medical breakthrough but critics label it a pharmaceutical marketing plan putting profit before treatment. and a flying into trouble a p.r. stunt that attracts the outrage of animal lovers and the police hot on the tail of the parasailing donkey. and this week the u.n. human rights council appointed a panel to investigate deadly attack on a gaza about a flotilla in may israel rejects any international probe into the incident and in our interview up next we take an in-depth look at the arab israeli conflict with british veteran journalist alan hart who spent decades covering the issue that's up next. today i'm talking to alan hart veteran middle east correspondent and conflict resolver we're going to start by talking about israel's blockade on gaza and the aid ships that are trying to get into the region thanks very much for talking to

r.t. now let's talk first about israel's blockade on gaza and the eight chips that are trying to get in israel insists that that blockade is legal what do you think well let's first of all say that the purpose of the blockade is the collective punishment of the whole people of gaza to try to wean them away from hamas now collective punishment by definition is a war crime it is absolutely illegal. the only benefit of the attempts to break the blockade is not really assisting the people of gaza but it is helping to make israel. be perceived in the world of people as more and more staid and who is set to gain the most from that p.r. exercise as a very simple truth that most people don't know when israel was created and closed

the palestine file after its picture on the battlefield in forty eight. the whole establishment world wanted that file to remain closed in other words zionism. and the western powers were not only of one mind the arab regimes behind closed doors were one mind they wanted the file to remain closed the palestinians were supposed to accept their lot as the sacrificial lamb on the altar of political expediency and then along came this obviously man yasser arafat who open the file and it stayed open so the file is opened but it's deeply embarrassing for the arab regimes because they are divided they are impotent they are corrupt they are repressive so back to the flotilla a point that you made it's a little gesture that says you know we really with the with the palestinians that's what president carter well it's called b.s. bullshit they're not and what part do you think the palestinian leaders should play

in trying to allay fears that those supplies are not in fact going to feed the people of gaza but they're going to arm them well first of all how many rocket attacks on israel have there been in the last year or so and if we go back take a step back and say why did israel invade gaza in the brutality at the end of. two eight and the beginning of two zero zero nine. said actually kept the ceasefire for six months the ceasefire was actually broken by israeli action. they had been looking for a pretext to move on gaza to try to break the will of the palestinians so the idea that the. hummus represents a threat to israel is plain stupid hummus is real position and it's on the record is that they would be willing to accept

a two state solution based on israel's withdrawal of sixty seven lines with use of them preferably in the open city in the capital of two states now they're on the record as saying that now why is that the hummus position because the how most leadership is very pragmatic like arafat was it may not like it but it knows that's what the vast majority of palestinians would still accept so they have no choice but to go with that but maybe we'll talk about that later the two state solution is dead let's let's go back to the blockade for a second there israel says that it's now easing the blockade and allowing certain supplies to reach garza seemingly in response to its national international press or do you think that the timing of that is evidence that israel accepts that this blockade is unjustifiable to the international community well i have a yes or no no arms. yes answer is zionism i hope as a point we can talk about different judaism and zionism zionism is becoming

terribly worried about its image in the world it realizes of course it is being perceived by people as if not governments as something of a prostate so you can say yes to a certain extent they're playing their own p.r. to bend to that to say look we're not all that are reasonable but i would quote one of the better independent writers on it jonathan cook who writes out of israel palestine will have a story the other day so what it means is the salvation of the strangulation of the people of gaza more slowly and maybe no. is a good time to talk about the differences between zionism and judaism as you can see the key to understanding is knowledge of the difference between judaism and are some simply stated judaism is the religion of jews not the jews because by no means all jews are religious and like christianity and like islam it has as its core a set of moral values and ethical principles right now that is judaism zionism.

is the nationalism of some juice it's a sectarian colonial enterprise which created a state in the arab heartland for some jews by terrorism and ethnic cleansing and in doing so it made a complete mockery of the moral values and ethical principles of judaism the truth in summary is that judaism and zionism are total opposites now why is the knowledge of this important because when you know that you can understand two things why it is perfectly possible to be passionately and zionist meaning and see the colonial enterprise without being in any way shape or form and the semitic anti do why is that important today. because of israel's behavior in the world since ninety forty eight but particularly in the last decade and a half its wars in lebanon and elsewhere it's the palestinians israel is being

perceived by the people of the world as a prostate so what we are witnessing is the rise of anti israeli ism now that is not anti semitism it is anti israelis in other words it is designed this colonial enterprise. that is promoting anti semitism now that actually is what zionism wants son is and needs anti semitism in order to go or justifying what he's doing and what about israel's position in the rest of the world do you think that it's reaching a turning point where the us may be forced to say at some point in the near future enough is enough only an american president has the leverage required to cause or try to cause israel to be serious about peace on terms but we all palestinians and most other arabs and muslims could accept the problem is that an american president

has his hands tied by the zionist lobby the zionist lobby really does control in congress. american policy for israel policy are not saying the whole middle east i'm saying israel palestine now if you look at obama i think obama meant well possibly means work but i think he was naive and inexperienced he came into office quickly challenging netanyahu over the settlements in jerusalem and as soon as not only knows good as told him to go to hell he backed down president carter once made a comment to me he said that any american president has only two windows of opportunity to take on and have a chance of defeating the zionist lobby in congress the first opportunity was in the first nine months of his first term because after that the funding for the mid-term elections starts and the second opportunity was in the last year his

second term if he had won and let's go back to the region for a minute is another of israel's issues at the moment is iran do you think that iran is justified in being worried about a nuclear threat from iran i don't think they have any interest in developing nuclear weapons but may be some of their number now saying look we all. to at least have the capability but let's just supposing iran had one to three dozen nuclear bombs do you think you would be stupid enough to launch a first nuclear strike on israel of course it would because the whole of iran would be devastated the real reason why israel is playing up the iranian threat is to deflect political and other attention away from what it is doing in the occupied territories but the only real problem prison is if you ron did possess nuclear

weapons it would greatly limit israel's ability to go on imposing its will on the entire region and let's talk about the future of the region with the palestinian authority now decidedly divided into it with hamas in charge of one point that's important corrupt irrelevant but is there any chance of a t. state solution though the two state solution is long ago dead the two state solution never would've given a fair complete solution to the problem it's now much too late to happen i mean israel's colonization of the west bank is is about forty two percent of the land area and it's stretching so there are now in my view only two possible outcomes. either there will eventually be a one state solution and which as i said jews and arabs have equal rights but in my view zionism will never allow that to happen because it amounts to the. nation

palestine. i think israel's leaders will invent a pretext to drive the palestinians off the west bank and into jordan syria or ever . and the blood will flow the west bank will be sowed with blood and it will be mostly palestinian blood. and if there be honest reporters around they will call it a zionist holocaust now i fear that's where we're going because that wouldn't be the end of the story. it would so inflame. a muslim masses that you would be opening the pandora's box of a much wider conflict well as i think i suggested earlier the only person with the real power to try to influence israel to behave in its own best interest as well as those of the world is the president of america now yes it's true that europe russia there are lots of other countries with the same power the same leverage economic

sanctions whatever but no other government on earth is going down this road until an american president gives the lead. engine say let's call it the sea canary due to its high pitched twitter. this one now this only communicated. what's it trying to say and i'm coming to go to a time when. secrets of the good altie.

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parasailing dog. and up next there's the sports news with natalee. that's. a welcome this is the school's news here in our city of thanks for watching and let's have a quick look at the headlines i was on that i leave stumble notes in all full of my suv to add starting c.b. plus all the rest of russian prime your league schools and actually. mcclaren sales made him for the first time since may as alone. want to at hockenheim. and the third leg of the around bulkeley of diving world series from no way rushes . to finish a second there. and let's get things started with the russian prime elite football well it might save us still undefeated off the five games following

a tool draw at c b. now how about this freaky guy on exam that i leave sixty minutes an opening goal a thunderous strike into the top right corner nothing boy it's a cabal if he could do there. and if you're thinking it's a reply it's not it's i believe second from the same spot it's in the same honesty could set and do a better job this time around. so i can all go back on the house thus aleksey me very just cuts one back from a corner. and if you haven't seen enough of long range drives here is another one for you need three mall assured that it will all eyes i'm. so to all the final score locals who place was threatened by spartak the beats is spot in the late much . as well as up to one bitterly geisha a ballad on car one mailed in is by ed and will be only going to twenty seven minutes after that school is an example. and newcomers on

gene detained on a neutral single dick of god. in the thick skull a lot of them didn't bother very formal him so david scoring fifteen minutes from time for e one victory on geno seven points above or legation. and some more somber action previous a bit of an spark played out a goal this draw while sparred acknowledging stops a skull from moving back into second place by beating them to won in moscow. and on saturdays in the ensured they will finish week food seem at least half a dozen points ahead of the chasing pack following that eighth win in the world this time over a stall and examine a good chuckle the man guessing in at the back post stuff the good work from italian and a sound all i see them. now in the second hoth five minutes after the break is in its influential danny's slam to helm a definite count and the four goal of the weekend. and game was duly ripped up on

seventeen minutes again danny instrumental but they didn't. zoom in maybe the only easy with it and finish i still did manage a late reply from a panel to about three one was how it ended up. meanwhile real madrid have lost another legend after the alleged departure guzzi followed suit announcing his living off the fifteen seasons with a club with almost spain international who had won the air remaining on these contract joining the breed's youth set up in one thousand nine hundred eighty five on their own has been at the club longer than group c. who made his fast team debut in one thousand nine hundred ninety five and has gone on to make five hundred forty two appearances scoring eighty six goals he helped ryall win five money goes for the champions league titles the thirty three year old days weighing up and also from bishop dosh now from the thing in check he will be former real madrid boss burned shows. on to other news now fernando alonso led ferarri to a want to finish at the german formula one grand prix at hogan high but the double

way was overshadowed by the sanctions imposed for violating team older rules and all sides he made to leave them also loans of them an aid to the race from start to finish beating poles say that's a boston that sell into the said muscles ahead of on so bob then was also asked to move aside by that seam as there already were fined for that after the race so with the case being sound to the school's gelman body which could impose more sanctions meanwhile russia's vitale patrols earned one point four coming south overall mcclaren and red bull occupy the top four spots in the driver's standings with the laws own now in faith place. cancer will be the stronger sold for the team. the three qualifying. in the race you know the best feeling as well as the make up you've been proven. to the weather can be strewn with do you know if you know about these i would performance from the theme and hope for the next week

in hungary week and i would. scored some strong points with. now about to go into the has done it again the twenty seven year old the securing his second straight and third overall victory in the two of the frogs and just as usual sunday's final stage of the failed to paris with a traditional finish shells only sent the stage with mark cavendish a history of without a song to talk and julian did clenching the rest of the podium spots the day of those thank you note and secondly though and that meanwhile was in the hall thought to finish comfortably in the peloton and retain the yellow jersey. so here is the final standings russia. is on to his number three spot the rubble bank privacy during a top three finish thanks to a solid performance in the penultimate time trial the day before meanwhile shaq comes second for his second year in a row and it was also a loss to the frogs for seven time champion lance armstrong. now instead of

a goal of surprise the odds by winning the german open in hamburg and beating some of the it's an immense top seeds in the process this one two three year old knocked out defending champion nikolai dividend guy in the last aids and then went on to be the number three seed going to elsewhere in sunday's decider six three seven five eight two goal both prevailing in straight sas adding a first aid to be to a title to his name and the two hundred and twenty eight thousand dollars in prize money. by the especially hearing on clay court i never expected my first bite there's going to be. playing. into the greens now where sweden's richard jones on has won his home scams in the us and still called the crowd favorite securing this fast european tour away and

since two thousand and two and third pro title overall he wasn't signed off by a single shot. in the final round that solvency is open champion lose all stews and join fourth with full on the day it's out of the united to the third spot improving his chances of making it into the european ryder cup team later this year. now if you like to see beautiful views courage and romance this next one is for you it's cliff diving and russia's own. was second only to overall leader garry holland in the third leg in no way has the story. some of you might remember the deep blue and now look at this song movie it with john we're not starring as a diver live in a life full of adventures and romance in the mediterranean well for these guys the king stead of the death is the height but the same spirit definitely applies even though the scenery is rather more northern the land of the vikings to be precise

crackers norway where some twelve thousand people crammed on boats to watch the turn leg of the red bull world cleave diving series rushes i don't see jim cramer does the main challenger to overall leader gary hunt of britain boasting the highest score in his stardom final attempt but there was simply no stopping the twenty six year old. after english in his devastating triple quite in the second round function from the start we know the series with this front quite somersault with a one and a half twist bike i really want a. really. good. lead me towards the whole championship but i know like i had to win i just really wanted it she didn't come who scored matched his second place result back in mexico moved above the last season's champion i wanted you in the overall standings but it was still not enough to please the russian. in my life.

i won the. make. the series next stop is in switzerland. hopes to finally finish on top. of our team. and some sad news finally objects hurricane hagan's one of this new greatest ever players has died at the age of sixty one following a long battle with throat cancer in the one nine hundred seventy two and. then will be remembered for his flamboyant and ross style on the snooker table and also his controversial they hate that. way from it's the northern island rates of getting into raul's with the sports officials and even received a bad for headbutting in the men's accent he also made waves claiming the game is corrupt saying he declined several offers to throw big games higgins had battled throat cancer since one thousand nine hundred seventy but continued to play

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