to him benjamin netanyahu will now have an opportunity to argue his case before the attorney general who will then make a final decision on whether to go ahead with the indictment and that is months away what matters now in an election campaign has become quite tight is whether any new details emerge about the nature of the charges netanyahu faces whether the unsavory new details that there are enough to put off currently loyal supporters bernard smith al-jazeera west jerusalem. well it comes as the united nations says israel's crackdown on palestinian protesters in gaza might amount to war crimes u.n. investigators say israeli soldiers intentionally and fire on civilians israel has rejected the report branding it hostile untrue and biased victoria gate b. reports. for almost a year palestinian protesters have gathered along the gaza israeli border fence to demand the right to return to their ancestral lands controlled by israel israeli soldiers have shot at them with live ammunition the un has investigated the deaths of one hundred eighty nine palestinians killed during the first ni

here is a reminder of the top story we are following for you -- israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahuis to be charged with bribery and fraud after a two-year investigation. netanyahu says the allegations are politically motivated. the news comes just weeks ahead of the country's parliamentary elections. you are watching "dw news" lies and from -- live and from berlin. after a quick break, i will be back to take you through "e day." [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] . like a house of cards . thank you very much for being with us. the sumummit in hanoi vietnam te put the leaders of the united states and north korea together for the second time ever. ended abruptly this listing and as you might expect each side is being given. reasons of why it happened putting their own spin. on the facts us president donald trtrump got his without first trump says he walked away because kim jong went too far quinn if sanctions to be lifted. with the other side

hello israel's attorney general says he intends to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu for bribery fraud and breach of trust his recommendation is based on a two year investigation by the police into three separate corruption cases netanyahu denies any wrongdoing while his party is calling it political persecution ahead of april's election it's the first time a sitting prime minister has been charged bernard smith reports. he is the first sitting israeli prime minister to be charged with bribery fraud and breach of trust but benjamin netanyahu says he's innocent and will stay in his post there's no legal requirement for him to step down the. field to the supreme court saying look it's slow it's not logical the job of the prime minister is a very complicated job because those security issues and nomic issues you cannot the law serve spend days in. the court netanyahu is in the middle of an election campaign which if you wins puts him on course to be israel's longest serving prime minister. there is nothing and there will be nothing he's told supporters and can't really argue but inv

setback for benjamin netanyahu israel's attorney general decides to indict him on charges of corruption. this is just zero life i'm dead you know also ahead. it was a very productive two days but sometimes you have to walk donald trump blames north korea's unacceptable demands for the failure to reach a nuclear deal and his second summit with kim jong. a gesture for peace as prime minister iran khan is pakistan announces it will release the captured indian pilot on friday senegal's president gets a second term in office his rivals concede defeat and decide not to contest the election results. hello israel's attorney general says he intends to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu for bribery fraud and breach of trust his recommendation is based on a two year investigation by the police into three separate corruption cases and that's and yahoo denies any wrongdoing or has the party is calling it political persecution ahead of april's election it's the first time a sitting prime minister has been charged bernard smith joining us from west jerusalem to talk us through the extent of the

benjamin netanyahu could become israel's longest sitting prime minister if he wins the upcoming parliamentary election but he's facing increasing challenges from within his own party he still has to battle courts over three corruption cases in this area force of reports from western. there's a new political contender to google me to do. the real benjamin netanyahu tells the media magnate i just want real coverage of the israeli prime minister's public battle with the media he says of peddling fake news and cheerleading a witch hunt has led here to the launch of likud t.v. a campaign tool of his political party dressed up as a news channel nine yos relationship with the media is at the heart of two the three corruption cases dogging his election campaign allegations he traded illicit favors for better coverage the third surrounds expensive gifts from wealthy friends he denies the charges but an indictment decision is expected this month we're going to blockbuster decision from the attorney general is going to going to be announcement of an intention to indictment and yahoo that's not a final i

jared kushner and the white house have been relying on benjamin netanyahu as part of their peace planning for the middle east and this could throw that into chaos if the plan was to be successful, what would benjamin net ya hue leaving maep for that process? >> few people in the region are taking this very seriously at the moment. so i think prime minister netanyahu doesn't mean anything. this is very serious. this is a year up before anything happens. there has to be a preliminary hearing before we see whether or not he is actually prime minister whether or not it goes to court. he faces ten years in jail, bribery charges in israel you can get ten years in jail. so this is very serious. if he goes to jail, he would not be the fist. he was sentenced to 23 months in jail, so his political future is on the line and also his personal future. >> what dented his popularity there. it is corruption charges. these far right parties, these racist politicians. >> that is a very important new element, but the background, the reality of the last few years is much let president trump, he is like a tef

administration will kinds of the fact that for example is going to prime minister benjamin netanyahu will be meeting in public with representatives of some arab regimes but again that something may be neither here or there because all it is is making public what many people already knew took place in private there are maybe talk of trying to find some sort of a wind down for the war in yemen but then again the fusees armed presence that you have one of the stakeholders there that's missing when we talk about syria or even libya all the different conflicts that are taking place in the middle east there is at least one stakeholder in each single one of those conflicts that is absent in this summit and therefore it is very difficult to see exactly what they are trying to achieve short of maybe the trumpet ministration trying to prove once again that it is some sort of world leader in times of diplomacy but that is something that has been increasingly question and questioned by countries that u.s. more is destabilizing than positive in terms of influence its has in the arab world . and i

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu dismisses of the citizen to indict him on corruption charges as a political witch hunt. you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming out of the u.n. says israeli forces may have committed war crimes in their crackdown on palestinians protesting in gaza basically they wanted the sanctions lifted. in their entirety and we couldn't do that. says he had to walk away from a summit with kim jong il and with no deal but north korea's foreign minister has this view to that explanation and pakistan pledges to release a captured indian pilot as a peace gesture but both sides remain on high alert for attacks. hello thank you for joining us israel's attorney general says he intends to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu for bribery fraud and breach of trust in three separate corruption cases his likud party is calling it political persecution ahead of april's election and in the last hour national himself has said the charges against him will collapse like a house of cards. remember tim the goodwood put three years they've been conducting a

israel's attorney general says he plans to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and after days of violence over kashmir india and pakistan to lower attention. much of the world has turned against nicolas maduro but he still has powerful allies in his bid to stay in charge as venezuela's president a u.s. led vote calling for a free and fair elections in that israel has failed at the u.n. security council the draft included a push to get an aid which has been blocked at the border by venezuela's military but russia and china vetoed the move while south africa also very set against it a separate call from russia for a political solution to the crisis failed as well meanwhile then israel is opposition leader is still out of the country building support among south american neighbors brazil's president also now reinforced his backing of asked amusing and brasilia says he'll travel to paraguayan friday before returning to venezuela despite threats. well let's go to kristen sumi at the united nations kristen the security council has met on venezuela three times in just

a political bombshell in israel benjamin netanyahu is charged with bribery and fraud making him the first sitting prime minister of israel to be charged with . netanyahu was accusing his political enemies of conducting an on witch hunt just weeks before parliamentary elections we'll take you to jerusalem for the latest also coming up tonight sometimes you have to walk the words of u.s. president after he cut short today his annoying summit with kim jong il. for this particular visit we decided that we had to walk. through what happens. says he ended the talks after the north korean leader offered only partial denuclearization in return for an end to all sanctions north korea says that is not what happened. plus pakistan tries to ease tensions over kashmir prime minister. offering to release a captured indian. i'm good to have you with us tonight israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was accusing his political opponents of an unprecedented which follows a decision by israeli justice authorities to indict the prime minister. on corruption charges in a defiant reaction to that decision t

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu echoed the u.s. stance of uniting against iran first degree murder. or struggle journey. for some six foreign ministers representatives of dozens of government. and israeli prime minister. foreign ministers. arab countries stood together in school. for our unity against a common threat. is live for a say in warsaw so what more did we hear from the leaders there are on this what they what they are calling a. conference on the future of the middle east very much the focus on iran and what the u.s. and israel see as the need to confront iran. well let's take a step back for a second remember how this conference came to be initially was an invitation sent out by the united states to countries around the world to confront what to describe as the iranian threats that's was and received very well by european countries on the european union as well not kind of forced the u.s. to change the title of this conference albeit so very generic peace and security in the middle east one but having said that that's ju

party to define itself more clearly against a new arrival on the political scene could voters benjamin netanyahu legal troubles have done little to diminish either his power or his popularity there is a substantial anti netanyahu constituency among jewish israelis and fears they've been. for a viable alternative. hopes. and israel's former army chief benny gantz looking to occupy the role of centrist he's talked of strengthening settlements but also says lessons should be learned from the way israel removed settlers from gaza in the face of being called a weak leftist he's also released a campaign video claiming credit for the killing of one thousand three hundred sixty four palestinians calling them terrorists in the twenty fourteen gaza war in order for him to get really the votes you know to really challenge it and you know he's got to get some of those votes from the right so he comes as a leftist dressed in rightists clothing ok a liberal israeli dressed as a conservative hard core pro settlement israeli is pulling just behind you know who is preferred prime minister but his path to victory

been a huge amount of outrage to that attack to that murder the police have yet to confirm benjamin netanyahu hasn't yet called it a terror attack the police are saying or are indicating that they are examining a political motive given some of the activities of this suspect in the past so far no comment either from the palestinian authority or from hamas in gaza however as i say a huge public reaction of outrage in israel over that and certainly not to institute this would have been a difficult decision politically i think for benjamin netanyahu this weekend carry forth it live in less seriously and thanking. environmentalists in india say the government's efforts to clean up their polluted waterways is simply not working. african union outgoing leader has managed to achieve. and. come back to the rockets in the n.b.a. . action in school. program in spite of warnings from the united states the announcement was timed to coincide with the fortieth anniversary of the islamic revolution that toppled the shell and ushered in decades of hostility between the two powers than a honda reports from the

now benjamin netanyahu says he intends to introduce what israel is calling its pay to slay law within a week it would allow deductions from the tax money israel raises for the palestinian authority for every person convicted of carrying out attacks against israel the p.l.o. office compensation to people who were convicted of those attacks if it would cut revenue to the authority which is thought to be about three hundred thirty million dollars a year in response palestinians have threatened to refuse all revenue they receive from israel carry force it has more from west jerusalem. benjamin netanyahu has long argued against and attacked the palestinian leadership over what it says is a system of welfare payments to palestinian prisoners and what the israeli government characterizes as a form of incitement to carry out attacks against israelis this is the week that he says that this law will come into effect and that next sunday in the next israeli security cabinet meeting is when the first calculation will be made in terms of withholding some of the money that israel raises in taxes fo

israel's attorney general says he intends to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu for bribery fraud and breach of trust in three separate corruption cases netanyahu has rejected the allegations saying they are politically motivated ahead of elections in april he claims he is the victim of an unprecedented witch hunt al jazeera has been at smith reports now from west jerusalem. he is the first sitting israeli prime minister to be charged with bribery fraud a breach of trust benjamin netanyahu says he's innocent of will stay in his post and we're going to. i am telling you citizens of israel this house of cards will collapse i'm certain about this i am four thousand percent certain about this i plan to keep serving you and the state as the prime minister for many years to come don't believe all the spin this depends on you it's not dependent on the officials or the analysts. there's no legal requirement for him to step down. and parties will appeal to the supreme court say look at slow it's not logical the job of a prime minister is a very complicated job because those sort of securit

it's good to have you with us tonight israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is accusing his political opponents of an unprecedented witch hunt it follows a decision by israeli justice authorities to indict the prime minister on corruption charges in a. a defiant reaction to that decision netanyahu says that he will remain prime minister for many more years decision to charge and follows more than two years of investigations into allegations of bribery fraud and breach of trust in three separate things ending comes just weeks before new elections to the israeli parliament the knesset. joining us now is gil hoffman he's the chief political correspondent with the jerusalem post good evening to you mr hoffman netanyahu says that this indictment is politically motivated that it's a witch hunt against him could these allegations alone could they darrelle his career absolutely and it's now his political career is very much in danger and he's one of the world's longest serving leaders along of course with chancellor merkel all the political opponents and that's in the hour last week united in

benjamin netanyahu has long argued against and attacked the palestinian leadership over what it says is a system of welfare payments to palestinian prisoners and what the israeli government characterizes as a form of incitement to carry out attacks against israelis this is the week that he says that this law will come into effect and that next sunday in the next israeli security cabinet meeting is when the first calculation will be made in terms of withholding some of the money that israel raises in taxes for the palestinian authority and pays to the palace in authority every month there has been some controversy over this even within israeli circles wide reports that israeli security establishment is worried about the withholding of the money about the effects on potential effects on security cooperation between israeli security services and the palestinian authority in the occupied west bank of course there's also been a reaction from the p.a. as well they say that this is nothing short of israeli piracy and is being done in concert with the americans to inflict further pressure on

the program israel's attorney general says he plans to indict the prime minister benjamin netanyahu on corruption charges first time mr netanyahu will have a chance to speak against the charges at a procedural hearing the decision follows more than two years of investigations into allegations of bribery fraud and breach of trust it would be the first time in history a sitting israeli prime minister has been charged with a crime this move could mr netanyahu political career is almost certain to shake up the countries of forthcoming parliamentary elections benyamin netanyahu denies any wrongdoing. and straight to that. credit joins us from jerusalem welcome target what sort of reaction has there been to this announcement. well no he real surprises here i mean most of his allies within the right wing talk have have strongly criticized this decision by the attorney general of the likud his party a put out a statement saying calling it a political persecution there all see also strongly criticized the timing off the decision this announcement so six weeks before the election scheduled in ap

benjamin netanyahu facing corruption charges that he says it'll collapse. like a house of cards meeting that he denies the charges and he says the case will basically collapsed like a house of cards. as being semi circle our correspondent in jerusalem for more on this -- sammy -- this is -- well strange situation. prime minister of israel charged with. a slew of corruption allegations that is he right to be so confident do you think. yeah well l. market this kind of confidence is is what he's trying to raradiate to his says supporters ahead of these elections. and itt seems that a large part of the isrsraeli public is buyig into this said confidence and they're saying that the reports in the media are inaccurate. and the day that he calls the suitcases a fake communes and there w we we know that a l lare part of the public does not believe. and this is a report and does not believe the police and does not believe the ad the ministry of justice so he's trying to get as much support as you can. ahead of these that election. on that adds to the future it's it'

benjamin netanyahu has denied wrongdoing.esident trump says he walked out on a second summit with kim jong-un. the problem, they could not agree on a deal. the president spoke before leaving hanoi. >> our relationship is very strong, but at this time we had some options and at this time we decided not to do any of the options. we will see where that goes, but it was a very interesting today's. and i think it was actually a very productive two days, but sometimes you have to walk and this was one of those times. courtney: president trump says he was presented kim with evidence of additional nuclear sites and he said that surprised the north koreans. the u.s. economy slowed down less than expected in the fourth quarter, gdp rose at 2.6%, beating estimates. equipment and software spending showed bigger increases. consumer spending slowed it down, but still in solid shape. and ray dalio says there is less chance of a u.s. recession now. the founder of bridgewater gives credit to the federal reserve, which he says appears to be le

click, call, or visit a store today. >>> breaking news, the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahuharged with bribery and fraud by the nation's attorney general. this is according to a source with direct knowledge. this is following a long corruption investigation into netanyahu. and this is potentially a major blow for any leader but for netanyahu as he is seeking a fifth term in office. what exactly is going on here? oren liebermann has the latest. what do you know right now? >> reporter: we have learned from a source with direct knowledge of the attorney general's decision that the attorney general intends to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu with breach of trust in two cases and in a larger case with bribery fraud and breach of trust. in that case, police investigators say netanyahu gave regulatory benefits to one of his friends, a business owner in exchange exinvestigators say for favorable coverage in a news sight. that has always been the biggest case facing the prime minister over the last couple of years and it is there we have learned from this source that the atto

their money sitting next to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu during a warsaw summit. israel has implemented a new law that will take away millions of dollars of tax revenue from the palestinian authority move penalizes authority for supporting the families of jailed palestinian prisoners rivals it has more from west jerusalem. benjamin netanyahu began his weekly cabinet meeting insisting that he would follow through on the course he said we could go to start with holding money from the palestinian authority. today i will submit to the cabinet for approval we did doctrine of the salaries of terrorist from the palestinian authority money we covered it will detail report regarding the money from security officials issues important legislation that we've advanced and today we. we're going to implement it as i promised the money in question is taxes raised by israel on behalf of the palestinians and sent to them every month for years netanyahu and his allies have attacked the palestinian policy of paying prisoners families calling it incitement to terror pointing to the fa

benjamin netanyahu has long argued against and attacked the palestinian leadership over what it says is a system of welfare payments to palestinian prisoners and what the israeli government characterizes as a form of incitement to carry out attacks against israelis this is the week that he says that this law will come into effect and that next sunday in the next israeli security cabinet meeting is when the first calculation will be made in terms of withholding some of the money that israel raises in taxes for the palestinian authority and pays to the palace in authority every month there has been some controversy over this even within israeli circles wide reports that the israeli security establishment is worried about the withholding of further money about the effects on potential effects on security cooperation between israeli security services and the palestinian authority in the occupied west bank of course there's also been a reaction from the p.a. as well they say that this is nothing short of israeli piracy and is being done in concert with the americans to inflict further pre

israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu was the only head of state to attend well in the closing press conference at the warsaw meeting u.s. secretary of state mike pope aoe reiterated the threat that he says iran poses the region it's undeniable that iran's aggression in the region has brought israel arab states closer together what i think was even remarkable is that it didn't feel all that historic it felt right it felt normal because we were working on a common problem. let me close here by saying united states must thank every country that participated for their contributions the future of our cooperation in middle east security can only get brighter from here what about the shall is in warsaw for us we heard mike compare there say that effectively there will cooperation between i suppose like minded nations in the middle east to improve but what do you think came out of this meeting. well i mean it's anyone's guess in terms of actual. tangible things it's very difficult to see exactly what came out aside from maybe certain political posturing towards iran sorts and maybe politica

another three hundred fifty thousand in east jerusalem it shows how far right has moved under benjamin netanyahu and indeed how far right the mainstream of israeli politics has moved but it also signifies the period that we are in at the moment two months out from an election on the ninth of april there is a lot of effort being made to try to court right wing votes which might otherwise go to the smaller more extreme parties and also an opportunity to define the could against the man who has come to challenge benjamin netanyahu in perhaps a stronger way than many expected the former israeli army chief benny gantz who has set up a new party is occupying the center ground while trying to make his right wing credentials also as obvious as possible this is a way for could mainstream politicians to say that he's actually too soft on the issue of settlements that he may well try to engineer some kind of withdrawal despite his talk about strengthening settlements at least in the blocks around jerusalem this is also a question as to whether it will ever become israeli government policy well one thing th

parties and also an opportunity to define the could against the man who has come to challenge benjamin netanyahu in perhaps a stronger way than many expected the former israeli army chief benny gantz who has set up a new party is occupying the center ground while trying to make his right wing credentials also as obvious as possible this is a way for could mainstream politicians to say that he's actually too soft on the issue of settlements that he may well try to engineer some kind of withdrawal despite his talk about strengthening settlements at least in the blocks around jerusalem this is also a question as to whether it will ever become israeli government policy well one thing that isn't on this list is that of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu if he were to make it israeli policy after the election given that he wins that election then that would be something which could derail the already very tenuous u.s. peace plan he's made a great deal of his friendship with donald trump jury in the course of this campaign already presumably he one would want to undermine his plan in that way but th

indeed, they've indicted benjamin netanyahu. we'll have more on this throughout the day. >>> meanwhile, no deal. the president turning away, walking away from the deal that was on the table with north korea. >>> plus, how americans are reacting this morning to michael cohen's bombshell revelations. >>> back to normal. congressman cummings making a sweeping call to his colleagues for normalcy. are the days of bipartisan civility over? civility over? guys do whatever it takes to deal with shave irritation. so, we re-imagined the razor with the new gillette skinguard. it has a unique guard between the blades. that's designed to reduce irritation during the shave. because we believe all men deserve a razor just for them. the best a man can get. gillette. >>> right now, president trump is heading home from his second summit with north korean leader kim jong-un empty handed. negotiations in vietnam collapsed early today. a planned signing ceremony was canceled and the president's trip cut short. the sticking point, according to presid

this issue the most one of the most senior people in this conference is israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that's increased hope.

well this most of the issues here are divisive for example these really prime minister benjamin netanyahu is hoping to be able to build bridges with our muslim leaders here in warsaw and to team up against iran and here is the problem with this particular approach is that not really there is no consensus among arab leaders it is about time to team up with these rioters for different reasons first of all they say that these writers are not genuine about a viable political solution to the middle east crisis and they're concerned that he could just be using this to further advance his political agenda back home in israel the sudden loss of president trump is going to deliver a speech where he's going to talk about his peace plan something that has infuriated the palestinians and many delegations who remain very skeptical about this new peace plan which they thing could undermine the chances for the palestinians to have their own state for the time being as we speak the dog in the arab and muslim world is we are ok. as long as that peace deal will guarantee the right for the policy the refuge

benjamin netanyahu began his weekly cabinet meeting insisting that he would follow through on the course he said we could go to start with holding money from the palestinian authority. today i will submit to the cabinet for approval the deduction of the salaries of terrorists from the palestinian authority money the cabinet will hear a detailed report regarding the money from security officials this is important legislation that we've advanced and today we're going to implement it as i promised the money in question is taxes raised by israel on behalf of the palestinians and sent to them every month for years netanyahu and his allies have attacked with our list in policy of paying prisoners families calling it incitement to terror pointing to the fact that the longer the sentence the more serious the conviction the higher the payment last july those criticisms were translated into israeli legislation now in the midst of an election campaign in which the right wing vote could prove crucial netanyahu is implementing law withholding one hundred thirty eight million dollars in palestinian ta

and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has implemented a controversial new law that will take away millions of dollars of tax revenues in the palestinian authority a move penalized for supporting the families of jailed palestinian prisoners. iran's foreign minister says there's a growing risk of war between his country and israel. made the comments on the final day of the annual munich security conference so we've called the u.s. a destabilizing force which could increase the chances of a new conflict and the middle east to bow shell has more phonetic on the third and final day of the munich security conference it was iran's turn to talk about the challenges facing peace and stability around the world its foreign minister david zarif telling leaders it was american and israeli policies that threatened international security and not those of his government at the recent meeting of let me just call it the underbidding. and you open the quest in war so the u.s. vice president. and the secretary of state both blasted europe on european soil. put even attempting albeit without much

taken on look at the top stories making news around their israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu has implemented a law that will take away millions of dollars of tax revenue from the palestinian authority israel will deduct the exact amount that the palestinian government currently pays to the families of people convicted by israel on charges of carrying out attacks that will amount to around one hundred thirty eight million dollars a year. saudi arabia's crown prince has signed several investment deals with pakistan worth twenty billion dollars during his first trip to the country since becoming add to the throne mohammed been sound man is he. will be there for two days before traveling on to india and china. we believe that pakistan going to be very very important country in the coming future and you want to be sure that we are part of that so. we are waiting for that kind of leadership to partner with and to build a lot of things together today we signed him or use we believe it's the amount of that kind of investment is twenty billion dollars it's big for phase one and defini

benjamin netanyahu stark arena. the prime minister of israel i want to ask you about the impending -- we are told it's not happening until they have a hearing later -- the impending indictment with charges of bribery and other things against a sitting trimester of israel. >> well, i think, harris, you don't want to be running for office. he's running for reelection with an indictment. he's been in office a long time. the opposition is united against him. but, you know, this guy -- netanyahu -- he is a fighter. you never know where this is going to end up. but i wouldn't be -- i would want to run for office, which i have, with a pending indictment. i guess it depends when that indictment and that court hearing happens. that's going to hinge a lot on his reelection. >> harris: yeah, he has had four terms. the next for his party, they are saying, could be rather slim margins. again, the second time in a row. because he has already faced that once. this is our strongest ally, israel, in the region. we have opened up rec

define itself more clearly against a new arrival on the political scene violet could voters benjamin netanyahu as legal troubles have done little to diminish either his power or his popularity here there is though a substantial anti netanyahu constituency among jewish israelis and fears they've been looking for a viable alternative to invest their hopes. and israel's former army chief benny gantz looking to occupy the role of centrist he's talked of strengthening settlements but also says lessons should be learned from the way israel removed settlers from gaza in the face of being called a weak leftist he's also released a campaign video claiming credit for the killing of one thousand three hundred sixty four palestinians calling them terrorists in the twenty fourteen gaza war in order for him to get really the votes you know to really challenge it and you know he's got to get some of those votes from the right so he comes as a leftist dressed in the rightists clothing ok as a liberal israeli dressed as a conservative hard core pro settlement israeli dance is pulling just behind us and you kno

more on the threat from iran in another andrea mitchell exclusive with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >>> and stuck in the middle. while the president looks for land mines inside the budget bill, the senate plans to vote on it later today. but federal contractors get stiffed, with no chance of back pay, all as lawmakers hold their breath, waiting to see what the president will do. >> let's all pray that the president will have wisdom to sign the bill so government doesn't shut down. >>> and good day to you, i'm kristen welker in washington where president trump is pushing back on another bombshell book, this one from former fbi deputy director andrew mccabe, telling his side of the story nearly one year after being fired by former attorney general jeff sessions just before his retirement benefits could kick in. mccabe, a career fbi official with a close relationship to former director james comey, was the subject of persistent public ridicule from president trump. the president calling his march 2018 firing a great day for democracy, alleging mccabe was aware of corruption and lies w

in the legislation against anti semitism the two main challengers to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu have joined forces for april's election the centrist candidates benny gantz lapid will run together and the new alliance expected to shake up the ruling party's campaign but a smith has more from western lucilla. israel's general election in april looked like being a foregone conclusion with another victory for benjamin netanyahu good party but all that changed on thursday morning when two centrist parties one of them led by any gansa former israeli military chief of staff these two parties joined forces to present a bloc against netanyahu is party and this bloc according to the latest polls or get around thirty four seats at most in the hundred twenty seat knesset netanyahu as party will get most thirty seats so in response to this too far right wing parties have merged and i've said they will serve in a netanyahu government after the elections and they will be given as a reward the education and housing ministries and two seats in the cabinet and this matters because what is already

israel's attorney general says he intends to indict prime minister benjamin netanyahu for bribery fraud and breach of trust in three separate corruption cases netanyahu has rejected the allegations saying they are politically motivated ahead of elections in april he claims he is the victim of an unprecedented witch hunt al jazeera has been at smith reports now from west jerusalem.

among them, the two calendars to benjamin netanyahu have are a formerthey armed forces chief of staff a centrist politician. let's bring in our world affairs commentator, doug herbert, for analysis on that story. i want to dive into this centrist a analyst e essentially angling for b benjami netanyay's job. doug: the questioiobeing could a centristst ticket that combmbins the former heaof t the armed forces, alall the military badgs and credentials youu need, plusa former t tv personality whosose party is known for pushing social policies, healing divides . can those forces combine in a superhero fashion and take on the man who has so dominated the israeli political state for the past decade and has been for the past decade at the head of the most right-wing coalition government in his real -- israel's modern history? it is a tall order. head of the military chief of staff, a man who will resonate with a lot of israelis who have been extremely concerned with and receptive to the insurance is about israel's security. he will be able to say with us in power, we will keep you secure and

gantz pounced on netanyahu's troubles: >> ( translated ): i call on you, benjamin netanyahu, from here tonight, to come to your senses, show responsibility, and resign from your post. >> yang: netanyahu said today he will not resign, and he got a major boost from a key ally; president trump spoke in hanoi >> he's done a great job as prime minister. rt, he'sgh, he's s strong. >> y longstanding and long-suffering issue of the israeli-palestinian peace process, and the comingan rom the trump administration. indyk says the prosp for that plan could actually be improved if netanyahu lo g if there is a more centrist government, there ater prospect that the trump "deal of the century" more warmly embred by the next governmen >> yang: that plan is now reportedly coming after the israeli election, one that netanyahu said today he intends to win. for the pbs newshour, i'm john yang. >> woodruff: stay with us, ming up on the newshour: congresswoman pramila jayapal on hemedicare for all bill. plus, the connection between happiness and economic inequality. but first, in a major victory for house de

constantly referred to by the us administration and its allies who has israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu talking about a possible war with iran the section of states might compare as well as vice president mike pence spoke also of a confrontational approach towards run mike pence said that she was saddened that the policies pursued by european allies with the browser on thing was high time for them to depart from the nuclear deal now the europeans obviously sense low level representatives here because they very much want to hold tight to that's nuclear deal and in fact have been looking at ways to maybe circumvent the sanctions that have been imposed by washington on iran in order to maintain that diplomatic approach that they had been pursuing for several years now with the iranians but aside from iran one of the key issues here has also been the continued occupation of palestine by israel as well as the conflict there the palestinians didn't attend this gathering here in warsaw they say that that's because of the bias pursued by washington as they describe it particular friend to the f