world, not only in the gulf region, but on the arab -- the whole arab world. i think it's clear from their responses from the questions that they want to have a joint front against iranian intervention meddling in -- >> how strong of a joint front, when you have countries like lebanon, like iraq within this organization and many other countries in fact like tunisia and algeria which expressed caution in this escalating dispute? >> this is the point. i don't think that the saudis were effective enough in order to get the responses they wanted from the arab countries, not even from the g.c.c. i think they expected more countries to cut relations with iran but we hear very clearly that even the emirates were justifying that there is no need to cut relations because of this event on the embassy, so it is not complicated enough to decide to cut relations with the country, so only few countries, bahrain, sudan have cut ties with iran. >> other countries downgraded relations. >> they had to do something in order to support the international law, which is correct, whi

the arab league countries in cairo. they have issued now invitations to all 57 countries of the islamic league. what remember having now is a gcc arab and islamic front that is really now forming strongly to isolate iran, to put iran on a very tough position, to force iran to change its behaviour and to act more rationally and then in a more neighborly good relations because iran stands to lose more than it will gain if it will continue the politics because we have enough of iran shinanigans and interfering >>> it does remain to be see how iran will respond, indeed. thanks very much for taking the time >> thank you >>> syrian state media says the government is ready to take part in talks with the opposition later this month. that's after a meeting between u.n. envoy and syrian foreign minister in damascus. it is understood he wanted a list of groups that will take part as in the government won't negotiate with what it calls terrorist organizations. the opposition wants an end to bombardment and block aids on rebel terri

i'm not able to do a really good interview in arabic. i can chat and understand a fair amount, but i want to be really careful that i'm not affluent arabic speaker but my studying certainly helped a lot. to the degree that, i think having studied foreign language helped me in college. i always feel cautious about making claims about my arabic because it's so much more difficult and i used to think i was someone who is good at foreign languages but that was all kind of thrown away. so. >> so you headed off to syria, when you landed there was different than it is today. were you nervous? was this an act of bravery or being naÏve? >> i don't know that it was either. i think at the time syria was really a backwater. it was very sleepy. as a young freelancer, it had the amazing advantage of being a place where was really difficult to get a press visa. there was always this sweet spot where something would happen and the new york times would want you to do a few stories before they could get a real journalist to come in from cairo. so for a wh

more than a decade ago, the arab league issued the arab peace initiative, which has been in my view, a paradigmship in relation to israel in the whole peace process. and since it was issued, it continues to be under criticism from a number of arab countries, and this criticism continues. and i feel if we are open, the issue of parameters right now, without having a solid arab backing, this would be an opening for some of the countries, some arab countries that want to see the api gotten rid of, at a time when the supporters don't have the political will to engage in defending it. this is one practical implication, risk that i say. the second risk is political. you know israel much more than me. it's enough to say if something like this came, i suspect the current israeli government would not be supportive. israel, i suspect also that the center, center left, peace camp and many on the center right would find this as a time to engage again on the peace conversation. on the palestinian side, i think the palestinian authority right now is so weak, and it's going through its own domestic

around 20% of israeli citizens are arabic speaking palestinians. they have been among the most poorest in israel. on the surface it seems a given that an arabic language song should achieve commercial success in israel given the majority of the population comes from arabic-speaking countries, but there is another reason why it is the first arabic language song to top the music charts. for decades after the creation of israel arabic music was rarely played on israeli radio. the leaders of israel were european or juice and their culture dominated. that slowly started to change in the 1970s with a select few artists achieving commercial access. they either blended arabic with hue brew and english or gave their music an israeli flair. either the system made it clear from the get go, from the very early 50s that you need to work twice as harder to prove to them that you are not that kind of arab. >> reporter: frthey hope to continue to transcend the race politics and history with their music, sell records and packing dance floors while doing so >>> fans

. >>> the first arabic language song to top the israeli charts. >>> the turkish government said a young syrian suicide bombers was behind an attack in the historic district of istanbul. ten are dead, among them german tourists. turkey's government will share details of the attack with berlin. we have this report. >> it's the heart of istanbul and one of its most popular tourist spots. this is the square, less than an hour after an explosion, the site cordoned off and security tight. schwa it was a suicide bomb. i saw it. it was chaos, everyone was running around. police didn't see this coming. they were upset, and trying a evacuate the area because they said a second bomb could go off. >> it is the biggest city in turkey with a major attraction for tourists and turks alike. thousands visit every day. the district is also home to the museum and the blue mosque. some in turkey had been expecting attacks since turkish borders launched an offensive against isil, as well as kurdish p.k.k. fighters. in october, at least 102 people were killed in a double suicide blast on a peace rally in the

in 2010, the arab spring begins. in looking back, while most arab countries were in some form of pre-revolutionary phase, it was strategic surprise. the united states in the face of major civil unrest in cairo abandoned mubarak, a multi-decade i like -- multi-decade ally. the result is the muslim brotherhood, who move quickly without any u.s. opposition, to transition egypt to an islamic state. iran supports the muslim brotherhood. the muslim brotherhood quickly loses the support of the people and are deposed in a military coup. libya, in 2011 after gadhafi's deposed and killed, a newly elected moderate islamist regime requests support to train a national security force to repress the radical militants. the united states refuses. some of the same militants burned down the u.s. consulate, killed the ambassador and three others, forced the evacuation of a covert base, and the following year forced a u.s. retreat from libya. libya is now a failed state, a breeding ground for radical islamists, and the largest isis prese

that's why these these are arab speaking palestinians.have been among the poorest and most disenfranchised in israel >> reporter: on the surface it seems a given that such a song should get success in israel. there is another reason why this is the first arabic language song to top the israeli music charts. for decades after the creation of israel, arabic music and this music more broadly was rarely played on israeli radio. the early leaders of israel were european or jews and their culture dominated. that is slo slowly started to change in the 1970s with artists achieving success, but they blended their music or gave it a distinctive israeli flair. >> i think the system made it very clear from the get go, from the very early 50s, that you need to work twice as harder to prove to us that you are not that kind of arab. [ ♪ ] >> reporter: from tel aviv and elsewhere they hope to continue to trance end israelis politics and music arena >>> the latest news on our website, aljazeera.com on "america tonight": breaking the flood gates the desper

saudi arabia has interests to see more arab states.hey are not only attacking the embassy, but having support in the arab league will strengthen the saudi position. maybe we'll see lebanon, algeria, but the motion will be supported by 15 to 18 arab counties which is enough to support. there was expectation, as unusual between what has been done before iran and the united states. but it seems that they have a strong position. they have no interest to open a discussion with iran. there are different areas. they want to make sure that iran is respecting the saudi position and arab interests. unless iranians show more flexibility, they seem to be behind the position. >> iran is denying that it fired several rockets near a fleet of u.n. warships. the u.s. navy released a video showing the incident. saying it happened as the warships sailed through a busy waterway in the gulf off the koist of iran. a revolutionary guard spokesman says the accusation is false, and similar to psych logical warfare >>> egypt's flu parliament is con -- new parli

for them an arab is an arab.n 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. ma 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 used to have a speech that sai

we focus on the palestinian and some of the arab states. can you comment on the role of iran, of course everyone is looking at the iranian nuclear ratio but how is the link with the issue of jerusalem? in other words, the iranian, non-arab states' view related to the solution of the jerusalem problem. >> well, this is another impediment. you know, the irany raef lugs has create wad we call -- you have the marches in tehran every year. today the iranian regime wants to challenge not only the legitimacy of israeli control of jerusalem but also the legitimacy of control of the saudis of mecca. it's a march, a much larger conflict and rivalry that you have there. and the other problem is that iranians are much more powerful. decapitation of isis are having intimidating but what happens with countries that assess -- are trying to possess nuclear weapons and they have missile technology and they have forces in the region that are working to assist players like assad and others. that's much more difficult challenge. but i think that we've proven i

i am a first-generation arab in this country. she wanted to see me married to an arab. i married an arab and two months after i was married, she died. >> hinojosa: your mom... you know, and i guess you want other young women to say, "look, even if your mom doesn't show you love and criticizes you and maybe turns away..." what, "plod forward"? "it's okay"? "there will be a hole in your heart but, you know, it will make you stronger"? you know, the fact that you talk about having the arab immigrant roots, that there is a real strong sense of patriarchy and men having power, i think... i'm like, do you want young immigrant women to be reading this and saying, "wow, i never thought diane rehm was a daughter of arab immigrants, but i'm going to learn from her"? >> i think that writing finding my voice, people have asked me, "was it catharsis?" and my response is, no, it was revelation. it was revealing to myself who i was, where i came from, what influenced me growing up. and the extraordinary part was that finishing that book, maria, i began to realize how much courage my m

israel put three languages, hebrew, english and arabic.but now tendency is only to put hebrew, or hebrew and english. also they have stripped palestinians from residency rights. this is very serious problems that actually makes palestinians very insecure and unstable because of this threat that anytime that i.d. can be revoked so we have poor public services in palestine compared to the, in east jerusalem compared to west jerusalem. there is a big gap what we call west jerusalem and east jerusalem. although east jerusalem comprises 72% of the israel's total population they pay 70% of the city's budget but less than receive 5% of the municipal budget. -- 30%. this has been improving that the municipality is peying more attention to east jerusalem it was not. so the, jerusalem municipality invests six times on jewish residents than palestinian residents. you can see that in public services like parks, like chin and clinics and different facilities within the city. for instance the municipality is in charge of israeli schools where the studen

it seems a given that an arabic israeli song should achieve success.other reason why this is the first arabic language song to top the israeli music charts. ♪ >> reporter: for decades after the creation of israel, arabic music was rarely played on israeli radio. the early leaders of israel were european jews, and their culture dominated. that slowly started to change in the 1970s with a select few artists achieving commercial success, but all of those artists blended arabic with hebrew or english, but they have not. >> i think the system made it very clear from the get-go, from the very early 50s, that you need to work twice as hard -- twice as much harder to prove to us that you are not that kind of arab. >> reporter: from tel-aviv to tangiers, brooklyn to beirut, they hope to continue to transcend israel's race politics and history with their music. >>> and you can find much more about many of the stories we're covering over on our website. that is what the front page looks like at the moment. the address to click on to is aljazeera.com. aljazeera.co

. >> translation: are we not arabs as well? i swear to god we are arabs. these children, what wrong have they done. what child what wrong did he commit? >>> aid agencies have supplies of food and medicine ready to leave damascus. they hope that the first druks will arrive-- trucks will arrive on sunday. supplies will also see delivered in kefraya and foua. they have been blockaded by rebel groups, but there are still thus more who need help-- thousands more who need help. people are trapped in the dramas can you say suburb of darayya and zabadani. i.s.i.l. fighters have cut off 200,000 people in the eastern city of deir az space says zar. it is not clear when or if they will get it. a spokes woman for the world food program in the middle east says she hopes aid supplies will get to civilians soon >> we expect that tomorrow, sunday, we will have the first aid trucks going to madaya carrying food for the 40,000 people who are besieged in the town. in addition there will be other humanitarian supplies on this convoy. by monday or hopefully also sunday we will

and i, you know, i am not able to do sort of a good interview in arabic still. i can chitchat and i can understand, you know, fair amount. but i want to be really careful about i'm not a fluent err become speaker, but i think my studying of it has certainly helped a lot. and to the degree, i think that yeah. having studied foreign language intensely in college i feel sort of, you know, cautious about making claims about it because it's so much more difficult than french or italian. i was thinking of myself who was god at languages and all of that was thrown away. >> very much. >> so i sort of read like a first grade or with my finger under the words. but anyway. >> so you headed off to syria, obviously, fortunately different when you land there than it is today. were you nervous? was this an act of naivete or bravery? >> i don't know really that it was either. syria was kind of a back water. it was very -- very sleepy. very, i mean, as a, you know, as a young, you know, freelancer it has the amazing advantage of, you know, being a place where it was really diffi

it it is fair to say most of us have notion of what it means to be in the arab world. stories and violence andtura atrocities some are just the most celebrated examples. we w and i do include myself with fragments of information andat so what is so fascinating in to lapse into the convenience stereotype. has the rather to probe for a deeper understanding for a more accurate and complete portrait threat the region. and then from the new york observer and a fellow at the new america foundation and as a result gives us a thoughtful book about that timely and significant topic.fell wil please join me to welcome katherineming zoepf to politics & prose. [applause] >> and now first of all, congratulations. writing any book frankly iss an amazingi accomplishment we all agree never to do it again but this is to do accomplishment that is such difficult reporting and then to complete it is tremendous but how did you get into this subject incong the first place? >> as i described in the first chapter of the book i had not intended to report on the arab world. bear right after i go

because they haven't wind arab culture with the practice of islam. no wonder so often they are told the only proper way to present themselves as a woman is to where the arab garment and sometimes the veil. at the end of the day we have to separate to culture from religion and take the best of both. >> i don't know about culture in that sense but the arabs have the problem with this long because of the fact the quran is in arabic so they feel they impose their terminologies and their understandings but to see in terms of extremism and the extremist of the reformer for those who are the extremist and then with those students that were pour. and then i have seen others that were wearing modern clothes so those litter doing it so i dunno if it is an arab culture but it is a backward culture. because of those who promote values who were taken from the west. . .

more than a million arabs have been displaced, homeless and helpless.they struggle to survive while the search for peace, lasting peace, goes on. the search for peace, lasting peace, goes on. by the end of the '67 war. isreal occupied the golan heights, the west bank, the gaza strip, and the sinai. isreal had more than tripled in size. the occupation of land inhabited by palestinians would ignite decades of conflict but for the isrealis it was a historic victory >> that's the story of the six day war. it shows you have to be alert; you have to have good intelligence, and if your country is threatened, you have to respond quickly. >> narrator: a senior in high school in america, bibi had skipped his graduation to return to israel for the war-- to dig trenches. he would witness a turning point in israeli history. >> you could understand why it's so intoxicating, and if you're an 18 year old, who was raised in the household of benzion netanyahu, who has a fatalistic understanding of the nature of the world, you assume the worst; you assume the worst thing

was an effort to create an arab deterrent force in lebanon. in the 1970's, it became a syrian force. the other states with through their contingents. -- withdrew their contingents. my expectations are under control, let me pu tit that way. it would be possible to build such a force. certainly not without substantial u.s. engagement. then we would have to ask ourselves since islamic state has said repeatedly in its propaganda, the crusaders will come and we will destroy them, whether that would be a further rallying cry for them and their recruiting. we would have to think that through, which is what i started . in terms of weakening the regime, stopping a humanitarian and signaling to sunnis in syria as well as outside that we stand with them. right now, i do not think they are persuaded. to get support in or the region for an effort against isis, we will have to deal with what is the number one threat, which in syria for the sunnis is assad, and in the region it is iran backed by russia. we are going to have to stand up and show we mean it be

arabs, andlims are not all arabs or muslims. my family are sicilians, but they are arab sicilians. that being said, when america has asked hears the word muslim, they think of arab mediterranean's, arab north africans, arab middle eastern spirit they do not put into their mind that there are plenty of white muslims are cries -- across america. there are plenty of muslims in the oriental countries, malaysia, india. i want to remind people, the last time we went to the extreme on race when we were talking like this, we ended up throwing all the japanese into internment camps during world war ii. but when america hears the word muslim, i do not find them putting an association with -- there are white muslims across the world. i am finished. host: manal omar? guest: thank you. that is a good point and one i tried to emphasize when i talked about the broad links in terms of muslims in america. i emphasize that it is really important that when we are making that description, there is not an attempt to say, by having white muslims, do not be afraid of us, because we are feeding the racial

in 2010 the arab spring begins and in looking back, while most arab countries were in some form of prerevolutionary phase, it was a strategic surprise. the united states in the face of major civil unrest in cairo abandons mubarak, a multi-decade ally of the united states and an ally of the arab states in the region. the result is the muslim brotherhood who are elected can move quickly without india's opposition to transition egypt, a secularist state, to an islamic state. iran supports the muslim brotherhood, the muslim brotherhood as we know quickly the support of the people and our deposed in a military coup. libya coming 2011 after gadhafi is killed annually elected moderate islamic regime request support to train a national security force to repress the radical militants. the united states refuses. some of the same militants burn down the u.s. consulate, killing ambassador and others can force evacuation of a covert cia base and the following year force a u.s. retreat from libya with the closing of the u.s. embassy. libya is now a failed state, a breeding ground for radical islamists and the la

in 2010, the arab spring begins. in looking back, while most arab countries were in some form of pre-revolutionary phase, it was strategic surprise. the united states in the face of major civil unrest in cairo abandoned mubarak, a multi-decade i like -- multi-decade ally. the result is the muslim brotherhood, who move quickly without any u.s. opposition, to transition egypt to an islamic state. iran supports the muslim brotherhood. the muslim brotherhood quickly loses the support of the people and are deposed in a military coup. libya, in 2011 after gadhafi's deposed and killed, a newly elected moderate islamist regime requests support to train a national security force to repress the radical militants. the united states refuses. some of the same militants burned down the u.s. consulate, killed the ambassador and three others, forced the evacuation of a covert base, and the following year forced a u.s. retreat from libya. libya is now a failed state, a breeding ground for radical islamists, and the largest isis prese

it's really hard so arab spring. first of all we provided what we called strategic -- for years we had been telling the president, the national security team multiple congresses that there were pressures building in the arab world that were unsustainable. there were political pressures, economic pressures, demographic pressures, societal pressures that were built and and we wrote that over of years in depth. we provide strategic warning from the arab spring. what we didn't do one of things we didn't quite right is we didn't provide what we call tactical warnings. tactical warning as we think this place is going to blow up. we think we have reached the tipping point. that's very difficult to see coming. we didn't see it. we didn't write it. shame on us. we could have done a better job with social media to see what the arab spring about what was happening. we could have done a better job at that. once arab spring happened we got something really important right and we got something important wrong. the thing we got rig

the motion. >> is anyone at the arab league, any of the arab nations mediating in the dispute between saudi arabia, de-escalating the tensions? >> there was expectation, as unusual between what has been done before iran and the united states. but it seems that they have a strong position. they have no interest to open a discussion with iran. they want to make sure that iran is respecting the saudi position and arab interests. unless iranians show more flexibility, they seem to be behind the position. >> good to talk to you as always. >> iran is denying that it fired several rockets near a fleet of u.n. warships. the u.n. navy released a video showing the incident. saying it happened as the warships sailed through a busy war ship. and regards, the spokesman said that the accusation is false and similar to psych logical warfare. >> here with the newshour, still to come. we are with northern iraq where an art project is helping syrian refugee children deal with the traumas of war. plus a hollywood actor leads the police to a wanted drug lord. and in sport, 5 star poor performance for rea

arab arab muslim countries must change the levels of intolerance in the influence of wahhabi is in. political reform is essential. financial and and economic support must be counted, countries permitted their behavior by citizen should be held accountable. intelligence, technology, technology, selected equipment should be shared. partnering pretraining, and military education is essential to raise the level of operational competence. there is no substitute for ineffective grounds for supported by airpower. airpower is an enabler, enabler, it is not a defeat mechanism. this is about alliance members provided that the predominant military response. it is not the united states military. the united states military would provide a certain level of support. anime combat and should be pursued aggressively and ruthlessly. destroy and defeat radical islamic sanctuaries. sanctuaries sanctuaries are safe havens by themselves to attract the conflict and drive up the casualties. syria is a sanctuary, sanctuary, libya is rapidly becoming one, and pakistan, for 14 years have provided two centuries

but arab, i don't think so. i would not put that term there because there are within the arab culture you would tend to find also there are those who are extremely modernists who have studied in the west who are promoting values that are taken from the west or believing the west. >> okay. let's up the floor to your questions. this is a fascinating exchange. please feel free to identify yourselves when i call on you. try to keep your question fairly brief. we'll start over here. yes, sir, if you could take the microphone. we'll move around here. >> greetings. my name is rasul afisi. and i have issue with the professor's profession because it is not uncommon for a lot of good muslims to 125 take good verses out of koran and say this is islam and all of that. this is wonderful but not practical. in reality you can field a lot of other ideas from extremists who emphasize the radical part of the koran, the anti-democratic parts of koran and things against women or against other people so basically it is not a good id

my father doesn't want arabs to work separately.what bin laden did in 1987. >> their first test was the battle of jaji in the spring of 1987. hutaiffa azzam fought alongside bin laden, who was suffering from blood pressure in the thin mountain air. >> it was a very hard battle and he joined the battle for more than four days. >> reporter: the russians fell back. jaji was the first victory for bin laden's arab army. >> it was not a particularly significant moment in the afghan war. but from a psychological point of view it was really the beginning of sort of bin laden's almost mythic persona because a group of arabs had held off the soviets. it got a lot of play in the middle east. >> reporter: the once reticent and terrified bin laden was now hailed as a fearless leader, a hero on the front lines of jihad. >> he's brave, and he's ready to give his life. he's not a coward. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> reporter: in 1988 the soviets, worn down and demoralized, began to withdraw from afghanistan, and bin laden, now battle-hardened,

we miss our homes, it reads in arabic. there's this mural, showing a dove trying desperately to fly through the bars of the prison. volunteers here decided oral only they had to do something to help. it's a form of therapy, she assures me, that is working. >> we try to change their mind to encourage them to think about beautiful things to happy things so they do sketches more happy, more beautiful about nature. >> now, the children in part far happier impressions and painting illicits laughter instead of tears. against all odds, people are reminded through this large mural, that love wins. a landscape that used to be reminiscent of only dark dice is now getting brighter all the time. al jazeera, in northern iraq. >>> scientists in southern australia found a meteor right, the 4.5 billion-year-old space rock helped researchers during a three day recovery operation. >>> the winning numbers have been announced for the biggest lottery in u.s. history. no one's yet won the $950 million prize. ticket sales hit fever pitch saturda

egypt, in 2011, the arab spring begins. in looking back, while most arab countries were in some form of prerevolutionary phase, it was a strategic surprise. the united states in the face of major civil unrest in cairo abandoned mubarak, ali'l an all. the result is the muslim brotherhood who move without any u.s. opposition to transition egypt, a secular state, to an islamic state. iran supports the muslim brotherhood. it quickly loses support of the people and are deposed in a military coup. libya, a newly elected moderate islamic regime requests support to train and national security force to repress the radical militants. the united states refuses. some of the same militants burned down the u.s. consulate, kill the ambassador and three others, force the evacuation of a covert cia base and the following year force a u.s. retreat from libya with the closing of the u.s. embassy. libya is now a failed state, a breeding ground for radical islamists and the largest isis presence outside of syria and iraq. iraq, whether the 2003

now that strategy has totally collaps collapsed because of the arab spring.but i think it's a very cynical policy because the same government that professes to hate israel was quite happy to do arms deals with israel in the 1980s during the iran/iraq war and quite happy to engage in the sort of cold war with israel as long as there are iranians doing any fighting. so, it's a very instrumental policy. i -- i really wonder if there's anyone left who believes in it anymore, to be honest with you. next question? >> good evening, sir. wayne scott. the u.s. has a long history of what administrations -- one administration standing behind a foreign leader in support of u.s. national policy and then over time that leader possibly corruption, possibly some type of internal insurgency, fighting against them, and a future administration withdraws that support, the leadership is deposed, collapses, we end up being replaced by a government that's very hostile to the united states. vietnam, iran, philippines, egypt, there are several. >> absolutely. >> what would be your th

generalize all muslims or arabs. they talk about moroccans. they said it was algerians, and the algerians said it was tunisians. it was the bout individuals -- it was about individuals purity should not blame a group. groups that from my i am icontact th, they said, germany, they are expecting germany to react, to send back all of these people because they said these people understand this kind of procedures. >> we have seen the german government making its first move. we heard you say that the atmosphere in germany is not toxic after cologne. tell me more. in cologneeen there a couple of days after the new year's eve and i was -- in the arab neighborhood. i felt the fear they are feeling now. they feel like they are potential victims -- that they are -- society is blaming them as a whole for that which happened at the new year's eve. and the other side, you have the came toociety which munich central station received all of these migrants with flowers and teddy bears and look what has happened. we have two groups of people , very fews say inf

it means yes in colloquial arabic. other band in israel, and they are proud of it. >> music is a language in its, so i don't think it should have any borders or something. we just want people to enjoy our music, no matter where they come from. >> reporter: the sisters are descendants of yemeni jews who moved to israel after it was created in 1948, they grew up singing the songs of their homeland, around 3 million israelis are jews who trace their ancestry to the middle east, and around 20% of israeli citizens are arabic-speaking palestinians. both communities have historically been among the poorest and most disen franchised. it seems a given that this kind of song should achieve success, given the majority of the population comes from arabic-speaking countries, but there is another reason why this is the first song of its type to top the israeli music charts. for decades after the creation of israel, arabic music, was rarely played on israeli radio, the early leaders of israel were european jews, and their culture dom

iraq, a major arab state would now be ruled by shiites. this rattled other arab regimes and their anxieties have only grown since then. there's always a tension, sunnis and shiites did live in peace for the most part recently. the only shiite power, iran, was ruled by the shah. when the shah was overthrown, the country that first game him save harbor was egypt, the region's largest power. the shift took place in 1979. the islamic revolution in iran brought to power an aggressively ruling class determined to export its ideas and support shiites in the region. militant radicals took over the in mecca proclaiming opposition to the royal family and its lax ways. the event scared the saudis pushing the regime to the religious right. saudi arabia's governing ideology was viewing the sects. saudi arabia responded by adopting an even more sectarian edge to its policies. this may be about more than just geo-politics. saudi arabia's facing a series of challenges from isis to domestic extremists. the country's large inactive social media is dominated

iran interferes into arab affairs. it penetrates and infiltrates the world, syria, iraq, bay ran and yemen-- bahrain and yemen. they're trying hard to garner support. just in the gcc there's a meeting for the arab league and the saudis are hoping that our arab states will follow the saudi arabia vis-a-vis iran >>> is that shared by countries in the gcc but in the arab world itself? >> this is the critical point is that the arab world is deeply divided. you have three blocks. you have the pro iranian block made up of iraq and syria, lebanon is deeply divided, yemen is in support of iran and you have the pro saudi de, saudi arabia, ba principal and to a lesser extent. egypt ask really reluctant to join either camp even though egypt says it supports saudi arabia. algeria is trying to play a mediating role. it shows you how divided the world is that saudi arabia is pushing hard for a united arab position in order to counter balance iran >>> how does saudi arabia's longstanding international ally the u.s. feel about this re

that was their own arab spring.rotesters in the streets, people being shot -- charlie: a critical moment for the regime. and fairhani, free election. it depends on the state of their economy. it's just like here. true that thely population is pro-u.s. in a cultural sense, but it is absolutely also true that across a wide spectrum of the iranian population, there is deep frustration with u.s. in the region and against iran. charlie: rouhani expresses that all the time. let me get to two points based on what you said. priority, isis. priority, iran. then there is north korea. mike: let me say one more thing about what is likely to change with isis over the next year. the affiliates, the isis affiliates around the world, are going to become more important, and libya is going to become a real story over the next 12 months, and the next president is likely to face a significant isis group with territory in libya. there's an isis group there already. small city,ok one and for the first time, foreign fighters are flowing t

tom: officials in israel say there is an arab--- that an arab-israeli has been shot dead after being on the run for a week. he is thought to be had the killing of three people at an attack in tel aviv. benjamin netanyahu has huge praise on the security forces were tracking him down. the latest from jerusalem. reporter: mrs. most certainly -- this is most certainly israel's most wanted fugitive since last friday, when the 29-year-old conducted a deadly attack and one of the most crowded neighborhoods in central tel aviv, randomly opening fire on crowds, at least killing 2 people on the scene, and then cap driver later on, and injuring at least eight people. ever since come he had been at large. a massive manhunt operation had been carried out by the israeli police. we have seen all week long large police forces deployed around the larger tel aviv area, and up until a few days ago, the israeli police were still working under this option that the suspect might still be hiding in a tel aviv somewhere and possibly might be planning for a second attack. but the groundbreaking development h

arab leaders accusing iran of creating chaos. a hollywood actor leads the mexican police to the world's most wanted drug lord. >> reporter: i'm here with the spo sports today > >>> tens of thousands of people who are starving to death in three syrian towns will have to wait at least another day before help reaches them. aid agencies had hoped that trucks with food and medicine would arrive on sunday. some people are so desperate that they're eating leaves and grass. >> they are ready to deliver aid to three sillages in-- villages in syria. we're talking about a madaya which ask on the outskirts of damascus. that has been under siege by government and allied forces. another area is idlib where people are under siege from rebel forces. the u.n. has been helping to negotiate this deal from back in september. that's when they had hoped to agree on a ceasefire with these two differing sides and then last week some fighters were released from the north of madaya and their families as well. it has taken until this stage, a complicated s

what happened to egypt and the arab spring? i have a scholar and great journalist to tell us where it all goes. >>> and honor killings. one of the most barbaric brands of murder. a woman shot by her own family because she loved the wrong person. i'll talk to an oscar-winning filmmaker who has made a stunning film about one such horrific case. but first, here's my take. >>> to understand why the current conservative crack-up so con founds the republican establishment, you have to recognize that the party is facing two separate revolts that are taking place simultaneously. one led by ted cruz, the other by donald trump. the first one is well described in an important new book "why the right went wrong." for six decades, he explains, conservatives have promised their voters they were going to roll back big government. in the 1950s and early '60s, they ran against the new deal. then they railed against medicare, today it's obamacare. but they never actually did anything about these programs. the simple reason for this, of course, i