israel in the been attacked by any side whatsoever israel has not been attacked so that we hear this talk about you know game changing weapons but all of this you know doesn't doesn't give the right to war doesn't give the justification . for such escalation i think you have to put all the pieces of the puzzle together remember that the all of the fuel rather you have a chemical weapons who was the one which made this first announcement that was bruno the military intelligence israeli official made the announcement about syria using chemical weapons from a very beginning after president obama had said time and again that is the red line that didn't succeed thus far in dragging the us to war against syria so now i think that we had two incidents there with i reported the israeli strike on a convoy and now we have indeed an israeli strike on them but i think we have a classical example of what we would call israel trying to manipulate us policy in the middle east israel is going to continue i think with these practices until it drags the us into conflict y. and the reason being that th

military into the regional conflict has there been any escalation against israel for israel to react has there been any military action has. been attacked by any of side whether it be hostile or whether it be syria whether it be housed israel in the been attacked by any side whatsoever israel has not been attacked so we hear this talk about you know game changing weapons but all of this you know doesn't doesn't give you a ride to war doesn't give the justification. for such escalation i think you have to put all the pieces of the puzzle together remember that the all of the fuel rather you have a chemical weapons are who was the one which made this first announcement it was bruno the military intelligence israeli official made the announcement about syria using chemical weapons from a very beginning after president obama had served time and again we don't use the red line the succeed thus far in driving to be your worst to war against syria so no i think that we had two incidents there with a reporter but israeli straw. on a convoy and now we have been did an israeli strike on them b

from israel thank you very much indeed larry. you. exhaust the answer head this hour president obama's lot shown all parts of the celebration of firearms during the national rifle association is convention in texas the past after mass shootings in colorado and connecticut like. this is also coming to you live from moscow welcome back a group of bahraini anti government activities has been sentenced to fifteen years in prison for attacking a police patrol the protesters deny the charges claiming they were tortured into making confessions bahrain has been engulfed in procedures for more than two years now with police often brutally cracking down on demonstrators the opposition accuses the rulers of oppressing them and claims western countries are trying to downplay the scale down the rest of hamad al supply these anti-government activists in bahrain says there's a conflict of interest involved in the unrest. because of the old and behind because of the oil we bought from zero d. because the. hole was a straight that needs to be over now

let's get more reaction now on the recent attacks by israel. from something the university in amman well many is speculating that israel is targeting hezbollah militants in preemptive self-defense indeed president obama has said israel's actions are justified if that is the case is that israel's main agenda is that its main goal. well i think it has become clear now that what's going on here is an intervention on the behalf of the muslim brothers and al qaida terrorists who are wreaking havoc on syria it's hard to believe that this pertains soley to hizbullah especially that many an israeli analyst has testified that this is an intervention and the ongoing syrian civil war well we cannot look at this development. and seclusion from what's been going on take for example the fact that israel has three to one that men from the free syrian army take for example the declarations made by many as zionist politicians from netanyahu to praise and recent days praise especially as has emphasized the need to bring down the syrian regime take the fact that

regime fifteen percent believe this is a way of israel telling the u.s. and the rest of the world that it's not only prepared to attack syria but also perhaps a military attack on iran and seven percent believe this is a way israel defending itself from those threats from hezbollah that's what you think so far the good here from the dot com well as you were activists jim brann says israel won't face any repercussions from the international community due to america's influence in the u.n. security council. any intervention of that kind this is going to make the situation worse as well as being a violate basic violation of international law which clearly israel strike today and the previous ones have been as well but william hague is justifying his favorite method of intervention which is arming the one side in the in the fight on the basis that israel is pursuing its favorite method of intervening which is bombing and it's completely unacceptable syria will be very careful in the west because i think it's probably an israeli provocation anyway it may well

israel prevented him from getting the rockets provided by alone to do that israel is trying to stop hizbollah from committing in the future as genocide. can you explain why israel was very quiet after these attacks there is no official statement there seems to be no tangible evidence of intelligence that that's exactly the reason why it was attacking these targets because of the threat of hezbollah bombs you could be accused of course all of the international war by attacking a country within forty eight hours two attacks in just forty eight hours over the weekend are you not in breach of international law. look again i don't speak on behalf of the israeli government but i can. hazard a guess at some of the points and reasons of the quiet on israeli site the question of international law is kind of amusing when it's being pointed at israel as if israel was breaking international law have a look what's going on happen to look at what's going on in syria today you have eighty thousand people killed you have over a million refugees you have over four point two million refugees and that

glad to have you with us syria says israel has effectively declared war after its planes bombed targets in damascus the second airstrike in as many days syrian officials say missile batteries have been pointed at israel and according to unconfirmed reports they will be launched in case israel strikes again syria's state media says israeli rockets targeted a military research center on the outskirts of the capital video footage and eyewitness accounts suggest in the attacks it weapons dumps triggering a large explosion syria says a number of people were killed and wounded amid widespread destruction the arab league has any dam to the strikes and demanded the un security council act to stop any further attacks meanwhile a t.v. station run by a lebanon's hezbollah militant group showed images of what it claimed was the site of an israeli air strike in syria this on verified footage was reportedly taken at the side of a military research facility in after the attack but the center itself appears not to have been hit the strike apparently left a major road filled with debris and shell casing

any escalation against israel for israel to react has there been any military action has israel being been attacked by any side whether it be husband law whether it be syria whether it be housed israel in the been attacked by any side whatsoever israel has not been attacked so we hear this talk about you know game changing weapons but all of this you know doesn't doesn't give the right to war doesn't give the justification for for such escalation from the very beginning you know when you speak about for example i heard your previous analyst speaking about you know husband lol preventing a second lebanese war as if to say that hezbollah is the one which initiates the war as if to say that israel is a no one which launches the aggressions you are we have that we've been having is ready overflights escalation in level on for around three days you know i'm pretty certain that escalation in two thousand and six it was israel also which was the one which escalated its campaign so any weapons whether they be game changing or not destined to husband law i am to defend lebanon and i am to prev

and israel. very closely in terms of intelligence gathering so it is difficult to believe that washington didn't know anything about israel's plans to bomb damascus the question that is very much on clear at this point is whether the strikes were really about has a lot whether it was an intervention into the civil war in syria the sources in the us government on officially confirm the strikes just as they did a few days ago and said they were targeting weapons headed for hezbollah in lebanon the meskins sees it differently they see the strikes is an attempt to boost the morale as they say of the rebels whether or not the strikes were actually intended as an intervention into the syrian civil war they may affect it anyway there is another concern the strikes are based on some sequence information and also the weapons heading somewhere you know will be of no washington have officially confirmed anything and many worry that we're stepping in very great area worse right against another country can be

saying that israel is justified over its concerns over the has been a threat so what israel is done in self-defense is reuters news. look let's recap actually first of all this is an act of war and then provoked act of war and provoke ation at the same time y. happening now starts with chuck hagel head of the pens have gone through of the middle east and israel through days ago remember that chuck hagel was against arming the rebels in syria then he changed his mind he said that the rebels actually used chemical weapons in syria with no evidence at the same time the rebels to start losing ground inside syria the syrian army has been making adventures in that how my home scored their dispatched a few weeks and at the same time we also know that all these diversions friends of the free syrian army they're basically the ones that are really fighting on the ground they are jihadi obama cannot arm jihad in syria period so what is his fall back plan a kind of mini shock and all but will the us start shock and awe in syria no it's by proxy it's via israel and this is actually what paygo and t

nations security council resolutions concerning israel when they get anywhere near. cramping israel's ability to carry out the strikes that we've seen lately so at the end of the day i'm sure that the united states would simply veto any u.n. security council resolution with teeth and in a way you can say that perhaps some of these voices in the region know that perfectly well. closely monitoring developments in the region online at www dot com a web site online all the time this is r t live in moscow later find out why dozens of bahraini protesters got fifteen year jail terms and hell europe may day with tear gas and water cannons stores and others after the break. they all see themselves as dying swans in their dreams. but only one in a thousand will ever make it to the top. they're ready to give their lives for the chance to die on stage if only once. not even broken wings can do to them. for generations at the moment ski theater ballet sweat and tears on a. news continues here in a court in bahrain and sentenced thirty one protesters to fifteen years in prison the

nations security council resolutions concerning israel when they get anywhere near. cramping israel's ability to carry out the strikes that we've seen lately so at the end of the day i'm sure that the united states would simply veto any u.n. security council resolution with teeth and in a way you can say that perhaps some of these voices in the region know that perfectly well we're also closely monitoring developments in the region all line at all dot com. live here in moscow with a weekly late to find out why dozens of bahraini protesters got fifteen year jail terms and how europe may day with tear gas and water cannons all this after the break. every detail. every piece of metal. and every one of those who will step on the red square on the ninth of may are ready. for the big three day parade. want the live coverage on r t. critic three. three. three. three. three. three. video for your media project a free media party dot com. he continues here on r.t. a court in bahrain is sentenced thirty one protesters to fifteen years in prison each their all aged between sixt

not the first time israel struck inside of syria israel from time to time they invade gaza they'll attack syria they're trying to bolster their image in the middle east as and get the fear factor and deterrent for themselves but again israel claimed syria was shipping arms to hezbollah which they consider a terrorist group but once again israel cannot point the finger at anybody a lecture about aiding terrorists as is the israelis aiding the mercenaries in syria which is killed up to seventy thousand people so they make a big stink about chemical weapons possibly killing a dozen or so people why that's just a red line they're just fishing for a pretext they wanted to strike anyway in fact there's so many blank spaces in this story mostly because of voyaging questions about the strikes why is that do you think international bodies will move into a shot of the silence trying to g. wells can be hard to tell israel is trying their fishing for escalation in the mercenaries are starting to lose the al qaeda and their suit fronts that they've been backing or losing the war and show you always se

get straight to our breaking news on this sunday morning here on syrian state television has said israel bomb syria overnight and this has been confirmed by a u.s. military official that he supposedly targeted a massive military research site in damascus middle east correspondent now has the latest. there's been no immediate comment from israeli officials about this morning's explosions although an israeli military spokeswoman has said that israel does not respond to to quote this kind of a report the u.s. state department has also had no media comment although the israeli embassy in washington has declined to say anything at this stage it's not clear whether or not there are any wounded or did from the small things explosions but syrian state television is reporting that israel launched at least twelve missiles from live in these a space targeting an ammunition depot on the outskirts of the capital city of damascus syrian television says and i'm quoting that the new israeli attack is an attempt to raise the role of terrorist groups obviously the reference to rebel fighters inside that c

she once told them, don't ever go against israel because israel is a nation that was given to them by god. they are the only nation that got recognized as on. they are god's people. if you read the chapter on lbj in my book, you will find that heat lived up to her wishes, so much so that he, like kermit, supported israel against the almost overwhelming opposition of his own cabinet. but it was not only his answer admonition that moved in. the russian leader asked president johnson why he supported israel, he replied because it is the right thing to do. shortly after becoming president, lbj was guest of honor at an austin, texas synagogue where it was revealed that as a congressman he had saved 42 jews from poland and germany and in what was known as operation texas he was said to have saved hundreds more, although the evidence to that is not conclusive. and it a now famous jew who claimed that lbj saved his life was erich leinsdorf became the conductor of the boston symphony jimmy carter, one page. [laughter] there are many more in the book. an interesting character. there is little d

israel in the been attacked by any side whatsoever israel has not been attacked so we hear this talk about you know game changing weapons but all of this you know doesn't doesn't give you a ride to war doesn't give the justification. for such escalation this isn't just an isolated incident but a series of air offenses above a foreign territory why it why is israel being so persistent despite the fact that such military action is a clear violation of international law remember that the all of the fuel of the have a chemical weapons who was the one which made this first announcement it was bruno the military intelligence israeli official made the announcement about syria using chemical weapons from a very beginning after president obama had said time and again that he is the red line that didn't succeed thus far in dragging the us to war against syria so now i think that we had two incidents there with i reported the israeli strike on a convoy and now we have been did an israeli strike on jim but i think we have a classical example of what we would call israel trying to manipulate us p

israel's prime minister fly to russia to meet president bruton just days after israel's out strikes near damascus put a truce cover it's only a short. while a video purporting to show a syrian rebel by using be heart of a dead soldier has led human rights watch to condemn inhumane acts and revenge killings that. under russian so you space capsule brings us starbucks to earth returning canadian astronaut chris hadfield zero gravity videos which are on track to a huge online following. and welcome to all t twenty four hour news live from moscow my name is you are welcome to the program after one hundred journalists and editors at the associated press have been targeted animosity u.s. government spy operation against the news servers a.p. is calling the surveillance a web spun by the justice department in self unprecedented in size and scope and a gross violation of privacy. has been tracking the investigation. the u.s. justice department secretly obtained two months of telephone records targeting a.p. reporters and editors work and personal phone numbers if you believe more than one hundre

we will continue to coordinate with israel. >> reporter: israel's military strikes have silent supportrom many arab countries who have been arming the anti-assad rebellion but they are helping assad hold on to power. according to officials the administration is moving to arming rebel factions themselves, factions vetted by the cia for links to radical islam cysts, this complicates secretary of state kerry's trip to moscow this week as he tries to get him to stop propping up assad. >>> we turn to the war the u.s. is trying to exit after almost 12 years, afghanistan. one of the single deadliest days in recent months for american troops. we have a report from kabul with the latest. >> reporter: good evening, lester. the violence here is escalating as the taliban taliban spring offensive gets underway. on saturday, eight nato service members were killed in three incidents. seven were american, one german. five americans were killed by a road side bomb in the maiwand district in kandahar. and in farah two more americans were killed in an insider attack. an afghan soldier turned his weapon o

maybe possibly having them when in fact israel he'd have them and nothing is going to pass in israel that does claiming to defend itself but does that justify building up a new class especially when it has such as anyway such as the u.s. . you know i don't think israel's going to be stopped in the first place as long as they don't attack other countries but clearly i believe that israel has expansionist ideas expansionist dreams in the region and i think israel is very much behind the civil war in syria today so israel really wants to have its cake and eat it too but if you mention expansionist ideas that i mean israel increasing its feats of submarines as we've said capable of carrying and launching missiles with nuclear warheads do you believe they'll for defense purposes any no not at all they're for project power and the heart of a larger global strategy the u.s. and expand nato early seeing these days it's an expansionist power. program and israel and the u.s. are tied together. many arabs and they say israelis don't hold me to the step very briefly what should the international

has said that israel bombed syria overnight and this has been confirmed by a u.s. official that the strike supposedly targeted a military research site in damascus let's join azziz middle east correspondent paula some of the latest on this developing breaking news story paula any comments now from israeli officials in tel aviv regarding this alleged attack. well as you say a western intelligence source says that israel carried out its second day striking days on syria in the early hours of this morning sunday the attack damascus with a series of powerful blast that drove columns of fire into the night sky now syrian state television is reporting that the explosions were caused by israeli rocket strikes that as of yet there is still no comment from the israeli government or the israeli army about these explosions and it's also doubtful that we'll get any kind of comment of course the israeli position very often is not to comment and this does give some kind of warning to the damascus regime that even if the israelis are not responsible for this attack the message th

i'm not in israel.i know what israel has to face with the prime minister of israel has to face every day if iran gets a nuclear weapon, you can have another holocaust. there's only 15 million left in the world. the germans killed 6 million in the second world war. so if you could have another holocaust, we jewish keep track and if someone is the prime minister of israel at the time of a nuclear attack on israel, however unlikely that may be, and that is something he don't want to be written down in history for tissue repair and did nothing out of it. so the pressure on israel is tremendous season game. i still believe iran does not want how the war. i believe that having had so much to do with the iranians i talked to, members of the cabinet from the people who were ambassador to the u.n. but there are elements within iran that almost want to create a sense of desperation and anxiety. it helps them domestically, make them look like they're really radical and of course it terrifies those people outside t

support for israel, the short-term cause of support for israel is relatively small. and as any you have spent anytime in washington know, who in this city things in the long-term? the next election is a long-term. now we all know that public opinion throughout the arab world now and in the past is overwhelming aboard u.s. bias in favor of issue. whatever the government portends himself about how the united states is evenhanded, people in the arab world know it is not. as we also know most of states have traditionally not been democracies, and many other growers are heavily dependent on american favor. as result washington could safely ignore the people. so when a general petraeus or secretary gates would say, this is an issue that harms us, it was possible to respond but yes, we have is pliable, weak, dependent governments without domestic legitimacy. we can push them around and do as we please. it follows, however, that is, this is an enormously big ef, if fundamental and lasting democratization takes place in the arab world as it hasn't be sure, as in south asia, s

because israel has made it pretty clear, and i think the syrians understand this, that israel is not attacking years. i can't this has nothing to do with the syrian civil war. this is an attempt by israel to stop iran transferring weapons through syria to hezbollah in south lebanon and then hezbollah would use the weapons against israel in any future war. in a sense you can say that what happened over the last few days is that israel was not fighting, taking part in the syrian civil war. it was taking an important step in what could be the next war that israel faces with hezbollah in south lebanon. so nothing to do with the syrian civil war. much more to do with the next war and game weapons. >> reporting from tel aviv. thank you so much. joining me live from seattle is msnbc military analyst, retired four star general barry mccaffrey. general, i want to start with you amid the 2-year-old battle by the rebel forces to overthrow bashar al assad, are they in any position to strike back at israel even if he wanted to? >> i think perhaps. i wouldn't be too optimistic. i think assad is de

for things like the iron dome system a look at the dollar and cents of supporting israel coming up. it's thursday may ninth four pm in washington d.c. and i'm maggie lopez and you are watching our t.v. starting off this hour tens of thousands of student activists flooded the streets of chile yesterday to protest the education system there between thirty seven and eighty thousand students gathered in santiago. concepcion and demanded more affordable education and higher education that is now just recently the chilean government changed the criteria for students to receive federal financial aid the minimum income requirements were raised disqualifying thousands of students from actually. acquiring the aid that they need to pay for college the protests were largely peaceful however there were a few instances where a group of people donning masks actually clashed with police officers there here's a look at the sights and sounds from yesterday's demonstrations. now these protests have been happening intermittently ever since two thousand and eleven but in the lead up to this country's el

arch enemy iran now reports suggest that it was in the rain in shipment to has a lot of that israel was told getting so it's possible that syria is just the middle man and it wouldn't be be young reason that around is equipping has a block as a backup in case of conflict with israel israel with this bubble cation there will be for a response either from syria either from his block better yet from the point of view or to be in israel from iran so if you run into syria don't do anything for the moment just wait this will be seen as it is just a provocation but if there is you know the slightest bit of a response from either syria or iran that's the perfect break for a lot of media shock and all against syria iran is seen as the main thread by israel's government which is very nervous about its nuclear activities. and in response to these airstrikes iran has already called on the whole region to stand against israel iran labeled the air strike as an act of aggression accusing israel of advancing its own interests by creating instability in the region with an unprovoked attack and the c

from the golan heights which is of course the mountains that border israel and syria what this means in effect is that the syrian army will not stop any palestinian from embarking on any kind of military action against israel that emanate from within the syrian territory is whole does seem to have shot itself in the foot to have its borders now open for palestinians who essentially israel has strained relations with is hugely problematic for this country and what we see now is that israel's actions have made its northern borders are vulnerable for attacks or infiltration from palestinian groups what many are saying is that the israeli strike could essentially or is essentially backfiring on them it also is that it was targeting a military convoy that was making its way from iran to hezbollah in lebanon through syria but what syria says is that one of the targets was a research center as well as a very specific military targets such as soldier barracks and compounds. both the u.n. and arab league have condemned the israeli action but there are concerns that tanks could be aimed at a n

meanwhile israel is condemned for a series of air strikes inside syria but also takes a look at whether the ultimate target of that tonks could lie elsewhere. and will record unemployment painful austerity and the lowest ratings and recent french history from saul and marks the end of a time first year as president. this is coming to life almost hello and welcome to the park rod. a leading vest a gator says there are strong suspicions rebels in syria have used the deadly nerve gas sour ranger in this civil war but to call a del ponte a also says she has seen no evidence the government has resorted to the use of chemical weapons those claims are in contrast to an earlier statement by the u.s. who has accused president assad's forces of using them and threatened to take action he's going now to check out reports now from washington. so gators say based on the evidence that they have the rebels in syria have used the nerve agent sorry this is a major development which comes at a time when the assad government is being accused of having used chemical weapons and so this investigation which

endorse them completely even obama has gotten in on the act his first stop at a recent trip to israel was to an iron dome battery where he told soldiers they're doing an amazing job because so much money has been spent on this defense missile system and it now needs to be marketed and sold otherwise how do you justify something that has already cost the american taxpayer millions of dollars but for all its hype the iron dome which is designed to intercept and destroy short range rockets aimed at populated areas is not foolproof i have a lot of question marks questions that include the system's effectiveness weapons experts in the united states and even in israel say the i.d.f. has y. be overstated its intercept success rate by a factor of ten or more you can see very clearly. that it's impossible to keep warm. we've said the destroyed eighty four percent of the incoming orcutt's the celebrated technological wonder exploded onto the international stage after last year's israel gaza war but the math did not add up it proved disproportionately expensive as a defense against crude homemad

even though israel may not want that -- and i think that israel has tried to be surgical and to remain calm -- broadly we have to begin asking what does assad want and what is he threatening? to some degree whether it's turkey, lebanon, other players, broadening the conflict is a card that he may be beginning to play. i think that's something we should be concerned about in washington. >> brown: where do you see that? where do you see that blurring of the lines? >> well, we see it in the cross-border military conflict in some areas of turkey. we've seen it as you've begun to watch the saudi, the qatarees and the emirates begin to worry about what may be coming after the regime. they are also calling and advising and trying to interact with people inside the syrian state government, the bureaucracy, they're worried about the internal dimensions of, you know, a somewhat extreme islamist takeover inside the country. we have a lot of players in the neighborhood who are beginning to become much more involved and engaged. one of the things assad has been promising in much of his rhetoric is

does not want another war now and what is in israel's. israel's prime concern is for his bollocks not to get there's a long range powerful missiles it was getting when israel decided to strike and these were pinpointed strikes this was not against the syrian population and for that matter it wasn't against the regime or maybe it didn't have the military it is just making a point that it's there and it's very powerful now bill go ahead well israel was making a point that hizbullah get game changing missiles that's a point. where you're going to react to that not bill you want to react to that. yes let me just to continue the discussion in egypt carry this in a cli is different than hillary because hillary supported the military option and the kitty also is different than obama because obama is indifferent toward the seat in crisis so you have an activist what i gradually activist american political champion by the secretary of state but i have to jack i suppose acedia to egypt. the united states government would not change. in egypt becaus

recent attacks were allegedly targeting what happens beyond four has a problem militants israel has long warrant it once to prove vantage van storms getting into their hands and is prepared to use force has fallen members are how being bashar al assad fight the uprising against his rule and will stand by him that was confirmed by their leader hassan natural i just this april so it's likely that syria would be responding inclined well existence some way but there is a third player here fellow shia ally to assad and has a lot of the big boy on the blog and israel's arch enemy iran now reports suggest that it was an iranian shipment to has a lot of that israel was told getting so it's possible that syria is just the middle man and it wouldn't be be young reason that around is equipping has a block as a backup in case of conflict with israel israel with this provocation there will be for a response either from syria either from his block or better yet from the point of view of the obama to be station in israel from iran so if you run into syria don't do anything for the moment just wait

if israel was going to listen they would have listened decades ago but again the israel is dealing with a situation where there's i would say an international conspiracy to allow israel to continue with this quest for nuclear armament if it were not for western countries supports now germany but also britain originally france the united states even israel would have not been able to acquire such massive destructive capability as some assume it's with the two hundred nuclear warheads but others say about four hundred if not even more there is absolutely no need for israel to develop enough weapons to destroy the middle east several times over in the name of security you can't be achieving security at the expense of world peace as exactly ten years since washington declared victory and iraq what followed was a devastating hugely expensive war with consequences of both countries are still struggling to deal with get washington still insists the whole venture was a success and. music to the ears the shining new state of the art. is now ready to impress as it opens its doors with fanfare and

it's possible israel has a lot of that aeration. there have been clashes on their border in the demilitarized zone there's fish in the boat rebels and syrian soldiers spent involved in those so it's very softly it's. on on one and more focused on syria than israel which i think would be in the israeli interest but on the other hand now they're saying that the starlit saw that supplying them with more weapons so i think what you are seeing in israel want this. and they are finally taking action in their own and when they're ready you know some is saying that indeed as you were suggesting that the israelis was immediately stepping forward to the plate and lead to i suppose to be the antagonists to forward into this conflict do you think though you mention has ball or a moment ago very briefly lebanon's hezbollah and indeed iran could be a way in if syria did go to war with israel i think has been a very delicate situation. because there are so many internal conflicts in love no so they're in a bit of a fog and really go forward a war

israel has said, look, the winds of war are not blowing. but that came from a major general told, who is in charge of this northern command. but that they are taking precautions. and what they've done is put two iron dome batteries, these are anti-missile batteries, into place, in the northern hemisphere here. and just in case there is any sort of reaction. the reaction, they are worried about, isn't necessarily going to be coming from syria, because syria finds itself in a very difficult spot. it has been in a war for more than two years, going into the third year now that it's been devastating to its military. and so what they're worried about is that perhaps hezbollah, who has been close with syria and iran, for all these years, will suddenly do something. and they're putting their positions in place. they're putting their machinery in place in case that does happen. >> it's rumored to be some of these missiles could be scud-type missiles which could be fired from well inside lebanon anywhere into israel. the potential for it to become t

in a news conference with israel's prime minister, he urged israel and the palestinians to restart peace talks. >> germany fully supports the latest initiative by our u.s. partners for direct talks. we believe that the middle east peace process and the work on the two-state solutions should be revised now. >> the situation in neighboring syria was also on the agenda. israel has boosted its troop presence along the border. it also reportedly bombed syrian targets. netanyahu says the region is facing major of people. >> i will travel to wherever needed. i will meet with whoever is needed. and i'm doing whatever is needed to protect the security of the citizens of israel. >> he is also meeting with the israeli president. his message -- germany will always stand on the side of israel. >> our dw correspondent joins us on the line from jerusalem. let's start with syria. what is israel's current attitude regarding its neighbor? >> it was a situation in serious certainly a very big concern for israel right now. very tense after the military strikes allegedly by israeli warplanes two weeks ago. f

has said that israel syria overnight and this has been confirmed by at least one u.s. military official. supposedly targeted a military research site in damascus that's. the latest on this right now. details. well i wouldn't have described the attack in the early hours of sunday morning as an earthquake and unprecedented unconfirmed reports suggest that as many as four hundred people might have been killed now some are insisting that weaponry that was used was nuclear like people saying that they could smell chemicals in the air syrian state television is firmly putting the blame on the shoulders of israel it says that israel launched twelve missiles from a space targeting an ammunition depot on the outskirts of the syrian capital city damascus according to syrian state television and i'm quoting now the new israeli attack is an attempt to raise the role of terrorist groups of course that is a reference to rebel fighters against the syrian regime some also saying that the attack was coordinated by israel with the help of the syrian rebel forces now hizbullah's i'm not

meanwhile israel's condemned for a series of air strikes inside syria but all too takes a look at whether the ultimate target of the attacks could lie elsewhere. here after the government protests turned violent thousands rally in moscow to demand the release of those accused of inciting clashes with police. record unemployment painful austerity and the lowest ratings and recent french history falls well earned marks the end of a tough first year as president. online on screen international news and comment live from our studio center here in moscow this is r.t. the u.n. team looking into the conflict in syria says there's no conclusive evidence any side has used chemical weapons that's despite earlier claims by leading team member that deadly nerve gas may have been used by the rebels or he's got a card is following developments. human rights investigators say based on the evidence that they have the rebels in syria have used sarin nerve gas on the leading u.n. investigator said she was quote stupefied by the evidence during our investigation for crimes against humanity and war crimes. w

israel's condemned for a series of air strikes inside syria but takes a look at whether the ultimate target of the attacks could lie elsewhere. a year after antigovernment protests turned violent. the release of those accused of inciting clashes with police you're seeing live pictures from the city center right here on. painful austerity in the lowest ratings in recent french history. marks the end of a tough first year as president our top story. in international news and comment from our studio center here in moscow. a leading united nations investigator says there are strong indications that syrian rebels have used the deadly nerve gas sarin in the ongoing civil war however. also insists there's no evidence the government has resorted to chemical weapons well more on this from marty's going to in washington so the u.s. is accusing forces of using chemical weapons but these comments seem to directly contradict this. well you you are given rights investigators say based on the evidence that they have the rebels in syria have used sarin nerve gas and a leading u.n. investigator said

warplanes carry out strikes inside syria israel's defense ministry refuses to confirm or deny widespread reports its jets carried out the attack on game changing heading for hezbollah. a trace of terror bombing investigators focus on the widow of the killed suspect after discovering radical islamist material on her computer. and the changing face of u.k. politics and tea party loose from the margins to result in local elections leaving the governing conservatives to want to help her win back support as our top story this hour. around the clock around the world international news and comment from our studio center here in moscow warplanes have carried out air strikes inside syria and it is widely reported they were sent by israel the target was a shipment of alleged advanced missiles heading for lebanon but the israeli defense ministry says it has no knowledge of the anonymous officials who confirmed the attack the second of its kind in less than five months or his middle east correspondent has the latest now from israel. but official is speaking on condition of being anonymous because he