more than 70 years after the creation of israel no major international actor questions its right to exist except perhaps for these release themselves the allegations of. surface in almost every critical discussion on israeli policies often to the government's side or to shut down the conversation altogether is it still possible to analyze and criticize israel's policies without being branded of the state and the gator of its right to exist to discuss that i'm now joined by. israel palestine director of human rights watch is the trick here is good to have you on the show and thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me now i know that human rights watch has had a number of its staff members deported from countries that are usually thought of as authoritarian regimes but to have a similar possibility happened in that democratic country i think it's quite remarkable what got you in trouble with the israeli leadership israeli government going back several years now has been restricting human rights watch as access to both israel and the west bank it began actually several years

israel has essentially been doing what it wants to do. amount of outcry has never prevented it from implementing its own domestic policies and this is what i want to ask you. regardless of whether you are allowed to stay in the country or not do you feel like your work still has an impact on actual impact on policies of israel in particular and the international community in general is there a practical result rather than simply generating you know a series of condemnations which is what the politics is all about i mean it's really goes into practical action you're absolutely right that international action in the face of israeli rights abuses not curb those abuses that's a reality but it's also failed to curb rights abuses and many other parts around the world but i think the human rights movement despite the obstacles faced i mean you're talking about one of the world's strongest militaries in israel supported by the global hedge amount of the united states. no amount of human rights groups or. on its own is going to be able to you know

israel palestine director of human rights watch is to secure is good to have you on the show and thank you very much for your time. thank you for having me now i know that human rights watch has had a number of its staff members deported from countries that are usually thought of as authoritarian regimes but to have a similar possibility happened in that democratic country i think it's quite remarkable what got you in trouble with the israeli leadership israeli government going back several years now has been restricting human rights watch as access to both israel and the west bank it began actually several years ago in february of 2017 when the israeli government denied human rights watch a permit to have a foreign employee at the time they allege that human rights watch was engaged in propaganda for palestinians we went public it generated pressure the government relented and then last year the government accused me as the israel palestine director of human rights watch of promoting boycotts in israel we sued a court froze the deportation order and in court the government cited as ev

considering benjamin netanyahu is future political future do you think this political uncertainty in israel will have any bearing on the case absolutely i mean i think it's not a coincidence that the supreme court a scheduled our hearing for november 11th these really israelis will go to elections on september 17th the process to form a government usually takes around 6 weeks so by the time we're sitting in the courtroom will likely have unless there's some hiccups like last time with coalition negotiations a new israeli government and the israeli supreme court and the israeli government will have important decisions to make about the extent to which israel today welcomes criticism of its human rights policies and particularly with regards to palestinians now the reason i'm asking this question is because i think. the the lower courts have interpreted the charges against you in a very broad political way essentially you've been found guilty of war can you guess the state of israel for simply saying that business businesses that operate in the all clear by the west bank how being too entrenc

ambassador in this israel david friedman all of them are supporters of the of the settlements they are friends of the settlers and they are against and they are against the palestinian state that 2 state solution and in favor of it is really an extension of the occupied territories ok well i'm kind of disappointed that we're all in such agreement tara but we're pledging it out and it's really important peter i mean this this deal looks like it's repackaging the occupation that's all it's doing it's putting a nice you know it is tying a little bow over something that has existed for decades and and shared question it certainly is not approaching that because you can't deal with these economic issues i'm going to agree with the only with without dealing with the political i mean that's what you that's where you start ok. in the economic infrastructure if it a political arrangement can be made which we all know has been very very difficult that's where you would go ahead in manchester. you know. the implied deal here i mean what is the deal. the implied deal is for $50000000000.00 the pal

under percent on one side of israel and this is the right wing the layers. and the netanyahu and therefore if you really want to make progress in the middle east or at least in these really are palestinian conflict you need to have better. and more by. unfortunately it's not going to happen. all the not all i would say trumps for him polly see if he has any. is just in shambles regarding north korea regatta in russia or regarding china. in the middle east as well especially in these really palestinian conflict ok peter i will give you a hypothetical ok go ahead i mean at some point in the program jump in. ok you said that this is the american policy pro israel he has not brought israeli these pro benjamin netanyahu ok good governor good point thank you thank you. yes that's fair good point this is this is not known this is this is not. to be identical with israel the good of the israeli people and the electorate here is split down the middle at the most. and his followers re present broadly half of the population and most of the more thoughtful israelis are

to be identical with israel the good of the israeli people and the electorate here is split down the middle to most. and his followers re present broadly half of the population and most of the more thoughtful israelis are against his policy a mere thank you for correcting me on my own program i stand corrected you're absolutely right let me go to peter now with my hypothetical ok donald trump finds out the reception of his son in law is a plan everyone's laughing at it so what donald trump does being unpredictable as he is he calls you up peter and ask you to be his special envoy in the middle east what's the 1st thing you would do. because you have the qualifications for it you could do the job. i have to say mr president you have to go back to your starting point but what i very much afraid of his plan is that notwithstanding the poor reception of the economic plan we're going to press ahead with plan a. which anticipated i think this kind of reception it must have done anyone with half a brain could have foreseen what was happening they put on the table after the israeli elections

he came up to me and said i love israel. i asked him, let me ask you a question, is it true young evangelicals are less supportive of israel than ever before? he said absolutely. i said why is it? he said because we also go to college. we also hear what is being set. we are also in the same context, the same indoctrination. friends, a moment of decision for us. what we see in europe and what we see in the united states is a combustible cauldron of anti-semitism from the athletic supremacist rights, from the vicious anti-zionist left, and radical islam. they operate together, they borrow each other's language, and they paint each other's symbols on jewish institutions. and, we have to decide that room, today there is no for this unity in the jewish world. times are too urgent, the crisis too great. if we are serious about fighting all anti-semitism, now is the time for us to come together. one voice. we are in the final week, the final week of the counting of the orbiter. what is it about? it is the process of transition from

rights and criticizing the state of israel and holding the state of israel accountable for its actions is in no way anticipate eric and i'm actually quite offended when. people make that conflation between anti-semitism and criticism of israel these demonstrations hey remember just a small part of a much wider and much more complicated discussion and debate going on in germany right now concerning the issue of the seventy's and and how it should best be tackled not an easy task given the tangled complicated web not only of culture and religion but of history and international politics. well joining me now is benjamin steinitz he's projects director of the research and information department on anti-semitism here in berlin benjamin welcome to our program so the al quds march has been held in berlin for more than 20 years now is it inherently anti semitic we have to consider the main objective of the could stay as it was called old. leader is that elation of israel as in its current context as a jewish state. surely disc. of be expressed from the organizers of the could stay in that open

peace between israel and the palestinians meanwhile the u.s. president says that he only stopped airstrikes against iran for now donald trump warned that military action is still an option from pulls up plans to impose additional sanctions on tehran iran right now is an economic mess they're going through hell it's a bit of a hard war sanctions are going to be put on a lot. it's hard to believe you could even but it is a rod want to become a wealthy again. rob they call it let's make the run rate again that they make the run very good with me but never going to do it if they think that 5 or 6 years they're going to have a nuclear weapon i know too much about. a lot about it and let me tell you they're not going to have a nuclear weapon thailand's prime minister has called them fellow south east asian leaders to approve a trade deal that would form the world's biggest free trade area probably of china open the 2nd day of the latest summit of southeast asian countries known as in thailand the proposed deal would include india and china but not th

i have lived in israel for close to 40 years. i have never heard that kind of anti-democratic rhetoric coming from a mainstream israeli party. the most obvious example of the threat to democracy that is coming from within the knesset itself is the passage about half a year ago of the nation state law. i'd like to spend a moment just unpacking the problematics of that law because what is a problem with that law is not understood by its opponents and its defenders are missing a crucial point about what really is the threat in that law. the problem with the nation state law from my point of view is not what's in the law but what's not in the law. what's missing from the law is a definition of israel as in addition to being the state of the jewish people to being the state of all of its citizens, to being a democratic state. if you are going to pass a law that defines the essence of the state and you define the essence of the state only as either a jewish state or a democratic state you are doing profound violence to who we are and h

well the talks failed and the british gaza closed down its offices in israel. when the british of us thought it says that israel has the palestinians to run some have been on the gaza many universes that would have meant there was a freedom of information act that was submitted with their u.k. government by an organization i think tank called a shop aca which is a palestinian virtual think tank the freedom of information documents that have come out actually showed that israel had commercial reasons and it said that they would not allow palestinians to access their resources until the palestinians can guarantee that they would sell gas to israel at about a 3rd of the price of the gas on the international markets so they were essentially seeking or trying to force the palestinians to pay about $2.00 per hour and then b.t.u. rather than $65.00 to $7.00 which is where was the price of gas at the time and for b.g. which is a private company that wouldn't have been profitable so essentially there was no commercial. viability for the project anymore because of the re

israel rally also taking place in the city. and another mass shooting in the united states a disgruntled employee in virginia killed 12 people get time down the gunman died in an exchange of fire with police. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program human rights groups once again warning of an unprecedented crisis in syria as government forces are pushing into it live province hundreds of thousands of people are reportedly flaying from the region after 8 years of war and lived in the country's north west is a serious last remaining rebel stronghold to the east west and the south the region is surrounded by troops loyal to president bashar assad and his russian and iranian allies in the north turkish troops and their allies have taken control back many of the rebel groups inside it live last year the presidents of both turkey and russia brokered a cease fire for the region but now that agreements aims to have collapsed triggering fears of another humanitarian crisis. this footage purportedly shows the aftermath of a syrian gove

the results and egypt israel guys the. aryan sharon than a blocked all means for the palestinians to extract gus in the gaza mud in pursuit . a journey of personal discovery by a great grandfather he was a slave of the only property algis there is james garner and explores his family's legacy as slave owner you know like my family's status and wealth has benefited from their choice to slave people and america's debt to the black people today some of us all star we even scared to speak out because a surprisingly. al-jazeera correspondent a moral debt. germany's birth varian helps where stunning scenery play host to europe's latest arrivals. separate in origin. they share a common room. and together dream of a german future. welcome to german café veld left a witness documentary on al-jazeera. you're watching al-jazeera times the whole rahman in doha these are all top news stories sudanese activists say one protester has been killed as the opposition launches a campaign of civil disobedience they're accusing the military gi

hours later, we boarded the plane and we flew to israel. and the very next day after being and that abyss of death, next to the gas chambers and the crematoria, we again were arm in arm and shoulder to shoulder. at this time at the co-sage. dancing and celebrating shabbat it was friday night and dancing and celebrating shabbat together with idf shoulders and newtons and visitors. reveling, reveling in celebration of life. and at that moment the message was driven home. that in celebrating the state of israel, we are celebrating not only a country and not only the birthday of the founder, but we are celebrating humanities greatest response to histories greatest evil. the building out of the ash of 6 million, a country that is decent and just and democratic and free. a beacon of innovation for the world, truly the. that is what the state of israel represents. and you know what else? it is a great human answer to injustice the adl. in 1913, as anti-semitism was rising in europe after the conviction of leo frank, this organization answered in t

ambassador in this israel david friedman all of them are supporters of the of the settlements they are friends of the settlers and they are against and they are against the palestinian state that 2 state solution and in favor of it is really an extension of the occupied territories ok well i'm kind of disappointed that we're all in such agreement tara but we're pledging it out and it's really important peter i mean this this deal looks like it's repackaging the occupation that's all it's doing it's putting a nice you know it is tying a little bow over something that has existed for decades and and hard question and certainly is not approaching that because you can't deal with these economic issues i'm going to agree with the only with without dealing with the political i mean that's what you that's where you start ok. in the economic infrastructure if it a political arrangement can be made which we all know has been very very difficult that's where you would go ahead in manchester. you know. the implied deal here i mean what is the deal. the implied deal is for $50000000000.00 the pale

rights and criticizing the state of israel and holding the state of israel accountable for its actions is in no way anderson medic and i'm actually quite offended when. people make that conflation between anti-semitism and criticize. the members of these demonstrations here in berlin are just a small part of a much wider a much more complicated discussion and debate going on in germany right now concerning the issue of anti semitism and how it should best be tackled not an easy task given the tangled complicated web not only of culture and religion but of history and international politics. now to some of the other stories making news around the world around 800 people have been injured in multiple blasts at an explosives factory in russia that took place in judging about 400 kilometers east of my moscow factory buildings were badly damaged the cause of the blast so far on . a poll shows germany's greens have overtaken chancellor angela merkel's conservatives for the 1st time to become the most popular party 27 percent said they would back the party in the election and push them one po

israeli believes that the golan heights are part of israel belong to israel and protect israel and the fact that now the united states under the leadership of president trump has come forward and also recognize that the golan heights are not in any danger not in any international danger not even in any internal danger in israel that anyone would like to give it back to syria or like to granted to syria which is really a terrorist state that has killed almost a half a 1000000 of its own citizens so that would be the most dangerous thing to take place and the syrians have to realize from the israeli press. active that as long as there's no excavation on their side then israel will not respond yeah i mean prime minister netanyahu he did they strike himself and you know many is saying that he's under a lot of pressure at home right now isn't he how do you see israel's political crisis resolving itself given the disputes that they have internally. well there are there is a political crisis so we have a democracy there we are we the prime minister has called elections again or the knesset di

their land but of their story a listening post often now on the silencing of palestinian history in israel's archives. the palestinian displaced dispersed occupied writing the past is a constant struggle which is by design because sealed in israel occupies in libraries a hidden palestinian story entire chapters of history that were looted from palestinian institutions and home. after the palestinian people were expelled from their homes israeli forces came in and quite methodically proceeded to seize all of the contents in their houses it was done in such a way that to this day we don't have a complete idea of what items were taken. documents are scattered in so many places some in the israeli archives in jerusalem some at the national library many of these boxes haven't been catalogued to this day there is often no possibility for research or to have access to the thumb of the left the house all of the archives in israel are really very much founded and they re sure of palestinians every single israeli attack on palestinians has usually targeted an archive this happened in 1948 and manner b

he handles israel's security and how he defends the state of israel and the people of israel. this week representatives of venezuelan president nicolas maduro and opposition leader won by doe held a 2nd round of talks in norway without producing a deal the host nation did say the 2 sides have made progress hard for the u.s. has its own solution as we have repeatedly stated we believe the only thing to negotiate with nicholas maturer is the conditions of his departure their return to the negotiating table comes despite the opposition's initial reluctance to take part self proclamation of power was supported by consistent and hawker stance among western leaders over the last 4 months it cost all of takes us through the power struggle. i swear to formally assume the duties of the national executive as president of venezuela. and that was how it all began a long and porthole road to the chaos and mayhem venezuela's in today it wants needs local politician overnight short into political stardom and with the u.s. on his side it seemed one why don't you simply couldn't lose. i'm mike

on how he handles israel's security and how he defends the state of israel and the people of israel. and finally liverpool liberating the 6th time that they have lifted football's champions league trophy after they beat spurs in last month's final embetter it. it was it was. to look at. a hit. and right here on monte for munchies you don't have money to chase in rio has been covering the highs and the lows of the tournament and his show on the touchline and what is the final episode 3 new sums up the results of the competition you can watch the full version of that coming up here late on monday for now that is a quick preview. what is the most important thing in football. to win on the liverpool wanting. a bit confused thing tension to knowing the arm close to your body. in a position that is not a natural position like you happen and of course the human being needs the arms to keep the balance i think he was nervous because he's not the super penalty taker i seem he made the right decision the quality of the game was not good the quality of passing was not good we didn't play like w

that americans have a lot of leverage with israel because they are the main supporters of israel israel cannot see nor to the united states but the united states is not exercised is exercising or using this leverage on the contrary they are exercising their pressure only on the palestinian side look at what they have done they claim that they want to create an economic process to support palestinians but at the same time they cut completely all the financial support to the palestinians whether it's to the palestinian authority or to palestinian civil society they try to destroy or not which is provide. service to palestinian refugees health care education the right to destroy it by cutting off all the support to it and i give it to others to do the same they have admitted and accepted that and excision of east jerusalem which is of evolution of international law they confirmed their acceptance and the condition of the annexation of the golan heights which is also a violation of international law so basically what we see here is a consistent effort to destroy the very basis of any possib

love the strumpet jarrad pushed up trumps mother in law also jewish is now in israel and he's got it the plan the solution the deal of the century we appreciate your efforts to strengthen the relationship between our 2 countries it's never been stronger and we're very excited about all the potential that lies ahead for israel for the relationship alliance between the united states and america has never been stronger. and it's going to get even stronger it will come as no surprise but something is great is this takes passion takes trust history and trump and bibi to go way back i've known president and i've known his family and his team for a long term. there is no greater supporter of the jewish people and the jewish story than president donald trump but what about the plaid it's believed trump and kush that have been secretly drawing it up for 2 years why she quickly well because it could make some of israel's neighbors angry imagine a husband and wife during divorce they can't seem to agree on how to split their house so a judge rules that the wife can keep the house and gives the

do you read into israel's incursion into the country. i'm not and i think i took it to toscan are not sure it is actually so saddam i think a long history. of visceral fear on the israeli side of the activities going on when a military base is on the syrian side what at least suddenly the end of 2015 since and since when russia came into syria and created a real game changer you know you've got a daily threat which israel is having a real problem coping with the build up of running forces hezbollah still the. syrian army which is not quite as stretched as it was before so you know we got a continued campaign strike and counterstrike and retaliation. both sides playing this situation for politics more out some of the israeli side so do you think that if they're all really have the right to strike syria this time around. that's a great question is that i think if you take a step back and you look at the detail the nooses or what's been happening in the last few years as i mentioned earlier i don't think it does simply because when you read

i have lived in israel for close to 40 years. i have never heard that kind of anti-democratic rhetoric coming from the israeli party. the most obvious example of the threat to democracy that is is thefrom within passage about half a year ago of the nation state law. i would like to spend a moment unpacking the problematics of that law because a problem with the law is not understood by its opponents and its defenders are missing a crucial point about what really is the threat in that law. the problem with the nation state law, from my point of view is not what is in the law, but what is not in the law. what is missing from the law is a definition of israel as an addition to being the state of the jewish people, to being the state of all of its citizens, to being a democratic state. if you are going to pass a law that defines the essence of the the essenceu define of the state only as either a jewish state for a democratic state, you are doing profound violence to who we are and how they founders of the state envisioned what the j

a leader that wrote the art of the deal israel palestine if you're going to make it that probably is the hardest deal there is to make and i'm a very good deal maker believe me if you can't make a good deal with a politician then there's something wrong with you any great deal maker needs a great problem to solve obvious no north korea rocket should have been handled a long time if. we were going to do it. because we really have no choice to regional local the china trade deal is too mundane and above average dealmaker would be good enough to solve it trump is a great deal maker and he needs the greatest problem is really palestinian conflict you're not going to support me even though you know i'm the best thing that could ever happen to israel and i shall be that they have so much in common trump and b b their egos self righteousness and their struggles against humility trump loves b.b. and b.b. love the strumpet jarrad pushed up trumps southern law also jewish is now in israel and he's got it the plan the solution the deal of the century we appreciate your efforts to strengthen the

they're deciding that it is better to work with israel and to work with israel to fight iran than it is to fight with israel over the palestinians. palestinians are being left by the wayside as part of the new cost benefit calculation and when we think about israel's long term security, if president trump keeps bullying the palestinians and we do get a de facto one state solution that benefits israel that will not remove the threat from iranian proxies in palestinian territories and that may not be in the long term security interests of israel. so president trump has been clear on his policy when it comes to israel. and what we're seeing is the arab states again choosing to fight iran rather than to support the palestinian claims for statehood. >> fascinating. we will have to come back to china some other time. >>> next on "gps," something completely different. you will meet the face of white nationalism here in the u.s. of a. a preview of my special "state of hate" when we come back. behr presents: outdone yourself. staining be done... and stay done through every season. behr semi-t

the trumpet ministration is openly and very forcefully pro israel as the see it ok how does that how is that bad for any kind of peace process when there are so many pieces that we need to have in the middle east but if the united states is abandon its it's a broker position that it prided itself on for decades and i don't think it was a fair broker but at least it was a pretense of being a fair broker but now with this switch here i mean how does that bode for the region. you are absolutely right even under more balanced administration is like that barak obama administration or even. due to bush's administration's still united states was very favorable. and supportive of israel and that was the major palestinian complaint nowadays on their drugs there is nothing even due to compare when these absolutely 100 percent not only on the ease or any side is under percent on one side of israel and this is their right wing they say the layers. and their and netanyahu and therefore if you really want to make a progress in the middle east or at least be in these really are palestinian conflict

the results and egypt israel does the. aria shot on than a blocked all means for the palestinians to extract gus in the gaza met in person but. this is a challenge to follow the. koran corruption is so full that. this is the only way to do. a course of a minister a keenest a european judge tasked with imposing or a new order and a trial testing the nose of a newly formed nation. witnessed. highway on al-jazeera after decades. program with instruction data agree computers can only. identify and predict human. intelligence. and decide on. the big picture. of the world according to a i expose the bias inside the machine. on al-jazeera. this is al-jazeera with the top stories on al-jazeera sudan's process leaders have called the military crackdown on demonstrators a bloody massacre but getting the full picture of what's now going on inside the country remains difficult gunshots have rung out again in sudan's capital hard to for a 3rd straight day. the death toll since monday's attack on protestors outside the military headquar

a leader that wrote the art of the deal israel palestine. if you're going to make it that probably is the hardest deal there is to make and i'm a very good deal make i believe me if you can't make a good deal with a politician then there's something wrong with you any great deal maker needs a great problem to solve obvious no north korea rocket man should have been handled a long time ago. we were going to do it. because we really have no choice to regional or local the china trade deal is too mundane and above average dealmaker would be good enough to solve it trump is a great deal maker and he needs the greatest problem use really palestinian conflict you're not going to support me even though you know i'm the best thing that could ever happen to israel and i shall be that they have so much and coleman trump and b b their egos self righteousness and their struggles against humility trump loves b. b. and b. b. loves trump jarrad pushed up trumps and in law also jewish is now in israel and these got it the plan the solution the deal of the c

seized by israel israeli forces during the war in $167.00 it was later on expire israel but is still considered by the un to be syrian territory israel has repeatedly accused syria of hostile military activity in the golan heights on saturday prime minister benjamin netanyahu said his country would not tolerate any firing into its territory when it's bringing our guest now brian becker from the antiwar coalition to back a great to have you with us israel claims to be acting in self-defense with its missile strikes on syrian territory what's behind this latest escalation do you think. well 1st of all it's not possible for israel to justifiably claim that they are the victims of aggression because israel does not own the golan heights it was seized illegally in the june 1967 war there are multitudes of un resolutions that insist that israel return the golan heights are the fact that a rare missile hit or struck some part of the go on hades is now used by the netanyahu government a government that is only able to form a new government by the way and which is be said by its own domestic

they cannot cross into israel for work or to go to the west bank. and the only exist is through egypt where people spend days at the border. >> i felt like i left to go to another country, you know? >> you went to another country. >> so you think i did the right thing? >> oh, forget it. >> forget it? >> yeah. >> they'll lynch you. you know? because they don't have too many trees. i don't know where they'll handing you from. >> i'm always eager to come here because this is my home. and then when i go back, i take with me a lot of guilt leaving these people behind. >> when are we going to get to the humane level? people should be incensed. not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe tha

a leader that wrote the art of the deal israel palestine. if you're going to make it that probably is the hardest deal there is to make and i'm a very good deal mike i believe me if you can't make a good deal with a politician then there's something wrong with you any great deal maker needs a great problem to solve obvious no north korea rocket man should have been handled a long time ago. we were going to do it. because we really have no choice to regional local the china trade deal is too mundane and above average dealmaker would be good enough to solve it trump is a great deal maker and he needs the greatest problem is really palestinian conflict you're not going to support me even though you know i'm the best thing that could ever happen to israel and i shall be that they have so much and coleman trump and b b their egos self righteousness and their struggles against humility trump loves b.b. and b.b. love the strumpet jarrad pushed up trumps and in law also jewish is now in israel and he's got it the plan the solution the deal of the ce

to be identical with israel the good of the israeli people and the electorate here is split down the middle to most. and his followers resent broadly half of the population and most of the more thoughtful israelis are against his policy amir thank you for correcting me on my own program i stand corrected you're absolutely right let me go to peter now with my hypothetical ok donald trump finds out the reception of his son in law is a plan everyone's laughing at it so what donald trump does being unpredictable as he is he calls you up peter and ask you to be his special envoy in the middle east what's the 1st thing you would do. because you have the qualifications for it you could do the job. have truth with the president you have to go back through your starting point but what are very much afraid clan is not with them. during the poor reception of the economic plan we're going to press ahead with plan a. which anticipated i think this kind of reception it must have done anyone with half a brain could have foreseen what was happening they put on the table after the israeli elections t

undermine israel's security. that is one reason it had been difficult to do. what we found in the intervening 18 months is at the opposite has been the case. we have close ties between israel and the arab world, less than one year after the president made the jerusalem announcement. there was a historic trip to moscow and i was one that visit occurred at the security dialogue. as you can imagine that was a room full of arabs. we were all looking up to the screens wondering what the problem would be and i will leave him nameless but one of the ambassadors to washington came up and said they got there will for us. and so i think as it has turned out the confidence that israel has gained from these policies and the embassy move is symbolic but it's a much broader partnership not only between the president and the prime minister but between the ambassador and his counterpart and me and my counterpart that we have clearly strengthen these ties. this is giving israel tremendous confidence. our goal on that front on the

and of so the market for this gas is basically in israel. on the 27th of september 2000 palestinian a president yasser arafat gave the green light for drilling to start of the gaza cost. the next day the right wing israeli politician ariel sharon's approve accretive visit to the aqsa mosque compound it triggered violence which he quickly lit to the 2nd intifada. 5 months later sharon was elected a prime minister and the next few years so the israeli palestinian relationship deteriorate badly the peace process stalled completely. but the gears of continued behind closed doors. the palestinian the regime minister as a michele one held secret talks with his israeli counterparts just if but it's. a show as currently chairman of the palace then when a 3 authority. i tried to contact him but he refused to talk about his role in gaza money. and he was not and. all the palestinians i contacted whose names came up in research into the gaza marina project declined to be interviewed for this approach. however we did manage to speak to the former israel

ambassador in this israel david friedman all of them are support there is all the. settlements there are friends of the settlers and they are against. our against the palestinian state solution and in favor of this israeli an extension of the occupied territories ok well i'm kind of disappointed that we're all in such agreement but we're pledging it out and it's really important peter i mean this this deal looks like it's repackaging the occupation that's all it's doing it's putting a nice you know it is tying a little bow over something that has existed for decades and and shared question it certainly is not approaching that because you can't deal with these economic issues i'm going to agree with the only with without dealing with the political i mean that's what you that's where you start ok in the economic infrastructure if a political arrangement can be made which we all know it's been very very difficult that's where you would go go ahead and manchester. you know. the implied deal here i mean what is the deal. the implied deal is that for $50000000000.00 the p

but was not it extracting any gas and israel had no plan. of the gas field you almost irish talks with the british gas for the u.k. government under tony blair. but the talks failed and the british gaza closed down its offices in israel. when the british and us thought it says that israel has the palestinians to run some have been on the gaza many universes that would have meant there was a freedom of information act that was submitted with their u.k. government by an organization i think tank called a shop aca which is a palestinian virtual think tank the freedom of information documents that have come out actually showed that israel had commercial reasons and it said that they would not allow palestinians to access their resources until the palestinians can guarantee that they would sell gas to israel at about a 3rd of the price of the gas on the international markets so they were essentially seeking or trying to force the past. about $2.00 per hour and then b.t.u. rather than $65.00 to $7.00 which is where was the price of gas at the time

believes that the golan heights are part of israel belong to israel and protect israel the prime minister of israel has you know a lot of backing from both sides of the aisle from both left and right on how he handles israel's security and how he defends the state of israel and people of his . on friday you want to expert on torture and inhumane treatment so the way julian assange has been treated amounts to psychological torture i mean that he doesn't think the wiki leaks co-founder will get a fair trial if he's extradited to the united states. this is. crucial to go there is to medical experts. and and document symptoms of physical and psychological torture in the treatment. all the symptoms that are typical for a person that has been exposed to psychological torture over a long period of time speaking of severe stress some chronic and severe psychological trauma would never see use several democratic states. in order to persecute them this isolate single out particular individual without granting him the protection that actually is accorded to him buffalo britain's foreign secretary sl

and especially when you says that palestinians cannot rule themselves without israel is nothing but a support to the continuation of patient and operation and the system of apartheid by israel against the palestinians in my opinion question that is now trying to change the historical american position and to confront the international consensus that the palestinians should have a state of their on and their occupied palestinian territories question out is that going to change that course in service of the zionist movement in service of those really extreme government that's exactly what the so-called the deal of the century is about. according sweden has rejected a request by prosecutors to issue an arrest warrant against wiki leaks founder julian assange in connection with a rape case investigation it means that sweden won't seek a son she's extradition from the u.k. . the district court has decided that right now it is not proportionate to. pretrial detention. for mr assad in his absence because in their view it is possible to further the investigation without this by the use of f

a leader that wrote the art of the deal israel palestine. if you're going to make it that probably is the hardest deal there is to make and i'm a very good deal mike i believe me if you can't make a good deal with a politician then there's something wrong with you any great deal maker needs a great problem to solve obvious no north korea rocket man should have been handled a long time ago. we were going to do it. because we really have no choice to regional local the china trade deal is too mundane and above average dealmaker would be good enough to solve it trump is a great deal maker and he needs the greatest problem is really palestinian conflict you're not going to support me even though you know i'm the best thing that could ever happen to israel and i shall be that they have so much and coleman trump and b.b. their egos self righteousness and their struggles against humility trump loves b.b. and b.b. love the strumpet jarrad pushed up trumps mother in law also jewish is now in israel and he's got it the plan the solution the deal of th

and palestine for years material that could reveal details about israel's treatment of palestinians has been sealed inside the country state and military archives under the pretext of security or privacy more than 98 percent of those documents are classified they're under lock and key it's a form of censorship that has been criticised not just by palestinians but by the former chief archivist of israel as well historians and journalists say the policy of censoring material in the archives exposes the deep insecurities that israel has about its past with archivists acting as they gatekeepers of history for palestinians it's part of a wider trend of cultural or racial and historical denial that beginning before $948.00 has gone hand in hand with the regular theft and appropriation of not just their land but of their story the listening post often now on the silencing of palestinian history in israel's archives. the palestinian displaced. occupied new rating the past is a constant struggle which is by design because sealed in israel occupies the libraries a hidden palestinian story ent

israel rally also taking place in the city. i'm rebecca has welcome to the program government forces a launching an all out offensive against the last rebel held territory in syria and people on the ground are expecting a surge of fighting ground troops have been advancing on it live under the cover of syrian and russian airstrikes the offensive monks' an end to the 9 month safe cease fire that started last september backed by russia and turkey it's the biggest escalation of violence since the summer of last year. this footage purportedly shows the aftermath of a syrian government air raid in adlib the volunteer races to rescue injured children from the rubble observers are warning that the battle for the region could have a terrible humanitarian toll it live is the last rebel stronghold with some 3000000 people packed together in close quarters rights groups say the effects of the battle will be felt across the world. the displaced people will soon move towards other countries they have potential refugees if the status quo con

the results and egypt israel guys the. sharon than a blocked all means for the palestinians to extract gus in the gaza mud in pursuit . a journey of personal discovery by a great grandfather he was a slave of the only property al-jazeera is james garner and explores his family's legacy of slavery ownership you know like my family's status and wealth has benefited from my choice to slave people and america's debt to the black people today some of us all star we even scared to speak out because a surprisingly. al-jazeera correspondent a moral debt. in 2008 rocky omar traveled across the united states discovering what it was like to be both a patriotic american and a devout muslim can you be muslim and american. be american trashed much appreciation for why it would be a big deal that a muslim be allowed to. rewind islam in america on al-jazeera. hello i'm the star doha with the headlines on al-jazeera is the europeans prime minister is on his way to see dawn to meet military leaders in opposition members in a bid to mediate

rights and criticizing the state of israel and holding the state of israel accountable for its actions is in no way anticipate eric and i'm actually quite offended when. people make that conflation between anti-semitism and. criticism of israel these demonstrations carry a just a small part of a much wider a much more complicated discussion and debate going on in germany right now concerning the issue of anti-semitism and how it should best be tackled not an easy task given the tangled complicated web not only of culture and religion but of history and international politics. the german aid organization same watch says one of its ships confiscated by italian all foreign teams has been allowed to set sail again the civilian rescue ships a watch 3 saying here in file pictures was impounded on may 20. first and took them to italy italy's populist interior minister bhutto sylvania initially refused to let them ashore they were allowed to disembark at the island of lampedusa where the ship was seized. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in tanzania a total ban on p

israel rally also taking place in the city. i'm rebecca raters welcome to the program liverpool has been crowned champions of european football after defeating tottenham hotspur to nail in an all english champions league final in madrid they were poles german coach club tasted european great for the 1st time after a heartbreaking loss in the final last year a dream start for liverpool fans who saw their side awarded a penalty for handball after just 24 seconds mohammed so lots of responsibility and smashed a powerful drive down the middle of spurs to push you to reseize goal the egyptian forwards 5th goal of the european campaign putting liverpool literati seat after a blistering start the game to connect cagey air with me the side threatening for large parts of the game taught them only came to light later on with sunshine men waiting until the final 20 minutes to give liverpool defender something to worry about with the game entering its final throws liverpool dealt a killer blow substitute developer reedy driving home from a

this all started when israel on its own initiated. an attack inside into syria almost a week ago and then syria responded and then the golan and then there was a further attack syria went in with 2 more rockets into the goal line and we're seeing what we're seeing right now so this thing has been escalating rather rapidly and israel has no right to do what it's doing and if in fact that matter has no right to be initiating any kind of conflict there are multitudes of un resolutions that insist that israel return the golan heights are the fact that a rare missile hit or struck some part of the golan heights is now used by the netanyahu government as a pretext to carry out another air strike against syria this may very well be for domestic consumption inside of israel because nothing serves netanyahu better right now and to change the subject about his inability politically to form a government and his own upcoming corruption trials. on friday u.n. experts on torture claim the way julian assange has been transferred amounts to psycholog

treasons never been stronger and we're very excited about all the potential that lies ahead for israel for the relationship alliance between the united states and america has never been stronger and it's going to get even stronger it will come as no surprise but something is great is this takes passion takes trust history and trump and bibi to go way back i've known president and i've known his family and his team for a long time. there is no greater supporter of the jewish people and the jewish state than president donald trump but what about the plaid it's believed trump and kush that have been secretly drawing it up for 2 years why she quickly well because it could make some of israel's neighbors agri imagine a husband and wife during divorce they can't seem to agree on how to split their house so a judge rules that the wife can keep the house and gives the husband the neighbour's house how absolutely great is that jordan egypt saudi arabia syria all stand to lose land for the sake of the palestinian state guess who isn't giving up an inch of its territory. krishna wrote me somethin

they're deciding that it is better to work with israel and to work with israel to fight iran than it is to fight with israel over the palestinians. palestinians are being left by the wayside as part of the new cost benefit calculation and when we think about israel's long term security, if president trump keeps bullying the palestinians and we do get a de facto one state solution that benefits israel that will not remove the threat from iranian proxies in palestinian territories and that may not be in the long term security interests of israel. so president trump has been clear on his policy when it comes to israel. and what we're seeing is the arab states again choosing to fight iran rather than to support the palestinian claims for statehood. >> fascinating. we will have to come back to china some other time. >>> next on "gps," something completely different. you will meet the face of white nationalism here in the u.s. of a. a preview of my special "state of hate" when we come back. thanks to priceline working with top airlines to turn their unsold seats into amazing deals, family

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