fifth anniversary of a mass the crowds were addressed by the exiled leader of the islamised group khaled mashal who is on his first visit to the strip for decades michel reiterated the mission of liberating palestine and defying israel and urged arab countries to support the resistance in his speech he also stressed the importance of reconciliation with the masses rival party fatah representatives were invited to the event the celebration included a military dimension with a massive bubble of a medium range rocket a centerpiece of the event that is about another sharmeen no one aide told r.t. about the significance of. i think the rockets are a sign of two things one that all options are back on the the table. the military option per propel seems to resist militarily is now a possibility again the second reason the rocket counts is i think it's a sign that deterrence has been reestablished of course it makes the israelis nervous they don't like to be sitting there and and they don't like to be told that they are the defeated party this is you know fairly unprecedented and except for of course h

hundred thousand people join celebrations marking the twenty fifth anniversary of the exiled leader khaled mashal addressed cheering crowds refreshing his state of the nation of liberating palestine and urging arab countries to support the palestinian resistance with weapons and money he also spoke about burying the hatchet with the rival fatah group representatives are vital to the event. he was arrested a suspect accused of involvement in killing the us ambassador to libya in september the kitchen intelligence sources say the man is believed to be a member of a missing group the suspect has also been accused of transporting weapons from libya to egypt's. former prime minister silvio berlusconi is announce he is to run . office in next year's parliamentary elections the flamboyant seventy six year old tycoon says he wants to lead the debt ridden country out of the financial crisis he stepped down in disgrace last year with italy on the brink of financial disaster and has since been convicted of tax fraud. well there's less than a month left before the u.s. decides whether to make drastic spendin

joined celebrations marking the twenty fifth anniversary of hamas the leader of the islamic group khaled mashalwho has vowed to liberate palestine inch by inch call for arab countries to keep on the firing israel british m.p. jeremy corbyn says israel is risking losing international support. netanyahu seems simply to have not called him to the fact that the vast majority of the world support the right to publish phone we just support the rights of palestinians were therefore more able to the west bank two state solution is something that everyone needs that one devil signed up to but the reality on the ground still not having complete free movement in that it's a huge number of settlements across the west bank on the circular roads and of course the problems of east jerusalem suggest. it's quite difficult to achieve it unless there's a real will to withdraw the. public starting to develop and i don't see that will actually with netanyahu if he can't even rely on governments to basically quite sympathetic to israel and israel's claims then he's losing out big time all around the world and he jus

up an inch of palestinian territories that is according to the organization's political leader khaled mashal who was speaking on his last day of a visit to gaza he also slammed israel for the occupation of palestinian lands and refused to recognize the country's the missing israel responded that it would never unilaterally withdraw from the west bank saying that what undermined its security in the country criticized the recent u.n. vote upbringings of magic status of palestinians and vow to keep on building new settlements which are considered to be illegal under international law journalist gideon levy weighs in on the standoff. these really. it doesn't seem to be. very troubled by the un resolution and by the fact that these are little saw. the government is known as the united states school to support the. less big. vote in the us but still. you said you will be supporting basically supporting israel. stay with our team for the latest cross talk debate this time focusing on the recent spike in separatist sentiment across europe all that coming up for you after the break. the legacy no one

anniversary of hamas the biggest event of the festival is expected to be a speech by the party's leader khaled mashal visits the land for the first time ever it's already called it the. visit sparked speculation whether the group considered by many as terrorist is gaining acceptance and big. welcome ball has asked congress to approve a sixty billion dollars aid package for the states was hit by superstorm sandy in october the request has to get approval from the republicans and democrats the president's team has also proposed to make the package immune to any spending cuts due to his urgent and one time nature. most believe the recovery funds comes as he negotiates with the republicans to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff it's a set of spending rises and tax cuts that are set to take effect on the first of january and could be ruinous to the economy but does the average american feel the new mean do new york resident try to find out. america is about to go over the fiscal cliff are you worried what should we do about it this week let's talk about that do you know the fiscal cliff vote no do you think

turned up to celebrate the militant group's twenty fifth anniversary amasses political leader khaled mashal who runs the organization from qatar is now in gaza for the first time in four decades and in a speech labeled as extremist by israel he refused to recognize the jewish state's legitimacy because of its occupation now that visit comes amid a turbulent time for the region to say the least israel has refused to accept an expansion which has been denounced by the international community middle east expert good to molech says israel has even sowed relations with one of its allies germany to. we really made it very clear that we are totally against the continuing new settlements in the west bank and in jerusalem because this will definitely make the two state solution impossible because if this buildings are going on the west bank will be split into the access to jerusalem will not be possible for the palestinians any more reaction by mr netanyahu and others were very strong and unusually undiplomatic you could say just before his visit to berlin condemning the stand of germany and the fac

give an inch of palestinian land to israel during his visit to garza the group's political leader khaled mashal refused to recognize the jewish state's legitimacy with israel rejecting international calls to end its settlement expansion i spot a journalist gideon levy says the standoff between the two he thinks is set to continue. really public opinion. doesn't seem to be. very troubled by the un resolution and by the fact that israel saw isolated there and also about the government is known as the united states continues to support and to becky's. the concern is the less big europe the state in the last vote in the un but steve israel feels that europeans are supporting basically supporting israel. that's already used up so far with me kevin owen thanks for being with r.t. international plenty of programs ahead rough on a travel show and in fact after the break we take you to some petersburg miss varian palace of versailles enjoying. an artist was arrested for putting up posters critical of drone usage all over new york city the poster show a menacing drone shooting a missile at innocent child

turned up to celebrate the militant groups twenty fifth anniversary and mass is political leader khaled mashal who runs the organization from qatar is now in gaza for the first time in four decades in a speech labeled as extremist by israel who refused to recognize the jewish state's legitimacy because of its occupation the visit comes with turbulent time for israel has refused to end its settlement expansion which has been denounced by the international community and announced the building of a new settler homes near east jerusalem on the palestine was granted nonmember observer status when the british m.p. jeremy corbyn says israel is risking isolation. netanyahu seems simply to have not cottoned onto the fact that the vast majority of the rest of the world support. the right of palestine to exist support the right of palestinian working and therefore not to want people in the west bank two state solution is something that everyone is wonderful signed up to but the reality on the ground of still not having complete free movement in and out and the huge number of settlements across the west b

thousands of its supporters together in gaza the key event of the speech by the party's leader khaled mashal who is visiting from exile is expected to unveil the future strategy for the movement including a reconciliation with its rival fatah newsreader was invited to the celebration. a police officers were injured and at least twelve people detained after overnight riots in northern ireland british protesters clashed with police over the consul's vote to remove the u.k. flag from belfast city hall police have tightened security and a brace for more demonstrations expected late on saturday the recent rally is of the second this week after violent clashes between protesters and police on monday . but less than a month left before the e.u. was decides whether to make drastic spending cuts and raise taxes to reduce the debt or come up with other solutions it's feared an abrupt attempt to shrink the debt could send the economy sinking straight into recession r. g.'s a resident does in new york to find out what people think. america is about to go over the fiscal cliff are you worried what should

has a valid will not give up an inch of palestinian territories the political leader of hamas khaled mashal who runs the militant group from qatar is in the last day of his historic trip to gaza in a speech labeled as extremist by israel he slammed it for occupation of the palestinian lands refusing to recognize the legitimacy of the jewish state that's after israel has announced earlier this week that it will keep on building new settlements which has been denounced by the international community middle east expert morelock says israel has even soured relations with one of its allies germany we really made it very clear that we are totally against the continuing new settlements in the west bank and in jerusalem because this will definitely make the two state solution impossible it because if this building so going on the west bank will be split into the access to jerusalem will not be possible for the palestinians any more reaction by mr netanyahu and others were very strong and unusually undiplomatic you could say just before his visit to berlin condemning the stand of germany and the fac

up an inch of palestinian territories that is according to the organization's political leader khaled mashal who is speaking. on his last day of the historic trip to gaza he also slammed israel for the occupation of the palestinian lands and refused to recognize the country's legitimacy israel responded saying they would never unilaterally withdraw from the west bank saying that it would undermine its security in the country has criticized the recent u.n. vote upgrading the diplomatic status of palestinians and a vow to keep on building new settlements which are considered to be illegal under international law journalist gideon levy says a situation of won't change as long as the u.s. continues to back israel. these really probably could be in it doesn't seem to be. very troubled by the un resolution and by the fact that these are little saw isolated their. government is known as the united states school to support and to be accused. this be. the when they lost the vote to the u.n. but still refuse if you will be supporting basically supporting israel. and staying in the middle east to mosco

marking the twenty fifth anniversary of hamas a call to address by the exiled leader of the group khaled mashal who's in gaza for his first visit they in decades michel regenerated the mission of liberating palestine and defying israel and to urge arab countries to support the resistance for more on this let's not talk to show me no one a commentator and political analyst joining us live now i mean i wonder why has this symbolic the return of the exiled hamas leader now become possible. why i think the simplest reason is because you have a new islamist egyptian government that is willing to let him cross into gaza from egypt there is of course the more complicated answer which is the geopolitics of the region has shifted a lot from the arab uprisings and hamas has been a key player that the parties on either side of the q political fault line would like to cultivate you know for countries like israel the united states everything happening in the region today is viewed through the prism of how this helps or hurts iran and right now it looks like michele is the lesser threat so so i think you kno

erode civil liberties and turn the country into an islamic dictatorship now spoke to journalist khaled mashal me he told me egypt's courts a powerless though and that morsi is draft is putting the nation on the brink of civil war. as far as judges and the judiciary system is concerned this. is the existing point in egypt and that's why he retreated because he knew the. court cannot actually make any judgment. point he insisted on the referendum on the fusion draft and that actually has not been discussed. by the people of egypt. after but actually the country in a. civil war will probably be. precious and it's experience to speak for the first time ever in the history of egypt but the country is a joke that i am more than at this point we don't even know you will be in them because many judges are still refusing to supervise it which will make it illegal if it happens with full judiciary supervision there's no point to. be spoiled if he's insisting on. this committee if you shouldn't be afraid of the unity of the people. or egypt or. even to the people of egypt feel that i didn't i didn't thi

let's not check what else is happening around the world the hamas chief khaled mashal has visited the gaza for the first time ever bursting into tears and calling the trip but they visit spunk speculation whether the group considered by many as terrorists is gaining acceptance in the modern world also comes after hamas invited its political rival to its twenty fifth anniversary celebrations in gaza which could mean moving in relations between the parties. barack obama has announced. a sixty billion dollars aid package for the states worst hit by superstorm sandy. the request has to get approval from republicans and democrats the president's team has also proposed to make the package immune to any spending cuts due to urgent one time made. a goal must be for recovery plans comes as he negotiates with the republicans to avoid this so-called fiscal cliff the sort of spending a rise arises and talks cards that are set to take effect on the first of january and could be ruinous to the komi but does the average american fear the new mean do you also use new york resident trying to find out.

erode civil liberties and turn the country into an islamic dictatorship i spoke to journalist khaled mashal me tell me he's of course a powerless in that morsi is draft is putting the nation on the brink of civil. affairs judges and the judiciary system is concerned this. is existing. in egypt and that's why he retreated in his cream because when you don't confuse your court cannot actually make any judgment. point. is that you shouldn't. drafter that actually has not been discussed. by the people of egypt security and. after that actually what the country in that range of civil war will not fall invasion of. and sixty million estate for the first time ever in the history of egypt but the country is on the edge of the unknown at this point we don't even know you've been will be put in them because many judges are still refusing to supervise it which will make it illegal if it happens with full judiciary supervision is no point. at least point if he's insisting on. this going to be a threat to the unity of the people to their. identity the people of egypt feel that i didn't identities being.

to give up an inch of palestinian territories that's what the organization's a political leader khaled mashal said on his. last day of his historic trip to gaza he also slammed israel for the occupation of palestinian lands and refused to recognize the country's legitimacy israel responded it would never unilaterally withdraw from the west bank saying that that would create yet another area from which palestinians could launch rockets over its border the country criticised the recent un vote that upgraded the diplomatic status of palestinians and vowed to keep on building new settlements which are considered illegal internationally journalist gideon levy says the situation won't change as long as the u.s. continues to back israel. please really probably. it doesn't seem to be. very troubled at the by the un resolution and by the fact that these were all saw isolated there and also about the government is known as the united states school to support the two big. lists and be. the. vote in the u.n. but. peace that you're a piece supporting basically supporting israel. and of staying in the midd