the arab-israeli issue is defined as central. i'm worried obama will be too ambitious and the middle east peace process and not ambitious enough on arab reform. the first instance of doing enough quickly is libya. obama did the right thing in deciding to intervene but he is doing at in what amounts to a penny wise and pound foolish way. he is defining -- it is essential that khaddafi not beinallowed to massacre his way. other arab rulers will take this as an example. the administration's approach has the danger of creating a stalematstatement. by not acting against gaddafi, we are inviting the consequences we're worried about. radicalizing the opposition, giving a place for al qaeda, creating what hillary clinton herself warned could be oa big somalia. it seems to be an unrealistic attitude and it reflects what has been a trend in washington to cling to this idea that somehow, we can talk the syrian regime and to transforming itself into breaking its alliance with a run to be cooperative and has bought to make peace with israel. t

the old phrase was that there was no war without egypt and no peace without syria in terms of arab israeli peace so it's a tremendously important country of course it has an influence as well on iraq but as syria's troubles do you can events over in libya show that military intervention is really to resolve the situation that coalition forces went in to protect civilians as their main objective well it's all it seems well as the u.s. says well we is doing our judgment equally. barack hussein obama passionately presented his case of a looming genocide in leave it there in the lead beer the only way to prevent the looming humanitarian disaster was a humanitarian intervention despite any absence of the hard core evidence or even without dispatching fact finding mission from the e.u. and us or european union it would be natural and logical for us president finally and publicly admit that the mass atrocities against or armenian people war genocide and worst how to reconcile the two opposite views on the same subject regarding their denial over historical facts on the one side and on the other s

the old phrase was that there was no war without egypt and no keith without syria in terms of arab israeli peace so it's a tremendously important country course it has an influence as well on iraq. colonel gadhafi is resolutely digging in these heels saying he will not be forced out of libya but he's ready for talks with nato while the coalition is operations for them to result the situation they were intended to protect civilians as their main objective though has been to contributor so the u.s. is not always getting out judgment equally. morocco same our bomber passionately presented his case over the looming genocide in libya that in libya the only way to prevent the looming humanitarian disaster was a humanitarian intervention despite an absence of the hard core evidence or even without dispatching fact finding mission it would be natural and logical for us president finally and publicly admit that the mass atrocities against or armenian people war genocide at its worst how to reconcile the two opposite views on the same subject regarding their denial of the historical facts on the one

the arab-israeli issue is defined as central. i'm worried obama will be too ambitious and the middle east peace process and not ambitious enough on arab reform. the first instance of doing enough quickly is libya. obama did the right thing in deciding to intervene but he is doin at in what amounts to a penny wisand pound foolish way. he is defining -- it is essential that khaddafi not beinallowed to massacre his way. other arab rulers will take this as an example. the administration's approach has the danger of creating a stalematstatement. by not acting against gaddafi, we are inviting the consequences we're worried about. radicalizing the opposition, giving a place for al qaeda, creating what hillary clinton herself warned could be oa big somalia. it seems to be an unrealistic attitude and it reflects what has been a trend in washington to cling to this idea that somehow, we can talk the syrian regimend to transforming itself into breaking its alliance with a run to be cooperative and has bought to make peace with israel. the la

course as we've seen it's a conduit between iran and hezbollah it enables iran to play in the arab israeli conflict in a major way it's a very important country i believe the old phrase was that there was no peace no war without egypt and no peace without syria in terms of arab israeli peace so it's a tremendously important country course it has an influence as well on iraq we're watching all developments very closely expert on the u.s. foreign policy joins us from washington good to have your inside of a program. sure my pleasure. rosie refuses to go cause new killings have led to the run for president of media resignation despite a deal with the opposition to step down within a month that interview he gave to see the leader says the dangers of rushing into greater than his opponents imagine as he sees it. you know. that our opponents reject the idea of holding presidential and parliamentary elections because nearly where they won't be able to gain a majority as a matter of fights what we're having is an unconstitutional coup and they are trying to force them as their plans are against th

israeli allies. now for saudi arabia. and the other gulf arabtyrannies that governed states adjacent to what we too often forget is referred to by the sunni world as the arabian gulf. let me first say that i view saudi arabia and to lesser degree its fellow arab peninsula journeys as the nationstate that is perhaps the most dangerous to united states and the west generally. yes, russia and china are threat to the united states, but they are threats washington openly acknowledges. closely watches and assesses, and is fully capable of intervening america against. saudi arabia, however, it is a serious threat. indeed, one more dangerous than iraq. toward which our governing elite in both parties turns a blind eye. our elite deceitfully pretend that riyadh is close and reliable ally. it keeps america's security depended on its enemies by relying on the saudis to play pro-u.s. role in the world oil market. it endangers our economy by allowing the saudis to buy an ever larger share, up her ever more out of control federal debt. in addition, the saudis

. >>> president obama will soon lay out a new plan for arab- israeli peace talks. secretary of state, hillary clinton, made that announcement yesterday. the plan will be part of a larger restructuring of u.s. policy in the middle east and north africa. >>> former president hosni mubarak is now under a 15-day detention. he's being detained at the hospital where he was taken yesterday, reportedly suffering from heart problems. two of his sons have been detained in a prison outside cairo. now, demonstrators have been calling for the investigation of the mubarak family. egypt's chief prosecutor says the detentions are part of the investigation into accusations of corruption, abusive authority and killing protesters. >>> well, the state department says another u.s. citizen is being cold in -- held in north korea. so far, we don't no who it is or what the person was doing in north korea. the state department says swedish officials visited the detained american on behalf of the u.s. now, in the past, former presidents jimmy carter and bill clinton, went to north korea and

the notion that israeli security has somehow muturely exclusive from the growth of democracy in the arab world needs to be rejected entirely. in fact, i would argue that converse. if you are of the belief that israeli society and israeli security is better off being surrounded by the whims of nations determined by one man, then we'll never have one woman there, but one man, i would respectfully suggest that your ideology is more danger with respect to the security of the state of israel than anything any government official could ever identify and implement. because long term it will fail. and it will fail miserably. does having confidence in democracy mean it's going to be smooth sailing. buzz it mean we're going to applause those that win elections? i'll bet more often than not we are deeply concerned with the election results. they said they hope the people they support needs the first election. if democracy works the way it's supposed to, the people that win the first flexion egypt -- first election in egypt are going to rebel in the ballot box in a significant way. hope for the seco

lawton reporting. >>> we have a very personal look today at the impasse between palestinian arabs and israeli beneath the jerusalem hills, near the entrance to the city, are the remains of the former arab village of lifta. all of lifta's arab residents fled or were forced out during israel's war for independence in 1948. today, it's the only once-arab village in israel that has not been destroyed or resettled by jews. lifta's former arab residents want it back. the jerusalem government wants it developed for luxury housing. and some preservationists, on both sides, want it kept as a monument to what life there used to be. menachem daum is an american jew from brooklyn. he traveled to lifta recently to hear all sides of the story. >> i may have a family link to lifta. my uncle, meyer yosef, a member of the betar zionist youth, left poland for palestine in 1937. he joined the lehi militia, also known as the stern gang. he was my hero. while the rest of my family were victims during the holocaust, he was a fighter for the jewish people. >> he was convinced that israel was home. that's what he to

work to promote peace between israelis, palestinians, and arabs. make sure that we continue to build the pressure on iran. it is a daunting agenda. i can assure you that we are addressing it. the president is determined to address it with great vigor. thank you very much. [applause] the ambassador has agreed to take questions. i invite you to come to the microphone on each side. police say your name and where you are from. >> good morning. george gibson from houston, texas. a very important question was asked of ambassador orren last night. i think the audience would be interested in the administration response to the same question. how does the administration plan to respond to the move to recognize a palestinian state outside of the peace process? in the general assembly, moves have been made. does the administration have a plan for that? >> steve daniels, palm beach gardens. can you talk about saudi arabia and the likelihood of what is happening in other countries to happening in saudi arabia? >> i am asking about yemen and wondering. i know the

arabs. the fight the israeli enemy and that's it, and they protect their fellow arabs. now it turns out they were involved in the murder of this sunni primm minister it's going to be very hard -- there's no way to explain that while keeping the sort of the ideological purity. that's why the - they've come up with is actually israel killed and then they said this tribunal with made up evidence to make it look like we did it and it is a crazy story. it works with his the's followers and they believe it, and her lover, if it comes to the crisis point which it might, the only way out is a war with israel because once the war with israel no one can kasai says will. once bombs are falling on the route and the villages of lebanon, nobody, no matter how much they despise hezbollah or the war is going to say a single thing critical of it and that's their sort of get out of jail free card to sacrifice their country to save their face. i mean, in their view they are restoring the fight in their country, and the thing is that isn't just their view it is about half of the lebanese p

following the arab-israeli war, the soviet union led the campaign against israel leading to the u.n. assembly resolution of 1975 later resended damning vilism as racism. today, it's a complex network of ngo's and activists leading the charge guest israel, but the message is the same. israel's existence is the original sin. in hubs across the world like seattle, london, madrid, and capetown and as well as the arab and muslim worlds, they push violent demonstrations and the ultimate lie that israel is the reincoronation of a karzai africa. how can we turn the tide of the delegitimizers? >> the format this morning will be questions and answers and discussion with the panel. for the first half hour or so, i'll ask the questions, but then, it will be you, both people in the audience as well as on the webcast. let us begin. gidi, i want to ask you the first question which is the general question of what are the roots of this whole delegitimation campaign occurring in the world? >> thank you. first, it's a pleasure to be here this morning with this uniquely situated to play a role in this c

knows there could be no comprehensive peace between arabs and israelis without syria.regime. demanding freedom and dignity. syria is a potential gain changer for the region. these protests suggests that no amount of nationalist and religious credentials to be enough to head off real demands for change. meaning, there is in a regime in the middle east , and not even america's allies saudi arabia that can afford to ignore the potential power of its people. mohammad, cnn. >>vicki: charlie sheen is booed on the opening night of his tour. coming up will see what happens in city number two, at toward a force or it toward a farce. >>brian: today temperatures or beautiful with readings in the upper 60s and low '70's even warmer for tomorrow. i will tell you about the forecast coming up. hey marcel, watch this! hey marcel, watch this! [ buzzer sounds ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey marcel, watch this! yeah, marcel! -marcel! -hey marcel! are you listening to me? marcel! [ male announcer ] don't miss a second of ncaa march madness with my multiview, only from at&t u-verse. just $

the notion that israeli security has somehow muturely exclusive from the growth of democracy in the arabs to be rejected entirely. in fact, i would argue that converse. if you are of the belief that israeli society and israeli security is better off being surrounded by the whims of nations determined by one man, then we'll never have one woman there, but one man, i would respectfully suggest that your ideology is more danger with respect to the security of the state of israel than anything any government official could ever identify and implement. because long term it will fail. and it will fail miserably. does having confidence in democracy mean it's going to be smooth sailing. buzz it mean we're going to applause those that win elections? i'll bet more often than not we are deeply concerned with the election results. they said they hope the people they support needs the first election. if democracy works the way it's supposed to, the people that win the first flexion egypt -- first election in egypt are going to rebel in the ballot box in a significant way. hope for the second election

the notion that israeli security has somehow muturely exclusive from the growth of democracy in the arab world needs to be rejected entirely. in fact, i would argue that converse. if you are of the belief that israeli society and israeli security is better off being surrounded by the whims of nations determined by one man, then we'll never have one woman there, but one man, i would respectfully suggest that your ideology is more danger with respect to the security of the state of israel than anything any government official could ever identify and implement. because long term it will fail. and it will fail miserably. does having confidence in democracy mean it's going to be smooth sailing. buzz it mean we're going to applause those that win elections? i'll bet more often than not we are deeply concerned with the election results. they said they hope the people they support needs the first election. if democracy works the way it's supposed to, the people that win the first flexion egypt -- first election in egypt are going to rebel in the ballot box in a significant way. hope for the seco

policy saying we are committing to a lasting arab/israeli peace and the only way to achieve peace and security is through direct negotiations between the parties and the draft resolution risked hard tng positions of both sides, encouraging the parties to stay out and come back to the party as they hit impasses in the future. long standing u.s. policy that have opposed steps by either party that could undermine the trust. the explanation restated long standing u.s. policy of six prior consecutive administrations which has been consistent. it was president bush in april 2002 who said israeli settlement activity in occupied territories must stop. in 2005, secretary rice said u.s. policy is clear. the expansion of settlements ought to stop. settlement activity ought to stop. we're concerned about any kind of activity that would prejudge the outcome of a final status agreement. the only way to reach a two-state solution is through direct negotiations and said it was unwise to the council to ai tempt to resolve core issues and that every potential action must be over one overriding standard

because it seems to me the fundamental problem in the arab-israeli conflict now is not a diplomatic problem, it is a political problem. it is about the politics in the palestinian community and the politics in israel, which neither side see as urgency or necessity to successfully conclude negotiations right now. i think ultimately the fight about what the strategy should be is a misplaced fight. because the real effort needs to be creating a political possibility, not on designs the -- how everybody sits around a table. it is changing the political context that can allow successful diplomacy to take place. host: the "times," it is time for obama to risk all for a middle east peace deal by scocroft. guest: i don't think it is a crazy idea, but i don't think it is particularly kindly because there are a number of people who have been arguing that consistently for years on end. i do think the key problem is not, can we imagine what a deal looks like? it is, what do we get from making that deal? the israeli criticism is not that they can't make an agreement. the israeli criticism is, the agreem

my question is, how would you evaluate bush's the link with the arab-israeli conflict? the arab-ng israeli conflict? >> we know that canada is a good ally for the u.s., but during the iraqi war, it was not an ally. would you explain that position? thank you very much. >> perhaps i should go first on that second question on iraq. why did canada cannot support the united states in its decision to invade iraq in 2003? it was a very controversial decision in canada. a lot of people were very worried about whether we were doing the right thing by saying no, thanks. in the end, it comes down to a fairly simple explanation. namely, you remember perhaps that colin powell and tony blair were very adamant about advising president bush that if he was to consider military action, he should do so with a clear united nations security council resolution. that, by the way, was an example when bush listened carefully to powell and decided to take the route of going through the united nations, which cheney did not agree with. at the end, most other countries in the world believed that th

this includes renewed pursuit of comprehensive arab-israeli peace. the status quo between the palestinians and israelis is no more sustainable than the political systems that have crumbled in recent months. neither israel's future as a jewish democratic state, nor the legitimate aspirations of twist in the hands can be secured without a negotiated to state solution. and why would is a truism that only the parties themselves can make the hard choices necessary for peace, there is no substitute for continued active american leadership and the president and all i are committed to that. we believe our concerns are shared by the people of the region, and we will continue working closely with our trusted partners including many in this room tonight to advance those mutual interests. we understand that a one size fits all approach doesn't make sense in such a diverse region at such a fluid time. as i've said before, the united states has specific relationships with countries in the region. we have a decades-long friendship with all rain that we expect to co

in the arab-israeli relationship barring some dramatic change in egypt over time, israel is so dominant that it can create new realities on the ground. it is indifferent to what the united states really says very often. in afghanistan the united states is asking pakistan to do things create instability that weaken pakistan that potentially create an independent regional power in india that the united states may not appreciate in the long run. and of course the invasion of iraq has destroyed the iran-iraq balance of power. create what is the most immediate issue which is forgetting nuclear weapons the iran is the dominant conventional military force in the region if the united states isn't there. the united states has its policy to withdraw from iraq. the potential for iran filling the vacuum is extremely high. that in turn changes the balance of power or at least the political dynamic in the arabian peninsula. there are vitally important decisions to be made. on the one hand the united states must rebalance its global policy to deal with issues like russia. to deal with china and so on.

spraying has struck a certain degree -- arab spring has struck a fever in the hearts of the israelis. we do not know how this will turn out. mubarak was -- worked for 20 years to achieve a peace between arabs and israelis. egypt has a cold peace with israel, but a piece. he said his soldiers to fight alongside americans and the first gulf what we did burst gulf war and he was very cooperative in the war on turk. -- on the war on the terror of. >> i am not sure that we have man debt -- manned up enough to push for peace. we need to encourage the parties to get to the table, to come up with some progress on this problem that has been out there forever. that is what i mean by it. our diplomacy has failed thus. i am not sure that we have been as hands-on as we ought to be. i am not criticizing administration's. most administrations wait until their second term to engaged. president obama engaged early in his first term and that is quite praiseworthy, in my view. president george h. w. bush engaged in his first term and go maybe you should wait until the second term to get with it, but on

spraying has struck a certain degree -- arab spring has struck a fever in the hearts of the israelis. we do not know how this will turn out. mubarak was -- worked for 20 years to achieve a peace between arabs and israelis. egypt has a cold peace with israel, but a piece. he said his soldiers to fight alongside americans and the first gulf what we did burst gulf war and he was very cooperative in the war on turk. -- on the war on the terror of. >> i am not sure that we have man debt -- manned up enough to push for peace. we need to encourage the parties to get to the table, to come up with some progress on this problem that has been out there forever. that is what i mean by it. our diplomacy has failed thus. i am not sure that we have been as hands-on as we ought to be. i am not criticizing administration's. most administrations wait until their second term to engaged. president obama engaged early in his first term and that is quite praiseworthy, in my view. president george h. w. bush engaged in his first term and go maybe you should wait until the second term to get with it, but on

this includes renewed pursuit of comprehensive arab-israeli peace. the status quo between palestinians and israelis is no more sustainable than the political systems that have crumbled in recent months. neither israel's future as a jewish democratic state nor the legitimate aspirations of palestinians can be secured without a negotiated two-state solution. and while it is a truism that only the parties them selves can make the hard choices necessary for peace, there is no substitute for continued active american leadership. and the president and i are committed to that. we believe our concerns are shared by the people of the region. and we will continue working closely with our trusted partners, including many in this room tonight to advance those mutual interests. we understand that a one-size-fits-all approach doesn't make sense in such a diverse region at such a fluid time. as i have said before the united states has specific relationships with countries in the region. we have a decades-long friendship with bahrain that we expect to continue long

arabs. they fight the israeli enemy, that's it. they protect their fellow arabs. if it turns out they were involved in the murder of this popular sunni prime minister, it's going to be very hard -- there's no way really to explain that while keeping their sort of ideology purity. that's why the narrative they have come up is actually israel killed the prime minister, and set up the tribunal with all of the fake evidence to make it look like we did it. it's a crazy story. it works with hezbollah's followers. hezbollah's followers believe it. and, however, if it comes to a crisis point, which it well might, the only way out is a war with israel. because once there's a war with israel, as i saw in 2006, no one can criticize hezbollah. once bombs are falling on beirut and on the villages of lebanon, nobody no matter how much they despise hezbollah or disbias war is going to say a single thing critical of it. that's their get-out-of-jail free card. >> they want to sacrifice their country to save their face? >> in their view, they are restoring the pride. the thing is -

the arab-israeli dispute was an early driver. defeat in '48, '56 and '67 led to the creation of the police states. the cold war was a further driver. inter-arab politics became a driver and 9/11 became an enormous driver for the increase in the size of the mukhabarat states. and the united states after 9/11 was an enthusiastic supporter of the rise and development and enrichment in the deepening of the mukhabarat state ironically exactly at the same moment that we began talking about democracy in the middle east. some of the mukhabarat states are what i call hard mukhabarat states. saddam's iraq. syria, gadhafi's libya. some are soft mukhabarat states. king abdullah's jordan, the gulf states. but they all share the same feature of unaccountability. now, the arabs collectively are demanding their freedom. the end of the mukhabarat state system. they want the rule of law. they want accountability. and egypt is very much in the forefront of this. egypt will be the leader as it has always been in the arab world. that is more true toda

this includes renewed pursuit of comprehensive arab-israeli peace.the status quo between the palestinians and israelis is no more sustainable than the political systems that have crumbled in recent months. neither israel's future as a jewish democratic state, nor the legitimate aspirations of twist in the hands can be secured without a negotiated to state solution. and why would is a truism that only the parties themselves can make the hard choices necessary for peace, there is no substitute for continued active american leadership and the president and all i are committed to that. we believe our concerns are shared by the people of the region, and we will continue working closely with our trusted partners including many in this room tonight to advance those mutual interests. we understand that a one size fits all approach doesn't make sense in such a diverse region at such a fluid time. as i've said before, the united states has specific relationships with countries in the region. we have a decades-long friendship with all rain that we expect to con

with the israeli palestinian peace process unlimber and the arab protests in full swing the palestinian authority has and its hopes on a renewed campaign for state back in september the palestinian leadership intends to bring its case before the u.n. general assembly that analysts predict could deliver up to one hundred fifteen votes and recognition of its state but israel has been steadfastly opposed to what it calls any one sided moves and sees the looming change as a major threat to its security we are facing a diplomatic political. tsunami majority of the public is unaware of and that will peak in september if the un does pass the resolution it would have new palestine as a former member of the territory that includes gaza all of the west bank and east jerusalem settled by hundreds of thousands of israelis the recognition could also help palestine bring international pressure to bear on israel and even seek action against it including sanctions and support of un peacekeepers if need be all this has become because of grave concern for top israeli officials prime minister benjamin net

the way to do this was to, not necessarily win a comprehensive peace between arabs and israelis, but at least to show the good faith of the white house. that is what the peace process is central to the it ministration. it is about reaching out to arab and moslem masses. the city of point to that was, if the -- the subsidiary point to that was, if the administration could further the peace process, it would put some distance between syria and iran. the administration was not insensitive to the fact that iran was washington's key strategic concern. but to deal with iran, that was the instrument that this administration believed was most useful, the peace process. by loosening the syrian from the iranian access, by showing the syrians how much there was to gain by ptn

way to do this was to -- it's not necessarily to win a just and comprehensive peace between arabs and israelis, but to show the good faith of the white house. that is why the peace process is central to the administration, because it is about reaching out to arab and muslim masses. the subsidiary point to that was, if the administration could manage to make room on the peace process regarding the syrian track, what would that would do is they would put distance between syria and iran. the administration was not entirely insensitive to the fact that iran was washington's key strategic concern but to deal with iran, that was the instrument that this administration believed was most useful, the peace process. the peace process, by loosening the syrians somewhat from the iranian access, by showing the syrians how much there was to gain from partnering with the united states and from jumping sides as egypt had done with the camp david accords and jumped from the soviet side to the u.s. side, this is what the u.s. meant to do with the syrians. now, what we have seen over the last month-and-a-half si

the way to do this was to, not necessarily win a comprehensive peace between arabs and israelis, b at least to show the good faith of the white house. that is what the peace process is central to the it ministration. it is about reaching out to arab and moslem masses. the city of point to that was, if the -- the subsidiary point to that was, if the administration could further the peace process, it would put some distance between syria and iran. the administration was not insensitive to the fact that iran was washington's key strategic concern. but to deal with iran, that was the instrument that this administration believed was most useful, the peace process. loosening the syrian from the iranian access, by showing the syrians how much there waso gain by partnering with the united states and from jumping sides as egypt had done with the camp david accords, jumping fr the soviet side to the u.s. side, this is what the u.s. meant to do with the syrians. what we have seen over the last nth and half, since theiddle of march, what we have known all along is that this regime has very signif

the arab world is alarming of the region's only muslim power israel washington's behind the scenes efforts to support democracy in the region may actually be fueling a rise in extremist and israeli movements. has more. these gunmen mean business and they're upping the stakes just that little bit higher yanni at leas years the egyptian regime like a zionist enemy trying to stop us for ages and girls are but we always got the weapons we needed to fight the zionist enemy. and now they're getting more than they could give a hopeful before me gyptian president hosni mubarak's men gone the borders couldn't be easier to get through to bigger goodwin's. worlds all smuggled. who. have much more freedom to do whatever they like. and they're doing it smuggling weapons into gaza the result two attacks in three months on a natural gas pipeline that supplies a quarter of israel's electricity which is why is the us claims it's bringing a new tomorrow to egypt most israelis would rather remember yesterday year the eagerness of the united states to topple the former egyptian president hosni mubarak and bring about regime change and i want to meet most harm the closest ally in the region israel t

israeli. mark lippman in the door and we all kind of franchise has been largely absent from the arab awakening a little. he's. a charmer in here broadcasting live from washington d.c. coming up today on the big picture. delay. just in science technology from around. the future covered. live. live. download the official tea allocation. i pod touch from the i q saps to. life on the go lists video on demand. my bold colors an r.s.s. feeds now in the palm of your. question on the com. you can. listen to. live. below and well come across talk i'm peter lavelle opening the door to tear the al qaeda franchise has been largely absent from the arab awakening in north africa people appear to be embracing democracy and not radical islam however this may change the military intervention in libya and the violence in yemen could be an opportunity for al qaida. live can. live discussed in the arab world today i'm joined by and he's in washington he's a senior political scientist at the rand corporation also in washington we have given them rami he is a human and civil rights program director at the muslim am

and two thousand and ten by the arab world for research and development showed that sixty eight percent of palestinians favored a two state solution however top israeli officials say israel would do anything. make sure it doesn't have to suit land and while that's when yahoo works to devise a plan out of this bind come september a full house vote could put is you're all on the wrong side of history and hundreds of thousands of settlers on the wrong side of the border my child i crossed our party. ok i want to find go to you first. it's not a bad idea to be israel the i'm sorry the palestinians are doing this a lot of a lot of people would say the occupation is lasted long enough there's been no real peace process and there's just been a colonization of the west bank i mean in many ways that a lot of people with international opinion say the palestinians have very few choices right now what is really on the table in light of the palestine papers that were released a few months ago. well let me first say thank you for inviting me to be on the show i would just like to make the point right away that i'm in favor of a palestinian state and that israel is

israeli. we see this had been with the revolutions in the arab world today.to me, the picture holding out the crust, protecting each other against the secret police and mubarak regime is the kind of pluralism and the kind of society. >> we should stop this conversation produced in and take questions from the audience. you out of cards. if you want to pass them to the center car break down your questions. volunteers will come around and take them. one of the things that is striking about jim's book is that it story of jerusalem, the story of god has been interpreted for bill as a story of sacrifice of violence and war and territoriality and all kinds of terrible things. what jim does in this book a show you a very generous interpretation of all of those issues. and i commend it to you. is there anything you want to say about violence because violence is the theme that is the spine of your book i think. >> i would like to add is that it behooves us to be wary of the negative impact of this heavenly philosophizing about jerusalem across the world, across civiliz

israelis in the foreseeable future. >> thank you. the people in gaza are yearning for freedom. earlier this month, the arabevolution was echoed in the palestinian territories in the form of rallies calling for an end to the division between hamas and fatah. even organizing that in the gaza strip proved especially challenging. >> these are tough times in gaza. he helped to organize a large demonstration calling for palestinian unity two weeks ago. it is a tricky issue. fatah and hamas are both jealously clinging to power. >> it all started on facebook. we realized you cannot bring people together through the virtual world. we took to the streets and drummed up support from different youth groups. >> he and fellow students say the young people are fed up with the situation. they do not just face harassment from security forces, they feel hemmed in by the blockade and because hamas restricts young people. >> maybe if we go in the streets and start talking to other people about how we have a right to claim, we can make a difference if we go together. it did not work the way we wanted it to, but it was inspired

arabs are angry at the u.s. because they want to see more of that they want to see the u.s. putting pressure not just on the palestinians but on the israelis but i think right now the problem is the u.s. is kind of taking a step back and saying you guys have to sort out your differences but that's not the way it's going to work the israelis are too strong to make concessions and the palestinians are too weak to make concessions you need a third external force to just knock some heads together and say listen guys get your act together make peace now and get serious about it because we can't wait forever and perhaps this could be the force to now one last question that i want to ask is last year at this forum hillary clinton made the promise that guantanamo bay would be closed to obama in a video address basically said that he was going to ask attorney general eric holder you know to work more with the muslim community in quite the opposite we've seen is that you want time of day has not been closed obama has made a formal of the tension policy now that he signed on to and you know i'm just wondering if those are looked at as things that are

israeli palestine conflict is that israel's been in danger of annihilation i detail in the three volumes of my book is a complete lie israel's existence has never been danger from. any combination of arab military force and that he's unlikely to change in any foreseeable future good. this time silent for decades. twenty five years ago the entire fifty thousand population over ukrainian town pretty hard was the market weighted with the three hours. plus now it wants to be recently some people started receiving posts notices telling them to pick up letters at this post office in virginia. the stories of the world long gone. doesn't have to be told to. me to the diaries of ghosts of our chests. look forward to be hope don't say. the pain and suffering will never be forgotten. as well those the joy of liberation. bring the nineteen forty five on our team. down the official altie ugly patient your body phone on pod touch from the i choose our. job sheesh life on the go. video on demand cheese money for old girls. aren't just for you just now in the palm of your. question on. the un fails or briana me you propose statements you can damn serious crackdown on protesters with russia saying it c

the israeli palestine conflict is israel's been in danger of annihilation i detail in the three volumes of my book it is a complete israel's existence has never been danger from any combination of arab military force and that is unlikely to change in any foreseeable future but the fighters on the ground aren't giving up hope and there are minister warning is that is worse to come. and the moment time of defeat and retreat is over now it's time for the israeli people and the israeli enemy to pay. is always keeping quiet amid the current chaos in the middle east and north africa but behind closed doors will be plenty of disquiet here about how much america's desire to make new friends in the arab world is fueling serious instability policy r t television. still ahead for you this hour here on arts here a new test for russian students when they definitely do not want to get a high score on as they're getting scanned for narcotics. the indians with the cash to flush the new burgeoning generation of middle class earners with an eye on spicing up their lives. leading economists predict americans and in five years international monetary fund forecasts that after more than a century the wor

find a way to reach an agreement between israeli and the palestinians and that would be the most productive thing you could do to see coming outing of the arabpring, specifically in egypt a strong state. >> i think the palestinians begin to understand it you cannot do it without the palestinians. i quoted the poet who said i'm alone, are you a loan, let's been alone together. and if we shall make peace we shall free the young generation in egypt to address. >> it will be overshadowed by the conflicts and by the stories. we are really to enable this new development to take the direction and future of egypt. >> -- using economics, and economic support. >> right. >> as a carrot, as a meanses to develop a better relationship look, the basic problem is-- in 1952 when they have a revolution there were 18 million-- 18 million egyptians. today there are 81 million the population grew at five times, nothing else. >> only poverty grew and now i'm asking myself how can egypt, if they weren't egyptian how can they escape or is it possible to escape poverty. they say yes there are several examples india, china, south corian, how did they do it, not by ge