norman was born in the states i was born in israel but i left israel. seven eighteen years ago and never visited it since since then. so it is very problematic now why is it problematic because we definitely we can definitely understand boycott on products yet artists and. professors or intellectuals or writers are not out to cargo's and this is something that must. become clear to people in the bidi movement if we want to envisage a future of freedom democracy tolerance pluralism you want to fight for palestinians in the occupied territories in gaza who come to visit conferences abroad we cannot at the same time. as we know as we know and we despise israel for doing it. just. like ten days ago was announced as a persona non grata by israel. bar and boy was a persona non-grata for playing wagner's ok i mean i mean i didn't like it when i guess what you're saying is it's a very blunt object here and it's not being very focused ok eric if i can go to you how do you feel about that i mean you know what degree do you boycott to make a political point in mak

israel. memorial day and the country's 64th anniversary as a nation. what does israel as a nation mean? what will they do about iran? and benjamin netanyahu made some news on the palestinian question. here he is on iran. thank you so much for inviting us and letting us come and see your home. >> well, welcome to jerusalem. take a look around. >> we came here to your courtyard. i know we had to move -- there was a table here earlier. when we got here, there were two coffee cups on it. i guess it was yours and tony blair. you were talking this morning. but how important is this space for you? this is sort of your -- this is your get away space, right? >> no this is my prison courtyard because the prime minister of israel like -- i suppose the president of the united states, and maybe the pope, one or two other people. >> so you feel like you're under house arrest? >> for good reason, but i suppose so. but it doesn't mean there's not an endless number of people want to get into the prison cell a

i don't want them as subjects of israel or citizens of israel. i want them to have their own independent state but a demilitarized state. >> and to be clear, one that isn't separated by israel as in there's a palestine part here? >> swiss cheese now. >> no swiss cheese? >> swiss cheese, an analogy used by george w. bush years ago. at that time, benjamin netanyau did not support it. contiguous a crucial wordsome there going to be a contiguous state? not something the prime minister said before, talked to sources in the palestine -- plo today, not something he discussed with them that could be significant if peace talks do again start, to have a contiguous -- to use that word contiguous a lot of weight in that particular word. we will hear what the prime minister has to say about the u.s. elections it is an important issue for him and what he has to say about iran important there how well does he know mitt romney? we will get answers to that plus, his on swegs a map and a new case of mad cow disease in the united states a lot of people wondering wh

i define pro-israel of helping israel live out the principleses of its declaration of independence. just like that is how i define pro-american. i think that is the fundamental shift that i'm trying to argue for in this book. that we need to have the same conception of israel that its founders did and be willing to say publicly when israel's government is, in fact, violating those founding principleses just as we would with our own government. >> but you don't believe that the government of benjamin netanyahu has those kinds of commitments to the founding vision. >> if they do, i haven't seen it public-- publicly expressed. i think this is a government whose security fears and there are legitimate security fears if, whose security fears i fear are blinding it to the reality that making the occupation permanent is the worse thing for israeli security. >> rose: they legitimate security fears. how can the world and israel's friends and israel's friends in at rab world as well convince everybody that israel's security is such an essential element of this, that somehow there must be a fo

to israel.> our members are suffering. they are destitute. they don't have places to sleep. >> i come to follow god's word. he said, "as i disperse you i shall bring you together. because of that i want to go back to the jewish home." >> reporter: their pleas have fallen mostly on skeptical ears even though more than 75,000 ethiopians, including many relatives of these people, were accepted in recent years into israel. their acceptance into israeli society, however, has been difficult. many in israel's religious leadership have questioned whether the ethiopians are truly jewish. many were subjected to conversion rituals upon their arrival in israel. in recent years, ethiopians, particularly in the second generation, have taken to street protests. >> i think what we are looking here today is thousands of ethiopians saying here to the israeli society no to discrimination, no for racism. all of us we came here to israel to be equal with israeli society. >> reporter: the ethiopian jewish tradition d

right into israel into this situation. now figure this one out"- did you catch the complexity, even with judaism? you know, the religious zionists, the religious anti-zionists, the secular nationalists, the religious secular anti-zionist zionists. it's like i don't know, it's out of monty python. yeah, go ahead. >> so if they decided that they should be two separate states, then i guess the idea is they're both fighting over the same little bit of land- they all want jerusalem or something? >> well, it's very complex, but in a nutshell, to kind of give you the overview, you know, what we have here, and this came out of the- one of the things that i really love about this profession and at least the freedom i have at western to teach, is that i can create or resurrect classes- and i wanted to know more about judaism, so i put together a semester-length class on judaism and much of this comes out. well, of course, everyone is familiar with the holocaust, but the history of the jews is just enormous irony and suffering, and i

out of their agenda in the open israel would have to fly over arab countries. and the it has done so before and it can be done without their consent or with. covertly consent we could get assistance or landing rights from countries like i don't believe saudi arabia would do it but the united arab emirates might do that. just remember that the distance from the united arab emirates to on all the iran is as far as from israel maybe even longer so. this kind of a landing rights would be helpful only in case of attacking targets or in thousand iran another. convert a mike to be. might be but again it's problematic. might be given by oh by jove which is on the north side of the rain and border they have no good relations with israel trouble is that to get from israel to observers and you have to overfly turkey and at the moment i don't see with the current relations between israel and turkey i don't see the turks giving any need for any aid if we look across the border at syria why is serious so important for western nations could it be that it's the last obstacle b

israel factors into that because israel -- protecting israel's security is part of our traditional national interests in that part of the world. but it's not wrong. it's just the way it is. >> yes, ma'am. >> hi. my name is dina, and i'm here more as a person who has a lot of iranian friends who fled the country because of elections in '09 and they're very active here in the united states. most of them are at school. so it seems to me that the biggest enemy for iran and the iranian regime are iranian people themselves. and considering the fact that now elections are coming up and considering that the united states does have enough time on their hands to go to the diplomatic solution of this problem, where do you see these iranian people over there who are probably waiting and also the huge iranian community here in los angeles -- where do you see iranian people actually fit in in this of inviting them to be in the coalition as you said against the iranian government? >> we didn't talk very much about the internal politics in iran, so -- >> yeah. i mean, i think this administration has been p

israel is not so sure. and so israel's going to have a tighter timetable and it is going to have a higher bar for iranian action. we'll see if this diplomacy works. no one has ever gone broke being a pessimist on middle east diplomacy. you won't count on it but it could be that israel would want to tell the president, look, we're not out to mess up your re-election. your concern that gas prices are going to shoot up, this will choke off a very weak recovery and could imperil your re-election at a time europe is going head long into a recession. we get that. we're not out to mess that up. so this is a huge, a huge issue. the other element is so that the iran diplomacy, we can discuss this more, there is asymmetry there. on the issue of egypt-israel peace the differences are clear. that the united states is hoping for the best. israel fears the worst. the u.s. believes, hear people flooding the square yelling for democracy and economic empowerment, how can we not be for it? israel's fear is, a muslim brotherh

director back on israel. with few hundred shahab me sides what would be the effect ignace of such an award is their accuracy of these missiles i don't know all. gone supposedly would be worse off than we have seen in twenty one when we were under iraqi missile attack them it was course no one actually got killed but there's no guarantee that that is not going to happen we had an old arrow which we didn't have then which would be able to intercept least some part of these missiles attacks and the greatest damage would be as in the case of a katyusha rocket attack konami damage is red because under such attack everything comes to a standstill and what about arab support for israel in strike iran you mentioned american involvement but surely israel also needs our persistence in the form of landing lights and even feeling assistance and many arab countries are very cautious of iran and. the for example saudi arabia has been urging the united states for a pack of around for many years now they are terrified they r

israel is so much attacked politically and so much incitement against israel in the arab and muslim world. because we were present western to mark receives and western civilization so it's kind of the other way around and indeed unfortunately in the muslim in the arab world there have been some brainwashing for generations by islamist elements by palestinians and they do not see the facts there is only one narrative. which is kind of a block for them for real opening their minds and hearts to somebody which is different from someone who somebody which really wants their. benefits and in that respect i believe all of us are in the same basket whether it's the united states whether it's europe whether it's russia or whether it's israel israel is still to have seven hundred nuclear weapons and it is the one who threatens to strike iran so who is the real danger in the region usually is the only country in the world that has been threatened by other forces. to be exterminated we on the other hand have never threatened anyone else israel has a very very clear position that we will not be the f

not only to israel but to the entire international community you've spoken for harsher sanctions on iran but what sanctions just make it rain here national clothes right and support the government more fervently you know and this is a challenge that we have to address and we have been addressing you because we have nothing against the great iranian people the persian people in fact when you talk about these were. jewish persian relations actually extending over thousands four thousand years to reach cultures with mysteries and relations what we see here today with the slightest regime is an operation and certainly they can be stopped but for that we need everybody on board to and if we do this if we have anybody everybody on board they will yield because there's a grain. fanatic there's the ayatollah as a regime in tehran is they are not totally irrational when it comes to be your own political survival but if you're not successful in getting everyone on board will israel go to war and no. again it's very important to emphasize you're running the threat to all of us in the international

who are even genuine friends of israel and there is so much legitimate critics on israel and so much justified critical of israel and this way of always attacking anyone who dares to criticize israel as an anti semitic is really is not efficient and is finally counterproductive because the world will not abide i'd rather see free read this isn't about israel and a constructive reaction to it rather than threatening and preventing intellectuals into israel. take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe former k.g.b. head of the indeed to be alive has won the right has won the presidential runoff in south ossetia he gave fifty four percent of the votes overcoming his rival a human rights commissioner who got forty three russia and several other countries recognize the state as independent four years ago this follows the two thousand and eight five day war after georgia launched a military offensive against russian peacekeepers of the south a city in capitals involved. as many as thirty people have died in southern yemen during a firefight between military and

direct attack on israel. with few hundred thousand sites what would be the effectiveness of such an attack and what is the accuracy of these missile i don't know all. gone supposed to be worth all of the in one thousand nine hundred one when we were under iraqi army so the image was cost no one actually got killed but there's no guarantee that that is not going to want to happen and we had an old arrow which we didn't have then which would be able to intercept least some part of these missiles attacks and the greatest damage would be as in the case of you for a rocket attack the economic damage to israel because under such a pact everything comes to a standstill what about arab support for an israeli strike on iran you mentioned american involvement but surely it's also needs our persistence in the form of landing rights and even feeling assistance many arab countries are very cautious of iran. for example saudi arabia has been urging the united states for attack iran for many years well they are terrified th

and he said 57 arab countries are willing to acknowledge israel, recognize israel.bank and give the palestinian the 22% that you signed as israel in the peace agreement in oslo. >> and they mentioned that. >> again they repeated that in 2007, twice. the whole arab countries, the arab league. you know, asked israel twice, saying we are willing to recognize you. as governments, recognize the government and the only thing we ask you again to give the palestinians a little bit of land and -- >> that would mean -- never accepted. >> jerusalem, a red line. >> not ehud barak. >> you brought up how there's this lobby that affects congress, but not so much the executive branch and if zionism is more allied with the right, where does the president of united states stand, where does barack obama stand who today does take verbally positions on settlements and is seen by some in the right as being completely anti-israel, but is still lock-step with israeli policies. >> the never forgive the arab world. i traveled last year to tunisia, qatar, they always tell me, we always had so

support for and defense of israel in the united nations. and when it comes to unesco, look only at what israel is doing in its own interests. it is still voluntarily funding programs that it thinks are important. while we are not. >> ambassador, i have one question. we'll make another round, but you'll need to be concise in this to get to everyone. we're hearing reports that iraq may be facilitating arms shipments to syria to support the opposition, and so it's very disheartening. i would say what is the u.n. doing to investigate those allegations? and if they're found to be true and iraq really is in violation of its international obligations, what steps can we expect the u.n. to take? >> thank you, madam chairwoman. we have also heard such reports. they are of concern. we are certainly working assiduously to -- in communication with the iraqis and others to ensure that any shipments are not -- that they undertake their obligations to ensure that any shipments that may be transiting their territory are not in violation of u.n. sanctions. u

>> guest: in israel. c-span: what town? >> guest: um, i live with my mother and stepfather in -- [inaudible] i'm staying five and six nights a week at my grandma's. c-span: where does your grandma live? >> guest: in tel aviv which is -- she lives in a suburb of tel aviv, and it is ten minutes' drive from my home. c-span: are you still in the military? >> guest: that's right. i still have one year to go in the military. c-span: why do all young people in israel have to serve in the military? >> guest: because this is an obligatory service, mandatory. um, but it's also essential to the existence of the israeli nation. c-span: and what do you have to do? how long do you have to serve? >> guest: girls have to stay in the army for 19 months and boys for three years. c-span: when did you first go in? >> guest: i joined the army on august 15, 1995. c-span: you tell us in the book a little bit about basic training. >> guest: that's right. [laughter] c-span: what was it like? >> guest: no big fun. [laughter] it was difficult in term

so now it's on r t israel warms its peace treaty with egypt is in danger now after cairo says it terminated the gas export deal over payments and prices latest on that just ahead. also the u.s. and afghanistan agree on a deal that could see washington providing military and economic help to kabul for another decade after the twenty fourth. the commitment is a reminder that while u.s. forces are drawing down in afghanistan over the next two years the mere military will remain active in the country long after that war and that in just a few minutes. because he slips the french president fails to convince enough voters not only losing to his socialist arch rival the current now go head to head in a second round live coming up but coming up to. hello and welcome this is kevin owen it's nine now you're a moscow when our top story middle east peace is taking another battering tonight this time as egypt terminates its twenty year gas export deal with israel both countries insists it's just business disputes but observers in israel warn it's putting their peace treaty on the line sara first in cair

pleasure to be here is israel preparing for war with iran israel is not preparing for war in iran because we believe you run can be stopped through diplomatic and economic means iran is a very vulnerable and weak country economically politically socially but it all depends on a united front by the entire international community theme deed there will be enforced by team sanctions we will not need to resort to any other means so why all the war rhetoric coming from government well. mostly it is media reports so we are not responsible for that however we do emphasize that iran he's a threat. not only to israel but to the entire international community you've spoken for harsher sanctions on iran but what sanctions just making raney of nationalists close rank and support a government more fervently no and this is a challenge that we have to address and we have been addressing it because we have nothing against the great iranian people the persian people in fact when you talk about the israeli. jewish persian relations actually extending over thousands four thousand years to reach cultures with

israel and iran, if israel gets dragged in, this is a completely different ball game. let me give you an example. first, beverly, i think that if we did it, we would try to make sure the israelis didn't go along with us. it would be like the 1991 gulf war where we said stay out of it because we'd try to have as large as coalition as possible to include arab states and having israel participate gums that up. the israelis have an amazing military but don't add capabilities that we don't already have. if the united states went alone, however, i do think israel would still get dragged into it in large part because the iranians won't draw any distinctions between the americans and israel. they don't draw any distinctions now when things blow up in iran, they draw no distinction. they think the great satan and little satan with basically the same enteight and don't believe one would do something without the other. they may not be able to tell who hit them and will have an incentive to drag israel into the fray because as they position themselves in the region, they want to p

why even genuine friends of israel and there is so much legitimate critics on israel and so much just critical in israel and this way of always it taking anyone who dares to. criticize israel as an anti semitic he's really is not efficient and he's finally counterproductive because the world will be buying it it is for certain period of time maybe people are more aware more kill fool because they're afraid of these accusations was the history but you know not for long and i'd rather see free rooty says i'm a vote. and a constructive reaction to it rather threatening and preventing intellectuals into his way if we can from other let's get to the core of the issue explored in going to grasp this poem that israel might strike iran and eradicate its people i mean strong themes aside and then yahoo has said many times that an attack on iran is on the cards it isn't cross right to worry about the consequences of such a possible strike. first of all i share the same worries i am very worried the. object thing any kind of attack on iran by the good progress missed one point and this is a cruc

the president never said that he will attack or destroy israel he said israel my ceased to exist as a political entity and the willful mistranslation in the west of what he said is clear to our he said basically that this has always been iranian policy that israel as an apartheid state must cease to exist just as apartheid south africa cease to exist if that's what they mean when they call israel or to bomb states israel must cease to exist but are going to have to arrange a thing when the iranian state whoever said that i don't want a world of you know we're in a war of our movie in a world of google i would advise you to tell the viewers of this program that the iranians have not refer to israel as a one bombing of two bombs they can also do you know you can only hear that you. can do. google. crosstalk is coming your way in about an hour and a quarter from now moscow has accused of the syrian opposition of inflaming the conflict to bury the peace plan by special envoy kofi annan and reach the truce foreign minister sergei lavrov has also said there were reports that the free syrian

israel's prime minister. and his palestinian counterpart scheduled to meet for the first time ever should be a landmark moment to bring peace right or wrong israel is not ready for peace israel wants peace for itself but not for palestinians america which initiated the peace talks is desperate to bring them back to life and get a deal on a score card for washington the current climate of what they see as democracy rolling out in the arab world is a perfect time to iron out discord that's been going scale for years in all these ways and palestinians can see clouds building well israel is basically divided between two schools of thought one of words there's just too much danger and uncertainty to take any kind of interface and the other school of thought which says. in these circumstances israel ought to try to do whatever. disarm there will be for the palestinians it's much starker they've seen change among the arab neighbors that's not only possibly invite but he's seeing them being let down and circled by ex

policy toward israel.uch of hatred among radical islam toward america grows out of our support for israel. i think that's true, but i don't think that's a good reason not to do it. if you believe in the cause you should support it and let the chips fall where they make. there is -- if you don't question, the state of israel is believed by many islamic leaders and believers to be an enormous insult to islam because it's in the middle of the islamic part of the world. and, of course, israel is oppressing palestinians, treating them unfairly, denying wright's comex appropriating there land and is responsible , largely responsible for creating millions of refugees. i understand that they don't like israel and hate our support for it, but obviously i don't think that terrorism is the right response. i think that the united states and israel to take the solution to this problem more seriously so that the threat to the united states and israel and the entire west. >> back to earlier point in history which you tal