individual johnny witnessed joe cases in firing documentaries. the change the while on al jazeera. ah hello, i'm fully bachelor window. how? with a look at our main stories on al jazeera, america's top military officers called the end of the 20 year war in afghanistan. a strategic failure during questioning by senators on capitol hill, defense officials admitted that taliban forces advance far more quickly than anticipated. patty co hain reports from capitol hill are the ones in unusual move. the top military brass walking a fine line, but up here into public good question, their boss, us president, version of events in afghanistan. buddy, how you doing president joe biden had said he couldn't recall any military adviser

recommending he troops in afghanistan before he ordered the withdrawal. the top military bosses appeared to contradict that won't share my personal recommendation the present, but i will give you my honest opinion and my honest opinion in view shaped my recommendation. i recommended that we maintain 2500 troops and afghan stamps. the white house responded. i would note today in the testimony that was given by secretary austin by general milly, they made clear secretary austin specifically said, if he stayed there, a pot force posture of 2500. certainly you'd be in a fight with the taliban. and you'd have to reinforce from the senators dooley narratives over which president is to blame for the chaos. donald trump, who made a deal with the taliban to take troops out, or president biden, who set the date for removal. anyone who says the last few months were a failure, but everything before that was great. clearly hasn't been paying attention because

of the date, certain rather than a conditions based withdrawal. because of a decision that was made by our president. because of that, we left the american citizens behind. so what went wrong? this hearing didn't produce any real answers, but the military admitted here something did we help build the state, mr. chairman, but we could not for donation. the fact that the afghan army that we in our partner's train simply melted away in many cases without firing a shot, took us all by surprise, and it would be just honest a claim. otherwise, the pentagon is conducting its own review of its actions. but some senator say that's not enough. they're calling for the creation of an independent commission that can look at what went wrong, not just at the end, but during the entirety of america, the longest war particle have al jazeera washington. natalia bon says it's planning to reinstate a constitution from nearly 6 decades ago. i've got a new role is one to apply the 1964 charter but only where it doesn't conflict with

their vision of islamic law and avenues lava from the volcano on the spanish island of la palmer has now reached the atlantic ocean, a huge crowd of toxic vapor and gas has been released into the air as the lava mixes with sea water. nicholas hark has more from the panama, the spanish gorgeous. he built to pursed all of the people that were there to watch the spectacle. out of the port. i have told people to stay on log down to wear goggles, cover their mouth, stay close as much as possible, not exposing your arms because in the air is not of gases such as sulfur dioxide. now they're monitoring the level of sulfur dioxide from these toxic gases also is hydro gloried and in other gases emitted by this volcano. the world health organization is promising reform and accountability after dozens

of allegations of sexual abuse by work is fair to find the bowler in democratic republic of congo. the agency's head has apologized to victims. i'm sorry, i'm sorry for what was done to you by people who are employed by w joe to serve and protect you. i'm sorry for the ongoing suffering that this event must cause. i'm sorry that you have hard to really to relieve them in talking to the commission about your experiences and opposition politicians. indonesia have worn down call for widespread protests unless the president reverses moves to cease power. the good faith. faith is last legitimacy, accusing him of a co thanks, analogy era killing the counts. ah

. i the northern cemetery principal burial ground of the city of stock last resting place for sweden's most celebrated citizens. ah, not far from alfred nobel whose famous prizes whose name lies another illustrious weeds count poker bernard dogs of visible i like no bell. his name is linked with peace as the 1st un mediator in the arab israeli conflict. unlike nobel,

his life ended violently. ah think torn us like man, i don't want to make peace have a little chance of doing so because i don't really understand the deep roots of the conflict. ah, on the 17th of september, 1948. shortly after arriving in jerusalem, bernard was assassinated. the killer's right wing it rains the stern gang. people were seen this true true. they got of course $3.00 and $1.00 of them, the tuck shamir, 2, came the prime minister. this is the story of how peace can be frustrated by extreme is our son,

nation. and turn the tide of history with concert. since the stills call the middle east, ah, this is the story of killing macau, the ah. the february 1945 count focus and adults is about to board nazi plane bound for berlin. as vice president of the swedish red cross, he was leading the biggest humanitarian efforts of world war 2. ah, he had come to germany to negotiate with find him not seen minister of the interior

. ah, this meeting would secure the release of thousands of concentration camp persons ah, by the end of the war burner, dots, mission known as the white, fussy, would successfully evacuate $30000.00 prisoners of over 20 nationalities to safety in sweden one 3rd of them would use, ah, in the aftermath of war, those jews who had survived the holocaust begun to leave a continent that had become for them a personal hell ah, after the war the begun like the birds to flee

to palestine. the the english ships say, discover the law was to come to our country. the british, the ruling or sorry in palestine had decided to put a stop to the tide of jewish immigration. the tide had been swelling since fascism had begun its march across europe.

in 1900. 36 local arab objections to both british colonial rule and mass jewish immigration to their homeland erupted into a full scale revoked the jewish settlements in palestine had been protecting themselves against sporadic arab attacks. with a defense militia, the hug in $36.00 in the face of bailey and suddenly it dawned on the younger generation that unless they are ready to undertake the military

efforts in the country, the jews won't be able to stay. so they defensive a source, changed into an offense in a more extreme group now emerged from the cold in the national military organisation in the land of israel. in march, $937.00 launched a series of farm attacks against the arab kathy's market buses and trains with the cycle of violence in palestine growing the british decided to act

ah, that's in davis. now that's a conferences hoping to arrive at a solution of the jewish problem of palestine. ah, after a conference in london attended by both arabs and jews. the british government produced a white paper setting a limit on the jewish immigration of palestine for the next 5 minutes to hope to bring peace to a land that has been so long. beyond that, it would be left to the arab majority to decide to the jews. this was complete betrayal. soon the british would feel their anger the on the 26th of august, 1939. it started its own war against the british killing 2 offices in a boma 6

days later, the whole world descended into war. the name mediately called off its campaign so as not to hinder britain's fights against what they called the jews greatest enemy in the world. german nazi is but within aragon, a splinter group now emerged led by a man determined to fight on a home stern thought. the britain was a greater enemy of the jews than, than the germany. and he wanted to continue to fight the british during the 2nd world war. in order to expel them.

in july 1940 stern created a new militant break away from aragon called nasty or fighters for the freedom of israel. to the british, it was simply the stun guy, the the fates of full bernard art would be determined by these men. they wanted the british out of the middle east. the germans wanted the british out of the middle east. so left he decided to make common cause with the nazis tried to make contact with them the stumble. nazis weren't interested, nothing came of it. it was a mixture of stupidity and fanaticism. they thought that they had to join the enemy of england in order to obtain help for the goals in palestine,

which was just stupid. they were very brave and very stupid people. in february, in 1942 during his arrest in tel aviv by the british. abraham stem was shot dead. mm. on the 6th of november 1944 less. he commanded now by yitzhak, shamir struck back in an unexpected place. hiram ah, to assassinate killed lord moving the british minister resident in the middle east, outside his home. ah, if park shania was a terrorist and not just he, but the other members of the 3rd guy, defined themself, terrorists,

and wrote that terrorism is a perfectly legitimate means for expelling the phone occupier from the land of fees for me after the end of world war $2.00 in 1945 as jewish organizations were honoring an adult for his work with the white buses. many of the holocaust survivors trying to enter palestine found their way. bard i. kristen had refused to raise immigration limit set before the war to the jews. the betrayal now seemed even greater. the

having won one war britain founded so fighting the this time against jewish militant groups. the what developed the kind of competition the left was the most extreme, they're gone, had overcome works to me in order to compete with the left. and the haga now became more, extremely low, the, to compete with able to go. and so the whole process became more stream the violence and death ride the ancient streets of jerusalem. ah, terrorism, i've been job and tell you, has been the chief outward sign of

a critical situation. palestine continues to present one of the most obstinate problem. as of today, i am responding with the conan counter insurgency campaign. the british arrested 1000 imposing the convicted insurgents in response, imogen, under the command of another future israeli prime minister mana, him, bacon bombed the king david hotel. the main base for the british administration in palestine killing british arabs and jews alight by october

1947 jewish underground groups had killed 127 british service. men have been instructed by his majesty's government to announce that in the absence of a settlement, they must plan for an early withdraw. the british forces and of the british administration from palestine. o britain had washed its hands of a problem of its own making. the fate of palestine now lay with the united nation. ah, the area in november 1947, i think the un general assembly adopted resolution 181 recommending the palestine

the partitioned into separate arabs and jewish states. news of the united nation to recommend petition brings my nation among the jewish communities. and rosalind this was the 1st ever international recognition of the long hoped for jewish state. but the extremists saw no cause for celebration. they thought that the jews had absolute right to the whole of palestine and the borders of the dru state shouldn't be defined by any foreign bodies like the united nation. so they wanted greater israel as it existed in biblical time.

in april, 1948, going to forces began a military operation to take control of arab areas assigned to the jewish state. under the partition plan, the extremist militias joined the effort, but soon they had overstep. a mark left in it too. that is the stern gang, and has the british called them participated in one famous atrocity, which was of course conquest and massacre which occurred in the village of the area seen on the 9th of april, 1948. when about 100 villagers were killed, most of them, a civilian ah,

with the departure of the last high commissioner of palestine, the british mandates was over. ah, that same day and tel aviv david ben, glory and declared the establishment of the state of israel. ah, the celebrations would be short lived the within hours, the egyptian air force would bomb the capital of the newly formed states.

at the same time, the armies of egypt, jordan, syria, and iraq crossed the borders into palestine. whereas the maintenance of order and security and just as an urgent question which concerned new york, united nations, placed a major challenge to its power and prestige. the 1st arab israeli working on the 20th of may 948. the united nations named its 1st mediator in palestine. ah, the man who would take on the task was count holcombe. adopt hero the white buses. mm. he was from noble family. he was a relative of the king and for which he could deal very good with people meeting high to try and make him compromise this and things like that.

at the end of may, 1948 been adult, left paris for the middle east seen off by his american born wife, a spell in appointed the echo of the white buses. campaign, bernard dogs had his specially chartered plain painted wipes with un and red cross marks. the count caused by united nations as last hope. it will time record admin intermediate raises him above suspicion of hot event. in tennessee, his birth is the 1st task was to bring about the fire, which it needed that he went to the different capital in kind of shuttle diplomacy . which he really invented because everybody was very impressed about his

energy. the, the temple we used when he was traveling around. and you can see he made all possible efforts to bring these these pyre about after only 10 days in the middle east. thunder dot scored his 1st success. on the 9th of june, he announced a full week truce if it had been a fool feather politician, knowing all the trick, i'm not sure he would have succeeded better because they were surprised to this total openness. he never had this diplomatic roundabouts on the time. and many people say that that was clear advantage by the end of june. after weeks of diplomacy been,

adults was finally able to unveil a new plan for peace in palestine than adult was really. and he did not want to abandon the un partition plan, but he wanted to modify it to 15 with a new reality on the ground. and if you look at the map of the u. s. partition plan, it doesn't make much sense. it's 3 jewish enclaves with kissing points, and then there is the arab state which is also fragmented. so basically what he wanted to do is to give the jews the hall of the galilee in the north and the coastal plain, but to deprive them of the negative and to give the neg gave to the arab state. but there was not to be an independent palestinian state by this time. the arab

part of palestine was to be incorporated with france. jordan, despite there being no independent state allocated to the palestinians, bernard dots proposals did include one key provision for them. the right of return for refugees expelled by force from their homes in israeli controlled areas . but and i don't as says number form, how can i know the proposed right of return? and he managed to obtain a un resolution that this is a humanitarian right. that can be ignored with no limits or numbers complete, and you need to try to return and burn the dots. plan included one more provision which would outrage the israelis in his 1st piece

plan, which i think was his biggest mistake. he said that jerusalem would be inside the arab state because there was no possibility whatsoever to have the use agreed to something like that. under bernard, don't plan judaism is most holy place would come under the control of the arabs. jewish militants decided they must fight on in defense of jerusalem. the campaign against spend adults was building and plans were soon being laid for killing the account. the when freedom of the press and the threat in, oh, you just because i thought genuinely about your thoughts towards the making

government step outside the mainstream. there has been a implement here just some of access points that shift the focus. the pandemic has turned out to be a handy little pretext. the prime minister clamped down on the press covering the waves. the news discovered the listening post on just 2 planes came from. so there are 15 men checked. you now patel if you're missing for 5 days. it is possible to fully clean a premises all forensic evidence. but what you then leave is evidence that you have for the claims administration. wanted to give some i'm speaking about the role element before. even if the government get up with this, jamal kasheila, agirri murder in a saudi consulate on our 0. me be the hero, the world needs right now. i was,

ah ah, ah. hello again, i'm truly back the ball. with the headlines on al jazeera, america's top military officer has called the end of the 20 year war in afghanistan, a strategic failure during questioning from senators on capitol hill. the military's top brass admitted that taliban forces advance far more quickly than anticipated. prodigal haine has more from capitol hill the term of the joint chiefs of staff mark, milly.