. >>> they'll start yemen, where houthi rebels have taken over the airport in imtiaz tyab. yemen's third largest city. they have fired gunshots in the air to disperse in the city. fighters are pushing south from the capital in the direction of aden in the direction where the president is holding on to power. anti-aircraft guns opened fire at an unidentified plane flying over a compound. in the united states they have pulled out their last remaining social forces giving the statement by way of explanation: >>> al jazeera's correspondent reports. >> reporter: with each day houthi fighters move south. yemen is moving closer to all-out war. these are the rebels taking over the third-largest city. here they are apparently taking over the airport. here is what the reason might be. >> the houthis - instead of attacking through the air from sanaa to aiden, they can attack aiden through tib. which is minutes away. >> the president who fled to aden is trying to hold on to power. >> i stressed the following. firstly, the evacuation of all armed militias secondly the withdrawal of all

mike viqueria has the washington perspective but first imtiaz tyab has part of the story. >> i'm imtiaz tyab in west jerusalem. horse trading goes on behind the scene, as parties are vying for crucial cabinet positions prime minister benjamin netanyahu has his work cut out for him. mr. netanyahu made a speech against a joint meeting of congress criticizing a deal that the u.s. is trying to make with iran over its nuclear ambitions. on the background of all that mr. netanyahu also has to deal with the criticism he faced after making comments about palestinian voters ahead of the poll. mr. netanyahu has apologized but that does appear to fall on deaf ears. whatever the case, the prime minister has a lot of work ahead of him as we look ahead to what israel's 34th parliament will look like. imtiaz tyab, al jazeera west jerusalem. >> i'm mike viqueria. israel releasing tax bonds it withheld from the palestinian authority for months. negotiations between the u.s. and israel are at their lowest point in some 25 years. even though prime minister benjamin netanyahu walked back his vow he would n

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imtiaz tyab, al jazeera west jerusalem. >>> met kir asan's president outside st. petersburg. laughed off rumors about his health saying life would be boring without gossip. >>> it's been nearly a year since crimea was absorbed by russia. they are preparingto to celebrate in simferopol about rory challands has the story. >> such jubilation isn't for everyone, others have business to run. on the wind buffeted step land of central crimea these new vinyl yards have struggled through winter frosts and a year of political upheaval but for the director it's come with upsides. >> since crimea became a part of russia we have a status of domestic producers and can easily sell our produce. plus, we have good government support. >> reporter: one of the biggest challenges for producers has been water supply. ukraine provided 85% of crimea's water down this pipe. now the canal is dry. ukraine shut the water off last april. for other kinds of businesses the problem has been substantial. >> taking all the money in our current account. for a small business like us, the sum was considerable. w

imtiaz tyab has the story from jerusalem. >> despite being acquitted in this case in 2012 being spared a $19,000 fine and a suspended prison sentence, this case was revived after mr. olmert's former aid and secretary presented new evidence to the court as part of a plea deal for herself. this was secretly recorded conversations between her and the former prime minister whether they were talking about this cash that he has now apparently received from that american businessman in the center of this case. this appears to have been enough to convince the court to convict mr. olmert who has said he will appeal this latest ruling but in the background of that is another major case that he is also fighting. just last year, he was sentenced to six years in prison in a separate corruption case. he has been appealing this case with the supreme court who will ultimately decide his fate. >> imtiaz tyab in jerusalem thanks. >>> for palestinians today is land day commemorating the first act of taking of palestinian land. for a small community of compiles it iscompiles itex islesthey settled a few m

but as imtiaz tyab reports. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said prepares at jude jude ah judahism's most holiest places. >> i will do everything i can for the security and welfare of all israelis. >> netanyahu's decisive victory came as a surprise to many. not the least opposition leader isaac hertzog after leading weeks in the opinion polls expressdefeat. >> i would like to make clear to the israeli people, the challenges are the same challenges, the problems are the same problems. nothing has changed. >> reporter: early results on the election night put on dead heat with prime minister benjamin netanyahu april likud party. but likud won 30 seats in parliament, 12 more than in the previous election. >> very happy that israel decided right and i hope netanyahu will create a good government and we'll be able to continue what we did in the past years. >> reporter: but not everyone is happy the prime minister looked poised to form a new government. >> translator: i'm disappointed with the election results, i was hoping it would be different it looks like years of more racism

imtiaz tyab, al jazeera jerusalem. >> i asked how the leadership in the west bank sees the israeli election. >> well, unfortunately there isn't much expectations from these elections mainly because the differences between mr. netanyahu's camp and the hertzog camp really isn't big when it comes to the palestinian issue. in reality the palestinian issue and the need to end this conflict and to allow palestinians to have an independent state was almost absent from this election campaign. on the contrary, both camps have been advocating more annexation of palestinian land, more settlement expansion, and both of them are denying the palestinians the right to have jerusalem as their capital as part of an independent state. so there isn't much excitement about which of these two camps would win. on the other hand, the only exciting thing for us is the fact the parties manage to unify in one block the palestinians inside israel would be able to have a bigger representation in the knesset and bigger ability to defend their rights against description. >> so how will that unity party make any kind of

imtiaz tyab is in gaza for us. there have been protests in gaza. what are hamas saying? >> they are angry at this decision by that court in cairo, we have been speaking with senior figures in hamas who have been saying this is a dangerous press dent. in the background there is concern as well. you have to bear in mind that this is probably the worse ties between cairo and gaza leadership has ever been and that is saying quite a lot. we also understand that already there are adversaries that have gone to cairo to try to smooth things over. the leader of the islamic jihad, a group in the gaza strip, their leader ramadan chalet has gone to cairo to try to moth things over with the egyptian authorities, there's a lot of concern. as we see on the streets, a lot of anger as well. people telling us that the decision by the court in cairo plays into the hands of the israelis. the israelis seen by many as their mortal enemy, and the decision plays into the hands of the israeli leadership. whatever the case there are efforts made to try to smooth things over. it should be said tha

people are seriously believing the negotiations are possible >>> let's go live to my correspondent imtiaz tyab in west jerusalem. has the process begun in tiaz. >> well they are a few hours away from the meeting. they won the most seats in the march 17th protections. they'll meet with the president, ruben. after the meetings he will invite one of them to begin a fairly lengthy process in building a coalition government. none of the leaders, including prime minister binyamin netanyahu secured an outright majority of 61 seats. binyamin netanyahu - a coalition will need to be built. he'll be looking to the far right. if the last election is any indication of how long this might take. it was a few days days before the six weeks, that binyamin netanyahu was able to perform a government. they are quite a distance away before seeing the 34th government. saying that it's not insignificant. isaac herzog will meet with the president and the leader of the joint lists, odey. he and the joint lists is a party or grouping of the israeli palestinian parties who join forces for the first time. they managed to

with more details imtiaz tyab in west jerusalem.o we see the likud policy party and government policy - or is this electioneering? >> i think we are seeing a bit of both. it's a curious statement. on the one hand it's strong, you have language that the - the statement here that there'll be no withdrawals. if you look at the statement it says prime minister binyamin netanyahu in the present situation in the middle east - any vacated territory will be in their view overtaken by radical islam and terror organizations sponsored by iran. reading that what binyamin netanyahu and his party is saying, is that the middle east is currently unstable. they see groups like the islamic state as a threat. they see iran as a threat. therefore, in these conditions in their view any sort of palestinian state is irrelevant because they are concerned that if the complains are given a state, these groups will move in. in a nutshell what binyamin netanyahu's likud party is saying the two state solution, for binyamin netanyahu right now. he gives himself

. >> in a moment we will speak with imtiaz tyab. but, the alliance is strong but this is a very controversial trip nonetheless. >> reporter: it is because of the circumstances and the timing. the fact that he is coming at the invitation of the republicans and without advance notice given to the white house. while the administration is tyingtrying negotiate the terms of the agreement between iran. as of today, secretary of state john kerry meeting with his iranian counterpart and kerry saying in jeefn geneva he is cautioning not to allow details of the negotiations to be discussed publicly. obviously a reference to the fact that the americans are upset that the israelis have been leaking certain terms of the deal which are objectionable to them. most importantly the enrichment of uranium and also, the terms of the enforcement of the deal and its length. so those are some of the points of revenues. in his speech today netanyahu didn't refer specifically to that. his main emphasis was basically on assuring his audience which is largely

imtiaz tyab al jazeera west jerusalem. strnchts the >> the war in syria has forced palestinians into exile again. zeina khodr on the detail daly struggle to survive. >> she's too old to care for her disabled and mentally challenged daughters. their neighborhood in damascus became a battle ground two years ago. they say they are barely coping with the little hope they get but they were alone when the eldest daughter died from lung infection. >> translator: to one was next to me to help her. she died in my arms. no one came in time to bring her a doctor. >> reporter: her and her daughters live in the largest palestinian refugee example lebanon, overcrowded and people are poor. now they are sharing this space with thousands of palestinians who escaped the war in syria. >> we have been under pressure since the arrival of syrian palestinians. we are finding it hard to survive. >> there is competition for jobs and aid provided by the united nations. this has caused tensions. syria's palestinians enjoyed the same rights and benef

short term gain which is simply to keep his job when voters go to the polls in two weeks team. >> imtiaz tyab in west jerusalem. political analyst joins us from doha. marr won, through the years israel countered pretty much bipartisan support from the u.s. do you think the tensions over the speech over the past days and weeks would have left a scar any kind of lasting scar on israel i-u.s. relations and u.s. support for israel? >> as far as the basis of the u.s. relations - economics and cooperation and security coordination i think that will go on for the future. what is assured is president obama's relations with binyamin netanyahu will never recover. the insult if you will to the president and the office of the american presidency. in terms of the strategic relations, that i think, has been affected harmed because what president obama has tried do over the last two years was decouple the strategic mind-set america's mindset from israel's mind-set meaning that president obama did not want to repeat a mistake of the iraq war, the one that binyamin netanyahu supported wholeheartedly and he wa

imtiaz tyab was at the square in tel aviv where the demonstrations took place. >> the mood seems festive, there's a lot of anger, anger at the government of prime minister binyamin netanyahu. people say he simply failed the israeli people. he failed to deliver on the economy, and the cost of living. it is extraordinarily high. and housing is impossible for most. and they questioned his security plan. if anything, it will be a zones of how many people come here there's somehows and of israelis, taking a look at how many there are here who come here again, but they have said what they described as regime change. in fact, at one point the crowd started chanting "bb go home", a sign they are not happy with the prime minister. there's a number of issues that are angering the people here. of course the economy and the costs moving is one of them. security is keep. the protest comes a few days after binyamin netanyahu addressed a joint meeting of congress in the united states. he has been vit sized about that meeting at home. people saying that the relationship that israel has with washington -

imtiaz tyab has the details from west jerusalem. >> reporter: despite initially being acquitted in this case in 2012 being spared a $19,000 fine and a suspended prison sentence, this case was revived after in olmert's former aid and secretary presented evidence to the court. this was secretly recorded conversations between her and mr. olmert about cash he had received from that american business manin the center of thisbusinessman in the center of this case. this is enough to convict mr. olmert who says he will appeal the ruling. in the background is another major case that he is also fighting. just last year he was sentenced to six years in prison in a separate corruption case. he has been appealing this case with the supreme court who will ultimately decide his fate. >> the u.s. government is under pressure to speed up the way new drugs are approved. there are terminally ill patients who said they will be dead before drugs are tested. imert tejtkimberly halkett has the report. >> reporter: no cure, and smith's disease is progressing. >> in this year, we started with minor fatigue and

in the country where security dominates collections, imtiaz tyab reports on how political parties are struggling to address the latest concerns. >> this man, his wife and 2-year-old son put together gift packs for family and friend. they'll be handed out for the jewish holiday. the carefully chosen sweets are more expensive this year. >>. >> translation: everything costs so much now. you go to the market to buy something, and you have to stop yourself. if you are short of this or that. you are short of money the following week. >> he is not only struggling with the rising cost of food but also the rent. four out of 10 israelis struggled to make ends meet. part of the problem is a shortage of affordable housing. >> he was shown around the 40 square meter apartment. which is about to get cramped with a baby due. >> my wife and i both work. we make average incomes. our rent is so high. if we made more money, it would be difficult. we can't think of buying a pleas and getting a mortgage. the high cost of living lead to small street protests in cities like tel aviv in the weeks ahead of th

. >>> imtiaz tyab is in jerusalem. >> there's a few camps. there's one camp that's strongly supporting the prime minister that says that any opportunity an israeli leader is given to address u.s. lawmakers for a threat or perceived threat to israel he should take it. but on the other side, you have those who are teenly critical of the prime minister's decision to address the house of congress. they say he is trying to score political points at the expense of israel's relationship with the united states. its most powerful ally. but in the background of all of that you also have those israelis who are somewhat indifferent to all of this noise that is coming out of washington about this speech, especially when you consider this election which is going to be held in two weeks time. if you look at the polling data, most are concerned about the economy. mr. netanyahu is talking about security, specifically about the threat that he perceives this iran could be with any kind of deal that it doesn't ensure that iran doesn't -- or is capable of enrichi

imtiaz tyab has the details from west jerusalem. >> despite being acquitted in 2012 spared a 19,000 fine, and a suspended prison sentence this case was revived after ehud olmert's former aid and secretary presented evidence to the court as part of a plea deal for herself. this evidence was secretly recorded conversations between her and the former prime ministers when they were talking about this cash that he has now importantly received from that american businessman in the center of this case. this appears to have been enough to convince the courts to convict mr ehud olmert who said he will appeal the latest ruling but in the background of all of that is another major case that he is also fighting. just last year he was sentenced to six years in prison in a separate corruption case. he has been appealing this case with the supreme court, who will ultimately decide his fate. >> security guards at the u.s. national security agency headquarters shot two at fort mead in maryland. the men reportedly tried to ram through the gates with their car, on monday they were disguised as women, and l

imtiaz tyab in west jerusalem with the latest. >> three leaders that managed to secure the most votes in a general election will be meeting with the israeli president. those leaders include the prime minister binyamin netanyahu, the opposition leader isaac herzog, and also the leader of the joint list iman odey. he, of course overseas a grouping of palestinian israeli political parties who, for the first time ran together under one banner performing well in this election. mr rivlin or president rivlin will be choosing a leader. inviting a leader to form a government. it's likely that they'll ask binyamin netanyahu to do that given a surprise performance in the polls, winning 30 seats in the parliament. that's short from the 61 seats needed to form a government. if binyamin netanyahu is asked by the president to form a government. he'll be given six weeks to work with other smaller parties to form this coalition government. he no doubt will be looking to the far right and religious parties to build the government. whatever the case he will likely need a lot of time to do that. a lot of

let's bring to together with imtiaz tyab our correspondent in west jerusalem for us. nice to see you. the process - talk us through this first of all. i mentioned before that the president will have to invite binyamin netanyahu. what happens then? >> well as soon as binyamin netanyahu is tasked to form the government, that's when the horse trading begins. mr binyamin netanyahu is entering the coalition building exercise if you will in a stronger place than he ever has. he has, as you mentioned a projected 29 or so maybe more seats in parliament. his likud party does. when you consider the fact that he has 18 going into the previous coalition, he's in a better standing. in saying that some of his far right coalition partners lost a lot of voters to likud. they'll not, from the number of seats they have in the past. many eyes are on the name or paying attention to one man. this man is moshi. a former member of the likud party. he broke away and the party scored we believe, around 10 seats in parliament. if binyamin netanyahu can convince him to join his side. he'll all

in a country where security dominates elections, imtiaz tyab report on how political parties are struggling to address latest concerns. >> this person his wife and two-year-old son had gift packs with families and friend they'll be handed out. they are more expensive this year. >> everything costs so much now at the market to by something. you have to stop yourself. if you by the item you'll be short of money in the following week. >> he is not only struggling with the rising cost of food but his rent. >> according to a recent government survey four out of 10 struggled to make ends meet. part of the problem is shortage of affordable housing. >> we are shown around the family's 40 square meter apartment which is about to get more cramped. my wife and i both work. we manage incomes. represent is high. if we made more money, it will be difficult. we can't think of buying a place or getting a mortgage. >> the high cost of living led to small protests in the weeks ahead of the march 17th general election following massive protests one hundreds of israelis rallied against the costs. the leading l

we have more from imtiaz tyab in ramallah. >> reporter: he has met palestinian official more time than any other israel your politician in the past year. and isaac herzog, who heads the left of the labour party, is committed to making peace. >> i think it's a mistake that we assume it's over. it's part of a tragedy unfolding in front of our eyes. it's not true. i'm telling you, it is possible absolutely possible still to make peace with the palestinian yaps. >> reporter: in the days leading up to the general elections, herzegovina is runs a tight campaign against binyamin netanyahu. labour gained momentum after forming an alliance with the party, led by former justice minister and peace negotiator tzipi levni. opinion polls suggest the zionist block could win more seats than binyamin netanyahu's likud party, but is polling short of securing a majority. this professor of political science in the occupied west bank. no matter the outcome. little will change. >> of course there are preferences, and binyamin netanyahu is at the worst for palestinians much right wing ultra orthobox. the lef

imtiaz tyab has been gaining domestic rehabilitation to binyamin netanyahu's speech in west jerusalem. >> the israeli media started to dissent the speech nearly the second he stopped speaking of the the speech and the context surrounding the speech has polarized the media landscape in israel. that is significant. normally when an israeli prime minister addresses a joint meeting of congress, it's almost universally praised. israelis don't like it they are a small country, and small organization, they are given a large platform and global attention. the reason the speech is polarizing is many here don't see the threat seen. that is that iran poses a nuclear threat if a nuclear deal is signed with tehran. security is important. if they go to the polls, notably the economy, and the housing crisis here in israel which is essentially the fact that housing is expensive. these are issues that most israelis want to discuss, he wants to discuss iran and security that is scene as somebody who is good when it comes to presenting israel's security concerns but is less good at dealing with issues l

path has been chosen by israeli citizens but will answer to all jews, left right, everyone >>> imtiaz tyab joins us from west jerusalem. >> consultations with the israeli president is expected to last into monday. he's holding consultations with the three political leaders whose parties have scored the most votes in the march 17th polls. the leaders include binyamin netanyahu, and the opposition leader isaac herzog and odey heading the joint list. a resume that joined together in a poll and coming in third. mr rivlin will decide who he will appoint to form a government. it looks all but certain that he'll ask binyamin netanyahu, who performed well in the election surpassing anybody's expectations, but mr binyamin netanyahu has a bit of a difficult choice ahead of him. he made controversial statements in the final days of the election and the final hours of the poll. those statements have caused a bit of a rift with the united states, and so mr binyamin netanyahu needs to decide if he wants a more hawkish government and forming the coalition with far right political parties and religious pa

imtiaz tyab has the story from west jerusalem. >> reporter: despite being initially acquitted in 2012ared 19,000 final and prison sentence this case was rye viefd afterrevivedas mr. olmert's former secretary provided additional evidence. secretlily recorded conversations between her and the former prime minister when they were talking about this cash that he has now apparently received from that american businessman in the center of this case. this appears to have been enough to convince the court to convict mr. olmert who has said he will appeal this latest ruling but in the background of all of that is another major case that he is also fighting. just last year he was sentenced to six years in prison in a separate corruption case. he has been appealing this case with the supreme court who will ultimately decide his fate. >> a bangladeshi blogger has been hacked to death had the second attack in five weeks. protests have erupted following the death the secular blaring was attacked with machetes, in a busy street. third attacker is still on the run. >>> still ahead on the program figh

imtiaz tyab has more. >> he's met palestinian officials more times than other politicians. isaac herzog the leader of the olympics, the left of the central labour party, says he's committed to making peace. >> it's a mistake that we assume it's over. it's part of the tragedy unfolding in front of our lives. it's not true. it is possible absolutely possible still to make peace with the palestinians. >> in the days leading up to the general election on march 17th, herzog is running a campaign against his closest rival binyamin netanyahu. labour gained momentum after it forged an alliance with the party led by the former justice minister and peace negotiator zippy livni. it was suggested that a zionist block could win more than the likud party, but is polling short of a majority. a professor of political science at the university in the occupied west bank and says no matter the outcome of the election little will likely change. >> of course there are preferences, and binyamin netanyahu is at the worst with palestinians. right wing tloorth dox. the left is better for palestinia

we have more from imtiaz tyab. >> binyamin netanyahu has been trailling in the polls behind his nearest rival, isaac herzog who lead the dispionnist movement -- zionist movement camp. he's concerned. he wants a last election bump which is why many say he's come here. it's a bit too hard to say as to whether he'll get it. the people are commit to their cause, saying whatever happens in the election no land will be ceded to the palestinians. the people's view here is clear >>> the anti-likud coalition is made from different groups with different motives. for the election they have been working together like never before. al jazeera's dana lewis is live in jerusalem. >> hi half of israel's arabs live under the poverty line. they feel marginalized they are not treated as equal citizens despite the fact they represent 20% of israel's total population of 8 million. what has changed is for one of the first times they unified under a party list. if you look at some of the pre-election polling. if the numbers are true it may have a much bigger voice when the votes are tallied on tuesday night. >

more on that story from imtiaz tyab in gaza. >> as well as anger we have been hearing, there's a deep tense of concern. the relationship between hamas and the abdul fatah al-sisi government is quite frankly, at the worst it's been. to move forward from this will be very challenging. we understand the leader of the islamic jihad, a powerful movement, has gone to cairo to meet with figure within the government to try to de-escalate the tensions. how that will bear fruit is hard to say at this stage. there is some questions over just what this court ruling will actually mean. we have not heard anything from egyptian authorities as to whether they'll implement the court rulings, and if it does what it will look like. alarm bells are rung here. senior hamas leaders say that they are concerned that egypt could well carry out strikes across the gaza strip. something that they say would be very detrimental for the gaza strip, and would lose egypt its credibility with the palestinian people. whatever the case the situation remains extremely tense, and still many questions remain over just wher