programmed over ten institutions in the city of san francisco including the air film festival the arab culture and committee center but also with the tamp pais public library to have two events showcasing the rich arab america culture that exists here in the city of san francisco and i want to thank you all for coming and i want to introduce joaquin for resident who ska great member of our community and has helped organize this event. (applause). . thank you very much and good evening everyone on behalf of mayorly who will be joining us in a few moments i want to say thanks to all of you for being here tonight it's always a pleasure for you go to welcome the community into city hall - because you remind us our purpose in government so to serve and you you certainly bring life and culture and community into our very state halls and bring life to us, so thank you again. i want to thank the nominating committee and the planning committee for their excellent work in ensuring that those very important community members who do so much to ensure that our communities remain strong and vibrant,

arab jewish then another guy came up to me and said you want a country arab or. the next thing the father of three remembers is being hit on the head with a bottle. so everything went black i fell to the ground they started kicking and hitting me my lawyer told me that when they were held by the police they heard the kids competing among themselves who hit me the most. violent racism among israel's youth has been growing steadily for some time we went undercover and this is what we found a typical thursday night in downtown jerusalem young israeli teenagers hanging out in the streets it might be alcohol drugs or just plain boredom but suddenly a fight breaks out undercover police arrive in seconds a few days later we need a lawn a guard at the same spot he spent many days and nights here trying to help troubled youth the very a lot of poor population living in jerusalem and the racial element is only a part of things that they're experience more income from poverty their parents. have nothing they're working all day and they have no. control over where their chil

the so-called arab spring i don't recall that the arab spring i've called it the arab awakening or the arab uprisings and the here and here is why it's not a value judgement what is the you have to ask yourself what is the most. important feature of the recent wave of uprising unprecedented in the history of the modern arab world and i would say it is about public empowerment on a scale we had never witnessed before as a function of the information revolution which focused attention of the power of the individual to do something directly both in terms of choice of information and in terms of ability to communicate with someone else without the government preventing it from happening as happened in the in the lead up to the to the revolt and so that this public of our much you know we talk about historically when you look back at what happened in europe people talk about the industrial revolution what did that do there was a complete change in the political economy were gaining wages gave power to the individual moved toward more individual power in democracy and that really is the gene

of the three hundred million arabs in the middle east north africa or only israel's arab citizens enjoy real democratic rights. but statements like this are small comfort for arab israelis whether or not they enjoy the right to vote they face every day problems of a more pressing nature three months ago tell of if street cleaner her son was five was badly beaten up for no other reason than that he's our. however there were a lot of them said to me hi arab i said what do you say that i mean what's the difference jewish then another guy came up to me and said you want a country arab or. the next thing the father of three remembers is being hit on the head with a bottle. so everything went black i fell to the ground they started kicking and hitting me my lawyer told me that when they were held by the police they heard the kids competing among themselves who hit me the most. violent racism among israel's youth has been growing steadily for some time we went undercover and this is what we found a typical thursday night in downtown jerusalem young israeli teenagers hanging out in the streets

claim that the arabs just don't want to be helped. and that india is said to launch a nuclear reactor shrugging off massive protests over safety concerns while its russian manufacturers claim it would send a passenger jet crash that story and more is coming up shortly. well. it's technology innovation all the developments from around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything is. hard as a big picture. download the official location so. stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television well it just doesn't matter how would your mobile device if you could watch your t.v. anytime anywhere. thanks for staying with us here on our men in the u.k. could soon be about to lose some of their favorite magazines subsetting so-called lads' mags i could face legal action for sex discrimination and be forced to take them off the shelves as a result ou

this school sports ground is typical of facilities for jewish children but a stone's throw away arab children. spend their afternoons playing him in the street in front of his house in the first a study of its kind the u.n. found the palestinian poverty in jerusalem has risen steadily over the last decade eighty two percent of arab children live in squalor three times as many arab families live below the poverty line compared to jewish neighbors part of the problem is this wall and that israel started building a decade ago israeli say it's necessary for security and to separate israel from palestine but what it's also done is isolate arab jerusalemites from their traditional economic sphere in the west bank and so whereas once you had daily visitors coming from palestinian cities to shop in jerusalem that's all but dried up add to that the discriminatory policies which see the cities arabs paying high municipal taxes for poor services and it's no wonder arab jerusalemites are suffering the worst poverty rate of all time the jerusalem municipality has an arab affairs department but cr

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israeli arabs feel they are being walled off from the country's economy the latest u.n. report shows the fast majority of them live below the poverty line while israeli authorities claim the arabs just don't want to be helped and. india is set to launch a nuclear reactors shrugging off massive protests over safety concerns while its russian manufacturers claim it could withstand a passenger jet crash that story and more coming up shortly. we speak your language anything about the war not advanced. programs and documentaries and spanish more matters to you. a little tonnage of angles stories. here. in the spanish to find out more visit. welcome back to what you are turkey's prime minister has accused the e.u. of hypocrisy and double standards over demands for an investigation. into the use of excessive force to disperse protests in turkey mistery to once as police in europe and the us are using the same methods to deal with violent demonstrators target seeing anti-government unrest running into a second week with flash back and another night in the stamboul from where the

coming up israeli arabs a field day being walled off from the country's economy the makers un report shows that majority of them are live below the poverty line while israeli authorities claim the arabs just don't want to be helped. and india is certain launch a nuclear reactor shrugging off massive protests over safety concerns the russian manufacturers of the plant claim it can withstand a passenger jet crash. now many in the u.k. could soon be about to lose some of their favorite magazines shops are selling so-called lads' mags that face legal action for sex discrimination and to be forced to take them off the shelves as a result archies probably boyko has more. you're allowed mags it's a booming industry aimed at young men featuring lots of pictures of scantily clad women here in britain you can buy them in your local high street shop girl that could be about to change because two feminist groups armed with the support of several prominent british lawyers say that these magazines objectify women and could underpin harmful constitutes that could lead to discrimination reasons why

troy arabic to find out more visit our big. welcome back here with our street battles in turkey sustainable have stretched into a second week police have used tear gas water cannon and smoke grenades at gants anti-government protesters who were hurling stones and fireworks of them. in the cities so tom as the district you follow is a prime minister's competent speech where he demanded an immediate end to the unrest and accuse the movement of vandalism and provocation amid demands to investigate excessive police words against activists machetes and i do want to say that they would be treated more harshly if it were a european state nationwide drive against. the not a brutal crackdown of peacefully one man a sitting at a tamils taksim square doctors say at least two protesters and a policeman died and then rest which was sparked by the officers attempts to disperse angry crowds almost five thousand people have been injured nationwide foreign affairs expert barbara slavin thinks that i don't want it should stop and rethink is appr

serving under our mayor lee who i would like to make a invite to make a few remarks in honor or of arab heritage month here in san francisco. >> thank you, thank you joaquin, thank you, welcome to our orange city hall. i want to welcome everybody here this fourthth animal america arab month of separation and it's my pleasure to join us here and many of us know that we are such a lucky city, and we are lucky because people around their world make their way to fraction, find hopey until the city they know that we celebrate our diversity and find strength in the different cultures that pretend together and now, i ask you also to bring me talent from the arab america communities to make me and help me lune run the city. yes, it's incredible. union, i think i can talk about how wonderful diversity is, but we have to get the talent from our communities to represent all of the different thing that we do in the city. and you know, tonight, even though there is something called a baseball game out there, but these wonderful events that we have in the city whether it's america's cup whether it's

in a growing number of racist attacks by his way to use against arabs and arab and jewish teacher were recently beaten up when the exit at their car and an arab commuter was attacked while waiting for a train. they get the inspiration from grownups you don't show any sign you want peace to live side by side to resolve the conflict of this still made. wars and all the incidents and all the clashes that we've seen occupied territory again the general militant an atmosphere created the conflict which leads. to the mises violence. her son has already had several rounds of surgery with more to come not a day goes by without him remembering that fateful night when the division between israel's arabs and jews showed its ugly face policy r.t. tel aviv and into the arctic starting with northern china where one hundred twelve people are now confirmed dead after a slaughter house burst into flames in the early hours of the morning more than three hundred people were inside the building when the fire broke out about a third of them managed to escape there we understand according to reports that si

that arabs of jerusalem are citizens who are equal when in fact we're not equal that's all. and so far from promoting the fact that he's playground is just one street in his office he could one day be left in his home city without any way to call home. at r.t. dot com a computer that fills a need for speed china and a wake up call to the world's tech giants it's unveiled a supercomputer that's apparently twice as fast as anything silicon valley has to offer plus. a better experience for the world's chocolate titans nestlé and bars multi-million dollar lawsuit over claims of a sweet conspiracy to lie now at r.t. dot com. and of the hungry india is about to get a brand new nuclear facility to help ease the country's crippling power shortages but it's faced a few hurdles with construction repeatedly delayed over safety concerns from locals balancing their worries and the knees in the is rapidly growing economy hasn't been easy as murray for national reports. the few has been loaded and the first customers will soon get the first energy from the could nuclear plant a joint india

you crossed out christians in the arab world i'm joined by michael model from washington he's a senior reporter for the world net daily and a former analyst for the defense department also in washington we have matthew feeney he's an assistant editor at reason twenty four seven and in london we crossed the top he is the president of arab lawyers association in the u.k. our gentlemen cross-talk rosen if i think you can jump in anytime you want michael can you just give us a broad stroke history of what's happened to the questions and in the middle east over the last century will focus the last ten years later go ahead. well i think the christians generally have been deep in decline at one time they were particularly in lebanon for example they were the majority today they are not only a minority they are also very fractured and i think that we see that christians generally are and we've seen it also in iraq where they they've had a tremendous exit over over a period of time due to war and do all of the conditions that you mentioned through outside meddling and internal strife and also t

in a growing number of racist attacks by his radio youth against arabs and arab and jewish teacher we simpy beaten up when the exit of a car and an arab commuter was attacked while waiting for a train. they get the inspiration from grownups you don't show any sign you want peace the live side by side the result of the conflict so this stalemate causes or tension and all the wars and all the incidents and all the clashes that you see no good by territory again the general militant an atmosphere of create the conflict which needs the hatred you're going legitimizes violence of the hot sun has already had several rounds of surgery with more to come not a day goes by without him remembering that fateful night when the division between israel's arabs and jews showed its ugly face. tel aviv and coming up after the break of debate time and cross talk. they all told him a language as well but i will only react to situations i have read the reports for . the players to know i will leave that to the state department to comment on your latter point. to carryout a car is on the docket else i. thi

that arabs of jerusalem are citizens who are equal when in fact we're not equal that's all. and so far from the moaning the fact that he's paid ground is just one street in his office he could one day be left in his home city without any way to call home policy on east jerusalem. some more news from around the world in brief now former south african president nelson mandela has been admitted to hospital in pretoria the ninety four year old is being treated for a lung infection that has recurred after his last visit to hospital in april doctors say his condition is serious but stable in one thousand and four when delivered games south africa's first black president after a long for battle against apartheid and spending twenty seven years in prison for his belief. a deadly shooting spree in the californian city of santa monica has ended with at least five people killed including the gunmen several others were also injured in the incident report of course immersion after fire officials recovered two bodies from a burning house before discovering a wounded woman at the scene the

programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the r.p. interviews intriguing story are you. trying. to find out more visit. street battles in turkey says tumble the stretched into a second week piece of used tear gas water kind of smoke grenades against anti-government protesters who were hurling stones and file looks at them in the city's sultan ghazi district it follows the promise is believed. speech where he demanded an immediate end to the rest of accuse the movement of vandalism and provocation and maybe you demands to investigate excessive police force against activists. so that they would be treated more harshly if they were european state nation more drive against the turkey was ignited by a brutal crowd in a peaceful environmental city produced i'm taksim square so to say at least to protest to the. rest of the officers attempted to disperse the crowds almost five thousand people have been injured nationwide foreign affairs expert says edwin should stop rethink his approach to

arab identity,, and above all our humanity. we believe the arab is one human body. it is strength in that combination of all its individual parts. >> his announcement that he was great to break with tradition and standdown was made here at his palace in delhi. during his reign, qatar has pursued an ambitious, some would say controversial agenda. one thing is beyond doubt -- he has transformed this country. none of the buildings behind me even existed when he first assumed power. there are many challenges ahead, but this handover is almost unprecedented. , formir who said in 1995 the sake of his country, he was taking control early, has now 18 years later even it up early two. >> several countries have already reacted to qatar's leadership change, both the outgoing and the new emirs. educated in britain. william hague says "i want to think his highness for the friendship and support that he and the people of qatar have offered united kingdom. under his leadership, our relationship is stronger than ever, and the british government looks forward to enhancing that furth

in a growing number of racist attacks by israeli youth against arabs an arab and jewish teacher were recently beaten up when the exit of their car and an arab commuter was attacked while waiting for a train. they get the inspiration from grownups you don't show any sign you want peace the lives lived by side the result of the conflict still made mention of the wars and. the clashes that is seen argued by territory and the general militant of . the conflict with. the miser's violence. her son has already had several rounds of surgery with more to come not a day goes by without him remembering that fateful night when the division between israel's arabs and jews showed its ugly face. r.t. tel aviv. now to northern china now to open up the aussie world update it's sixty one people are now confirmed dead after a huge fire in a slaughterhouse at the start of the morning well then three hundred were in the building when the fire broke out only about a third managed to escape and many still unaccounted for we have reports suggesting the exits. trapping the workers inside and. australia's tro

that arabs of jerusalem are citizens who are equal when in fact we're not equal that's all.and so far from the moaning the fact that he's paid ground is just one street in his office he could one day be left in his home city without any way to call home pointlessly on east jerusalem. well the user brief now tonight at least eleven people have been killed and dozens wounded in clashes with local militias operating in the libyan city of benghazi witnesses say crowds converged on the armed groups headquarters demanding it is banned after a heated exchange the militia began firing at the protesters such groups are rife in libya they were armed during the revolution and later his intervention against canada recently. plans to build a mosque in an ancient english city of attracted crowds of protesters more than two hundred people from the english defense league another smaller extreme right wing group converged in lincoln's main square to chant and his islamic slogans no demonstrators traded insults of people in a smaller counter protest but the groups were quickly separated by po

that arabs of jerusalem are citizens who are equal when in fact we're not equal at all. and so far from the moaning the fact that he's playground is just one street and these are fears he could one day be left in his home city without any way to call home policy or our team east jerusalem. more world news making headlines this hour now from one dollar is once again in home this time for treatment on a recurring lung infection the condition of the first intensive all rights leader is described as serious but stable is the latest in a series of health scares of the past few months is history of long problems dates back to his incarceration in the fight against apartheid he contracted tuberculosis . a car blast in syria's central city of homs has killed eight people enough to modify or injure no one has yet admitted responsibility rascasse has been accusing the rebel al nusra front of carry out terror attacks across the country also in the area the syrian army has reportedly regained control of the city. after weeks of intense fighting against rebels that syrian civil confl

this school sports ground is typical of facilities for jewish children but a stone's throw away arab children like ms a spend their afternoons playing here in the street in front of his house in the first a study of its kind the u.n. found the palestinian poverty in jerusalem has risen steadily over the last decade eighty two percent of arab children live in squalor three times as many arab families live below the poverty line compared to the jewish neighbors part of the problem is this wall and that israel started building a decade ago israeli say it's necessary for security and to separate israel from palestine but what it's also done is isolate arab jerusalemites from a traditional economic sphere in the west bank and so whereas once you had daily visitors coming from palestinian cities to shop in jerusalem that's all but dried up add to that the discriminatory policies which see the cities arabs paying high municipal taxes for poor services and it's no wonder arab jerusalemites are suffering the worst poverty rate of all time the jerusalem municipality has an arab affairs departm

for them an arab is an arab.september 2000 the palestinians started to shoot through the jewish neighborhoods, and the authorities had to protect the kindergarten over here, and they put up this wall put up by the neighborhood council. but nevertheless, it's quite ugly. but if they shoot from the other side toward the kindergarten, what other measure you can take in order to protect the children? >> before returning home we went to visit a palestinian farmer whose life was devastated when half of his land was taken by the israeli army to accommodate the bending of the wall. -- the building of the wall. >> the majority of his land and the better part of his land is beyond that fence. all these walls he built by breaking this sporn land with his wife and his children and all his hard work is gone. he cannot go down and tend to his trees or cultivate it. ♪ >> i feel like i haven't found any anchor for the light at the end of the tunnel. is there any chance for people to believe that there is something else? >> i use

street has backfired the arab street in the wake of the of the so-called arab spring turkey felt it's going to have inroads in the arab street as a matter of fact i believe that sacrifices relation with israel as a result of that hoping to be able to assume the leadership of the region and that too has failed so what you look around you see that they are the one with the best of his intention what happened is that domestically he's back slighted their foreign policy back i now in the effort in the wake of what happened in syria he's also failing miserably ok michael if i go back to you in istanbul a lot of people would say that the islamic politics is what puts so many people off in turkey can you speak about. yeah actually enough of this assuming. basically. continue and so you know how much is his profit but you don't need to say that anyway if you just say la la la there is one god we are all the children of god there is no need for separate religions like catholics and protestants and what a lot of people on the ground say way do they and i fortunately. have found ok go ahead in l

time and that's why i wouldn't call it similar to an arab spring because unlike the arab spring which were launched and wait but that people. take the ships which were egypt. tunisia all. so young men and it's going gone against the dictatorship and also against the. dictatorship as well isn't democracy but i do believe that a gun has shot him in the foot he is fighting with one hand tied behind his back because he has encouraged people in iraq which is again another more christian maliki was elected through the ballot box he encouraged people and sidelined with the protesters and took them to avoid and sweep under the carpet all democratic mechanisms that is going through the parliament and also going against maliki in another general election elections opposing him encourage them to defy him to increase and why didn't that demonstrations and he also have to kill fusing. brutal ruthless crackdown i think a lot of people who are going through a lot of people michael them going there michael how do you see things going on in turkey go ahead first go ahead michael. in what way i mean. t