he said no solution regarding a palestinian state can exclude israel and that anti-semitism is on the rise that's our special interview next on r.t. . however andrea baker thank you very much for being with us today so we'll start with a question do you think is anti-semitism rising or is it falling well it's sort of hard to give a simple answer except i would say a decade ago we imagined anti-semitism was. diminishing and we had hoped it would be more of an historical issue than a contemporary one unfortunately i think over these last ten years we've seen something very different we have seen a resurgence of anti-semitism or in countries where we wouldn't have expected it

say in western europe we've seen it over the last persisting in many other parts of the world so i think we've given more attention to it during these last years it's still with us unfortunately what do you think some of the factors driving to increase. well again i think it varies from country to country clearly one aspect that has emerged more recently has been the vents in the middle east the state of israel essentially triggering anti-semitic incidents in various places particularly in the west but we've also seen what some people would call a new form of advice elitism and that's where the state of israel itself is the is brought into question is the clear to races state essentially where that itself becomes a new form of anti-semitism so you do saying that they ongoing stalemates in the middle east is affecting globally well at the very least we can certainly

demonstrate that conflicts in the middle east may trigger anti-semitic events elsewhere and particularly in europe western. europe when you have growing arab and muslim communities they have become a source of anti-semitic incidents at least elements of those communities so that's clearly one aspect but then i think even in public discourse there is something about the state of israel that has engendered very antagonistic reactions that cross over from a point of being mere criticism and to become something else when i think israel continues settlement building people around the world actually south dislike sometimes even hate it because of that you know i wish it were so simple as saying the issue is only settlements no advocate of settlements but i think we're the middle east conflict has sparked a. spike in anti-semitism it off in rages people who have no

love for the state of israel in any for so to blame settlements to blame israel itself is almost akin to what had been a more traditional notion of blaming jews for it i said this and jews behave in this fashion in this fashion don't play people would say bring it on themselves of course we know it's anti semites that be a responsibility for anti-semitism not jews and in the same way israel is not a response so it's holding jews collectively responsible for the actions of israel is considered anti-semitism why does israel want to sanctify character of the state well i think from the very beginning the notion of israel was to be a jewish state to be a jewish state but also a democratic state with full rights for all of its citizens to which were no one jewish i think in all of the world to have one state that is and by jewish tradition and by the spirit of judaism is feeling it appropriate i mean many

countries have established a church is. be a good church that the. descended in great britain but no one would suggest that. in the u.k. there is not. freedom and democracy. rights for all of its citizens recently. foreign ministers put off their decision to recognize palestine how does this set back your mission well i think personally i would say my view shared by many others is that palestinian state should come out of direct negotiations between the palestinian authority in the state of israel and i hope that happens at some point soon but i think that's the way the state of palestine should emerge not by. recognition or decree from outside. recently a place c.n.n. interior ministry official denied the holocaust and calder legend and this sort of

case is what impact protecting the holocaust have. i think you mean laws that would prohibit holocaust denial and it's something that we're all concerned about in the case of lithuania in fact shortly after this official wrote this article was published. he lost his job they mean theory of minister. and with the way they had a very strong statement about this i think that's important that we never disguised of denial or question of the holocaust emerges there should be a quick and swift response in some cases some countries have laws they can be employed sometimes they work many times they take a very long time before they are implemented or before a prosecution leads to a conviction so it's all the more reason that political leaders need to speak

quickly and strongly also not see commemorations were allowed in the baltic countries over the past year. these are the countries who are members of the european union have made. this organization want to do more to fight anti-semitism in their membership but you know you you point to a very i think a very serious issue and a problem that really began in the early ninety's after the openness freedom reestablishment of democracy in these countries you did have in latvia for example former walk for the s.s. veterans parading in their uniforms and in those early years government officials received there and i think this has been very much part of the discussions even as these countries we see membership in nato before in a new expression and i think it has been much progress i don't think in any case is the progress always complete but these groups do continue to march but they're not

received by by governments they're not really condemning they mean they they're not for or against it they don't come out condemning it well you know i don't i don't think that's really entirely so i think you need to look more carefully we had many . discussions for example with president the two friedberger during her term terms in office and i think she became a very strong voice both in recognizing the holocaust that took place in latvia the importance of commemorating it and of making sure that these kinds of groups yes they do more actually who are but. they're not received. commended by the government leadership they do they do criticize them but let's be honest too there's a segment in the society where this still remains this kind of populism that plays on that fascist era passed not only in the baltic states it's present in slovakia and remaining in other countries that had

a difficult history during the nazi era this is something we need to keep working but you do believe as of today politicians are showing enough. leadership on such a fundamental issue i don't think i'd ever say they're showing enough leadership because i think there's always more that political leadership can do and unfortunately it's the nature of politics that in too many cases leaders are calculating what they say or do based on voting or support in their localities. calculations in their countries i think what we do find more and more is that leaders know the difference between what is right and what is wrong and the importance is to get them to speak clearly about what they already know so your concerns for the rise of online anti-semitism have been heard and recorded quite a thing is to blame the media is it is it the media that's irresponsible or the legislators failed to protect the society you know this is

a real challenge everywhere i think the last thing we want is to say somehow governments need to control media need to somehow prohibit wholesale this kind of expression but there really need needs to be concerted efforts to figure out how to control this kind of hatred that is spreading as you've identified particularly on the internet these days and that means engaging internet providers that means developing good practices that means of course working with media so they recognize the responsibilities they have here the fact that what is reported what is misreported can often have real consequences but i think the goal is to engage media the goal is to engage the companies that provide internet services to try and get them to be more responsible i think governments legislators need to do

what they can to enforce it at least where there are clear violations of existing laws but it's something that everyone needs to really be a partner in to address. ultranationalist staged rally just outside of kremlin recently what are your concerns for russia you know i think this was very troubling to to observe in fact that we've so even as i'm here in moscow mail. here again i think it's a challenge for the government and for leadership these kinds of voices we see an openness of the room. the real test to measure is how you dress them in the short term obviously the faults people police put in the long term in washington is set in the sense for it looks like america is in heterogeneous multi cultural diverse society. it brings with it a lot of problems i think it also brings with it a lot of benefits it makes life much more i think enriching and

full. and a society that can embrace its diversity with full rights for everyone and respect for everyone is strengthened by to me this is a long term challenge that russia faces i hope certainly there are people i meet they give me reason to hope that it will measure up to read by baker thank you very much for this thank you very much. and discover its beauty. communicate with the wild and. test yourself and become free. see what nature can give you. that are

killing innocent clear always a. base of course and that's never ends. cosco . i think. a long time. ago. i was. i was ashamed. that i had. no words or i think. that i was a good. soldier on the other side and i think i'm just as good.

in the week's top stories. clashes apartment buildings as thousands take to the streets in protest against the pound landslide victory for incumbent president alexander lukashenko. camera crews have been brought. to a position presidential candidates. ethnic tension between russian nationalists and groups in the caucuses. to take preventive security measures for the clashes hundreds have been detained over the last twenty four hours taking the total to more than three thousand a week. promised

to. the public nationalism and justice were among the issues that came up in the discussion. property prices. and european speak out against governments in the methods used to deal with a volatile economy currency is increasingly being seen as the root of the problem screamers leaders agreed to set up a permanent fund to rescue failing eurozone economies i'll be back with more news for us in fifteen minutes well in the meantime it's the latest from the world of sports with. l.a. thank you for joining me for the sports update and here's what we have coming up ice in the z. channel one cup winners russia russia and six to end the tournament under. while silverware for rafa under pressure claims his first trophy with internet land

they get to keep to win the world cup. they get so far fighting veteran bernard hopkins just misses out on becoming the oldest champion in boxing. has started as lucky there where russia have ended the china one cup in style yes just love because men secured the trophy with a victory over the czechs on saturday and finished the tournament by beating the finns sixteen to keep their one hundred percent record intact robots that onion reports. the brit is the toll free comes home the title was secure and surly should claim their second victory winning the joey one cup game early. hosts still had some unfinished business on sunday. last year's tournament winners finland had recently proved to be one of the toughest opponents just love because man by the stun it turned out to be different story ten minutes in and alexander

a duel scored the opener to send that back in a good sport arena wild. and muster peace was to blame again and again. the visitors in made it late fall back and they're furious pressure was soon awarded a beautiful ing at home in front of russia's goal and levelling matters one one. however the who site soon restore their lead on a boat play team russia's first line making it to one early in the second period and that's when the show started the red machine gear allowed to entertain the home crowd with a variety of goals. of finishing his teammates ever is with a never going we shot three one soon and there are a duel and sergei mazak in easily two in one chance into the goal for one and the goal first continued with two more by hosts six one by the second intermission.

finland finally managed to get a score shoot in the final period but to no avail as russia rolled down six two winners. were none of us in the first two games but as with already fulfilled our main task of taking the title we just loosened up so today we could just produce the best game especially after we scored the first two girls. the first period was a bit tough for us as a game had started pretty early so we needed some time to wake up older when the second period we had big and scored five goals i'm sure this big tears enjoyed the way we played after their olympic dreams will share in the disappointment of the world championships this triumph from home ice was a nice near present for the russian fans robert byrd known r.t. moscow. and in the late again the czech republic came back to be sweden for one in

the final match of the china one cup that same means the czechs finished second at the top with five points from three games four points behind when it's russia the swedes were thirty three points off in only one and in a disappointing fourth. then on to football and european champions into milan have won the club well cup after three nil when over t.p. mazembe a from the democratic republic of congo into saying took off openings that were. took the late in the thirty minute goran pandev sort of set up by some letter . and then four minutes later as i was on the scoresheet himself right in the midst of a speculative crossword puzzle is an essay to make it so you know. and that's how it stays to half time and off the bike into i continued to surge forward my cone going close after a solo run. but it was wrapped up in the closing minutes just then be

a bionic giving them and in fact take three mil when it's the fourth consecutive time of european crap was lifted the trophy and provided some response manager rafael benitez to sideline a disappointing seventh syria on the same day was proud to be the first african team to reach the final where they said i complained to face that about biased refereeing in their mentality the christian tradition of the players they were really focused we were talking about how to play against a team that physically was very strong and we knew that we had to work together and stay compact because we were not physical at the national level because we had too many players coming back from injuries. tactically chinglish were organized and the commitment of the player was really good and what he. wanted to also do in the cup play everyone who prepared ourself. i think they tried their best and know what is making the most or lose this game was the referee's i think the referee if they can check them out they do not is this time i

saw against muslim boys too much that really is not good for people i talked. to the president to say they have to check everybody's because they don't have to discourage young teams coming i think all these things is very important you agreed . to ac milan. and you did our best to arrive in plano you. meanwhile the third place match was won by brazilian side in finance you know the ten south korean side china for two. open for the south american athletes after a quarter of an hour and aleksandr out of the second fifteen minutes later then the asian champions task was made even more difficult after so one junk was sent off just before half time it's enough to now make the most of the extra man early in the second half and those that are some very needed three no alexandro netted his second leg for now with twenty minutes left john did fight back with two goals in

the last ten minutes from mauricio molina but it was too little too late last year out sealed third place. we can was going i think that the main difference today was that we scored the goals and even more so i think that in the first game masala technically the way we played and today with due respect to the korean team that made life easier for us i think it was a good game with good quality but our team is used to playing with the rhythm and if we had had the luck to score during the last game then of course today we would be in another situation but life goes on and we have to be humble enough to realize we made mistakes in the first game and all of us could have created something different for today in the car boot camp. staying with football as the winter weather has forced the postponement of all three matches shadowed for this sunday in the english premier league those three matches included black against this place top them middle and darby of west brom versus second boston was the big match

a stamford bridge between chelsea and leaders manchester united well one thing the weather couldn't stop the worst surat expects in becoming manchester united's longest serving manager despite the game of chelsea being called off a sixty eight year old scott has passed some record of twenty four years one month and fourteen days ferguson has won twenty six major trophies since arriving at old trafford in the event one hundred eighty six. we had two spells in charge of united between nine hundred forty five in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine and one thousand nine hundred eighty and one nine hundred seventy one and one the club's first european cup as well as five late titles. what was it i mean to going survived sunderland went six after a one nil win over bolton danny welbeck scored the first half when a steve bruce like remained unbeaten at home while struggling west ham two one one it manager as blackburn junior stannis last netting equaliser after brian nelson and i think rovers however the point still leaves the hammers bottom of the table

at christmas and the eighteen clubs from the bottom of the premier league on december the twenty fifth only one has avoided relegation that was west brom in two thousand and five. thousand after perspire and over the weekend third place not just the city help the chance to go top of the table at christmas for the first time since one thousand nine hundred twenty nine if their home much on monday does go ahead and sleep as it is everton. now in winter sports american lindsey vonn has taken her second straight well cup victory by winning the super combined race of fathers there in france the olympic champion put together a great performance in the super g. and an assured slalom run to win by just under half a second to austrians is about to go gold and nicole haas in second and third respectively three time world cup champion also seized the overall lead from really should germany who finished fifth. wow over in italy ted ligety has extended his domination in the world cup giant slalom by winning his third straight

race to take the lead in the overall standings the american finished fourteenth hundredths of a second ahead of france's superior ryszard another frenchman from a span ira completed the podium. now american bernard hopkins has just missed the chance to become the oldest boxer to hold a major world title after the forty six year old light heavyweight fight with john pascal was declared a draw hopkins seen here the way it is not done by the. well in the first and third rounds but he was laid off the last and went on to last the distance and although one judge ruled the veteran had edged his opponent hundred fourteen points to one hundred twelve the other two judges said the pair were inseparable and the fight was to tad and the draw to draw a line passed out in most twenty two years hopkins junior to keep his double rio and i.d.c. belts. and finally politicians artists and for the sportsman have been attending a goddess ceremony here in moscow to celebrate the achievements of a charity called under the flag of good the organization raises money for children

who need medical treatment where holding various sporting events is present that is assistant that explains. just like the sixth year of the shirty variant turned out to be very successful with finances and medical support to help two hundred children in over those six years the felt more than a thousand children this is our modest but i suppose very important contribution to developing churchy work in the country and of course the main result is the happy faces of the children who go on to live full and available lives and there are very grateful to everyone who took part in the event. and that's all the sports news for this bulletin by thana.

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in the week's top stories here an opposition demonstration. camera crew. position president. ethnic tension between russian. authorities to take preventive security measures to avoid a new wave of. public

. discussion. as the. week's top stories the latest developments this is. here in moscow good to have you with us this hour so protesting but a roof over the presidential election have turned ugly with two candidates among those hurt in clashes with police tens of thousands of people flocked to the central square of minsk demonstrating an apparent landslide victory for president alexander lukashenko two members of an r.t. camera crew have been hurt and let's now go live to.