not one against the hamas.srael called a teleconference to pick them up and bring them to our hospitals but the world doesn't know anything about that. is in that fantastic? the world never hears we are the light of human rights in the middle east. the question for you, congressman west, is what can the american leadership do to bring the truth about israel to america? >> you must recognize information is part of national powers. it is a. it is the don imus theory. four elements of the nation's power. military and economic. how many people here have a cellphone? how many people here have a black married? how many have a computer? everyone here is a media source. everyone here can get the message out. if you put it out to an e-mail list it just goes down. we can't wait for a certain media to take this as a mantle. we have to do ourselves. that is the great thing about the 20 first century. we need to get that story out and get it promulgated all across not just israel or the united states but the world. they say

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these men are from the popular resistance, a militant group affiliated to hamas.srael accuses them of firing mortars and rockets at israeli towns. they don't deny it. in a gaza safe house, i have been brought to meet one of the fighters. it is our right, he says, to resist israeli occupation with any means we choose. on the israeli side of the fence, things look different. the rocket fire from gaza is draining israeli patience. >> recently we seen an increase in the number of shooting events launching rockets toward israeli homes, israeli towns, israeli citizens. the goal was clear to target as many israelis as possible. we in the -- we won't tall rate the situation like this. >> january 2009, israeli's air force is pounding gaza city. operation cost led left 1 1/2 thousand gazans dead. this is what the israeli air force left behind the last time they were here two years ago. this used to be the interior ministry, the heart of the hamas government in gaza. another war here now would be a disaster for hamas and its top leadership has told us that they're doing ever

dead many of them civilians israel said it was responding to palestinian rocket attacks and targeted hamas militants but their phones have jury worldwide condemnation because of the huge number of civilian casualties israel's blockade of gaza after hamas which it believes is a terrorist group took control of this trip in two thousand and seven so then aid has been restricted and rarely reaches its destination as pulis here has been finding out. israelis insist the economic siege on gaza is easing but they can't deny the. order and international condemnation is heating up and asian aid convoy with politicians and activists from eighteen countries is on its way to gaza on border one hundred eighty people food and medical supplies and a determined core to reach gaza on the second anniversary of the last israel gaza war the convoy dubbed asia to gaza solidarity caravan sits sail from new delhi at the beginning of december it's trying to do what an aide for till a failed to do in may break the israeli blockade on the coastal strip that earlier attempt left nine activists did since then israel i

launched an airstrike in northern and central gaza that's according to the israel defense force and hamas palestinian officials claim two people were injured meanwhile protests have swept across gaza this week as it marks two years since a military offensive by israel the three week war left more than a thousand palestinians dead many of them civilians israel said it was responding to palestinian rocket attacks and targeting hamas militants but the offensive jury was wide condemnation because of the huge number of civilian casualties israel blockaded gaza after hamas that he believes is a terrorist group took control of the trip in two thousand and seven says that in the eight has been restricted and really really really reaches its destination of course here has been finding out. israelis insist their economic siege on gaza is easing but they can't. deny the border and international condemnation is heating up an asian aid convoy with politicians and activists from eighteen countries is on its way to gaza on border one hundred eighty people food and medical supplies and a determined core

zero backs hamas and they're interested in leaking these documents you have. who have a you know staged approach to kind of getting rid of israel and therefore you really have a conflict between two ways to kind of get rid of israel and israel showed itself as being a tough negotiator that's why we do it in the middle east but i want to agree with my colleague omar that i really think that american involvement is not a good idea what i don't understand is why omar says now let's use the americans on our side i say forget it let's push the west let's have direct negotiations discussions between the tribe of the jewish people the tribe of the arab peoples we are middle eastern peoples we are really cousins we are related we don't need the west again. i think that they are not interested in regional news and i'm going to tired of the borders has not all these countries and this whole you know new occasional market i see it when i go to you know i mean one of the biggest problems is one of the right if i could go to. mars about people who one piece on both sides v

now you are with the europeans who also sponsor hamas. your family. unfortunately. throughout history religion and nationalism not just judaism have been a part of the problem they've been part of what leads to. bloodshed. and. countless from my point of view desecrations of god's name. the judaism that i grew up with. teaches me something different judaism has to be part of the solution. when i first spent time here. and started to realise that the vast majority of religious jews in this country understands judaism in a way so different from what i learned from my rabbis and my teachers my parents my family. you know there were times there are times when maybe i'm the crazy one but then you go back to the sources and you see what's there. and. now it is true of course that if you look in the bible you cannot escape the fact that god. promises the entire land of israel including the west bank the occupied territories to the jewish people in perpetuity but that same good local theology makes very clear you see that in the bible you see it in the prophets and the tora

the current liquor license is what hamas is being transferred to -- mr. crawford knows -- the current liquor license is what? it is being transferred to what? >> it is 21. a >> off premises? >> right. comissioner sugaya: if we have a situation where the license is going to be changed and the change means hard liquor part will no longer be allowed, is that correct? so it seems to me in some ways we are not really adding a liquor license or a liquor store. we are transferring an existing situation into what currently seems to be from testimony and from the mayor's office of successful grocery store at this point, and at the same time an -- account of the number of liquor licenses in the tenderloin will remain the same, but the type of liquor licence changes so we will half -- it will not be the situation we currently have. it will be less of an issue, at least in my mind. the number of people also testified at the previous corner store but there were lots of people hanging around, and with the closure of the store, they all disappeared and went over to the

the cease fire with hamas, for instance, was holding. the ceasefire in 2008 was holding until it was violated on november 4th of of that year by israel which led to the deterioration of the cease fire and then the gaza war. so under international law israel still has to end its occupation. >> host: phyllis bennis has been our guest on in depth. once again, here is her list of book withs. beginning in 1990 with "stones to statehood." edited two books. "calling the shots" was published in 2000." before and after," 2003. "challenging empire" she wrote in 2006, and then she began a primer series published in 2009 and 2010. here are the four: "understanding the palestinian-israeli conflict," "ending the iraq war," quality and ending -- ending the u.s. war in afghanistan." if you go to

when you have democratic agreement that brings power to hamas we condemn it. so we have this often hypocritical relationship to the whole question of democracy. we make face that challenge again in egypt. with a mayor even face it in tunisia. >> this is not causing america to fall, these are arabs themselves who are taking the initiative and they are trying to bring about change. and the worse thing we can do is try to make this about us. so i think the administration is walking a very fine line and doing a good job with it so far, trying to support the protesters and at the same time not inserting themselves into the middle of a very fluid and very dynamic situation. >> charlie: and we conclude with sir anthony hopkins about actx act -- acting and about the jesuit faith. >> i said i was thinking about going to church and he said why. think very carefully before you do that. he said what's your problem. i said i feel lost in joining the human race. >> charlie: a look at the unrest in the middle east and a conversation with the legendary actor when we continue.

the underground opposition there, and if they gain power, that will strengthen the hamas in gaza. ho hamas is known as the egyptian brotherhood, another fear that the egyptian revolt could spread to the palestinians in the west bank. so far it's been quiet. in tunisia, the people forced the government to flee, now anti-government protests in other countries are scaring their leaders. in yemen, algeria, lebanon, jordan. analysts compare the egyptian riots to the fall of the berlin wall, a game-changing moment that has removed the barrier of fear. longterm resentment, poverty, corruption is boiling over. >> people are suffering more and more, and the situation is going down the drain. >> reporter: an ominous warning in jordan. the jordanian muslim brotherhood warned the unrest in egypt could spread across the middle east and align with the united states could be toppled. >> martin, you have lived there, how shocking are all these developments as you watch them >> reporter: kate, actually, not really so shocking, you know? there has been so much discontent among so many for so long i

hamas hamas in gaza.enforcing the empargo on hamas in gaza coming through tunnels and elsewhere. what happens if egypt drops out of that? >> before we begin, there's been a lot of talk about the egyptian government stopping the feed of al jazeera. what is the status of that? what do you think that says about the way that the government there is trying to monitor the freedom of information? >> obviously, the offices of al jazeera in cairo have been shut down. the satellite owned by the egyptians, on whose freak sis al jazeera has traditionally broadcast has been switched off. this is a classic example of a government in the region going in one way and its people going in another way, as far as coverage is concerned. we've heard the story about al jazeera from previous governments. i don't want to make too much propaganda. for al jazeera. let me just say, el gentleman zeer el al jazeera is an imperfect medium in an imperfect world. this is the story of a generation. al jazeera, despite its imperfection, has

is locked itself into these positions hamas is a fact in palestine has more lies of fact in lebanon the muslim brotherhood may be a factor in egypt and the islamist party in tunisia is probably going to be a fact if we refuse to talk to these then we're painting ourselves into a corner corner we're not going to have a middle east policy worth anything if we stick to these old policies. and as north africans continue to take to the streets houses unexcelled russia takes a look at similar events from the not so distant past. georgio two thousand and three. and ukraine two thousand and four. cutest on two thousand and five. and egypt twenty eleven i think these are all completely different revolts well think again and not only because they're raised fist was one of their symbols if you look more closely you look at the people who are leading those are being coached in the they're being coached by u.s. intelligence services the same way the orange revolution was an in ukraine or the roles revolution was talking freely and in georgia a string of revolutions some bloodless some north to rock

of the huge number of civilian casualties israel blockaded girls after it came under the control of hamas in two thousand and seven a group it regards as a terrorist organization since then aid has been rigorously restricted and rarely has its destination as full a slip has been finding out. israelis and so spin economic siege on gaza is easing but they can't deny the border and international condemnation is heating up and asian aid convoy with politicians and activists from eighteen countries is on its way to gaza m border one hundred eighty people food and medical supplies and a determined core to reach gaza on the second anniversary of the last israel gaza war the convoy dubbed asia to gaza solidarity caravan sits sail from new delhi at the beginning of december it's trying to do what an aid for turner failed to do in may break the israeli blockade on the coastal strip that earlier attempt left nine activists did since then israel insists things have gotten better there is a humanitarian analysis that we are making on a daily basis which allow us to see a broad picture about the humani

i think clearly that's what we're going to see in in coming days in which hamas is going to to rally behind these cables in so far as demonstrating that they are the legitimate form of resistance for the palestinians and and this serves as confirmation that the palestinian authority is actually a very effective tool of israeli occupation itself now again what is shocking about this is not and not necessarily the palestinian authority's position but it's that israel has shown through these cables that it is not ready for an equitable two state solution with the palestinians and that it has absolutely no desire in splitting up drusilla and other territories and that it would maintain it would prefer to maintain the status quo the deadly status quo of occupation that we've had since one thousand nine hundred sixty seven. all right john mr joseph dana bash joining us live from jerusalem thank you. thank you now back to our breaking news this hour here on r.t. there's been a blast at moscow's don't know yet over airport in the international arrivals hall there are reports of at least two

israel began a devastating offensive on to the area israel launched massive and ground strikes and hamas targets in two thousand and eight killing more than a thousand people israel says it was responding to palestinian rocket attacks. but it drew worldwide condemnation because of the huge number of civilian casualties israel's blockade of gaza after they came under the control of hamas in two thousand and seven a group it regards as a terrorist organization says that aid has been rigorously restricted and rarely reaches its destination as our porous here has been pointing out. israelis insist their economic siege on gaza is easing but they can't deny the border and international condemnation is heating up and asian aid convoy with politicians and activists from eighteen countries is on its way to gaza i'm border one hundred eighty people food and medical supplies and a determined core to reach gaza on the second anniversary of the last israel gaza war the convoy dubbed asia to gaza solidarity caravan sits sail from new delhi at the beginning of december it's trying to do what an aide fo

aren't always here to buy it's been four years since israel imposed siege on gaza to try and break hamas of support and with no sign that life will get better any time soon most gazans have the eyes on the sea and their hope on the next. policy r.t. israel and we've planted up online here's what you'll find it on t. dot com today as i say any of the to say they've hit the jackpot by converting to the euro they can pass through. the struggling aren't there. and check out this guy is the liberation of the venue here with the international space station and kerry's message for all of us. now from new zealand to moscow from sydney to seattle twenty eleven was actually in with fireworks and celebrations by millions of people around the world. i. i it got off to a running start in new zealand as spectators packed into harbor to enjoy the huge display then moved further west to australia where celebrations went off with a bang as sydney's now traditional spectacular fireworks lit up the sky like spectators call their money's worth the twelve minute show was the largest there since the display w

papers very carefully it's the israelis and the palestinian authority basically trying to undermine hamas a good a great deal of it it talks about that there and in some of the very nasty activities on the part of american intelligence british intelligence as well i mean what do the palestinians have to do now because when i pointed out you know maybe the palestinian authority will come out on top on this and i tend to think not and considering now i will invoke the greater middle east considering tunisia egypt and other places the palestinians deserve better like so many other people in the in the arab world don't we need now to pursue an election a new election for a new leadership among palestinians that include gaza and get a leadership that can actually speak about the right because i mean even during these papers with the right of return the palestinian negotiators just threw that away as well i mean we need to get a new slate a real government real negotiators they can really express the interest under international law and the palestinians. look at may very well be actually time f

hamas is not very popular, even having won the election. the muslim brotherhood in egypt is a very organized force and would likely play some role in the government. there are some democratic alternatives. perhaps a role for the military to play, as well, to immediately fill the vacuum. but, yeah, some real periods of uncertainty here and that's what happens. the question is, what is the united states really able to do about it at this point? this has really sprung up. this is a real movement and it may be too late to go back. >> well, incredible ramifications of what's happening a world away from us. david gregory, i know you'll be talking about it on "meet the press." here's jenna. >>> the uprising comes on a wave of protests across the middle east, protest that could alter the stability of the entire region. martin fletcher is our veteran middle east correspondent and the author of "walking israel." good morning. >> good morning. >> you know israel has to be standing by watching everything that happens very, very closely. egypt is the fi

on hamas and not civilians but how is it possible to do that can you actually do that so you can have on the organizational one hand the not affect people who are elected on the other. well i mean i think it's quite clear israel can prevent weapons from coming in and it can prevent persons from entering israel from gaza if it has reasonable grounds to believe they present a security risk but it has to separate between its attempts to prevent hamas from acquiring weapons and the rights of people inside gaza to lead normal lives you have to remember israel controls gaza's borders and that control creates obligations when you control a civilian population you're responsible for their rights and the law of occupation says that even under circumstances of security risks you have to allow people to lead normal lives so students need to be able to travel from gaza to the west bank in order to study families need to be able to travel back and forth in order to be to be reunited with each other and merchants in gaza have a right to sell their goods outside of gaza israel can certainly inspect

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now typically when this happens the israeli officials condemn hamas for these attacks.ut there are other groups that launch these rockets against the israeli civilians like palestinian islamic jihad whih is also supported by iran as the governor noted earlier. it turns out the palestinian islamic jihad was upset hamas was getting all the credit for this tax. as we started writing messages to the israelis on each rocket to make sure that it was attributed to their group and not hamas. surely an interesting way to assert yorubaland the command and claimed market share. in addition to kuran's programming and support for terrorism, a third topic heteros on the trip was the nature of the islamic republic itself. frankly, less attention is paid to this topic these days. it seems international attention crested a few years ago with a grain movement when it seemed possible the democrat forces inside iran might actually topple the regime or at least fundamentally change the relationship between god, e state and the people. we all know what happened. the response to the governmen

the 17th will give $4,000 apiece and the 45 with minor hamas with minor damages will get $1,000 apiece. >> some families of probably doing well with the relationship with p g n e and their insurance adjusters. there are some, that are not. so they are struggling. we've heard of stories that there are families who do not have a job called on and this happened. this is very challenging to have to deal with these agencies. >> there is still $58,000 left in there that will be distributed on a case by case basis. what continues at half moon bay where surfers are waiting for to start after. surfbirds they were seriously injured well riding the waves that the maverick location. the national weather service has an advisory in effect helped 3:00 a.m., people are being warned to be careful. >> big waves about the only problem go or not weatherize around the bay area. this weather watch shows the camera loiter around as winds are gusting to 30 mi. an hour. the winter lighter at the service. the temperatures are going to be warm because of this. 69 degrees and not far right now. reading circle aro