that caused me to to look back and find some other papers written by the b i yes the bank for international settlements in baseball and also look back at how they wrote about online competition in the past and there are reports in one thousand nine hundred six for example so if you compare these two. impressions they give is really really interesting and it turns out that bitcoin for them is a totally different ball game and frankly they don't know very well how to deal with it a world of central banking of course. is a centralized system manipulating and controlling money so-called in their eyes whereas bitcoin by their trade definition is a fully distributed form of money and banking can you compare the two along those lines actually you can do it very easily by comparing the reports and what i'm going to say no it's literally coming from the e.c.b. report it's kind of like a it's kind of like a commercial for become but they actually say that because it is not backed by fear money it's also not backed by a commodity and that's very different from their seats in the past and also all the clearing of

new homes as part of its settlement activities on the west bank actually un considers illegal many experts say israel's violations of international law only increased support for the palestinians. i think that this is an example. of the fact that. it's showing or continue to show respect. to the resolutions of the. international agencies and to the well of the international community and i think that one of the reasons why very small number of countries. voted against this resolution very little number of countries. supporting israel is due to the fact that israel is continuing to disregard the will of the national community that has been called by all international community on israel to stop the expansion of settlements but yet they're moving ahead with it which is isolating israel and i hope this will further isolate this aggression policy of israel and will encourage the members of the international community to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its way relations to the international law and its well ations to the rights of the palestinian people especially on the expansion of illegal settlements. was to whistleblower dismissed speculation that

for joining us here on r.t. today israel has announced its plans to build over a thousand new homes in the occupied west bank that's despite international opposition to tel aviv settlement policies which most countries consider illegal under international law more on this i'm now joined by jeff helper the head of the israeli committee against house demolitions. it's good to see you today first thing thanks for coming on the program indeed the announcement comes as the world watches the u.s. elections almost there for the global i turns to washington is israel perhaps being a slightly opportunistic with its timing here. you know israel could be seen as being opportunistic but in fact it's done this in normal times as well don't forget last year when biden provides president biden with here in jerusalem israel also announced the building of a thousand new housing units it doesn't matter the point is that this is non new i mean it's true the international community opposes israeli policies but it won't do anything to sanction israel in israel knows it and it knows that whether obama's elected or romney selected its trump card is the american congress support that israel ha

international news, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is said to be confronting a new diplomatic challenge with president obama is re-election. after publicly defying the obama administration on west bank settlements, pushing for a military attack on iran, and even appearing to back mitt romney in the presidential race, netanyahu is facing pressure from within his government to repair strained israeli-u.s. ties. hours after obama's victory, israel's deputy prime minister said -- later in the day, netanyahu staged a news conference to publicly congratulate obama on his win. >> i want to congratulate president obama's re-election. i think the united states of america demonstrated what it is the greatest democracy on earth. the security relationship between the u.s. and israel is rock-solid. i look forward to working with president obama to further strengthen this relationship and advance our goals of peace and security. >> israeli prime minister netanyahu followed up his comments with a personal telephone call to obama on thursday. one of the first tests of obama's post-election middle east form policy will come this month as the palestinian authority seeks non member status at the united nations, which the u.s.

bank and east jerusalem. the palestinians quickly condemned any new settlement building. chief negotiator saeb erekat accused israel of "defying the whole international community." in syria, internet access and most phone service was blocked for a second day. opposition activists blamed the regime. government officials insisted rebels were behind the outage. meanwhile, fighting continued in and around damascus, but government troops managed to reopen the road to the city's airport. the u.s. soldier accused of espionage in the wikileaks document dump has conceded he considered suicide after his arrest. private first class bradley manning was cross-examined today in a pre-trial hearing at fort meade, maryland. he admitted making a noose out of bed sheets before being sent to the u.s. marine corps brig at quantico, virginia. manning says his treatment there was so harsh, the charges should be dismissed. the military says manning was a suicide risk, so jailers kept him isolated and took away his clothes. the holders of half of that record powerball jackpot of $588 million came forward today in missouri. a 52-year-old mechanic, mark hill, and his wife cindy were introduced in dearborn, just north of kansas city. cindy hill said sh