what about here with r t here is a look at the top stories nations turning out half the world's economy look forward through trade and common solutions out of asia pacific summit starts in russia's far east while the forums host president putin gives r t he has exclusive use of matters and the global spotlight. new assets reportedly sending teams to advise opposition fires in syria washington has resisted calls to engage militarily so far saying it only provides non-lethal aid while france could be considering sending

the rebels have the artillery. and the offerings leave the public disillusioned the european central bank is finally said to help announcing it will be by bonds from struggling eurozone nations to lower their borrowing costs but angry crowds in greece and spain walk out against unrelenting cuts strained relations between iran and israel and threats from both sides to strike our once again in the spotlight up next we talk to the former head of the israeli ministry of defense where the conflict is an average of all. with me i have aria hertzog the former head of the israel missile defense organization so thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. on major media outlets seem to agree that the decision by netanyahu and the israeli defense minister of iraq to strike iran is imminent with some suggesting that it might even happen this for israel on the brink of going to war with iran i have no

idea about that. the same as you do. i believe that we are preparing all the options. i believe also that the u.s. is preparing options. which will see what happens iran has denied that it is pursuing nuclear weapons and despite the rhetoric on the rainy inside it has not struck anyone why would iran strike israel if israel did not strike iran first first before iran did declare very clearly the they're preparing themselves to wipe israel from the globe which means that there is a real threat on their side in addition to that they develop very carefully the delivery capabilities they have. ground to ground ballistic missiles of few kind she had three assure him twenty five. most of them deployed in quantities

and what they still need to eat the nuclear device to be put on top of those missiles in order to have the full capability to attack us no you just need to combine this activities in this capability is that there are always the threat of the iranian president and find out whether we need to be. in a position to try to do our best to prevent a nuclear to be it's believed that israel has several hundred nuclear warheads and very clearly israel. is threatening to strike iran could it not be said that israel is the more belligerent party here you don't believe so we really don't know about israeli nuclear capability i know that. putting a lot of money in missile defense in trying to defend our population from

aggression from outside interviews that you've given you link to the prevention of a nuclear iran with the holocaust do you really think that a nuclear iran would mean the destruction of the state of israel i hope not but there is a possibility i mean iran having nuclear capability and delivery capability to the state of israel who would be in a position with the proper regime there to believe that they could destroy israel by few missiles and if this would be their believe they also could use it therefore we must be sure that nothing like that can be can happen they are reports that suggest that the israeli home find is simply not prepared for war with iran that there are inadequate bomb shelters that there not enough gas masks would you not say that this unprepared home fund together with the war rhetoric is not simply potential adventurism no i don't think

so. i do believe that many reasons why to attack and many reasons not to attack the decision makers take all those into account in order to make the proper decision on the other hand the home front is doing a very great job in making the defenses better and better all the time it is not done in one year it takes a few years before becoming good enough and this is where we are what are your thoughts on the very public to. wide between the security establishment which is warning against a strike and the political establishment which seems to support when this is definitely a political question i don't think that i have enough bigger and i don't know all the latest information that the political people do have. and the military people

have only. normally the decision will be taken based on real information and looking at all the options and looking at all the possibilities before they take and according to a recent poll forty six percent of israelis are against a strike on iran with fifty eight percent disappointed in netanyahu his performance why would he launch a war against iran if it does not have wide public support i don't think that. the neo has in mind launching a war you know has in mind. preventing nuclear and this is what it has in mind i don't believe that it must be a war it must. it must include as many as possible different ways to stop them one of them may be war but it doesn't have to we were i believe that he is taking into account all the potential possibilities

is the vision will be taken based on that for me israeli prime minister hood on it has said that developments in iran did not warrant an israeli strike anytime soon or in the future now you were head of the israeli missile defense organization joining the term of office of all that why would all mitt and netanyahu see things so differently i know this is a good political i don't believe the. different. different. situation based on current. intelligence information i believe that almost does not have the information so basically what i would say is relevant to his period of being prime minister what could a potential strike on iraq look like i have no idea about what a strike would look like because there are many ways to strike the iranians

and definitely cannot discover them how prepared is israel to intercept even in missiles israel has to. basically. weapon system being in place in the israeli air force with significant number of interceptors. being good if in a position to defend the whole. area of israel. trained i believe that the chances of intercepting. a threat coming from iran is much better the chances of the threat to hit israel so i do believe very strongly in the capability of our defense system how important is your missile defense system as a deterrence to leave and one major advantage of having good. missile

defense. is that the other side even if it has unconventional capability would think twice and more before strike because its chances to get a counterattack maybe even bigger than his chances to succeed in the park what is your assessment of iran's second strike capabilities depends what happens in the first strike i don't know i mean i don't believe that simply is try to heat nuclear. facilities is what may happen the strike is something that may be doing a lot of different things and only after you see what happened in the first one you can assess what is going to happen in the second and i have no idea about what is

planned if a strike on iran because we're likely to see a response from both hamas and hizbollah with hundreds if not thousands of rockets raining down on israel could israel withstand battles on various fronts i believe so we do have. a background in. rocket attacks from lebanon same with the gaza strip and i believe that it's always better to have them but this is not as problematic as the iranians having nuclear capability but at the same time a strike could ignite a wider regional war if not a world war with major powers like the united states being born in is that a risk that israel is prepared to take i don't know i believe that this is one of the considerations i don't know whether it. is willing to take it what about syria and its reported chemical and biological way. could the four of us side and

not see those weapons forming into the wrong hands and also being further spread throughout the region i don't know i know that today i was quite well protected by the. in the future. there will be a new word you and anything can happen this is. but then so to get into the hands of those organizations but you can. thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. going to work on.

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well. technology innovation all the moves developments around russia we've got the future covered. nations turning out half the world economy look forward through trade and common solutions to asia pacific summit starts in russia's far east while the forums host president putin gives our t.v.'s explosive use of matters the global spotlight. and u.s. reportedly sending teams to advise opposition fighters in syria washington has resisted calls to gauge militarily so far saying it only provides no money for a while france could be considering sending the rebels heavier tillery. and easy offerings leave a public disillusioned the european central bank is finally set to help announcing it will be buying bonds from struggling euro zone nations to lower their of

borrowing costs but angry crowds in greece and spain walk out against unrelenting cuts. all right we are on standby for president putin's address of the apec summit and we can go there any time as it happens when it happens in the meantime though we will take a look at what's happening in the world of sports. thank you very much welcome to the world of sports is what's coming up. the road to brazil fabio capello makes his competitive power as boss of russia later on friday as northern ireland visit moscow in a world cup qualifier. progress novak djokovic is on course to defend his u.s. open title after

a straight sets quarterfinal win over one martin del potro. remembering one year on a sense a plane crash in the lives of the entire locomotive jaroslava ice hockey squad party remembers those who lost their lives. but first russia have held their final training session ahead of the opening world cup twenty fourteen qualify with northern ireland the clash will mark fabio capello's first competitive match in charge while the team will also have a new captain with a go denise of given the honor of leading his country richard i'm portrayed as more . it's a stunning statistic but russia how do you qualify for a world can't since two thousand and two and that's why from your capello has been brought in to try and change just fine. russia coming off the back of a disappointing campaign at the euro two thousand and twelve finals but the timing is confident he's seen enough positives to help his side to get to brazil in two thousand and fourteen what happened the past this.

was not good. but i think go a ways in my mind to see for what to achieve absolutely. the next. will be really really good i think the team doing good this is a good team the games they did play a euros they played some games really really well. and i want to see the same. spirit the same team this image that they saw in some games that he played here. capello will have a fully fit squad to choose from all the players are based in russia and of course there's no under the shadow of in who's been dropped italian as an ounce for jimmy to come bottom of who's been following form for spartak so far this season will start at left back however he could be a bit short of striking options with just to fit forwards however this isn't something that's worrying capello his moment. in the open after the game against

an outlander would be fit. but i think these two for one i selected two for once he selected twenty four players. after the game decided to open up for someone with the jury. who would select new players friday will be a proud moment that you're going to need serve your captain his country in a competitive match for the first time as he's developed into one of the best defensive midfielders in europe however he's expecting a tough physical test against the northern irish or the gold i think bill played very aggressively against us we must make sure that our pressing game is good and take the game to them but if we manage to do that then i'm sure it will be fine there's still some ill feeling from the fans towards the russian team pulling back paul display in poland and ukraine and it's unlikely that friday's game will be a ceremony however capello's men put in

a good performance and get all three points that could go a long way to getting the fans back for the turnstiles russia will start as i warming favorites on friday as they get their two thousand and fourteen world cup qualifying campaign underway against northern ireland while her opponents have a reputation of being a very difficult team to play against and probably a capello's team will have to be very very best if they want to come away of all three points richard pombo played r.t. moscow. and while all eyes are focused on capello's competitive coaching debut northern ireland manager michael nail is relishing his side status of underdog. it's a game we have everything to gain all the expectation is in russia they have obviously a very highly respect for medical coach and highly respect them for medals fraud and so as a small nation we can only benefit from the whole experience some of the say but we try and make things as difficult as we can for russia to morning. also russia's

group on friday portugal make the trip to luxembourg and azerbaijan israel where two thousand and ten world cup finalists the netherlands host for time when is it in a are involved area germany are overwhelming favorites at home to the faroe islands england france travel to finland. and that is all from the world of sport for now it's time time back to the news desk here on r.t. . and of course the asia pacific summit is in spotlight for us here and we can now cross to a president a lot of important who is speaking at the apac forum let's listen in you were discussing are indeed of great relevant experience and. this is precisely to discuss those issues that we have covered here. engagement of business community and such poor. fellow but i will ask for a pic it has become the rule rather than exception to bring together not only had to of state governments the trip presented to c.e.o.'s of major companies

representatives of business community has become a rule breaking the rules and we are very good at close connection ties between those that work with real politics and real economy people we talk to each other hear each other discuss problems that both public authorities and business circles face and i hope. the today's discussion and in the following days would be able. to. find solutions or come up with proposals that would help foster development. efficiently and work to influence the development of global economy generally and in particular our regional economy summit like i said is an integral part of the apec summit apec economy you know for sure but i'll just give you the figures generates over fifty five percent of the

global teaching treat well you know almost half of global trade looks that it could be around thirty five percent of all cumulatively in the foreign direct investment in the world would be lower but that is not the most important point what is you might ask you the most important thing is that age should be the civic region as a larger region despite the well known complications and the global world economy and we're told the past twenty years or so has been growing at that quite a straight shooter you know so we're increasing financial investment but scientific and technological potential the leading role in the shared responsibility of this world and it is important to date that the global economic economic is fragile we all know that in asia pacific region there are also some alarming trend. reducing growth rate of economies of certain leading countries but

when growth rates slow down it's one thing measure but it's not just what matters the problem is that the trend is persistent we suppose that it was nonetheless the growth rate in the asia pacific region is waves i had. done it that this month the country's problems in banking sector. and other says of economy had negative telling on the growth rate unfortunately unemployment. an advanced economy is also growing but you're going to the implications were felt by the majority of the state like to asians on their currency monetary markets and of stagnation of simonton became challenges to all economists with no exceptions and that problems unfortunately still have not been resolved. so the sea change and the problems might have been protracted if you only round on you to last

through that you didn't use reasons for very cautious sanctions going to use the method used key it were nomic players trying to play by the rules if i knew that way motives that gets me into not you should you take irresponsible unilateral steps that might have under predictable implications that you and search for a is a better contribute to that. is discussed at the g twenty more you would know marshall as well. but we also deal with them in a bank so no usually the successes result of our common scope and doubtless you who are at the top of the crisis we managed to avoid slide in until the impressive blunt protectionists were trained you're effectively isn't there on the contrary we ought to know where you're joining you know what steps to overcome crisis to continue that you can form a new system financial regulation and the goals where the same thing today be challenges we're facing today probably even more difficult than we've had to

basically at the british stage assume the greatest one we need now more new approaches modalities of economic development are we going to the global economic landscape is changing like julie has also because the world she said in terms of. development you can actually do in the next three months for us we will be growing much faster than the traditional advanced notice of the world it is vacuum. privately if you disregard the will inevitably end. of close of trade you shall finance or you will your but i this would be just one of manny manifestations of the global transformation the psyche but it is only this that these processes are you do you want to rule the world and he's doing the new magnanimously job in a logical and geopolitical either but you do what we do there's the transition you belong it won't be difficult at least for many it will be painful for you but you

wish me luck with it many approaches will have to be revisited rick but so instead overstatements life will demand from us but magic but the most radical solution traditional and i think it is no by chance that it is not your injury the crisis schilens you could name screen because regional integration. gave a name i had gotten injured to listen shoot a very positive phenomena that was. very promising to me that a process that is a free especially in light of the continues disco difficulties within the w two zero and i just look at a gentleman round of trade negotiations going on the waves really when you when you regional integration. understand what and taken into account. each other centers the interest that partners. closer tries to maintain the but in good place the role of a whole string fundamental principles of open market and free trade. to ensure a dynamic development of the entire global economy to be on the morrow of

a dialogue between the major regional structures for such as this forum. or. the recently created you can solve a single economic space. in your primate the only basis to improve rules for global trade and investment but it isn't going to go in the just to encourage global negotiation process. you say that you and paul to force in this era were initiated from very gentle sort of threats to start a bargain with your listeners will regenerate expanded integration i mean the spaces established dialogue between regional and sub regional unions and those nations the state isn't that direction and which eurasian integration is developed into that of mr summation of russia when you don't know the free trade area and the c.i.s. we recently signed and mostly i as countries have branches by again after a third of the moderator yes you can then just get across that i'm still customs

union the single economic space i referred to earlier. in the post i was there was created to be travelers by the three percent former soviet states russia belarus ambassadors done. in the big game with more than just our common response to the challenges of those races they are some of them w the doors when they come in a planned joint project with a value go hanumant so leisure negotiations with them your book the water and then after a movie doing the customs union and new zealanders are on their way that wasn't just in a joint real goal it should have just the possibility of launch and similar negotiations with vietnam. to go to work and work force negotiations on the sale mad to other countries also possible we receive dozens i want to highlight dozens of requests from the countries but from you can asia of the century regions that are seeking special treatment stuff that i shall be.