for two and a half years the palestinian authority has refrained from holding elections because they think they might lose. the last time they held elections, they lost. they lost to an organization, hamas, which is recognized as a terrorist organization not just by the united states but by the quartet. you read its covenant, it calls not only for the destruction of israel but destruction of the jewish people worldwide. it's a genocidal organization and they are not a partner for peace. there's three conditions laid down by the quartet for hamas participation. they have to recognize israel, they have to disavow terror, they have to accept all previous agreements signed by the palestinian authority. they will do none of the above. so they are not viable. so we are willing to sit with the palestinian authority, irrespective of whether they held elections, but the palestinian authority most of the last three years has balked at direct talks, for many reasons, but certainly since the outbreak of the upheaval, the arab spring, whatever you want to call it, they have been increasingly relu

aid to the palestinian authority so how would i ask you how do you account for the continued support by the american president and by congress for aid to the palestinian authority even though i'm talking about in excess of ninety percent of americans think that that's a bad idea to give them money so there's all kinds of ways to ask and answer these questions the well going back itself is not a very of a constant state you will see is really impassioned or will give a speech in which i'll talk about two states for two peoples so it's understandable that people who don't follow this issue every day understand don't understand the subtleties of what the palestinian authority was attempting to do you know why do you think that is the case because american media western media in general are very very. simplistic and i would you agree with you don't you it's extremely complicated but when it gets down to the average person it's just black and white and you know there's a human rights groups all around the world condemn a lot of behavior of what israel does from lebanon to gaza ok but that

the palestinian authority has baulked at direct talks for many reasons. certainly since the outbreak of the of people, the arabs bring more whenever you want to call it, they have been increasingly reluctant because the mainstay was mubarak's egypt. it is no more and the islamic brotherhood -- the muslim brotherhood is and day are the ideological partners and extensions of hamas and they are reluctant to hold those elections. largely secular, and elected regimes in the middle east have not fare well for the last year- and-a-half. they are aware of it and it helps to come to the table from a sense of legitimacy and credibility and strength and right now, and that is not particularly there. it is unfortunate because we are committed to the two-stage solution and reaching a conclusion within one year. netanyahu himself said he could conclude within one year. we know the price, we know, as netanyahu told congress, there will be settlements beyond our borders. we know there has to be a solution for jerusalem. all we need is the palestinians to sit down and neg

so the plo is the interlocutor, its representative is the palestinian authority.ow, also according to the oslo courts, there was supposed to have been elections there, for two-and-a-half years the palestinian authority has refrained from holding elections because they think they might lose. last time they held elections, they lost. they lost to hamas which is recognized as a terrorist organization, and it calls not only for the destruction of israel, but for the destruction of the jewish people worldwide. it's a genocidal organization. and they're not a partner for peace. there's three conditions laid down by the quartet for hamas participation. they have to recognize i israel, disavow terror, accept all previous agreements accepted by the palestinian authority, they will do none of the above. so they're not viable. we are willing to sit with the palestinian authority irrespective of whether they held elections, but, um, the palestinian authority for most of the last three years has balked at direct talks. for many reasons but, certainly, since the outbreak of the

look, as a matter of democratic principle with a very good thing that the palestinian authority had elect,s. and that hamas won them. and that was not such a good thing. and that is a dilemma. i have not yet fully worked out. as to what to do -- when elections are going to bring about -- negative consequences. so i think it does call not for a, just, oh, let's be for it. but to give serious thought to what is involved. >> could the u.s. have steered the outcome of what is happening in egypt in a different direction with different policies early on in the revolution? >> that's hard to say. and hard to say in retrospect. let alone at the time. i was a little forward leaning policy there. but i agree with barney on this one. this is a tough foreign policy choice. you find splits in both parties and among different groups, most of the foreign policy communities in how, just as a practical matter on how to handle this, how much influence we have. i am part of the anti-saudi arabia wing of the republican party. i will totally agree that is a very minority view in both parties. there seems to be

hamas does not encourage sports and the palestinian authority does not help him much either.e goes through his phases as israeli fighter jets fly by. because of the limited amount of time on the track, he also practices on a beach. >> it's difficult to train for the olympics in conditions like these. but i want to show the world that athletes from gaza can compete with the best. >> reporter: this man coaches him physically and mentally. he was an olympic athlete himself. the first palestinian to compete in the games. in 1996, he ran in the 10,000-meter race at the atlanta olympics. >> translator: he's a symbol of palestine. his success would make us all very proud. we'll all be cheering him on. >> reporter: with his help, he's getting ready for the upcoming london olympics. >> translator: my dream is to stand on the winner's podium as the palestinian flag is raised. and for palestine to be recognized as an independent state. >> reporter: that recognition means so much to palestinian athletes. for them, representing palestine in the olympics means more than winning. nhk world,

in a region where the availability of water is a major political concern, but the palestinian authority has it in abundance. >> it was in roman times, and we are still using it right now. >> 7 natural springs have given her life to its fields. fruit end vegetables are renowned for their freshness and quality. they boast one of the last living examples plants have not yet been finalized, but it would get to the 35%. they save those will be lost forever. >> alive doesn't have any sense. because we don't have resources, we have just of the land. >> had barrier is being doha. cut off on the other side of a concrete wall. some anthropologist what to give a protected status. >> you can appreciate the integrity of these lands. >> it will destroy a traditional way of life. >> is extremely old, but still in use. >> much of it relies on the green line. it is based purely on security considerations and the potential damage to the area would be memorized. >> about to let amazing story of perseverance after beginning the london marathon, a woman paralyzed from the chest and out has crossed the finis

the palestinian authority officials say 60 people were injured in clashes with the israeli army as thousands of palestinians took part in rallies marking the day of the catastrophe. this is the anniversary of israel's declaration of statehood. rallies have been marking the end of a mass hunger strike by palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails. one of rupert murdoch's most senior former executives has been charged in connection with the phone hacking scandal in britain. rebekah brooks, her husband, and four other people will appear in court. they are accused of conspiracy to thwart justice. >> won all of this started, it hardly seemed possible. news international's chief executive facing a criminal court. rebekah brooks was that the police station today. she was pursued by photographers that might once have worked for her. prosecutors announced six out of seven arrested would be charged. >> there is sufficient evidence of a conviction. i have concluded that a prosecution is required in the public interest in relation to each of the other six. >> tonight, rebekah brooks and her husband, wh

that would allow them to prepare for the palestinian authority's presidential and parliamentary elections. hamas leader ismail haniya gave officials his approval monday to move forward. both sides agreed last year to hold joint elections but preparations have been delayed over the interim government's lineup and other disagreements. >>> chinese leaders are trying to keep things calm as they head toward a leadership shuffle this fall. protesters in guangdong province encouraged others, when they started winning concessions from government officials. now, communist party leaders are weighing more demands for political and social reforms. nhk world's kazutoshi ishii reports. >> reporter: last september, protesters took to the streets in wukan village. it lies in the eastern part of guangdong province. some protesters attacked the local government building and clashed with police. the residents were angered by government corruption. protesters say the local officials seized about 1,300 hectares of farmland. they add that the government sold it illegally to developers. one of the protest leade

palestinian militants killed while carrying out attacks against israel have been handed over to the palestinian authorities. israel described the gesture as a confidence-building measure. we have this report from ramallah on the west bank. >> for palestinians, a long overdue funeral. some of the dead were killed more than 30 years ago. they included suicide bombers. up to now buried in unmarked secret graves inside israel. for most palestinians these were martyrs finding to end israel's occupation. now finally allowed to come home. this woman's husband blew himself up in jerusalem in 2004, killing eight israelis. she says the transfer will change her life and give her a chance to visit his grave. palestinians do not have a state, but these events today certainly have some of the trappings of a state funeral, a real military feel to it for these men who died over the course of the last three, four decades so people here fighting for the palestinian cause. as you can imagine, that does not go down well in israel. for israelis, the bodies return today belong to terrorists, militants who murdered scores of civ

than 90 palestinians killed carrying out attacks against israel have been handed over to the palestinian authority by the government. now, they include suicide bombers and militants killed in operations which go back as far as 1975. israeli officials have portrayed this as a confidence-building gesture. joining me from ramallah is the bbc's john done i son. the handover was done in a very ceremonial way. >> that's right, the transfer began soon after dawn this morning, the bodies brought in from israel. they soon arrived at the presidential compound in ramallah. that's the compound of president mahmoud abbas, fairly simple wooden coffins being draped with the palestinian flag. we're expecting a ceremony there in two or three hours' time. it's a very emotional issue for palestinians. i've just been listening to relatives. some of those bodies have been returned to them, they say it gives them a chance to grieve, a chance to visit a gravesite. of course, in israel, a very different view. israel regards these people as terrorists responsible for the deaths of scores of israelis. >> part of a deal to

neither has president obama says diana, a former legal adviser to palestinian authority mahmoud abbas. it signals they don't have a policy any longer when it comes to israel and the palestinians. back to phone calls on debt limit. we're asking you what your message to washington should be about the debt limit. bloomington, illinois, hi to bud, a republican there. >> caller: good morning, susan. >> good morning. >> caller: countries with trade surpluses don't have debt problems. i think what we need to do is start producing for ourselves aga again, and when we do that, we take people off the unemployment roles and they become taxpayers again. so i think it's the trade deficit that's the problem, and i think what we need to do is start producing for ourselves again. >> thanks, bud. there's a trade story in the "financial times" this morning. trade war fears as u.s. plans duties on chinese solar imports. anti-dumping tariffs split the industry. the u.s. commerce department has proposed anti-dumping duties on imports of chinese solar cells, raising the threat of a trade dispute and dividi

yasser arafat's to the palestinian authority government building but on the whole things are relatively quiet certainly compared to last year when twelve people were killed when they try to storm the israeli lebanese and syrian borders but the police remain on a state of high alert because certainly the day is young and there is a fear that these commemorations could descend into violence as the day progresses . so paula what efforts are approach more being made between these two sides. while this past weekend to be israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu sent a letter to the palestinian president mahmoud abbas and then that may take recon firmed israel's commitment to peace and restarting negotiations that was in response to a letter that a bus sent netanyahu last month and then again we heard the same words being expressed at the weekly cabinet meeting on sunday by netanyahu saying that he hopes that the advancement of dialogue will see the resumption of diplomatic talks between both sides but no one here is holding their breath and certainly the word coming out of the palestinian c

yes our fight to the palestinian authority government building but on the whole things are relatively quiet certainly compared to last year when twelve people were killed when they try to storm the israeli lebanese and syrian borders let's pass weekend to be israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu sent to the palestinian president mahmoud abbas and that may take meat recall israel's commitment to peace and restarting negotiations that was in response to later that a bus said netanyahu last month and then again we heard the same words being expressed at the weekly cabinet meeting on sunday by netanyahu saying that he hopes that the advancement of dialogue will see the resumption of diplomatic talks between both sides but no one here is holding their breath and certainly the word coming out of the palestinian camp is that netanyahu government remains as right wing as ever just last year the government approved a change in the budget that gave the finance minister the discretion to reduce funding to those organizations that organize the naacp commemorations and it's the same government

time, seemingly, criticizing the netanyahu government as criticizing let's say abbas and the palestinian authority. for the impasse, and the peace process, and they spend a lot of time trying to prevent actually, military option on the table with respect to iran. so i make, i am please that the we have had a little bit of impact with the emergency committee on israel. i think we may intervene in one or two, democratic races an interesting one in new jersey, between rothman/pascrel, a strong pro israel democrat and a j street democrat. you will see it on behalf of a good democrat. we aren't partisan. it happens. it is a fact. buchanan paul wing has been marginalized. a lot of us have fought hard. barney and others have fought hard to marginalize the anti-israel wing of the democratic party. it is just bigger, impyricly, a fact. and it is more of a problem there for, for the left. and i hope liberals, you know, marginalize those elements of their own party as we have tried to do in our party. >> barney. >> the fact is that you are talking about -- min

as a matter of democratic principle, it was a good thing because of the -- palestinian authority had actions and that hamas won them. that is a dilemma i have not yet fully worked out when elections will bring about negative consequences. it calls not for -- to give serious thought to what is involved. >> could the u.s. have steered the outcome of egypt in a different direction with a different administration? >> it is hard to say. i was for a more forward leaning policy. this is a tough choice. most of the foreign policy communities on how to handle this, how much influence, i am part of the anti-saudi arabia wing. i will agree imi minority -- i am a minority. there are people that causes people to say it is a wonderful place. if we had more energy development that tom, we would be less likely -- >> i think it is lawrence of arabia. >> i think the arabs during is complicated. i have been on the hopeful side of those -- we are not going to prop up a bunch of dictators. i think the administration fell back a little bit. this is a failure of government bureaucracy, they could have done

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and another $170 million to its franchise, hamas, a designate terrorist organization in the palestinian authority exactly right. they are missing entirely that this is in fact not a secular group as the director of national intelligence once suggested. it is not a nonviolent group, it is a pre-violent group and not a group we can safely do business with. the state mission in america is to destroy us from within by or own hands. >> sobering, indeed. we're running out of time today and we'll have you back, to talk more about this, more in-depth about the muslim brotherhood. thanks as always for joining us today. >> thanks for taking it up. >> sarah palin shook things up when her name was thrown out as vp in the last election and we've asked you if you have names to throw out to get picked. we could be in for another shakeup? we'll share twitter answers next and a reminder, bret baier's interview with vice presidential hopeful rob portman will air at 4:00 p.m. eastern this afternoon. not 1:00. as we said earlier. okay? we'll be right back. stay with us. rbing the calcium they take because they don't

israel's hand at the border use of ninety one palestinians to authorities in the west bank the remains belong to those who died in past decades while carrying out attacks on israel israel says the move is encouraging peace talks which collapsed in two thousand and ten after refused to stop building settlements on land or seized from palestinians if the talks fail again the country's defense minister says israel could define the borders of a future palestinian state unilaterally. the first private spacecraft ever to reach the international space station is on its way back to earth the dragon capsule has been released from the i assess. to plunge into the pacific ocean in about three hours from now that's where it will be recovered the cargo vehicle built by a california based company space x. spent five days in orbit on a test mission america has been without its own means of transportation to the i assess since the shuttles were retired last year. and off to do a tree at the party percenters good to see you today understand the russian currency is a seeing a tremendous drop that is cor

is rather tired of the bodies of ninety one palestinians to authorities in the west bank the remains belong to those who died in past decades while carrying out attacks on israel which says the move is aimed at encouraging peace talks which collapsed in two thousand and ten after it refused to stop building settlements on land seized from palestinians if the talks fail again the country's defense minister says israel could define the borders of a future palestinian state unilaterally. the first private spacecraft to reach the international space station has successfully returned to earth the dragon has landed in the pacific ocean off the mexican coast from where it's now being recovered a cargo capsule built by california based company space x. spent five days in orbit and on a test mission america has been without its own means of transportation to the which since its shuttles retired last year. now demetrius promise is next with business news and the u.s. market is in for its first monthly loss in the last eight months dimitri that's right well at least that's true for the dow jone

israel is one of the borders of ninety one palestinians to authorities in the west bank the remains belong to those who died in past decades carrying out attacks on israel which says the move is aimed at encouraging peace talks which collapsed in two thousand and ten after it refused to stop building settlements on land seized from palestinians if the talks fail again the country's defense minister says israel could define the borders of a future palestinian state unilaterally. in the first private spacecraft ever to reach the international space station has successfully returned to earth the dragon has landed in the pacific ocean off the mexican coast recovery boats are on the way to pick it up the cargo capsule built by a california based company space x. spent five days in orbit on a test mission america's been without its own means of transportation to the since its shuttles were retired last year. when its promise to meet is next with the business news and dimitri the market is losing the slight tick of optimism we saw earlier on tell us what's happening well basically there was a bat

look, as a matter of democratic principle it was a very good thing that the palestinian authority hadthen hamas won them. and that was not such a good thing. and that is a dilemma. i have not yet fully worked out as to what to do when elections are going to bring about negative con generalses. so i think it does call not for a, oh, let's all be for it, but to give some serious thought to what's involved. >> could the u.s. have steered the outcome of what's happening in egypt in a slightly different election with different policies early on in the tahrir square evolution? >> that's hard to say. i was a little slightly more forward-leaning policy there, but i agree with barney there. you find splits in both parties and among different groups, most of the foreign policy communities just as a practical matter on how to handle this, how much influence we really have. i'm part of the anti-saudi arabia wing of the republican party, but i will totally agree that's a very minority view in both parties. there seems to be something about the authorities that causes people to really defy their --

we give the palestinian authority $1 billion a year of foreign aid. -- the epicenter of terrorism against the united states. we've given egypt $17 billion over the last decade and if the latest poll in egypt has our favorability at 5%. we give jordan a billion in aid a year. favorability there is 12%. in pakistan, we're funding isi, the pakistani intelligence agency. about 60% of pakistan's military budget is paid for by american foreign aid. and admiral mullin, head of the joint chiefs of staff has explicitly said that isi was behind a variety of terrorist attacks that killed american soldiers so we are literally giving foreign aid to countrys that are using it to shoot at us. and beyond that, of the top 30 recipients of -- i'm sorry, of the top recipients of our foreign aid, 55% of them rank in the bottom 30 out of 180 nations in terms of corruption. >> but -- >> so we're giving this money to a total cesspool and by the way, there's something that the liberals have that i try to expose in my book "screwed" that foreign aid is inconsequential. it's $

protect itself from attacks but the barrier it's constructing within palestinian territories are seeing some families separated authoritiespaula sleep reports. a lonely house on a hilltop tells the whole story of palestinian plots of land passed down through the generations now under threat i don't know the number i don't have money i want my gran and for his insistence almost paying the price is small papa she is on the wrong side of the wall tel aviv is building between israel and the palestinians and what was once omar was part of a larger village he'll soon be cut off from it and alone on the other side from this i fear for me the. israeli tractors have already for eight months been building the prison or refers to digging up the ground around his house the plan will see his home cut off by a five meter high electrified fence and a tunnel monitored by security cameras will connect him with a larger village after. the experience for around. this this this road and go for in the tunnel and go the rest of the tunnel and go the village side she's got this tunnel two hundred fifty meter. this just very very big ball for th

criticizing the benjamin netanyahu government or spend adds much time criticizing hamas and the palestinian authority for the impasse in the peace process and trying to prevent keeping the military option on the table with respect to iran so i think i'm pleased we had a little bit of impact with the emergency committee on israel. i think we may intervene with one or two democratic primary bases in new jersey between rothman, and there's a strong israel democratic in the house and another who has been a jay street democratic. i think you'll see emergency activity for israel. we're not partisan, though it happens, but it just is a fact. the republican party has been pretty well marginalized. barney and others fought hard to marginalize the democratic party, but it's bigger in the house of representatives, and i think it's more of a problem, therefore, for the last, and i hope liberals marginalize their own elements of the party as we start to do in our party. >> the fact is that you talk about minuscule is bigger than microscopic. the democratic party has been supportive of a policy that republics isra

as a matter of democratic principle, it was a good thing that the palestinian authority had elections and hamas won them. that was not such a good thing. that is a dilemma when elections are going to bring about negative consequences. it calls not for a -- a calls for serious thought. >> could the u.s. steered what is happening in egypt with different policies during the revolution? >> it is hard to say in retrospect. i agree with party on this one. this is a tough choice, and most of the foreign policy committees -- communities -- i am part of the anti-saudi arabian wing of the republican party, but that is a minority view in both parties. there seems to be something about the saudis that cause people to decide it is a wonderful place and we have to be extremely nice to that. if we had more energy development at hope, we would have to be less night. >> it is a cultural relics from "lawrence of arabia." >> have been on the more hopeful side of those looking at the arab spring. we need to try to shape the public. yet administration fell back. one thing that happened in egypt, a failure

of seats drop despite expectations they would do well they since accused authorities of widespread fraud. relatives of palestiniansare on hunger strike in israeli prisons of held a number of mass rallies out of solidarity some protesters threw rocks at israeli troops in a demonstration of. military responded with tear gas rubber bullets and. the sixteen hundred jailed palestinians have been on hunger strike for better treatment since mid april condemning israel for its policy of indefinite detention without trial. has ripped through a squatter settlement in the philippines leaving more than ten thousand people homeless while two people are missing emergency services called in the coast guard to help battle the blaze in manila bay it follows another fire in the south of the country two days ago which burned a department store killing seventeen people. u.k. has been branded a police state by civil liberty campaign is over heavy handed security measures ahead of the olympic games plans include high velocity missiles being stationed on buildings close to the olympic park some people have even been banned from the game

authorities granted him political asylum. japanese police believe the a l asylum wasn't granted because palestinians consider him a hero for the attacks in israel. officials suspect they were involved in hijackings and embassy seizures. >>> japanese police are continuing their hunt with a full-time team of investigators. >>> the whistleblower at olympus has reached a settlement with the company over his dismissal. sources say the optical equipmentmaker will pay the former president 10 million pounds, more than $15 million. woodford said it's time for the company to move on and time for him to move on, too. >> in the interest of both parties, it has to be ratified by the main board of the olympus corporation on the board meeting on friday, the 8th of june. >> no details of the settlement are available. but it's believed to take into account the compensation he would have received if he had worked until the end of his contract. woodford argued in a lawsuit that he was unfairly dismissed last october. he had questioned company executives about accounting irregularities. prosecutors say they hid losses of more than a billion dolla

author hubert channel about ten minutes time here on r.t. . israel is taking new steps to shield self from its arab neighbors meaning further isolation having already walled off the palestinians the jewish state is now seeking to do the same with the lebanese army as well as the reports from israel. well the israeli army says it is building this seven metre high cement wall between israel and lebanon to prevent firing from lebanon into northern israel now over the past year and a half there have been and number of incidents just last week a man crossed over the border with his two children from lebanon but a much more deadly example was last year when a number of people were killed during commemorations when they came too close to the border from the lebanese side and to now there has been an electrified fence along the one kilometer israeli lebanon border and this is monitored by unifil the united nations interim force in lebanon and in fact israel and lebanon while being take the key of war they always do meet under the auspices of unifil and this wall is being constructed in conjunction with the uniform of the israeli army as well as the lebanese army but in addition israe