, arab population. or the renaissance of islam also very frightening to the armenian kris cans and to the syrian -- christians and to the syrian catholics. and most significantly for our story, this idea of bringing the ottoman empire into the 20th century was anathema to really conservative elements that, basically, wanted the region to stay in the 14th century. and specifically with this was the emir of hajas. it's basically western saudi arabia bordering along the red sea. his name was emir hussein. and in 1913 as the ottomans continually tried to bring him into line, he sent his son -- he had four sons, a son named abdullah -- he sent him to cairo where he met with the british governor general who at the time was a man named kitchener who will come back up in a minute. and he basically asked what would the british do if the arabs went into revolt against the ottoman empire? kitchener just blew him off because the war hadn't started, the british had good relations with the ottomans, and so he just se

, arab population. the renaissance of islam also very frightening to the armenian christians and to the syrian catholics. and as far as, most inevitably for our story, this idea bring the ottoman empire into the 20th century was equal to really conservative elements that basically wanted the region to stay in the 14th century it and specifically with this was -- i don't think it's on this map but is basically western saudi arabia. border along the red sea. in 1913 as the ottomans continually tried to bring him into line, he sent his son, had four sons, his son named abdullah, he sent to cairo where he met with the british governor general, who will come back up any minute. abdullah basely what with the british do if he had jobs he arabs went into revolt against the ottoman empire? kitchener just blew him off because the war hadn't started. the british had good relations with the ottomans and so he just sent him packing on his way. when world war i started, kitchener who is now the minister of war for th

i have just a think accepted that i am not arab or american or arab-american or i don't know.i am all of those things and one of them at the same time. or i will say i'm from new york because that's my most clear identity that i have. that is why i write about being -- the first line i wrote about being jewish and i new york. if you live in this neighborhood and act this way you are this thing so they are all completely arbitrary and i think -- but i don't think it's ever going to go away. i think i now realize it's what's fueled my father's work and in the way it fuels my work. i don't talk about it as eloquently talking about exile in the poetry of not feeling -- i just to talk about being confused and feeling uncomfortable. it's the same thing and what it does is it encourages you to constantly seek connections and alliances with other people so bridge into the other question, i think my father was one of the first people to speak on the one-state solution and when people ask asked me about this i'm like i'm not a politician or an diplomat or anything. i don't know how thes

that arabs are people too, that arab are americans, too.nd that all americans, all americans are entitled to all the rights and privileges of being an american. this referenceable crime threatens the security of all americans everywhere, and must not go unsolved. >> shortly after the bombing, the associate deputy director of the fbi testified before congress about the attack and the likely perpetrators. this is all of her revell. >> at this point we have insufficient credible evidence to bring charges so these individuals remain as suspects and as such they are entitled to due process and have the same constitutional rights as anyone else, so we are unable for this body to name these individuals or even associate them with a that was testimony before congress. congressmember john conyers, you were a congress men at the time. this was 20 years into your term in congress. to 30 years later, you are calling for an investigation once again. what happened then? where was the investigation and what will be different now? >> well, that is going to

your mother told you you are an arab-american. your father was arab-american. why the emphasis on palestine? palestine encapsulates the indignities that has taken place where the conscience of the west has allowed the west to be absolves of the crisis in the 30s and 40s and therefore they have become permissive to use real, violating and the palestinians. .. he says in it that, you know, we tend -- he is obviously lebanese and has a lot of different conflicts in his own identity. you're always going to defend the one that needs to be the most offended. my sister-in-law is half irish and have a palestinian. she always says she is a palestinian first. she is like, well, we are okay. i am going to speak out about being palestinian comanche is right. you want to defend the one that is the most, you know, that needs to be defended. that is. there's a part of holding on to that identity because you are trying to insist that you exist and are alive. that is part of her you are, and you're not going to pretend it is not there because your to your family and ancestors a

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

man invited his israeli colleague to visit his home in an arab village. but the end of the story is a tragic one is that these really man was killed and his arab colleagues so to speak that was planning to demand the release of some palestinian prisoners in exchange for the body over a young man he had been working with for a long time and invited him to his house to look at that. that's what's really happening where i live and it differs significantly from the reports made by various international organizations or mass media. please come and film this and you will see for yourselves that what we often read in the papers is a long way from reality and i'm just it's. what's going on right now that israeli syrian border and israel accepting refugees from syria. we are very concerned with the situation on the israeli syrian border unfortunately the general instability in syria affects israel as well there are many militant groups active on this border now that at times the clashes between them result in israeli territory being and accidental or deliberate fi

programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about fifty yards peek into intriguing story for you . to find out more visit our big don't call t.v. dot com. welcome back our topic today says israeli regional and global policies and our guest today is to countries deputy foreign ministers if and can thank you very much for being with us today once again so what future do you envision for the so-called territories the west bank if he does not believe palestinians deserve a state. as you know the measure of the palestinian state is a controversial issue in israel prime minister believes that the palestinian state could be created while some members of his party even the majority of them including me have to kill about it but in order to understand this dispute you need to understand the actual situation israel has been in for the past twenty years. but this it's been twenty years since the peace process started after the oslo accords were signed and the palestinian autonomy was formed but that i'll giv

the arab league understands precisely what is at stake here. i might comment that in the middle of our meeting today, his highness, prince solad faisal of saudi arabia very eloquently stated, you know, if you're thinking about what division is for peace, of the arab world, all you really have to do is look at the arab peace initiative which offers immediate peace to israel. when settling the palestinian issue, peace that will bring normal commerce, embassies, normal relations, connections between people and between countries, not with one or two nations, but with 57 nations all at one time, 35 muslim nation he, 22 arab -- nations. that's a vision worth fighting for. with the very first meeting, earlier this year to the key meeting we had in amman in july, the arab league follow-on committee has shown a remarkable commitment to this effort. and we're very grateful to them for that. their support for a final status agreement is essential to the agreement of a negotiated two-state solution for palestinians and israelis. and it will critical to cre

, some arab leaders have been forced to step down but some still in power. our reporter went to jordan where the arab spring seems to have been stopped in its tracks. >> two and a half years after it began the arab spring may have found his final resting place in jordan. even though some locals are still clinging to revolutionary ideals. [man shouting in] >> on lurker -- onlookers seem unfazed. a few hundred islamists and liberals walk hand-in-hand at this friday rally to demand reforms, not regime change. they come carefully close to local red lines without ever crossing them in the hashemite kingdom where people have not openly called for the ruling monarch to quit. >> turnout is low but we go for quality and not quantity. we are confident that, god willing, more people will soon join us. people will not stay silent forever. one day they will decide that the time for change has come. they will take to the streets to get their freedom back. >> those who have been protesting for the past couple of years in jordan are known as reformists. some have been arres

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

virtually all arab and islamic anti-semites would agree to it at every point. christian anti-semites would in addition to much else undoubtedly like certainly concur with the age-old christian charges of jewish and their god ding vengeful and the stiff-necked certitude of the chosen this and casting doubts on christians claims that they are the rightful proprietors of the judaic tradition. i should add that many christians don't subscribe to this but there are many of those that do. expressing points especially the come -- zionism and the condemnation of the imputed drive to create a greater israel. write us might latch onto the holocaust inversion casting the as abusers of the past to justify their own predations. and in effect making them co-equal to or worse than any of those who may have afflicted them. internationalist human rights or local anti-semites who relentlessly focus on international dimension might applaud the notion that israel is trying to subjugate and control a good part of the world. the anti-semitic diatribe grounded in the foundational par

virtually all arab and islamic anti-semites would agree to its every point. christian anti-semites would in addition to most passionate much else they would've badly like certainly concur with the old age christian charges of jews and their god being vengeful. and the country of the jews stiffnecked servitude of their chosen and, therefore, casting doubt on christians claims that they are the rightful proprieties of the judeo-christian. i should add there are many christians who don't subscribe to this today but i'm talking about those who do. leftist could find many finally express points especially the condemnation of zionism. the condemnation of the imputed drive to create a greater israel. rightists might in particular batch on to the holocaust inversion casting the jews as abuses of the past to justify their own gradations. and in effect making the juice company equal to, or worse, than any of those who may have afflicted them. internationals human rights are global anti-semites relentlessly focus on the international dimension of anti-semitism might app

nevertheless, after- thanks to our good arab guide, we were able to get in. we couldn't do any video taping in terms of interviews, but we were able to get just a vision of the beauty. these are like, you know, the seven wonders of the world, how beautiful these are. so let me quickly go to the roll-in at dome of the rock, and then we'll see a traditional muslim family. >> there is perhaps no better way to visualize the relationship between the mythic, ritual, and doctrinal dimensions than a visit to islam's third most holy shrine, located on the temple mount in jerusalem. according to the grand mythic saga in islam, this is the rock where mohammed, after a whirlwind night journey to jerusalem, ascended into the seventh heaven. a feature that first attracts the attention of visitors to the islamic world is the minaret- the high palace from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer five times a day. inside the mosque, the austerity and majesty of islam and its god allah are strikingly evident. unlike other faiths, the islamic tendency in decoration is to

mostly arab -- ethnically arab in this particular town?e only jewish in the village. >> and this? >> 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 ethn

or in arabic music ajan, a-j-a-n, ajan.een those three two notes, and i'm referring to the third note i played, or i can fit another interval in between that we call quartertone. [guitar strumming] and many people think it's kind of weird or it sounds out of tune, but it is not. it's a quality that, if you are born in certain region that practice this type of music or if you get used to it, like many american students who study with me for years and years-- they got used to it and they perform it perfectly. [spirited violin plays] i went to school in the early '80s, at manhattan school of music, and i specialized on violin, and one of the top violinists then used to come and give us master classes was heinrick szering, the polish violinist. in one of the master classes, i was supposed to perform i think it was a beethoven sonata on the violin and piano, and after i finished, he said, you know, he commented on my playing, and before i leave the stage, i asked to play another piece of music. so i took the violin again and the

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are fearful of losing because of the arab spring and. also there are looking for security and the wrong places and instead of relying on their own beer and. and democracy could afford homes and political participation and parliament of woman their religious tolerance and give be able to give this be able to stay in on their own country to defend it and to british aid to a country and its location this surge yet again is continuing the politics of divison finesse. and tolerance. and. there are always look for somebody from outside to protect them more than to protect the country because they know as long as there is the love of oil and should i be out of the gulf region the united states and the west in general on the entitlements shall community it will abort checked it of. external and internal crises so that egypt has as desperate and that's looking for somebody to protect it from its own people and stead of a lying on a to be able to defend their country and yeah but i mean when you look for connectedness between these two countries i

start making these changes that can make things really messy are the saudis really afraid i mean an arab spring eventual visit ohio i'm going look. i mean i wanted to i want to do agree though i mean the saudis are in a bad place but there's lots of people that fall for it i think we're at fault for that we i think the last several years our foreign policy has has accelerated making the middle east a mess your place but the saudis have a lot to answer for from themselves i mean they have not taken on the challenge of true economic freedom reform of the political reforms that we really ensure the learn term stability and the success of the country so there's plenty of blame to go around. the us for sure well jim i mean isn't it is it is how it is. this is out ahead of this early days when they. are fearful of losing because of without putting and. and also looking for security and the wrong places and instead of relying on their own be able. and. and democracy forums and political participation and parliament of woman their religious tolerance and give be able to give this should already

what have they done for the arab world? >> definitely it's much most of are a symbol today than it was 50, 40 years ago. today, you see the relationship between the egyptian government and hamas and really it's a peripheral issue, on the edges of not just the government, even the populations who are seeing the internal situation in the country being much more dangerous at times than even the arab-israeli conflict. >> did they achieve anything for the countries? what's left of it? >> it achieved two things. number one, israel had seemed invincible in many ways until that point. this is the first time we saw arab advances against israel, caught by surprise and even in israel, this led to internal investigations. sinai was returned to egypt and claimed as a territorial victory, but did not lead to change of the occupation in the gaza strip, due to the acquiescence of egypt to the israeli regime. >> now let's head to indonesia, which is the world's largest coffee producer, but many operations small scale and unable to compete i

if i say sicilian dialect word, maybe an arab can understand me, and italian no.om latin, something different. we are sicilians before italians, remember this. >> i'll never forget. >> look at this side of the meat. it's yellow, it's not white. when it's yellow, it means that the horse has been breed eating fresh grass. >> tear and go. >> yeah. >> you like the taste? >> it's good. >> it's a bit sweet. >> you don't need nothing. horse meat. basically it's loved by quite everybody here. you know. we have it for meat balls, and we can have a horse meat ball. >> as you wish. whatever. i'll try anything. >> make some different things, you know. >> bread, parmesan cheese, pecorino. >> right. >> parsley, eggs, and, of course, horse. >> horse. >> it is very tasty. let's put it this way, when my daughter asks me for a pony, i'm bringing her here and asking for a grill and saying here's your [ muted ] pony. >>> this national park and within a free range pig farm. they breed special heritage pigs here, the black boar. a combination of wild sicilian boar and domesticated swin

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when the arab spring started, we appealed to him.before things happen in syria, why do you not take the lead? his response was very frustrating and it showed the mentality that he had in an interview with the wall street journal. he said that those who have not introduced reform are in trouble. i am different because i am young and i am not part of the western world. i am closer to the pulse of my people. i defend palestinian rights. i will introduce reform. he said he will introduce new magazines and more measures for local elections. he said he would legalize ngos. that is the vision that he had. he was calling for regime change and compromises. he really lost it when the people took to the streets and peacefully protested to demand the release of their young children who were arrested. they opened fire on them. he totally lost the support of people when he gave his first speech. he did not show remorse for the killing. everyone had high expectations that he would announce reform and he did nothing. i know a lot of syrians thought

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that in the sequence of events the whole libyan nato intervention came sort of at the crest of the arab spring and that's where this i mean that's where the unrest began it didn't begin with us dropping a tomahawk missile you know down the lavatory and khadafi south it started with the arab spring from tunisia and it was working its way across and for reasons that frankly i just don't remember now it was decided that we would not put troops on the ground but as we've seen with the president president obama he doesn't equate dropping missiles with boots on the ground and it's far more eager to use those sorts of things remember we put in a no fly zone which we have not done in syria and we did a lot of things that were interventionist with that question but it didn't begin with us to begin with the arab spring ok but michael the death count in libya really started going high after the intervention the military intervention that's when we had the body count increase dramatically. i remember well you're seeing the whole new intervention interventionists strategy coming out of the white hou

growing up i was raised to not question the jewish state or its discrimination against palestinian arabs then in one nine hundred ninety seven twelve year old niece was tragically killed by a suicide bomber in jerusalem and instead of letting this incident blind him with hate and use the tragedy to do instead help him understand the conflict path that historical lands his book the general's son recalls that experience and also deconstruct the myths and misconceptions about the decades old conflict i spoke to earlier and first asked him if he's received any backlash from the israeli community for his outspoken activism regarding palestine and here's his response. well i can say that there's been much of a backlash i mean the most i ever get is members of the zionist committee come to my lectures and try to ask difficult questions mostly the kind of you know way of the finger at me for you know pulling away and straying away from the from the pack but there's really not a lot of backlash i think i don't know that israelis are quite aware that the book is out and that the you know people ar

but it's an explosion of flower, because this plate it's arab.was very poor. >> this, i like. i even remember it. a true sicilian classic made with fennel, pine nuts, saffron and anchovy. serving alongside some sardines that have been curing in chestnuts and salt for days then lightly fried in oil. >> we have to use our hand, use our hand to eat the fish. >> no problem. i must have slunk back to bed somehow, collapsed in a sodden drunken heap of self-loathing. i would ordinarily have turned on the porn channel and maybe loaded up on prescription meds. but there's no tv at the agri tourismo. here we honor the proud thaccomplishmentsss. of our students and alumni. people like, maria salazar, an executive director at american red cross. or garlin smith, video account director at yahoo. and for every garlin, thousands more are hired by hundreds of top companies. each expanding the influence of our proud university of phoenix network. that's right, university of phoenix. enroll now. we've got a frame waiting for you. so if ydead battery,t tire, need a

instead, in french, english, and arabic. while other domestic channels will put arab voices on the air, they put one on live in primetime television. >> i'm here, and i don't think there is a problem with you being here. >> we don't want you here. >> but we are living together. >> it's by no means the first time that israelis and arabs work together but it's the first time that arabs and israelis to peek their mind. >> what they do do is humanize the story. >> when we were talking about the peace talks, all the news channels said it was easy for alley. but you have to understand that it's a sacrifice for the israeli people. and you don't say that in all the news channels. we organize a lot of de pates . for example, a mother who lost her son in a bottom ago. and we can cover the piece. we can do the sacrifice. >> there has to be reconciliation. >> is a concrete example of about what is the mission of i- i-24 news. israel is late to the game. countries increasingly want to broadcast their perspective around the world. there w

city now and forever i'd rather cut off my right arm and build an arab school and ninety five percent of jewish mayors think the same thing they're just afraid to say it aloud and when i hear things like this it's really startling do you think that that sentiment is really a problem among israeli politicians well politicians and israelis i mean israelis vote for those politicians they don't just show up but israel is a democracy if you're an israeli jew and the mayors and the members of the knesset and the cabinet all represent the opinions of israelis of jewish israelis so they do represent that and the discourse in israel has become more and more racist with time and today it's a very it's a racist discourse people are not afraid to say things like this and i think it's a sign that they feel that they're being defeated they feel that the holding on to this racist notion of a purely jewish state is the only thing they have and i think they know very well that by all the estimates by two thousand and twenty there will be a palestinian majority between the mediterranean and the jordan