they're smart leaders in the arab to build bridges in who is loyal and from israel into all our arab states it's the benefit of both sides they can gain our technology at the same time israel can gain from these relations with the arab states. but while the benefits of the plan to raise rail were clear some observers saw it differently. it is not a deal it's a scheme. basically to take land from the palestinians and and to ratify what the settlers have already accomplished and secondly it's not a peace plan the intent is not peace the end there is no viable state that the palestinians can create now and certainly not under the terms that the current israeli government is insisting upon which is total demilitarization in other words you have to be powerless. says effectively controlled the gaza strip since being democratically elected in 2006 and its military victory over the secular palestinian nationalist party fatah in 2007. this triggered a blockade by the 2 countries bordering gaza israel and egypt but nevertheless how must has been able to attain rocket weapons technology some 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. >> 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 u

up in the wave of the arab uprisings in 2011. the frontline club hosted a panel discussion with the editors and authors. it's not, some people are very optimistic, some people are hopeful, some people fasten a stick, but you know, there's a, there's a process that happen. the uprising i haven't got any sense of regret from people who are me was didn't know what the freedom means. you know, i don't know what you want not to see a president or a prime minister or the people of years. but what they see, we need to change is the society itself. and it's a great pleasure to be here with these 4 individuals tonight. thank you. all coming and contributing journalist rachel xabi came to moderate the discussion. she comes from an arab jewish families who left their native iraq after israel's creation. we met up the next day at edgware road, which is long been a hub for arab culture in london. and they'd see this was the place where you go to feel like you're in the middle east and environment and you can see all they are being used. maybe

arab public throughout the middle east.nd sadat, if memory serves, egypt was thrown out of the arab league at that time and of course he ultimately paid with his life for his courageous act in making peace with israel. fast forward 40 years when mohammad decided to make the peace with israel, this was met with many in the region, some openly, some silent about it which speaks volumes sometimes in the middle east and what we see here is that the arab public to the extent that we can measure it, in social media, you have very broad support for this decision. and so we have the possibility here of doing something that we didn't do with egypt or jordan. we'd like to do it with both of them, which is to have a warm peace with them not from the top down, but the bottom up. we do not see the forces either in emirates or bahrain, political, economic and cultural forces militating, and if a businessman went for business, he wouldn't be welcomed with roses or a jordanian intellectual go to israel and come back to jordan. here in the

why can't they be arab or jewish? and part of israel at the same time because that wasn't the identity. but it's around one of itself. i mean, israel sees itself as a european country that somehow took the wrong turn and ended up in the middle east . so how do you identify well, i'm a hybrid suv, you know, identifying myself as british. but i do have a jewish iraqi her until i also struggle with the question of my identity because israel claims to be the home for jewish people, many in the arab world come from judaism with israel. so it's not always easy to discuss my jewish background in the middle east. i spent more than 4 years living in beirut from 2007 until 2011. although i love chicago and the people there, there's a certain indescribable warmth in the middle east that i feel many people have always offered me as a foreigner. i am one of the is one of my closest friends who i met when i 1st came to live in on living together since 2007. so i've seen the ups and downs of the new world of being a baby. i'm going

arab an arab. the p.l.o. was a terrorist organization led by yasser arafat a man many israelis considered hitler's successor. arafat's believed in armed struggle fighting for palestinian freedom he took pride in the slaughter of the athletes at the munich olympics opening fire on schoolchildren in monologues and planting deadly bombs all over israel. the problem was our thought was the only one palestinians looked up to he had the final say in only goshi ations but israel refused to talk to him. i mean they're good i'm against a palestinian state run by the p.l.o. shelby's out of the ground as you know and no negotiations with the reality of vision but maybe the most. 9 months before rabin had been elected to lead israel on a platform of peace and security. but as the months went by he delivered neither. with terror attacks on the rise and the peace process deadlocked the right wing opposition threatened to overrun him before he even completed his 1st year. in a desperate attempt to renew the peace

he devoted himself to meetings with the arabs and jews and was finally successful in arranging a truce. while striving for a basis for permanent peace in palestine, he was assassinated by terrorists in jerusalem. the world mourned the first united nations casualty in the struggle for world peace. the truce arranged was broken and the violence again spread throughout the disputed areas of palestine. dr. ralph bunch of the united states was appointed acting mediator and continued efforts to find a solution. through dr. -- negotiations, final treaties were signed and peace came to the troubled holy land. the state of israel had been proclaimed and the people rejoiced in their new nation, a haven for the displaced and persecuted members of the jewish faith from all over the world. israel was admitted to membership in the united nations and her flag was raised. again the united nations had, through peaceful mediation, resolved an international dispute which had been a threat to world peace. the problem of korea also seemed ideally suited to peaceful settlement under united nations. in septe

has this deal now with a number of arab nations to normalize relations with israel it's clear having spoken to many palestinian leaders of the last few weeks that they feel abandoned by the arab world by their traditional allies what happens if more normalization deals are agreed if the big one of course saudi arabia agrees to normalize relations with israel. but israel can try to normalize with as many countries as it as it wants to but at the end of the day it knows and we know and the world knows that it is not normal it's an occupier it's a it's it's an oppressor it's a colonizer and so they can tried as much as they want to ignore palestinians to go around us but at the end of the day israel knows that the only way that they will ever have any semblance of peace is if they actually and their military rule over palestinians they can try to go around us as much as they want to they've been trying to for decades but we know that that he with palestinians it's just a shame that we see that these arab dictatorships of these arab regimes are trying to normalize things that are abnorma

arab arab. the p.l.o. was a terrorist organization led by. a man many israelis considered hitler successor. arafat's believed in armed struggle fighting for palestinian freedom he took pride in the slaughter of the athletes at the munich olympics opening fire on school children in. and planting deadly bombs all over israel. the problem was arafat's was the only one palestinians looked up to he had the final say in only goshi actions but israel refused to talk to him. on the american i'm against a palestinian state run by the p.l.o. shelby's out of the question no negotiations with the reality of vision by the locals will be most. 9 months before rabin had been elected to lead israel on a platform of peace and security. but as the months went by he delivered neither. with terror attacks on the rise in the peace process deadlocked the right wing opposition threatened to overrun him before he even completed his 1st year. in a desperate attempt to renew the peace talks deputy minister yossi beilin d

ahmad mola nissi was the leader of the asmla, a separatist group fighting for a homeland for the arabrds it as a terrorist group. he was threatened a couple of times. who threatened him, we don't know. we don't have any information. but we know that, as a charismatic leader, he brought all the ahwazi resistance group together. he was a target for his enemies inside iran and outside iran. so, within months of each other, there were two mysterious murders where the victims were both opponents of the iranian regime. the matter of the factors they were both assassinated mafia style. there was a bmw, i think it was a hit—style by proxy. i think a professional criminal organisations were hired to do the assassination. who did the formal order is unclear yet, but there are some indications that the state of iran was responsible. in early 2018, dutch police arrested two associates of this man, amsterdam crime boss naoufal fassih, in connection with the first killing, that of ali motamed. those who had followed the case were baffled at first. from what i understand of the police investigation,

now obviously the united arab emirates is an important partner of the united states. a close cooperation between the u.s. in the u.a.e. took place long before trump came into office, and it's going to continue into the biden presidency in the u.a.e. . his decision to normalize its relations with israel is very popular with lawmakers on both sides of the partisan divide. so. 'd you know, biden is going to continue working with the u.a.e. and it's going to be a country with advanced military capacities because of what the trumpet ministration is doing. now during this transition period. but the biden administration, i think, is also going to try to pressure the u.a.e. into pursuing a less of a maximalist and less of a hockey foreign policy. there are some areas where the u.a.e. is taking action that is counter to the interests of the united states. we see this in relation to the blockade of qatar or the arming of our in libya as well as some other issues. so i think it will make it a little more difficult for the biden administration to try to put the brakes on that. an

how many arabs are there in chicago? we think there's 250000 arabs in illinois. the vast majority of them are in cook county. south was chicago, south was suburbs of atlanta, 70 percent of them are palestinians. when did they leave palestine to come here? but the vast majority came after $967.00 when israel occupied the west bank and the guy was surveying and jerusalem. yeah. are they happy being here? do they want to go back? what, what's, what's the feeling you get from? i mean, listen, everybody wanted to go back to their homeland. i think most of them still want to go back to their homeland, most of those who actually left their homeland. but about people like you who are born and raised palestinian americans like being in their parents' villages. they like visiting them alone in jerusalem. that sort of thing. does that mean that they would leave everything that they know in the united states and go to palestine? arab americans, pals, the americans, i doubt it, but you know, there is this really visceral connection to the, to the homeland. in 2003, i started

it broadcasts to iran's minority arab population and has close links to the asmla group.ependent homeland for iranian arabs and actively encourage people to rise up against the regime in tehran. eissa al—fakher hosts their most popular programme. it is called "my words are my sword". his links to the asmla have placed his life in real danger. raghdan al—khazali was an iraqi journalist based in sweden and someone eissa al—fakher knew well. the iranian threat was seen as so serious, eissa and his colleagues were issued with panic buttons. his story was confirmed by the swedish authorities. in december 2019, raghdan al—khazali was jailed in stockholm for 2.5 years for carrying out hostile surveillance on behalf of the iranian regime. the court that said his activities may have caused a number of opposition ahwazis or their relatives to be persecuted, seriously injured or killed. the evidence against iran was beginning to mount. in denmark, this summer, a man was convicted of events linked to the police manhunt in 2018 that shut denmark's roads and bridges. he was found guilt

how much impact that will have on the arab street? not much. think this is, i believe, this is a pr stunt and it will help [inaudible] who did not show up, by the way and it will help him if there is a bargain administration and remember, it would involve neither sections rejected in the mueller report about the meeting in new york in about the meeting in the seashell and about the russian so there are a lot of people who are involved with obama administration and so i think in this way it's a win-win situation. we cannot do anything for the emirates because we have to support it and prime minister benjamin netanyahu will get what he wants over there and this will not change the situation on the ground and the people who are enemies to the state of israel are still for the state of israel and those doing business under the table with the state of israel now are doing business over the table with the state of israel. that is what has been accomplished and i'm happy in a way what's happening over the table and i am more transparent and transparen

the administration about arms sales to some of the sunni arab states. and all of these are in contrast to the approach of president trump is really focused on strengthening those partnerships. and encouraging those countries to deepen their own ties with other u.s. partners in the region like israel are going to do i ask you about that because that of course is a key relationship isn't it and particularly it has been a hallmark of the trumpet administration and the relationship between the us between the white house and israel under a biden administration would that change. i think it had been so my understanding is vice president biden has a close personal relationship with israeli prime minister bibi netanyahu they've known each other for decades going back to vice president biden's time in the senate i think so president from has taken the us israel relationship in a significant direction that i don't think many in the democratic party indorse he's obviously moved the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. had you know a willingness to embrace some

or the arab woman is framed as a woman who needs to be freed to the black people black people are free and you know you would like you know no good at sports except for one and often times you see doubt at the intellectual subjects for example when you are in school are oftentimes a kept away from the unknown white kids i went through it myself and you know throughout my my school you know my smile might made you cation years in the public schooling system it was constantly there from that to push me out a system to like you know learn like you know to become electrician number they called in my parents and i want to become a pirate for since i was in primary school and to them it wasn't acceptable that iraq would be abided but i don't want to know to keep it all on this i want to just will bounce back on what the reams said in terms of how full of you know odds its own architecture and unlike what many people think of broad for the past 30 years it predominantly came from the left and there were what you call the secular fundamentalists. inferential were the 1st ones and again as i am

the iranian regime blamed arab separatists and its foreign minister promised to hit back hard.f the most visible manhunt in denmark in decades. alleged assassination plot in denmark and france. after a tipoff, the danger shut down major bridges and motorways as they hunted for a terrorist suspect. at the time, denmark is intelligence chief told me why. the case you're talking about is a highly unusual case and in my view a very serious case. in brief, it involves iranian intelligence activities in denmark and in our assessment, aimed at planning and assassination of a person living in denmark. the target of this affectation attempt was the leader of the asml a, a separatist group. until now, the eu had said nothing about the eu had said nothing about the rounds alleged involvement in terror attacks on european soil but events forced their hand and they imposed targeted sanctions on iran's intelligence and iran went further. intelligence we got was so strong that it made us this urge to expel iranian diplomats. the european country tolerated iranian activities on european soil b

, this was the beginning of the arab spring.ery media outlet, after gdeim izik, could only talk about how well organized, well managed and well prepared the protest in western sahara was. and from here it spread to tunisia and egypt. so, of course, when the american academic noted that this was the beginning of the arab spring, he was correct. amy: after leaving mohamed erguibi's office, we drive to a restaurant near the airport for dinner. as usual, we're followed. amy: so, we set down here at a restaurant near the airport in laayoune. we came into a vast, pty restaurant. and within about 15 minutes after we ordered, about a hundred, mainly men, some women, dressed in traditional west saharan dress, carrying moroccan flags, all came in, and they sat down all around us. one has an english sign that says, "shame on you." when our translator jamal got up to see what was going on, plainclothesmen, not in traditional dress, came up to him and said they want to speak to amy goodman when we're done. our car has been hemmed in by a num

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look at the arab spring as an indication for that fall.ow, al-qaeda will shift to phase two and phase two is to embed themselves in all these insurgencies that's happening in order to prevent this vacuum from being filled. because as osama bin laden said before, he said whoever is going to fill this vacuum will be the american agent, the new american agent in the region. that's their policy. their policy is to create vacuum and create chaos. bin laden in his last final instructions to his commanders said, i know what i'm telling you, meaning a lot of muslims will be killed. he said, but we have to kill them to save them. we have to kill them to save them. he repeated it twice. if you look at their strategy and how their embedded in the syrian civil war or how their embedded in the yemen war how their embedded in the local conflict in somalia or how their embedded in the north african theater especially in one of your earlier questions that i didn't answer. yeah, al-qaeda strategically is way more dangerous than isis. actually the pentagon

how many arabs are there in chicago we think there's 250000. arabs in illinois the vast majority of them are in cook county southwest chicago southwest suburbs of chicago land yeah 70 percent of them are palestinians when did they leave palestine to come here but the vast majority came after 967 when israel occupied the west bank and the guy was surveying. and jerusalem yeah are they happy being here do they want to go back what's what's the feeling you get from i mean listen everybody wanted to go back to their homeland i think most of them still want to go back to their homeland most of those who actually left their homeland but about people like you were born and raised palestinian americans like being in their parents' villages they like visiting in jerusalem that sort of thing does that mean that they would leave everything that they know in the united states and go to palestine arab americans palestinian workers i doubt it but you know there is this really visceral connection to the to the homeland in 2003 i started living and working in

. >> the young arab men and women have found their voice. the arab street has found its voice. we have witnessed an extraordinary change taking place in the middle east and north africa. the people have risen up to demand their basic human rights. >> president obama's heart was with the arab spring. and then the question is how do you act on that? >> two leaders have stepped aside. more may follow. >> and so he's sort of dealing with all these contradictions of war making and peace making. and remember, he was awarded the democratic nomination in large part because of his opposition to the iraq war. >> as president i want us to fight on the right battlefield. and what that means is getting out of iraq. >> president obama's agenda was end the war in iraq to come up with an end game. >> good afternoon, everybody. >> on the campaign we'd been so many speeches about ending the war in iraq. and now he was actually doing it. >> over the next two months our troops in iraq, tens of thousands of them, will pack up their gear and board convoys for the journey home. >> so everybody's gett

world is changing it 1st bring the arab world and then the palestinians. which he did in securing historic peace deals between israel and the united arab emirates and kuwait in the moderate sunni countries share with tel aviv a hostility against shia iran and cheered when trump withdrew from the nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions against iran when it trumped the restoration approaches to solve to for example the iranian issue. it's true that telling it like it is is a very appreciated quality in the region and not you know not appeasement or laxity however. it remains to be seen whether it's again bitter a gamble you see whether the maximum pressure campaign for example towards iran will be obtained the result that it is certain to obtain or else would it lead to further deterioration trumps a genuine assassination of the powerful all could force commander because some saudi money met with iranian retaliation and both the united states and iran to the brink of war still they would not try to challenge the us because they would one they would want to be o

roll tape. >> there will be no separate peace between israel and the arab world.ant to make that very clear to all of you. i've heard several prominent politicians in israel sometimes saying, well, the arab world's in a different place now. we just have to reach out to them, and we could work some things with the arab world. we'll deal with them and the palestinians. no, no, no and no. david: well, yes, yes, yes and yes. the arab states dud make an agreement with israel without the corrupt palestinian authority playing the muddleman here. middleman here. and i just wonder how much of their willingness to come to the table was because we got rid of the iran deal and, obvious, these arab states can't stand, they're scared to death of what a nuclear iran could do. if we go back to the iran deal, maybe they'll walk away from the abraham accords. >> you know, that -- the peace with israel that we've seen with all the peace agreements, they never would have happened if donald trump hadn't taken the courageous step against the democrats' wishes and against the media's wi

a book written by a former director of israeli intelligence at the time of the 1973 arab israeli war refers to a secret agent supplying high level information to israel. the claim was that this operative was working deep inside the government of egypt's president sadat it was alleged that this spy fan to the israelis crucial information about egypt's plans for a military engagement with israel. it's also claimed he leaked sensitive information about russian arms supply links with egypt. many believe that i shuffle marwan was this agent perpetuating a mystery that is still unresolved he remained celebrated as a loyal intelligence agent by both israel and egypt i would have i listened to that . as at the set when you go by the internet all of these hired but we love back. on fox to discreetly she oil and then for had us off on a long island was a model for us to more yeah yeah given that it is may here the monument elect he said let me know that with my mother sort of marwan and demanded that len take it that he had not had that i must have been embedded kitty but mostly to add. here i

states with arab states between israel and arab states in the region and so you hear 1st some of those groundhog day elections of the last couple of years you saw those enormous trump netanyahu posters netanyahu brandishing his relationship with trump as really evidence of his statesmanship and his wise leadership of the country if trump loses the presidency of course that causes a pretty big domestic problem for netanyahu he will have to both try to work with the by the administration well perhaps returning to his public outward facing and domestically facing sort of opposition showing that he is the one who can take on a less friendly u.s. president well let's bring in the palestinians hey i was reading today an article that was quite interesting it said that the palestinians have simply given up on the u.s. being an honest broker in any kind of negotiation no matter who's in power is that something that you may have heard or certainly heard that from the man who used to be the p.l.o. representative to washington who some some lot of he was chucked out when the united states administ

but towards the end, will that solve the arab-israeli conflict?hat that solve the situation with iran or the situation with hamas in gaza or the situation with all these different groups that exist across the arab world? the answer is very simple. no. >> okay. we have -- i'm trying to find something to love a good and what perspective on lebanon and its future? do think it can wriggle itself out of the rivalry? >> now it is not only saudi arabia and iran. now the french are trying to regain some of their historical relationship with lebanon and trying to influence the government. turkey finds an opportunity to come also and regain the ottoman influence it has, and whatever france is, use turkey challenging them. he sit in libya, the mediterranean and now lebanon. clearly lebanon. as i write in "the black banners" when we're kids and history his two books on lebanon they actually teaches that in school, believe it or not, that every sect in lebanon pelosi country. throughout our history they always danced to the tunes of science. the orthodox to ru

>> with the arab-israeli conflict, i think it is good news for palestinians and jordan.ea of human rights and democracy, a lot of arab countries are not going to feel they can pursue violations with impunity to the united states, so you can expect some arab countries to be concerned about this. the third area is around iran, where i could say you can also expect an attempt to restart agreements with iran and have a new a gleam pressure agreement. -- a new agreement. nick: that aligns with what europe is hoping, to restart negotiations with iran, but as he pointed out, not all u.s. policies will align with europe. how fundamentally different to you think the u.s.-european relationship will be under president biden? >> i think it will be fundamentally different. i think one should and belittle just how hard the last four years have been, for the first time in the history of the european integration project, our closest ally and partner essentially is looked at as an adversary and sometimes an outright enemy. that will change, and terms of attitudes towards european securit

seem obama, who's mubarak, president of the arab republic of each other. it is actually, it's a good start for me. prime minister of israel chairman arafat. please take your good hard look the saw in your city once we both blows on the eager bill, just to eat sugar into our great division soldier and serve a new way to do there to make peace moment. most of these years of hope when the peace gaps felt that they were somehow vindicated, bringing to their people the fruits. i don't go in the same hotel, a spontaneous get together of the oslo veteran. among them, the original negotiators and then with a 100 you will more than you think know it's a one day off, you know, the one that i'm yes, yes. when i am optimistic, yes, i believe that the process will continue. despite of all the difficulties we face, but we have both, we have a good political push this process for all and i concur with up, well what i said and we have no choice and there is some good common language around this table. if you can see also like the days highlight is the friendly perception

world is changing it 1st bring the arab world and then the palestinians. which he did in securing historic peace deals between israel and the united arab emirates and kuwait in the moderate sunni countries share with tel aviv a hostility against shia iran and cheered when trump withdrew from the nuclear deal and we imposed sanctions against iran want to trump the restoration approaches to solve to for example the iranian issue. it's true that telling it like it is is a very appreciated quality in the region and not you know not appeasement or laxity however. it remains to be seen whether it's again bitter a gamble you see whether the maximum pressure campaign for example towards iran will obtain the result that it is selling to obtain or else would it lead to further deterioration of trumps a genuine assassination of the powerful all could force commander because some saudi money met with iranian retaliation and both the united states and iran to the brink of war still they would not try to challenge the u.s. because they would one they would want to be on

it broke a long-standing rift between israel and arab countries over the palestinian issue.aeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it a moment in history. >> we're flying with breakneck speed into a new era that is now clearly changing the middle east, changing the future of our peoples. they've embraced it with unbelievable enthusiasm. >> two other arab nations, bahrain and sudan, also recently agreed to normalize ties with israel. u.s. president-elect joe biden has supported the development, which occurred under the trump administration. >>> turning to turkey where more than 300 people have been sentenced to life in prison for their role in attempting to overthrow president recep tayyip erdogan's government. the failed coup took place in july 2016. the parliament building in the capital was bombed and an airport and a bridge in istanbul were occupied. but the coup was put down overnight. 250 people, including civilians, were killed. among the people sentenced to life in prison are military officers and civilians accused of playing a role. a u.s.-based muslim cleric w

earl countries. -- arab countries. israel is deeply grateful for all that president trump has done with you and the others of the team to strengthen israel and advance peace and israel is grateful to you, mike, for your unwavering support. under your leadership in the c.i.a. and state department, you strengthened the alliance between israel and the united states. in your tenure at the c.i.a., intelligence cooperation was made stronger than other and enhanced the security of both of our countries. u.s. representatives at the u.n. and other international forums have defended israel with no apologetics and no artificial correctives. just defended israel and defended what is right and true. america has stood up to the perversion of justice at the i.c.c. and i thank you for your personal involvement in all these things. everything that i said involves your personal contribution as well and u.s. rejected the assumptions about the legal status of israeli communities. thanks to your tremendous efforts to carry president trump'