line. in. the state of the news line from bugging israel passes a new law the critics say legalizes discrimination arab israeli lawmakers protest against a statute that defines israel's situation nation states downgrades the arabic language and says only the country's jews are entitled to national self-determination also on the program. ethiopia and eritrea take more steps towards normalizing relations after resuming commercial flights between them the two countries are now pulling troops back from their border and appointing ambassadors the latest phase of a peace process moving at dizzying speed after decades of hostility and close team

sky tighten their grip on the tour de france but it's go right thomas rogne christopher through yellow again and after a long busting fictional beat out let's go to state wins in a row for the welshman with sky's team leader trailing in his way and. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program israel's parliament has passed a controversial law that defines a country as the national homeland of the jewish people it also makes hebrew the country's only official language downgrading arabic to special status and goes on to say that only the country's jews have the right to exercise national self-determination prime minister benjamin netanyahu to strive to vote as a defining moment in the history of zionism critics say the law is racist and

discriminatory. protests in parliament against a law that is tearing up relations between jewish and arab israelis arab politicians were rejected as they spoke against the law which gives jews the unique right of national self-determination they passed with a narrow majority prime minister benjamin netanyahu described it as an historic day . zero this is a defining moment in the annals of zionism and the history of the state of israel. the law in shrines the national flag anthem and holidays it declares jerusalem as israel's capital and supports the development of jewish communities hebrew is now the country's only official language arabic downgraded to a so-called special status arab lawmakers said the measures verge towards apartheid the nationality bill is in hate crime there are discriminating against the arab

citizens against minority with the racist africans especially those over jewish settlements and the arctic is downgrading there are big the status of the arabic language around twenty percent of israelis are of arab ethnicity some say they feel treated as second class citizens observers say the law undermines democracy in israel. this basic law is clearly not giving the same level of equality and these actually designed to supersede the laws that we already had this is very problematic i think it will minimize. the rights for minorities in these where minorities in israel might feel alienated and probably rightly so because the law. it is making is well more jewish let them across.

opponents are likely to challenge the law before israel supreme court. akiva eldar an israeli political columnist with the al monitor online middle east news organization welcome to what do you think is this new law racist. well you know the fact that you are asking this question. makes the point that i would ask this question about is germany or great britain or of the united states are they racist i think that the fact that this question is asked and rightly so i mean it's a very legitimate question today more than it was yesterday is a clear indication that israel has put itself in a problem. worse is the entire international community. it

breaks back to my mind the. resolution from seventy five at that u.n. that israel was struggling for many years to delete it from the history of israel and its international relations that zionism is racism and it raises the question because the fact that israel is supposed. expiring to be post that mcgrath tick and. sounds like a paradox and we are struggling for many years to live. and to make it's kind of a primary grounds of magic to keep both of them intact and so why do you think this is happening now. first of all it's happening now because

this is the end of the knesset session and this process lasted for many years it was about three or four years that. the knesset members were playing with different drafts actually you know in the last few weeks the. journey general and the legal advisor on the parliament has managed to convince the prime minister and the knesset members to stop and to make it look a little bit better than the prettiest drive your previous draft. clue of the. paragraph and loud clearly allowed to discriminate arabs when it comes to building community. selecting members. jewish communities and this one is meant that in the language and it looks better than the one that was on the table we could go and i want to get down and just briefly for me

that the new law defines hebrew as the state's language and then says this clause does not harm the status given to the arabic language before the law came into effect briefly what is the thinking behind this apparent contradiction. the hundred diction is that the arabic language has been discriminated against and the members of knesset and lobbies were trying actually to upgrade the language and to pass for is this real that would require some. programs in documentaries could use for israeli television. and defragged now arabic is not an official language just it has a special status but not

a formal language right you know you will be able to delete it from roadsides and from your documents akiva eldar thank you so much for joining peter thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world hundreds of people in the german city of bones have put on jewish skullcaps and demonstrated against anti and demonstrated against anti semitism the protest comes after a german bomb with palestinian roots attacked a visiting jewish professor who was wearing a skull cap police initially mistook the professor for the perpetrator knocked him to the ground and punched him in the face. travelers intelligence facing delays and cancellations after the country's airspace was closed for two hours this afternoon also his actual victims from a technical glitch meant that he couldn't guarantee the safety of flights traffic has no resume but officials say it will take time for things to get back to normal . britain's new bride said minister dominic of rob says he's keen to intensify

talks with the european union is first meeting with the years michel barnier he focused on new british proposals for close trade ties rob said it is vital that progress is made of britain's new proposals are prompted rob's predecessor and the foreign minister to quit last week. britain is playing down the media report that police have identified suspects linked to the attack on former russian agents. and his daughter yulia security minister ben wallace dismissed it as speculation the script outs were poisoned with a nerve agent novi chalk in the city of seoul brain in march two more people from a nearby town recently came into contact with the same substance one of them has since died the report from britain's press association says investigators use security force which on travel records to pinpoint the russian suspects police have declined to comment to the whole of africa now on the rapidly developing

a peace process between if you know people and eritrea today if european appointed its first ambassador to eritrea for more than twenty years well eritrea pulled its troops away from the border of one of africa's biggest caris ethiopian airlines says it's in talks about a stake in eritrea and alliance just a day after commercial flights between the two countries resumed. excited and overjoyed every tree and healthy arrival of what they call the bird of peace there celebrating not just the thought between the two hundred african neighbors but the chance to reunite with friends and family after being separated for decades. i would like. to you know because of the fight between utopia and we had no even obvious to the good result finally. two flights took us on wednesday from the ethiopian capital addis ababa bound for the eritrean capital has mara. emotion spilled all over the aisle during

a ninety minute flight. for the passengers it's hard to believe that such a pick change in eritrea and ethiopia relationship would happen within such a short time until six weeks ago close ties between the two countries was still unthinkable eritrea was once part of fifty opiah it voted for independence in one thousand nine hundred three after decades of bloody conflict. of violence dispute over the shared border between one thousand nine hundred eighty and two thousand through the strained relationship between the two countries more than eighty thousand people died in the fighting since then if you and the retreat and defeat and political stalemate until recently when ethiopian prime minister abi amish announced that he would assert a un back suggested border in june less than two weeks ago every tree is president of the lucky declared an official and stood a wall and paid

a historic this it to ethiopia. because of our past historical and cultural synergy we have overcome the plot to spread hate and revenge among ourselves and we are determined to move forward together to register and development prosperity and stability in all aspects. was the european counterpart at cote. forgiveness caves mental relief for the offender and the liberty of soul for the offended on. both countries now hope that the reconciliation will bring positive economic and social changes but in eritrea opinions are mixed. in recent years tens of thousands have fled the country seeking safety and opportunity elsewhere. that in this situation has been has been appeased definitively that directly and government would have more resources i look at it to the social services

development employment so different to the number of lives we discovered and to move into to telling us at a sign of bobby on that side i think the eritrean government will change now they're still the same people they don't give us jobs housing or food i can't stay there. but none can deny that a new situation is still pretty a big step forward and that's something to celebrate. a thursday saw a dramatic end to stage twelve of the tour de france the route which led to the legendary out d'huez in the french alps culminated in a tight five man sprint finish competition later going to thomas came out on top and extended his lead in the yellow jersey. certainly kilometers into one of the most grueling stages in the competition undulating pack was formed but after two two thousand meter high mountain stephen crozier they broke away from the group the

dutchman lead the final climb to loud ways with two or neither and caroline thomas and competition favorites chris froome and tom de moura trailing behind pushing count on to his legion to his porsche just three and a half kilometers from the finish. and with the end almost in sight for amanda bowman but they both gave up on winning the stage leaving just five riders in the race for victory. thomas made a final attack at the last corner straight to the finish line for his second consecutive tour stage when. i was this rice is so hot. you never know how the body reacts and like i said yesterday. i'm still riders are firmly firmly still the man he's like i said you know is out there are three weeks of the victory extends thomas' lead over teammate and captain fruen to one minute thirty nine seconds.

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