confronting the unreasonable and immoral anti-israel bias at the united nations. ambassador nikki haley is a courageous voice of truth and one of the most misguided, hypocritical organizations in the world, the united nations. for 70 years america has been israel's ally and has often defended israel at the united nations, but never in all of that time has our nation had one so consistently bold and unwavering in their defense of the jewish state as has nikki haley. ambassador haley is a woman whose personal faith is lived out every day in the fulfillment of her duties for the united states at the united nations. surrounded by colleagues who are often hostile or apathetic to israel she's never failed to point out the supporting right of israel to exist, its right to defend itself and its right to exercise the same sovereignty of any other nation on earth. when the security council attempt today punish the united states for exercising our nation's sovereign right to relocate our embassy in israel's historic and legal capital of jerusalem, ambassador haley announced she was taking na

dinner mark the 70th anniversary of israel's independence posted by christians united this runs about an hour. >>. >> our first speaker is ambassador ron dermer, ambassador to the united states. ron is an american-born israeli political consultants and diplomat. he has served as the israeli ambassador to the united states in october 2013. ambassador dermer has been deeply involved in american and israeli politics most of his life. and his influence has helped shape the us israel relationship for decades. during his tenure in dc, ambassador dermer has worked closely with cf o leadership to strengthen support for israel among americans. he opposed the terrible iran nuclear deal and has made israel and america west safe and encourage residents to move the us embassy to jerusalem. this is his appearance at the washington dc summit on behalf of the state of israel. will you please make welcome ambassador ron dermer. >>. [applause] >> wow. it's great to be back. >> on behalf of israel, i want to thank its over 4 million members for unabashedly standing by israel's side. i also want to thank

common sense as you say why is it that the head of israel's military the former head of shin bet the former head of mossad your spy agency the former head of israeli military intelligence the former head of israel's atomic energy commission the chair of israel space agency is your country's top military defense intelligence nuclear experts are saying the deal's a good deal it protects israel it protects the region protects the world well why should we dig in all of them and trust you benjamin netanyahu and donald trump they did not say it's a good deal he said it's the situation we bit better than before and i say it's not better than before it made to put iran on hold but we are not certain and yet the world's nonproliferation experts in open letters the top nuclear scientists in the world the e.u. the un the they all say it's working i know international diplomacy there's nothing which is more hypocritical than cynic there is some interest where in the in between i can tell you that until thirty eight most people here said germany nazi germany is not a threat ok were they all wrong

east, and their current relationships with israel and he ran -- and iran. this is about one hour 20 minutes. >> ok, everyone. let's go ahead and get seated. we're going to get started. my name is glenn howard. i'm president of the jamestown foundation here in washington, d.c. we are delighted you are here today, able to join us for the wonderful discussions we're having. of the conference we are having is russia and the middle east. organizing a series of workshops and papers that have been coordinated and organized by dr. stephen blank who have helped us put together this conference today. in the past year, we have seen tremendous tension from every over building around syria u.s. support for kurdish forces and the deepening tension between the syrian government and military forces every taken territory in the south. how russia balances the 'svelopment will test putin strategy. discuss hownel will russia balances its relationship is the u.s. increasingly removes itself from the same, eager to avoid becoming bogged down in the conflict -- from the scene. a new, we had the great hono

group christians united for israel met with washington, d.c. for their annual summit and reflected in 2018 on the 70th anniversary of israel's independence. this 25 minute portion features remarks from the founder and national chair pastor john hagee. >> thank you. we gather here tonight to celebrate our 13th annual christians united for israel summit and 70 years of miracles for the state of israel. r from the rebirth of israel in 1948, to the reunification of jerusalem in 1967, the jewish nation has experienced a glorious parade of unending miracles. fast forward to the year 2017, and the parade of miracles surges into overdrive. for decades, the raging geopolitical question of the world was, to whom does the city of jerusalem belong? for years, america's presidents promised to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel, and for years, they failed to do anything. then came president donald j. trump who promised to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel, but we had heard that before. people who had come to washington and make promises and forget them is common conduct. they f

group christians united for israel met and washington, d.c. last week to mark the 70th anniversary of israel's independence. was among the speakers. his remarks are just under 30 minutes. [applause] >> our first speaker tonight is ambassador rhonda number, israel -- ron dermer, israel's ambassador to the united states. he is a consultant and diplomat. israelierved as ambassador to the united states since october 2013. ambassador dermer has been deeply involved in israeli politics most of his life and shapefluence has helped to u.s. relationship with israel for over a decade. he has worked closely with senior leadership -- cfi leadership to strengthen support for israel among american christians. he opposed the terrible iran nuclear deal and has made israel and america more safe. this is his fifth appearance at cfi's washington, d.c. summit on behalf of the state of israel. will you make welcome ambassador ron dermer? [applause] amb. dermer: wow. it is great to be back at cufi. on behalf of israel i want to thank cufi and its 4 million members for unabashedly standing .y israel's si

part of an axis of evil and two israel is being dragged into a campaign against hamas what happened to the un brokered cease fire. ok i think israel is getting crazy they're trying to resolve all its of problems either in ten or experience through the military operation and aggression against the palestinians against the syrians again is there anything is there think that they are both they are low so they think that they are strong country they can target the country they can strike everywhere but i don't know about because i think that is why they try many times to target gaza try to impose to to kill more people more victims but they did not succeed to achieve their goals to break a mass down all to break the policy not people in gaza or to push him to. realize the way to fly i think we are struggling for our freedom to put into for the q patient to put in for the blockade and out to get already unity we will not settle and i do not equate and we will continue to fight against occupation no we want to defend ourselves because every every two days three days israel tried to strike

the hour. nato, u.s.-russian relations, israel's new nationality law and the crisis in gaza. >> other analysts predict that by the year 2020, gaza will will be uninhabitable. that is 2 million people. amy: noam chomsky for the hour. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in california, eight people have died as wildfires fueled by climate change range statewide. among the dead art to firefighters and a 70-year-old woman with her 4 and 5-year-oldd great grandchildren. in total, firefighters are battling 17 wildfires blazing across california, engulfing more than 200,000 acres. forcing mass evacuations in the region, including in yosemite national park. flames are surging in arizona, colorado, idaho, and oregon. more climate change news. the indian government says more than 500 people have died a result of flooding and heavy rains in recent weeks. scientists have linked increased flooding and rainfall to climate change. north korea has returned some of the remains of u.s. soldiers killed during the korean war,

immediately after the strike mortars were fired into southern israel israeli army has reportedly been ordered to prepare for a military offensive in gaza if burning balloons and kites continue to be launched from the area. meanwhile state media is reporting ten government buses have entered a village in the southern connecticut province to evacuate rebels to adlib it follows more government airstrikes on opposition held territory in the province the syrian government has retaken large areas of going to trial as parts of a months long military offensive in the south of the country recapturing the province would put bashar al assad's government face to face with israel along most of its front here for the first time since twenty eleven. no one is a retired jordanian air force general and a military analyst he says it's clear the conflict in syria is coming to an end i think the only book at tremaine is the the ice a law book at which is between jordan syria and israel that's the area and i think they will reach an agreement to go to i think eastern syria the desert area which is east of

is a reminder of the top stories on al-jazeera arab lawmakers in israel have angrily protested at the passing of a controversial bill which declares israel the nation state of the jewish people critics say legalizes discrimination a palestinian protester as being killed by israeli forces in retaliation for flying burning heights across the border three others were injured and the syrian province of queen netra has continued to come under heavy bombardment from government forces this by the opposition agreed to evacuate. footage showing one of the french president's top security officers beating a student protester in may has triggered a fierce public backlash alexandra been was not on duty at the time but he was given permission to observe police operations so they go has the story from paris. was a violent attack on to protest is but the man isn't a police officer he's an example of an honor a former bodyguard and currently an aide to president mcconnell he was only given permission to observe the may day protest topple hosp says he was there and filmed the incident. i didn't rec

against a controversial new law in the israeli parliament it's explicitly defines israel as the nation state of the jewish people the prime minister says it's a defining moment because zionism. and thailand's rescue cute boys get up early to pray for their future safety so far the boys seem to be in good health and good spirits despite their near three week ordeal. me thank you for your company british police believe they've identified several suspects linked to the attack on former russian double agents and his daughter and that's according to a report by the press association now the pair were poisoned with. barry in march another two britons in a nearby town were recently exposed to the same no agent one of whom has since died now the media reports saying best gates has used security footage and travel records to pinpoint the suspects there's been no official comment by scotland yard so far. and now bringing. us who is in london burkett it's good to see you so what exactly have the police found out. we have to really bear in mind that this is nothing that's confirmed by the p

confused about something and like some clarity if israel is an apartheid state how come there there are christians which i really appreciate being a christian serving in the idea and better when also drew i'm not talking about jews i'm talking about the druze ok how does that work the two people who made the claim about apartheid and i'm with one of you like to respond to the lady's question about how can it be apartheid if there are christians and arabs and bedouin serving in the idea the question is whether the system is apartheid and it is an apartheid state and the fact that we are sitting here and while we're sitting here danny has greater privileges in that country than i do makes it apartheid so i don't know if we're going to go back to what is really about today with this gentleman there with a jacket yes the question is very simple do you think the days where everything israel does and everything it says by both the muslim community many of the people are coming to an end where in fact there's going to be great to support for israel this was seen even though in the united natio

chairman of christians united for israel, the one and only pastor! thank you. good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the 13th annual summit of the christians united for israel. we want to welcome the distinguished members of the u.s. senate and the house of representatives. we welcome our executive board members. we welcome ambassador ron dermer of israel. [applause] >> and we welcome our keynote speaker of the evening, the voice of truth in the united nations, ambassador nikki haley. [applause] >> we also welcome the ambassadors and dignitaries of the bahamas, paraguay, slovakia, bulgaria, greece, argentina, hungary, egypt and guatemala. welcome. [applause] >> to the ambassador of guatemala, we stand in solidarity with the leadership of guatemala for standing with israel and america by moving your nation's embassy to jerusalem. [applause] >> -- of the city of god. i encourage all the ambassadors who are in attendance tonight and those of you who are watching by national television to move your embassy to jerusalem as soon as possible. [applause] >> the bible says god speaki

a restoration of calm between israel and gaza follows the bloodiest day of protests in four years. although i may dream for the good this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the destruction of data the ghost town the remains of the rebel fighters were bused away from that former syrian stronghold. patrolling the streets of the militias being blamed for the anti-government protests in nicaragua. and wasting away tons of plastic de vry cause an environmental disaster in the dominican republic. yeah it's. a restoration of calm seems to be holding between israel and gaza hamas says the ceasefire brokered by egypt and the u.n. was made at midnight local time it followed another bloody day along the border which saw one israeli soldier shot and killed and four palestinians die in retaliatory asterix and tank fire let's go live now to gaza city charles stratford is the chance what's happened since this cease fire agreement came into effect at midnight local time. it seems once again that we've been brought back from the brink of a full scale conflict in gaza but interestingly in

israel and have mass appears to be holding after the latest flare up of violence in gaza two palestinian teenagers were killed in what israel says was the most powerful daylight attack on hamas since two thousand and fourteen the u.n. says an all out war was only narrowly avoided burnet smith has more now from gaza. america why weren't fighters or even protesters the teenage friends were just playing outside in a park in central gaza when an israeli missile smashed into a deserted building next to them. the boys were killed another dozen people injured israel says the building was a hamas urban training facility now it's become another reminder of israel's air power over gaza. israel says the target was hamas in response to rocket attacks and israel has warned repeatedly of a harsh military response if hamas which runs gaza did not stop protestors from sending burning kites and balloons into israel and setting fire to crops all they can do just send balloons sent flying fight and we've seen that no israelis were killed no one while on the palestinian side one hundred more tha

israel's independence during the summit hosted by the group, christians united for israel. her remarks are 30 minutes. >> few people in the history of american public diplomacy can be compared to the woman his last 18 months have been spent fearlessly confronting the unreasonable and immoral anti- israel bias of the united nations. ambassador nikki haley is a courageous war of truth in one of the most misguided, hypocritical organizations in the world, the united nations. for 70 years america has been israel's ally. it has often defended israel at the united nations. never in all of that time has our nation had one so consistently bold and unwavering in their defense of the jewish state, as has nikki haley. a besser haley is a woman his personal fate is lived out every day in the fulfillment of her duties as the representative of the united states at the united nations. surrounded by colleagues who are often hostile or apathetic towards israel, she has never failed to point out the morality of supporting israel's right to exist, it's right to defend itself and its right to exer

attack us it's a little he was attacking his son goes head to head with. what israel's doing is deliberately choosing to slaughter house. this is al jazeera. and i'm rob matheson and this is the news our live from our global headquarters in doha coming up. outrage after a contentious law is approved defining israel as the nation state of the jewish people. donald trump changes course again on russian election meddling now declaring that he holds blood in me of putin's personally responsible. showing off their moves thailand's rescued young footballers relive the moments they were found deep inside the flooded k. m google vies to fight back after being slapped with a record five billion dollars fine by the european union. israel has passed a law that for the first time declares the country to be the nation state of the jewish people that i just place and also downgrades the status of the arabic language and encourages the construction of jewish only communities john de silva reports. it's official israel is a state exclusively for jews that's the essence of the controversial nati

the plastic mess on a dominican beach. restoration of call missed seems to be holding between israel and gaza hamas says agreement was reached for a deal from midnight local time after a friday of more protests death and fast rising tension at least four people were killed inside gaza as israel launched airstrikes and tank rounds israeli military also says one of its soldiers was killed by gunfire mohamed jam jim sent this update from west. after hours of escalation in gaza has a ceasefire been reached well that very much depends on who you ask according to hamas a cessation of hostilities has actually been achieved hamas spokesman fozia but whom issuing a statement saying that with egyptian and united nations efforts it has been agreed to return to the era of calm between israel and palestinian factions that all being said however israel israel's army has not commented on if a cease fire has actually been reached we've been reaching out to them repeatedly since the announcement by hamas that that ceasefire has been reached there has been no comment from israel's army the last severa

israel have no idea no idea you were in the government they don't tell you that stuff noida do they tell you i'm telling you i. never discussed it but it's irrelevant between you never discussed israel's nuclear weapons you can say that hand on heart you've never discussed israel nuclear you're expecting us to believe that the deputy foreign minister of israel never discussed israel's nuclear deterrent seriously don't know so i let the to let me tell you it's not all slogans and soundbites mad and tell yourself i did not discuss israel nuclear weapons i did discuss israel nuclear policy there is a big difference ok ok ok so now we've got past that semantic evasion oh no you have to how many nuclear weapons does israel have because experts say it's anywhere between eighty and four hundred so what so what yes so what has israel ever throw you recognize the hypocrisy of israel having a secret illicit nuclear weapons program that it won't open up its doors to and won't talk about and then lecturing everyone else in the region and this will be not you know why thank you thank you so let'

on the other side of it we know how must tell israel that we are here to breach that border and come and kill civilians we take them in israel very seriously that's the one thing you can trust must bring ching a border breaching the border of any country is an act of war do not ask is wrong not to defend this of it ok let's put that point this was a point of the line with the issue i'm prominent british israeli historian former professor here oxford university. any other country would do what is rather israel has a right to defend itself is what we here i served in the idea. in the mid one nine hundred sixty s. and i served loyally empowered leigh because in my plan the idea was true to its name it was the israel defense force but after the drew nine hundred sixty seven war everything changed. israel became a colonial power and the idea became the brutal police force of a brutal colonial power but there is absolutely no serve the phone's justification for your throw of brutal policies in gaza over the last eleven years a whole series of war crimes were committed in israel contin

pressure is on for fifteen thousand people posing an imminent threat to israel use life and yes they work to reform but told each way they did not come must people not palestinian we'll get a right to know where they are the same thing than it does on the bay are sending them to die it's a cultural issues and when they come and attack us it's a war zone he was attacking maybe his son goes head to head with danny and what israel is doing is deliberately choosing to slaughter houses and al-jazeera. this is. a low i'm maryanne demasi this is the news hour live from london coming up in the next sixty minutes. after a wave of israeli strikes of a gaza a mass says a cease fire has been agreed. haiti is without a government after the prime minister resigned following widespread protests. embracing his friends after two decades of hostility a new relationship is formed between ethiopia and eritrea. zero zero zero zero zero zero on the golf course but still facing protests donald trump makes a private visit to scotland. and i'm forest while here with all the day's sporting clearing the countdown c

this is the w.'s life from israel passes a new law that critics say you legalize is discrimination restraining the lakers protest the kansas statute which defines israel as a jewish nation state downgrades the arabic language because of the country's jews are entitled to national self-determination also on the program. the u.s. auto industry stands up to tribes tired of seeing washington workers from america's biggest carmakers been forced to protest against the multi-billion dollar changes. also on the program ethiopia and eritrea take more steps towards normalizing relations after resuming commercial flights between the two countries are not troops back on the border and appointing an ambassador it's the latest in the peace process moving at dizzying speed after decades of hostility. with. i'm still gal welcome to the program israel's parliament has passed a controversial law that defines the country as the national homeland of the jewish people it also makes hebrew the country's only official language downgrading arabic to special status and he goes on to say that only the count

line. in. the state of the news line from bugging israel passes a new law the critics say legalizes discrimination arab israeli lawmakers protest against a statute that defines israel's situation nation states downgrades the arabic language and says only the country's jews are entitled to national self-determination also on the program. ethiopia and eritrea take more steps towards normalizing relations after resuming commercial flights between them the two countries are now pulling troops back from their border and appointing ambassadors the latest phase of a peace process moving at dizzying speed after decades of hostility and close team sky tighten their grip on the tour de france but it's go right thomas rogne christopher through yellow again and after a long busting fictional beat out let's go to state wins in a row for the welshman with sky's team leader trailing in his way and. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program israel's parliament has passed a controversial law that defines a country as the national homeland of the jewish people it also makes hebrew the country's only offi

israel's ministry of tourism. this is an hour and 15 minutes. you a hebrewach word. tikva means hope. it is a great hebrew word to know. three weeks ago, we celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the state of israel. [applause] it is a great milestone for the nation of israel, for the state of israel. israel has been a beacon of hope in the middle east and throughout the world. it is phenomenal what has taken place in israel in the last 70 years, despite all the forces against it. israel's past is being uncovered and revealed as we are learning more and more about israel's past through excavations. israel's future is being laid out before it. world,is a leader in high-tech industry, biomedical technology, in water and agricultural technology. it is probably a rare day when each one of you in this room does it use some bit of israeli technology at least every day or at least every week. you are using something developed in israel. it is phenomenal what is happening there. israel is a place of hope in so many ways. it is a real pleasure to be with you here. friends,am among man

citizens. has more on the story but it effectively does is it enshrined in the israel basic law the concept that israel is the historic homeland of the jewish people and they have exclusive right to national self-determination now supporters say that it equates jewish values with democratic values or puts them on an equal footing but critics and there are many say that it effectively discriminates against the country's arab population who make up some twenty percent and other minorities now you have for example now in law the fact that hebrew is the official language of the country arabic is given the status of special status and has effectively been downgraded there were hours of debate in the israeli knesset the israeli parliament prior to this contentious nation state being passed into law a particularly contentious part of the ball is the whole idea of israeli or jewish settlements now there was a lot of debate about this in the past it was changed because the charge was put forward that it promotes secret ation but even with the change critics complain because now for example t

have agreed to return to kong with israel after a day of violence along the border fence between gaza and israel and hamas spokesperson says egypt and the un mediated for palestinians in an israeli soldier were killed on friday seventy deca is in gaza and has more on what life is currently like for palestinians living under the israeli blockade. away from the politics and away from the military escalation between hamas and israel it really is about the almost two million people who are blockaded inside gaza life looks like it continues as normal it does continue as normal but everyone you speak to here will tell you the same thing that life has become increasingly more difficult for many people will tell you that what they're enduring here is not a life regression we can't live a make a maximum of three dollars a day it isn't enough we all skim if we can make ends meet. i can't afford anything to work as a killer in israel before the blockade i made around a thousand three hundred dollars a month of the moment i can't even make three hundred dollars a month exchanging money i work two

minister ghazi hamad was described israel as an animal state and does that mean ahmed says. we ask one of the founding members of jewish voice for labor richard cooper of accusations of anti semitism i used to silence the jitterbug criticism of israel but how far are we from a new global order following three days of events at this year's bric summit in south africa we speak to american author and former economic hitman john buggins polis a ball coming up at today's going underground but first whatever happened to theresa may and labor blairite support for a war on syria how did syria suddenly disappear from mainstream media we need to political solution a political long term solution which sees a syria without assad and why is our friend hillary clinton not saying things like this any more air strikes will have to be combined with ground forces actually taking back more territory here across the pond another hillary has gone very quiet about his grand syria campaign that some suspected was just another blairite leadership group against jeremy corbyn now favorite to replace theresa may we

stirred up more passion, argument and hostility than any other. israel claims it as its undivided capital, a claim which runs counter to international law and much world opinion, but it has been boosted by the decision of donald trump to move the decision of donald trump to move the us embassy here. well, my guest todayis the us embassy here. well, my guest today is jerusalem's the us embassy here. well, my guest today isjerusalem's mayor, nir barkat. can israel conclusively when the struggle forjerusalem? nir barkat, welcome to hardtalk. welcome tojerusalem. barkat, welcome to hardtalk. welcome to jerusalem. thank you. you're coming to this end of your second term and you say it is time to look backin term and you say it is time to look back ina term and you say it is time to look back in a way. what do you think you have achieved in your pretty much decade in charge ofjerusalem? have achieved in your pretty much decade in charge of jerusalem? well, i was fortunate to leave jerusalem in the last decade. jerusalem is now ina very in the last decade. jerusalem is now in a very positive mom

international condemnation as israel passes a law making itself an exclusively jewish nation. this says israel fires on palestinians launching burning cars from gaza killing one man. hello i'm barbara. a live from london also coming up on the program air strikes continue to rain down on syria's quieter province this five rebels surrendering in another victory for president assad french president crawled under fire after one of his top aides is filmed hitting a protester and we'll tell you about the low budget film that's become a box office hit and it pushes china's prime minister to promise cheaper cancer drugs. israel has passed a controversial law that defines the country as the nation state of the jewish people and makes hebrew the only official language downgrading arabic two thousand and big u.s. special status critics say the low marginalizes israeli palestinians make up twenty percent of the population and legalised discrimination stephanie decker reports now from west jerusalem. it's official israel is a state exclusively for jews that's the essence of the controversial nation

volunteer rescue workers and their families evacuated by israel to jordan it was feared they could have been killed by the forces of syrian leader bashar al assad also on the show. warnings of a threat to global growth has a g twenty meeting when a siren after the u.s. president on china and the european union finance minister. thank you for your company mesut ozil has sensationally retired from the german national team following the controversy and fallout of his meeting with turkish president. back in may also faced fierce criticism from german media for the encounter while he was lambasted by german f.a. president. germany's early exit from the world cup in a post on social media the german international said he was retiring with a heavy heart but that he had made the decision because of a feeling of racism and disrespect he also said that quote i used to wear the german shirts with such pride and excitement but now i don't retire has decided to caps and a world cup to his name. well joining me in studio to talk. public. so sensational is what we're calling it at this stage it's

charges of electoral interference. critics are condemning israel's new nation state law saying it threatens the future peace with palestinians on thursday the knesset passed a bill defining israel as the homeland of the jewish people prime minister benjamin netanyahu praised this as a defining moment for zionist. syrian state media says that ten government buses vented the southern connecticut province to transfer rebels to the syrian government has retaken large areas of collateral as part of the months long military offensive. egypt's president is in sudan to try to smooth tensions over water security and disputed border regions relations have been strained between the two countries particularly over the construction of a hydroelectric dam on the nile river the turia gating the reports. this is president abdel fattah el-sisi fifth visit to sadat since he came to power four years ago analysts say it was hastily arranged his next trip to khartoum had been shed jeweled full oct hours before c.c.s. arrival the sudanese government banned international media from covering the two day

two thousand and fourteen war israel reigns more bombs down on gaza hours after hamas claimed the cease fire was in place. unrest on the streets anger in parliament haiti's prime minister was forced out of office in the middle of an economic crisis. i. give away should an atheist be in capitals eritrea's leader promises to end decades long differences during his landmark visit also. i'm the richardson in moscow what she sets of fans and players like counting down to football is pretty scary. dozens of missiles have rained down on gaza with deadly effect and a major escalation of israeli action the israeli military says the wave of attacks from salesian for protest at the border and rocket fire there were reports late saturday from hamas of a ceasefire brokered by egypt that in the hour since that has given way to several new airstrikes foreigners with us in gaza. not since the twenty fourteen war has israel hit a target so close. to the densely populated gaza city israel says this building was a hamas urban warfare training facility with a tunnel underneath there were also civilia

arab israeli law makers say israel's new nation state law is racist and the death of the country's democracy the new law gives jews in israel a unique right to national self-determination elevates hebrew above arabic us national language and that says it doesn't i'm filled. this is the day. of. the majority has rights and the majority decides you know absolute majority wants to ensure our state's jewish character for generations to come. to keeping the hate. they are discriminating against. against the down minority with the basis. of. minorities in israel. and probably rightly so because the law. is making israel more jewish. i think this is racist legislation my radical right wing government that is creating radical last three and is planting the seeds to create an apartheid state to work for to clear up or. also on the program on sunday just three hours of rain in juba and north of nigeria was enough to sweep away hundreds of houses and the people living in them. i really don't know what i should say the water was up to her neck and kept rising. she looked over at her mother and

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all asleep he joins us from israel what's the latest paula. well we've just heard confirmation from the israeli army that this afternoon and israeli officer was killed by a palestinian sniper along the israel gaza border now this seems to be the final straw in terms of why we witnessing such a harsh response from the israeli army on gaza in the last few hours there have been massive airstrikes some of the biggest since the last war back in two thousand and fourteen and as i speak to you the country's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is again meeting with the top military and political echelon here in tel aviv now earlier we did hear from the country's defense minister avigdor lieberman he threatened a large and painful military operation he said that israel would go to ball if the kites and balloons that are constantly flown from gaza into israel and has been for the past few weeks do not cease now the deadline given was friday afternoon and of course that deadline has passed the kite's continued and that again will be a contributory reason as to why we witnessing this flare up in

police which would help supervisor zone there's a certain amount of joint interest between israel and russia in not having yvon. in the area although they iran has helped assad's regime i don't think that russia is interested in their continued presence and therefore i think we will see wash and support for the israeli position that there should be no evading than troops in if not in syria certainly in no end of the border israel has always seemed fairly ambivalent towards bashar assad despite the assad regime regime serving the. the vital. strategic and security interests of israel since one thousand nine hundred sixty seven how going forward do you think will israel deal with with syria politically if if as. rami says that the syrian government will win what's the thinking now. israeli government doesn't always make wise decisions but i think one buys this isn't they made was not to intervene in the syrian civil war we provided two manito an aid fight medical aid we haven't intervened i think we're going to continue to see this we will not be interfered intervening in the syrian civ

are prepared to attack civilians . be with us welcome to al-jazeera israel has passed a controversial law that for the first time declares the country to be the nation state of the jewish people it makes hebrew the only official language downgrading arabic to an ambiguous special status and it also promotes the construction of jewish only communities however critics say the little marginalizes israeli palace . in minority who make up twenty percent of the nine million population is really palestinians have the same rights as jewish citizens but face discrimination rights groups say the law will only promote racism and stuffing deca reports now from west jerusalem. was its official israel is a state exclusively for jews that's the essence of the controversial nation state bill passed by the knesset on thursday after hours of heated debate the measure became law by a vote of sixty two to fifty five the two abstentions for years the language of the bill divided political opinion between the ruling parties and the opposition members of the knesset say the law legalizes discrimination. thi

remained on brazil. but the prime minister of israel at the time binyamin netanyahu maintained a hard line negotiating stance. it did not endear him to us president bill clinton . well initially i mean he actually said after this first set of means when that in ok. he left the room he said who does he think the superpower is he is and we're not. the final status issues came back on the negotiating table following the election of a who'd back as the israeli prime minister in one thousand nine hundred. s. president and brock's logic is what do i need and what i want to get to a final status agreement with the palestinians by the time you president clinton leaves office that's what he tells them in august ninety nine when he visits but ox offer was for israel to withdraw from much of the west bank while keeping sovereignty over key parts of jerusalem in two thousand he convinced clinton of the need to convene a meeting without a fact in the united states to resolve the final issues one and he couldn't say no to the president he came with a profound suspicion and resentment suspicion that

protests and death along the gaza fence with israel has given way to a call for calm and a little uncertainty palestinian factions say they've agreed to what they call a return to calm starting at midnight local but there's no word yet from the israelis early on friday at least four people were killed inside gaza as israel launched airstrikes and tank rounds and the israeli military says one of its soldiers was killed by gunfire al-jazeera channel stratford begins our coverage. these men say it's their duty as palestinians to protest against israel's occupation. they put together their kite clipping its tail which they say will keep it balance as it carries the burning. over gaza's border fence they soak the sackcloth in petrol and oil because they say it helps it slowly losing contact with their land we are here to prove to the whole world that we will never leave the island we're going to do with burning kites was that occupied land and i'm not afraid of the israelis i'm only afraid of god from us leader ismail haniya sits close by he has come to support the protesters. i must s

the slur. over there in israel what more can you tell us about these attacks. well for the last few hours there has been a massive aerial bombardment being carried out by the israeli air force of the gaza and again now we're hearing that new strikes are happening particularly in the north of the strip some fifteen targets have been hit now with this comes after the country's defense minister avigdor lieberman place and earlier that a large and painful. military operation would ensue if the mustard not stopped sending kites and that means it would tie to explosives from gaza into israel by flying days and that deadline has passed and we certainly are witnessing a flare up in violence a few hours ago the top echelon here in israel the military and political brass met in tel aviv we are hearing from a high ranking israeli official that in the coming hours the country will decide what to do in gaza and how to proceed it comes after the israeli defense forces threatened a response and they continue to blame her must for this flare up. the i.d.f. use today's. activity is treated by hamas

cease fire to stop the situation from escalating this comes after israel carried out daytime air strikes on militant targets in the gaza strip the most expensive since twenty fourteen. also coming up anticipation is building for the world cup final later today the biggest match in football fans of croatia and france are pouring into moscow for the finale of one of the most thrilling tournaments of our brands are the big favorites but this world cup has been nothing if not full of surprises. and tennis court for germany's anjali she cruises passer in a williams to win the women's crown at wimbledon. i am. i my ass waiter thanks for joining us. we begin in gaza where hamas officials say they've reached a cease fire with israel after one of the most serious uptick in violence since the war between israel and gaza militants in two thousand and fourteen egypt and the u.n. reportedly brokered the truce after at least two palestinians were killed. the most extensive and strikes on gaza in four years. they included hits in the heart of gaza city. israel says it was targeting hamas positi

in gaza a cease fire appears to be holding between israel and hamas. watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead rebels and their families in the south west of syria heads north after striking a so rended deal with the asaad government the worst drought in more than seventy years in sweden is brains for spreading wildfires starving livestock and a near record heat wave plus. trump paving and russia baiting that's really the extent of the democratic party in general. and alternative to trump and the democrats the u.s. grain audi's offering a choice. a truce along the israel gaza border appears to be holding so far following the seventeenth week of protests on friday four palestinians were killed in israeli tank and. following the death of one israeli soldier at least one hundred twenty gazans were wounded on friday israel had warned retaliation if protesters continue to set crops on fire by sending burning balloons and chis over the fence several hamas positions were attacked in iran gaza city hamas argues the balloons are a peaceful form of protest it says a truce brokered by egy

because of. us and this is eric not again a fire this is military or violence at the gaza israel border as palestinians continue their months of protest. at massive growth in the u.s. economy but it may not be sustainable. from the waves of the sounds. to the contours of the east. how the european heat wave is coming to a close proper colder weather this white planet here has swept through the british isles and frost freezing thunderstorms and some flooding as a result but is drop the temps across significantly so we'll end up with something like twenty two in london still twenty six in paris but you know it's a head it's still hot so if you want to but in twenty seven stockings come down a bit in this general area is the while we're always seeing frequent slow moving thunderstorms they're still going on but the rain proper on its way through eventually take that heat away from the low countries and from germany and will end up there for about twenty four hours time with temperatures of the order of twenty something not thirty something it's not a huge drop for berlin but i think

hour on al-jazeera critics are condemning israel's new nation state law saying that it threatens the future of peace with palestinians on thursday the knesset passed a bill defining israel as the homeland of the jewish people prime minister benjamin netanyahu praised it as a defining moment for zionism. u.s. president donald trump has asked his administration to invite russian leader vladimir putin to washington later this year only a trump rejected moscow's demand to question u.s. citizens in return for access to twelve russians indicted on charges of electoral interference and syrian state media says the ten government buses events of the southern province to transfer rebels to. the syrian government has retaken large areas off could i try a sponsor of a months long military offensives. human rights watch is accusing separatists and government forces in cameroon of committing abuses against people in english speaking regions the group says that both sides of the west african country but that extorting kidnapping and torturing civilians violence began in late twenty sixteen when ang