today the jewish state is demonized by the apartheid label. and charged with genocide. in what university does the genocide include warning the civilian population to get out of harm's way or ensure they receive tons of humanitarian aid, even as rockets are aimed at us or setting up a field hospital to aid their wounded? i suppose it's the same moral university where a man who wrote a dissertation of lies about the holocaust and who insists on a palestine free of jews, could stand at this podium and shamelessly accuse israel of genocide and ethnic cleansing. in the past, outrageous lies

against the jews were the precursors to the wholesale slaughter of our people. but no more. today we the jewish people have the power to defend ourselves. we will defend ourselves against the enemies on the battlefield. [applause] >> we will expose their lies against us in the court of public opinion. israel with it continue to stand proud and unbowed. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, despite the enormous challenges facing israel, i believe we have an historic opportunity. after decades of seeing israel as their enemy, leading states in the arab world increasingly recognize that together, we and

they face many of the same dangers. and principally this means a nuclear-armed iran and militant islamist movements gaining ground in the sunni world. our challenge is to transform these common interests. to create a productive partnership one that would build a more secure, peaceful and prosperous middle east. together we can strengthen regional security. we can advance projects in water and agriculture, in transportation and health and energy, in so many fields. i believe the partnership between us can also help facilitate peace between israel and the palestinians. now, many have long assumed that an israeli-palestinian peace can

help facilitate a broader rapprochement between israel and the world. but these days i think it may work the other way around. namely a broader rapprochement may help facilitate an israeli-palestinian peace and therefore to achieve that peace we must look not only to jerusalem and ramallah, but to abu daw dhabi, and ryad, politil material and other indispensable support. i am ready to make an historic compromise. not because israel occupies a foreign land. the people of israel are not occupiers in the land of israel.

history, archaeology and common sense, all make clear that we have had a singular attachment to this land for over 3,000 years. i want peace because i want to create a better future for my people. you about it must be a genuine peace. one that is chord in mutual recognition and enduring security arrangements. rock-solid security arrangements on the ground. because you see, israel withdraws from lebanon and gaza, created two militant islamic enclaves on our borders for which tens of thousands of rockets have been fired at israel. and these sobering experiences heightens israel's security concerns regarded potential

territorial concessions in the future. now, those security concerns are even greater today. just look around you. the middle east is in chaos. states are disintegrating. and militant islamists are filling the void. israel could not have territories from which it withdraws taken over by islamic militants yet again as happened in gaza and lebanon. that would place the likes of i.s.i.s. within mortar range a few miles of 80% of our population. now think about that. the distance between the 1967 lines and the suburbs of tel aviv is like the distance between the u.n. building here, and times square. israel is a tiny country. that's why in any peace agreement which will obviously necessity a territorial

compromise, i will always insist that israel be able to defend itself by itself against any threat. [applause] >> and yet despite everything that has happened, some still don't take israel's security concerns seriously. but i do and i always will. [applause] >> because as prime minister of israel, i'm entrusted with the awesome responsibility of ensuring the future of the jewish people and the future of the jewish state. and no matter what pressure is brought to bear, i will never waver in fulfilling that responsibility. [applause] i believe that with a fresh approach from our neighbors, we

can advance peace, despite the difficulties we face. see, in israel we have a record of making the impossible, possible. we've made a desolate land flourish and with very few natural resources, we've used the fertile minds of our people to turn israel into a global center of technology and innovation. and peace, of course, would enable israel to realize its full potential and to bring a promising future not only for our people, not only for the palestinian people but for many, many others in our region. but the old template for peace must be updated. it must take into account new realities and new roles and responsibilities for our arab neighbors. ladies and gentlemen, there is a new middle east. it presents new dangers.

bud also new opportunities. israel's prepared to work with arab partners and the international community to confront those dangers, and to seize those opportunities. together we must recognize the global threat of militant islam. the primacy of dismantling iran's nuclear weapons capability and the role of arab states in advancing peace with the palestinians. all this may fly in the face of conventional wisdom. but it's the truth. and the truth must always be spoken. especially here, in the united nations. [applause] isaiah, a great prophet of peace, taught us nearly 3,000 years ago in jerusalem, to speak

truth to power. lamancion, [ for the sake of zion i will not be silent. for the sake of jerusalem i will not be still. until our justice shines bright and our salvation glows like a flaming torch. ladies and gentlemen, let us light a torch of truth and justice to safeguard our common future. thank you. [applause] >> benjamin netanyahu, israeli prime minister delivering his speech to the annual general assembly in new york. listening to every word of that i know our diplomatic editor james bays.

james some blistering rhetoric there. >> reporter: that's exactly what it was. i don't think we heard anything particularly new from the israeli prime minister. but as usual, very carefully chosen words, tough words by the israeli prime minister directed to the palestinian president among others. our marwan is with us, let's start at the beginning, where it was militant islam is on the march. i.s.i.l. is hamas, hamas is i.s.i.l. a very simple message or was it a very simplistic one? >> both and actually it resonates with many. but not at the united nations. so a lot of the people who were clapping for this were that people who came from new york. the zionist americans listening through the prime minister. i don't think there's a consensus let alone the support here at the united nations for

this kind of rhetoric. having said that, repeated on al jazeera, i.s.i.s. is at your service. it works for netanyahu, it works for obama and all the people who have done injustice to the region. so netanyahu is now using i.s.i.s. just as moalim of syria used it. basically covering up what others have referred to as crimes in palestine or syria. as you have said, some of his points and others, i.s.i.s. check, iran check, righteous israel check, antisemitism, check. far more aggressive way than we ever heard before. >> on iran he said that the policy and the tone many had seen a change with president rouhani and foreign minister zarif and he then said, really?

>> that's right for him the israel's enemies or nemesis in the region they are not to be reformed they are not to be changed they are not to be opened up to the world. so israel's very sensitive about the question of iran now that iraq is destroyed, now that syria is destroyed. the last nemesis for israel in the region now for egypt transformed by al-sisi, now as before, there is a sunni terrorism extremism and a shiite terrorism extremism. it refreshes international community's memory that israel still has two enemies, both sunni and shiite islam. >> of course we have the war in gaza, 2,000 palestinians killed in that war and still no permanent peace deal in gaza. when he talked about gaza and about those deaths he said the faculty that israel may have used excessive force, including

the u.n. high commissioner for human rights were libelous charges. >> international media as well as you and diplomats have condemned israel's war in dpooz it was seen as an -- in gaza it was seen as a aggressive war, you would blame the victims for their own death. this is the thing we have heard during the gaza war during the months of july and august, israel has nowhere to go but to say it is those who we occupy those who we kill are responsible for their own death. >> how do you think those sitting in the room from the countries around the world are going to react to the fact that he condemned one of the u.n.'s own bodies the human rights council, i know it is controversial but calling it the terrorist rights council? >> you know it's quite revealing that despite the fact that the u.n. has not moved, for example, to recognize the palestinian state yet, talking about the

security council, despite the fact that israel has become a state thanks to the united nations resolution, it is a creation of the united nations, yet the israeli prime minister does not hide his animosity his hatred. he thinks of the united nations as an enemy because there is a consensus over the occupation and prime minister does not want to de-occupy palestine. what did he do instead? by the way this will be the most important political message of that. the demonization of abbas, the person who wrote this kind of thesis who said these kinds of things, this means a total breakup in the negotiations. i cannot imagine going back in the negotiations with the palestinian leader after the words we've heard today. >> very interesting, marwan bashara joining us, he suggests the palestinian negotiations should follow in the wider

negotiations, the palestinian president also said things should proceed in a differently level, he wants the u.n. to come up with a different program, no progress between the two sides, looking pretty grim in terms of peace negotiations as marwan was saying between israel and the palestinians. >> james bays outside the u.n. headquarters building. thank you. here in the studio is martin riordan, vice president of the ssufan group. to pick up on some of the points that james did not cover with marwin bashar, the fact that this whole conflict or this phase of the conflict in this region is showing up the most unlikely of bed fellows there,

lobbies between israel and some of the arab states. >> i think he wants to play on the goodwill that a number of the arab countries that had differing foreign policies vis-a-vis iraq and syria now they have a common policy at least with i.s.i.l, to use that energy to help resolve the issue between palestinians and the israelis. but i think in the end it's going to come down to -- it's going to be give and take on the both sides. the israelis are going to have to give and take, the palestinians are going to have to give and take. >> he was equating wasn't he, a nuclear iran with islamic extremism. it was basically -- sunni extremism it must be said. was he aligning himself with the more moderate sunni states within the region? >> he was. and even those comments that goes in line with previous speeches that he has made

before. you know, iran is a threat, a nuclear iran is even more of a threat but you know take advantage of the -- everybody's concern now the attention now given to i.s.i.l. and compare that with iran. >> anything else really stand out for you? there are a lot of familiar themes obviously but anything else grab you? >> interesting, his comment that israel can never retreat or never give up territory that can be taken over by radical islamists was the term he used. interesting that he would say that because the whole issue of going back to the two-state solution with the pre'57 borders that would basically say that israel could never accept the pre-'67 borders . >> thank you very much, martin riordan. there have been more tensions on the border between syria and fighter from the islamic state of iraq and the levant, i.s.i.l, are now within

five meters of kobani. turkish tanks have been positioned, in the hills, and mortars from both sides, stephanie decker is there. >> more firing in kobani. intensifying the anger on the turkish side of the border. many kurds have come to protest, saying the government hasn't done anything to stop the assault. >> translator: we are protesting because i.s.i.l. and the turkish government are collaborating against the kurds. if kobani falls we won't care about the turkish government. >> reporter: they were soon dispersed and some were injured. the security forces here are taking no chances on a border area that is already extremely tense. turkish forces have now pushed

the protesters back upper that hill. they have managed to push them further and further away from kobani. mortar shells are landing in kobani and as we were filming a mortar from syria just landed just across the road from us. the turkish army has had a heafy presence but has not responded. will of i.s.i.l.'s positions, it's this proximity. >> we are at risk. the turkish government should intervene. >> president recep tayyip erdogan said he will respond to i.s.i.l. by sundown on monday a visible change in military positioning for the first time. these turkish tanks are now facing the town of kobani.

7 any decker along turkey's border with syria. >> the white house says they have a certain amount of sympathy for protesters in hong kong, they are watching the situation rather closely but urging restrain. the president's spokesman says the legitimacy of the chief executive could be enhanced. tens of thousands of prodemocracy protesters, police have used some tear gas against them, on sunday night. demanding chinese government officials stop creating the list of candidates they can use. divia, our correspondent in the

midst of the protests. it's the early morning divia. what's the situation? >> martine, it seems like more and more people are joining the protests. now and then you will are hear a cheer, at trucks coming in with extra provisions, extra food. echoing what these people want, the people want to choose their own leader. protests calling on beijing as who will rule hong kong or govern hong kong and current chief minister c.y. lunge to step down -- lung to step down. plenty of pictures, with fangs and other derogatory pictures. as for the atmosphere here it's

largely festive. there you go, you can hear a little bit of a cheer behind me. there seems to be threat, police fired tear gas to try and remove these people from the streets here. >> decency you could never see on the mainland, i'm sure, people in hong kong already do enjoy a great deal of freedom don't they? >> martine that is the interesting thing. hong kong turned to the one country two system policy under beijing, they have their own limited democracy one would call it, they have their own governance. they're allowed widespread internet usage unlike in china, i hear in china they shut down instagagram and other things, so they won't know what's happening in hong kong. people have never fully known democracy. if they didn't grow up under a

colonial system they grew up under hong kong system with very much beijing dictating the way the area is going to go. yes, you are right, you will never see these kinds of protests around china but china and beijing have very clearly said look we're holding up our part of the bargain, when hong kong came back to beijing in 1987,. >> all right thank you now k divia our correspondent on scene in hong kong, as divia was alluding to, demands for more address are illegal. and the communist party is warning against any external interference and emphasizes that it won't tolerate any dissent. adrian brown reports, as divia

has mentioned, these have been blocked. >> reporter: choip's >> reporter: china's leadership has been being restrained. >> we firmly oppose any country that represents the occupy central movement in any way. >> reporter: the student led protests in hong kong bring up unfriendly memories of 25 years ago when the occupation of tienanmen square ended in bloodshed. but what will the rest of china do if unrest continues in hong kong where it has 6,000 soldiers? >> one doesn't need to go to the last step. very pragmatic. people in hong kong in my best judgment will come to the

realization that peace and stability are more precious than chaos and instability. >> reporter: but is this another hint of government thinking? the article says china's armed forces could restore order in hong kong. it appeared on the website of the global times newspaper but has since been deleted. most people told us they were unaware of what was happening in hong kong. the few who did know the protests had gone too far. >> i think they have a legal right to protest but occupying the city center is too aggressive, there have to be outside forces. >> strict media controls have been tightened. not airing any images and the photo-sharing service instagram has now been blocked. taper out, experience are, insisting it will never give in

to the protesters' demands. a display of solidarity by students in taiwan. the island china regards as a break-away province. its president, spoke to al jazeera before the hong kong protesters, insisting beijing must be prudently in how it handles dissent. >> translator: it is only crucial for hong kong, the people of taiwan are watching. >> no one is watching are closer than china's government. adrian brown, beijing. >> let's go to yemen now, killing add least eight houthi fighters, this follows death of 20 houthi rebels on sunday, they were called bying fighters from al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. after taking control of large parts of the capital in sanaa.

al jazeera continues to demand the release of its two journalists imprisoned in egypt. peter greste, mohamed fahmy and baher mohamed have been imprisoned 275 days, they are wrongly accused of are favoring the outlaw muslim brotherhood. peter greste and mohamed fahmy got seven years, baher mohamed got an additional three years for a spent bullet in his possession. ashraf ghani believes, corrupt officials be removed. if the people want a government without corruption. jennifer glasse reports. >> protecting the people of

afghanistan. ashraf ghani is sworn in. ghani swore in his first and second vice presidents then signed a decree creating a new job, chief executive. to be filled by his former rival, abdalla abdalla. the two have been locked in a dispute, that have delayed the inauguration for more than three months. now they must work together for a unity government. >> based on the agreement of national unity government we are in the government of the sake of reforms in all political and social sectors we are together. afghanistan today needs national unity security and prosperity based on the agreement for national unity, economic development and administrative reforms. as required by the nation of afghanistan we are committed. >> reporter: ghani echos.

>> if we want a rule of law, the high level officials who are involved in corruption should be removed so we can have a transparent judicial system and for all those cases which are still pending, a committee should be formed to review them. >> and promised a new type of relationship with international partners. the new president acknowledged his government had much to do and the job won't be easy. >> we have this big security challenge. we have a huge economic challenge that needs to be contaminate-contaminate -- tackd immediately but overall rule of law needs immediate attention. >> reporter: before the ceremony hamid karzai pledged to help the new government in its transition. afghans confidence in plosion

politicians have been shaken. new leaders promise to leave the past behind. in the days ahead there will be a new cabinet and a chance to show afghans the new unity government can work together. jennifer glasse, al jazeera, kabul. humanity and we are doing it through unique ways. this is a show about science by scientists. let's check out our team of hardcore nerds. i am phil torres, an entymologist. from base can camp, we are on the scene after raging wildfire. the scientists who go directly