who. desires peace needs to be careful rule. and i thought that was very telling. of the psyche that. exists behind his political weight and i thought i could not. minister with this kind of statement is a statement supported by the majority of israelis i think we israelis yes we. we grew up on. you that. we need to be on alert. to anymore most israelis live a life that is quite bad and you can cut it out of the environment here and planted in the us or in europe western europe and you will find israelis quite. easily integrating into society into

requirements in place and so on so it's not. the regimented society of my childhood. all the time it's at any given point in time but it is true that israelis are not naive and they believe that we can survive here in the middle east. only if we ready to fight when you resigned to the same to message to all the staff of the foreign ministry explaining the resignation what was the reaction and what is the general mood like among israeli public servants concerning the policies that will have to differ and i have no illusions some of us. frustrated by my letter. because it is outside of. it you just drop out because you don't like the message the messenger has no view over the message that is because of conduct. and it's quite legitimate to think in

that way how many missions don't agree with the message and how many don't in the foreign ministry in my view. the large majority don't care they are professionals and whatever message comes for them to believe that they will do so. if. a solid minority ministry is politically motivated to promote. its. image. rather. hawkish. position it's just government it is is pursuing. i think we do also have the lefties leftovers from the past but i think they're a minority your last overseas posting was as ambassador to south africa what is

your experience in south africa she seems as far as the christian nation is all is concerned. i think that israel is. in a danger zone to slide. by default. into. money for stations of apartheid if we don't take it and i'm afraid we don't take it and there's going to contain in the united states as far as israeli policy on enron and palestine goes how deep is the west between the united states and israel or is it merely a love of squabbles i'm surprised to realize how deep the americans care for israel is when it comes to the conversation the political conversation in the us. i also can see how. the aftermath of the war in iraq and enough to understand.

and the american fatigue of the middle east. could work badly for the image is present in the u.s. in the political discourse in the us. in the context of american interest god forbid that the u.s. will be more reluctant. to reach out for israel because our predicament now is that the result of a policy pursued by this current government in a way that i think is tragically wrong. that we lean to the american congress a single source of strength in our diplomatic fabric and that is a very dangerous following on from much of playing is all has become increasingly isolated on the international stage what should the country. to bring it out of the

isolation in my view this government. very explicitly. made a statement to the fake that this is a step. intentionally. of the paradigm of land for peace and occupation is the key to. a settlement in the middle east. and into a new paradigm. that stipulates the ownership of. exclusively ownership. over the entirety of the land of israel which comprises in the in the eyes of palestinians palestine that paradigm is a dead end i think it is immoral morally and practically it's not sustainable and that is the reason why i left government i thought. i could not say that kind

of off message thank you moon the united nations chain has called on it all to end its occupation of palestine morning that is more leave it to another israeli palestinian conflict but is the israeli government is willing to let israel does on the west bank and the gaza strip whatever it likes. and. things are changing fast on the ground in favor of entrenching israeli presence in palestinian areas i don't think really jerusalem pays much attention too much attention to what to the secretary-general of the u.n. is saying who can it's all been lie on in the region considering that in the aftermath of the arab spring the middle east has become more radicalized i don't think israel is looking for allies i think israel is looking for. partners.

of convenience. one is jordan. whose survivability in the way in the form we know it is a house in my kingdom. so we entertain. a lot of common interests egypt is consumed by its own revolution and as long as it doesn't pose a threat to us i think israel is taking a very careful distance and turkey. because a straw figure foreign policy towards one of the emerging powers in limited green you that's why syria goes what is the best outcome for israel and why does the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu wants everything to change in syria if that would mean also i could mean another islamic state on the border i don't think israel came there. have an impact on the outcome of any region. change.

is underway anyway. so to ignore the fact that there is a regime change in the making in syria would be. unacceptable but at the same time we need to be very careful not to expedite it is there any way that it will cut the cord and i would take the military invasion of crimea that qatar headquarter for and what would such an invasion mean for israel and for the region i can hardly see the arab world rigid minting around one force that is prepared to walk into syria physically and intervene then i don't see it happening how much of a prick isn't around to regional security it is very obvious that iran is pursuing its position as a regional power. to serve interests that go beyond the immediate borders of iran it is primarily defensive primarily it

responds to the desire of iran to protect itself that is one level the other is the domestic political discourse in israel the right wing always. profited from a nervous public mood on the defense issues and i think a lot about what is a lot of what is saved about you run actually serves political aims and i'm very angry about that i think it should be stopped at once thank you man can we need to attack and well i don't think should israel attacking iran i don't know but common sense say that israel is critically critically dependent on international legitimacy. respond to responses.

strike. on iran would be. a strike. and i think void of any cause. a preemptive strike on iraq ambassador thank you very much for joining us here on our to. you.

it is. from los angeles to chicago to birmingham twenty trauma centers have closed since two thousand severe problem is not enough inpatient beds not enough earth emergency department beds and not enough nurses commandoes that to take care of all the people who are the only real health care system that we have in the city of los angeles is the los angeles fire department in fact when i started my venture as a firefighter i didn't want to do your house and i started out i want to just do fire fighting it's about eighty two percent of what we do the florida problem is medical i've got a rescue couple weeks ago waited four hours for i've waited sometimes three hours and i was it's a same francis in lynnwood for four hours and fifty minutes standing against

a wall with a patient and we have a federal law that mandates that you can't turn no one away who seeks care in an emergency room. we have the most expensive health care system in the world and it's probably valued the least. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

top stories this hour naughty rusher insists that only by both the syrian government and opposition to lay down their arms an end to the bloody conflict be found that. while west german gulf countries keep up the regime change rhetoric and recall their ambassadors from damascus. fury in the u.k. is on the tourist terror suspect dubbed old guard is a spiritual leader in europe is allowed to roam the streets of london softer his deportation to jordan where he sentenced to life in prison has been forbidden by the european court of human rights. and questions over legality of u.s. drone attacks on pakistani soil resurface with the first strike just days after the report revealed evidence that dozens of civilians were killed by america's. craft more news stories for you and others in less than fifteen minutes from now in the meantime kit's here with the major sport.

hello welcome to the web site our sport around up here the headlines. on the manager read not his cleared of tax evasion charges and back in the running to succeed fabio capello in the england job. while elephants started painting did a drug was ivory coast opera tearing to live up to their tigers favorites in the semifinals of the good cup of nations. and fighting back cycling star alberto contador considers an appeal and calls his two year ban a terrible injustice after failing a drugs test the twenty ten tour de france. but first a football and harry redknapp could now get the chance to succeed fabio capello as manager of the england football team after the second boss was cleared of tax evasion charges by a jury in london the sixty four year old and his former chairman milan landreth were found not guilty of two counts of concealing even three hundred thousand

dollars of transfer bonuses while in charge of course first read now who is at the helm of pompey from two thousand and two to two thousand and eight excluding years break and he became manager at southampton his current side top of our thirty in the english premier league seven points behind leaders manchester city. right now has been touted as the front runner for the england job after capello stepped down in july after euro twenty twelve there's really no not really a go to be honest it was before of you is a loser case you should never come to court because you put somebody really what was it like waiting for the thank you very very very it was during this euro but you released your vision the jury. unanimously you know there was no no place to argue well staying in england and championship blackpool have booked an f.a. cup fifth round tie a premier league everton after beating sheffield wednesday three nil in the fourth round replays while millwall beat southampton three two to set up a hundred side with bolton meanwhile this wednesday there's another f.a.

cup fourth round replay as middlesbrough sunderland in a north east ave after both sides truly won one last week the winner will welcome all still in the last sixteen but elsewhere it's semi finals day at the africa cup of nations with the ivory coast star studded sides taking on mali in his capital leave revealed their drugs elephant side are the favorites to lift the trophy and include other big name players such as branch to city's ya touré they produced an impressive three nowhere over co-host equitorial guinea in the last eight but despite the ivory coast's obvious talent their coach is always wary of the opposition. we go forward with what i would say is a lot of cohesiveness because we know that everything we've achieved is not in the game or a certain situation would crumble so we're being very prudent to deserve our country we're trying to be watched. well meanwhile already underway is the other semifinal where world cup quarterfinals gone are taking on a surprise package

a zombie and about a stadium in equatorial guinea and gone as asamoah guyon so he's weak but if he saves after eight minutes it's still no no what over in spain athletic bilbao has reached the final of the copper del ray after an emphatic sixteen second leg when another went under as meaning the. he goes through a three and i guess the victory ends meet on this fairytale run the third tier side has beaten the top flight you know way out as interesting sometimes they're in the final hour face either barcelona by their second like this wednesday. home advantage after drawing one one about their in the first leg and are boosted by the return of andres iniesta and pedro rodriguez who has taken part in training this week the spanish champions are fighting for a title song for france this campaign and coach pep guardiola says his players are up for the challenge. they were dropped in the what we have the chance of playing in the fourth final of the season i think the players are aware of but this is

a challenge sport gives you these new opportunities have been able to repeat something like this after achieving so much in the past given what we've already pleaded difficult quarter final first leg of the semifinal. and starbucks are contador says he hasn't ruled out appealing against his two year ban for failing a drugs test the spaniard was stripped of his twenty ten tour de france title after testing positive for the performance enhancing drug clenbuterol the twenty nine year old held a news conference at his home town of pinto just outside madrid he told reporters he had no intention of quitting cycling while also reiterating he failed a drug test as a result of eating contaminated meat an explanation rejected by the court of arbitration for sport or mostly been banned in that well i try hard i cannot understand the burn imposed during the past months i have been trying to do my best to prove my innocence even dandelion turns to five hours answering questions like you can lead criminals i also want to and everybody knows i will continue sorry and

i will continue practicing in a green way as i've done it all my entire life though i don't feel my best i think in the future of at least will make me tougher you know the gulf now and former world number one tiger woods says he's happy with his recent progress despite going for almost two and a half years without a title on the p.g.a. tour but the american now back up to eighteenth in the world will try to break that duck at the pebble beach national program this week woods has been on the rise since the turn of the year there to secure old tied for third at last month's abu dhabi championship and strived at the unofficial chevron world challenge in december however a tour victory has eluded him since two thousand and nine something tiger is itching to change. i feel very you know. i had to make some. some changes and that took time and start of see the

results of now which is great was i was the last four events are really about well . promise building on and everything is head in the right direction. and staying in america and the new york giants have been publicly celebrating their super bowl triumph as thousands lined the streets of manhattan to see their heroes parade while the john snatched a dramatic twenty one seventeen victory over the new england patriots on sunday and confetti wafting through the air and triumphant team hosted the course of even the vince lombardi trophy from their getting through and point flight after cruising through here as canyon they were on it at city hall before travelling to new jersey for a rally at the met life stadium. now with just one hundred seventy days to go until the start of the olympics and legal battle is moving to help russia medal hopeful to nothing show to the pentathlete has warned if he way out though is not right to a russian but her native country has not bought her from competing be called a child has more. just

a week after turning twenty four and with multiple world cup wins under her belt do not are you shy to should be a shoo in for the fast approaching london games or so you would think because for these modern pentathlon to second the increase are now a huge doubt in beijing in two thousand and eight she competed for leaf yanira but has since married a russian and was granted a russian passport and though do not has been cleared to fly the russian flag at other major events she needed the formality of permission from the league here in an olympic committee to go to london but her request was denied that is true but i think the sports officials and some patriots are against me but a lot of ordinary people still support me which you could say lithuania split in two over this a lot of people have been leaving the country to earn money elsewhere and some may think they've come to russia to roll in cash which is not the case you do not went on to say she was on the verge of tears and her mother cried twice at last month's

meeting belief yanira the sports summit has threatened her entire career and she described it as a circus where the reporter at the time culture a traitor she knows the. says a slim the chill be given the go ahead to compete in london but you scopus in on all the tournament it's since been an affluent should first of all think of quality training and preparing for events if i don't make the olympics after all i'll have other important events to get ready for the european and world championships are no small matters. so potentially a massive blow for russia who counted on the room shouted to deliver in the british capital they plan to appeal at both the court of arbitration for sport and the international olympic committee but no one is under any illusions have a medal hopes to remain about the leader of the not that is our leader and will compete in other events this year but her mission won't undermine the russian squad because measures have been taken to regroup it's not

a happy situation but we still hope for podium places in london really shy to is already setting his sights on the rio games in twenty sixteen well russia also have a strong message contingent include in athens and beijing champion and dreamy save to cheer on in london. r t. and finally tonight a sport in kenya where i can and has marked his return to formula one with the fastest time on day one of pre-season testing then is back behind the wheel with lotus after spending two years competing at the world rally championship but he produced a blistering lap during testing in head that in spain he finished in just under one minute and twenty seconds marginally ahead of force india's paul the rest are all battles marc webb it was more than a tenth of the second back and forth world champion reichen and said everything had gone to plan he wasn't getting carried away. and i don't think it makes any difference i mean testing doesn't doesn't cure anything. you try to do all the

things what is necessary to get ready for the series and. times down accounts are rising so. we did more or less what we were planning to do before we started to do this so the best to. go in the meantime there's been a lucky escape for a driver in australia twenty five year old george media have fails to negotiate a tricky corner at a rally in tasmania and plunged his father's ford capri into the sea i just read a one hundred thirty kilometers per hour but i was car race that now really missed another call that informed off the same place before he did bob's george got away with just a few bruises father andro a former driver himself will probably be content to have his son a long piece to spot the demise of his much beloved car. and that's why the sport this evening like that for. sure is that so much of. which record on it will be exposed to the mission the buffering is being called

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rusher insists that the men to the bloodshed in syria will only be found if both government and opposition forces lay down their arms and talk that's while western gulf countries keep up the regime change rhetoric recalled their ambassadors from damascus live analysis on the situation in syria very shortly here on r.t. also. because system of law and order in this country it's worked for many many years for the seat of the mother of the part of why do we need brussels to tell us will be coming out of the fury in the u.k. as a notorious terror suspect of al qaeda a spiritual leader in europe is bailed and allowed back into the streets of london after the european court of human rights forbids his deportation. and the first signs of a rift between the u.s. and post mubarak egypt or it says washington's military aide won't change its

position on the so-called crackdown on western n.g.o.s our top stories this hour. international news or comment live from moscow this is r.t. with the twenty four hours a day the syrian opposition says the city of homs has come under the heaviest attack yet in days of intensive fighting between armed groups and government forces activists say hundreds of people have been killed by the shelling since friday the government denies the assault local journalist on and then says that reports from homs are very difficult to verify but it seems like the situation hamas has been asking way to do for the last five days with fear of fierce fighting between now what they call themselves the free syrian army and the military forces by the series now for a moment the syrian government has a warning to its own.