we don't want more of the. people like to think that there's nationalism is not as ugly as someone else's nationalists in part one of studio unscripted. think. leading right schooled so accuses israel of apartheid ny crimes against palestinians these really government calls it propaganda. play you watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to you bill also ahead the 1st shipment of medical aid from britain a rise in india as hospitals overwhelmed by over 1000 patients run out of beds and oxygen heavy fighting in myanmar as rebels in a border area

a thai military camp. first minneapolis not louisville kentucky the u.s. attorney general announces another investigation into policing after last year's killing of briana take. thank you for joining us a leading rice organization is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians in a new report human rights watch says discriminatory policies exist in both the occupied palestinian territory and within israel itself israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased and baseless ari fossett reports from occupied east jerusalem. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right

thanks to an electoral alliance sponsored by the prime minister now has a foothold inside parliament but it's a new report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution and we started looking at it we saw the reality in which a single government rules of the road the area between the jordan river and the train you see roughly 6800000 jewish israelis and 16 in it and across these areas is really authorities systems. in the typically privileged jewish israelis the report focuses on 4 arenas in israel where it says palestinian israeli citizens are discriminated against particularly in terms of land use. in the occupied west bank where palestinians unlike israeli settlers a subject to military law and where settlers have preferential access to land resources and building permits in hamas controlled gaza from which palestinians are

barred exit to live in the west bank or east jerusalem and in occupied east jerusalem where unlike israeli citizens palestinians can have their residency status revoked this is the 2nd high profile report this year that is accused israel of practicing apartheid in january the israeli rights group said the israeli government was an acting jewish supremacist policies in the occupied palestinian territories and inside israel itself israel is again rejecting such charges its foreign ministry saying human rights watch is known to have a long standing anti israeli agenda actively seeking for years to promote boycotts against israel their decision not to share this report for review or comment with any israeli authorities is clear indication that it is a propaganda pamphlet which lacks all credibility but critics point to the. $2800.00 nations state law which defined national self-determination as quote unique to the jewish people and to the fact for several months last year israel's

prime minister was advocating the permanent annexation of nearly a 3rd of the occupied west bank. then this is a very important report on israel practicing a past 8 policies the should be the position of the international community as it was with south africa and they should be punishment against the occupation human rights watch says with no viable peace process in place the situation has gone from temporary occupation to permanent domination it's calling on the international criminal court to investigate its allegations and harry joins us now live from west harry a lot of these policies and practices described by human rights watch have existed for many years why this report now. well yes this is a point that i put to him a shock of the lead author of the report you heard from in that package when i spoke to him and he really outlined 2 things one was that this was an attempt to

assess sort of a global situation rather than looking at individual practices as they have done in the past in assessing them each in their own contacts on their own terms this is an attempt to test a lot of these things in one global report against a definition of these crimes the human rights watch set out and it found it says that these practices met both those definitions of apartheid and persecution and also as i referred to at the end there he says that this is something that was once talked about the occupation the current status quo was once talked about as something that emerged from the 1967 war something that was always destined to be settled by a peace process something that was temporary and now such hopes of a peace process such as settlement are very much in abeyance and israeli

politicians have been talking for many years about trying to defend jewish demography and israel's status as a jewish state and so when all of that becomes permanent that becomes a maintaining of dominance by one group against another and again that meets their tests for these crimes the israeli government has pushed back very strongly on this how seriously does it take these sorts of accusations. well yes i mean on the one hand in its statement it is essentially ridiculing h.r. w.'s report and indeed its motivations saying it's preposterous talking about a founder of the organization who had in the past accused the the organization of trying to make israel into a pariah state so essentially in one way it sits saying that this doesn't really matter because it's coming from a biased motivated quarter however there is a fight going on on a number of fronts by the israelis against such sorts of accusations and there is

a very concerted effort to try to disrupt b.d.s. boycott divestment sanctions operations especially in the united states especially on u.s. university campuses there is the i.c.c. international criminal court investigation into war crimes alleged against both israeli officials and against hamas in gaza which the prime minister of israel labeled pure anti semitism so there are real efforts underway to try to combat this kind of thing and that's because you don't have to go very far down this road before you get to some pretty fundamental questions but when you think of the zionist project which emerged in the 19th century it was to try to find a homeland for a specific group of people the jewish people who were subjects to violent pogroms to racism in europe where they had been dispersed and of course the dish will motivation of restoring a jewish homeland in such religiously significant historically significant place

and the added motivation of course in the middle of the last century of the of the holocaust so all of that was to have a secure homeland for a certain religion a certain race and when you get to where we are now there are tensions between a of a modern idea of egalitarianism and those sorts of definitions now the israeli government has and continues to say that it is a country where there. there is freedom of religion which is defended where there are what they call israeli arab representation in the judiciary in the parliament the knesset in the foreign service and civil service where it is possible to make a good life for oneself however there are these continuing issues of discrimination within israel itself never mind the occupied palestinian territory and there's also the tension between being a jewish state and a democratic one which is a debate that's alive within mainstream zionism as well as. from from the

palestinian side as well and there are clear distinctions such as palestinians not having a right to return even if they have a history in what was historic palestine whereas any jew born anywhere in the world has the right to make pilgrimage and will be assisted to make pilgrimage to israel so these are very difficult issues to wrestle with and it's something that obviously b. israeli government is trying to push back on in this report thank you harry for that harry fox that live for us our own lesser listening. a devastating 2nd wave of the corona virus is overwhelming india's hospitals and come a tory m so long with a wide shortage of medicine and oxygen new cases have stayed above 300004 the 6th consecutive day and the health ministry has reported another 2771 deaths the surge has left families and patients pleading for oxygen outside hospitals health officials in new delhi and neighboring states have been making frantic calls and

posting appeals on twitter seeking emergency surprise the government has called for help from the military which will release oxygen supply from its reserves retired medical personnel will also provide help australia has now joined a growing list of countries that have banned or restricted flights from india and many countries of place to send medical aid the u.k.'s shipment is the 1st to arrive while the us has promised to send millions of astra zeneca vaccines let's get an update on the situation in new delhi with our correspondent elizabeth cohen i'm so hospitals still overwhelmed in new delhi liz and now a controversy. absolutely folley it's been a week now since delis hospitals 1st raised the alarm that they were running out of oxygen and every day we're still hearing reports that many hospitals and still making do with just a few hours of oxygen left the situation is grim hospital entrances to timelines

a still filled with desperate people looking for beds and oxygen for their loved ones and so what happened on tuesday is despite all of that we heard that the delhi government has instructed a 5 star hotel to free up 100 beds to create a covert health facility for delhi high court judges and their families this was at the delhi high court's instruction and there has been a backlash to this on social media with some people even wondering if it's a joke when people are dying because there aren't enough beds and oxygen this is the same delhi high court which they call the situation in the capital last week ridiculous and and shocking and the central government has been accused of being tone deaf on monday the director of the biggest public hospital in the country which is here in delhi told people that there is no need to panic right quite a controversy there's been concern about the numbers of cases and also the number

of deaths how accurate toddy. what rising concern with more and more states including here in the capital delhi where there are more than 1000 deaths of the past week 1000 called the deaths local investigation show that on to the official death toll now last year we knew that the official numbers weren't. an indication of the real number of cases and that's because people weren't getting tested and india doesn't conduct about tests to know the real number of infections this year there are other issues even if people want to get tested you have to wait so long to get tested and then more days to get the results that the daily new infections on the accurate with the tremont torreon is having to free up pox and popping grounds next to them and so many more color than mine 2 bodies being cremated and buried and the official death toll that that's

it's just not adding up and at the same time you know we have leaders like of the most populous state of today saying that there's no shortages of hospitals or beds and asking police officers and government officials to take action against hospitals which put up signs saying that there that there's no oxygen quite a shocking situation thank you very bright show elizabeth in new delhi for bringing us up to date. now u.s. for the u.s. government says it's working nonstop to deliver urgent supplies to india president joe biden has spoken to the indian prime minister narendra modi washington says it will release up to 60000000 doses of the astra zeneca covert 1000 vaccine after being accused of hoarding them as our white house correspondent kimberly how with more. under pressure from global governments to do more to help cope with dying team the united states is sending much needed medical supplies to india there are a number of areas that have are of great interest and are

a great need to india at this point time oxygen is one of them at india's request the we are exploring options to provide action in related supplies we've identified u.s. commercial suppliers of friends of beer that are immediately available to help relieve the suffering of proven $1000.00 patients in india we've identified rapid diagnostic testing supplies personal protective equipment and additional ventilators on monday u.s. president biden called india's prime minister modi to discuss how the 2 countries can work together to protect their populations. india is experiencing one of the worst covert 19 outbreaks the world has ever seen and oxygen supplies are short the u.s. and other developed nations have been under criticism for stockpiling vaccine doses while poor countries struggle after weeks of hesitation the u.s. now says it will assist india in boosting its vaccine supply 53 percent of the u.s.

population has received at least one vaccine dose of them a dirda pfizer or johnson and johnson vaccines and appointments are now easy to obtain but vaccines for america's astra zeneca stockpile have not yet been approved in the u.s. still the bidens of ministration will now make up to 60000000 doses available for export to countries like india following. a government review before any astra zeneca doses are shipped from the united states the f.d.a. will confirm any such ptosis meet its expectations for product quality the u.s. is also sending a team of experts from the centers for disease control to help india manage its crisis the u.s. actions are reciprocal india sent the united states' assistance in the early days of the pandemic when the us was hard hit now the biden ministration wants to return the favor medical professionals say the u.s.

move is a good start but more must be done and what's needed in the long term is quite clear a waiver of all intellectual property patents. that control 'd or that hinder district global distribution of the covert vaccines and other covert related technologies as india battles its covert crisis some countries and airlines have banned flights to and from india but the white house says it has no plans to ban travelers from india to the united states can really help that al-jazeera the white house. still ahead on al-jazeera a growing standoff between saudi arabia and lebannon or talk to families caught in the middle.

faces cybiko showers coming in the cross u.k. over the next couple of days they have been few and far between so very welcome this i suspect somewhere whether that is this area of low pressure just spins its way down across scotland sinks further south with central parts of europe last you find a dry over towards the southwest yeah we have still got some showers rolling in the crust by and coach kill southern parts of france also seeing some of that west weather a little push its way into the north of italy as we go on through choose day maybe want to see showers too across the hungary in plain ukraine see some showers western parts of russia also scandinavia on the other hand still looking a lot of the driver the next couple of days some dry weather trying to push his way back in the cross the british isles as we go through wednesday i shall is thinking a little further south would slow waited rifle it's been a very dry april all the way survival coming down across a good part of england and wales showers meanwhile continue into front seats of a good part of spain and poach go nor the possum rock i might just catch

a shower or 2 as well over the next day but it was useless to try to cross libya for a time this push by the south with a seasonal raised and very nicely with some heavy downpours pushing up across a good part of the gulf with good. frank assessments. exactly how and why now taking for a situation like i'm not doing if you ever get informed opinions is the u.s. with thinking military positioning in the middle east or is it just to simply reorganize the ministry asa this is a message to the region the united states here's a rethinking here its military posture in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story is iraq. the

e.u. the or. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back to go our reminder of our main stories human rights watch is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians israeli foreign ministry has dismissed every ortez by. india has reported more than 300000 new coronavirus cases for the 6th consecutive day the military says it will release oxygen supplies from its reserves to help overwhelmed hospitals call. now another war of news a rebel group in myanmar says it has captured and burnt down an army base near the thai border the outpost is in an area controlled by the current national union

they've been food shortages and fountains of people have recently fled karen states after as strikes by myanmar's military the rebels oppose a gentile which ceasefire in a coup in february has reagan's call hydros monitoring the situation in myanmar from neighboring thailand his live in bangkok so what more do you know scott about this attack at this military base. we know fully can you has come out and said that this began before sunrise today tuesday and was attacked on this outpost the tatmadaw that's the me and mara military they have this outpost right along the river that serves as the border between me and mar and thailand they overran this outpost they say and then they burnt it to the ground those are the images we can see the riposte of the video we can see there that was posted on social media that was taken from the thai side of the border as this unfolded you could hear the the shots echoing through this valley where the river is now it's it's part of what we've seen is kind of a stepped up confrontation between ethnic armies and the tatmadaw particularly in

korean ethnic held areas like we're seeing there and as you mentioned foley this was an area that we've seen airstrikes over the last several weeks in that we've seen counter attacks by the ethnic armies against the tatmadaw positions like we did earlier today now what this did is what it does now is really kind of raises the tension in that area and what we might see coming in the next couple of days is maybe retaliating from the tatmadaw and what we could possibly see is more refugees coming across the river like we saw as you said fairly in the last couple weeks and this is coming as scott as agenda has said that they were going to consider some of the demands made at the s.a.n. summit on saturday how might this attack impact or affect the stats. it could impact that you know they they say that the joint to issued a statement saying that they will positively entertain as some of the ideas that

were presented of this meeting on saturday it's a bit of a setback in the rhetoric because the way our see on in the way this meeting concluded on saturday is that these are 5 points and we're going to use them marching forward and then now you have the joint to saying today tuesday they're going to consider some of these moves so that's a little bit of a setback i guess based on what was that the idea coming out of that meeting on saturday but the 1st of that those 5 issues of 5 steps to temp down the situation to tamp down the. violence in myanmar was to stop immediately stop any kind of violence on all sides now obviously when we see this attack now what is that going to do to the gentle but it has to be said this has been going on yes over the last several weeks but then this is also a battle between these ethnic armies and the military the tatmadaw that has been going on for decades but obviously this is being more focused on now because of the situation with the protesters across me and more but then also now to these ethnic

armies and groups have joined forces if you will with the protest movement and with this national union government that the those who are kicked out of office have formed a parallel government if you go these armies have said that they're going to join with them as they move forward so obviously that you know when we see this kind of attack that does raise concern that there could be retaliation particular after we saw the statement come out from that meeting on saturday keeping a close on that thank you very much for that sky high and i for saying bangkok. the u.s. attorney general has announced an investigation into the new retail police department in kentucky it follows last year's killing of brianna taina a black woman shot in her home during a botched police raid and it comes only days after the death of another bank manager ng a police stop in north carolina rob analysts reports. as protests over the police killing of andrew brown jr continue his family members were allowed

to watch a snippet of police buddy camera video showing brown being shot repeatedly they were outraged by what they saw my dad ask you to just by trying to save his own life you know he was not in no office was not in no harm of him at all. is messed up how does happen. brown was killed on april 21st in elizabeth city north carolina by police serving a drug related arrest warrant the killing sparked days of protests his relatives and their attorneys say brown posed no threat to officers as he tried to leave the scene in his vehicle and you had his hands on a stand will he was not reaching for anything he wasn't touch anything he wasn't doing anything of and he had his hands firmly on the stand will they went up to his vehicle shooting was 7 deputies have been placed on leave brown's

family and protesters demand authorities released the full body camera videos from several officers what can the family see all of the video the truth will come out. the video we're piecing back the public and we will get justice for andrew brown jr. the bided ministration is under political pressure to make good on the president's pledges to pursue police reform and end racial disparities it announced on monday that it would conduct a sweeping investigation of the police department and local government in louisville kentucky following the police shooting of briana taylor a black woman in her home there last year it will determine whether l m p d engages in unconstitutional stops searches and seizures as well as whether the

department unlawfully execute search warrants on private homes. it will also a sas whether l m p b engages in discriminatory conduct on the basis of race. in the days since former minneapolis police officer derrick chauvin was convicted of murdering george floyd 11 months ago police around the u.s. have shot and killed at least half a dozen people leading to more nationwide cries for racial justice and reform rob reynolds al-jazeera. thousands of people in somalia's capital mogadishu are calling for elections. and they oppose a recent decision by parliament to extend president mohammed abdul life from my just term in office by 2 years have been violent confrontations for the past couple of months from a failed to hold elections in february saying their concerns about security and

covert 90. saudi arabia has suspended the import of fruit and vegetables from lebanon it says shipments are being used for drug smuggling after millions of pills were found in boxes of promise pomegranates lebanon is already facing its worst economic crisis in decades and the ban is expected to hit farmers hard as in a harder has our report. these farmers delivered on our harvesting lettuce meant for households in saudi arabia but after the saudi government imposed the ban on lebanese produce they fear the agricultural sector will face a disaster so the fish will see the shipments are being used to smuggle drugs. yeah they had to i don't it's an arbitrary decision and so we ask the saudis to reverse the ban we're not all drug dealers and smugglers you can't punish everyone. lebanon exports $400000.00 tons of agricultural produce every here one forced to saudi arabia and the wider gulf region it's millions of dollars for a country facing

a deep economic and financial crisis. we don't export pomegranates investigations show the truck came from syria but yes you can argue the lebanese government is not doing its job there are no scanners at the borders with syria or at the ports corruption in governance has plagued this country for years there is little control along its borders whether with neighboring syria or at ports where smuggling is rampant and evasion of custom tax costs the state billions of dollars in revenues levanon has a long history of drug called division and trafficking the because bally is the source of opium and hashish production factories producing captagon pills have been discovered as well western drug agencies say the amphetamine is also widely manufactured in syria. the discovery of 5300000 captagon pills in saudi arabia was the latest drug bust coming from lebanon on the timing of the ban has raised

the question if politics is at play this disengagement strategy that saudi arabia as well as the broader gulf has adopted me have 11 on. turning into more of an engagement than a negative engagement strategy in that case the pressure on the lebanese government in saudi arabia whose influence in lebanon has waned in recent years is angered by what many see as the iranian backed hezbollah control and influence in the country lebanon's leaders ordered the security services to crack down on drug smuggling and those behind it decisions are not in the hands of the lebanese government but in the hands of hezbollah. modeling routes are under its control there is the airport the ports there is no state in lebanon or there's a lot of uncertainty saudi arabia wants guarantees that what it calls a systematic smuggling operations and few here believe it will be easy to control the drug trade so the. beirut. finally is called

a pink super moon and it's been gracing skylines around the world a super more and happens when it orbits closer to earth making our new neighbor p.s. 7 percent bigger and 15 percent brighter than normal or they'll be 2 this year the 2nd is due in a month's time. hello again i'm fully back to blow with the headlines on al-jazeera human rights watch is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased india has reported more than 300000 new coronavirus cases for the 6th consecutive day the military says it will release oxygen supplies from its reserves to help overwhelmed hospitals cope the 1st shipment of international aid has arrived from the u.k. and the situation in india is beyond heartbreaking

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