arab world. of the three british wartime promises this was the only one that was realized and the aftermath has been felt throughout the middle east ever since. in terms of the harvest of misery the suffering the injustices the difficulties the trauma that has resulted from this period from one thousand nine hundred and the postwar settlement i think that the first world war is the greatest calamity to befall the middle east since the mongols in twelve fifty and the robotic play of the fourteenth century and i don't think that this is actually an overstatement the whole debate about sectarianism the whole debate about arab nationalism the whole debate about the role of the state the whole debate about corruption about the elite all of those elements now and others are engaged on in twenty fourteen where rooted there and i think we know this into all of that the fingerprint off the outsiders in that time british friends in two thousand and fourteen fifteen americans it's the same with different pl

arab world. all that really mattered now was military conquest boots on the ground politicians could make whatever deals they liked but occupation was nine tenths of the law from the red sea to turkey. the entire region from. two to the tourist mountains was occupied they were occupied because they were crucially important to british were. more amps because of suez because of egypt because of iraq to india because of the oil fields and and that iran and mesopotamia because of the attritional states around the gulf all these were crucial british war aims from the very beginning. but now what to do with all this okey pide land the answer new states whether or not they respected ethnic religious or tribal borders. not only did so mark sykes draw lines on the maps his artistic skills were put to further use. it is the ultimate. mark cites a man so many verses he detested in the east should be responsible for the design of the flags the symbol of national sovereignty of so many arab countries jordan i

arab world. all that really mattered now was military conquest boots on the ground politicians could make whatever deals they liked but occupation was nine tenths of the law from the red sea to turkey. the entire region from. two to the tourist mountains was occupied they were occupied because they were crucially important to british were. more amps because of suez because of egypt because of iraq to india because of the oil fields and and that iran and mesopotamia because of the attritional states around the gulf all these were crucial british war aims from the very beginning. but now what to do with all this okey pide land the answer new states whether or not they respected ethnic religious or tribal borders. not only did so mark sykes draw a lines on the maps his artistic skills would put to further use. it is the ultimate. mark sites a man so many rowsley detested in the east should be responsible for the design of the flags the symbols of national sovereignty of so many other countries jorda

the arabs are still living with the consequences though this very day. almost as soon as the ultimate empire joined the war in november one thousand nine hundred fourteen the european allies began staking their claims. in march nine hundred fifteen russia announced it wanted istanbul and the straits linking the black sea to the mediterranean. france accepted russia's claim and set out its own plans. they wanted the southeast turkish coast and greater syria. then in june one thousand nine hundred fifteen britain announced it wanted the whole western coast of the arabian gulf plus all of mesopotamia. britain also wanted to control a strip of land from there to haifa in which to build a railway it would give them an alternative route to india and one day might carry gulf oil. the british already had serious interest the ottoman empire they'd already up by egypt they'd already moved to the gulf states they already had interests in southern mesopotamia they already had oriel interests in the gulf so the war suddenly brought all of this then right to the foref

he was the last one issue and the other hand in arabic the red panda. he was banished to the mountainous region of southern andalusia by the spanish song grins isabella of cast steel and ferdinand of africa. he shed tears at the thought of soon having to exchange the lush and colorful spenda the alhambra for the average north african desert. babs it was him outside the gates of justice that he had to hand over the key of the alhambra to the catholic monk. to move in two hundred fifty years the hand hewn into the stone about the portal and all that protection to the out ambrose nasty. as now it seemed to bid farewell. since that time the blessedly mary has stood in a nice of the gate amidst the wonderfully melted multi-colored tiles the as an a.o.s. . the departure of sutton. marked the end of almost eight hundred years of arab history and spain. the nasty denah stebic least babbling fountains and gardens fauna flowers the arabs living in andalusia passionate about portions. opposite the alhambra is the natural bruna some a palace the vanity fair where t

the arabs were nowhere to be found. the businessmen were not allowed to come. >> then we made the decision to bring as an american delegation of jewish and arab businessmen -- make the effort to have the meeting in jerusalem. so we did. we had the israeli team there and with the had the american business team there. we had representatives from the american embassy. no palestinian businessmen. we got a note halfway through the meeting saying that they were at the checkpoint and they had no permits to get through and the israeli soldiers would not let them through. the effort to open the arab world to israel did not pay off in terms of support for any movement toward peace. from the very beginning israel wanted normalization. they wanted to skip to the end of the peace initiative and dump everything in between. i'm afraid that is where we are today. every move toward normalization is pocketed with nothing coming back in return. so, my sense is that we need to be very clear that normalization -- not because we want to reje

the arabs were now on their own. when it becomes clear that the occupation of these regions is going to take place at the british and french armies are not going to leave that the british and french empires states are going to impose a colonial regime armed opposition armed revolt becomes an obvious and almost foregone conclusion. follows and also what she was one of the arab generation that lived through the horrors of world war one. he started as an officer in the autumn an army but after the war he joined king faisel when he ruled syria and fozzy also fought at my saloon in one thousand nine hundred twenty. when the syrian revolution against the french erupted five years later he didn't hesitate to join the nationalist side. malik told to also watch his close friend yaki also keep in this house in beirut where he and fozzy used to meet something comes on the scene. with breaking into a regular programming house take you live to where the white house this was a few minutes ago when president trump just before presi

a different a different view on the arab world a different arab country in love and i'm not hopeful at all right off no because we are witnessing a times where religious radicalism as on the rise it's you know it's like a graph it's up and down and now it's up and you cannot mix religion with governance and expect good things you cannot i mean this is a luxury that i cannot afford i've been disappointed too many times and the arab world and most arab countries are very far from the separation nowadays and i mean i do i'm i'm glad that finally a women in saudi arabia can that can be and the twentieth century they're still not in two thousand and eighteen but i'm glad they're at least able to to drive cars can you imagine that we are applauding a country just because it allows people something so absurd and they're only allowed women as as to drive a car why should we i mean they should have done this a long time ago i mean at least allow women to decide for themselves going to china was a want to do how they when they want to travel how they want to lay it and i think that it's very imp

where the arabs would have. some war ptolemy but in which each of the big powers the great powers would have the right to advise or influence with the further complication that the territory of what was to become palestine was designated for an international zone where basically russia britain and france are able to agree who could lay greater claim to the holy lands just to further that decision down the road by painting it all brown. in january one nine hundred sixteen the french and british agree to ignore the borders of any future arab kingdom. their new borders were enshrined in the deal we now know as the psychs pekoe agreements. sikes to his line from acre to could cook so the south of anatolia eastern turkey the syrian coast and be roots were put under direct french control. basra and baghdad were put under direct british control. and damascus were put under french protection and were called area a. the rest of mr potato and the south of greater syria were put under british protection and called area b.

but family was not the only holder the war inflicted on the arab world.let's start with mesopotamia or iraq with the arrival of six hundred thousand colonial soldiers so these soldiers coming in from for example to other port cities they're all carrying to see uses typhus cholera dysentery something called a wasting fever which was devastating for you to seizures and coma what a lot of people suffered without ever having gone front was contagious and casualty rate from epidemic is much higher than the casualty rate for being at the front of the front page that played a role especially as refugees fled from the front and mesopotamia and the caucasus in particular they brought with. us and the fleas on life support scary typhus and malaria was also a concern. on the battlefield however i'm to the surprise of the european powers the ultimate has proved a valuable german. they'd attack the british if this is cannot. defeat the deliberately in nine hundred fifty. the force the so. render of the indian expeditionary force in mesopotamia in one thousand nine hun

where the arabs would have. somewhat ptolemy but in which each of the big powers the great powers would have the right to advise or influence with the further complication that the territory of what was to become palestine was designated for an international zone where basically russia britain and france are able to agree who could lay greater claim to the holy lands just to further that decision down the road by painting it all proud. in january one thousand nine hundred sixteen the french and british agreed to ignore the borders of any future arab kingdom. their new borders were enshrined in the deal we now know as the psychs pekoe agreements. sikes to his line from acre to could cook so the south of anatolia eastern turkey the syrian coast and the roots were put under direct french control. basra and baghdad were put under direct british control. and damascus were put under french protection and were called area a. the rest of mr petain mia and the south of greater syria were put under british protection and

where the arabs would have. some war ptolemy but in which each of the big powers the great powers would have the right to advise or influence with the further complication that the territory of what was to become palestine was designated for an international zone where basically russia britain and france are able to agree who could lay greater claim to the holy lands just to further that decision down the road by painting it all brown. in january one thousand nine hundred sixteen the french and british agree to ignore the borders of any future arab kingdom. their new borders were enshrined in the deal we now know as the psychs pekoe agreements. sikes to his line from acre to could cook so the south of anatolia eastern turkey the syrian coast and the roots were put under direct french control. basra and baghdad were put under direct british control. and the muskets were put under french protection and were called area a. the rest of mr potato and the south of greater syria were put under british protection and ca

and what is the first arabic and newspaper in germany it's for the arabic speakers here the newcomers and settled also but we have a lot of followers on facebook why you have fifty thousand people and how fast. there is no r.c. place right now for us i mean we are a group of syrian and arabs so we don't speak unfortunately these activists are well intentioned but dealing with arab refugees is as new to them as dealing with german activists is for me on one side there was one of these stupid questions which came up always in the newspapers begin to discussions how much money does a refugee get already refugee richard gets more money. than hartsfield. that it's person hurts for receivers are welfare recipients they give their claims that the german government spends more money on a refugee than on a poor german the fact is refugees and hurts for recipients both get.

in arabic the red. he was banished to the mountainous region of southern andalusia by the spanish sovereigns isabella of castiel and ferdinand of arak. he shed tears at the thought of soon having to exchange the lush and colorful splenda the alhambra for the adelaide north african desert it's. perhaps it was here outside the gate of justice that he had to hand over the key of the alhambra to the catholic nun. for more than two hundred fifty years the hand hewn into the stone above the portal but offered protection to the out ambrose nasser a druid has now seen to bid farewell. since that time the blessid virgin mary has stood in a nisha of the gate amidst the wonderfully molded multi-colored tiles the as of a rose. the departure of sutton mark the end of almost eight hundred years of arab history in spain. the nasty dinner stebic least babbling fountains and gardens full of flowers the arabs living in andalusia passionate about abortion. opposite the alhambra is a natural bruna some a palace net effect

a different a different view on the arab world a different arab countries in my view i'm not hopeful at all right off no because we are witnessing a times where religious radicalism has on the rise it's you know it's like a graph it's up and down and now it's up and you cannot mix religion with governance and expect good things you cannot i mean this is a luxury that i cannot afford i've been disappointed too many times and the arab world and most arab countries are very far from this separation nowadays and i mean i do i'm i'm glad that finally a women in saudi arabia can that can be and the twentieth century they're still not in two thousand and eighteen but i'm glad they're at least able to to drive cars can you imagine that we are applauding a country just because it allows people something so absurd and there are only a lot of women as as to drive a car why should we i mean they should have done this a long time ago i mean at least allow women to decide for themselves going to china was a want to do how they when they want to travel how they want to live and i think that it's ve

and what is the first arabic and newspaper in germany it's for the arabic speakers here the newcomers and settled also but we have a lot of followers on facebook why you have fifty thousand people and how fast. there is no r.c. place right now for us i mean we are a group of syrian and arabs so we don't speak unfortunately these activists are well intentioned but dealing with arab refugees is as new to them as dealing with german activists is for me on one side there was one of these stupid questions which came up always in the newspapers begin to discussions how much money does a refugee get already a refugee it refers you gets more money. than hartsfield. that it's person hurts for receivers our welfare recipients they give their claims that the german government spends more money on a refugee than on a poor german. the fact is refugees and hertz for recipients both get four hundred euros per person per month. you still don't understand spanish movie you can. i just see it says the good news no they called. it's monday night in dresden near the beautiful square showcasing the cultur

and what is the first arabic and newspaper in germany it's for the arabic speakers here the newcomers and settled also but we have a lot of followers on facebook but you have fifty thousand people and how fast. there is no r.c. place right now for us i mean we are a group of syrian and arabs so we don't speak unfortunately these activists are well intentioned but dealing with arab refugees is as new to them as dealing with german activists is for me on one side there was one of these stupid questions which came up always in the newspapers are going to get to discussions how much money does a refugee get already a refugee richard gets more money. than hearts feel. that a good person hurts for receivers are welfare recipients they give their claims that the german government spends more money on a refugee than on a poor german. the fact is refugees and hertz for recipients both get four hundred euros per person per month. he stood looking over the next state can't move you can. say the city says the good news that they all got it. it's monday night in dresden near the beautiful square s

the arabs and americans and elsewhere. it is important to rescue the iranians, to rescue the people of iran. we have no them long time, years and years and with great relationship with them. we have good business with them. i mean, what's happening to the everyday, it is corrupted country, corrupted government, corrupted ayatollah, what they call them, you know. nothing except doing that. definitely i'm against war, against war, against war. i'm against that 100%. >> but you're not against destabilizing the regime of iran? >> that something we have to do the they have to go. if we want to be civilized, we want to rest. living border by border with them. >> you think think the effort o contain iran has been hurt by the tension between several members of the gulf cooperation council and with respect to how to handle iran and the boycott of qatar? has that enable the gcc to play a meaningful role in containing iranian aggression, or does that get in the way of containing iran? >> iranian aggression the continuing with the san

they contain challis fostanes arab revolt along the his as railway line.and they force the british to fight every step of the way in palestine in one thousand nine hundred eighteen. but ultimate military commanders also committed catastrophic arrows. minister for war and government leader and what pasha sent tens of thousands of soldiers to fight the russians at sonic amish in eastern anatolia during the winter of one nine hundred fourteen and early one nine hundred fifty. he wanted to regain territory lost to russia in eight hundred seventy eight. few of his troops had proper weapons or even boots to march him. as many as sixty thousand autumn and troops died of whom two thirds are likely to have perished from frostbite and typhus rather than fighting the russians. the disaster outside accommodation is still marked by local people. prayers as said every friday for the third autumn an army. some of the older members of the community like this village elders recall a popular poem from the time it accuses anwar pasha of betraying his own men a betrayal they

but farmer was not the only holder the war inflicted on the arab world.let's start with mesopotamia or iraq with the arrival of six hundred thousand colonial soldiers so these soldiers coming in from for example to other port cities they're all carrying to see uses typhus cholera dysentery something called a wasting fever which was devastating for you to seizures and coma what a lot of people suffered without ever having gone to the front was contagion and casualty rate from epidemic is much higher than the casualty rate for being at the front of the front page that played a role especially as refugees fled from the front and mesopotamia and the caucasus in particular they brought with. us and the fleas lice of course carry typhus and malaria was also a concern. on the battlefield however i'm to the surprise of the european powers the ultimate has proved a valuable german. they'd attack the british if this is can all. defeated the deliberately in one nine hundred fifty. three force the so. render of the indian expeditionary force in mesopotamia in one tho

across the arab world. an incident later in the war illustrated this clearly. the british captured seven hundred iraqi soldiers in one thousand nine hundred seventy eight and sent them to egypt. the british offer to free the person as if they'd support an arab revolt against the ultimate led by sorry for saying of mecca but few iraqis accepted most were uneasy at the idea of challenging the kale of. books such as the one thousand nine hundred thirty eight work by george antonius the arab revolt exaggerated the support of sharif hussein's one thousand nine hundred sixteen revolt against the ottomans and exaggerated and painted a very negative image of on him in a rule of four hundred years of ottoman rule and even many european colonialists tended to denigrate the ottoman past and to the point of referring to it as so despotic and backward that it almost welcomed the arrival of european colonialism. the ottoman army was also diverse in november nine hundred fourteen up to three hundred thousand of their troops were arabs from greater syria. of the army's nine mo

they found the arab tribesmen of trans-jordan a tough nut to crack. the fourth. the line here today at alcatraz is near the jordanian town of maan a tribal stronghold that the husham ites were never able to capture. before the war the his honour's railway had been a way for arabs here to travel from alcatraz to new destinations one hundred years on the trains don't stop here anymore. were. when feisal hashemites moved north in one thousand nine hundred eighteen and formed a pincer movement with general allen based british divisions in palestine they were able to take damascus on the second of october. the big battles were occurring in europe this was the right flank of an army that was invading north from egypt up the coast of the mediterranean eventually to end up in aleppo. after taking greater sea. area faisal felt he did chief his objective and fully expected the british to deliver on their promises. ottoman rule of the levant was at an end and in a month a war would be over. the armistice was signed on the eleventh of november nineteen eighteen. the arabs wh

so those americans who don't know arabic or have arabic in what their vocabulary realize this when you're speaking with an arab, don't use these words interchangeably when what you really mean is defense. and when we talk about regional security, this can confuse people when really we're talking about regional defense there. before i go on to introduce the prince, we have the ggc secretary-general here. he's going to speak afterwards. his excellency, and we also have the ambassador of kuwait sheik al shabaab and the jordanian ambassador who graced us with their presence last night and the senior deputy assistant secretary of state for middle east affairs focusing primarily on arabia and the gulf. they're all down here, so the autograph hunters at the next break can concentrate yourselves right here and get maybe three from one stop. one i left out was ambassador -- from the league of arab states. where are you, sir? oh, there. thank you, sir. i'm glad you're here with us as well. so a star studded cast here, your royal highness. and we'll -- i'll be as brief as i can. former head of the g

but for ordinary arabs the sultan in east. goal was the kaleb of islam the leader of the muslim world. whichever side you were on there was a close bond with the calle of respect and loyalty for him across the arab world. and incident later in the war illustrated this clearly. the british captured seven hundred iraqi soldiers in one thousand nine hundred seventeen and sent them to egypt. the british offer to free the person as if they'd support an arab revolt against the ultimate led by sheriff the saying of mecca but few iraqis accepted most were uneasy at the idea of challenging the kale of. books such as the one thousand nine hundred thirty eight work by george antonius the arab revolt exaggerated the support of hussein's one thousand nine hundred sixteen report against the ottomans and exaggerated and painted a very next.

arabs began coming to germany in the late one nine hundred fifty s. .there were nearly half a million arabs already here when the most recent influx began. why did they come here. were they welcomed. how did they survive. what has become of them. i'm preoccupied with understanding the historical relationship between arabs and germany. klaus leg of a is a professor of cultural studies an advisor to the german government on islamic affairs he. will stand on soon and from fitzgibbon i'm annoyed to shave in bed. and visit slant on a pulley of any ted and have done. so could i leave it to him to connect. after his defeat in world war two germany was occupied by foreign powers something many arab countries have experienced throughout history. stanzel the us. in suppose under the old in. a day mission to. the world and i can even also put it take them the scope of the kind of political content in the vanguard us and. gave much on in on and so fan pages and also all of us done. of course and. their common ancestors found in business lloyd said he had taken. to

arabs began coming to germany in the late one nine hundred fifty s. . there were nearly half a million arabs already here when the most recent influx began. why did they come here. were they welcomed. how did they survive. what has become of them. i'm preoccupied with understanding the historical relationship between arabs and germany. klaus leg of a is a professor of cultural studies an advisor to the german government on islamic affairs the. new stand on some notes from fits in i'm annoyed the shame of it. and is that slant put in charge of any ted are not done. clearly but seem to connect. after his defeat in world war two germany was occupied by foreign powers something many arab countries have experienced throughout history. stands all of us. in suppose under the old in. a day mission so stiff and see the world and i need an awesome critic that when the scope of the kind of political content. gave much on in on in so fan pages and also all of us done. of course and. their common ancestors found in business lloyd said he had taken it. to the enginee

israel's transport and intelligence minister in the southern arabic gulf country of oman israel wants to build a railway linking its mediterranean ports at haifa stretching south across thousands of kilometers of arab land to the western coast of the strait of hormuz israel katz has been outlining the plans at a global transportation conference but he's also the latest senior israeli official to make a high profile visit to an arab country in the last few weeks some say these trips are a sign that relations between israel and some arabic countries are being normalized and the early two thousand countries put together an initiative which said that relations with israel would only be considered normal if there was a peace deal signed by both israel and palestine but there is no peace deal now palestinians and some others are concerned that a peace deal is a lower priority not just for israel but for some arab countries as well. at the end of october israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was also in amman to meet its rulers sultan qaboos bin saeed the last time an israeli leader did

a different a different view on the arab world a different arab country in love and i'm not hopeful atall about to know because we are witnessing a times where religious radicalism as on the rise it's you know it's like a graph it's up and down and now it's up and you cannot mix religion with governance and expect good things you cannot i mean this is a luxury that i cannot afford i've been disappointed too many times and the arab world and most arab countries are very far from the separation nowadays and i mean i do i'm i'm glad that finally a women in saudi arabia can that can be and the twentieth century they're still not in two thousand and eighteen but i'm glad they're at least able to to drive cars can you imagine that we are applauding a country just because it allows people something so absurd and they're only allowed women as as to drive a car why should we i mean they should have done this a long time ago i mean at least allow women to decide for themselves going to china was they want to do how they when they want to travel how they want to lay eggs and i think that it's ver

was the director of arab tv. [indiscernible] aired monday and they closed the channel because jamal was too independent. the independence of the press and saudi arabia is one essential goal of jamal khashoggi. if we want to honor him, we can honor that goal -- we should honor that goal. thatw can we usher in independence? >> you have to have the kind of reforms that jamal khashoggi was calling for. he stood for truth, moderation, freedom of expression, and an independent free press. saw,e was met with a bone right? and because he was met with a bone saw, there has been a huge uproar, and people are beginning to pay attention to what is going on in the region in terms of repression and tyranny. and that is his legacy, for the time being, but we also want to get justice for him. even able to establish -- he established a lot in his death that he wasn't even able to establish while he was alive. >> i mentioned three specific things. tweet,n email, send a let's not let them get away with this. and second of all, it i

and the arab world.born in jerusalem in the one nine hundred thirty s. he later became one of the most prominent champions of the palestinian cause in the west making him a controversial figure in the arab israeli conflict. although he only spent early childhood years in the middle east he none the less experienced a strong sense of displacement throughout his life and career in america expressed most articulately in his nine hundred ninety nine memoir of place as an outspoken critic of israel in the u.s. he suffered verbal and physical attacks. edward had to deal with all kinds of terrible events this very office he was there were people who tried to break in to us off and this is one reason why your notice at the door it's a very heavy door there's a reason for that not all the offices in philosophy hall have that kind of go in the reason you might have noticed every boat was because they tried to break into his office so it's all connected to the professor of terror you know it came out of that terrib

what happens at model arab league stays at model arab league. they learn parliamentary procedure. they learn how to discuss and debate and argue passionately but at the same time according to the rules. a set of skills that is rare. and finally, they learn how to present themselves as an expert. when they know perfectly well they aren't an expert. as i often tell my students, grown up life, real life, a depressingly large percentage of that life is having to present yourself as an expert when you know perfectly well you aren't an expert. you may as well get used to doing that now and may get used to doing it in a friendly and stress-free sort of environment. the bottom line is that there are skills, life skills that are useful forever that can be picked up at a model arab league in a way that cannot be learned or internalized in any other way. i know that there are many benefactors of the national council here this afternoon and i wish to assure you from my point of view as a college professor that your efforts on behalf of the national council and your ways you sported the nation

and the arab world.born in jerusalem in the one nine hundred thirty s. he later became one of the most prominent champions of the palestinian cause in the west making him a controversial figure in the arab israeli conflict. although he only spent early childhood years in the middle east he nonetheless experienced a strong sense of displacement throughout his life and career in america expressed most articulately in his nine hundred ninety nine memoir out of place as an outspoken critic of israel in the u.s. he suffered verbal and physical attacks at work i had to deal with kinds of terrible events this very often he was there were people who tried to break again to us off this is one reason why your notice at the door it's a very heavy door there's a reason for that not all the officers. in philosophy hall have that kind of go and the reason you might have noticed. it was because they tried to break into his office so it's all connected to the professor of terror you know it came out of that terrible ugl

they don't have arabic. so as the complicated socioeconomic picture of labor force on the move but lacking the skills which allow them to intergrate into the southern society. >> so i'm going to have to take advantage of where we are and conclude in the following way. i'm going to go to each of you to give me what does iraq look like for the next ten years from your point of view? what iraq do you see coming? i'll go down the line. what do you foresee in a realistic way, not in a dreamy way. it's not what we wish for them. what does it look like? what does iraq look like in ten years? >> i think it wants to work. the goal is integration. but the problem is economic resources are not spread out equally. the oil and energy are in one area. the populations are in other areas. how you get that population integrate and mix back and forth is a problem. and so i think it needs to work on that. and i think that what -- at least what you see, the picture for the moment is populations want to work in that integration,

it is arab center d.c..org. arab center d.c..org.all of those who are viewing this on c-span, we welcome you joining us on the website. this question is addressed to dokhi. could you shed some light on your assessment of the turkish government handling of this affair? >> it's been extremely team. i was really happy to see this morning that erdogan came out and took a strong stand that this was a premeditated murder and it made me believe that they redness relief for the truth to come out and for there to be accountability. before that i really wasn't sure. but turkey has to be very careful. obviously it has its own role in relationships with the saudi's and with the united states in the situation to take and consideration. our view is that we would like to have international investigation and we would like the turks to bring in international investigators to work with them so that in this confidence around the world that we know everything that's happened. it has been very interesting the way it initially started, the leaks in the me

or arab studies even with this kind of skill. okay? that's point two. point three is the support that these allies, these individuals and their elites and leaders provide for us where we are vulnerable, where we're weak, where we're exposed, where we're endangered, namely inside eight different international organizations, where we have interests, we have concerns, we have needs, but we're not on the inside, and therefore can't do anything about it. they all have charters. they all have secretaries. they all have headquarters, all have annual meetings, if not quarterly meetings, we're not in any of them. on the table for them is always what are we going to do about the united states, uncle sam, in terms of the relationship? grow stronger and more expansive or let's begin to cut our losses because we're embarrassed by the positions that the administrations take on issues of moral importance to us. we don't have to take this. china doesn't do that. russia -- no other country does that. america is not pressured by any country to hav

and the arab world.born in jerusalem in the one nine hundred thirty s. he later became one of the most prominent champions of the palestinian cause in the west making him a controversial figure in the arab israeli conflict. although he only spent early childhood years in the middle east he none the less experienced a strong sense of displacement throughout his life and career in america expressed most articulately in his nine hundred ninety nine memoir out of place as an outspoken critic of israel in the u.s. he suffered verbal and physical attacks. edward had to deal with all kinds of terrible events this very often he was there were people who tried to break in to us off and this is one reason why your notice at the door it's a very heavy door there's a reason for that not all the offices in philosophy hall have that kind of door and the reason you might have noticed every boat was because they tried to break into his office so it's all connected to the professor of terror you know it came out of that

-arab policymakers conference in washington, d.c. we'll be hearing from david petraeus, a former member of the egyptian parliament and former officials with the cia and usaid. we're expect iing the discussio to start at 1:45 p.m. eastern time. while we wait for it to begin, here's some of the conference from yesterday on israel and palestine. >> thank you very much. this is a wonderful gathering. i pay tribute to your organization for being able to bring it. no one has tried to hold a meeting this big. i can understand how hard it is. so it's a wonderful thing. thank you for inviting me. we have a wonderful panel and i'm sure they will be coming soon. speaking of our generation of people who have been toiling in this field for a long time. i'm not going to start with a joke. the times are too somber for that, but i want to start with a quotation from 1942. he said something that's pertinent o to this panel and perhaps this whole gathering. the struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill the heart. we must imagine happy. we g

i traveled from my country, the united arab emirates, i call it the jewel of the world. on my way to washington dc almost 15 days, of course i was passing a few afghan countries. lots of 13 days ago when the news was completely consumed by his disappear of jamaal khashoggi. i was shocked that even while the saudi citizen disappeared was still under investigation, the international media and washington lawmakers acted as judges and juries. fingers were being pointed at the crown prince. major information companies pulled out of saudi arabia's investment purely through unproven allegations. it was a big mistake. they were the losers, 100 percent. it was well attended, those were turned their backs on saudi gifted their posterity to russia, china, europe and elsewhere. the paw of period khashoggi's murder is out. the killer will be tried and receive a fitting punishment. i am sorry that american lawmakers and media still imposed sanctions against saudi arabia. this is bad news. let me remind you that saudi arabia is a leader in interreligious dialogue for peace and partners

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

a british life sentence for spying in the united arab emirates as for. government leaders in london all protests his innocence is it all misunderstanding or evidence of a launch a problem of academic freedom emirates this story. oh they're welcome to the program. matthew hedges has spent the last seven months in prison in the u.a.e. now he faces the prospect of staying there for the university graduate student who was given a life sentence on wednesday for spying say he made a full confession his family says the document he saw it was an arabic and he didn't understand it government leaders in abu dhabi say they're considering a request from his wife for clemency like the u.k. the u.a.e. is a country with an independent judiciary the government does not dictate. to the court matthew hale was not convicted after a five minute short trial some have reported over the course of one month three judges evaluated compelling evidence in three hearings. their conclusion after a proper process. this was an extremely serious case we live in a dangerous neighborhood

and inefficiency assigned in arabic without a translator so we can't take them seriously. and come up there is something of a very blurry red line hair isn't there i mean on the one hand we've got the emirates painting itself as an open free society that warmly welcomed or will foreigners west as it were frequently hearing of foreigners being locked up for various different offenses how difficult is it to know when one has stepped over the line when i exceedingly said of the thing that i've been thinking about is journalist by definition you go and ask questions and if they are to get is you know. not satisfactory you probe further that often results in the person who is being questioned taking offense and if he is a national or and fishel of that country it is quite easy. to take umbrage trying to convert that into some sort of allegation and the thing is that any journalist or any businessman. bang into a market will ask questions they will conduct jute diligence they will want to find out and as i say i think in the case of pages getting in the most sensitive off areas

and the vital role played by arab troops in the ottoman army again literally. in this episode he looks at the roots of why the ultimate has joined the war at home. how the european powers viewed the ultimate empire as ripe for division and exploitation. and the suffering when the also man government of young turks cracked down on the arab provinces. and the little known story of a future zionist leader in the ultimate world. the bullish jewish students walked along here nineteen eleven his name david been guardian all would become the first prime minister of israel. cannot live there how to go after half a year live there. we must say to him you must bury him by the good it don't have a funny. horrible irony of the way i want to follow do it or. i'll be right there as he ought to be another one of the as silent. without her judgment and. bitterness with their edges monarchial in so cal. is it because. i let the kind of that even when i do. have the ability one at the about how the hell beat out in a courage when he derek a spotted been nabbed as mike to saudi h

and of the fight a wall arabs played at gallipolis. in episode two the ottoman side of the story the young turks wise to power. their alliance with germany. their terror in the love ont and the seeds of our own vault. and in episode three how the first world war ended four centuries of alterman rule. but drew the lines in the sand that will shape the middle east for the next hundred years. in the second week of november one thousand nine hundred fourteen the ultimate empire officially announced it was joining in germany and its allies in the war the grand mufti in istanbul also called on muslims around the world to join a. hard a struggle against britain russia and france. so arabs were forced to fight on both sides for the triple on told european powers . and for the central powers germany austria-hungary and the ultimate. the grand moved his call and autumn an entry into the war set muslims against each other and created a complex tension that ran throughout the war. to compete with the enemy the british and french needed to draft in

reporteruthor and judith miller talks with the united arab emirates businessman about the arab view of the u.s. this is part of the recent conference of the national council on u.s.-arab relations. it runs 30 minutes. [applause] ms. peterson: your royal highness, distinguished guests and friends. my name is paige peterson. the national council of u.s. arab relations is privileged to welcome back to its annual policy makers conference, mr. al-habtoor. i have read his book. an excellent read. i recommend it. we are lucky to be able to hear from him today. ladies and -habtoor., mr. al [applause] your royaloor: highness, ladies and gentlemen, the national council on u.s.-arab relations, ladies and gentlemen, good morning. first of all, i would like to say my condolence to the american people on the loss of the victim in the attack in pennsylvania. may god bless their souls. it is a pleasure to be in washington, d.c. again among you. i appreciate the opportunity to exchange ideas, fresh views in this great city. this is the place where decisions are made impacting not only united states of