how can you not talk about hamas and the total devastation. there the christian population has fled under threat of death from gaza. israel has the middle east's only growing christian population. in fact the christian population of israel has grown by 1,000%, actually more since 1948. arab christians in israel are better educated and more affluent per capita than israeli jews. their kids do better on s.a.t. scores than jewish kids. there have been -- i know, it's a big blow. and they -- thousands of them have volunteered for service in our army, so much so that a couple of years ago the idf had to printout new testaments in hebrew so the christian soldiers could swear in. they're in every branch of our government. that arab judge i mentioned earlier who passed judgment on the former president of israel is a christian. they're in our parliament, in our academic world, in our scientific community. they are valued, they are deeply cherished and of course -- but that didn't make -- that didn't make the cut for "60 minutes" and it was an important

is not recognized by the united states because hamas won't recognize israel the logical question is can you name a single israeli government official political party which has ever recognized a palestinian state within its internationally legal borders plain. wrong i'm wrong wrong ok how about international law where of course you agree with that they said. by palestinian territories the whole of the west bank and gaza you agree with the core no the point is just like me with the me in this you know very well this. thing with the whole buying fall into him do you agree with their opinion. do you agree with their opinion. on here is what i'm the argument which i think has a certain amount of credibility as the argument that one of the see so far goes something like this house armed has especially for jews that from a biblical narrative you for the point of view of the history of the jewish. palestine has a stash resonance for the true ish people to imagine i'd sure stay in charge. in uganda or elsewhere simply the work of the jewish people who makes no sense i'm bashing the jewish st

hamas does not encourage sports and the palestinian authority does not help him much either.e goes through his phases as israeli fighter jets fly by. because of the limited amount of time on the track, he also practices on a beach. >> it's difficult to train for the olympics in conditions like these. but i want to show the world that athletes from gaza can compete with the best. >> reporter: this man coaches him physically and mentally. he was an olympic athlete himself. the first palestinian to compete in the games. in 1996, he ran in the 10,000-meter race at the atlanta olympics. >> translator: he's a symbol of palestine. his success would make us all very proud. we'll all be cheering him on. >> reporter: with his help, he's getting ready for the upcoming london olympics. >> translator: my dream is to stand on the winner's podium as the palestinian flag is raised. and for palestine to be recognized as an independent state. >> reporter: that recognition means so much to palestinian athletes. for them, representing palestine in the olympics means more than winning. nhk world,

to present you with a clearer picture there are two hot heads of discontent with one in the city of hama where the muslim brotherhood led an uprising in the one nine hundred eighty s. the demonstrations that took place there were peaceful in july the syrian army surrounded the city but stopped short of occupying a city early in august the army moved into the city and establish control over it and they've been these demonstrations are continuing the army and the police are present there to prevent the protesters from accessing major squares in the streets with the protesters to throw stones at the police from time to time but it's a sort of intifada in these rallies are very moving and exciting event but they never turn violent so the army does not have to respond over the media often say that the police opened fire on protesters and yeah it's not true at least old and i have never seen any use of weapons their homes and other historical center of discontent has become the fighting ground for many armed rebel groups you know you know so i was there with the residents of homs i would call

regime has successfully established control over most of homs as well as over it leave in hama and is fighting the free syrian army on the borders of them or the regime is far from collapsing it's nowhere near a downfall the only sad has a lot of sunny days ahead of him many people ask me how can you say such things you're advocating the regime no i'm not advocating the regime i'm doing my research and i want to see what happens on the ground and i take the facts and draw conclusions that are going to fish. bashar al assad has agreed on the peace by presented by coffee at nine but bashar al assad has made a lot of promises in the past and a lot of them did not do you think is going to make good on his promise this time for a cease fire on this this place one. term of him or part of it kofi annan plan wasn't very well timed but the more as far as the syrian government is concerned you can't really demand things from the government when it has the upper hand and is defeat on the free syrian army at the moment see the government biggest problem is cross border raids from refugee camps in

how do you possibly ng engage with, let's say hamas? you know, i look at the united states very differently. this is what frustrated me by your comments that you are apologizing for in "60 minutes" because america liberated kuwait. we helped in coze kosovo and iraq and afghanistan. you know, america -- blood, sweat, tear, the financial burden. we offer financial assistance to egypt for all of their years that they were at peace with israel. we have facilitated peace. we don't get credit. you say osama bin laden was made in the usa -- that angers me. >> i'm sorry it angered you. i am sorry i said it. i said i'm sorry. but we have to solve the problem of extremism. there are good, important stories to say how americans and muslims have cooperated successfully. let me tell you a story, sean, at the height of the crisis 2 years ago, when the florida -- a very volatile situation, who came up and stepped in? my friend jim wallace, an evangelical christian, a close friend said to me, we will intervene because we are evangelical. he's part of o

they will not comprise representatives of fatah or hamas. i think that government would prepare the palestinian community for future elections. >> bosra has been under siege for many years now by israel, but also by egypt. last year, the foreign minister of egypt said he would open the rafah crossing. it was reopened somewhat, but not fully. what are your thoughts on the dips policy towards bosnia? >> in the past it has been too restrictive and my hope is it will be opened in the future so there's easy access to and from gaza from egypt critics president carter, de of hope things can change in egypt? this has been a badly mismanaged transition. many say we put the carriage before the horse there been a lot of abuses over this transitional period. do you think things will change for the better question marks yes, i do. -- do you think things will change for the better? >> yes, i do. the first constitution of assembly was not constituted fairly. it was not representative of the egyptian public. the parliament and others decide we need to make

that there will be a reconciliation between fatah and hamas. >> i think it's real and promising and ihappened in the arab world has really convinced the leadership of both hamas and fatah that there's no other way and the palestinian public is demanding. it will take a long time because they have entrenched interests but the palestinians are moving in that direction. how long it will take, i don't know. egypt is playing a major role. >> rose: qatar is trying to get them together. >> exactly. one point for you that hamas has shifted from the iranian base camp to the gulf arab camp and this is a major shift because it's no longer looking towards iran >> and where's hazard looking. >> hamas is anchored in the iranian city. and the leader, hassan nasrulla has done a great deal of damage by pu than once. he's done a lot of damage to/$ region as well. >> rose: and all the things we've been talking about develop on one track moving forward to be sorted out. does any of this have any impact on the relationship between the arab world and israel? >> yes, absolutely.lz it does as long as... i me

there's three conditions laid down by the quartet for hamas participation.hey have to recognize i israel, disavow terror, accept all previous agreements accepted by the palestinian authority, they will do none of the above. so they're not viable. we are willing to sit with the palestinian authority irrespective of whether they held elections, but, um, the palestinian authority for most of the last three years has balked at direct talks. for many reasons but, certainly, since the outbreak of the upheaval, the arab spring they've been increasingly reluctant because the mainstay of the pa was mubarak's egypt. it is no more: islamic brotherhood is avenn cant there, and the ideological partners, extensions of hamas. so hamas has been greatly strengthed. and they're very reluctant to hold those elections. and it's going to be a problem because largely-secular, unelected regimes in the middle east have not fared well for the last year and a half. and, believe me, they're aware of it. and it helps to come to negotiating table from a sense of legitimacy and credibili

hamas, the islamic movement allows farra to use the track only 90 minutes a day. hamas does not encourage sports and the palestinian authority does not help him much either. al farra goes through his paces as israeli fighter jets fly by. because of the limited amount of time on the track, he also practices on a beach. >> translator: it's difficult to train for the olympics in conditions like these, but i want to show the world that athletes from gaza can compete with the best. >> he's coached physically and mentally. abu marra was an olympic athlete himself, the first pal standin to compete in the games. in 1996 he ran in the 10,000-meter race in the atlanta olympics. >> translator: al farra is the symbol of palestine. his success would be a symbol of the crowd. we'll all be cheering him on. >> reporter: al farra is getting ready for the upcoming olympics with his help. >> translator: my dream is to stand on the winner's podium as the palestinian flag is raised and for palestine to be recognized as an independent state. >> reporter: that recognition means so much

hamas leader ismail haniya gave officials his approval monday to move forward. both sides agreed last year to hold joint elections but preparations have been delayed over the interim government's lineup and other disagreements. >>> chinese leaders are trying to keep things calm as they head toward a leadership shuffle this fall. protesters in guangdong province encouraged others, when they started winning concessions from government officials. now, communist party leaders are weighing more demands for political and social reforms. nhk world's kazutoshi ishii reports. >> reporter: last september, protesters took to the streets in wukan village. it lies in the eastern part of guangdong province. some protesters attacked the local government building and clashed with police. the residents were angered by government corruption. protesters say the local officials seized about 1,300 hectares of farmland. they add that the government sold it illegally to developers. one of the protest leaders died in custody. locals say he died from police violence. the death intensifi

we've made to concern about the greelts of fattah and hamas that were announced in doha. our policy on hamas has not changed. it is designated as a foreign terrorist organization. and to play any role in achieving peace and building an independent state it must renounce violence, recognize israel and adhere to previous agreements. we believe that president abbas remains committed to these principals and he has told us that any government he leads will remain committed to them, too. president obama has also made clear that there will be no lasting peace unless israel's security concerns are met. period. to summerize, the u.s. government has done more to ensure israel's security under the president's leadership than under any previous administration. from providing record level security assistance that is saving lives to leading vigorous diplomacy that is defending israel at the u.n. to championing sanctions against iran our record is rock solid. based in my own firsthand experience working these issues day in and day out, i can assure you that israel's security is at the t

palestinian rivals hamas and fatah have finally agreed a new timetable for power sharing deal saying tails leaders of the two parties forming an interim government within ten days the new joint cabinet will prepare for a genuine election in six months and earlier this year the fatah leader abbas and hamas supreme had agreed in cairo on reconciliation but that deal wasn't implemented due to political controversy the long awaited political unity may help palestinians to protect their national interests this week they remember to the hundreds of thousands displaced after the creation of the state a razor all in one nine hundred forty eight. policy and now reports even some palestinian families are being literally walled off from their land. a lonely house on a hilltop tells the whole story of palestinian plots of land passed on through the generations now under threat i don't write the number i don't when i want my ground and for his insistence omar's paying the price is small property is on the wrong side of the wall a tale of is building between israel and the palestinians and where w

and that hamas won them. and that was not such a good thing. and that is a dilemma. i have not yet fully worked out. as to what to do -- when elections are going to bring about -- negative consequences. so i think it does call not for a, just, oh, let's be for it. but to give serious thought to what is involved. >> could the u.s. have steered the outcome of what is happening in egypt in a different direction with different policies early on in the revolution? >> that's hard to say. and hard to say in retrospect. let alone at the time. i was a little forward leaning policy there. but i agree with barney on this one. this is a tough foreign policy choice. you find splits in both parties and among different groups, most of the foreign policy communities in how, just as a practical matter on how to handle this, how much influence we have. i am part of the anti-saudi arabia wing of the republican party. i will totally agree that is a very minority view in both parties. there seems to be something about the saudis that causes people when they get into power to really decid

after meeting with afghan president hamas' karzeid obama it makes the transition will be challenging>> the loss of life continues in afghanistan there will be hard days ahead >>> france's new president pledged to bring his troops on this year but leaders say that does not affect the mission >>> there is a rush for the exits we are committed to our operation in afghanistan and see it through >>> the war increasingly unpopular with protesters calling for nato to be disbanded >>> they are the machinery for death and destruction >>> thousands of officers preparing for months to handle security for the summit. their goal is to facilitate peaceful protest but to make arrests for criminal activity. police say the protest is relatively peaceful but officers in riot gear did clash with the small group at the end of sunday's march police arrested several people and drag him away in handcuffs. karen brown cbs news chicago >>> a contra costa county supervisor lost her battle with ovarian cancer. she served 16 years on the board of supervisors and spent 19 years on the lafayette city council. she

are not sure hamas people have traveled to a violent and if your they're doing a restaurant to rent and since not really obvious. you to think about a more lackluster and driving from here to los angeles that's the link of the country. about 300 mi.. and in some places tenor 20 mi. wide. sort of like most of our morning commute said there would be like going from one set of the country east to west. >>> alexei for example going from the ocean in san francisco across the bay bridge toll not creek. >>> so that's it's and i think oftentimes when i talk with people that travel from here to israel for the first time that really hits you. his stand on one mountainous the half the country and to the neighboring countries and that's when you get it. >>> you brought up other similarities to northern california in terms of the economy in their summit other similarities at the other people don't fully realize between american life of life in northern california and the state of israel of a cultural level. as a vibrant community and the entire state of israel and have believed that more recently vo

after meeting with afghan president hamas' karzeid obama @ meds the transition will be challenging. >>> the loss of life continues in afghanistan >>> france's new president pledged to bring his troops home this year but later said that does not affect the mission. >>> we are committed to our operation in afghanistan and see it through to successful end. >>> the war is increasingly unpopular and protesters called for nato to be disbanded >>> they are the machinery for death and destruction all over >>> thousands of officers have been preparing for months to handle security the police superintendent it says the goal is to facilitate peaceful protest but mike arrest for criminal activity. police said the protests are relatively peaceful. officers in riot gear did clash with a small group of activist at the end of sunday's march police arrested several people dragging him away in handcuffs karen brown cbs news chicago >>> evidence suggest they are pushing the limit dozens of times the report says pg&e has pushed the limit on pipeline pressure more than 100 times since san bruno. the bread

palestinians were forced from their hamas last year. in most cases, israel said they failed to get permits to build. life is pretty basic. with homes cut into the rocks. but the families are threatened with eviction. the israeli army once an area for a firing zone. -- wants the area. one man says the israeli bulldozers will have to bury him alive if they come here. but some have already lost their livelihood. this was a palestinian restaurant near bethlehem. a few days after israeli forces flattened it earlier this month, the owner showed me what was left. 12 years? >> yes. >> and now? finished. >> yes. >> the israeli government says he did not have a permit. >> i do know and other countries, people build restaurants without the proper authorization. bureaucracy takes its time, and after a few years -- their business. >> israel says it is demolishing some illegal businesses put up by jews, but what is infuriating is while it is impossible for them to build on land like this, the settlements continue to grow, and in just about every othe

syrian tanks and armored vehicles opened fire on several neighborhoods in the city of hamas killing dozens people. the united nations estimates syrian troops have killed poor than 9,000 people since last march. meantime, in north korea, a severe drought threatening to ruin crops and push more north koreans to the brink of starvation. it appears the united states and south korea will not be sending any food aid because the communist regime continues to build rockets and work towards tests of nuclear weapons. we are told that north korea has had little rain for more than a month and that it could be the worst drought in three deck case. in the 1990s the famine killed hundreds of thousands of people. the u.s. has supplied aid in the past. as you recall, north korea last month attempted to launch a new rocket. it failed. blew up after liftoff and crashed into the sea. recent satellite images have also shown a lot of the work at what's believed to be north korean nuclear testing sites. well, you think unpacking after a trip is tough? try doing it in zero gravity 250 miles above the earth. astro

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