just twelve euros fifty per month. israeli warplanes massive airstrikes on gaza in response to hundreds of being fired from the enclave. a new study finds that american soldiers who took part in the so-called war on terror are struggling to find basic housing. minister to resign he says she's ready to establish a more productive relationship with moscow despite describing russia as

a global threat. and. documents showing the salaries and rewards islamic state terrorists were paid for. various acts of terrorism. headlines here on r.t. international just passing mid day on tuesday. israeli warplanes have unleashed a torrent of ball missed hitting targets in gaza this came in retaliation for hundreds of missiles being fired from the enclave it is the most intense escalation of hostilities in the region since twenty fourteen.

israeli military says it destroyed over one hundred fifty targets including a. t.v. station according to sources on the ground at least three palestinians were killed and many more wounded while israel in turn says it was only responding to heavy shelling of its territory staged by militants in gaza and reports say israeli tanks are being deployed to the gaza border in preparation for a potential ground offensive. now what you just saw was the moment an antitank missile fired from gaza hit an israeli bus five people were injured in that attack one of them seriously all together though militants in gaza fired some four hundred missiles into israel we

understand around one hundred of those were intercepted but some landed in residential areas killing one person and injuring about seventy reports say air defense sirens were activated again in southern israel just on this tuesday morning . all the events of last night were preceded by a covert israeli raid which resulted in the death of seven palestinians including a local commander and israeli special forces colonel was also killed though the higher law professor of international law right georgetown university told us the situation in gaza is fragile and you can catch his comments online right now at r.t. dot com but for the meantime let's take the story a bit further now and discuss the latest developments with gideon it levy joining us here on r.t. international gideon levy from the haaretz newspaper great to see you today thanks for coming on with us at r.t. israel says that or it was responding to hundreds of missiles launched from gaza do you think the response has been proportionate. nancy's

proportionate but you have to start from the beginning in the beginning is that we were so close to another deal and then the israelis learned. secret you need special units to a secret operation in gaza operation feeds when israel knows that we are just about to get some kind of another to sign some kind of another deal which we guarantee some kind of peaceful days or weeks or months or years and then it goes wrong going then. israelis killing seven palestinian warriors and one israeli coronel is killed then we are again in this vicious circle and then the hamas reacts proportionately and israel reexamine proportionately this vicious circle repeats itself again and again and it will repeat itself again and again

until the problem of gaza would be so well get in as we were putting what are those in gaza fired nearly four hundred missiles into mostly residential areas in israel the last time the israeli palestinian conflict came to a head was basically twenty fourteen but very near resulted in the death of over two thousand people according to the u.n. and the destruction of twenty thousand houses do you think right now we're in for something similar. hopefully you know that and i really believe that both parties are not interested you know war now but it happened so many times even though they were not interested or at least be clear that they're not interested i can tell that until now is that is why it's cautious with its own being and therefore there were relatively so very few cordial teas i hope this will not the thirty eight but it can get out of control and it's really touch and go because

it's enough that one but it's still a rocket will he unfortunately home if amy lee killed few civilians and then israel will go wild same for the other side so we are really in one of those stages in which a war can be prevented and i still believe will be prevented but it is touch and go to control into the target into a war that we look serve anyone and will not lead to anywhere gideon over the past few months so we have seen egypt and russia try to bring hamas and israel to the negotiating table do you think over the last twenty four hours. these efforts are now just thrown out the window throwing out the baby with the bathwater you just said a few moments ago that neither side the palestinians all the israelis are truly interested in peace. now the sides are truly interested in peace but i must add that neither sides do enough to prevent

a war they don't want it but they are not responsible enough to prevent a war and i think that the international actors you just mentioned the u.s. and egypt russia. will continue to try to get some kind of deal is really is right now declaring that it's not ready for a ceasefire but this is also one of those moods of the game where one of those ridiculous childish games of power i will not agree now for a ceasefire you will not agree and so forth and so forth if nothing special will happen if there will be not the real blood which will not be pleasant i think that those international those will find their way for another cease fire but don't have any illusions this can get out of control today or in two weeks four weeks on four months because as long as gaza is under siege nothing will be so well getting when

you talk about gaza being under siege as we both well know the great march of return has been going on for most of the year it kicked off in march of this year palestinians ultimately protesting the illegal occupation of what they call of their ancient heritage their ancient lands there how has the great march of return actually achieved and i think positive. question for whom i think it is something for gaza because gaza was forgotten again this is this through reggie specter of gaza that when gaza does not go. nobody in the world or in the region coos about gaza and gaza continues to live in this huge the biggest reason. without any perspectives and when gaza starts to prove to become violent then all the parties all of

a sudden remember that there is a problem and this problem must be so so these protests by the way the lives of over two hundred. but it's the protests those demonstrate those these protests at least communicated the tension of the wound or reminded the wounded the region the guns they stay in a cage i couldn't live even the newspaper joining us live from tel aviv thank you very much thank you. new studies have found that u.s. soldiers who are part of the war on terror a struggling to make ends meet they are facing chip and veterans of previous generations as now investigates veterans are the favorite cause of pundits politicians and anyone else who wants to appear patriotic across america there is no shortage of support our troops bumper stickers wagon waving and praise for the military remember all those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation who gave

their last breath in the distant land fighting terror gave everything for family country god and freedom or you our respect our veterans are a national treasure their sacrifice will not be in vain but all that bombastic praise an expression of gratitude doesn't exactly translate to a good life studies show that veterans of the war on terror are among the least likely to be able to afford a home once they return to the united states that's right those who have risked their lives in conflicts around the world are among those who struggle the most for basic needs like shelter. with housing obviously veterans are going to base you know a whole host of related challenges combined with all the ways from an employment to legal situation to is but the general perception among the population when you have twenty thousand veterans suicides a day is that veterans don't make particularly good employees i'm tempted to stay

stones that are proud p.t.s.d. and combat but it's really somewhat deeper than that in a big part of what my generation of veterans is based mean in the united states today particularly unique combination of mental health issues that come out of the unique nature of the occupations of iraq and afghanistan and the treaty that we get from the v.a. is i've experienced myself where bill was hillsborough than actual effective treatments the trauma suffered by many veterans takes its toll on all of society just recently a former u.s. marine gunned down twelve people want a california bar here or you heard it maybe suffer from p.t.s.d. or crisis. and i thought that was i don't understand i was part of discussion when the deputies went out to the call with the crisis team that felt he might be suffering from p.t.s.d. facing that the fact he was a veteran and had been in the core the war on terror has had a massive humanitarian cost the latest study puts the death toll at around five

hundred thousand half a million but the authors of the study admit that it's actually much larger an additional large number of people have died in these wars by indirect means researchers suggest that in recent conflicts for every one direct death there are at least four other indirect deaths that surprisingly among veterans many are starting to ask is all this bloodshed really helping a lot of veterans and we know are starting to understand this these wars was fundamentally illegitimate that the stack of spices the need were not made just in vain but not even in a righteous cause but who are the perpetuation of the current system. of governance let's say this was going to throughout the world where people in charge get to treat people who aren't like rock the perception of the wars in iraq and afghanistan has definitely changed over time you're in the united states and just. a matter of going oh yeah we get it now that we were like you that we were taking

advantage of it as a people so badly and you convince to support these invasions and occupations many americans feel that during the vietnam war big mistakes were made and how veterans were treated that's why we see a huge amount of flagwaving and support for military families every time there's a pentagon intervention sense that however at this point a lot of americans are starting to ask if supporting the troops is really just about flags and bumper stickers a lot of americans are wondering if supporting the troops means that maybe we should be more cautious about sending them into harm's way so routinely and if we should be maybe more concerned about giving them a decent life once they return from conflict kaleb up and r.t. new york. the british prime minister says she wants better relations with moscow in the same speech though delivered in london to reason may describe russia as a global threat adding that any improvement in ties is conditional we remain open

to a different relationship one way russia desists from these attacks that undermine international treaties and international security and we hope that the russian state chooses to take this path if it does we will respond in kind this all comes against the backdrop of a year of degraded relations between the u.k. and russia especially in the wake of the incident in salzburg which source the former double agent and his daughter junia poisoned with the substance thought to be nobody charged and of course in the wake of that incident the u.k. government laid the. aimed squarely at the feet of the russian government who in turn denied any involvement in it whatsoever and offered to help in the investigation an offer which was rebuffed by u.k. or thorough tease and may again repeating in the course of her speech that she held

the russian state responsible for what happened to the script we could not turn a blind eye to the threats we face. this is open economies and free societies we needed to increase our collective resolve to tackle the most pressing lee those threats emanating from russia now last year to reason may also gave a speech to the lord mayor's created tradition for the prime minister to address the events every year and on that occasion she too took aim at russia although then she was accusing the russian government of involvement in meddling and hacking into a number of elections in western countries sustained campaign of cyber espionage and disruption this is included meddling in elections and hacking the danish ministry of defense and the put them to stark among many others it is seeking to weaponize information now remains to be seen whether this year's speech will result

in better relations between the two countries there are some who are skeptical and say about to resume a speech focused squarely on russia and put the onus for a more open relationship on their shoulders and had no mention of issues of concern to russia like the ongoing expansion of nato towards russian borders things like nato troops taking shape and carrying out exercises in places like poland until all of those concerns are also addressed perhaps somewhat skeptical to think that this speech could lead to better relations between the two sides. we discussed it to resume his remarks where the political analyst john wyden and independence party m.e.p. david coburn are reaching out to russia was in the form of the mother reaching out a constitution child then promising search around that it will be forgiven if it was to change its ways this is not the way to upset with any country and western governments start to see the world through russia's eyes and understand how russia

sees things then there will be no meeting of minds and this will just go into the box marked. western governments must start to learn sooner rather than later they must also listen as well as speak we should be every two to keep friendship with russia and make sure that the three were appropriately bought in the future rather than make things of lords difficult if you try and try and lose all the seems quite without shaving at least a guy that we need to be more sensible in our dealings with want we need to do trade with russia that's the way to to move forward why it's probably better in shanxi to get. singapore is hosting the thirty third annual assy and summit at which world leaders exchange views of regional and international concern china says it's looking to upgrade its positions of that i have heard him is making his first

appearance in singapore the russian leader has already met with his singaporean counterpart. of the two presidents took part in a ceremony for a new russian cultural center and an orthodox church meanwhile the u.s. president is conspicuously absent from the r.c.n. summit artie's even if donald has more on what's on the agenda. one of the key things everybody's watching out for here in singapore is the fate of the so-called regional comprehensive economic agreement and comprehensive indeed it would be if it comes into fruition of course because it would. make the largest free trade block out there it is being spearheaded by china and it is said to income to encompass all sorts of economic realms of economic sphere of life but it does meet some opposition from countries like india for example who do not want to make concessions to when it comes to their importing tariffs that their economy for example enjoys right now now another thing in the spotlight here is the aggravating

rivalry and hostility i should say between china and the united states and indeed the two countries of a lot of things they don't see eye to eye to with each other it is the south china sea where china wants the united states to stop conducting military drills in of the united states pretty much ignore this it's the trade war and lots of other things and other countries that are present here at this summit they fear that maybe we'll have to pick a side between china the regional powerhouse and the united states that views itself as the globally dominant power so and really neither the president trump nor president xi jinping is said to arrive here none of them are attending this summit so with both leaders absent is the hopes that these differences could be resolved well pretty much futile and another the person from the united states who is coming here though well he's expected to only thing make things worse because it is vice

president mike pence and here is what he's been saying about china not so long ago china has initiated an unprecedented effort to influence american public opinion the two thousand and eighteen elections and the environment leading into the twenty twenty presidential elections china wants a different american president so he isn't the nicest person one comes to china's viewpoint his remarks have been compared to the remarks he made during the cold war and so there is no solution in sight here. this rivalry so how much do i sold terrorists get paid. because obtained documents detailing the rewards of cash that story just amount.

to something that. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. wanted. to be close it's like the three of the more people. interested always in the waters it.

could have you with us today. has obtained documents detailing money and rewards paid by islamic state to its militants for example two hundred dollars for the capture of anyone deemed an infidel and fourteen hundred dollars for destroying a tank and so while i still terrorists appear to be largely motivated by ideology they're also largely motivated by money.

some in the united states are complaining of a supposed war on christianity at universities and one incident

a student at northeast wisconsin technical college was allegedly stopped handing out cards containing the words the jesus loves you she sued claiming a freedom of speech was violated but a cold just threw out the claim siding with the college which argued that she was only stopped because she was in a stop only area. well in another incident a christian student rapper buckley university is facing calls to resign after she abstained from a vote on a resolution supporting the l g b t community and librarians at simmons college published a guide warning christians that the phrase is merry christmas happy easter and god bless you our so-called micro aggressions against muslims and we discussed the issue with legal analyst lionel and edited dave lindorff. if this were any other religion or any other situation nobody would have any problem with this nine that would be it would be up under still it would be it will be tolerated there would be

diversity it would be understood but if it's christianity if it's jesus on college campuses today no go there this is open season in this country especially on college campuses he can go through the litany of complaints regarding christianity no i'm not speaking up beehive of somebody who was overtly christian i personally am your religious doesn't matter one way or the other what i'm telling you is that there it is anathema it is considered not in any way tolerate it is not a diverse atheists agnostics no problem we understand we tolerate we get christians you're on your own that's a fact and that's just really not true i mean i my wife teaches at temple university in philadelphia and there are christians all over the campus handing stuff out all the time no problem. there's bigger problems i think with with

muslims because there's some harassment of them by other students but you know in general i think in general it's live and let live with religious stuff on campuses it's a huge exaggeration and it's being used to promote this notion that everybody is becoming intolerant. statue of a sikh soldier on a ring those from the indian subcontinent who fought in the first world war has been vandalised in the u.k. it happened less than a week off of the monument was officially unveiled. or . the incident happened in the west midlands. one week before.

the end of world war one the phrase boy is no more. space a member of the u.k. . explain to us why that's offensive. this could be a racist attack because one of the words hughes which is supply as it's called use of boy actually was a british term used in a drug to treat weight described people were illiterate not trained from the indian subcontinent so it did this actually does know something about. indian history a member of the town's a neighborhood policing team expressed concern over the vandalism he assured the community that a full investigation will be conducted and they have been several recent cases of hate crimes against sikhs in europe in august the doors of the temple in edinburgh were petrol bombed in february of this year

a sikh man was assaulted outside parliament in london while waiting to meet an m.p. a man tried to pull off his turban before shouting most of them go back home the bench added saying again says more could be done to prevent incidents like this we carried out a survey in two thousand and sixteen after the brits at that and we asked if they'd experienced hate crime in the last twelve months when we asked people where they experienced discrimination often train from things like police officers teachers school. immigration officers at the airport seems to be people in positions of responsibility are actually the very people you should be trusted with that wants that carrying out this forms of discrimination the way they treat. it's right here in our international thank you for sharing your true stay with us here at this channel we are back with more of your true state top stories.

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