he is the son of israel's six president, hi am herzog, -- hiram herzog, the brother of israel's ambassador to the united states, mike herzog. president herzog was first elected to israel's parliament in 2003, where he served for the next 15 years, which included service in many ministerial portfolios. in 2013, president herzog was elected chairman of the israeli labor party, which, in 2015, aligned with another party to form the zionist union. following the 2015 election, he served as leader of the opposition. in 2018, he was elected chairman of the jewish agency for israel. president herzog's deep relationships across the israeli political spectrum and the respect with which he treats members of all parties resulted in 2021 with him being elected by an overwhelming majority as the 11th president of the state of israel. today's conversation will be moderated by ambassador daniel schapiro, who served as u.s. ambassador to israel from 2011 to 2017, and is today a distinguished fellow at the atlantic council. the event also marks a major expansion of the n7 initiative, a partnership between t

the case if you can, this is, this is a deal that strengthens israel, security and israel, the economy. we have no opposition to an additional liberties gas field being developed from which we would of course receive the royalties to us such a field would we can live in these dependency on iran, restrain hezbollah, and bring regional stability. ah, well let's bring in august now for today's inside story in beirut, laurie high t on an oil and gas analysts and a political activists. and in west jerusalem, russell shall live a lawyer and researcher at the core lead policy for him. and he's really think tank . thank you both for joining us on inside story laurie in baby. let me start with you. they seems to be a renewed sense of urgency to get an agreement on this long running maritime dispute between lebanon and israel, with the lebanese authorities receiving the u. s. mediators proposal, you get a sense that we are nearing ideal. definitely, this is the sensor. getting and they route that this is almost done. deed and the love it and they are $33.00 here. are very positive about the deal

recognition of israel in bay root. it's described as purely technical. so what are the political security on the economic implications? this isn't side story. ah hello and welcome to the program. i'm daddy and abigail, israel and lebanon, have signed an agreement laying out their maritime borders for the 1st time. the us broker deal will enable both countries to explore for gas and oil offshore, and with elections only days away. israel's prime minister ariel apiece has called it a major political achievement. he says the deal amounts to bay roots recognizing israel, but lebanon describes it as a technical agreement that could eventually lift the country out of its economic crisis. zayna hud has this reports from southern lebanon lines in the sea have been drawn as being described as a landmark agreement between countries, technically, in a state of lebanon. and israel didn't engage directly in the process. it involved years of negotiations mediated by the united states. that's given both countries guarantees, if eithe

and dust does not pave the way to normalization of relations with israel. the 2 states are still technically at war, however, that the agreement is expected to bring stability to the area as it moves an element of potential conflict between israel and lebanon. mainly the iranian back to the new school has the law us broker, broker deal opens to wait for shore. energy exploration therefore, needs officials are hoping the disagreement that helps elevate lebanon's economic crisis. the country has been in economic free for, for 3 years now. and exploration of hydrocarbon hydrocarbons is a huge deal for lebanon as a significant discovery could help ease the countries to financial and economic crisis that is not mentioned in their routes. and rebecca versus injuries and thank you both ukraine's president living is the lens. he says his forces are holding out against russian attacks in the ethan dunn bathroom. and he says, as strikes, have destroyed nearly a 3rd of ukraine's energy infrastructure and condemned the canons tactics as crazy . smoke rising over buck m

a normalization with israel. unfortunately, this, this deal is not even a, a direct agreement between israel and 11 on its agreement with the united states and on sunday, with the, with, with the united states. and unfortunately, i don't see the steel leading to any sort of normalization of fact that only it only strengthens his beloved rejection. as an extreme, it's politics laurie. i want to let you respond to that. russell seems to give a lot of importance to hesper law in terms of, you know, they're the place in the go see ations in the, in the steel. is that the case? i mean, is really running things here. look, i think they are in the they are in the, in the period of elections as it was mentioned. and during elections, we become very populous at the end of the day. and that's on yahoo has decided to go to negotiations between with lebanon. and i think by, by october 2021, the new construction were launched. and the fun, yeah, was empower, still has been, i wasn't lebanon. and today, after 2 years has been

and israel didn't engage directly in the process. it involved years of negotiations mediated by the united states. that's given both countries guarantees. if either challenges the agreement i historic day in the region of securing showing what's possible under these circumstances to achieve an agreement that creates hope and economic opportunity and stability for on both sides of the border. there was no formal ceremony to mark the agreement behind closed doors. the delegation signed separate documents, which were then given to the united nations. the deal is based on what is known as line 23 gaz from a prospective field called connor will go to lebanon. but since a part of it lies outside the demarcation line, israel will be given a share of any profits. while the korean gas field will remain within israel's waters and extraction has already started. this allows israel to increase its potential to export gas to europe, where there is a rising demand triggered by russia's invasion of ukraine. energy production in the eastern mediterr

supportive of israel. ah. for the 1st time ever the labor party has walked into the disagreement between jews, overs on his and said one sort of tooth, ugh. and not only wrong, but the guilt of anti semite to face a phenomenon. the idea that jew equals ernest and the and he's on is an equals anti semitism, is, is dangerous. it's reprehensible. it's of an abomination to me. ah, jewish voice for labor is supported by palestinians in the party who believe they are the victims of racism. anybody who knows anything about the history knows very well that israel was created on the basis of a state whose population would be of one community and not others. ah, this is exemplified in my own story. i mean, why should i and my family have left our homes? ah, we felt we had to leave because there had been a dreadful massacre in a village whole day, a scene, policy and village in which jewish or malicious, assaulted village, and shot dead over a 100 people. mm. after that terrible massacre, a big jeep went round the st

supportive of israel. ah. for the 1st time ever the labor party has walked into the disagreement between jews, overs honest and said one sort of jews. ugh, and not only wrong, but the guilt of anti semitic fates of phenomenon. the idea that jew equals ernest and the and he's on is an equals anti semitism. is it's dangerous, it's reprehensible. it's an abomination to me. ah, jewish voice for labor is supported by palestinians in the party who believe they are the victims of racism. anybody who knows anything about the history knows very well that israel was created on the basis of a state whose population would be of one community and not others. ah, this is exemplified in my own story. i mean, why should i and my family have left our homes? ah, we felt we had to leave because there had been a dreadful massacre in a village. whole day i see in policy and village in which jewish or malicious, assaulted the village, and shot dead over a 100 people. me after that terrible massacre, a big jeep went round the st

supportive of israel. ah. for the 1st time ever, the labor party is walked into the disagreement to induce overs, honest, and said one sort of jews are not only wrong, but the guilt of anti semite to face a phenomenon. her. the idea that jew equals ernest and the anti zionism equals anti semitism, is, is dangerous. it's reprehensible. it's an abomination to me. ah, jewish voice for labor is supported by palestinians in the party. who believe they are the victims of racism. anybody who knows anything about the history knows very well that israel was created on the basis of a state whose population would be of one community and not others. ah, this is exemplified in my own story. i mean, why should i and my family have left our homes? ah, we felt we had to leave because there had been a dreadful massacre in a village whole day or seen policy and village in which jewish a malicious assaulted village and shot dead over a 100 people. mm. after that terrible massacre, a big jeep went round the streets of jerusal

supportive of israel. ah. for the 1st time ever the labor party has walked into the disagreement between jews, overs honest and said one sort of jews. ugh, and not only wrong, but the guilt of anti semite to face a phenomenon her. the idea that jew equals ernest and the aunties on is an equals anti semitism, is, is dangerous. it's reprehensible. it's an abomination to me. ah, jewish voice for labor is supported by palestinians in the party who believe they are the victims of racism. anybody who knows anything about the history knows very well that israel was created on the basis of a state whose population would be of one community and not others. ah, this is exemplified in my own story. i mean, why should i and my family have left our homes? ah, we felt we had to leave because there had been a dreadful massacre in a village hall day. i see in policy and village in which jewish or malicious, assaulted the village, and shot dead over a 100 people. mm. after that terrible massacre, a big jeep went round the

supportive of israel. ah. for the 1st time ever, the labor party has walked into the disagreement to induce overs honest, and said one sort of jews are not only wrong, but the guilty man to submit to face a phenomenon her. the idea that ju equals honest and aunties on is an equals anti semitism, is, is dangerous it reprehensible. 8th of an abomination to me. ah, jewish voice for labor is supported by palestinians in the party who believe they are the victims of racism. anybody who knows anything about the history knows very well that israel was created on the basis of a state whose population would be of one community and not others. now this is exemplified in my own story. i mean, why should i and my family have left our homes? ah, we sailed, we had to leave because there had been a dreadful massacre in a village hall day. i see in policy and village in which jewish or malicious, assaulted the village, and shot dead over a 100 people. mm. after that terrible massacre, a big jeep went round the streets of

of israel with the united states. and on sunday, with the, with, with the united states. and unfortunately, i don't see the steel leading to any sort of normalization of fact that only it only strengthens his beloved rejection. as an extreme, as politics laurie, i want to let you respond to that. russell seems to give a lot of importance to has been in terms of, you know, they're the place in the go stations in the, in the steel. is that the case? i mean, is really running things here. look, i think that in the, the, out in the, in the period of elections as it was mentioned and during elections, we become very populous at the end of the day. and that's on yahoo has decided to go to negotiations between with lebanon. and i think by, by october 2021 that new construction were launched and the thumbnail was empower that has been, wasn't going on. and today after 2 years has been listed in lebanon. so i think that populates the brought off of the of what's happening of the extra now it's just like we can put it in the, i

supportive of israel, ah. for the 1st time ever, the labor party has walked into the disagreement between jews overs on his and said one sort of tooth, ugh, and not only wrong, but the guilt of anti semitic fates a phenomenon her. the idea that ju equals ernest and aunties on is an equals anti semitism, is, is dangerous. it's reprehensible. it's an abomination to me. ah, jewish voice for labor is supported by palestinians in the party who believe they are the victims of racism. anybody who knows anything about the history knows very well that israel was created on the basis of a state whose population would be of one community and not others. ah, this is exemplified in my own story. i mean, why should i and my family have left our homes? ah, we felt we had to leave because there had been a dreadful massacre in a village hall day. i see in policy and village in which jewish are malicious, assaulted the village, and shot dead over a 100 people. mm. after that terrible massacre, a big jeep went round the streets

for israel, it's about security guarantees. and in the words of the prime minister, your la pete, a political achievement through which levon on the fact recognizes israel has the law which for, towards israel rejected those claims. but since the start of the negotiations, the iranian backed group adopted what many calls a pragmatic approach it is, the most powerful political and military force in lebanon. and the states would need its stamp of approval, national. he has the law not to do his but considers what happened in the maritime borders. demarkation agreement, a great victory for 11 on the people and the resistance. the agreement may be limited to the maritime border, but the us administration sees it differently. president joe biden says it will harness vital new energy resources for the world said there was either no quarter, so there lebanon the. so let's not bring in our gas. joining us from beta router 9. silent who's a professor of international affairs and diplomacy had not done university in lebanon from tel aviv

and energy dependence will be secured and this is a deal that strengthens israel, security and israel's economy. we have no opposition to an additional liberties gas field being developed from which we would of course receive the royalties due on such fields would weaken, lay beneath dependency on iran, restrain his vala and bring regional stability. hurricane or lean is making its way towards mexico and pacific coast. the category 3 hurricane is headed towards the tourist towns of muscle tone and san blas. puerto vallarta has already lost a closed it's port to all marine traffic. as a precaution, olean is expected to make land fall on monday. i this is al jazeera and these are the top stories this out, the british government has dramatically you turned on many budget that was announced 10 days ago, chancellor. quasi qua ting said he's reversing. it's proposed scrapping of the top right of income tax. the announcement of the plan last month said financial markets into a spin with a pound reaching record lows against the dollar. brazil as presidential contest is headed for a run off left

supportive of israel. ah. for the 1st time ever the labor party has walked into the disagreement between jews, overs honest and said one sort of jews. ugh, not only wrong, but the guilt of anti semite to face a phenomenon her. the idea that jew equals ernest and the and he's on is an equals anti semitism, is, is dangerous. it's reprehensible. it's an abomination to me. ah, jewish voice for labor is supported by palestinians in the party who believe they are the victims of racism. anybody who knows anything about the history knows very well that israel was created on the basis of a state whose population would be of one community and not others. ah, this is exemplified in my own story. i mean, why should i and my family have left our homes? ah, we felt we had to leave because there had been a dreadful massacre in a village hall day. i see in policy and village in which jewish or malicious, assaulted the village, and shot dead over a 100 people. mm. after that terrible massacre, a big jeep went round the str

it says it will strengthen israel security people, billions of dollars into israel economy and ensure the stability of israel is border with lebanon. engineers are already testing the pipes that will eventually extract the gas from its kurdish oil field to israel, the mainland. and i hope that in about 3 weeks time, once those tests are completed, they can begin to pump gas. the deal has to go before israel security cabinet. it'll meet on wednesday, and then there are a couple of potential legal and parliamentary hurdles to jump once they've been cleared. and they hope to be able to sign the deal with the lebanese for elections here in israel. on november the 1st, whether they managed to be that deadline or not, it's still a significant diplomatic victory for israel's prime minister jala pete. he is signing a deal with what is still considered an enemy country. the 1st time that israel signed any sort of agreement with lebanon, and he'll be hoping to exploit that in the run up to the elections. it also for israel significant, unimportant lab on able, is able to start exploiting or loo

- i came to israel because of my wife. we came in 1950 to israel. we went up to the kibbutz sassa up in the north. we spent a week or two there. esther was the one that really wanted to stay in israel. - i realized that i was at home in this kibbutz dining room. there was nothing to eat, hardly, but i felt i was in the family that i belonged to be in. - i promised her that we will come back someday, but i had to go back to america and go to work. that's what a nice jewish boy does. worked at atomic energy center in oak ridge, tennessee for four years, became a nuclear engineer there, one of the first of 300 at that time, and then we moved to san diego for the last 10 years before immigrating. my identity as a jew was one that i wanted to maintain that identity, and i want to assure that our children would not intermarry. living in israel seemed to be part of it. - i had friends in the states, i was riding regularly, swimming pool in the background, christmas trees and hannukah bushes and everything was perfect, and when we came here, it was, i hated

hezbollah is still very much opposed to israel. it maintains a vast arsenal of missiles and rockets pointed at israel. it is a sign of pragmatism and prudence, especially as hezbollah gave ascent to the agreement. there are still terrorial disputes. there are still issues on the west bank. those police will remain in place. john: israel and lebanon had to talk through the united states. why do you think the united states was so interested in brokering the deal? >> first and foremost, they wanted to avoid military escalation in the middle east especially relating to israel. that close relationship is important for the biden administration. also it was a sign for the biden envoy you could get a deal done where previous -- he could get a deal done where previous envoys had failed. it is a way to emphasize the u.s. is still involved. it was a foreign policy victory for the biden administration. john: thank you very much. >> my pleasure. john: now, for the perspective from lebanon, we are joined by the reuters bureau chief for lebanon,

so israel would answer, israel would answer, sorry for interrupting that. they will also get through this deal 17 to 20 percent of their share of the any profits that arise from the explorer exploitation of the can i field. i just explained to you how i told you this is gonna go through to tell i understand. no, but you're telling me lebanon gets not, i would look like, no, no it's prompted, dies profits because as you know, the demo. but usually in every place in the world, it's common. they take a percentage out of the field. and in our case, the time is and it's one of the partners are taking between 38 to 42 percent of the fees. that was, that was an agreement that was signed in 2017. so it's not something that we are doing you for the 1st time. we are as thinking to the are 58 to 62 percent dependence on the volume that's in the field, that lebanon guess. in addition, we are confirming that lebanon gets, it's 58 to 62 percent from the buyer field of qana. so, as i get from integration, i said it, but they get it from the province. inevitably, to be per

it corrupts 2 days in world wide. meanwhile in israel top, israel appetite medical official acadia zappa has expressed fear of the r one. again, what's the difference between nazis and zionist official who's in charge of heart surgery at the hospital in the country south was speaking at the meeting of the rights wing. jewish home policy is comments referred to the birth rates of arabs in israel, which are in general higher than those of jewish families on which some israel is c as a threat to the countries demographics. meanwhile, the un special ruffles her on human rights said israel's attitude towards palestinians, most persecution, calling on israel to stop its apartheid practices. you and has previously reported that palestine is going through its deadliest violence in years with over 100 people killed this year alone. earlier my colleague nikki, are and discussed the issue with duncan, who's a journalist and co producer of an award winning documentary about garza. and he says that the official suggestion didn't come as a surprise. well, this is simply just an expression of the natio

for israel, it's about security guarantees. and in the words of the prime minister, your la pete, a political achievement through which levon on the fact recognizes israel has the law which towards israel rejected those claims. but since the start of the negotiations, the iranian backed group adopted with many calls, a pragmatic approach. it is the most powerful political and military force in lebanon. and the states would need its stamp of approval, national. he has the law not to do his but considers what happened in the maritime border, demarkation agreement, a great victory for 11 on the people and the resistance. the agreement may be limited to the maritime border, but the us administration sees it differently. president joe biden says it will harness vital new energy resources for the world said there elisha zita, now kuda. so there lebanon, doctors in the us are dealing with a surge of young children in hospital with a virus known as rsv symptoms for most adult, some miles, but can be much more serious or even fatal for

and while lebanon refuses to pay any profits from its share of cannot to israel, israel says that it may fall under it's exclusive economic zone. lebanon's 3rd concern it wants the french oil giant total energies to work with it. independently of any projects with israel. worn out from out as there is then a hotter in beirut, lebanon's president michel ounce as the draft of the u. s. mediator deal on a maritime border with israel is satisfactory and that lebanon's demands have been met. some officials are even calling. it's a historic agreement and the most powerful political and military actor in this country has the law is behind the deal. because the secretary general of the group has repeatedly said that it will support the position of leopard on top leadership . now, no doubt this deal will bring economic benefits to a country in financial ruin. it. this country is in dire need of hard currency. international companies will now begin the drilling and exploration process in the past. they've refused to do so without security guarantees, without the maritime borders deal really in

i want to bring in bernard smith, who's at the border between lebanon and israel in northern israel. i santa was expanding there. there's a certain amount of restriction being placed on this agreement, and certainly no change to lebanon's foreign policy. how is this being seen in israel, given the fact that the countries, if i understand correct, they're so technically a war they are, but it's being seen here, rob, as it's being seen in lebanon as an historic agreement, all sides of called it, an historic agreement. the documents on the israeli side was signed by prime minister yal at bead earlier today. it arrived here on the border by helicopter, about half an hour ago in about 10 minutes ago, a convoy with the signed document drove through the board of post there to sort of an israeli a no man's land. on the other side, this document signed by israel will be given over to the us side who landed over the lebanese and lebanese will do the same. and then both sides will lodge. they agreed coordinates of their maritime border or with the united nations is significant. the israel becau

for israel, it's about security guarantees. and in the words of the prime minister year le pete, a political achievement through which levon on the fact recognizes israel has the law which towards israel rejected those claims. but since the start of the negotiations, the iranian backed group adopted with many calls, a pragmatic approach. it is the most powerful political and military force in lebanon. and the states would need its stamp of approval, national. he has the law not to do his but considers what happened in the maritime borders. demarkation agreement, a great victory for 11 on the people and the resistance. the agreement may be limited to the maritime border, but the us administration sees it differently. president joe biden says it will harness vital new energy resources for the world said there else's either no quarter. so they're living on well, bernard smith is on the other side of the boundary with the radio perspective. after decades of hostility in israel, this is being viewed as a significant and diplomatic d

for israel, it's about security guarantees. and in the words of the prime minister, your la pete, a political achievement through which lebanon defacto recognizes israel, has the law which towards israel rejected those claims. but since the start of the negotiations, the iranian backed group adopted with many calls, a pragmatic approach. it is the most powerful political and military force in lebanon, and the state would need its stamp of approval, national. he has the law not to do his but considers what happened in the maritime borders. demarkation agreement, a great victory for 11 on the people and the resistance. the agreement may be limited to the maritime border, but the us administration sees it differently. president joe biden says it will harness vital new energy resources for the world said there was ita, nikita, southern lebanon. bernard smith is on the other side of the border with the israeli perspective. after decades of hostility in israel, this is being viewed as a significant diplomatic departure in relations w

in israel. and i said look, he said to know what i said to him we both came out of opposite sides of the political spectrum. but we are pragmatic enough to work together for our country's interest or at least so i hoped. and in some things we did. but i think with the ironic question on the palestinian question we always parted. i thought that obama was not a weak person. i thought he was strongly committed to his beliefs. they were just in my opinion on these crucial matters the wrong beliefs. we had an inevitable clash when i realize he was pursuing a deal nominally. to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons. cited in kicking the can forwa forward. as allowing ironic and international seal of approval to become a threshold nuclear state with the breakout time that obama himself would be zero and a few years he said that on pbs interview. breakup time to nuclear weapon. so i thought this is something i cannot accept credit cannot accept the idea of containing a soft to apply everything i had

for israel, it's about security guarantees. and in the words of the prime minister year le pete, a political achievement through which lebanon defacto recognizes israel has the law which towards israel rejected those claims. but since the start of the negotiations, the iranian backed group adopted with many calls, a pragmatic approach. it is the most powerful political and military force in lebanon, and the state would need its stamp of approval, national. he has the law not to do his but considers what happened in the maritime borders. demarkation agreement, a great victory for 11 on the people and the resistance. the agreement may be limited to the maritime border, but the us administration sees it differently. president joe biden says it will harness vital new energy resources for the world. said there elisha zita, now kuda, so they're living on out of here with bernard smith is on the other side of the border with israeli suspected after decades of hostility in israel. this is being viewed as a significant diplomatic depart

for israel, it's about security guarantees. and in the words of the prime minister, your la pete, a political achievement through which lebanon defacto recognizes israel, has the law which was towards israel, rejected those claims. but since the start of the negotiations, the iranian backed group adopted what many calls a pragmatic approach it is, the most powerful political and military force in lebanon. and the states would need it stamp of approval, national. he has the law not to do his but considers what happened in the maritime borders. demarkation agreement, a great victory for 11 on the people and the resistance. the agreement may be limited to the maritime border, but the us administration sees it differently. president joe biden says it will harness vital new energy resources for the world said there was ita nikita southern lebanon furnace. this is on the other side of the border with the israeli perspective. after decades of hostility in israel, this is being viewed as a significant and diplomatic departure in relati

in israel. and i said look, he said to know what i said to him we both came out of opposite sides of the political spectrum. but we are pragmatic enough to work together for our country's interest or at least so i hoped. and in some things we did. but i think with the ironic question on the palestinian question we always parted. i thought that obama was not a weak person. i thought he was strongly committed to his beliefs. they were just in my opinion on these crucial matters the wrong beliefs. we had an inevitable clash when i realize he was pursuing a deal nominally. to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons. cited in kicking the can for forward. as allowing ironic and international seal of approval to become a threshold nuclear state with the breakout time that obama himself would be zero and a few years he said that on pbs interview. breakup time to nuclear weapon. so i thought this is something i cannot accept credit cannot accept the idea of containing a soft to apply everything i had i

for israel, it's about security guarantees. and in the words of the prime minister year le pete, a political achievement through which levon on the fact so recognizes israel has the law which towards israel rejected those claims. but since the start of the negotiations, the iranian backed group adopted with many calls, a pragmatic approach. it is the most powerful political and military force in lebanon. and the state would need its stamp of approval, national. he has the law not to do his but considers what happened in the maritime borders. demarkation agreement, a great victory for 11 on the people and the resistance. the agreement may be limited to the maritime border, but the us administration sees it differently. president joe biden says it will harness vital new energy resources for the world said there was either no quarter. so there lebanon and bernard smith is on the other side of the boundary with the israeli perspective. after decades of hostility in israel, this is being viewed as a significant diplomatic departure

they chant "death to israel, death to america." now, do you want this regime to have the means to deliver with enintercontinental nuclear tipp missiles to the united states? of course not. we have to take common action to prevent this from happening, because if iran gets a nuclear arsenal, the problem of staving off iran's aggression and terrorism and iran's actual threats to our societies, would be much more difficult. i'm committed to prevenling that from happening. >>> next on "gps," i'll ask benjamin netanyahu about what one israeli columnist called the strange love affair between vladamir putin and bb netanyahu. does he regret it now? we're providingng greater acces to investing, with low-cost options to help maximize savings. from the plains to the coasts, we help amamericans invest for their future. and help communities thrive. does your antiperspirant keep you dry all day? we've put dove men dry spray to the test... with nelson, a volunteer who puts care into everything he does. it's a deodorant that rlly protects my skin.

ah, israel and lebanon have signed a u. s. broker deal, that for the 1st time, lays out there maritime border in the mediterranean sea. it enables both countries to conduct off shore exploration for gas and oil. the agreement comes after months of indirect talks, that ended a decades long border conflict, said a hodder has latest on these from southern lebanon. lines in the sea have been drawn as being described as a landmark agreement between countries, technically in a state of war, lebanon, and israel didn't engage directly in the process. it involved years of negotiations mediated by the united states. that's given both countries guarantees. if either challenges the agreements i historic day in the region of securing showing what's possible under these circumstances to achieve an agreement that creates hope and economic opportunity and stability for on both sides of the border. there was no formal ceremony to mark the agreement behind closed doors. the delegation signed separate documents, which were then given to the u

and does that does not pay the way to normalization of relations with israel. the 2 states are still technically at war. however, the agreement is expected to bring stability to the area as it moves an element of potential conflict between israel and lebanon. mainly the iranian back to the new school has a lot. a u. s. broker broker deal opens to wait for for energy exploration that for needs. officials are hoping the disagreement that helps elevate lebanon's economic crisis. the country has been in economic free for, for 3 years now. and exploration of hydrocarbons. hydrocarbons is a huge deal for lebanon as a significant discovery could help ease the countries to financial and economic crisis. that is how much idea in their routes and rebecca versus injuries, and thank you both ukraine's president thought of me as the lens. he says his forces are holding out against russian attacks in the eastern dumbass region. russian artillery has been pounding the region for weeks. president savanski called moscow's tactics crazy. he says, as strikes, have destroyed nearl

which is israel . this is why many palestinians believe that both parties are clinging to power and they do not believe that they are serious in their efforts to and the past in division. jennifer a lemon yackel. well, the disagreement is over. who rules? not the political program, it's about how much i get. how do i maintain control? not over the political program as they climbed at 1st. no one wants to make concessions. the p a has its demands and hamas has its own. the p 8 talks about one authority, one weapon hamas says we have armed groups and we're in a liberation process. there's no disagreement on the political program, both agree on a states in the west bank and gaza. and that was the core difference before us. and to expand on the issue of the political or program after hammers has changed its tortured charter a few years ago saying that it will accept having a palestinian state on the 1967 borders with a long truth. many say that the and both want the same thing, which is at the same politic

they chant "death to israel, death to america." now, do you want this regime to have the means to deliver with intercontinental nuclear tipped missiles to the united states? of course not. we have to take common action to prevent this from happening, because if iran gets a nuclear arsenal, the problem of staving off iran's aggression and terrorism and iran's actual threats to our societies, would be much more difficult. i'm committed to preventing that from happening. >>> next on "gps," i'll ask benjamin netanyahu about what one israeli columnist called the strange love affair between vladamir putin and bb netanyahu. does he regret it now? ♪ what if we- ♪ what is that? ♪ hey lexus, turn it up! ♪ there's no place like unknown. -unreal. the all-new lexus rx. never lose your edge. ♪ when they're sick, they get comfortable anywhere and spread germs everywhere. wherever they rest protection nothing kills more viruses, including the covid-19 virus, on more surfaces than lysol disinfectant spray. lysol. what it takes to protect.

it corrupts 2 days and worldwide. meanwhile in israel top, israel appetite medical, official acadia, xa ha, has expressed fear of the aren't one again, what's the difference between nazis and zionist? the official who is in charge of heart surgery at the hospital in the country itself was speaking at the meeting of right wing jewish home policy. his comments refer to the both the birth rates of arabs in israel, which are generally higher than those of jewish families. on which some israelis see as a threats to their demographics in while the un special reporter on human rights said that israel's attitudes towards palestinians, amounts to persecution, calling on israel to stop is apartheid practices. the un has previously reported the palestine is going through its deadliest period in years with over a 100 people killed in the conflicts with israel this year alone. let my colleague nicky are in discuss the issue with done cohen, a journalist on co producer of an award winning documentary on garza who says that the israel is suggestion, did not come a surprise. well, this is simply jus

says it'll strengthen israel, security people, billions of dollars into israel economy and ensure the stability of israel's border with lebanon. engineers are already testing the pipe that will eventually extract a gas from its kurdish oil field to israel, mainland. and i hope that in about 3 weeks time, once those tests are completed, that come begin to pump gas. the deal have to go before israel security cabinet. it'll meet. busy on wednesday and then there are a couple of potential legal and parliamentary hurdles to jump once they've been cleared. and i hope to be able to sign the deal with the lebanese for elections here in israel on november. the 1st, whether they managed to meet that deadline or not, it's still a significant diplomatic victory for israel's prime minister jala pete. he is signing a deal with what is still considered an enemy country. the 1st time that israel signed any sort of agreement with lebanon, and he'll be hoping to exploit that in the run up to the elections. it also for israel, significant and important at 11 on april, is able to start exploiting, lookin

for israel, it's about security guarantees. and in the words of the prime minister, your la pete, a political achievement through which lebanon defacto recognizes israel, has the law which fall towards israel rejected those claims. but since the start of the negotiations, the iranian backed group adopted with many calls, a pragmatic approach. it is the most powerful political and military force in lebanon, and the state would need its stamp of approval, national. he has the law not to do his but considers what happened in the maritime borders. demarkation agreement, a great victory for 11 on the people and the resistance. the agreement may be limited to the maritime border, but the us administration sees it differently. president joe biden says it will harness vital new energy resources for the world said there was ita no quarter. so there lebanon out of here was bernard smith is on the other side of the border with these railey perspective. after decades of hostility in israel, this is being viewed as a significant diplomatic

he said it strengthens israel security injects billions into israel's economy, and ensures the stability of the northern border that was a little bit of a hiccup. last week, when lebanon wanted some changes to definitions of what the boys that israel has put in place along in the see along its water board, or what those boys will be described as and over royalty payments from a gas field that struggles the israel lab. and on board, but it seems somehow they've come to an agreement on, on the definitions for these. and so israel will now have a security cabinet meeting on wednesday. and then it has to go to supreme girl. there's a high court has to rule on this and then israel's connects, it has to give the final rubber stamp to it. they want to do all of this before elections here on the 1st of november. there's no guarantee that will happen these, these are these, the specifics official events have to take place and the no guarantee that it might all happen before the no 1st of november. but whatever. it also looked great for ya or lap p. he's reached an agreement with an enemy country

the mediterranean sea, off the coast between israel and lebanon. these fair, contested waters, both countries have long been locked in dispute over where the maritime border lies . behind the scenes, negotiations have gone on for several years. now, israel and lebanon have agreed on a maritime borders, did mediated by the united states. this grim, sham is agreement, strengthens israel security and our freedom of action against has bla and the threats to our north. there's rare consensus in the security establishment regarding the necessity of this agreement. the dispute is about a relatively small triangle shaped area with each side claiming their part as exclusive economic zone. the areas expected to be rich in offshore gas, israel and lebanon, health, long history of conflict. the 2 countries for to war in 2006 and the have been many security incidents between israel and the lebanese she, i'd militant group has swollen since parts of the countries land border. the blue line, a demo cation lined by the u. n. is also disputed whether the maritime b

it says it'll strengthen israel, security people, billions of dollars into israel economy and ensure the stability of israel's border with lebanon. engineers are already testing the pipe that will eventually extract the gas from its kurdish oil field to israel, mainland. and i hope that in about 3 weeks time, once those tests are completed, that come begin to pump gas. the deal have to go before israel security cabinet. it'll meet on wednesday, and then there are a couple of potential legal and parliamentary hurdles to jump once they've been cleared. and i hope to be able to sign the deal with the lebanese for elections here in israel on november. the 1st, whether they manage to be that deadline or not. it's still a significant diplomatic victory for israel's prime minister jala pete. he is signing a deal with what is still considered an enemy country. the 1st time that israel signed any sort of agreement with lebanon, and he'll be hoping to exploit that in the run up to the elections. it also for israel significant, unimportant that lab on able is able to start exploiting or looking

and then they go israel. it also israel is a significant security issue. really, if you liked the israel, it matters the lab on is able to exploit its own natural gas resources, hydrocarbon resources in its own waters. because israel doesn't want lebanon to be as reliant on iran fuel, most of the time, because arriving 11 or the moment, full of rating fuel. israel wants to see 11 on rely more on its own energy. so for these railways, very pleasing is going to go ahead because for their economy security, this is a benefit for bernard spits reporting live from western lin, thank you very much. and earlier i spoke with zina hunter, a reporter in beirut. the lead negotiator alias was sab handed that draft text that u. s. mediator draft text to the president, and he spoke to the media afterwards, and he says, lebanon is satisfied. our requirements have been made. this is a good deal, a deal that will bring about economic benefits. and really, this is one of the reasons why lebanon has really been pushing for a deal along that maritime border. intermittent negot

says it'll strengthen israel, security people, billions of dollars into israel economy and ensure the stability of israel's border with lebanon. engineers are already testing the pipe that will eventually extract a gas from its kurdish oil field to israel, mainland. and i hope that in about 3 weeks time, once those tests are completed, they can begin to pump gas the deal have to go before israel security cabinet. it'll meet on wednesday, and then there are a couple of potential legal and parliamentary hurdles to jump once they've been cleared. and i hope to be able to sign the deal with the lebanese for elections here in israel on november. the 1st, whether they managed to meet that deadline or not, it's still a significant diplomatic victory for israel's prime minister jala pete. he is signing a deal with what is still considered an enemy country. the 1st time that israel signed any sort of agreement with lebanon, and he'll be hoping to exploit that in the run up to the elections. it also for israel, significant and important at 11 on april, is able to start exploiting or looking for

and israel and lebanon have signed a u. s. broke a deal that lays out their maritime board in the mediterranean sea for the 1st time . the agreement enables both countries to conduct offshore exploration for oil and gas. us media reporting that ellen must has taken control of twitter, must cut until friday to completely $44000000000.00 deal. he signed in april, but then try to back out of it. report say to at his chief, executive and chief financial officer are no longer with a company with wilson. jordan joins us live now from washington, dc, rasa. there's been a lot of bad blood between ellen musk on twitter over this deal. well, more details do we now know, well, we don't know yet, which banks arrow underwriting this deal, which i e on most cat until friday at 5 pm to consummate as it were. apparently at 6 30 pm local time in san francisco. the a new owner of twitter did dismiss the c e o, the chief financial officer, the chief legal counsel, and the woman in charge of legal standards. she was the person who persuaded th

it says it'll strengthen israel security people, billions of dollars into israel economy, and ensure the stability of israel border with lebanon. engineers are already testing the pipe that will eventually extract the gaffe from its kurdish oil field to israel, mainland. and i hope that in about 3 weeks time, once those tests are completed, they can begin to pump gas. the deal have to go before israel security cabinet. it'll meet on wednesday, and then there are a couple of potential legal and parliamentary hurdles to jump once they've been cleared. and they hope to be able to sign the deal with the lebanese for elections here in israel. on november, the 1st, whether they managed to be that deadline or not, it's still a significant diplomatic victory for israel's prime minister yacht pete. he is signing a deal with what is still considered an enemy country. the 1st time that israel signed any sort of agreement with lebanon, and he'll be hoping to exploit that in the run up to the elections. and also for israel, significant and important lab on able is able to start exploiting or look

the supreme leader blamed the us and israel for the unrest. i know the plan, what for what any 10 days has caused a little turbulence. i get it. i get it, we are listening and have this the u. k. budget, you turn the government abandoned plans to give tax cuts to some of the richest people in the country. and this years nobel prize of medicine has been awarded to sweden's months table for his work on human evolution. ah rushes lower house of parliament has approved moscow's claimed annexation of 4 regions in ukraine. what could i do for a new law now? formally incorporates her son done yet, school hands, kids, apple read your regions into the russian federation. russian controlled areas within these regions. just held referendums over a week ago. and moscow says that people there voted overwhelmingly to join russia. mom at vall, reports from moscow, sure. tomorrow, the, the, the senate, which is here called the, the federal council will also ratify this, this treaties. and that is an amendment to the constitution essentially by this amendment

of israel. ah. for the 1st time ever, the labor party has walked into the disagreement to induce overs honest, and said one sort of jews are not only wrong, but the guilty when to submit to face a phenomenon her. the idea that jew equals ernest and the anti zionism equals anti semitism, is, is dangerous if reprehensible. 8th of an abomination to me, ah, jewish voice for labor is supported by palestinians in the party. who believe they are the victims of racism. anybody who knows anything about the history knows very well that israel was created on the basis of a state whose population would be of one community and not others. now this is exemplified in my own story. i mean, why should i and my family have left our homes? ah, we sailed, we had to leave because there had been a dreadful massacre in a village. whole day i see in policy and village in which jewish are malicious, assaulted the village, and shot dead over a 100 people. mm. after that terrible massacre, a big jeep went round the street

the 1st relates to a borderline created by israel. more than 20 years ago, 7 months, the language changed to avoid accepting this line as an international maritime borders. it also objects to the location of the kind of gas field in a lebanese exploration block that extends into israeli waters and refuses to pay any profits from the gas fuel to israel. but israel says the field may fall under its exclusive economic zone. the bare route, once the french royal giant hotel to work with lebanon independently from its projects with israel. bene, smith is following developments for us from western attempts have been going on for years to demarcate the maritime border between israel and lebanon. the been us broker talks and they were pretty close. we understand to reaching a deal last week, the 11, almost happy with the draft, and particularly about these boys that have been put in the water by the israelis lebanon. didn't want those to become identified as an official international maritime border. now this essentially seems to be having a