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a series of measures in response to 2 shootings targeting israelis. they include demolishing the homes of palestinians, involved and speeding up a gun. licensing for is ready citizens. earlier to israeli settlers were injured in a gun attack. the military says a 13 year old palestinian suspect is in custody. it came a day after 7, his rallies died on the shooting in their synagogue and occupied east jerusalem. how you had said to me, but the blemish, shall i add, la garza, the attorney general up to this moment in every 2 hours i was in contact with her. people is not allowing us to seal any houses. in my opinion, this is awful. in my opinion, it can't be like that, in my opinion, it's not only to hurt me and to hurt the government, but the citizens of israel, not the slave mare very long, was as surely to my beyond the issue of sealing the houses. there's a further list of steps are requested, which i hope won't face obstacles. first, there's house demolition. to my astonishment over tens of houses in east jerusalem, which is still what not demolished and

a still possible to demolish them. i come back to the place in the coming days to demolish those illegal houses. and there is the issue of weapons. i want weapons on the street. i want the citizens of israel to be able to defend themselves. or meanwhile, protests against israel's far right. governments have entered their 4th week, thousands of people have been demonstrating a tel aviv against prime minister benjamin netanyahu proposals to reform the judicial system. the changes would limit the powers of the supreme court even more authority to the government. critics say the movies, anti democratic, memphis police department has permanently disbanded the units known as scorpion announcement comes after the city released a video showing fond of its officers beating tiring nichols who later died. there been demonstrations across the country against police violence and calling for the full ukrainian authorities say at least 3 people have been killed after russian missile strike. the eastern city of constantinople can reach no gotten of done. the

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rachel airline fly be has stopped operating for the 2nd time in 3 years. it cancelled all of its flights and even thousands of passengers stranded lobby, resumed operations in april, after it went bankrupt as a result of the pandemic. while the news continues here and i'll just hear that's after the bottom line. ah hi, i'm steve clemens. i have a question now that israel has a new right wing government in place. does the biden administration have a new strategy to deal with it? let's get to the bottom line. ah, the middle east has long been put on the backburner by us administrations, but there's been a flurry of diplomatic activity after israel held its latest elections. president joe biden sent his national security adviser jake sullivan to meet with israeli and

palestinian leaders last week. and now his secretary of state anthony blinking is going next week is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu has stacked his new government with ministers who let's face it, have a history of racism and incitement against palestinians and is moving towards basically annexing the west bank. that goes against official u. s. policy, which is to keep the door open to a palestinian state. but is that still on the table? or is us policy toward israel mainly focused on other regional issues like iran and saudi arabia. today we're talking with professor juan cole, who teaches history at the university of michigan, and is the chief editor of informed comment, a website focused on u. s. foreign policy. doctor cole, it's so good to be talking with you again. can you give our viewers a snapshot of the moment, both politically, in israel, politically in palestine, and what joe biden is up to send his national security adviser and the secretary of

state into israel. now the israeli political system is broken. i. it's had the state has had several elections just a couple years and they've been had a great deal of difficulty putting together a ruling coalition that had any staying power. one of the problems had been that most center and center right. parties in israel were reluctant to align with the liquid party, which is led by ben. you mean the 10, you know netanyahu's under is i as on trial, were corruption ah, and is notoriously difficult to work with. they did put together a government last year that just lasted for a year, but only by the expediency of inviting essentially a mother,

a muslim brotherhood party of palestinian israeli st to, to join the everywhere was the 1st time the this had happened in israeli history. and that was a very difficult coalition of a parties that didn't agree with one another. and it's lapse last summer in part over the west bank because there's a law that extends israeli lot administration to be squatters from israel on ballast indian land in the west bank that was up for renewal. and the part of the coalition that was palestinian israelis declined to go along with, with voting it in. and so the government collapsed over that. they had new elections. and since the center right, didn't want to well less with net 10 yo. he wanted to put together a government he was willing to cross red lines that had been there in israeli

politics. and to invite into his cabinet are members of very, very, very far right parties. i mean, it would not be wrong to call them racists and fascist parties, and leaders of which had in fact been convicted of racial incitement in the caps. these were untouchable groups in previous israeli politics. but but then netting, y'all wanted to be prime minister, so much they brought them in. and he not only brought them in but gave them a great deal of power, including over because tinian occupied population in the palestinian west bank. well, nothing yo has made pronouncements that he wants to extend is really sovereignty everywhere, including the negative and the west bank where there are substantial

austonia and israeli populations. and there's talk of annexation of the west bank or of, of parts of it. and this is a huge public relations problem for the biden administration. so i guess my question is, what from your perspective is not clicking in terms of israel coming the terms with its immediate neighborhood, even though it had the abraham court. and even though it has normalized with other parts of the arab world, well steve, you make good points. it's those kind of shocking to see a society like israel's, which is full of highly educated people. the majority of whom have liberal values being ruled by this kind of very far right government. but on the other hand,

you know, let's look at it this way. first of all, israel shouldn't be thought of as, as that different from other countries. as g d p is kind of like portugal. and although people are well off, it is real, they're still poverty. and the per capita income is is the middle income countries . so it's, it's not a rich country, it's not dubai. and moreover, it's an immigrant society. and this is very important for it's worth a call of illusion. the 1st generation of politically active israelis who came after world war 2 were many of them, a holocaust survivors. ah, you know, we're european, central european jews. these are called us canada, xen, and they tend to be left of center. this is the labor party kind of ruled the roost and dominated many institutions in israeli society. but at the same time

that they were coming or a little later, actually riots broke out and various forms of persecution broke out in the muslim world against jews who were there identified with israelis. and there was anger over the expulsion of palestinians. and in one way, in the information of israel in the world. and so large numbers of people came to israel, who were easterners, they were so far deem or misery, him, jews. and they very different values and customs and full ways that the central european just did. so you were throwing tunisians and moroccans and iranians in with germans and polls and so forth. and initially the, the eastern jews were disadvantaged. they, they had the lowest jobs in society,

they renewals and there were demonstrations in 1965 on their part against the noisy dominance of everything. but then from the seventy's, they got to be numerous to knobs. that they were invited in by the huge party which was a right wing party, the challenge labor and challenge, the israeli center left. ah. and they went for it with alacrity. ah. and so you have this middle eastern jewish community with middle eastern antecedents. our dad used to the used to the right feels you know, aggrieved in the same way perhaps that trump's supporters in the united states fell to grief by their exclusion from the heights that was really society. and then in the ninety's, you had a 1000000 post. soviet people come in,

russians and ukrainians, and other people from the old east block. and they were from a society that was the soviet union. and most of the union, russia was collapsing, the last 10000000 people to, to, to alcoholism and restitution weren't functioning. and these people who came in right to israel wanted, wanted to make a new life and they had no sympathy with palestinians right there. they were in it for themselves, right. what are the problems of legitimacy and direction on the palestinian side? well, you know, those elections that were held in 2006 were relatively free and open and hamas one down. right. and the bush administration had convinced the israeli government over its better instincts to allow us to run. and how much is victory was acceptable to

the americans in to the israelis was a huge mistake on bush's part. and then they, over through the mosque, government arrested many of its members except they were unable to overthrow it in, in the gaza strip. in the west bank. it was simply, but there was a coup saber of yellow. ah. and since the pillow doesn't know whether it would win, no, their election doesn't hold them. and i think the americans do these really are, you know, put pressure on them not to hold them. it's true that the palestine authority is riddled with corruption. but you know, i, i don't think that the, the blame for this a stagnant stagnation of palestinian politics in the west bank and gaza or for the more extremist of voices that we hear from it. you know,

falls on the palestinians there and occupied people. they're not allowed during much in the way of me and even the palestine authority, which helps the israelis to least the palestinians, basically only it's read only runs to 40 percent of the west bank rest is under direct israeli military rule. so an occupied population that gradually having its progress taken away, its sovereignty taken away, its land taken away is not going to throw up healthy politics. this is not a situation that is going to be conducive to that. you know, one of the things that has struck me over years of, of being interested in this issue is watching american, senior officials come out with a strong objective to try to resolve these issues. you know, deal with try to figure out strategies to de, occupy the west bank. i remember secretary john kerry now the climate in boy a

president biden said there is no more important issue would always show us maps in his office of things that he felt were outrageous and that he was gonna make them the highest priority and go in and do them, and every single time these efforts were neutralized or not taken forward by the president's in place. what do you think president biden is trying to do really with jake sullivan and anthony blinking right now? or is it just floundering? well, i have a pretty cynical view of american policy on the steve. i think the, the biden administration is among the more pro israeli administrations that we've seen. it's not going to play fair with palestinians. and i think, you know, the way that the americans have muddled through their new jerk support for virtually anything is really government does to keep talking about a peace process and a 2 state solution. and there is, there hasn't been

a peace process of any genuine sort for, for a decade. and the prospect of the israelis ever letting palestinians have a state is, is slim to none. so this, these are just montrose, these are just things that, you know, the u. s. gets criticized by a steer a p at allies for supporting this and supportable illegal occupation of 5000000 people who are stripped to citizenship in a basic human rights. and what does the us say, well, we're working on it, we have a peace process, will be a 2 state solution. so what put these invoice from biden are doing, are going to to net to y'all and, and sank. be, be shut up. you know, you, you are, you are upsetting the apple cart here because the things you are saying are incompatible with our montrose in compatible with a 2 state solution and compatible with their being a piece process. i don't think the pressure is on him to do very much,

but they just don't want him to give away the show and tell the world what exactly is happening when you know another dimension here that i find interesting is netanyahu seems to be indicated, indicating that they're very close to announcing, you know, normalization of some sort with saudi arabia. is there a point where relations with saudi arabia, with china, with russia out flank america's influence with israel, despite all of our contributions, despite all of american investment in israel? is there a point geopolitically where israel has options other than the united states? well, i don't think that's even on the table right now. steve israelis in the united states are very close and i don't see that changing anytime soon. i think what the issue is expanding the number of states that recognized israel in the arab world is that jerry pushed nor picked off the easy ones already. so the united arab

emirates never really been at war with israel and isn't close to it. and, and is a small state of a 1000000 citizens was 9000000 or 8000000 guest workers. so, and which one had access to israeli technology. so they're doing great technological interchanges, the u. a and israel, it was a marriage made in heaven from their point of view and battering to tiny country in the persian gulf, which is deeply afraid of being annexed by iran. would do anything to avoid that. and so even making friends with israel, which is an iranian makes sense for them. they brought in morocco, which has its own domestic problems. and this was a way of getting international recognition for morocco's claims to the western sahara. so, but then after that, algeria, you know,

sir, here, these other countries are now, you know, i've been so easily convinced them and even saudi arabia, you know, the old guard and saudi arabia king saw me on and the people around him are dead set against normal relations with israel until there's palestinian state. they put forward is the pallet, the saudis put forward a piece plan in the early zeros, and they still stick to it. the younger generation in saudi arabia, leaders like mom had been some on i think would be perfectly happy. and his signal this in new york to throw the palestinians under the bus and just make normal relations with israel. but i think until his father dies it little unlikely to see progress on normalization between israel and saudi arabia. and the fact that

natania has brought in these play me extremist on designers side ah, makes it even more difficult or king so online to, to move forward. and remember, there's the, the saudis are 40 percent, well, hobby, and there are a lot of people in saudi arabia who really anti israel. and while the king is an absolute monarch, he does have to shift with the winds a little bit. so the taking this step at this juncture, i think, could really cause domestic troubles and saudi arabia and for that reason that i don't expect. well, i think one of the constant dimensions of the chessboard in the region is whether, you know, iran continues to be the driver of closer relationships between these states. you know, the u a. e, and as you said, bahrain, saudi arabia and israel, whether it happens now, or, you know, a few years from now, but essentially, a common purpose of defense. but along that line, i want to raise a letter,

there was an open letter published by someone, you know, well, former us ambassador israel daniel kurtz or wrote an open letter to president biden . and here it is. he says, israel should be told that while the united states will continue to support its allies, legitimate security requirements, it will not provide offensive weapons or other assistance for malign israel actions in jerusalem or the occupied territories. perhaps what the encourage you're saying, let's not, let's not give israel any tools to further encroach or move on what prime minister netanyahu has said by, you know, finally envelope being and annexing all of the west bank. but at the same time, there is a very big security dimension to the abraham courts and is a very big security dimension to our relationship with israel on its defense. that does involve trying to preempt both iran and its appendages that are operating in the middle east. so how do you square, how do you read dan kurtz or is comment and square it?

well, i, i think creatures judicious thinker on these matters and that the, by the administration has taken to heart what he said it's been leaked and you know, i can't prove this, but it's been leaked that jack sullivan, the national security advisor when he met with matt danielle, even put pressure on him about his domestic plans that natania wants to neuter the israeli court system and to allow parliament to overrule judicial review of the law that's found. and constitutional was just a simple majority to have the prime minister play a bigger role or a role doesn't now have and, you know, pointing justices and so forth. the steps that if they were taken in the form that they've been suggested would make israel, you know, another hungary, it would be a big move towards autocracy. and it's leaked. sullivan told him that if he does

this to the, to the court, that it's going to make it very difficult for the biden administration to get israel. many of the things that israel wants from the u. s. congress. because you have a 40 caucus, a progressive wing of the biden democratic party, and 40 person caucus that is extremely upset about what's going on in israel and the lack of progress where dr for palestinians. and if, if israel starts to look more and more like a 3rd world dictatorship, the liberal democrats are just not going to get the israelis benefit of doubt in the, in their appropriations. but just finally, you know, when you kind of look at the politics of that, if that 40 member progressive wing of the house, which is no longer in control of a house or even president biden were to veto packages of support that came in from

congress, from a republican controlled house that got through the senate and, and were so, you know, turn their and vital to reject it. we have elections of the united states in 2 years. does this become a very big political issue? when we may see the return of president trump, or someone who seems and sounds a lot like president trump, perhaps rhonda census or others, you don't come along where now we have a very stark divide. that is very consequential for the course of israel, depending on whether republican president winter a democratic president wins. will. netanyahu has more or less openly campaigned for republican presidents. there isn't any doubt that he feels that israel is given a greater room maneuver by the republicans and it's true that president trump really didn't deny them anything they wanted. but we don't know, of course,

but the future where the future lies. but. ready biden is not able to act unilaterally as his own democratic party to please, and he seems to want to run for reelection, which means making democrats enthusiastic about him. well, if you look at the polling, there are a lot of democrats who are very upset with an agenda governor and, and the direction that israel is going and, and especially among the young people and, and it appears that the youth vote, which is often called upon but seldom materializes actually made a very significant difference in the mid terms and how democrats avoid losing a lot of seats. so biden is it, is it a tough position? because he asked to make his israel supporting constituency happy. and that's not solely jewish. other lot of

wasps and others who traditionally been very supportive israel. but he also has to, to make the progressives in the party and the youth happy. and they're right now, nothing ya is presenting him with the scenario. words very difficult or impossible to do both at the same time. and that's why i think sullivan and, and others have been trying to signal to, to net 10, you know, to, to stop talking about these things in public. never enough time, global affairs analyst and university michigan, professor juan cole. thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us today. thanks, brian. so what's the bottom line is railey society has veered to the right. and even though there are many israelis who lament their current situation for now, the rejection is, are in power. and there doesn't seem to be a chance for a lasting resolution. at the same time, the palestinian leadership doesn't aspire much hope either. as mock mahmoud abbas

remains in power continues to delay or cancel fair elections. this month he began his 18th year as president in a term that should have ended in 2009. but history doesn't move in a straight line, the extremism and dare i say, racism that has now become part of their prevailing leadership, of israel may in fact, finally trigger a political alternative that is long overdue, and israel and a smarter, less corrupt generation on both sides that says enough is enough until then any u. s. president will probably wait it out. and that's sadly, the bottom line ah, i in new york has implications all around the world. it's international perspective with the human touch zooming way in and then pulling back out again. i

i hope francis is set to visit the democratic republic of congo and south to dawn in a trip that is meant to heal the wounds that is still bleeding. will the pontiff to visit started chapter of peace and reconciliation ending the internal conflicts of these 2 nations. in africa on al jazeera ah pound carried johnston into the top stores and al jazeera israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was announced a series of measures in response to, to shoot.