>> guest: israel. c-span: so it was not a part of... >> guest: the syrians were only ten meters off on one part of the eastern shore and it was not uncommon for israeli fishing boats to be shot at or shelled. there were a number of incidents. there was constant tension on the northern border but the estimate of israeli intelligence, which had such a high reputation, was that war in the middle east would not break out for at least another three years. nobody foresaw the war. c-span: and it ended up breaking out june 5th, right after the may visit of sadat. >> guest: right. well, sadat arrives in moscow and the soviets tell him that there's this plan by the israelis to invade syria, to capture damascus the syrian capitol. sadat goes back and tells this to nasser. nasser sends his chief of staff fawzi to damascus to see if there's any evidence of this. see the soviets had told sadat of between 13 and 15 israeli brigades massing on the northern border. so fawzi lands in damascus. c-span: northern border of

and that country is israel. my question is why it says the human rights council's website it describes the election process but the general assembly takes into account the promotion and protection of human rights as well as their voluntary pledges and commitments in this regard, under your leadership, has the united states suggests any reforms can be made to the council so the members of the council perhaps have to recognize the importance of human rights as well. >> thank you congressman. let me say the language you've just read out was language negotiated -- hard-fought language negotiated by our predecessor, by the bush administration, by the united states. unfortunately, simply putting that language in the kind of founding ethos of the human rights council doesn't make it such. regional groups put forward the candidates they seek to put forward and sometimes a whole set of back room arrangements and all kinds of bilateral issues at stake in which people agree to give votes to people based on things that have

israel se roba la tierra, levanta barreras de apartheid. israel construye mÁs asentamientos. israel anexa a jerusalÉn y otras Áreas palestinas y nos niega todos nuestros derechos, y se espera que nosotros negociemos. >> el gobierno de israel no puede ofrecer una frontera sin saber quÉ hay detrÁs de esa frontera. ¿es un estado palestino como siria, como gaza, o es un estado pacÍfico? >> es una situaciÓn de ocupaciÓn versus no ocupaciÓn. una ocupaciÓn militar que tiene el respaldo absoluto y ciego de estados unidos, el paÍs mÁs poderoso del mundo, y que sea acostumbrado a que le perdonen todo. nosotros somos el Único pueblo del mundo al que se le insta a pedirle permiso a la fuerza de ocupaciÓn para ser libre. >> usted dice que tiene una muy buena relaciÓn con el presidente barack obama, pero solo horas despuÉs de que ustedes se marchÓ de la casa blanca, lo criticaron severamente diciendo que su proyecto de mÁs asentamientos en cisjordania recibirÍa una condena internacional. >> bueno, este no es un asentamiento. quizÁs no están informados de los hechos. lo

-israel relationship. if the priority is achieving a permanent two state solution giving israel another reason for unease will not help that goal. i want to ask you what is the status of israel reevaluation and what is it based on? power: the president wasn't very -- the president was very clear in that interview and has consistently been clear that we are not reevaluating our bond with israel -- our security relationship with israel. the tremendous friendship that exists between the american people and the israeli people. i think what we are engaging in right now is a moment in which it is not exactly clear how progress toward a two state solution is likely to be made. and so, we are in daily touch, as you know, with the arms -- with the israeli government. the israeli security advisor is an washington and as we speak with the national security advisor. with the government now formed we are deepening those discussions again about how we find a path forward towards a two state solution. recognizing as we a

more than 500 children died during israel's military operations in gaza last year. our diplomatic editor james bays reports from the u.n. head quarters. >> reporter: the u.n. secretary general publically presenting his report on children in the world's conflict zoned to the security counsel summits a deeply controversial document as it leaves israel off its list of worst violators despite detailing how the israeli operation in gaza last summer caused the death of more than 540 children. late he pan ki-moon addressed reporters. >> ladies and gentlemen, i hope you understand my situation that i have another urgent meeting where i have to participate now so i will turn the floor over to my special representative. >> reporter: but secretary general we keep being told it's your report. so it's you we should ask the questions. >> on i hope you understand. >> reporter: claiming that he was too busy he left his special representative to answer questions even though she had recommended israel be on the list of worst violators and it was his decision to take israel off the li

-israel relationship. if the u.s. priority is achieving a permanent two-state solution giving israel another reason for unease will not help that goal. so i want to ask you, what is the status of this re-evaluation and what is it based on? >> thank you, congressman engle. first, as you yourself have noted, the president was very clear in that interview and has consistently been clear that we are not reevaluating our bond with israel, our security and military relationship, the tremendous friendships that exist between the american people and the israeli people. i think what we are -- what we are engaging right now is a moment in which it's not exactly clear how progress toward a two-state solution is likely to be made. and so we are in daily touch, as you know with the israeli government, the israeli national security adviser is here in washington, i believe, still as we speak meeting with our national security adviser with the government now formed, we're deepening those discussion s discussions again about how we fi

under fire in israel. it is said that orange ones to withdraw from the country, and it sparked anger from israel, and one person even called for the french president to fire him. our reporter has more details. reporter: it should have been just an ordinary press conference. the comments of the chief executive of orange in egypt have landed him in hot water. ceo: our plan is to withdraw from israel. our intention is to cut this link. i want to secure the legal risk for the company. reporter: under a deal there partner uses the brand name for a fee. they had no direct stake in the israeli operation. still, it has come under pressure from human rights groups in france after they began building infrastructure on israeli settlements. the deputy foreign minister said she was taken aback by his comments appealing to him to refrain from siding with those who target israel. there is a 25% stake in orange and the cultural minister is appealing. >> i am calling on the french president to immunity fire the orange ceo

when israel did not give more israel was condemned. for for the 1st nine and a half months of that vaunted settlement freeze when jews were denied rights to property in an unbelievable slight and trampling, in fact, of our democratic rule of law civil rights of jews property rights jews property rights of jews because we are jewish, were denied's. because we did that we were supposed to be supported this to my show the international community the united states of america the truth and sincerity. but we but we got? nine months of the ten months freeze's they refused even sit down and negotiate. it's' release bloody offensive monstrous terrorist from prison terrorists who murdered our children's terrorists who murdered our parents terrorists to murder husbands and wives because they were murdered because they are jews. that is what he demanded. he demanded that from us. unfortunately the obama administration supported that demand. they blamed israel for not being sincere finally enough is enough and we would not go through with the 3rd t

: but for some arab citizens of israel, like arab actress and artist raida adon, israel can feel like a foreign land. adon's video artwork is featured in a gallery in the town of um el fahem. it's a part of israel known as the arab triangle, a string of israeli arab towns and villages close to the west bank border. with fifty thousand people, um el fahem is israel's second largest arab town. raida adon's film depicts the arab refugee exodus in 1948. but her message is for today. >> you cannot listen to their screams. there's no one hear their screams. and that's the situation here. no one hear us. no one seen us. when i'm talking with the jews, i'm not say to them that you are jealous, you make this, you take my land, you take, no. i want him just to listen to my sorrow. i want him to respect my identity and to respect my language and to respect everything that i am doing like i respect him. >> reporter: instead, a right- wing campaign ad during israel's march elections resurrected a long-running threat to expel some residents of the arab triangle. ariel to israel, um el fahem to pale

, who wish to put israel on their passport, to put israel on their passport. justice ginsburg: what about palestinians who were born in jerusalem and want to have palestine as their place of birth? that -- that existed until 1948, that option. ms. lewin: correct, justice ginsburg, because at that point there was, before 1948, a palestine. so the law was not going so far -- justice kagan: now, people can -- palestinians cannot american-born palestinians cannot do that. and that suggests that congress had a view, and the view was that jerusalem was properly part of israel. ms. lewin: and that is because this statute was dealing with an existing sovereign that you either remove from the passport or put on the passport. they weren't complicating the situation by putting in nonrecognized sovereigns or other entities. they said you either put it on or you take it off. we'll give you the choice -- justice alito: if an american citizen is born in barcelona spain, is that citizen allowed by the state department, to put barcelona as place of birth? ms. lewin: if they wi

when israel did not give more, israel was condemned. it doesn't matter that -- when jews were denied our right to property in an unbelievable trampling of our democratic rule of law, civil rights of jews and their property rights, because we are jewish, were denied in jerusalem. because we did that, we were supposed to be supported. we were supposed to show the entire international community first and foremost, the united states of america, the truth and sincerity of our intentions and desires for peace. what did we get? nine months of the 10 months of freeze one person refused to sit down and negotiate. what concessions did he demand? that we release monstrous terrorists from prison. terrorists who murdered our children, mothers and fathers and husbands and wives. murdered because they are jews. that is what he demanded. he demanded that from us. unfortunately, the obama administration supported that the man. then, they blamed israel for not being sincere in our desire to make peace because we said finally, and nothing is enough. we wi

in israel, 89,000 gaza proposal damaged. now point to go serious violations by both sides what do you think the israel government should do about this report, and how should it act in the future as a result of this? >> it's nice to see you lauren. i think there are a couple of things going on. for once, mr. netanyahu's rhetoric is exactly right. the human rights group does have a focus on israel. if you look at some of the work that iran does, north korea does against their citizen there is aren't the same kind of condemnation that israel receives. the second thing that israel needs to recognize going forward is the fact that now with palestinians making an icc move there is more the need to cooperate with the sort of investigations. sort of cartÉ blanche responsibles. we're not going to participate in this because it's not going to be fair. for the most part that is fact fully correct. but there is a need to participate and exchange information. >> on that point so far they've been asked to giver further information becaus

says israel keeps allowing soldiers to act with impunity and that investigation says that israel's military actions in gaza were legitimate. >> well not normally that we don't have a good legal system or an impartial system. the system is impartial, criticizes a government issues orders against the government. when israel has an investigation, it's impartial and effective. many judge advocate generals from other armies commented to the fact that israel has thorough investigations and took greater measure... >> i'm not sure that others would bra with that. i'm not sure that the u.n. report agrees with that. >> no... >> there's a slight delay in the conversation. i wanted to point out the findings of another investigation of israel was on a missile strike killing four children on the gaza beach. they claim it was a tragic accident. >> that's - as i said israel vetted it. it's a tragedy when civilians are killed and israel has been investigating such incidents. when you file rocket from a built-up area there'll be civilian strategies. hamas did this deliberately knowing if they fired rockets.

we'll have more on israel later in the broadcast. sudanese president haslett south africa despite attempts to keep him there as he faces an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes and are for. his departure to find a court order to remain in south africa as international criminal court weeks to try him for crimes including genocide. in hong kong, thousands of pro-democracy protesters have returned to the streets to demand free election. sunday's protest came three days before a vote by lawmakers on a reform package backed by the central government in beijing. it would let hong kong residents choose their city leader from restrict their options to candidates approved by a beijing-friendly panel. in japan, thousands of people rallied to protest japan's participation in the tpp, and to condemn prime minister shinzo abe's push to expand japan's military role. despite japan's pacifist constitution, enacted after world war ii, abe is backing legislation to let japanese troops fight overseas. his approval ratings have dropped to

he says he regrets sparking controversy in israel. he went on the record during a meeting with benjamin netanyahu. the chief executive of the french telecom says he will continue investing in israel. he is backtracking a little over a week after making the opposite statement. >> there to present his apologies, the orange c.e.o. met with benjamin netanyahu on friday after the israeli premier called out a telecom firm over suspicions they were planning to boycott the state of israel. >> it is the one country in the middle east where everyone is protected under the law equally. we seek a genuine and secure peace with our palestinian neighbors. but that can only be achieved through direct negotiations between the parties. it will not be achieved through boycotts and threats of boycotts. >> the row started a press conference in cairo in which he said orange would be withdrawing from israel, severing ties with israeli's partners licensed to use the orange brand. >> our intention is to withdraw orange brand from israel. >> remarks that spark

, nearly half of its condemnation, the specific countries have been towards israel and in israel, that's seen as an unfair singling out of israel compared to other countries in the region in the world earlier with barrel bombs in syria barrels being thrown out of helicopters. the feeling here is that the u.n. security council and the creation of this report has come about specifically to target israel as opposed to create a balanced report. saying that, as i mentioned the response has been measured from israel who said that they will look into the findings. >> reading through the cutdown version of the report doesn't seem as though it's biased against israel. let me read you the bit about accountability whichs the steps taken by strehl to investigate -- plops remain with respect to international standards. further changes are required to fulfill duties to investigate and prosecute and hold perpetrators accountable for violation of international humanitarian law and human rights law. it's basically saying that israel we know it's trying to do its best but needs to do more. >> the report h

what's the response been to the fact that israel has been taken off this report? >> reporter: there has been no formal israeli response and we are not ex-edging to hear one from the israelis. they normally don't respond to situations like this, particularly when they have, for lack of a better word, won. they are not on the list as we have been hearing from james that is very much because of lobbying from the united states and indeed from israel itself. but we have also not heard from the palestinian leadership as well. and that's notable because groups like hamas and other armed groupings aren't on this list as well. and it's very clear that the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon has wanted to distance himself from this ongoing conflict. but, again as we have been hearing in james' report, when you look at the numbers, it is quite baffling to many campaigners who are in the occupied territories, when you look at the number of dead, when you look at the number of schools that have been damaged many are questioning why israel is not on the list. >> yeah, i mean, i

-israel relations. we will have more coverage as soon as they have their panel discussion on the prospect of a two state solution in the israel-palestine conflict. it will set that up now and about 10 minutes or so. as we wait for that panel to begin, we will take a look at a week ahead in congress. this is our conversation that we had this morning on "washington journal." host: there are reports this morning that trade may came up in the legislative process. is that something you are hearing? guest: it sounds like trade could come up at the end of the week. there are a significant number of amendments that could come as they are debating a privations bills that could slow down the process before the end of the week, but there is sort of a gash now to get enough republican and democratic votes to pass this trade bill. democrats are stored of -- sort of struggling to get a dozen folks to get onboard with the trade bill. this is something to watch over the next few days. host: speaker boehner was asked if

for israel. and i think, you know, as far policies and how we're supposed to look at the two state solution and its continued viability, or lack thereof, i think it's important for us to understand the nature of the debate on this policy today in israel. on the one hand, 20 years ago the left won the ideological debate in issue. today and but for the past 20 years or so if you had about a three-fifths majority consistent partner support among israelis for the establishment of a palestinian state under certain conditions. on the other hand, the left cannot win an election. they cannot win an election as leftists at least when the let's go to elections indeed, it seeks to hide the fact that it is left. and the question is what explains this seeming contradiction? how can you have won the ideological debate and yet you fail to win elections? the reason that the left failed to win elections is because most israelis have come to understand on our backs through our horrific experience over the past 22

when israel didn't give more, israel was condemned. it doesn't matter for the first nine and a half months of that vaunted settlement freeze, when jews were denied a right to property in an unbelievable flight and trampling, in fact of our democratic rule of law civil rights of jews, property rights of jews because we're jewish, were denied because we're jewish in jerusalem. because we did that, we were supposed to be supported. we were supposed to show the entire international community first and foremost the united states of america the truth and sincerity of our intentions and our desire for peace. and what did we get? nine months of the ten months of freeze. abbas refuse today sit down and negotiate. when he finally came to the table was to try to squeeze additional concessions. which concessions does he consistently demand? that we release bloody offensive monstrous terrorists from prison. terrorists who murdered our children. terrorists who murdered our parents. terrorists who murdered our husbands and wives from prison because t

israel is describing this as good-will gesture and analysts say israel in the absence of talks between israelis and palestinians is trying to contain and absorb frustration by palestinians living under occupation and living under these restrictions but if you talk to palestinians who made the long journey here whether from the west bank or gaza they will tell you while they are happy about an opportunity to pray here which is considered a privilege for muslims they say that this is their right and the restrictions on their movement should not be placed by israel in the first place and that the rights to worship and the rights to movement is guaranteed by international law. >>> the u.n. says it needs $1.6 billion in humanitarian aid for yemen to prevent a catastrophe. it comes as the war in factions resume talks in geneva to try to reach a truce and both divisions are deep and scuffles on thursday when a shoe was thrown at head of delegation and we report from geneva. >> reporter: from the mountains of sanaa to the united nations office in geneva a journey that sums up the houthi rise t

the times of israel. israel slams politically motivated and morally flawed u.n. gaza report. the article says, israel on monday said it would seriously evaluate the united nations human rights council inquiry on the gaza conflict while politicians from left and right slam the international body for bias and declared that the international investigators lacked access to evidence. the article goes on down further the report is bias, said prime minister benjamin netanyahu, in response. israel is not perpetrating war crimes but rather protecting itself from an organization that carries out war crimes. we won't sit back with our arms crossed as our citizens are attacked by thousands of missiles. it says, quote, the article says, the human rights council, quote, in practice does everything but worry about human rights, unquote, the prime minister charged. quote, the commission spends more time condemning israel than iran, syria, north korea put together unquote. and it seems that these are the times that cry out for moral, pragmatic and unified response to the anti-semitism that's

at israel. 73 people died on the israeli side civics them civilians. our diplomatic editor jbz joins us fromjames baysjoins from washington. >> inquire y into the war the conflict that killed well over 2,000 people. the panel's findings criticize palestinian armed groups for extra judicial executions of those claimed to be collaborators. but there was particularly strong condemnation of israel's indiscriminate bombardment. >> the large number of family members dying together when their homes were struck in the middle of the night or as they were gathering for iftar meal. these attacks had the particular consequences for children, approximately 551 children died last summer. >> reporter: an israeli parliament in the knesset attacked the commission. >> the united nations human rights council has a singular obsession with israel and has passed more resolutions against israel than against syria, north korea and iran combined. in fact it has passed more resolutions against israel than against all the countries of the world combined. so israel treats this re

worked with israel and the european union to organize the first u.n. general assembly session on antisemitism in u.s. history where people of all faiths took to the podium to denounce anti-semitism and pledged to halt its alarming rise. and over the last two years they combat anti-semitism and our reform has countries and 37 communities to discuss the deteriorating situation and find new ways to combat anti-semitism wherever it exists. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, for over 100 years, ajc has led the campaign against intolerance, against injustice, against a false choice between security and peace for the state of israel. for what ajc has always known and what the world must now understand is that these issues don't just affect someone else. someone else's freedom, someone else's dignity and someone else's safety. they affect all of us each of us. they undermine our security. they defy our humanity and they call into question our most basic values and they're personal, and i have to tell you they're personal to me as well. last summer at the he

. >> reporter: activistst call for help as israel stops attempt to breach the naval blockade on gaza and dali-lama wows the crowds at one of the largest music festivals. ♪ share prices around the world tumbled in reaction to a growing crisis in greece where the banks and and stock markets shut down a week and wiped off the value of companies and germany's main stock exchange opened 4% down and bank customers in greece where greece closed the doors on monday they are desperate to stop a run on the banks and concern has been growing since the government announced referendum on bail out deal that want cutbacks in return to cash and in the past few minutes the president has been speaking about the crisis in greece and defending the eu and says the eu doesn't deserve criticism for not being able to reach a solution and says greece has an attitude not worthy of the great greek nation and the nation is not being given the true picture and we will speak to john in athens and john many greeks worried about the facts that banks have closed, the stock exchange has closed and they have restric

it's good to support israel. it's even better when it's difficult, and i want to praise the administration for standing with israel at the npt consensus review process, where in order to prevent actions chemical to israel would not only oppose the amendment goal actions but we opposed because we had to the entire agreement. so hopefully that answers the question as you have your when you committed to the ranking member that it is our position to veto one-sided anti-israel resolutions at the u.n. for president has recognized that involving the u.n. in the details of the peace process is not the way to advance peace. obviously, the u.n. might adopt a resolution that had a few noncontroversial provisions two-state solution peace and security for all. but would we be doing any u.n. resolution -- would we veto any u.n. resolution to try to codify the parameters of the peace deal and included controversial elements in that codification? >> thank you. i think that's a reprise of the congresswoman's question with a sligh

they cannot cross into israel for work or to go to the west bank. and the only exist is through egypt where people spend days at the border. felt like i left another country, you know? >> you went to another country. >> so you think i did the right thing? >> oh, forget it. >> forget it? >> yeah. >> they'll lynch you. you know? because they don't have too many trees. i don't know where they'll handing you from. >> i'm always eager to come here because this is my home. and then when i go back, i take with me a lot of guilt leaving these people behind. >> when are we going to get to the humane level? people should be incensed. not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe that rather than

reporter: israel wants to act through its own israel was forced to protect itself against him must attacks. israel is justice system rather than the icc. the palestinians hope the move will bolster their recognition on the international stage but they might find any just a slow in coming. the court proceeds at a glacial pace and israel doesn't recognize palestinian -- palestine as a state. posts: car bombs in the city of bonnie, islamic fighters are trying to retake the territory. kurdish fighters are backed by u.s. airstrikes. this is after a four-month siege. reporter: a red pickup truck drives along the border with co-bonnie. it's a then explodes. the footage was cut by a surveillance camera on the turkish side of the border and it shows part of the fresh offensive on go bonnie. quick some are saying they were disguised. and we should imagine that once a huge blast happens and it is causing much confusion. there was many blasts. and the jihadi fighters are still in the town. they are having street fights. reporter: they claimed the jihadists had crossed over from turkey. they traveled f

and we will soon start deliveries to israel of the f 35 joint strike fighter, making israel the only country in the middle east would you most -- with the most advanced fighter in the world. [applause] secretary blinken: this administration has also stood firmly with israel and its quest for peace with its neighbors. a prerequisite for long term stability and representation of true democracy and the jewish homeland. as president obama has routinely emphasize, the united states will never stop working to was the goal of two states working a living side-by-side for a democratic jewish state. taken together, these examples are reflective of a president added administration with the personal and abiding concern for israel security and its future. i can attest to this to you from direct personal experience. last summer, late on a thursday during the gaza crisis, when i was in my position at the white house, i got a call from wonderment. ron said i will like you to come over and see me. i said come on over now. he arrived at the white house a later on that evening, around 8:30 p.m.. he sai

spy ship by israel. people take the south korean capitol off their travel list because of concern of the mers out break and two nations bidding to host the 2022 winter olympics make their presentation to the ioc, details later on in sport. ♪ the u.n. has left israel and hamas off a report on countries and armed groups that violate children's rights in conflict. more than 500 palestinian children were killed in israel's bombardment of gaza last year diplomatic editor james base reports. >> reporter: the evidence is overwhelming, the aftermath of much destruction and deaths of children last summer in gaza was recorded on video. in total the u.n. said 540 children were killed yet u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon in his annual report around the world to security council has not included israel on damning group that kill children and armed palestinian groups were on the list in the original draft by the u.n. representative. >> the draft report had israel and palestinian arm groups on it the report you sen

ban ki-moon did not include israel. al jazeera understands israel and armed groups from on the list in the original group drown up by the -- drawn up by the u.n. special representative. >> the report had israel and others when it wept upstairs when it came down it wasn't on, is that true. >> yes the decision of the secretary general we prepare it. >> al jazeera learnt there was high level lobbying by israel, and the u.s. persuaded ban ki-moon to keep them off the list. >> there's no explanation. the overwhelming documentation should trigger a listing. >> should ban ki-moon bow to pressure. >> member states have never been shy to express their opinion, what should be in or out. whether it's this horp or previous years. it's the secretary-general's report. he stands by it. >> you need to read the full report to see the obvious contradictions. the report says the numbers of schoolchildren was the third highest anywhere in the world. the number of schools damaged or destroyed was the highest in 2014. you look at the annex.

report that black lists countries that harm children ex-clouds israel. >>> celebrating start of a new life we meet migrants that survived the grueling journey by bow to europe. >>> and facing destruction we visit thisville tank may be a sing of the past. >>> first to the fight against isil. iraqi forces backed by u.s.-led coalition air strikes have opened supply lines to the town of bay yi and the nearby oil refinery. the battle for the country's biggest refinery has been raging for months, beigy is located a the a extra telling i can cross records. the important got is not ready to declare the town as fully under isil. president obama says they do not have a full strategy. the u.s. president met the iraqi prime minister on the sideline of the g7 summit in germany. isil has continued to gain ground in iraq and serious despite months of u.s.-led air strikes. >> when a finalized plan is presented to me by the pentagon then i will share it with the american people. we don't yet have a complete strategy because it requires commitments on the part of the iraqis as well zeina khodr joins us

but i do agree that international mechanisms to hold israel accountable are really the only avenues of justice for palestinians to seek. it's clear that israel will not hold itself accountable for war crimes committed against the palestinian people. >> in that interview they did say they were trying to present two files. one on the settlement and one on war crimes in gaza. you're speaking to us from the u.s. we know that the u.s. does not want the palestinians to take israel to the icc and that also certainly congress would reflect that aid could be withheld from the palestinians if they do go ahead and try to do that. that is the current u.s. laws to punish the palestinians if they present a case to the icc. but there are other mechanisms as well in addition to the icc. one is this commission of inquiry, which is going to be submitted to the human rights council and look at israel's activities and actions in gaza last summer. that's another avenue to pursue. the problem with the obama administration is that it has wrongly cued to this viewpoint that israel is capable of examine and ad

has left israel and hamas on a report on countries and armed groups that violate children in conflict and 500 palestinian children were killed in gaza last year. and james base reports. >> reporter: the evidence is overwhelming. the aftermath of much of the destruction and the deaths of children last summer in gaza was recorded on video. in total u.n. said 540 children were killed and yet u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon in his annual report on children and armed conflict around the world to security council has not included israel on the damning list of countries and groups that kill children and al jazeera understand that israel and armed palestinian groups were on the list drawn up by the u.n. special repetitiveresent representative. >> it was on the report you sent up stairs and when it went downstairs it didn't have it on any more is that true? >> yes, this means the decision of the secretary-general we are supposed to prepare the decision of the secretary-general. we are not the one who decides it. >> reporter: al jazeera has learned there was high-level lobbying by israel and

and in the last hour, the israel prime minister has don dem today as a bias. >> israel treats this report as flawed and biased and urges all fair minded obamaers to do the same. israel will continue to uphold its commitment to laws, despite the brutal conflict of its enemies, and allegations of wrongdoing according to the highest international standards. >> let's go to ramada, the senior researcher for the human rights watch. bill, good to have you with us, and you've looked through this report and what do you make of it? >>> the report is very strong, and i think that you snow, viewers who are interested in what it actually says should read it. it's publicly available. and they should not listen to the denounceiations by prime minister netanyahu who i kind of doubt has gone through the report. strong in its evidence, and the number of case that's it looked at are in great detail. and the evidence backs up those conclusions, which are despite the attempted whitewashing of israeli of violations of the laws where they are accused of war crimes, the report takes all of those confuses and jus

is not on the list and we reported that israel was taken off of the list after a draft with israel on it was taken to ban ki-moon's office and then it was withdrawn. the security council is meeting all day, and we expect some of the member states are likely to raise the issue that israel is not on this list. ban ki-moon gave a general statement and then said i'm far too busy to take any of your questions and then walked off, and left us to ask questions to his special representative, and she was the one who said israel should be on the list. she said i will not answer that question. lauren, another interesting development in the last few hours on this is israel now has complained about the special representative and her office and says her office was guilty of misconduct because they didn't give israel enough information about what was in this report in advance, so it seems israel which is under attack here believes again that attack is the best form of defense. >> and so what are the potential repercussions from all of this? >> well i think that the thing that will come out of this a

reporter: israel wants to act through its own justice system rather than the icc. palestinians hope the move will bolster their recognition on the international stage. the court proceeds at a glacial pace and israel itself does not recognize palestine as a state. eve: rudy's -- baroody's vice president has defected to brussels. a runtranslator: i was no longer able to continue to support the attitude of the president of the republic and his desire to lead the people of burundi on this path. he launched his bid to run for a third term. that is illegal under the constitution. crisis has broken out. accompanied by demonstration. the crisis is taking a violent turn toward consequences foreshadowed by his allies and the international community. eve: spain has sent a formal request to britain for the extradition of rwanda's intelligence chief. general karink is accused of playing a part in reprisal killings. spain wants to investigate him in relation to the murder of nine spaniards who were working with refugees and want at the time. -- refugees in rwanda at the time. re

this year israel issued him a travel permit. he left his house to get to the crossing at dawn so he could reach jerusalem in time for friday prayers. praying there is a privilege for muslims on the first friday of ramadan. the only reason he was able to get a permit is auz israel is issuing them to gazans who are older than 60 years old. >> translator: i'm so happy that i'm finally going back. we need more easing for all gazans not just the elderly. we want to visit every day, not only on friday. >> reporter: palestinians will be allowed to pray on friday without a permit except for men under 40 who still have to apply to get one, women face to age restrictions. tens of thousands of palestinians have already applied for permits. >> translator: the least of our rights as palestinian is to be able to move without a permit. i have spent the last four days issuing permits, and it has been humiliating. we are entitled to movement every day without being blocked by anyone. >> reporter: israel says it's a goodwill gesture towards pales

his parents wanted israel listed as his country of birth. that is why the case came all the way to the u.s. supreme court. it's been the u.s. policy to not recognize any country having sovereignty over jerusalem. that is only thing that can be sorted out between the israelis and the palestinians. >> be draft being of a much delayed constitution. under the deal nepal will have eight different states. constitution was to be drafted in 2010 but the process has stalled because of political divisions. >>> to south korea now where seven people have decide from the middle east respiratory syndrome or mers, schools across screa have been closed in an effort to contain the disease. harry fawcett has more from seoul. >> this latest debt establishes aa pattern in the type of people worst affected by this virus. another elderly person, another person with a preexisting medical condition. 68-year-old woman who had chronic heart disease and suffering from breathing problems already when she presented herself to the hospital. sung sung medical center in so

and israel. washington journal looks at the lookahead -- weekend in congress. >> the house rules committee meets today to consider floor rules for the 2016 appropriations bill and a bill dealing with agricultural labeling of meat that originates abroad. we will see that it 5:00 eastern on c-span three. monday, he spoke to the jewish committee global forum about u.s. israel relations and the ongoing nuclear negotiations with iran. his remarks are 30 minutes. when john kerry broke his leg bicycling in france, we all prayed for his quick recovery. the complex negotiations of the iranian a drive for nuclear capability will come down to the wire. he had just been in switzerland and would be heading it back to europe again to continue the talks. the crisis in ukraine was escalating. we will here in detail about ukraine. isis was on a rampage. they were seizing population centers in iraq and syria. the coalition was waiting tough choices to defeat this growing peril to american interests. the ugly pheno