food. >> advocates of urban farming hope that their success will help inspire more cities to join the movement. this is al jazeera america, live from new york city, with a look at today's top stories. >> we will be vigilant, but we will not run scared. >> heightened security and surveillance in canada, as police try to piece together why a gunman opened fire in parliament. the act is raising concerns the country is being targeted for leading the coalition in isil. academic fraud on a

renowned campus. spanning over 20 years. students allowed to coast through, fake classes. we are learning more about the gunman today, as they try to determine his motive. the mother of shooter michael spoke out today saying i am mad at my son. had not seen for more than five years before that. he shot and killed a soldier. officials say the 32-year-old was born michael joseph hall, at some point he changed his name and converted to islam. officials revoked his passport. he had a string of convictions for assault, robbery, and others.

and said that canada will not be intimidated. >> we will be vigilant, but we will not run scared. we will be prudent, but we won't panic, as for the business of government, well, here we are, in our seats, in our chamber in the very heart of our democracy. both can and the united states are on high alert. the fbi is hoping authorities with the investigation, john joins us live now. john, police officials just finished a press conference there. what came out of that? they have just finished that news conference, and the main point to come out of it was that the royal canadian mounted police have just confirmed that the man who shot the reserve soldier nathan yesterday, and who was shot in the halls of the parliamentary building here was indeed 32-year-old michael

zahaf. the media has been reporting his name, but the police have not confirmed that. until within the last 15 minutes. he was a canadian citizen, and may have had joint citizen ship as well seeking a passport, and that was on october the second. now, he applied for a passport, and he came to federal deception because of that. there were no serious issues with his application, although there was a background, drug, violence, and other activities. but the royal police confirming and stressing that michael was on the 90 person high risk travelers list. though he had come to the authorities attention. but he wasn't on the 90

person high risk travelers list. they say also he may have had contact with an individual or individuals who was on that list. a spokesperson from the ottawa police, and his main message was to confirm to the people that ottawa is now secure. >> you have already seen an increase presence of police. that will continue in the days ahead. as we ensure all necessary resources are deployed. our members are fully committed to the security of the community and we will keep the city safe. >> it is hardly business

as usual, burgeon is putting on a brave face. there are fewer customers in the hair dressing store, and that goes for most. and he spoke with all his members by phone. >> in the moment now is everybody because there's so many police, and their cars in the street. they will be back, you know. ottawa has been the city for everyone to live in, and safe, and -- together it will make it a strong city. >> thursday began on a system beer note, with tears flowing at the national war memorial, where the 24-year-old reservist was gunned down autopoint blank range. members of the house of commons gathered to pay tribute to the fallen sol, many breaking into a spontaneous rendition of o canada. the national anthem.

>> later ever inside, the new hero, kevin vickers led a parade of politicians into the house of commons chamber, where he received a standing ovation. it was the sergeant in armed that shot and killed the gunman inside the building. in the chamber, stephen harper made a speech, we sid on opposite sides but we aren't enemies setting the tone a united canada. >> jo looking the shooting site, business is brisk, the landlord says before they opened this morning, his staff who was september home earlier, shows affection for one another in the spontaneous way we are very blessed to be canadian, if i think the people are bonding together, this morning when we started our preshift meeting we ended it with a group hug, and

i think you are seeing a lot of that. that is about to end, a little bit quarantined off. >> what are we learning about the fallen soldier? >> his name, of course, is nathan villa.

and also, that -- it's unfortunate, that he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. he had a gun with him. but because it is a ceremonial duty, the gun would not fire. appreciate it, thank you. >> on two canadian soldiers have stunned canadians. the incident showed the country is not safe from attack. officials are now taking a closer look at how the country responds to these situations. there's clearly a deep sense of sadness. this is a community that is in mourning. i had the opportunity to go to the site where corporal nathanville low was gunned down yesterday. and there were hundreds of people out there,

paying their respects. there's a mountain of flowers layed at the site where he was killed and over the hours as this continues to build. >> what is the government doing to improve security in the wake of this. >> it goes so though that canada is not immune to act of terrorists that means beefing up antiterrorism laws, this will be done in many ways giving bauer to the police and military forces here. i had the opportunity to talk to several residents here about what they think about beefing up security, and many of them say they are for it but they are concerned about the consequences

take a listen. >> i don't think they need to ramp it up. i think it is a little alarming that he got an apartment building so easy, so they should obviously they will do something there. now to ebola outbreak. she has shown no trace of the virus in her system, so she will be transferred out of violation, however, vincent will remain at emery university hospital in atlanta for further treatment, she likely contracted ebola from a liberian man who died from the virus at a dallas hospital. the american public seems to have a severe lack of confidence in the health

officials responsibility for stopping the spread of ebola. let's take a look by the numbers. and just 18% have deep confidence that they can treat ebola patients. since air strikes began. how can i go, i am coughing. the syrian observatory for lue man rights says nearly 500 of them were isil fighters. 32 civilians my apologies i am going to try to work through this. 32 civilians were allegedly killed six of them were children, the u.s. has denied any

knowledge. overnight, and early today, air strikes hit isil targets around the most, and in the cities, beijing, and co barney. bernard smith has more. killed defending their town. it's filling up. today, there will be three more barriers. like most here, want wantso show solidarity. but the first time she came, it was to bury her husband. he was martyred he wouldn't leave, unless it was as a martyr. i hope the blood of these martyrs won't be wasted and that he will be freed. then i can go home, and

take my husband with me. some may not even know that their son or husband had been buried today. the graves are shallow. and the fighting is over, the kurdss want to move the bodies and bury them at home. the curds need reenforcements but there's no indication when they may arrive. but neither side making much head way, on the turkey syria border. it comes as they promise to take the fight to isil. the defensive would lead them. but as it sends troops it

may have trouble holding on to it's own positions. these are touch downish fight evers firing close to the city. they are struggling to defend the front line. across iraq. >> is the regional government has ordered to help win back control of the town on the turkish syrian border. but there are questions over whether freeing troops could further weaken defenses. winter off brings thick cloud cover, and that could maaco legislation air strikes more difficult.

we are asking for immediate help as the season changes. we need more changing and the weapons they can stop on the ground. >> sending to the turkish border comes with strict conditions. stimie turkey and the coalition. those insure occurrences that the weapons will not fall into the hands of other kurdish groups. exactly how many are going has not been disclosed. the fight taking control certainly has risked. >> to the down is vital, if they are to win it back from the control of isil fighters. however, their demands

here for more force evers and greater training to try and defend the front line here in iraq, shows just what a risk sending those forces could be al jazeera the u.s. government is moving to hit them where it hurts by following the money. mike joins us now, what are we learning today about the network of funding? well, we have heard from a top official, tony, his name is david coen. and he is in charge of anti-terror and the financial networks that finance isil and other terrorists groups. basically he skies it is among the most well financed groups in the world. their problem, they have a lot of money coming in, but they also have a lot of money going out, as they try to hold this territory, in short, they have a lot of overhead. let's take a look at the revenue streams as they were layed up? two separate appearances

today. $1 million a day, until the air strikes the coalition started hitting in august. $1 million a day that's in oil revenues alone. $20 million in ransomes this year, and tony, this is something that the united states has spoken out against many times. saying they will not pay ransom, because it encouraging the taking of more hostages. other key points, they rob banked. they loot crops. they sell antic witties on the black market. also, they sell girls and women as slaves. when it comes to isil, also, who are their donors how are they raising money. social media is a big component of how they are raising money online, tony. >> what, a number in the neighborhood of 15,000 foreign fightingers with

isil, how does their ability to raise money help them bring in even additional fighters. >> well, it is an interesting point. how, it take as lot of money to bring most of them over. david cone spoke to this issue here at the white house a little earlier today. isil can you some funds. which is one of the reasons that we are focused on keeping isil out of the financial system. because their ability to fund someone who wants to travel from wherever, into iraq and syria, that's made easier if they can send a wire transfer. tony, they are taking a lot of money in, but here is an example of the overhead.

am incredible expense as they try to hold that, just to keep the city running tony. >> all right, mike, thank you. for the second time in a month, a person was arrested for climbing over a wall at the white house. t.v. news camera caught this last night. secret service agents promptly arrested 23-year-old dominic. but not before he kicked two police dogs, the doggings are just fine. he faces felony charges for assaulting the dogs and making threats. >> in nigeria, kidnappers have snatched 25 more girls from a remote town, the new abductions shatters the hopes waiting for the return of more than 200 girls kidnapped in april. >> if you think yoest girl abducted in april was 14. the older 20 he is trying

to make more the 200 young women aren't forgotten, three of his nieces were kidnapped that night. this time another niece. >> there has been an abduction of women, that went too far. literally -- it happened. all he said is they are just waiting, this insurgence shot in the air, which is typical. and drop of wood a lot of women with yelling. >> the nigerian government says the missing school girls will be rest are cued soon. officials also insist the cease fire with boko haram is still in place, despite attacks still happening in some parts of the northeast. >> we believe that the

ministry stimconstant con contact tact, i am aware of. and i don't think that we will -- derailing the cease fire. >> desperate family members and friends say they were told by government officials that children would be released by monday this week. latest tuesday. that didn't happen. they don't want to consider the point their daughters may not come home. >> i don't want to think about that, you understand. for parents that have waited, waited for over six months, to be told that finally they are coming back home, and then get to hear that it is not so. i just don't want to think about that at all. boom are anxious and fear for their children, but they say they won't give up, until the school

girls are found, all they can do is wait and hope. al jazeera. >> an academic scandal, spanning nearly two decades. thousands of students at u.n.c. chapel hill, breezing through fake classes with top grades. details, next.

were allowed to coast through, fake classes. for nearly two decades. fake classes. roxanne that has more on this, advisors pushed kids to take classes that weren't really classes al all. they were called paper classes or no show classes. and this went on for 18 years. the idea was to keep them eligible to play sports. >> the university of north carolina has long been an ncaa power house, but that image is now stained. by a report that details nearly two decade long scam, designed to keep student athletes playing.

more than 1.5 million documents reveal that between 1993 and 2011, were they didn't even have to show up. the investigator says they earned as and bs regardless of the quality of their work. was to write a single paper, and most importantly, or as importantly, at the end of the process, when they termed in the process, and handed out liberally high grades. there this email to a basketball counselor, she referred to a students grade, saying the d will be fine. that's all she needs. i didn't look at the paper. she worked in the african-american stubbeddies department, chaired by this man, the report found that the scandal ended when they retired.

i want to underscore there is a clear distinction between the then and now. mr. wayne steen's investigation shows us that bad actions of a very few, and inaction of many more, failed our students and our faculty, and our staff. and it undermined our encity fusions. >> release followed allegations and also former student athletes and a former administrator, but tony, it is important to note, this wasn't only athletes there were others involved out of these 3100 students or so taking these fake classes about half were with athletes. >> all right. appreciate it. ahead we will talk to a former unc football player. stocks rose today on better than expected earnings news. the s&p 500 rose about 24-points and the nasdaq gains about 70 points. lawmakers want a limited recall of cars with

faulty air bags to be expanded nationally. air backings could rupture in the a crash causing shards of metal to go flying. now the problem seems to be worse when the humidity is high, the recall has been limited to states that have high humidity levels. but two senators wanted to be nationwide, so far 12 million cars have been recalled. new security tape released of the gunman, and the canada shootings we will have that for you, plus talk to a member of parliament about how the nation moves forward, and in power politics what may be the most brutal attack ad of this midterm election season.

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experts about people, and al jazeera has really tried to talk to people, about their stories. we are not meant to be your first choice for entertainment. we are ment to be your first choice for the news. can can police have just released new video of the

shooting rat the parliament building. you can see him here, in the spot circle. driving up to the parliament building and running inside with the weapon. you can see people rushing away from the shooter, once inside officials say he exchanged fire with police, then was killed by the sergeant at arms. kevin vickers along with you. >> police also said today they have found no connection between the two separate attacks. on the soldiers this week. pretty dramatic stuff there, joining us now is senator jim munson, he was under lock down yesterday at the canadian parliament, good to talk to you i know you weren't present at the parliament session, the house of louders but you listened to it, you watched it. describe what you saw? the mood of it? and the tone of the pm's statement, and your reaction. >> it was tony, a mood of unity in the country and the house of commons today.

and by the way, we do have a senate, so we did sit as well and had remembered some -- the slain soldier. but to watch prime minister and his speech, to watch the official opposition leader, and the other leader justin the liberal party, come together it really brought this nation together. to see the three leaders hugging and sharing that moment, i watched it, and i was just down the hall, and when they all got together to sing o canada, i had a lump in my throat. it is one of those moments in this country, as you know, a slain soldier anywhere in the world, is very troubling, be new this country, we aren't used to that. we see it in afghanistan a few years ago, we lost one with hundred or so soldiers that was tragic. be uh to have a solve that was with behind me, at this monument, to fall on the town of the unknown soldier and so

now we have the known soldier, so it is changed this country i think forever. >> okay. you know, i know this is often a question that's ridiculed as being trite, but i will ask you anyway, how do you feel -- what is your sense of your constituents, what are you hearing and feeling. as you travel today. this is supposed to happen somewhere else. it is a classic reaction, so i think people are in disbelief as they walk around, a lot of discussion about it. the city is beginning to return to normal. this is a political town, but the tweets and the social media, it is almost everybody is coming together just to be save, and we have to move on, because we can't allow this kind of thing

to stop us from doing what we with do here. i guess the fear from those of us that work in parliament hill, or journalists that cover parliament, is that it may turn into some sort of fortress for a while. i hope not, but we will have a different look. we will have a hill that perhaps looks like capitol hill, or westminster. with gentlemen with machine guns and so on. >> if i remember our conversation correctly, did you tell me that you spent some time as a journalist. do i remember that correctly. yes, i do. i was form correspondent for 15 years. >> let me have you put your journalist hand on. clue me in, to some of the information you are hearing, you are getting, from what you consider to be reliable sources? what are you learning in terms of information about the shooter.

the royal mounted police, and the issue there is a passport issue. as you were making talking about the connection, the quebec police and the investigating the man who ran over the two serviceman outside of montreal, he was denied his passport, so he is denied his passport, what does he do? it is a radicalized terrorist, so to speak. he takes his vengeance out. the person who was killed here yesterday, i have to be careful about this, but i think he was in the process of getting his passport, hasn't received it, but once again, if he wasn't going to get it and if he was under some sort of surveillance, then where do you go? to take out your misguided deeds?

p because i hate how we in my business, your former business, spend so much take talking about the attacker, what are you learning today about the fallen reservist? 24 years of age. i have a son who is 26. that is what comes to mind when you think after how young this man is. and leaving a child. and there's some really heartbreaking pish churrs of i think one of his dogs that this is master. the fact that he was -- standing there doing his honored duty as guard duty, which is very basically a ceremonial duty, and standing here doing his job, that he loved his job. upon reflection, it is one family's loss, but it is canada's loss.

are -- is there any indication yet, and member you have answered this that monday's attack and yesterday's attack are related in anyway? i can't answer that, that's up to the security forces i don't have any intelligence in that regard. what does the discussion, maybe it is a debate, look like in your country in the months ahead inform the after math of this. >> i did work for former prime minister, and i have been in some of those, and let me tell you, some things they don't want to tell you in what they want to do is another world.

dealing with police power evers, i have no doubt they will be taking a hard look at our security and our surveillance, and probably ask for new and empowered legislation, if i can put it that way. to make this country can safer. whether we with need more of this is another question, because there is that balance between human rights and the power of security how rigorous do you expect this debate to be? canada has had pretty prominent instances are the government actually suspendedded some civil liberties some civil rights to combat terror threats and i am thinking back on the october crisis, in 1970. well, i am so old i covered that. in montreal, the flt crisis at that particular type. and that was a major

debate in this country. here we had prime minister a chriss t maic libertarian, who envoaked the war measures act, which meant it gave the state the power to arrest anybody. he didn't have to have a reason. so a lot of people were with rounded up at that time in montero, from city counselors to social activists to journalists. and that upset a lot of people and this country doesn't forget that. we do have a humanitarian heart, and to move into that kind of scene, i don't think that's going to happen based on this senator, thank you for your time. was under lock down yesterday, was kind enough to speak with us yesterday. good to speak with with you again, thank you for your time. >> yep. >> in today's power politics. 12 with days until midterm election day, and the 2014 cycle according to the latest numbers is now the most expensive mid term. david joins us.

>> the center for responsive politics a group that tracks the data is now projecting that total spending in this election, will reach $4 billion. the candidates and parties alone will combine to spend about $2.7 billion, outside groups many of whom are not required to report their numbers until the end of the year are expected to spend $900 million that is close to the one with .3 billion spend by outside groups in 2012, which was a presidential election year. and both candidates are on the defensive over guns. she carries around a hand gun to defend herself from the government. she will not talk about that remark. and democrat bruce bailey is getting hammered by the national rifle association in television ads after bailey denied he knows michael bloomberg the former mayor of new york that runs the gun control advocacy group. >> i have never met

michael bloomberg. >> look at this. bailey and bloomberg, both at the same event. bailey staff even said so. bailey and michael bloomberg working together to take away your freedom. >> in the kansas city campaign, pat roberts is trying to hang on in a tough battle against independent candidate greg orman, orman is a former democrat and is now facing an intense series of attacks linking him, to president. obama. >> kansas need as senator who will stand up to barack obama. greg ormon helped elect obama. >> there are a couple of campaign ads that have just been released. in the illinois governor campaign between democrat incumbent, and republican changer bruce roner, african-american voters are being reminded of roner's employment

practices. do you know how many professionals work at billionaire bruce rounders investment firm. 51 people, do you want to guess how many of them are african-american. none. zero. not a single african-american. why do you suppose that is. >> he told local television stations it was because he couldn't find african-american whose were qualified. the illinois campaign is a dead heat. another close race, the 11th congressional district, and this campaign now features the most brutal ad of the 2014 election cycle. the republican candidate dave trot used to own the larger fore closure mill law firm. foreclosure king has made millions forecast closing

on families. as tens of thousands were evented from their homes. people like 101-year-old mrs. hall las. thrown out of her home of 50 years and left on the street. foreclosure king trot, he has caused too much misery to represent us in congress. >> brutal stuff, the trot campaign says his firm was followed instructions to foreclose. as the woman in that ad, her case was with taken up two years ago, and six months later hall las was allowed back into her home, which album and others had helped to fix uhm. hall las guy hall las dies earlier this year, even republican strategist rack knowledged the ad has crushed his election chances. and that is today's power politics. >> boy, we had to run -- okay, i have to go, because i have been taking to much time here. all right, thank you. coming up, haitians calling on a judge to allow a lawsuit against

after thousands of people have etracted cholera and died. we will talk to the lead attorney in the case that's next.

haitians want a new york judge to allow a lawsuit to go forward.

more than 700,000 people in haiti have contracted cholera, and some 8,000 have died. last year documentary series revealed shocking details pointing to the responsibility. the emmy award winning film was with the first of the victims. her relatives are worried the journey down the mountain might kill her. they were going to wait until later, but we with have offered to give them a lift, and drive them down the mountain to the nearest treatment center. thigh decide to make a run for it, taking in turns to carry her on the rice fields to where the road begins. this is haiti in the time of cholera.

communities living in fear. each day a new race for survival. she did reach the clinic before losing her strength, but in the end it wasn't enough. powerful stuff, one of the first steps for haitians who want to hole the u.n. responsibility, what's the laities. >> well, tony, the lawyers representing haitian and haitian american cholera victims some 5,000 of them, were in court today trying to do what no one with has successfully done before them. and that is sue the united nations. they argue that the u.n.'s long standing immunity from prosecution immunity that is ensloned in numerous agreements should be waived in this case. because the u.n. has failed so egregiously to do anything to address the complaints. >> in a country where one

in ten has access to a toilet, and what they don't understand is why they didn't take precautions from transmitting to the disease to their country in 2010, when al jazeera videotaped sewage leaking from the then lebanese base into a nearby river. and why it now refuses to compensate the thousands who have lost their loved ones and their livelihoods. >> what we are trying to do is mobilize as many resources as we have. the u. n. says it's education efforts have helped reduce the number of new cases by 76%. so far this year. but critics say the u.n. mission in haiti has done little to improve

sanitation. >> as a sanitation practitioner, who has been in this field in haiti for eight years, i have not personally witnessed any project that they have undertaken. >> the u.n. denied responsibility and has refused to hear the complaints of thousands, who filed a class action lawsuit against the international organization. but plaintiffs argue that that doesn't absolve the u.n. of it's responsibility to compensate victims of it's negligence. >> lawyer bruce who handled the u.n. liability claims from 1995, to 2000 and five, agreed. >> unity is a shield not a sword. it protected you so you can do the job you needed to do, but it didn't allow you to cut down, cut away legitimate claims.

it was never understood that legitimate claims would be barred or would be neglected. >> a united states government attorney argued for immunity in court on behalf of the united nations. several hue moon rights law experts presented briefs in support of the victims. the u.n. did not show up in court. al jazeera, new york. >> and now the judge did not indicate when he would issue his decision, but just the fact that he allowed the argument to be made in open court, shows that he is taking these -- this lawsuit very seriously. it is typical in cases like this for the arguments to be made in beliefs on paper. and while it is very possible that the u.n. will win this league battle i have spoken to many current and former employee whose do feel the u.n. is losing a battle here, because of the way it has handled this case.

>> terrific guest on the story, he is the director of the institute for justice and democracy in haiti, and is also the lead attorney for i.j.d.h. in this case. against the u.n. terrific to have you here. >> pleasure. >> explain what is in dispute, you are not disputing that the u.n. has immunity on a general basis correct? >> yes. immunity is a two way street, it is extremely unusual grant of power. you can basically get away with a lot. the u.n. got that in return for agreeing to provide an alternate mechanism for people alleging. what the u.n. is saying we get immunity, but you can't make us live up to the promise we made in

exchange for immunity. >> that doesn't make any sense. >> it doesn't. there needs to be a mechanism to bring disputes and this is exactly the reason why you have it, because you have accountability to prevent you from doing horrible things like killing 8500 people, and anybody who watched the film realizes this was withn't an accident, this wasn't a sewage truck that tipped over, this was dumping raw sewage into a river. >> a lot to get here too, what is your organization's argument on behalf of the plaintiffs? you are in court, presenting your argument, what is it. >> the u.n. is claims section two of the general convection, which gives it immunity, we say look at section 29, which says the u.n. shall provide an alternate mechanism. we are saying shall means shall, and as the judge said, the u.n. is saying shall means may. and we insist that shall actually means shall. >> okay. so what are the -- the steps in this process, we are having a hearing today.

hearing is over for today, and what happens next? in particular, what happens if the judge rules in favor of the u.n.? this is a case that has never been for the courts so it will probably go higher up, if we get a time decision, that there is -- that the u.n. has immunity, and can't bring a suit, we are out of luck, and we can maybe try europe or haiti, problems with both of those places, if we win, basically, the u.n. will start digging well withs and compensate victims because it can't defend this case. there is no question that the u.n. caused cholera, no question that it has a legal responsibility to compensate the victims. the only issue is mr. the u.n. can be forced to comply with it's obligations and if a court says kit be, the u.n. will give up and help. >> and the most damming piece of evidence in this case against the u.n., is videotape captures by the fault lines team making the al jazeera film, and

again, this is of -- this is of sewage. the came came a couple of days after the epidemic, and they saw the cover up, so they were trying to fix it so that the sewage that hadn't been leaking that had been leaking would stop but al jazeera was with there, they saw it, the smelled it, and the u.n. is trying to explain that didn't happen. >> explain to me what it is they are defending in because the optics look terrible. this nation isn't doing enough, that nation isn't doing enough, and now, you have the u.n. defending a position that at least on the surface, i haven't seen the u.n.'s case, seem as bit indefensible. >> they are defending the right to be above the rule of law. and that is deeply subversive of the mission, to apply the rule of law to promote the rule of law, including in haiti. today there's some officials go ink to a

judge or police officer, and saying you have to -- you have to give out some personal disadvantage of bribery, in order for the rule of law to work. the person is looking at the u.n. on that person's ad and saying you can't be serious. >> brian, appreciate it, thank you for your time. >> maybe we can get the u.n. representative to talk about this soon, you can watch that award win withing fall lines film, haiti in a time of cholera, today at 5:30 eastern. you can also check it out any time on video on demand dozens of israelis moving to germany and causing a lot of controversial result. one young israeli who sen couraging his fellow countryman to pack up and leave that's next.

wayslew of young israelis are moving to berlin. as a refuge for those threing nazis in your, so many have outspokening israelis are not happy about this. thomas is here now. >> given the history you just mentioned you can understand why. i will tell you about one

young israeli who has spark add lot of controversials engaging couraging israelis to pack up and leave, and he is doing it by comparing the price of pudding. it is a message that is unleashing a cloud of controversial. >> i wanted to share my friends in israel, the huge gaps in the cost of living between israel and europe. a facebook post by a 25-year-old former israeli army officer boasting about of all things the cost of pudding. you can show them a car that costs half, when you show something so essential, it hurts you, because you feel even the basic thing as small pleasure, they take it away from you. >> you see, he is one of a grower number of young

israeli whose are leaving what he calls the economic struggles of israel, behind. but the good life in the german capital of berlin. >> cost of living is 30 to 40% cheaper than tel-aviv. with an effort based on his chocolate pudding facebook post. so far thousands of people have signed on to his facebook page, with an appeal to the german chancellor to issue thousands of work visas for young israelis. >> those people wrote me, a lot of personal things. of how tough life in israel is economically and last week, i just -- enough. at 1:00 a.m., i just collapsed and i started to cry when i read one of the letters. when you see so many

people wanting to leave due to high cost of living you feel like you are seeing your country tearing apart. >> but many are outraged that he and others are encouraging people to move to the former capital of nazi germany, unthinkable destination for uses after the holocaust during world war ii. >> i chose berlin, because it was always interesting to me. to understand better the culture that almost extinct my nation. and to learn the language, i heard those voices, and i'm telling them that i am here to safe money in order to build my life in israel. in the future. new mexico not a betrayal. >> he certainly not alone here, the embassy in germany estimated more than 15,000 israelis have arrived in berlin, since 2011, and he says he wants to go back to his home country once with the economics situation changes. >> yeah, pretty provocative stuff, appreciate it, thank you.

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