culture, and spoke passable arabic. he was fluent but didn't have a good accent. because he studied mid evil military history, not so much in the crew said but military history of europe, the military -- the wars in europe in the 14th century were actually very similar to how war was going to have to be waged in arab ya. war is primal. you're going back to -- what decides who you attack and when you attack and where. depends on where there's water, depends on forge for the animal, it depends on the escape route. it's very basic stuff that was concerns on the 14th century in europe. the 20th century concerns in arabia. lawrence understood that about how to wage war there in a way that a true british officer who was trained in modern military tactics just really couldn't have grasped. he was uniquely suited for this kind of war. what he also did, and what cemented the alliance between lawrence and fisal was he told fisal about the sikes peek koa agreement. he was in arabia for three months, and basically committed an act

in the united arab voice speaking on behalf of the palestinians so as long as the arabs are involved in it and this is was essentially was over i think. the americans of this raid is a perfectly happy not to mention the americans vast military industrial complex that thrives on selling arms to the various in international actors ok jason to be fair go right ahead fair time that's complete nonsense of course we're also we're you know appearing on a network that is hosted by a country that has made quite a quite a handsome profit from selling weapons across the region or there's a lot of countries in the world did make money off of the arab leaders not you legally you're saying something like that of you know that you know what clarifying it here these are transparent internationally respected of course. and i mean a lot of straits the united states sells a lot of arms in the middle east let's not forget about that also yes ok all right yes it does united states the united states does so does russia so do other states as well but instability is not in the interest of the united states

for those of you who are very strong supporters of the arab culture and community center you know abraham's work very well you joined in 2,003 as the america cultural and community center youth program coordinate 98or for over a decade he has provided services to the arab couldn't health and education and immigration his days start in the early mornings, commuting between court appointments homes of low increase and disabled clints, hospitals and schools and his work leads into the late evenings he can be found in the late trip ac's where he tutors nearly 50 america youth to help them understand the important of education their futures in the world and academic excellence his mint doesn't stop at mentoring he helps many student pursue scholarships to per view their dreams for higher education he understand the value and importance of community service and empowering our people to be strong and proud and conscious and capable members of the community who never forgot their heritage. so abraham, on behalf of the city and county of the san francisco x we will like to presented you with the 201

opinion.t arab public are americans seeing the true arab public opinion? we have notn egypt, had any public opinion polls of late in egypt. we have had an overwhelming media that is now controlled by is pitchingnt that one story, that the muslim motherhood is a bad guy. we do not know until we have public opinion polls. this book is based on 10 years of public opinion polling in .gypt, rocco, jordan, lebanon every year we had up to 4000 people interviewed representing the population, principally in the cities across the arab world. what got me thinking about it was after the iraq war where i was on leave from the university to advise the government on the middle east. i noticed that most of the people in the middle east -- i was mostly talking to eli tes. i do not have a good sense. i did not do that with confidence. it was after that i started thinking about the possibility of designing public opinion polls. now we have a lot more. we have a good sense. not in every country. givennot do it in syria, the circumstances. i did not think that was possible. in

arabic to find out more visit arabic all teeth call. dramas that can't be ignored to. stories others who refuse to notice. the faces changing the world lights now. on the old picture of today's needs no longer run from around the globe. local. t.v. . welcome back to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle true mind you were discussing the crisis in syria. ok jason i'd like to go to you when looking at trends in the greater middle east how is the relationship between the united states and saudi arabia plus i mean this is a very very conservative regime there is ample evidence that it exports jihad it supports them and things like that i mean how can that be positive for the united states and in the intermediate term long term for the region for the people that live on the ground it's a it's a complicated relationship you're right peter there has been a history of support for jihadist movements for. dresses across asia that have taught the worst kinds of lessons about extremism and intolerance anti-semitism as well he's of anti-semitism as well and i tha

serving under our mayor lee who i would like to make a invite to make a few remarks in honor or of arabitage 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 flee

has the arab spring become the arab winter? >> an indian american woman is crowned the new miss america, the racist reaction began. >> is there a separate civil war raging within the ranks of asses opponents? how are al-qaeda and other extremists affecting the fight against syria's government? hello, welcome to consider this. we begin with the middle east and tunisia. as aljazeera reports, the country where the arab spring began is in the middle of a new political crisis, with opponents demanding as they did two and a half years ago that the new government step down. >> the rapid overthrow of the president in january of 2011 acted as the spark to the tinder box of revolt in north carolina africa and the middle east that became known as the arab spring. protest and conflict reacted. tunisia's transition initially looked like it could be conflict free. a political party took the majority of seats in a peaceful election. the government was given one year to establish a new constitution, and hold elections. it didn't happen. the go

the arab countries don't have that problem. the arab government have no problem with that. >> all right. we are running out of time. we will pick up with this later. >>> okay. >> well nato is facing allegations that it killed civilians in an air strike? afghanistan. the taliban fighters cease to pick up track. 12 of the dead were civilians including woman and children. they were all rebel fighters. the lack of security in afghanistan is threatening the education system. the government succeeded in enrolling millions of children in the schools in the last decade. nearly 40% are girls. that's a tphaoupblg chang a hug. there's still many challenges. >> reporter: this is one of afghanistan's model school. in an up scale neighborhood in kabul. here girls study subject and nearly all will graduate the 12th grade. school the held in a tent. only half of schools across the country have actual buildings and less than a third of teachers have official qualification. in east aoerp eastern afghanista lock on the school board. >> reporter:

world in the united arab voice speaking on behalf of the palestinians so as long as the arabs are involved in this it was essentially was under i think. the americans of this raid is a perfectly happy not to mention the americans vast military industrial complex that thrives on selling arms to the various in international actors ok jason to be fair go right ahead fair time that it's complete nonsense of course we're also we're you know appearing on a network that is hosted by a country that has made quite a quite a handsome profit from selling weapons across the region one hears from a lot of countries in the world did make money off of amman such release not you legally you're saying something like that of you know you know what clarifying it here these are transparent internationally respected of course. i mean a lot of straits the united states sells a lot of arms in the middle east let's not forget about that also yes ok all right yes it does united states the united states does so does russia so do other states as well but instability is not in the interest of the united states instab

the arab league foreign ministers john kerry on friday listed the arab league as one of america's allies ready to response to the ahreblged chemical weapons attack in syria. let's not forget that the arab league did back in march give the syrian seats to the national coalition that omar was just talking about and of course some of the members notably the united arab tell rats took part in the military campaign against gahdafi in libya it's a lot more complicated. last week the arab league did issue a statement condemning the use of chemical weapons as an illegal act and putting the blame squarely on the government that bashar al assad in syria but some of the members think they did have major reservations. lebanon refused to take part in issuing that statement and iraq and algeria refusing to take part in putting the blame at the moment. i think in a meeting in the next few hours there's a lot of heated discussion. i that it's unlikely to be any unity when it comes to giving a formal backing to possible military action against syria. >> good stuff. in cairo, there. >> another leading fig

if you break down the implications here, the arab league is an organization of arab governments so ifd have come out and given direct support of military action by the u.s., it would have certainly bolstered the case president obama will have to make to the u.s. congress in the coming days that the u.s. should carry out some kind of limited attacks against syria, the head of syria's opposition group today in cairo, the syrian national government asked them to pass a tough resolution in support of military action. the arab league condemned the use of chemical weapons. they have put the blame squarely on the assad regime. but so far, their position has been and it remains with the message today that they want the u.n. security council to take charge when it comes to approving military action. obviously that's not happening so that explains why the arab league did not give the green light for a military explicitly but if washington does go ahead with a strike, it would not be in violation of the arab league's position but i think when's paramount here, fred, and a bigger point is that th

what is expected then from the the arab the league? >> reporter: on sunday, first of all the meeting will be at ambassador level and later in the day the foreign ministers consider a draft text put forward by the ambassadors. already we know that -- a lot are saying the arab league have as far last tuesday in an ambassador's meeting. an issue which con tkepls what it called the haoe news crime can carried out by prointernational prohibited chemical weapons. i laid it at the feet of the assad government of in syria. it was suspended from iraq t lebanon and al tkp*e ria. i think the feeling today is that there won't be any show of unity. there will be a discussion put not a unifyed call for mill industry intervention and backing for any u.s. strikes on syria. >> what will that mean for the u.s. then? >> caller: it will certainly be a disappointment if the arab league doesn't give a unifyed green light or commitment to actually take part in any military action in syria. on friday john kerry was saying that the arab league was among americ

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

arabic to find out more visit arabic don't call. the interview. look good. for many of the crimes of september eleventh two thousand and one had been investigated in the case closed the conclusion one thousand arab hijackers led by osama bin laden successfully carried out the terrorist attacks by catching a trillion dollar defense industry completely off guard however millions of people around the world say that there are many questions. left unanswered about what really happened that day and why because most of the evidence has been destroyed independent investigators have taken the initiative to piece together the facts themselves one of them being kevin ryan is the coeditor of the journal of nine eleven studies and author of another maintain a book examining one thousand alternative suspects that he alleges has the real means motive an ability to pull off the nine eleven attacks i spoke to him earlier and first asked him why he decided to write this book check it out. well because nine eleven was the origin and or on terror which is kind of stationed arou

into arab countries.on the other hand, they don't like the use of chemical weapons and want to do something about it. that's a dilemma for the arab league. what the saudis tried to do is get the strongest resolution possible from the arab league condemning the action, chemical weapons, attributing blame to bashar al assad, calling on the international community to take action. not specifying that the united states should take military action with strikes. behind the scenes, i'm told by diplomats in the region, that is the intent. the hope is that this resolution by the arab league can strengthen president obama's position as he goes to congress and presents his case for strikes in syria. essentially the arab league is tacitly giving him the green light for strikes, john. >> it's a broad statement allowing for military action without explicitly calling for it. nic robertson live in jordan. thanks for being with us, nic. >>> a dark and disturbing mystery unfolding in florida now. remains found near the site

and that is true of countries that are not part of the arab spring or the arab region altogether.hat is a challenge that continues for the rest of the world. >> 30% of women in parliament, i'm going to put this to reem abu hassan, we did some checking. three seems to be the agic number for jordan, tunisia, and egypt. the number of female cabinet members. it seems as though it does not extend to much to the level you are at. >> actually, you are right. three is the magic number. but the idea, i am always a believer. if you want to change the issue of gender and women's empowerment, you don't look at who is appointed. you look at middle management, where you can change perception and stereotypes. about women. i believe in a country like jordan, ministers are appointed. and members of the parliament, the house of representatives, our elected. in that house we have 18 women out of 150. 15 were elected and three were elected on their own merit. this is where the attention should be. a representative of the people are hopefully going to form a parliamentary government. >> it is a questi

you had the arab league meeting here earlier this week. those members did endorse the idea, the accusation that bashar al assad was behind that august 21st chemical weapons attack. they refused to endorse the military strike and at the g-20 meeting that just ended in st. petersburg, only two of the muslim countries, majority muslim countries there, saudi arabia and turkey, signed onto this statement that called for some sortover, quote, enforcement of the prohibition against chemical weapons used. secretary kerry discussed in his testimony this week that there might be some financial support from arab countries for such an operation. but so far, nothing has been materialized publicly about that. >> and what about the egyptian streets, so to speak? i know there are still people out because the curfews have been eased. but what do they say about a possible military strike by the united states? do they support it? >> reporter: i have talked to dozens of egyptians in this past week. i have not met one that supports a strike against syria, desp

the arab league is split over syria. they did condemn the alleged chemical attack, they blamed the syrian regime for the attack however they fell short of endorsing the military action. countries like saudi arabia are pushing for a wide and tough intervention, on the other hand you have countries like iraq, yeept, and algeria against action. we have to remember that the secretary general of the arab league says he does not want prefer or want a military action because he says the solution in syria is a political one. so i think secretary kerry will try to get more countries to back the military intervention so he can go back to the u.s. congress and convince them saying there is wide fourth from arab countries to back a possible military intrens against syria. -- intervention against syria. >> how much support is there when it comes to possible military strikes? >> yes, well, according to a source at the chiefs of staff of the there free syrian army telling al jazeera they do have coordination with the americans. however

and crifs, i want to start with you, a few months after the arab spring began you said the arab spring was going to be followed by summer, fall and winter. where are we now and do you think we're getting to winter soonerrer than we thought? >> it's hell right now, a time worse than winter. in a time of grave uncertainty. i'm not one who thinks that we're going to go into a position that you have horrible things happening all the time there's no way out and everything is a downward spiral, what you have is the beginning of a military process building on top of a revolutionary process. >> we've got egypt, we've got syria, we've got yemen, it's all over where the issues have arisen. >> but you've got politics that count for a change. it was if in some ways the arab world was a asleep for 40 years under these dictators who hung around so long and almost all disappeared in the last couple of years. >> and just can't figure it out overnight. >> no, no. you have a hung huge young population that's connected to each other in a way it's never been before. >> the most talented and secular societ

mostly arab, ethnically arab in this part of town? jewish in the village. >> and this? >> that's zucchini that's been grilled and then we used fried yogurt. that's the sauce. it's that intense flavor. very particular to palestinian cooking. >> oh, man. that's good. i just had this incredibly delicious meal, completely oblivious to the fact it's entirely vegetarian. if any of the vegetarian restaurants in new york served food that tasted anything near this, i would actually -- >> go there. >> here maybe, i would consider it. and this? >> fresh zucchini with mint. >> and apricots. the sweet apricots we had. >> this food is intensely delicious. >> are you hopeful? >> of course, i have my children. i need to save them. >> i respect television. she respects my religion and family, and together we can build something for our kids, for our future. that's what we think and give the message for our customers. >> part of the attraction of this restaurant, the fact it actually manages to do what not so many chefs try to do here, which is mix you

>> the arab lead made that decision quite clear. they believe the president bashad assad was responsible for this chemical weapons attack. i don't see them moving further earn political measures here. they can't move any consist incident use of force what they have already decided to do. they have divisions with iraq as well as the lebanese are problematic. i don't think the arab league is a vehicle for getting this situation moved forward other than giving the west some legitimacy to strike. >> what about america's oldest ally, france for 24 hours >> the freedom fries, yes. >> because he said with you must strike back. we must punish syria. >> i think it's interesting. the french have had success in muck of lar foreign monthly and in west africa and in material, from libya, they have done well. and so i think at the moment, you know, there is this sort of consensus in frons that actually must give a foreign policy works en if the public aren't that supporti of it. what's interesting in france that's different between the united sta

an arab nation.'s u.s. ties, involvement in the region is long and controversial. many leaders do not want their soldiers photographed next to u.s. soldiers. even if they like the idea. they're afraid their people will not and they could be in trouble as a result. and lastly, you can never talk about any of this without talking about israel. the idea is that many arab nations feel if they help the u.s., by proxy they're helping israel and lot not stand for that. put that aside. say for some reason the countries did side to get involved. general, what sort of military might would they bring to the game, particularly someone like saudi arabia? >> saudi arabia has a very modern military, long-standed relationship with the united states. the air force is what i talk about. it has a very modern, capable air force so all air missions to expect associated with a strike against syria, saudi arabia could provide support. >> not so much with a missile mission, though. what about united arab emirates? sma small

and the united arab voice speaking on behalf of the palestinians so long as the arabs are involved in this it was essentially was on the i think. the americans of this rate is a perfectly happy not to mention the americans vast military industrial complex that thrives on selling arms to the various in international actors ok jason to be fair go right ahead where time to go to complete nonsense of course we're also we're appearing on a network that is hosted by a country that has made quite a quite a handsome profit from selling weapons across the region over here a lot of countries in the world did make money out of ammo and maybe it's not you legally you're saying something like that of you know you know without clarifying it here these are transparent internationally respected of course it. i mean a lot of straights the united states sells a lot of arms in the middle east let's not forget about that also yes ok all right yes it does the united states the united states does so does russia so do other states as well but instability is not in the interest of the united states instabili

champs as english and arabic channels. >>> disorder in a mexico court.this judge lost his cool. >> you're definitely swimming against the current on a lot of this new media stuff and i'm wondering whether there are people out there who just think that you're a grump, whether this is a marketing exercise, perhaps, by you because there are eyeballs to be had on that side of the argument. i'm just, you must have heard some interesting counter arguments from silicon valley and elsewhere. >> sure. >> give us a few of those. >> i'm sure there are people are making that point, but i'll leave it up to them to make that argument. i'm not gonna make an argument against myself. >> but, i mean, someone must have called you, like, the anti-christ or something like that. >> yeah, i get that all the time, but again i think people who are in silicon valley clearly don't find my message very encouraging because it does lead toward [inaudible] and i made the very strategic decision to put some extra effort into having my monthly column syndicated in the european newspaper

the romans, the byzantines, the arabs, becoming something. the declining numbers throughout the century. the other narrative, of course is that of national unity. the copts involvement have always lived in perfect personal -- eternal harmony in egypt and it's only those evil foreign forces that attempt to divide them, to wage those differences between them. but copts and muslims can live in harmony and have lived in the past. the first narrative, of course is moved any agency from copts and that something that hope people see in the book. yes, copts have been persecuted in egypt but they have not only been helpless victims. in the years of decline and coptic learning, you get a man like -- suddenly out of nowhere, the pope comes only for seven years and builds the first modern school for females in egypt. out of nowhere. first female education in egypt is not probably a secular modernizing ruler, but by a coptic pope. the imports the printed for preston your. the second printing press in the country. it is reforming the church as an instituti

the arab league seems somewhat divided. you have the southern arab states saudi arabia, qatar, the aeue and kuwait. you have also egypt, algeria, tunisia. the politicians in lebanon have come out firmly against intervention. you've got jordon going on record saying it would not commit its air space or military hardware to support any efforts. so it does look as if the arab league is condemning the assad regime for the chemical attack on august 21st still divided over the best course of action. the best course over americans taking place near paris. try to fetch out what is the kneunanimous action against syr. >> what you think president obama sending john kerry out being that he didn't get what he wanted from the g-20. >> it's a tough question it' an intense period of shuffle diplomacy starting in lithuania. i think john kerry felt that he this got more expected out of european union. they have a very strong statement against the assad leadership. they felt that they could not stand idle against what was going on there. her

from the arab league. the saudis believe they have 70% to 80% of support in the arab world. they have been pushing as hard as they can for intervention inside syria. they've been realizing that intervention without a political capability and will. the united states and european countries, not quite capable of doing that right now. they have been pushing hard so the fact that the saudis are weighing in, strongly as they are, this is the arab nation that's going to carry most weight in the region to carry the issue forward, don. >> so nic, what would arab support of intervention mean? weapons, troops, access to military bases in what does it mean? >> reporter: well, right now the saudis, qataris supplies weapons to the rebels, the saudis here through jordan do it in a low-key way. they don't want to bring retribution. what shape could it take? intervention forces anything between 50 to 200,000. numbers i have heard discussed with diplomats in the region here but nobody really thinks that anyone is close to t

why is why is all this being ignored by the arab world who appointed bahrain to host this pan arab human rights court. as everyone knows the pan arab is consisting of the countries of governments and all of them are part of the dictatorship regimes definitely they defend themselves against the freedom seekers within their countries none of them is still approved to be a democratic country i think it is part of that bahraini government money also a humongous they pay money to try to try to to to all make a whitewash and it is so clear that this is a part of sequence movement or bahraini regime to try to move this international pressure to improve the human rights conditions in the same time when you see that there are they forbidden even the special reporter on torture of human rights the special report on torture related to the international. nascent united nations or national council has been forbidden to come to war and then who get a judge that this court is going to be it won't be part of the regime plan to hold out i mean i know that you are part of the opposition and the bahraini o

what are arab countries looking for from germany?>> well, the foreign had already made very strong statements on what happened in egypt, the recent military intervention against the former president. it was seen as an involvement in the domestic politics, but it was not actually seen as a major shift. it would not be really stopping at the talking. they might talk slightly different. in the end, it would not be seen as a very influential shift or change in the strategy of germany towards the arab world. >> you mentioned the foreign minister today. the german government believes that it was damascus that was responsible for the chemical attack in syria. will that be seen as a shift in german policy? >> german policy in the area had been mostly blurred, like there was no clear-cut standpoint in terms of the most vital issues. in terms of the palestinians, topics that struggled and in terms of the developments in the arab spring. the recent standpoint on the chemical attacks would be seen as a shift. >> thank you very much for joining u

the arab league moved the meeting from tuesday to sunday. why this sense of urgency when the league has been largely silent about the issue of syria for a long time now? >> reporter: i think the sense of urgency came really when they saw the debates about whether the u.s. should push for military action or go to congress. they want to have the voices of the arab league factored into the international debate if you'd like. we heard both sides of the argument in the session. you heard the egyptian foreign minister saying no to intervention. the saudi foreign minister saying it's not fair to say there should be no foreign intervention when hezbollah is helping the syrian regime. he said should we wait until the syrian regime has exterminated all people? of course, the international congress leader came up and said, i stand here asking you to support this military action, and he wants, in his words, to redress the balance if you'd like. he said iran and russia are very much a part of what's going on in syria, and he thinks there was some sort of

i am arab, i am not arab. i am american, i am not american. arab-american felt like it never fit. one of the things i learned in the journey of writing this and the play that i write before it is there is no -- you're not going to find an answer. identity is this, we are all mixed up. it depends on what you -- the book came out of a play that i wrote. we entitled to play "palestine" is a did not know what to call from ai got an award feminist organization. if i called the play "woman," what i have gotten an award from palestinian organization question market i? that argument cuts to different ways. it is a beautiful mosaic. it is a beautiful mix and one does not necessarily have to figure out, one can embrace all aspects of it is part and parcel of who you are. and i get that. on the other hand, if one does not figure something out, then one lives in a state of confusion and i do not know if that is where we want to be either or you want. >> is tricky because what happens is even -- i learned this i questioning my father. was i came of age and that in high school and college in th

also kurds and arabs and christians and drews, in libya, u.s.ognized one rebel group, in syria this is right now as president seeks authority to strike syria it is unclear how many rebel groups there are in syria. listen to this. some expert say that there are dozens. others say that those rebel groups number almost a thousand, imagine, ou our experts don't he a firm, firm understanding of the number of people involved in the operation. what is clear, is that some of them are linked to al qaeda. there is the matter of international support for an attack on syria. i keep saying that. it is an attack on syria, this is note a strike, not a fly over. the gadhafi regime had absolutely no friends, none, u.s. acted in libya to be very specific president insisted on attacking libya with support from nato and backing from the airarab league. russia and china did not block the no fly zone over libya, russia is now moving trooping to mediterranean, sending assad more weapons and blocking u.s. action on syria. the syrian regime sorr refor its backing of ira

so let me begin thank the arab league secretary general arabi. i want to think dr. atia and the ministers and representatives who came here today from bahrain, egypt, morocco, saudi arabia, kuwait and the uae. i thank them for their continued and critical engagement on the middle east peace process and other issues, and i look forward to meeting regularly. we will have our next meeting at some point in october, probably after the middle. >> there you have it, secretary of state, john kerry discussing peace in the middle east citing the tough decisions that have to be made between israel and palestine. kerry also addressed the economic and security issues in palestine that would have to be resolved in order to get a quote final statis agreement with israel. he also said the u.s. does not want to take up syria's civil war and cited what he called assad's deplorable use of chemical weapons against his own people. al jazeera will have live coverage of president obama's prime time speech on tuesday. and get the latest on syria by going to aljazeera.com and following us o

mostly arab -- ethnically arab in this particular town?his? >> zucchini that's been grilled. then we use fried yogurt, so that's the sauce. that intense kind of goat flavor. very typical for palestinian cooking. >> it's good. >> i just had this incredibly delicious meal completely oblivious to the fact that it's entirely vegetarian. if any of the vegetarian restaurants in new york served food that tasted like this, i would actually go there. i'd consider it. >> fried zucchini with mint. >> and little sweet apricots. >> this food is really intensely delicious. are you hopeful? >> of course. i have my children. i need to say that. >> i respect her religion. she respect my religion, my family. together we can build something for our kids, our future country. that's what we think and that's what we give the message for our customers. >> part of the attraction of this restaurant part of the fact that it actually manages to do what not so many chefs try to the here and that is sort of mix the jewish and ethnic or background with arab food. shou.

programs and documentaries in arabic it's what you hear on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of p.r.p. interviews intriguing story to tell you. the choice low key arabic to find out more visit our big don't all teeth dog called. welcome back to the show our guest is not me to talk to me his ships for administering the current interim government great to have you back sir so their release of mubarak from prison soon after their arrest warsi for many it looks like the return of the old regime. i think that's that's a false conclusion it's actually evidence that our courts are independent of the. president former president mubarak was not released soon after morsi was what was it was arrested. this happened two or three weeks ago and he was released after watching the court it's a court process the court process is not allow you to continue to hold people in. incarceration beyond a certain point in time without a verdict being held against them so i look at it i mean this is like looking at which side of the coin you want to look at if yo

makes a nicer show in the arab world. will be portrayed as the americans once again, imperialist, doing things once again to an arab country. >> are you talking about moral support or offering air fields or perhaps ports for our military? >> exactly. exactly. material support, some sort sof -- put some aircraft on alert, do something, let us use the air fields, even go beyond the operation. if it goes beyond standoff cruise missile attacks, nice to have saudi airplanes up there. >> how much of a handicap is it if we don't get that? >> we can do this by ourselves. we certainly have the capability to do this. it's what the president wants to do, what he wants to accomplish, how much broader he wants to do. f four destroyers with cruise missiles can do some damage. we can bring aircraft in there. it depends what the goal is. if it's to defer and degrade, we probably need more than the cruise missiles. >> what more besides the cruise missiles? because so much has been talked about with tomahawks. now much more comprehensive,

mostly arab -- ethnically arab in this particular town?his? >> zucchini that's been grilled. then we use fried yogurt, so that's the sauce. that intense kind of goat flavor. very typical for palestinian cooking. >> it's good. >> i just had this incredibly delicious meal completely oblivious to the fact that it's entirely vegetarian. if any of the vegetarian restaurants in new york served food that tasted like this, i would actually go there. i'd consider it. >> fried zucchini with mint. >> and little sweet apricots. >> this food is really intensely delicious. are you hopeful? >> of course. i have my children. i need to say that. >> i respect her religion. she respect my religion, my family. together we can build something for our kids, our future country. that's what we think and that's what we give the message for our customers. >> part of the attraction of this restaurant part of the fact that it actually manages to do what not so many chefs try to the here and that is sort of mix the jewish and ethnic or background with arab food. imagi

their summary to tell us what else did john kerry say on the topic of arab states offering to pay for a u.s. attack. well u.s. secretary of state john kerry says that arab countries have presented quite a significant financial offer to the obama administration to help fund the u.s. military intervention in syria during his testimony before the house foreign relations committee kerry told lawmakers that if washington is prepared to carry out a military attack against damascus on its own which was a which washington washington has done previously and many other parts of the world that some arab countries have proposed to pay for the entire operation america's top diplomat says the offer is currently on the table now in theory if a u.s. missile strike and being funded by arab countries and offer that kerry says proposed publicly to lawmakers that this is essentially means that the u.s. military would be working as a contractor or a mercenary force or block water if you will for its arab partners now america's top diplomat told u.s. representatives that. being militarily bankrolled by ara