the changes strengthen substantially hamas in the palestinian political arena. and it may bring about a situation that in a year from now, it will go more difficult for abbas and the current palestinian leadership which is the best partner israel could ever have to maintain their current positions. especially if hamas will have that strong endorsement and backing that they enjoy today. the readiness and their ability of the palestinian leadership to be forced on it or is to maintain its current position maybe that what may happen? why is it important? because a year from now, two conditions which do not exist today may exist. one is another israeli government which is committed to reach agreement and today is not the case. and an american president who is not constrained by whatever he has to take on considerations in an election year. an american president which will be able at the beginning of 2013 is not to knock heads, to bring to the two parties who marched the extra inch. and here i quote, your book, the inch that on their own will, the two parties will ne

unfortunately they are split by the hamas by the religious, by the iranians. they are victims, not of israel necessarily but i feel like them. i would like to see every palestinian entering freedom and equality and dignity. it doesn't give me any pleasure to see the palestinians suffer: very far from it. and believe me when i read about the children in syria that are being killed i feel like a father feels about every child who wants it i i know the people say we're optimistic, maybe, but there's license to be optimistic too. israel achieved things nobody thought we should achieve and the agriculture, the high tech. you know, the fact that we are only t only country in the middle east that speaks the original language, hebrew. no other country speak it is language. i never believed or thought there would be more hebrew speaking people than danish speaking people so this is... this too is a great achievement in my eye eyes. >> let me ask you a question that i think a lot of people ask of you, anyone who has achieved the remarkable number of positions you have h

can intervene here don't forget also that the hamas the main but is still in leading group is quite best sieve in this. so i really anticipate really. just very briefly that is how fast totally in control of what's going on there in cars or bearing in mind these these rocket attacks at the moment just briefly you know hamas can control but hamas cannot stand against those organizations or take revenge for this assignation so hamas is playing a very careful role a very personal role and they let the others do the job gideon levy really interesting to hear thoughts and we appreciate your time joining us live here on r.t. thank you for being with us. thank you. a u.s. soldier has been detained after going on a shooting rampage in southern afghanistan killing sixteen civilians including nine children and thought he opened fire inside local homes in the middle of the night it was investigating the incident which comes after a mass protest last month over the inadvertent burning of copies of the koran at a u.s. military base lindsey german from the stop the war coalition believes this is massi

other than the hamas. the gaza strip. in fact the conflict has long been a source of problems for the israeli government which recently seems the issue has all but been forgotten some believe this blinkered approach may end up having dire and explosive consequences for israel with the rise of islamic tendencies in the wake of the arab spring states which until now have been tough for people leveling what israel may do it in fact is already evident in egypt the muslim brotherhood which holds the majority of seats in the parliament has already threatened to bring peace accord but israel as a response of pressure from the u.s. . relations with me it gets even worse egypt want to go tremendous changes egypt will stand behind closed. one day hamas may attack israel as it did in the summer of two thousand and eight the question is how would egypt react to such a conflict that i think is an imminent threat iran is not an imminent threat. but could also be an imminent threat some believe as the situation in syria which seems to g

prince harry has hit choppy waters after a trip to the hamas to mark the queen's diamond jubilee. -- to the bahamas to mark the queen's diamond jubilee. the boat he was traveling in broke down. >> it was a small maritime mishaps that brought cavalrymen to harry on an unscheduled stop of his tour. when the defense force rescued him from the ship the breakdown, he was forced to join the media. he may have been left feeling a little nervous. crisis averted. he sped off to his next engagement. this is tiny harbor island, where the prince was a big hit. he was met by a noisy array of well-wishers, all desperate to welcome the queen's grandson. on nassau, east by the picture of his grandmother and quipped, "i have seen that woman before." later, he joked about the hard work he was enduring on this stunning island. >> i will certainly be showing off about it to my brother and sister-in-law when i return home. >> it is clear that his first time representing the queen here has been a success. next stop, jamaica. bbc news. >> you have been watching "news day." >> a reminder of the main news. p

the egyptians since saturday night. difficult proved more than was initially hoped. hamas and israel do not speak to each other so they have to go through the egyptian intelligence services. we understand:they reached a deal last night. the sticking point was getting israel to commit they would not carry out any more targeted killings against senior militant leaders here in gaza. once they got that commitment from israel they were able to go forward with a cease-fire during the night and came to basically 1:00 this morning local time. >> after a difficult few days in the region can you take us back and explain what has been happening since friday, what are the causes of this? >> it began on friday yaafternn when an israeli air strike hit a car in southern gaza which was carrying the leader of the militant group the popular resist tpbs committee. israel claims that it had intelligence that that group was about to carry out an attack on israeli soil via the sinai peninsula. so, they said they had a legitimate reason to carry out that strike. the israelis clearly knew that th

possible trouble along the borders with lebanon and syria in the north jordan to the east and egypt and the hamas controlled gaza strip to the south we're keeping a posted on its annual event where palestinians commemorate a land day we'll keep you posted here on are. fueling the fire mediation a struggle to get the warring sides in syria to negotiate. to keep the cash flowing to the rebels in their fight against a massive thousands of u.s. allies are expected to commit even more support to the opposition an international conference on. the recent shooting rampage carried out by a gunman in toulouse draws presidential candidates in two fierce pre-election rhetoric over extremism and immigration mohamed merah actions are being used by some far right candidates to attack france's immigration policy. and spain's prime minister is set to announce a new wave of. measures one day after a nationwide strike of violence between protesters and the cuts are aimed at saving the country tens of billions of euros. more for you. have a look at this the latest edition of moscow out here comes. allow our welcome

implying there is a lack of unity and the hopes for peace from the hamas side could be at stake here to. no i think all policy and political military fetches in the gaza strip they want to or sprint to the israeli side but they don't have the power under my team to respond to this really so you can see. that hamas is in its charge in the goes astray leading the having it all thought here if you want to keep the ceasefire they want to keep the troops and they doing their best but at the same time the israeli side taking four for the positive one to four hours we had many attacks on the gaza strip deceived prime i think there are many palestinian factions like it's only been are those who are trying to launch rockets in response to the israeli on the gaza strip have. we had enough. of that in just a everything section five of us just very very briefly but no i think hamas is does not want to intervene in such a situation at this time right hamas want to keep the situation peaceful i would see him climb the trying to communicate would be a good show to have a cease fire really interestin

our demands on hamas are the demands on hamas, you know, hamas, to be accepted as a responsible player needs to accept renunsiation of violence and adherence to all agreements signed by the plo and israel. it's interesting that in telling that even hamas can't stomach what bashar is doing to this people, but it doesn't change our calculation. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator rubio? >> thank you. thank you both for being here today, and ambassador ford, thank you. i know everyone's telling you that, but thank you for your service. it's one thing to sit here and talk about these things. it's another to be there and be the target of some of, some pretty vicious stuff. so thank you for your service to our country and for this cause. a quick question before i get to the bigger one. this is for you secretary feltman, i don't expect you to know the answer you might. the bloomberg report, the head of the venezuelan oil company said it isn't pointed from shipping oil to syria based on surnt t or not? >> it is technically correct, they're not prohibited from shipping oil to s

possible trouble along the borders with lebanon and syria in the north jordan to the east and egypt and the hamas controlled gaza strip to the south these are live pictures for you here on our sea and our correspondent paula is in the region and keeping us posted throughout the day. i know it will there's always more stories and news and analysis of r.t. dot com here is only a little of was lined up for you there this hour right now prayers not porn egypt bans sex sites for destroying religious feelings and moral values liberal activists say it's a step towards shari'a law. and going to extremes all read tara russian orthodox church plans to check the work of bolshevik leaders for signs of extremism and find out more on that. let's get some other international news for you in brief this hour with the r.t. world update just a week after the military seems to power in mali saying the president has failed in his efforts against an insurgency rebel forces have taken a strategic town in the north they moved in on kid down with heavy weapons the same rebel forces fought in libya during the uprising aga

. >> about at least 19 tankersley entered the city of hama. the 4th division of the syrian army entered. they went to the eastern and western sides of hama, and they shelled houses. the army burned many houses there. this came against the regime. we have heard of a clash between the syrian army and some did he effect tors of the army who were protecting people there. electricity is cut in those areas. what we have seen, and we filmed all of that. we filmed some bodies and corpses left in the street. the humanitarian situation is bad in the street there. is no bread. there are injuries that cannot be treated. field hospitals -- they destroy any field hospitals with its equipment. they have executed people in the streets. they were defectors, and they have been executed on the streets. there were children injured, and some of them were babies injured. all that is documented, and the movement of the tankersley were documented. >> pope benedict has arrived in mexico on his first official visit to spanish-speaking latin america. thousands of people

. >> let's stay with syria because there is violence in the city of hama. an activist spoke to told me that government troops had entered the city and he gave me the latest as far as he had seen and heard. >> at least 90 tanks entered into the city. they went especially to the western side and in those areas, they shell houses and they burned many houses there. this came -- we have heard a clash between the free syrian army and the tanks. the free syrian army that was protecting the people there, they are cutting the two occasions, the phones, the landlines, in an effort to cut off those areas. but we have seen him, we have seen the humanitarian situation which is bad in the city. there are injuries that cannot be treated. they destroyed in the hospital. they have executed in the streets. they were defectors and they have been executed on the street. there were children injured and some of them were babies. all of that is documented and the movement of the attacks were documented. >> that is latest from the city of hama according to a an anti- government act

israel's military has closed off the west bank to all but humanitarian emergencies and a statement from the hamas spokesman ishmael god one says quote today we send a message to the occupation that they must leave our land and must stop the jewish takeover of jerusalem again these are live pictures for you here at r t v and you will event and day oh i know that's. the letter cross over now to all of his business there and speak to marine across the river. they are the last day of the workweek investors focusing today very high rory well investors seem to be focused on that we can we see a more upbeat mood and in fact their investors are looking up positive data as well as rising commodity prices the one of the only markets not doing that great right now is obvious reasons and i will talk about that a little bit later but first i want to talk about france because that's one of the best performance stock markets today and in fact the french president has just announced that the country's largest deficit equaled five point two percent of g.d.p. in two thousand and eleven and that was lower than the

the reality. >> that's a different issue. let's not mix things up. hamas. >> proxies. is not iran directly. >> i don't think the palestinian resistance can make iran pro proxy -- >> governed by iran which is supportive of the same objective of destroying israel. >> islamists saying that hamas and iranians because they are muslim they are going to work in the -- act to attack israel. i should correct may self. it is not hamas firing the rockets. islamic jihad. >> palestinian ray resis tense committee as well which is the leader -- one of the leaders of whom was killed by the air strike. >> right. absolutely. so -- but i think what -- what rula is saying there is an unbiased debate iran won't act as a rational actor in this -- in this regional dynamics because -- essentially they are muslims. and i think that that -- >> not because they are muslims. i have muslims on my staff. i have muslims i'm with all the time. >> i'm not accusing you of that. there is an element to this in the debate which is -- problematic. >> i think one of the things that -- plays into this psychol

militant sparked the worst fire in months. 21 people have been killed by israeli air strikes in the hamasuled territory of gaza. one million israeli civilians near the border are on high alert for increased rocket fire. a 19-year-old student is in police custody this morning charged with threatening a massive shooting rampage at the university of maryland campus. police say alexander song posted online that he would, quote, kill enough people to make it to national news and warn people to stay away from the mall. song was unarmed when he was arrested sunday. >>> madam toussaud wax museum is defending a display of ann frank. some call it inappropriate. the figure along with information about her ordeal hiding from the nazes serves as a three-dimensional history lesson. "the lorax" was the film to beat but no one could. the computer animated classic took the top spot with $39.1 million. "john carter" was in second and "project x "was in third. an alaska beauty contestant proved she's already a winner when she had her head shaved to show kids with cancer that bald is beautiful. she even let

dinner at the homes of a doctor and he see a new user on two of the leaders of hamas who were later killed by the israelis in targeted assassinations and as you know again as you said there is no exemption for journalists because of the amorphous nature of the language it is a very short step for those of us who do have direct contact with these individuals and with these groups to be branded as accomplices and we are seeing now with the use of the espionage act on the part of the obama administration six cases and since the espionage act was passed in one thousand nine hundred seventeen by woodrow wilson between then and the obama administration only three cases there were only three uses of it none of those cases went to the supreme court certainly one of the cases maybe bradley manning maybe sterling maybe another will reach the supreme court i think it's widely assumed that the court will uphold the use of the espionage. people who have spoken to the press and given what is considered secret classified information to the press and at that point we have a de de facto official secret act

i remember watching katie couric interview and pulling my hair, oh my gosh, she didn't know who the hamasnd she had no idea. i didn't know to the depths of it. she couldn't tell the war between iraq and afghanistan and what's the difference, etc. but at the same time were there portions that you thought were over the top like give me an example, because well, come on, she had to know that. >> some of the over the top moments were when she was screaming and threw her blackberry. that's something over the top. i don't think it happened even if they didn't get along. i thought the whole queen of england line, that the queen would bring troops in to iraq, i thought that was over the top moment. i think in the end i think juliet moore is so good it's eerie. but many parties were quite true to form and well done in tho parts. >> the interviews themselves. forget the movie we saw the interviews. they were devastating. she didn't know the answer. >> the interviews were very easy to put in the movie. they just read the interview script. when she said to katie katie couric, that's exactly what happ

our demands hamas are the quartet demands on ma'am as, which hamas to be accepted as a responsible player needs to accept the quartet cons of recognition israel, renunciation of violence and adherence to all the agreements that have been signed between the plo and israel. so it's interesting that in telling that even -- that even hamas can stomach what bashar is doing to his people but it doesn't change our calculation. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator rubio. >> thank you both for being here today. ambassador ford, thank you for your service. it's one thing to sit here and talk about these things. it's another to be there. a quick question before i get to the bigger one i think this is probably for you secretary feltmen. i read that the head of the venezuelaia oil isn't prohibited from shipping oil. >> it is technically correct that they're not prohibit pd. it's still morally wrong to be doing to use in a machine slaughtering serbians. but it also isn't the same of -- >> that's a conversation for another day. but one of the things we can talk about is how to introduce third-party su

their government. >> i agree. >> can israel be skppted to negotiate with the palestinian government that includes an unreformed hamas? >> no. absolutely not. but lit me disagree with liz's comments focusing only on containing israel. i think the administration has done more than any in history to help israel protect herself. there's a ten year, $0 billion commitment. $3.1 billion in this year. there's over $600 million to be spent on missile defense. twice what was spent in past years. 200 million dollars on iron domes, which we all agree is already saving lives. and unprecedented military and intelligence cooperation between our countries. i agree it is important for president obama, who will speak here soon, to get the israelis and the iranians to believe he will act in the military component. it's important for him to gain that trust. i think the way to do it is to make clear that he will act. so the strongest possible communication is necessary. in the end, we sourld coalition supporting sanctions against iran. the sanctions have not fully taken effect yet, and if we can find the means to stop iran, op nuclear w

the gaza strip. they are definitely an iranian proxy. however, hamas, which has distanced itself from iran, is at least trying to stay out of this fray. but it certainly gives you a sense of right now, just one hit inside the gaza strip caused everything that we have right now. there's a lot of firepower pointing at israel, some hundred of thousands of rockets both from north lebanon where you have hezbollah and islamic jihad in the strip pointing from the north to south. it certainly would be in israel's crosshairs if there was a strike on iran. jenna: point of context for us today, thank you very much, leland vitter for us in israel. jon: fox news is america's election headquarters, duking from down south a. virtual dead heat among three candidates. ahead of the primaries in mississippi and alabama. the latest real clear politics average showing an especially tight race in alabama, where mitt romney, newt gingrich and rick santorum essentially are all tied within the margin of error. john roberts, live for us from birmingham right now, john. >> repor

this is the town of hama. the syrian leadership says it's facing a terrorist insurgency. the government blamed al qaeda for a number of bomb attacks in the capital. the opposition accused the authorities of staging the blast. arab league observers were sent in to try and stop the violence. they couldn't. in the new year, government forces stepped up assaults against a free syria army. in the central city of homs, scene of some of the worst violence, rebel fighters, heavily outgunned, face weeks of bombardment. the government has been accused of carrying out massacres. the systematic killing and torture of men, women and children. again, the authorities have blamed terrorist gangs. syria is divided, but so is the international community. two attempts at a u.n. security council resolution to pressure the syrian leadership have failed because of russian and chinese objections. unlike in libya, there is little appetite for military intervention. kofi annan, the new international envoy to syria, visited damascus this week to push forward a peace plan. some see him as a last ch

no comment from the israeli side. hamas said one interesting thing, that israel has made an unusual promise not to target any of the militants that are a part of the cease-fire. we have to wait until we hear from them whether it is true or not. that is what we heard from hamas. >> in other news, armed robbers have a talk to the gold market in iraq. police say two carloads attacked shops in a shia district. they manage to escape after an exchange of fire with security. one man has been arrested. more than 200 people have been killed and hundreds more are missing in south sudan african violets. young men stormed several cattle camps on friday. attacks have killed thousands of people last year. hundreds of mourners have paid their respects to one of the most celebrated war correspondents. she was killed last month in the syrian city of homs. services were held in her home state of new year. -- new york. >> hillary clinton said that violence had to shock the conscience of the world. she said that the security council should not

but the cia is the petraeus tha the hamas running, as you know, predator strikes everywhere in the worldr strike in the united states cause some domestic dissidents so to speak and i don't know if you read that about a cow war. it's interesting. when greenwald went after it, it wasc quite amazing using drugs drastically for police surveillance in the country.c but the issue is i wouldn't quite believe the pentagon on anything because their budget is going to take a severe cut in the state to pull out of iraq, did you have troops in kuwait, troops in qatar. they put a lot of privateboco contract is that i work in iraq. we basically had the consortium are often u.s. there's a lot of u.s. oil interests that are still there. so we have our finger on the button name. we want to control that area. well, this thing could get messy. and if china doesn't play ball with us, then we are putting pressure on china as it is than all of this out china sea because the naval lanes we put our military fleet they are. we could have a two engagement were with iran and china. >> is very serious d.c. this i

the opposition has got to for of hamas, the support of al- qaeda, they've got the suor of a muslim brotherhood. if that opposition wins, the christians go to the wall in syria. this is a hoenusme. know the devil got in there but there's devils coming. my judgment the united states should work along with the russians to put an end to this conflict. [everyone talking at once] >> t sovereignty of the state -- that is the -- failure agreement, or will it be huynh assistance? >> it's a sickening huynh. people are starve to go death and freezing to death. and i think -- yes, the saudis are beginning to talk about arng the opposition. the opposition is not a bunch of angels, but i think it's innerrable assad will go, and if you don't arm them it prolongs -- [everyone talking at once] >> let me -- [everyone talking at once] >> okay, hillary's reprimand. >> the entire world, other than russia and china, were willing to recognize that we must take international action against the syrian regime. it's quite distressing to see two permanent members of the security council using their veto when people are a

position that arming -- about what our position is on arming the rebels an could that lead to the empowerment of hamas and al qaeda as a result? and i realize, and i apologize, i was in the chair presiding over the senate. some of this may be ground that you've gone over, but if you could answer that, that would be great. >> senator, we've been very hesitant about pouring fuel on to a conflagration that assad himself has set. so we're very cautious about this whole -- this whole area of questioning, and that's why we have worked with this international consensus on political tracks on economic actracks, in order to get to the tipping point we were talking about earlier. now, there's self-defense going on inside syria right now. we cannot criticize the right to self-defense when people are facing the incredible brutality. but we would like to use the political tools that are at our disposal. that includes the security council, in order to advance the tipping point, because it's not clear to us that arming people right now will either save lives or lead to the demise of the assad regime. there are a lot

hezbollah could come from the north, hamas could fire from the south. >> dagan: it will be a devastating ability to continue with our daily life. i think that israel will be in a very serious situation for quite a time. >> stahl: dagan's other concern is that a bombing attack would not be effective. it's been widely reported that there are four main heavily fortified nuclear facilities dispersed across iran. he says it's more complicated than that. >> dagan: there are dozens of sites. >> stahl: dozens? >> dagan: dozens. >> stahl: not four? >> dagan: not four. >> stahl: so if israel were to go and have their strike, they'd have to have a dozen hits? >> dagan: you'll have to deal with a large number of targets. >> stahl: here's something that i saw that you said-- you said, "there's no military attack that can halt the iranian nuclear project. it could only delay it." >> dagan: yes, i agree. >> stahl: it's ironic that the man arguing that israel show restraint built his reputation on brute force. dagan is legendary in israel, with a 44-year resume as an effective killing machine. before mo

. >> iran has surrogates in the form of hamas in hezbollah. -- and hezbollah. what is the likely course of action iran would take if there is a strike on the nuclear facilities? >> i do not think they can count on their surrogates. there is already some distance. between the surrogates and iran -- there is already some distance appearing between the service and iran. i think it would be unreliable to be counted on by iran. it would be a major hit if they did get involved in response to an attack on the nuclear facilities by israel. there would be great risks they would take, the places that arbor them would take to do that harbor them would take. i think their interests are not aligned precisely with iran. >> what about iran and the strait of hormuz? >> we might decide to cut off their oil shipments. that is a possibility as one of the options. it is kind of ironic they are threatening to close the straits of hormuz. they cannot if we do not want them to rea. our milli terry capability is strong enough they could not do it without -- our military capability is s

the gaza strip? >> indirectly, yes. >> are there not a threat also to israel and also to gaza? >> hamas? . >> general burgess is iran supporting the insurgents in iraq, excuse me in afghanistan and? >> yes, maam. >> okay and what type of roller they playing in afghanistan? >> they have provided arms. they have been caught. we have found iranian arms in afghanistan, so you know they are working for what would it call a dual-track strategy as they work not only to work against u.s. and coalition desires, but while at the same time they want to move forward the government of afghanistan so they're walking a very fine line. >> but they're clearly supporting our enemies and trying to kill our soldiers. >> yes, maam. >> and that iraq will roller they playing right now and how would you describe their the role there? >> i would describe their role in much the same way as they did in afghanistan is a very dual-track. iran does not want a strong iraq on their border, but at the same time, they also want do you know in courage us out of there totally, so again they are walking both sides of the fen

about that iran is one of the worst state sponsors of terror today, and their sponsorship of the groups of hamas and hezbollah tells us not only do you love the risk that they will transfer the itself, transfer in a dirty bomb, but also the potential for nuclear blackmail. when you think of people who say we can contain the nuclear armed iran, you hear people say we contain the soviet union. but when you're thinking about a terrorist interested in doing anybody anything possible that person is much more likely to use a nuclear weapon than the soviet union ever would have been. the danger is much greater. i want to make one other point on the issue. when you hear the news discussions about the united states intelligence says "x" and israeli intelligence say "y", don't forget it's abysmal. we completely missed. the indian tests. the israelis understood far better than we did the status of saddam's nuclear program. and just back in 2007 it was not until the israelis came to the united states with photos of the nuclear plant that the north koreans were building in the zir syrian desert that we under

the rest of its record. first, iran is a state sponsor of terrorism which provides material support to hezbollah and hamas. it is a vowed ally of syria which continues to provide it with material support even now. it recently attempted to assassinate the saudi ambassador of the united states right here in the u.s. flagrantly flouting the u.s. and international law. it has provided weapons in training to shiite militias in iraq and shipped weapons from inside iran later used against u.s. military personnel in iraq. it recently threatened to close the strait of hormuz. it continues to develop ballistic missiles raising legitimate suspicions about the intended use of these missiles as vehicles for a nuclear weapon. and it provides sanctuary for financial backers of al qaeda. now, ladies and gentlemen, these are not the actions of a state that's comfortable with its place in the world. they are the actions of a self-described revolutionary state that is determined to shift the balance of power in the middle east. a nuclear armed iran would pose a threat to israel, saudi arabia, jordan, the united arab emirates