you don't speak arabic.0 of your residents are arab but you have made no effort in ten years to speak arabic. i speak to them on a daily basis. i serve them in a daily basis. i serve them in a daily basis. can you see life from their point of view, really? you think you can? of course. so how would you feel if you were an arab citizen of this city and you looked at the building laws and you looked at the way in which construction works in this city. and you see that the vast majority of building permits given are given tojewish builders for jewish residences. let me quote you ajewish, not jewish residences. let me quote you a jewish, not an arab palestinian, but a jewish ngo who studied this, they say 8% of building permits for housing units into rizal and have gone to palestinian neighbourhoods. 8%. 40% of this city is arab. gone to palestinian neighbourhoods. 896. 4096 of this city is arab. in my ten yea rs 896. 4096 of this city is arab. in my ten years as mayor that is totally nonsense. in the past, if y

protests in parliament against a law that is tearing up relations between jewish and arab israelis arab politicians were rejected as they spoke against the law which gives jews the unique right of national self-determination they passed with a narrow majority prime minister benjamin netanyahu described it as an historic day . zero this is a defining moment in the annals of zionism and the history of the state of israel. the law in shrines the national flag anthem and holidays it declares jerusalem as israel's capital and supports the development of jewish communities hebrew is now the country's only official language arabic downgraded to a so-called special status arab lawmakers said the measures verge towards apartheid the nationality bill is in hate crime there are discriminating against the arab citizens against minority with the racist africans especially those over jewish settlements and the arctic is downgrading there are big the status of the arabic language around twenty percent of israelis are of arab ethnicity some say they feel treated as second class citizens observers say t

the arab spring began with high hopes. but with seventy years on it turned the middle east into an open war and what went so wrong and what is next for the region will i ask the former president of tunisia where the wave of revolt started mr maule said. seven years after the people of the middle east took to the streets demanding transparency democracy and inclusion the region is a wash with fanaticism on a key and launch popular movements just doomed to fail in the arab world has the arab spring become the ultimate antidote against revolutions or will in other ways of uprisings and goes to region once again. the former president of tunisia welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us now. seventy years ago they are exploring infected the middle east with hopes that popular app risings would get rid of dictators and usher in an era of prosperity we have now only one success story out of many why has to manage to make this work so far but no one else where first of all the let me thank you for this invitation o

he sent the message since the last elections that the arabs our. israeli arab citizens. in the best case they are not is where it is in the worst case the enemy's. yeah and i have i just have literally ten seconds left unfortunately is there anything that can be done to repeal this law or is it now a fact. this is this is a fact what should be done is to make sure that this statement by the bill will not be implemented on the ground that will not going to change jury ality and make some. practical changes that will make this kind of negative statement negative message to them i know it is and to the world and to the jewish community because the jewish community is all part of the minorities in germany in the united states to make sure that we don't put a president of a practical discrimination official discrimination akiva eldar israeli political columnist for our monitors there thank you for weighing in. thank you very much my pleasure all right let's bring up to speed now with some of the other stories making news around the world. spain has dropped its request to have

residents and arab minority.specially, laws of jewish settlements and downgrading the air of settlements. reporter: 20% of israelis are of arab ethnicity. some say they are treated as second-class citizens. they say the law undermines democracy in israel. >> it clearly does not give the same level of quality and is designed to supersede the laws that we have already had. this is very problematic. it will minimize the rights for minorities and make them feel alienated. it makes israel more jewish and correct. reporter: a challenge is expected. anchor: welcome to dw. what do you think ? is this new law racist? >> the fact that you are asking this question makes the point that i would not ask this question about germany, great britain, or the united states if they are racist the fact that this question is asked, it is a very legitimate question, is a clear indication that israel has put himself in trouble. it brings back to my mind the resolution from 75 in the human when israel was struggling to delete it from the

it fell to arab forces.part of this advance, the cavalry forces covered more terrain faster than any force previously and they continued the attack north, taking aleppo on october 25. facing a possible invasion, the ottoman empire capitulated on october 30, 1918. so, before discussing the various treaties and dissolution of the ottoman empire, i want to step back in time and move to the east and discuss the actions of the great arab revolt. this was an irregular action funded and resourced by the british empire. the forces were commanded by the son of the sharif of mecca. the force conducted regular irregular attacks on the lines of communication. of course, most of us know about these events through the writings of movies associated with the british army officer known in "lawrence of arabia." and now to the clip. [video clip] [gunfire] >> come on, men! [cheering] lt. col. steed: the success of this force in securing the railroad that connected the ottoman leadership to these places was significant. it was c

it created a revolution in arab media when it launched in 1996.its rival since 2003. both stations have some of the biggest tv news audiences across the region. aljazeera is owned by the qatari government, while al arabiya, though based in dubai, is saudi owned. a saudi precondition to restoring relations was that the qataris should close down aljazeera, which they believe to be biased, butjust how fair was the news coverage by both sides of the gulf crisis? and was it legitimate coverage or was it propaganda? we asked dina matar, an expert on arab media, to examine footage broadcast by both sides on the same day. translation: watching these clips, the issue of fake news raises its head. on one of them, the al arabiya one, you see that there's a crisis. in the video you see that there are people queueing up to buy basic supplies. the other video shows a different situation. they are conducting interviews with lots of people sitting in the souq, smoking shisha, saying everything is normal, there's no problem. even the officials are saying that ther

the lines of language are very arab and arabic. i cannot express enough the importance of this film and helping one to understand the region. the race to damascus is portrayed in "lawrence of arabia" as a competition between the british led forces and their arab partners to the east. there's a lot to this characterization, even if the details of the film are slightly inaccurate. the arab forces reach the city first, and they were unable to govern without british technical assistance. at this point, there was a trust amongstk of the various parties, as the agreement had been released from the bolshevik government in moscow. the status of forces and the redrawing of boundaries was not fully a result of the picot agreement, though the borders of syria jordan, iraq and tend to follow the outlines sketched out by two functionaries. the borders will evolve through several treaties. first, i want to remind the audience that it was only a few months after entering the war , that the ottomans attacked into the caucasus region. throughout wo

i would call it a racist bill because the downgrades the status of the arabs in israel and the status of arabic from an official language to a quote unquote special status whatever that means what do you see is the driving motivation behind the next a new government bringing this bill. well i think actually the israeli arabs who are palestinian citizens of israel have very little to do with the motivations behind this this particular piece of legislation you have to see it as part of a series of illiberal nativist pick populist bills that have been proposed in the knesset in the last several years some of them have passed some of them have not passed this one barely passed by the way a very small margin passed by sixty two out of one hundred twenty knesset members so it's very controversial and even benny begun a knesset member from the likud party did not support it the president of israel the attorney general the outgoing head of the jewish agency and other civil society groups all came out against it if this does marginalize a significant section of the israeli population do you th

arab israeli law makers say israel's new nation state law is racist and the death of the country's democracy the new law gives jews in israel a unique right to national self-determination elevates hebrew above arabic us national language and that says it doesn't i'm filled. this is the day. of. the majority has rights and the majority decides you know absolute majority wants to ensure our state's jewish character for generations to come. to keeping the hate. they are discriminating against. against the down minority with the basis. of. minorities in israel. and probably rightly so because the law. is making israel more jewish. i think this is racist legislation my radical right wing government that is creating radical last three and is planting the seeds to create an apartheid state to work for to clear up or. also on the program on sunday just three hours of rain in juba and north of nigeria was enough to sweep away hundreds of houses and the people living in them. i really don't know what i should say the water was up to her neck and kept rising. she looked over at her mother and said plea

>> zahara: [ speaking in arabic ] give him more of the spicy sauce.omy is going to have to shift away from oil towards other industries. how would you like to prepare your daughters for the future? >> zahara: [ speaking in arabic ] well, now we live, we live in our golden days, thanks to sultaqaboos, bless him. >> samiha: [ speaking in arabic ] god help him to recover from his illness, and bless him with longer life. >> zahara: [ speaking in arabic ] thank god almighty. we live in our golden age, but we have to be prepared for the future. >> anthony: what do the young ladies, when they reach adulthood what are your hopes and dreams? >> girl in white and gold: [ speaking in arabic ] i want to be satisfied with myself and achieve my goals. i want to be a business woman. >> anthony: and the other young lady? >> girl wearing red: (in arabic) i want to be a teacher, and mom wants me to study at the university and become the president of the university. >> anthony: strong women in this family. >> samiha: very strong ones! ♪ ♪ ♪ stella artois. voila! pockets

protests in parliament against a law that is tearing up relations between jewish and arab israelis arab politicians were rejected as they spoke against the law which gives jews the unique right of national self-determination that passed with a narrow majority prime minister benjamin netanyahu described it as an historic day . zero this is a defining moment in the annals of zionism and the history of the state of israel. the law in shrines the national flag anthem and holidays it declares jerusalem as israel's capital and supports the development of jewish communities hebrew is now the country's only official language arabic downgraded to a so-called special status arab lawmakers said the measures verge towards apartheid their nationality bill is in hate crime there are just going to need against the arab citizens against minority with the racist africans especially those over jewish settlements and the arctic is downgrading there are big the status of that began. around twenty percent of israelis are of arab ethnicity some say they feel treated as second class citizens observers say the

israel's prime minister says this is a democracy a little georgie has spoken arab israeli lawmakers say israel's new nation state law is racist and the death of the country's democracy the new law gives jews in israel a unique right to national self-determination elevates hebrew above arabic as the national language and that says it doesn't i'm phil gayle in berlin this is the day . i mean. the majority has rights and the majority decides. he wants to ensure our state's jewish character for generations to come. in the connecticut been is. there a disconnect in. the basis. of his comments and. minorities in israel. and rightly so because the law. making is more jewish that's the crux. of what i think this is racist legislation my radical right wing government knows creeping wramc along and is planting the seed straight now partite stink to work to clean up but. also on the program on sunday just three hours. north of nigeria was enough to sweep away hundreds of houses and the people living in the. i really don't know what i should say the water was up to her neck kept rising. she looked

so there is something that could have been harmful to arabs that was removed from the bill. all of the rights that there have been provided to the arab community for seventy years are reinforced and not taken away by the bill so it really is much ado about nothing sir well you say that mr hoffman a few moments ago you said that prime minister netanyahu didn't need this bill everything's absolutely fine but the full the son of a late prime minister from the look could party benny begin son of menachem begin said this isn't a decision the good leadership should be making a wall actually of a growing disconnect with human rights so the alarm bells are ringing within the look could parties who shouldn't prime minister netanyahu be aware of what is party members m.p.'s are actually thinking ok so and then the other twenty nine members of the knesset inside the party voted in favor of it and that just shows what israeli democracy is i ask you how many jews are there in arab parliaments around the middle east how many jewish states are there besides israel that this is the only one

he used the arabs for his ambitions. this is the arabs for his ambitions.the british to the big reception by the british to the arabs. because when the arabs have a kind of treaty with the british, to give the arabs a kind of independence in all of this area, and to support the arab in the economy and social aspects. the allies were to row back on this promise, but the attacks on the ottoman supply lines on this railway route, which ran north to south through what is nowjordan, proved to be highly effective. this is a reconstruction of one of the original trains on the railway, and it used to carry pilgrims and supplies to the ottoman troops. i am going to take a trip now through the stunning landscape. it is making hot outer there. i hope it is cooler inside. check this out. every little boy's dream. this is a glorious feeling. huge, vast arid desert around me, big granite mountains on either side. just how you would imagine it. my guide! horses! go low. whoa! that's a bomb, i think you'll find. that's a bomb. oh! what the hell! that is loud. so, what i'm

translation: the arab audience is becoming increasingly confused.hey no longer know which tv channel they should believe. just after midnight, the attack begins. much of the population is asleep but the official qatar newsagency website is streaming round the clock, as usual. then something strange happens, the news ticker, at the bottom of the screen, starts to quote a speech apparently by the emir of qatar. he is reported to have made some astonishing statements. he's seemed to be supporting iran, saying it was... the emir supposed words flatly contradicted america's policy toward iran — a country which the us considers to be a sponsor of terrorism. but that was not all. according to the ticker, the emir had also said that qatar was interested in establishing a... it was an extraordinary statement. qatari support for hamas would be a challenge to the us, which officially lists it as a terrorist organisation. within minutes, pro—saudi media and the united arab emirates picked up on the controversial reports and went on to cover them extensively. qa

translation: the arab audience is becoming more confused. longer know which tv news to believe. just after midnight, the attack begins. much of the population is asleep but the official qatar newsagency website is streaming around the clock, as usual. then something strange happens, at the bottom of the screen, the speech is quoted a p pa re ntly screen, the speech is quoted apparently by the india of qatar —— lobbyist emir. he appears to be supporting iran, saying... the emir supposedly that flatly contradicted the us, it considers iran to be a sponsor the us, it considers iran to be a sponsor of terrorism. that was not all. according to the ticker, emir the also said... it was an extraordinary statement. qatari support for hamas would be a challenge to the us which lists it asa challenge to the us which lists it as a terrorist organisation. within minutes, pro— saudi media and the uae picked up on the controversial reports and went on to cover it extensively. qatar was swift to deny the statements. six weeks later, the washington posts new

arab lawmakers protest against a controversial new law in the israeli parliament it's explicit he defines israel as the nation state of the jewish people the prime minister says it's a defining moment for zionism. and thailand's rescue coupons get up early to pray for their future safety so far the boys seem to be in good health and good spirits just by phaneuf three week ordeal. thank you for your company a british media report says police believe they have identified suspects linked to the attack on former russian double agents. and his daughter yulia britain's security minister has for now dismissed the report as speculation now the pair were poisoned with. very in march two more people were recently exposed to the same no agent in a nearby town and one of them has since died the. news agency reports says investigators used security footage and travel records to pinpoint the suspects these be no official comment from scotland yard so far. and we now bring in. joining us from london so what exactly do we know from the police so far what have they found out. well the police have not said

to post israelis and arabs is the same spices course.we are actually the same the same flavors and to find different ways a lot of times. you can see the exact. rides out of a. kitchen used to lots. of israel the kitchen also use it as it is a fuse a kind of a fusion. so what's up the system we have yes we have become time salted fish. we have all kinds i was conscious we have a fine if you rush outside. we have to push the cows that. we have. to. go away and if not most probably because of all that rushing immigration. so we also have many tio. shop idiom for that and there are a lot of if you can see here in jerusalem there is a big community of video visuals my. through the entice ing brains of produce on sale here there is one unifying feature everything in the smoke is strictly kosher that's to see it conforms to jewish dietary laws forbidding sets in the us and so you'll find no shrimps at the fishmonger and no pool at the butcher. no one familiar with the muslim idea of hand then that's his food it is committed according to islami

national status of israel's arab minority will be preserved one hundred percent the only difference here is that the government and the knesset wanted to underscore the importance of having a jewish emblem as the official emblem a jewish the jewish language of thirty seven hundred years which is hebrew as the official language jewish holidays is the official holidays just like scores of other countries around the world it is absolutely not discriminatory whatsoever about at the top of the hour with the latest to see that. since communicating with your embassy even here in the week even your did leave us with is a good idea but i think a lot of americans this winter stand being stupid which the ways in which we're here is to communicate for example where their military operations are in syria or even about the baltics lewdly as they do they are making. a bunch of misunderstandings at the end of which you could be in a catastrophic war which would be crazy for russia would be crazy for you a. four man are sitting in a car when the fifth gets shot in the head. all four different versio

national status of israel's arab minority will be preserved one hundred percent the only difference here is that the government and the knesset wanted to underscore the importance of having a jewish emblem as the official emblem a jewish the jewish language of thirty seven hundred years which is hebrew as the official language jewish holidays as the official holidays just like scores of other countries around the world it is absolutely not discriminatory whatsoever. white farmers in south africa are increasingly looking at russia as a place to resettle amid a rising tide of violence against them at home. our descendants of dutch speaking saddle errors at the eastern cape frontier in south africa during the eighteen and much of the one nine hundred century the people moved in the nineteenth century they tried to act in the way they were surveyed their joy to negotiate negotiate officially they tried to avoid conflict the land in this area for example was never taken of the taken by whites from the legs with violence or in an unjust leather. the expropriation of land occupied by settl

only official language demoting arabic from second. deputy attorney general says the law also allows the construction of synagogues and ritual balts but not mosques. the israeli president says the legislation could harm jewish people and israel's enemies could use it as a weapon protestors against the will march to tell of even saturday. israelis came today to protest against the nation state law which is a racist and fascist law that is trying to turn israel from a democracy into something else therefore we are here to block this drift towards dictatorship and fascism they are you know included i came today to say that the arab citizens of israel are not inferior to the nation state law will discriminate against them as the israeli government has been doing for many years arabic is an official language and they deserve equal rights. the government led by prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists that it's important to establish that israel is the historical homeland of the jewish people who have the sole right to national self-determi

that's the united arab emirates. judges. for. who do really participate in both the deliberation and the final vote. for a reason it's made known to me unable to take their seat on the bench today i would recall that on eleven doun twenty the state of qatar in the registry of the call and application instituting proceeding against the united arab emirate with regard to our leg the violation is of the international convention on the limitation of all forms of racial discrimination of twenty one december nineteen to thirty five on the same day qatar has submitted their request for the indication of provisional measure refer him to article forty one of these two and two article seventy three seventy four and seventy five of the rules of call a meeting at safeguarding the right is it claim under the convention bending the court decision on the merits in accordance with the usual practice i shall not read introductory paragraph is of the order which set out the procedure of his study of the case they should also all meet or summarize

to solve it among arabs that we had under fishel initiative to get iraq to withdraw from kuwait. that quick. maharat told me i don't want to talk to the iraqis it's hopeless i interviewed our fans at the time and begged him if i told him saddam was going to lose and advised arafat not to support him if he was hesitant especially towards the end but he couldn't break away from saddam hussein. on a facts position was criticized within the p.l.o. . also known as the who was now recognize design in fact second in command distrusted saddam hussein from the outset the last time i saw him was just before. hussein started making his move on kuwait it was just after after the oval abbas affair and i was in tunis and met our yard and he said you know this is saddam's doing this job abbas affair and he's it's he's courting other far he's trying to get out a fight to move the headquarters to baghdad and he said he has something in mind i don't know what it is but i'm trying to figure it out because he wants the palestinians and he wants the palestinians in his corner when it happens and we h

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. th 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