nature can give you. the. welcome back this is a live from moscow headlines of the week and the arab spring echoes in america u.s. police use force to disperse and the wall street protesters are mostly arresting more than seven hundred taking part in a rally that's quickly gaining momentum all up and down the east coast and across the country. also in the week's top stories of president explains his decision not to run for a second term citing of lot of. popularity at home his comments come in a surprise interview that stood up debate all about the country's political.

standoff threatening to turn into an armed conflict on serbia's border with northern kosovo as nato is attempts to dismantle roadblocks near a disputed checkpoint leave several people injured. and a diet humanitarian situation in the besieged libyan a town where people are dying for lack of vital supplies all of it ongoing fighting between pro and anti gadhafi forces. some of the main headlines of the past week but up next on insight into why the ongoing middle east conflict now sees israelis turning against israelis and watching.

i come here because i live in jerusalem and then i am even. in the rage step. what is happening here. no democracy without freedom to demonstrate. that is not a very clear line between religion and nationalism. as it is as a little person together they can be a very volatile and dangerous mix of fight here is the worst possible combination of deciles an illusion that up. a little bit little bit of banter you know we've only noted here a killer religious jew calling another jew and not the way they really are let it

not that the earth is. not like this is my. son this is my plan to go back to america criminal. come. in one thousand six to seven israel conquered the west bank gaza and arab east jerusalem. and still today the palestinians live under military just regular control. this is a field for israelis who want an end to more than forty years of israeli occupation . breaking the silence is a group of ex israeli soldiers who served during the second intifada in the

occupied territories and today we work to try to expose the reality of occupation back home. we call a break in a science because you have to understand that what's going on in the occupied territories is like one of the biggest it was in israel. people just don't talk about it you don't come back home and see a mummy these are two pells things which killed us today it just doesn't come over . that people back home people here in israel have no clue of what's going on there it's like there is there's just secrets agreements between society in military. we know there's going on there but please don't bring it about you know we want to live our life without. without knowing what it takes to have

a peaceful life. or here just to talk about what we did. because we feel this is the this is one of the most important pieces from the puzzle that is missing in a discussion or debate here in the syria. and we try to talk about the small stories that make a big problem to make big picture try to talk about what does it mean occupation house of locality basis. how do you do it as an occupier forty years of occupation according to the un there are today more than five hundred checkpoints and obstacles in the west bank where the straightest soldiers control and hinder palestinians the biggest checkpoints located between ramallah and east jerusalem on occupied land.

the checkpoint is called columbia. group of israeli women and realized nobody knows what's going on so we decided to create a group that's going to the checkpoints and observe and the reports that's why the observing eye is part of our lawful even our. vet says federal postal ok case in. our presence here is a clear statement. of post occupation it's a statement for the army for the police for the border police play anybody and for

the palestinians to know that there are people actively opposing the occupation. with the obvious that this will dialysis she needs to alice is three times a week do you understand it's three times a week there is nothing to do if the boy is sick of it has got to shards of that hospital it's every time the same problem because in a child hospital it can't go on like this. why do they do this. they're doing it on purpose they won't let anyone in. your life everybody here is ill and those that aren't soon will be healed yes it's true. that willems only if you look under your own will very much all. the same you can see how the they asked all the time finding all the ways

how to control what's going on more and more so this kalandia checkpoint sees something like four thousand people it was built for lifting one thousand people for first of all this. tremendous stress in terms of people who go to work every single day and have to stand here for a lot. it's making it difficult for palestinians who live in this area our so-called jerusalem resident. the other group of people look around through the checkpoints at paris kenyans who have permits to go to either gulf go to work or to go through the

hospitals in gaza. the bulk of pray. to visit seek a relative to go through readings. to go to get. you if the queue at the checkpoint will be able to go to the office which is just a. short time ago.

in addition to checkpoints some obstacles israel has built so-called settlements in the west bank and in east jerusalem according to the un draw today more than half a million. living on occupied land the settlements are all the legal according to the national mall. the palestinian farmers complex us less and less of their land as the settlements expand frequently there's violence when soldiers are settlers stop the farmers from cultivating their land.

rabbi eric asher month helps the palestinian farmer. sitting in front of you all have to leave i am asking you we do not have time for this is the red line please leaves it and go down if we're ever going to get here everything here is a closed military zone where here there how many meters from here everywhere the table even if. we believe that one of the most basic commandments in judaism what we read in the very first verses of the bible is that all human beings are created with elemental came in god's image and it doesn't say just jews are not just rich or poor it's very it's a point of that both men and women if we really believe that if we were going to internalize it and we have to honor and protect the human rights of every human being including palestinian. eric ascherman into appreciation of the bible

is rare in israel. the palestinian all of trees are standing on biblical land and good little hills of this land it's got slammed promised to the jewish people according to the settlers. and better yesterday they came when i got back here at four pm for they came and stole the letter i went to school the black covers like those. base. they still cutters and knives in the all of us over there did you see the all of it. to the settlers do this yes the sudras store all of us and did this i have been away for three days they stole everything they did. they stole covers and tools and did this with the all of us. so when you came back everything was gone.

yes they were steve's i me and. you know. for several years rabbi eric sherman was protect the palestinian farmers when they were being harassed or attacked by religious jewish settlements. mostly because. those had its roof leaks that's what you're doing giving me the finger that was lifting his hands to fight. it off i guess for the rest and now the rest i'm now hearing the nothing and am giving the finger to the jew should have his hand cut off oh now he's gone completely crazy. about coming here to guard the arabs.

but i've heard soldiers say well the high court is there we're here our presence here is what's essential not only sometimes some as we actually are as human shields. physically to stand between palestinian people threatening them and sometimes it's important we're here to keep the army honest to make sure they're doing what they're supposed to be doing. the settlers are protected by israeli soldiers and the soldiers themselves are sometimes sutlers. there's a set up here to meet you did you walk and comes down and when anyone tries to work or he tries to stop them but this time bernie's of the army. the strategy for the settlers is to take over hill author hill of the west bank. we do it by building small outposts and then expanding downhill closer to the palestinian farmers.

legally they can't cross this line of. vision. i would also like to see this document has they came up with this line one year ago. they tried the same trick last year but in the end the farmers work here. if you don't like it take your questions to the coordination office. simply this attempt to. slowly slowly take over another doing here another doom here from their point of view this is redefining the land of israel and they'll do it by any means possible . piece by piece. we're trying in some way to help how things have gone and even get some of the lands back. we always go by

the queues of the palestinians the army wants control they want to go anywhere without a permit and you know i can't you have to make a choice is the best way to hold on to your life and we back you whatever you do i did. and they will. be up to me. ok well it is. really up to her that last night that i look at them and. they acknowledge this was his land and now he said we don't want you to work here today though because it's dangerous something to come and shoot you. there's a good chance that we will win your view and maybe it'll be easier to finish if there's no intention here and another day as far as. in the west bank israel has built a barrier wall made out of fences and concrete it is part of israel's defense it

protects settlements and it ties them closer to israel. and the barrier of the wall is mainly built on occupied land and breach of international norm according to the international court of justice. for the palestinians in the west bank the wall results in further land loss to israeli settlers. but there are israelis helping the palestinians to resist the construction of the wall but we do you might know it trying to block out capital city trying to stop the construction. with any at the top of the wall right now there's about here about four or five kilometers into the west bank i'll try to fix the record i reckon it's border

international court of just going to take a good dispatch to fish the construction of fish barrier gigo but if you continue continue doing it right now we're in a village called nailing twenty five hundred about to be confiscated from the village and i think. that was probably publish right. up strikes right. thanks i. asked. that i know. jonathan polak has participated and direct action in some demonstrations for many years several times a week like a fish itself has been arrested and physically injured by stray soldiers i.

i was i. i i i. i i wasn't there's nothing like a good response which. was like oh my god oh my god oh my god it's a very big part of my life and. you know and they ask to go for a fighting or i live here and i'm. you know my life. pretty much revolves around political activism so obviously the political situation affects my life and my future. i. was to keep working the fields here due to military violence and over as you can hear is completely ok if you feel. that was.

i just never be done if you just from just a few good stuff and that's and instead of figuring out if you have a delish the army reacts to the finisterre chanst additional crazy as if it was a military uprighting with military tools and if issued to people who have already been killed here. was that. the. demonstrations against the wall also turned violent they quickly erupted with stone throwing and gunfire. it is mostly the protesters who are seriously injured

sometimes protesters get killed. i believe take my duty as an israeli what's happening here is completely wrong and it's being done in in our name it is very whether we agree with it or not a moral obligation is to come here and stand to be the people actually enough to state if you oppose something your government is doing when such crimes are being committed i expect people and i think it's our duty to come here and give you just a little much of the project. because if you do you know there are soldiers over there you'll be surrounded. newsboys come to the east do not go west. boys get back here. are we going away just go straight round. this is just. our way out of rocks. is everything quiet here.

no. i did. i failed i felt.

no ok i must have been with someone else. what organization are you from. checkpoint watch so you don't want any more checkpoints. with no thought less checkpoints tens of us there not enough to distinguish where it against checkpoints and where you hear so what about the checkpoints if. you look at who are checkpoints it costed millions so you want something respectable to let everybody in who are a checkpoint cost fifteen million out of our pockets and then they closed it this is a group does no matter where we have the entrance to notre it should be at the entrance on israel's border not here so write a letter notice checkpoints we have already done that let me have a nice day we need people like you to keep camp with tell him to get in line one by one closer to the wall.

that. that you have enough political culture. that it didn't line up one by one. stick close to the wall. and. i have been coming to kalandia for seven years so when it comes to ramadan it's important for me to know what's going on so although it's not even my shift and i decided to come and have a go the problem is that when you meet the individual people with the individual

problems your heart just breaks you know that for some stupid reason that you didn't bring your origin or birth certificate for your sixteen year old daughter but only a photocopy. it's crazy you know it's not only crazy it's very painful to think that there are so many rules and that if you don't fit into the category then nothing out. of the state of being reported on the amount of course you'll be able to pray just go over there and they will check everything in the computer. and the computer you wouldn't condemn about most people to us trying their damndest you know to get into jerusalem because it's such a holy place and it's so important the army and the also does behave as if they did no one will treat them as naughty people. not obeying the rules

ignoring that ramadan karim. kawar this that's what we are. for learning and. they're looking at us now the whole world has been watching us so low lifes. i you from jerusalem to the city yes i'm from jerusalem are you do you have a permit no no i you know places you know she's forty five years old you cannot see. how i have said you have a poet she says i don't need them and over and over and over the woman you know you're not an old woman in my life yeah maybe she's forty five years all right ok ok you're forty five years old it had that you know life must have been hard for her. we're not allowed to go and pray but nothing prevents us from praying.

doing a let's see somebody like i said move next to the wall all of you are that why . do you mean by this case one by one go back out of my own house was not all. right. but. you. thought. was. was. was i was. was. was. was

was. was. it.