the port city of haifa in northern israel where arabs and jews live alongside each other they work eat and drink in the same places these days politics dominates daily life right wing parties advertise using patriotic israelis slogans and promote national pride many native arabs here feel left out. on a curry is a student working in a cafe in the mixed neighborhood of haidar like many from his generation he sees himself as a palestinian with israeli citizenship the trouble seems that some israeli political parties portray arabs as the enemy. since the beginning of the election campaign the right wing parties are challenging each other to incite more and be more racist only to win votes. with. some arab voters feel disappointed by all sides of politics a coalition of are representing parties called the joint list was the third strongest group in the knesset after the last election but the alliance recently split apart. jafar father is the director of the center which advocates for equality between all citizens he explains what many arabs in israel are hoping for . an order to be able to

amy: diana buttutu, thank you fr being with us, palestinian attorney joining us from haifa.erved as a legal adviser to the palestinians in negotiations with israel. she was previously an adviser to palestinian president mahmoud abbas. haggai matar is an israeli journalist, activist and union organizer. executive director of "972 advancement of c citizen journalism," the nonprofit that publishes plus 972 magazine. when we come back, henry his new joins us about book. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: federal prosecutors brought new money laundering charges tuesday against 16 parents who paid bribes to get their children into top schools as part of the college admissions scandal known as operatioion varsity blues. actress lori loughlin and her husband mossimo giannulli are among the parents facing the additional charges, along with previously announced fraud charges, after allegedly paying $500,000 to get their daughters into the university of southern california. they were recruited by the crew team, even thou

in haifa, bebefore the creatition of israel, in 191948e liveved together, anand always . reporter: despipite this posisie image, daily life is not always easy for arabs in haifa. they say they often feel like second-class citizens, even in the mix neighborhood. most investment> goes to the jejewish community.. thatat is discrimination, the se way y there is a commission to e country y as a whole -- ke with schools,s, with everything. just a few oft is the two sides is trying to do something else. israeaeli arabs constitute the third larargest bloc in israel's parliament, b t it remains difficult for them to blend in, as israel's right-wing parties accuse them of being traitors intent on destroying the jeshsh state. next, to libya, where over 30 were killed anand anothr 50 wounded inn writing outside the capital, tripoli. the papast four days, rebel commander khalififa haftar has been leading an offensive to seize the capital from the unity government backeby the u.n. the fighghting could be the firt step to a full-blown civil war, with the u.n. ying over 2000 people havav

next fifteen minutes the fight for tripoli shelling continues in the libyan capital as the warlord haifa hopped and moves to take the city from the e.u. and back to government at least two hundred people have been killed since the strongman gone she's offensive two weeks ago will learn why foreign policy con find common ground on hotter. and we capture the story of the hassle in the city all poor people. young people are not getting the state's famous hold defat. i'm christine wonderwall come to news africa i'm glad your chin day in and the lawn call over libya by the world health organization who say more than two hundred people have been killed and hundreds more wounded this week as fighting rages over the capital tripoli the call comes as the united nations fails to agree on taking action to stop powerful militia. in his attempts to overthrow the u.n. backed government in the capital now with fighting also intensifying one of the regions in libya at least twenty five thousand people have been displaced in recent days i'll be discussing the dynamics of this nation's farah but first thi

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to the town of abilene near haifa to me to sing a whose voice has captured the hearts of israelis mariam to camp she was the first person to sing in arabic on the israeli t.v. some competition show a star is born. because the room how they react is an arab christian and now she's devoted her vocal talents to an organization called women wage peace a group that brings together people of all religions and ethnic backgrounds to create a mutually binding political agreement to end the israeli palestinian conflict. one can see. the organization was founded shortly after the end of the gaza war in twenty fourteen. it also supports a un resolution that reaffirms the role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts. earlier this year the group organized a peace festival in the port city of jaffa women wayne peace has twenty four thousand registered members and tens of thousands of followers on facebook the festival featured performances by mariam to cannes and the israeli canadian singer el dec about what. they perform around the world and use their music to inspire positive change an

palestinian israelis who say they are actively discriminated against and to stephanie decker reports from haifa in northern israel many of them intend to boycott the vote. these ladies a getting ready to welcome guest political campaigning is intimate here. hopefully visa luncheons will bring something that will help all the arab towns someone who stands with us and helps us so we don't keep feeling like we live in a country without having a place in a hopefully things will get better. as a candidate for the ballad party part of two palestinian israeli coalitions running in these elections she's trying to convince these ladies to vote for her. getting into parliament in this racist white wing and extremist religious atmosphere is not an easy reality for us there is a direct policy by this government to target the palestinian community. through a lack of investment in education in various aspects of life in addition to land confiscations and house demolitions but recent polls suggest palestinian israeli voter turnout could be lower than the last elections adam an author says he intends to boycot

in fighting on the outskirts of libya's capital rockets and shells fired by forces loyal to general haifahave to hit a residential area west of tripoli more than fifty people have been killed in the fighting over the past week and thousands more have been displaced meanwhile u.s. media is reporting that saudi arabia has promised tens of millions of dollars to help pay for half dozen operation to take the capitol hill street journal says the offer came during several visits by half that to riyadh days before the military campaign started. shun from the arab center of washington says that riyadh wants to play a role in libya there was an increase in support clearly but that implies a change in the political role i clearly i think saudi arabia wanted to its participation in the conflict in libya and that that probably contributed to the visit on march twenty seventh general to the kingdom and his meeting with both the king solomon and the crown prince and immediately after his return he kind of escalated if you will his role his confrontation with his competitors in libya so clearly he got t

you can expect even more repression and power consolidation unfortunately forces loyal to warlord haifa have to have shelled an area south of the libyan capital tripoli overnight as they continue to push for control of the city their tanks in reduced buildings to rubble and burnt out cars forces from the u.n. recognize government based in tripoli i mean attempting to repel the offensive by the world health organization says two hundred fifty four people have been killed and more than a thousand injured in the past three weeks went up in a head has more from tripoli. forces loyal to the government to start a new move this morning two orders have to his forces locations in and around the tripoli in active international airport on the southern western part of the capital tripoli military sources with the government say that they launch rockets targeting have to his forces locations and even a city of the international airport they used heavy of totally artillery rockets targeting have to his forces and of in a city of the tripoli international airport they say that they are trying to maint