mamma so everything counts against the white race so who are the racists. so far twenty families live here and more homes are being built the local government went to court to stop people here from building any more houses the minutes about it he says these homes were built without permission and contravene building regulations the court agreed but judges are also considering whether or not a town that allows only white afrikaner people to live there should be allowed to exist in a democratic south africa one of the smaller and newly formed political parties black first land first has banned white south africans from joining it we have a black. letter. accept white people for the party sentiments resonate with some in a country many consider to be one of the most unequal in the world it's been accused of exercising discrimination and taken to court the wrong of this country is anti

black hole it couldn't exist to look at the media projection of let problems is on to black. we are going to the parliament therefore truly presenting a real voice of for people to bring a proper live democracy in a black country while the apartheid system and its policies based on race may have been abolished twenty five years ago many here say they have to live with its legacy and come election day the vote of many south africans will be influenced by race and identity from. africa. so i had an al-jazeera bad news for gamers in iraq looking for a virtual escape where the country is banning a popular online game plus. part robert reich in south korea celebrating the best of all it's all about but over shadowed by the look out for the.

thank you. the at. the in. hello there is being pretty wet for some of us in thailand recently there has been some sunshine but also a good deal of clouds for many of us and some pretty heavy downpours too and that's really what we can expect as we head through the day on monday as well so if you catch a shower you'll certainly know about it will be pretty heavy towards the south there would also be some showers here but generally they'll be more scattered so they'll be some better spells of sunshine in between as you head out towards the eastern part of our map there we have a little developing area of low pressure that will enhance some of the rains his have some of the wet weather is likely to be pretty heavy am prolonged down towards australia we've got warm weather system moving away from the east but as that will moves away we've got another area of cloud that's edging its way towards parts of western australia so we'll see more in the way of cloud here the winds will be picking up as well and the chance of a few outbreaks of rain most likely along the south coast from perth will get to

around twenty degrees on monday towards the east where the showers are just moving away now so it is staying cool for us in melbourne with a top temperature of fourteen but that should improve and as we had three cheese day we'll get up to nineteen degrees there is that area of what weather that's making its way from western australia edging towards south australia but i don't think it'll reach us all victoria until we head into wednesday. in a country beset by poverty and lack of infrastructure. sometimes we risk our lives in taking the threads with cadel saving lives even a dangerous job as a vaccine so it's on a good twenty four hours there are patients waiting for these medicines who must be in pain life's worth risking getting the real could go one of the gang stop some because on the road at that kind of good luck for the risking it all guinea at this

time on al-jazeera. we want to remind of our top stories this hour six palestinians including a pregnant mother fourteen month old baby have been killed in the gaza strip the latest israeli strikes on gaza came after palestinian fighters fired hundreds of rockets into southern israel one israeli died in hospital. the youngest brother of all genie is out of the president is under arrest sided with the fleet was the country's effective ruler after his brother out there as he's suffered a stroke six years ago it was forced out last month and demonstrators want a complete shake up of the ruling elite. north korea has released pictures of

leader kim jong un inspecting rocket launches from the east coast kim said he was satisfied with the tests and called on troops to stay on high alert. while it's the traditional time of year to celebrate borders birthday and the national holiday in south korea is emphasizing peace and harmony with the north despite the firing of more rockets were bribed reports from the capital seoul. at the end of what's been an eventful twelve months on the korean peninsula but his birthday seems like a timely moment for peaceful reflection. it is traditionally marked in south korea with elaborate lantern displays and this year's theme of world peace is especially fitting. to use hold our own on the cutting away for paired this year's festival with the goal of peace on the korean peninsula and in the world by overcoming conflicts with a buddhist spirit of mercy. reconciliation between the two koreas has led to

combined sports teams including for the olympics. train lines have been linked in the hope of running services the length of the korean peninsula and beyond. but there have also been setbacks. during the year there have been quite remarkably ssri into korean summits and to us north korea silence in between these milestones moments there have also been periods relative calm and this is one of those lulls between february's failed summit in hanoi and no clear way forward on restarting talks between the u.s. and north korea the truce village of pam and john separating the two koreas has a new look just reopened to visiting tall groups the soldiers from both sides no longer wear helmets or carry guns and i think that what you'll see here is a place that can foster trust building and confidence i hope we can spread across

the korean peninsula the chance to stroll along the foot bridge where the leaders of the two koreas match during their landmark first summit just over a year ago. and friendly waves from the tall groups on the northern side. but there's also a growing awareness that the attitude of the north korean leadership has recently become a lot cooler towards the south and that towards the u.s. there's been a return to some of the outright hostility of the past. that supported by saturday's weapons test with south korea calling on its northern neighbor to stop activities that could escalate military tensions. join into this holiday is tainted with uneasiness about what's to come. bride al-jazeera so. i came out of the coalition for freedom and change in sudan has

opposed the draft constitution put forward by other opposition members party leaders said he says the document fails to outline how the military will hand over power to civilians protesters continue to vent their anger at the transitional military council mohamed out of reports from khartoum. there's no letup in paulton saddam public on god is the transitional military council is in no way calling even as if it's gone mulk an impasse between the military council and protest leaders continue the protest and say they have more confidence in their actions than any other paul says but it also does you know is that the regulation not here that's why we are pushing no faith in the e.u. we cannot discriminate against anyone we will win the wolf from right here. these are festive mood here families have come hoping to be part of history all sting the military council is exhausting work for some of the big companies out here for

weeks they're angry and tired. in their almost endless chanting the military council is. regarded as close as the former president bush. had them senior military have ruled us for all these years and we have nothing to show for it except in justice that a civilian government is what we urgently. this is the problem was before going to help him with our present. place play the long run. the silence nothing very well hold them back a deadline issued by the military for the removal of buddy kids from roads bridges and. lobster but is head over removing them the protesters reinforced the body creates. them the tsunami hit with i mean we will never remove the barricades because they're here for our security checkpoints we have not people with weapons

and drugs wishing to cause people harm we can't take chances. the daily demonstrations in this square help offered much needed in the bridge to. talk with admitted. that his wife. thinking and link them see. the runoff election for a new president is underway in the newly renamed republic of north macedonia candidates from the governing social democrats and the opposition conservatives failed to win a fifty percent majority in last month's election both parties of august over the recent name change aimed at ending the long running dispute with greece and its problems with macedonia. but as well as opposition leader has made another bid for the support of the country's military in his attempt to take over as president. soldiers to break ranks with president nicolas maduro but so far military

commanders have remained loyal to model that is a bold reports from caracas. venezuela you are venezuela it's now or never that's the message from me to sanchez to this. yes. but it sounds like a pretty from someone who is tired of the ongoing crisis in the country that. there's so much needed in our neighborhoods people cannot eat there's no medicine no security they know it because they have family my husband died because we can find medicine. from all across crack us small groups of people headed to the headquarters of the navy the army the police and the bolivarian national guard responding to opposition leader call to go out and convince them to switch sides people have come here to hand in a document but also distributing leaflets like this one to talk about an amnesty

door that has been offered to those who rebel against the government. except those involved in human rights abuses a war crimes the regular security forces did not take the message well. the government is not taking challenge to precedent. they deployed hundreds of security forces around the capital. afeared own state t.v. leading military exercises also showing the armed forces remain loyal to him. feel that not only will you know but look out a handful of traitors can tarnish the owner union question an image of the bolivarian national an armed forces in front of the people of the word no say no to traders out with the traitors and those in the fifth battalion. the united states says it has been trying to negotiate. it with defense minister by the no locus and

others in government. they were supposed to be part of the uprising alongside white all but things that. not work out as the opposition leader planned some say those negotiations were a trap carefully planned with the assistance of the cuban intelligence services. congress. says he will continue pressuring the government. forces are infiltrated by the cubans the russians and by intelligence agencies their relatives are persecuted there's a lot of pressure but we will continue we will take our message to the families of the armed forces and everyone else we need to. civilians asking for change. a message that resonates across. mostly because of the enormous economic crisis the country is now in. while

the u.s. is again sending mixed messages after speaking to president vladimir putin this week. played any russian involvement in caracas but his secretary of state. had this to say about moscow last month. and saw firsthand the misery that created with the russians and cubans. desperation are playing out all across venezuela they must and the time for transition is now in front. of march for the twenty fifth consecutive week but turnout was dozens of demonstrators gathered in the city's earlier in the week there was violence as tens of thousands took to the streets on may day. by the government to increase fuel triggered the first protest late last year the measure was never put in place but demonstrations continue. thousands of muslims attended the reopening of

a historic mosque destroyed in one thousand nine hundred two during the bosnian war the sixteenth century ask in the town of fourth was one of many mosques blown up by serb forces during the conflict in the former yugoslavia had a muslim population of about twenty thousand today only one thousand remain the ceremony aimed to encourage reconciliation between bosnian serbs and croats communities. online computer gaming generates billions of dollars around the world and its popularity has also grown in iraq but parliament has now banned several popular online games johnnies drop from reports from baghdad. glued to the screen you know virtual reality battle to survive an online gaming is big in iraq. the most popular game is play on no new battleground. developed in south korea three years ago it's become a global sensation with players around the world being parachuted on to an island

and fighting for survival by any means. but iraq's parliament has voted to ban it saying it's harmful to the health culture and security of a rocky society. like the student plays for a couple of hours at least four times a week. yet a lot it is an exceptional game and very realistic it gives you the opportunity to compete with and build new friendships with other players around the world it's ok if they ban it for children but not for adults we're old enough to now how to manage our time. players on one battleground is one of the most popular computer games of all time in two thousand and eighteen that will hold four hundred million players around the world now the effects of art of computer games on the you must be long debated by psychologists and social commentators and it's an especially

heated debate here in iraq because young people have exactly are we must say watch violence the ban which is expected to come into effect in the coming days as calls only line protests these iraqi girls dressed as characters from the game posted pictures of themselves online iraq's high commission for human rights says a teenager recently committed suicide after he was influenced by the game. and you have the definition clearly and upping it when we analyze the iraqi personality we find that consecutive wars and violence have traumatized and shape that iraqi psychology in general to be more receptive and prone to aggression confrontation and trauma due to these harsh variables and dynamic that is why peace games provide a subconscious venting platform. shops are full of the games merchandise small computer businesses are doing a roaring trade for many gamers their own line life offers an escape from the challenges of growing up in iraq it's. one they play gamers are able to

break away from and forget the bad situations they are living in many gamers especially the older ones say the government should be doing more to eradicate the causes of real violence in iraq ali and his friends to say they are old enough to know what's right and what's wrong. but that. the case of thailand has given wild titles to members of his family and his grades in the public for the first time since being crowned on saturday. watching a long kong came to the throne more than two years ago when his father died after a seventeen year reign most thais consider the monarchy to be divine. this is all it is either these are the top stories israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has instructed his army to continue its attack on gaza six palestinians

including a pregnant mother and her baby were killed in the gaza strip the latest israeli strikes on gaza came after palestinian fighters fired hundreds of rockets into southern israel one israeli died. and who could be. this morning i instructed the i.d.f. to continue its massive attack against terrorist elements in the gaza strip and i've also asked to buffer the forces around the gaza strip with armored forces artillery and infantry hamas bears responsibility not only port attacks and actions but also for the activities of the islamic jihad and it pays a very heavy price pyongyang has released pictures of kim jong un overseeing rocket launches from korea's east coast the country's leaders said he was satisfied with the tests on saturday and called on troops to stay on high alert u.s. president donald trump tweeted that kim jong un doesn't want to break the promises made to him referring to commitments on denuclearization of the un this brother of algeria as ousted president is under arrest along with two former intelligence

chiefs say the beautifully hit was the country's effective ruler after his brother abdel-aziz suffered a stroke six years ago the eighty two year old was forced out last month and demonstrators want the ruling elite. in sudan and leading member of the opposition is opposing the draft constitution put forward by others in the coalition for freedom and change my party leader said he called mock the says the draft fails to outline how military leaders will hand over power to civilians and the runoff election for the new president is underway in the newly renamed republic of north macedonia candidates from the governing social democrats and the opposition conservatives failed to win a fifty percent majority in last month's election. south africa's running african national congress congress is holding its final rally ahead of wednesday's election the vote is seen as the most crucial since transition to democracy in one thousand nine hundred four a.n.c. has been marred by allegations of corruption it faces major challenges from the

democratic alliance and the economic freedom fighters party those are the headlines coming up next it's risky as a whole a university degree to be a doctor or a teacher but without any study or exams when i want to east investigates the pakistani company at legibly selling fake degrades to the police around the world on al-jazeera.

for many in the west african country of guinea life can be quite a struggle. a quarter of the country is covered in forest and the government has neglected roads and basic services. constant delays paralyze the nation's income. yet guinea is a rich country rich an island gold and diamonds. but most canadians never see the benefit.

in the market is up but today pierre on his assistant bus transport medicines in record time from the capital conakry to kiss a dugu on the other side of the country so we're going to knock on a. guinea is still plagued by serious diseases like polio diphtheria and rabies. the pharmacy's primary concern is delivering the vaccines to where they're needed before the climate spoils them. with no refrigerated truck or ice balls packed his vaccines in a box with just enough ice for the trip. was going to become a. focus on the bottom and. the next challenge is getting the vaccines to a porter at the bus step of a downpour has caused huge traffic jams.

so pleased to see. my little sister. denise capital conakry is at a standstill. the taxis stuck in traffic for hours as. vendors and beggars try to make the most of the situation. is different to. your south your bus and here come to nothing to simply be with you consumers who come by. and you can hear. after six hours in traffic the taxi finally reaches the bus stop. i. don't know what with careful instructions the pharmacist hands the

vaccines to the owner of the bush taxi a bass. who would look it was going to be the first time we're going to end up on an arctic council deposit because of the. fun going to be put in just because he wanted to run but if that's the fragile vaccines are placed under the front seat i was. under no comeuppance so if you know they're going to do what you guys are going to do to lessen limited. government i know i will look any has no railway on planes or prohibitively expensive taxis are the most common form of transport. but drivers take advantage by overcharging clients.

this passenger tries to travel on credit with her baby. to not get if it was under water and it was then that you couldn't even get out yes i was out and gives it out and the driver feels sorry for her and the deal is struck but another passenger is more of a problem he's hurt his hand and wants a window seat to see if. we can see the most in. most mustang. the man in the baseball cap has reserved the seat. was was this was in the sensitive moment think it was usually the biggest knows it is not to lose either if there was one certainty dearly departed parties are not going to lead it was that it was. finally nine passengers two babies and two drivers a crammed into the taxi like. a bass takes pride in his car which is

twenty two years old. i was told it was never. going to do it then definitely one of the cars i think until the moment the double. the passengers with the vaccines finally leave the capital. the ice meant to preserve the vaccines has now been melting for eight hours if the driver doesn't make it to do go in sixteen hours the vaccines will be useless and might as well be thrown away the six hundred ninety kilometer road to kiss a dugu is strewn with potholes few drivers respect the rules of the road accidents are frequent.

even before leaving the capital the drivers patience is tested. leave the two drivers constantly swap over. the boot is not exactly comfortable. two more hours a wasted in traffic. the deadline for the vaccine looms. the drivers decide to drive through the night. since the start of the journey there's been a strong smell of petrol in the car still no one seems concerned. but it's good news you can see. oh yeah we did decide to put my foot on told me something. like the petrol fumes might keep the evil spirits away but highway robbers a real threat. you seem

a little bit. you live here in france are picked this up. your mum didn't believe there ought to be kosik thank you so much for me. this. was here for you do you. think it could be due to. the stop is a welcome relief to the cramped passages their bodies a and their stomachs are empty. jet think only. you. can give them and how do you. know you were going to what is known.

as a precaution they wait until daylight before setting off again. by the early morning the vaccines have been on the road for twenty two. even so sharif proceeds with caution. let. me take a month off to be on your feet. but now bob. you know. good judgment at these times is critical. the gamble seems to have paid off after twenty four hours the taxi arrives in kiss a do good. but luck is against them. the pharmacy is closed the ice has melted and the vaccines urgently need to be refrigerated. but the money going to

come up with you know i. don't know them i've got no no way i'm going to buy so you get one foot out. the pharmacist is on his way but one passenger is tired of waiting. for the big look at my me now you can do the men thing that i like him and i've got them where they are getting rid of the not. leaving it on. the pharmacist arrives an hour later. he quickly refrigerate the vaccines relief all around. most villages and some towns in guinea like the most basic services. kissa dugu and its two hundred thousand inhabitants get only a few hours of electricity

a week. the main hospital has an emergency unit that's reserved for pregnant women who can't. get it yet miriam a nurse dashes off to the hospital's only ambulance the vehicle was donated by unicef thirteen years ago without the means to maintain it it's a miracle it's still running was. due to the high price of petrol they can only be used once a day. can bring us up and down the shaft process duchamp. the strength of the genome at their own profit. that's going to baffle them up and run.

this world. that they're what they're the outcomes that it out now. nurses waste a lot of time tracking down patients in the bush there are no signs indicating the names of roads all villages. going to you know coma if you haven't got a radio wherever. you go look up to you know it was you know down. a little known about. two hours later and they still haven't located the pregnant woman. come into my house for the parking lot of her that was riding. make things worse the old ambulance breaks down. most of the time up until now. but if you did. have to shift out of court of course talking about whenever. you thought of. otto

madonna worry about how much money. i got here. oh no no no this is not a thought. i she waits for makeshift repairs mariyam bumps into the pregnant woman's father in law worried he'd set out on foot looking for help we're going to . do medicare. medicaid. some day and i'm not. after four days of agony both mother and baby are in serious danger from the little bit of medical center. that just. popped up. and there have been.

three hours after leaving the hospital mariyam can finally attend to the patient. the baby is poorly position and the eighteen year old girl is in urgent need of a says area. and. less so in the. villages grandmothers act as midwives assisting women with childbirth. and the books help or get out of iraq. well back up that was about him not get the fuck up what was that. but that was the husband tries to comfort her as best he can there's no stretcher and she lies on the top flowing out of the above the open market. for the book we're going to talk about. this is.

that one of my oh now. i'm. not. saying. oh stop. somebody pick up the pick up the book what. the hospital has no running water in the operating room has only one set of surgical clamps but there isn't any statistic a month is soon asleep. this is airy and goes well but the baby isn't breathing. without the aid of respiratory machines the nurses do their best to save the baby but what i was. afraid he said you.

see if you find the school. bus in five if you have a good one for the movie for my first film. don't go see the swimming. four days of contractions have paralyzed the mother's legs the hospital has no suitable medicines. but the famously inspired must in the end. who would do better. william deal gordo's for the use of the word of what we're doing. down the schools will go down. can't shop. without free public health care many families here are unable to cover basic medical needs the hospital

pharmacy sells medicines for a tenth the price of the private sector but even these prices can be an affordable . concept i don't see it was this if i i were in guinea five dollars can change a life. maybe it's the camera or genuine sympathy but in the end the pharmacist pays for the medicine himself. there's enough to treat his wife for a week. any longer and it'll be up to the husband to come up with more money that i . according to unicef fifteen thousand three hundred babies and three thousand eight hundred women die in childbirth each year in guinea.

getting medicines to where they're needed is a real problem. these medicines are on their way to a dispensary in the middle of the jungle. this won't be the first risky journey has taken. to get it when i was a little hurt you know but then if you want to ever hear what you. think you know yeah be good it will come i was. front up. for you something. the food bank. and. the money lead somebody was going.

to do monday so who knows what it would be so we're going to get a hit. right here. maybe. the mule track is actually a regional road they can excuse to do goo and forty five kilometers away. oh. oh oh oh you know i'm here for that. reason and i'm not about going back up until a few days maybe even. at each ball the rhythm of the spades receives

and it's always the same she. is encouraged. like his truck stops its engine lacks power and a blow to the. that was about it by the number of the eligible. to be minute bradish i just this week for every bet you have gone to fund the bill up as i see it on one point i meant to work a defining moment when i pulled it off and i bought it when i took it i meant.

in guinea everything has multiple uses. to put. what i said on their bus. in the comment that i said that's. something i would like. to make. by nightfall they've been driving for ten hours. or that.

the nurse at the dispensary collects the packages of meds and. he's been expecting them for three months and the box is a quite small. he hopes they'll be enough to replenish his stuff. will say it is your baby. give it you don't be don't. you know not but sample of them. have to live. among the meds and benjamin has received of vaccines against measles diptheria tetanus and polio. he'll start vaccinating children first thing in the morning as he has no means of conserving the precious vaccine. that. he did.

so. this two year old is too weak to be back soon and. that's in my. family mad.

i mean it. one in ten children dies before reaching the age of falling. scarcely ever visit these remote villages. benjamin tries to fill the void he's only a nurse but an experienced one skilled nurses like him are invaluable.

but the village is always grateful. because. thanks. subzero temperatures. this is where the hard part is. to tajikistan. there's no oxygen. just to experience life simple pleasure. kurdistan on al-jazeera. they call this bleeding the tree. first substance the world is addicted to

now at the center of a global trade war. it's latex in its purest form found in tires phones toothbrushes satellites or mattresses it is an essential element in daily life and so deep in the ivorian forest where you get a book goes from tree to tree scarring them for the precious liquid trump is imposing two hundred billion dollars in tariffs on china the world's largest manufacturer of rubber goods china in response imposes tariffs on synthetic rubber the west produces while in the short term this is bad for african producers in the long run some hope the continent could benefit from this trade war but aware of the global trade war and despite falling prices at opa calls rubber white gold at least for now. becoming a living legend of the young age was simply not enough. he transformed his

influence on the pitch into political clout the book piece to the ivory coast. hosted by eric cantona football rebels begins with a look at the life of the vehicle from the football to succeed it with politicians signal. t.v. a profile of the odd boy and so. on i'll just say. this is al-jazeera. on has i'm sick of this is the news out live from dog coming up in the next. no sign of a leg top as israel's prime minister vows to continue striking targets along the

gaza strip. north korea releases new images showing kim jong un overseeing weapons tests. an uneasy standoff with soldiers on the streets of bettin now the opposition called for international mediation after last week's elections. and then sport the n.b.a.'s top shooter suffers a slumping form in the playoffs as the golden state warriors approached backed by houston. hello israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ordered attacks on the gaza attack from a gaza strip to continue a day and night strikes and palestinian rocket attacks have left seven people dead israeli warplanes attacked several areas in gaza city with more than two hundred

and strikes on saturday evening six palestinians have been killed in gaza where the in twenty four hours including a pregnant mother and a fourteen month old baby the israeli attacks coincide with palestinian fighters firing hundreds of rockets in southern israel one israeli man was killed why israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been speaking in the last hour and said he has no plans of slowing down the bombardment on gaza. this morning i instructed the idea to continue its massive attack against terrorist elements in the gaza strip and i've also asked to buffer the forces around the gaza strip with armored forces artillery and infantry hamas bears responsibility not only for its attacks and actions but also for the activities of the islamic jihad and it pays a very heavy price. for the reality inside gaza shows the impact of israeli attacks

. after prayer someone called me and said he is from the occupying israeli army he asked if any members of the media were in my building i told him yes he then told me to document the building within half an hour then they came and hit the building with five rockets exactly half an hour later. area is safe and away from the borders and the military locations so we didn't expect to be told in fact during people from everywhere live their places and came to us what happened proves that all of gaza is not safe there is not a single safe area they used rockets and destroyed everything that. joins us live now from the israeli border so high we just heard from the israeli prime minister a little bit earlier he's been meeting with his cabinet today what else has come out of that. well yes it will so far what we've heard is is exactly that

what benjamin netanyahu said at the beginning of his regular weekly cabinet meeting saying that these massive attacks as he called them against what he said were terrorist elements inside gaza would continue talking about the reinforcements that he's sending to the area in terms of israeli artillery infantry and armored corps that came after we'd already heard from the army that they were sending an extra armored brigade to the area just in the last few minutes in fact indeed just as we were hearing that sound coming out of gaza that somebody coming out of gaza behind us we could hear more what sounded like iron dome interceptions of rocket fire coming out from the gaza strip five minutes before we came to where we saw some of those intersections just over gaza territory behind us about five or six rockets being intercepted so the israeli army says that there were some four hundred fifty rockets that have been fired so far that number i think will rise given that we

have seen several barrages coming out in the course of the last hour or so we've also of course had the first. civilian israeli casualty from rocket fire since twenty fourteen overnight a fifty eight year old man in ashkelon and these six casualties so far confirmed fatalities so far confirmed inside gaza some more detail though on the baby and the woman who were killed the gaza health ministry is now saying that it was not the mother of that fourteen month old who died in that attack but rather a relative of the gaza health ministry ascribing that attack that death to an israeli drone strike the israeli military is denying that it says that it was a misfire of a rocket coming from inside gaza that killed those two and as far as the sea to the current situation on the ground you touched on this moment ago but there's no sign of a letup a toll after the violence overnight. no i mean we have seen

these military escalations many times in the last year or so and they have followed a bit of a pattern of fairly substantial confrontation followed by deescalation there are signs potentially that we might see a bit more fighting before we get to any potential deescalation stage this time around not least benjamin netanyahu statement this morning and also the fact that there was israeli there were israeli warplanes striking from very very early after the the first rockets started coming out of gaza on saturday and it continued throughout the day continued throughout the night it is now continuing along with this message from the israeli prime minister however there are still factors which would suggest that israel would be wary of escalating this into a full blown war given the fact that there are that there is the israeli national

day celebrations coming up in a few days' time and perhaps more importantly in terms of israel's national prestige international prestige the eurovision song contest which is judge ruled on may the eighteenth in tel aviv and so there are motivations on the israeli side to try to deescalate the situation the motivations on the how mass an islamic jihad side. potentially there might be explained some part by the the fact that they haven't really seen the results from the most recent escalation in april which ended with apparent undertakings by israel not just to extend the fishing zone which they did but also to facilitate increased amounts of qatari aid coming into gaza that has yet to happen as do various other easing of the restrictions that we talked about been very thanks for that harry forsett live on the israel gaza border for us let's bring in mitchell but our now and you'll keep in occupied west jerusalem he served as a spokesman for israeli president shimon peres and is

a speechwriter for prime minister ariel sharon thanks very much for being with us. so that i didn't know west jerusalem was occupied i mean people do say east jerusalem is although i don't agree well what the question was for me is all the pied that's a fact it's not recognized under international law but that's a subject for another discussion i want to ask you about what's happening we want to ask you about what's happening in gaza right now what do you see as the prospects for a cease fire at this point well first of all it's not a great way to start the holy month of ramadan i mean this is really bad all around for certainly the people living in gaza and of course the israelis who yesterday were bombarded with hundreds of rocket attacks and that's still going on the prospects for a cease fire are the same as they were meaning prime minister netanyahu seems very committed about not escalating what's going on he seems very concerned about the

humanitarian issues there and in fact was highly criticized over the course of the last number of months for making certain concessions and for allowing money to come in the qatari money which is being paid for some hamas salaries and for some other humanitarian issues in gaza so he's really acted responsibly he's not interested in escalation i think the question is is what does the other side want what is the mosque going to do and why they escalated at this point and what are they hoping to get out of this and we just heard the israeli prime minister saying that he has ordered the military military to continue to step up these attacks on the gaza strip and we were just reporting of that palestinian civilians killed including a fourteen month old baby so how does that square with what you're saying that the israelis are not escalating this. well israel is responding to hundreds of rockets

being fired into its civilian population yesterday and today meaning so israel has to stop that stopping that is hitting military targets you have i even heard in your report that the israeli military called up a building to make sure that there were civilians that were evacuated so there is concern that civilians are not caught in the crossfire but we know from past instances both with buildings and when the palestinian leadership their hamas leadership is put twelve and thirteen and fourteen and fifteen year olds to charge the fence that they use children and sometimes women as human shields which is why i don't want to send enough air so that i don't really know what it's almost a double war crime what evidence do you have to say that that the hamas leadership is directing fourteen and fifteen year olds to do this because this gets to i want to get to my next question which is the context in which all of this is happening. because. we have you thin in gaza seventy seventy percent youth unemployment

in gaza a health care system that is collapse and society there are drinking poisonous were all of this is a result of a more than ten year blockade that israel has directed on gaza and many palestinians we speak to there are saying that they have no other choice than to do what they are doing these protests along the border they haven't said that hamm ass or anybody else has been directing them to do this you know ok so again maybe we can we can argue you can have your perspective i can have mine. we can settle it i'm just guessing i was and i see it fact. you know and if you look at who's been shot at the border and who goes up and you look at the pictures of twelve year olds on the fence throwing flaming molotov cocktails and flaming kites it is a little bit different but that's your perspective the u.s. the fact is is that the people are not drinking clean water there and there is

israel is monitoring what goes in there simply because the thousands hundreds of thousands of tons of cement that have gone in in the past ten years are mostly used for bunkers for the hamas leadership or they're used to dig tunnels instead of using that aid whether it's food whether it's cement whether it's of money or other things to take care of the civilian population there which is in dire straits at this point there's no question that there is a humanitarian issues there the question is you know what does come os do with the fifteen million dollars that they get it you know they pay themselves salaries and what are they doing for the people there and why are they taking all of the resources that are coming in and using them to fight israelis meaning you know prime minister netanyahu and israel has tried in a number of occasions both to allow certain aid in allow goods in but oftentimes those those goods are used in order to attack israel so you know it's unfortunate for the palestinian people because there's two million people.