r.t. . download the official application to choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from our now t.v. is not required to watch our team all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time. with me i have who is the former head of the world zionist organization and also the former head of the israeli parliament so i thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. israel defines itself as a jewish and democratic state does this definition hold or is there a contradiction between the two marketing wise sells from plastic to the price of

one i mean not only to the moccasins the jews democracy and many people maybe most of the people are very satisfied with it because they don't really think about the built in oxymoron or paradox which means the source of authority of the democratic component is the human being it's you and me and him and her we are the source of authority of ourselves the eventually the source or through the of the jewish component of the equation is the god in heaven so it's actually a state which was about two. sources of authority democracy and theocracy this is impossible this is a coalition ways from its appearance in many times when you see into conflicts within israel between church and state between knesset and very knesset which is the synagogue and the parliament it's a along this line is really the mark will see israel potential jewish to auk received. so i think that these different mission will not hold water for long.

article israel's fading democracy you know mental state of israel's democratic values what are some of the most imminent danger to israel's democracy it's not an easy question to answer because you see we can a says in democracies all over the world i mean you see the erode the trust of people in their democratic elected institutions all over the west so part of what happens to the western democracies is happens to israel as well and this is. the performance is not good the feeling of the individual that somehow they do not serve me but they serve the they the elected to serve their own. purposes or goals or so fulfillment missions or whatever it is and it's not for me so this part of it what happens to the entire west is the. in israel you have at least three more

components the first one is we spoke earlier and this is the inevitable lesion between church and state. the second is if you define israel as a jewish democratic state and the jewish project takes over the democratic project all of a sudden you realize that we have an ethnic of democracy. democracy be partial. can you have just a little concept of democracy is a kind of a universal or should be universal set of values which is of course my fundamental belief and the fact that in israel we have more than twenty percent of the population who do not belong to the jewish component to the jewish majority create a situation in which many israelis believe the mako see is the rule of my dorothy rather than understanding that most of the mark we're seeing is about the freedoms and the liberties of the mine or. the freedoms and liberties of the minorities the

third component which erodes the threatens the very foundation of easier democracy . is the fact that we don't have a deep democratic heritage there is a kind of model in political science which is saying immigrants who immigrated from liberal progressive countries established liberal progressive entities immigrants from great britain established new zealand australia canada nor in lot of states of america and immigrants who immigrated. portugal and spain created the none very another very democratic banana republics of of that in america so what is israel according to this mode of the overwhelming majority of israelis are coming from an undemocratic background be the muslim hemisphere be holocaust survivors be people who immigrated from communist russia which was not the best of democracies

ever etc etc etc so we do not yet have a deep legacy of democratic spirit and when ever you have a threat people we drove to the old system people with the devil they know and the devil we knew is not a democratic devil israeli identity is built on a claim of jewish inheritance to the promised land what kind of identity have israeli leaders created for israel in the past sixty four years i was seated at least from a jewish point of view which is the majority component here it's the first time in our history with the combination of our identity is both territory sovereignty language power independence and statehood for the non jewish component in israel which is most of it is really palestinians i would say and it's the first time for most. of these people to live under. no other

nation ever lived under due sovereignty because we never had sovereignty over the last two thousand years or so and the third component which is no less important and this is my feeling is that most of the israeli palestinians as much as they have a problem. and were abused by the israeli system looking around it's much worthy for them to fight for their position in improving their own status with in this kind of israeli boundaries rather than compete for the same rights within the arab nation environment what role israel's palestinian citizens play in the jewish democratic equation from the point of view of many of. the boy of the system we can we boys of the system mean it whenever something bad happens between

jews and jews the with the palestinian the israeli palestinian i mean when lieberman wants to make a complain against somebody. bash is the minority when. the party wants to progress itself it goes against the israeli arabs and there is a competition over let's limit them or who limits them limits more. so i would say that in many many cases unfortunately that usually palestinians i believe more space for. the quality and equality of the israeli democracy and recently most of the coming out. what does the word zionism mean for me is there was an interesting maybe even crucial movement in a concept that was actually the scaffolding. of the juice.

it was a scuffle being newly erected by the end of the nineteenth century in order to transform or renew or rebuild the structure of from an existing structure into a sovereign one in forty eight the new structure is the building is built the inauguration was done we can remove the scaffolding we don't need it anymore i mean personally i'm a human being that's my family name my middle name is that i'm jewish and my given name that i'm in is really how do you solve the law of the two and the palestinian refugees cry for what they call the right to return to their land regardless of what will happen the should happen between israel and palestine we should address the law the law of return was in this maybe was a necessity a bit early stages of the state and we still lived under the impression of jews being persecuted because of the judaism and the national belonging to the jewish collective which actually was the fall of the of the war by the end of the eighty's

so israel or that part of it was a safe haven for jews is needed a fast track for those who are running away because of the for the live because of the jewishness as for now ninety eight percent of the jews are leaving outside of the immediate threat for their life i mean the twenty four thousand jews in iran four thousand jews in morocco to jews in afghanistan they're not talking to each other and that's it. the overwhelming majority of the jews are living in a democratic hemisphere. so we should have a normal equal to all of citizenship maybe this should be there a paragraph that if one individual to you or me or me or my uncle or you is being persecuted because of the judaism they will have a kind of a fair struck into citizenship to protect them otherwise all the rest of them normal. procedure to join the. the israeli collective is for the right of return of

the palestinians if there will be two state solution. i've no problem with it i mean whatever they want to do in their country welcome you have said that something profound and basic has changed in israel's relationship with the united states and you've also said that netanyahu has great achievement was to make israel a partisan issue do you think that is well remains an asset to the united states or has it become a liability new orleans for i can give you is america still in their support of israel because whether israel is an asset for us you have to ask them ok though. not at all sure if we should continue with the kind of one side the strategy of the israeli government siding with the harshest. new york on american philosophy is. the more the most difficult right wing. merciless capitalist economy on

one hand and being very very conservative visa vi and then these and powers and fears and threats etc visibly some other stuff israel will not for long will be above the political debate in that it states of america it will be an asset for the republicans and a liability for the democrats embody in the lead will be totally removed from the american political equations the severe strategic mistake. by the israeli prime minister been a minute the neo israel should remain out. any political nuance in america partisan political nuance in america thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. leisure. in

japan the average height for men is one hundred eighty two centimeters ten centimeters shorter because of that some employers refused to hire me one of them even told me directly that i was too short to deal with the clients computers already spent three months in this hospital and plans to stay for another four to add the coveted seven santa maters to his stature invented by the famed soviet orthopedic is good for you is there a for the night in fifty these frames were initially used to treat fractures in deformities by cutting bones and slowly pulling them up or therefore stimulating tissue regeneration it was out of was able to receive arms and legs and people who thought they were crippled for life be sent to the other patients. since their shattered lives in the goal when professing desired his first frame bicycle parts sixty years later his invention is increasingly being used to help people what eager to fracture their legs to become

a few centimeters taller than the ultimate goal is still the same six thing somebody is alive both literally and figuratively about a third of patients admitted he was out of center nowadays seeking surgery for medical reasons most of them are men and most are not what you would call vertically challenged professor novick of who operated on many of them says it usually comes down to a man's pride. the first patient to turn to us with a leg lengthening request to meet his fifteen centimeters to still want to surgery because it's panos to than him we like to say that we need to break their legs in order to fix their head there may be nothing wrong with them from an orthopedic point of view but there is something psychological that prevents them from living their lives fully being happy and we fix it like lengthening surgeries are banned in many countries and even the out they're pretty expensive in russia the entire course costs. eleven thousand dollars about one town of the similar package in the

united states financial considerations were one of the reasons that brought this washington state native to western siberia his main motive for the surgery had to do with how he fared in auditors in america advertised as one seventy five i was one sixty seven or one sixty eight and so one eight centimeters would have brought me right to average users wanted to be average for women height isn't so important you know i think girl can be sure it's not a big dorky or guy it's like expect to be taller just before the operation most this matter a russian girl who found he's a regional hide quite in dealing yet he still want to have had the surgery adding seven more centimeters to the self-confidence she took to told me the whole time you're crazy you're normal you're perfect. so now are similar to what a compliment for somebody who's used to falling short of his own expectations.

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thank you very much either welcome it to the sports headlines hey is what's coming up come back kingsley europe retain the ryder cup just by training ten six heading into the final day as they secure victory in one of the most dramatic inclusions in the event history. top of the pile on the secured two one win over volga to move top of the russian premier league for the first time in their history. and to cruise control australia's march towards the last four of cricket twenty twenty world cup shows no signs of relenting after a victory over south africa. on the starting with golf and i was pure drama on the greens of medina as europe reclaim the ryder cup in the most dramatic of fashions trailing ten six heading into the final day they completed one of the most famous

comebacks in the event's history so in fourteen and a half thirteen and a half the usa knew they only needed to win four of the twelve points on offer on the final days singles to wrestle the trophy from europe's grasp but inspired by spanish captain jose maria lauterbach and memories of the late seventy dollars their us europe rallied against not only the opposition also the rukus home support six of the twelve matches went to the eighteenth hole englishman justin rose scored but it was seventeenth and eighteenth to defeat for mickelson this part particularly impressive from thirty five feet on the seventeenth. but it was this friday in the final hole from germany marking time which secured the winner of the steve stricker guaranteed at least the no wrong drop their icing on the cake and overall victory came moments later tiger woods bogeying on the eighteenth conceding victory to your. yes seventh when in the last nine and surely one of the most

dramatic. idea was estella boys that i still believe that we could turn things around that all we needed was just to to create to be a little bit more effective on degrees and to make a few more parts and that would change the tide for a. thing that preys believed and you know what will happen today i think it will go. it will go down in the history books of the ryder cup you know it was a huge. and i'm really happy for these two are for wonderful man seventeen i thought i was the batch after i thought i chipped in i can't believe the ball did break that lasted there after that ball did go in he bade that long thought that was a huge ball better what a big turnaround because it looked like i was going to be dormy if not closer. now moving to football where there's a new leader of the russian premier league game wait ten it draws to

a close sanjay moving to the summits whether it's a one home when i have a volvo coach who is hiddink arresting some key players after thursday's russian cup winner of the year old samuel eto whose goal at the end of the first half deserving a closer look to seeing a try or you can see setting up the thirty one year old to open the scoring bogus area maxime of those found the necessary space to tie proceedings just before the hour mark. and that seemingly fired up try all right who took matters into his own hands to decide the outcome just three minutes later and say thus saving a two one victory on moving to the top of the table. or going into sunday's match is to ask our top but they went down to nel at home to do a lawsuit and alexander couldn't score the goals either side of half time cochran's effort in particular indicative of the problems tesco having in defense those problems worsening when aren't you going to have received a straight red card after a loss now wilshere to nail down. the final score

a second straight win moving them up to twelve after weeks at the box or. elsewhere ravine have moved up to six in the table after demolishing rostov four nil away from home josie rondo on scored twice in the first half to give card on but he has meant a comfortable two no late his goals coming in the seventeenth and thirty first minute with around ten minutes to go sell the top or catty out is another thing precisely headed home and in the dying minutes of the game bloodied made to see all the impressive victory. for the final two games of game will tend to take place on monday were actually a subject of host f.c. class and are struggling more take on in the clash of the league's new boys. now talking english football where there was just a solitary game in the premier league on sunday west brom away to aston villa irishman shane long opening the scoring seven minutes after the break his fourth goal of the season villa for back in closing an eighty one minister down bent about

his move to join faith for the hosts have now won just one of their half a dozen games so far. to cricket where australia cruising towards the last four stage of the twenty twenty world cup the aussies making sure work of south africa on sunday australia now with four wins from for the tournament their opponents struggling from the off as they took to the crease on a slow track in colombo a doctor to the fore playing three wickets of just twenty balls south africa picked up the pace somewhat was the end of their innings day finishing with a modest yet respectable one hundred forty five to six yes trillions batting display was tailored around competition top scorer shane watson an incredible display from the sydney sixes around a thumping seventy of forty seven balls as australia marks of their tally in seventeen point four overs when it means they're now only guaranteed a semi final spot. meanwhile having been thrashed by australia on friday india got their camp. i'm back on track with a night where he will have

a pakistan defeat could have seen india eliminated from the competition set one hundred twenty nine when they started poorly out of gambhir out for a duck in the first over a quarter bowled by reza hassan but they composed it out kohli steady the ship with a knot of seventy eight knots out as they reached their targets with three overs to spare. now on the moto g.p. circuit overall championship lead a whole game played it safe by finishing second behind dani pedrosa at the outer gone graeme frame the spaniard settling for the points after almost crushing out early on starting from pole was determined not to succumb to the same fate his colleague stefan played he suffered a nasty accident and the twenty five year old almost sliding off the track himself on patrol surpassed him and maintained a comfortable gap over his spanish rival. meanwhile snuck into third place the runs are still top of the standings holding a hefty thirty three point lead with four races to go. now

a star studded fund raising event has taken place in las vegas with the aim of helping retired boxes who have fallen on hard times the event was to raise money for the new w.b.c. pension fund the cash will fund monthly payments to form a boxes and champions in need of financial assistance for generations of legends were in attendance including former world champion sugar ray leonard lennox lewis george foreman and larry holmes and one of those former champs mike tyson says anything that helps athletes cope with life after sports is a good thing. i never dreamt of being going to be right back you kids were at the bottom you dilemma when i got a good one right you made you throw in the child a great guy to drugs like what i did what other people before me and this person gives you all now finally to basketball what says carr have won a season's first trophy the annual to melt the sing off locomotive combat in the design. out of the friendly talk meant eighty to sixty five the final score as

constantine would top off reports. the global ski cup final so it says cass head coach at the rim is seen who return to the co-op this offseason face his former assistant at the red and lose the game by shooting who recently took charge at local multi-focal one we were together for. years to play against the steve hayes be. it was a tight battle in the opening quarter but in the second says moved up a gear and never looked back as they were going to go by and seemed exhausted after surprising win over the euro league title holders olympiacos in the semifinal on saturday. the host delivered a strong form and constantly moving the ball well and not alone any easy shots from a local messina who turned fifty three that night had a chance to experiment on the courts and wanted to find the right replacement for

the n.b.a.'s minnesota timberwolves new signings under a kid in lancaster and alex a shred as a result says going chris their margin to twenty points seven minutes before the end of the match eventually cruising past their opponents to a confident eighty two sixty five weeks or eight. with. the. floor. during the tournament we played against both finalists of last season's eurovision if we tried our best midnight we've only competed in the first two quarters and the third and the fans failed and we simply couldn't get back in the game so to scott take home this third going to kick off a new row and messina get plenty of food for thought ahead of this season that deep soft next week while the red and blues fans hope that the fourth time you will agree on it has already found the right to roast on the hardwood to bring some european glory. back to moscow johnson do but archie. is all from the water spoil

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