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i think that israel israel plans to enforce the sea blockade over the gaza strip because if it allows these ships to sail freely into gaza first of all yes there is a chance that they are carrying weapons that they are carrying terrorist we saw that in last year's flotilla there were armed mercenaries aboard the turkish gas and your ship mavi marmara which lynch to try silly into israeli soldiers years and years will hold a lousy. job because of that concerns and seem to get as. journalism israel's were to allow these ships to sail into gaza then it would create a precedent that would then allow a ship like victoria which was several months ago tried to sail to gaza with the rainy and anti she already has a union because you know when you may have brought up an interesting word precedent here and i think that's what everybody is looking at a precedent chris is this what the israelis are most afraid of is that the blockade will be broken if it's broken broken once in a big p.r. way they'll be no way for it to enforce it in the future. world peace if you want to unpack israeli paranoia

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state has for us and it was just very good journalism miracle well israel you know israel needs to end its occupation of blockade of the gaza strip it needs to and it needs to end its occupation and colonize ation of settlement in the west bank it needs to end systems and us and us carolyn a sharon to tell us the sentences are always a visit all right gentlemen this is very much what i expected from this. time many thanks so my guess a day in jerusalem and in chicago and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t.c. you next time and remember cross talk rules. and.

israel., all of them together don't matter compared to the united states and israel, because the u.s. and israel can do anything they want because of their status as a superpower. ahh. you are so smart. you has a big egg head? you do! a lot of our universities are pushing bigotry. that's what this is. this is anti-israeli, bigotry. anti-jewish, antisemitic. it's anti-american. bigotry. and this administration embraces that thinking, i think have you noticed that? or is it just me? last week i talked about the proposed circumcision ban in san francisco. proopponents claim the bill is just about healthcare they're protecting the little innocent babies. that's what they are doing right here. circumcising. i know. i don't know about anthony weiner, but i still remember when i was a babe. i might have been three days old. it didn't know, i couldn't read a calendar yet. sometimes i wake up in horror thinking ahhh! no, that really didn't -- all right. i don't think it bothered me at all. i cried a l

the state has to realize soon it will just face it journalism in israel you know israel needs to end its occupation of blockade of the gaza strip it needs to and it needs to end its occupation and colonize ation and settlement to the west bank it needs to end its system mass and use carolyn ational is a talisman since her own as a visitor oh all right gentlemen this is very much when i speak to you for this amount of time many thanks to my guess a day in jerusalem and in chicago and thanks to our viewers for watching us here r.t.c. you next time and remember cross talk rules. and.

in israel. prescribes to a halt as a forty eight hour general strike takes hold while erupts in violence where protesters voiced their anger at proposed cuts to secure. the strike was time to coincide with a crucial vote in the greek parliament on whether to accept brussels terms for financial aid this is china's prime minister offers a financial lifeline to the union during a visit to your. minister christine lagarde becomes the first female head of the international monetary fund overwhelming support from europe russia china and the us her chief rival for the post was mexican banker augustine carstens who lobbied as a non european candidate better suited to understanding developing economies the organization is former managing director. resigned in may because of the sex scandal. on the ground in the libyan oil port tripoli rejects the international criminal court's demands for colonel gadhafi is arrested and accused of doing nato dirty work. critics say the ruling makes a peaceful settlement

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the most positive review we got was in israel.over the book in three separate pieces including one major review. all three of the pieces were positive. we got a much better -- we get much better treatment in israel than in the united states. >> host: why do you think that is? >> guest: almost impossible in the united states to criticize israel or to criticize the u.s. israeli relationship in the mainstream media. if you do it you will pay a real price. i think israelis are much more comfortable about themselves and much more aware. it is much more open and free society when it comes to talking about israel and the united states. it is really quite amazing, the extent to which israel is a taboo subjects here in the united states. >> host: why? >> guest: well, my view is that the strongest supporters of israel here in the u.s. states want israel and the united states to have a special relationship. they want the united states to give israel large amounts of material and diplomatic assistance, and they want us to give that assistance

if israel disarmed today, there would be no israel tomorrow. iran, hamas, hezbollah, and other terrorist groups disarm today, and tomorrow we would have peace in the middle east. [cheers and applause] our challenge today will likely not meet with some simple solution. our commitment to israel's protection remains as staunch as it has been from the moment of israel's birth. i would also say this to the brave people of israel. never, ever underestimate the hold that israel has on the american heart. the american people have always believed in israel. we believe in israel still. together we will renew our mutual agreement to freedom and justice. we will work to achieve a peace where war and bloodshed are no longer common features of life for you and your children. in 1936, the emperor appealed to the league of nations for assistance. he said it is us today. it will be tomorrow. -- it will be you tomorrow. we know if the forces of terrorism eliminate israel today, the return to america tomorrow. -- they would turn toward america tomorrow. we must r

yes and it's very unfortunate i think i think it's much better for israel and for israel image to allow this flotilla to arrive safely together so it's known that there is no weapons on it and again israel has a good relationship with degrees a very good relationship with the grease and can search every one of those ships can make sure there are no weapons on those ships instead of having another confrontation that at the end will hurt israel image and not help israel image internationally ok but at the end of the day looking at the reaction from both sides do you think this is really about provoking israel rather than helping palestinians. i think this the people who are going to have little are more about creating awareness of what's happening in gaza and they and israel actually stopping the flotilla helps the mission of this a group. it's is a humanitarian thing and there are different people and there are different groups part of it so some of them are there for humanitarian reasons some of them are probably there for provocation and some of them are there to raise awareness of the

israel and i think they succeeded in showing israel as the occupier. is that powerful a power over in the west bank and especially in gaza and the people in the suffering of the people there which i do not want to belittle but still this is part of the strategy in the i think this is why we are being the legitimized in the hope and they know that only the peace talks once they will be started when bring us back to the right track in the keep this stop this kind of tenet of some of the state should the palestinians unilaterally declare a palestinian state what will israel's reaction be i don't know but you know some people here say that. we can also take unilateral steps. like the disengagement i know that all kinds of unilateral on our side or on the palestinians. going to home and to be an obstacle to the peace in the region in the i don't know how we will react but i still hope that the palestinian will understand that this kind of unilateral declaration will bring them nowhere this is not the way to achieve what everybody wants which is peace with l

were needed by the neo cons to carry out their policies and the health of israel. he with our two years could have a company today now russia is plagued by one of the highest rates of teen suicide in the world as many as four thousand attempting to kill themselves every year experts say it's the parents that are often at fault but not for not seeing a problems staring them right in the face because our use odds on a boy reports there are many other forces at work. just days before final exams a t.v. crew was reporting and students gearing up for the gulp lives that lay had of them the teachers pointed to bullying at their brightest student who it seemed had her future figured out which way should play station i want to become a journalist because it's a very interesting and creative profession which would open doors to the world for me. but instead of a school living celebration polygamist classmates gathering like a funeral something she may not be the best she added everything and hank herself. would have been getting ready for the example weeks and pollini i was

senator from israel the prime u.s. senator from israel for many many years no surprises there because no surprises in the whole spectacle which is why to expect any political movement to get past the u.s. congress beneficial to the situation in the middle east is totally impossible but let's talk about this i mean you mentioned that a lot of these senators politicians really across the board here in the u.s. they do you get a lot of their funding from a pac the american israel public affairs committee there a very powerful lobby here a very powerful group but there are so many other powerful groups and lobbies here in washington why is it do you think that these politicians really really feel i mean there's got to be some other reasons ideological or whatever that they really feel the need to stand in the corner of israel time and time again well the ideology of a u.s. senator or us congressman for that matter starts with getting reelected that's ideologically very important to the politician and they know fully well i

stands by israel on everything even when the president says otherwise we believe the borders of israel palestine should be based on the nine hundred sixty seven lines with mutually agreed swaps. this statement by the president which he has since backtracked a bit on has led several u.s. senators to sponsor a resolution showing their support of israel and of prime minister benjamin netanyahu there's a few provisions from the bill whereas the united states has long recognized that a return to the one nine hundred sixty seven lines would create a strategic military vulnerability for israel and greatly impede its sovereign right to defend its borders whereas prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu correctly stated that the nine hundred sixty seven lines were not boundaries of peace but they are the boundaries of repeated war just a few things out of that resolution that was put forth and you know there are multiple issues going on right now both domestic and international that senators can't seem to agree on this one all this one is getting support from all sides multiple senators demo

israel's flow of cheap gas is drying out egypt wants to rethink a key energy deal that's thought to benefit only to jewish state and the mubarak family. now lack of emotional support is blamed for russia's record breaking figures on suicides among teenagers. blog that putin of russia has resumed to live just to supply two below tourists and business in twenty minutes. by the end of the russian capital you're watching us here with mary and josh as they go tells the world to prepare for a post gadhafi era coalition bombs continue to blitz the libyan capital petrol queues snakes through tripoli was fuel in short supply scenario made worse as tankers become a regular target for airstrikes are reports on civilians caught up in a brutal conflict. it may have some of the largest oil reserves on the planet but these days labor is also god some of the longest queues at his pastoral stations the international sanctions imposed on the embattled colonel's regime did not include a few and. that nato is targeting if suspected the fuel might be used by gadhafi as military forces with roads closed factorie

that will force israel's hand. have shimon peres -- you have the shimon peres coming to the white house tomorrow. israel is concerned if the palestinians and go to a vote at the u.n. general assembly, that they will overnight have a state and if certain things are not discussed, that is going to put this conflict and take a turn that many israelis are concerned about. president bush was the first american president to declare that two states are two peoples was the goal of u.s. policy and that the palestinians deserve a state. that was a major step forward. we have seen so much movement. sometimes looks like the israelis and palestinians are locked in a tight race. it's been going on for ever. there is a lot going on. you need to predict what we try to do -- this is a very -- we have to introduce you to characters on both sides of the conflict. you can actually crossed the front lines on any given day and report from both sides of the conflict on the same day. that is what we wanted to show. through the eyes of the

we consider israel to be a western country, which i think we should and a big enough war involving israel, lebanon, syria and iran could easily draw the united states and united states and whether we like it or not. and that lebanese israeli border will be the epicenter if a regionwide war involving these countries breaks out. i think we should care very much about what goes on there because we may end up getting sucked into it. we have in the past gotten sucked into it. >> host: yeah we have. the lebanese have never been reluctant to invite outsiders and to serve their particular community. >> guest: that is right. a lot of the christian parties would love to have a show up right now. >> host: notches the u.s., the west. >> guest: a lot of the sunnis would be happy with it too. i think it would be a bad idea but a good chunk of lebanon would welcome us today. >> host: after the first war our representatives caught traveling in the area from washington turned down a request to take over the mandate from the league of nations for lebanon and syria. thank god we didn't get sucked into that

flotilla might have i'm joined by joe fatima chairman of the foreign press association in israel and live from jerusalem mr ghanem good to see you considering how big an event the last for tiller turned out to be i just scandalously a p.r. campaign do you think some journalists will get israel and cover what could be another massive international confrontation well if you ask me that about a half an hour i would have answered it differently because just in the past few minutes we received an announcement from the prime minister's office where they are now dropping their threat to punish journalists you see on the flotilla. it's not quite clear how they're going to handle it but we are now backing away from their threat to the people for ten years so another saying that journalists are potentially allowed to come on the flotilla but do you think israel will repeat what it did to the last flotilla taking into account the worldwide condemnation and diplomatic mayhem but of course. no i think the last photo is really seen as a major debacle you know both militarily they weren't happy wit

israel to gas a lifeline from egypt could be in jeopardy as cairo probes allegations the supply deal set up by after president mubarak was a shady scam. possibly alarms are raised over suicide rates among young people in russia blamed on indifference towards the problems of. business russian markets closed tuesday's trading session lower energy majors among the biggest losers despite the relatively strong one the figure is an important part of the. worldwide news live from moscow this is r.t. research and to libya now where nato airstrikes and advancing rebel forces are tightening the noose around colonel gadhafi stronghold tripoli civilians in the capital live in constant fear of being killed and now a petrol shortage is making their lives even more difficult now those actions aimed at protecting civilians have only succeeded in stoking people's anger as maria for national reports. it's may have some of the largest oil reserves on the planet but these days labor's also got some of the longest keys at its pastoral stations thing to national sanctions imposed on the embattled colonel'

israel ellis for logistics. he described the logistics as those logistics that were needed by the need. to carry out their policies on behalf of israel. and you can watch that interview in about fifteen minutes time right here if you want to about the situation in the middle east. all available for you online for example e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton. about the challenges that she faces amid revolutions in the world check out the exclusive interview on our website. competition. videos of different stories. where you can even download. couldn't take three. free. arrangement free. free. free. free. free media. by one of the highest rates of teen suicide in the world with as many as four thousand attempting to kill themselves every year experts say it's the parents that are often at fault for not seeing their problems right in the face but. there are many other forces at work. just days before final exams a t.v. crew was reporting and students gearing up for their lives that lay had of them the teacher

israel's israel's main interest is ensuring a stable northern border but i think while we're on the topic of syria i think syria is very different from libya and it's very different from yemen because it's a country which really i think most resembles iraq you're looking at a group of. several types several groups that are there you have the minority alawite who have been in power for decades since the sixty's at least and you have the majority sunni as who deeply resent being ruled by a minority and therefore most analysts here believe that if the us had regime falls and that's looking to be the case more and more as time goes by it looks more likely that he will fall that would likely be followed by a. bloodbath in syria as all of these groups the kurds. in. all of these groups in syria make me battle it out and look after their own interests and that of course quite a tragic outcome should actually come to pass and just because peter pan yemen yesterday because i just wanted to talk to my friend in intel of the would would do would be happy to see a functioning democracy in in sy

for several each option papers from israel he says the deal was always unpopular among egyptians to give him a. car to. get this business through. it's not a. few people the egyptian public prosecutor has since ordered an investigation into the deal former president hosni mubarak contributes sons are accused of having personally benefited from it which doesn't surprise you also of peruzzi who set up the natural gas system in israel he was against the deal from the start not least because it was signed between israel and the east mediterranean gas company which is registered offshore and has no assets in egypt it was obvious. in as we tour across the in the arab world and it was also very obvious that one if the president is not. is not going to rule egypt then of course the whole contract is not worth the paper it's written on the east mediterranean gas company declined our request for an interview egypt's natural gas supplies about forty to fifty percent of the electricity power stations in israel it can be replaced but it feels that they're more expensive and which is why boys are

shouldn't be destroyed or israel shouldn't be there. there's a group of settlers say time is on their side and there will be more settlers and they will become fixtures as part of connected to sxirlz, therefore, they have a greater chance of expanding and remaining in place. >> host: jennifer, i want to move on what we're seeing in the mideast in northern africa and the uprisings there. what impact have those situations in libya, in tunisia have they had on the palestinian-israeli situation, particularly on palestinians? >> guest: well, i think the impact -- the biggest impact was the change in egypt and we're still in a very unknown period. but the change -- the potential change of the government -- or the change of the government there and the potential change of the relationship between egypt and israel and one thing you need to understand, to understand how nervous israelis are right now about what's going on around them because this is really -- this is a cataclysmic change we're seeing. for three to four decades we've had exactly

israel did not exist during this period yet.e saw spain, sicily, greece, the balcans, romanian conquered. they drove into central france, got to the gates of vienna twice. this is nothing to do with israel and nothing to do with jews. israel is the canary in the coal mine in the fight, the first line of defense for western civilization. >> host: let's talk the defense of western civilization. people will read this and say what can i do? way can i do as a citizen? what can my government do? give us some suggestions as to what somebody who picks this book up and goes, oh my good, what's my role in this? what is it? >> guest: we talk about these issues a lot. that's always the question we get. i travel the country giving speeches. number one, i implore you, get informed. you don't have to be an islam expert, buy the book, but don't have to be an expert or a political junk ky, but put down your ipod, turn off the game, american idol, 15-20 minutes a day and get informed on what's going on in the world. you owe it to yourself, kids,

by the neo cons to carry out their policies on behalf of israel. and you can watch that in fifteen minutes time right here on tape now if you want to learn more about the situation in the middle east or just go to our website www dot com our regular updates interviews and videos all available for you online for example e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton talked to our t.v. about the challenges that she faces amid revolutions in the arab world check out the exclusive interview on our website. also well the world's best known classical music concert russia's tchaikovsky competition will get underway on tuesday at moscow's newly renovated conservatory for many other videos of different stories we're covering head over to free video dot com or you can even download. mission free couldn't take three storage free. arrangement free. free. free. free volunteer video for your media project a free media gun to archie dot com. will. come into your life from moscow russia is plagued by one of the highest rates of teen suicide in the world with as many a

to carry out their policies on behalf of israel. and you can watch that interview in full in about an hour and a quarter. now if you want to learn more about the situation in the middle east. all available for you online twenty four seventh's e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton. about the challenges she faces a. piece of interview on our website. and the world's best known. competition gets underway. by the way. to. critique free. free. free. free. free. free. free media. he is coming to you live from moscow russia is plagued by one of the highest rates of teen suicide in the world with as many as four thousand attempting to kill themselves. experts say it's the parents that are often at fault for not seeing the problems staring them right in the face but. reports there are many other forces at work. just days before final exams a t.v. crew was reporting and students gearing up for the adult lives that lay ahead of them the teachers pointed to polina that brought a student who it seemed had her future figured out a stage i wa

next to war and peace in the middle east israel's vice prime minister spotlight on the north the inside track on the country's long term plans growing presence of promise call for the country to roll back to its one hundred sixty seven borders that's coming up just ahead. hungry for the full story we've got it from. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers on. hello yellow welcome to spotlight the info you shall have on our team i'm ready to play my guest on the show is more shit. president obama called on israel to roll back to the heart central borders and start peace talks with the palestinians but this offer infuriates in the jewish state tel of the of is their guiding its territorial gains and blaming other regimes for the instability in the region so what's israel's long term policy here's the israeli vice prime minister moshe ya'alon the. israeli policy towards the palestinians has long been criticized in the world as inhumane but the country's politicians seem determined to stick to the tough line they've taken before coming to moscow vice prime min

with israel and the elected leaders of the imam. he discusses his will's history and the future with you mess ambassador to syria richard murphy. >> host: you've gone to lebanon i gather for the first time just after the assassination of 2005. >> guest: that's right. he had just been assassinated in march 14th in 2005, more than a million people took to the streets at the same time in a country of only 4 million demanded the immediate evacuation of serious's military i'd been wanting to visit lebanon for years and this was the perfect time, the story to come out of the middle east since the invasion of iraq so i ordered the airplane and went right away. >> host: did you have any idea you were getting into such a scene of destruction, desolation, wild accusations? >> guest: i did not. i wasn't expecting anything like destruction or desolation. in 2005 the root looked like a middle eastern version of berlin in 1989. that's what i thought it was. and that's what a lot of people thought it was. but as we know now in hindsight syria and

if israel disarmed today, there would be no israel tomorrow. but if iran, hezbollah, and other groups disarmed, tomorrow, we would have peace in the middle east. [applause] while our challenge will not meet with such a simple solution, our commitment to israel remains a staunch as it has been from the moment of their birth. i would say this, to the brave people of israel, never underestimate the hold that israel has in american's hearts. [applause] the american people have always believed in israel. we believe in israel still. together, we will renew our mutual commitment to freedom and justice and we will work to achieve a peace in which war and bloodshed are no longer a common feature of life for you and your children. on june 30, when italy was being invaded, the emperor appeal to the league of nations. he said, "it is us today. it will be tomorrow. " we know that if the forces of terrorism could eliminate terrorism today, there will return to america tomorrow. that is why we must reverse the dangerous policies of the obama administration. [

i for israel elvis funded system. and so he described the logistics as those logistics that were needed by the neo to carry out their policies on behalf of israel. and you can watch that interview in full in about an hour and a quarter right here on our c that was a lot more about the situation in the middle east i just got my web site got strong qanbar regular updates interviews and videos all available for you online twenty four seventh's e.u. foreign policy chief catherine ashton to talk to our t.v. about the challenges she faces a major revolutions in the arab world check out a series of interviews on our web site. on the world's best known classical music concerts crushers and the competition that gets underway on tuesday at moscow's newly renovated conservatory you can watch and download any of our videos by the way video blog dot com. could take three. three. three. three. three. three in video for your media project a free radio gun tard. he is coming to you live from moscow now russia is plagued by one of the