of israel but the new nation state law says israel is a homeland for jewish people only the druze and other minorities are outraged and they fight the discrimination this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the new law declares israel as a homeland solely for jewish people non jewish minorities are understandably outraged including the druze minority tens of thousands rallied in tel aviv for one of their largest protests in recent history they say the new nation state law passed last month makes them second class citizens and after decades of loyalty to the israeli state they're disappointed at the discriminatory legislation which affects them and many other non jewish people the israeli cabinet met on sunday where prime minister benjamin netanyahu had this to say. the deep ties with the jews and our commitment to them are also essential we will establish today a special ministerial committee that will advance those ties and these commitments and in parallel will also recognize those who serve in the israeli military and security services from all religions and ethnicit

controversy in israel. does the nation state law change the character of the jewish state and a story for our times, anxiety online and in real life. comedian and filmmaker bo burnham captures human angst in its purest form, focusing in the life of a teenage girl in his new movie "eighth grade." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. we begin tonight in israel where a controversial new nation state law has drawn rare criticism from the influential jewish federations of north america. it is a set back for all minorities. in israel, protests against the law which was pushed through by the netanyahu government in a stormy session of the knesset are planned for this weekend. supporters of the new law said that it simply enshrines israel as the national home of the jewish people, but as critics point out, it also said the right to exercise national self-determination is unique to the jewish people. israeli arabs and left-wing mps tore up after the vote. >>> in 19

i have devoted twenty five years of my life in negotiations with israel save lives raise ample austin eant to live and let live we have to who knows there's a right to exist we have accepted. the reason of skeletal to live side by side in peace and security with a set of us around the ninety six seven lines what it is a good return more settlements more dictations more killing more murders more siege more closures more collective punishment on demolish and all these all these actions are being done in two thousand and eighteen by a member of the un and they call it the only democracy in the world this is it's fascism and it never in the history of south africa darkest hours of apartheid where blacks prevented to use roads what we're using to there are in the west bank and israel selim roads we cannot use us palestinians and such diseases as bigotry and racism once in inflict only underneath our skins of any kind of any risk for any religion we had it in this is a justify it sometimes we give sociological psychological economic sexual explanations and now israel is using the pretext se

iran, israel, syria. i would argue russia sees itself as being in a fortunate strategic position but tactically rather delicate position that it has to maneuver among these three points of the triangle, if you like, but it also is strategically fortunate in that it alone is able to talk to everyone in this configuration in a frank and direct manner without rupturing ties irrevocably. that is attributed to russian diplomacy and strategy in the middle east, which has been to establish durable contacts and partnerships, working partnerships if you like with everybody without getting bogged down in supporting one side or the other in the conflicts, because the united states does not talk to a side or iran. russia can talk to israel as well as it talks to assad and the government in tehran. have to keep in mind because -- again, that signifies a major russian victory and it is something we have to keep in mind because syria is not the only place in the middle east. moscow is increasingly active across the midd

with regard to iran and israel, moscow fully understand that israel will not try to undermine asad, that israel is not anti- russian as far as middle east interest go, but it is determined not to have iran threaten its vital interests are the problem is that for iran, asad ruling over all of syria in establishing or permitting massive iranian presence and a landline all the way to the mediterranean through lebanon to support hezbollah and other terrorists is of vital interest for the government and tehran as well. therefore moscow is trying to forge an equilibrium between iran and israel so that iran can get much of what it wants, namely asad will rule syria and they think the united states had or did before helsinki and that iran will allow itself to be evicted from the area around israel. ten days ago moscow proposed in jerusalem that iranian forces be kept due to miles and they abide by the 1974 agreement and that they would guarantee it. the israelis turned them down flat. just some consternation or surprise in moscow because israel's policy is that the iranian military in syria has

hold israel accountable they cannot continue business as usual with israel they cannot continue receiving israeli prime ministers and their capitals they cannot continue their trade with this read as long as they do these things is a must be held accountable if any country on earth does this to its people and to the people to tend to that to their neighbors what we did and the national unity do . now this government feels immune feels that people one statement condemning saying it's bad and then in this critical time we have an american veto in the general assembly we have solutions that are inevitably mental so if you want me to be very frank i want these nations because if to stand tall and hold israeli government accountable now we have made it a fail for them to national criminal court we want the help of the members of the international court of criminal court to open to help us open an official investigation and this war crimes against the israeli prime minister and defense minister and others or officials we have a guest now in the human rights council calling for an restitution co

law the law officially affirms that israel's jewish character but critics believe it makes non jewish minority second class citizens. the bill passed last month was designed to enshrine israel as the nation state of the jewish people in the country's basic law the measure pushed through by prime minister binyamin netanyahu declares that the right to exercise national self-determination israel is unique to the jewish people but also claims that the language of the state to be hebrew along with arabic given special status previously they were both official languages and it establishes jewish settlements as a national value that the states must encourage for the one fifth of the population her israeli palestinians the fear is that all this leaves them a second class citizens. fany decker joins us now live from tel aviv phonies that proto stephanie give us an idea of what the protesters are saying and the mood there. is a couple of thousand people here there are gathering starting around now this is the crucial start time it is organized really representing the israeli palestinian citizen

two and three where and again as israel and since one thousand eight hundred israel has done nothing but to dictate settlements on the land that's obviously a palestinian state that's the reality that's a reality we never abandon that was their solution that's a two state solution as our line is our vision is to live and let live because we know that we realists this is the only way for palestinians and israelis is to have two states to live side by side in peace and security next to each other. now who is destroying the two state solution who is building settlements in the supposed to be a palestinian state on the hour every hour who is the typical as it were there was a limb of them from bennet and you know who is doing the collective punishment and military means can you solve the political problem with military means you can't you can't so all these things our position is that we have to win as israel and the stance israel refuses a two state solution present never mentioned two states he mentioned in the context that if both parties agree to give a little tenet and you know they

israel concluded an agreement with the p.l.o. which has this flag so i don't know why he is using this language which is very dangerous but more than that he is right he is right in saying that it did not change much because actually israel has been a racist country and nationalistic chauvinist stick state that is practicing apartheid in the worst form of apartheid much worse than what south african apartheid system was. this law is not the only thing this law is a basic law and that means it's constitutional which means it makes israel officially apartheid the rest state for jewish people only it does not identify the borders of israel which means that the system of discrimination includes not only palestinians inside but also palestinians in the west bank and gaza strip which. since fifty one years also it includes syrian people who are living in the golan heights it also includes the druze community which is part of the palestinian population that has been cooperating with this israeli regime and now it is discriminated agains

two and three is rare and organize israel and since one thousand eight hundred israel has done nothing but to dictate settlements on the land that's obviously a palestinian state that's the reality that's a reality we never abandon that was their solution that's a two state solution as our line is our vision is to live and let live because we know that we realists this is the only way for palestinians and israelis is to have two states to live side by side in peace and security next to each other. now who is destroying the two state solution who is building settlements in the supposed to be a palestinian state on the hour every hour who is the dating life it was a limb of them from benetton you know was punishment and military means can you solve a political problem with military means you can't you can't so all these things our position is that we haven't as israel and the stance israel refuses a two state solution present never mentioned two steps he mentioned in the context that if both parties agree the giver of it in and you know they did the administration's of the not steps in s

and other countries to hold israel accountable they cannot continue business as usual with israel they cannot continue receiving israeli prime ministers and their capitals they cannot continue that appeared with israel as long as they do these things. is a must be held accountable if any country on earth does this to its people and to the people to take to that to their neighbors what would enter national unity do. now this government feels immune feels that people one statement condemning saying it's bad and then in this critical time we have an american veto in the general assembly we have solutions that are inevitably mental so if you want me to be very frank i want these nations because if to stand tall and hold the israeli government accountable now we have made it a fair deal for the international criminal court we want the help of the members of the international court criminal court to open to help us open an official investigation and this war crimes against the israeli prime minister and defense minister and others or officials we have a case now in the human rights council c

of israel but the new nation state law says israel is a homeland for jewish people only the druze and other minorities are outraged and they fight the discrimination this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the new law declares israel is a homeland solely for jewish people non jewish minorities are understandably outraged including the druze minority tens of thousands rallied in tel aviv for one of their largest protests in recent history they say the new nation state law passed last month makes them second class citizens and after decades of loyalty to the israeli state they're disappointed at the discriminatory legislation which affects them and many other non jewish people the israeli cabinet met on sunday where prime minister benjamin netanyahu had this to say. the deep ties with the jews and our commitment to them are also essential we will establish today a special ministerial committee that will advance those ties and these commitments and in parallel will also recognize those who serve in the israeli military and security services from all religions and ethnicit

to the museum it's an ice by israeli palestinian citizens of israel and there. for the cancellation of the war there's a lot of jewish here are saying that they are not the direction of the jury and the only message here is one of unity. because we don't need this kind of this and you know loan off netanyahu will get out apps. and number two on event is not i'm not. giving him joel i don't suppose you know what this is amazing this is no no no no i don't remember what i was. fighting for something and this is real there is no no. people who really believe in the us and equality we have and take democratic moves taking place in many things in the towards gays towards women in words thank you learn and we're exam and this is the fascist regime it's turning into a fascist that is still not there but it's going in a bad direction and we need to stop it as well as soon as we can. they're trying to . force the nickname of the israeli prime minister benjamin. netanyahu and there is a big question whether the attack we're going to continue with this demand to becoming l

a pregnant mother and her toddler are among the dead as israel strikes back against rocket attacks from gaza. followed welcome to our jazeera live from doha and it's also coming up. canada will always speak strongly clearly in private in public on questions of human rights standing firm canada's diplomatic dispute with saudi arabia deepens plus. passions run high tina's senate debates extending legal abortion in an historic moment for latin america's second biggest country. she's still a very backing why the ivory coast former first lady is out of jail after serving just three of a twenty year sentence. but first the u.n. says it's deeply alarmed by a new flare up between israel and gaza at least three palestinians have been killed including a pregnant mother and her eighteen month old daughter in an explosive exchange in the gaza strip the israeli military says seventy rockets were fired from gaza israeli media say six people have been injured by shrapnel in the israeli border town of the rot and in response israel launched a series of air strikes targeting hamas positions andrew symon

it's the biggest construction project in israel. and one that its supporters claim is necessary to ensure israel's security. this fans is for security reason this fence is only for blocking the way of suicide bombers into israel. and yet plans for the division of israel and palestine predate the relatively modern phenomenon of suicide attacks the plans were decades in the making. of the wall really follows of israeli policies for the last hundred years even before there was an israel essentially the problem is that zionism has claimed this country from the mediterranean to the jordan river exclusively for the jews there is no other people here for the for the israeli jews there is no it palestinians there is no other collectivity with other. rights to this country this is our country exclusively period. the names of professor saw for the next prime minister sharon come up repeatedly in any discussion of the war. is the ideologues who first drew the maps for a construction of a war in the one nine hundred eighty s. but it was the pol

this law actually doesn't change anything for the citizens of israel who does not discriminate or take any rights through and the law simply says that israel is the nation state of the jewish people it which has been long overdue this law is a basic law and that means it's constitutional which means. apartheid state for jewish people only well i think that what you just heard is the exact example of why we need it you have a person who is not an israeli citizen in this bashing my country in israel all citizens are equal under the law the third biggest party in the parliament is their party what i find shocking is that people who condemn the bare existence of the state of israel in any border are saying that we are and which i think is just appalled this law says that this land is only for half of the population and the other half would be discriminated against it does not identify the borders of israel which means that this system is discrimination includes not only palestinians inside but also by the students in the west bank and those are sort of the. injured in some area where somet

this is news coming to you live from berlin israel your airstrikes against. three palestinians are killed including a pregnant woman and a child israel says it was in retaliation for rockets and mortars fired from gaza we'll go live to jerusalem. also coming up. among them. lies behind this crackdown on the media. i'm on the thought she the gaza health ministry says israeli airstrikes have killed a pregnant woman and her young daughter in the gaza strip one hundred five was also killed these really army launched the attacks after hamas militants five more than one hundred and fifty rockets into israel injuring at least three israelis the security situation in the region has been tense march palestinians began. protests along the gaza israeli border israel has warned hamas against for the escalation. and for the very latest i'm joined now by our middle east correspondent don there in jerusalem john it was an age as you can tell us about this incident. it was a situation seems to have quieted down in the past hour or so but it's not yet clear where this is goin

is cutting off the emergency fuel is what israel is doing legal. i mean we you know the united nations has been. the blockade for for a while now and this is the situation that we have to. leave with so. as you rightly mentioned since today again there are no sanctions preventing the entry of fuel and gas. to gaza and of course this creates a lot of concern concern to us. that we have we are providing almost a million leader of fuel to try to go facilities i'm talking here about critical facilities so essential fifty five all speedo's and reza goes to. lots of sewage. treatment centers across the town so if we run out of fuel this would directly affect more than two thousand who are in intensive care and you know and that's all services. but that's one of the problems one of the problem is how we stop the fuel but also how do we continue the service even when fuel is available by by the end of all we are run out of funding. and we have called many times the international community to provide additional funding for the emergency so what needs to hap

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now israel's palestinian minority has met a mass protest in tel aviv against the controversial nation state law it officially affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it turns non jewish minorities into second class citizens thousands turned out to show their anger at the bill which was passed last month came a week after israel's druze community also rallied against the law stephanie dec i was at the protest in tel aviv. turned up here in tel aviv. the museum is going to rise by israeli palestinian. for. the moon there's a. lot of jews who are saying that they're not happy with the direction. it's one of us. because we don't need this of this. netanyahu. event. this is amazing this is. a member thousands of them. for something and this is a real barrier. that people don't really believe in the upper and we have and taken a crack if moves taking place in many things in the towards gays towards women. words and to examine and this is a fascist regime it's turning into a fascist that is still not there but it's going in a bad direction and we need to stop it as well as soon

soldiers it is illegal in israel for when an officer with intent to undermine the spirit of the army is punishable by up to five years in jail the i.d.f. adds that the man they arrested was inciting violence against the state of israel and the army gaza based reporter hint who dari has the details. a palestinian journalist has been a rusted for filming i.d.f. soldiers israeli forces raided his job just a day after he lost you videos on his facebook page of the i.d.f. drawing up a plan of a palestinian home a procedure that typically done before demolishing the building the man filmed and edited videos of idea of troops during the course of their operational activities while encouraging violence towards them and incited attacks directed at the state of israel and i.d.f. troops. and we were sleeping when we heard a knock at the door in the middle of the night we woke up and opened the door they told us their soldiers they asked me whose house is it i said it's muhammad ali's then they asked to lives upstairs i said it's. so they went upstairs and arrested him he told me mom don't be af

thousands protest in tel aviv against israel's controversial nation state law. hello working dodge's there live from doha. coming up. the desperate search a father looks for the remains of. the m.r. r.t.s. strike has been called the worst attack yet on the children of yemen. a second night of protests in romania as thousands take to the streets to demand a change of government. and the british nobel prize winning author vs nightfall has died at the age of eighty five. thousands of people in television been protesting against israel's controversial nation state law in officially a fans israel's jewish character but critics believe it turns the non jewish minorities of the country into a second class citizens the bill passed last month and was designed to enshrine israel as the nation states of the jewish people. well the measure pushed through by the prime minister benjamin netanyahu declares that the right to exercise national self-determination in israel is unique to the jewish people it also says that hebrews ian lee official language downgrading the sages of

meanwhile in mark until new to receive financial assistance from india israel russia and the united states which lifted sanctions against it in twenty sixteen. met a former director of human rights watch in me in march now an independent observer . the military is still the major institution in this country and the military still has extraordinary powers guaranteed by the two thousand i consider him twenty five percent of the seats and in the parliament three k. ministries the really controls a lot of the country massive troops all throughout the country. they run huge parts of the economy they don't just get one of the the biggest shares of the national budget they also have extensive business interests throughout the country . asked what the situation was like in mandell in february twenty seven thousand there is no doubt that there is a new phase in the conflict among or with the appearance of this militant group that has staged violent attacks against the security forces and has killed a number of security personnel however. the threat posed by this new group. is is disproportionate to

well recognized fake that israeli jew state but when it comes to private rights of all citizens of israel including the druze including the arabs including citizens who are against a state of israel including its it is like the some of the our politicians who don't want israel to be jewish think steal the rights just like i have just like. let me let me let me let me does governor let me step in here and say it because he wanted to make a point michel seem like you were going to be disagree with that point what do you want to say. no i mean what he says is correct that it was there are laws that guarantee that everyone is equal the point of the matter is why wasn't that mentioned in this law and you know the labor party which you know it's a p livni is very and one of the leaders of that party came to the prime minister people said all you have to do is put in a line to democratic just put in a line about everyone's equal and then you won't have sixty people support or you have one hundred and a law like this should pass with a really clear majority it was a clear majority it was you know

thousands of people in tel aviv have been protesting against israel's controversial nation state law the law officially affirms israel's jewish character critics believe it turns jewish minorities into second class citizens while the bill passed last month and was designed to enshrine israel as the nation state of the jewish people the measure pushed through by prime minister benjamin netanyahu declares that the right to exercise national self-determination in israel is unique to the jewish people it also says that he is the only official language downgrading the status of arabic previously they were both official languages and at the stablish is jewish settlements as a national value that the states must encourage stephanie decker was at the protests and thought of eve. here in tel aviv mark green square. the museum it's back and eyes by israeli pilots. for the calculation of the moon there's a lot of jews who are saying that they're not the direction was really going to message me or anyone of us here we owe it because we don't need this about a cascade of this annual loan off neta

thousands protests in television against israel's controversial nation state law. hello welcome to al-jazeera live from doha i'm melting down is also coming up. the u.n. says next month's talks between yemen's warring parties will focus on ending the fighting and forming a transitional government. the second night of protests in romania as thousands take to the streets to demand a change of government. in spain and germany agree a deal they hope will curb migration. thousands of people in television been protesting against israel's controversial nation state law it officially affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it turns the non jewish minorities into second class citizens the bill passed last month and was designed to be enshrined israel as the nation state of the jewish people. the measure pushed through by prime minister benjamin netanyahu declares that the right to exercise national self-determination in israel is quote unique to the jewish people it also says that hebrew is the only official language and that downgrades the status of arabic pr

let the trucks rolling again israel reopens the only commercial crossing into gaza. and india's prime minister unveils ambitious plans for the world's largest public health care scheme. italy is launching an urgent check of major infrastructure across the country after the collapse of a motorway bridge in genoa thirty seven bodies are so far being pulled from the rubble that the huge section that came crashing down on tuesday morning around thirty five cars and trucks were thought to have been on the bridge when it gave way sending them tumbling into a riverbed a railway and industrial buildings firefighters and search specialists from across italy have been called in to dig through the concrete and steel in a moment we'll go live to natasha butler at the rescue site but first this report. from the air the scale of the devastation is clear a huge section of geno's marandi bridge simply government. the bridge collapsed on tuesday morning during the storm sending vehicles on his motorway plunging to the ground. where the oval office i heard a loud rumble and i went fly

reports of a truce have not been confirmed by israel. any cease-fire would be a short-term solution as ongoing tensions are in the region. thurrday, israeli airstrikes hit a building in gaza city and sent civilians in the streets. the israeli army says only hamas military ppsitions were targeted but the palestinians say the building was a cultural center. citizens expected was the buulding, the only cultural center in the gaza sttip, to be bond. what did they want to target??61 >> latest violence after a clash between israeli military and hamas snipers with israeli airstrikes tillinggat least three more people including a pregnant palestinian woman and her eight-month-old child. and israeliimilitaries folkestone blamed hamas -- spokesman lame ttomas appeared -- blamed hamas. >> hey had the attention of hitting israeli -- intervention -pof hitting israeli civilians d the idf cannot tolerate that. from gaza but most it unpopulated area but two fell in a border town. including near this playground. u.s. state department defended israel and

that israel will not be the state of its citizens. a u.n. delegation. of hamas officials there visit as part of ongoing efforts to deescalate tensions with israel meanwhile funerals were held for the three palestinians who were killed by israeli forces on friday it was the twentieth week of protests at the gaza border fence more than one hundred sixty four palestinians have been killed by israeli forces since demonstrations began in march protesters have been demanding the right of return to their ancestral lands the fishermen have been staging a rally of on demand in the israeli siege on the strip be lifted federal ports. with palestinian flags flying on their boats is a sufficient protest against israel's blockade they gathered in the port before heading out to see what this protest is part of the demonstrations against the seas happening every week on the land border this is our peaceful activity that the whole world agrees with israel should know that this is a small geographical area but we insist on our freedom after twenty weeks of protests and b

was that attack israel made on to how massed fighters who were on the border in a training camp as israel accepted that they weren't being shot at their house regards that as accident or otherwise it wasn't acceptable and wanted to avenge those deaths but what's revenge was it well it just was absolutely huge you know through thursday night you couldn't hear yourself think in gaza city for the the bangs from from missiles from bombs from going rocket fire the rocket fire in fact at times was as loud as the bombing went on right the way through the light but what we've seen since dorm is something of a lifting of the tension to a degree that there have been some more attacks a number of them without any casualties it has to be said casualties overall have been low but that does not. dilute the seriousness of what's happening here by any means so very much focus now on egypt where the mediators have don't have done their work while doing their work and also nickel i'm letting off the u.n. special envoy who spoke. once again overnight emphasizing the girls who was on the brink of war everyon

or israel. germany has. and then there is the shortage of qualified personnel experts in computer security have their choice of employers worldwide. vo to work it takes quite a while to recruit specialists to fill taken positions. of course we're competing with a lot of other companies it's a tight market and germany simply doesn't have enough cyber security experts to meet the demand. let's take a look at the size and scope of the international cyber security market. experts predict that the global economic damage caused by cyber crime is expected to reach six trillion dollars a year by twenty twenty one that's good news for the cyber security industry. ninety three billion dollars will be spent on computer security in twenty eighteen and that amount is said to increase. one study shows that some countries including the u.s. australia and israel spend a lot more per capita on computer security than germany. still so. one percent of german companies plan to boost their cyber security measures. the number of

in two thousand and sixteen israel's minister of justice. boasted that facebook complied with ninety five percent of government requests to remove infighting continence i on facebook and you faced a bill in the works would give the government the power to make that one hundred percent the ministry told the listening post that in finding cases are examined. regardless of the nationality or origin of the suspect but there seem to be double standards at play she kept herself once wrote a facebook post that appeared to justify the mass murder of palestinians who give birth to little snakes she was not charged with incitement and in two thousand and seventeen the ngo found that israeli social media uses rates and fights in post against palestinians once every seven see one second however prosecutions of israelis for incitement are extremely rare. censorship and monitoring and not the only way that israel controls palestinians online it also operates social media accounts that target palestinians with propaganda in their own language a practice kn

isn't about the moon shall only you do the state of israel is the nation state of the jewish people israel is a jewish and democratic state individual rights are anchored in many laws including the basic law of human freedom and dignity no one harmed and no one intends to haunt these individual rights without the nation state law the future of israel as the jewish nation state cannot be ensured for generations to come. therefore we will establish today a special ministry a committee that will advance those ties and these commitments and in parallel will also recognize those who serve in the israeli military and security services from all religions and its new cities andrew symonds has more now from west jerusalem. really benjamin netanyahu statement before the cabinet meeting doesn't move things on the committee he mentioned was already known about what it's going to do is a bit hazy and there is no breakthrough in talks with the minorities he did make a reference to the nation state nor remaining in place to mend it nor will he certainly won't get rid of it but he did say that it is democ

israel's parliament convenes a special session as the anger continues over a so-called nation state law. hello again my name's peter w. watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up turkey becomes the latest u.s. ally to reject washington's new sanctions on iran. beijing prepares to strike back as the u.s. finalizes its long list of new tariffs on chinese imports. also ahead too close to call in the u.s. how a vote for ohio's house of representatives could foreshadow the outcome of november's midterm election. our top story the israeli knesset is holding a special session on the new and controversial nation state law now the law formally affirms israel's jewish character and makes hebrew the country's sole official language a status previously shared by arabic it's provoked widespread protests to understand the consequences of the new law it's important to trace israel's demographic changes over time has priyanka gupta. spoiled by political zionism in europe jewish immigration into historic palestine began in the late nineteenth century but it was minimal at

which means that the system of discrimination groups not only palestinians inside israel because of all the students in the west bank there's a sort of the right engine then scenario where sometimes people mistakenly call the west bank it's a you didn't run it's a jew free state as a jew not allowed to be there this law does nothing about you then scenario unfortunately. is really law in syria just doesn't touch it that's not true do you agree that we should have a palestinian state or not their family not but i think what we have come along using is that you want another set but you also are you working on right israel this is telling me i can't have citizenship but he wants to continue to occupy any my land and he says i cannot have a state and we cannot have a two state solution and yet he speaks that it is a democracy. a video of a police officer in the u.s. state of connecticut is gone viral the footage shows him apparently threatening to shoot trespassers. anybody wants to run trigger happy go lucky you know i could be that kind of money in order to shoot somebody not going to

this law actually doesn't change anything for the citizens of israel he does not discriminate or take any rights through and the law simply says that israel is the nation state of the jewish people it which has been long overdue this law is a basic law and that means it's constitutional which means. apartheid state for jewish people only well i think that what you just heard is the exact example of why we need it you have a person who is not an israeli citizen these bash my country in israel all citizens are equal under the law the third biggest party in the parliament is their party what i find shocking is that people who condemn the bare existence of the state of israel in any border are saying that we are and which i think is just appalled this law says that this land is only for half of the population and the other half would be discriminated against it does not identify the borders of israel which means that the system of discrimination includes not only palestinians inside but also by the students in the west bank and those are sort of the. injured in scenario where sometimes pe

refusal to exclude the definition of israel as a racist endeavour from anti—semitism. any state is a racist endeavour. if you do not include the statement, you virtually exclude israel from the group of civilised nations, so you have to include it. i think this is a terrible and sad and depressing mess. and i agree basically with ned's view of where it comes from, although i might put it slightly differently. but i think we are now in a situation where the telegraph headline this morning on the front page says, "corbyn is an anti—semite, says munich survivor". this is being used by people on the right to attack corbyn and the labour party. i would say anti—semitism is far more rife on the right notjust in britain, but all over europe, than it is in the labour party. but there is this particular tradition on the left, an anti—imperialist tradition which goes from supporting the rights of palestinians to self—determination, which is extremely important, and which is often elided and wiped out in discussions, with a kind of criticism of israel which can shade into

welcome to the program we begin with the developing story in gaza israel has been continuing strikes and shelling as a new day begins that it's targeted more than one hundred forty sites including what it says are military compounds tunnels at a training camp but three palestinians a pregnant mother and her child are among those killed israel says the military action is in response to rockets fired from gaza starting on wednesday night the united nations is deeply alarmed by a flare up of the violence warning it could lead to war under simmons has more from gaza. deep into the night intense bombardments the flash of outgoing rockets from gaza. israel's iron dome air defense system knocked out several of the missiles but the majority got through and in response came the blasts and claims from israeli air strikes. this is how it started here a rocket unlike most of them finding its targets the israeli town of detroit has people fleeing in all directions in the panic towns right across southern israel under attack. the response was fast. as strikes right across the gaza strip up to twen

much rest now on the real intentions of israel and hamas to warn or both really intend to break down the cease fire talks and nicholai madden of the un special envoy has been here before not so serious but he mediated and succeeded in stopping the fighting a month ago his words our collective efforts have prevented an explosion until now we will work hard to ensure garza steps back from the brink. camelot and of and egyptian mediators bring gaza back from the brink again council people are in fear tonight that he may not succeed there are more questions than answers right now could this be a tactical pro-u. the violence head of signing any agreement to get more damage done or how mass as far as israel is concerned and hamas to rally its faithful with a show of force possible but everything rests now with the israeli response it seems and the israeli security cabinet is meeting later on thursday we may know more that columbia's new president says hill review a decision by his predecessor to recognize the state of palestine formally the one man while santos made the decision in the fin

this is deja news coming from israel and strikes against gaza. including a pregnant woman and a child israel says it was in retaliation for rockets and mortars fired from gaza the latest from jerusalem also coming up inside. this. was record and change he's forced to live in exile and he speaks to do. and argentina. legalized abortion thousands of activists cheer the news outside the congress and. put on those launch angry protests. the gaza health ministry says israeli airstrikes have killed a pregnant woman and her young daughter in the gaza strip one who was also killed these really. fired more than one hundred. injuring at least three israelis the security situation in the region has been tense since march. began staging protests along the gaza border israel has warned against further escalation and for the vague. the latest i'm joined now by our middle east correspondent donna kremer in jerusalem john it was a late as you can tell us about this incident. was a situation seems to have quieted down in the past hour or so but it's not yet clear

thousands gather in israel to protest a new law they say to marginalize and non jews our correspondent in tel aviv has the latest. and protestors and counter protesters face off outside the headquarters of the u.s. gun lobby our u.s. correspondent was right in the middle of x. . i'm irish waiter thank you for joining us europe has been sizzling under a record breaking heat wave that's been leaving its mark in various ways up north in sweden a glacier atop the cabinet chis a mountain has melted so much that it's no longer the country's tallest peak experts say the mountain has shrunk by more than four meters in july alone meanwhile bathers in the baltic sea have been more and after thousands of jellyfish invaded shorelines in recent days in one day more than ninety people required treatment at the resort of haile after receiving painful stings researchers say the warm weather has increased jellyfish for the populations in the area but the hottest place in europe right now is the i've been in peninsula in spain at least three people have died from heat stroke this week in portugal could