it's problematic but the media should now hold itself to higher standards and be more accountable to itself. you know want to get out of the region. we're looking at other media stories that are on our radar this week with one of our producers flo phillips flo donald trump's first press conference after the midterm elections when seriously off the rails that ended with the white house revoking the press pass a c.n.n. correspondent what happened there things escalated really quickly and that press conference for it it's not unusual for trying to be aggressive with reporters but that often he seemed particularly eric simple it's such a hostile media it's so said what really made the news was the back and forth between trump and c.n.n.'s chief white house correspondent jim acosta bush was president i'm a i'm going to harsh are you worried that's a tough that's a that's and that's one of the you know that's what c.n.n. should be ashamed of itself having you working for them you are

a rude terrible person you shouldn't be working for c.n.n. because he was pretty persistent when asking the president trust follow up question and eventually had the mike taken from him a few hours later white house press secretary sarah samba's announced a cost as hard pos that's the permit that allows an access to the white house had been revoked but this president is quite accustomed to difficult questioning how has the white house justified this. so that too is problematic saunders said this was in response to a cost quote placing his hands on the young woman just trying to do her job as a white house into now saunders included a video in her tweet showing the moment that a cost as might was being taken from him the footage is zoomed in and looped a few times the implication that acosta acted improperly is misleading or to say the very least a stretch this coming from a white house occupied by a president who is in no position to school anyone on how to treat women you've

also been looking into a story in thailand not the kind of thing we've ever reported on before the government and some of its critics on the war and are now slugging it out in a bar got this right a rap battle well that's what it looks like the first shot was a music video posted on you tube a few weeks ago by a group calling itself rap against dictatorship it's had nearly thirty million views and the criticisms were direct rappers are not known for mincing their words . but given the jail terms handed out to dozens of government critics since the military coup in twenty fourteen posting that kind of video in thailand is risky and what's the government's response been a little dab drop you could call it that initially there was some tough talk from police and thailand's computer crime unit which called the song defamatory but then the unit changed tack announcing that no one should be prevented from expressing opinions and released its own rap thailand four point zero. zero zero zero zero zero zero zero. zero zero zero zero zero zero zero. zero zero but the online

blowback has not been kind about a thousand likes to twenty thousand dislikes his one comment so lame the beats a so out of date don't make more songs like this i'm getting second hand embarrassment now time will hold elections in february the first since the military took over the viral success of the first video tapped into some serious discontent social and political we'll see how much more of that surfaces how much the government is prepared to take and how it all plays out on election day ok thanks will. turning now to a story about memory how knowledge of the past is produced and kept hidden in a place where history and its narration is highly contested israel and palestine for years material that could reveal details about israel's treatment of palestinians has been sealed inside the country state and military archives under the pretext of security or privacy more than ninety eight percent of those documents are classified they're under lock and key it's

a form of censorship that has been criticized not just by palestinians but by the former chief archivist of israel itself historians and journalists say the policy of censoring material in the archives exposes the deep insecurity israel has about its past with archivists acting as the gatekeepers of history for palestinians it's part of a wider trend of cultural a racial and historical denial that beginning before nine hundred forty eight has gone hand in hand with the regular theft and appropriation of not just their land but their story but it's name post often now in the silencing of palestinian history in israel's archives. for palestinians displaced despair. in the past is a constant struggle which is by design because field in israel occupies the

libraries a hidden palestinian story entire chapters of history that were looted from palestinian institutions and hunted. after the palestinian people were expelled from their homes israeli forces came in and quite methodically proceeded to seize all of the contents in their houses it was done in such a way that to this day we don't have a complete idea of what items were taken documents are scattered in so many places some in the israeli archives in jerusalem some at the national library many of these boxes haven't been catalogued to this day there is often no possibility for research or to have access to. all of the archives in israel are really very much founded on they re sure palestinians every single israeli attack on palestinians has usually targeted an archive this happened in one nine hundred forty eight and

math and also in one thousand to one israelis invaded lebanon and targeted institute of palestine studies one of the reasons that they're threatening is because they're really our record of palestinian life and palestine more broadly. there are important items like the personal papers of palestinian leaders and intellectuals like. library in jerusalem considered one of the most important palestinian private libraries then you have palestinian lawyers whose entire offices and files were seized. to this day if you go to the archives you'll find there's a palestinian lawyers category which i find strange palestinians lawyers these are very private documents the fact that they have been taken away is a sign of contempt for palestinian history it's an attempt to suggest palestinians have no history no documents no belongings well who does the home. israel

archive law theft the anyone can access the state archives the most sensitive material can be censored for up to seventy years but in practice the state can and have restricted indefinitely anything it decides is damaging to its national security and israeli historian one othella has spent twenty years trawling the archives uncovering truths of previously unseen footage and photographs seized as far back as the one nine hundred thirty. two thousand and seventeen she made a film about last palestinian history could looted and hit him. over the years selling his front historical material that has been sealed but decker. and israel's military archives she discovered films from the era of

palestinian revolutionary thing emma and photos shot by one of the founders of palestinian photojournalism. thugs. sellar also uncovered aerial photos taken by the jewish militia the hagana of palestinian villages before they were destroyed and repopulated in one thousand nine hundred forty eight. the hagana decided to photograph all the palestinian villages from the air this material would later be used for the conquest and rule of these places and their people however when we look at the photos with the historic perspective we have today their meaning can flip so to speak and they can reveal the history of those who were conquered someone once asked me if i wasn't concerned that these materials might be closed off after i'd asked them to be opened and indeed the material has been declassified when i went back to the archive a few years later i was told the photos do not exist in ok i mean. it's

not just that material offensive hidden from the outside world once inside the archive origin the rights were interpreted to fit a different narrative and never tell home again when i started working with material from the archive i saw photos with comments and notes written on them by the censors in archivists for example palestinians are described as terrorists as gangs seeing all of that taught me about how the materials go through a process of rewriting to aid or benefit design is narrative so the colonial operators that starts with the plunder and looting continues with colonial control and management other than your colonial of a man you know that but if you let that the role the archives play and reshaping history is under the control of political masters israel's military archives is managed by the defense ministry its state archive by the prime minister's office.

before stepping down this year israel's my theme arc of if the laws of egg criticize not only that lack of independence but also the state tendency to sense the material under the guise of security victor klein to be interviewed for this piece but in a revealing report summing up his time as chief archivist he wrote the vast majority of material a theme and will never be opened. according to the israeli n.g.o.s lack of votes of the fourteen point eight million files held by israel's state and military archives less than two percent are accessible to the public that includes restricted material that could expose israelis to uncomfortable truths about their history like war crimes perpetrated against palestinians persuade the husband then israel is terrified of the contents of its own archives and doesn't want its history to be exposed take one of the most important examples of censored material

the covered calls the massacre in one nine hundred fifty six many scholars argue that israel used to cover costs and massacre to force those palestinians who had stayed on their land to flee i believe there were direct orders from the government for the massacre to take place so as long as the state keeps censoring these documents it means it's trying to hide the past to prevent it from being part of the present and the future you know how they're almost. who with a lot to remember and who is made to forget is an expression of power. erasing the archival record denies palestinians the right to write their past and to connect it to their present but since israel does not have a monopoly over history. in the occupied west bank a major project is underway by the palestine museum to collect and digitize hundreds of thousands of items of historical significance in the face of. new in

historical denial palestinians are finding other ways to preserve collective memory archival fever this attempt to really record and. these histories and stories has been from the very beginning are part of the palestinian struggle for memory and to a certain extent for liberation there is no single authoritative palestinian archive that may be a blessing in disguise because the more voices and the more multiplicity we have i think all of those things are sources of richness not poverty and the host have a taste i don't think that palestinian history should be deprived of documents and evidence it is important to return the material to the owners so that it won't be me someone with privilege and access who writes the palestinians history but rather palestinian researchers themselves israeli society must learn to respect

a knowledge and understand palestinian society and its history because without that there is no future for this case in the cradle of. and finally we haven't checked in on egypt for a while the state of the media space there and last week we got a reminder of the ending admiration that egyptian news anchors have for president. all he has to do is take a bike tour of sharm el sheikh ahead of the world use for a personal inspection of the preparations for that meeting essential a photo op and the talking heads on channels like l.t.c. t.v. dream t.v. and d.m. c. suffer a collective loss of breath and critical faculties will leave you now with a few sycophantic snippets from the cult of personality that for the most part is a gyptian television and we'll see you next time you're at the listening post.

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information that turkish officials have been giving for the past three weeks with detailed coverage this whole flap feria of mud with shorts and houses and it was completely washed away along with the people who were inside from around the world the government doesn't call this a detention center but it's surrounded by barbed wire fences and it's exits are manned by armed guards. pulling back from the war in yemen the u.s. has to put a halt to the refueling of saudi planes. and we shall carry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up more uncertainty

first very long as the president dissolves parliament and orders elections. spreading inferno people in california's beach city of malibu were ordered to leave their homes and nine people were killed in two wildfires and the u.s. state. militia had to the faceoff far south america's biggest title. the u.s. has to end some of its support for the saudi coalition or and yemen just as the pressure builds or worse military links with the saudi regime u.s. tankers will soon halt their involvement and the reef and refueling the coalition's fighter jets saudi moroni coalition says it asked the u.s. to stop the assistance because it now asked the capacity to resupply the jets the u.s. says it supports the decision but the top administration has been under pressure because of its military humanitarian crisis and yemen motto is following the story from nearby should be. there will be no more refueling all.

crafts in the air by the united states this is not the main part of the support that the sold in that correlation gets from the united states but it has been the most divisive because of the massive civilian casualties witnessed in yemen by the sunni in the whole nation now they are other aspects of the support that the united states is giving this led coalition including the sale of arms as well as. the sharing of intelligence including we will see positions in various parts of the country which they've been targeting he said to continue meanwhile in the city of the day the fighting is still going on outside the city most of the residents of the city say they are confined to their homes because of. stray bullets and also aerial bombardments that have killed dozens of people in the past few days.

you equalisation have to want a free. all the city they want to take it from the fighters because they believe it has been the main. point of whole fight is the united nations of the night is asians operating in yemen are warning of a catastrophic humanitarian crisis if the fighting affects the operation of the port of or the that which is the entry point for more than aid to past and of yemen's imports. decision comes as in many government forces backed by the saudi of merari coalition make a push to retake the data has warned that thousands of people have been trapped by the fighting reports. on the edge of her day the battle for territory is intensifying it is a relentless spite with both sides claiming they are making gains data is the prize

at the center of this nearly seventy percent of yemen is commercial imports pass through the city's poorest practically who un supervised eight pro-government forces backed by saudi arabia say a major offensive is now underway to try to take her data back from. the ones that have remained in order. what sunny dition. city of. goods basic needs like food prices of basic commodities how. structurally cause because and schools have closed because of the war. the who three you say they are also implicating heavy losses on saudi backed is this war years old began when the point is captured the capital sanaa a coalition led by saudi arabia then launched a major campaign to try to restore the government recognized by the international

community since then the country has descended into chaos and in a place where war has become a daily fight for survival hunger has become the norm one child under five been yemen dies every ten minutes the diseases which are killing them are entirely preventable half a million people have fled the area around to data since june when government forces try to recapture the city but for many in the poor city there is no escape and little chance of outside help while the number of those remaining and how dangerous is he is difficult to gauge you're not worried that people needing to flee for safety are unable to do so they're trapped by military operations which are increasingly confining populations and cutting off exit routes there are a continued cool spring and a political solution to be found for yemen these so far have been ignored with neither side willing to compromise ever heywood. saudi arabia former spy chief says

the kingdom will never allow an international investigation into the murder of saudi journalist. prince turki al-faisal made the comments fall addressing the international peace institute he added that he expects saudi arabia will fully investigate the charge is death and says there was no cover up under pressure from many parties including the united nations to allow an independent probe. the kingdom is proud of its legal system. it will never accept. foreign interference in that system as other countries have refused to allow. international tribunals to to base you gate horrific acts that have happened either on their soil or elsewhere committed by their citizens so the kingdom. is not going to accept an international tribunals to look into. something

that is saudi and the saudi judicial system is it is up it's running and. it will take its course trailing as president author paula sara santa has does not dissolve parliament in the clear to snap election to be held on january fifth economists just hours after his party admitted that it had not have enough parliamentary support for its doesn't need a prime minister this is the latest move in a political power struggle that was triggered by the president sacking his prime minister last month. the president of sri lanka. you seeing the constitutional power was available to leave as dissolved the ballot. the reasons for the dissolution sees the need to go back to the peace but to find that would dictate to come out of this political impasse

a lot fernandez has more from colombo. also the prime minister on the vicar missing her and party leaders of his coalition see that the will appeal the president's decision to dissolve parliament and essentially put this to the supreme court asking them to recognize the fact that his decision was in violation of the country's constitution of the constitution amended in the nineteenth amendment says that the parliament cannot be dissolved until it completes four and a half years of this decision for those over a year short of that deadline but the president is defending his decision in fact newly appointed government ministers in a press conference a short while ago have said that the president's decision is in keeping with the constitution now there are mixed reactions among sri lanka's general public there are those who feel that presidents are saying it took the right decision given the current kind of constitutional crisis that was brewing there are others who say

this is a death knell for democracy obviously a lot of ground to be covered in the coming hours in the coming days before we see oh how and in what form this of fiction because future leaders from seventy countries are gathering in paris to mark the end of the first world war the canadian prime minister has just arrived in france for the ceremonies the u.s. president author on friday and almost part of controversy over his differences with european leaders our diplomatic editor. live there in paris so tell us more about this. yes well president trump is here in paris and just before he landed on air force one he was as ever tweeting from on board air force one he sent this straight president macro france has just suggested that europe build it so military in order to protect itself from the u.s. china and russia very insulting but perhaps europe should first pay its fair share

of nato which the u.s. subsidizes greatly so those words coming just hours before the meeting that's going to take place in the next hour between the two leaders these are two leaders who are known to get on very well personally but who have a very different view of the way that the world should be governed and it's worth telling you that the french presidency has really been making a point to all world leaders that they didn't want this is a place of politics but as a place instead of a solemn remembrance because of course this is the commemoration for the end of world war one one hundred years ago that taking place on sunday to be followed by a signature event of the prince of french president what he's calling the paris peace forum but that's an event president trump is snapping. this is the paris peace forum final preparations are being made at the venue which the french president wants to use to bolster international cooperation at

a time when many leaders are putting domestic interests above global ones before him is the idea of president emmanuel merkel but some are not attending it looks like president trump will be among those who'll be in paris but will be skipping the forum when global leaders last met together in new york at the u.n. in september it was pretty clear there are increasingly different visions of the way the world should work trump talks of strong independent nations putting their own people first while mark rolls stresses cooperation through multilateral institutions like the un america will always choose independence and cooperation over global governance control and domination. only sessions we should support those working for peace and humanity unesco the conscience of the united nations the human rights council the international criminal court and no other on we're increasing our support bernard kushner is

a former french foreign minister. and i worry about nationalism because this addition of nationalism even in europe and if i may say so many new raw. overseas addition of nationalism are very dangerous because too much a national is and drive will drive us to war president trump arriving in paris on air force one he's one of about eighty leaders gathering here for the commemoration of one hundred years since the end of world war one. it's worth remembering that that war was then followed by increased nationalism and that the sort of nationalism that the former minister was talking about there in many parts of europe but particularly in germany and that then the league of nations which was the forerunner to the current united nations.