arab armies.o one expected the soviet side is considering its decision to support the jewish state. as triumphantly justified itself in the context of the goals that it sets for itself in the middle east, and ben, israel's representative to the un, moshe, shertuhu to the israeli foreign minister 1947. in january 1949, in the first elections in israel, pro-soviet and left-wing parties were defeated by the charm of the american jewish lobby turned out to be stronger than gratitude to stalin. the soviet union was irritated by the ionist agitation for the exodus of jews from 1949. a broad anti-israeli and anti-semitic campaign began to unfold in the ussr . your speeches at all the general assembly have become more and more pro-american and prove that you are clearly leaning towards the side of the united states and on one issue. you do not opposed the americans unequivocally, and on many issues vital for the soviet union, you voted against the soviet position semyon tsarapkin, ussr representative to t

to israel, and many of its leaders are mayors of arab settlements in israel. after all, returning to the notorious question in order not to engage in nonsense and answer the question of what what he didn’t pass, stalin needs to understand what he knew and, most importantly, what our traditional partners in the big game the british knew and wanted, to put it bluntly, eastern europe is not yet settled for all time is of vital interest to england. it can even be argued that it is unfair to try to prevent germany from completing its unity and prepare for war against the slavs, provided that these preparations do not dissuade the british empire that they are not simultaneously directed against it by the memorandum of nevela genderson 1937. this is the logic munich, the logic of appeasement of hitler and, in fact, inciting him against russia, this logic of chamberlain on march 30, 1939, the same chamberlain, not even churchill, who consistently held an anti-german position, gives poland british guarantees in the event of a german attack, remember, provided that thes

and yet, the arabs have no molars. i am on behalf our senior political analysts thank brushes, invasion of ukraine has inflamed tensions in the balkans. there are divisions emerging of moscow's role earlier i spoke to casa those president to the ourselves mani. i began by asking her how the conflict is being seen in the region. we have been warning for quite some time that appeasement of autocrats and despotic regimes is not going to bring long lasting peace in any region in any part of the world. so obviously we're, while it is devastating to, to see the crimes that russia has been committing against innocent civilians in ukraine and the full scale invasion that they have been committing for quite some time. now, at the same time, i do hope the world will learn a clear lesson that with autocrats appeasement, never works quite the opposite. it does bring the kind of destruction and the pain and the suffering that is now being seen among the people of ukraine. a sovereign nation, an independent nation, a democratic nati

and it evidently merits them in the united arab emirates. appreciate it. solid relationship with the a moscow here. and we appreciate our you cooperation in all fields. and within the 50th anniversary of the establishment of our relationship between we're both countries. i'd like to say that the emeralds puts its priority in boosting and supporting him in relationship with russia. in all fields and the method are for the interest of both countries and the interest of version of our book paper. we discussed the situation, the valley, any grain, we and the efforts to reach our political settlement in this context. the emerson represents all efforts exerted by so many countries, an older to narrow the gaps and in order to bring peace and stability originally and internationally. we have says the necessity and to more exert more efforts in regarding the delivery of humanitarian aid to those in need. come out, i would, and also i'd like to see this opportunity to express and my country's will been understand ango at her, and trust over at that po

you speaking alongside the foreign ministers, a full arab countries on the u. s. and what some calling historic gathering in i give in stopping israel. the prime minister of the palestinian authority was critical.

it is top officials from arab countries. it is now— top officials from arab countries. who are going to 'oin. foreign ministers who are going to join the _ foreign ministers who are going to join. the foreign ministers from the united _ join. the foreign ministers from the united arab — join. the foreign ministers from the united arab emirates, bahrain, morocco, — united arab emirates, bahrain, morocco, the so—called abraham accords— morocco, the so—called abraham accords in— morocco, the so—called abraham accords in the last year and they have _ accords in the last year and they have also, _ accords in the last year and they have. also, egypt will be here. the egyptian _ have. also, egypt will be here. the egyptian foreign minister is coming. and egypt— egyptian foreign minister is coming. and egypt is actuallyjust marked 43 years since — and egypt is actuallyjust marked 43 years since it signed its peace treaty — years since it signed its peace treaty with israel, but of course that peace treaty was always described as having created a cold peace _ described as having

let the arabs do better. it's tolerable than you.xcellent it's such a war and you should only help them, not win it for them in reality in strange arab conditions. your work will never be this good. how can you imagine lauren of sarabia 1917? thomas lorenz, better known as lawrence of arabia 1888-1935 british military figure, famous for his successful mediation between british troops and arab tribes who rebelled against turkish rule in 1916. lauren is considered a military hero, both in great britain and in a number of arab countries in the middle east in 1916 participated in hostilities against the turks on the side and the world fizla after the first world war he served in the british foreign office. the father, or rather the first british guardian of arab nationalism , thomas lawrence, independently spread the story about how he was allegedly brutally raped by turkish soldiers during one of the reconnaissance raids. however, lawrence was distinguished not only by non-traditional sexual orientation, but also by non-traditional form

israel is finding _ his arab arab countries. israel is finding tots — his arab arab countries.d _ finding lots of common interest with them, and it will be very much about iran, _ them, and it will be very much about iran, the _ them, and it will be very much about iran, the priority for them talking to the _ iran, the priority for them talking to the americans is because of the us and _ to the americans is because of the us and world powers are moving so close _ us and world powers are moving so close to _ us and world powers are moving so close to a _ us and world powers are moving so close to a new nuclear deal with iran, _ close to a new nuclear deal with iran, and — close to a new nuclear deal with iran, and really airtheir iran, and really air their misgivings iran, and really airtheir misgivings about that. and we heard from antony blinken, talking to yair lauid. _ from antony blinken, talking to yair lauid. he _ from antony blinken, talking to yair lapid, he said that really the 2015 nuctear— lapid, he said that really the 2015 nuclear deal he felt was the best way to—

he was a product of history and a figurehead of arab socialism. she reach bob sick amendment, the key under the rule of saddam and his clan. this country also invested in scholarship and culture needing to. so we're looking to do it all then for this is ashanti corp explain moloch, unlike other arab nations. literacy rates exploded the boy in the iraqi system at the time. the ship you had a doctorate and you bought a car accident. you were exempt from customs. duties from the outside. your country seemed to be on its way into the modern h o. d l m. of the community the fast paced modernization is fueled by iraq's biggest asset. oil shit, you know, a ball school for the petroleum iraq is practically swimming in oil. you better not just in kurdistan. it also in the south, in the province of basra eyes yielded bustle to this day. that's why iraq's largest oil deposits osbee korea to the hawk in 1970 iraq as one of the countries with the largest oil reserves and the arab world lead oil production profits are primarily snapped up by us american, britis

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s. secretary of state more so by the representatives of the arab states. but that has been considerable criticism coming from palestinian figures. senior politicians saying that essentially this is a repudiation of the our peace initiative, which should have guaranteed a solution to be israeli palestinian conflict before any such normalization could take place. the prime minister of the palestinian authority was critical of our states, normalizing ties with israel. why he won't be there like that. there's your helicopter shop. israel is ignoring the causes of our people, half of whom are under occupation, and the other half in refugee camps in exile and in the diaspora. our normalization meetings without ending the israeli occupation of palestine or just an illusion. mirage and a free reward for israel. despite israel tends to ignore or right expand its colonial settlements of checkpoint hill and arrest us in the story. any chance of peace with us. we have never been more determined to confront this is rarely machine destroying our land or people, sanctity

partners, actually you're getting israel and some of those arab partners now lining up.when it comes to their concerns, and they will be putting those to the americans. what we saw there was some consolatory talk where we saw mr blinken saying, "look, we are on the same page here, and our ultimate goal is to stop iran from having nuclear weapons. we just have different modes of going about it, where world powers are pushing for a diplomatic solution, they think that the nuclear deal is the right compromise, but there are a lot of concerns about concessions to iran from israel and from arab gulf countries." our correspondent injerusalem. officials in colombia have released more details about the death of the foo fighters drummer taylor hawkins. they say ten substances — including opioids and anti—depressants — were found in his body after he died in the capital city of bogota. will batchelor reports. raucous, riotous and seemingly unstoppable. taylor hawkins should have been performing with the foo fighters this weekend. in place of that gig in bogota, colombia, a candlel

were foreign ministers from 4 arab countries. and the us of course, following the normalization of ties between israel and the u. a. morocco and buffering in 2020. just to recap what was said. all made mention of condemning the attack and dera, city, north of television, where gunman opened fire on the street, killing 2 people, i sold claim responsibility paid for that. are all of the lead is there talking about wanting to deter security threats as me blinking specifically naming ah iran and it's proxies. lincoln saying that the u. s. will continue to strongly support the normalization process. a few different leaders making mention of the palestinian israeli conflict, offering foreign minister saying that needs to be a viable fate for palestinians. the foreign minister of, sorry, foreign affairs minister morocco was saying that marco's, for 2 state solution, with the 1967 board is excuse me, let's cross over to our 4th and who is following the summer, tin today. booker, in native harry, run us through what the minister's foreign

he was a product of history and a figurehead of arab socialism. she reach bob sick of him and be under the rule of saddam and his clan. this country also invested in scholarship and culture needing to. so we're looking to do it until then for this is ashanti corp explained moloch, unlike other arab nations. literacy rates exploded the boy in the iraqi system at the time. the ship you had a doctorate, and you bought a car accident. you were exempt from customs duties from the outside. your country seemed to be on its way into the modern h o l. m, with unity. the fast paced modernization is fueled by iraq's biggest asset. oil shit, you know, a bowl school for the potomac, iraq is practically swimming in oil. you do better. not just in kurdistan. it also in the south in the province of basra. i shield a bustle to this day. that's why i rocked largest oil deposits. osbee, korea to the hawk in 1970 iraq as one of the countries with the largest oil reserves and the arab world lead oil production profits are primarily snapped up by us american, british,

it has now gone up to four arab foreign ministers that are going tojoin the arab foreign ministers thatnited arab emirates, bahrain and morocco, all countries with which israel has had one of these us brokered normalisation deals, the so—called abraham accords, in the past year also, egypt will be here, the egyptian foreign minister is coming and egypt has actuallyjust marked 43 years since it signed its peace treaty with israel, but of course that peace treaty was described as producing a cold peace. it is very much a different situation with those other arab countries. israel is finding lots of common interest with them and it will be very much about iran, the priority for them, talking to the americans. because the us and world powers are moving so close to a new nuclear deal with iran, to really air their misgivings about that. and we heard from antony blinken talking and he said that really the 2015 nuclear deal he felt was the best way to put iran's nuclear programme back into the box it was in, so he is saying that washington is going to continue to counter any iranian threat tha

in other news, israel is hosting top diplomats from full arab countries and the u. s. in what is being described as a historic meeting. and again, summit includes foreign ministers of the u, a. e, bahrain, egypt, morocco. it's aimed at combating regional security threats. and improving ties with israel will hours before that summit. israel's prime minister, natalia bennett, tested positive cove. 19 offset. meeting year sexy of state. antony lincoln. as case our correspondence a harry force at who is falling the summit 1st live in at the negan summit. this is indeed l. historic. me saying there is a loss of symbolism here, but also i believe substance talk us through the importance of the summit. wow. you know, we are certainly some, some symbolism the, the fact that this isn't happening in jerusalem. i think his instructive a given that sir, israel, of course, claims jerusalem as it's capital at something that is not recognized by the arab states, even the ones with which it has normalized. and so we're here instead in the southern negative in the kibbutz where the 1st

this is one of the milestones that are forming this 1st world cup to be held here in the arab world. this is the journey and is vital event for us all. i wish you the best of luck. and in this spirit, i would like to thank every one and especially president gianni and fancy, you know, and all the fee for the co workers that are doing their every best, every day for the world football everywhere in the world. and here in katara. and since we have the confidence of the world that was trusted us with hosting the world cup fee for 2022, we have said before our eyes, the goal that this issue and addition on the world cup will be extraordinary. it will be exceptional, a compared to nothing else. hurry, and we call upon you on every one to come to our small country may be small in space, very begin, ambitions and dreams. we are looking forward to the said date. we're looking forward to hosting everyone, the national squads, the out 1000 member associations and the teams that are looking forward to competes here. ladies and gentlemen, we're in hosting this year, the biggest event of football

it's his 1st trip to an arab country since the war began back in 2011. the us state department called the visit profoundly disappointing. it's urged all nations in the region to resist normalizing relations with syria. rosalyn jordan has been following 2 elements from washington dc. the us government is condemning the united arab emirates for welcoming the syrian liter bosher, a loss odd to both of dubey and dubai. on friday, the u. s. has long tried to isolate boshra law, sought in his government because of their handling of the civil war, which has been raging in that country since 2011, tens of thousands of people have been killed. more than 3000000 people have been driven out of their homeland and at least a 150000 people have been disappeared during the conflict is started as part of the arab spring. now there are some countries including the ui and saudi arabia, which have been trying to re welcome bosher, all asada and syria, back into the fold of middle eastern countries. one of the leaders in the united arab emirates set on friday that syria was

it's very much a different situation with his other arab countries.th them, and it will be very much about iran — the priority for them talking to the americans is because the us and world powers are moving so close to a new nuclear deal with iran, to really air their misgivings about that. and we heard from antony blinken, talking to yair lapid, he said that really the 2015 nuclear deal he felt was the best way to put iran's nuclear programme back into the box it was in. so he's saying that washington is going to continue to counter any iranian threat, that it still remains very much engaged in this region. that's something its allies have been worried about. authorities in shanghai have announced a phased lockdown starting on monday to combat a spike in coronavirus cases in the city. residents will be locked down in two groups between 28th march and 5th april and a mass testing programme will be put in place. all public transport will be suspended for the duration and factories will close — only public services and food supply operations will be all

rick frank kona is one of the few arabic speaking intelligence agents at the pentagon. at the time we were concerned with iraqis, we're, we're not going to be able to resist this next offensive. and we did not want in arranging victory. and i think this was tied more to their control of persian gulf oil. their ability to exercise undue influence over the saudis, the kuwaitis and other arab states, other oil producing states and giving the iranians an extraordinary a hold on the price of oil. ah, iranians just might win this if the launch is offensive. and reagan wrote and a rainy victory is unacceptable. so a few of us went to baghdad, and we met with the iraqi military intelligence service and came up with a couple of different ideas that kick it in around. the americans provide recognizance data on iranian troop movements, tap military radio. coms and identify potential weak spots. we were able to provide enough strategic information to the iraqis that they were able to blunt that in upcoming, raining offensive. ah, rick frank, kona also witnesses crimes. the kurds li

rick frank kona is one of the few arabic speaking intelligence agents at the pentagon. at the time we were concerned that the iraqis were, we're not gonna be able to resist this next offensive. and at we did not want in arranging victory. and i think this was tied more to their control of persian gulf oil. their ability to exercise undue influence over the saudis, the kuwaitis and other arab states, other oil producing states and giving the iranians an extraordinary a hold on the price of oil. ah, iranians just might win this if the launch is offensive. and reagan wrote in rainy victory is unacceptable. so a few of us went to baghdad and we met with the iraqi military intelligence service and came up with a couple of different ideas that kick it in around. the americans provide recognizance data on iranian troop movements. tap military radio. coms and identify potential weak spots we were able to provide enough strategic information to the iraqis that they were able to blunt that in upcoming, raining offensive rig frank kona also witnesses crimes. the kurds living in no

that was echoed by the arab foreign ministers most explicitly by egypt. the united or during these discussions . we did highlight the importance of the israeli palestinian peace process, the importance of maintaining the credibility and the viability of the 2 state solution that for israel, a city and state to live side by side in peace with the recognized borders for the city and state in accordance with the 67 lions with east jerusalem as its capital for the palestinian leadership. however, such words are just that words. they see this entire summit in this place as an undermining of the cause for sovereignty and independence. the palestinian prime minister focused on what was happening inside israel and why he won't be there like that. there's your helicopter shop are normalization meetings without ending the israeli occupation of palestine are just an illusion of mirage. and a free reward for israel ah palestinian president. meanwhile, had his own diplomacy to conduct welcoming jordan's king abdullah to ramallah on a mission to con tensions a head of

gulf countries. from israel and from arab gulf countries-— countries.correspondent in _ countries. yolande knell, our correspondent in jerusalem, | countries. yolande knell, our- correspondent in jerusalem, thank you. let's return to that news is that in a late—night video address president zelensky urged western countries to supply more planes, tanks and missile defence systems. we rejoin the former nato commander rear admiral dr chris parr, and thank you very much for your patience while we just tuned in there to see what antony blinken had to say in israel. we were discussing, though, the difference in your view between the west supplying offensive and defensive weapons, if you are able to pick up on that, i would be grateful. to pick up on that, i would be crateful. , ~ , ., , ., grateful. yes, i think people have been very shy _ grateful. yes, i think people have been very shy of _ grateful. yes, i think people have been very shy of providing - grateful. yes, i think people have l been very shy of providing offensive weapons like fighter jets been

so i watched several israeli channels as well as arabic channels and the more i watched. the more i realized that there was a huge disconnect between the american reporting what we were getting here from our news television channels, but also what was being reported on twitter even print journalism, which generally has the ability to wait a beat before coming out with the story. i felt like there was a huge gap so when the war was over i took a weekend to kind of relax and when i got back to work i kind of realized that i wasn't quite done with the war and i got i said about writing the first draft of the book which was about 120 pages. wrote it in eight days, and then finally days in eight days the first hundred and twenty days all night all day all night. i told the family to leave me alone and you close the door exactly exactly turned up the music and tried to you know, just stay focused admittedly. there were a lot of pieces that i had written already about hamas in the so there was a lot of historical information that i could bring to bear from previous pieces and pr

that region also occurs up into what's today the united arab emirates, which before it was united arab emirates, was known as the true shall states or the truthful coast. but before that was known as the solemn on the old mani coast. because that's part geographically of all mod, throughout its history. the, the ruler of, of oman, the country, the e man made or the sultani may have had exercise some influence. ah, they are especially in places like abra gobby due by their with their closer relationships there you get to the north where the colossal tribe dominates. there's always been a fair amount of tension and it's been difficult for the modernist to control that particular territory. alco us in highly column avida r a v o n e e, and the shadow children that i said lima or that saw fulfillment the she had an affair on that. i love, he loves his innocent a will the could loan see if he, if he no little heard of the had the shadow kaffir. part of the valley in my room. i'm not in motion to be when i said a one. and now with a month, a minimum, here are the month of the month of the fa

a sad has visited the united arab emirates. it's his 1st trip to an arab country since the war began back in 2011. the us state department called the visit profoundly disappointing its own nations in the region to resist normalizing relations with syria. roslyn jordan has more from washington dc. the u. s. government is condemning the united arab emirates for welcoming the syrian liter boshra law side to both of dubey and dubai. on friday, the u. s. has long tried to isolate boshra law, sought in his government because of their handling of the civil war, which has been raging in that country since 2011, tens of thousands of people have been killed. more than 3000000 people have been driven out of their homeland and at least a 150000 people have been disappeared during the conflict is started as part of the arab spring. now there are some countries including the ui and saudi arabia, which have been trying to re welcome sa, bosher, all asada and syria, back into the fold of middle eastern countries. one of the leaders in the unit

palestine remains occupied, but the arabs have normalized relations with israel. and here they are meeting at the farm of israel's founding. father bunker yawn into the booker, which is a thought of slap in the face. in fact, many slaps on the face to the palestinian people. be that as it may, secretary, blinkin would like to so to preach american gospel about hatred to quit or to russia, condemnation of russia. sir dorothy with ukraine, which is fine. but israel and that u. e. are lobbying against the united states, deal with iran, the nuclear deal, and they're picking ambiguous position on russia. what the u. e in israel are kind of standing behind. they can ambiguous position on russian occupation. they're totally in support of occupation of palestine, but decimal, the story. why thinking a critical position of america's diplomacy or america's iran nuclear deal? so they're hoping the arab foreign ministers in israel to pressure on the 2nd are state on easing up. we're talking about human rights because as we know, all, all these arab countries don't exactly, yo

s. criticizes the united arab emirates for hosting serious president bush auto assa. now it's been 24 days since russia invaded ukraine and nearly 6 and a half 1000000 people are thought have been displaced by the fighting. this is the territory in red that russia and its separatist allies control ukraine's army chief says russian troops have failed to besieged the capital. key of a barrage of missiles managed to hit an airport aircraft repair facility near live in the west. on friday, though, in the south ukrainian troops are said to have stopped to russian advanced to mc alive. it's the last stand against russian forces near odessa. and ukraine says it was temporarily, did i have access to the see of as of because of russian military activity at the fort city of murray, or po, stephanie decker, who's in weston ukraine, begins, are coverage from above. mary paul, looks like it's had the life sucked out of it. people's homes now frozen in time. eerie carcases, of war, and on the ground. even the dead get no peace. it's too dangerous to bury them in the cemetery. often

has condemned the united arab emirates hosting of serious president bush auto asset. it was his 1st trip to another arab country since the syrian will began in 2011. the u. s. is urging all nations in the region to resist normalizing relations with syria. then a harder reports. it was a syrian precedence 1st visit to an arab country since an uprising against his rule began in 2011. but the u. a. e 's engagement with the once widely shown, bashar assad is not new, and it has been happening, despite opposition from long time ally, the united states, the bite and administration was swift in condemning the visit, saying it is profoundly disappointed and troubled by an attempt to legitimize a leader responsible for atrocities, but many believe this was not just about bringing damascus back to the arab fold. by hosting i said the u a. e wanted to make a statement to the west. look, you guys have left us as in the middle east in a vacuum by jo partial withdrawal. and the partnership that we have with the united state is no longer functioning. you're not delivering on the sec

we actually took rocky americans arabic speakers and hired them. and we had hundreds of what were termed roll players. some others were clerics. we had some that worse iraqi security forces. we had insurgence, they were suicide bombers with hollywood special effects. ah, you had everything to the extent that we could replicate it there in this enormous training area at the national training center in the mojave desert, we did everything we possibly could to stabilize the situation in iraq. david betray us, wants to change the soldiers mindset. they shouldn't perceive only rockies as a threat. and we would actually look for the areas in baghdad based on metrics that we had in these geographic depictions that would show where the violence is the highest. and we would put our troops right in the center of that to try to separate the militia. and the sunni insurgents will follow them. but up all about that, the last month of what we divided baghdad up into 11 zones. liquid them each was given an entrance and an exit and sailed off with concrete blocks

alliances shift as israel hosts three arab leaders. israel will host a historic summit this weekend to talk with diplomats from the united states, the united arab emirates, and moraga -- morocco. israelis and some air government find common cause not only over iran but in navigating the new realities created by the ukraine war. the meeting reflects the new political reality created when israel fields landmark diplomatic agreements with the uae and morocco in 2020. it is planned for sunday and monday. it will be the first meeting with top officials from three arab countries on israeli soil and highlight how israel, which needed the united states to broker the 2020 accords to become a bridge between washington and certain arab governments. let's go next to jane in tennessee on the independents line. good morning. caller: good morning. i'm not to comment on my fellow tennesseen from murfreesboro and assure him that the majority of americans regardless of what race or ethnic background you are from, we do not feel that way. we are american

there were hurt their neighbors or friends, people's arab. so fellow arabs wouldn't talk to them. they couldn't travel, they weren't able to go anywhere. and they were, you know, they were trapped. mm. sanctioned sort of fanny blunt instrument. they strengthened the power of reaching these would be the populace by making the people pay the price of sanctions. not every gene ah summer. 1998 the radicalization of mainly young people gathers pace while saddam exploits his nation's misery to consolidate his own power base. he has got his great written on the national flag and rehabilitate the clans and the patriarchal religious society that he tried to modernize for 2 decades. mm. mm. 12 years of embargo are bolstering the regime in none of wisdom and of another. we backed saddam also from all. this is our country. good. it wasn't about him. it was about our people. no, america should ask itself. what is it doing with our country? what it is, why they can try to put pressure on people, but by god we survived the embargo. well, lemme to hell with the embargo, but it will lead stones if

the british protectorate that became the united arab emirates, the families of united arab emirates came together with the power of abu dhabi and their oil to control a large part of the market and culturally to be a huge part of the arabian peninsula. suhail bin mohamed al mazrouei joins us now, the uae minister of energy, and he is hugely qualified to speak on these matters. thank you so much for joining bloomberg this morning. i would like to know the power that an ascendant united arab emirates has now over russia. explain the dialogue. explain the change in the relationship of uae with russia in the last weeks. >> it is great to be with you and to address your audiences. first of all, uae is a member of an alliance called opec+. that alliance is doing a great job, and my view, balancing the market, balancing supply and demand. we have a history within that alliance, and we have been through wars. we have been through conflict, been through sanctions. some of the members, iran and venezuela. but something we always do, we have one objective only, which is trying to maintain the suppl