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a fresh wave of tension and the strong distrust on the peninsula. next we discuss the tactics being used against another so-called rogue state a wrong and an exclusive interview with israel's deputy prime minister. with me i have dan meridor deputy israeli prime minister and minister of intelligence and atomic energy so thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. to be with you the million dollar question is israel preparing for war with iran the one thing we should not speak on a war with iran i don't think the word from the one discusses in good families in public i think it's wrong the rhenish is the most important issue with dealing with the nuclearization of iran becomes the most important issue of international politics we are. trying as much as we can with the rest of the world there with her

to stop iran from becoming nuclear and yet today has been a lot of war with craig much of israel's political leadership but on the other hand people like yourself have come on record and said that you will not support a war with iran so i always see disagreement in the israeli political when the issue of iran is of great importance i think that. if there is determination. resource and persistence in the word that is interesting here we feel a very broad coalition unprecedentedly broad all the arab world but syria. most of the west i believe other countries will russia was on it two years ago in the un security council we i think have enough leverage all of us together to condition the rain's going to be heavier and higher price with every month that passes if we don't stop this. attempt to get nuclear but none of the rands critics including as well have given hard facts that prove that iran's intention is to build

a nuclear weapon or that it iran is in a way near building a nuclear weapon so why is this so much fear and concern first of all that iran wants to have nuclear weapons we have no doubt i think that the international atomic energy agency in vienna published a report last november saying the head a weapons group described the weapons group outworked why do you take it seriously they really did ship. him in a thirty openly again and again is version not exist. it should be removed as a cancer tumor in the middle east but you did admit that ahmed and it added not saying that iran would wipe israel off the map. will approve israel the concert or is that the different metaphor but not a different conference he might not have said these words but the content of the same rhetoric a lot of statements but all of them in the leadership that is there should not exist in a two thousand and eight interview at medinah jack was asked that if the palestinian

leaders agreed to accept a two state solution could he ran live with that and his answer was that if they agree to that well then they will respect that decision does that not suggest that there is a tiny opening for dialogue or some kind of work between as well any when i hear him again and again i heard him two were three weeks ago. here in my office twenty or thirty statements of his of others saying no. that is not legitimate it should not exist it is on the verge of collapse anyway now what is it if not direct threat against our existence iran has not attacked anyone in recent history why would it attack israel if israel did not attack you when iran. has not attacked israel directly iran is supplying weapons of the most advanced the kind that they have to all our enemies be syria be his beloved be promise again and

again iran is frightening the saudi arabian government why is that they never take anybody. why is the arab world in such turmoil and such a fear of in the rain in the b nation is what is thought to have several hundred nuclear weapons is this not a question of double standards why should israel be allowed to have it whereas iran can't we never said we have nuclear weapons we never said we have we don't react to this the fact well this interview interesting that all the arab countries who may think that we have a low i never confirm or deny never said because these are has it we'll have it but when they hear iran is going to get it if you don't get it we get it. isn't that a sign if we're to prove that the real danger for the stability and peace in this region for these regimes is iran not israel if there was a strike what would it look like are we talking about some kind of israeli aerial strike or would israel consider sending in ground forces or not speak of

a military option at all not in general not in specific terms i don't think it's right i think it's not helping us if we have the rain is not us i don't speak of it i am very hopeful the sanctions. will work once sanctions just make you a new nationalist close rank and support their government more thoroughly well is there another way to do this if you will dropping from the you don't speak of the french and the not to be working what is the over option iran was asked or all the both security council not to enrich and the goal of rushing along with the united states is building a missile defense shield in the persian gulf what would be the purpose of this if israel had to attack you when they want speak of an attack on iran israel and i'm not the spokesman for the american. the american defense establishment the american president. but it's interesting that the americans and the arab countries are in

full agreement about the development in iran and that it needs to be stopped is israel preparing for any raining attack or some kind of ukrainian retaliation needs to defend itself is a never ask anybody to defend it is a living in area in which there were many enemies i think that we see very positive trend of arab countries leaving the camp of. denial negation and coming to the good guys came by presidents about of egypt signing peace with us king calls in a jordan sowing piece of the people who became breweries after them kept the agreement we wish and hope it would be kept longer there have been comments by leading israeli figures that the israeli population have not been told the full consequences of what an attack on iran would mean do you agree with us. don't think i should speak on israeli attack on iran i think this is something israeli should

not speak oh i'm sorry that some of my colleagues did speak of it or hinted to it i think it's a mistake and i from day one said don't speak of it for something or speak for i think the clear the clarity of the object is very poor the objectives simple iran should not be there should stop the enrichment and stop the building of weapons missiles everything go to the and how we do it how we get it we need to be very. balanced and strong and sophisticated when i say we thought only israel it's all those countries we just had a report on how the israeli public is not ready for an attack by event that there aren't any kind of shelters or awareness to get gas masks which begs the question why is the israeli public not being prepared for an attack if there is so much was coming from the government if the countries of the world who are interested in stopping iran from becoming nuclear power is persistent as you are enough to me

questions about this we will win no the is there a clandestine war well no doubt that there is. there are things that are done against syrian nuclear capabilities by all players. from the west and other countries probably is on the table some with under the table and things are going on not everything should be made public but i think that this is a serious better it's a very serious matter and i think it should be taken care of very seriously and this includes all sorts of actions and i don't speak of war here the united states has said it's against of what event if this remains a situation what israel go it alone we have been used sometimes to stand alone and we threw the alone when other countries who had to help us a problem so but didn't help us this were the case nine hundred sixty seven when we were attacked and we have guarantees that nobody seemed to find the time and we had

to fight for our own lives and you digitas really do it full time your time but not our idea how to deal with many countries acting for the same goal and we as part of a big coalition they would not fight for us not only but if they have the same interests as we have the saudis the americans or the french or the germans or the russians as it were two years ago if we have a broad coalition it's much better than to be on our own so of course america is an important player in this world as everybody knows and if america says and the president president obama says iran should not be nuclear will not tolerate a nuclear iran will not continue to play around who prevent iran from becoming that it's very important if we look at syria are developments there good or bad for israel first of all they're very bad for syria. although syria is an enemy they

don't like us at all but we're neighbors and we all are human beings and what one sees on the screen syria is horrendous. it's not our business to tell the syrians who should rule this is a different perspective the one that you just spoke of iran syria is the only arab country. and the axis that was built. between iran syria and hizbollah unholy alliance what i call it this is a very bad axis very dangerous axis. against us against all the arab countries and they've in that respect this alliance between syria and iran is broken this is good for peace it's not bad for peace except if a more fundamentalist regime comes to power in syria. i don't know who comes next we have no influence on that. in a productive way for support somebody maybe to determine because the best thing for

somebody would be to we fight the jews so we are not taking part in that what about israeli egyptian relations particularly in light of the term a nation of the gas deal see the egyptian israeli peace treaty has been fined thirty two years ago. thirty three years ago in seventy nine was the most important dramatic change in middle east history it changed at least from a very warlike zone to a much more stable and peaceful area so whoever is in power in egypt after next presidential election we very much hope that the peace treaty is kept i think it's not only our interest i think it as well it is an interest and i think this is one of the most important goals that we have and we wish for the egyptians to have more free regime in better economic situation and keep the agreement with us dan meridor thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. thank you very much.

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a sport with. hello welcome this is an artsy with me from on call for a football i saw a key and tennis will dominate this edition but first they had lines. down once a goal scored as draw for russia against leave with only one friend the remaining ahead of the european championship in poland and ukraine. and dream machine alexander ovechkin and his a russia team mates flaws there i saw your world trophy it's an open top bus parade in central moscow. and a perfect start maria sharapova doesn't drop a game as the russian begins her quest to win the only grand slam missing from her collection in the first round of the french open. and let's get rolling with football russia's national football team have begun their final preparations for

the euros with that self nil nil draw against lithuania and switzerland's dick advocaat dominated for the most sport in what looks like a largely one sided affair but could not find the finishing touch michael has the story. of the final to put the ration matches before heading off to war so to play euro co-host poland russia's game this is the feeling it was by far the easier on paper starting in place of the x. that mullah fave who played in russia's one one draw with uruguay with his kind of stopper he got i can see it but after a hectic start with both sides at the cross he was rarely troubled by lithuania's lethargic attack in the middle of the roman shirokov and he got the nice of will increasingly running the show with neat passing and come work on the ball. alexander kasia call came close on a number of occasions as andrea shahan but neither seemed to find a way through later when his stubborn defense half time came with russia clearly

controlling the game but without anything to show for it. dick advocaat up to make some changes bring on four players including roman public chink of acacia called. and the second half began pretty much as the first hop ended with russia camping in their opponents. was the little we knew this was largely a meaningless game having failed to qualify for the upcoming euros but as the game came to an end they managed to hold on to a well deserved draw dick advocaat was rather nonplussed by the end result but was happy lithuania had managed to frustrate his team that expected lives. last week to say. if you do not give up on the present if you are not in the right shape to do that then that is easy to stay defensively. for the first verse of alexander because of course on the other hand blame the lackluster result a little when his refusal to play properly. i guess they had

a different objects of than europe why these guys played football but lithuania didn't do that but roman shirokov put it down to a lack of with in russia's game i progressed implement everyone understood how they would play we concentrate too much in the midfield when we should have used our flanks so all of russia's early initiatives and ball position this through and you did prove to stop and to break down the substitution at half time also failed to make the necessary difference in the game. hitman andrea shahan who celebrating his thirty first birthday today also failed to find the chilling strike to give russia the much needed win now russia only has one game left to prepare for the euros and that comes against italy which will not. being easy test them being the two thousand and six will champions and this game will be in zurich on friday my question me on this week's. let's stay on the subject of russia's national teams

but switch sports now where alexander ovechkin was the star attraction as the train fans national ice hockey team showed off their latest world championship trophy as an open bus parade through central moscow the washington capitals front and along with russia captain in the on the cool and held the prize aloft as the rapture is crowd chanted thank you and well done to their heroes russia thrash surprise back and slovakia six two in the final earlier this month to finish the championships on beaten and lay their hands on their third world crown in five years you get involved in was the tournaments most valuable player the big three was also russia's first top accolade under a new coach isn't it a lot benighted deal as that scene now targets gold at their home winter olympics in sochi in twenty fourteen. for the victory at the world championships showed the team scoring this is the team we intend to build on with its own character and

recognition no one knows what will happen in the olympics but i am sure the blues will go alone to claim to gold moments of paris now where in tennis world number two maria sharapova was in imperious form and didn't drop a single game in her opening match at the french open a golfing class separate of the second seed i remain is that xander as sharapova needed less than an hour to roll into the second round the in-form russian is looking to complete a career grand slam in the french capital. you know i think i learn more about the game and the point construction and i feel like moving better than i did years previously which has helped me a lot in the recovery process within the points so yeah it definitely gives me a lot of confidence for this tournament but just like any other event i within this tournament i hope that i improve with every round and get better and whoever is across tonight is the person that i have to be thirteen scion grand slam champion

serena williams crashed out of the french open losing four six seven six six three it's a first round opponents version the result of all france or us with flip that her bags as she digested her early as grand slam exit in forty seven appearances on a ranked one hundred eleventh in the world celebrated her greatest form of the home grand slam. yeah i tried you know i kept going for my shots which you know always works for me so. it didn't work out today. you know i just wasn't i made so many errors today which is a game that i've been playing in the past you know. and it's the end of the rolled for a russian player you get and it's the not whole went out it's a great britain's heather watson in straight sets well at xander upon no balls a loss to the stillness quiet can that be but there was success for us to see a proper channel by as she had the better of them guerin better and aren't. former

world number one carolyn was no kid thrashed lenny benny lead to of grease six love six one. however already through is wimbledon champion petra creates of a check world number four proved too strong for sixteen year old ashley barty bit of all was broken once by the australian wildcard but wanted six one six two and says she's in great form. now i have played three tournaments before differential so i think that i have some make cheese and. i practice before so i'm feeling what a while and yeah it's nice to be back twentieth century happy and francesca schiavone that's forty one year old kimiko darts a group of japan schiavone was in good form both from the baseline and at the net as it does a groom was guilty of thirty five unforced errors to lose it six three six one. and

then the men's draw red began his quest for a record seventh french open title and world number two did it in style as he clenched and in that exists to six two six one victory over italian cmon lenny. i did what i had to. do with. less. stress or nerve used on our first rounds in the past so. happy the way i am through the second round happy though how i blend i had that mistake go back to the bit with sit still for last may opinion i was playing very well after that. and to marry also faced your problems in his first round match with that's an object that six one seven five six love last year is semifinal this month is also round so. it was pretty good i mean and could.

for. five six. word one. one. my serve. in the first and third so i'm very comfortable and so. could have been but. for sure. and let's take a look at the russians now it's meet rates or soon of has gone through to the second round following a straight sets win over japan's goal so it out but eager andrea great sired and the third set of his match with york and eamon and while he were queens and went out in straight sets his biggest fans denise installment was me tell you she became the second russian to go through after a straight sets win over american james blake. finally russia's current golfing heroine anastacio acosta has been welcomed back home after making history in

ukraine just last week that twenty five year old became the first russian's acclaim with sore win after clinching that side so in style at the inaugural gold screen ladies open events and the first of its kind in kiev costing a produce that final round of seventy to finish four shots to the overnight leader benedict and seen from belgium since that victory cost and has emerged as russia's biggest hope for a place at the rio olympics since wednesday sixteen but she says more young talent could yet qualify for those olympics. i think we have a lot of hoops we have very elusive young kids growing up in period indicated and we have very good team of coaches with the russian government some solution and the team do very good. for english specialists as well and they've set up a very good you can use ation very big team the coaches and players. will have more

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