find it there's no doubt in my mind and also relying on israeli sources which i believe are more based on intelligence there's no doubt in my mind that there are tactics that are used by the assad regime which we would consider not moral and certainly they have been chemical attacks in syria and even we have to look not far back into the future and understanding that there were chemical weapons that in the agreement with the united states most of them at least were destroyed were all of them destroyed i don't know but certainly they were there and they were used in a way i don't see the point to argue this specific issue because i'm talking on a general issue of a minority in syria a dictatorship in a way clinching to the throne holding on to its regime and continuing year after year after year fighting the various segments inside the country using very brutal means to achieve this and remember again my perspective just as a neighbor because as israel i don't have any claims for syria we don't have any

any disputes at least as far as syria is no interests inside of syria besides stability well colonel we have to take a short break but people be back in just a few moments states and. fracking gave americans a lot of new job opportunities i needed to come up here to make some money like me twenty five thousand dollars as a teacher or i can make fifty thousand dollars a year truck so i chose to drive trucks people rushed to a small town in north dakota was an unemployment rate of zero percent it was like gold rush is very very similar to the gold rush but this beautiful story ended with bill. and devastation

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back to worlds apart bit of a bad batch a lawn and israeli air force veteran and columnist for the jerusalem post colonel let's talk about israel's own actions namely these massive air raid on the t four air base near holmes is this is not the first time that israel hit targets in syria and until recently russia's reaction to dive has essentially been to look the other way do you think moscow will continue to tolerate what it clearly sees as a pretty dangerous behavior on the part of israel interesting question because after the last attack we heard rhetoric from syrian leadership from from side to russian leadership criticizing israel for the attack my guess is that it also had

to do with the early warning and coordination about the specific attack because in general i think russia respects the fact that we are carrying out pinpoint attacks that have to do with vital interests of israel mainly preventing strategic weapons coming online that would that would hurt israel because if you notice i mean what are we doing inside of syria again we have no claims from syria we have no disputes with syria the only reason to enter syrian air space would be to take. specific targets that are threatening us so that's why i think when you say turning the blind eye maybe it's a bit more than that it's an appreciation that israel must look out for are in a while i agree with you that up until recently russia and israel have been able to keep it civil and even friendly bad when he's really launches a massive attack on a day when russia believes its main priority is to i've heard world war three from breaking out i can just tell you that this is not very good for fostering. you know

good will even if you believe that he's real have to do it didn't have to do it on dot particular day again remember talking with someone with a lot of operational experience i can tell you that many times the timing of operations were such that many aspects aligned mainly the intelligence and the timing of an operation is very interesting sometimes you wait for many months and even years and then when the time is right you carry out the operation and many times in the past it happened that it's coincided with another event and then the entire world is speculating about the timing when really the timing had nothing to do with the other events in this case my guess and it's only my guess and my assessment that this attack into four was an issue of timing it was for two things i would imagine one could be unmanned systems by iran that are threatening israel second or maybe both are strategic capabilities to be transferred to his but i remember also when we talk about syria we're talking about many many years of airplanes coming into damascus airport offloading equipment entity for going on

trucks and then these convoys going in and arming to the teeth preparing for the next round of violence to attack our villages our civilians so this is why this is a vital interest for israel to neutralize these capabilities i would even guess that we would want to do it our interest would be to never intervene never do anything that is perceived as interfering intervening in this war in syria but i think we have no choice with such a thing. now these are the claims of these really leadership is making is that under no circumstances can israel allow iran to establish its military infrastructure in syria but i think that that kind of argument doesn't sit very well neither with syria nor i think to some extent france russia and in response to . you know previous attacks on the syrian the military facilities one of your jobs has already been downed i'm talking about af sixteen's it was their first

military job loss to adam a fire in many decades do you have any fears that it may not be the last because syria it seems is taking a much more bullish view on what it has to do to protect its own sovereignty in you know a former pilots or maybe you think that i would be all worked up because of one downed f. sixteen absolutely not war is complicated during war you lose soldiers you lose tanks and occasionally use a plane just equipment no big deal especially in this case with the pilots bailed out safely in israeli territory remember also that our ammunition most of that is minute factored in israel is such that we don't need even need to fly into syria we just take off fly over israeli territory launch the missile that flies one hundred kilometers that's its target and no plainest across the border so i think this issue of downing israel egypt has absolutely no reflection to the situation the situation is the strategic issue in the sensitivity of our cooperation or cordon nation or delicate ordination with russia which is now assisting the assad regime

and when we hit a target that's very important for us in rainy and or syrian targets shortly it's complicated if in the same base we have russian forces in the last thing in the world we would want to do is term even one russian soldier now colonel i heard you say that israel's current security post is meant to protect your resolve not to allow the breach of israeli sovereignty and he used that word sovereignty quite a lot in your writing you also sadat it means that. we can do whatever we want to do take out any component we want wherever we want and i honestly cannot understand how you can put the respect for sovereignty and then title meant to do whatever you want to do wherever you want to do it in one phrase what makes you believe that any country with respect to yourself or your security interests without getting the same respect from you excellent point i got to tell you when i write i think about that myself and also i think is really sometimes maybe overreact in the shoes who

have sovereignty. but it's important to understand that when we violate someone's sovereignty for instance we fly in lebanon a lot you may you may ask how can we fly over another sovereign nation isn't that disrespect to our neighbors so first i would tell you that we respect our lebanese neighbors a lot and wish them all the best of a lot of stability and peace because when you look into the entire region that our interests our interests are peace and stability when you look at iran the iran just flew a drone into israel and we shot it down a few months ago why is the run and the trading israel for what they say very clearly to what end to destroy us why do we penetrate and go and attack a target before is it to go and kill kill. civilians is it go to carpet bomb someplace is it to violate someone's sovereignty just to show that we can know is to take out a specific target and it's true that in israel's history we did this many times and we still do again as a pilot i'll just tell you i flew all over the middle east we fly wherever we need

to fly and we do whatever we need to do but i also can tell you that when we do it it's pinpoint to achieve our military our strategic goals making sure that what we're doing is necessary if it's taking out the iraqi nuclear power plant in one thousand nine hundred one or the syrian one just a decade ago it's because we believe what the leaders what the leadership says if a leader says i'm going to kill you and i'm also building building a nuclear facility i must believe them and attack them i think you're also slightly mr presenting these are the iranian position but to some extent what you're advocating is that is a miniature copy of don't know trompe you know somebody who is fear it's precisely because of he's supposedly rationality but israel has a very different geography and frankly a very different set of challenges from that of the united states wouldn't it be much better for israel from a strategic point of view to rely on its act him and to rely on its diplomacy

rather than these big. force because i appreciate your kind chill lod but. even for the russians as you know ask card as we try to maintain good relations with israel it is not very sympathetic position that you advocate and i must tell you that i understand it's not easy sometimes it's not easy to understand israel from within so from outside of israel and getting mostly narratives it's extremely difficult you mentioned israel in the united states together i would mention israel united states again as far as a line strategic interests are very close collaboration but certainly we are nothing like the united states and i wouldn't compare israel to the united states not in size not in scope not in responsibility while i was more and more hinting at the demeanor at the poster that you take it is very arrogant it is very dismissive of other countries any of this very similar to some extent to the american position

interesting interesting point and don't forget in israel's a vibrant democracy so i will speak to you here and according to my political views i may support or object to israeli government's policies specifically i support this this government's policy when it comes to attacking t four and iranian assets because i think there's no choice maybe other things i criticize the government as far as maybe acting a bit aggressive on the diplomatic front it could be it could be by the way that we live now in an era where donald trump is proving to the world that this works i personally object to this kind of way i believe a lot in diplomacy even though i wore military uniform for most of my life i believe we all in this also israelis must appreciate much more the importance of diplomacy but also you know we just we just had the holocaust memorial day yesterday here in israel next week we have our independence day there are lessons in our soul and one of these lessons is you know that with all due respect at the end of the day sometimes we have to go and need and do what needs to be done

because the if there's an imminent threat and so. one may be using that fact to annihilate us and they're even looking at the camera and saying we will wipe israel off the face of the earth i think maybe at that time we need to act and diplomacy has to be put aside at that moment while colonel if this is not the official position of iran i just have to mention it here but hey you mentioned donald trump and i mentioned him before and the current israeli leadership has done has gone to great lengths to in grass shape itself with the trump administration they use flattery they use enticement what have you and don't know trying for it to some extent reciprocated he sas things that israeli political elite wants to hear but he does not always follow up on them do you see any potential danger in israel associating itself with the trump administration to such an extent i think many israelis make a interesting mistake and that is every time a new u.s.

administration comes along we relate to it is that that is the united states of america forever and ever and then every word the president says every letter he writes we take extreme really seriously and i think this is a mistake the us administration comes to us and construction goes bottom line israel american relations have been extremely well from the declaration of independence of israel especially in the last thirty years we have wonderful strategic collaboration whatever administration if it's obama or trump believe it or not always the collaboration becomes better and better. now there on the table like moving the embassy to jerusalem issues like that where it's again it depends on your personal opinion half of the israelis will tell you it's smart half of the israelis will tell you it's a big mistake it depends on your personal view again we're a vibrant democracy we can't agree are they on everything i think it's a mistake in taking every issue like that now and thinking the americans are with us because donald trump tweeted it be very careful and also be very careful in predicting what america will do according to

a specific tweet i think we have to wait we have to see. the we have to be very calculated and strategic well my my my last question to you would be exactly about what america may or may not do it it's been reported in haaretz the other day that in the in the days leading up to the chemical attack suppose that chemical attack in duma prime minister netanyahu spent a lot of time on the phone with donald trump trying to dissuade him from withdrawing the american troops from syria and reportedly to no avail do you think trump is going to go at had with stroll plans now simple answer no and again donald trump tweet something and then we think ok i was probably going to carry out this well thought out strategy i don't think that's the case i think he said something he tweeted and then his advisors were surprised confronted him with their own opinion but i think now there's a debate within the us administration personally i believe that the united states of america has global responsibility has regional responsibility and they must they

must not for israel certainly not for israel i don't think this discussion between the time you know and trump is only about israeli interest i think they have regional interests. dismantling this evil entity which is isis is an extremely important mission and i hope the united states doesn't just unilaterally now pull out of this effort and leave the playground for the other actors because the united states has important responsibilities well let's leave it there i really appreciate you appearing on our show thank you very much for that i also encourage our viewers to keep very much the same thing going on our social media pages as i mean i'll see you again same place same time here on worlds apart.

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i are. in the week's top stories america the u.k. and france launched an assault against the syrian government in response to an alleged chemical attack in eastern guta the strikes were carried out without un approval and hours before an international team arrived to investigate claims. russia's foreign minister says an independent swiss lab identified a second talks in used in the poisoning of so gay and you need a script but that its findings were ignored. and tensions run high near the french city of know where eco activists and police have clashed throughout the week over forced evictions from a woodland site. but as you can see behind us the sea all ranks and the police have

come in. nothing so i just point this is a point where. a couple of dozen people were trying to hold off as you can see the police are pushing the way. that welcome to a rundown of the biggest stories from the past seven days as covered right here on t.v. international. in the early hours of saturday morning in the united states the u.k. and france hit syria with a series of coordinated missile and strikes the attack came in response to allegations that the syrian government used chemical weapons against civilians claims that international inspectors are still assessing.

for donald trump in his first tweet after the attack he thanked the united states allies describing the strikes as perfect and saying there could not have been a better result but despite trump's enthusiasm there's doubt over the legality of the move donald explains. a perfectly executed strike if we've learned one thing from trump's ten years so far it's that he feels he can do as he pleases this week strikes on syria are a textbook example of how far this can go to batter a sovereign country with over a hundred retaliate three missiles in response to a chemical attack you'd have to be a hundred percent sure that that attack happened instead america's conviction was built basically on online video and sources this conclusion is based on descriptions of the attack in multiple media sources the reported symptoms

experienced by victims videos and images showing to assess to barrel bombs from the attack and reliable information indicating coordination between syrian military officials before the attack while my colleague kendall anian and i have learned today that the u.s. now has blood and urine samples from some of the victims of this attack in syria last weekend and that those samples according to u.s. officials tested positive for chemicals toxin samples very fired witness and victim accounts provided by a u.n. backed chemical organization would have served as rock solid proof but trump apparently figured why bother launching the strikes just hours before the your p.c. w. probe on the ground was should jewel to start experts abound to proceed with the investigation anyway but in the face of the strikes they are presented with an additional challenge now holding up the very relevance of the probe another obligation for an

attack of this kind u.n. approval but that's not a chapter of international law for trump just a nuisance does my duty to remind member states that there is an obligation but equally when dealing with methods of peace and security. to act consistently with the charter of the united nations and with international law in general the un charter is very clear on these issues. but even with the un brushed aside the us congress has to give the green light for the attack on paper it turns out the defense secretary is promised to run the decision with the lawmakers was empty it is hard to find a legal justification for that military strike in syria absent congressional approval so whatever you decide to do i would hope you would include the legislative branch we will be reporting to congress and finally allies in ideal

circumstances they'd be rallying on mars beside washington unleashing their joint erath on the enemy this time most u.s. partners while giving their verbal support have sought to avoid complicity with the unit we must see as we tell you and so always have that if we need a long term solution to the syrian crisis we not only need to respond to crimes but first of all work towards peace stunt germany will not want to. and want to make it clear again that there are no decision is if you just look to see and say or do this that everything is being done to send a signal that this use of chemical weapons is not acceptable to say none of the formal boxes checked but the mission is accomplished and ignoring all the legalities and almost deliberately rushing headlong into war trump has once again shown the only right way is his way or russia lambasted the u.s. led strikes on syria as an act of aggression and requested a meeting of the u.n.

security council saturday's session moscow proposed a draft resolution calling for members to condemn the attack as a violation of international law but also demanded the u.s. and its allies cease their aggression against syria and allow the o.p.c. w. to conduct a thorough investigation but after a heated encounter the draft was quashed. but look over here is washington and london will chose to ignore all calls for sanity if you have nothing but disdain for the u.n. charter and the security council which you're using in your illicit aims of the un charter was in conceived to protect criminals are action absolutely corresponds to the goals and values of proclaiming in the charter the us and its allies continue to show blatant neglect of international law i will take no lessons mr president in international nor from russia. any unilateral military action violates the basic norms of international law like the time for talk and had last night you don't

treat the security council seriously you don't work to its guidelines don't talk to us when you don't consult us the united states is the law and loaded. when our president draws a red line our president enforces the red line you have sensed it is ready to shoot and it's long loaded with sand and concern to hear and we know that they have aircraft several hours old smartly sorrows and a nuclear weapons arsenal now we also know they have these down in poynter national law we are prepared to sustain this pressure if the syrian regime is polish enough to test our well if it did use dimmers little is this how you want to incent actual affairs to be conducted to them this is hooliganism you are not minor hooliganism super bowl since we are talking about the major nuclear powers. people around the world express their anger at the actions of the u.s. and its allies hundreds marched in britain germany greece and america to denounce

the intervention. the director of the ron paul peace institute told us he doubts the official explanation for the allies airstrikes and why they targeted the sites they did. well it's really a matter of simple logic if if indeed that was the case why not wait for an investigative body to comment the u.s. has known it for a long time this was a chemical weapons the syllabi why not notify the or peace in the first place and most of all if this was a factory producing chemical weapons and you want to punish assad for allegedly using chemical weapons why would you hit a chemical weapons factory and dispersed all of the serengeti or whatever they have manufactured there along to the civilian population are you not it was just the start of doing. the russian foreign minister said on saturday person independence was celebratory concluded that the second talks him was also used to poison a former spy and his daughter in the u.k. last month but says that these scientists findings were not included in the

international chemical watchdogs official report on the incident. the analysis is more consistent with the use of the poisonous substance be said none of these facts and nothing at all about bees was mentioned in the final report which was presented to its executive board we request that the a.p. c.w. explain why such information and the conclusion of the spears laboratory was emitted from the final report of the laboratory in question tweeted to say that only the o.p.c. w can address the claim adding that it's in no doubt the porton down identified not the charred now we've asked the lab for further comment on this and when we hear anything back we'll let you know what it says be said which was allegedly found in the samples as an incapacitating toxin there was developed by the u.s. military in the one nine hundred fifty s. it comes in the form of a white crystalline powder it can cause confusion side problems and also disorientation be said is not thought to have ever been manufactured in russia or

in the soviet union the u.k. that was quick to blame russia for the attack on the former spinors daughter pointing out that the nerve agent was first developed in the soviet union the international chemical weapons watched aveo b c w said it supported britain's findings concerning the identity of the substance but it didn't specifically name the nerve agent were aghast you have now takes a closer look at the controversy there was no trial no discussion no evidence no proof there was only judgement and punishment is highly likely that russia was responsible russia culpable culpable culpable for the attempted murder the pundits needed even less the name nuvi chalk sounds russian means russia did it establish that it is not a choco matter is by definition of the translation of the name which means newcomer part of a program in a soviet union in the late seventy's and eighty's the points made there are a lot of questions.