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skepticism over the efficiency of the emergency measure. within the. fiscal year. to a new level as the shutdown of america's west coast. mass arrests. with. fifteen minutes from now in the meantime israeli airstrikes on gaza a palestinian bid for statehood and an arab spring in the background the middle east peace process is facing more challenges than ever before so on she's been speaking to influential palestinian politician mustafa barghouti about what happens

next. with me i have dr mustafa barghouti the president of the palestinian national initiative and a member of the palestinian parliament dr thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. what palestinian still push ahead in a state where but despite the fact that it seems a two thirds majority in support of it is highly unlikely there can be no vote in the security council now because the united states already obstructed that by. denying the committee that i to ask for what has american pressure paid off yes more from one side i mean many companies are doing what the united states and israel want. but at the same time i think many of them feel shameful about it we've seen an example of that of the french what the newness call france is that will opportune in the security council voted for us and. many companies like spain and

france. and belgium and others have the people on our side their governments cannot go against the will of their own people but if the people are with the palestinians why then is it so difficult to get a two thirds majority in the security council because the united states still has the power of pressuring many countries because their israeli lobby is playing its cards pressuring many many world leaders because of the hypocrisy of western politics you know this speak about freedom of the syrian people respect of human rights in libya but they feel total knows that this is also needed for palestine once you have membership in the general assembly you'll have access to the international criminal court how do you plan to use this and do you think the israelis are concerned by it they are totally concerned about this this is maybe one of them and reasons why they are trying to obstruct our membership in the

united nations. why because they know they have committed war crimes why because they know that many of their leaders and officers me. generals have committed crimes against humanity and i think we will do everything we can to give these guys one due to the court to the international court of justice when president obama came to power they were high hopes that the united states would play a positive role in the israeli palestinian conflict do you see his opposition to the statehood bid as a stab in the back totally we see it as a stab in a bear but also we see it as a great failure big failure of an american president who failed to respect his own words he himself promised the palestine should become a member of the e.u. and by november two thousand and eleven and how now he's leading not only not voting for us but he's leading a war against our membership what the american administration is doing and what the

american congress is doing is in total contradiction with everything that they speak about in terms of the principles of respecting human rights and some of that of nation and the principles of freedom you see the palestinian issue has become in a way. some kind of and instrument or some kind of a method to explore the very oppositions of each comes to the cost of what mr obama did and his administration has done has been that the united states has lost its position as a mediator in the middle east process and just how difficult is it to go back to negotiations against the backdrop of the u.n. statehood bid it's not difficult to go to negotiations it's impossible. as long as allowed to continue to build settlements as long as the government is the government we have that would be no negotiations and that's why i feel sorry for

the waste of money. spending so much taxpayers' money on travelling and moving and coming and going without a new visa as long as the people in the court the governments and the courts that as long as they don't decide to pressure israel seriously to stop settlement activities we will see more progress just how much of a mandate does the palestinian president mahmoud abbas have to negotiate on behalf of the palestinian people or has his position in the statehood bid been weakened his speech in the united nations give him a lot of support but the blood give similar support to his political movement people gave him support because they thought he had to preserve palestinian dignity and palestinian resilience and he can continue to do that if he really at the moves in the direction of motion of a conciliation and national unity is how mass ready for national unity yes i think

most of the people in hamas and fattah how ready what they need to see is a courage of their leaders what they need to see is dating taken by the leaders where they would put. what they can put the palestinian national interests above their own factional. and parties and interests in a conversation with obama the french president nicolas sarkozy caught the israeli premier netanyahu elia do you think that there is disappointment with as well among its allies and what options does this leave israel with. moving very wrong about the problem in israel is that. it's not just not any. shift to the right among the israeli public because you have an explanation that up to now the israeli public is till now the israeli public benefit in from occupation is benefiting from the apartheid system is benefiting from confiscating. ninety percent of all water this

group has created by them with the passage of. the creation of every new settlement block israel is killing the very last opportunity of two state solution which means they will have to deal with one final left solution and that is one state. which means they can never dream of something called the state which means they have to respect a situation where they might not be even a majority and one democratic state that is the price that israel is paying. if they continue this path will israel suffer if economic problems continue to mount in the united states i believe i believe so because united states is becoming weaker with the passage of. unfortunately make some forces in the united states like new york homes more aggressive. unfortunately this economy weaknesses that are going to drive in some people in the united states towards very dangerous military

adventures like attacking iran for instance because they think of the control of oil completely they would control energy and this will become control the economy of russia and china many other countries in this world with israel's isolation growing are you concerned that it could take an even more aggressive stance against the palestinians i think they are already aggressive enough. and there are acts of war crimes that took place and go beyond the scope of their policy in the occupied territories of sort of a system of apartheid that is much worse than the apartheid system that prevailed in south africa at one point of time is shameful. if i was an israeli i would feel very shameful what about internal problems that the israeli government is facing particularly visa vi the social protests is the search for an external enemy whether it be iran or palestine

a way to divert attention away from the problems the government faces at home this is one possibility and i think that when you're on but are trying to divert attention from the internal and social problems from their internal divisions by creating a war maybe with or by mobilizing the united states to conduct a war on iran that's their game and each time you speak to them about the palestinian issue of the stop speaking about iran do you think israel would attack iran i think they are looking for an opportunity to do that and probably the first scenario is that the united states attacks iran first and then to contribute or to the attack iran first and then that are going ited states into a war with iran what israel is doing here is a continuation of their policy that was declared the back in one thousand nine hundred ninety one the dual containment of iraq and iran they finished with that arc now they want to continue and i think they are going to proceed with that

because they want to have the possibility of becoming. regional power. i don't think we would succeed do you think there's a chance that turkey might one day replace israel as the u.s. says main ally in this region if you look for example at it hosting the nato made all at it's turning its back on iran and syria it certainly seems as if turkey is wanting to play a greater role in the region then pured was was an american ally it's not new it was always a member of nato. but i think i see the changes in turkey in a more positive way i think turkey you see in the seventy's israel had two big allies in the division turkey and iran and then then there neutralized egypt to come divide the courts so they were in heaven then they lost it or now they've lost it and egypt i see all these things as positive changes i don't see the rule as

a negative one i think the change is ted key and in egypt can practically change the whole regional situation but there is one obstacle which prevents this vision the main obstacle that is the palestinians. i am sure that the vast majority of people would buy the stuff as much as the vast majority of egyptians and model cars and tunisia what happened when they were on was very import it short on the t.v. that the arab spring and the usual excuse me good luck to make the palestinians for a modulus on the contrary it is still in the same total for this was for the future of the stability of the season of peace and this illusion of economy development unquote police from season is the diet a key to solving the palestinian national and i would palestinians to be free from occupation and having the right for freedom as what dr mustafa barghouti thank you very much for joining us here on r.t.

thank you. for sure is that so much of it was about the feeling but i think if we're going to give a real commitment will almost immediately to collapse of the soviet union twenty years ago the commonwealth of independent states would stop its original intent see by many. lose. just say. yes.

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has been seeing from the streets of canada. china corporations are old today. top stories this hour an hour to the russian billionaire playboy jumps into the presidential race mikhail prokhorov has formally announced he'll be running for russia's top job next march country's third wealthiest person ends of the political stage earlier this year when he headed up the right course political party i need to quit over disagreements with the other party members. of the central moscow again but this time it's the supporters of the victorious united russia party if it is mass opposition rally stage it claims the results of the parliamentary vote. talks resume on greece's second multibillion euro rescue package amid skepticism

over the efficiency of the emergency measure that's also as cracks within the e.u. widened with britain earlier vetoing franco german plans to create a common fiscal union. just to take their rallies to a new level as they plan to shut down america's west coast ports from san diego to anchorage and that's demonstrations also got a place in new york our correspondent reports that police have already started mass arrests. in full is only fifteen minutes away from now would be before that cage is next with the latest. hello welcome to the monday night sports roundup here to talk. road to recovery look i want to be aristotle's ice hockey team tried five one first game since the september plane crash which killed their entire squad. while the back of

stamford bridge chelsea house leaders nice to see if you're looking to boost their title i mean a chance for a strike at newcastle and then to china. i'm back in training fresh from sunday's el classico victory over israel madrid barcelona start at preparations for the pop world cup in japan. but we begin with i saw as like a lot of us level have produced a comprehensive five one home victory in the first competitive game just three months after the plane crash which wiped out their entire squad forty three people died after their plane burst into flames as it crashed into the banks of the volga river near yeah this level on september the seventh and among the thirty six players and coaching staff from locomotive well since the tragedy other teams have donated players to the club to help it stay in existence and they cruised pass this down they confronted a sellout crowd the match was a very chilling counter

a division below the top tier k h l after the club took the decision to drop down a level to allow their you team time to gel. well meanwhile in a challenge sunday night atlanta ended a two game losing streak with a three to shootout to out of sorts to a scot atlantis went ahead through edward eleven after fourteen minutes. patrick zach christened then doubled their lead in the second period but the game was far from over test not getting one back denise rushing in the final period the only man threw caution to the wind. takes effect people for extra sacca and the gamble paid off. loving the allies a with two minutes left to send into the over signs no goals followed in the extra period which meant penalties were needed that one's ego in the south a minimum saugus wouldn't have atlanta schools in the western conference losing streak is now a stretch to five games. football that i didn't go on this monday night fifth place

chelsea will look to bridge the ten point gap to the top and keep the title hopes alive with a win two leaders match the city the blues will line up with that strike and the who's agreed to join chinese soup of the shanghai shen won only won a win for city but the five points clear its open thirteen above chelsea about a month cine side remade the only unbeaten team in the league so far in the seventeen game unbeaten run well they've turned down a bid to buy a seat milan to take striker carlos tevez on loan with a view to signing him permanently in the summer for twenty million euros the city want to sell him january. one of the sunday martin o'neill made a winning start of manager of sunderland who snatched a late too on when overthrows struggling spot when simon who kitch put away was ahead after seventeen minutes however with six minutes to go david boards one of the strike and sebastian lawson's injury time went out into the black caps for the

drop zone to six days while manager harry redknapp deemed off the top and lost to one in a controversial game at stoke he went to eight next to nothing relevant in his first race money want to buy or pull the second half penalty back for spurs before unesco board was sent off late on redknapp through his side which is ninety two more spot kicks and has a good goal disallowed for off saw it. meanwhile just two days after beating out rivals real madrid three wanted to go european champions boss owner offer pairing for the semifinal of the fee for troubled cup in japan was opening matches against categories club. thursday but they didn't waste any time in getting their first taste of the local training grounds in your home or the one coach or the other once his players to relax and then regain focus and head of the game against the asian champions so he will take his charges on a tour around the city for putting them through their paces once again also not one in the year ending tournament back in two thousand and nine and anything but.

reclaim the title would be considered as a big blow. i don't know as the match against real madrid was a good one we were very satisfied with the quality of that game but we are always looking ahead to the future looking back at the past to come into this competitive with had a very tough time and we would like to make the best of this opportunity and rise to the top. but i'll swear brazilian players here neymar has lavished praise on both barcelona alliston striker live on missing the nineteen year old forward is hoping to play against the club he considers to be the best in the world and the title decider before that his side pitted against local access. in the semifinals on wednesday american falcons held a training session where ahead of that game. coming find world cup winning coach rafael benitez has been linked with her spending russian side and she reports suggest the former liverpool and into milan manager has entered talks with the

dagestan club the fifty one year old's funny to lead into to club world cup victory just last year in which now as she stands like this i will add so many. sacks trying to get it in september. well spain manage everything to the mosque a has been named as the best national coach of the year the ward comes from the international federation of the full history and statistics the six year old led the red fury to their maiden well cup glory last year and hopes are high back in spain that will help them retain their european title in ukraine and poland next summer. gulf and world number one luke donald says it feels amazing to be the first man to sell both the p.g.a. and europe into a money list simón year after the englishman finished third the season ending dubai world championship only englishman was three shots of if there were no other give us the spaniard ended with a long legal pot and lost all. my team are over two shots for second place

spot to laurie growing up only was the only man who could have finished ahead of donald on the european money list initial mind card and a second successive sixty six third spot and his place in history. it feels amazing her not something i thought about quite a lot i don't think it's quite so i'm going to. look back at this years it's been my greatest year for sure hopefully i can continue to improve like i have a lot to achieve in this game but this is something i'll never forget. the russians are going to have reached an agreement to sign one of the country's best road riders than these men show off as a three year old is expected to put pen to paper on wednesday but has already joined the team for training camp in italy to prepare the competition next season and joe is a double spanish well to champion all round scientists also want to get it italia in two thousand and nine and came third overall at last year's tour de france

because asia also signed a three time former world champion oscar for spain you know that. for. sure and finally to two wheels of the might of arati as russia will host its first ever stage of the world superbike championships next summer and with the track just outside moscow almost finished the design hopes it will be a challenging addition to the just port calendar cousin but reports. after winning the right to host a stage of the formula one calendar in the black sea resort of sochi in twenty fourteen russia has gained the chance to see one of the most fascinating racing events in the world of motor sports as a stage of the superbike world championship will come to moscow next august marking the first time ever world scale motor sports competition will take place in russia the construction of the moscow raceway circuit is entering the home stretch and should be finished by july the track was designed by the famous german architect adam until king who has produced numerous formula one circuits we have

a lot of ideas in this contest where you heard can and so if you have the start and finish line then going downhill this path is a downhill car and as a very fast car not liking in the car to have to make this slow going uphill and this makes it very interesting because you go war then one time we go up and down ups and downs and that makes a dimension that is very. very good next year the superbike world championship will celebrate its twenty fifth season the serious has a great history and a determination to expand due to economic crises in europe and it seems like the sports top stars are excited to discover a new venue in a new country while champion catalyst checa arrives in the capital hoping his bike will soon be running on a russian track while thousands of fans are expected to flock to the outskirts of moscow for one of the most exciting events in the racing world arrive in moscow in

this condition first like a very very special no remembers may sound fair some would say rare historic. plays where from a great way to be here now of course is in my mind the places the visit i didn't expect. to visit and to be here for the race there's a lot a lot to that. just everything yeah everything is very very different. very very excited for when we were in august next year i think somebody is a russian interpret from the financial sector and i don't know if the young sports team who moved into the sport following the interest of his wife amanda and enthusiastic more bike racer. signed a ten year deal to organize and host the russian superbike stage however it's going to be a challenge not only for the organizers with the track still under construction but also for newly signed a sport team ryan oh well i do want to go on

a bus mission but eilis i've already seen the track and it looks very challenging and interesting for the riders as well as for the spectators who will be able to witness even more because of the different levels as for me i'm really looking forward to racing at the circuit next summer despite the whole pressure finally along with formula one world class motorsport championships are coming to russia with fans hoping the superbike stage one be a one off due to they can on the crisis but that russia will become a regular stop on the maps of the biggest motor sporting events in the near future . bison.