very significant by dictating the government and the fucked up policy down shalt not kill the radicalized series on al-jazeera. a political shakeup algeria's army chief is demanding a presidential vacancy calling. on fics to late. two zero zero zero call for change comes as the protests against but think it's twenty year rule continue across. a look into how everyone i'm come all santamaria this is the world news from al-jazeera also coming up we will do what is going to syria to defend our people

and to do for our state israeli prime minister speaking out after rushing back home from the u.s. following the airstrikes on gaza. and the u.n. is condemning the flare up in tensions on the gaza israeli border calling for restraint from both sides. soldier areas army chief is demanding president of the disease beautifully kept he declared unfit to rule on a general one hundred salaries calling for the implementation of article one zero two of the algerian constitution to remove him from office by step on his health had said protests against which affect his twenty year rule ballots. surely would have that this is showing the world the level of understanding and level of maturity of algeria those who keep the good reputation of algeria amongst the nation. as of the world we need to say that these protests might be used by enemies

or other parties inside and outside the country with bad intentions in order to show the country having demonstrations against the regime but they are german people will know quite well about how to abort these conspiracies we need to work hard with the sense of nationalism in order to put algeria above all interests and to find a solution to the crisis and an immediate solution to the crisis within the constitution that is the guarantee of a political stable situation. in this regard we need to find a solution to sort out this crisis and to respond to the demands of all jury and within the constitution and within the sovereignty of the country in order to achieve that consensus and to achieve something that is accepted by all parties bringing in our correspondent who's actually in tunis the at the moment but it's covered algeria and the region for many years for us on al-jazeera hashim talk us

through how important it is in this case in algeria when the army the army chief decides to intervene. this is quite a significant moment because the army's official is saying the era of president abdelaziz bouteflika is over by asking for the article one hundred and two to be triggered now what follows is that is basically going to be a mammoth task by the political establishment in algeria to ensure a smooth entering period in the country where all the political parties or the kid actors in the country the protesters will come together and think about how to move through that transition i think the army was cautiously monitoring the situation over the past few weeks and when that so that people reacted negatively to the what they described as because matic proposals made by a president. when it comes to this national conference and your government talks

about who is shaping the face of. the army decided it's about time to put an end to the uncertainty in the country because on one hand you have a political establishment struggling to maintain some sense of unity on the other hand you have a problem ocracy movement which has been building in the mountain over the past few weeks and today the army which is the most powerful organized is that you see of the country decided it's about time to look for a new alternative which means that the man who brought argyria for almost twenty years is now going to. step aside and pave the way if the constitutional council decides he's incapacitated and therefore a new replacement should be. should be announced in his time soon isn't it interesting as well hashem that the army is intervening but is if i put it this way doing it by the book it's not a takeover it's not

a demand he's saying let's go by the constitution and get parliament to make the decision if it is it is to. true because i think the army has learned from past lessons nine hundred sixty five the key founding fathers of more than the freedom fighters who fought for the independence of the country fought against each other and presidents how why he took over in a coup against the first democratically elected president of a country been bella nine hundred ninety one the army had to interfere by canceling the results of the elections the pave the way for the islamic front to make massive gains in algeria and those key moments in algeria created some scars among the people some of the people are still divided about the outcomes of those two key moments and i think the army has decided that this time if we are to step in it is definitely to show the people that you are genuinely about a radical reform that answers the demands of the thousands of algerians over

across the country saying basically they need fresh the country they need a new efficient government and they did the establishment to go and win the algerians use the term the system of the establishment they're talking about president with a little interest about the above those who benefited from the system over the last twenty years you know and to introduce a genuine reform you need to have the backing of someone who is really entrenched and strong in the country and i think the decision today by the military gives a strong indication that what we're going to see of the coming days could potentially become some of the most profound just reforms or changes that we might see in and syria in more than time i think cash if this does go to a vote in parliament it'll need a two thirds majority to be passed do you have any idea about the chance of that passing. you know i think there will there will definitely the moment they

saw that statement from gates think that could send a message to everyone that this is about time to come together and by the way if that happens then the president the parliament will take over of the. the homewood expecting to be here in tunisia in the coming days to attend the league summit in our base to be seen whether he will attend personally or send someone else if the decision is moving towards that direction of him taking over for an into them. to syria but then. i think the biggest challenge facing the political establishment in algeria right now is what happens next because i think there would have to call for a new government a national unity government representative by all walks of life people from the opposition young protesters who checked who took to the streets and some tech and across people trust as the only people who could steer the country out of trouble

that if they decide to go that path they would have also to decide about how and when they should have a new draft is going situation and when they should call for new parliamentary elections and presidential election i think the common consensus now in the area is to play by the book to do it in a very conservative very cautious way to ensure that ultimately yes there will be changes in the country but at the same time they have to ensure that this is going to be smooth and stable we're talking about a country the has done through some to notice times but typically. the civil war in the ninety's where almost a hundred thousand people were killed so that still is in the back burner for many people in algeria really willing to see and genuine about change but the same time pretty much concerns about about the future of their country. bringing us up to

date with developments in algeria thank you a little bit of background now on the algerian president himself deliver these beautifully guy who ruled argyria for twenty years but has rarely been seen in public since he had a stroke six years ago unprecedented nationwide protests broke out five weeks ago when beautifully here announced he wanted that fifth term in office actually he was in hospital in switzerland at the time bowing to the growing public anger but a faker agreed two weeks ago to abandon his bid for reelection the presidential election for next month that was canceled he promised a national dialogue but he remained in office and the protests continued then on monday algeria's ruling national liberation front withdrew its support for the president and his plan for a national dialogue conference with us here in studio use of wonder who's a professor of political science and international relations at kut university you could say the writing's been on the wall here he's been sick for

a long time they've been the protests he said he wouldn't run but then this is just stretched on and on do you think he's getting the message now i think it's about a little bit what the gates did nobody talking about the. constitutional institutions in algeria like the parliament and the constitutional council have not done so despite several calls from different quarters in algeria to do so over the last five or six years so what the announcement today is clearly a signal that something needs to be done if we listen carefully to his speech earlier on there are certain key words that he used stability is one of the enemies of a film we do in and out. the wheel off the people and so does three or four words of a very very important significance in other words the algerian military has always

been always seen itself as the custody of the nation the situation at the moment is stable it plays deploys the protesters say in that they were civilized or peaceful and so wouldn't vault but he also in directly warned about the deport tension instability but that if the situation continues in so called in for this political deal with the triggering of article one. indeed i would say that he indeed himself to the population at large you know the world's if you cannot do it i am here and i'll do it if i and i will ask you to do it and i guess this is the easiest part because the hard work comes later i expect in the next few days that the constitutional institutions it would formally meet and dick little the president's post vacant for whatever reasons and they would legal duck particular

position if we do sorry everything you just described of what the army has said and what the army chief said i want to go back to that do you think the people will buy it will they believe it because they are going to be very wary of anything anyone in leadership sense to them that's why they've been out protesting on the street from the do the people in algeria will protest in a against the first in office for the fifth term in office will take up they have achieved but they have been called in for the removal of a number of people they have achieved to a certain extent where we was filed to form his position as prime minister basically arguably the most hated figure in under a politics that technically speaking there is no constitution in algeria because the. on the day the technically speaking there is no government in algeria because the government of. was filed by implication all the ministers that are files so

we have a vacuum. as far as the constitution is concerned the president of the council of the nations which is the upper chamber of parliament. but takes over as a president for a number of for a short period between forty five days and ninety days but that is a very important but. is not algerian by birth so he became algerian about fifty years ago and as far as the constitution is concerned he is he cannot take over as president. and the so this is why i say it's going to be very difficult the hardest work comes after there is talk about a collective leadership that brings some people from the past and people from just leads there is no government technically speaking to speak off so do should be not a government of national unity with technocrats and so innocent of all and it is

those people who will go into monday as this transition i would expect it to be between eighteen months and two and two years because for. because it takes. a constitution it takes. a lot to look at the laws that govern. elections and so and so forth and it takes time to arrange for a political election i mean if we look at experiences from the past usually a transition period takes about eighteen months and i expect. period of time to resume the people of algeria as i referred to again all those people are protesting going to have to be patient when they want change they have been pushing for change for months but if you're talking eighteen months to two years i mean this is from a theological point. if you're looking at a long period this is what's going to happen but. if they see change happening if they see for instance less corruption if they see the thinks

moving in the right directions i think i'll tell you this will buy into it especially if the salvation government is made up of the clock lots of people who have been who have not been involved in in the corruption scandals and so on and so forth i guess of jews would buy into it let me just read you something from the news wires right now gerry and constitutional council is apparently holding a special meeting right now after the army chief for president bush to fake it to be removed so already there and he's saying this is i mean you're talking about there being a long term. a constitutional change but clearly the constitutional council is realize we need to move i mean what i what i just said is that deep. constitutional institutions like the parliament or the constitutional council will meet i was

expected to be to me to morrow but. but they are. to trickle out to can one so basically gave over for beautifully cause they would. but the world as far as i can see it begins off what is going to happen how are they going to proceed and. how they're going to form a government and what promises are going to make to the people in order to appease the demonstrations use upon dance a pleasure having you with us thank you for your time thank you for some thoughts now from a guest for spoke to earlier who is in syria that is a research fellow for the school for advanced studies in social sciences she told us the army does have a history of intervening to tackle public anger against civilian rule we can see there are gay flat has a big factor of democracy in. iraq so we should not understand this no one has

a way to almost certain people's demands on the demands of the administration but that's been going on from oklahoma. you know historically the option and power and you know january has always created crime. to use the place and. the all the actor is will do so to try. to do that are you. so it was only around two hours ago that we heard from algeria that the army chief. was wanting to invoke as we say article one hundred two of the constitution to remove president were to flee from power and right now we're hearing that the algerian constitutional council is holding a special amazing about that and to discuss article one hundred two invoking that which would then go to the parliament where it would need a two thirds majority to pass a senior political analyst with us in studio no time like the present i guess

they're moving very quickly on this they are and. what warders miss lightly or more than slightly is the fact that it was all now being packaged and being facilitated with the initiative of the military this is not something that was initiated by the parliament this is something that's been now pushed by the military chief talking to military cadets and it's in a bit of a surprise i must because as i was saying earlier everyone expected to be quite loyal to the president since it was the president who brought him out of of security and really. made him into the powerful man he is today but be that as it may perhaps and this is now the half glass full but the minute that he feels a national responsibility to break out of the palaces that exists today over the last two weeks since the. previous government was removed by the president and the

demonstrations continue in the streets against a president who was obviously incapable of. managing that u.t.s. of the state and to be fair to the army and the army chief he's doing it by the book he's saying let's go through this constitutional process he hasn't just come and sit right i'm taking over you need to get out well i mean you know even the civil war was run with with such you know iron clad gentlemen like if you will bit of practical approach so as one of your guests said earlier the army in algeria is a professional army and it does take credit for a lot of things that have happened in the past including winning the civil war as it were after one thousand nine hundred two and yet i would say the following it's very difficult for me to see from various cases or in the development world or especially in the arab world whereby an army steps in and then just steps back

happily not the things are going smoothly my worry is that the autumn. now we'll keep a very close look at what's going on and prop probably have everyone on a short leash as it where and that takes me to my seconds here is the army as you were asking your guests earlier trying to fulfill the aspire ations of the people by nudging the constitution assembly to do something about the paralysis and move forward with a transitional president going into changing the constitution and a new for elections is that what he's doing or. is he taking the air out of the momentum of the streets over the last four or five weeks in order to go into a long tradition of the movement. phase what by the army continues to solidify its power over the transition. i might add just one important. note in all of

this come out i do think transition is important i think the incision is indispensable in the arab world and we've seen when there is no careful deliberate transition what could happen libya so i think exactly so i think i'll jury deserves a nice good long transition whereby the army and whoever is as ruling during that transition care is for the will of the people for the long term democracy in algeria but will those people we think on screen now those thousands of protesters will they have the patience for that well i'll tell you judging from what we've seen from the seat after march fourteen when the president removed one government installed another government and promised a national dialogue that did not. that did not sound too good for the street that basically rang hollow in the street that insisted on

a fast pace if you will but what does that mean in the end of the day until today i am you know has been an observer more than anything else of. exactly a specialist. and i tell you i don't know what the street really wants beyond a certain number of slogans because this street has been moved by popular will rather than a very specific program of a very specific political movement or even a number of political parties so this street is more about wish then it is about a specific if the logical approach to power and hence transition is important we know from previous cases such as for example jury oh there was a huge movement in the street back in two thousand and eleven and in the streets took over after a bit of a transition by the military but when we had elections what we saw is the street splits in various political parties with one dominant party the muslim brotherhood

basically anything itself an alien it thing the rest of the political parties leading to another uprising in june two thousand and thirteen leading to a so it's an incision is very important people need to take the time they need to build their institutions write a new constitution with the help of the army hopefully because if they are if the military and all jihad is responsible it will know that no country lives without its military so their role in the future will judea is preserved but algeria needs to move forward in prosperity democracy and human rights rather than to be hostage to its spots including to the suffering of its civil war. political analyst thank you so much for that. two other news and israel's prime minister is threatening further action against

gaza remember benjamin netanyahu cut short his visit to the us soft of the rocket attack tel aviv israeli military been bombed gaza around dozens of rockets were fired back into israel stephanie decker with more now from west jerusalem this is the kind of pressure that benjamin netanyahu did not want he had to race back to israel off there what he really wanted to play as a golden egg for his election campaign the u.s. president are recognizing israeli sovereignty over the occupied golan heights well the security cabinet convened that we've been briefed by military men about what the options are at the moment a shaky cease fire is in place for this all the criticism here of the prime minister that he hasn't done enough he hasn't played a tough and off hand on gaza and on how massed we are to wait two weeks away from a hotly contested israeli election three of the men in the party that are giving him the closest run for his money are x. chiefs of staff but again netanyahu is

a very savvy political operator he's also facing a lot of pressure about corruption cases cases that he will be indicted for in the future so he's facing what many people will tell you the strongest challenge to his role this premier in a decade but again he's a savvy political operator he's played this well and says everything seems to be under control guns are also the central issue at a u.n. security council meeting but the status of the occupied golan heights was also discussed remember on monday u.s. president donald trump signed an order recognizing israeli sovereignty over the territory decision which was condemned by several u.s. allies the u.s. secretary of state might compare says he's saddened by that but not surprised. in each case we're simply recognizing facts on the ground and the reality and doing the right thing we hope those nations will join us to understand how important it is how right it is. and we are continuing to have conversations with you mention

a handful of countries with each of them about this issue about our decision and why we believe this is fundamentally the right decisions while keeping an eye on things for us in new york james bodies out there and how to get it. at the start of the meeting the u.n. secretary general antonio terrace was speaking outside the chamber i asked him both about the ongoing violence in gaza and the u.s. recognition of israeli sovereignty on the golan the first of all we were clear in the condemnation of the rocket attack but now we believe it's absolutely necessary to avoid any scaling up and to have restraint and i would appeal is forty strain in the present moment for the people not to suffer even more both in israel and in gaza and in palestine in general on the other hand i think that to seeing this connected but our position in relation to the golan heights is very clear it

comes clearly established by the resolutions of the security council and the general assembly as my spokesperson was able to yesterday clearly describe it so that's the view of the secretary general on the golan and that controversial announcement by president trump i think the u.s. will be watching you heard the comments from secretary of state pompei oh some of their allies in the security council meeting and towards the end of the meeting we happen to have some of the closest allies speaking one after the other we heard from the german ambassador what we heard from the u.k. ambassador we heard from the french ambassador and all of them were critical of that u.s. decision which i think will be noted in washington. meanwhile people in the occupied west bank are staging sit ins in solidarity with thousands of palestinians in israeli jails as prisoners are threatening to stop hunger strikes on april

seventh to protest worsening living conditions and to bring with more now from ramallah in the occupied west bank. families here to fear for the lives of their loved ones in israeli jails particularly after this child if tension the son has been in prison for the past fifteen years and she follows his news. we're concerned for their health these say the prison service is ready to askey late for the we call upon human rights organizations to stand by them to pressure the israelis not to harm the prisoners that i. can't escalation started to an israeli prison service began installing signal jamming devices in prisons while they say it's an attempt to stop palestinian prisoners from using cellular phones palestinians to isolate them further and cause cancer. for. the way this issue is very close to the hearts of many palestinians hundreds of thousands of them have been imprisoned at some point in their lives in the past few decades and

palestinian officials say that at around five thousand five hundred palestinians are currently in jail australia's prime minister says he is very concerned is investigating showing links between the us government and an australian political party andrew thomas. this is nice to see the sound of some. one for nothing more than. what he is as an al-jazeera undercover investigation into the united states is national rifle association is now dominating australian news and the top of politics there we have reports that one nation officials. basically sought to sell australia's gun laws to the highest bidders to a foreign buyer and i find that apart one nation is a far right anti immigration party that's growing in influence in australia its

officials caught trying to get donations from the us gun lobby is big news that's because first for donations to political parties were recently made illegal in australia with one nation foremost among those calling for that ban and second because most australians are proud of their strict gun laws and a concern that any political party suggesting they could be watered down or changed that is particularly true right now in the aftermath of the horrific mosque attacks in neighboring new zealand earlier this month on tew state the one nation officials caught on camera trying to turn the tables pointing at the undercover reporter of al jazeera and never ever ever suspected him or wildest dreams that this guy was employed by a middle eastern country while just your own as an astrologer inspired to you in a kind of politics this is skullduggery at its worst this is the very first time a strong leader has witnessed political interference from

a foreign government but the al-jazeera program make rejects that the evidence is on the video the video is quite clear one nation says the al jazeera documentary will seriously and unfairly damage their election prospects in the meantime it's dominating australia's airwaves and online andrew thomas al-jazeera sydney. a reminder of the breaking news this hour on al-jazeera coming out of algeria where the army chief. has asked for one zero two of the constitution to be in vote something which would remove president. from office now already we have heard about the council that has the constitutional council meeting to discuss the article being invoked it would then go to parliament it would need it to do its majority to vote it looks like it would have that this is all because of the man you see on screen there abdul aziz beautifully the eighty two year old president

ailing in a wheelchair had a stroke and twenty thirteen he'd already said he wouldn't run for that controversial fifth term in office but now with the army stepping in it accelerates the whole process of him leaving office and then a process of creating a new constitution and eventually electing a new president question is will it satisfy these people or all the people who've been protesting on the streets of algeria for months now first demanding that beautifully get did not run for president for a fifth time i will they take the news here will they believe that the army is coming in in their interests and isn't wanting to act for itself continuing analysis of this story on al-jazeera possible end of the presidency of abilities beautifully go way back soon rewind does next.

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