and so take a look at the satellite image a lot of rain across much of the same area as well so the forecast map here on sunday there is the rain and it's going to continue to stay quite rainy as well as chilly across much of the balkans or the next few days and that's going to be encroaching over here towards western parts of turkey up towards the north though notice of winds are coming out of the north we're going to sing berlin at about $22.00 degrees on sunday warsaw at about $23.00 the rains continue to push over here but we're also going to see rains across much of central europe as well very heavy rain is expected across italy over the next day and as we go towards monday the high in london it is going to be a cloudy day but we do expect to see $22.00 degrees there at paris at about $24.00 well across another part of africa not much in terms of clouds or rain we're going to be seeing tunis at about $33.00 so very seasonable for this time of year across much of the region tripoli will also be seeing about $33.00 degrees there cairo at about $37.00 here on sunday and as we go towards monday when we see in cairo at $38.00 degrees there and that along parts of central africa we're going to be seeing some very heavy rain across lagos with

a temperature of about 28 degrees for you. fly cattle railways and experience economy class like never before qatar airways going places together.

hello again and remind of the top stories on al-jazeera protesters in hong kong before the police in a town with a brown tree with mainland china as thousands rallied against the presence of chinese traders and shoppers from the mainland they're accused of driving up prices by both buying tax free free products to take home and sell. thousands have been rallying in sudan's capital to mark 40 days since a crackdown by security forces they want an independent investigation into the killing of over 100 protesters on the 3rd of june. at least 26 people have been killed in an all night attack on a hotel in the somali city of kiss my own al shabaab has claimed responsibility. at least 13 civilians have been killed in intense government bombing in syria's italy province the last remaining rebel strongholds airstrikes were launched on the lips main city on friday the city houses large numbers of people displaced by the

10 week offensive strikes launched by syrian government forces and their russian allies have killed hundreds of civilians in the last few months but president bashar al assad's troops haven't made any significant advances against opposition for exists. turkey's defense minister says the purchase of russian missile systems was not a choice but an assessor tape a 2nd shipment of equipment needed to make the f. 100 system has been delivered to turkey 1st arrived at a military base in the capital ankara on friday the u.s. is strongly urged turkey to pull back from the deal warning it will face economic sanctions washington's also threatening to end turkey's partnership in developing the f. $35.00 warplanes. flash floods and landslides in nepal have killed at least $43.00 people after 2 days of incessant rain the. river overflowed its banks destroying roadways and flooding towns and more rain is expected over the weekend

so been trustor has more monday. cars and motorbikes buried in mud after reversed quickly rose above the danger levels and burst their banks streets have been flooded the water flowing into homes since thursday it's been raining steadily across the path triggering flash floods and landslides hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes and rescuers have been searching for those reported missing emergency services have also recovered some bodies. on the outskirts of the capital that men do the heavy rains brought one wall crashing down crushing a section of a heart. of over the of the one the wall certainly crumbled we thought it was an earthquake by the time we came out the house was broken 20 members of one family were asleep at the time 3 of them died 2 women one of them pregnant and a child were sleeping in this little cottage over here when this wall came

crumbling down crushing the entire carters most of the people over who have been living here are construction workers and the structures that they're living in it's very unsafe. every monsoon season now faces floods and landslides but in the cities people have been allowed to build houses and businesses too close to the rivers and the water then has nowhere else to go major highways have been blocked by landslides and the security forces have been called in to help in the rescue operations but big. 80 to 90 percent of all of our units have been deployed for rescue operation but disaster response is not only about human resources we need resources like equipment and transportation as well. meteorologists say more rain is expected through to sunday scientists have been warning that because of climate change monsoon patterns are also changing and

the region needs to prepare for more extreme weather severe droughts as well as more intense periods of rain it's been a stretch to us as it were that i do tropical storm barry has made landfall in the u.s. state of louisiana just by weakening from a catwalk a category one hurricane and it's still forecast to dump heavy rain that could last for days the storm called ashore near intercoastal city about 257 kilometers west of new orleans or than 70000 people were already without power on saturday morning in louisiana and mississippi where the new orleans mayor latoya cantrell says that even though the city won't be hit as hard as feared the heavy rain still poses a major risk we are not in any way out of the woods and we will continue to reiterate this today tonight into tomorrow the expected rain as you know could lead to flooding throughout the city of new

orleans likely today through sunday. an operation to raid the homes of hundreds of undocumented migrants across the u.s. is due to begin on sunday protests against the mass raids being held in philadelphia the operation is expected to target families who have recently been told to leave the u.s. but haven't yet gone president donald trump announced plans for the raids on twitter last month but they were delayed partly because of disagreements within the administration well it's left undocumented migrants across the country fearing they will be targeted carriers. every time the laws become stricter it makes it all the more difficult it causes a part it's more repression with the law but as human beings we go on coming up with ways to survive in this country and i say survive in this country because we a persecution that imagine how we are in our home countries.

for us as the children of migrants we're scared to hear a knock on the door because we think that it can be ice and that we can take our parents. for example when when i hear someone not going to door and tell my sister be quiet i can't make noise because then don't think that somebody is inside house and we don't we don't want anything to happen and we live with this fear day by day and we just we just wanted to start a course in ecuador has upheld a ruling that prevents the government from selling land in the amazon rain forest to oil companies. and the ruling was celebrated by the indigenous while ronnie people who argued they want properly consulted on the sale of their ancestral land ecuador's indigenous communities have been taking action against all companies since the 1960 s.

. women in countries across latin america say men are literally getting away with murder cases of femicide arising with men not being prosecuted for various reasons including police inaction legal loopholes and sexual discrimination almost 3000 women were murdered because of their gender in 23 countries in south america in the caribbean in 2017 according to the u.n. the highest number of reported cases is in brazil where the latest data shows 4 women a murdered every day and bolivia has recorded 73 cases a famine side this year its highest rate in 6 years priyanka gupta reports. on the way to the funeral home in bolivia mary the last family screams for justice the 26 year old was allegedly hit in the head with a hammer several times till she died the police have detained her partner all the lobby a. local we say. she was all beaten her head was swollen her face was swollen it's

such a shame that my daughter was killed by these murders man he killed my daughter i ask for justice that this man goes to jail. her death adds to the rising number of femicide cases oblivion $73.00 women have a ready been murdered this year it's the highest rate in 6 years. some survivors say they are free to seek justice in court others hide their identity. i'm afraid of being murdered i fear for my life ever that of my baby i only ask for justice. and peace in bolivia passed a law 6 years ago making femicide a crime attackers can be sentenced to up to 30 years in jail but bolivia remains one of the most dangerous countries in south america for women activists estimate only 15 percent of all cases get a conviction. for one of the factors i thing. is that in all cases

a family side very simple unity that is very serious because the signal that you give to be addressed is that nothing happens here government ministers in bolivia say there are deeper issues. we have regulations in place that are recognized by pioneering international organization years but it's clear that the law is not enough therefore our strategy includes work in every day life because it's what happens on a daily basis that needs to change many believe in women have taken their fight to the streets and on states too with a common goal of spreading awareness. and demanding justice for the crimes committed by men priyanka cook the dizzier a grenade launcher has been fired at ukrainian t.v. station building in kiev the channel had planned to air a controversial documentary featuring russian president vladimir putin but since cancelled the broadcast ukrainian officials have branded the early morning attack

and act of terrorism by one was injured but part of the building was damaged. it's been called one of the world's largest manmade environmental disasters the virtual disappearance of the hour also in central asia now a desert with poisonous salt storms and an extreme climate respect astounds government and united nations are trying to bring life back to the form a say but not in the form of water a step reports. it was once a rich fishing ground for the soviet union now it's a salty desert the disappearance of the hour we'll see has affected the lives of millions of people it's poisonous dust storms from the remains of pesticides reach far beyond central asia rusty ships on the former seabed have become monuments of environmental destruction. everything was

linked to the sea or gold the sea was not just meeting but moscow everywhere. you've probably seen what sort of tin fisheries reduced this was a rich region until we came paul step by step. process and choice to its family lived from the fishing industry until water disappeared in the 1980 s. water supply to our all sea was cut off because 2 rivers were diverted to increase soviet cotton and wheat production after traveling for more than 150 kilometers from its original position we have now reached the hour will see it's less than 110th of its original size and it has such a high so. concentration that it's impossible for fish to survive and the previous attempts by the government to revive the i will see have now been abandoned poor water management and the lack of regional cooperation are seen as the main obstacles. state that you mentioned that the bring back all that. was there 55 years ago in the erroll sea you'll need and the average river size of overall

goods are constantly low for about 7 years which is. the stance of government now hopes that by improving facilities and reviving the economy people will return to the area that nations has launched a multi donor trust fund to improve living conditions needed to form a c. this is not. a catastrophe that is over you've seen that ok the aral sea has gone but the climate impact continues to unfold scientists use has fought all his life to bring back the sea he says losing this battle should send a warning to the rest of the world it's really important for anybody on the planet to be a part of our global environment and you cannot say such a small bore your water then how we will fail the planet while you soup still

dreams of a return of the sea like it was when he was still young the sight of gas installations all across the former seat that indicate those times might be gone for good step fasten al-jazeera at the hour will see. selfie lovers continue to flock to a toxic waste dump in siberia despite warnings to stay away the lake and of ossie burst has been nicknamed the siberian mole d s but it got its brilliant blue color from a chemical reaction between toxic waste elements in the sub area that generating company says it sent guards to stop people taking pictures of themselves in the water to post on instagram the company insists the lake presents no danger but environmentalist say it could harm anyone who swims in it. if water gets in the scale or someone. may have an allergic reaction. if water is saturated with heavy metal a lot of harm. from the periodic table in the lake. beaches are

disappearing fast because of rising sea levels and erosion the economy relies heavily on tourism along its coastline where a number of unesco world heritage sites are also under threat from carthage sarkar at reports. yes seen bran has been fishing for 40 years or longer to town of our inventor and while the traditional method of catching fish hasn't changed for generations the climate has you seen so the effects of global warming are evident in these waters. there's no 80 percent less fish than before we now live day to day we catch a pitiful one to 2 kilos of fish then head home with nothing else to do we have no other source of income. so you thirds of to population lives along its coast but climate change is threatening their habitats and livelihoods plastic waste water

pollution and illegal urban expansion are worsening the problem of farmers in the heart and many say their crops are blooming too early pests are appearing and their bees are suffering too. yes ian says the government hasn't responded to their plea for help but they say they're trying to tackle the problem and raise awareness. and workshops locally and will report back to the government with a budget needed to tackle these issues cinesias coast is also home to ancient ruins a study last year found rising sea levels in coastal erosion are threatening around 90 percent of its unesco world heritage sites on low lying coastal areas along the mediterranean. we've been traveling from the north of the country and we're heading down the crazy decided to stop here and take a look at these finish and bar through ins now more than 2000 years old they're also one of 3 unesco world heritage sites incentives that in years to come will be

flooded by the sea as you can see it's very close to the ruins. of this beach at the popular tourist town of how met is expected to disappear and restaurant owners in the area are concerned they could lose their businesses in a matter of years 10 years ago. by blows it was. 4050 meters of the sea. it's only going to move is. we're not going to have a breach in sydney is 80 percent of timmy's is economy relies on almost 2000 kilometers of coastline and with climate change taking its toll people here say it needs urgent protection before it's too late. al-jazeera along to museums coastline.

and reminder the top stories on al-jazeera protesters in hong kong 4 with police in a town near the boundary with mainland china as thousands rallied against the presence of chinese traders demonstrators threw on brothers and hard hats the police who were tolerated by swinging buttons and firing pepper spray shoppers and traders from the chinese mainland are accused of driving up prices by bulk buying tax free products to take home and sell. these cases it's willing to facilitate the release of the iranian oil tanker that was seized after brought her last week if iran can guarantee it won't go to syria british foreign secretary jeremy hunt made the offer after his arabian counterpart said he wanted to resolve the issue the ship was detained by british forces on suspicion of taking oil to syria in breach of each new sanctions 4 crew members were arrested and then later released without charge. our concern has always been the destination of the tanker and the fact that it was taking all to syria not the origin of the oil and i said that if we could

receive sufficient guarantees for that time to was not headed for syria then we would be able to resolve the situation following of course due process of course it was a constructive call for mr zarif reassured me that iran too wanted to resolve the situation and i've also spoken to the chief minister of gibraltar fabian picardo and they are working very closely with us to try and resolve the situation protesters have been rallying in sudan's capital to mark 40 days since the crackdown by security forces they want an independent investigation into the killing of more than $100.00 protesters on the 3rd of june they're also demanding a civilian led government a transition agreement between sudan's military jointer and a pro-democracy coalition has been agreed in principle but has not yet been signed at least 26 people have been killed in an all night attack on

a hotel in the somali city of kiss my a suicide bomber rammed a car containing explosives into the as i say hotel. and then stormed the building and it took the security forces around 12 hours to end the siege and those the latest headlines here on al-jazeera coming up america's changing narratives about israel listening post is next but by. you're on t.v. and this story will live on on the web talking about israel and palestine how carefully must you use your words right now i'd like to think that i've always been careful. but at this moment i'm especially careful not because i want to get away

with something but because i want to be heard. magine you're going on the air at c.n.n. there are cameras there are bright lights there are questions being thrown at you what goes through your mind what's going through my mind is there are so few opportunities for palestinians to be able to tell our own story i have to get this right it's like a hostile interrogation as a palestinian been i've so deeply internalized all of the landmines that we can step on that i. it's almost 2nd nature and i also know it said some tough stuff has to be said for some critics have to be made but at the core i believe that if i am careful with my words i can help contribute to a conversation that will lead to an outcome that is freedom justice equality and self-determination for everyone i mean.

hello i'm richard just bert and you're watching a special edition of the listening post from washington d.c. we're still more than a year away from the american presidential elections but there are already more than 20 candidates running on the democratic side vying for the right to take on donald trump in november 2020 as they establish their campaigns stake out their policy positions and fight for news coverage among the issues threatening to divide their party is this country's relationship with israel. america's support for israel usually at the expense of palestine has been unwavering one of the most reliably bipartisan issues in congress with republicans and democrats standing with their israeli allies through thick and thin but there is change in the air you can see that online and to a lesser extent on the airwaves we have i would say probably the best relationships right now with israel that we have ahead of president trump's unquestioning support

of israel and its ever more hawkish prime minister has shifted the debate. in the democratic party the firmly pro israel old guard faces a challenge from a rising wing of progressives and activists who are calling out israel as never before the goal must be to try to bring people together and not just what one country which is now run like when. there i say racist government they sense an opportunity to force previously taboo topics such as b.d.s. the boycott divestment and sanctions campaign into the political and media mainstream one of the most critical rights that we have in our country it's freedom of speech. our country having the right to economic point the narrative on israel is shifting not just here in d.c. but in newsrooms reflecting what is being said online on university campuses and amongst activists across the country. that's what we're here to examine in d.c.

new york city and the states of michigan and texas. the most recent changes in washington began at the ballot box last year's midterm elections sent 111 new faces to the capitol resulting in the most racially and gender diverse congress in america's history for the 1st time more than 100 house members sporty today the 1st muslim women michigan's rashida to lead and minnesota's little hand. challenging conventional washington wisdom on immigration policy racial injustice and economic inequality is not what provoked the most intense criticism of these congress with their positions on israel to the same wave that brought in hung ahmed and xander. and the she that into office the same wave that makes bernie sanders so popular amongst young people that same progressive wave is actually creating speech

for 2 congresswoman to support us by sanctions for the 1st time ever to criticize israel very openly and to call out the us his policy on israel more broadly the bipartisan nature of support for israel that for several decades has been sort of the standard position for any ambitious politician to take that has been blown wide open and part of it is the omar conversation part of it is the election of a militia to play we know that the progressive movement is increasingly seeing israel as an ally and increasingly are concerned about palestinian rights at the same time the critique and the punishment for critiquing israel is becoming much harsher we see that israel's influence is waning that the hetero doxie around israel as infallible as something that both. sides of the aisle will protect we

see that crumbling so it makes sense it makes sense that as it's crumbling there isn't a head gemini that holds up itself where people just self corrects and self discipline but instead there is a rise in the coercive force to punish those who step out of line support of the boycott divestment and sanctions movement has suggested that if you're a supporter of israel your guilty of jewelled loyalty in the past and she along with so i don't is part of any benteke attention the democratic party now being protected by the democratic leadership i expected. what i mean by pushback is you know ugliness and hate in misunderstanding and anger being directed at me and really my faith or somebody that looks like me kind of developed into this massive kind of targeting attack. which she did to leave has been pressured and scrutinized in a way 1st term members of congress almost never are and she says what her colleague

you have omar has faced has been worse really critical time and omar in so many ways is at the forefront of being a person that is there at the right time at the right place and we have to uplift that so even before she became a congresswoman omar had been branded an anti semite for her criticism of israel then in february after a republican congressman repeated that accusation and an online debate ensued omar tweeted 6 words echoing lyrics from the world of hip hop words for which she would later apologize the benjamins were a reference to $100.00 bill omar was talking about the millions the pro israel lobby spends in washington the online reaction was swift. but. the opinion editor of a jewish newspaper the forward accused omar of peddling a malevolent trick. omar responded by calling out a path to the american israel. public affairs committee the most influential croak

israel lobby group in the us but your. reply went far. this country is desperately in need of a conversation for how we can be leveraging our closeness with israel to end the occupation of the palestinians that is not the conversation that congresswoman omar is having she did not criticize israel what she did was characterize support for israel among americans and among american jews in a way that was just off enough just long enough that it slipped to right into the well worn grooves of anti-semitic tropes what do i mean by that she criticized a pack the israel lobby. of course you can criticize a pack without being anti-semitic i do it all the time the problem was that she mischaracterized apac exactly in

a way that fell into an anti-semitic trope just like everyone else you know i read i read the tweets and i thought i don't see this is being particularly anti-semitic riva sickly controversial there are progressive american jews people i know well who hear some of the things that are being said and just it hits something deep inside of them and i think it hits them sometimes as allies who say i've been a good ally of the rights the palestinians or human rights but here this hurts me so much you've gone too far and the sense of we should be able to pull you back and tell you what is the right way to criticize israel so that you don't offend us by the same token it is not up to white or jewish progressives to tell palestinians or progressives of color what is the acceptable way to to to express their concerns that's not a good look for progressives to say the least. the controversy around omar's

position on israel and palestine and the language she uses did not end with the tweet affair a few weeks later at a town hall meeting that was live streamed omar said this i want to talk to the political will in. this country that says ok for people to push for a foreign country she was talking about israel the context was disregarded and once again she was called anti semitic the charge that the semitism is leveled at anybody who is potentially vulnerable to it so for example when. thomas friedman of the new york times says that a pact bought and paid for an applause line got congress to basically apply that to the other speech nobody or person that is anti semitic because they know the duck charge would not stick and somebody like thomas friedman by contrast when you have . muslim black member of congress making comments about the israel lobby she's much more vulnerable to that kind of charge but she's a hater i'm going to say she's got the whole world is watching watch an israeli

audience supposed to take from a comment like that what she did not say critically she did not say anything about american jews using money to control politics and she said absolutely nothing about american jewish loyalties to the united states or to israel or anything of that sort and yet that was the dominant narrative in the media which i thought was really preposterous the media pile on did not come out of nowhere it was a long time in the making a congress are under attack. it developed in the corridors and back rooms of american politics where legislators the reporters tracking their words anti-semitic trope and studio anchors across the country have collectively constructed and reinforced a largely black and white narrative on a story with multiple shades of grey this anti-semitic charged that it was against the jewish people literally for hundreds of years the condemnations from the political side came not just from republicans but also from democratic

congressional leaders like nancy pelosi and chuck schumer they reflect simply prepared a resolution for a vote to condemn anti-semitism in effect they were singling out omar preparing to bring her to heel but the pushback was fierce and unprecedented the young multi-ethnic progressive wing of the party demanded that any resolution and evolved over what it will hand over markets it had to condemn not only anti semitism but also islamophobia hate speech against immigrants the l.g.b. tea community and other marginalized america. then when key democratic contenders weighed in siding with the new guard over the old the democratic leadership did the math and realized it did not have the votes it had to concede to the pressure from the progressives the resolution is agreed and widen the scope of the resolution that marked

a turning point. over the course of 70 years the american israel public affairs committee. has grown into one of the most influential foreign policy lobbying groups in washington. daniel conference is a key event on the capital's talent a mix of politics pageantry and hardcore partisanship $18000.00 people attended this year's gathering political consultants activists journalists politicians from israel and the u.s. including presidential candidates and congressional leaders. and. politicians have much to gain by aligning themselves with the group as a disproportionate amount of clout to shape legislation promote pro israel politicians and direct funding very way from allied donors but one of the pacs greatest achievements lies in what is or is not said its ability to effectively set

the boundaries of the israel palestine debate in the us across the political and media sphere one thing that's really important to remember is that lobbying is part of the democratic process it's a pretty terrible part it is a corrupting influence a pac and not just the uses its power and influence to ensure the us has no possessions but the n.r.a. uses its power and influence to keep there from being you know laws against the guns the oil and coal industry use the power of its lobby to make sure that environmental regulations are not passed even though we're in a crisis of climate change. in a capital kneedeep in lobby groups apac has plenty of company in foreign policy lobbying alone arab gulf countries like saudi arabia the u.a.e. and qatar all play a high stakes big money game to cultivate politicians influence them and shape media narratives usually out of the range of news cameras 8. used to be the

industry standard in lobbying but the others have been catching up and there are a mistake about signs that things are changing this year 7 democratic presidential candidates stayed away from this conference as recently as 4 years ago in 2016 that would have been unthinkable the longstanding taboo that you do not criticize a pac it's now being challenged d.c.'s most powerful lobby is facing the kind of scrutiny it's never seen before i think apex really losing a lot of power trump in a way he obviated right he's a sort of one man israel so he made them a little bit a little bit obsolete on the right and he sort of made them toxic on the left because anything associated with israel is now going to have to account for its injustice it back at this point i would say is really sort of it's losing a lot of power. and other jewish advocacy groups j.

street jewish voice for peace if not now have emerged in the u.s. progressive voices now challenging apacs dominance over discourse on israel and palestine and news outlets have grown bolder when dealing with journalists dig deeper into the group's work and question it more openly than they chose to or felt able to in the past as it becomes more and more clear that apac does not speak for the american jewish community and that in fact it is an odds with the majority of the american jewish community if we're going to see an increased willingness to investigate what is really about still the limits on discourse over palestine and israel remain and the consequences for venturing beyond them can be career threatening last november marc lamont hill an academic and activist as well as a paid political contributor at c.n.n. learned the hard way lamont hill made a speech on palestine at the u.n.

it lasted 21 minutes and consisted. of 2837 words he ended it by calling for a free palestine from the river to the sea his critics online contended that those last 6 words from the river to the sea amounted to a call for the elimination of israel the counter argument was that that was not what mont hill meant that the rest of his speech made that abundantly clear however within 24 hours without so much as speaking to lamont hill c.n.n. fired i can't say what red line across in literal terms because i wasn't given any specific reason or analysis obviously the speech was the red line the protests however from the speech where largely around those last 6 words from the river to the sea that's what at least became the pretext for the outrage from many people is there a double standard at play here because you get fired for saying what you said at

c.n.n. and yet the network continues to employ for his punditry a former american senator rick santorum he once denied that palestinians even exist so how much of this do you feel has to do with what gets said and how much is about who says it i think it's both if i had said as binyamin netanyahu son had said a few weeks ago on twitter israel is a jewish state from the river to the sea i would have not been fired i would have not been criticized i would have gone unnoticed now obviously when people of color or one muslim say it there are even lower threshold for critique in this in this vein c.n.n. succumb to a very serious smear campaign against marc lamont hill that was driven by a wide range of pro israel forces the united states. was the editor of the washington examiner he accused marc lamont hill of supporting genocide against jews which is just utterly ridiculous and they have even people like ben shapiro was a popular personality on the right he also joined the campaign to brand mark lamont

hill in an environment. people are susceptible to smear campaigns there's no question about it and unfortunately large media companies are concerned about their image and so they sometimes respond in the wrong way to smear campaigns you know twice over the past decade c.n.n. has fired veteran journalists jim clancy and octavia nasser for online comments that offended pro israel forces and unbeknown to most of the network's viewers its lead political anchor wolf blitzer wasn't always a journalist he used to work for apac a one time pro israel lobbyist now occupying a c.n.n. anchor chair his former employer and other pro israel advocates don't just focus their efforts on politicians elected to congress or news networks based in new york they do plenty of lobbying work beyond washington and it's paying off particularly at the state level more than half of the 50 states have now passed laws that shield

israel from a campaign of boycotts divestment and sanctions the b.d.s. movement in some cases those laws don't just ban states from hiring employees who support b.d.s. they force american citizens to sign an oath of loyalty to another country israel many of the anti b.d.s. laws are virtually identical copy and paste pieces of legislation written in clear violation of the us constitution and americans 1st amendment right to free speech and many of my colleagues today even know and realize that's what they signed on to do you know that i've talked to them they did not realize that this wasn't about hey we support israel and israel is our friend this was also about suppressing people's freedom of speech by saying no one can economically boycott the state of israel and to me you want to show support of israel then show support in other

forms not by oppressing the american public. from speaking out and we're turning in the country that is not democratic is not about. freedom freedom of expression religion speech all of those things. although 2 organizations care the council on american islamic relations and the a.c.l.u. the american civil liberties union are fighting that trend in the courts and in some cases winning. public radio in the case of george hale for instance a radio journalist who station broadcasts out of texas a and m. university having once reported from the west bank and having seen the effects of the occupation hale supports the b.d.s. campaign last year the university which is funded by the state of texas required hale to sign a contract stipulating that he would not participate in or speak in favor of a boycott of israel and mention that i don't agree with the cause and made it very

clear and they rejected that immediately cosigner he won't work there's the exact words from the higher ups this past april a federal judge in texas struck down the state's anti b.d.'s law on constitutional grounds saying it threatens to quote manipulate the public debate through coercion rather than persuasion the judge ruled that boycotts are constitutionally protected under the 1st amendment guaranteeing freedom of expression since he said such campaigns are inherently expressing how is it that you are going to condition somebodies employment on their political activity that poses no harm our national security threat right how is it that participating in a grassroots campaign to overcome diplomatic intransigence to hold a primary u.s. ally accountable to human rights norms in international law somehow a threat out to see the context it's what has been legislated across the united

states in an effort. to defeat top down what has not been able to be crushed from the bottom up so now the effort is to tweak these laws to get around that by saying well it only applies to companies that maybe 10 or more people they're trying to figure out how we can tweet tweet tweet tweet tweak until we have legislation that fine maybe it won't prevent george hale from boycotting israel and i'll still be able to get his contract but as a matter of u.s. law on u.s. policy it will deem boycotts of israel or settlements to be a cross around line illegitimate and to some extent illegal 250000000 americans live in states where laws like these have been passed so i think it's important for people to understand that this is not the issue at a place to only like a tiny little group of people it's not impossible to imagine a scenario in which the state legislature could basically make your employment contingent upon you signing that you won't boycott the n.r.a.

or like i planned parenthood or whatever else so it's important that we take a step back and realize that this is not about israel it's not about the sun in the middle east but it's actually about our rights as americans and there really in many ways free speech is under attack you know the cross the united states. a danger to free speech in what many americans call the land of the free over a conflict that lies more than 4000 miles away all those state laws too narrow what little space there is for criticism of israel may in fact be a tangible sign evidence that for the 1st time the pro israel lobby is losing ground in this argument. and israel's critics may have found an unwitting ally in president truck he's deeply unpopular among american democrats and even moderate republicans have grown uncomfortable with his seemingly unconditional support of

the netanyahu government and its policies repeatedly. he asked apac officials for an interview for this program they refused had they said yes we would have asked them whether donald trump is helping or hurting israel's comes to some the answer is obvious. the united states has long been biased in favor of israel for many decades but when the trump administration has done is escalated that to a whole new level where the united states right now is an active participant in israel's war against the palestinian people in a way that we have never seen before and despite these extremely troubling developments on the ground we are beginning to see a shift in discourse within the united states on this issue work people finally identify pursuit of these policies with the extreme regressive right that donald trump essentially represents at this point you could be tempted to say oh my god things are getting more intense it's what you're calling in the battles almost lost and i say quite the opposite i'm saying because it's so tough right now because the

policies are so intense there's a there's an opportunity here dr martin luther king said only when it is darkest can you see the stars. the policy moment some way is very dark but i see a star possibility and i think in the next 10 years we'll be having a very different conversation about palestine and about israel and about justice than we've ever had before. the 2020 elections are still almost a year and a half away american voters will have a multitude of issues to consider before they cast their ballots and for the vast majority their country's relationship with israel will not be the deciding factor but elections do have a way of clarifying. and the campaigning the rallies good news conferences the t.v. interviews the tweets the terminology all of them will reflect what americans be they politicians academics or journalists are allowed to say what is permissible

discourse on palestine and israel things are clearly changed what we do not know and will not know until the votes are cast is how much you've been watching a special edition of our program on palestine israel and american politics we'll see you next time here at the listening. i know i'm maryam namazie in london with a quick look at the top stories this hour the protests against hong kong's

extradition all have now turned into a much wider movement opposed to the influence of beijing fighting broke out on saturday after thousands of protesters marched in the town of shang surely close to the border with mainland china shoppers and traders from the mainland are accused of driving up prices by bulk buying tax free products to take home and sell jamelle island dog reports now from hong kong. the protests in hong kong began more than a month ago and show no sign of easing up with much of the activists frustration directive at the territory's chief executive as a home call people we love our place we are on coms always try out there side by side all right only uses our cities are on the floor there are cities who are just who are 8 hours it will go to our citizens here about 30000 demonstrators gathered to protest against traders from mainland china who make sure tips over the border

to buy tax free goods pushing up prices in hong kong but what began as a peaceful march turned violent. so was. the police clearly outnumbered struggled to contain this situation. police officers who were initially past the just man the perimeters had been pushed back they were clearly outnumbered but we're seeing here now at this point are the protesters basically advancing the full rights of the riot police. the 2 are unable to hold their position and were forced to retreat around 500 meters from their original position. 4 the the this issue

showing a border town between hong kong and bill and china young people here tell us of their bottled up this content at what they see as china's increasing interference in hong kong affairs the the 1st protests began last month when the government proposed amendments to a law that would allow criminal suspects in hong kong to be extradited to china to face trial public demonstrations forced chief executive carol lam to suspend the bill she said it was dead but that's not enough for activists who are calling for her resignation many of these protestors were babies or not even born in 1907 when the united kingdom ended its administration of hong kong and past good sure of its former colony to china but they say they are the ones most disillusioned about hong kong's future the way of life they see is being threatened by creeping thore tarion

ism. dogon al jazeera hong kong. protesters have been rallying in sudan's capital to mark 40 days since a crackdown by security forces i want an independent investigation into the killing of more than 100 protesters on june the 3rd are also demanding a civilian led government a transition agreement between saddam's military genter and a pro-democracy coalition has been agreed in principle but has not yet been signed . at least 26 people have been killed in an all night attack on a hotel in the somali city of kosmo a suicide bomber rammed a car containing explosives into the assess a hotel gunman then stormed the building and it took the security forces around 12 hours to end the siege. and the u.k. says it's willing to facilitate the release of the iranian oil tanker that was seized off gibraltar last week if iran can guarantee that it won't go to syria british foreign secretary jeremy hunt made the offer after his iranian counterpart

said he wanted to resolve the issue the ship was detained by british forces on suspicion of taking oil to syria which would be in breach of e.u. sanctions 4 crew members were arrested and then later released without charge that brings you up to date with all of our top stories coming up next how senegal's wrestlers are uniting back country that is in al jazeera world.

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