was against the deal from the start not least because it was signed between israel and the east mediterranean gas company which is registered offshore and has no assets in egypt it was obvious the cheap date in. which were a custom in the arab world and it was also very obvious that one day if the president is not. is a go it's not going to rule egypt then of course the whole contract is not worth the paper it's written on the east mediterranean gas company declined our request for an interview egypt's natural gas supplies about forty to fifty percent of the electricity power stations in israel it can be replaced by the fuels but they're more expensive and dirty which is why boys a ride is blogging frenetically online he writes about green issues and says the alternative options that israel has to the egyptian supplies are not that attractive to we'll get it in the high price and we'll need to burn a lot of muscle which is much more pollutants and then goes and the fact that we didn't develop the coral plants planting tieing will cause us to much more than we could who had called station in p

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historically had trade and exports out of europe go to north africa and other parts of the mediterranean. >> more so eastsn't that a fair comment rather than south? >> still quite a lot has gone into north africa. the issue is europe has to look beyond its borders. you have challenges about helping with exports. you have issues about immigration coming in. it's very important, i think, that you get diplomat engagement around the economics of both demand and supply of exports, imports and also of labor. >> should we think of greece, spain and portugal differently, they should actually be clusters that could grow off the back of such a large market at the door step, which they have not engaged in so far? >> i think you should also include italy in there. what this is getting to is to say is there a possibility that we could use europe in some way, centers of gravity for expansion of both, i think, good practice and investment into northern africa? i think there is clearly an opportunity there. because it's much more likely to come from those countries than it is from northern europe. the other big issue is

east turmoil are being felt worldwide the u.s. sixth wave has been repossessed and ships in the mediterranean u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton stated quote nothing is off the table and as we just saw british prime minister david cameron has echoed those sentiments. but as violence continues in libya the u.s. sends warships and more troops in that direction fueling speculation and other military intervention to the. teeth with. they're. getting louder. so libya labor protests f.b.i. informants and mosques charlie sheen i don't know you decide which is more newsworthy which qualifies as entertainment but to be fair we want to look at more examples maybe you know it was a big week for charlie sheen well given that so i want to look at another big story that we missed and on the day that this story broke we ended up missing what was one of the biggest newsmakers of the week number three that week according to pew research what we see that was arnold schwarzenegger i'm sure saying there are more to those arnold schwarzenegger arnold schwarzenegger the governor of california woke up today to a bo

east turmoil are being felt worldwide the u.s. sixth fleet has been repossessed ships in the mediterranean and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton stated quote nothing is off the table and as we just saw british prime minister david cameron has echoed the sentiments. as violence continues in libya the u.s. sends one.

east turmoil are being felt worldwide the u.s. sixth fleet has been repossessed thing and ships in the mediterranean and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton stated quote nothing is off the table and as we just saw the british prime minister david cameron has echoed the sentiments. but as violence continues in libya the u.s. sends warships and more troops in that direction fueling speculation that the military intervention on. the. seat. there was. getting louder. they were protests libya middle east oil charlie sheen you decide which is more entertaining or more of entertainment news or more serious journalism but i want to you know to be fair that was a big week for charlie sheen a very big week he lost it so maybe it would just be better to look at one day where another big story broke that we missed and on this day we missed covering one of the biggest newsmakers of the week he was number three according to pew research that week arnold schwarzenegger say there are sure to those arnold schwarzenegger arnold schwarzenegger the governor california woke up today to a bob short shorts in anger admitting h

mediterranean coast. the you asked press ahead with plans to build a base in the passion gulf militants in yemen the cia has been tasked with launching that tonks despite the east of the unmanned aircraft being blamed for the deaths of countries of sybil. in afghanistan and pakistan. they need shipped details about around seven thousand people arrested in the country since president mubarak was toppled the interim military leadership promises to review trials of civilians and to increase the power of civilian courts but human rights groups claim there's evidence prisoners have been tortured. those are the headlines now the rest of bosnian serb general. has divided public opinion and said the some believe it membership while others accuse the government of betraying an actual hear it and journalist gay north who covered the bosnian civil war in the mid ninety's shares his memories of the journal with of portland is coming up next. oh yeah welcome to spotlight. on r t algernon today my guest on the show is. the last bosnian serb general accused of genocide and mass murder in the bosnian war of ninety ninety six rats this finally in his capture was a huge boost. t

for the east and the rest was for the south which contradicts the principle symmetry been paid to those neighborhoods. how would you explain what did you come at factually to the mediterraneaneighborhood policy within the context which has been given by you? thank you. >> let me tell what very frankly - understand the concerns you have, but frankly i think the most important issue is not to put in competition what is important is to help -- us to help them in an effective way and the approach put forth now on the policy is clear we are not allocating resources on the condition of the according to each partner's progress toward reform. those who do more, those who show was a deserve more will receive more. this is for country eight or country be. the country has to show it deserves support. and in that case we will of course fossil our commitment to the eastern european partnership and also our neighbors in the mediterranean. >> thank you very much, president. on the previous question and the answer you gave we spoke about the aid that is being had granted most notably to the air of the emerging republican from g8 the imf as well, and money coming from the member states and

mediterranean the place of peace, stability, and change. thank you for your attention. [applause] >> thank you very much, mr. juppe, for clear, comprehensive, courageous clarion call for support of freedom in the middle east. we're very grateful to you for that. but is in gym and, in case you are worrying -- wondering who joined us, this is the minister's translator in case he needs a translation of your question. you made a very clear exposition about the importance of being consistent in the support for human rights. you indeed were very clear that there is no difference between the policies of france toward libya and toward syria. the one thing that i found strange about that was that your repeated the formula that our president has put out there, assad should reform morally. -- raw form or lead. -- reform or leave. but we have not put that on to egypt or others. the brutal way that he has suppressed as people ballet's the very principle that you so clearly articulated. i wonder if you could explain what is the hesitation, if that is an accurate way of putting it. >> it is a very good question. as we say when we do not know how to exactly answer the question. [laughter] every week the french national a

east and all the rest was for the south. it contradicts eagle attention being paid to both neighborhoods. how would you explain, and what did you commit factually to the cell mediterranean never good policy within the context of the amount of money that has been given by you? >> let me tell you very frankly that i understand the concerns you have. frankly, i think the most important issue is not to put in competition the east and south. what is important is enough to help those that want us to help them and do it in an effective way. it is clear that it is based on conditionality according to each partner's progress going forward. those who do more, those who show that they deserve more will receive more. the country has to show that -- we will fulfill our commitment based on our eastern european partnership to our neighbors in the mediterranean. >> thank you very much. mike pratt -- my question links to the previous question and the answer you gave. you spoke about the aid being granted most notably to the arab emerging republics. and money coming from the member states as well. the aid is conditional on a certain number of conditions, regular elections, freedom of the