-israel alliance. but there never been an administration more supportive of israel than the trump administration. [cheers and applause] >> frankly, it's not even close. from president trump to vice-president pence, to secretary pompeo, from ambassador boulton to ambassador haley, from sarah sanders, this is an administration that sees israel as an ally and treats israel as an ally. today the alliance between israel and america has never been stronger and i believe it will get even stronger in the years ahead. we all know that ultimately support for israel depends on the support of the american people. fortunately, that support has also never been stronger. i thank all of you at 2 who work for the support. you know in standing up for israel you standing up for things you most cherish, standing up for a country that proudly holds up the torch of liberty, one place in the middle east where christians are free and where christian communities are thriving. you are standing up for a country that cherishes li

israel. only out of self defense is defending itself and israel has never ever threatened another country israel has attacked its neighbors not in self-defense one example the first one is the who is war one hundred fifty six it wasn't a war self-defense it was a colonial spirit see to attack lebanon nineteen eighty two was most emphatically not a war self-defense it was i mean very very very different ok of lebanon paul let me ask you this question you're not a member of the israeli government have never been a member of these are no can ask you for a straight answer how many nuclear weapons as israel i don't know if you ask him. do you think from what you know what i tell you what i'm listening to the conversation with all due respect we cannot rely iraq cannot rely on europe and the western world to defend its own policies israel had huge disagreements in its own government whether to take out the iraqi nuclear core nine hundred eighty two and he took it out and it was condemned the time m

with israel. they are building a jet strip 20 miles from israel's northern border, agent strip with jet airplanes can only mean warfare. iran is still proving israel's defenses. iran is still the head of the snake in the middle east. hamas and hezbollah are huge terrorist organizations funded, trained and equipped by iran. the same iran to which the former president was trying to give billions of dollars. we must ensurethat iran's aggression is met with ever-increasing sanctions. keep up the pressure on iran, mister president . peace in the middle east is the secret to peace in the world. we are with you, mister president. be bold, be courageous. this is our hour to turn the world around . [applause] to the young people of iran who are protesting iran's rogue regime and its practices, christians united for israel stand with you tonight. you deserve a bright and predictable future. you deserve fair and free elections and you deserve better than the ironfisted dictators thathave enslaved your nation

israel. because we're going to. thank you. on may fourteenth of this year the israeli government celebrated the seventieth anniversary of your country's independence at the opening of the new us embassy in jerusalem i believe you were there as well at that event while over in gaza on that same day israeli army snipers killed sixty two palestinians in cold blood them down in full view of the world's television cameras how do you justify can you justify the killing of unarmed palestinian protesters journalists paramedics kids. well maybe no one can justify killing innocent people but i'm not sure this was the case the fourteenth of may there were you're right sixty two persons were killed they were pushed by their leaders of the hamas and by the way want to destroy the state of israel they were using them as human shields some of them were behind the weed bombs in sin theory mull it over and other things by the way the sixty two must itself confessed the second day that out of the sixty to fift

israel as an ally. today, the alliance between israel and america has never been stronger. i believe it will get stronger in the years ahead. supportthat ultimately, for israel depends on the support of the american people. that support has never been stronger. i think all of you -- thank all of you at cufi who work day after day, month after month, year after year to strengthen the report. you know that you are standing up for everything you most cherish. you are standing up for a country that proudly holds the torch of liberty and a dark and dangerous region. you are standing in the one place in the middle east where christians are free, and were christian communities are thriving. you are standing up for a andtry that cherishes life confronts those who glorify death. thanks to your support, i have no doubt that america and confronts those who glorify and israel will continue to stand together and secure our common future. may god bless you all, may god bless israel, and may god bless the united state

israel's values are our values. israel's fight is our fight. we stand with israel because we believe in right over wrong. we believe in freedom. thank you so much for taking the time. thank you for caring. [applause] [applause] >> i am just trying to survive this job. there is nothing better than when americans you set up our their voices on behalf of good causes. that is what christians united for israel is about. i am so thankful for your fight. may god bless each and everyone of you. thank you. [applause] [applause] [applause] >> to trump administration intelligence nominees to questions at a confirmation hearing. that's next on c-span2. puerto rico's governor declined an invitation to testify about hurricane recovery efforts. that after a disagreement with rob bishop. that's at nine easter. sinclair broadcast group's was discussed as an fcc oversight hearing. that's later. >> "washington journal", live every day with new some policy issues that impact too. on thursday morning, pennsylvania republican congressman and illinois democratic cong

israel's values are our values. israel's fight is our fight. we stand with israel because we believe in right over wrong. we believe in freedom over tyranny. thank you so much for taking the time. thank you for caring. [cheers and applause] you guys, i'm just trying to survive this job, so-- there is nothing better than when americans use the power of their voices on behalf of good causes. that's what christians united for israel is all about. i'm so thankful for your fight. may god bless each and every one of you. thank you. [cheers and applause] >> the u.s. senate about to gavel in. they'll be spending the day and likely the rest of the week working on 2019's spending legislation. the senate's combined spending for five federal departments and a number of independent agencies into one bill. the interior department, treasury, agriculture, transportation and housing. senators will be offering amendments. no votes have yet been scheduled. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senat

at least two of which were traveling on a motorbike so israel says were. involved in launching more of these balloons the strike happened near a hamas position in the south of gaza near russia. now of course as you say the attacks by these protesters using these balloons and kites we expect to continue we've spoken to members of the main group that evolved in these operations a group that calls themselves the sons of sawah ari and they tell us that they will continue these attacks until israel lifts its twelve year old land and sea blockade over gaza hamas of also said that they support this action in what they describe as a nonviolent means of protesting and it was interesting that only a couple of hours ago there were loudspeakers heard across gaza we understand that it was members of a committee that. involves many different factions in gaza calling people to come out and protest again tomorrow tomorrow will be the seventeenth week in a row that these protests have happened and let's not forget that so far all around one hundred forty palestinians have

israel legalizing apartheid and peace pass and your logic there in israel as a nation state of the jewish people israeli policy is denounced by the prime minister polls and historic moment as dangerous and racist what does the future hold for them and what will be the regional reaction this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program hashem the controversial jewish nation state bill has been in the making for years facing strong opposition all the way despite excluding twenty percent of the population that's almost turned million israeli palestinians and other minorities the bill was now really passed into law the new basic law defines israel as the nation state of the jewish people given them the soul wired to self determination the law promotes and encourages jewish settlement as a national interest despite settlements in the occupied palestinian territories being illegal under international law and arabic is downgraded from being an official language hero is now the only one the law also reiterate jerusalem whole and united as israel's capital stefana deca has more from west jeru

one israel are the mit president of the palestinian yes on a thought he could not as the right of israel to thank live in peace and security and its is one who is not willing to make the good the enough concessions. to move forward toward the front at least at them and with the promise we're running out of time hi melissa damon when the phone chill hoffman thank you very much indeed for your time i for your contribution to the program looking forward to talking to you in the near future. and thank you too for watching you can see the program again and its time by visiting our website dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter a.j. inside story for me the whole team here by phone now. we're awaiting well this idea. that when they're on line it's undoubtedly chief cole. over to an inequality in society today or if you join the sunset criminal justice system is dysfunctional right now this is a dialogue what does it feel like for you to go back for the first time everyone has a

when you stand in israel, you freedom fordefend israel and israel's right to exist. we often say in our office that the best way to stand with israel is to stand in israel. i think that is something that is absolutely true. you can read books, you can study maps, you can do all you try tom this end to understand israel, but you don't really grasp it until you are standing in the land, walking it, picking up its dust and its rocks, understanding ages and ages of history that went on there. it is fascinating to realize nearly every ancient empire in history marched through the land of israel. it is strategically located at a very strategic place on the earth. the crossroads of the world in every ancient empire marched through there and left its mark. and so to go there and to see what happened in to see all the history and understand the history is fascinating. you need to see it, you need to aand in it, you need to make statement of your love and support for israel by being in israel, spend time there, and spend your money there. the third reason is to promote peace.

i think that there's going to be a lot of pressure on israel to. either amend this bill or probably scrap it altogether once the knesset is back in session and in addition to the parts that we just talked about there are other elements of the bill that are extremely problematic such as the relegation of israel diaspora relations to the dash for community this was basically a demand made by the ultra-orthodox parties in israel and will not go over well with american jewry so this will certainly exacerbate the tensions between israel and the american jewish community in addition to course further marginalizing the arab community and israel as we heard enjoys report just a moment ago one of the critics of the bill was suggesting that it could be used by the country's enemies as a weapon how do you see that happening. well i think it will be increasingly difficult for israel to claim that it is a the only democracy in the middle east when it discriminates against its minority i mean this is this this piece of legislation says absolutely nothing doesn't

israel is aware of it. and israeli political political analyst have pointed out for a couple of years that israel should be preparing itself for a time in which it loses the support of sectors of the world that have some concern for human rights and interernational law d should be returning towards thatnces with countries don't care about this. such as india. enter the recent ultranationalist, the shares with israel. the move of oppression. the hatred of islam and china. paying attention to these things. the same for saudi arabia. united arab emirates. and we could see this happening in the united states as well. was thelong ago, israel liberalof progressive, america. but that is changed. identifiedf have considerably more support for palestinians than for israel. past theshifted ultranationalist right and evangelicals. who for their own reasons, support israeli actions. with some passion. time, many the same of them hold doctrines in which it is claimed that the second coming of christ will lead to these e

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 than one hundred thirty five people killed where you have. a response to it. got sides and killed people killing children so i don't think that's up of equation . does not equal. life. after twenty four hours of israeli airstrikes and hamas approved rocket fire egyptian mediators managed to broker a cease fire the u.n. special envoy to the region says all out war was narrowly averted the frustration that people here in gaza feel. is completely understandable it is boiling over put it has been boiling over for months before the protests started i think people felt that they had lost hope in any other alternative on the ground but i worry very much that it is not just a humanitarian crisis

and have nothing israel have no limitation for its crimes for it's a brutal. action against the palestinian people no one is there to stop them so really the international community two thousand and fourteen they kill more than two thousand two hundred people you know any plans of the killing we have about four hundred children and two hundred seventy five women will kill no one taking about this this is kind of a genocide again a simple as you know what you expect from people to do what but expect to own them people are both. people are upset people are frustrated and you are just what you're watching and doing nothing so people will do something in order to get the attention of the world to tell them that you have to do something in order to stop the crimes of the israeli completion against the policy in a civil insensitive citizens in gaza that we have invited the israeli ambassador to london and yet again he doesn't seem available to come on this program thank you. thank you after the break from the smoke bombs to a legit smokescreens we'll ask the jewish

a not only to israel but also to mahmoud abbas through president abu mazin who cut. aid to gaza financially supported by one third so there was. not only bilateral it goes with the united states since we are still expecting president trump to come up with his blueprint so the hamas is saying don't forget us we are not only part of the problem we are also we have to be part of this solution on the other hand i think that the hamas knows one or two things about israeli politics and they they know that netanyahu is under great pressure from his own coalition from his own party they want to see results they there is a lot of criticism nowadays about it and how that is traveling to moscow while he never showed up in the early feels in the south even the labor party let alone the extreme right is now demonstrating cooling actually tonight there is a demonstration in tel aviv against the ten yo that he abandons the people who are now under another attack of rockets and constant fire and losing the fields to those kite attacks oversteps took his seventy thanks david being wi

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 several hours we have heard from israel's army that operations have been ongoing in the gaza strip that israel's army had targeted upwards of sixty five targets also there had been reports through israeli media outlets that for the last several hours israel security cabinet have been meeting to discuss the ongoing operations in the gaza strip we've also reached out to israeli officials and israel's army trying to find out what if anything was being discussed and when that meeting might end but no details have been forthcoming all of this of course happening at a time when tensions were already escalating now the question have a has a ceasefire actually been reached is it going to remain calm or will tension once again flare up phyllis bennis is program director of the new international

criticism of israel the i h r a definition makes it appear that criticism of israel is likely to be anti semitic and puts the onus on people who do not like what israel is doing is really government policy the racist foundations of its current nation state will use its anti semitic to do so roughly. forty five percent of the israeli m.p.'s alone would be anti-semitic and the mass movement of people in israel seen on the streets protesting about this though they would all have to be deemed as anti semitic why is it possible for us to have criticism of israel within israel regarded as legitimate debate and such criticism when voiced by jews like myself in britain as anti semitic or potentially anti semitic why should i have to prove that my criticisms of israel is manifestly discriminate three laws are not a matter of are not motivated by anti semitic belief they are motivated by a deep commitment to universal values to a gala terrorism to treating all people equally and within societies all citizens to be treated equally because discriminating against citizens and making some of them the

second degree citizens of israel that israel is a jewish state and if you are not jewish you are not part of this state. and were young of the supporters the one and so for the supporters of this law is that if you are german ok you live in germany germany is the state of the germans and israel is not only the state of these where is the state of the jews and according to these really law every jew who lives in new york or in berlin can move tomorrow to israel and become an israeli and will be entitled to vote but he held his meeting in its tail that allow me to jump in because what you're saying is really critical can we then at this point still call israel a democracy. you know the definition of israel as a jewish democratic state looks like. we have managed to live with a fine tuning edging to maneuver between those two so good power docs a good definition but this is. treating this like you know a ball in china straw. you know i was born in this well i already mr i was jewish but mr believing that was misspelled i'm sorry i'll have to cut it short we've run out of time but thank

israel has the right to build a. green line within its own territory there will be about fifty thousand palestinians on the israeli side of the wall when it's complete and this undermines the security argument. argues that the revulsion expressed by many around the world is sheer hypocrisy. we don't know if your in even your of the create they have acted wars they don't tell you but go for. the. million in morocco what they'll do in these bloody you will be in the bidding wars . and yet it is not just the international community that has condemned the war even within israel there are many who believe that it isn't serving any useful purpose it was minister of difference ya'll diane is deputy mayor of tel aviv but probably better known for being the daughter of moshe dyan the hero of the one nine hundred sixty seven war in which israel alec's the west bank this current war she argues is not the answer. it's not effective. because instead of being an obstacle to tell wastes it became another obstacle to peace in the se

the challenge of 1.2 or 3 million israeli/arabs, palestinian citizens of israel, arab/israels, how they choose to call them serviselves who are cs of the state and according to the declaration of independence, entitled to equality under the law. that is missing from the nation state bill. that's a critically important challenge. one additional point. it takes time often formation m to -- for nations to sort through. in 1846, the united states was a very different place. blacks were slaves. women were disdisenfranchised. white males had only begun to get the franchise. we know the story of the native american. israel is grappling with this problem. the nation state bill creates a terrible frame of reference. it's unnecessary. it's provocative. frankly, it compromises what i think many israelis would like to see, which is a jewish democracy. >> a two-state solution. let me play this sound bite. it goes to the heart of israeli security. this is president trump speaking about some kind of agreement he may have with president putin on this issue. >> president putin also is helping israel. we

began as an attempt to persuade israel to lift its twelve year long blockade of gaza but israel has not made any concessions and that's led to enormous frustration amongst garza's almost two million people. without a zero garza. well i'm joined now in the studio by a sea medical bag head of international relations at regents university thank you very much for coming in to speak with us we have seen now the most violent flare up in intention since two thousand and fourteen amasses reporting that there has been a ceasefire if it's confirmed by the israeli government is the truce likely to hold . the do some of the but they're all. the one class unless the situation on the gold is changing because the relation between new zealand is always on the verge of something and usually something not good so it can flew off by any of orchids by any action all the action to water coming this is the sixteen week of the moon solution crossed. the bodum it's also this week was in support of the between village. in the wiz bang that is about to be effected but by the israeli forces there is the dynamic t

israel said it would allow him to seek treatment abroad and return. on a father died in a paris hospital calls on. the palestinians claimed he was poisoned. the israelis protested their innocence. didn't. claim just that if you have turned. away i'm going to say. about time for the president on a fact. he was on my corner in the process of the worst. it was not only a concept i was aleppo nation of the heart of it. off all the all prospered throughout the log. on top side not our ups and our lures and none of that stuff and thinking is that great go or are those off fighting against oppression. will regret. and that we're careful our conduct says. and add up if i don't want to be like. i. want to same for thing the way the world stood by and watched while out of fact was treated that way in the last years of his life it's absolutely shameful . following out of pat's death mahmoud abbas was elected president of the palestinian authority but he lacked the power base and hold over palestinian politics that on a fact had to stop which. soon face the chall

they were vocally opposed to the bush issued as artifact was conducting with israel. of the failure of. the physical system that this even with the ideas in madrid if you would if one of the at least there were many were also violent as well as these them and. many palestinians shared such views unconvinced that negotiations with israel would lead to a breakthrough aware of the skepticism on a fad gave the go ahead to a secret channel of talks in the norwegian capital oslo. yes that out of five of them into strategy was to open many channels and that many people try to achieve something there he keeps his windows open and they waits the incoming when the end result is what's important not the person or persons that is bringing the goods. on august twentieth one thousand nine hundred three israeli and palestinian negotiators reached accord in all slow agreeing to a framework for resolving their decades long conflict the oslo accords were announced to the world. hamas was quick to condemn the accords. it was the first sign of a growing divide between hamas and the p.l.o

even from some of israel's own citizens among these protesters israelis. jonathan polak is an israeli activist who's part of the protest movement against the wall. i guess. like the vast majority of. the people who come here to come here. to a degree i think that they're right because we betray the notion that this place here is part of israel to that degree they're great we are we are traitors and i'm very proud to betrayed no. i don't like them but you've got nobody. jonathan is the founder of against the wall. i come here because i believe that it's wrong that israel built this thing i think it's wrong. and i think it's wrong when israel on people's lands jonathan activism often puts them in direct conflict with the israeli army. now michael. the only thing. that's that's very very far fetched i want to put it i don't know if there were still thirty numbers you got from a lot of these over the presence of no money for. political and the focus of some of the you know not only of our christian mission. over. the. policeman for your life i think so i talke

this israel suffered in three weeks. as the public wanted to know how come this really in the civilian and military leadership were surprised by a mass arab a two front attack it how come the they were caught with their pants down and they also wanted to know why the army performed so poorly in those first few days. less than six months after the start of the war a commission of investigation headed by shimon i cannot president of the israeli supreme court would place the blame family on the military. three army heads would roll. chief of staff general david the. commander of southern command general shmuel gunmen. and head of military intelligence general alys aida. the commission cleared prime minister golden made and defense minister moshe diana. but the israeli public would not appeased. and demonstrations broke out on the streets. nine days after the commission published its report the prime minister resigned. and a cute opening. still accuse golda meir of killing. mordred to tall the israeli soldiers in the long ha

because the fact that israel is most. inspiring to be post that mcgrath tick and joy. sounds like a paradox and we are struggling for many years to live was this proud ochs and to make it it's kind of really grows oh magic to keep most of them intact and so why do you think this is happening now. first of all it's happening now because this is the end of the knesset session and this process lasted for many years he was about three or four years that. the knesset members were playing with different drafts actually you know in the last few weeks the. journey general and the legal advisor of the parliament has managed to convince the prime minister and the knesset members to stop and to make it look at a little bit better than the previous draft your previous draft. included a paragraph that loud clearly allowed to discriminate arabs when it comes to building community selecting members. jewish communities and this one is meant that in the language and it looks better than the one that was on the table we could go and i want

israel said it would allow him to seek treatment abroad and return. on a father died in a paris hospital calls on. the palestinians claimed he was poisoned. the israelis protested their innocence. didn't. claim just that if you have turned. away i'm going to say. about time for the president on a fact. he was on my corner in the process of the world. he was not only a concept i was aleppo nation of the whole people. off all the oppressed people throughout the log. on our lives and to lose that none of that staci and thinking is that great go or are those off fighting against oppression and we regret that. and that would give all conduct says. and add up if i don't want to be. i. want to same for thing the way the world stood by and watched while out of fact was treated that way in the last years of his life it's absolutely shameful . following out of pat's death mahmoud abbas was elected president of the palestinian authority but he lacked the power base and hold over palestinian politics that on a fact had to stop which. soon face the challenge to hi

rescued images from the israeli army show 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

protests began as an attempt to persuade israel to lift its twelve year long blockade of gaza but israel has not made any concessions and that's led to enormous frustration amongst garza's almost two million people burn it's made out to syria and gaza some are dowie is a middle east analyst based in the us he is calling for a new palestinian leadership. as we've seen over the course of the last hundred days it's not how most officials who are out on the border getting killed and protesting. it's innocent civilians and these are innocent civilians like twenty one year old palestinian medic rosana not jar these are people with names people who have you know have gone out to the fronts knowing full well that there are israeli soldiers taking shots at them the only difference between the two palestinian teenagers and we have to remember again that these are children who are being killed who were killed today and the one hundred thirty eight or so who have been killed along the border fence over the last one hundred days is that the two today locked and agency in the matter and the reason the

the people of israel will say no. the people of israel will say no. the people of israel will say no. a good deal like we did with egypt and jordan, israel demonstrated. you believe in a 2- state solution. no. you don't? i don't think so. i do believe in giving arab residents injudah and scenario civil autonomy and working ona scenario civil autonomy and working on a mutual economy and that in —— and that israeli defence should be all overjudah and some aria. we have seen times when the arab residents upon us and unfortunately, some time... your vision coming off ten yea rs some time... your vision coming off ten years of running jerusalem is of a permanent occupation? are you going to annex the west bank, do you believe in annexation of giving the palestinian people who live in the west ba n k palestinian people who live in the west bank what you call autonomy rights but no right to vote in israeli elections? we are one of the first places in the world with a special unique arrangements and many places in the world have it. to quote, israelis, in

the people of israel will say no. a good deal like we did with egypt and jordan, israel demonstrated. do you believe in a 2—state solution? no. you don't? i don't think so. i do believe in giving arab residents injudah and samaria civil autonomy and working on a mutual economy and that israeli defence should be all overjudah and samaria. we have seen times when the arab residents. u nfortu nately, sometime... your vision coming off ten years of running jerusalem is of a permanent occupation? are you going to annex the west bank, do you believe in annexation or giving the palestinian people who live in the west bank what you call autonomy rights but no right to vote in israeli elections? we are not one of the first places in the world with a special unique arrangement and many places in the world have it. to quote, israelis, including former prime ministers 0lmert and barak, that sounds like an apartheid solution. they are not in power and they don't know how to represent israeli public opinion and i do think the ara

is making israel more jewish let them across opponents are likely to challenge the law before israel's supreme court. t w spoke to eldar political columnist for the al monitor middle east media website is what he had to say. you know there is an inherent kind of paradox between the jewish character that. israel wants to keep and the democratic fashion of these really establishment and the israeli social life. and. this is a very interesting challenge and it's a very delicate. kind of walking on that very thin rope between the two that look production we have for instance the low off return that allows any jew that never visited israel doesn't know anything about jewish history to become an israeli citizen and vote in the elections while if you are a palestinian that lived here for many years but you left the country and you lived in berlin or in the united states in new york you will not be eligible to even to get a visa to israel but you know since we want to be boast israelis and jewish there is we need that the israeli minority which is the arab minority which is twenty percent of t

and who cares what the world says about israel you know that the world can complain but israel would do what is our needs to do now this might be good enough for you know the neo fascists if you will in the netanyahu government but for the fifty five other members of the israeli parliament for the majority of the jews in the united states elsewhere around the world for most of the liberal voices within within the the region and beyond of course is not acceptable that that jews in particular who suffered for many decades for many centuries from discrimination by the europeans and even by arabs and others because they were jewish autumn now. under the zionist ban they're discriminating against by the senate we will actually be speaking a little later in the program to have represented from one of the american jewish groups who like many others have come out against this law but what's been interesting is this law is obviously been talked about for a long time it's been tried to get through parliament before why do you think it managed it now. just a word on the american jews and sense

israel violence against israel will be met by armed forces don't you know considering it if there is no violence that we know you spoil him for service will and will be happy to be open trade it's a business interest to have trade going on it is israel's interest to see a prosperous gaza society the choice is that gaza hamas authorities so if we see if we see these incident very balloons and kites being launch awards this well if that continues are you saying that will swill see more disproportionate use of force by israel or do not produce proportional but if they continue to send incendiary devices and explosive devices is no will react without force the palestinians protesting been protesting their living conditions in gaza and they have been doing so with these incendiary kites and balloons one hundred forty of them killed since the end of march. and it would seem that and unless the humanitarian situation improves in gaza these protests are going to continue so is israel willing to make a gesture to to improve the humanitarian situation in gaza and therefore end the protests. mo

and israel is. refusing to see the population of israel. there is nothing new about so-called protective wall most ancient cities have them the ones we see today around jerusalem date from the sixteenth century. but the twenty first century wars not only look different they serve a different purpose. the war is just over seven hundred kilometers long so far it's costing two million dollars every kilometer. it began in two thousand and two and it goes deep into palestinian territory in the west bank and jerusalem splitting neighbors and in circling villages. it's the biggest construction project in israel. and one that its supporters claim is necessary to ensure israel's security. this is for security reasons this fence is 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. while the wall really follows out of israeli policies for the last hundred years even before there was an israel esse

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 several hours we have heard from israel's army that operations have been ongoing in the gaza strip that israel's army had targeted upwards of sixty five targets also there had been reports through israeli media outlets that for the last several hours israel security cabinet have been meeting to discuss the ongoing operations in the gaza strip we've also reached out to israeli officials and israel's army trying to find out what if anything was being discussed and when that meeting might end but no details have been forthcoming all of this of course happening at a time when tensions were already escalating now the question i have has a ceasefire actually been reached is it going to remain calm or will tension once again flare up syrian rebels and they southwestern province of can a child

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 said please forgive me. when she went under and part of the building collapsed on her i had twenty two children and now one of them is simply no longer here. israel's parliament has passed a controversial law that explicitly 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 then states that only the country's jews have the right to self-determination prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called the votes a defining m

is making israel more jewish let them. opponents are likely to challenge the law before israel's supreme court. i want to talk about the implications of this contentious law we can now talk to akiva eldar he's an israeli political columnist for al monitor mr eldar very warm welcome to d.w. news let's talk about this nation state building bell excuse me it makes no mention of minority rights it doesn't mention democracy how is prime minister benjamin netanyahu defending that spell actually he is loud and clear that we have to realize that the jewish people the majority here and the majority takes it all he's into potations of democracy is that the majority of these really people who voted for him and other right wing and theocratic proxies and this is there will also democracy we want and we can do whatever we like and this is not the only thing to put it in the right context we can add to do is build that was ousted this week that allows the minister of education who is the leader of another ultra right wing quality. to de

positions in gaza let's get right up to date now courtesy of our cease 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 b

israel accuses hamas militants of fusing the protests as cover for attacks against israel it says its use of force is necessary to defend its borders. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. two more migrant rescue ships have been refused entry into italy hundreds of migrants are stranded on the border where the sicilian port of poti follow is the latest move by the country's hardline interior minister much to no salvini has caused controversy just one month into the job with his anti immigration policies. heavy rain and thunderstorms are causing chaos across china state media reported that hundreds of rivers around the country have flooded blocking roads and railways destroying bridges and forcing thousands of residents to evacuate several deaths have been attributed to the flooding authorities say more downpours are expected over the weekend. the twelve young boys and their soccer coach who were rescued from a flood a thai cave system will be released from the hospital on thursday health officials say they are recovering well the team appeared on time televisi

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 civil war we will however maintain our security problems that is again to make sure there's the government the seventy four game is kept the buffer zone will be and will be free of any military forces that the limitation forces and that we will see in lady ns on the. anyone there is will support. underneath as the been communication between israel and jordan in the light of the the humanitarian crisis in indonesia . i'm not sure that is about it but as you know. this is jordan just a few days before this collision and it was about partly about a sudden from is this sudden syria i think in israel is involved in all

to make milk available from local source instead of buying milk from israel. we have we don't have a culture of cause in palestine we have a culture of sheep and goats but. it was the first time i met a cow was in fact. been trained had the energy of britain a few critics whether. where and when the end of the song writing highly into further toward making mammina here enemy any mechanic. heard that the truck broke down on the way and that the didn't have a clue what to do. of the kind of. friend for. life yeah yeah you you look to me. what will be the warning it is just so. everyone. can he says the cows are coming and we need some volunteers to help us. controlling them and driving them to their watch. it was fun for me it was again you know it was one thousand you know ok let's go and play. this is bit support or as it used to be doing but inventing something. this is my town and those are my people. ten thousand people who gave as an addict . i. i. i. didn't use.

protests began as an attempt to persuade israel to lift its blockade of gaza but israel has not made any concessions amounts led to enormous frustration amongst gaza's almost two million people. just syria and gaza haiti's prime minister entente has resigned following days of violent protests that were triggered by plans to raise fuel prices by fifty percent which the government a sense abandoned at least seven people had been killed in three days of unrest. as president aside for a key is making a landmark visit to neighboring ethiopia it is the latest step towards reconciliation peace between the long warring rivals last weekend the leaders signed a pact ending a twenty year military standoff. over three zero zero. five ten thousand people have been protesting against donald trump in scotland is the u.s. president spends the weekend playing golf at his luxury resort some of the demonstrators have even made it to the edges that the president's golf course at turnberry were snipers have been deployed. to students have been killed in iraq was capital managua during a standoff with pro

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 cloth over gaza's border fence they soak the sackcloth in petra. an oil because they say it helps it slowly losing contact with the land but 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 but he has come to support the protesters. i must say the kites and balloons to carry the burning rags into israel are a peaceful form of protest israeli snipers have been targeting balloons that the protesters have been launching the well behind the main demonstration these protesters say they will continue launching back heights holding those incendiary devices until israel lifts the siege. the men like the rag and the kite drifts all too and now it's the build a fence israel says spies started by protes