officials themselves for example israeli foreign minister avigdor lieberman in june. last year have stated clearly that the puppets of the blockade as collective punishment and political question that's a very very important point so if i go to you how do you react to that because it is we hear this a lot from members of the international community this is collective punishment against the people of gaza how do you respond to that. i you know personally i find it to be a little absurd you know israel pulled out of the gaza strip in two thousand and five with a hand extended for peace pulled out of the international borders instead of having the houses that are left behind and the settlements that are left behind to be used to to build agriculture and to build industry hamas which vialli took over gaza in two thousand and seven decided to continuously attack israel with the reigning arms that it obtains through ships that try to sail to gaza or to egypt and smuggle twenty thousand into the gaza strip. from the time it was under under under under under this order which

so yeah they welcomed the israelis initially when they invaded in 1982 because the israelis demolished the palestinian entity that have been governing them that the israelis didn't leave. so over time, the lebanese shia from the south became increasing lee disgruntled and they chafed against the israeli occupation much like the rest of lebanon chafed against the syrian occupation when syria came and at the end of the war and didn't leave her go so there was a bit of the similarity here. >> host: okay but wasn't there something in iran as well the show the iranian revolution and an islamic rebelish and, not just the shia. >> guest: that's right and hezbollah and the iranian government hoped against extremely long odds, they actually hope that hezbollah could become powerful enough to turn lebanon into an iranian style islamic state. that was another part of their original goal which was always going to be extremely difficult because the she is in lebanon make up only roughly a third of the country and the other two-thirds are made up of christians, sunnis and druze who are going to be a

the israeli and palestinians would actually travel back and forth. every day when we first got there, palestinians were like commuters. they would come and work in sxirlz -- israel every day and go home. there was interaction and economic integration to a degree. but again, the kind of segregation and divisions have become much more permanent and locked in place and these are going to be very hard to reverse as jennifer was saying you just can't go back a decade and dust off the old plan. >> host: when you arrived in israel back in 1999, what was it -- was there a specific event that sparked the decline in these talks? >> guest: well, actually the first chapter that we deal with was literally the first day of the inde-fatah. it was the spark perhaps that unleashed -- there was a lot of built up anger and frustration that the peace process had not gone as the palestinians and israelis had hoped and there was a lot of pent-up frustration and as we described in the first chapter was ariel sharon's first steps on the temple mound. it was september 28th,

working for the israeli government, any responsibility towards the israeli army? >> yes, he was, ma'am, the was the israeli military attache to the israeli embassy in washington, dc. >> -- imply that either egyptian military intellen were working with the palestinian radical wing in preparation for the yom kippur war, and they ever heard anything like that before. is that surmise on your part is or is there evidence of a wider ranging involvement between the intelligence services of the two arab nations that launched the yom kippur war and the radical palestinians? >> could i not find any specific evidence to indicate there was a link, but if you go back and look at the intelligence failures surrounding the yom cup purr war, the enter afghanistan centers on an individual named ashroft, code-named the angel either egypt or arab's best spy, and curiously, he either fell to his death a few years ago in london, or was tossed off the balcony and it's, again, depending on who you want to believe. but he allegedly had been providing very granular intelligence to mossad o

they welcomed the israelis initially when they invaded in 1982 because of the israelis, the post indians that had been governing with the israelis didn't leave and so, over time the lebanese and she has in the south became increasingly disgruntled and shipped against the occupation just like iran shipped against the syrian occupation when assyrian came at the end of the civil war so there was a bit of a similarity. >> host: wasn't something in it for iran as well that showed the revolution was exportable in the islamic revolution, not just for shia? >> guest: that's right. as well as the eye iranian government against extremely long odds they actually hoped that hezbollah could become powerful enough to turn lebanon into an iranian stifel sting. there was an original part of the goal which was always going to be extremely difficult because the shi'ahs and lebanon make roughly one-third of the country. the other two-thirds are made up of christians sunnis and jews who are going to be automatically category for the house style. the had no likelihood of success but if they could get everyth

this is very wide open the said by the israeli army and the israeli government they will not let that. come to gaza but will kidnap it and it's also what we know from the flotilla of the multi-member other ones before it and the one that i was on in the jewish vote we also were attacked though we were only nine people and we were all israelis or jews and therefore they didn't use this kind of violence that used against them up the mama they used a different kind of violence less lethal one. but it's all the same they are saying it openly and they will do that it's the same located. for us israelis or for internationals it's not as lethal and dangerous. as it is for the palestinians a palestinian fisherman that wants to go out to fish cannot pass the three miles without getting shot. about twenty five percent of the agricultural land of gaza has been taken by a death zone around gaza strip from the israeli border of gaza into gaza strip killing every culture of person fisherman. seaside or farmer in the land side killing people on a weekly basis on a monthly basis killing there and the

they welcomed the israelis initially when they invaded in 1982 because the israelis demolished the palestinian that have been governing them that the israelis didn't leave and so, over time of the lebanese and the shia in the south became increasingly disgruntled and a sheet against the occupation much like the rest of lebanon against syrian occupation when syria came and they didn't leave so there was a bit of a similarity. >> okay. but wasn't their something in it for iran that showed the iranian revolution and the islamic revolution not just for shia? >> guest: that's right. hezbollah and the iranian government hoped against extremely long odds and they hoped hezbollah could become powerful enough in to turn lebanon into an irony in style islamic stang. that would be another part of their original goal. which is always going to be extremely difficult because the shia and lebanon make up roughly one-third of the country and the other two-thirds are made up of christians, sunnis who are going to be automatically category to an iranian style so hezbollah never really had any success but if the

israeli bus. was targeted by hamas to always it was in case of cornet like you tango do weapon or should i mean. so. we discussed. what we called the security channels on social government and i believe this issue will be settled because the world is awash of weapons stored in a boeing campus like syria and iran we believe that torture doesn't so we know russia doesn't sell this kind of weapons needle to kids while on the open hamas or other dog and usually reclaiming their claims. the problem. we believe that syria is an example of why these weapons to the tell all they always organisation is and you are of course we are not ready to accept it but you are not only you but everybody in the world is accepting that terrorists around the world are using kalashnikov machine guns i mean so so so so what's the use trying to. make kalashnikov sufferable and other types of russian military equipment unacceptable if russia isn't selling them well i mean directly to terrorists i mean you might say that kala

and more and more israelis are lining up to immigrate opting for. the e.u. or america they accuse the government of failing to make their country a safe place. richard a lame the long term mayor of chicago has helped turn a city once in decline into an attractive cosmopolitan urban hub algor enough finds out if he has some special advice from moscow spotlight is coming right up. hello again and welcome to spotlight they enter the show. alvin hall then today my guest is richard daley. the longest serving mayor of chicago has left office to twenty two years and the trip he managed to turn the declining addressed city into a distillation city pushed through immigration reform and masterfully dealt with racism issues winning support of the black chicago these problems are characteristic for many big cities so what advice does the experience have for moscow my guest today is a veteran u.s. political war horse and the longest serving mayor of chicago richard daley. richard daley is the patriarch of a very influential political family often compared to the kennedys

journalist gideon levy that people are tired of living in a war zone the israeli leadership. basing its leadership on creating all the. frying the income against anything and the payoff is a population that feels unsafe with one eye on europe. damis son has processed nearly five thousand applications for a second passport in the last ten years that works out at about forty passports a month and he's only one lawyer working in the field of fate of the draw in world war two. the one who are very moved were the ones who got the wide berth for their leisure. if you're going to go. that can help you move out of danger zone then you do it every year more jews leave israel for europe and the skates and then the other way around one in five or so if you choose has already returned home and with no israeli palestinian peace talks on the horizon and growing israeli and security about the arab demonstrations on the doorstep this so-called insurance passport is unlikely to lose popularity any time soon points leader r t tel of of. good news for the economy is few and far between with lay

and more and more israelis are lining up to immigrate opting for the e.u. or america. verman failing to make their country a safe place. well next we'll bring you all the latest high tech developments in this time we travel to siberia were innovation in all aspects of life and business is attempting to take root. welcome to technology update and welcome to tomes a city carved over four centuries ago out of the endless forests and swamps of siberia already an established center for some of russia's whiz kid students and their smart ideas today toast is transforming itself into an incubator for an expanding cluster of innovative businesses since our last episode. two thousand and eleven forum its fourteenth any will gathering of business research and administration innovators this year drawing some three thousand participants from nineteen countries and forty seven russian regions. and by thousands more the event featured brainstorming sessions with time specialists and market makers consciously forward looking hot topics like revamping nuclear technology revitalizing ci

plus israeli troops in the golan heights locked and loaded with license to kill hundreds of protesters tried to storm in from across the border with syria on sunday at least twenty people reportedly gunned down by the israel. it is just after two pm here in moscow you with artsy rover essentially welcome to the program now a series of a u.s. drone attacks have reportedly killed at least sixteen people and pakistan has kept up the air strikes despite a recent declaration from the pakistani parliament calling for the end but we've been hearing u.s. government heavy investment in drone technology americans fear they could soon find themselves beneath a steel sky. when a u.s. drone hit the house of this young man in pakistan he lost an eye both legs and three family members. these people are demanding the cia be held responsible for the deaths of their loved ones but to no avail. with the use of drones comes a lack of accountability those are being operated by somebody in the command center in langley virginia they're watching it on video on a video screen they're pressing the button they'

how would you grade the israelis?ery time you got live fire being used against people without weapons, it's clearly cause for concern, even if it was orchestrated. but, again, the israelis are determined to defend their borders. this isn't going to be the real issue. the issue is going to be on the israeli/palestinian front. >> when will that crystallize? >> these are trial runs, these are tests, it seems to me, foreshadowing a much more intense escalation as september approaches. you may get an effort on the ground orchestrated, as well, in order to create in a celebratory atmosphere, hundreds of thousands of palestinians pressing against the checkpoints. at least that's the israeli concern. >> just so folks are clear, in september, the palestinians have said that they are going to go to the united nations to have the united nations say the palestinian state exists and to have it recognized by the u.n. president obama saying very clearly, this is a bad idea. the united states will oppose it. who will stand by the uni

palestinian peace talks on the horizon and growing israeli insecurity about the arab demonstrations on the doorstep this so-called insurance passport is unlikely to lose popularity any time soon. r t tel aviv. good news stories for the u.s. economy are few and far between with mass job cuts layoffs and a growing national debt however some are staying optimistic saying things could be even worse as our own resident in new york found out. all the latest data indicates the global economy is going limp are you personally affected this week let's talk about that have you felt the effects of the bad economy need a better job this economy's not give me a better job yeah exactly try to go to college and then i can because car my car gas is all expensive at school so expensive so small in the vicious cycle is really bad but i'm happy because brazil is growing like for me it's good so is that kind of the way it goes when when some countries are hurting other countries can prosper more yeah greece is looking bad spain is looking bad but i feel like we're on the right. so they're just exaggerat

and i would never give up my canadian and i probably would give up my israeli the american i wouldn't give up because i have family there and i want to be out to go there any time british passport or european passport is doorway to opportunities eight years ago the bar was blown up by a suicide bomber three people were killed and fifty injured the bar didn't close down but some say the rush for new passports heated up in vain because of the suicide bombings when there was a feeling of insecurity so yes there was an increase both in immigration and in the demand for passports and that demand has only grown in the last five years israel has been in two wars and many fear another is not far off and the government's policy of settlement expansion has only isolated the country internationally so

and more and more israelis are lining up to immigrate opting for the e.u. or america they accuse the government of failing to make their country a safe place. next week for the life of the father of the baltic revolution as martin andrews walks the streets associated with a divisive figure of lenin in the russian capital. hello and welcome to the show on this week's program i'll be exploring that in slice. the ball straight lead to change the course of the straight and starting off red square next to the magnificent moscow kremlin. as we take a look at his epic journey and visit various landmarks associated with his life and . associated with russia. eight hundred seventy s. . shows his pseudo name living in nineteen i was one of the leading political figures and revolution we think is of the twentieth century he changed the world. bolshevik takeover of power in russia in nine hundred seventeen the communist party religion wanted a class free equal life for an adopted form of marxism but what is the soviet leaders like you see today. for the developments in

i think israelis are much more comfortable about themselves and much more aware.t is much more open and free society when it comes to talking about israel and the united states. it is really quite amazing, the extent to which israel is a taboo subjects here in the united states. >> host: why? >> guest: well, my view is that the strongest supporters of israel here in the u.s. states want israel and the united states to have a special relationship. they want the united states to give israel large amounts of material and diplomatic assistance, and they want us to give that assistance unreservedly. in other words, without qualification. we just give it to them no matter what they do. this is what makes this relationship so special. so we have this large interest group who we call the israel lobby that has worked overtime for decades now to put the yet is states in a position where it supports israel unconditionally. now, if you have an open debate where israel is criticized for pursuing policies court this role is criticize in ways to make it clear that american and i

but the israelis didn't leave. and so, over time the lebanese shia in the south became increasingly disgruntled and they chafed against the israeli occupation much like the rest of lebanon. when syria came in to end the civil war and late but didn't leave. so those a bit of the similarity of. >> host: wasn't there something in it for iran as well as that show the iran revolution was affordable and islamic revolution? not just for shia. >> guest: that's right. hezbollah and iranian government hoped against extremely long odds, they hoped that hezbollah could become powerful enough to turn lebanon into an iranian style islamic state. that was another part of their original goal, which was always going to extreme difficult because the she is in lebanon make up roughly a third of the country and the other two-thirds are made up of christians, sunnis and druze who are going to be automatically categorically hostile to an iranian style theocracy. so hezbollah never really had any likelihood of success, but if they could

well coming up here on the twenty first century exodus find out why thousands of israelis for european and american passports in the hope of leaving the promised land. plus we discover the unpredictable paul has in store for those brave enough to try it and whether. or not it's going to some other world news for you in brief here in r.t. pakistan says at least fifteen islamised militants have been killed near the afghan border the shootout was reportedly between two rival groups of taliban commanders although it's not yet known why they decided to fire on each other pakistan's army declared a victory in the tribal region last year but violence continues in an area still used by taliban and al qaeda insurgents as a hideout. the mauritanian army says they have destroyed an al qaeda training camp in neighboring mali the assault in the forest region of. evolved air strikes followed by fierce fighting earlier this month. agreed on a joint military operation to crush al qaeda in the region the terrorist group is believed to have bases in mali where it carries out attacks on kidnappings as we

israeli bus. was targeted by hamas. still wish he was in because the cornet i'm tree trunk i do work on russian made. so. we discuss it in their work because you secure wooden china was russian government and i believe this nation will be circled as the world is awash with weapons of all neighboring countries like syria and iran but we believe that passion doesn't say we know this kind of weapons and the little hizbullah go to hamas or other talk and usually rick let me be claims. that the problem. we believe that syria is an example of these weapons was the tell all their we stray organization is and you will of course we are not ready to accept it but you are not only you but everybody in the world is accepting that terrorists around the world are using kalashnikov machine guns i mean says so so what's the use trying to teach it to. make kalashnikov acceptable and other types of russian military equipment and example if russia isn't selling them well me directly to terrorism in we might say that kalashnikov is not acc

and heading for the exit the growing number of israelis who are leaving their country accusing authorities of failing to bring peace to the promised land. this is actually coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshing the u.s. congress has refused to grant president obama already to continue the military campaign in libya but the very same lawmakers have turned down a motion to cut funding for the american action in the country the votes are being seen as largely symbolic as the white house says it doesn't need congressional approval for the mission our she's going to she count as more from washington. the resolution adopted by the house of representatives is seen more like a message of rebuke to president obama rather than an actual war stopper because when he came to voting on cutting funds for that war the majority voted no so some analysts see elements of a showing the behavior of the u.s. congress saying that many lawmakers don't miss a chance to snub the president yet knowing that this novice won't change much at the end of the day as capitol hill observers say when it comes to wagin

plus find out why the promised land is not looking so promising for thousands of israelis who applied for european and u.s. passports. and discover how the south pole is both a land of beauty and. at a building. before we get to that a number of wounded in a gas explosion in russia's north caucasus has risen to fifty five with twenty of them in serious condition the blast happened at a wedding ceremony in the north or south korean capital or he's going to negotiate over. with the leaders. of the moments of the number of people has risen to over fifty with a sum of twenty being any serious condition now some of those people have even burns all across their bodies and they're all have been placed in three different local hospitals here in of let us meanwhile russian emergencies ministry's plane has arrived and have brought medical specialists from moscow and these are experts who will a check of point those injuries and work out a list of a dozen people were the most severe ones to bring them to moscow for special treatment the blast happened during a wedding ceremony and here in russia

would give up my israeli the american i wouldn't give up because i have family. i want to be able to go there any time british passport or european passport is a doorway to opportunity is eight years ago the bar was blown up by a suicide bomber three people were killed and fifty injured the bar didn't close down but some say the rush for new passports heated up in vain because of suicide bombings when there was a feeling of insecurity so yes there was an increase both in immigration and in the human for passports and that demand has only grown in the last five years israel has been in two wars and many fear another is not far off and the government's policy of settlement expansion has only isolated the country internationally so it's no surprise is leading israeli journalist navy the people are tired of living in a war zone. seeing its own creating all the. frightening . against anything and the payoff is a population that feels unsafe with one eye on europe. then a son has processed nearly five thousand applications for a second passport in the last ten years th

israeli occupation of the west bank call for a boycott of goods from illegal settlements. with the media craze in america flaring around. questions are being raised about whether . international news and comment live from our studios here in central moscow this is . highly toxic radioactive material has been detected in groundwater and seawater samples near the fukushima nuclear facility in japan the element has been found in concentrations two hundred times over the safety limit and can cause cancer and leukemia meanwhile japan's health and labor ministry says the number of workers exposed to dangerous levels of radiation has risen to eight. at fukushima city to measure radiation levels there and here's what he's discovered. here we're. kilometers away and the radiation levels in this area in many many places in many instances are much higher are really close because if you look at a map of where fukushima city is in relation to the actual nuclear facility that's plant number one where a lot of that radiation is and when dating from the winds are bringing that radiation i

there is growing anti israeli feeling in europe with calls and e.u. and u.s. governments to stop ignoring the occupation of palestinian land and politicians remain silent activists rally to draw attention to the plight of the palestinian people daniel bushell has more from brussels. a day of rage against israel thousands call for the boycott of israeli goods over its continued expansion of palestinian land a jewish demonstrates a says enough is enough. american leaders do nothing this the e.u. does nothing the repeated un resolutions have ruled israeli settlements illegal. activists won't be european union to call the main exports of the occupied territories and fruits they full of human barricades it's a use a ploy depose still pink goods getting through. israel's carmel brand market settlement produce and pockets to profit but pine forces can move in their citizens are committing war crimes under the geneva convention public pressure is bearing fruit it's a lease biggest grosser co-ops. food grown in the occupied territories the world's largest security firm

coming up for you this twenty first century exodus find out why israelis are applying for european and american passports in the hope of leaving the promised land. plus rediscover what the unpredictable self paul has in store for those brave enough to try and whether it. the number of wounded in a gas explosion in russia's north caucasus has risen to fifty five twenty in a serious condition the blast happened at a wedding ceremony in the capital of north of sirte here in emergencies ministry plane has arrived in not a cop cars to collect those in need of emergency treatment and. is there with more . well everything happened during our wedding ceremony and weddings here in russia's north caucuses are big celebrations worth no less than three hundred guests coming the food is usually being cooked outside in special councils and this requires gas canisters well one of those gas canister exploded and injured dozens of people many have been taken to hospital and among them are children who are versus a van burns now according to the latest information coming from the hospital many are serio