palestine and the road ahead washington so-called peace process to resolve the israel palestine conflict has produced little if any results in fact the palestinians are experiencing excel aerated illegal land seizures palestine is quickly being wiped off the map is it time to accept a one state solution and or look to global institutions like the un to replace the current negotiating framework. to cross-talk the palestine israel conflict i'm joined by my guest soraya support ehrlich in irvine she is an independent researcher and writer and in new york we cross to norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and author of cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it norman you've been a great scholar of the so-called peace process of the last twenty years coming to the studio today i noticed that the u.s. secretary of state has gone to the middle east to kick start talks well i could have read that headline almost any month of the last twenty years so norman isn't it time to start a new format because it can't go in nowhere i don't quite

forum on u.s.-israel posted by the brookings institution's savon for him. he talks about the nuclear deal with the ran, palestinian peace talks, and syrian chemical weapons. he speaks for about 45 minutes. [applause] >> thank you for the generous introduction and for the great work you are now doing at the saban center. good afternoon to everybody. welcome to a remarkable -- i have been noticing the numbers of people. i do not often get the president of the united states as an opening act, but i will take it. [laughter] it is a pleasure and a great honor for me to be here with all of you. as i'm looking at the faces particularly in the front row here, general allen and others, it is as though we time warped ourselves from a meeting in jerusalem yesterday, and here we are. morning inday jerusalem to this afternoon in washington, it is a pleasure to be here. welcome to all of you who have traveled from israel and from the territories. it is a pleasure to be here. saban.im and cheryl i am so personally graced by their friendship and got to know them well during the course of my elected

and the road ahead washington so-called peace process to resolve the israel palestine conflict has produced little if any results in fact the palestinians are experiencing excel aerated illegal land seizures palestine is quickly being wiped off the map is it time to accept a one state solution and or look to global institutions like the un to replace the current negotiating framework. cross-talk the palestine israel conflict i'm joined by my guest so ryan support ehrlich in irvine she is an independent researcher and writer and in new york we crossed to norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and author of crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it and norman you've been a great scholar of the so-called peace process of the last twenty years coming to the studio today i noticed that the u.s. secretary of state has gone to the middle east to kick start talks well i could have read that headline almost any month of the last twenty years so norman isn't it time to start a new format because it ain't going nowhere i don't qui

so-called peace process to resolve the israel palestine conflict has produced little if any results in fact the palestinians are experiencing excel aerated illegal land seizures palestine is quickly being wiped off the map is it time to accept a one state solution and or look to global institutions like the un to replace the current negotiating framework. to cross-talk the palestine israel conflict i'm joined by my guest soraya support ehrlich in irvine she is an independent researcher and writer and in new york we cross to norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and author of cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it and norman you've been a great scholar of the so-called peace process of the last twenty years coming to the studio today i noticed that the u.s. secretary of state has gone to the middle east to kick start talks well i could have read that headline almost any month of the last twenty years so norman isn't it time to start a new format because it can't go in. nowhere i don't quite agree with peter we have t

allies of japan and israel and saudi arabia who no longer feel confident about american security guarantees that have been good for six decades. our allies are abandoning us and we're making a quest to gain friends who will never come our way. >> anne marie, the obama administration would say we got a deal to get chemical weapons out of syria. we're trying to get a deal to get iran securely on a nonnuclear path. >> you just took my lines. those are hard accomplishments. i have been very critical of our syria policy and the optics of focusing more on chemical weapons than the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of deaths was bad but the fact remains that we are getting chemical weapons out of syria and the frame work agreement with iran is more than anyone has been able to do for a decade. it bodes very well. the fact that it exists is very important. i would say that there are two ways he's had a very bad year. one not his fault and one his fault. one not his fault is the congressional display of shutting down the government. our standing was weakened after the financial cri

and the road ahead washington so-called peace process to resolve the israel palestine conflict has produced little if any results in fact the palestinians are experiencing excel aerated illegal land seizures palestine is quickly being wiped off the map is it time to accept a one. state solution and or look to global institutions like the un to replace the current negotiating framework. to cross-talk the palestine israel conflict i'm joined by my guest so ryan support ehrlich in irvine she is an independent researcher and writer and in new york we crossed to norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and author of crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it and norman you've been a great scholar of the so-called peace process of the last twenty years coming to the studio today i noticed that the u.s. secretary of state has gone to the middle east to kick start talks well i could have read that headline almost any month of the last twenty years so norman isn't it time to start a new format because it can't go in nowhere i don't

person from anywhere in the world can go and live in israel and israel is to continue to expand and is doing so at the expense of the palestinians with american money so no i am for the peace talks i think norman would certainly know the reputation of martin indyk he worked for a packet then he started the washington institute for near east policy to give a clear image to the pro israel. doctrine here in the space act he is not a person that would be suitable for negotiating peace talks if peace talks are to take place and certainly not somebody as biased and as pro israel is in there ok norman and you know when i saw you on democracy now with mr martin and he wasn't very pleased to see you i remember. could you report react to what what we just heard in irvine because i mean when you look at suddenly somebody like martin indyk i have to keep being reminded is he negotiating for the americans or she negotiated for the israelis because it's hard to tell. well i think that one has to look at what the rhetorical position of people like prime minister netanyahu netanyahu is and what the

an alley it that means every jewish person from anywhere in the world can go and live in israel and israel is to continue to expand and is doing so at the expense of the palestinians with american money so no i am for the peace talks i think norman would certainly know the reputation of martin indyk he worked for a packet then his start of the washington institute for near east policy to give a clear image to the pro israel. doctrine here in the space and he is not a person that would be suitable for negotiating peace talks if peace talks are to take place and certainly not somebody as biased and as pro israel is. ok norman you know when i saw you on democracy now with mr martin and he wasn't very pleased to see you i remember. could you report react to what what we just heard because i mean when you look at suddenly somebody like martin indyk i have to keep being reminded is he negotiating for the americans or she negotiating for the israelis because it's hard to tell. well i think that one has to look at what the rhetorical position of people like prime minister netanyahu netanyah

thinks about america. the world's top war crimes prosecutor tells us why he helped convict israel for genocide. and we're going to be a becomes a battlefield as lobbies try to rewrite history. colin powell will crimes commission on november twenty sixth found israel guilty of genocide against the palestinians tribunal states consistence evidence it heard from eyewitnesses concluded since nine hundred forty eight there have been repeated mass killings and naval strikes fulls to expulsion from israel of hundreds of thousands of palestinian survivors month because of those who refused to leave continued seizure of palestinian lands for jewish settlements some public roads in israel itself offered jews only jews officially discriminated blood banks refused to accept blood from ethiopian jews use against palestinian civilians of illegal white phosphorus which the tribunal notes ted is the insides of human bodies the land and sea blockade of palestinian territory leading to a state of quote siege and imprisonment of the entire nation denial of food and drinking water and the stealing of pal

countries in the middle east especially israel and palestine around jerusalem more than fifty thousand homes have incurred blackouts after hundreds of power lines collapsed but it seems like israelis are faring quite well and are able to deal with the many feet of snowfall over the country however gaza is a different story entirely what has been described as a disaster area by the un there is flooding two meters high already five thousand palestinians have been forced to evacuate from their homes so why is israel coping but gaza and the. nightmare earlier i spoke to phyllis bennis and i first asked her why there is such a huge dichotomy in the same general area. it's a disaster and the reason is the people of gaza one point eight million people are essentially imprisoned in a big open air prison and they remain under occupation the siege of gaza remains so israel controls what goes in what goes out which mainly means nothing who goes in who goes out which mainly means no one so people are trapped and when you're living in housing which now has been destroyed largely because from novemb

-- brookingsisrael forum onon save anban u.s.-israel relations. >> thank you for the generous introduction and for the great work you are now doing at the center.nter -- saban i have been noticing the rumors of people. -- the numbers of people. i don't know who else gets the president of the united states as an opening act, but i will take it. [laughter] it is a pleasure and a great honor for me to be here with all of you. as i'm looking at the faces particularly in the front row ,ere, general allen and others it is as though a budget last time work hours -- time warped ourselves from a meeting in jerusalem to here. who haveo all of you traveled from israel and from .he territories it is a pleasure to be here. i am so personally graced by their friendship and got to know them well during the course of my elected political life. but it is really nice to be able to come here today and congratulate both of them in person for the incredible work than they have done to further strong relationships between the united states and israel. um, as all of you have seen in the last 24 hour

. relations with israel. it is a form marked by the brookings institute. centersterviewed by the founder. this is about 50 minutes. hello! [applause] >> how are you doing? >> i'm good. hello, everybody. >> one of your staffers said you are in a great mood this afternoon, so -- >> i am. >> we're doubly blessed here. so that's terrific. i'd like to thank you very much for being here today, mr. president. the forum, and i personally, are honored to have you join us in this conversation. and i am personally honored that you insisted that i have this conversation with you, even though i never set foot for any conversation for 10 years. so thank you. i'm very honored. shall we start with iran? >> we should. >> okay, good. [laughter] mr. president, polls indicate that 77% of israelis don't believe this first nuclear deal will preclude iran from having nuclear weapons, and they perceive this fact as an existential matter for them. what can you say to the israeli people to address their concern? >> well, first, before i answer the question, let me say to you, haim, thank you so much for the great work

at the palestine israel conflict i'm joined by my guest soraya support ehrlich in irvine she is an independent researcher and writer and in new york we cross to norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and author of crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime if you want and i very much encourage it and norman you've been a great scholar of the so-called peace process of the last twenty years coming to the studio today i noticed that the u.s. secretary of state has gone to the middle east to kick start talks well i could have read that headline almost any month of the last twenty years so norman isn't it time to start a new format because it can't go in nowhere i don't quite agree with peter we have to be careful about what's happening now because i do think it is going somewhere but not the place where justice would more to go right now secretary of state kerry president obama and various other parties to the conflict seem pretty optimistic that they can ram down the road to the palestinians is really tied supplement of the conflict but the palestinians have n

fordorg s foundation, george soros open on society foundation's, and the new israel fund are working to block peace and reconciliation between jews and palestinians it israel. this is about one hour and 20 minutes. >> so i am edwin black and thisa is myck second appearance in th ubst two years.on the s on the subject of human rights. i will begin this briefing briefn the same way that i began my last briefing for congress, for representative trent franks on the subject of eugenics in the united states. that is that i come here not as a republican or democrat or liberal or conservative, but as an historian and investigative reporter who is concerned primarily with human rights. i make no political distinctions in fact, it is because i make no political distinctions in because i have combated within a political point of view, that the reason for my presence here is so apropos. it has been a long journey for me to get to this room. really, it is the culmination of almost half-century of hum almost a half-century of human rights investigative journalism, going back to, i guess, the 60s and

aussie international the unlikely pairing of saudi arabia and israel are reportedly tipping out in response to washington's middle east policy is representatives from the country's intelligence services apparently met for talks in jerusalem and they are united in their disdain for america's reversal of intervention in syria followed by the agreement of a historic nuclear deal with iran and their church account takes a look. the two countries saudi arabia and israel found themselves in one but in their frustration over washington israel and saudi arabia hate the nuclear deal that the u. was another world power struck with iran and israel is very vocal about it the saudis are a little bit more restrained but the saudi intelligence chief said there would be a major shift in dealings with the us saudi arabia wanted the us to go all in on syria the u.s. instead went along with russia's proposal and cut a deal with the syrian leadership to get rid of chemical weapons there saudi arabia and israel are very suspicious of each other the saudis oppose the creation of the jewish state they su

israel palestine conflict has produced little if any results in fact the palestinians are experiencing excel aerated illegal land seizures palestine is quickly being wiped off the map is it time to accept a one state solution and or look to global institutions like the un to replace the current negotiating framework. cross-talk the palestine israel conflict i'm joined by my guest soraya support ehrlich in irvine she is an independent researcher and writer and in new york we cross to norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and author of cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it and norman you've been a great scholar of the so-called peace process of the last twenty years coming to the studio today i noticed that the u.s. secretary of state has gone to the middle east to kick start talks well i could have read that headline almost any month of the last twenty years so norman isn't it time to start a new format because it ain't going nowhere i don't quite agree with peter we have to be careful about what's happening now becaus

shavit. he is the author of "my promised land: the triumph and tragedy of israel" and a commentator in one of the most powerful voices in his really thought today and he started off as a paratrooper and ended up studying philosophy is a major and that is what living in israel does. he has won the 2013 book award in his great grandfather came to israel at the end of the 19th century and he was a british lawyer. you will hear him speak with the inflection with his voice, and he is a founding father and his father was a chemist who worked on building the alleged nuclear program. from his perch in his corner of the world, he has moved like many of us, i know like me, to the political center from the left. he asks in his book, is there anyone to talk to as he goes through the issues. and as a friend of mine says, we have a beautiful house in a beautiful neighborhood. "my promised land: the triumph and tragedy of israel" is about his personal and family story in the history. the end of the book is his prophecy and that is also what i will ask him to spend time talking about, his vision of

justifies the means. >> and this side of the penalty should be, and there is no penalty. israel those in argentina and kidnaps the nazi was irresponsible for a lot of the holocaust hiding in argentina. they do that without argentina's permission. they complain that they violated their sovereignty. the security council says, we continue but then it is silent on what happened. so is zero bows and prosecutes eichmann. convicted. hong, and no one complained. is that what they're talking about? >> and nice job by the way. >> but it was not comfortable. so the group was convened in canada the international committee on sovereignty and intervention. they came up with a new concept as some of you may have heard of other responsibility to protect doctrine. it has this cool bumper sticker freeze. part two t. so the responsibility to protect doctrine. what they said is when the security council was paralyzed sometimes countries are allowed to act alone if they act with the right intentions, if they get out of there as soon as they can if it is not a land grab. so they created this new doctrine, and

isolated incident israel is still in mourning for thirty one year old when he was surprised by his wife and young towards the israeli lebanese border has been largely calm since two thousand and six in the wake of the cheating israel has launched a complaint with the un peacekeeping force which has been stationed in southern lebanon since nineteen seventy eight the us state department has said that american officials may meet this week with come on does from serious islamic front and a mindset six mi jay is the miscreants quite seem to topple syrian president's and the islamic front has rejected the authority of the water and syrian opposition factions which are backed by the new dress and her pal it's been a case be played in ever more important role in the syrian conflict its leaders say they want to topple accents regime and build an islamic state members of the islamic products may take on tune in to meet the two talks next month which aimed to find a diplomatic solution to serious civil war. i the refuse and more . us haha. to be. it is. stg i know. the editor. he did while the eye. th

america's national security interests, not just israel's national security interests or the region's national security interest to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and let's remember where we were when i first came into office. iran had gone from having less than 200 centrifuges to having thousands, in some cases more advanced centrifuges. there was a program that advanced to the point where their breakout capacity had accelerated in ways we had been concerned about for quite some time. as a consequence, what i said to my team and what i said to our international partners was that we are going to have to be more serious about how we change the cost benefit analysis for iran. we put in place unprecedented regime of sanctions that has crippled iran's economy, cut their oil revenues by more than half, have put enormous pressure on currency, their economy contracted by more than 5% last year, and it is precisely because of the international sanctions and coalition we were able to build internationally that the iranian people responded by saying we need a new direction in how w

reflects he reflects the agenda for the powers that be in israel each one of these players netanyahu george bush obama you know cameron they're all puppets and they're all supposed to read a different script at different times depending on what the agenda is the agenda is shifting slightly and it looks like israel and the people of israel the jewish state of israel are like sheep being led to slaughter because ultimately the policies of israel are completely and totally unsustainable even the cia said in two thousand and nine that israel would not be any would not even exist within twenty years henry kissinger and some said it wouldn't exist within ten years and the reason why is because its policies are totally self destructive and the puppet masters are quite happy to sacrifice the people of israel they are going to destroy themselves if they do attack iran because iran can fight back and does have allies in a lot of countries are sick and tired of israel's threats to both its an immediate neighbors and even to the rest of the world when we look at the samson option i encourage peo

for israel in the one nine hundred eighty s. it lays out very clearly a strategy of destabilizing all of the surrounding areas of israel this includes syria lebanon on jordan iraq and even egypt and saudi arabia and this long term goal is part of the greater israel project so in terms of the sectarian divide you see happening in iraq today it's actually all part of a very well designed plan to try and secure the goal this fantasy goal of the greater israel project ok why would israel benefits from an unstable middle east and stable arab nations because what we see that this instability actually is followed by fundamental islam and people who are only. there are either they're replaced by fundamentalist powers or there's just more sectarian violence to gross. yes and it would seem on the surface from a sane point of view that everything is going wrong but in fact when you fracture a country along sectarian divide divide ultimately you weaken the country but the last thing that israel or the united states wants is a strong master type leader an arab nationalist who will seriously ensure

huge. yours. is you . the new zealand chile and more israel has released twenty six palestinian prisoners for years he has borne u s brokered peace efforts after pledging to press ahead with plans to build more homes in jewish settlements. us secretary of state john kerry in shuttle diplomacy with two resumption of negotiations in july after a three year break was due to return in january second to seek a re working with intel is the picture and use its progress. israel agreed to his hundred in portland stupid palestinian prisoners which is the third of portugal for re export the us led efforts to push palestinian president not to cross back to the negotiations after a review for it. as you. twin suicide attacks the studio will be presented the challenge to flatten it and at the twenty fourteen stocks which are olympics. mr indicated that the kremlin's attempt to grasp of the north caucasus has failed to receive questions of security for the canes russian media reports that the bomber who blew himself up in the box was an epic match. the two year old convert to islam. it demande

. plus israel and saudi arabia reportedly tag team of a common interest in the middle east also falling out of washington on syria and iran. says are seen to national coming to live from moscow hello and welcome to the park around the russian president has championed traditional values at his state of the nation address and stressed the country can defend itself if needed be led to putin touched on a wide range of topics in his speech from the economy to international politics. was listening to all the top man at the kremlin had to say. perhaps one of the main points made by the president in his address was his view off russia's role in the world and he says moscow is all looking at dominating anyone but it is going to continue protecting traditional values since clearly there is rising international demand for that. matter with we know that there are even more people around the globe who support our position in terms of insuring traditional values these are the values of traditional family and the value of human life including religious life that is not only material life but also spir

wounded. >>> in beirut hezbollah said he was assassinated by israel. but israel foreign ministry has denied the claim. we have more. >> reporter: in the driving rain hezbollah prepared to put to rest one of its most senior military commanders. a funeral in the mainly shia city back where he grew up. in life he was known publicly about the secretive. in death, some backgrounds emerging. he had been a key figure in operations against israeli. dating back to the 80's. he's thought to have played a big part in the war. his son was one of the fighters who died in the airstrike. his fate was to die from gunshots outside of his home. this one in beirut. hezbollah accused israel of being behind the killing saying there have been major attempts in the past. israel denied involvement and said its natural reflex from hezbollah. >> when an important leader like this can be shot outside his home, and whether or not this is part of an escalating campaign against hezbollah for its involvement in the war in syria. >> reporter: a twitter claim, and then there was another twitter claim after the bombi

. 5000 professors have just passed two to one or had a vote to support boycott against israel. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. ,ur guest is patrick cockburn middle east correspondent for "the independent" and his latest piece, "starving in syria: the biggest emergency in the u.n.'s history." you, patrick ask cockburn, about reporters without orders who just released or has just revealed at least 10 journalists and 35 citizen journalist have been killed in syria in 2013. the group said 49 journals were abducted in syria, more than the rest of the world combined. in a statement, reporters without borders said -- patrick cockburn, could you talk about the dangers journalists confront in syria and who is behind the increasing strength of these jihad e-groups in syria -- jihadi groups in syria? >> in the last year, i would put it even earlier, it is been becoming more and more dangerous -- in fact, almost impossible these days for foreign ldurnalists to visit rebel-he areas. some a

the years greatest news heads just ahead. then concerns grow over israel creating new settlements it's claimed that such a move would derail the peace process leaving israel and palestine still at odds we'll bring you an exclusive interview with a palestinian entrepreneur on the path to peace in new york federal judge rules that the n.s.a.'s bulk collection of phone records is legal ruling runs counter to last week's ruling by a federal judge in d.c. who found the program to be likely unconstitutional the latest update on that and more later in the show. it's friday december twenty seventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sachs and you're watching r.t. and we begin today with a look back as two thousand and thirteen winds down we close the book on the year with some really big news stories because the year whistleblowers and n.s.a. secrets a year of violent explosions both from homegrown terrorism in boston and corporate disregard in west texas a year of government dysfunction and a year in which average people around the world took to the streets to protest against the status q

organizations were blatantly anti-semitic, anti-sinus and anti-israel, anti-peace. when this investigation broke all over the world, some 20 members of congress pressured the ford foundation to remove its funding from newsgroups. that's exactly what the ford foundation did and that channeled their money into a new organization. the name of that organization was the new israel fund. now over the past 10 years, many people have come to me to ask me to take a fresh look at how taxpayer money is being used in israel. we're spending a lot of money, in this country, to assist peace and reconciliation in israel because that is the american school. that is an american value. it turns out that my investigation documents that taxpayer money is actually financing the flames of confrontation and even terrorists and. i am going to beat reefing today on policy, on what is wrong with american policy, what is wrong with american legislation and what we can do about it. i'm going to start with one of the most astonishing facts that i found. american taxpayer money is fungible in financing ter

stretching from the gaza strip into israel richie's concrete include civilian projects and was designed to benefit smuggling this is the potential captured israeli soldiers and sausages. us officials have said that americans are traveling to syria to play in the ongoing civil war increasing the chances that they could become radicalized by al qaeda linked militant groups and become major security threats as they return home. the us state department says it does not have any estimates on exactly how many americans are battling against forces loyal to syrian president charlotte sod in the war which has claimed the lives of more than one hundred thousand are ready to have your period estimates from british defence consultant i teach sg but the number of us citizens in a couple that does. ihs is allocated to the fighters tool to some fifteen thousand was too late to stop forces numbering to one hundred thousand or more. at least three americans have been charged with planning to play alongside the radical elements for which the us has designated as a foreign group the most recent incident invo

minister of israel they who'd olmert and other israeli officials with these new targets of n.s.a. n.g.c. h.q. spying revealed it adds more evidence to the claims that the n.s.a. and its spying partners have overstepped their national security mission and are engaging in mass nearly limitless surveillance around the world can i say has been not only violating the trust of its own citizens by conducting mass cabinet surveillance on innocent people but on doing that to be innocent populations of allied nations the man who is holding on to all of the edward snowden documents journalist glenn greenwald testified in front of an easy you committee this week in argue that these disclosures prove that the. a say in partners are spying to gain economic and diplomatic advantages as well as the targeting by the u.s. in the g.h.q. it had through asked the oil giant and or the organization of american states for economic conference is where economic accords are being negotiated in latin america or spying on energy companies such as we've reported in norway and sweden and what a lot of this signing is

. ability and security for all the states of the region including israel. so we had previously the reigning nuclear issue was one of the main reasons why the military defense scene europe was being deployed now we see that clear issue has been always being sold to the missile defense is still being deployed they like to underline that russia is ready to work with all the partners based on reasonable principles of it into business security. and nonproliferation regime to batter drug trafficking and terrorism and we will talk about that. with the g. eight former. we'll be guided by these principles when we prepare for the bricks in the shanghai cooperation organization sun that circuit russia will host in two thousand and fifteen. and we are now allies in our agreements with the eurasian economic union and by the first of june two thousand ford she will finalize the draft of the text of the agreement and will be submitted to the parliaments of bear the risk because the standard russia like to urge him to consider it took a minute to approve it. and there are media darling the. year c

ari shavit. he is the author of "my promised land: the triumph and tragedy of israel" and a commentator in one of the most powerful voices in his really thought today and he started off as a paratrooper and ended up studying philosophy is a major and that is what living in israel does. he has won the 2013 book award in his great grandfather came to israel at the end of the 19th century and he was a british lawyer. you will hear him speak with the inflection with his voice, and he is a founding father and his father was a chemist who worked on building the alleged nuclear program. from his perch in his corner of the world, he has moved like many of us, i know like me, to the political center from the left. he asks in his book, is there anyone to talk to as he goes through the issues. and as a friend of mine says, we have a beautiful house in a beautiful neighborhood. "my promised land: the triumph and tragedy of israel" is about his personal and family story in the history. the end of the book is his prophecy and that is also what i will ask him to spend time talking about, h

plan for israel in the one nine hundred eighty s. it lays out very clearly a strategy of destabilizing all of the surrounding areas of israel this includes syria lebanon jordan iraq and even egypt and saudi arabia and this long term goal is part of the greater israel project so in terms of the sectarian divide you see happening in iraq today it's actually all part of a very well designed plan to try and secure the goal this fantasy goal of the greater israel project ok why would israel benefits from an unstable middle east and stable arab nations because what we see that this instability actually is followed by a fundamental islam. and people who are lonely or if there are either they're replaced by fundamentalist powers or there's just more sectarian violence that grows yes and it would seem on the surface from a sane point of view that everything is going wrong but in fact when you fracture a country along sectarian divide divide ultimately we can the country the last thing that israel or the united states wants is a strong master type leader an arab nationalist who wil

it time for some us and not their sworn enemy of israel to do the same in hopes of kicking these really palestinian conflict out of its rockets well to discuss that i'm now joined by the spokeswoman of the palestinian government in gaza east. miss almost all of you really appreciate your being here on the shoulder i know that you were appointed as the first female spokesperson for the palestinian government in gaza just a few months ago as part of the major p.r. make over how much do you see your gender played into that decision well actually it's a really. good for the palestinian issues and for the government to. this position we are trying to send a message and from the ground of gaza from the reality and the facts which bring. people and the issues and in what's going on. in media and foreign media in general now before we started this program you made a point that you represent. the palestinian government which is primarily now comprised of hamas representatives and when people in europe board the united states think about gaza and when they think about how much as they usua

i am convinced that we have taken a strong first step that has made the world and israel safer, even as we work to solve this problem once and for all. once again, i want to emphasize, a careful balance of strength and diplomacy gives us the best chance to reach our common goal and to do so without having to resort to force. i want to come back to the peace process for a moment, because there is another existential threat to israel, that diplomacy can far better address. i'm referring to the demographic dynamic that makes it impossible for israel to preserve its future as a democratic, jewish state without resolving the israeli-palestinian conflict in a two-state solution. force cannot defeat or defuse the demographic time bomb . israel's current state of relative security and prosperity does not change the fact that today's status quo will not be tomorrow's or the future's here -- or the future's. the only way to secure israel's long-term future and security will be achieved through direct negotiations. negotiations that separate palestinians and israelis. resolve the refugee situat

revolution gets a chance to be heard and seen in kiev it in a goes cold r.t. . israel and saudi arabia are reportedly some mentoring an unlikely partnership with both countries increasingly alienated by their longtime ally america washington's diplomatic approach to see where and iran has fallen foul of israeli and saudi interests in the region. can now report. the two countries saudi arabia and israel found themselves in one but in their frustration over washington israel and saudi arabia hate the nuclear deal that the u. was not the world power struck with iran and israel is very vocal about it the saudis are a little bit more restrained but the saudi intelligence chief said there would be a major shift in dealings with the us saudi arabia wanted the us to go all in on syria the u.s. instead went along with russia's proposal and cut a deal with the syrian leadership to get rid of chemical weapons there saudi arabia and israel are very suspicious of each other the saudis oppose the creation of the jewish state they support the palestinian cause so it's too early to speak of friendship but