he talked about a new middle east with no zionist and no -- israel and new israel. and this guy, you know, happened to develop not a new avatar-like long bows, but a nuclear weapon. so we have to take this situation seriously. i'm not sure whether we are going to face a preemptive attack by the hezbollah, but anyhow, we are not interested in conflict in the north or in the east. but if it is imposed upon us, we know how to respond. >> well, you say that, but then, of course, there's the gallstone effect. in other words, would you do what you did to hezbollah in 2006? all-out attacks? or are you limited now? >> probably even more intensive. because in 2006, we were limited from hitting lebanon infrastructure. in lebanon, we see something totally abnormal. and the u.n. has a militia. the militia happen to have maybe members of parliament, even veto power within the cabinet. and it still works under oldest form, iran and equipped syria and iran, that's crazy -- >> so you would do that again? >> resolution 1701, we say loud and clear, we are not interested in a conflict

arab neighbors and israel. we talk to ethan bronner of "the new york times," bret stephens of "the wall street joual," jeff goldberg and abbas milani of stanford university. and we conclude this evening with a consideration of apple's new ipad with walt mossberg, michael polemenij of techcrunch and david carr of "the new york times" iran and the political forces at work as well as a look at the new ipad, next. if you've had a coke in the last 20 years, ( screams ) you've had a hand in giving college scholarships... and support to thousands of our nation's... most promising students. ♪ ( coca-cola 5-note mnemonic ) captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: the obama administration is at a critical point in its policy towards iran. although it says the door is still open for negotiation, the administration is increasing pressure on the iranian government. in the state of the union address last week, president obama appeared to take a tougher stan

among them still care deeply about the security of israel.r so they tell the pollsters. and as everyone knows or should know by now, there is no group in america, probably not even the jews themselves, which sides more passionately with israel in the war being waged against it by the arab muslim world and which is more steadfast in upholding israel's right to defend itself against its sworn enemies than the so-called religious right. yet, instead of forging a political alliance with this community, jewish liberals look for ways to justify their refusal to do so. at the same time, they are perfectly willing to make common cause with the so-called mainland protestant denominations despite the fact that unfriendliness and even outright hostility to israel have become pervasive in that sector of the christian world. a similar situation exists in the strictly political realm. all the poll data show self-described conservatives and self-described republicans sympathizing with israel in much greater proportions than liberals -- self-described libera

he is a very respected doctor in israel. rights, and i believe we do have equal rights, however, i went to an economic school. i did not go to a medical school. dr. tibi is more competent than me so he should get it. the fact that he is not a jew did not prevent camp from becoming a very successful gynecologist. when we talk about a jewish state, a jewish state -- gsmçó s not just a religion, it is at -- judy is on -- judaism is not just a religion, it is a way of life. we do not take it as an offense as jews, but as citizens. whether it was turkey, the ottoman empire, are egypt, we were loyal to the king. we were loyal to the country. let me emphasize that we do not ask anything that is out of the ordinary throughout history. it is a double standard that arabs-israelis do not accept israel as a state. they do have a choice, when we talk about a solution we talk about the chance that arab- israelis would it go without going physically, but would change and transfer their citizenship. ñrÑithere are 250,000-300,000 israeli ara

israel is not.there is no one level, aspect in the life of this real that there is equal rights dealing with jews and others. allocation of lance, education, housing, islamic properties, infrastructure. that is why i do appeal from here to secretary general of the oecd, not to approve the membership of israel unless there are equal rights and equal budgets for arab citizens exactly like the jewish citizens in israel. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much member of knesset tibi and that brings us full circle, no pun intended as we sit and look at the editor circle. we want to call upon you the journalist to ask the questions. i just as do we don't make statements, that we are able to address do we are, what outlet we are speaking for and to whom you are going to address the question. i am going to bring in the translator and a lovely translator is going to come and join us, so many questions that are asked in arabic are going to be translated immediately into english for this audienc

israel is not. there is no one level, aspect in the life of this real that there is equal rights dealing with jews and others. allocation of lance, education, housing, islamic properties, infrastructure. that is why i do appeal from here to secretary general of the oecd, not to approve the membership of israel unless there are equal rights and equal budgets for arab citizens exactly like the jewish citizens in israel. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you very much member of knesset tibi and that brings us full circle, no pun intended as we sit and look at the editor circle. we want to call upon you the journalist to ask the questions. i just as do we don't make statements, that we are able to address do we are, what outlet we are speaking for and to whom you are going to address the question. i am going to bring in the translator and a lovely translator is going to come and join us, so many questions that are asked in arabic are going to be translated immediately into english for this audien

he's a doctor in israel. a very respected doctor in israel.lk about democracy, it's also equal rights and i believe we do have your equal rights and equal -- however, however we've -- yeah, i went also to an economic school, i didn't go to a medicine school, prestigious one, as mr. ahmad tibi did, and rightly so because he is more competent than me so he should get it and the fact that he's not a jew, his name is ahmad, did not prevent him to become a very successful gynecologist, maybe the best in israel. when he talks about equal rights, let me say, equal rights also prescribes equal obligations and when we talk about a jewish state, a jewish state is not -- judaism is not just a religion, it's also a nationality, it's a way of life, it's a rich civilization that exist for 5,000 year years -- years or 4,000 years. now, just as jews, we know, we were in minorities for 2,000 years. as jewish minorities in arab and muslim countries, we played allegiance to islamic countries and we didn't say -- we didn't take it as an offense that as jews, but

, israel was involved. james rubin, thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> final tonight, we conclude this week's series but a fascinating look at the culture of australia. the remnants of an ancient civilization is being threatened by the encroachment of the modern world. in australia as you hear this report, a history written in the land is in danger of being erased. . >> sunrise on the northwestern coast of australia. at the dawn of human history, the first people arrived here and settled the southern continent. they are thought to have come here on bamboo rafts. theirs is the oldest living culture in the world. some of the descendents settled here in an arch they carved pictures of animals and ski creatures on the rocks. for australia's indigenous peoples, it became sacred ground. >> it is the bible of the land. not only just in one place, it's all over. white people, they have a church to go to. they have everything on the book, written on the book. aboriginal people, n when they take young people out

after testing this concept in israel, better place plans to do the same in denmark and australia. it has already signed deals with those national governments, with the province of on tar yeah, with the state of hawaii and municipalities in the bay area of california. >> being successful often means that you understand what's coming. >> reporter: shipping magnate and business tycoon is convinced better place will succeed. so convinced in fact that though his israel corporation owns the country's largest oil refinery, it sunk $130 million of seed money into better place. an investment he says in the future. >> we are reducing our dependency on oil. and we are reducing c02 emissions. this is a great thing. >> reporter: sounds good. but the doubters ask if that's really the case. >> in the u.s., certain parts of the country are very coal intensive. like the northeast and mid-atlantic states. if you convert the entire fleet to electric-powered cars charging off the grid, off of coal, you actually end up with a worse environment than you would otherwise. >> reporter: the better place pe

the working assumption is israel was involved. the israeli ambassador was summoned to parliament had for a meeting with the ambassador, stephen smith, where he was warned that the relationship could be damaged. the meeting followed the stern rebuke from the australian prime minister, kevin rudd. >> as a longstanding friend of israel, i repeat what i said before. any state, in the states which uses or forges australian passports, let alone uses or foes australian passports for the purposes of assassination, is of the deepest concern to australia, the deepest concern to australia. and we will not let the matter rest. >> given the close relationship between australia and israel, the diplomatic language was uncharacteristic the robust. >> i made it crystal clear to the ambassador that if the results of that investigation causes to come to the conclusion that the abuse -- cause us to come to the conclusion that the abuse of austlian passports was in any way sponsored or condoned by israeli officials, in australia would not regard that

israel is liberal. we may global comparisons. >> here is what is catching your attention on the bbc news website. taking a daily dose of fish oil could stave off mental illness according to researchers. it cuts psychotic illness as by a quarter. simon cowell's fund-raising symbol for the victims of the earthquake in haiti has been played on the radio for the first time. a teenager from new zealand news saved herself from the jaws of a shark used a body board to defend yourself. the sharks struck and rick into her wet suit, but she escaped serious injury. more details at our website -- bbc.com. do check it out. >> the latest headlines for you this hour on "bbc world news." america's most senior uniformed officer saying he supports the plans which would lead to the lifting of the ban on openly-gay people serving in the military. a meeting between the dalai lama and president obama will go ahead according to the white house. this is despite china's protests. take you back to washington now with the top bra

i believe there is also the question about threats against israel and wanting to stand off against israelure has some i'd logical casha. i don't think that is the driving -- catcha. -- cache. >> i'm glad you raised that. former officials made an argument. first of all they made a security argument that said the cold war was meant to deter other states, primarily the soviet union from attacking us. that is not the threat anymore. that is not the primary threat. it is arguably terrorism, terrorists armed with weapons of mass destruction than a country that is going to commit suicide by launching a especially in at us. how do we reduce that danger? you cannot reduce the danger. they will acquire the materials to make those weapons unless you begin to draw down nuclear stockpiles and nuclear material. if terror and w.m.d. is the primary threat, the way to deal with that is to reduce. as president obama pointed out in his speech before the united general asemblirks the u.s. is onboard with its allegations and wants to reduce dependence and reliance of nuclear weapons. we cannot achieve it unle

. >> it feels unique to be arab in israel. it is much more unique and tough experience to be an arab in the knesset. it is a very interesting place. but it is a daily struggle. . y struggle. it is a daily struggle in order to try to bridge the gap. it is a daily struggle in order to be equal. especially in this where a lot of emotions were proposed which is mainly focusing on an equal rights for arab citizens. this is the way which is demanding from us trying to enforce and declare reality to jewish and zionist states. demanding from arab members to be loyal. it is almost black and white. it is obvious because there are two relatives that cannot be -- narrative that cannot be breached. you know what happened in 1948. there isÑi the zionist narrativ. from 1948 until now, palestinians are the victim of the zionist narrative. no one can expect the victim is to be loyal to those who have acted against them. i am talking about deportation, destruction of the nationxd, but we do believe that the jews and arabs are citizens of the sa

they say that israel is digging here to make political claims over land. jerusalem and who has sovereignty over it goes to the heart of the conflict. here in east of jerusalem, the palestinians say that israel uses archaeology along with other things to gain more control over their lives. this man took me to his tom. his house has been served with a demolition order. he says it is almost impossible for palestinians to get construction permits from israeli authorities. the residents also said that the city of david archeological dig is weakening the structure of many homes here. >> their goal is to get us out of jerusalem and to bring jewish people to live here. the israeli government says that this is a jewish state. >> this is the latest archeological excavation. a man here is privately owned by an israeli company that also funds some jewish construction companies. >> the work that leads to hear is not based on looking for any particular heritage. we have things from the romans, from the first and second century. >> different nations and cultures have fou

a friend of israel, why? no jews in israel. -- no jews in his district.strong in action. i said, great. i want you to be my for success in washington. [laughter] charlie has been one of the greatest friends we have had on capitol hill. this will not diminish the support or friendship or any other members of congress, but charlie has been an outstanding congressman in his support for israel, which was unlimited on every move that israel was involved and. charlie was at the forefront. he was not a congressman #350 that joined the initiative. he was among the first 20 or 30 to join or initiate or sign up on congressional moves. now he was a member of two subcommittees, very important for israel. these are subcommittees of the appropriations. i'm sure you know the most important committee is appropriations, because they signed the checks that everyone uses. he was a member of the subcommittee on foreign aid -- assistance to israel, which she -- which we have been getting every sense, billions of dollars. he was always a great supporter and we could always rel

al-mabhouh, was someone israel didn't mind seeing dead? >> ...kidnapped and killed in 1987 two israeli soldiers which somebody he admitted himself in an interview not long ago. he fled the territory and then he joined to be a senior field operative for hamas , funnel of funds from rich communities, rich muslim communities in the united states and europe to the occupyed territorys, and then became to be a central kingpin in what israel sees as one of its main strategic challenges, and these are the interlinks between iran, the clerical regime in iran, the revolutionary guard on one hand, and hamas on the other. he was courting shipments of arms and sophisticated munition from iran to hamas. from the point of view of israel his loss is a great achievement. >> warner: now, the way the dubai authorities laid this out, it was a very complicated operation. at least 11 members of the hit squad, disguised, assignations, escaping from the country before the body was found. you've written a lot about mossad. does this fit the mossad m.o.? >> there i

it is a very big issue on the biometrics the database we start implementing israel.how did you address when was the limit between the need for security and the need for civil liberties? >> this is an issue raised pretty frequently and there is no question there are times you have to make judgments about the trade-off between security and civil liberties but i have to say a lot of times i think what is presented is a false choice in other words what is viewed as a trade office and much of a trade-off and i will use the excess blood biometrics or fingerprints. i think the use of biometrics is a way to identify people with the use of secure identification, which some people view as infringement on civil liberties. i think it enables civil liberties. anything that allows me to be confident that nobody can pretend to use my identity or masquerade, not only increases my security back to the increases my privacy because when people steal my identity they not only create a security risk but the act we eat my privacy and personal liberties. that's not to say that everything w

the concern is whether israel decides that's a good idea. i'm not sure there's a plan to deal with that. we will start pulling people out of iraq and afghanistan if that is the case. >> israel has not been receptive to president obama's treaties. talking about inflammatory, we have come to the part of high points and low moments. >> i give credit to general mcmullen saying that gays should be allowed to serve openly in the military. >> that is a pretty remarkable moment. >> that took a lot of cars. i am with you on that one. >> low notes -- it has been since july that the president of united states has held a news conference at the white house. we talk of a question time and that is great in cuba. we learn again this week that there are no plans in the near term to hold a news conference we can and does overexpose the argument right now. >> the cherry picking up what reporters get to ask. none of them are from the white house press corps. they are mostly from a new york. >> the only person who could avoid the west -- he is the only person to

he convince members of congress to support israel and provide assistance until the government of israelecided to cancel the program, and the rest is history. charlie became very friendly with india and then with pakistan. some of you have seen the movie. you know his relationship with pakistan. but at no time when he cherished his relationship with egypt and pakistan, it never came at the expense of his support for israel. not only was he not discounted for his support for israel, on the contrary. charlie tried to work with israel and pakistan at the time, to put them together, establish some contact between israelis and pakistan is. some contacts were made thanks to him. there would be no reason why these two countries would not cooperate with each other. the same thing with egypt. he tried to put some meetings to gather that did not materialize unfortunately. it only shows you how wide the horizon was for charlie to see is for playing a role in the middle east. -- to see is real playing a role in the middle east. charlie did not push for a peace treaty with the palestinians but he pla

israel has occupied it since the 1967 war. 40,000 palestinians live here. many families have been here for generations. they say israel is here at less out of archaeological interest, but rather to make political claims over a lot -- land. >>this is the heart of the israeli-palestinian conflict. palestinians say israel uses archaeological digs to squeeze them out, making the dream of having east jerusalem as the capital of their future state virtually impossible. this man took me to his home. his house but many others has been served with the demolition order for illegal building, but he says it is impossible for palestinians in east jerusalem to get construction permits from israeli authorities. to add to their woes, the residents also say the city of david archaeological dig is weakening the structure of many homes here. he is adamant. >> in order to get palestinians out of jerusalem, the jewish people in the israeli government say this is the jewish state. >> this is the latest large archaeological excavation in the city of david site. the land is privat

only israel could decide if israel wants to give up the golan. they ought to make that decision without any pressure from the united states or anyone. but if israel should make that decision, there could be a great deal gained in terms of having syria stopping the destabilization of lebanon, stopping the support of hamas, stopping the support of hezbollah. and it is a different world today than it was in 1967, when israel took the golan. it's not the same strategic importance. the point that i make is i think diplomacy is the way out. but sometimes there has to be a carrot and a stick, and i think we have come to the point where sanctions do need to be imposed. that is why i have joined the effort. i think that the president has given fair notice to iran, that they come to the table by the end of the year, and we're a little past that. and we obviously have problems with china on a number of fronts. we have problems on the taiwan issue on our sale of arms to taiwan. we have problems with them with respect to tibet and our issue of human rights. w

i don't think iran is seeking nuclear weapons because of israel and and know that israel could get his nuclear weapons in 1996 because iran. iran gives us some legal leverage you're for addressing concerns about the program, israel is not unfortunately and so that is not available to them. and i would say though i think iran the status quo power, is unlikely to decide to wake up and commit suicide by launching an attack on israel. if you are sitting in tel aviv and you hear and read the press, it sounds like there are all old vicious things being said and there are people who would like to wipe off the map. i think that was misinterpreted, but whatever, if you were sitting there you are going to feel more uncomfortable. you are going to feel as a threat so i think that programs genesis is unrelated the, the iranian program is particular in the iranian situation is with the israeli situation. i think they will pose dangers for their own peoples and for the region and that we should treat each to try to make progress there but i don't see them as intimately connected. >> thank you, your

. >>> israel's defense minister is calling for new sanctions against iran. eye yud barack says they are necessary to stop iran's nuclear ambitions but he also says sanctions will be effective only if russia and china join other nations to back them up. israel and many other countries accuse iran of building knew leer weapons which iran denies. he also talked about the report that accused israel and hamas of war crimes. >> i would like to say something. i think that afternoon seven years of suffering thousands of rockets terrorizing our civilian population at home, israel had the right and the duty to respond and the report is biased, distorted, totally unexplainable in my judgment and it even encourages somehow terror. >> his report encourages that? >> yeah. between the perpetrators of terror and its victims who -- and their dleliberate -- hamas and hezbollah are deliberately using civilian population as human shields. and we, while being attacked. >> the report by the aspirin judge richard goldstone investigated last year's conflict in gaza. >>> former pres

we hear that is real cause of terrorism, a guantanamo, israel, abu ghraib, israel, [laughter] but whats terrorism is islamist ideology and successful attacks. that makes them think they can win. what we are trying to do is to hope they don't jump inúwith the real bad guys. what makes a difference is that we stop them from attacking. if anybody thinks -- i convicted a guy who is sitting in a nice civilian prison after having a nice civilian trial. if you think those guys are not offended that he is in an american prison because he happens not to be in guantanamo bay, that is suggestive of completely being divorced from the reality of who we are dealing with. >> we will try to get the last two -- yes, sir? >> i am a former marine. [applause] my question is mainly for the warriors. we were talking about identifying the enemy. it was after the christmas bombing incidents and the question was why do they want to do this? there is a warped version of islam that is motivating them. hewhat do you say to people who will jump to any mental groups to make us the bad guy? the conclusion was that t

israel is strong in deterring, israel is the strongest nation 1,000 miles around. jerusalem but we are realistic and open. there will be no peace in the middle east before the other side of the neighbors and rivals will realize israel cannot be defeated by the use of force, cannot be attributed through terror and cannot be dragged through political naivete into diplomat tricks. those alternatives will be open. they will choose it over making peace rate is only when a strong self-confidence israel will be ready out of the strength to stretch the arm to which peace and will find the same kind of attitude on the other side we will have peace. i say we have to stand firm on our 2 feet from open without a drop of self delusion that the realities of the neighborhood, but having one hand preferably the left hand looking for any window to find opportunity for peace while the other pointing finger to the trigger ready to pull it when it is ultimately an accessory. the strong issues as well. we are trying to nurture the cohesive society, a strong sense of solidarity. we are

israel has had nuclear weapons for a long time.d to center around a question of the overthrow. the cia did sponsor that overthrow and the installation of the show -- shia. i think terrorist is probably the wrong word, how clever. on the other hand, there are people in iran, very few people, who have been given the option to choose who would look back at the stella. he killed your iranians and the current government in prisons. well i think the u.s. should have been more vigilant in our alliance with him, we should have asked more questions about the nature of his rule. at the end of the day, i do not think we can look back to the 1950's for 1979 and say it is all our fault. host: next is willie from baltimore, maryland. caller: i am going to speak about israel, and that is a no- no. we have done so much for this country and they slapped us in the face. they spied on us. they have taken our money, this respected us. they have co-optted foreign policy. host: you are talking about iran? caller: no, of israel. this is why we are in the

israel by convincing as real that the mission in the middle east must be a peaceful one, as israel is superpower. america must pursue a more objective policy in terms of peace, helping itself by pursuing the legitimate and international laws. host: where are you from? caller: syria. host: thank you for the call. this comment from twitter, "what have we gained from our time in iraq"? "no, we can, it is hard to see how president obama is the objective is for a health care utopia woodwork. does not cost more but extends policies to millions? cutting carbon without damaging the economy or causing further job loss? huge spending without any additional taxes for the middle class? -- middle-class"? michael, alabama, good morning. caller: when we get out of there is when we will really see. we should not encourage democracy using the barrel of a gun. we must remember that we were brought in under false premise. before it was very cosmopolitan, people were educated. now they have reason slave women. i am not so sure about it. host: from "of the new york daily news" we have this article, "obama

as a jewish state and israel as a democratic stateÑiÑi.jews and arabs. we have debate between jews and the definition of a jewish state -- jewish state according judicial ideas of the orthodox people on the jewish side. how come we can say that it is a jewish democratic state, but no one of the members of the knesset can change this definition to define as real as a jewish state, and at tk same time say that no one can change the nature of israel as a democratic state? that leads to a lot of confrontation, a lot of debate, a lot of differences of opinion. nevertheless, week, everyone of us, also those who were brought not as socialists -- i do not mean to patronize any one region that has caused me problems lately. i can see everyone is a human being. i believe it is the right of the jews to create their own land, their own state, and to return back to the homeland. we have a lot of thoughts because of that conflict. this is a conflict between two people. both of them areçó absolutely believing they are on the right side. i would like to s

existence of israel has provoked this conflict. with people who say that that the resolution of the conflict would have been enormously beneficial impact on relations with the muslim world. >> i think, if i recall rightly, you were arguing very strongly throughout 2002 to the white house and making progress on this problem was that the state not a trade-off, it was because achieving progress on this was going to make a huge difference to opinion in the region, to reactions in the region, to the reactions in the muslim world if it came to the point where you had to take military action against iraq. says he just said, these two things were linked together. but the americans were not able to see the logic of this in the same way. >> well, it was a debate that continued and i think, you know, you've got a point actually, sarah roderic. this is something i think it's difficult with the american system now and i think it was different actually at the end of president bush's time in fact. the reason he launched the annapolis process was

that hamas official in dubai, there is much to talk about with our exclusive guest, ehud barak, israel's defense minister. thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, christiane. >> let's start with iran. i know there's a whole host of issues, but you, from what i gather, have really been focusing on that with all of your meetings here. what do you make of the latest reports in "the new york times" that iran has moved some 4,300 pounds of enriched uranium out of underground storage and into an above-ground facility where it wants to further enrich it for its medical facility? >> i spent the day trying to encourage the economy of this city, so i didn't read the report. >> so you were shopping, in

ahmadinejad called for israel's annihilation and israel without israel in it, and you had the leadersist organizations and leaders of the terrorist states to call for the annihilation, and genocidal massacre of an entire people. that was an article missed. >> see him on our saturday show which airs tomorrow in "the situation room," 6:00 p.m. eastern, and we will have a lot more of what is going on here and other subjects that we talked to with the ambassador. tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. >>> meanwhile, an earthquake off of the coast of japan near okinawa of 7.0. there are about 20,000 u.s. military personnel there stationed at okinawa, and there are no reports or casualties or major damage, but our folks in japan are watching this very, very closely. jack cafferty is coming up with the cafferty file. >>> also, washington announces funding for the first new nuclear reactors in decades, but it does not know what to do with the waste from the previous reactors. i will look at that report. >>> and he was one of the most controversial figures in the obama administration until he stepped down in a

israel off the map, what is the timetable? >> i think they are close to getting a nuclear weapon. there's much that we don't know that shouldn't make us feel better. what we don't know probably takes them closer to that capability. one reason that prime minister netanyahu of israel was in moscow this week was to try and persuade the russians of the seriousness of the situation to have the russians continue to withhold delivery of sophisticated new air defenses that the iranians need. >> secretary of state clinton uses tough words seems to be hawkish on this. president obama, how do you characterize his approach to this? >> i think he still wants to try to negotiate with iran. i had higher hopes for secretary clinton earlier in the week. i see in the past days she has apparently taken off the table the possibility of u.s. military action. which is something that at least rhetorical the administration kept on before. i do think given the proclivities of the obama administration the possibility of military force is limited to a d

and only israel can decide whether it is in israel's interest to see the golan heights. but it is a different world in 2010 than it was in 1967, when israel took the golan. the strategy is very different, and even the rockets, it is not quite the same situation. and there is a great deal that israel could gain if a peace treaty was entered into with syria. stopping syria from continuing the destabilization of lebanon, which syria denies, but i think happens to be a fact. for syria to stop supporting hezbollah and hamas could be very important to israel security. and to try to drive a wedge between syria and iran would be helpful not only to israel in the context of the iranian president wanting to wipe israel off the face of the earth, but would be good not only for the region but for the entire world if we could find a way to contain iran in their determination to acquire nuclear weapons. secretary of state hillary clinton testified yesterday before the foreign operations subcommittee, and i asked her if she would consider a recommendation to have the president call the

much aggressive rhetoric involving israel, lebanon, and syria. >> there are threats every day. my only threats, but we have seen what happens on the ground, in the aerospace, all of the time over the past few months, every day they are entering israeli airspace. this is something that is really dangerous. >> there has been a legal blow to the british government in their attempts to hang onto documents pertaining to a terrorist and guantanamo bay. they say that they knew he was being tortured while he was held in a secret prison for seven years. china says that members of creatine tow are on trial for robbery and stealing secrets, including three chinese nationals and an australian citizen. this arrest has caused political friction between china and australia. the harlem globetrotters have been showing off their usual combination of athleticism and comedy, but this time it is on ice. they have played a game on the central path from the proper competitive team, over the years developing the routine, more entertainment than sports, some would say. former nba members have been part

even the united states has called israel's new heritage plan provocative. protesters say it amounts to an attempt to anax disputed holy sites. >> does it make a difference to throw a few stunts? >> it is what we can do, so we need to do it. our culture is under assault by israeli soldiers. >> the prime minister came into hebron to pray in the most important of the two sites. two jews, it is the site of the cave of the patriarchs -- -- to jews, it is the site of the cave of the patriarchs. the mosque is an inseparable part of our palestinian lands occupied in 1967, this man says. our process demonstrates our insistence to continue to hold onto it. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his heritage plan has been misunderstood and will not change the status quo. critics say he caved in to right-wingers in his government to abdicate the patriarch's to the natural -- to the national heritage list. israeli security forces did not have much trouble dealing with what was a small protest in hebron, but the anchor senior is widely felt among palestinians. -

although everyone suspects israel's spy agency killed him, israel hasn't confirmed and unless forcedever. will still, former chief of staff said publicly just because it's suspected israel has achieved deterrence. would be attackers fear -- and long reach of the masad. in jerusalem, mike tobin, fox news. >> shepard: fox extreme weather alert now. forecasters are calling it a snowa-caine. another winter blast. one more spousal than the deadly storm that hit the region this week and killed at least three people. our chief meteorologist is with us rick reich mouth is with us. >> not a typical nor'easter because it backs back towards the west and plants itself right across this area here in the northeast. take a look at the weather maps. we are going to be talking already about the snow and rain we have seen moving across the area. now down towards florida. we have got severe weather tonight, shepard, potential maybe for an isolated tornado. that he was the storm that is going to explode over the next 12 to 18 hours out across parts of the atlantic. you see the snow on the left there out

>> well, he threatened israel once again saying that he has spoken to the heads of states of israel'saying if the israelis make a mistake and attack iran that the nations in the region will attack israel and, as he said, destroy them and uproot them, shep. >> shepard: you know, china's key for sanctions here. they have been trying to get china on board with the idea. how's that going. >> yesterday robert gibbs made it sound like china may be on board but then today a chinese official said, well, we need to give it more time for more diplomacy to kick in. so clearly the u.s. is feeling some frustration. that may be a source of frustration. it is not clear at this point that the u.s. will be able to get the chinese on board with more sanctions, shep. >> shepard: mike emanuel at the pentagon. thanks. fox news has learned the department of homeland security will install the first of 150 full body scanners the u.s. airports beginning just next week. according to the department, three of the new machines will go into service starting at logan international airport in boston. chicago's o'har

the killing has been widely blamed on israel. israel has refused to confirm or deny. >>> tougher measures against the best known date rape drug seems to have been successful, but they warn that sexual predator'' are turning to other substances. >>> an italian court has convicted three google executives for violation of privacy over a video posted on youtube which showed a group of teenagers abusing an autistic boy. the trio had no involvemt in the video and were given suspended jail sentences. >> the google executives were not in court to hear the verdicts. three out of four or found guilty of breaching the privacy rights of the teenager with autism who was filmed being bullied and a video posted online. the judge gave the 36 months in jail, terms suspended. the prosecution's sake google failed to act quickly enough to reve the video and an important principle about which should and what should not appear on the internet has been established. >> we think this verdict might define the relationship between the rights of business en

or the u.s., probably by israel.ll probably accuse the united states of common during all the middle east oil reserves and -- commandeering the middle east oil reserves and use that as a pretext to attack. we will have this one world government established because the united states is the one that will be primarily hit the hardest. host: will get their response. what did you think? guest: i disagree on a lot of different levels. one of the interesting questions is, what does this tension between the u.s. and iran eventually lead to? the military option is on the table or has been left on the table. no one in washington wants to see another war. not only because we're stretched thin already in afghanistan and iraq but because a conflict with iran would be different from either afghanistan or iraq. we're talking about a population three times larger than iraq's with much more sophisticated infrastructure and a much more threatening military. iran has the most powerful military outside israel and the middle east. this i

people compare this to israel. israel has had gays serving in the military for a long time. everybody in this country serves in the military. people serve because they volunteer to do it. and they can un-volunteer. we need to maximize the efficiency and effectiveness of our force and go with that. my concern is political correctness rating in the military right now -- political correctness is raining in the military right now. i worry when many -- people will stand up and say, "whatever the generals want." i am not sure we have so indoctrinated the military court -- i am not sure they can see straight to make the decision. >> this is a comment, not a question. i want to thank you very much for your support of arlen specter. the people i know in prince william county, virginia, will be glad to hear that. if you ever have national aspirations, you have a precinct captain who will work very hard for you. >> bless your heart. [applause] >> thank you for your career to date. [laughter] our fiscal crisis, in my belief, is a function of malfeasance on the part of our elected offici

you have israel.had not invaded any of the country for 200 years. they have been a regular victim of invasion, most recently by saddam hussein and what was the most bloody middle eastern conflicts. but there is speculation that, if there is some diplomatic alternative or resolution to this nuclear question, that israel may take unilateral military action. connection and change the balance power in çthe region a affect çoil prices and potentially get the green movement supporters to rally around the regime. host: we have doug, qrepublican line. caller: good morning. guest: good morning. caller: i have two questions 'pr(jus.qo3ó i was ó73ççñrcurious fáçabo'k relationship with russia./t]ç it seems to me that russia is somewhat playing with fire, in many ways çççbacking okw i was curious about your observations on that. when we talk about the rise of the degeneration in iran, are the republican guards able to coopted lot of those people to undercut this unrest in the country? >guest: that is a ve

jews living in poverty, israel being persecuted. i switched to the nazi newspaper where jews rule the world. the news is so much better. [applause] and other words, we have to stay focused on the reality and not live in a fantasy world. i lived in that world of reality every day. that is what we try to bring you through worldnetdaily.com. many people do not want to hear the truth. they do not want to hear about the threats to their country, their way of life, there things, -- their things, the lives of their brothers and sisters in faraway places. that is part of shining a light that needs to be shown in all the dark places. the truth needs to be told. it is the truth that sets us free. god bless you all and thank you for taking part in >> coming up next live, your telephone calls and comments on today's "washington journal." and then at 10:30 this morning, president obama speaking at the democratic national committee. also live at 11:15, from tennessee, a tea party forum on the future of that group. today, live continuing coverage

israel's action sparked several days of riots and protests. u.s. officials called the israeli move "provocative and unhelpful" to the peace process. in washington, as legislators met with president obama to debate health care reform, an interfaith coalition was among the many religious groups urging congress to extend coverage to the most vulnerable. leaders of more than a hundred national and local faith groups signed a letter cautioning that quote "turning back now could mean justice delayed for another generation." there were several stories this week that illustrate the ongoing tensions between religion and government. our managing editor kim lawton joins me to talk about them. kim, beginning with this report this week from the chicago council on global affairs about what some have called the "god gap" in american diplomacy. >> lawton: well, a very influential panel of scholars, religious leaders, and former government officials accuse the u.s. of having an uncompromising western secularism that actually hinders american foreign policy overseas

the issue, for example, israel palestine dispute was not a very high issue on his agenda.nce that applied, at least a subset, of the potential problem. more recently we've seen bin laden and his number to talk about the intersection between al qaeda and anti-globalization to try to draw a connection between the economic crisis in the west and the ideology of al qaeda and what its agenda is. in fact, i wouldn't be surprised to see bin laden take credit for the earthquake and the snowstorm in his next statement. and i say this not to mock him but to recognize that at the core of what al qaeda is about, it's not so much a coherent ideology of what they are in favor of, as it is an ideology of what they oppose. and that they are prepared to modify their message in order to attract a greater number of people into their orbit. and as a consequence as we think about the ideology we face, it's important not to confuse it with a religion, which is different and which has a very coherent and obviously admirable worldview, not to confuse the religion with the ideology which is much m