islamic traditions. as a history of islam itself is shown, especially during the golden age when the islamic world was mis- open and tolerant in the world. and consequently the most advanced civilization in the world. what is a devout muslim. he guides his readers to islamic ideology its twists and turns to explain how islam got to where it is and why it needs reform. he draws also economic in history or coercive power. the reform mustafa akyol advocates has to come from muslims himself. the book b is largely addressedo them. but it is also addressed to the non- muslim world especially to westerners who misunderstand islam. including those who are apologists who claim there's something wrong islam. islamic folks who often forget their own religious history of bloodshed, intolerance and deed reform. mustafa akyol has written a very important book i expect to become a reference work for many years to come. it is not a book about public policy but is consequential in that regard too. the way islam is interpreted and outside of the muslim world affects the whole range ofub public policies energy policy, immig

islamic tradition. and as the history of islam itself has shown especially during its golden age when the islamic world was the most open and most tolerant in the world and consequently the most advanced civilization in the world. mustapha is a devout muslim so he guides his readers through islamic theology and re dall its twists and turns to explain how islam got to where it is and why it needs reform. he draws also from economic and political to show why islambegan embracing coercive power . the reform mustafa akyol advocates has to come from muslims themselves so the book is largely addressed to them. but it is also addressed to the non-muslim world and especially to westerners who misunderstand islam including those who are apologists and claim there is nothing wrong with islam and islam holds often forgettheir own religious history of bloodshed, intolerance and reform . he has written a very important book that i expect will become a reference work for many years to come. it is not a book about public policy but it is consequential in that regard lito because the way that islam is interpreted in an

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about the crisis in islam and about how islam theological turn many centuries ago towards a more insular worldview and created an ethical gap between rigid interpretations of islam and the modern world. .. tolerant in the world and consequentially, the most advanced civilization in the world. mustafa akyol guides his readers through islamic ideology and all of its twists and turns to explain how islam got to where it is and why it needs reform. he drawls also from economic and political history to show how islam began and racism and coercive power. the reform that he advocates has to come from muslims themselves, so the book is largely addressed to them, but it is also addressed to the non-muslim world and especially westerners who misunderstood islam, including those who are apologists who claim there's nothing wrong with islam and islam a phobos who often forget their own religious history of bloodshed, intolerance and d reform. mustafa has written an important book i expect will become a reference for many years to come. it is not a book about public policy but it is consequential in that regard because the way that islam is interpreted in and outside of the

in any way to free it from the russian agressii i do not understand why this is about thank you islam islam eh belakiev, the press secretary of the chechen battalion named after sheikh mansur was on our air and this is a very serious problem where there is a lack of work and the country also does not recognize the official authorities have not yet recognized not only the chechen republic of ichkeria but kosovo was not recognized even though most of the countries of the european union, the united states officially recognized this country and have done so for a long time, so we obviously need to work on this. but regarding russian propaganda, we have a special expert in she and olga are too lazy to tell us about the chronicles of the information war. olya, we congratulate you. i congratulate anna yehor. let's try to figure out what happened last week. somehow there were a lot of psychological operations and the videos that appeared were so terrible and this one was absolutely well, just beyond all limits of shelling or i don't know there was an explosion in a deer pen that happened and where

as well, and in fact, it's also against the, the, the, the, the pillars of islam which islam tells afghan and tells all women and all girls to, to, to, to educate themselves. and units have just published a statement that clearly states that depriving girls in afghanistan of the right to education has had a divest it of a devastating effect on the country's economy, which is already on the brink of total college. so closing the education doors to girls has cost 2.5 reduction and afghanistan, g, d p, which is a huge very quickly um, what is the distinction that some of these guys men are making when they allow girls to go through primary school and then stop at secondary, what is scary to them about secondary school education that they say, this is the stopping point. it's pretty complicated to melissa. it's not so easy to, to explain and a few sentences. but i mean, puberty as one thing. so as soon as the rim, as soon as girls reach puberty and become women, they want women to stay at home. so i think this is the most obvious, but then also we have to think about the overall effect and lo

islamic jihad attacks. 2 of the groups most senior leaders in garza, were killed in the strikes islamic jihad logged a barrage of rockets toward southern israel. in response, the groups leader spoke to reporters from tehran after the truce went into effect. allowed all was that of the enemy wanted to break islamic jihad, but we did not break law. on the contrary, the islamic jihad movement is still strong, unstable, and even more powerful. the achievement is clear on, well, in jazz, while the hand, he said egypt would also work to secure the release of his lama. she had leaders being held by israel. steven cook is the middle east analyst at the council on foreign relations in washington. melia. i asked him how optimistic he was that the deal would hold. well, let's get through the night 1st and then we can think more about the next couple of days. these are always, these fires are always quite fragile. the palestinian islamic jihad, there is a variety of use within palestinian islamic jihad and whether we continue to fight against news railey. but so for i think that you really have won this round. so there's every interest or is from the hard to maintain the fire. ok. so thinking winning this round, israel says most of the military leadership of the islamic jihad group has been quote, neutrali

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islamic jihad, of this fight? for islamic jihad. what _ of this fight? for islamic jihad, what is _ of this fight? what is there - of this fight? for islamic jihad, what is there aim | of this fight? for islamic - jihad, what is there aim these days, as they carry out some of those actions?— those actions? they will say we want to liberate _ those actions? they will say we want to liberate all _ those actions? they will say we want to liberate all of _ want to liberate all of palestine. they don't accept israel under any borders, not the side of —— size of a telephone booth on a tel aviv beach. they are not the dominant militant group that is hamas, but they maintain their freedom of action and it is also inclined to have hamas poke the israeli will when it suits them. if this goes on for another 2a hours, i don't think people will remember this a lot. but i think 85 point could be on sunday. there is a jewish father day where thousands of jewish people got to the temple mount. hamas has said it is the guardian ofjerusalem. but that might make it harderfor hamas to stay out. i think the question i

of power by the islamic jihad, the production of new rockets, and they were afraid that somewhere around the time of the elections, for example, the design elections of islam, the islamic jihad would have enough resources in order to break through the iron domes, therefore, they decided not to drag on to the elections, not uh, and to strike a blow to prejudice, well, you know a shocker, well, that is, the result of this blow to prejudice, if you say that yesterday they agreements have come, i mean israel, that the goals have been fulfilled, today they started shelling again with rockets, which they destroyed, and you say there will be no further development. no, of course, i do not want this situation to develop, but it seems a little strange to me. well, it is strange, but in islamic jihad the situation is hopeless israel tried to destroy the entire leadership and to a large extent it is obvious that you can trust the reports of the israeli press that they succeeded and obviously some factions of the group that remained with their rockets can already acting independently cannot be ruled out, but then we are entering the field of speculation and we have to wait for mor

state is equal to 2, a radical islamic terrorist movements, i would not dare to put a stop to that kind of as to me. and when is where i would say it is targeting the islamic jihad to rape. castro damage is going to occur. do you know the grey? we have to complain a superiority. some people think that equally bloom food should be counted if is israel in number of casualties will be equal to the palestinian. it is, this is wrong. no war has been worn. if somebody would come because of use of the book both side, same, we have to win them. otherwise, the slaughter us all, and they do it if they can every day. and they declare the intention to kill us and for us to the see. what would you think about that? no, but you need to to let them be equal to us. but any meaning of equation, it is not logical. we strike them very strongly if they initiate an attack on us. but i will be there to make any a comparison between us and them within, from international reactions to the hostilities as we always do when things flare up the u. s. and generally support say it's rounds. action from activist crypt however, have the keys to is well of genocide. what are your thoughts

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islamic jihad. islamic military says either most of the rockets intercepted or fell into open areas. on saturday israel says 19 members of islamic jihad were arrested in raids in the west bank. according to the palestinian health ministry at least 11 people have been killed by israeli air strikes including a 5-year-old girl, 75 other people were wounded. a journalist joins us live from southern israel, and of course this is the most serious escalation in violence in over a year. what triggered this latest flare up? >> well, that's right, linda. this is the worst escalation of violence between israel and palestinian militant factions based in the gaza strip since the 11-day war last may, may 2021 that lasted 11 days between israel and hamas. really tensions have been running high in the city where we are right now and the wider region and the gaza strip for most of the past week. early monday morning israeli security services launched a nighttime raid to nab what they say is a senior jihad commander in the northern west bank city, that was in the west bank not in the gaza strip. but in retaliation islamic jihad vowed to avenge th

islamic 'ihad? even takin: further beyond islamic 'ihad? even taking hamas? h further beyond islamic 'ihad? 'ihad? even taking hamas? that is- further beyond islamicjihad? even taking hamas? that is the big fear because hamas is the most powerful militant group that governs gaza, but at the moment because of its own practical considerations it is staying out of the fighting. we have the un, qatarand staying out of the fighting. we have the un, qatar and egypt all involved in efforts to calm things down. theirjob would be much easier if hamas does not get involved as well. what we have seen throughout the day is heavy exchanges between israel and palestinian militants, with israeli warplanes and artillery being used to hit sites in gaza, even some houses being hit, sending a big, black cloud of smoke and debris. we understand some owners were warned that was going to happen. israel says this is a pre—emptive military operation against islamicjihad, and iran backed group. it says it has precise and detailed intelligence it was planning attacks against israelis. but amid the worst violence in o

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jihad, islamic jihad is the junior partner of the militant groups in gaza, hamas is what is -- the group that actually runs gaza. and the israelis have made it clear, their target is islamic as hamas stays out of the fighting, the exchange of fire, perhaps a larger con flaggeration could be avoided. fredricka. >> ben wedeman in jerusalem, thank you. >>> coming up, the high school building where a gunman opened fire and killed 17 people has stood still entirely untouched since february 2018 and until now. jurors deciding a fate of parkland shooter a firsthand look at the crime scene. the heart wrenching details straight ahead. to get my master's... i just saw something that said yoyou could do it in a year for lilike $11k. hmm! order 11! yes, s see you at 11. ♪ 1111 masters blvd. please. that'll be 11 even, buddy. really? the clues are all around us... some things are too obvious to be a coincidence. ♪ i'm jonathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three ps. what are the three ps? the three ps of life insurance on a fixed budget are price,

islamic jihad explained its demands. in the seas, fine negotiation, the islamic jihad lays down, it's a condition. so number one to unite all the palestinians. secondly, imposed on on the enemy to release our brother who has been on hunger strike, halle louder. and there has also put another additional condition wishes to release shift by some al sadi that article name reports from west jerusalem. as far as israel is concerned, this operation is over. it is saying that the military said a short time ago that it used helicopter's fighter jets and arm drones were among the tools that used to target is summit you had across the gaza strip. it has thanks egypt for its role in mediating the cease fire, but says if attacks continue into israel, it will not hesitate to quote, act forcefully and says it will take whatever measures are necessary to ensure that the daily lives of israelis will not be disrupted earlier this evening, the prime minister. yeah. your la peed went to the central military base in tel aviv to assess the situation. he had said earlier that the objectives of the so called operation breaking dawn had been fulfilled and that there was no need for the operation to continue. what were these objectives from the israeli strategic mindset? the objective was to neutralize islamic jihad with most, if not all of the senior leadership being killed, as well as the feeling that a kind of divide had been created between is found that she had and hamas, which governs garza with hamas remaining on the sidelines. there was a concern that if this operation was protracted and the death toll continued to rise, that perhaps hamas might enter the fray. it appears for now that that has not happened . so co loses joining us not alive from a garza and natasha saying, bear that as far as israel's concerned. this operation is over. how are people in gaza reacting to this? hello, we are standing here in the main one in one of the main junctions in gaza. city, well known as sa, so money cars here, it's thought by us and they were asking us and like double checking is that true as doc they're going to be holding? or are those rail is going to open the crossings? you know, the, the regular questions, a logical questions that every everyone in garza is asking. they also asking about

islamic jihad attacks. 2 of the groups most senior leaders in garza, were killed in the strikes islamic jihad logged a barrage of rockets toward southern israel. in response, the group's leader spoke to reporters from tehran after the truce went into effect, allowed, or was that of the enemy wanted to break islamic jihad. but we did not break. we're on the contrary. the islamic jihad movement is still strong and stable and even more powerful if the achievement is clear on. well, in jazz, while the hand, he said egypt would also work to secure the release of islamic jihad leaders being held by israel. and we can speak now to get a steinberg. i'm at least expert at the javin institute international insecurity. a says it's good. see you get a good as the latest is railey strikes were directed against the islamic jihad organization. while hamas which controls the gaza strip largely stayed on the sidelines, can you explain why that was? well, a, traditionally the more radical organization, it is strategically aligned to iran. so there is a major ideological and strategic gap between the 2 organizations. but i think the main reason for hamas are staying on the sidelines is that the organization only entered a very violent confrontation with israel in may. 2021. and it's still recovering from, from the

islamic jihad is entering an proxy that wants to destroy the state of israel and kill innocent israelis. the head of islamic jihad is in tehran as we speak. we will do whatever it takes to defend our people. >> and islamic jihad commander was killed in the strikes, and the group vowed to retaliate. >> this is a declaration of all out war against the palestinian people. we will respond to that. this is a violation and disregard for all the efforts that have made over the past days in order to restore calm. we dealt positively with these efforts, but the enemy was, as usual, treacherous and carried out this rate. now we clearly say we will respond to this crime with all our might. >> as a five-year-old girl is mourned, fears of an escalation are rising. palestinian militants fired rockets into israel as night fell. phil: we have this update from jerusalem. >> air raid sirens have gone off in several communities and cities in the south and center of israel after palestinian groups retaliated with rocket barrages into the south and the center of the country. there have been interceptions by the israeli defense system. this comes as we heard also in the report after israel launched airstrikes into the gaza s

with many people forced to hide inform shelters for hours and tell vive article on inter islam, the palestinian islamic jihad group reportedly fired more than $1000.00 rocket. we got reaction from the streets of israel to the violence. the current trees. the fire is just a big bluff considering all that happens here was the rocket. if we didn't have the defense system, thank god. today we would have been a 2nd ukraine. i really hope the fire will last long and that we are at least able to live a bit quietly from or never gave anyone anything. good. so pete, it's something big and i really want our kids and the people of israel to feel secure in our country. in all a pro palestinian activists house criticize social media platforms for bombing and post. he said, was morning a child killed. and israel's recent operation against galsen, british rapper low key, said his post about a 5 year old palestinian girl who was killed in an idea. if a tech was branded violent by facebook and instagram located claims, the content was censored. after an alert from the israeli state cyber units, the girl was playing i s

islam of jihad and him. us over who can proved themselves to be more nationalists than the other. and the expectation was that hallmarks would join in not so much that a solid garrity with islamic jihad, but to ensure that it did not lose any kind of political support in relation to islamic jihad. but it seems that he got the message from the israelis after the 11 day war in may 2021 and really don't have the capacity to take on the israelis at this time. so they basically, beside their words of support were funky, had leadership that has now been killed by israeli. they have set this one out. okay, now if the fire has gone into a sake you've said, let's wait out the night to see how it holds. how likely do you think that this could perhaps re escalate into, into some kind of ability of doing that. keep in mind that palestinian islamic jihad is supported by iran, as is his belie in lebanon. it has happened before that violence in the west bank has led not with me. my apologies, in regards to strip, has led to violence along israel's northern board and war in the summer of 2006 is precisely that scenario. and you can look at this military operation on the part of the rose as part of its broader shadow war. against iran and its proxy is around the region. so there is that

islamic jihad leader that was assassinated. but how much remains to have to back islamic jihad. so even if it does not launch rockets on its own, it has allowed islamic jihad to do so. and israel has made it clear so many times saying that if, since how much is a b a dot, the power in gaza or the ruling power in gaza than it must be held responsible for any attacks that do come out of gaza, including what comes out from islamic jihad tell us about the response in terms of ordinary palestinians, what can they do when these are arrayed start of is there any way they can go that say for what, what does it want to people generally do. so basically the gaza strip does not have any shelter is it does not have any under, under ground shelters or error, anything else that people can shelter in during times of escalations or even war. so basically they do stay in their homes. they could be in so many times, and we've seen this in many, many escalations not just, ah, wars like the previous last year is war in may, where 260 policy can used were killed and thousands were injured. they're usually subjected to many injuries. they're subjected to 2 falling a 2 to

islamic jihad. two senior islamic jihad commanders were killed in the attack. during the bombardment israel also cut off fuel to gaza, leading to black outs across the region. for more we go to guys who do speak with issam adwan palestinian journalist, , a activist, researcher, and new father. welcome back to democracy now! the cease-fire has been declared . can you talk about what has happened or the weekend? >> thank you for hosting me. the scene is terrifying for me as i am a new father. we are expecting happening from israeli even during times of the cease-fire. indicated a violation many times of a cease-fire. the situation is horrifying. we have witnessed 44 palestinians dyi, includg 15 children and sixomen, which represents half of the casualties on the palestinian side. there are no words to describe the war crimes that have been committed, even when the claims of israeli authorities are targeting military members. this included buildings, killing children and women. amy: can you talk about what started this? >> what started you mention a little in your introduction, cuff supplies during the bombardment. it happened four days before the escalation when the israeli adnistration decided to" orders -- to close both orders. when they decided to do that, came along with action to detain senior member of the prg. with no response by the political parties are in casa, we have added more violence with the targeting of a senior member of the prg in gaza. just to give you a sense of understanding, it has been more of a political person rather than military. amy: can you talk about the two palestinian-islamicleaders who were killed and israel's assertion this was a preemptive attack on a possible attack against israel? >> i don't know how to describe it properly but it included international law especially the humanitarian laws, which prohibit targeting buildings and areas which contain hundreds of civilians. we're talking about gaza that is about 360 kilometers. how you can possibly target any members of the pr j -- more political persons rather than military. significantly saying they were not a great threat to the israel i administration but following what has been happening inside the israeli administration had of the elections coming in the future, they're using the palestinian to promote the campaign for individual, especially with the decreasing of the public's of work -- public support. amy: talk about the israeli elections coming up in november and how you fe they weigh in here. >> no matter who runs the israel i government, it is always the same, with the same policies, talking a

along lockheed has said that this operation was to fort an attack on israel by islamic jihad, that they were only targeting islamic jihad. and that they hoped that they would quote, act responsibly to mitigate civilian casualties. israel no doubt as a result of the increased death toll we've just seen again 5 of them being children will face even more pressure to halt the airstrikes and make sure that food fuel and humanitarian aid can get into gaza. all right, thanks so much natasha. there from west to loosen those, bring in now for me, i will, siobhan. he is the head of the gaza office for the u. k. charity human appeal. good to have you with us. first of all, my colleague there mentioned about the need to get food and fuel into garza. tell us about how desperate and already difficult situation aid situation in garza is now becoming run into a situation. and regoza is difficult even before this crisis goes of suffering from chronic her current. and i says, function tuition for years and years in the situation by this class is going to fight it explicitly. cutoff is trying learn, we're going to sit for hours, the

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islamic leader to had a palestinian islamic jihad leader. excuse me, solid months? sure. we have to correspondence covering the latest developments. john holeman is joining us from west or islam in a moment. but 1st let's bring in human. say you had to talk to us about the situation and doesn't tell us what we're hearing about the the conditions of the cease fire even yes, darian, so as we are in a very cautious ceasefire, after a security, it needs really security assessment last night. and today, early in the morning, ah, they have partially opened the crossings, the kid him up with salam crossings, and at the areas crossing border to allow unitary, an aide, food supply, medical supply, and fuel to enter the gaza strip. just a very short while ago, the 1st tracks of fuel where allowed into the gaza strip and heading towards the solar power plant that stopped working since sunday yesterday, after the lack of fuel in it. so we are now witnessed that witnessing the entrance of the these trucks of the you fuel trucks and other humanitarian trucks that are waiting to enter the strip. also, the erisa checkpoint has been opened and fried of people to enter a u. r. delegation is on

islamic jihad while holding the terry's fully accountable for the murder of innocent palestinians holding a security council. the bait on the palestinian islamic jihad and not using the opportunity to fully condemn them for their war crimes will only motivate them to continue in their destructive ways. by not placing the full accountability on this shoulders of the radical, this debate will only strengthen them. i truly hope this council does the right thing. thank you. okay, i think the representative of israel and i'll give the floor to the reps replenish of each it. so thank you mister president. first of all, i would like to congratulate you for your assumption of the presidency of the security council for this month of august. and i would like to thank you for holding this important open debate. and i would like also to thank mister tore vince lun to the special coordinator for the middle east peace process or mr. president, we have witnessed during the last few days, a lot of what egypt has recurrently a warrant against in gaza strip. as we worried that the situation might spiral into a new vicious cycle of violence at any moment, given the deteriorating situation on the ground, gaza strip has a witness to an abrupt escalation between israel and one of the pet athenian groups that claimed the lives of 43 martyrs, including women and children, and injured about 311 persons in addition to the destruction of a large number of it. but as tina houses and residential units said, this latest escalation that happened when the gaza strip was yet to recover from last year's escalation, which caused this trip to sustain major damage. and at the same time, for the simple israel allowed a number of settlers under the protection of the israeli police suited to incur the courtyards of the hud, michelle e for the oxide, moscow air which comes as a desecration of it. the moscow propagation of the feelings of the muslims and a violation of the legal and historical position of the holy aside. given the escalation after the latest military attack of egypt took the initiative. yet another time to mediate between israel and palestine. unit groups in the gaza strip aiming for immediate hire and protection of civilians in the strip which bore. well, the device of that emergency session of the un security council. talking about the weekends violence in gaza, the egyptian representative. they're setting out the destruction wrought in garza by israel's bombardment. we heard earlier from the un middle east envoy toll wenzel, and who welcomed sunday cease by saying it had prevented a much wider confrontation. he called for an immediate return to meaningful negotiations towards a viable 2 state solution. the israeli representative talked about a terror organisation attempting to murder israeli civilians. there was no room, he said for false narratives. those with facts and the facts are clear. and the palestinian representative as speaking in the state of palestine, observe a status to the un, talking about an unprovoked and unjustified aggression by israel. you are not bystanders. he told the council you can help to live a piece. now save lives, save peace. and we can go now to christian salumi, our correspondent at the united nations christian unsurprising. there are very stock difference of opinion between israel and the state of palestine. quite hard to see what all of this can possibly achieve. yes, as we're accustomed to hearing at the united nations 2 very different narrative is very emotional narratives, each coming from the palestinian ambassador riyadh mon store, and the israeli ambassador, go lod, air don, the palestinians, as you noted, called in and provoked unjustified aggression pointing out that a 3rd of the 45 palestinians who were killed were children. the bass at her said it was clearly just meant to appeal to extreme us in israel ahead of the elections. whereas the israeli ambassador called it a preemptive attack against the palestinian islamic jihad. he said that that israel had been over backwards to protect civilians and he actually blamed the islamic jihad for many of the civilian casualties of their rockets, falling back into garzon territory. so we look to the united nations in these highly polarized situations to offer some middle ground or some independent analysis of the situation that's happened here. and so we had a briefing from tor, venice law, the a special coordinator for the middle east. and he pointed out that tensions had been rising for months in the region, including israel's military actions in the west bank had ratcheted up tensions as well as attacks on israelis by palestinians that had resulted in dason. he recognized israel's what he called legitimate security concerns. but again, pointed out that there cannot be targeting of civilians, particularly children in any circumstances. and so here we go again with another conflict. as the special coordinator pointed out, the garza area 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islamic jihad for a second day. israel's military says its air strikes on friday hit militants inside gaza who were allegedly about to launch a terror attack. 19 members of islamic jihad were reportedly arrested saturday in the west bank. islamic jihad says one of its senior commanders was killed in the strikes. a short while ago the israeli army said militants in gaza have fired nearly 200 rockets toward israel since friday evening. it claims almost all of those rockets were interseptembered, fell short or landed in open areas. no casualties have been reported. according to the palestinian health ministry, at least 11 people were killed since friday's air strikes in gaza including a 5-year-old girl. 75 others were wounded. journalist mary zilba joins us live from southern israel. this of course is the most serious escalation and violence in over a year. what triggered this latest flare-up? >> reporter: good morning, lynda. that's right, it has been the most serious escalation in over a year since may of 2021. the 11-day conflict between israel and the hamas militant group in the gaza strip. really over the past week tensions have been mounting here in southern israel where we're standing right now. the cause was an arrest ope

islamic jihad attacks. 2 of the groups, most senior leaders in gaza were killed in the strikes islamic jihad logged a barrage of rockets toward southern israel. in response to the groups leaders spoke to reporters from tehran. after the truce went into effect. allowed all was that of the enemy wanted to break islamic jihad, but we did not break law. on the contrary, the islamic jihad movement is still strong, unstable, and even more powerful. the achievement is clear on, well, in jazz, while the hand, he said egypt would also work to secure the release of islamic jihad leaders being held by israel. i asked a correspondent in jerusalem tonya claim about the deal that led the truce. ah, yes, said the ceasefire agreed to our last night between israel and the palestinians. remington had appears to be holding this morning. it went into effect at $1130.00 local time. there had been some rock that's being pied afterwards. but since tonight has been a quite, it was mediated mainly by egypt, a cutter, and other key players here in the region. now in the morning here we are hearing from the israeli home from command. they're saying they're gradually on easing the restrictions on people living in the south of israel that were under heavy rocket fire in the past days, you know that they still need to stay nea

islamic dispute that is —— islamic dispute that is —— islamichhad disputes that.es as far away as tel aviv and jerusalem. 0f far away as tel aviv and jerusalem. of course the iron dome missile defence system prevented israeli casualties. israel has now reopened crossings with the gaza strip after warnings of a potential humanitarian crisis in the past few days. food, aid and fuel have now been able to enter gaza and its sole power plant has been turned back on. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines: in the biggest single tranche of us military assistance to ukraine, the pentagon has announced a package for ukrainian troops worth a billion dollars. it will contain rockets, ammunition and more precision missiles that have helped ukrainian forces attack russian troops far behind the front lines. defense department stocks. 3—way men convicted of killing a blackjogger in the united have been sentenced for federal hate crimes. travis mcmichael, this father gregory and this neighbour william were already serving life sentences for the murder the —— mur

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afghans want lives dotted at they are islamic, they say they islamic before the taliban and they islamicill still be an islamic society. they women have always dressed modestly here. what they want is what the rest of the world has, they want their boys and girls to go to school. they want to live in security and want to feel this is a life worth living.— a life worth living. thank you very much. the fall of kabul only came after us and international troops pulled out of afghanistan as part of the trump administration's agreement with the taliban in doha. it was hoped that the afghan military would provide enough resistance, after years of training and preparation, to stop the taliban from retaking the country. butjust ten days after taking their first provincial capital, kabul had fallen and afghanistan was once again in the hands of the taliban. reporting from the times newspaper has revealed that the uk government was kept in the dark for months about key details of the deal and the withdrawal plan, despite there being more than 1,000 uk troops stationed in afghanistan at the time. h

islam in jihad is in iranian proxy, that wants to destroy the state of israel and kill innocent israelis. the head of islamic jihad is in the harem. as we speak, we will do whatever it takes to defend our people. ah, and islamic jihad commander was killed in the strikes, and the group vowed to retaliate. ah, the airline, this is a declaration of all out war against the palestinian people. we will respond to that. this is a violation and disregard for all the efforts to, to be made over the past days in order to restore comp. we dealt positively with these efforts. but the enemy was as usual, treacherous and carried out this rate. and now we clearly say that we will respond to this crime with all our might to have him getting him because my ot and i'm an o as a 5 year old girl is mourned fears of an escalation or rising, oregon. palestinian militants fired rockets into israel as night fell to www. correspond, antonio kramer is in jerusalem earlier, i asked her whether these latest ear strikes, risk escalating into another wall? wanted to give you a bit of context in her. the attentions have been building up ah, over the past month and beaks, especially last week. when the israeli military arrested a senior isl

islamic states were telling the leaders of the islamic emirate that they were progressing and wanted to see changes in our society. in the next few minutes we will show that peace to our audience. you are in kandahar. we were talking about the flights and celebrations in —— flags and celebrations in —— flags and celebrations in —— flags and celebrations in kabul but we are seeing similar and kandahar. there were taliban _ seeing similar and kandahar. there were taliban driving _ seeing similar and kandahar. there were taliban driving up _ seeing similar and kandahar. there were taliban driving up and - seeing similar and kandahar. ti” were taliban driving up and down the main road in the city centre waving flags and the taliban see this as a celebration of their victory, their struggle against the us led international presence in afghanistan as well as the afghan government and see it as a kind of independent state but many afghans, even those in the south of the country generally seen as much more conservative where there are large elements of society much more supportive of the taliban, there are many people here deeply despondent about the future and worried about the trajectory of the country is going on. there are nuances to the situation here and i was in helmand province and speaking to people terribly affected by the war unable to carry out the most basic parts of that daily life, for example going into their fields and now they felt a sense of relief because the war was over and there was peace for them. everyone here, whether in cities are the villages or even back in kabul the north of the country, they are terribly affected by the economic crisis which unites afghans but there are people in the south of the country particularly in more rural areas who are supportive of the taliban and glad they have taken control of the country. there are also critics. i spoke to one man who faces the risk of arrest we also critics. i spoke to one man who faces the risk of arres— faces the risk of arrest we have 'ust lost faces the risk of arrest we have just lost secunder _ faces the risk of arrest we have just lost secunder in _ faces the risk of arrest we have just lost secunder in kandahar. j faces the risk of arrest we have - just lost secunder in kandahar. we will also speak speaking to lyse a little later in the programme. on the day kabul fell to the taliban i was on air while it was happening — and hearing from many in the capital who were telling me they were extremely worried about what their future would look like under the rule of hardline militants. i took a call from the taliban spokesperson suhail shaheen — who gave these assurances to the afghan people. there is a lot of chaos and confusion in kabul at the moment. can you just help us understand what the taliban plan to do at present and next? erm, yes, there should not be any confusion. in kabul. we assure the people, particularly in the city of kabul, that their properties, their lives are safe. there will be no revenge on anyone. the city and the power should be handed over to the islamicinclusive islamic government in which all afghans will have participation. i also asked him whether women's rights would be respected. this was his response. the policy is that women can have access to education and to work, and of course, they will observe the hijab. that is it. i also asked mr shahin about whether people who had worked for the afghan government before the takeover would face retaliation. in the next few days we want a peaceful transfer and people can resume their normal activities and all those working with the kabul administration of the foreign forces, there will be no revenge. that was in august 2021. seven months later — on the 23rd of march — female students arrived for the start of their school year to find they their classrooms were shut — with taliban guards at the gates. five months since then girls over the age of 12 are still barred from school. today, they've been without education for a year. my colleague yogita limaye asked the taliban spokesperson in k

islam that are practiced by iraqis. and the sudan is our shia muslims, the islamic state is full of radical sunni terrorists so you have ythis shia young man who has to basically fake it. he had to fake that he belonged not only to a different sort of religious tradition but also been fake and accent, be part of the country that he wasn't from and adapt an entire persona. a great cover story that john mcrae would probably kill for . so i know a lot about that process and i'm not publishing it because i want to make sure the falcons are allowed to do that again and again andagain . nobody had anyoversight over what i was wdoing . we jumped when we started to build a relationship with a source and you earn their trust you don't break that trust so there's lots of more breaking news sexy things that i know i won't publish them because i'm going to honor that actthat we have . having said that i also have a lot of challenges about double checking and confirming what they were telling me. i like these guys, their heroes in my book and that takes a lot for me to say because i've met a lot of schmucks in my time and a lot of

islamic jihad is an iranian proxy that wants to destroy the state of israel and kill innocent israelis. the head of islamic jihad is in tehran as we speak. we will do whatever it takes to defend our people. >> our journalist joins us live from southern israel. and this is the most serious escalation in violence in over a year. what triggered this latest flare up? >> reporter: well, good morning, lynda. that's absolutely correct. the worst cycle of violence in over a year since the may 2021 escalation that lasted 11 days. really, tensions have been running high in israel and the gaza strip for the past week due to an israeli military arrest operation in the west bank, not gaza but the west bank early monday morning. the israeli forces netted what they said was a senior islamic jihad commander. in response, islamic jihad vowed some type of retaliation. they said it would come in the form of a cross-border attack via sniper fire or anti-tank missiles. after lockdown in several communities near the gaza border the israeli government had lost patience and launched what it said was pre-temtive strike. >> what is the risk that this could escalate further? >> reporter: in this part of the world, escalation is always a distinct and very sad possibility. obviously, there have been casualties inside the gaza strip. no casualties on the israeli side after a day of fighting, but that could all change after a rocket strike by either side. we should remember as ayair lapd has said. perhaps good news might be in keeping things relatively contained with the possibility of deescalation in the coming days. >> egypt has acted as a mediator in the past. what's its response? >> reporter: as it has tried to do for most of the past week, egypt has been trying to deescalate and me

islamic law, their version of islamic law, that gives them legitimacy. and that is why they can ban news that criticizes them or that dictate certain media about all of those -- cracking down on dissent against them. i think the lesson from this experience, which we will see in the years ahead, i think, for muslims around the world would be to say welcome if you want to be good muslims, maybe we do not need things like -- we do not need systems like with the taliban promises us. or similar groups. an islamic state of sharia interpreted by one group. it is a state that actually just gives us religious freedom. a secular state with respect for religious freedom and civil liberties and fundamental human rights. in such a system you would be able to be muslim in the way you believe in it. not that it is dictated by the government. the taliban is presenting us an interesting -- [no audio] >> mustafa, i am sorry but i think we lost your audio. could you see if your audio is on? sorry. we cannot hear you. do you want to refresh? if you, andrew, want to take it from here, that would be great. andrew: to pick up on some of mustafa's points on the taliban's domination of their interpretation of islamic law and their belief in their own legitimacy, on the ground in afghanistan this has had alarming effects. the combination of the last 20 years, or the last 45 years of afghan and regional history, the taliban are able to point to a few things. one, as i noted, the illegitimacy of all other political