in the. the u.n. arab envoys attempts to bring about peace talks in syria clash with calls for military action from the opposition and some of the foreign supporters. i test of will russia's opposition looks to regain its momentum at a rally here in central moscow but internal fractures and draining public interest that leave many on the sidelines also. believe the way i return to. iran is the word that should be good for us to be poised to embark on a new war is a constant raft of enemies leads to a bulging defense budget. and

a fierce exchange of fire on the israeli palestinian border moves into its second day with dozens of rockets fired on civilians hurt on both sides it follows the killing of a garza resistance leader. it is a good to have you with us here on r.t. rory suchet live in moscow the syrian president bashar assad has said he had lights to make what he called quote any honest effort to solve the crisis currently tearing his country apart however he admitted it would be impossible while terrorist groups continue spreading chaos and the statements come after his meeting with the u.n. and arab league envoy to syria kofi annan in damascus ahead of his make or break diplomatic mission call for an immediate cease fire involving both rebels and

government forces in order to get talks started that was immediately rejected by syria's exiled opposition enjoys the support of some western and arab states including qatar which has called for international military forces to be deployed. to help to end the conflict however russian foreign minister sergey lavrov stressed again but any interference in syria's internal affairs is an exception. from washington now as details from damascus. hopes are fading already but this mission will succeed the leader of the syrian national council a turkey based opposition group recognized by e.u. as a legitimate representative of the syrian people has said that alan's comments and his idea to find their way out of crisis through dialogue are disappointing while syrian people here are being massacred every day here in the country but hunger you has also said that any political solution will only work here in syria if it's

a compliment by military pressure on the regime of bashar al assad calls to give more weapons to the rebels and to provide them with any help they need have become especially loud after the rebels withdraw from the baba amr neighborhood in heart of the conflict following the army's operation there saudi arabia and carter have been among the most active supporters of the militarization of the conflict in syria calling the idea to on the rebels an excellent one who recently heard a lot about foreign weapons is here in syria and foreign volunteers and security officers captured in codes following claims by the free syrian army that it's already received weapons and anti aircraft missiles from the west meanwhile coffin one has been warning that further militarization would only make things worse expressing his hope that no one is very seriously thinking of using force in this situation but it seems that some are considering this as an option the guests former presidential candidate and senator john mccain has called on air strikes on

syria to save innocent lives here in the country although official washington did drew out military intervention as an option the u.n. estimates that around seven thousand people have been killed in the clashes between the subtleties and the opposition here in syria the clashes that's been lost and for you. you know already the opposition activists have been saying all the time that the regime of bashar al assad has been suppressing syrian people civilians innocent people while officially damascus has always been insisting that its fighting against armed terror groups operating in the country is expected of coffee and then will spend two days here in syria will meet president bashar al assad and some members of the syrian opposition within the country it's not yet clear whether he will travel outside damascus security forces on high alert fearing any provocations and terror attacks what is more if not in reporting professor of middle east history at west chester university lawrence and they were going to

believe that some major international players are behind the refusal of syria's exiled opposition to engage in dialogue with the assad regime the united states. and the gulf. countries i don't think they're looking for a negotiated peace i think they're looking for a long. grade civil war i don't think it's bad they don't have any influence and i think they don't want to see these people were negotiating because again they're in a very weak position. they're out of the country their numbers of armed men under their command are limited they cannot win against the government militarily when it gets the government. the government is attempting to cool rocked the moderate to moderate protestors with you know promises of

was widespread reforms which if implemented would go a long way to satisfy the original demands of the opposition i don't think they are backed by the majority of the people in syria even the protests. coming just a little bit later this hour here on our tell you the uprising hailed as a win for democracy turns into a grab for power at any cost now the memories of two violent revolutions are still fresh in people's minds in kyrgyzstan politicians of stoked up authentic divisions that in order to get personal gain. by learning the hard way we report on the first lessons of life being taught to arab children in israel as their homes outlawed and their basic right to education denied. roughly ten thousand people gathered in moscow today to protest against sunday's

presidential poll of course which saw a lot of near putin return to the kremlin for a third attendance however fell far short of expectations with blame being put on internal conflicts among opposition leaders and a general lack of direction for the movement you're going to it's going off was that the demonstration. well it's fair to say that much less people came to this rally than initially expected by the organizers they were waiting for up to fifty thousand people while police said only around ten thousand people gathered here on the way out about today in moscow this protest movement is showing that the figures of those people willing to take part in these rallies are obviously obviously dropping which means that the time of tests has come for the opposition there's still no clear leader in fact a group of nationalists walked out of this march accusing the liberal force of the opposition often driving the momentum of the protest movement into a dead end the movement really started in december after the fall mentioned you

know actually i mean the accusations all about fraud it led to a massive social campaign for a transparent presidential election and indeed unprecedented steps were made to ensure that i'm talking about the web cameras installed the over ninety thousand polling stations nearly a million observers were monitoring the vote at these polling stations as well but the opposition says that while lesions happens both during the voting and during campaigning although society is split on the results of the presidential poll we see in mass rallies both in support and i guess its results several members of the opposition civil activists were detained during the previous rally they didn't want to leave after the time agreed with the authorities ended and in fact we are we've got reports that the same people tried holding a non-sentient more toward pushkin square square the same square again which sort of again shows how divided the opposition is dividing both slow mostly into the

peaceful part and to the i guess more radical part as well so it is clear the opposition needs a new face it needs a leader it needs to find a direction to attract more supporters and constructive and concrete demands. reporting there from the damaged. let's get some more details on this now from russia's protest movement see where it's headed let's talk to blogger writer and analyst alexander a lot so joining me live from central moscow good to see you thanks for coming on r.t. today since the election turnout of opposition rallies has been much lower than expected how would you explain the sort of drive. pricing that the main seeing is that many people who demonstrated in the december in january in february those people where industries because they wanted to show that they were not happy with the political situation and most of all because. of the political result of the elections and the parliamentary elections went on then the presidential elections. and the right now

they face a situation which is the following one they cannot just go and demonstrating the street forum for not saying so this is the first seeing in their sourcing that there is a lot of political leaders from them because the majority of these people who are in the streets they do not recognize themself in the opposition's political leaders like. this is what i see most of these people who didn't show up today the people who for today were people on gauging politics like this political groups as well as as you say that some of these some of those are members in the opposition don't identify with some of the leaders in the opposition movement but a number of analysts on our program have said that it's the minority radical elements among the opposition that could be driving moderate voters away would you agree with that. i see so we can see that dream to be given seen december for

example each one to vary in a very cool way and between the police and the demonstrations so a change last monday the day after the elections when the i guess. some political leaders so called the people not to leave the place and this. them so it showed that they were ready to engage she saw more violent and maybe oh by the collections and the majority of them also they will say course they just do not want peace so this is why they might not sure to the next meetings i think but you think could it be fair to say but because the protests over the last three months have actually pushed the government to agree on a number of possible reforms so whether radical or not all whether lacking a strategy or a clear vision the demonstrators have worked to some degree have they not. what we can say of course but the demonstrations somehow do a pretty good. to do some. parties and so on and

in this case i think it's very positive but also again most of the key poor industry i simply voted for me. so. i think the. political action and those stay industry know days in russia they know they do will never take over legally so they can only be somebody connections to to make them appear on the particular scene but. i seen that. the movement is more or less going to disappear in the next weeks i was just going to ask you do you do you think the future is almost come to an end for all these opposition groups here we saw we saw the demonstration today they were calling for fifty to one hundred thousand people roughly six seven eight maybe the most ten thousand showed up very briefly i'm sorry i'm running low on time why do you think the opposition is so divided i wouldn't it make sense for them to unite at least for now to present

a meaningful challenge to the government. what i think i do when the people are demonstrating in december they were industry to. because they wanted more fair elections but then the meeting turned to auntie put in meetings so this is not supported to mean to be against putin doesn't mean anything and again. to create a political party you have to be able. to provide some political solutions then to have some political ideas and when you have people a nationalist. people when you have the people from the far left wing people just do not agree on only seeing it they are all against putin somehow but it doesn't mean anything and i don't think that they are able to create anything together alexander a blogger writer and analyst thank you for coming on r.t. today thank you. and i coming your way a little bit later in the program here on our learning the hard way what looks like

the light at the end of the tunnel for greece is a regular column e. has turned into a downgrade nightmare more that in just a few minutes. a palestinian militant group has announced its truce with israel is over and comes after fourteen palestinians were killed in a series of israeli air strikes with retaliatory rockets launched in response from gaza tel aviv claims those targeted were terrorists but a total of thirty civilians have reportedly been hurt on both sides. is in jerusalem and now joins us live here on the program hi paula so what has provoked this sudden exchange. well as you say more than a dozen palestinians have been killed and dozens more have been injured many of them children in this latest israeli air strikes over the gaza strip now the most high profiled palestinian to be killed by the israelis as the leader of the popular resistance committee out casey who publicly went on record and acknowledged his

ties to the kidnapping of israeli soldier gilad shalit who was held for more than five years in captivity in gaza and released late last year the israeli said in addition to those they had evidence that he was involved in the planning of finding and the directing of a did he cross a border raid from the sinai peninsula into israel last august now the israelis have also been targeting a number of in t. training camps across the gaza strip and this afternoon saturday is really officials are holding an emergency meeting to deal with the situation cairo has criticized tel aviv for breaking a tacit ceasefire that has been in place between israel and gaza and the palestinian authority says that it is israel to blame for creating a military environment that would only see and its collation of violence in the last twenty four hours there have also been some eighty rockets and mortars that have been fired by palestinian militants from gaza into southern israel and a number of israelis have been injured one of them is in

a serious condition now in addition to this physical manifestation of violence on the ground and we have been investigating a different type of warfare a much more subtle type of warfare taking place here in israel and that is over the question of the white to education of israeli children that as we've been finding out that right is someone who voted down when it comes to arab children take a look. at the lessons of life come only to the lucky children hours before the rest of the country wakes up these young arabs are preparing for a long trek to school it's a twelve kilometer walk there and back time difficult and more than a little hair raising. it takes the children about two hours to get to school the older ones helping the younger ones with their bags but the road is dangerous and just a few days ago one of the children now of the mist being knocked over by a car. the children have to walk along good parks and cross many busy streets part

of the journey is on a bus but after they get off they still an hour more of walking they were late every day and exhausted even before the first listen starts the youngest is just three years old this good news and maybe it's because we aren't open because our religion is muhammad not moses asked why everything is like this. is radio losses transport must be provided for children living far from school because the local authorities say that families are squatting illegally on private the only land they refused to hold. the base for growth. both internationally and also in israel children should have access to education at a reasonable distance from their home. proper education. there is rarely a declaration for them. the day after we visit the bulldozers arrive because far from wanting to help the children the authorities want the families gone where is

the day before this house stood here we come back and find this. our children hate the police the hate the jews and you ask from why is this hate israel calls itself a democracy what kind of democracy does this to its children that we have come up empty now since the founding of the city not a single you out of a village was built and for most of those already in existence there is no overall plan which means that every construction is around the eagle. and so with homes up for demolition and a dream to be educated a daily trudge these children are learning the hard way that some of life's most important lessons happen outside the classroom police say r.t. through from junction israel. who is coming to live from moscow. push for diplomacy with iran over its nuclear program has failed to quell talk of a pending military confrontation statements from america's top defense official

suggest a strike is in the planning stages and could use a type of bomb that never seen before was artie's honest i see a truck in a report so looks as though history could be poised to repeat itself. water for a fish are a popular pet among us more veterans like math sure wrote some of the nerves of some of the roughly one hundred seventy thousand american soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder the u.s. army frag has one hundred eighty three campaign ribbons on it those one hundred eighty three ribbons each represent wars when you compare that to the work of two hundred thirty six years that we've actually been around as a country you're talking about you know a war on average of once every year and three months serving americans are on permanent standby to deploy to carry out warfare on command as the u.s. has a bone to pick with one enemy after the other from the soviet union and the choppiness

that was the most useful enemy where we are legitimate and we are completely fantastical it was always available. and spirit see against which to justify anything smaller interrogatives after the cold war the list keeps expanding allied air forces began an attack on military targets in iraq in kuwait airstrikes against serbian forces are war on terror. begins and i try can you selected targets on military importance undermine saddam hussein's ability to wage a war we should get out these air defenses or the defense budget that surpasses the military expenditure of all other countries combined. no other nation drums up war as consistently as america and while people are still responding in recovering from the violence that is committed in one place or even in the same place we're launching new operations in and out more atrocities in different parts of the world

and military industrial complex where billions of dollars is largely america's driving force. deeply rooted in the system it would serve no purpose if there was no one to fight if there were no war enemies last there would be rushed. a sense of mission a frightening thought to many as this would reveal the economic social and cultural emptiness at home europe but the country when there are no enemies trying to put together the evil empire again and do in syria what we're doing now in libya we've got to overthrow this guy the threat that iran poses us year in and year out americans are convinced that the u.s. has to remain on the defense were petrified of death by terrorism so should i don't think i think a lot of americans wish we spent more money on war finding the next target is never difficult we're inventing the nation of iran as an enemy of the united states says it is sister of nuclear weapons it does not exist nation that has not attacked

another in literally centuries and has no capability or desire to attack ours to be the way to make sure the world around you run is the one iran it should be iran the u.s. has been picking and choosing which countries to intervene in for centuries as the list of nations that america loves to hate expands the concept but no war at all is also an option seems to have been for about. your trip and i. don't hesitate to look on twelve website are to god com if you missed any of our stories some of them waiting for you there i know for example that from compassion to action as brazilian beach go it was a fight for the lives of dozens of stranded dolphins dragging a helpless mammals back into the sea. and heavens conspiracy of the iceberg that sealed the titanic fate might have been literally help from above as a group of scientists claim the moon was its accomplice in sinking history's most

famous cruise line. it's good to have you with us here in r.t. today i think i may have hoped you'd have scraped the gallows but it seems the noose may have actually been tightened further around its neck it's off to the movies a credit rating agency declared greece in default of its debt and comes in response to the country carving out a deal with private creditors that would write off over one hundred billion euros moody's reaction runs counter to that of e.u. leaders who hailed the even to the to be the end of greece's economic woes however another rating through fitch slammed the year across efforts and showed no mercy to the struggling greek economy by downgrading athens to quote restrictive default in

about in several minutes here on our t.v. other resort next hour from stacey her but will look back a decade to reveal the scheme which helped greece join the eurozone like masking its nasty of debt and how it's orchestrator a tidy profit. goldman secret greece alone shows two centers as client unravels on the day the two thousand and one deal was struck the government of greece owed the bank about six hundred million euros more than their two point eight billion euros of power owed by then the price of the transaction a derivative that disguised the loan and that goldman sachs persuaded greece not to test with competitors had almost doubled to five point one billion euros but this was greece's nine eleven the day they met goldman sachs it was them packing the sovereignty and the future of the nation of greece. no

martinis yes. port in about sixty five minutes time signs of nationwide on rest still clearly visible in kyrgyzstan the central asian country saw two bloody revolutions in less than a decade with summer lauding burma as the march of democracy all that amid claims politicians were manipulating people to grab power r.t. is often a boy who travels to the region to learn the lessons of the past. it's election time in kyrgyzstan second largest city candidates for the local legislature tear down from posters striving to projects and trustworthiness. yeah the streets are silent and empty and uncertainty isn't there they were provoked at yours who would use any chance to undermine peace that we have no. biggest on

a former soviet republic in central asia is a poster child for revolutionary fever two of its previous presidents were ousted by enraged crowds each uprising was portrayed by the west as a people's democratic awakening spite humorous casualties and widespread looting so much so that some could these people are now taking pride that ability to settle political disagreements by force. is that we curators can wait for a while but once you get on our nerves you better run for your life. but nowhere has this trigger happy political awakening cause more pain and suffering than the arch and ethnically divided seeking the south of the country in june of two thousand and ten vine political elites instigated fierce clashes between a kid given his death communities more than four hundred killed thousands lost their livelihoods all victims of militarized politics that have become

a part of the democratic process here. back neighborhoods that were burned and looted a year and a half ago are now being rebuilt. but many locals fear that politicians will once again gamble on ethnic divisions to achieve their ends as dex and kurds have different political preferences but given the kurdish majority and their professed reading this to fight for their interests democratic procedures are no longer just about the country's future in many ways bex in are quite literally about life and death. very afraid that they will again be used to scapegoats in political games many have left the city on the eve of the election for fears of riots i verge those who stay to vote like it is do to avoid any anger from the side while the. some devote her soon could be streaming to the polling stations many respects me to arrangements to leave town one son i in the mood for revolution others have to seek

refuge over the past three years the words of revolution and democracy have become almost synonymous but they couldn't be further apart because overrides the strongest of arguments and it always puts an end to any minute full political dialogue and it's kurdistan's example shows once pylos is introduced into the political process very soon it becomes the first rather than the last option to resort to it's not going to artsy reporting from ash interest. well back you know just a few moments here and r.t. with the headlines part two of a special documentary about the military domination of the world.