will the druze remain loyal to the state of israel the arab speaking minority long thought they're part of israel but the new nation state law says israel is a homeland for jewish people only the druze and other minorities are outraged and they fight the discrimination this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the new law declares israel as a homeland solely for jewish people non jewish minorities are understandably outraged including the druze minority tens of thousands rallied in tel aviv for one of their largest protests in recent history they say the new nation state law passed last month makes them second class citizens and after decades of loyalty to the israeli state they're disappointed at the discriminatory legislation which affects them and many other non jewish people the israeli cabinet met on sunday where prime minister benjamin netanyahu had this to say. the deep ties with the jews and our commitment to them are also essential we will establish today a special ministerial committee that will advance those ties and these commitments and in parallel will also r

of israel but the new nation state law says israel is a homeland for jewish people only the druze and other minorities are outraged and they fight the discrimination this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. the new law declares israel is a homeland solely for jewish people non jewish minorities are understandably outraged including the druze minority tens of thousands rallied in tel aviv for one of their largest protests in recent history they say the new nation state law passed last month makes them second class citizens and after decades of loyalty to the israeli state they're disappointed at the discriminatory legislation which affects them and many other non jewish people the israeli cabinet met on sunday where prime minister benjamin netanyahu had this to say. the deep ties with the jews and our commitment to them are also essential we will establish today a special ministerial committee that will advance those ties and these commitments and in parallel will also recognize those who serve in the israeli military and security services from all religions and ethnicit

that israeli jew state but when it comes to private rights of all citizens of israel including the druze including the arabs including citizens who are against a state of israel including its it is like the some of the our politicians who don't want israel to be jewish think steal the rights just like i have just like. let me let me let me let me does governor let me step in here and say it because he wanted to make a point michel seem like you were going to be disagree with that point what do you want to say. no i mean what he says is correct that it was there are laws that guarantee that everyone is equal the point of the matter is why wasn't that mentioned in this law and you know the labor party which you know it's a p livni is very and one of the leaders of that party came to the prime minister people said all you have to do is put in a line to democratic just put in a line about everyone's equal and then you won't have sixty people support or you have one hundred and a law like this should pass with a really clear majority it was a clear majority it was you know it was it a majorit

led by the druze community tens of thousands of people protest against israel's new nation state law. protests over road safety turn violent students fight riot police in bangladesh. and he's still in prison and still one of brazil's most popular presidents of the silver is nominated to run for office again. but as well as president nicolas maduro has survived an attempted assassination while speaking at a military parade the incident was caught on state television showing the duty of being whisked away to safety just a few hours later the accusations began mike hanna reports. this is a live broadcast of the ceremony on national television the camera begins to shake and president maduro looks into the air alongside his wife's flinches as explosion sound before the feed is cut soldiers who had been on parade are seeing the in panic number reported to be injured in the blasts north are only investigation as evidence that shows those who had entered the constitution and for good are doing his will in the public. a group calling itself the last day for and their last claimed responsibilit

led by the druze community tens of thousands of people protest against israel's new nation state law. still in prison and still one of brazil's most popular presidents is nominated to run for office again plus. police in the u.s. state of oregon order rival protesters to go home after demonstrations turned violent. venezuela's president nicolas maduro has accused colombia and a group of finances in the u.s. of attempting to assassinate him but they're always speaking at the military parade in caracas when an explosion interrupted the event the information minister says the president was not hurt but seven national guard soldiers were. but they were addressed the nation shortly after the attack you know tingled i have no doubt that everything points to the right to the venezuelan ultra right and alliance with the colombian ultra right and that the name of one manuel santos is behind that attack . sania shot is a venezuela political analyst she says the attack is likely to have come from angry venezuelans rather than colombia it's not the first time that but is it in their q. says colom

news hour live from london coming up unprecedented scenes in tel aviv tens of thousands rallied for a druze led protest against the controversial nation state lol yemen's hoofy rebels say they've used a drone to hit saudi arabia's king khalid targeting a runway the kingdom uses to launch its fighter jets. a leaked report reveals is forging ahead with its nuclear program and evading sanctions on a massive scale. on pole race with all the sports including a new boss for the african champions current site off takes over as coach of cameroon. we begin in israel where there's been a huge protest led by the druze community against the controversial nation state law which defines israel as a jewish state and downgrades the arabic language tens of thousands crammed into tel aviv rabin square on saturday waving druze flags and holding signs calling for the bill to be revote it's the first time in recent history that the druze who are considered fiercely loyal to the state have staged a large protest. this will not be changed should be changed over marigold as it isn't in israel because we cannot acc

kill shall we ask the government and the other name by the knesset to delete these still led by the druze community tens of thousands of people protest against israel's new nation state law . a league to un report says north korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile program. and he may be in prison but one of brazil's most popular presidents lula da silva is nominated to run for office again plus. police in the u.s. state of oregon although rival protesters to go home after demonstrations turned violent. there's been a huge protest in israel led by the druze community against the controversial nation state law it defines israel as a jewish state and downgrades the out of it language tens of thousands of people have crammed into television that are being square on saturday waving druze flags and holding signs calling for the bill to be revoked the druze are considered loyal to the state it's the first time in recent history that they've staged a large protest. this no should be changed should be changed over merit although citizen is an equal we cannot accept something else because we

well israel's druze community feel deeply betrayed by the law that they say cost them a second class citizens the injuries are an arabic speaking group with their own distinct religious and cultural traditions they make up two percent of israel's population and found mainly in the northern galilee in carmel regions as israel's most integrated minority the druze take part in military service around six out of ten men have served in the israeli armed forces more now from andrew symonds who was at that protest. it's rare for the druze to protest in public at all and these are extraordinary numbers at one stage robin square was packed with people right now three hours in there are still many people here and not all of them groups jewish people young people old people not only the labor and the other left wing parties trail represented here but ordinary folk coming in off the street have the guts to listen. as far as the jews are concerned they are adamant that this law has to be changed radically or ditched i traveled to page john in northern galilee to find out what the people were sayi

are angry that the new law defines israel as a jewish state and downgrades the arabic language the druze are considered loyal to the state and are simmons has the story for us live out of west jerusalem and or anything coming out of this cabinet meeting as of this hour. no there isn't and we don't expect anything anytime soon there will be some sort of indication of what's being discussed later on sunday but you can be sure that there is going to be perhaps are raised eyebrows at the scale of this demonstration when you look at it from above you can see well as tens of thousands no one's going to like you a figure of just what size it was but one distinct feature is of concern to the israeli cabinet you can be sure and that is the numbers of jews in israeli jews turning out for this demonstration as well i mean some organized by the labor left others just turning up and there were a large number of them i was there i spoke to quite a few people who just wanted to be there to demonstrate against what they see as undemocratic moves being made by the present government with this nation stat

kill shall we ask the government and the author named the knesset to delete these still led by the druze community tens of thousands of people protest against israel's new nation state law. lead to un report says north korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile program. police in the u.s. state of oregon although rival protesters to go home after demonstrations turned violent. let me give you some breaking news out of venezuela the president nicolas maduro has been rushed away from a military parade after an explosion the government says it was an attempted attack on the information minister says the president has not been hurt but seven national guard soldiers have been injured. venezuela has been going through a long period of economic crisis the country has seen a series of violent protests particularly in the streets of the capital caracas over the last couple of years. patricia lane is a venezuela bureau chief for bloomberg news in caracas she says security iran's president literal was very heavy lesson from a show minister you heard had a video just came on state t.v. and said t

more than 400 druze soldiers died in israeli wars.families are here, and they are expressing a lot of anger. almost all households in the uk can recycle their rubbish. but while those services — operated by local governments — can usually recycle glass and cans, two thirds of the plastic food containers they pick up, end up being burned or buried. matt cole reports. plastic isn't meant to end up here, choking the seas and the life in it. but despite a growing public awareness of the need to recycle, councils say their efforts are being undermined by manufacturers. it is at sites like these across the country that the recycling process begins. mountains of rubbish needing separating into what can and can't be reused. when it comes to plastic, well, there are bottles like this, fairly easy to separate and recycle. but what about these? plastic fruit punnets containing mixed materials. that is not so easy. and then there's the use. black plastic microwave trays. the sensors in recycling sorting machines can't detect the black. as a conse

that protest was not only druze. would have been more than half the druze population in israel. others see it as discriminatory. it treats others as second class citizens. i mentioned the mayor of tel-aviv. he called for a solution to make them feel whole again. acknowledge what they contributed and not only the druze, but other israeli citizens and there are a number of different groups there so they were all part of that anger over the law and we'll see what kind of fix some of the politicians can work around or does this anger continue to grow here. >> all right. you'll be watching it for us. as always, thank you. >> more than 700 firefighters are battling a forest fire in southern portugal. two villages were evacuated when flames erupted saturday and ten water carrying aircraft were deployed. the peninsula has been experiencing near record high temperatures. an extreme heat wave is stifling much of europe bringing drought and fires. and western europe remains in the grip of the heat wave with more records being set. >> we're going to talk about hawaii as well. something inte

are necessarily build together on the issue of military service not a soul it was a druze leadership that agreed with the israeli government a long time ago that it would take. compulsory service now the drews amount to two percent and the israeli arabs amount to twenty percent so there are a larger grouping of two groupings don't get on whatsoever but israeli arabs will be protesting as well with the arab list in the knesset who called for this callback of of parliament in the coming days and furthermore we're seeing an interesting situation with the jewish public in the way they've turned up for this demonstration some just passing by to listen and look but many coming here with the intent and intent to protest yes it's the left yes it's liberals the ordinary folk young and old have also turned up for this demonstration we've spoken to a number of them as you saw earlier in part of that vox pop but also it has to be said that they are impatient with the government in terms of not only its direction but the way it is dealing with this situation of resistance from minority groupings

and the druze flag.a point made by one of the speakers that the crowd agreed with, they would shout equality and that gives you a sense of how much anger there is and what specifically their anger is about. now, it wasn't just druze protesting here. israeli -- israeli mayor of tel aviv said, this is paraphrasing his quote, he said before this law, israel was a jewish and democratic state. following this law, he paraphrasing, israeli citizens are not treated equally. that's the problem what critics see as the pro be with thblem w. netanyahu in follow-up meetings with the druze, the meetings fell apart, much of the anger very much on display on saturday night. it is important to note that the druze are only a small subset here. less than 150,000 druze live in israel. but they participate in every aspect of israeli society, from the military to israel's parliament and they're supported from across the political spectrum here and that is why their protest here is so poignant. >> we'll see where this leads, o

how will minority is like the druze and the arab israelis be affected by this nation. what i mean the arab israeli community would be always. discriminated against not just trying to. make you know as below actually. the jewish character. only in addition to that old downgrade of the arctic language from the official language to the language the. people who came here tonight will protest against a possible so-called compromise that was offered by the israeli prime minister last three of the disgust with the leadership of the jewish community it's painted to fall because they want to be an amendment to the nation state all that crap all together. given it's a saying they just don't want to be seen as second of the victims and that's why they have to come out and protest. middle east correspondent tanya famous after a rally in tel aviv thank you so much. temperatures in europe are forecast to reach the highest ever recorded on the continent this weekend in spain at least three people have reportedly died from heat stroke eight places in portugal have already broken local

it's rare to see demonstrations by the druze and these numbers are quite extraordinary it has to be said at one stage or being square was absolutely packed with people not only the troops but also jewish people who wanted to protest about the actions of the government and coals for more democracy in israel the druze say go house to god or at least the house to be a man in the negotiations so far with the government having succeeded in meeting that yvonne only walked it's described as some sort of concession for people serving in the military to keep benefits but that has have little effect on the public mood the question now is whether or not pressure will grow much heavier than this and whether or not the israeli public will go in that numbers in resisting it it's highly unlikely that the benjamin netanyahu will say those policies no matter how many people make this sort of presence. still to come for you here on al-jazeera including these ones how the unrest in nicaragua is creating a refugee crisis in neighboring countries and he might be in prison but one of brazil's most popular pre

netanyahu said the law is meant to protect israel's status as a jewish state on saturday israel's druze community led a huge rally in a central tel aviv square against the law and they're angry that it defines israel as a jewish state and downgrades the arabic language. isn't about the moon shall only you do the state of israel is the nation state of the jewish people israel is a jewish and democratic state individual rights are anchored in many laws including the basic law of human freedom and dignity no one harmed and no one intends to haunt these individual rights without the nation state law the future of israel as the jewish nation state cannot be ensured for generations to come. therefore we will establish today a special ministry a committee that will advance those ties and these commitments and in parallel will also recognize those who serve in the israeli military and security services from all religions and its new cities andrew symonds has more now from west jerusalem. really benjamin netanyahu statement before the cabinet meeting doesn't move things on the committee he menti

led by the druze community tens of thousands of people protest against israel's new nation state law. and he's still in prison but one of brazil's most popular presidents lula da silva is nominated to run for office again plus. the. police in the u.s. state of oregon order rival protestors to go home after the demonstrations turned violent. but as well as president nicolas maduro has accused colombia and a group of finance is in the united states of attempting to assassinate him material has been speaking at a military parade in caracas when an explosion has involved interrupted the event information minister says the president was not hurt but seven national guard soldiers have been injured while sagna shot is a venezuela political analyst she's joining us now from washington d.c. thank you very much indeed for being with us ma'am the president has been talking within an hour of this incident happening he's accused colombian president juan manuel santos of being behind it but also a group called los soledad is defined nella has been tweeting out saying it's to responsible in your exp

we have a situation where there is no solution it seems to the demands of minority groups another druze don't have they have compulsory military service whereas palestinians citizens of israel have the option of not serving in the military there are two separate groupings we can expect another demonstration within a week by the palestinian arabs and so you will see this palestinians actually getting into a situation where they also take on the government so it's building picture and also tell us more about how they're going to discussing a long term solution for the conflicts in gaza in and around gaza. there is an important session in the afternoon the security cabinet will convene this will be discussing the contact from nikolai madden of the u.n. special envoy on this deal this possible deal on the how mess now what will be on the table hasn't been confirmed but. the door lieberman the security minister defense minister has received all the papers and communications so there will be very important talks by the israelis on this issue whether there will be a long term ceasefire with ha

israel's prime minister is defending a new law which the outrage outrage the country's druze minority on saturday druze protest is ready to get the legislation which they say reduces them to second class citizens even though they also serve in the minute she and police and community and you know who said the law is meant to protect israel status as a jewish state three european ackroyd manufacturers are rushing to deliver planes to iran before u.s. sanctions are reintroduced on monday iran air has received thirteen of twenty planes it bought from the european firm a.t.r. . as it had on inside stories up next on news after you after that buy for now. once considered a war criminal now an aspiring presidential candidate in the democratic republic of congo. off to his conviction was overturned by the international criminal court and the hanging jumpin bemba tools towns as they are. will the druze remain loyal to the state of israel the arab speaking minority long thought they're part of israel but the new nation state law says israel is a homeland for jewish people only the druze and oth

come out on the streets particularly tel aviv last saturday really marking the the issue that the druze have with it we're expecting again this saturday again in tel aviv a mass protest called for by the palestinian israeli community others will be attending israelis will be attending so there is this debate happening many people will tell you what this rule says is only putting into legal tool what has been a policy here for decades and decades but as one woman told me today in palestine israel she said the mosque is off the debate is on the table and we're going to have to wait and see how things move on from here and when we talk about the mosque being removed stephanie in this legislation has been around in various iterations now for several years just to be clear so why does benjamin netanyahu want to reheat it right now. well many people will tell you that the prime minister couldn't policy before because of the opposition from the americans from the obama administration the trumpet ministration viewing things far more favorably viewing this administration far more favorably not o

new york fellow reasons of members of the druze religious sect and their supporters are protesting in the u.s. really city of tel looking into the controversial. nation state more than legislation which was adopted in july has a similar weight to a constitutional amendment in the u.s. and would be difficult to repeal it enshrines israel as the home of the jewish people and say's national self-determination is the unique right of the jews it also downgrades are a big stripping the language of its official status well the law although largely symbolic has been widely criticized as it's believed that will legitimize the treatment of non jews a second class citizens this saturday's protest has been organized by druze community leaders the druze have historically been considered the israeli state's most loyal minority with the sex members serving in the police and military as well as holding political office but they say the new legislation has driven a wedge through the special relationship one druze leader has even said the law paves the way to israel becoming an apartheid state this nat

how will minority like the druze and the arab israelis be affected by this nation. what i mean the arab israeli community would say we always. discriminated against not just in trying to. make you think though at the moment actually. the jewish character. only in addition to that old downgrades they are big language from the official language to language to the. people who came here tonight because again a possible i suppose compromise that was offered by the israeli prime minister last week of the discussed with the leadership of the jewish community it's kind of all because they want to be an amendment to the nation state law or that it's probably altogether. a given it's a spring they just don't want to be seen as second of the distance and that's why they have to come out and protest. middle east correspondent tanya famous at the rally in tel aviv thank you so much. the british government says it is deeply concerned by the violence following zimbabwe's election as well as the quote disproportionate response from security forces at least six people died on wednes

thousands of members of the druze religious sect and their supporters took part in a demonstration in the israeli city of tel aviv on saturday against the controversial new nation state law. we are here to stay in a quick and for a message to their israeli government we will not settle down for anything less than equal rights as an israeli citizen. we feel we have been betrayed by the government and we hope we don't understand how like this will have been taken in democratic and the mood at this state like is that we like these states we are fighting for the peace of the state legislation enshrines israel is the home of the jewish people and says national self-determination is the unique right of the jews it also downgrades arabic stripping the language of its official status now the law although largely symbolic has been widely criticized as it's believed it will legitimize the treatment of non jews as second class citizens now this saturday's protest was organized by druze community leaders a leaders i should say the druze though as you may not know it's a minority islamic group con

how will minority is like the druze and the arab israelis be affected by this nation. i mean the arab israeli community was always. discriminated against not just trying to. make something below. them no i actually think the jewish character. only in addition to that old downgrades they are big language from the official language to language to the. people who came here tonight because again a possible so-called compromise that was offered by the israeli prime minister last read of the stuffed with the leadership of the jewish community it's painted to fall because they want to be an amendment to the nation state law or that it's all together. given it's the spring they just don't want to be seen as second part of the difference and that's why they have to come out and protest. correspondent tanya kramer at the rally in tel aviv thank you so much. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world turkey's president russia type aired on has announced counter sanctions on two u.s. officials after the u.s. froze the assets of two turkish ministers earlier

thousands of members of the druze religious sect and their supporters are protesting in the israeli city of tel aviv against a controversial new nation state law the legislation which was adopted back in july has similar weight to a constitutional amendment in the u.s. it would be difficult to repeal it in shrines israel as the home of the jewish people and says national softer terminations is the unique rights of the jews it also downgrades arabic stripping the language of its official status all the more although largely symbolic has been widely criticized it's believed it will legitimize the treatment of non jews as second class citizens now the south that i spoke with has been organized by the druze community leaders of the druze have historically of course been the israeli state's most loyal minority group sex members to serve in the police and military as well as holding political office they say though the nugent legislation has driven a wedge through the so-called special relationship one druze leader has even said the law paves the way to israel becoming an apartheid state this

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community leaders the druze of course of historically been considered the israeli state's most loyal minority the sect members are serving the police as well as military and holding political office to they say though the new legislation has driven a wedge through the so-called special relationship one druze leader has even said the law paves the way to israel becoming an apartheid state this nation state law is an evil and sadistic law designed to allow the state of israel to become an apartheid state or some members of the knesset including members of prime minister netanyahu is ruling likud party have also criticized the controversial law he's hit back at critics though he's called them hip.

community leaders the druze have historically been considered really state's most loyal minority with the six members serving in the police the military as well as holding political office but they say the new legislation has driven a wedge through that special relationship one druze leader even said the law paves the way to israel becoming an apartheid state this nation state law is an evil and sadistic law designed to allow the state of israel to become an apartheid state. well some members of the knesset including members of prime minister netanyahu his ruling party have also asked that the controversial law but he's hit back calling its critics hypocrites and claiming the law does not infringe on the rights of minorities this quote there are suggestions that we should change the flag and the anthem in the name. but first of all in the state of israel it is something that undermines the foundation of our existence for this reason the attacks on the leftists that define themselves as absurd and reveals the depths to which the left has fallen from we're not ashamed of science we're p

now this saturday's protest was organized by druze community leaders at the druze have historically been considered the israeli state's most loyal minority but the sect members serving in the police and military as well as holding political office but they say the new legislation has driven a wedge through the special relationship and one druze leader has even said the law paves the way to israel becoming an apartheid state this nation state law is an evil and sadistic law designed to allow the state of israel to become an apartheid state some members of the knesset including members are prime minister netanyahu is ruling likud party have also lambasted the controversial law but he has hit back calling its critics hypocrites and claiming that the law doesn't infringe on the rights of minorities there's a lot there are suggestions that we should change the flag and the anthem in the name of quality but first of all in the state of israel it is something that undermines the foundation of our existence for this reason the attacks on the left are circles that define themselves as absurd and

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israel's prime minister has defended the controversial new nation state law but is trying to reassure the druze community direct cabinet meeting binyamin netanyahu said the law was meant to protect israel's status as a jewish state on saturday the minority druze community led a rally in tel aviv against the law they're angry at his definition of israel and how it downgrades the status of the arabic language. well those were the headlines and the news continues after al-jazeera world stage and that's watching buttoned up. it was. sad that he was born in algeria but has lived in france all his working life including seventeen years teaching arabic language and literature at the university of paris. from there he's taking groups of students to spain every year to the region his ass sisters came from and for which he has a driving passion and. today is the region covering southern spain but for nearly eight centuries it was the most western part of the arab muslim world. and. occupied most of present day portugal and spain and beyond from seven eleven to fourteen ninety two. it was a place where th

which they say to marginalize is known to be a time one of israel's best integrated minorities the druze are protesting against government policy. and protesters faced off with counter protesters at the headquarters of the united states most powerful gun lobby our correspondent was right in the middle of it. thanks for joining us i'm mary and i haven't seen. venezuela says president nicolas one doro has survived an assassination attempt carried out with explosives laden drones during a military parade and televised address just hours after the incident majority blamed the attack on colombia's president juan manuel santos as well as on venezuela's opposition and financial backers in florida over its part colombia is denying any involvement we now have this look at how the alleged attack unfolded. for a place. in full flow suddenly cut short this footage broadcast live on state television shows the moment when an apparent explosion rocked a military parade sending hundreds fleeing on foot. the government declared it in assassination attempt. on a monitor which i don't want to see on explos

law which they say marginalizes non jews this time one of israel's best integrated minorities the druze are protesting against government policy. thanks for joining us on marian i haven't seen. venezuela says president nicolas maduro has survived an assassination attempt carried out with explosive laden drones during a military parade in a televised address hours after the incident majeure o'briens the attack on colombia's president juan manuel santos as well as on that as well as opposition and financial backers in florida colombia has denied any involvement we now have this look at how the alleged attack unfolded in the face i get my do in full flow suddenly cut short. this footage broadcast live on state television shows the moment when an apparent explosion rocked a military parade sending hundreds fleeing on foot to. the government declared it in assassination attempt. that on a modern day which i don't want to see on the explosions were heard which we have established as coming from multiple drone idea. of the fact of what i want to get people to do that i do not think it was an a

community the druze leadership although those talks last week with the government of the druze leaders had ended up in a very bad way with a reported rao and benjamin netanyahu walking out all these scenes subsequently is a quite a fierce social media battle going on and allegations that only in fact the labor party of far as filed a complaint to the police about what it says is fake correspondence making out that activists for the likud party or the government party have actually been engaged in in saying that the labor party organize the protests on behalf of the druze effectively now that is apparently completely wrong and we're seeing this action in terms of reported to the police furthermore we have reports that a druse former brigadier general describes in the meeting the whole bill the whole law as being leading to an apartheid state and also racism now that apparently enraged the prime minister whether that was said in the meeting is in dispute but it has to be said it doesn't sound good for any real peace move in the whole thing one of the thing andrew i'd like to ask you abou

how will minority like the druze and the arab israelis be affected by this nation. i mean the arab israeli community was always. discriminated against not just in trying to. make you know as below actually. the jewish character. only in addition to that old downgrade the arabic language from the official language to language the. people who came here tonight. again a possible compromise that was offered by the israeli prime minister to be discussed with the leadership of the jewish community it's painted cobol because they want to be an amendment to the nation state law or that it's altogether a given it's a spring they just don't want to be seen as second of the distance and that's why they have to come out and protest. correspondent tanya at the rally in television thank you so much. and protesters outside of washington d.c. have descended on the headquarters of the national rifle association over its role in blocking stricter gun control laws they're calling for background checks for anyone who wants to buy a gun and a ban on assault weapons and high capacity mag

treatment of non jews as second class citizens now this south ice protest has been organized by the druze community leaders the druze of course have historically been considered the israeli state's most loyal minority the sect members are serving the police as well as military holding political office to they say though the new legislation has driven a wedge through the so-called special relationship one druze leader has even said the law paves the way to israel becoming an apartheid state this nation state law is an evil and sadistic law designed to allow the state of israel to become an apartheid state or some members of the knesset including members of prime minister netanyahu is ruling likud party have also criticized the controversial law he's hit back at critics though he's called them hypocrites and claims the law doesn't infringe on the rights of a think minorities this but there are suggestions that we should change the flag and the anthem in the name of quality but first of all in the state of israel it is something that undermines the foundation of our existence for this reason

and israel's prime minister is defending a new law which has outraged the country's druze minority on saturday druze protesters rallied against the legislation which they say reduces them to second class citizens even though they also serve in the military and the police but benjamin netanyahu said the law is meant to protect israel status as a jewish state. all that brings you up to date with all of our top stories i'll have more news for in about twenty five minutes time do join me then coming up next it's twice a victim. each so called terror attack in europe has been followed by an outpouring of. unfortunately these armed attacks have stirred hatred islamophobia is on the rise and fear of our muslim neighbors has grown. but you know every attack there were also muslim victims. there by much. less consequence as do. the. me let me show. you my less than eighty images from the difficult to deny the downside to. all such constant bets and sure do. i see it enjoy it for you to know it and the fact that it. on the eleventh of march two thousand and four commuter trains in the cities of

percent of the population people asked us to consider ourselves we considered ourselves as israeli druze when he did that is not an end of the religious state of the un not the jewish we us because our government and the organ in but members of the knesset to delete these will not go click this law to delete this law from the history. the trees have risen to high office in the military and politics since the one nine hundred fifty s. now you more than sixty years on they are fighting to retain the recall the city and achieve it for other minorities in israel. and now some of the other stories making news around the world police in switzerland have confirmed that twenty people were killed off for a vintage airplane crashed in the swiss south on saturday the world war two aircraft smashed into a mountainside as an altitude of around two thousand five hundred meters after taking off from the. plane was carrying seventeen passengers three crew. the. wildfires have kicked off in southern portugal over one of the hottest weekends on rec or food the iberian peninsula hundreds of firefighters we

israel's cabinet is meeting in west jerusalem to talk about the controversial nation state law the druze community led a huge rally against the law on saturday and many are angry that it defines israel as a jewish state and downgrades the arabic language and the calling for the bill to be revoked reaching a deal with the hamas leadership in gaza is also high on the agenda anderson is joins me live now from west jerusalem so andrew first of all any response yet from the cabinet to last night's demonstrations. no word yet from his cabinet but there was a statement from benjamin netanyahu ahead of the cabinet session starting a couple of hours ago in which he stated that really without the national law would be possible to impossible to insure for decades the future of israel as a jewish state now he said that many times before but then he gets on to the druze issue and that was a really big demonstration it surprised a lot of people and when you see it from above you realize that tens of thousands possibly more than tens of thousands crowding out that square all around he said this about t

israel's prime minister is defending a new law which has outraged the country's druze minority during cabinet meeting benjamin netanyahu said that the lore is meant to protect israel status as a jewish state and will help to prevent palestinians and illegal migrants from seeking citizenship on saturday drew his protest as rallied against the legislation which they say would juices them to second class citizens even though they also serve in the military and the police andrew symonds has more from west jerusalem. where the prime minister had to say doesn't take things further he isn't prepared to repeal the law nor will he amend it and it won't click kate that offer of the committee looking at the whole range of issues workplace kates of the objectives of the druze in particular there will be more demonstrations and parliament is being recalled the knesset will meet on wednesday to discuss this but can't vote on anything so where does this go next it will be measured perhaps by the number of israeli jews who actually get involved in these demonstrations we saw so many jewish people at

certainly won't get rid of it but he did say that it is democratic and that was an address not to the druze as such it was to all the israeli jews who were present at that vast demonstration they just came along some just passing by wanted to see what was happening others intent on having their say apart from the political parties who some would regard as the usual suspects attaching to this sort of resistance the government now where does this all lead well more protests and more pressure on benjamin netanyahu but it would appear he will continue to resist as long as he has the right numbers on the side in the knesset the parliament which is in recess right now but will be pulled back for days discussion of this on wednesday no voting rights there that now we have a situation where the security cabinet will be meeting later on sunday afternoon and discussing the whole issue of gaza and the u.n. special envoy nicole i'm led in north who has been desperately trying to get agreement between egypt of the house in gaza and israel well the situation there is that there is some sort of proposal o

the deep ties with the druze and our commitment to them are also essential therefore we'll establish today a special ministerial committee that will advance those ties and these commitments and in parallel will also recognize those who serve in the israeli military and security services from all religions and ethnicities. european aircraft manufacturers are rushing to deliver planes to iran before u.s. sanctions are reintroduced on monday iran has received thirteen of the twenty planes it bought from the european firm a.t.r. iran says the sanctions and danger the lives of air travelers because they stop airlines from buying new planes and parts saying the driver has more from tehran. well it has to be said any time something like this happens the delivery of new aircraft it is a positive thing it's a happy occasion in iran many officials were at the international airport to celebrate the arrival of five more new planes but let's look at the real numbers here in the grand scheme of things it's just a drop in the bucket these planes five of them each of them can carry between seventy a