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

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

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

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

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

as he talks iran and syria in israel. hundreds of fake web sites and social accounts shut down as tech giants say foreign hackers are taking aim at u.s. mid-term elections. and supplies for the stranded floodwaters start to fall but new dangers look for those caught off in caroline. the dramatic conclusion to two cold cases being held hundreds of kilometers apart and the u.s. could put new pressure on donald trump could also boost the investigation into alleged election meddling in virginia the u.s. president's former campaign manager paul manifold was found guilty of financial crimes involving millions of dollars of foreign man. and in new york his long time lawyer suddenly pleaded guilty to a charges those include paying the wall for women who made claims about trump we begin with that story and kristen so to me. he was the president's fixer his longtime attorney the man who dealt with issues before they became big problems michael cohen arrived at the office of federal investigators in new york on tuesday representing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

should shot israel kessler's charlottesville ally richard spencer is not expected in washington though his ideas are. yes i mean america story please undoubtedly a white country were headed in a very different direction what we're saying rings true what we're saying cuts right to the heart of the matter and that's why people are attracted to us that's why we're growing hundreds of city and u.s. park service police will line the streets with one simple goal well to make sure be to make sure that nobody is insured and nothing gets broken barricades will play a key role police say they've learned lessons from charlottesville and their main goal will be to keep the two groups apart even as they converge by the hundreds in this relatively small space it's a colossal task counter-demonstrators are already filling the streets i think it's an absolute affront to human decency to be allowed on these nazis and white supremacists on it's a calm here and march in front of the white house on this somber anniversary a police force with perhaps more experience than any in the world in handling protes

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

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

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

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

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

with egypt the bigger picture is this they're trying to establish a long term cease fire with israel they're trying to improve the situation for the people here water elektra's city power openings of borders the details are difficult or complicated but certainly it does seem like something is movement moving hamas is talking the israeli cabinet will be meeting on sunday to discuss this specific issue we've been hearing also from leaders here that these protests nineteen weeks of them have borne fruit so we'll have to wait and see if anything comes out of these talks. jordan's government is coming under fire for a controversial gas project which will see a ten billion dollars pipeline run through israel jordan says the pipeline will help to meet its growing energy needs but critics say it amounts to support for israel's occupation of palestine or from among them harder reports. public opposition in jordan failed to stop this project work has begun on a sixty five kilometer pipeline which is supposed to start bringing gas from israel in early two thousand and twenty the jordanian gover

hell since protest and tell of the against israel's controversial nation state will. come to al-jazeera live from a headquarters in doha with me elizabeth iran and also ahead. the un says next month's talks between yemen's of warring parties will focus on forming a transitional government and bringing the fighting to a halt. a second largest protest in romania as thousands take to the streets to demand a change of government and nobel and booker prize winning author vs sniper dies at the age of eighty five. thousands of people in front of eve have been protesting against israel's controversial nation state it officially affirms israel's jewish character critics believe it turns the non jewish minorities into second class citizens the bill passed last month and was designed to enshrine israel as the mation state of the jewish people. the measure pushed through by prime minister benjamin netanyahu declares that the right to exercise national self-determination and israel is unique to the jewish people it also says that hebrew is the only official language downgrading th

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 harm 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 ethnicities and simmons following that story for us out of the bureau wester islam andrew clearly benjamin netanyahu is not given to rowing back on this where do you think this is heading next. well it's really every every aa is on the how this protest movement comes together evidently from that remark from netanyahu he's not shifting at all in that special committee you referred to was known about a few days back and it's already been dismissed by all concerned in the proces

reopened the only commercial crossing with israel a car. crossing and also extended to the area of the restricted the very restricted area in which a fisherman can operate so there are hopes that certainly despite these protests going on that neither side see this or or anything that could happen in the hours ahead as being a provocation one hopes that we don't see another escalation of violence i'm sure you have to concede the pictures that we can at the moment charles you just saw one individual being taken on a stretcher lots more smoke. certainly at the fence of course ambulances that are as well in great numbers to take any of the injured to hospital of course there has been a huge amount of behind the scenes diplomatic activity to try and make sure that well maybe fewer people get injured and as you say there are less old no kites burning kites being launched from the guards inside of that border this is what's creating not tension between the palestinians and the israelis. that's right i can hear now what sounds to be live fire aimin

of israel and there. for the file a shadow of the war there's. a lot of jewish saying that they are not the direction . of the message they are the is one of the rich. because we don't need this about the politics of this and you owe us netanyahu all this amazing this is. no i don't remember what i was. fighting for something and this is real there is a god i think the world people really global in the us and equality we have and take democratic moves taking place in many things. towards gays towards women. words secular and one exam and this is the fascist regime is turning into a fascist that is still not there but is going in a bad direction in which to stop it as well as soon as we can. they're trying to. force the leg of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and there is a big question whether they are. going to continue with the mantra becoming the are against their government immense and people do not only very recently the right wing from. a u.n. delegation is in gaza for meetings with hamas in a bid to lower the tensions with isr

from across the world i'm in the region how most officials in gaza say storing carbon to israel they were to escape the conflict any further israel has talked to both one hundred forty science and intense strikes on that to see each gaza strip three palestinians are being killed including a pregnant woman and her eighteen month old daughter israel says the military action came after rockets were fired from gaza on wednesday night the united nations says it's deeply alarmed by the violence warning it could lead to war. well to keep 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 people fleeing in all directions of the panic towns right across southern israel under attack. the response was fast as strikes right across the gaza strip up to twenty mostly bases of the al qassam brigade the military wing of hamas. it

the fire for its controversial gas project which will see a ten billion dollars pipeline run through israel jordan says the pipeline will help to meet its growing energy needs but critics say it amounts to support for israel's occupation of palestine from amman zain ahold of reports. public opposition in jordan failed to stop this project work has begun on a sixty five kilometer pipeline which is supposed to start bringing gas from israel in early two thousand and twenty the jordanian government says the deal will save hundreds of millions of dollars a year critics disagree it's a waste of taxpayers' money to support terrorism. but there's ten billion dollars of taxpayers' money that can be invested in. a wide variety of. sources like solar energy stanley belongs to a movement called the enemies gaz is occupation which has been campaigning against the deal since it was signed in two thousand and sixteen for them it's not just about funding israel they don't want jordan to be linked to economically to a country they don't trust. we are hostages of the israeli enemy it makes us vulnerable at

delegation has held meetings with hamas in gaza in a bid to lower tensions with israel and push for a last thing ceasefire it comes as funerals were held for three more palestinians including a medic who were killed during friday's protests on a land order and on saturday gaza's fishermen staged a rally of their own child's traffic reports. with palestinian flags flying on their boats gaza's fischman 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 is. should know that this is a small geographical area but we insist on our freedom up to twenty weeks of protests on the land border with israel the fishermen now say it's their ton and their plan is to take this but it's a lot of boats and sights along the coast towards the border with israel with around ten kilometers north from here israel restricts gaza's fishermen from operating more than three nautical miles from the coast these rea

now we understand that a lot of pressure came on israel as well from israeli businesses that contract out gaza workers inside gaza or in for example the textile industry that kind of pressure being put on the israeli government because those businesses were concerned that those goods were not coming out we understand that the export of goods from gaza could well starts tomorrow but of course this kind of movement at the crossings here this crossing being opened is all dependent it's staying open his old dependence on the relative calm between hamas and israel continuing. goods coming in including platell construction materials petrol gas and vegetables and clothing but i learned sort go out all over europe with where the stores were closed transport was stopped people have been really suffering thank god things have calmed down now in gaza a bit on the trucks can start moving across the border again when i figure we're going to. israel has also increased the area in which fishermen can work could see from three to six in a school miles off the northern half of gaza and from three to n

people have gone psni shallop ballasts al-jazeera israel has reopened the only commercial crossing into gaza after a month long shutdown by karen abu salim entrance into the strip was closed on july ninth during heightened tension between israelis and palestinians israeli defense minister says close fuel and construction materials will now be allowed through israel's also expanded the fishing zone off gaza chasse traffic with this update force trucks have started arriving here at gaza's only commercial crossing with israel the start for example will fill up with goods across the border before returning in cigars and we understand around eight hundred trucks are expected to pass the border today. now we understand that a lot of pressure came on israel as well from israeli businesses that contract out gaza workers inside gaza or in for example the textile industry that kind of pressure being put on the israeli government because those businesses were concerned that those goods were not coming out we understand that the exports of

will israel confirmed it has launched strikes targeting twelve hamas sites israel's military says thirty six walk it's of been fired into israel in the past few hours that it's managed to intercept several of them one hundred simmons's live in gaza for us and there and just give us everything that we know so far. it's quite a lot to go through all be brief as i can julie basically. all started with the launching of rockets fired into israel and sid roth was one of the targets we saw quite clearly the results there in pictures and there was a least two people injured a number of other words taken to hospital with shock and then a whole sequence an array of rocket fire from hamas was wasn't long before we saw the reaction and it was a very furious reaction and accurate precision bombing it seems on a number of military targets will described as military targets no doubt a lot of damage was done we can assess that now but it's not safe to go out on the streets and we know that the casualty numbers are low for the reason that fight has always take cover evacuate their bases when rocket attac

were killed during military service for israel. she makes a promise. the americans you have there if this law doesn't change i will get your bodies excluded from this military cemetery and bury you in your grandfather's land . back home is her youngest son yeah i mean his brother's fuad who was eighteen and twenty three year old sylar gave compulsory service in the military yeah i mean became a prison officer in an israeli jail and he says that experience changed his perspective he became a human rights lawyer and activists for palestinians in the occupied west bank. i feel sad in the blood of my brothers was shed and crying for a lie in an illusion they may have thought the military would give them rights but this law just proves that israel used them like mr aris. the druze are in all ranks for example major general chemical abu rukun is the new coordinator of operations in the occupied territories there is no public comment from him any soldier showing dissent is suspended. we ask the soldiers and officers not to get involved in

at overtax in counterattacks and with some are saying it truce has been reached with israel. turkey's currency plunges to record lows concerning investors as inflation rises. and the edinburgh fringe festival of tranks community of artists some performers from around the globe the locals say it doesn't benefit them. welcome to the program we sort of got a star where there have been hours of fighting between taliban fighters and afghan forces in the central city. heavily armed men stormed the city attacking at several government buildings including police headquarters overnight now there are an unknown number fate tallaght he's dozens of people are believed to be injured. let's get the very latest to charleville us our correspondent who is live for us in the afghan capital and charlie let's just bring us up to speed on the situation as we know it right now. so we believe that there are at least fourteen people dead those people being police officers and more than sixty people wounded but it's such a fluid fluid situation it's so hard to get information out because cell phone t

with palestinian flags flying on their boats gaza's fisherman protest against israel's blockade they gathered in the port before heading out to see what that if he had his protest as 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 on the land border with israel the fishermen now say it's their turn and their plan is to take this but it's a lot of boats and sights along the coast towards the border with israel which is around ten kilometers north from here israel restricts gaza's fishermen from operating more than three nautical miles from the coast these ready navy has confiscated boats and killed thirteen fishermen it says try to breach the area to allow for the fisherman to working since the siege began almost twelve years ago as the boat sailed towards the border people walked along the beach and support. going to have been found yet and we came here to protest agains

israel declared and. a military zone this effectively prohibited palestinians in the area from building or even repairing structures on their own property the settlements became home to some one hundred sixty five israelis who created a fish breeding business asian laborers made up the work force. the jordan valley has the potential to be the breadbasket of any future palestinian state bigger stats on men's further threaten the living conditions of palestinian communities in the jordan valley limiting their access to water their opportunities for economic growth and pushing the palestinians of the area further into poverty. but going to the city for a good month to cut a lot of tall talk about jenin may yet you can yell at the why. yes. and i mean to call the really big one a walk was what i said yeah hear me. mischievous i'll wait till i want to miss that would be anyway and then my then yeah my year the for that to be. welcome but a month because that i would be a monk took up a lot of what have. i let

israel a place to open the door. construct an airport and also a seaport and to expand the limits of the fishing in the mediterranean for the geysers but israel failed to implement. this understanding with egypt and it to nothing so what we need is to have gotten tease that israel would implement and stick to the understanding seized with the palestinian or with the egyptian side until now they do not do that so now both sides have an interest in a truce that is evil is one thing to achieve certain stability for their population in the city limits some rounding the gaza strip. that is interested in lifting the embargo. the blockade the situation in gaza and be honorable and as you said in your report that the situation is visible they don't have good water they don't have electricity they cannot make the fishing day one of the day they want they should have and so on so it's unbearable gaz the leadership the palestinian leadership in gaza has an interest in living lifting the blockade and israel wants also to end the

killed on friday protests at the gaza israel border fence. also coming up. for the children killed in the saudi m.r.c. as strikes on thursday. president warns us their alliance is at stake to donald trump increases tariffs on steel and. and accusations of a land grab in south africa. a u.n. delegation is in gaza for meetings with hamas officials that visit as part of. tensions with israel funerals have been held for the three palestinians killed by israeli forces during a twentieth friday of protest at the gaza border three hundred others were hurt. joins us now live from gaza so just what are we hearing today both about this delegation visiting gaza and ongoing violence. just in the last hour or so we can confirm there have been true. in the north of the gaza strip around grade. noon no casualties reported there a second strike in central gaza with east of central gaza we understand at least two people injured in that strike we understand that these drones would target seeing protesters trying to move either these insane loons or quite sort of flowed across

jordan's gas deal with israel still brings protesters to the streets two years after it was signed but they haven't been able to scrap the agreement construction of the pipeline has begun and is in a call to reports from amman it's not only the government action that's facing opposition . public opposition in jordan failed to stop this project work has begun on a sixty five kilometer pipeline which is supposed to start bringing gas from israel in early two thousand and twenty the jordanian government says the deal will save hundreds of millions of dollars a year critics disagree it's a waste of taxpayers' money to support terrorism. ten billion dollars of taxpayers' money it can be invested in. a wide variety of. sources like solar energy. belongs to a movement called the enemies gaz is occupation which has been campaigning against the deal since it was signed in two thousand and sixteen for them it's not just about funding israel they don't want jordan to be linked economically to a country they don't trust. we are hostages of the israeli enemy it makes us vulnerable at any time they

the arabic language benjamin netanyahu told a cabinet meeting of the law is meant to protect israel status the jews minority packed a square in tel aviv on saturday to protest against the law netanyahu has been trying to reassure the community but you know this is only about the little shalom of 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 harm 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 miniscule 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. well european manufacturers are rushing to deliver airliners to iran a day before u.s. sanctions are re-imposed thirteen of twenty eight planes bought from the franco

have arrested an estimated one thousand palestinians for content they published or shared online israel even has a dedicated cyber crimes policing unit with the cooperation of tech giants like facebook the state has successfully taken down hundreds of palestinian social media accounts and israel's strategy in this area goes well beyond censorship the state has developed algorithms that monitor palestinians in anticipation of them committing a crime silenced and surveilled by israel on one side palestinians are also having to contend with the palestinian authority the p.a. on the west bank and hamas in gaza neither of which is known for tolerating dissent or criticism on why in the west bank in particular the p.a.'s two thousand seven hundred cyber crimes law has led to the arrest of numerous palestinians the listening posts nuffin now from the occupied west bank. this post we became the latest palestinian journalist to be charged meant the palestine t.v. correspondent is known for his live broadcasts of life under occupation. the military reportedly took issue with videos he shed of sol

thousands of people in tel aviv have been protesting against israel's controversial nation's state's law the law officially affirms israel's jewish character but critics believe it makes non jewish minorities 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 benjamin netanyahu declares that the right to exercise national self-determination in israel is unique to the jewish people but also proclaims the language of the state to be hebrew with arabic given special status now previously they were both official languages and it establishments jewish settlements as a national value of the state must encourage for the one fifth of the population who are israeli palestinians the fear is that all this leaves them as second class citizens. all stephanie join us live from tel aviv stephanie the new law seems to have brought together a lot of just purge groups and protests what have you seen today. while earlier this square when robin square in tel aviv

israel has reopened the only commercial crossing into gaza after a month long shutdown the qur'an up to salam entrance into the strip was closed on july the ninth very heightened tensions between israelis and palestinians the israeli defense minister says close fuel and construction materials will not be allowed through israel has also expanded the fishing zone off the gazan coast charles stratford is there. a very busy morning here at gaza's only commercial crossing with israel we understand that up to eight hundred trucks could pass into gaza today carrying all manner of goods construction materials clothing food gas and oil we also understand that the israelis have agreed to expand the area in which a fisherman can operate in speaking to fishermen they say that israel has agreed to expand the area in the north of the gaza strip close to the israeli border from sri to six nautical miles and in the south from sri nautical miles certainly according to the israeli media it seems that the israeli government came out of quite a lot of pressure from businesses in israel that are reliant

well israel's druze community feel deeply betrayed by the law that they say cost them a second class citizens the injuries are an arabic speaking group with their own distinct religious and cultural traditions they make up two percent of israel's population and found mainly in the northern galilee in carmel regions as israel's most integrated minority the druze take part in military service around six out of ten men have served in the israeli armed forces more now from andrew symonds who was at that protest. it's rare for the druze to protest in public at all and these are extraordinary numbers at one stage robin square was packed with people right now three hours in there are still many people here and not all of them groups jewish people young people old people not only the labor and the other left wing parties trail represented here but ordinary folk coming in off the street have the guts to listen. as far as the jews are concerned they are adamant that this law has to be changed radically or ditched i traveled to page john in northern galilee to find out what the people were sayi