of arab voices. mr. zogby. [applause] >> thank you, patrick. thank you ralph. thank you for hosting this. i want to begin by trying to frame the discussion, if i could. i will do so in the following way. historic plea, those that have inspired bigotry directed at arabs and muslims on the one side, jews on the other, has been cut of the same cloth. this is a largely western phenomenon directed against two semitic peoples once they found living in their midst and was defined as an internal risk. it is similarly defined as a threat to its survival. in some ways, these two were no different than any other racial or tribal conflict except in the matter of degrees. both jews, arabs, and muslims were perceived as threats, their organization, their wealth, even their corporate identities being viewed as threatening to the west. as a result, both groups suffered a dehumanization and have endured systematic and persistence campaigns of intense violence. jews, in history, were segregated and tormented, targeted

] [ singing in arabic ] [ singing in arabic ] [ singing in arabic ] [ singing in arabic ] [ singing in arabic ] [ singing in arabic ] [ singing in arabic ] [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you, thank you. thank you so much. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. was that magnificent? okay, everyone. thank you so much for being here. >>> we're live this morning at the washington convention center here in washington, d.c. for coverage of the national education association's annual meeting. this morning, remarks from vice president joe biden and his wife, jill. she is a teacher at a college in northern virginia. they both will be introduced by nea president, dennis van rokel who yesterday called on members to re-elect president obama. the nea is the nation's largest labor union with over three million members representing public school teachers, support personnel, faculty and staff at universities, retired educators and college students who are preparing to become teachers. we expect this to start in just a moment. this is live on c-span 3. waiting for the start this morning of th

we like families in the arab world. >> i know you do. >> this is family in a good way. it was that and being banned from the country gives you more shrinks and it gives you more power because you know that what you are doing is right, and more than that, you know that what you are doing is touching them. because if i did not have the power to do things i think they would let me at the time go back to tunisia. >> what did you say about your cousin who was the first blogger? >> my cousin was the first blocker arrested -- blogger arrested for internet and was jailed -- christopher four years. he did a lot of hungerford strikes and he died after going out of prison because of hungerford strikes. -- hunger strikes, and he won the cyber activism award from reporters without borders. he changed how people view the internet. the internet is not only about chatting and seeing clips or movies, but also about activism. he was certainly the cyber activist of tunisia. >> you have a current mission, which is to keep your eye on parliament. talk a little bit about that. >> when i went

to cross whether sudan will also experience an arab spring i'm joined by omar is small in washington he is co-founder of the darfur peace and development organisation and advisor at the end of project in dubai we go to mohamed osman he is the associate editor of the online newspaper sudan tribune and in detroit we have a bio on me. he's the editor of the pan-african newswire right gentlemen this is cross tightenings you can jump in anytime you want if i go to you first in washington we see a protest movement growing in sudan is this the arab spring finally arriving there . well it is the sudan summer if you will because the dissident is have done this before in history in october of nineteen sixty four and in april of one nine hundred eighty five well before anybody in the world heard about the arab spring and what it means so it is the sudanese going back to doing what they do best protesting against the ship and trying to reclaim their country this is not they are whispering finally reaching sudan this is the sudanese. home grown opposition to this government that has been percolat

we are talking here about arab governments, arab regimes. i'm not talking about the arab people.imon: egyptians sure loved it last year. thousands of protesters in tahrir square watched themselves and their own revolution live on al jazeera. >> qasim: and nobody can negate the fact that al jazeera played a big role in what happened in egypt at the time. >> simon: here at al jazeera, are you covering the news or do you have an agenda? >> qasim: what is wrong with transforming the arab world from tyranny and despotism into a democracy? what's wrong with that? if there is an agenda, it's a very good agenda. >> simon: critics charge that al jazeera is not completely independent, that it's part of the emir's plan to increase his clout in the region, something he's hesitant to admit. >> khalifa: actually, we don't have the influence. we are supporting the people of those countries who is asking for justice and dignity. >> simon: that's influence. >> khalifa: okay, if this is influence, i think this is a healthy influence. i think all the world should support this. >> simon: it was the

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you want if i go to you first in washington we see a protest movement growing in sudan is this the arab spring finally arriving there . well it is the sudan summer if you will because the dissident is have done this before in history in october of nineteen sixty four and in april of one nine hundred eighty five well before anybody in the world heard about the arab spring and what it means so it is the sudanese going back to doing what they do best protesting against the ship and trying to reclaim their country this is not they are over spring finally reaching sudan this is the sudanese. home grown opposition to this government that has been percolating for the last twenty three years finally it's reaching its peak yes maybe there will be spring is affecting this because they see people revolting around them but this is not something that was imported to sudan it is indigenous it is home grown and the sudanese are just going back and trying to bring back the government. to their own and to push this government out has been there for the longest time in history that is this it in its reme

the low in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle is the arab spring finally coming to sudan as the protest movement grows the regime of al bashir appears to have limited options with a contract thing economy and it goes with the newly independent south still at a standstill is it possible the west help by local actors will i regime change. can see. across not whether sudan will also experience an arab spring i'm joined by omar is small in washington he is co-founder of the darfur peace and development organization and advisor at the end of project in dubai we go to mohamed osman he is the associate editor of the online newspaper sudan tribune and in detroit we have a bio on me. he is the editor of the pan-african newswire right gentlemen this is cross talk means you can jump in anytime you want if i go to you first in washington we see a protest movement growing in sudan is this the arab spring finally arriving there . well it is the sudan summer if you will because the dissident is have done this before in history in october of nineteen sixty four and in april of one nine hundred

and syria, those are just six of the 22 arab countries, but they are account for over half the arab's world population. and you have islamist parties that popular really aty or majority in each one. and that tells you where they're heading in when it comes to defining new order. when you look around, turkey is one of the few that has done it. so i think turkey does benefit not only in the own reputation, and the influence in the rest of the world because everyone will say, well, you know, the turks are we need to deal with some of the new governments through the turks with the help of the turks whatever. but also economically in terms of likely whether it's business, development, reconstruction in libya where turkey was a major player. who knows in syria when it comes reconstruction there. there's potential for turkey to be a big player in multiple ways. in the next decade become more influential power. >> when you were up there speaking. i timed you very strictly. i'm going to do the same to myself and end this session. thank you all very. [applause] [inaudible conversations]

i am a first-generation arab in this country. she wanted to see me married to an arab. i married an arab and two months after i was married, she died. >> hinojosa: your mom... you know, and i guess you want other young women to say, "look, even if your mom doesn't show you love and criticizes you and maybe turns away..." what, "plod forward"? "it's okay"? "there will be a hole in your heart but, you know, it will make you stronger"? you know, the fact that you talk about having the arab immigrant roots, that there is a real strong sense of patriarchy and men having power, i think... i'm like, do you want young immigrant women to be reading this and saying, "wow, i never thought diane rehm was a daughter of arab immigrants, but i'm going to learn from her"? >> i think that writing finding my voice, people have asked me, "was it catharsis?" and my response is, no, it was revelation. it was revealing to myself who i was, where i came from, what influenced me growing up. and the extraordinary part was that finishing that book, maria, i began to realize how much courage my m

about 250 gathered at an arab league conference in cairo.the syrian opposition living outside the country joined ministers across the arab world. arab league secretary-general told the delegates they must setz t seize the opportunity before them. they called on dissident groups to come together to bring down al-assad. representatives at a u.n.-backed conference in geneva agreed on saturday to call for a transition to a democratic government. they said such an administration would include members of the assad government and the opposition. but russian representatives blocked a clause that would have called for the president to step down. >> translator: we are disappointed with the agreement reached at the geneva conference. >> members of the group want to give top priority to bringing down assad. >> that's all for now on this edition of "newsline." i'm yuko aotani in tokyo. thank you very much for watching.

where the arab spring started was with iran. right after president obama was inaugurated he gave a speech at cairo university and called on the muslim people in the arab world to stand up for their rights, and demand freedom. when the iranian people did just that, and went to the streets, president obama turned the other way to the point where those people were standing in the streets saying obama, obama, where are you, you have forsaken us, given up on us, and president obama did. he turned his back on the reform movement in iran because at that point he thought he was going to negotiate with the iranian regime and convince them and charm them out of their nuclear plans. so that's where we are in the arab spring movement. the second thing that we are today, i think this is the greatest threat to american security in the immediate sense is iran's nuclear weapons program. iran has tried to do two things. they want a nuclear weapons, they want to be a nuclear weapons state, they are working fast and furiously towards possession of

all and is the best friend of the west not because its one family rule because of course all these arab dictatorships are one family rule in saudi arabia the families even given its name to the country even kim jong il didn't do that so it's not because of dislike of dictatorship no it's because the syrian regime refuses to follow western orders and has always refused to follow western orders that's why they want to bring them down they're all mixed signals they want the thermostat he seems to suggest that he will step down that he won't what do you think will happen and as far as i know he has no intention of stepping down there are people who fly kites in the western media russia's about to change its position china is about to change its position ourselves about to get on a plane this is i think largely dissent formation but undoubtedly the syrian regime has a massive problem it has democratic deficit in its country it is a dictatorship the era of dictatorship must be coming to an end in the arab world and should come to an end should have long ago come to an. and but there are many

and but there are many dictatorships in the arab world who are not being targeted by this international conspiracy indeed are a vital component part of the conspiracy mrs clinton declared the friends of democratic syria but within three days even she had realized the resume billeted of that moniker because its core included saudi arabia and qatar where there is no democracy of any kind whatsoever you mention these ethnic groups that are just link opposition in syria do you predict a full scale slide into civil war and if so do you think that person will be gunning to get involved well i think there already is a civil war in syria the massacres that are taking place are almost entirely demarcated by sectarian divisions. the. if you like the dichotomy that exists in the country is not just between those who are with the regime or against the regime though that exists between different ethnic and confessional groups and that's a powder keg if ever you want to find one that's why i say to i said last night to a british foreign office minister what are you doing in syria have you any idea of

of arab dissent. they have never served. is there room in the armed forces for the arabs? >> they attempted to give everybody a place to serve. there are other places in the civilian service to serve. it is a question of the political echelon. we will be ready if the time comes. >> you know all about internal politics this seems like a rough fight. i was shocked when i got here on the front page of the newspapers. is this really something that is shaking the foundation of israeli society? >> is it it is an issue of the core people growing up in israel. we have dealt with worse. optimistic outlook for the future. >> israel is changing. it is hard not to miss the fact that when i started coming here there were 3-4 percent of the population now it is up to 20 and the percentage is growing. you have to deal with this at some point. >> i think as lee said earlier the ability to get a life stiki from the idea and integrate yourself into civilian life in israel is an advantage to anybody regardless of your b

did to fill it and there is a rise in islamist political parties there isn't that particularly in arab spring nations in the middle east and north africa what challenges do you think that poses for syria at the moment well a very large number of people in syria whether a majority or not i don't know are terrified of the prospects of victory for the syrian rebels because there's a substantial christian population in syria for example which has the most on a position of any christian group anywhere in the middle east. getting israel by the way. are. minority islamic sects which are substantial a number but a minority in the state as a whole there are different ethnic groups could just people for example are terrified of the victory of a jihadist extremist islamic victory so that's undoubtedly one of the reasons why the syrian government is still holding on in the teeth of what is a thorough going and massive international conspiracy against them not because they're a dictatorship because the west likes dictatorships in the arab world saudi arabia is the grimmest dictatorship of them all

nations of these arab world. to leave egypt and libya are calling for their freedom they're afraid that if this revolution take. full range it will extend truly. and in fact this has started we have seen the wall street. especially through in part of saudi arabia we have seen women movements for example for the right to drive question many activists in the field of human rights are starting. pulling for democracy inside and outside saudi arabia and we have seen also how they are bitterly suppressed and many were prisons and many. nationalities were taken from them and they are afraid that this spring could extend to. keeping a focus on saudi arabia to think the west will begin to take notice of allegations of repression against the minorities there because of the rising price saying what is the west long term strategy towards. what is a course a very all rich regime and of the. in fact very saudi arabia has problems one of them is. for example share it or you know it is our own press and poverty in saudi arabia t

thousands turned out to visit but is their closest ally turning a blind eye to the violence in the arab country. also later taking matters into their own hands a wire brush and citizens are organizing aid and action to the devastated south after last week's floods. there have been clashes in madrid as police crackdown on demonstrators marching across the city security forces fired rubber bullets at thousands of people who walks hard to support coal miners angry at the loss of industry subsidies as the prime minister announced new cars had a tax hikes to save sixty five billion euros in return for an e.u. bank bailout and sociologist carlos declaw says the government is losing its edge at a messy. if you had any sense of decency or even a fragment of the dignity that miners and the protestors the indignados have that he would resign with the rest of his government he's broken every campaign promise that he's made some even a comical levels you know his entire party was saying that raising the sales tax was you know one thinkable and all that and now we have a twenty one percent sales tax

that's where we are in the arab spring movement. the second thing we are today and this is the greatest threat to american security is iran's nuclear weapons program. iran is try to do two things. they want nuclear weapons -- they want to be a nuclear weapons state. they are working fast and furiously toward possession of nuclear weapons. and at the same time they want to expand to the entire region. they want to be the most power until country in the persian gulf region in the middle east at large. why? that is the choke point of world's oil. 40% of the exported oil goes past the iranian border. if iran controls the persian gulf region iran controls the world's oil and if iran controls the world's oil iran controls the world's economy. that is the second greatest threat facing america today and that is one that is present and you know they don't see there is any impediment to what they are about to do. the third thing to think about is israel. in the last four years we have walked step-by-step by step away from israel. some people

security council plus qatar kuwait and other representatives of the arab league all agreed to take a more vigorous final stand and getting the cease fire and moving towards some kind of government transition and quite frankly there really is no viable alternative to the non-playing alternately working with the cooperation of all of those countries that were signatories unfortunately qatar saudi arabia turkey continue to provide financing and significant weapons to the opposition u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton continues to insist as a non-negotiable demand that our side steps down and of course these are all violations of the very document that was signed in geneva just two weeks ago show. the proposal for the formation of this possible constitutional government as cold as was proposed as you say. your position of course. you've got to go nothing else to be discussed the stronger hand. well i think russia and china are both backing the positions taken by kofi anon the arab league and by president assad and you have a number of countries that are still adamantly committed to i

conflict that is for sixteen months now has touched on most every aspect of under narry life some arab nations which support the opposition and banned programs and movies from syria but film and television producers say it's only hardening their resolve just refinish not reports. t.v. soap operas something syria has been famous for all around the arab world they are considered the regional emotional and funny in all syrian society there would be a man a storyteller who would sit in a cafe or just outside his home and tell stories and everybody would come to listen today this is what syrian drama does it tell simple and timeless stories about good and evil all ages and genders like it and it in no it's all arab people but during the conflict in syria its trademark dramas have become yet another dividing factor gulf countries which had traditionally helped fund them withdrew from production live in a huge financial gap and matters were made worse when the arab league called for a boycott of syrian satellite channels including drama ones they want to fight everything good in syria they do

conflict in syria from a different angle for the country one popular movie industry now ostracize arab states support. the massive flooding in russia's south that's killed more than one hundred sixty has spurred growing numbers of people into action hundreds of volunteers have been tackling the black sea crisis themselves on friday night thousands of homes were hit by what locals described as a tsunami why save those caused by torrential rains to get around the record levels of rainfall in invaded their property many other victims have everything now have to rebuild their lives from the beginning but they're not having to do it over artists having been among about organizing by the way but across the garbage from. this is now the biggest camps where volunteers have come together to try and put together packages for the people have been affected by the flooding up to twenty tons of food supplies includes have been coming from ordinary people supplies including warm clothes baby food hygiene products and water as well as children's toys people who brought goods to the drop of points said

in syria from a different angle for the country's once popular movie industry now ostracized in the arab states which support the rebels. the massive flooding in russia's south that's killed more than one hundred sixty has spurred growing numbers of people into action hundreds of volunteers have been tackling laxey crisis themselves on friday night thousands of homes were hit by what locals respond devil tsunami why deleuze called by to rancho rain to the dead drowned in their fleet of record levels of rainfall part of their property and the other victims have lost everything and now have to rebuild their mind from beginning to not having to do with obama our team is having more players than among those organizing vital aid for the cross with our victims this is not the biggest camps where volunteers have come together to try and put together packages for the people that's been affected by the flooding up to twenty tons of food supplies includes have been coming from ordinary people supplies include warm clothes baby food hygiene products and water as well as children's toys people who b

simple and timeless stories about good and evil all ages and genders like it and it in no it's all arab people but during the conflict in syria its trademark dramas have become yet another dividing factor gulf countries which had traditionally helped fund them withdrew from production live in a huge financial gap and the matters were made worse when the arab league called for a boycott of syrian satellite channels including drama ones they want to fight everything good in syria they don't want us to be. the shows our drama to the word to show our history or the way we live the way we love each other the way we taking care of each other's that's why they stop they stop they are fighting us actually. at their mobile still wanted to destroy not just our country but all of the good in our country and even any positive images of syria in the minds of other arab people. now of countries headed by qatar and saudi arabia were among the first to condemn the syrian regime for its breakdown on protesters they were also among the most active supporters of the syrian armed opposition sponsoring and

in syria from a different angle but the country once popular movie industry now ostracized and the arab states which support the rebels. tens of thousands of people attended a funeral in saudi arabia for an activist killed during recent demonstrations the rest was fueled by the detention of dissidents and growing calls for political freedoms and civil rights and political analyst talks at mawson sunday thanks united states backing that contradicts a democracy it preaches. they sold the saudis with the backing of the americans they thought that this lands and people slaves under their government that's why. we're demonstrating. very sure. they want a certain time dignity and honor and right to have social welfare in the place where the. produce the sun their district the united states backing this monarchy they say they want democracy and freedom at a time when their friends in saudi arabia they are preventing their citizens living this kind of life there is a revolution covered up revolution where media does not cover all of this evidence and they are putting some masks on their eyes in

called arab spring. a process which probably reflects certain objective phenomena in the in the region that was the movement which pretty much from within. are all of us lee there was certain external participation i would say or even some certain external prodding in those cases where the changes came from within stability in those cases in those countries is basically kept and we face fewer immediate dangers as far as extremism is concerned as far as the security there all of those countries and all of the joining regions is concerned. it is definitely different when. certain transformations certain political changes being pushed from the outside then it's a different picture and. we keep reiterating that it's not only russia's view that you cannot bring about democracy from the i'll say democracy to become the result of the certain internal processes if we take for instance this issue which is which falls within my purview of my mandate the situation in the field of human rights and democratic develop

a slightly different angle all of the countries in one particular history now for science and the arab states which support the rebels. tens of thousands of people attended a funeral in saudi arabia for an accident killed during recent demonstrations the rest was fueled by the detention of this ad dissidents and the growing calls for political freedoms and civil rights and pretty cool and it stops at most and silent fans united states backing that contradicts the democracy it preaches. they sold this out with the backing of the americans they told the. people slaves under their government that's why they're trying to. pass the people demonstrating in order to demand some i mean durations and in their district they want a certain kind of the dignity and honor and try to have social welfare and be a place where the pinto yawn and approved you wish to from their district the united states backing this monarchy they say way if they want democracy and the freedom others by among their friends is are we are they are driven think their citizens living in this kind of a life there is a revolut

country but only its good in our country and even any positive images of syria in the minds of the arab people. the conflict in syria has left the country in tatters including its one famous t.v. interests in just three weeks we report later. more of the world's top stories now at least nine pakistani trainee policemen have been shot in the gun attack in the eastern city of lahore the taliban have said it was responsible for this week gunmen from the group killed seven security personnel in a campsite when job problems. from a bosnian serb military chief to come a lot it has been hospitalized after complaining of feeling unwell at his trial in the hague want to trace's eleven charges of genocide and crimes against humanity during the yugoslavia war in the one nine hundred ninety s. including the one nine hundred ninety five serbia needs to massacre the seventy year old former general denies any wrongdoing ill health has affected the hague tribunal before with former yugoslav president slobodan milosevic dying of a heart attack in his cell in two thousand and six string his genocide tria

out where in the restive region united arab emirates sees a fresh protest or clamp down with the west's or blind eye attitude and cooling its stance on saudi arabia and bahrain. but can the troubles past the ancient a limping truce politics hangs over support for the syrian squad at the london games. live from moscow you're watching r t it's six pm here in the russian capital our top story syrian government troops and rebels are reinforcing their positions as the week long battle for a key northern city of aleppo intensifies columns of army tanks are reportedly rolling into residential areas where opposition fighters are placing snipers on rooftops seizing control of syria's commercial capital is seen as crucial to winning the fight for the north of the country clashes are also being reported on the outskirts of damascus where rebels launched a major offensive recently but were pushed back hard as one of the few international broadcasters still covering events from inside syria here's a piece on a boy with photos. over the past few days that aleppo has been at the center of a matter maj