanyahu a lot of which relationships resulted in politically driven material like this maybe. it first appeared on the prime minister's website on the morning of march seventeenth two thousand and fifteen the day israelis voted in the last general election within minutes it was on wallace homepage where it would remain on the order say prosecutors of the prime minister's office and one by midday i thought of that video the arabs are flocking t

benjamin netanyahu remains defiant speirs way the prime minister is facing corruption charges fox says it's a witch hunt ahead of the election. prosecution and what does it mean for his political career this is inside story. this is inside story welcome to the program he's the first sitting israeli prime minister to put on fishel notice of planned prosecution on charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust but benjamin netanyahu says he's innocent and will stay in his post israel's attorney general says he plans to indict on corruption charges if convicted he could face up to ten years in prison as you know he dismisses the allegations as a political witch hunt designed to oust him from power and a hearing to decide if the prosecution goes ahead won't take place until after israel's general election in april so what's likely to happen by then netanyahu has won a fifth term as prime minister. to our guests in just a moment but first let's take a closer look at the possible challenges for the attorney general is recommending nessun yahoo be charged with using his influence to help a frie

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and the u.s. president donald trump he is sitting down at that table there he is about to sign a presidential proclamation which is declaring israel's sovereignty over the golan heights or at least the u.s. recognition of israel's sovereignty over the golan heights. thank you prime minister netanyahu calling it a historic moment that he says puts donald trump up alongside the names of truman and balfour as friends of israel the best friends of israel i guess is how he would put it let's have a listen. right . here in europe hundred. taliban you're talking radio you're going to do that thank you very much they sharing everything changes around the world what do you want to see prime minister gregory are you are. are going to lose are foreigners. are you know you're not a really want to do it or whatever you would use that you know. so that very strong friendship between trump and netanyahu on display there as donald trump signs that presidential proclamation declaring that the u.s. does recognize i

the coverage of this scandal has certainly not played favorably for netanyahu. and this just six weeks away from national elections when he hopes to win a fourth term. for netanyahu the attorney general's recommendation to indict is no more than a political witch hunt. their aim is to whip up the public with ridiculous attempts to make me look evil. without the chance to refute them now but only after the elections is the root. of a lock up people ignore the spin i intend to continue to serve you as prime minister for many years to come. after more than two decades in office netanyahu is only months away from possibly becoming the longest serving head of government in israel's history yet some israelis see the april ninth election as a good time for a change of leadership. because judge of the sufi dad i think this is the end of the road netanyahu should say goodbye and leave as fast as he can before he gets into more trouble. with the who know that he was good but that's it he should give the chance to young people and new people to do the work. others see no r

because they're under attack on netanyahu issue for now, they are circling the wagons around netanyahu and you will not do anything other than that entailed, not only until april 9. until there is an indictment. do you want to widely guess what's going to happen after the indictment? you know, it doesn't take wild imagination to know that the cancellation completely changes once there is an indictment. the reason i say in confidence because i heard the former commissioner of the police, i just happen to hear him in his voice, and is voice intonation when he said a couple of months ago when he said, i cannot -- something like that, he said basically, i cannot conceive of a situation -- i'm trying to translate from hebrew. i cannot conceive in a situation in which this does not result in indictment. and by the way, we have to remember that this has gone actually already farther than people thought, in the sense that it was not -- two things were not clear. for months and months and months, number one, from everything that stinks, what's actually criminal? and from that that is criminal,

for netanyahu and we'll see if trump gives netanyahu any other big political victories here. so this is certain to give netanyahu a boost as most of the headlines up until today have been focusing on it the criminal investigations netanyahu faces. trump just changed all of that. he's almost certain to give netanyahu that boost. one more point i'll make here is some of those smaller right wing and center right parties considering netanyahu's aopponent in the elections will see this as a political victory for netanyahu and think twice about supporting anyone other than netanyahu and that is thanks to president trump. >> thanks very much. let's get some more on the breaking news. dennis ross is joining us. he's worked on middle east issues for administrations for decades. most recently special assistant to president obama. dennis, thanks very much for coming in. what's your reaction? >> well, my reaction is this is actually going to complicate the ability of jared kushner and david freeman to present their peace plan. what this does is put leaders who are not calling for anythin

more in previous elections netanyahu built an enemy in the shape of an iran . and hezbollah today the situation isn't one that enables him to build an enemy from the outside and therefore he's putting up the media and the justice system to be the enemy they say they're trying to bring me down. we're discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers flo philips flow the egyptian photojournalist mahmoud it better not to show released from prison this past week after something like five and a half years behind bars but he's not exactly a free man is he not exactly and should undeniably this is one of the best pieces of media news to come out of egypt lately but one condition of siobhan's release is that he spends. every night for the next five years at a police station and all this for a case that so many consider a sham shocking was arrested back in august twenty third team during the early days of the c.c. government there was a huge pro muslim brotherhood demonstration in cairo in which at least six hundred protesters were

benjamin netanyahu remains defiant this way the prime minister is facing corruption charges fox says it's a witch hunt ahead of the election come here avoid prosecution and what does it mean for his political career this is inside story. inside story welcome to the program he's the first sitting israeli prime minister to put on fishel notice of planned prosecution on charges of bribery fraud and breach of trust but benjamin netanyahu says he's innocent and will stay in his posts israel's attorney general says he plans to indict nessun yahoo on corruption charges if convicted he could face up to ten years in prison as you know he dismisses the allegations as a political witch hunt designed to oust him from power and a hearing to decide if the prosecution goes ahead won't take place until after israel's general election in april so what's likely to happen by then who has won a fifth term as prime minister speaking to our guests in just a moment but first let's take a closer look at the possible challenges for the attorney general is recommending netanyahu be charged with using his infl

israel's attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and after days of violence over kashmir both india and pakistan move to no attention. while much of the world's has turned against nicolas maduro but he still has powerful allies in his bid to stay in charge as venezuela's president a u.s. led vote calling for a free and fair elections in venezuela has failed at the u.n. security council the draft included a push to get an aid which has been blocked at the border by venezuela's military russia and china vetoed the move while south africa also voted against it a separate call from russia for a political solution to the crisis failed as well meanwhile venezuela's opposition leader is still out of the country building support among south american neighbors brazil's president diable sanaa reinforced his backing of. the meeting in brasilia says he'll travel to paraguayan on friday before returning to venezuela despite threats well let's go to al-jazeera as christensen to me who is at the united nations kristen the security council has met

could his camp pose a credible threat to netanyahu. well they do pose a credible threat because if you look at polls over the recent weeks they have been either head to head with that he could. have overtaken him and this is now the big question whether this indictment will sway some of the voters from the right wing block to what this new center alliance so but at the end of the day and is what it's all about being able to build a coalition and that is still to see whether you know also the coalition partners of mr netanyahu will stand by him as you have said they will do but i mean so politics after all that could change and whether there will be enough movement of voters from that he could block to this center right alliance but it's certainly so i talked to some of his equipped supporters stay said no matter what you will stand by mr netanyahu i took two others who said no after ten years we think we need a change so the only thing is sure here that this possible indictment is probably what will be at the center stage of this elect

more in previous elections netanyahu built an enemy in the shape of an iran . and hezbollah today the situation isn't one that enables him to build an enemy from the outside and therefore he's putting up the media and the justice system to be the enemy. that tries to bring me down. we're discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers flow phillips flow the egyptian photojournalist mahmoud. better known the shock on released from prison this past week after something like five and a half years behind bars but he's not exactly a free man is he not exactly and should undeniably this is one of the best pieces of media news to come out of egypt lately but one condition of siobhan's. is that he spends every night for the next five years at a police station and all this for a case that so many consider a sham shocking was arrested back in august twenty third team during the early days of the c.c. government there was a huge pro muslim brotherhood demonstration in cairo in which at least six hundred protestors were killed sharp

who could be voted out of office in two weeks i think the president for making history today netanyahu critics say he's trying to engineer an election victory with the help of the u.s. president gul from berlin this is the day. the president. has just made history. i called him. i thanked him on behalf of the people of israel tonight president trump made the decision to recognize that that hard fought realistic that important place is proper to be a sovereign part of the state of israel unbelievable and i'm much obliged to support for our security in our right to defend ourselves we will double our efforts to make sure that we protect all that is important all that is important is for all that is important to america and indeed all that is of course to the world thank you thank you michael. thank you president drones. and thank you america. also coming up tonight they have a syndrome and can work just like you with me tonight will take you to a cafe in tehran where the waiters are serving up inspiration. look at me now i finally made it i'm famous i go through life with my head held hi

pompeo went to the wall with netanyahu which lends more credence to the idea trump is pushing for netanyahu to win. and this could be just getting started netanyahu heads to washington this week for aipac, the american israeli lobby conference. he'll be staying at the blair house as an official guest of the white house and he'll meet with trump in what will basically be a campaign stop for netanyahu. turkey and the palestinian authority have already condemned the white house move saying it will further destabilize the region and could lead to more violence. lebanon and syria will also certainly condemn the move. and that's worth noting because pompeo flies from israel to lebanon for meetings with officials there who are not going to look favorably at trump's move. oren lieberman, cnn, jerusalem. >>> let's talk more about this now with samantha vinograd. samantha a cnn national security analyst joining us this hour in new york. samantha, good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> so the president's decision to recognize israeli sofrntd over the golan heights, it's certain to draw

i'd like to now invite prime minister netanyahu to say a few words, and b.b. and i have known each other for a long time. he's another one that truly, truly loves israel. i can say he also loves the united states. so before i sign the presidential proclamation recognizing israel sovereignty over the golan heights, i would like to ask prime minister netanyahu to say a few words. thank you very much. >> mr. president, my dear friend donald. you have shown consistently incredible support for israel, for our right to self-defense. when we exercise that self-defense, you never flinched. you've always been there, including today, and i thank you. yesterday a rocket was fired from gaza deep inside israel. it hit a home in tel aviv. it wounded seven, including two small children. and miraculously no one was killed. israel will not tolerate this. i will not tolerate this. and as we speak, as i told you, mr. president, just now, israel is responding forcefully to this wanton aggression. i have a simple message to israel's enemies. we will do whatever we must do to defen

he wants netanyahu to be re-elected. he wants in solidarity show americans he is the strongest pro-israel president we have ever had. you are going to hear him talk about this. the fact that there is escalating confidence and president standing by netanyahu's side is likely to help him. we don't know where this conflict will be in a few hours or days. right now, trump will do whatever he can. >> to give you an idea of the tension level in israel, number of newspapers we follow, >> live updates, israel strikes, hamas targets in gaza as sirens blare. bomb shelters open. army warns civilians, explosions heard as part of the attack on the strip. three wounded from rocket strikes still hospitalized. sirens still going off there. we have seen this before. >> i mean look, this is not something that the israeli people, i believe are going to oppose their peritoneum on. they are likely to rally behind him. this is a tense moment for american democrats and the congress who have been on the record. anti-isreal, anti-semitic and use

the netanyahu a lot of which relationships resulted in politically driven material like this maybe. it first appeared on the prime minister's website on the morning of march seventeenth two thousand and fifteen the day israelis voted in the last general election within minutes it was on the wallace home page where it would remain on the order say prosecutors of the prime minister's office met i thought of that video the arabs are flocking to the polls which is just pure incitement was on the home page for a whole day it was discussed totally ungentle istic and rather and. then there were dozens of articles and photos of sarin netanyahu helping holocaust survivors for instance now it's one thing to post such pieces which really have zero news value but to then take down other articles such as the piece on the poverty report in israel actual information that is important that it was a disproportionate faith. in me and that they did i know things were as complex and detailed as the indictment should know i had absolutely no idea i didn't know that they were actually helping choose imag

netanyahu is that he's the victim of some liberal conspiracy to get rid of him. actually there even using the same language the same phrases like that n l said yesterday about fake it it wasn't a file one thousand it was fake one thousand fake two thousand this is you know only the numbers that follow the investigation but following previous question are it's very important to say that it's not only the voters because newton you know will have to form a coalition and what happened yesterday not only the allegations not only the statement in the indictment but his behavior his conduct after that made mr gunson the blue and white party that was a potential partner for legitimate coalition that a balanced coalition that could deal with the peace process and other challenges fourth gallants to say netanyahu is not going to be my partner in netanya zero is illegitimate and this is now the israeli voters know now that it will be very very difficult if not impossible for an attorney how to form a coalition he will have to maybe to form a coalition with the garnished wit

more than you know in previous elections netanyahu built an enemy in the shape of an iran. and hezbollah today the situation isn't one that enables him to build an enemy from the outside and therefore he's putting up the media and the justice system to be the enemy they say they're trying to bring me down. we're discussing other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers flo philips flow the egyptian photojournalist mahmoud it better known as shall conquer released from prison this past week after something like five and a half years behind bars but he's not exactly a free man is he not exactly and should undeniably this is one of the best pieces of media news to come out of egypt lately but one condition of siobhan's release is that he spends every night for the next five years at a police station and all this for a case that so many consider a sham shall come as a rested back in august twenty eighth jaring the early days of the c.c. government there was a huge pro muslim brotherhood demonstration in cairo in which at least six hundred proteste

wants to make it look like a trump netanyahu relationship a special relationship. yes well not only netanyahu trump as well both of them i think have have an interest in trying to present this relationship as being somehow dependent on the personal rip or chemistry relationship between trump and netanyahu and of are either of them were to be removed from the scene that somehow u.s. israeli relations would be in crisis that is of course. not in any way the case when rabbani always good to talk to you thank you. now if you know it's been held in iraq for yet another victim of last week's ferry disaster was one of the dozens of passengers or drowned three volunteers also died in the tigris river while trying to recover bodies going to reports from mosul. mohammed jessamy awad was like many other iraqis displaced from his home by years of conflict and struggling to find work but these people gathered to offer condolences will remember the heroic actions of a twenty four year old in extraordinary circumstances mohammad volunteered to help retrieve bodies from the tigris

netanyahu's election campaign. on friday night, the first two election polls came out since the attorney general made the announcement that he intends to indict the prime minister and they're not good news for netanyahu. he's trailing in both polls by 6 or 8 seats and according to both polls he doesn't have the numbers to put together a governing coalition with only five weeks to go before the election. his challenger tries to build on that momentum to grow that lead, netanyahu tries to reverse that trend to see if he can win a fifth election. >> now that long shutdown ended over a month ago but some federal workers are still feeling the effects. cnn has learned that many workers from the transportation security administration are still owed. of the tsa, 6,000 -- 60,000 employees, 1,000 still require a correction. the agency says it's working to fix the issue. and thousands of enslaved children in ghana stare down death every day. coming up, a cnn freedom project report that exposes the fear and horror of modern da

prime minister netanyahu: mr. president, my dear friend, donald, you have shown consistently incredible support for israel, for our right to self-defense. when we exercise that self-defense you have never flinched, you have always been there, including today, and i thank you. yesterday a rocket was fired from gaza deep inside israel. it hit a home north of tel aviv . it wounded seven, including two small children. and miraculously no one was hurt, no one was killed. israel will not tolerate this. i will not tolerate this. and as we speak, as i told you, r. president, just now, israel is responding forcefully to this wanton aggression. i have a simple message to israel's enemies, we will do whatever we must do to defend our people and defend our states. after this meeting, i will return home ahead of schedule to lead the people of israel and the soldiers of israel, but before i go, mr. president, it me so kind of you to invite to come can here and was so important for me to come here to the white house and to thank

the coverage of this scandal has certainly not played favorably for netanyahu. and this just six weeks away from national elections when he hopes to win a fourth term. for netanyahu the attorney general's recommendation to indict is no more than a political witch hunt. well he's looking at the house really their aim is to whip up the public with ridiculous attempts to make me look evil. without the chance to refute them now but only after the elections is the. enough with that though not their luck show in august. ignore the spin i intend to continue to serve you as prime minister for many years to come. after more than two decades in office netanyahu is only months away from possibly becoming the longest serving head of government in israel's history yet some israelis see the april ninth election as a good time for a change of leadership. and co-judge of the sufi done i think this is the end of the road netanyahu should say goodbye and leave as fast as he can before he gets into more trouble. but he was good but that said he should give the chance to young peop

house to pack up now and return to israel to handle this serious escalation netanyahu now says he will be packing up and going home cutting short his his u.s. trip and so this was some praise to prime he doesn't you know he said. he that he appreciated but. now his decision to go back to israel and i'm getting some self said i will return to israel today as well in order to if necessary fight so that was the beginning of the speech was praised enough to know who will be cutting short his trip to the u.s. as well it would seem to return to israel as well beyond doubt by what we have is a pretty standard stump speech of benny gantz emphasizing his warrior credentials his time in the military but also giving warnings to iran and hamas bowing not to exceed two security council resolutions of international law as regards israeli occupation of the occupied territories and he's getting all sorts of applause at all sorts of rounds of applause for anything he says the vows to but with iran what hamas will also understand mike pence is trying to court favor there at apac tell us how important it

israel's attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu. pakistan's prime minister says his country will release a captured indian pilot on friday as a gesture of peace a day earlier india and pakistan said they shot down each of those fighter jets in the disputed kashmir region pakistan says it downed two indian planes and arrested the pilot india said it shot down one pakistani aircraft and lost one of its own we've got two reporters covering this story for us on both sides of the border is live in the indian capital new delhi first let's go straight to come on who's in the pakistani capital islamabad come out and give us some indication of the detail behind this planned handover the seems to be some suggestion that although it is being made as a gesture of goodwill on the behalf of pakistan they may have to do it anyway as part of the geneva convention. where the geneva convention gods were to have their own laws and regulations but there was indeed an intruder who included into buckets on the airspace go buy gifts on death kept em dead

even had a hand in choosing which editors and reporters walla would hire or fire prime minister netanyahu is using the fake news defense calling the case a witch hunt cooked up by political rivals and their friends in the media it's a line he's used before but the victim narrative is starting to sound a little unconvincing our starting point this week is television. w should be a story of. how those who would do that if i'm actually on the order fella get that ugly. little bit of a detour they slowly show up as the fourth of others often that. she do in new hubby and cookie group. in a big loud. only slip of the from us going to. just equal who really is or should. not include some of the know the bin it's. this is a first in israeli political history a sitting prime minister faces indictment on multiple counts of corruption and media manipulation the telecom and media baron getting contracts and bribes from benjamin netanyahu in return for favorable coverage show the love each the man who issued the indictment notice attorney general of the high mantel blinked in his written ruling detai

foreign policy at a special ceremony with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at the white house of trying to sign a proclamation recognizing israeli's israeli sovereignty of the go one heights which the rest of the international community still regards as illegal and as israeli occupied the move a major diplomatic victory for netanyahu just two weeks before elections in israel the israeli prime minister praised trump and called it a historic step israel sees the go on heights from syria. during the six day war back in nineteen sixty seven all right we want to dig into this a little bit more i want to cross over now to our very own helena humphrey she is standing by in washington she's on the story for us tonight good evening to you helen that remind our international viewers if you would why this is such a big deal when an israeli leader first of all netanyahu when comes to washington and you know was invited for a two day visit at the white house why is this it's a big deal. brant it's always a big deal because the relationship between israel and the united states has long been

he is innocent, netanyahu is innocent. they try to make him fail and they want to see it, no way, no way. he's the best. there was a last—minute bid from the party to stop today's decision, calling it a result of thuggish pressure. mr netanyahu has used these allegations to rally his right—wing base, saying that it's cooked up by the left and by the media. mr neta nyahu categorically denies the claims. the bbc asked him recently how worried he was about the cases. i believe nothing will come of it because there's nothing in it. and it doesn't affect me, it doesn't affect my support because people believe what i have just said and they also believe that we are doing the right thing for the country. his party has already hit back with an attack ad, calling the case a political hitjob. it said it will collapse like a house of cards. with six weeks until israel's election, mr netanyahu looks certain to fight on. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. the conductor and composer andre previn has died at his home in new york. he w

gantz pounced on netanyahu's troubles: >> ( translated ): i call onyo benjamin netanyahu, from here tonight, to come to your senses, show responsibility, and resign from yourost. >> yang: netanyahu said today he will not resign, and he got a major boost from a key ally;es ent trump spoke in hanoi >> he's done a great job as prime minister. he's tough, he's smart, he's. stro >> yang: there is also ahe longstandi long-suffering issue of the israeli-palestinian peace process, and the coming plan from the trump administration. indyk says the prospects for that plan could actually be improved if netathahu lost >> ie is a more centrist governmentthere is greater prospect that the trump "deal of the century" more warmly embraced by the next>>overnment. ang: that plan is now reportedly coming after th israeli election, one that netanyahu said today he intends to win. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. n woodruff: stay with us, coming up on theewshour: congresswoman pramila jayapal on her medicare forll bill. plus, the connection between happiness and economic inequality. but first, in a major vic

is a help to mr netanyahu. established a bond and this is a help to mr netanyahulj established a bond and this is a help to mr netanyahu. i am afraid that it help to mr netanyahu. i am afraid thatitis help to mr netanyahu. i am afraid that it is not a curious stands as far as the trump administration is concerned, even though it is curious when you look at the consistent us policy towards israel and the golan heights since 1967 and especially since 1981 when israel effectively annexed the goal and heights which the us refused to recognise. —— golan heights. in that sense it is curious but not at all curious given the fact that there is a close relationship between president trump and prime minister netanyahu and the fa ct and prime minister netanyahu and the fact that it has been quite frankly obvious for a long time that president trump would do anything he could in order to deliver netanyahu a big perceived foreign policy when on the eve of the israeli election. this move on the golan heights may not chan

>> this is the rhetoric of netanyahu. this is the rhetoric, certainly that the president and many republicans are seizing on. of course, congresswoman omar, all of that. and mike pompeo has been talking about rising anti-semitism in the u.s. and elsewhere. in europe it's become an increasingly hard lined issue, and a movement in germany. it's a statement where they think they have leverage against the democrats this year. and netanyahu and pompeo working so closely together. netanyahu has been absolutely over the top elated by what the president has done. he's pressed hard for it. he was the chief lobbyist for this decision to be taken. >> yeah. and when we talk about it, you've been covering this for the last day or so, when the president reversed long-standing u.s. policy. there's been international reaction this morning from turkey saying the president's statement threatens a new crisis from syria calling it irresponsible. iran calling it illegal and unacceptable. of course, what the president has done doesn't practica

well it really depends who you ask because for the faithful of netanyahu this is going to embolden a lot of them to get out to the polls the prime minister and this was not so much of a surprise i mean i think he would have liked to get off on one or two of those cases but it's not so much he's prepared everyone that this is going to happen and what he successfully done over the last few weeks is he's actually made this into a political issue not a legal one that the elections they're trying to steal the elections even before the elections take place they're trying to influence and what you know the left that they call the left it can't do in the ballot box they're trying to do with the legal you know with legally bringing him down and a lot of people believe that so the people that you know support natanya a lot of them are sticking with him and say it's a conspiracy because a lot of those people are still convinced that the left of center labor type of leadership is running the country even though likud has been really running you know in the government the last forty years and i t

well i think for prime minister netanyahu the visit at the vide has a very important and as helena in washington said you know. very close to have the same style of politics they they understand each other and mr trump is also very well liked in israel if you look at the service he's considered a true friend of israel showing his strong support and not just about by words but also by actions as recognized to slimness a comfort zone of his and now he has recognized the golan heights as israeli territory now for mr netanyahu running the elections at the moment he does that mainly. a bit like mr trump as well on social media and by meeting with foreign leaders to show back home you know his supporters he is standing basically internationally as a leader compared to one of his main competitors. and he guns who's actually also right now in washington and spoke to the author conference today so it was a very important meeting. in washington for a prime minister netanyahu and the prime minister cutting short his visit to washington following that rocket attack on israel and israeli retaliato

but no one is talking about the violations that the military under netanyahu has committed. i think that is why many palestinians within the green line have reached t this conclusion that afterer decadesf israeli colonialism and expansion and continued violations and continued escalation of racist blows that have always beenen the norm inin israel sin 1 1948, it is time change our strtrategy. thisad of giving legitimacy to israel, it is time this s and adopt other strategies. amy: budour hassan, thanks for being with us palelestinian wrir , and project coordinator for the jerusalem center for legal aid and human rights. speaking to us from jerusalem. and thank you to jehad abusalim, scholalar. he runs the american friends service committee's gaza unlocked campaign. this is democracy now! when we come back, and the last week, three suicides related to mass shootings. two survivors of the parkland massacre, a young man in the young woman, took their own lives. and then just yesterday morning, the father of a victim of the sandy hook massacre killed himself. we will speak with

netanyahu. they can always open those up. the opportunity for the president is really to clarify go poi two points. number one, does he want a full disclosure of the mueller report? before that came out, he seemed to be leaning in that direction. throughout the conversations and victory laps officials here have been making on tv, they haven't come quite out to say how far the president wants to go, and will he crucially direct the attorney general to release large portions of that report, with all the caveats for national security and whether or not it'll be violating grand jury rules. the second question is what's the president's thinking on pard pardons? throughout the day, officials are saying no pardons are being discussed, and they have this ca caveat, that they are aware of. is he considering pardoning paul manafort or anyone else? aside from that, except anothpe victory lap from president trump. from lindsey graham, they want to go on the offensive, especially with the fisa warrants, whic

as well as attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu. attempts to push for a resolution to the crisis in venezuela have ended with a standoff between world powers at the united nations a u.s. led vote seeking free and fair elections failed the security council with russia and china vetoing the move and russia had its own idea rejected as well because since it only has more from the united nations. venezuelan opposition leader traveled to brazil on thursday visiting president djerba. asad years of european union states it was part of a tour of several nations meant to ratchet up international pressure on president nicolas maduro to step down. at the united nations why doe's allies attempted to do the same united states introduced a resolution calling for a free and fair elections in venezuela as well as humanitarian access but russia would not have it city was opposed we are seriously concerned by the fact that today's meeting may be exploited as a step for preparations for real not humanitarian intervention and as a pretext for external

he is innocent, netanyahu is innocent. they try to make him fail and they want to see it, they try to make him fail and they want to not succeed, no way, no way. he's the best. there was a last—minute bid from the party to stop today's decision, calling it a result of thuggish pressure. mr netanyahu has used these allegations to rally his right—wing base, saying that it's cooked up by the left and by the media. mr neta nyahu categorically denies the claims. the bbc asked him recently how worried he was about the cases. i believe nothing will come of it because there's nothing in it. and it doesn't affect me, it doesn't affect my support because people believe what i have just said and they also believe that we are doing the right thing for the country. his party has already hit back with an attack ad, calling the case a political hitjob. it said it will collapse like a house of cards. with six weeks until israel's election, mr neta nyahu looks certain to fight on. tom bateman, bbc news, jerusalem. the conductor and com

israel's attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister binyamin netanyahu. attempts to push for a resolution to the crisis in venezuela has ended with a standoff between world powers at the united nations a u.s. led vote seeking free and fair elections failed at the security council with russia and china vetoing the move and russia has had its own idea rejected as well kristen suddenly has more from the united nations. venezuelan opposition leader traveled to brazil on thursday visiting president jeroboam son our masters of european union states it was part of a tour of several nations meant to ratchet up international pressure on president nicolas maduro to step down. at the united nations quite those allies attempted to do the same united states introduced a resolution calling for a free and fair elections in venezuela as well as humanitarian access but russia would not. habit city has opposed we are seriously concerned by the fact that today's meeting may be exploited as a step for preparations for real not humanitarian intervention and as a pretext for e

israel's attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and after days of violence over kashmir both india and pakistan tell no attention. strong allies are helping president nicolas maduro stay in power in venezuela a u.s. led vote seeking for elections has failed at the u.n. security council russia and china vetoed the move while south africa voted against this christensen amy has more from the united nations. that as well an opposition leader traveled to brazil on thursday visiting president jeroboam. and passengers of european union states it was part of a tour of several nations meant to ratchet up international pressure on president nicolas maduro to step down. at the united nations knows allies attempted to do the same united states introduced a resolution calling for a free and fair elections in venezuela as well as humanitarian access but russia would not have it. we are seriously concerned by the fact that today's meeting may be exploited as a step for preparations for real not humanitarian intervention and as a pretext for exter

so to speak and also his travel to washington was seen a bit for mr netanyahu he can show that he is the one. the master of the foreign relations but of course all this happening you know also. the tense situation in the south. that is also why there's so much pressure know possibly on prime minister netanyahu from all sides to respond in a very tough matches so we have to see what the coming out was will look like tanya kramer reporting from jerusalem thank you i want bring you up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. chinese president xi jinping is in paris for talks with president invited by michael she is on his last leg of his three nation tour of europe and add boosting trade and diplomatic ties while the spite they're meeting present my car has urged the e.u. to be wary of china's growing influence around the world in iran emergency services say at least seventeen people have been killed and dozens more injured in flash floods across much of the country hospitals have been placed on full alert with the heavy rains expected to continue soon t

netanyahu is up for indictment. obviously there was another procedure in which he may come to the attorney general and claim -- put some claims forward. having said that, the fact the attorney general has made up his mind and put the charges on is very serious. i think it's hurting his situation. it's hurting his campaign. not entirely, but it has an effect on the israeli people. >> when one looks at this, there have been so many charges about mr. netanyahu and there have been so many accusations of corruption and some of them he has been cleared of. there's this swirl of charges about it. is it -- does the party at some point feel it's not worth the controversy? >> no. we believe strongly that this is a political persecution. let's make clear in the numbers. since 1997 he's had to deal with 19 accusations, allegations. 16 out of 19 ended up with nothing. we believe that doing the hearing -- in israel you have a hearing before the trial. netanyahu will peel down all the allegations. >> on the political side you have

benjamin netanyahu promising forceful reaction to that. the middle of a hard-fought election in which he has been criticized by his main challenger the former israeli army chief for his gaza policy, not containing hamas. so, we were expecting a forceful and major israeli military operation, multi-story building, housing what the military says wee the -- were the hamas internal security and an insurance building which was said was a secret base for the military intelligence among other services as well as -- the political leader of hamas, his office building. three major targets already destroyed inside gaza. the army was promising there was more to come. >> our correspondent was at the scene of one of the airstrikes in gaza. the result of is one of the israeli airstrikes that had the residential building in central gaza. the first floor of the building host of the headquarters of an insurance company. the top floors were residential apartments which had been fully destroyed. the residents had hardly any time to escape the strike, fleeing m

well i think for prime minister netanyahu the visit at the vide has a very important and as helena in washington said you know both. very close to have the same style of politics they they understand each other and mr trump is also very well liked in israel if you look at surveys he's considered a true friend of israel showing his strong support not just about by words but also by actions he has recognized jerusalem as a competition of his and now he has recognized the golan heights as israeli territory now for mr netanyahu running the elections at the moment he does that mainly. mr trump as well on social media and by meeting foreign leaders to sell back home you know his supporters he is standing basically internationally as a leader compared to one of his main competitors from any guns who's actually also right now in washington and spoke to the author conference today so it was a very important meeting. in washington for a prime minister netanyahu and the prime minister cutting short his visit to washington following that rocket attack on israel and israeli retaliatory strikes aga

well i think the prime minister netanyahu the visit at the vide has a very important and as has an a in washington said you know. very close to have the same style of politics they they understand each other and mr trump is also very well liked in israel if you look at surveys he's considered a true friend of israel showing his strong support not just about by words but also by actions has recognized jerusalem as a competition of his and now he has recognized the golan heights as israeli territory now for mr netanyahu running the elections at the moment he does that mainly actually a bit like mr trump as well on social media and by meeting foreign leaders to show back home you know his supporters he is standing basically internationally as a leader compared to one of his main competitors former pentagons who is actually also right now in washington and spoke to the author conference today so it was a very important meeting. in washington for a prime minister netanyahu and the prime minister cutting short his visit to washington following that rocket attack on israel and israeli retal

a live report coming up from jerusalem next. >>> in a serious blow to benjamin netanyahu's chances for re-election in april after israel's attorney general announces the prime minister will be indicted. accusations of bribery and breach of trust stemming from three separate investigations. netanyahu says the impending charges are political and his main challenger is calling on him to resign. oren liebermann is joining us live with the latest from jerusalem. >> reporter: and that has been one of netanyahu's biggest complaints that it is 5 1/2 weeks away until israeli elections and netanyahu is in a very tough fight against his main challenger and netanyahu says these are politically motivated, persecution driven by the media and left to try to pressure the attorney general to issue an indictment at any cost against the prime minister. the attorney general announced he intends to indict the prime minister on charges of bribery and breach of trust and additional charges in two separate cases. it comes again at this critical time right before the elections here. his main challenger, his fo

and netanyahu is up for indictment. obviously, there was another procedure in which he may come to the attorney general and claim, you know, some claims forward. but having said that, the fact that the attorney general has made up his mind and also put the charges on is very, very serious, and it's -- i think it's hurting his situation. it's hurting his campaign. not entirely. but it has an effect on the israeli people. >> mr. hasan, what one looks at this, there have been so many charges about mr. netanyahu and there have been so many accusations of corruption and, you know, some of them he has been cleared of. but there is this swirl of charges about it. is it -- i mean, does the party feel this is not worth the controversy? >> no. we believe strongly that this is a political persecution. let's make clear in the numbers, netanyahu since 1997 had to deal with 19 investigations, accusations, allegations. 16 out of 19 of them ended up with nothing. and we truly believe that during the hearing, and these are the processes

and benjamin netanyahu in discussions now with both cyprus and greece about this energy pipeline designed to take gas natural gas from cyprus and from israel through greece to italy into europe beyond and provide an alternative to the major mainly russian supply that that europe so much relies on that's got the u.s. seal of approval and so might compare here in part two to really deliver that more strongly but also obviously to talk about iran policy he talked about the daily threats that israel lived under and the as you say the regional rampage of iranian policies in the middle east and so it very much buttresses the case of benjamin netanyahu these be making for many years now that iran is the number one threat to israel's national security and that he is the man to deal with it and to keep israel safe it's a campaign an election campaign that we're currently in with polls do you want to pull the ninth which has really been dominated by benjamin netanyahu his character and the issue of security and whether he or his chief opponent benny gantz the former israeli army chief is best suite