today i'm talking to alan hart veteran middle east correspondent and conflict resolver we're going to start by talking about israel's blockade on gaza and the aid ships that are trying to get into the region allan hart thanks very much for talking to r.t. let's talk first about israel's blockade on gaza and the eight chips that are trying to get in and israel insists that that blockade is legal what do you thing well let's first of all say that the purpose of the blockade is the collective punishment of the whole people of gaza to try to wean them away from hamas now collective punishment by definition is a war crime it is absolutely illegal. the only benefit of the attempts to break the blockade is not really assisting the people of gaza but it is helping to make israel. be perceived in the world and people as more and more staid and who is set to gain the most from that p.r. exercise has a very simple truth that most people don't know when israel was created and closed the palestine file after its picture on the battlefield in forty eight. the whole establishment world wanted that f

a judaism and zionism we asked british journalist an expert on the palestinian israeli conflict alan hart the full interview is coming up in about fifteen minutes but here is his answer. simply stated judaism is the religion of jews not the jews because by no means all jews are religious and like christianity and like islam it has as its core a set of moral values and ethical principles zionism. is the nationalism of some juice it's a sectarian colonial enterprise which created the state in the our apartment for some jews. by terrorism and ethnic cleansing and in doing so it made a complete mockery of the moral values and ethical principles of judaism. now a moscow court has delayed its verdict on thirteen people accused of murder and a race hate crimes four of the defendants will have to undergo psychiatric tests before the final decision is made the groups accused of ethically motivated killings and taylor applauds if found guilty members could face life in jail investigators claim the gang was part of an ultra nationalist movement bad for its extremist activities with dozens of people

with a nuclear pretext is that between israel and iran now it's time a veteran a british journalist alan hart explains why tehran would never strike first. just supposing iran had one two three dozen nuclear bombs do you think he would be stupid enough to launch a first nuclear strike on israel of course he would because the whole of the round would be devastated the real reason why israel is playing up the iranian threat is to deflect political and other attention away from what it is doing in the occupied territories but the only real problem prison is if iran did possess nuclear weapons it would greatly limit israel's ability to go on imposing its will on the entire region. ten years ago marked a major turning point for the international space station russian life support systems were installed which meant the crew members could spend more time in orbit and russian cosmonauts on board the u.s.s. also celebrated the anniversary with a message from space. we're glad to be working here in our space office is the best window of you know traffic jams in a way to work and although there are not

israel claims around poses a real region nuclear threat to the region but veteran british journalist alan hart says to rand would never strike first. let's just supposing iran had one two three dozen nuclear bombs do you think he brand would be stupid enough to launch a first nuclear strike on israel of course he wouldn't because the whole of the rand would be devastated the real reason why israel is playing up the iranian threat is to deflect political and other attention away from what it is doing in the occupied territories but the only real problem. is if you ron did possess nuclear weapons it would greatly limit israel's ability to go on imposing its will on the entire region. moscow is struggling with its hottest day since records began one hundred thirty years ago and it seems there's no end in sight either to the scorching weather there's been plaguing russians as the president of heat wave the country's sizzles on foul smelling small from burning pate bogs and spreading over the city is emergency team struggle to bring the flames of a control or as pogo artie's jacob grieves who brave

process israel claims iran poses a real nuclear threat to the region but pressuring british journalist alan hart says tehran would never make the first strike. let's just supposing iran had one to three dozen nuclear bombs do you think you would be stupid enough to launch a first nuclear strike on israel of course it wouldn't because the whole of iran would be devastated the real reason why israel is paying up the iranian threat is to deflect political and other attention away from what it is doing in the occupied territories but the only real problem. is if iran did possess nuclear weapons it would greatly limit israel's ability to go on imposing its will on the entire region. and you can watch this interview in full next hour right here on r.t. . well moscow is struggling with its hottest days since records began one hundred thirty years ago and there's no end in sight according to the scorching weather as the unprecedented heat wave in the country is sizzling on thick smoke from burning peat bogs is spreading over moscow as emergency teams struggle to bring the flames under control ati's mari

countries have undertaken efforts to get help to the palestinians spoke to a british journalist alan hartwho gave us his view on the relationship between palestinians and the rest of the arab world. i'm inclined to the view that it's more p.r. it's a little gesture that says you know we really with the with the pelosi that's what president carter world's called b.s. bullshit or not. and you can watch this interview in full in fifteen minutes time right here on r.t. . well there is no end in sight to the scorching weather plaguing russians unprecedented heat wave in the country sizzles on july become the hottest month on record and now thick smoke from burning peat bogs is spreading over moscow as emergency teams struggle to bring the flames under control. braved the sweltering streets of the capital. the russian capsule is now a college with a veil of brothers six smoke as you can see behind me visibility is rather low and yes the resist traum smell of burning in the air something i can right now feel this it is skyscrapers and high towers and buildings one you can probably see over there

a judaism and zionism we asked british journalist an expert on the palestinian israeli conflict alan hart the full interview is coming up in about fifteen minutes but here is his answer. simply stated judaism is the religion of jews not the jews because by no means all jews are religious and like christianity and like islam it has as its core a set of moral values and ethical principles zionism. is the nationalism of some juice it's a sectarian colonial enterprise which created a state in the arab part of that for some jews by terrorism and ethnic cleansing and in doing so it made a complete mockery of the moral values and ethical principles of judaism. now new york is considering plans to build a mosque at ground zero the site where the twin towers once stood but it's left many asking if this is a fitting spot for a muslim religious center artie's very own big apple resident gauge the mood on the streets. the city of new york is considering a proposal for the construction of an islamic center and mosque at ground zero do you think this is an appropriate site for a mosque this week let's

for other between israel and iran in about twenty minutes veteran british journalist alan hart explainswhy to iran would never strike first. just supposing iran had one two three dozen nuclear bombs do you think he would be stupid enough to launch a first nuclear strike on israel of course it would because the whole of iran would be devastated the real reason why israel is paying up the iranian threat is to deflect political and other attention away from what it is doing in the occupied territories but the only real problem. is if iran did possess nuclear weapons it would greatly limit israel's ability to go on imposing its will on the entire region. the unprecedented heat wave hitting russia continues to rage with july already the hottest month on record moscow is also suffering from smog and the smell of burning people as is reaching some outlying areas of the capital emergency teams are tackling the fires which have been triggered by the severe drought more details now marty is in the baking hot central moscow hi maria so i woke up this morning looked out the window donnish by the bl

may arab countries have been making efforts to get help to the palestinians but british journalist alan hart believes they're doing nothing more than point scoring at israel's expense. i'm inclined to the view that you. know it's a little gesture that you know we really with the with the palestinians that's what president carter once called b.s. bullshit but not. and you can watch this interview in full in twenty minutes time right here on r.t. moscow is seeing the hottest days since records began one hundred and thirty years ago and there's no end in sight to the scorching weather plaguing russians as the unprecedented heat wave in the country's sizzles on thick smoke from burning peter bogs is spreading i want to go to motor city teams struggle to bring the flames under control parties where if an option to brave the sweltering streets of the capital. the russian capsule is now a college with a veil of brothers six miles as you can see behind me visibility is rather low and yes the rays a strong smell of burning in the air something i can right now feel things to disguise scrapers in high