hamas. >> and whose backing in the gambit. uae and egypt has been close to-- previously and so on. what was he counting on in terms of support? >> i think that-- i wouldn't be able to directly say, but i think my reading of the situation and my assessment of the situation, there-- if he was able to present himself as a secular palestinian authority, that is able to take control of the gaza strip and west bank, then he would be able to have the support of countries such as saudi arabia. and even as egypt and u. a d might fall into step if he was able to present a strong hand and demonstrate he's able to take control of the gaza strip. that backfired. what has resulted instead the uae continuing to support a possible successor to president abbas and egypt coming out more strongly than before in terms of support as a success serment egypt was probably seen as a country that could fall either way and it's now come out very clearly as a country that's supportive of him coming back into power. the

hamas is spying and remember hamas as a border with egypt. egypt is, of course, first priority is the war against what it sees as it general islamic group and from the israeli perspective one, on the right wing, it's an appealing alternative and an egyptian problem and let them solve it. why should there be any blocka blockade. with the flow through egypt's border. secondly, because they don't want to annoy. [inaudible] confessions to hamas is a top priority is not something israelis would do. not to mention all the other countries in the region. i'll try to be brief, i am talking too much. turkey are the outliers in the region and with turkey, the relations are, get it. we have my colleague just that the israeli targets relations have come back to normalcy, of course, the instigation for the big crisis was gaza and turkey still wants to play an active role and has a lot more affinity towards hamas than many of the other regimes in the region. relations between israel and turkey were bad trade relationships were good and they are growing and

about after hamas? instead of fixating some pottery manage the situation in gaza so what are the underlying political drivers are to begin with? israel is the occupying straight -- state when we talk about how maas' not carrying is the occupying force they are still all occupied by israel that is in violation of international law regardless of what hamas thinks. the other thing i want to say is we can talk about hamas to be a terrorist organization but the fact of the matter is with that infrastructure and when the flares to what they support the resistance and they are legitimate with that determination so if that is sold lois wolf attack so instead of talking about this idea to the na difficult position in reality there would not be that situation. getting in line with american foreign policy so if there is any desire it is said to focus:hamas but to deal with that palestinian issue that still has international law supported by international law that israel continues to sidestep and circumvent. >> the

after hamas. so rather than fix agt on this idea of how do we -- you know, the zero sum game between fatah and hamas and how do we manage the situation in gaza, ensure security, we need to be thinking about what the underlying political drivers that give rise to organizations like hamas are to begin with. and the fact of the matter is israel is an occupying state and gaza is still under occupation. so when we talk about collective punishment and when you talk about hamas not caring for the people under its rule israel as an occupying force has a responsibility to people under occupation by it. the palestinians in gaza are still occupied by israel. and so this idea of collective punishment is actually in violation of international law to begin with from the side of the israelis, regardless of what hamas thinks about the people under its rule. the one other thing i want to say is we can talk about -- we can talk about hamas not caring about the people under its rule, we can talk about hamas being a

terms of israel's relationship with hamas and what it should read and israel does deal with hamas in gaza and let's don't pretend they don't. it's a zero, zero, zero contact with hamas has supported devastating terrorism inside israel and i would argue shooting missiles, shooting rockets into civilian areas is definitionally terrorist activity. that is not resistance. that is not self defense when you were just shooting things up and wondered where they were land and aiming them that is terrorism. that being said the fact that the west bank, the fact that gaza is under the control of hamas doesn't mean that the entire population of gaza is now guilty of being a terrorist or that it's legitimate or legal or moral to inflict collective punishment. we have been having this discussion since the plc election in mid-2000. hamas won those elections fair and square. i was on the ground. they won them fair and square not because they are holding guns of anybody's head. suddenly the palestinian people deserve whatever they get because hamas which by the ram ram -- by the way ran on the party o

>> initially, hamas was not happy with the u.n.ecretary-general because he had expressed, when he was in israel, support for israeli hostages held in gaza without expressing support for palestinian prisoners and they said he was unwelcome. however, today he wasn't addressing the hamas and he issued a list of demands, calling for an end to the blockade on the egyptian and israeli side. that was their list of demands. see u.n. schools, controversial, as you know, during the war, and he went to see other projects in the gaza strip and when he was standing at one of them, he said that this is one of the worst humanitarian crises he has seen and he did call on both sides to do something about sanctions, to lift the blockade, also calling on the palestinians and the west bank to help the gaza strip. that makes they humanitarian crisis for the people worse. guterres is giving a speech today and we haven't heard much from him over the three days of this trip. what do you think you will say today? >> he just completed speaking, i did not ma

she wears jeans and no headscarf, an exception in gaza, which is run by hamas and dominated by men. video claims to show everyday situations here in a comic life -- light. in this one, she plays a bride who is literally being measured upup by her future mother-in-la, like a cow at market. her hair and eyes are checked for quality. the role of the mother-in-law has to be p played by a male colleague. she is the only woman in gaza involved in making the skits, which always end with a small feminist rebellion. here, while the firmness of herr butt is being measured, the bride-to-be fights back. >> listen up. i don't want to get married. get lost, mother-in-law, and take your son with you. go! get lost! reporter: she shows us that a woman can have a strong personality, and needs to defend herself. the other family is more skeptical. -- other fan is more skeptical. >> i do not think we can change society and suddenly leave the house without a scarf. reporter: the actress had an experience similar to the one shown in the skit. during a break in filming, the woman, who studied law, tells u

body still but if we looked at this map just three weeks ago most of this area this is mostly the hama and homs provinces was controlled by islamic state as you can see the yellow bits this is where the kurds and the allies have made significant gains north of their resort but again these particular gains and territorial advances advances by the syrian army they were made possible thanks to several successful operations by the syrian government army backed by the russian air force and as you can see in this particular case just east of hama they were even able to encircle islamic state. well of course completely kicking. out of the province is a massive challenge indeed a tough one but of course the military commanders in syria are contemplating dad day when that can be done because this will really signal the final chapter of islamic state in syria. tensions remain high on the korean peninsula as the u.s. and found cool rare have started large scale joint war games it comes amid continuing anger from pyongyang prior to the drills north korea threatened a merciless strike and wounded w

body still but if we looked at this map just three weeks ago most of this area this is mostly the hama and homs provinces was controlled by islamic state as you can see the yellow bits this is where the kurds in the allies have made significant gains north of their resort but again these particular gains and territorial advance advances by the syrian army they were made possible thanks to several successful operations by the syrian government army backed by the russian air force and as you can see in this particular case just east of hama they were even able to encircle islamic state. well of course completely kicking state out of the their resort province is a massive challenge indeed a tough one but of course the military commanders in syria are contemplating god day when that can be done because this will really signal the final chapter of islamic state in syria meanwhile new witness accounts of refugees from rock the south proclaimed capital of islamic state in syria paint a worrying picture as the u.s. leaves the advance those who managed to flee the city describes what it was lik

strip suicide , a bomber detonated at the border crossing with egypt wednesday, killing a member of hamas and wounding several others. palestinian authorities said the bomber was a member of isis, which would mark the first time the group has targeted hamas inside the israeli-controlled territory. the violence came as gazans continue to suffer under extreme shortages of electricity brought on by israeli cutbacks supported by hamas's rival fateh party in the west bank. this is khan yunis resident muna abu nemr. >> there is no electricity. we barely get it for two hours and barely managed to charge our mobile phones. this is not a way to live. electricity for eight hours, and now it is two hours.s. what can we do i in two hours? amy: last month, the united nations warned israel's blockade and electricity cuts have made gaza unlivable for its more than 2 million residents. in washington, d.c., trade representatives of the u.s., canada and mexico openened talks wednesesday to regegotiate nafaa ---- the north a american free e agreement. the trump administration is pressing canada and mexico f

>> hamas a relationship has gone up and down a lot for iranians. they originally had a bad relationship but milliliter was beating with the foreign minister because of course, connected to the muslim brotherhood in the early phases of the war but the relationship with thomas never had ben as it was with hezbollah in lebanon there is a completely different strategic nature but it is extremely difficult the iranians would completely cut off hezbollah. it is far more instrumental but here's the important thing to understand. the objective of any final negotiations to establish a new equilibrium that states need to deal with states instead of dealing with the iranians that many others have done to have been on stage actors to be in competition with other states that weakens the states and what we see right now with that geopolitical environment that is a greater threat than almost any the iranians are just doing a better quite extensively usually the of wahhabi extremist organization the iranians have had their relationships between those strategic est

hamas is another wonderful group of humanitarians. he iran back to them. they are causing no end of death and destruction and the other thing i'd like to note is israel is a great ally. holy cow. let's get back to that again. we can go from having iran as an ally, israel as a friend to me at best under the obama administration to israel being our only true friend in the region and he iran being the enemy to peace in the region. i think -- just if we change nothing else but that thought process, i think we have established a much better and much more realistic world order. some of the other groups obviously, their backing and iran is the seas in yemen and there's a bit of a dangerous situation there because you have the gulf arab states, uae and the others and they're not helping the good guys but there helping less bad guys and against them but we have a shiite, sunni, scrap going on and this is dangerous and it's something we need to keep an eye on but the uranian influence is most important to united states is that iraq and syria and afghanistan. we have

in the cafes of jerusalem, out jerusalem's -- >> i think they support hamas and support terrorism.nk because of that they should be shot out of israel.l. only because of that. >> if the people are here with an agreement and to have got the right pieces to get into israel, theyey can express any opinion they want, even if it is at the -- if it is against what i think , and i really do not like al jazeera. reporter: it was business as usual, buses denied and -- the accused israel of riding g n ththe coattails of authoritarian nations. >> we will challenge this legally in the courts. because we believe i in our goal and we believeve in due process. that's the route we are going to go. reporter: the station is currently blocked in saudi arabia and other gulf states. kept our, -- sarah: some big investment is coming to the u.s. industrial heartland. reporter: taiwanese electronics giant foxconn has announced it is planning to build a multi-billion-dollar facility in michigan dedicated to developing self driving car. a week after the group announced it would invest $10 billion in wiscons

by russian fighter jets have surrounded islamic state terrorist nabi strategic town of acrobat in hama province russia has been did nothing as strikes in the area to destroy armored vehicles and heavy weapons and the terrorists who were trying to escape to their stronghold the city of dyer's or near the iraqi border we get more information now with the syringe earnestly but he joins us good afternoon or just run through forests how significant is this development. well it is a first it's good it comes as part of an ongoing course of events for the syrian army is advancing using a new tactic where instead of trying to take large areas of the desert they actually try to encircle role model areas of the desert and cut off supply lines going into these areas which will effectively cause the fighters of the radical group to either withdraw or actually put down the rope and surrender themselves allowing the army to move at a quicker pace than trying to control everything and this is as i said the last episode of success. as similar or similar to previous experiences. the past few months wher

supported by russian fighter jets have surrounded islamic state terrorists need the strategic bath in hama province russia has been conducting air strikes in the area to destroy vehicles and heavy weapons the terrorists were trying to escape to their stronghold of the city of daraa saw near the iraqi border. but he has the details from syria. well that is a first it's a good it's part of an ongoing course of events where the syrian army is advancing using a new tactic where instead of trying to take large areas of the desert they actually try to encircle large areas of the desert and cut off supply lines going into these areas which will effectively cause the fighters of the radical group to either with the throw or actually put down the rope and surrender themselves allowing the army to move at a quicker pace and this means now the tsunami is much closer than ever to the breaking. of the city of the sort of the city of the resort is the provincial capital of eastern syria because of a number of full siege by arson for over three years now most of the city is under the control of the syria

treatment they very much need now the opposition has also agreed to open a key road between homs and hama two major cities which was previously a stumbling block in those negotiations in total well there's over two thousand two thousand and ninety five in total to be precise towns and villages covered by these deescalation zones when the fourth one comes into play there will be even more so very much substantial progress here in facilitating a ceasefire in what's been some very difficult negotiations on these opposing sides . a journalist who worked with r.t. arabic became one of the latest casualties of the war in syria. died last week in charlayne near the homs province while filming a story on the syrian army's operations against islamic state and we now can bring you his final report and the testimony of his dedication to shutting light on the horrors of war as told by his camera man who was also caught up in the crossfire. you see this rig. the big one this. means we're filming. we came to the eastern countryside of homes called beggarly or with the army it was a place of direct conf

as ostrich parties were a by israel by egypt buys of hamas buys into our intel. region and nobody's doing nothing for it in this case and it's important for him to go there it's important for him. and so you went to do whatever the camp to really free to be the population gaza but don't want politically i don't see which kind of forty can playing. i mean this is a new man in the job i mean he was formerly the head of the u. nh c. out the refugee agency and he certainly didn't make any friends with the israelis when he was doing that. job eva but do you see possibly that they could be a chance that. this man because he's a he's a can do type of person that he is going to give you a f. a owns a portion of the two four fever mendicants out of lebanon which is very important for israel. and their right to ask for. a descent i'm alluding saying he has a dream. see an israeli and a palestinian there a state did a palestinian state being born and living. in peace and security a book said let's not forget that israel was born. as you wayne. the creation of israel was don

treatment they very much need now the opposition has also agreed to open a key road between homs and hama two major cities which was previously a stumbling block in those negotiations in total well there's over two thousand two thousand and ninety five in total to be precise towns and villages covered by these deescalation zones when the fourth one comes into play there will be even more so very much substantial progress here in facilitating a cease fire and what's been some very difficult negotiations on these opposing sides you know s.k. is director general has condemned the killing of a journalist working for r.t. arabic in syria in a statement today in a welcome added that the targeting of journalists in conflicts a. crime. problem as he was filming a story on the story and operations against the terror group. report. office dedication to highlighting the horrors of war in his native country as told by his cameraman who was also caught in the crossfire. and you see this red dot on the left not the big one this round see it's going to mean for filming. into the eastern countries i don'

treatment they very much need now the opposition has also agreed to open a key road between homs and hama two major cities which was previously a stumbling block in those negotiations in total well there's over two thousand or two thousand and ninety five in total to be precise towns and villages covered by these deescalation zones when the fourth one comes into play there will be even more so very much substantial progress here in facilitating a cease fire in what's been some very difficult negotiations on these opposing sides. thanks for joining us this evening here on auty international but the latest news headlines for you in half an hour. welcome to worlds apart just a few months ago the paris climate change deal was celebrated as a new model of international problem solving approach of president obama's consensus seeking tallent and the victory for side over immediately this occasion but now the president has effectively taken the united states all the deal without formal it denouncing it doesn't leave the others to discuss that i'm now i'm joined by eric stoltz james executive dire

political tension between the palestinian authority hamas and israel very reason rise in the number of requests that are being delayed or completely not allowed it's a mix of the rock receives security and political considerations israel by not allowing them to have the old elaine the answer to their request actually sentenced them to none treatment and in diseases like cancer every days and every week and that the person is missing especially one can be a death sentence for them this is also an israeli responsibility what is going on with the curfew on gaza that is more than a decade already and how it influences the level of the health services that is available within the gaza strip he said i can tell you the interest of fair and fair and balanced we've been in contact with both the israeli defense forces and the foreign ministry for their comments we've not heard anything but yet when we do we'll let you know what they're going to say about it. so much more though from a sorority dot com check of our society for a while back in half an hour the next live update here on our programs

for the assad regime who has gassed and murdered his own people in large numbers, the support for hamas, support for hezbollah and how that's created so much mayhem in the region for these houthi rebels in yemen, for example. a regime that caused so much human suffering already, to get them to moderate their behavior. they did the opt sit of that, intense tiesed their destabilizing behavior across the region. the president is strong about this when he says the main point to focus on is iran vie rate lated the spirit of the agreement. we crafted a strategy along with like-minded nations, allies, partners, to counter iran's destabilizing behavior. while we still aim to prevent, by whatever means necessary to do so, iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> i don't like the agreement. a lot of people don't like the agreement. the president doesn't like the agreement. but if we leave precipitously without a legitimate reason to do so, won't that undermine our ability to make other agreements in other places? is that what's holding us in there even though they're violating the spirit of it? >

hate filled graffiti has been sprayed outside twitter's offices in the german city of hama but it's not the work of political extremists it's instead part of a stunt to highlight the abundance of offensive posts on twitter the company's seeming reluctance to tackle it the artist behind the action used real tweets of racist anti-semitic and homophobic messages to make his point. on public hate speech more to fear or to shock shapiro say zees reported three hundred hateful tweets to twitter but the social media giant has failed to delete most of them prompted him to take around a collection to get the company's attention the law forces companies like twitter and facebook to delete those kind of comments after twenty four hours or to at least process them twitter is a huge company in the have a bunch of wrist resources and i think considering how much how many resources they actually have i feel like they're not doing everything in their power to stop this problem which is the big problem isn't it interesting that i have to spray those things on the whole street for people to actually noti

treatment they very much need now the opposition has also agreed to open a key road between homs and hama two major cities which was previously a stumbling block in those negotiations in total well there's over two thousand two thousand and ninety five in total to be precise towns and villages covered by these deescalation zones when the fourth one comes into play there will be even more so very much substantial progress here in facilitating a cease fire in what's been some very difficult negotiations on these opposing sides. italian also watches have seized a migrant rescue boats claiming the crew were working with people smugglers that story right after the break. but hopes as. he put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some want. to going to be this is what before three of the people. interested always in the water. you can't import health care from china it's all very local. cases of price gouging by monopolists in america and as a result people's health as declining life expectancy is falling childbirth increasing because of these wer

the hamas as a lead to how it was look ma that i would economically and that is that it would have. a batch or sudden passing i've only just learnt you worry yourself in taking your last wrong turn. your out to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry if only i could so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each breath. but then my feeling started to change you talked about war like it was again still some more fun to feel those that didn't like to question our arc and i secretly promised to never be like it said one does not leave a funeral the same as one enters. mind gets consumed with this to. speak to you just don't want to take. a look at mainstream media has met its make. very. tough to me recently analyzed by the center for public integrity revealed the fossil fuel industry is spending millions to fill k. through twelve schools with pro oil propaganda in order to get our kids to grow up climate change denial. instead of just the standard idiots we've been known for v

treatment they very much need now the opposition has also agreed to open a key road between homs and hama two major cities which was previously a stumbling block in those. in total well there's over two thousand two thousand and ninety five in total to be precise towns and villages covered by these the escalation zones when the fourth one comes into play there will be even more so very much substantial progress here in facilitating a ceasefire and what's been some very difficult negotiations on these opposing sides. the director general of unesco has denounced the killing of a journalist who worked with r.t. arabic in syria irina bokova said in her statement that targeting journalists who cover conflicts and months to a war crime. died last week and i still shelling near homs province while filming a story on the syrian army's operations against islamic state we now bring you his final report on the testimony of his dedication to highlighting the horrors of war as told by his cameraman who was also caught in the crossfire. and you see this red dots on the left snow the big one this round

can ask themselves what has happened since the terrible attacks against the bout to come on start of hamas last time so that's now i wouldn't say it's it's a safe place but again i would say underline that it's not easy to fight against these lone wolves. the news continues in ninety seconds they with us. small seemed wrong but old roles just don't call. me old yet to shape out these days comes to educate and indeed from an equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground the. global war hawks sell you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles that don't. produce talks for the tell you that what we gossip a couple of us files a little more news today. off the bad guys and tell me you are not cool enough to buy their product. all the hawks that we along the border will watch. nineteen minutes into the program your welcome back italy's attempts to get a grip on the migrant crisis have hit another setback after aid groups carrying i had to rescue missions in the mediterranean sea refused to

if gotter can remove its fun and the rand could remove its funding for hamas if the united states can stop giving a quarter to a half a billion dollars a year. to the palestinian authority. and of which approximately a half of all foreign aid goes to pay terrorists salaries if you let these people just live together and work together you will see peace emerge but what is the biggest export of the palestinian territories the biggest export is terror it terrorism the need for foreign aid and the and the unrest created by this horrible status quo people should be left alone or remember the third largest political party in in israel with eleven percent of the votes necessary to quite a bit of the country going on is the arab party created by a coalition of. arab parties that there are two hundred thousand arabs both muslim and christian who are working every day in as israeli citizens driving buses coding computers working in hospitals working in factories their engineers their everything some thirty thousand palestinians are crossing the line every day to work in those same to work in th

names are black hispanic and asian american and that's what it's all about because this in a city of hama nace. yeah it's what they've done is they've match common names people and i kid you not people like james brown jr and james brown sr as opposed to the same guy who voted twice it's a lie it's a con and worse it is a massive racial purge of the voter rolls in virginia mississippi georgia ohio michigan and unfortunately too many of the swing other swing states including arizona they are using this ugly racially poisonous list from kris kobach of kansas to purge voter rolls in these republican controlled states in a couple democratic states elena wife virginia and massachusetts remarkable stuff greg palast it's always great talking with you greg thanks for dropping by tonight . you're welcome coming up donald trump has said for years that we should get out of afghanistan so why is he about to send thousands of additional troops to expand our occupation of that war torn country that i'm more into politics panel with brian pruitt and valerie urban right after the break. called the future

treatment they very much need now the opposition has also agreed to open a key road between homs and hama two major cities which was previously a stumbling block in those negotiations in total well there's over two thousand.