israelis face being banned from public places in the even jobs unless they've been vaccinated against code 19 the so-called green pastures are raising concerns over human rights. always of choice has a consequence and it shouldn't be that everybody. because some people make a bad choice i think it's absurd i think it's ridiculous basic human rights are being ignored here brochure accuses the e.u. of meddling in its internal affairs is the block imposes sanctions over the jailing of the opposition figure in the valmy for parole violations also to come. angry french farmers dumb 1st allies and old tires outside government buildings to

protest against the removal of meat from school menus and everything from work relations to family ties appeared to be showing signs of breaking down this u.s. political divide to begin to affect practically every section of society. good afternoon just gone 4 o'clock in moscow you're watching r.t. international now israelis who refuse to get vaccinated against could be banned from their jobs most public places but the new regulations have faced fierce criticism as poor sleep reports. this is higher corn street in tel aviv which runs parallel to the coastline it's where many of the city's hotels are located but right now things could not be quieter there are no tourists and the airport is closed this is one of the few hotels that is open but this is the coast as we can

go assuming you want to enter it you have to have what is called a green possible it's issued after persons received 2 facts summations 21 days apart and in a month's time just opposite the hotel you won't be able to into shops like this you won't be able to enter supermarkets gym shopping same to synagogues in fact you won't be able to go just about anywhere in israel and least you have a green passport it comes as the government steps up if it's to vaccinate the population it's being met with mixed reaction on the street i think it's necessary i think it's a good idea and we can't force everyone to vaccinate but always a choice has a consequence and it shouldn't be that everybody in israel suffers because some people make a bad choice i think it's absurd i think it's ridiculous basic human rights are being ignored here if i choose what to put into my body and i choose not to put a box in myself i'm going to be. banished from getting into

a soccer game getting into a mall taking my boy to a day trip it's ridiculous and so you know human rights are even more than and it's very easy to slide when you start even with the good intentions to do things like. too much government. and foresman so juiced in plans to ban and vaccinated people from certain jobs and as won't get anyone found forging vaccine certificates will be jailed a black market for counterfeit certificates describing on telegram we already 100000 uses have joined groups. promote forgeries i think that the government should not be bad people from having jobs i think that the government should most definitely ban. people who put others at risk from jobs in which they can put others at risk more important than my job is my life and

in my life is at stake if i don't take the vaccination so i would take the vaccination and if i get to keep my job because of it that it's an extra bonus. i understand if people take this this road in for a job a certain document i wouldn't do it personally but i can completely understand this is a crime i think that the waivers so does go b.'s or make them or buy them should be punished vaccine has a tendency and skepticism have become a growing concern in recent weeks as israel's world leading inoculation program slows down just under 2000000 israelis have not received either of the 2 shots and many say they don't plan to it's forcing the government to come up with new and same tips to encourage people to receive shots. ladies and gentlemen we are very happy to host you in the world's 1st ever

vaccination bar. but i think it's a good idea i think there are a lot of people that are just. crazy. doctor or people come because of kind of faith and i hope everyone will come and it will keep themselves safe. well we spoke about new measures there with israeli political analysts a big ask in he also warns that they do breach fundamental freedoms.

green passport is not a good idea we should leave the people their freedom of choice as long as they don't harm others it's really gets to the basic idea of freedom of choice if somebody wants to get vaccinated i mean you know it's a good idea to do it i did most of my family members also but if someone chooses not to do it but it's his rights not to be discriminated not to be a victim of a public booth for that which it should get back on normal lives keeping in mind there are certain groups of people whose house should be especially protected and not to harm everybody not to harm our children not to harm our future not to harm my common. moscow is hit back at the european union for imposing

new sanctions over the jailing of the opposition activist elects in the valley and claims that the move is an attempt to interfere in russia's internal affairs the valet was imprisoned for just under 3 years after breaking the terms of his parole but the e.u. is demanding his release. in response. we venture around as you do a shingle wish to not only. we reach a political agreement to impose grist to give measures against those responsible for his arrest and sentencing and persecution and at the same time we must define a moderate b. then b. to avoid to permanent confrontation with a neighbor who unfortunately seems to have decided to act as an atrocity in international practice this is called interference into the internal affairs of a sovereign state the european union it appears doesn't want to follow the ethical

codes of interstate relations but chooses to exploit the myth of its own infallibility in human rights to promote its own concept of a world order based on rules while the measures do include travel bans and freezing the assets of those involved in the valley jailing although no names have been made public yet but us week russia's foreign minister blamed brussels for the deterioration of moscow ties. got a class of it's the framework of the relations between russia and the youth has been deliberately destroyed by brussels we must be a group for any developments it's up to the e.u. to choose if they decide that relations must be rebuilt or burst we will also be ready for it. we spoke to europe expert in academic john laughlin about this and he does believe it itself is violating basic principles of justice. what i find deeply distressing is that the european union has adopted this new principle of individual sanctions on the basis that it's the protector of human rights but we

all just heard saying we have taken a political decision to impose sanctions does he not understand what he is saying a sanction is a form of punishment in this case it involves all bans and asset freezes but what what process has there been to commit a political decision to impose punishment a political decision to impose punishment is a death is a is a case study in violation of human back the european union by taking political decisions about who to punish in russia is itself violating the most basic principles of justice you can't punish people on the basis of a political decision what i find just absolutely mind boggling is that the european union itself protests when the united states of america interfet its internal affairs by imposing extra territorial sanctions on european companies involved in

building the north stream to gas pipelines so the european union says it doesn't want interference in its into. the americans but it allows itself to practice interference in the internal affairs of russians not one item of this stands up it is all a load of rubbish. that farmers have dumped fertilizer and old tires outside government buildings in the french city of leone they are protesting against against the removal of mate from school many. thanks. they also brought cows and goats to set up many farms in protest at the move by the city mare however the authorities claim that scrapping meat from school meals will help in the fight against the coronavirus. then you health brought a cold cause for to meet a social distancing in school canteens a single meat free menu will serve students faster and streamlined meals however

many parents are fuming at this move warning that families for more deprived communities in particular will suffer too soon this is all i think that unfortunately is a very political decision which could have been made with more consultation and in particular with the participation of parents for some families it is the only possibility to eat to have meat in the diet at least a few times a week off and children are growing and we're depriving them of dietary diversity for me it's a restriction on our freedoms i don't understand how and peace can intervene in questions of diet the way they do and if we have to respect their ideology they must respect our us so i'm absolutely against that. poor families who relied on canteens on schools to provide meat in meals to children will now have no more so we can say that the mayor of new york has absolutely no solidarity with less well off residents with working class families and that worries us. meanwhile farmers

say that the decision is just the latest assault on their ability to earn a living and farming is again targeted by what a minority of french people are saying and unfortunately for us it's another blow in our heads. we're at the city hall now because they can't impose their ideas workforce in particular burning meat in schools supposedly because of coronavirus. that everything from work relations to family ties apparently is showing signs of breakdown as us political divides begin to affect practically every section of society taking a closer look at what's happening his own quarter. if you take joe biden's word at face value you might think political polarization in america is no big deal the nation is not divided it's not nearly as divided as we make it out to be but if you take a look at what's actually going on in the streets well

a different picture begins to appear. and according to the statistics your eyes are not deceiving you i think we're all aware of how political polarization has affected our elections and system of government but the impacts go far beyond the political arena it seems the facts contradict biden's feel good speeches about unity take the family the core structure of american society it's a real example of unity and something more important than political bickering with that in mind check out what one republican senators family had to say about his decision to support trump's impeachment we all thought really just gusted with you

it is now most embarrassing to us that we're related to you you've been bearish the kings and family name ok as a politician his family cannot get around political talk at the dinner table but divorces parents disowning their children this is happening in ordinary american families it's tough my husband's trumper has cost such strive daily feel like i want a divorce i'm a registered republican who is now an independent who voted democrat my republican family however has dug in they think i'm the crazy one they were more shocked to find out i hate to d.t. than they were to hear i was also known as none of my family members talk to me i'm so sorry for anyone who's lost family over politics it has. you could see it in the workplace where playing politics can get you fired and the spotlight of national news like the former what a burger employee who wore a black lives matter mask to the job i would say but that's a key to the men in the crowd because the style of clothing that i think is gang

related think it's a good thing you probably shouldn't buy the wrong item either unless you want to incur the wrath of those who don't agree with you going to food for example is now being boycotted just because the boss praise donald trump so fora also under boycott because the company dropped its contract with a conservative beauty blogger who claims she was targeted for her political views and the head of my pillow is taking flak since he publicly supports the idea that the last presidential election was fraudulent the keyboard warriors have drawn their swords and retailers have even cut ties with the companies because of it so next time you think about buying a pillow think twice unless of course you want your family to fall apart. come close to their will cost house just in robot young the situation may reflect the fact there is now more communication across political defined i honestly think that it has to do with the fact that we can interact with each other a lot more we were probably always at our core of this polarized the differences is

that now the barbarian at the gate to use a metaphor is alive closer in real or than it was when we had cities that lived in liberal bubbles and red states that lived in their bubbles and everybody kind of believed based on the way that you would go about your life that there was a little bit more of a mob genius lifestyle now the person that is very very conservative sees the fringe of the liberal city life in the liberal city live sees the 3 of our conservative ecosystem they are on top of each other in a digital way that simply didn't exist until this moment. international going to take a quick break although we'll have a team. so

what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy on sunday should we let it be an arms race is on the spear in dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very

critical time to sit down and talk. welcome back here with us now hundreds of top academics have signed an open letter to minding that a french minister quit after she called for an investigation into so-called islamic leftism in education the term has become an increasingly popular way to describe an alliance between progress is a muslims that some believe weakens society. i think that islam leftism is eating away dollars society as a whole and universities are not immune and a part of our society the minister's remarks come on the back of legislation that critics say is concluding a new law against radicalism that allows greater riverside mosques and religious schools in october another french minister claimed that islam i left ism is

wreaking havoc on the country's higher education facilities we asked people in paris what they thought about the minister's proposed inquiry. you give them all. we have to i think the government is open least lama phobic the media all say the same the bitterness towards muslims i think it's nonsense i believe that such aggression against muslims is an over reaction and it is completely comprehensible i have a feeling that muslims have no right to live freely in france there is a confusion between the terms extremists and the person who practices his religion peacefully so some french have this image of muslims as serious or extremist and it is not rate was one of us is to phone the police once again we're talking about using a strategy that we have known for a long time distraction and polemics it's exhausting it takes away my powers it

makes me sick to rebuff school cert i don't like this concept i think it's the wrong word and by the want of the movement but i don't really like that confusion. but. ok we're looking at some live pictures now from georgia in the caucasus because people there have taken to the streets of the capital after the detention of the opposition m.p. melia melia was. a bigger pardon me was detained this morning a day after a new government came into power the court gave an order on his arrest after he refused to pay the bail he was released on bail in november after he was can. victim of inciting violence during protests back in 2019 however his supporters claim the case against him is purely political these are live pictures then coming from the policing of those protests. a un report due to be published next month is expected to accuse the top u.s. private military firm of illegally sending fighters and arms to the libyan warlord

party america's alex model of its reports now on the notorious company called blackwater which is since been renamed academy. it's been called a hit and run military campaign in 2011 a nato led regime change operation helped dismantle libya's government leading to the brutal killing of the country's leader moammar gadhafi after that many say the country was abandoned by the western military coalition dividing libya and leading to a civil war between 2 factions both declaring themselves the legitimate government of the nation but 2 groups use local militias and foreign powers to their advantage perpetuating the chaos in libya however earlier this month in geneva a un brokered compromise saw the political rivals agree to form an interim government which includes representation from both sides by the. power great libyan people our victory today goes beyond the issue of a standalone victory to something greater than that as it represents

a symbol of the victory of national unity reunification peace building and achieve the desired democracy although many see the accord as a breakthrough militia groups sometimes backed by sympathetic politicians continue to plague the nation this has led to some leaders being skeptical about just how unified the government is here's fatty bashar government the interior minister for libya's un backed government a month before the agreement was signed but this is the biggest problem for me it's not the militias which are weak and easily broken apart but the problem is that some of the parts institutions of the state provide support to the members of these militias and on sunday bashar has motorcade came under heavy fire on a highway on the outskirts of libya's capital tripoli the interior minister was the target of what is being called oh well planned assassination attempt one of his guards died in the shoot out as for the assailants one was killed and 2 were taken into custody the government have not been identified and

a recently revealed confidential u.n. report brings up the question were they under the control of foreign or domestic powers according to the report in 2000. in 1000 the infamous u.s. security firm blackwater violated the united nations arms embargo on libya twice when erik prince blackwater founder said foreign mercenaries and weapons to support libyan warlord khalifa haftar are against the tripoli based government described as a well funded private military company operation the plan was for mercenaries to track down and kill libyan leaders and it would be fair to assume that the attacks could have resembled what happened to libya's interior minister on sunday a spokesperson for prince denied the accusations at the annual u.n. report the report will be officially released to the public next month this would be the 1st time that the u.s. has supported you know a violation is good you know un arms embargoes to achieve you know in american

centric outcome we we know that the us supported of violations of the arms embargo in supporting croatia back during p.-o. balkans conflict the us was at the forefront of 'd shit feeding weapons from libya to turkey and on to syrian rebels u.s. policy is it is a continuum in many cases it does you know having the united states be a close ally of the united arab emirates who was working with blackwater according these allegations i don't believe anything is happening in libya involving eric prince that the united states government is not aware of the fact that these and these these activities are allowed to you know at least be considered as is is possibilities means that the u.s. had turned a blind eye to them. international just coming up to haas for moscow so that's how the news is looking so far today i would have movie though and the headlines in

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could put my fingers around it we planted that tree so that trees planted in 1945 it's quite a long time ago. harvey decided to write a book about his father's experiences. as he researched the legal case he began to get a lot of attention. some strange things were happening may always arriving in our house open. there were all these strange clicks on the telephone. and then about 2 weeks after that i'm driving to pick up my kids from a school dance clear night. clear road. from behind me comes a car with no headlights on slams into me pushes me off the road and disappears. something that i really haven't spoken about and you know nothing like this of course ever happened again but it does.