we did it, together, the people of israel live. [applause] the state of israel lives. we heard our voices bounce off the other side of the mountains, came back to us, really as if the voices of those who had fought coming back to us. all the modern day challenges strengthened each time that i got to see the state. once i got to see the state from the air, when someone actually let me dwsh it was on the unforgettable flight on the luncheon we had, and he said, senator, i hope you have not eat too much, we go flying. [laughter] i said, sounds good to me, left everybody, jumped on the jet, and the minute we're off the airport, the jet's yours, take it wherever you want. we took out of the air base just north of the lot, and i got to see with my own eyes how narrow the borders of israel are and how vulnerable the security is. there's no margin for error, and i understood that. as i flew the jet, at one point, my pilot radioed said, senator, you're about to go over egypt, turn. [laughter] i -- well, flew over quickly, came close to violating the air space of egypt and jorda

this time in northern israel. it was written about 200 years after david's rule, again by one of israel's enemas. hata el, the king of dam ma damascus. >> he said, i killed 70 king's. i killed a king from israel and one from the house of david. >> gordon: one of king david's greatest victories came here, in the valley of allah, where the shepherd boy killed the giant. this is one of the few places you can catch the king that david knew. the remains of the brook where david found the stone that killed him. high above the valley is a fortress that is thousands of years old. to the local vetalane, this place is still known as david's ruin. it is the only iron-age city in israel that is perfectly preserved, and almost frozen in time. >> this is one of the richest sites in israel. this is a like a biblical pompei. >> gordon: the hebrew name iis kirbet kiafa. and he recovered some burnt olive piece from the site. and he sent them to the lab. >> it is all of the signs that are from about 1020 to 980 b.c. this is exactly

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

as israel keeps on going. i do not believe that god is a real estate agent. >> host: unfortunately with a big question like that come you have 60 seconds. >> i'm glad we disagree on -- does agree to disagree on the subject. okay, they alone have had this as part of their own historic national kingdom. ..

now, they hate israel, their hatred of israel is kind of subsequent to that. israel to them is the expression of american values in particular and modernity in general, western modernity, western values in general in the middle east. to them, israel is, therefore, illegitimate from that point of view. and i have to say within the muslim world there is a very, very widespread and deep hay -- hatred of jews as jews. we don't have time to go into the detail of this, but it is, there's copious amounts of evidence to this effect, that they simply hate jews. in large measure. and these are the reasons why israel is the kind of, is the kind of lightning rod for the hatred of the western world. in addition, the hatred of israel has been used by the tyrants who keep their own populations in such subjection and misery in the islamic world. it's being used as a kind of alibi or a displacement exercise, perhaps i should say, in which the tyrants and dictators who rule the islamic world whip up their populations' hatred of israel as a means of diverting that hatred away fr

while calling muslims and savages and calling israel is an apartheid state. i don't agree that calling israel an apartheid state is something, is different in a meaningful way. i think it's important to focus on the context and the history of why israel exist. it didn't just happen. it happened because six million jews were exterminated in the 1940s in europe and that was after many many other jews were exterminated systematically in europe. after the six million jews were murder nd europe in the 40s, there was a recognition of the need for jews to have a homeland. while the extermination was happening and before it happened, other countries like the united states turned away jews, jews tried to escape europe, and this country much to our eternal shame would not let them in and they were returned to europe and they were butchered. so the world came to view many people, many countries came to a consensus that the jewish people needed a homeland somewhere where they would always be able to go no matter what was happening in the rest of the world and that is wha

israel is worried by the growing relationship between cantarell and hamas israel is concerned because it is strengthening hamas and hamas is getting more military and political power projects like this are part of the four hundred million dollars pledged by the emir of qatar last october it was the biggest injection of reconstruction aid for gaza after parts of it would devastate it during the last wars with israel for years the tiny arabian gulf nation has supported the palestinians but observers took note when she hunted been highly felt tiny chose to visit gaza and not the palestinian leadership in the west bank he was also the first head of state to visit the strip since hamas branded terrorists by israel took over six years ago the manning mostly to support the population in order to gain back their only ality to quantify serving me so one of their backyards input israel lawyers in this is radio civil rights organization devote their time to going off to states they came to sponsor terrorism qatar is right up there five years ago after the last israel lebanon war they bought a ci

defending itself and preparing itself for possible future attacks towards the borders of israel. and also it seems from attacks even closer to home it's not only on the borders but also here inside israel twenty minutes away from tel aviv jews and arabs have lived side by side in the israeli city of lard for generations but in one part of the city they're now living on opposite sides of a concrete wall we met a time to hold on the jewish side he builds wars for a living but they're usually the decorative type used for exhibitions and parties he and his jewish neighbors battled hard even dipping into their own pockets to build this wall our neighbors next door. they are making a lot of trouble for us there are people here there are farmers and they have land growing. with or something else and they used to. burn everything selling drugs they come to our house steal from them to. drugs they want a lot has the highest homicide rate in israel police say it's because of infighting among arab families but the families say that's nonsense. there is no reason to build this wall besides r

israel's commitment to a two state solution to achieve peace with the palestinians is in serious doubt recent comments from some senior israeli cabinet members suggest the ruling coalition staunchly oppose the idea the country's deputy defense minister danny then on said moves to promote it will be buried in parliament the statement was later echoed by the israeli trade minister naftali bennett he declared the two state option had hit a dead end and also called for a swift annexation of territories in the west bank this could cast a shadow on international efforts to bring israel palestine to the negotiating table u.s. secretary of state john kerry is planning his fifth trip to the region to try to bring the two sides together but the war of words means little to scores of suffering palestinians whose homes are constantly being cornered by walls of the concrete horsley reports. the walls might be coming down in the race to the world but here in israel they're going up there's one along the country's border with egypt there's a fifty one kilometer one around gaza there's one in the pipe

and israel's future. the palestinian children that i have seen, the kids that i have seen in the rubble there, they should be able to grow up with playgrounds. believe me, it is not a substitute. palestinians also deserve to see their lives grow in the benefits of economic growth and development. this is not a problem in the middle east. indeed, it is used as a convenient excuse for autocrats who don't want their own population to recognize and wrestle with the inadequacies of the government. an excuse, but make no mistake in resolving this conflict for both sides. not resolving this will result in serious consequences for both. so i understand what many of you are asking. what makes this difference in turn different from every other time. well, the difference is what happens in the coming days will actually dictate what happens in the coming decades. we are running out of time. we are wanting out of possibilities. if we do not succeed now, and i am raising those steaks, if we do not succeed now, we may n

israel has said that it's not going to let it happen. will israel act unilaterally if. it has to in order to prevent iran from getting nuclear weaponry? >> a judge is looking at that -- he is laughing at us and he is continuing to enrich uranium ana continuing to build the bomb. we will do whatever necessary. ourselves or with support of our allies to prevent iran frombo becoming nuclear. ahmadinejab is saying clearly, we will go against the jews, but they will go against the sunday people, the christians. the american people also have to wake up and understand that if they do not act against ahmadinejab, eventually he will act against them. >> huckabee: there has been reports this week that theave iranians have amosed an enormous amount of missiles that they believe would be able to overwhelm its very heralded defense system. does israel believe that maybe iran is poised to try that and test it? >> well, they have told us when we have a leader full of hatredy and he is threatening to kill the jewish people, we can not sit idly by and wait whether he's serious or not. w

iran is a threat to israel. and threatened in fact that israel should be wiped off the face of the earth. though you could have a major war between two nuclear powers. so both options are very undisiecial. as yet we failed to consider a third way. >> what is that? >> change our policy relating to the irgc, which has been one of indull again and passivity. we allowed them to sponsor the killing of american soldiers, marine, marines in lebanon, our airmen in saudi arabia, our soldiers in iraq, and our soldiers now with the nato soldiers in afghanistan. we have allowed the irgc to work with hezbollah and to work with others in iraq to arm them to kill americans for that purpose. and that is clearly illegal activity. we should have set up to the irgc a long time ago. starting with the reagan administration. where we stood up to the soviet union and made a big difference. we were able to negotiate effectively as a result. so we should stand up to the irgc, defend ourselves from these irgc sponsored attacks, then thro

/israel relations. this is his first speech to a jewish organization since he became secretary of state. it is just over half an hour. i want to thank the leadership and the membership of the institute. thiss helped to shape distinguished organization like no one else. of course, it your new president stan. youank every single one of for all that you do for israel but also more for human rights, civil rights around the world, women's rights and fighting racism, religious intolerance and torture. thank you for all that you do to fight anti-semitism around the world. i just appointed ira forman from the state department. you have a very strong department. i thank you for what you do for the american jewish community. ofbrother is a proud member the community. 34 yearsted to judaism ago after marrying his wife. he started as acting secretary i am told will become the first ever two brothers to live agencies at the same time. when he wrote the hymn, he spoke how good and pleasing it is for brothers to stick

in large city israel. or some other news in brief at least twenty two people have died following a gunfight at the un compound in somalia it's because it detonated a car bomb at the entrance and then stormed the complex victims and insurgents when employees and civilians al-qaeda linked a rebel group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility. for north korea says it's willing to return to the long a stalled six party talks over its controversial nuclear program comes just days after the country offer the glaciation to the u.s. from young conducted a third nuclear test in february threatening to bomb the south tangling washington's response the un introduced more sanctions on record peace to its military presence in the pacific. syrian troops alongside lebanon's hizbollah automates fighting rebels in the damascus suburb. into a major shrine of protecting the. mosque is seen as crucial for president who is backed by shia muslims fighting in the area is part of a wider offensive and we capturing suburbs of all co

his focus is the middle east and israel. the region is particularly volatile at this moment, as all of you know. president bashar al-assad claims to have received a shipment of russian anti-aircraft weapons. israel has previously said the weapons will threaten their security and could use force. meanwhile, secretary of state john kerry has returned from a trip that included jerusalem and ramallah. the trip was his intent to restart the peace process there. i'm pleased to have jeffrey goldberg at this table once more. welcome. great to have you here. >> thank you. >> rose: let's start with syria. >> yeah. i was just talking to a senior administration official about this, and this is the true problem from hell. syria really is the true problem from hell because you have -- at this point -- maybe this wasn't true a year and a half ago. but at this point right now you have the most powerful opposition group is essentially al qaeda. >> rose: right. >> we don't like bashar al-assad. the president is -- i think genuinely bothered m

in large city israel. more economic matters from our washington studio next it's prime interest coming up after a short break. i know they track approval ratings of the presidents of various countries by did though they still research the approval ratings of former presidents twice like gallup poll that says that george w. bush has been slowly growing in his approval numbers since leaving office in fact his numbers have increased by seventeen percent amongst independents and even his in three rival democratic voters have given him fourteen percentage points of popularity i think this may be due to the fact that obama's magic has worn off and people are getting fed up with things belonging for the bush days is insane if you are one of the people who has recently decided that bush is awesome and please tell me how he differs from obama true obama can pronounce ninety nine percent of the words on a teleprompter in front of him but both presidents have let expensive wars with questionable objectives bush gave

in large city israel we've plenty more stories at our web site at r.t. dot com right now the world's fastest growing economic giant goes to extremes for a cleaner future china introduces execution for those who dare to break the nation's environmental protection laws also online mega upload founder kim dot com accuses the u.s. government for what he calls the largest massacre of data in the history of the internet you can find out about that and many more stories at r.t. dot com. the shaky peace process in afghanistan is under threat with president karzai suspending talks with the u.s. on a new security deal the move comes in reaction to washington's u.-turn decision to enter direct negotiations with the taliban the first discussions are due later today the militant organizations new office and cats are but only hours after saying it's ready. for talks with washington the taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly assault on american ad bags the latest in a string of attacks meanwhile afghan forces have taken over control of the country's security and p

the walls might be coming down in the rest of the world but here in israel they're going up there's one along the country's border with egypt there's a fifty one kilometer one around gaza there's one in the pipeline next to jordan and the newest friend here is being fortified along the lebanese and syrian borders and then there's the most famous the controversial so-called separation wall that encircles the west bank of course it was the fact that israel is defending itself and preparing itself for possible future attacks towards the borders of israel and assess it and also it seems from attacks even closer to home it's not only on the borders but also here inside israel twenty minutes away from tel aviv jews and arabs have lived side by side in the israeli city of lard for generations but in one part of the city they're now living on opposite sides of a concrete wall we met a time a horn on the jewish side he builds wars for a living but they usually the decorative type used for exhibitions and parties he and his jewish neighbors battled hard even dipping into their own pockets to buil

into israel and this is the reason why we have to be prepared but if the bombs start falling the only thing menachem penske can do is pray because like other orthodox jews this father of two is bristling with anger he's had to choose potentially save his life with a government supplied gas mask or keep it off and rely on prayer as things stand he can't do both i cannot cut off my beard to fit the gas mask the beard is part of being a jew growing a beard falls on the respect of human life and i should not be forced to remove it in times of war just because the gas mask the government gives me doesn't fit over it but even if you are a clean shaven israeli only slightly more than half the population has a gas mask and if that's not indication enough recent drills organized by the home front were ignored by most people around the residence and most people here will tell you that in times of war they know they miss grammont the gas mask if they have one and one interesting case but what happens after that no one seems to have a clue no one is olbermann is typical she lives on the second fl

citizen israel claims it was self-defense some of them were shot at point blank range or from behind and fifteen more were injured and to. a one more activist remains in a coma but the nightmare didn't end there after the attack passengers and crew were then taken to israel put in prison held incommunicado for several days and then deported for quote entering israel or legally since the incident activists have been seeking justice from the atrocities and there is really government but on surprisingly israel claims no wrongdoing so where does the fight for accountability stand today to talk about all that and more i'm joined by animal rights former u.s. army colonel who was on board the gaza flotilla that got attacked that day thank you so much for coming on thank you. so what emotions come to mind and what thoughts come to mind when you think about this event as i just outlined three years ago well it's a very poignant time that nine people were killed fifty people were wounded many others were brutally assaulted people were beaten up they were tasered it lives put on them faces bash

well iran's new leader and his promises of nuclear transparency don't seem to have convinced israel that the alleged threat will be lifted anytime soon prime minister netanyahu has said to their president elect rouhani you will have no say in the country's nuclear policies israel's elite is well prepared in case of a possible attacked well that expensive and impenetrable hideout at their disposal policy a lot of the rest of the country thinks about it. when the missiles come israel's leaders will be here deep underground somewhere on the road between jerusalem and tel aviv about a decade ago news broke that the government was building a bunker here in the hills of jerusalem to the tune of some two hundred million dollars criticism at the time was that the country had survived for fifty years without one and could for another fifty but back then the threat of a nuclear iran was nowhere near where israel's prime minister netanyahu claims it is today. i am not exaggerating when i say the threats are greater than ever it is quite possible they are the greatest since the declaration of indepe

instability in syria and israel. if all were an israeli leader, i would prefer a centralized state where there are discreet buttons that i can push work their institutions like to take actions against and get a predictable reaction. that would be more stable for me than this maelstrom of activity. i'm sorry these are not cheerful answers. this is the truth as i see it. >> sharon, here are two for you. what is the use of chemical weapons in chemical constitute a "red line" all the deaths of tens of civilians has not thought to the same? same how do syrians view this distinction of what is acceptable by the syrian government? and further on that, with regard to iraq, is not the case that syrian took in 1.3 million iraqis in the early years of the occupation and invasion. the u.s. until now, correct me if i'm wrong, has yet to allow one as many as 30,000 iraqis, many of whom have put their lives on the line for the united states as translators, drivers, integrators -- interrogators and the like. how has assad been infor

family pressure how the left the bank of israel king might be heading to the federal reserve but guess who will be taking his place at the b.o.i. a j.p. it war again exaggerated that would be take up frankel's second time at the helm of the shackle after spending three with a too big to fail over involving door to trilateral commission member and holder of the rockefeller rockefeller and out it there at the university of chicago has some big shoes to fill.

israel receives more aid annually from the u.s. than any other world nation come by and yes today this country has given israel hundred eighteen billion dollars in aid most in the form of military assistance nope. not enough that the us has to borrow money we don't even have from china to fulfill its promise to provide the thirty billion dollars worth of aid to israel throughout twenty eighteen that makes perfect sense doesn't it no no no no all of that insanities parentline not enough israel wants to keep it all secret to . the. world.

, the hatred of israel is subsequent to that. israel to then is the expression of american values in particular and western modernity common values in general in the middle east so to then israel is from that point* of view and i have to say within the muslim world there is a very, very widespread hatred of jews. we don't have time to go into it but there is evidence to this that they simply hate jews in large measure. these other reasons why israel is a lightning rod for the hatred of the western world and in addition the hatred of israel has been used to keep their own populations in the islamic world and is used as the alibi or displacement exercise that the dictators who ruled the islamic world whip up the population as a means to divert that hatred from themselves because they keep themselves in such poverty and in conditions of poverty to tyrannize them in political terms. i was interested to hear their version of america of the question of the support given to israel and britain. america survey supports israel as it should

they only picture how the left bank of israel might be heading to the federal reserve but guess who will be taking his place at the b.o.i. a j.p. morgan exactly to take up frank old second term at the helm of the shekel after spending three with a too big to fail over valving door the trilateral commission member and holder of the rockefeller rockefeller and outage at the university of chicago has some big shoes to fill but don't worry it has advised chairman of a i.g. he was able to secure one hundred eighty three billion dollars from the federal reserve and treasury and now he can simply just that money himself. and we're sad to see another bitcoin flop but melbourne has had to hold conversion a bit coins its dollars because of the ongoing investigation by the department of homeland security it seems that there are some major player hayden on the cryptocurrency front however there has yet to been an allegation of fraud and speaking of fraud we'll be talking to convicted both kooker and sam antara of crazy if any fame and just a bit. to finally details of a secret the federal reserve me

you could find hezbollah, a group that was formed to fight israel, -- israel, defending the borders. but the regime will be very wary that israel has already proven its willing -- willingness to take matters into its own hands. >> the turkish prime minister returned from a trip to north patricka and used the occasion to say that the violence must end. demonstrators in taksim square continue to call for his resignation. this report from istanbul the >> thousands of turks at the airport showed support for recep tayyip erdogan, and thousands were in taksim square calling for his resignation. signs of a growing political divide in turkey. they have high hopes erred got -- erdogan got the message and was ready to make concessions, but he doesn't seem to be willing to cave in to the demands of the protesters. in a press conference in tunisia the prime minister said he was willing to go ahead with his controversial development program in taksim square. >> that was removed and demolished in the 1940's. we are trying to return it to the original features. in our country, some people are fight

rebuild and repair for the next time because some day we will be the gateway to israel and the lebanese will come and we will have dinner together. that is the goal. it is all about rebuilding and planting and trees are a big deal in israel the only country in the world that has more trees at the turn of the 21st century than at the beginning of the 20th and every by a plan street is so the first thing they do is plant trees more than our berndt it is said to finance the people were sorry the war ended when it did and people innuit ended badly because it was cut short of success but they just wanted to live their lives again. >> i.m. pleased to welcome you all and to introduce our guest this evening and how is it you may ask yourself a constitutional law scholar and nobel peace prize winner can choose to have individuals killed that he and his personal advisers deemed threatening to u.s. security? this is made in your name but in his new book "dirty wars", jeremy scahill tells a story how obama came to wield the power in covert government forces carried out the killing in with these sec

>> israel's cabinet holds a emergency talks as the war to syria inches closer to home. hello. this is al-jazeera live from doha. also on the program -- libya.ness in the government struggles to keep control. more than just a stroll in the park. the u.s. and china have a successful, informal summit in california. we will tell you how one portuguese town is where it hit rich arriving the crest of a wave to economic recovery. we begin with breaking news from where gunfire has been heard outside the iranian embassy. we are live on the line. what more can you tell us about what happened there? >> it happened a bit earlier in front of the iranian embassy. hezbollah. a number of young people, not an organized gathering, -- they are protesting the war in syria. now the number of people came from that shia majority area. the gunfire there. we do not know who started the shooting at the other side, but some people are wounded. no mention of any people dead. visible has a very presence in beirut. they came here and they put the situation under control a little while ago. it is very calm

but it's well known that many of israel's bomb shelters are run down and neglected about twenty percent of the population doesn't even have access to one we still have a problem with those that were constructed. some of them being strengthened rights no special project to us to be more protected but that hasn't stopped mr on yahoo turning up his rhetoric in recent weeks the irony is that should we begin the man who called for it will be safe in a bunker while his fellow citizens will be left to face it head on policy r.t. in the hills of jerusalem. the u.s. government has put up a list of forty five guantanamo bay detainees who will remain in prison indefinitely washington says these men are too dangerous to be cleared but can't be prosecuted one name on the list khalid shaikh mohammed is currently on trial for being allegedly involved in the nine eleven attacks in the u.s. information for us appeared in two thousand and ten but has never been made public until now almost made yet another promise to shut down the camp in assigned highly experienced lawyer to do the job but as an attorne