and here after hamas and won elections in 2006, of years fighting erupted. he says he wanted to change with the election is held next year. mr. abbas is a fallback, says the prime minister, and there are major differences in policy, not least, how to deal with israel. >> hamas is a terror organization which is supported by iran. i have said many times the palestinian authority must decide between a pact with hamas and peace with israel. hamas and peace do not go together. >> after talks, president abbas has become frustrated with u.s. efforts. peace between palestinians seems his priority. >> many people are feared trapped in the rubble of a factory in the pakistani city of lahore following a gas explosion. at least 19 people are known to have died here again -- to have died. >> it is an arduous task to dig through the concrete rubble, but the rescue workers are doing just that. police say this factory was not properly registered and is illegal. the collapse is believed to have been caused by a gas explosion. some of those trapped inside were factory workers

hamas' standing in gaza is quite bad. one of the reason -- one of the things that i was -- one of the reasons i said before it would be quite something if the international community would -- but we all worked to help those palestinians who believe in nonviolence. i said before, think about the significance if the first election we've seen where they don't win is among palestinians. i think that would be quite remarkable. one of the things that you see happening right now in the region, i think there is a hunger for successful model. so some are looking at -- if they think about turkey, you know, if the palestinians came to embody a successful model because you look at what they're doing in the west bank that would be significant for the region and that applies to the isthmus. they'll all be dealing in a different universe now. this is not the same middle east. when i made the reference to people seeing themselves as citiz citizen, we shouldn't underestimate the significance of that. this is the region where people were a

also, and we have proofs that iran also is supporting hamas. so hamas, hezbollah, even in yemen also, they are involved. >> rose: the fear is they are sending them weapons and missiles, and yes and they are involved all over the place so we can see the hand and -- of iran all over the place, we are not fearing them but we want them to get off the back of the arab countries, becaus because e enough problems. >> rose: if nothing else succeeds in convincing iran not to build a nuclear weapon or have the capacity to build a nuclear weapon, would like to see the united states and israel do something, even military, militarily? is that your opinion of the opinion of arab leaders? >> i think that the arab leaders, including saudi arabia, would like to have iran to be nuclear free for sure, definitely. now the question, were all the channels exhausted by the united states and the u.n.? i don't believe so. i believe sanctions have to be tightened and right now the united states successfully was able to get europe on board. >> rose: on the oil embargo. >

>> the reaction was very similar to previous reconciliation attempts by fatah and hamas.inister netanyahu criticized the deal by saying that president hosny is to choose between hamas and fatah. for israel and most of the international committee, they regard hamas as a charity -- terrorist organization. in the coming days, they might withhold tax revenues, which are collecting for the palestinian authority or other measures. in terms of israeli-palestinian relations, already very strained, this is a problematic deal. >> tanya, following this story from jerusalem, thank you very much. you're watching the "journal" here on dw. >> no a quick look at other news around the world. in china, they have barred its airlines from germany -- joining and eu's convicted charge for carbon emissions of from flights in and out of your, designed to tackle climate change. beijing calls it a trade barrier. the u.s., russia, and india have also questioned the schemes legality. non-complying airlines could face up the fines. >> a strong earthquake sent the people of manila running out into the

. >> unity for the palestinians, hamas and fatah agreed to share power. >> the hunt for dozens of people feared trapped in the rubble of a factory in pakistan. 50 years since he became the monarch, queen elizabeth. >> we're broadcasting to viewers on pbs in america and around the world. welcome to "newsday." >> homs has suffered a sustained bombardment by government forces. the heaviest assault since the uprising began last year. the united states has closed the embassy in damascus. there are few international journalists inside syria. their report includes some distressing images. >> daybreak in homs, the artillery fire was just beginning. he steered magellan to safety. -- gently to safety. and as part of the city, it is the worst they have in george. -- endured. god is great, he shouts in defiance. we are hearing impact every few seconds. in reply, you can also hear a little bit of fire. it is a few tiled gesture. -- if your child jester. eyewitnesses say a field clinic was hit. -- futile gesture. over several days of this, most of the casualties have been civilians. the houses do not

hamas it's standing in gaza is quite dead. one of the things i was, one of the reasons i said before it would be quite something if the international community we all work to help validate those palestinians who believe in nonviolence. i said before think about the significance in the first election we have seen where the islam is don't win is among the palestinians. i think i would be quite remarkable. one of the things that you see happening right now in the region, think there's a hunger for a successful model so some are looking at, they think about turkey. you know, if the palestinians came to embody a successful model, because you look at what they are doing on the west bank, that would be quite significant i think for the region. and, you know that applies to the islamist. they are all going to be dealing in a different universe now. this is not the same middle east and when i made the reference to people seeing themselves as citizens we shouldn't underestimate the significance of that. this is a region where people wer

i think that the deal for hamas. it was done to get back shalit and there was a fear that they might lose the opportunity to get back shalit, and the israeli government and the israeli military has a compact with every one of their citizens that everybody goes into the military and something happens and they will do everything it takes to get you back. so that explains the deal, but the fact is it had a validating effect which is one of the reasons i'm suggesting, if you're going have elections this year and a step was taken by consequence, you need to take steps to validate the other narrative. i don't think there's even a tacit. this government does not want to bolster hamas as a fact of life and they've done, if you had a representative sitting here, you would say they did a great deal to enhance, the reason that the economy for the palestinians have done a lot better is because they've done a lot to ease the restrictions and ease the mobility to make that possible. what i'm suggesting is to take it a step further

. >> after talks with, chiefs -- with hamas chiefs, mr. abbas as agreed to lead a new unity government for both the west bank and gaza. >> we did not sign this agreement for the mere sake of signing. we would implement the recommendations and any other aspects, regardless of the hurdles and problems we were surrounded by. >> we are serious about amending the old wounds and closing the chapters of division in order to achieve reconciliation on the ground. >> palestinians have been crying out for political reconciliation for years, but the division between fattah and hamas has been bitter and sometimes violent. fierce fighting erupted, with fattah eventually being forced from gaza and left to govern only the west bank. mr. abbas says that he wants that to change, with long overdue in elections to be held later this year. "mr. abbas is really a fallback choice as prime minister at the two sides disagree and there remain major differences in policy between fattah and ham as, not least how to deal with israel. >> they strive to destroy the stat

secondly i don't think the muscle as we in the most extreme of the leaders of the hamas he's also on record as saying that he's a temporary ready to accept a palestinian state in temporary bulldoze which is something which moves in its significance through a first step in recognizing the fact that the state of israel is here to study and find highly of me thank you very much for joining us here on our team thank you. from los angeles to chicago to birmingham twenty trauma centers have closed since two thousand severe problem is not enough inpatient beds not enough urgency department beds and not enough nurses to man those deaths to take care of all the people who are the only real health care system that we have in the city of los angeles is the los angeles fire department in fact when i started my venture is a firefighter i didn't want to be a mass and i started out running just do firefighting it's about eighty two percent of what we do the farther problem this medical was that a rescue couple weeks ago waited four hours for i've waited sometimes three hours i was it's a same franc

with everything happening, including the hamas reconciliation and the syrian thing and obviously iran being the great exten chal threat, why is it that israel can't do what seems to be a relatively obvious and easy thing to position itself well for the coming crises, which is cut a deal with the palestinians? >> well, it's always easier to say cut a deal with the pal tin yans than it actually is to cut such a deal with the palestinians. because it ultimately does take two to be able to do any deal. but you're asking a question that itself is -- begs for context. i know that context is my middle name. my mother didn't know that when she named me, but it actually is my middle name. so let me -- let me try to set some context. because i think the question is a very important one in terms of trying to understand how the israelis may be looking at a region that suddenly looks like the following. if you're sitting in jerusalem, you look at egypt and you see what is basically the rise of the muslim brotherhood. an organization that is not by any shape or form likely to be friendly towards is

i will judge hama from their acts. when they say they will accept the land of 67, what it means, who is on the other side. noisrael so that means they don't want to wipe them out they want a border which is recognized by the security council and the united nations. yet now the israelis doesn't move after that. from madrid negotiations optimism go up and down up and down. and everybody knows what is the end game. what is the duty, what is the duty of the israeli to give the land of 67. but if we are going as i always say they want to make a discounted on it and they want to take peace from here and peace from here, no one could sign. even if you or me and the palestinian side, we cannot find because it's not belong to us, it belongs to all the people of the palestinian side. imagine if we say no, we need 67 but we need also a little bit from israel. we talk nonsense. nobody can talk about th. then why you talk about the land of 67. that's the problem which the ips ra --i rely. they have to take it from their mind. the n

spring weekend -- the arab spring has weakened hamas' influence.has not changed iran's military capabilities or its military options, but it has allowed some of the arab leaders to come in a more aggressive way with a more forgiving public opinion. i am talking about finding a silver lining in this cloud. i would say right now, as's -- hamas's influence is reduced and from a counter-terrorism pointed the. i would like to go back to where i started. i will conclude there. this is a snapshot. if things remain where they are today, iran's influence is reduced and we have a better way of managing the the iran ideological hegemony. what happens in israel is essential. -- what happens in syria is essential. the direction of the arab spring, where it is going, who will be in charge at the end of the day, is it anti american, how we in the united states approaches -- approach to these new relations. iran has always been much more flexible in its ability to support its friends in the region. after the 11 on war as we were -- after the lebanon war, they were

-- hezbollah and hamas to, i don't know, attack israel? >> they don't have any capacity to sustain real action without iran and syria behind them. >> we have seen a lot of that in the middle east in the last year or two, whether it is iraq, egypt, libya. the results are not always good. >> but if that is what your principal is, you will end up with nothing in foreign policy. you have to take chances and make choices. >> a $25 billion mortgage settlement with five of the nation's biggest banks. >> we have reached a landmark settlement with the nation's largest banks that will speed relief to the hardest-hit all waters and some of the most abusive practices of the mortgage industry, and begin to turn the page on an era of recklessness that has left so much damage in its wake. >> this is a $25 billion settlement with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that took place after the housing bubble burst. 10,000 goes to mortgage payments for underwater homeowners paid 11 million homeowners are under water. this does not go

spring weekend hamas' influence.litary options, but it has allowed some of the arab leaders to come in a more aggressive way with a more forgiving public opinion. i am talking about finding a silver lining in this cloud. i would say right now, as's influence is reduced and from a counter-terrorism pointed the. i would like to go back to where i started. i will conclude there. this is a snapshot. if things remain where they are today, iran's influence is reduced and we have a better way of managing the the iran ideological hegemony. what happens in israel is essential. the direction of the arab spring, where it is going, who will be in charge at the end of the day, is it anti american, how we in the united states approaches -- approach to these new relations. iran has always been much more flexible in its ability to support its friends in the region. after the 11 on war as we were -- and both scenarios present a potentially dangerous threat. an attack on israel or the united states could go one way and potentially cre

said deal was not done to validate hamas. it did have that effect but there was a fear they could lose that andy israeli government has a compact with their recent decision if you go into the military if something happens they will do everything that it takes to get you back. so that explains the deal but the fact is that it had the effect of the hamas narrative. you have the elections this year and steps were taken although not by design but the consequence to validate that narrative you have to take steps to validate the other narrative for our don't think, this government does not want to bolster hamas. if we had a representative sitting here they would say they spend a great deal to enhance the economy but it has done better because they have eased restrictions and mobility to make that possible. but i suggest to take that step further. when you look he makes his occupation palatable but i say no he makes the occupation and. what i want to see your steps to see the occupation shrinking as those who vowed to eight -- to va

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>> well, the problem with fata hamas. you have mahmoud,, and you have the prime minister, former imf leader and very welsh thought of in the west, and then you have ania, the leader of hamas, and the two sides, as much as we heard talk of them uniting in recent weeks, the gap between what they believe is enormous, and the hamas still does not accept the right of israel to exist, and so i think there's an open question about who is the leader of the palestinian people and who -- certainly hamas has shown no signs of wanting to negotiate with israel, and the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu said recently to abass, if you do a deal with hamas, there's no more talking. so these are the issues they're grappling with right now. >> we have time for one more question. [inaudible question] >> hadas, i had the most extraordinary room with a view looking over the old city to give birth to both our daughters. very special place. >> okay. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> coming up next, of words, an

it's even worse egypt when they go tremendous changes egypt will stand behind hamas one day hamas may attack israel as it did in the. two thousand and eight the question is how would egypt react to such a conflict that i think is an imminent threat iran is not an imminent threat. but could also be an imminent threat some believe is the situation in syria which seems to go from bad to worse with every passing day. centralism in the mess because. of the presence of terrorist groups that may operate the good steve israel meanwhile israel's most placid neighbor jordan may seem to be a bedrock of stability but experts say that isn't so because the media the neighbor to be used it's a country that israel has a peace relationship with it also has the longest border with and i think it is most vulnerable to. destabilizing influences from almost everywhere else spillover from syria spillover from iraq there are very serious problems and jordan one look at the map is enough to show that israel's position in the real. could be described as potentially problematic at best however israeli authorit

they named friday "forgive us hama." so they are talking about hama in 1982 and now it's homs in 2012, 30 years apart. i think there is a big difference. i think one t one noticeable difference... in ha hama the regime battled the muslim brotherhood and most of the society stood aside. they didn't like the muslim brotherhood, they were queasy about the regime. hafez assad wasn't so bad. people saw him as the best of a bad lot. this is very different. this is a population that has risen against a despot. it's an ethnic issue, as josh has said, it's an alawi government battling... it's a sunni opposition to an allawi government. but what we now see the siety as reject bad sharr al-assad. he's add war with his country in a way that his father wasn't. >> rose: have they rejected him in favor of anything other than getting rid of him? >> the future. >> rose: and who will shape the future? go ahead. tom. >> fouad, a question. do you think there is this muslim brotherhood element underneath the rock that we haven't seen in the

palestine's two rival factions islamised hamas and secular fatah have reached a deal to form a joint interim government ava agreed it will be led by palestinian president mahmoud abbas before the general parliamentary and presidential votes the deal brokered by kateri is seen as a major step toward reconciliation between opposing groups after more than four years of separate governments in the west bank and gaza israel's prime minister slammed the agreement saying palestine has abandoned the path to peace. and in the wake of suggestions that military action against iran is a growing possibility we speak of the former chief of israel's intelligence service for an inside view the interview coming up. i have mistaken for him before we hade israeli intelligence agency side mr halevi thank you very much for joining us here on our team a nuclear iran war with iran is there with the. yes there is a third option the third option is a non-nuclear iran with. an agreement and understanding with uranium it will not become nuclear. and that they will be reintroduced into the family of nations fro

first of all i'm not sure hamas will have a new leader. certainly i don't think the show has been the most extreme of the leaders of the hamas he's also on record as saying that he's willing temporarily to accept a palestinian state in temporary borders which is something which moves in its significance to a first step in recognizing the fact that the state of israel is here to stay my view is and i know this is not the view which is shared by the government of israel at the moment that ultimately we will have to deal with the actors the way they are and i think the potential of finding ways and means of dealing with them in a way which will not injure the basic interests of israel i find thank you very much for joining us here on our team thank you. for you. know we. see you tomorrow. if you want to have sex go and have sex. well. technology innovation all the latest developments around russia we've. covered from los angeles to chicago to birmingham twenty trauma centers have closed since two thousand severe problem is not enough inpatien