this instead of the other. if you remember when companies will have a salman was unveiling his vision twenty thirty he said basically that we never had an internal problem all the problems came after the one nine hundred seventy nine islamic revolution in iran and that's where radicalism set in the country do you think this is something that would shape his policy in the near future. we'll do a sickly it's part of what he's trying to do in order to convince the people in these in saudi arabia he always needs to find this kind of external threat that targeting the sunni muslim and they you know what iran is doing that business quite well for him he is portraying iran as the you know like the monster of the region the over expansionist policy of iran in the region whether in yemen in syria in sioux in everywhere in the gulf countries as well but the problem is that counter policy that he is using to deter this kind of journal me is completely reckless and

useless he's doing nothing to prevent what iran is doing on the ground and he is trying to tell the people on the ground in saudi arabia that what iran is doing is the main more t.v. behind his actions against these salafist which doesn't make any sense like it's a very provocative irony when it when you compare these young people who are looking up to these scholars and they think that they are they you know like a son who are of the awakening movement who are calling for more democratic measures on the ground who did nothing but tweeted certain statements asking for more reform more freedom of speech and they end up in jails and now what's happening in a major failure in yemen ok a major loss in syria so they cannot buy into what he is trying to sell them rami this is someone who lifted the ban on the women driving but at the same time jailed

women activists who championed the right for women to drive he took to jail activists prominent human rights activists. but still his his own people say this is a visionary man how do you see him with forma where rust buttin well he very clearly is a man of dynamism he understands that change has to happen for the long term well being of saudi arabia some of his suggested reforms are very sensible in the economic sphere i think and some other areas but the way he has done it this autocratic way is creating probably resistance and also he doesn't understand something that every single arab leader in the last seventy five years has failed to understand which is you can't just open a faucet like

a water faucet and you open a reform force it's ok we're going to reform now and we're going to let cinemas or we're going to let drive in movies and we're going to let people have concerts on woman drive but that's all a little bit you can't do that these are dealing with human beings are dealing with tens of millions of human beings who just want to live normal lives as human beings and normal life means they want to be able to think for themselves be involved in the public life not to be revolutionaries were crazy people but just to be normal people in the reform process has not necessarily promised normalcy and human dignity it has simply promised more leisure activities driving cinemas more malls cellphones and privatization of companies so there's a fundamental weakness in the nature of the reform process because it was not based on any serious consultation with the citizens of saudi arabia and this is the problem that every arab leader has made we wish we should watch jordan now if they

start doing serious reforms morocco possibly algeria possibly they were there all in a good prospects for reforms that have to be done in egypt decided to didn't want to reform but so it's been selamat. i think is is a genuine reform minded person who doesn't know how to perform and he didn't is not going to show him how to do that ok side are you the same fear that without going into profound changes of the saudi society itself we're not going to see and hear what he sounds in the near future if he continues down this path when i do not believe that i'm nervous or not of the foremost in any sense in any sense because of before him we hear that king i'm not allowed to be a reformist but we saw we saw nothing before him during the reading of the law so i believe it is a lot of the faith yes it's coming in a sense but he's also giving advice i think he is made to them by.

christ as an american by since. i think he has he has succeeded for example in pacifiers. for example and also emphasized sudan yet he got them on both the twilight extend well at the same tired he has until when i was on people here and i wonder what i think is only one that will yemenis that will deliver the kind of that he's a little bit obama you know he added. it would not have been it is at war with the people of egypt we did not just stand. so he is if it is. an agenda that had been divided why was. there present trauma and also the military are one. then.

there is another one of the. exploiting. the outcome but then let me go to ahmedabad are you have many people in saudi arabia particularly young people saying basically. this is someone who is committed to the versifying the economy put in an and to the old political institutions that have prevailed for many years and that sandi arabia could generally become a vibrant democracy in the near future under m.b.'s well hashem nobody in the middle east would like would like to diffuse this kind of wishful thinking i would say or pipe dreams the actions on the ground like actions are much louder than words what's he doing to egypt what's he doing by supporting the talk crissy of dictator like sisi in egypt what's he doing with the betrayal as suffered and how allie the recently detained scholar called it betray of to the palestinian cause by

i'm communicating with the israelis by approaching the israelis differently what's he doing to the cutter is their brothers in blood and neighbors what's he doing to the young man is and what's he doing to with the west in general with donald trump with the investment he is doing this doesn't give any sign that this guy is good in terms of bringing any kind of change to the eurabia to the hopes of the people on the ground it's merely superficial reforms that didn't do any genuine it's a save the interim he said it's a gain of entertainment it's just a kind of luck sure years things that the people are not looking for they're looking for dinner when changes in terms of the mockery say in terms of stability in terms of job creation on the ground or army you seem to be saying basically most of you that this is these are all cosmetic changes and the glamour done as part of an autocratic streak in the country from your own perspective rami what do you

think should be the indicators of a genuine reform in saudi arabia please elastin a minute. well you are going to have to look at the response of the business community you're going to have to look at explicit public support from the royal family members very few a form of spoken out you have to look at the religious establishment again explicit public support the problem is that people in saudi arabia don't speak out if they're critical of the government they're afraid as they are in most countries so i that's what i look for public expressions and this is something that's going to have to become more clear in the next six months or so just one last quick point the idea of getting closer to netanyahu is fascinating because we know from public opinion polls that most of the people and the arab world about eighty percent are against normalization normalizing ties with israel until the palestine issue is resolved equitably so he so we need to see more clarity on that too but the key

point is the saudi people need to be involved in the process to make it work and we wanted to work everybody wants it to work we'll leave it on that note of a medal but i had on the whole he say this you have to thank you very much indeed for your insights and for your time and thank you to for us you can see the program again and its time by visiting a web site al jazeera dot com for for that discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com for was last a.j. inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter handle is a j inside slowly from me but on the whole team here i found out.

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stupid and crazy if you do that mikhail saakashvili former president of georgia and ex governor of the odessa region in ukraine talks to al-jazeera. told. them richelle carey in doha these are the top stories right now on al-jazeera dozens of missiles have rained down on gaza with deadly effect and a major escalation of israeli action as one military says the wave of attacks from retaliation for protests at the border and rocket fire there were reports late on saturday from hamas of a cease fire proclaimed by israel but in the hour a sense that has given way to several new strikes are not smith is in gaza. not since the twenty fourteen war has israel hit a target so close to the densely populated gaza city israel says this building was a hamas urban warfare training facility with

a tunnel underneath there were also civilians nearby israel says they were warned in advance of the strike i mean just smaller rocket was fired first at the roof a knock it's cold but the people there said they didn't understand this warning instead some rushed to help thinking someone had been injured these two teenagers were among that group they were killed when israel second a much more powerful strike came in since friday evening israel's military has hit more than forty targets across gaza the total two musudan consultations with the defense minister the military chief of staff and top security forces we decided on a powerful action against hamas terrorism the israeli army delivered its most painful strike against a mass since the twenty fourteen war. it also released a video of what it says was the destruction of a tunnel near the border with egypt. israel has been frustrated for weeks now by century burning balloons and burning kites that drifted over the border during

friday protests and set fire to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been under enormous domestic pressure particularly from border communities to do something to stop them and israel has threatened hamas on a said to hamas if you do not stop these cards we will but this seems to be retaliation. dozens of rockets have been fired by armed groups from gaza towards israel a few have been intercepted by israel's iron dome system unusually hamas has claimed sole responsibility for some of the rockets fired by israel's air strikes followed friday's protests which are now in the fourth month a fifteen year old palestinian was shot dead when israel says he tried to climb the fence the mainly peaceful protests began as an attempt to persuade israel to lift its blockade of gaza but israel has not made any concessions amounts led to enormous frustration amongst gaza's almost two million people. just syria and gaza

haiti's prime minister entente has resigned following days of violent protests that were triggered by plans to raise fuel prices by fifty percent which the government a sense abandoned at least seven people had been killed in three days of unrest. as president aside for a key is making a landmark visit to neighboring ethiopia it is the latest step towards reconciliation peace between the long warring rivals last weekend the leaders signed a pact ending a twenty year military standoff. over three zero zero. five ten thousand people have been protesting against donald trump in scotland is the u.s. president spends the weekend playing golf at his luxury resort some of the demonstrators have even made it to the edges that the president's golf course at turnberry were snipers have been deployed. to students have been killed in iraq was capital managua during a standoff with pro-government forces some of the group live stream the ordeal as

they were surrounded in the church they sought refuge in the standoff has now ended the students were calling for president daniel ortega to step down. five people including four attackers have been killed in two car bombings close to somalia's presidential palace police say one blast happened just after a gunfight between security forces and armed men at a checkpoint in the capital mogadishu their own group al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for that attack. those twelve boys rescued from the cave in thailand will be discharged from the hospital on thursday health minister says the footballers and their coach they are recovering well of course divers got them out of that cave earlier this week after they've been trapped in there for more than two weeks they look happy. there's a headline it's a news continues on al-jazeera mania people power this next. my.

payment. i mean if you were. going to let me you know. once the most corrupt country in the european union romanian society is engaged in an unprecedented fight against corruption. on the thirty first of january twenty seventh in the biggest protests since the fall of romania's communist dictatorship broke out in the streets of cook arrest. the newly sworn in government had secretly passed to be creek that would grant its members' immunity from prosecution on some corruption charges. hundreds of officials including businessmen mayors government ministers and members of parliament have been charged and convicted at the center of it all there's an independent judicial body the national anti-corruption directorate for d.n.a.

in the early twenty sixteen the viennese chief prosecutor announced a sharp spike in corruption charges posted emissions will that got them based on me and those that she says they include but the court of law new berlin not she made. oh. they changed my words meaning parliament thought they could. be nice. shots but i thought she said not all. independent collectives like the funky citizens have also joined the fight against corruption they are adopting the quirky beat approach. to. the.

thirty years of dictatorship has given rise to a healthy sense of humor in romania. in this spirit the two are focused on high level corruption has been created in bucharest. this. meter and direct. i mean of course. much shorter but so.

not just cause of course. a lot of. my former self was. a young minister of agriculture in two thousand and seven sentenced to three years in prison for accepting bribes in cash and sausages bin laden and jelly beans might but. the same time. and. no. one. really forced. the cash. who. supports the. mayor

of bucharest from two thousand and eight to twenty fifteen charged with taking bribes. but in general a ban for the public about the mother. and the out of. the. republican agree to mayor of christe sector three those fifty one million euros in back taxes. that is amazing to me. mayor of the cruelest. sector five from two thousand to twenty sixteen charged with taking a ninety million euro bright. spot to meet but. all

describe the same pervasive reality in romania gripes. the times are changing local governments school police stations and hospitals have a long history of taking bribes in exchange for service. i i i. i wasn't there she was a little. i know of course what you aspire to push i try to go somewhere what do you look at my list of what. in romania corruption extends well beyond the envelopes that civil servants receive to supplement their incomes at the highest levels bribes are replaced by briefcases and the misuse of taxpayers' money becomes more creative and the leverage touch of

a demo money artist pull the dent. she can what does that. sound got us thinking because one t.t.n. kurdish fellow says. until back to the living. they example. when i got a. minister by this bloke on. but. want to be my. parliament in my age despair contacted me to ask what about the preference now. that he does. then they are forced quite. to. you know they should all with their step that they appreciate is that part of. who taught him or what i said they speak out. in two thousand and two the national anti-corruption directorate or d n a was

created as an independent judicial body to enact reforms required for romanians entry into the european union in a few short years the growing number of corruption revelations in romania have implicated politicians from every party. thousands of scandals and shameless dealings have been brought to light. the d.n.a. is chief prosecutor it is lowered. her unrelenting determination has made her the central figure in the fight to eradicate corruption. telling an awful start. up and then. a level director not too long on condition that and then children burst out of court as the meanest walter mr porter's own premier. of parliament who say investing is or to purchase one will only. tell you something. else control of my car don't own your photo here she got a credit for the morton church

a fox. not just a fourth almost or some time or. thought shall call or exist or john that are to put a lot of thought it would also seem very cheerful and document up at a time when you don't need change but just a. little rough out of the good old what all shop. one might up in a few floors up at the d.n.a. a special investigations team is helping to solve some of the d.n.a.'s biggest cases he says you talk about. and that's to me as long as he's. got you. there i sure hope. you. get in the future mark this freedom up you might feel my freedom of the doubt by the. prosecutor. and police

investigator nicole asia earned their stripes in the fight against organized crime . both highly skilled investigators they've unearthed evidence leading to the prosecution of romanian political elites. wife that's another. woman intelligent we just shot we too far to go. over them. but we want to go to it. was an. infection a diversion if you scar. speak out what the little commenter fights if you cut the. most read. dark and what live action they. put up with i she she and the other tell in the very. question. up with the charm will i

have a wolf human history in about it or getting cheaper so. the issue demurely i walk around to look but question harsh but they step by step by me so full city. c.l.r. the elizabeth us cannot be like the rest of. the so called it show of it looked at it that almost such a. couldn't buy us downside was lost that the good old war party leadership has to sort of think you've all made it all put that's it will test you stuck it up all you like dr just a lot bundy. couplet it. was the last use of that show it have already delayed because of the other stuff out there go up the larger bear market the progress of pen to paper. it out that divide us spread out there are no. victims or their core of a core of a. something. we can measure in the scheme of the post on how the bottoms

of us have been quite n.j. just to show a small warm. down across from another some of us i must have missed you speak so particular kind of it's new to different here. and your multiboot. d v r to remove the. united the opposition noise in the bogs issue nor can the fuck to. be in the party doing so would be. had the poor would see it. also on the wall as. my muse thought. yeah she also fuck. as an independent journalist bugel has investigated corrupt officials and closely followed some of romania's most notorious corruption cases. but you would believe that. you pleaded with them you don't believe that.

anybody she thought was part of the ruling but you were paid and. who are going to be you to be. but if you want to see you simply got. to start to put a good deal of money. my good wishes to. you. always on what. they mean. but you are. dumbly pulis for a check of the old guard and president of the now defunct conservative party was convicted in twenty fourteen for buying property at sixty times less than its actual value. but the one thing the. money comment to. me but i. think.

you know many. of these. awful stops. all forced. fault but. changing thing then. the model. shift. as with other eastern bloc regimes the fall of the dictatorship provided an opportunity for party stalwarts to prosper. government funds were misappropriate. did and many from the old guard to fill their pockets the dictatorship had given way to new levels of corruption. but of all let's hear what michael that you had extended would probably get that up only class top level science that on line. she. done for the other new normals each cup much

of that out task not only got a society on there's a that are partially at our class the next you stand for them spawn other fuckin way to start the winter politico dela when i type this exist acquired of what i thought was the simple technique of well just to take us out here couple of the lesser turns what is that look at us all scheme up the momentum cut out all money and to put. on your noddle panna then try that out or shut down to know what a bene pinkel me so openoffice a muscular supporter could have i see it on when you say my less untouchable investors an additional state issued. when you come up of a was appointed to minister of justice from two thousand and four to two thousand and seven with the support of the european commission she prepared the way for romanians anti-corruption prosecutors many portland calendar that have to do it in short time i mean haven't they got

a closing and got two thousand four. so you had very few time to do it and the governor was important for me it was a support to me for me to change. into short years minister michael vs doggedness in the face of intense opposition allowed her to launch a process of judicial reform. then a relatively unknown entity that d.n.a. came to prominence as michael v. pushed for its right to prosecute white collar crime. but d.n.a. is first cases went relatively unnoticed by the press. but the ninety. four year should not have. forced on one of the woman. she yes don't quit as up until about a new study out on when you get those in parliament that governmental pre-modern he stood out on many. fronts here at this question is that was he should that senate.

or even a prime minister indicted in two thousand and five i began as a descendant from the communist dictatorship have become one of the most powerful men in romania just because you did it is. charged with embezzling one and a half million euros for his electoral campaign and taking a six hundred thirty thousand year old right wing company telling the press about a woman who does that analysis and all of outside analysis. but she seemed almost her step doll. i think all normal. so to my when i last i recall norm. say explained to the chair offical don't look. it.

so. i just the opposite of you. is a few years after these comments in twenty twelve the prime minister was sentenced to four years in prison for passive corruption and blackmail again the stuff his conviction was a lightning bolt for society since then the corruption investigations have accelerated and the d.n.a. has achieved celebrity status in romania. it didn't take long for the media to catch on and to begin reporting on an unrelenting stream of revelations each day this is the scene outside the offices of the d.n.a. certain not to leave empty handed the media gathered to catch the drama in real time it's the most closely watched media event in the country but you have. to run . for cover for is creating the unique series of

documentary portraits that captured the expressions of in battle delete what. i perceive that it should be more that i want. to look like. i'm just bitching about why don't i check check check if i can.