against the palestinians in opposition to the way he's trying to characterize his main rival benny gantz the former israeli army chief who means trying to say is of the weak left and as well is that there have been a series of attacks carried out in recent weeks and even over this weekend there's been an attack in which a palestinian or other an israeli nineteen year old woman was killed by a palestinian man in a forest southwest of jerusalem the suspect who was after apprehended in ramallah in the occupied west bank on saturday according to israeli media he has reenacted the crime has admitted to a sexual assault and murder this is a crime which is really outraged a huge number of israelis the police are saying they are so. really examining a political motive no direct calling of this as a terror attack by the israeli prime minister just yet either from hamas in gaza or from the palestinian authority in the west bank are that nonetheless there has been a huge reaction to this and for you know to have delayed the imposition of this law at this time would be politically very difficult for

but when asked if an indictment wo,d affect who they vote f a majority said they would suort gantz in elections. 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 al

however in recent days he's facing strong competition from a new candidate former army chief benny gantz and you center right party alliance with yere luck be it the blue and white list now to now argues that a pre-election indictment could influence the outcome of the vote he himself has denied all accusations. let's pick up with tonic in jerusalem type time if this is going to be a this is a controversial move from the attorney general with just six weeks to go. he had definitely because of the timing and it could be a potential game changer here i mean it has a potential. vote this way from the right wing bloc with eddie coots and that's headed by mr netanyahu to and more at the center right now if you saw it in that report they have been before the intendant indictment there have been over the head to head to head a very strong entry this through and by tonight and and now it's still to see whether we will see because of this indictment whether the voters will move away from the right and not to this more send to pluck so actually being said that mr not need to now could actually fig

talking about benny gantz who formed the israel resilience party late last year i mean is he a credible threat to mr netanyahu. absolutely if you look back the last forty years when it's a party has lost an election it's been a former chief of staff of the israeli army and three former chiefs of staff in the running together and they challenged. him for so many years that he can make them feel safe. and that can help them. and it's democracy you know. joining us tonight with the latest on these charges against the israeli prime minister thank you very much. here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world a un investigation has concluded that israel did violate human rights and may have committed war crimes in its response to last year's protests in gaza the inquiry says that israeli snipers targeted people clearly identifiable as children health workers and journalists israel has rejected the findings described him as hostile deceitful and biased macky sall has been reelected president of sinegal for a second term figures released by the national vote c

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. polling just behind and you know who is preferred prime minister but his path to victory is narrow given the numerical advantage of netanyahu existing coalition of right wing parties netanyahu continues to fight on multiple fronts knowing that even if he wins power once more in this election he'll have to battle on in the media and potentially in the courts to hold on to it harry force it out zero west

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 is narrow given the numerical advantage of netanyahu existing coalition of right wing parties netanyahu continues to fight on multiple fronts knowing that even if he wins power once more in this election he'll have to battle on in the media and potentially in the courts to hold on to it carry forsett out west jerusale

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 widely seen as a one of the most right wing governments israel has ever had

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu have joined forces april's election centrist candidates benny gantz and yep it will run together and then you alliance is expected to shake up the ruling party's campaign and its net has more from western. israel's general election in april looked like being a foregone conclusion with another victory for benjamin netanyahu good party but all out change on thursday morning when two centrist parties one of them led by any council former israeli military chief of staff these two parties joined forces to present a bloc against netanyahu his party and this bloc according to the latest polls will get around thirty four seats 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 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 widely seen as a one of the most right wing governments israel has ever had c

against the palestinians in opposition to the way he's trying to characterize his main rival benny gantz the former israeli army chief who means trying to say is of the weak left and as well is that there have been a series of attacks carried out in recent weeks and even over this weekend there's been an attack in which a palestinian or other an israeli nineteen year old woman was killed by a palestinian man in a forest southwest of jerusalem the suspect was after apprehended in ramallah in the occupied west bank on saturday according to israeli media he has reenacted the crime has admitted to a sexual assault and murder this is a crime which is really outraged a huge number of israelis the police are saying they are so. really examining a political motive no direct calling of this as a terror attack by the israeli prime minister just yet no call it either from hamas in gaza or from the palestinian authority in the west bank either nonetheless there has been a huge reaction to this and for benjamin netanyahu to have delayed the imposition of this law at this time would be politically ver

finance minister ja a lockheed has announced a centrist alliance with ex military chief of staff benny gantz if they win they say they will rotate as prime minister. thing. pope francis will today open a summit on sexual abuse in the catholic church tended by by cardinals from around the world the meeting comes after an avalanche of allegations against catholic priests accusing them of molesting young boys and raping nuns in the past the church has been reluctant to deal with these crimes which have now become a global issue let's look first at ireland it's seen reports of widespread sexual abuse in catholic institutions estimates put the number of overall victims there and that small country at fourth fourteen thousand five hundred in australia more than fifteen thousand possible sex abuse survivors have come forward since two thousand and twelve according to a national inquiry and in the united states the number of survivors is suspected to be well over one hundred thousand well on wednesday pope francis met with a sexual abuse survivor from yet another country poland marechal is in ski tr

however in recent days he's facing strong competition from a new candidate former army chief benny gantz and you center right party alliance with yere luck be it the blue and white list netanyahu argues that a pre-election indictment could influence the outcome of the vote he himself has denied all accusations. we have this is a very controversial move by the attorney general and it comes very close to these parliamentary elections and how is this going to affect the elections. this is actually the big question here that's being discussed his father i mean among the good acts that they have been to schools of thought some will say it that it might be unfair to release this decision so shortly before the elections but we understand from the attorney general also you released. fifty seven pages to you know lay out why you came to this decision that it is important to him that the public isn't forms that everybody see cookies for the know now of course it is not the question will it sway some votes this off the rightwing block of netanyahu was writing coalition to the new center right to so

finance minister your lockheed has announced a centrist alliance with ex military chief of staff benny gantz if they win they say they will rotate as prime minister. then a chinese tortoise believed to have been extinct for more than one hundred years has been found alive in the galapagos islands an adult female specimen of the species known as. dino island toward his was discovered during a recent expedition conservationists are preparing to search for more of the species in the galapagos. well here in germany a verdict is expected today in a court case that's being closely watched by former employees of the arms maker hecla and call it a bit on trial in stuttgart since may of last year they stand accused of illegally supplying mexico with hecla and call german made weapons. a courtin stood guard has been trying five former hacker cock employees on charges of exporting weapons illegally in two thousand and fourteen six people were killed in protests in the southern mexican city of equality and forty three students disappeared without a trace. police believe local criminals were behind the a

however in recent days he's facing strong competition from a new candidate former army chief benny gantz and a new center right party alliance with ya here love paid the blue and white list now to now argues that are pre-election indictment could influence the outcome of the vote he himself has denied all accusations. straight to jerusalem then we joined it up because paul had to tuck their credit welcome back tanya that's such a start with the election a controversial move from the attorney general a so close to elections. yeah you're right i mean this is the timing has been very controversial this netanyahu has said that this is a political move because of course he feels that this will have impact on this on the elections that are supposed to happen and a poll now of course. i took today could support as he did this said wow you know we look at support us we will support mr netanyahu this is all politicos so i go in and the i'm with mr netanyahu but others are not so sure because they say no he has been there for ten years and now in his prime yes it is actually in uncertainty of what

against the palestinians in opposition to the way he's trying to characterize his main rival benny gantz the former israeli army chief who means trying to say is of the weak left and as well is that there have been a series of attacks carried out in recent weeks and even over this weekend there's been an attack in which a palestinian or other an israeli nineteen year old woman was killed by a palestinian man in a forest southwest of jerusalem the suspect was apprehended in ramallah in the occupied west bank on saturday according to israeli media he has reenacted the crime has admitted to a sexual assault and murder this is a crime which is really outraged a huge number of israelis the police are saying they are so. really examining a political motive no direct calling of this as a terror attack by the israeli prime minister just yet no call it either from hamas in gaza or from the palestinian authority in the west bank either nonetheless there has been a huge reaction to this and for you know to have delayed the imposition of this law at this time would be politically very difficult for

he's trying to sort of delineate his own position in that territory from his main challenger benny gantz and we are just a couple months out now from the elections as well as that there is also the fact that this law was passed last july and there had been an intention which should come in in january after the calculations of last year's prisoner payments had been made and if there'd been any doubt about it well i think the events of the last couple of weeks and indeed this weekend may well have tipped to move the edge there have been a series of attacks in which is readies have been killed by palestinians there were some there were the at least two shooting incidents in december and then this weekend there's been a terribly grisly murder of an israeli nineteen year old woman in a forest towards the southwest of jerusalem the man who was picked up for that in ramallah in the west bank on saturday morning he according to israeli media has admitted to the crime and has been reenacting what according to those media reports was first a sexual assault and then a killing and there's been a hug

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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 are to 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 the why the question is whether this does signal a direction of travel for israeli polit

party is battling for political relevance or swim celestial that's one reason the emergence of benny gantz to offer an alternative to the prime minister benjamin netanyahu and attract support from labor voters the security of their accounts labor's leader has advocated a mix of traditional left wing politics with right wing tinges for example on illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank which he says should stay put . he's been clear that labor would not serve in the netanyahu led coalition government but voters who want netanyahu out of. else seymour prepared to bet on former army chief ganci what's happened to laver is that they've had some bad leadership they've had a leader who is in the wrong place at the wrong time but it's not an indication that the party will die it's an indication that peace. and it's not an indication that the israeli left will die it is though if you would predict a comeback in time for election day when you pull a night. out west jerusalem to government protesters in haiti have been fighting with police for a fifth day they want president general no

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 know who is preferred prime minister but his path to victory is narrow given the numerical advantage of netanyahu existing coalition of right wing parties netanyahu continues to fight on multiple fronts knowing that even if he wins power once more in this election you have to battle on in the media and potentially in the courts to hold onto it ari force it o

been to netanyahu keeping a hold of the premiership in israel the centrist group made up of benny gantz a former military chief of staff and ja a la la pierre the former finance minister between them the latest poll suggests they could get around thirty four seats in the knesset their party is between them and netanyahu is grouping only gets around thirty said netanyahu worried that this could result in his ejection from office always raise the specter of too many concessions being given to the palestinians and the threat to security if the centrist coalition gets power and also as harry referred to netanyahu is now allowed to very far right wing parties join forces and they will give him support in a future government and return for support they will get the education and housing ministries so a government is already pretty right wing by israeli standards could be even more right wing if netanyahu and this is grouping wind power again in april's elections dan thank you. also to come here on the news hour including too little too late pope francis plans to combat sexual abuse by catholi

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 he's really challenged it and yeah he's got to get some of those votes from the right so he comes as a leftist dressed in the right as clothing ok as a liberal is really dressed as a conservative hard core pro settlement israeli gunships pulling just behind netanyahu is preferred prime minister but his path to victory is narrow given the numerical advantage of netanyahu existing coalition of right wing parties netanyahu continues to fight on multiple fronts knowing that even if he wins power once more in this election he'll have to battle on in the media and potentially in the courts to hold onto it perry force it out ze

against the palestinians in opposition to the way he's trying to characterize his main rival benny gantz the former israeli army chief who means trying to say is of the weak left and as well is that there have been a series of attacks carried out in recent weeks and even over this weekend there's been an attack in which a palestinian or other an israeli nineteen year old woman was killed by a palestinian man in a forest southwest of jerusalem the suspect was after apprehended in ramallah in the occupied west bank on saturday according to israeli media he has reenacted the crime has admitted to a sexual assault and murder this is a crime which is really outraged a huge number of israelis the police are saying they are so. only examining a political motive no direct cooling of this as a terror attack by the israeli prime minister just yet either from hamas in gaza or from the palestinian authority in the west bank either nonetheless there has been a huge reaction to this and for you know to have delayed the imposition of this law at this time will be politically very difficult for him and

against the palestinians in opposition to the way he's trying to characterize his main rival benny gantz the former israeli army chief who means trying to say is of the weak left and as well is that there have been a series of attacks carried out in recent weeks and even over this weekend there's been an attack in which a palestinian or other an israeli nineteen year old woman was killed by a palestinian man in a forest southwest of jerusalem the suspect was after apprehended in ramallah in the occupied west bank on saturday according to israeli media he has reenacted the crime has admitted to a sexual assault and murder this is a crime which is really outraged a huge number of israelis the police are saying they are so. really examining a political motive no direct calling of this as a terror attack by the israeli prime minister just yet no comment either from hamas in gaza or from the palestinian authority in the west bank either nonetheless there has been a huge reaction to this and for netanyahu to have delayed the imposition of this law at this time would be politically very difficu

minister benjamin netanyahu have joined forces for april's election the centrist candidates benny gantz and yeah your luck pede will run together and their new alliance is expected to shake up the ruling party's campaign with as more from my students in them. israel's general election in april looked like being a foregone conclusion with another victory for benjamin netanyahu could party the whole lot change on thursday morning when two centrist parties one of them led by many gallons of 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 will 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 of 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 widely seen as a one of the most right wing gover

especially at this time when they have someone to try to define themselves against in the shape of benny gantz the former israeli army chief who is really occupying the center ground and is presenting a stronger than imagined challenge to benjamin netanyahu he's polling extremely well lots of politicians on the right trying to outflank him on the right saying that his own settlements policies may well be too soft and too leftist for this new right would lean in israeli mainstream politics harry could this be adopted as policy after the election. it's hard to see that just yet one name that isn't on this declaration of course is the most important name that of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu it's also something that if he signed up to and instituted as israeli government policy in the short term that would really expose his good friend donald trump jerrod cushion at all from son in law is jew we understand to announce something more firm about the timetable of the rolled out of the trump peace plan of course already the palestinians have very much rejected it in advance given some

far behind to be the top party but it could lose the right wing majority block you mentioned benny gantz and i think he's released a statement saying that he's not going to join the israeli leader in any future coalition government because of this potential corruption indictment against him does this mean that whatever happens after the election it might be nearly impossible for him to form any kind of government particularly if more damning details emerge in the coming months. i think that it's going to be a hard look if he wins the election i think you will still find a way statements that people make before the election about who they'll join and who they won't join have a way of changing after the election when people want to get to be you know foreign minister defense minister but that's not what's up for grabs right now right now this is probably the largest threat than it's and yahoo has faced in this ten year run as prime minister benny ganz and your love peed are much more capable candidates than the people that he's faced before and now he has this criminal investigation there

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 are to 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 the wider question is whether this does signal a direction of travel for israeli politic

party is battling for political relevance or swim celestial that's one reason the emergence of benny gantz to offer an alternative to the prime minister benjamin netanyahu and attract support from labor voters the security of their accounts labor's leader has advocated a mix of traditional left wing politics with right wing tinges for example on illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank which he says should stay put . he's been clear that labor would not serve in the netanyahu led coalition government but voters who want netanyahu out a bubble. seymour prepared to bet on former army chief gunther what's happened to laver is that they've had some bad leadership they've had a leader who is in the wrong place at the wrong time but it's not an indication that the party will die it's not an indication the peace camp will die and it's not an indication that the israeli left will die it is though few would predict to come back in time for election day when april ninth. west jerusalem. republicans and democrats in the u.s. have reached a tentative funding deem to avoid another governme

against the palestinians in opposition to the way he's trying to characterize his main rival benny gantz the former israeli army chief who means trying to say is of the weak left and as well is that there have been a series of attacks tarried out in recent weeks and even over this weekend there's been an attack in which a palestinian or other an israeli nineteen year old woman was killed by a palestinian man in a forest southwest of jerusalem the suspect who was after apprehended in ramallah in the occupied west bank on saturday according to israeli media he has reenacted the crime has admitted to a sexual assault and murder this is a crime which is really outraged a huge number of israelis the police are saying they are so. really examining a political motive no direct killing of this as a terror attack by the israeli prime minister just yet no call it either from hamas in gaza palestinian authority in the west bank either nonetheless there has been a huge reaction to this in full vigilance you know to delay the imposition of this law at this time will be politically very difficult for

they promote cautious approach to peace with the palestinians, we have mr gantz himself saying that heuclear programmes and he is also talking about iran. always. he has put the peace process with the palestinians way on the back burner for a very long time now and we note that there haven't been any talks of that peace with the palestinians for many years now. a general strike is being held today across the spanish region of catalonia in support of 12 catalan leaders who are facing trial in madrid. they face charges including rebellion and sedition — that's all in connection with map a referendum on independence held in october 2017 — and the declaration of independence from spain that followed. it was declared illegal by the spanish government. this is the most widespread strike since the fallout from that vote — these are protesters staging a sit in on the train tracks inside a metro station in barcelona. the protestors followed the police outside the station — where you can see more clashes taking place, with protesters throwing stones at the police. protests have also been taken p