security needs and meeting israel at the table instead of dumping the arab peace initiative on israel from afar i think it would have had a different reaction but the fact is that there is growing as dana says there is growing room and or understanding within israel that the possibility the possibilities do exist if the arab states come to the table with if it should be if the palestinians with their backing come to the table with israel there was a definite cross-section of agreement within the israeli public that this is the way forward is the only way forward do you know you want to refinance do you know you have time i don't mean to say not going to answers for freedom please edina ok i would say so some of the israelis back to what jason was just saying some of the israelis would say would frame that differently so the people who have proposed some of these agreements don't put the main onus on palestinians they take they take their responsibility as well and put it also largely on the israeli government so it's so there are different opinions among israelis but those who are pur

-israel relationship. even in the face of terrorism and war, israel has become a leader in technology and energy and scientific innovation. and those people that haven't gone, you ought to go and see the spirit of israel, despite the relentless years of war, attack and terrorist bombing. this is a resill yent people, -- resilient people looking to find joy in every day life and looking forward to the future. i traveled to israel this past february. and like i have been on previous trips, i was struck for the need of a peaceful future with the israeli people. and it's my wish today on the celebration of the anniversary that the years to come will show a time of peace. we need peace. earlier -- and just ending it at sunset tonight in israel, israelis pause for remembrance to commemorate the over 20,000 israelis who have given their lives in defense of the jewish state as well as thousands more killed in terrorist attacks. and even as we celebrate israel's shift, we remember those who gave their lives for the

affair code is to israel i think is the image of israel as a free democratic society what is the relationship like between the american intelligence agency and the israelis is there a trust in the relationships or is there a lot of mistrust we exchange information with we share assessments sometimes we do joint operations in the field together with the americans but obviously the thrust is not under a percent always the reason kind of a mistrust the. because you don't share even with your best friend everything you you you possess have israel's enemies ever managed to plant agents within the israeli government their series yes our history has a lot of cases in which foreign agents were planted in our most sensitive and highly security institutions the intelligence community scientific is the toots and so on. but. all in all i would say these are rare cases the the general trend is big that it is really a very difficult society to to penetrate because it's there is a great sense of patriotism in this country it's a very homogeneous society if you want to spy on someone you you can spy but isra

affair code is to israel i think is the image of israel as a free democratic society what is the relationship like between the american intelligence agency and the israelis is there a trust in the relationships or is there a lot of mistrust we exchange information with we share assessments sometimes we do joint operations in the field together with the americans but obviously the trust is not under a percent always the reason kind of a mistrust. because you don't share even with your best friend everything you you you possess have is also enemies ever managed to plant agents within the israeli government their series yes our history has a lot of cases in which foreign agents were planted in our most sensitive and highly security institutions the intelligence community scientific is the toots and so on. but. all in all i would say these are rare cases the the general trend is because that it is really is a very difficult society to to penetrate because it's there is a great sense of patriotism in this country it's a very almost genya society. if you want to spy on someone you you can spy but i

affair code is to israel i think is the image of israel as a free democratic society what is the relationship like between the american intelligence agency and the israelis is there a trust in the relationships or is there a lot of mistrust we exchange information with we share assessments sometimes we do joint operations in the field together with the americans but obviously the trust is not under a percent always the reason kind of a mistrust big. because you don't share even with your best friend everything you you you possess have is also enemies ever managed to plant agents within the israeli government their cities yes our history as a lot of cases in which foreign agents were planted in our most insane sense the thieves and i lose security institutions the intelligence community scientific is the toots and so on. but all in all i would say these are rare cases the the general trend is become that it is really very difficult society to to penetrate because it's the reason a great sense of better real soon in this country it's a very almost genya society. if you want to spy on someone yo

gave israel 36 billion last year. our people in the gaza. -- before president obama went to the middle east, he sent the message to netanyahu, ask him, tell me the date which you are going to withdraw from the west bank, but he ignored that. when he went there, he said, i want to make two states. one jew, one palestinian. but he came back again -- >> do you have a question? >> yes. then the united states also to withdraw from the occupied land but they ignore that also. how can we police this state to take our -- >> the lady in the back. >> thank you, doctor. i'm an iranian american journalist, you spoke about different players in this -- on this issue. what about the role of iran? do you see the role of iran as positive or negative or -- and do you think that netanyahu's insistence and israeli -- there's a constant talk about attacking iran or the nuclear issue. is that a way to evade from the real issue, which is the israeli-palestinian issue? >> uh-huh. yeah. let me answer them in reverse order, starting with your

we are palestinian women working in israel. we've done more for our kids than our husbands now we are phantoms in this life to a. bit and. because. if they. are and. the air. quality tonight.

to israel fifty nine palestinian children were killed in the war in november. is your only infant who was killed israel doesn't and has never really sought. indeed within hours of the cease fire supposedly coming into effect israel as a matter of protocol broke the ceasefire what do i mean i mean the israeli warplanes cut into palestinian space within a few days of palestinian had been shot in the head basically according to strongly executed so this is not exactly a good will gesture within the first week of the cease fire the western media doesn't pay any attention to the suffering of palestinians as a rule and although. being killed under the cease fire dozens of school was injured around gaza basically the western media doesn't care. of course i wake up to hearing about these rocker rockets being fired in israel of course zero virtually zero discussion on all of these instances that you just pointed out over one hundred i think at this point let's talk about spring the most recent protests another palestinian prisoner. his last name just died in an israeli

from gaza on israel. colonel richard kemp and former commander of british forces in afghanistan told u.n. and 2009 quote during the fighting in gaza, the israeli defense force, i'm sorry, i'll put it this way. during the fighting in gaza the israeli defense forces quote did more to safeguard the rights of civilians in the conflicte than any otherrmy in the history of warfare. obama's u.n. representative called the report quote unbalanced, one-sided and basically unacceptable unquote. go it's felt complained that the israeli government had not cooperated with him, committing that he had had not interviewed any israeli officers in the core. however he eventually agreed with president obama that is anti-israeli report had been badly flawed. the record shows that of the president's who have consistently supported israel, economically, militarily and diplomatically obama ranks among the to i think i'm losing my voice. in conclusion, i suggest that apart from mutual self-interest, there are three main reasons w

bias in favor of the israel. whatever they pretend to themselves how the united states is even handed, people know it's not. however, as we often know, most have not been democracy, and they are heav on american favor. as a result, washington could, in the past, safely have public opinion so when secretary gates says it's a condition that harms us, it was possible to respond, but, yes, we have pliable, compliant, weak, dependent governments without domestic legitimacy. we can push them around. we can do as we please. it follows, however, that if, and this is an enormously big if, if lasting democracy takes place in the arab world like in east europe, south asia, southeast asia, latin america, as it has in east asia, if it begins to happen in the arab world, and saying fundamental and lasting democracies, a day of reckoning could come for u.s. policy on palestine. now, we don't know that this will happen. we see the situation in egypt, tunisia, yemen, and the god awful situation in most it's clear there's no impac

yet, every measure -- pro-israel. i would like to mention the report that accused israel of targeting civilians during its invasion into gaza following constant rocket attacks from gaza on israel. in rebuttal, a former commander of urged forces in afghanistan told you and watch in 2009 quote, during the fighting in gaza, the israeli defense force -- i'm sorry, the quote is now, i'll put it this way. during the fighting in gaza, the israeli defense forces quote, did more to safeguard the rights of civilians in a conflict zone than any other army in the history of warfare. obama's human representative called the report quote unbalanced, one-sided, and basically unacceptable, end quote. goldstone complained that the israeli government did not cooperate with them, admitted that he had not interviewed in the israeli army officers. however, he eventually agreed with president obama that his anti-israel report had been badly flawed. the record shows that other presidents who have consistently supported israel. economically,

and israel. i did kind of round the horn. during that type it sort of crystallized in my head if you think of the middle east in the last hundred years we've gone from what i call iron empire to iron fist to iron drones. what die mean. first we had the ottoman empire which controlled that whole area. what they did was take the contest for power out of the region of istanbul. all these minorities, all these groups could basically get along relatively speaking. and you know that's one of the reason, there was no holocaust in the ottoman empire. for jews it was a basically stable and decent period. that was true of many other minorities as well. ottomans lose world war i the british and french come in and they divide the region up into these states with the boundaries we know today. they are basically exhausted by world war ii, they leave the region and hand it over to iron fit. basically armed families that also from the ones in the gulf or ultimately to king who are replaced by armed colonels and

of the west bank towns they have the attack on israel is going on for the entire day. twenty eight meijer israeli sites have been down including the knesset's site of the israeli parliament which we are hearing is still down also the activists are saying that tens of thousands of israeli facebook and twitter accounts have been brought down as well as they tried to target the banking system as well as other major sites all of this of course is being done. by the had to his group anonymous or it or groups associated there with who are saying that this is their way of getting back at israel for occupying limbs in the west bank and mistreatment of palestinians where there is an attack there's seems to be a response now at least their husband response from the israeli hackers who have issued a statement saying that whoever whoever is participating in the so-called israel is weak and feeble minded and for every attack that they do is really have to tell you doesn't fold but at the same time you have to understand that israel is a rather powerful country and of course the off

to specifically tell israel not to use the words war on terror. because that was what israel was using to justify its policy of targeted assassination that's where we get the war on terror now it's common usage it's common parlance and. i believe this was israel's response to george mitchell to his mission and that was to make sure that the whole world use the language war on terror which now of course it is and it's a very dangerous language indeed congressman because it's perpetual it's it's never ending you are fighting a war against a tactic i mean it's it's completely insane let's talk about hugo chavez and you're about to go on the speaking tour you were in venezuela immediately in the wake of his death what do you think of the media portrayal in the aftermath of his death mocking people mourning him versus what we're seeing in the wake of margaret thatcher's just to look at wolf blitzer and c.n.n. and the fox friends and you know i cannot stomach them because of the blather that they serve unfortunately that blather is being eaten and consu

i'm straight into the fund which is definitely not in israel's interest may be possible. does die obviously we hope does not happen and the palestinian security forces in the west bank unable to crack down on that adequately enough and enough to fight it doesn't get stopped from that but that would be the natural. fact if some want to die. some and situation has been critical for a long time i have no idea what's keeping him alive i don't think anyone really maybe his faith was something like this but if he were to die. soon prisoners like him in his similar situation it would be monumental including gaza where people do not see the geographical separation exists with israel between the west bank and gaza as a fact you know if somewhat to die it would be as if he died and is ready to come and his from here in gaza city so this is also no significance and as you know there are. militant groups in gaza that would almost fire rockets mortars and even use other means in retaliation or to speak. and just to clarify to our audience here as well as many a multitude of prisoners

no israel. expulsion talking about sharon's plan and the support for it, what about all those people from their homes who are still living in caravans, still without jobs, destroyed synagogues, destroy communities, destroy schools? today we have president obama talking about timetable for withdrawal of judea and samaria. that is not 10,000 people. that is 200,000 or whatever the number is if they leave them in place. it seems to me the comment at the end of your talk about one of the fellows said you are looking at this on a diplomatic level, not the cumin level. the people involved are the ones who count and i don't understand this compulsion on the part of the united states to make the plans for israel as a sovereign nation. [applause] >> the compulsion is a very interesting phenomenon. every secretary of state picks up this infection immediately upon entering the building. it just happened to john kerry who seems to do the same thing. i agree the timetables are nonsensical. the road that had

to specifically tell israel not to use the words war on terror. because that was what israel was using to justify its policy of targeted assassination that's where we get the war on terror now it's common usage it's common parlance and. i believe this was israel's response to george mitchell to his mission and that was to make sure that the whole world use the language war on terror which now of course it is and it's a very dangerous language indeed congress under because it's perpetual it's it's never ending you are fighting a war against a tactic i mean it's it's completely insane let's talk about hugo chavez and you're about to go on the speaking tour you were in venezuela immediately in the wake of his death what do you think of the media portrayal in the aftermath of his death mocking people mourning him versus what we're seeing in the wake of margaret thatcher's just to look at wolf blitzer and c.n.n. and fox friends and you know i cannot stomach them because of the blather that they serve unfortunately that blather is being eaten in consume

of the cyber attack on israel's online presence this is what he had to say. i said. we are the sons of palestinian people and we feel the pressure of the israeli occupation not only in gaza but also in all the arab and muslim world and as the first retaliation we committed a fast and full scale attack on israeli web sites to warn israel and all its supporters about the threat that hangs over them they have weapons and we have our own lives as a result of this attack we receive the names of those who cooperate with israel the aim of the attack was to show the world the true face of israel and its armed forces and we coped with our task we failed to fulfill by using force to resist but we succeeded through the cooperation of palestinians in the whole arab and muslim world so now we make a clear warning to israel in the future be ready for a new larger surprise this. coming yang is allegedly preparing to carry out a test a launch of a nuclear weapon according to a south korean government source at the same time a south korean national security official said its northern

israel's cyber attack retaliation several palestinian activists are reportedly arrested in response to a massive hacker assault on israeli websites launched in protest against the continuing occupation. the south korean official says pyongyang may be getting ready to carry out a fourth underground nuclear test as the korean peninsula balances on the edge of war. and deadly sectarian violence and gulfs egypt with a religious minority saying the embattled islamic government is on able to protect that. live from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories this is r.t. i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us. at least eleven children are reported to have been among eighteen people killed in the latest air strike by u.s. led forces in afghanistan the raid was allegedly called in by troops on the ground after bitter fighting nearby all part of mass land and air operations intended to temper a local taliban insurgency. is following the story for us. ten childrens are said to be among the eighteen killed in the national strikes in afghanistan's konar prevents according to officials

the aim of the attack was to show the world the true face of israel and its armed forces and we coped with our task we failed to fulfill by using force to resist but we succeeded through the cooperation of palestinians in the whole arab and muslim world so now we make a clear warning to israel in the future be ready for a new larger surprises of the curious thing about this however is that it seems that these really hackers have been maybe perhaps even more effective than these. government when it came to stopping d.d. o. s. attacks they have also had some of the palestinian sites and put up our pro israeli messages on there as well as they have delivered the following address saying that for every one have conducted against israel that they will be retribution of dozens similar hacks on the person who conducts those hacking attacks so it does seem like we're looking at sort of a beginning of a new stage this time it's going to be an internet stage in the standoff between palestine and israel. we're giving holding a press conference in washington following the publication of and i'm p

of them won by israel. every reasonable arab leader today, every one, would gladly accept the '47 partition plan which they rejected. >> rose: of course they would. >> of course! but it's no longer on the table. and there is no evidence to suggest that the choices are going to get better in the future so they should sit down now and take the best deal they can and get a state. yes, i do believe the majority still support in polls the two-state solution. >> rose: so why do you object to them coming to the u.n. and asking to be recognized as a state? >> only because it will reduce the likelihood of their becoming a state. >> rose: why? >> because they can't get a state without israeli agreement. and it has the opposite effect on the israelis. >> rose: no matter what the u.n. said the israelis are not going to recognize -- >> absolutely. they're going do it only through notion. so agreement means, charlie, you need both people to say yes. and if i want you to say yes i shouldn't be taking action that will caus

to take the heat of the all assad regime we all know about the recent entente between turkey and israel which does not bode well for a peaceful resolution of the syrian crisis therefore it seems to me that an attack of this chemical in an investigation of this chemical attack by moscow and beijing in particular managers who want to see. some of britain's millionaire m.p.'s have done themselves no favors telling the unemployed in the low pay that seventy one pounds a week is generous and that it's easy to live on fifty three pounds a week others who are telling people how to live their lives have never tried working outside of politics leaving britons in little doubt that the government is out of touch as surface reports. young polish and in politics britain's me political elite an assortment of multi-millionaires he studied at exclusive universities a recent study by the house of commons library revealed that one in seven m.p.'s had never held a job outside of politics and that's left many wondering whether they're really up to the job and posh i'm not defensive about it i'm there to do

web weaponry is thought israel and jordan have arrested suspects over the massive cyber attack which took down israeli government websites r.t. hayes from a middle east who was allegedly involved. and atomic theory is north korea is expected to carry out a full nuclear test this week after this side supported increased activity at its neighbors nuclear site. and i welcome you watching r.t. with me andrew far. eleven children and a woman are now added to the list of civilian deaths at the hands of nato forces in afghanistan coalition officials admitted carrying out an airstrike in the province on the border with pakistan but hasn't confirmed the deaths the major u.s. and afghan operation was supposed to target senior taliban commanders but the civilian deaths are likely to the main source of tension between afghan leaders and foreign forces in february president karzai told his troops not to call for air strikes and demanded that nato avoid hitting populated areas the attacks are also deeply resented by the afghan public and have even seen taliban support grow and now looks at how rel

israel accused of mistreating palestinian youngsters held in jail after a teenager with u.s. citizenship who was detained makes allegations of abuse. breaking the set still to come stay with us here on r.t. . you live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food i should try it because you know how fabulous i had lunch i got so many i mean. i know that i'm still really messed up. and we're all for it so personally. it's. worse if you're going through the white house or the. radio guy for a minute. what we're about to give you never seen anything like this i'm told. what's good folks welcome to breaking the set i man well rob lowe filling in for abby martin you know these days it seems that everything in this country pulls down to budget cuts the a steady measures that we call sequestration one of the victims of these cuts is the department of energy's nuclear nonproliferation program you know the folks trying to limit the spread of nuclear weapons well according to foreign policy magazine under the white house's twenty four thousand federal budget the program would be c

that israel will. release a good number of palestinians. who troll who is. reading this for real negotiations with the palestinians a simple solution that maybe to some but it depends on whether israel has the good will to get in the ways they in tel aviv even go to school or to. and from on it's online including sometimes why you just can't have enough to stick shedding light on the rising number of america's richest people cashing in millions in unemployment benefits you can find out how it's all possible on our website. plus a miracle baby in india a ten month old girl survives after thirty six hours trapped under the rubble of a collapsed eight story building in mumbai r.t. dot com has the full story. for now behind bars without charge and starving for justice hunger strikers at guantanamo bay have been engaged in a desperate act of defiance for two months now at the risk of their health continues to grow but u.s. officials continue to downplay the scale of the crisis federal public defender carlos warner a lawyer for guantanamo bay detainees he told r.t

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or egypt and israel before that so it's not true that the night states cannot put its weight into the scales on this issue it has not in fact if it puts it some on any side of the scale in the palestine israel conflict it is done so on the israeli side so i think there are multiple myths and what gibbs said there one is that there is an ongoing peace process there is not and has not been for a long time and the other is that they're there implicitly to equal parties in this there is a dominant israeli state which has been in existence for sixty four years which has nuclear weapons it's a regional superpower and which completely dominates the palestinians and there is a population under occupation and there so on equal that without some proper mediation which the united states united states in my view has not given you're not going to have any possibility of resolution i think it's risky when we when we discuss the peace process as as kind of just the subject i want to read something that you wrote in a recent new york times column you said that the american led process has alternately

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the upsurge in violence pete's a grim picture of the prospects for peace and in a recent trip to israel president obama made it clear that a halt in settlement construction as a precondition is not an option so is there any hope left for mideast peace that's the question asked by my next guest in a recent new york times column i'm joined now by rashid khalidi edward said professor of arab studies at columbia university and author of the new book brokers of deceit how the u.s. is undermined peace in the middle east rashid thanks so much for joining me how are you and great thanks thanks for having me and thank you so i want to go and get started in terms of halting settlement construction what does it say when obama rejects a plea from abbas who now is the only recognized palestinian leadership is it safe to say is it safe to assume that negotiations are dead in the water before they can even begin. i think this is a process that's been dead in the water for well over a decade and even though the president tried in his first term to revive it he was stonewalled by prime minister netanyah

rebels to take the heat of the regime and we all know about the recent entente between turkey and israel which does not bode well for a peaceful resolution of the syrian crisis therefore it seems to me that an attack of this chemical in an investigation of this chemical attack but moscow and beijing in particular managers who want to see. it's the promise of a getting whatever you want whenever you want it but as three d. printing office to fulfill your dreams to the nearest millimeter it's got a dark side going to port and i reports. from the state of the union in youngstown a while we're no workers are mastering the three d. printing that has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything to a store in soho new york three d. printing technology has officially gone mainstream the demand is much greater than our supply right now and we're actually ramping up and expanding rapidly to meet that demand this three d. printing company maker bot opened its first retail store last year it is selling its newly released replicator to desktop for just under twenty two hundred dol