troops to the sinai peninsula that's the territory in north africa that is surrounded by the suez canal in the west and israel on the east now this does follow eight days of violence between gaza and israel that left more than one hundred sixty palestinians in gaza dead more of half of whom were civilians and that includes thirty seven children now four civilians and two soldiers were also killed in israel just a little while ago a spokesman for the is israel's prime minister's office spoke to r.t. alex blames hamas for the deaths of all those civilians in gaza. these rule doesn't target civilians and if we heard civilians it's we see a failure in it but you have to understand that hamas militants from us terrorists the hide behind civilians the fire rockets on our civilians from schools from hospitals they hide the rockets in hospitals in schools we see that the fire rockets from apartments of buildings so if we do not want seaview and soon gaza to be hurt we call upon civilians and we do it before every strike we call upon civilians they will not be around the they will not let the te

the weapons come in possibly through the sinai peninsula. which is out of control. iran was trying to manufacturer some of these weapons in sudan, much closer to hamas and the gaza strip so i would be deeply concerned about the position the government the egypt is taking and the other governments around as well. the government of turkey has been very critical of israeli for trying to stop attacks on their tearatory. there's very little doubt israel is increasingly isolated. >> it's not just the missiles. there's a report the underground facility as you're rain uhm enrism. in iran and could a material for a bomb in three months. >> they're very close to it. the international atomic energy agency reporting friday about the finalization of the facility at koom. demonstrating the sanctions europe and the united states talked about, the iranians are proceeding in a successful pace toward getting nuclear weapons capability. they're arming the terrorists hamas and hezbollah so the iran influence continues to grow. europe and the united states focus their criticism on israe

it's going to take an effort to in effect quarantine the entire sinai peninsula once and for all. we're not talking about a difficult job. it's going to require the egyptians and the israelis to cooperate because it is after all egyptian territory from where these missiles are coming from, larry. >> all right. but let me go back to one other thing. are you saying -- you've been in the foreign service. you've been an ambassador. you're saying that president obama will really not take a side here? he will not take a position here? i have not heard him on the subject of hamas. he has criticized them. but i haven't heard him really bear down, it's a terrorist thug group. and do you think that he doesn't get the egyptians that are playing footsie with hamas? the egyptian prime minister, the number two guy was in gaza today with the prime minister of hamas, or whatever he's called. do you think obama doesn't get that? you really think he's going to try to play both sides against the middle? >> no, i -- look, he does get it. he talked to the israeli prime minister. i have confidence that

following itself it says reports that egypt in the us a teaming up to stop arms coming through the sinai peninsula are a fabrication this comes on day three of the. shaky truce with tel aviv which is largely holding despite several outbreaks of violence one palestinian civilian was killed and one thousand wounded by israeli gunfire on the border to gazans trespass on the buffer zone sporadic clashes followed with separate incidents also taking place in the west bank meanwhile the masses hailing the ceasefire as a victory some analysts say the militants have every right to celebrate. the site i think that anyone has government has lost and or i would pretty much put them in the category of the short term losers in this fire just the whole thing sure clearly how israel has no long term strategy in dealing with the power literally gaza hamas by claiming so part of its approach to resist and of course. on bridging on and. to be honest with you just before the attacks or. popularity was pretty much it and now it's coming back again to the scene and it's pretty victorious and preventing. a ground invasi

as to say that gaza needs to be bombed to the extent that everybody flees from gaza into egypt sinai peninsula another point that is also interesting and the point that we've been monitoring here at r.t. is the whole media war it's a wall that israel by and large has always had the upper hand of a war that it essentially has used through the social media to garner support for have a look while israeli politicians weigh up whether or not to send their army into gaza they've had new here's a taishan him only not the p.r. machine into the social media battlefield. one israeli was killed yesterday in the attack from gaza my house took a direct hit israeli citizens experience indescribable suffering this video offers a sophisticated alternative to the diddly reality on the ground a growing civilian death toll in gaza at the hands of the i.d.f. today very a battle the campaign online offline in the electronic media for the hearts and minds of public opinion it's very very important when the israelis killed her must be the homage of bari last. week they didn't just kill him they instantly posted this

to say that gaza needs to be bombed to be extended if we build the fees from gaza into egypt sinai peninsula not in an interesting sign development of all palestinian faction groups. have put aside their differences and come together in a really show of unity saying that they stand together in solidarity against these radio pollution. from the palestinian center for human rights was a ground invasion is a terrifying prospect for those who remember the israeli offensive four years ago. there is widespread fear among the pa among the people here the prospect of a ground invasion is really very frightening for people because it's inevitable that the casualties will rapidly. and people here are still traumatized by the memory of operation cast lead which happened less than four years ago in which more than eleven hundred civilians lost their lives many many more were injured humanitarian crisis is imminent in relation to the hospitals and the supplies that they have i visited as chief of hospital stay with. this current escalation and spoke with the director general of the hospital there and he

the sinai peninsula is sparsely populated.l qaeda set up shop there in the last several months. they have border conflicts, and it would be very easy for them to do. gerri: still, what about you? it is a concern of yours? >> it is. about 20% of that is oil. 2% of it is natural gas. it is a major chokepoint. the president of egypt is actually trying to broker a peace deal between hamas and israel. we hear today that the israeli cabinet was voting on a plan with egyptian president lamb. as dangerous as the situation is, i think it at the end of the day, nobody wants a serious war. that is why i think oil traders will think we will pull back it seems like i was more focused today. we took a deep breath as we got through the weekend. i think there is hope that a cease-fire would get back in place. but i think it is tenuous. especially with iran and al qaeda. gerri: katiemac, what do you think? >> i don't think they want a peace agreement until they knock out the rockets. they want the option of a preemptive strike. had they have t

that sinai peninsula is egyptian territory but there has been nobody there. it's a big desert.e've seen in the past year in a al-qaida has shet up shop and gone through and attacked israeli out po*es on the sinai-israeli border. the second thing i watch is what is going to happen with sinai, is it going to be a militarized zone instead of a demilitarized zone. bill: let's bring in the issue of libya and how that has changed over the past year and a half. here is tripoli, this would be about benghazi, and there are reports, kt, that some of the military weapons used in this war here in libya are coming in to egypt and then going to that town of rafa that i wanted out that would then enter into gaza. can we say whether that's the case now, or is that just the concern now? >> no, it's probably the case now. why? when we had a libyan war there were a lot of unaccounted for weapons that gadhafi had in his stockpile that we never reclaimed. there are shoulder fired missiles, small arms, medium arms. are they making that route which is al-qaida controlled, through egypt, across the bo

the sinai peninsula which is the piece of land between israel and egypt, pret vacant.t, nobody is there except al qaeda set up shop there recently. if somebody decides they want to take out a tanker that is going through the suez canal or mine part of the suez canal, 120 miles long, loosely defended, you could do some real damage there. th that takes all the trade that goes from europe to south asia, all of a sudden they have to go arou africa. melissa: real quick, before we go, looking at the pictures overnight and this morning and even our reporters there in the area that are in helmetsand in gear, seems like this has gotten very serious all of a sudden, has really escalated. is that just right or is that the pictures? >> we haven't paid any attention to israel because we're worried about the arab spring and iran. i don't think it will happen in the next 24 hours. not while the egyptian prime minister is in the gaza strip. israel doesn't wanto kill him in any way, give them a reasono goto war. melissa: you think that is why he went? is he there -- >> i think he is th

the groups, the terrorist elements it is not just hamas or egypt watching what goes through the sinai peninsula, but, the pros being where the united states is concerned, saying to egypt we are giving you allowance so lay big brother and you watch out what goes on. >>trace: i remember several years back when there was a bus bombing that israel would respond strongly and today there was a bus bombing in tel aviv. are you surprised the cease-fire went out after the act of violence? hamas has not claimed responsibility but were cheering? >>guest: absolutely. having all of the fire exchange going on today, when this cease-fire is actually being announced, but, again, we can look beyond that and look at the different factors that are in play here that makes a cease-fire hard to believe. there have been similar scenarios before but in the years past, israel was in a tough neighborhood which got tougher. we are dealing with arab spring that unfolded, the heavy muslim brotherhood presence, we have turkey turning its back on israel and so on. >>trace: now that egypt is involved do we stop seeing the mis

you have to remember also that the sinai, which since the revolution -- sinai peninsula of egypt, since the revolution in egypt, has become something of the wild, wild east for the count country. thousands of prisoners escaped during the revolution, found their way into sinai. egypt has a double problem. it has to re-establish its control over sinai. if it is going to have any effect on arms smuggling into gaza. anderson? >> you know, it is wolf over here, ben. what was intriguing to me, anderson. i think it is intriguing to a lot of people, the u.s. role in all of this, because we know in the statement that the white house released, the readout if you will, of the president's conversation with prime minister netanyahu, he promised additional financial assistance to israel in connection with the iron dome anti-missile system. there were political assurances provided to the israelis as well that the u.s. would support israel as a result of the agreement that israel has a right to defend itself. i'm intrigued by what the u.s. promised egypt right now because i'm sure there was some signif

egyptians and the smuggling of weapons in to the gaza strip and more often than not go through the sinai peninsula and egypt's territorial waters and probably pressure on egypt to deliver and secure that smuggling route so that weapons don't end up in hamas' hand. that's what they brought to the table. certainly hamas would only do so with assurances that israel going to stop assassination of the leaders and easing of the blockade and we understand issues discussed perhaps in coming days or weeks. it is really -- it goes back to a central issue, this buys time for the people of did za in terms of attacks and doesn't address the larger issue of gaza in context of the ongoing israeli-palestinian conflict and something people say has to be addressed, part of a larger picture. not an isolated one. >> thanks so much. >>> we want to go to tel aviv and correspondent stephanie gosk joins me. as you were hearing in the reporting, up to the very last minute, israel was using the timetable to use drone strikes within gaza. do we know after any strikes within the last couple of minutes leading up to this ceas

egypt and israel had fought a series of wars over control of the sinai peninsula.late 1970s, anwar sadat began pursuing an end to the violence. he was the first arab leader ever to visit israel. meeting with the israeli prime minister right then and there. and a year later, the two met with then president jimmy carter at camp david in maryland laying groundwork for a lasting peace. now the analysts warned that the fighting between israel and hamas could force egypt to take sides and ultimately unravel that just different as it was an arab spring ago. egypt extended olive branch 35 years ago today. now you know the news for this monday, november 19th, 2012. i'm shepard smith. back tomorrow 3:00 eastern time

what we have been hearing is about the sinai peninsula. that that's become more lawless than in the past. one more advance here. i want to show folks what's happening since the fall of today dad today ofy. tripoli is here. benghazi is here. the argument you and others are making is that weapons are coming up through egypt into the gaza strip. there is a report that came out over the weekend. we'll take it one more step. the issue of iran over here to the east. the reports that iran are shipping weapons and rockets into sudan and truck north into egypt and into the gaza strip. if that's the argument you are making how do you stop this once and for all. >> our problem is not our border gaza but other country's borders with gaza. among the rockets being fired at us come directly from iran. hama terrorists have trained with the iranians. there is a strong connection. i can't see your map. gaza looks like a small place. but this is no more a struggle between small israel and small gaza and the cuba missile crisis was a struggle between the u.s.

the sinai peninsula which is a desert, a demilitarized zone between israel and egypt, al-qaeda's set up shop there, so the fact that you now have the egyptian prime minister going to gaza and either trying to broker a deal or if no deal to be had, siding with gaza, the pal the stint yangs on gaza, then you could potentially see another war. i do think there'll be an israel/somebody war in the next year. megyn: oh, my goodness. we follow israel in the middle east not just because we have a long history of allying with israel, but because that's an important strategic ally for us. it is to the united states' benefit to have a peaceful country like israel allied with us. explain why, why do we care so much in. >> we care so much about israel, as you said. first of all, our history, our long history with israel. it has a right to be there, it's surrounded by countries which always look to israel as a scapegoat when things go wrong. megyn: and which don't like us much. >> they don't like us very much either. but what's happened, the reason i think there'll be a war is all these arab sprin

probably from the outskirts of khartoum up through port sudan on the coast, up into egypt across the sinai peninsula into the tunnels and into the gaza strip. jenna: is egypt complicit in this? >> that is a big question. and i think it's a question that very few in the media have bothered to ask. for the last several months the government of mohammed morsi in egypt has really been seen the responsible party for hamas. it was assumed that morsi had brought hamas under his wing and he was insuring that there would be calm. all of a sudden we find that hamas has these rockets smuggled into their territory likely through egyptian smuggling routes. the question is, what's egypt irrelevant or complicit. either way this looks horrible for the egyptians. jenna: of the rockets that were smuggled in, to the best of our knowledge and a lot of this depends upon intelligence that maybe we don't have access to, are all the robots smuggled in the longer-range robots, have they been destroyed by israel or are there more out there? >> we've seen israeli officials, including the ambassador here in washington, michael

flown from iran to sudan, driven through eastern sudan, across the egyptian border and to the sinai peninsulali official told me some missiles are disassembled, brought through tunnels from sinai into gaza, then reassembled inside gaza by hamas. egypt's government has at certain times tried to disrupt the pipeline. but levet says now -- >> these weapon systems are being moved by criminal families. they're good at what they do. to take them on is something that the central government in egypt, the morsi government, does not want to do and may not even be all that capable of doing right now. >> reporter: we were not able to get egyptian officials to respond to that. but in recent months, the egyptian military has acknowledged that extremist groups and weapons are proliferating in sinai. the israeli official we spoke with says hamas is also getting grad missiles, other munitions from iran, as well as communications, command and control systems, and the official says hamas fighters and commanders have for several years received training inside iran, from the feared revolutionary guard. we couldn'

authorities have cordoned off the city of alaric in north sinai in an attempt to trap the gunman dollars digits and thousands of troops to the peninsula after militants carried out the deadliest attack on the region. now every poor to in the british media says the u.k. is on standby to stand warplanes to the persian gulf be initiative which aims to boost the british presence in the turbulent region comes after talks with the united arab emirates were the japs are expected to be stationed but given israel's persistent calls on its western partners to attack iran's nuclear facilities a move such as london's is bound to destabilize the situation in the region says anti-war activists john riis. this is not the first report we've had all western increased deployments in the area there have been a whole spate of them in recent weeks and months which all point in the same direction or be increased u.s. british and other western nations deploying a great deal more than the normal commitment to the gulf area not big enough in normal times i think we all understand what the imperial structure of the of the middle east is and that is that the we

officers dead sorties have cordoned off the city of north sinai in an attempt to trap the gunmen and august egypt sends thousands of troops to the peninsula after militants carried out the deadliest attack on police in the region in decades. i have part three of our special reports american autumn that's after a short break. was . i was. in the glow of rushes north from going from civilization in a three hour helicopter three from the nearest village. saying they still one family have been living here for a long time in tents made of reindeer skins. lodging runs in a signal on minutes they also grew up in the to draw but left it at the age of six and never returned they now live in the city in apartment building but still ruined their regions. was planted here as a dancing teacher. was a answer to his tenses he tells us stories about his motherland. laws in europe to now has a one thousand strong rangy a had when the enemy only saw the light can and most around you it is gather the tens and move to another pasha they travel hundreds of kilometers in winter women and children for them. but the two families have less of a chance to come acr

authorities have cordoned off the city of el arish in north sinai in an attempt to trap the gunmen in august egypt some thousands of troops to the peninsula after militants carried out the deadliest attack on police in the region in decades. and what are the live from moscow will of course have more news for you in just a few minutes stay with us. technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got this huge earth covered. those fifteen. counts. forty kilograms of rice one thousand flatbreads. but why is the bride in a bad mood. to tell the groupies the longer. it is done. this international rights on an international goal we should not bomb iran we need to cut the budget and bring the troops home we should end the war in afghanistan to. the persecution of whistleblowers. like. the patriot.

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