suggestion of an international probe next we take a closer look with veteran british journalist alan hart who's spent decades covering the arab israeli conflict do stay with us. today i'm talking to alan hart veteran middle east correspondent 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 allan hart that's very much for talking to r.t. let's talk first about israel's blockade on gaza and the eight chips that are trying to get in and israel insists that that blockade is legal what do you thing 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 prostate 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 are beautiful man yasser arafat who opened 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 words 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. 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 would do so and preferably an 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 gaza 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 answer the yes answer is zionism and 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 only 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 is art 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 anted you 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 hence 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 and in other words it is designed this colonial enterprise. that is promoting anti semitism now that actually is what zionism wants sun is needs anti semitism in order to go or justify what is 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 posts 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 well but i think he was naive and inexperienced he came into office quickly challenging netanyahu over the settlements in jerusalem i was soon as not

only knows good as told him to go to hell he that 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. 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 its all about the future of the region with the palestinian authority now decidedly divided into a with hamas in charge of one point that's important corrupt irrelevant is there any chance of a two 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've said jews and arabs have equal rights but in my view zionism will never allow that to happen because it amounts to the de zation 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. 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 a lot 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. ah. ah.

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preseason playing both managed to united and big spending city blues in america. and wrapping it up norman's i guess when number six to extend his lead in the my attention paid championship start the football they were in the russian premier league again slipped out the army men suffering a two one loss at home to spot in our cheek and missing the chance to go second in the league it was the visitors who opened the scoring davidge that are receiving a pinpoint pass passing it into the top was and at the end of the first teacher i was going to come to think of it and sport just i think soon as i said that to assess it how to pull go back there with the short side that was. so famous to them outright so i mean last i managed to pick up only one point he said

maurice they tried to go against the best type of players to get off the red weiss more chances to school but it's just. nice. to see. that i. am a center of this to. the school. talking mighty still undefeated off the five games this season it's a bit how about that for a free kick by alexander alley at sixty minutes in for the go under strikers the top four and then nothing at the goalkeeper could they win if you're thinking it's a replay it's not easily it's been in the same spot. i don't get them but at that time my second. kind back let's need. to if you're long range about this one you can reach him or we can equalize the. incredible distance to make sure you will be

a relic i am now one nil dennis but i can serve the only goal in the twenty second minute process i suspect. the oh i just about going in. the john g. entertain terry let me kind of pass because of problems with that page. but i've had to sort of score in fifteen minutes from time for a one know when me and you seven points above the drop so let's take a look at the table and this is how things look at the fourteen games have been plights anita still on top but not a loss today and i'm sorry for the defending champions to be entering second playoffs seven points behind while the army men are in trouble is a bit weaker soviets are still in the relegation zone. kma much tonight it's up to surprise the fate of their own a two one loss to m.l.s. side kansas city visits i was fifty thousand fans turned out to watch this pre-season friendly in the states and kansas did it with ten men for most of the game they got the first go when ohno put the ball past united standing keeper ben i

saw. that you know i think where i will to level just before the bright be a good because i need it in the box by jimmy conrad who was sent off as a result of a penalty was authority which carries through the soon afterwards though the wishes were back in front caica mara with the head there was some confusion as to whether it had crossed the line but i go we still didn't see one response for you not to tell you that with america with a match against any less true stars instance. the. it was also a memorable. she won when the new red bull was beating big spending manchester city in the final game of their pre-season tour of the barclays chinese language and setting up a candle to put the red bull's head. at the half time city did level from zero to go on the end of a cross a. bit just to get going for the red bull. to get it in her either

a good thirty yard strike from him city losing both games in this tournament. but it was won by sporting lisbon on goal difference she spoke to the side street to see robbie keane getting to the top just a minute like the sporting equalised three weeks he's been and this is a really good diving headed to. the end amazing run from jenny valdez put the portuguese two one up. by departing a challenging were for the intercepted jonathan to carry wood for the allies a coup finished on him to watch were. another news alberto contador says he is relieved to have won the tour de france the spaniard winning the race for the third time in four years after beating andy schleck by thirty nine seconds while russia's tennis menchov also on the podium finishing third overall contador had given himself

a vital lead in saturday's time trial and was able to drink glass of champagne as they headed to the finish paris at the last stages one of our britain's mark cavendish you pulled away because he made his english on the lease a five stage when stickin vitiate happy man but the greatest of poles were safe for contador and at twenty seven years old he still has the chance becoming one of the greatest riders ever the grades of seven time told when alonzo armstrong was twenty third i wrote he announced his second time in the sport afterwards and contador said it was one of the toughest tours he's one. of them. thanks a lot to everyone for showing the stand in this is never a moment it was a very very difficult at times i felt not as good as it would have wanted to from a physical standpoint and in the psychological level the hard moments as well you don't mind me now ferrari have been handed a hundred thousand dollar fine after their controversial success at the german

grand prix their driver thrown under long as i won the race ahead of teammate felipe massa but only after ferrari apparently told him to let along overtake along as i got my bill sebastian vettel started in pole position a massive as ahead of a long as i was then told by team along as it was fast moving me can you confirm you understand the language they can match that at least to make such orders are against f one rules and the sport's governing body has handed ferrari a hundred thousand dollar fine red bull sebastian vettel stood still release the driver's championship from the parenting make jenson button along as i described sunday as a victory for. having us a really strong resoled. top three in qualifying. in the race you know the best team as well as the. keep improving. all the down to the work on this one or two. good performance from the team and

hopefully next week in hungary we can do all that we can muster scoring some strong points for the team or stay on the track where the reins i was one making us grand prix this was the sixty eight races this year and extends his knee to seventeen points in the championship and coming home three and a half seconds faster than his nearest rival cases by the fending world champion rossi finished despite still facing the right way i just out but suddenly they overtake me so quick. and i understand. right but i found myself in the foot position so. i try to do it because i'm not but you will be. and then i. make a mistake. and that he was big you so far that pushes social much and i

knew that if you. keep pushing like him maybe he can make a mistake and at the end he maybe. it was much easier to be as easy as a great last round of golf for sweden's call pederson when the canadian open he started the four shots behind american dean wilson but just the end a single shot victory for patterson he shot six thirty tonight with a not even allowed him the luxury of a bogey on the final hole his fourth win on the p.g.a. tour and it also. applies at next month's u.s. p.g.a. . also went down to the last hole of the scandinavian masters another swede richard johnson seen thirty four to thirty and victory void of. joints he was the baggies you were cutting lawns broke playing at the provincial sidewalk keeper a friend and local radio d.j. and his team will enjoy the week. and finally in tennis where american marty fish

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