fight hurry forsett al-jazeera west jerusalem and bernard smith joins us live now from occupied east jerusalem this is a crucial election for netanyahu just talk us through what's at stake burnet. well daryn yes here we are again and it is another crucial election all the main players the 3 main characters in this election if you like out now voted netanyahu recently and for him everything's at stake his political career is at stake if he wins he retains the premiership the prime minister's office and he hopefully will persuade his coalition partners to help pass a law that will stop him being charged on corruption charges lose and you'll probably go to trial on corruption charges and face the prospect of jail so by him everything's at stake benny gantz he's standing in netanyahu is way galaxy's party the blue white coalition of $35.00 seats last time around the same as netanyahu he's hoping he'll get more and keep netanyahu out of the job and the kingmaker potentially as are referred to as a door leading man he's voted as well this morning if he gets more seats he could be the one who decides

before we know who will be the next prime minister of israel bernard smith al-jazeera in occupied east jerusalem just a few hours till the polls close and we've got correspondents in 2 locations in tel aviv what our bill hamid is at the headquarters of benny gantz blue and white party we're starting out with kerry force that benjamin netanyahu likud party base this is a big one isn't it harry after failing to get either a majority or to form a coalition and then taking the risk of another election. that's right and then the magic number for benjamin netanyahu is 61 seats in the knesset the israeli parliament not for his own likud party alone he got 35 seats last time around but for enough of a coalition of his likud party and other smaller right wing parties if he makes that then he will have another term he will be able to try to get through potentially immunity against his corruption charges all of the various pledges that he's been making in the election campaign then become all that more real and from palestinian perspective for instance the the pledge to annex the jordan valley and parts of

in april and then called for this unprecedented rerun more now from bernard smith in occupied east jerusalem. he's promised to annex the jordan valley in the occupied west bank and he's warned he may be replaced by leftists who week in israel benjamin netanyahu is facing corruption allegations and doing everything he can to win this election and try to avoid a criminal trial. the election is close i can confirm to you this morning they are very close i call them all israelis to come in well just like me and my wife came to vote but they won't tell you for whom good luck and thank you for the prime minister's main rival is benny gantz his blue and white party took 35 seats in april's election the same as netanyahu could neither was able to build a coalition that would give them 61 seats and a majority in parliament. which leaves other door leaving as potential kingmaker one time friend of netanyahu loyalist lieberman refused to enter government with the prime minister saying too many concessions have been made to ultra-orthodox parties so netanyahu dissolved parliament you should think carefu

fight hurry forsett al-jazeera west jerusalem burnished smith joins us live now from occupied east jerusalem where polls have just opened there about 10 minutes ago so what's the state this time round. good morning house and yes here we are again 5 months after israel's last general election and at stake and again these 2 governments israel will it be benjamin netanyahu his likud party and this coalition of ultra orthodox and ultra right r.t. is the most right wing government israel would have at all will it be benny gantz and these blue and white group coalition a slightly more centrist group in there been really really intense campaigning over the last few days particularly from netanyahu and his party but netanyahu an awful lot is at stake if he loses this time around then he faces possible corruption charges and even the prospect of jail further down the lines of a him it is very political survival that is at stake polling just opened this gate behind me just seconds ago and people have already started voting one of the concerns is turnout you normally get in the sixty's percent in israe

picked up 35 seats the same as netanyahu could party and smith now has more from the occupied east jerusalem. one of the biggest fears of all parties is voter apathy and that might lead to a low turnout it was just under 70 percent in april and parties fear less than that may mean more votes going to more extreme parties there was also a lot of security in april some people working in the voting stations complained of intimidation even violence from some people so the aren't precedented 14000 police officers on duty and 3000 observers wearing body cameras this election is about change change that policy. it's about change i think it will be divided again yeah because it's really close it's so it's hard it shows that the country is split in so many different ways that it's very sad the polls will close at 10 pm local time and soon after there will be an early exit poll which will give a good indication of the way the vote has gone and then there could be weeks or months of political horse trading to decide who will be israel's next prime minister thousands of firefighters are trying to contai

was the famous six day war and the whole of the bit that we're traveling in now, walking in, is east jerusalemt was up until '67 was belonged to jordan. so now, it's under israeli control. very controversial because for the jews, for the israelis, their city's been unified but obviously for the palestinian, they're under occupation as far as they're concerned. >> yotam: we have to go through a typical falafel place because it's so much part of the culture here and again contentious because you know jews or israelis made falafel their own and everybody in the world thinks falafel is, you know, israeli food, but in actual fact it's as much a palestinian food. even more so because you know they've -- it's been done for generations here. and here you get falafel that's just been fried. you don't get it any other way. and when i go to a place like that and i see he's got a few bowls left in the bowl from the previous customer, i don't take that. i want him to fry them especially for me and that makes all the difference in the world. >> anthony: it's a whole different animal, isn't it? so is there a

annex all settlements in the occupied west bank or from bernard smith now reporting from occupied east jerusalem. he's promised to annex the jordan valley in the occupied west bank and he's warned he may be replaced by leftists who week in israel benjamin netanyahu is facing corruption allegations and doing everything he can to win this election and try to avoid a criminal trial. the election is close i can confirm to you this morning they are very close i call them all israelis to come and vote just like me and my wife came to vote they wanted you for home good luck and thank you the prime minister's main rival benny gantz his blue and white party took 35 seats in april's election the same as netanyahu could neither was able to build a coalition that would give them 61 seats and a majority in parliament. which leaves i've a door leave of them as potential kingmaker one time friend that of netanyahu loyalist for leave a man refused to enter government with the prime minister saying but too many concessions of been made to ultra orthodox parties so netanyahu dissolved parliament you should think

in animal rights of the palestinian people including the creation of an independent state with east jerusalem as its capital we exhort the international community to continue to support the efforts of anwar the united nations relief works agency for this agency to be in a position to deliver assistance to palestinian refugees we most emphatically condemn the pursuit of a cold early colonialists and settlement activity these are day to day actions targeting the palestinian people and muslim places of worship his name includes the declaration of the president of israel regarding his intent to annex the lands of the occupied west bank and to impose israeli's sovereignty on the jordan valley and the north of the dead sea this represents the greatest breach of international law the charter of the united nations and resolutions in international law regarding the legal status of the occupied palestinian lands and by way of conclusion i hope that in the proceedings of this session will be successful and that we will meet next year at a time when peace will have reigned in yemen our cause is a noble o

because they seeing that after having $700000.00 settlers including east jerusalem there will be never an israeli statesman who will be able to evacuate them and without their creation you don't have any viable palestinian state you have been to stance but you're going to have a viable palestinian state the minimum would be the $67.00 border and the $67.00 borders are a raise from the long time ago and continuing to talk about the 2 state solution for 52 years while israel is doing everything possible to prevent it by the way there was never an israeli prime minister who really meant to put an end to the occupation all ways and means to an ease the situation and to gain more time but there was not a single israeli prime minister who meant it seriously and there was no american president ever who really wanted israel to put an end to the patient would it be i think we wouldn't have been there anymore so all together there was a coalition no matter who was the president there are tory exchanged but no american president president really took measures against israel in order to push it to

occupation illegal occupation of the golan i syrian property let alone of course the state of east jerusalem is i don't think that he's extremely happy about that he was probably. but the 3 leaders did not mention anything about all these issues the israeli developments and they probably agree not to mention even if they had discussed these issues behind closed doors do you think it sensible of the 3 leaders to trust the 2 nations of the well britain has been selling record amounts of weapons to israel and israeli weapons have indeed been found in syria amidst the conflict i don't think that this has been discussed either because you know that this is a continuation of the us tunnel process and the source the process so that's really there's probably prefer to focus mainly on the continuation of the stand and the sorts of processes and to focus on the. situation on the theatres concerning issues in live on zoning issues in the east of euphrates and also perhaps the preparation between turkey and the united states for the establishment of a safe zone in the north east of syria because here in

usurped foremost of which the establishment of the palestinian state on the borders of $967.00 with east jerusalem as its capital and the and the end of israeli occupation of all occupied arab lands including the syrian golan heights the syrian golan and the lebanese territory is as qatar will not stop supporting any effort in favor of realizing just these it will continue to provide political and humanitarian support to the brotherly palestinian people and mr president the tragedy of the syrian people and the continuation of their suffering for their aid to be here has become a major scandal and a disgrace on our humanity what increases the danger of this human crisis is the absence of a clear vision for a solution with the continuation of killing destruction this placement and the international neglect and we are all aware that the main responsibility for the failure to impose the political solution which we all prefer for syria is basically due to the inability of the security council to protect civilians and make necessary decisions to stem the bloodshed and would be continued intransigence of

fight hurry forsett al-jazeera west jerusalem or burn a smith is live for us now in occupied east jerusalem suburban those polling places a bit opened for just over an hour now as israelis are going to vote again as we said for the 2nd time in less than 6 months is this election being seen as a referendum on benjamin netanyahu splitting of future. yeah as i'm here we are again there's been a steady trickle of voters in the 1st hour or so the polls have been open this morning in israel this really has been the in the last few days there's been this sort of desperate campaigning particularly from netanyahu and his likud party to get the vote out because netanyahu it means he's very political survival if he wins he goes on the mains in the post of prime minister and he might get laws passed that shield him from potential corruption charges if he loses then he faces court and potentially jail so from his side a lot of pressure to get out the vote but also from a more centrist grouping benny gantz is blue and white coalition also from them a hope that they can get people out to vote the biggest

it picked up 35 seats the same as netanyahu likud party bernard smith has more from occupied east jerusalem. one of the biggest fears of all parties is voter apathy and that might lead to a low turnout it was just under 70 percent in april and parties fear less than that may mean more votes going to more extreme parties there was also a lot of security in april some people working in the voting stations complained of intimidation even violence from some people so there are an unprecedented 14000 police officers on duty and 3000 observers wearing body cameras this election is about change change. change i think it will be divided again yeah because it's really close it's time to chose the country is split in so many different ways that it's very sad the polls will close at 10 pm local time and soon after there'll be an early exit poll which will give a good indication of the way the vote has gone and then there could be weeks or months of political horse trading to decide who will be israel's next prime minister. i mean it is outside the polling station for us in tel aviv for this voter turn

both policies designed to motivate his base of supporters and smith joins us live from occupied east jerusalem so how's turnout looking now. i know something is groundhog day here again in israel 2nd election in 5 months actually this morning the election commission put that turnout is quite high by 10 am certainly compared to an election in the early eighty's where they got just about 8 below 8 percent turnout i should caution that it's very early to predict that as a turnout for the whole day because the polls close at 10 o'clock tonight in the might have been a bit of an early morning rush but voter apathy had in fact been one of the concerns of many of the mainstream artist the concern being people don't turn out and that will give more seats to the ultra-orthodox parties because their voters are ordered by their rabbis to go and vote so they'll still vote and then get a great great proportion of the vote so if there is a higher turnout that might help blue and white coalition party benny gantz who is trying to unseat benjamin netanyahu sami. bernard the road ahead looks like it could be a

hatteberg has more reaction from washington and let's begin with trait reporting from the middle east bureau in jerusalemtrey. reporter: the iranian government is denying any involvement in this massive attack on saturday against a saudi arabian oil production plants. it is believed that drones and/or missiles hit the facility causing massive fires. i ran and proxies for the summer targeting western linked oil and for structure in the gulf including thinkers and pipelines. this event was much larger in the attack cut 5% of the global oil supply. sparking fears and oil storage in large price increase. a hoodie run newspaper in yemen called clint were hit the oil field in the rebels were behind the strike. those they've used drones a missile target study revealed many times over the past year. the united nations say that these rebels do have the technology to carry out such an attack. >> we exploited vulnerabilities in the saudi defense system and built our drones in order to avoid the systems. therefore the saudi air force became open to us and after their defense systems failed to spot our drones. report

eric: fox news team coverage continues from our middle east bureau in jerusalem. trey. >> reporter: hi there, eric. strong rhetoric by the iranians who say they will destroy anyone who tries to attack iran. iran's top commander in the revolutionary guard said today at a ceremony while he was displaying pieces of american drone that were shot down in june by iran. the forces carried out war exercises this weekend and are prepared for any scenario. he adds that anyone who crosses iranian borders will be hit. >> translator: a limited invasion will not remain limited. we hunt down and punish. we have proven it before. we will not stop until the destruction of any aggressors, and we will not leave out secure spot. do not miscalculate and do not make a mistake. >> reporter: the comments come after an announcement on friday by the department of defense that more u.s. troops are headed to the middle east following a drone and missile attack earlier this month on a saudi arabian oil plant. as garrett mentioned, the u.s. secretary of defense said forces would be deployed fo

that he started doing in 1906 after being elected president and he was it was a middle east tour that started in jerusalem and we were walking in the old city of jerusalem with the french delegation and the security was so tight that it prevented the president to shake hands with any palestinian and he prevented the press from being in contact with the delegation so there was a lot of friction and at one stage she had made an outburst which remain quite famous because it was filmed and he said what do you want you would you want me to go back to my plane and to go back to frost this is a provocation and that made him immediately a hero in the whole arab world in the palestinian community because no one had spoken that way to israeli police and israeli me israeli border guards that were maintaining this very tight security and after that we traveled to. we traveled to a man to cairo to damascus and beirut was a big tour and everywhere people had seen the images and she was like an immediate hero he was very spontaneous where he made this outburst but that was really personality that he he felt this was not

east region. our correspondent barbara plett usher is in jerusalem.ico, what we have seen is that benjamin netanyahu has lost, and his opposition has not won — that is how one israeli television anchor put it. and it means that the initial exit polls show that mr netanyahu's party is slightly behind his main challenger, so the race is too close to call and it will have to be settled in protracted coalition negotiations over the coming days and weeks. here is how the drama of the day played out. israeli tv exit polls showed no decisive victory for any side. the votes will be counted through the night, but it could take weeks of coalition horsetrading before the next government and prime minister emerge. the election has been a referendum on benjamin netanyahu's last ten years in office. he is israel's longest—serving prime minister. his main rival is retired general, benny gantz, from the blue and white party. some of his supporters fear he was politically naive not to press harder on corruption charges faced by mr netanyahu, which the prime minister d

jerusalem post. what this week means for the future of the middle east the most famous journalist publisher in the world was supposed to be released from jail tomorrow but he won't speak with tells us u.k. authorities of problem lies exposure war crimes plus. justice running at london's raindance film festival we talked to its arrested director of the sierra but claims tens of millions of americans are lying on the safe drinking water hole is more coming up in today's going on the ground but 1st straight to the nation britain is selling record amounts of weapons to not saudi arabia but israel where this week's vote has left the country in repeated violation of un resolutions in political chaos joining me from jerusalem is the editor in chief of the jerusalem post and the author of shadow strike. inside israel secret mission to eliminate syrian nuclear power. thanks for coming on people saying here obviously the palestinians have already lost if a netanyahu loses outright in all the talks and everything when they go to jail for corruption it's too early to tell you now there are these 3 criminal cases th

jerusalem post. what this week means for the future of the middle east the most famous journalist publisher in the world was supposed. to be released from jail tomorrow but he won't be wiki leaks tells us u.k. authorities of criminal eyes exposure of war crimes plus. the defeat of the cap 1st for justice running at london's raindance film festival we talked to its arrested director at the on of the sierra about claims tens of millions of americans are lying on unsafe drinking water elizabeth coming up in today's going on the ground of a straight to the nation britain is selling record amounts of weapons to not saudi arabia but israel where this week's vote has left the country in repeated violation of un resolutions in political chaos joining me from jerusalem is the editor in chief of the jerusalem post and the author of shattered a strike inside israel secret mission to eliminate syrian nuclear power. thanks for coming on people saying here obviously the palestinians have already lost if and that and yahoo loses outright in all the talks and everything when they go to jail for corruption it's too earl

something that happened in europe, something that happened in the middle east, terrorist attacks against jews happened in places like jerusalem. i was used to texting my friends in jerusalem after bombings saying "are you safe?" and for first time, they were texting me. then it happened again six months later, april 27th, six months later to the day in poway, california, when a neo-nazi walked into a synagogue and murdered jews there trying to pray. >> let's talk about the surge. according to the anti-defamation league, in 2017, anti-semitic incidents in the united states surged almost 60% for the first time. we are seeing in our lifetime a majority of americans say they were concerned about violence directed against american jews. you write this to tolerate lies. a culture in which anti-semitism thrives is a culture in which truths have been replaced with lies." explain this. >> yeah. so, anti-semitism is different from racism. it's different in that while the racist sees themselves as punching down against someone that they see as subhuman, the anti-semite sees themselves as sort of punching up and really punching in every

jerusalem, and south africa. >> the resources of cnn on display this morning. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east.start with president trump acknowledging he did discuss in a july call with the president of ukraine. cnn has reported the president pressured zelensky to investigate biding, as it was hanging in the balance. >> last week, the secretary-general said the whistleblower was worried about multiple actions by trump. the issue has two top democrats going further than they ever have before on impeachment. >> reporter: the president on sunday, acknowledging for the first time he did bring up the former vice president, owe biden, during the call with the ukrainian president. that's now at the center of this whistleblower complaint. alleging other

international legal framework of the middle east peace process it suggests waiting for some sort of deal of the century meanwhile it is taking unilateral decisions on jerusalem and the golan heights made to the 2 state solution to the palestinian issue which is essential for satisfying village intimate aspirations of the palestinian people and providing security for israel and the whole region is in danger. apparently when nato members were bombing libya blatantly violating united security council resolution they were also guided by the logic of their rules based order it resulted in the destruction of libyan state hood and intrigue and the international community is still untangling the disasters repr questions of nader's adventure with african countries affected the most there are still hidden agendas in and countering terrorism despite the universally binding security council decisions on listing terrorist organizations some countries made it a rule to shield terrorists from punishment and to even work with them on the ground as it's happening for instance and i'm ganna stand libya and syria. the united states has already been saying out loud that high ye

jerusalem and the subtlety of urinalysis. [laughter] because the more i look at middle east issues and ukrainian russian issues, i think you canarn from the two. i would like to shift the focus a little bit to a third country in this relations with ukraine namely our own. i carry no water from mr. zelensky, i was a studs astonished as any foreigner observer as his achievement but the fact is, he is achieved three times democratic legitimacy in both rounds of the presidential election and in the parliamentary election. he has done something we americans claim is important. he has achieved true electoral legitimacy. what is he going to get invitation to come to washington? if boris henkin was reelected he would have an oval office visit by now. you would've had meetings on the l he probably would've addressed the joint session of congress by now maybe. what is the problem here in washington in dealing with somebody who whatever else he may or may not be, i think you described his strength and limitations correctly in the complexity of the ukrainian position. what is our problem with zelensky as a new legitimate force in the hist

and although he's getting voices from jerusalem particularly netanyahu saying they've got to confront iran donald trump doesn't want to get involved in a middle east war and particularly not 18 months or so away from you know 2 months to 2 years away from a presidential election and then afghanistan donald trump's foreign policy is driven a lot by the idea of what has no one else done and no one else has taken the taliban along and had peace talks with them face to face in washington itself know this was an idea floated by donald trump that he wanted the taliban leaders if you believe reports initially at the white house and that was put on hold because that simply wouldn't be a good idea but then to take them to camp david but to do it this week the meeting was meant to take place on sunday this is the week of the 911 commemorations donald trump himself will be at the pentagon tomorrow on wednesday to mark the attack there he will also take part in the national moment of remembrance at the time the 1st planes hit the towers in washington in new york and so there's been this disconnect between john bolton and also donald trump for a while donald t

illegal annexation of jerusalem has been rejected worldwide recognizing israel's illegal annexation of the syrian golan has been rejected worldwide when when situation in the middle east is quite simple and it starts by putting the occupation in the historic waste bin. the borough of london city car has voiced his opposition to a major arms for being hosted in the city and he's reportedly described the event as horror and says he strongly opposes it defense and security equipment international the world's largest arms exhibition it's been mired in controversy before 20 the torture equipment was found on sale at the critics also point to those who were doing the shopping among them sergio arabia and iraq the most human rights activists say that the u.k. is facilitating atrocities. or picks up the story. this is a british with a twist held only every 2 years there's no candyfloss teacups or soft toys nope the largest weapons fire in the wilds isn't our. d.s. e.i. attracts armed companies and military delegations from all over the world backed by the ministry of to fads it's the kind of that he'd expect the media to be keen to get involved in who it's not so easy to pass

illegal annexation of jerusalem it's been rejected worldwide recognizing israel's illegal annexation of the syrian golan has been rejected worldwide when when situation in the middle east is quite simple and it starts by putting the occupation in the historic waste bin. a traditional religious performance in germany has come under fire from the animal rights organization peter school for donkeys to be removed from the show depicting the last days of jesus christ instead it suggests use a scooter. these days jesus would no longer travel by donkey he would presumably move a money scooter or some other electric vehicle that is kind to animals and the environment. well the demand has been criticized by performance including the actor playing jesus who says the play represents a specific moment in time of the disc it would be totally out of place the event itself has been held in bavaria since the 17th century with only minor changes along the way and it's not just those on stage who are angry at peter's intervention jesus is supposed to ride in these couture instead of a donkey it could not be more idiotic. i was in jerusalem and there is a ban on the use of electric vehic

illegal annexation of jerusalem has been rejected worldwide recognizing israel's illegal annexation of the syrian golan has been rejected worldwide when when situation in the middle east is quite simple and it starts by putting the occupation in the historic waste bin. down the new religious performance in germany has come under fire from animal rights organization they are calling for don't case be removed from the show depicting the last days of jesus christ and instead suggest and rides in on a nice ski so. these days jesus would no longer travel by don't keep he would presumably move them and some other electric vehicle that is kind to animals and the environment. well that the man has been criticized by performers the actor playing jesus says they are representing a specific moment in time and then he quote doesn't really fit the event has also been it's been held in bavaria since the 17th century with few changes and it's not just those on stage who is slamming the demands of the more rights campaigners jesus is supposed to ride in these couture instead of a donkey it could not be more idiotic i was in jerusalem and there is a ban on the use of electric vehicles

east we were expecting? it seems that in some areas they are moving ahead without an actual deal. for example the declaration of jerusalem for example the declaration ofjerusalem is the capital israel despite all of the us counterterrorism resolutions. despite the world's anger about it, it still went ahead. the fact that you america is taking unilateral steps ahead with israel, is trying to create facts on the ground. you cannot ignore it. you are only exacerbating the situation. the deal asa exacerbating the situation. the deal as a deal, you have the envoy who was supposed to be delivering the deal, he has announced he is resigning at the... in a few weeks. he will be out of the picture and what we are going to see is rather than a document which is what the americans promised, we're probably going to get bits of unilateral is that won't bring us closer to a deal. lets go back to the question of what and who makes abhorrent policy —— foreign policy. who makes the policy? nobody apart from trumper. simply because they come and go. in north korea you have to work. you have to work long time. the agreement we had with a

jerusalem. has been rejected worldwide recognizing israel's illegal annexation of the syrian golan has been rejected worldwide a win win situation in the middle east is quite simple and it starts by putting the occupation in the historic waste bin. a russian journalist who returned to moscow on saturday as part of a historic prisoner swap with ukraine has spoken to reporters curvaceous king was arrested in kiev in may 28th on charges of treason and was released from pretrial detention late last month as well as giving a press conference he spoke to our correspondent with the details his maria for national. but the 52 year old russian journalist with ukrainian passport who spent $470.00 days in detention in ukraine more than 15 months the time will confess to us definitely became a task for him not only professionally but as a human being this is how he described the biggest challenges and the hardest moments for him while in detention some of them the hardest thing was the living conditions because it's a shock when someone 1st enters prison i had in my hands the boat for toiletries a toothbrush and toothpaste the 2nd part of this thing was to get