israel's concerns and israel's attitude. while it is going to discuss the nuclear issue with iran so. whether this is. to measure the biden administration's efforts to save the nuclear deal will entirely depend on. his efforts to to distance from the trumpet ministration so the trump is ation of america will be a key element to measure the biden administration success or failure the more it distances from coercive measures and returns to dialogue the more likely it is to save the nuclear deal all right are the americans now that the americans now admit that the. trump administration's maximum pressure campaign failed so now there is a golden opportunity for the biden alliance ration to save this nuclear deal now hillary of justice and to what i like about that it has been saying and basically this is exactly what the iranian president has been saying what his. inner circle has been saying and what the iranian foreign minister has been saying of the expecting joe biden to distance himself from trump's legacy and move forward

having to see in israel. we have an embassy in turkey threatening the uae that they were going to call their ambassador another country unfortunately it was qatar who used its considerable power over media in the region through al jazeera not to support this agreement so when you have an agreement and the only state opposing our iran, palestinian authority andqatar that tells you something . there's a divide in our region is not sunni and shia, is not due, it's between the forces of modernity and the forcesof nihilism . these states want to embrace modernity and progress. >> the population of israel is a little over 9 million people and the 9 million people would you say that what percentage are immigrants to the country, let's say you were an immigrant what percentage were bornthere ? >> maybe about half because we had waves of immigration. immigration after israel's establishment largely from the middle east and north africa, jewish communities existed for 2500 years like in the case of jews from iraq and y

and also, our ambassador from israel the ambassador from israel, ron dermer since 2013.come all of you, i'll have an interesting conversation with you. let me make preliminary announcements. title sponsor bank of america, the larry the president of greater washington d.c. thank you for doing that and pwc, terry clements senior partner of pwc and siemens usa, barbara, the ceo. thank you for that and thank you again, bank of america. our corporate partners are on the screen now and thank you to the corporate partners. two events i'd like to announce we have coming up. later this week we have the ceo of johnson & johnson, alex gorsky, to hear about covid vaccines and other things related to health care, i think you'll find it quite interesting, and on december the 9th, julie sweet, the chief executive officer of a acdcensure. >> what brought about this historic accord, the abraham accords. do your country say all of a sudden, this is a good idea or what led to this ambassador. >> thank you, david for having us. inwe've seen historically how important this step was for those

where you stand on israel? does israel have a place in the police -- middle east?> it is based on occupation. let me finish my answer first. if they were in a position to attack iran, it would have carried out such an attack years ago. they cannot destroy the nuclear facilities in a single, successful military operation. they will be in a position to respond decisively. that is exactly why israel has the refrain from carrying out such attacks. the strategy within its military and intelligence operators has been trying to plan a war against iran and they know how to respond. they have sufficient power. >> one of the biggest concerns by the israeli government and officials is basically the sunset clause. this is something that could be conducive, once the deal is finalized to provide iran with a pathway to resume its nuclear capabilities and end up with a bomb. >> i served in the last for a very long time. i was in the first bush administration back in 1991 when government officials first started to me the issue of the weapons. the 4:19 in one, they did not raise it.

last january, israel defended the u.s.er it killed because some soleimani -- killed custom soleimani. in november, iran's top nuclear scientist was killed in tehran. iran blamed israel for the attack, but never issued a comment. last week israel launched an air attack after iranian linked targets in syria. israel was intensifying its air campaign there before president trump left office. correspondent: i don't think it should be read as a threat of an imminent attack on iran, but it is a setting out of israel's position that it should be maintained in terms of a hard line against iran's potential for getting a nuclear weapon, not just from here, but from the united states. this is a sign of the chief foreign policy concern of israel at the moment. the sharp difference between a trump administration which aligned itself so closely to israel's interests, and its submission -- its suspicion of the incoming biden administration. there is a debate in israel how to best influence the united states on the iran nuclear deal, wheth

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israel is leading the world in the roll—out of the covid—19 vaccine.than a million israelis have had their second dose. the prime minister claims the vast majority of adults will have been immunised by mid—march, allowing the country to ease restrictions. my guest is health minister yuli edelstein. is israel really the poster child for responsible, ethical coronavirus management? yuli edelstein injerusalem, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you for having me. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. and let us start with the very good news. israel does appear to lead the world with the speed of the roll—out of the covid—i9 vaccination programme. explain to me exactly where you are today and how you're doing it. well, first of all, we have good numbers. we have about 27, 28% of our population already vaccinated. we are talking mostly about people at risk. we define them as 60+ and we have about 80% already vaccinated. we, as you just mentioned already, viewi million israeli citizens — out of 9+ million in this country — as fully vaccinated, meaning

what can we learn from israel? pm netanyahu: percival, thank you -- first of all, thank you for your leadership and being involved with israel because we appreciate these cooperations enormously. i think the key is two things. most people think it is education, and it is. that is the level of education, especially higher education, is critical. we have had that all along. that is a necessary but insufficient condition. for the emergence of innovative economy. the most important one, and i would even put it before education, is free markets. you cannot really innovate and markets. you have to give free markets, and you have to take certain risks. because some of that innovation in our case, especially from the military. that is where we have our stock of innovations. we invest a huge amount of our national resources on obtaining effective intelligence. it is a small country, but it has a giant head. giant. i mean, it's collection agencies are probably number two in absolute size. is not the nsa, but -- it is not the

on tension between israel and iran has only been getting worse last january israel defended the us after it killed gus emslie money the head of iran's elite force the israeli military was then put on high alert after iran threatened revenge then in november iran's top nuclear scientists most infact resigned he was killed in tehran iran blamed israel for the attack but it never issued a a comment then just last week israel launched an attack against iranian links in syria israel was intensifying its a campaign there before president donald trump left office let's bring in harry fawcett live from west jerusalem for us harry this threat by the head of these really military put it into context for us why now. yes i don't think it should be read this early as an immediate threat of an imminent attack on iran but it is very much a setting out of israel's position that it should be maintained in terms of a hard line against iran and against iran's potential for getting a nuclear weapon not just from here but also from the united states and this is a real sign as the chief foreign policy concern

but also, asking the international community to passing israel. israel will not respond.rnational community has a big duty here. -- i wasn vaccinated not vaccinated. we don't know when we will get the vaccine. it is critical because the rate of infection is going up and this is affecting or could affect everybody in the community. the russian vaccine, there was a request but i think the russians cannot provide -- the capacity of production is still low. they produce only 500,000 up till now of the vaccine. the maximum capacity i45 million. milliond 100 vaccinations for russia itself. i don't think -- what we need is a way of getting astrazeneca or the moderna vaccines. of course, we have a problem with pfizer -- although, we have -- the most immediate need -- it is a health disaster. the whole population is subjected to very big, alarming risk. tot is why it is very urgent leave the pressure so palestinians also get the vaccines. amy: would you describe this as medical apartheid? >> absolutely. .'¥x africa. this is the only description. imagine you go to prison, you vacci

what might we learn from israel?small country with a relatively small population but could it provide some sort of model and could scientists globally learn about covid because of this programme? i think the digitisation of health records has been very important allowing for instant communication in terms of getting the vaccine rolled out but also allowing data to drug companies to do their research. israel is well ahead, then you have the uae and bahrain and then the uk so the uk has done relatively pretty well and that is partly down to our largely down to the regulatory system, the nhra moved swiftly to give approval to the pfizer vaccine ahead of other global regulators and the us and europe and the uk were criticised for moving too quickly but i think most people would say the nhra moved quickly and oxford astrazeneca as well so that has been this drive to get them into the system ahead of other european countries although the us and certainly germany have begun to move more quickly as well. we were hearing on f

perhaps risk being dragged into a wider middle east conflict if israel were to attack well if israel were to attack and if the iranians were to retaliate and there's a very significant light you know that it would be a broader conflict it would be very difficult for the united states to stay out of it as well and if that seems to be leveraged at the israelis are trying to use right now against by that i don't think the buy the ministration has any interest whatsoever in appeasing iran and going back into the nuclear deal would be because it's in the u.s. interest and it's inherently an american security by doing so and again i think ultimately it will be to the detriment of the trailers themselves by picking a fight so early in the by the president's right to try to posse thank you very much indeed for your time thank you thank you so much for having. me. now hospitals are at breaking point the global economy is struggling and pressure continues to build to boost vaccine production and distribution global infections have now topped $100000000.00 and there's little sign that the sprea

or tension between israel and iran has only been escalating over the last year last january israel defended the u.s. after it killed qassam so the money the head of iran's elite force israeli military was then put on high alert after iran threatened revenge then in november iran's top nuclear scientist in factories a day was killed in tehran iran blamed israel for the attack but it never issued a comment and just last week israel launched an air attack against syrian ling's targets in syria israel was intensifying its a campaign there before former president donald trump left office or let's speak to p.j. crowley about all this he's a former u.s. assistant secretary of state for public affairs and is via skype from alexandria alexandria virginia near washington thank you very much for being with us so what do you make of this message this threat from the head of the israeli army it clearly is a message for the biden administration but having these really military itself make this case is a challenge for biden isn't it. absolutely that is nothing new. you'll remember that prime minister benj

israel is occupying palestine and i think it's so feeble i. you meant to say they have no responsibility i think they do and it is at the end of the day also in their interest to have all of the territory they control of 3 of corona and you know that means vaccinating also the palestinians from my point of view would neither from a legal basis nor you know from a humanitarian basis nor from us israeli self interest perspective does it make sense to exclude the better stadiums self-interest mases because of course if it proliferates in gaza it'll proliferate back in israel yes exactly and in the west bank you know very few people leave gaza at the moment to work and in israel quite a few people leave the west bank to work in israel so that yes yes that's what i mean now i'm not sure whether you are privy to the gaza government's problems getting the vaccine to its people given that israel obviously doesn't want to vaccinate any palestinians what do you make of israel saying this month think 5 the russian vaccine has been delayed by a technical

if an agent is caught then israel. sometimes will do something and usually will do nothing to help if a warrior is caught this is considered to be a strategic. because he is an israeli citizen. and this is why when israel caught all these arab soldiers during the 6 day war it was brought up immediately to release schuller cohen and the jews that were arrested in the fifty's $154.00 in egypt and release them in exchange for the syrian lebanese any gyptian sword. the prisoner exchange deal including sulaco hand took place in the summer of 1967. she was taken to knock wood out on the lebanese border where she was handed over to the international red cross who in turn handed her over to the israeli. army to the battle. from then. on a little but will be at laguna. where you call the no call it little general ham then and know. that it. looked at the penny and no one has a key a new car be. moved back to israel where she lived for the next 50 years in 2010 she was given an important israeli citizenship award. am because jus

what can we learn from israel? >> first of all thank you for your leadership and being involved in israel because we appreciate this enormously. i think the key is two things was people think it is education especially higher education that is critical that is unnecessary but insufficient condition for the emergence of the high-tech or innovative economy in the most important one is the free market you can i innovate in a closed market so you have to give free markets and give certain risks because it comes especially our innovation we invest at some cost and a huge amount of national resources and with that effective intelligence it's a small country but giant. the collection agencies and the west are number two. it's not one 30th compared to the united states that is the investment that goes annually all the time and produces people with information that works in those who are in adjacent technologies and it takes brainpower to do that we literally campus the whole country with these and other disciplines they do

but that particular incident was triggered by rockets fired from here towards israel and then there was bombardment heavy bombing by the heavy bombardment in retaliation for those strikes and that i have to say happens regularly over the last couple of weeks i think there have been 3 such nights now for me to be perfectly honest you know no one go there was even injured in the area stopped the more serious incident was the tanks coming into gaza a few days ago that's in the border area and the reason that's more serious is number one the israelis always claim that gaza runs itself they are not on the ground and as in the west bank you know it is a sovereign territory where you don't just send tanks into a sovereign territory that's point 1.2 it highlights it for me yet again that there is a border area on the gaza site that gazans are not supposed to go into you know and that makes gaza even smaller than it is and that is of serious concern and number 3 and perhaps the most important point the miss some of this border area including where the tanks went in is actually actually some of t

supreme leader's threat to israel- and in 2018 described israel on twitter as a malignant - cancerousat _ and however much some people dislike donald trump - it is worth remembering that when censorious and - illegitimate actions are taken to counter bad people it sets a precedent for them to be l taken against good people . and we do not need to agree who is good and bad to accept| that is worrying for technology companies run by unelected wealthy people and - unchallengeable by ordinary citizens to make those - decisions about what type of legally expressed news and opinions we can read. it is dangerous and wrong. i don't like how donald trump has reacted to losing - the election and the violence in the us is deeply worrying, coming from those fringes and potential domestic- terrorists but i don't. just mean the storming of the capitol building, - i mean the months of violence and rioting that america has i suffered recently and watching all of it unfold over so many months in a country i have i enormous amounts of respect and love for is really unsettling. - it is vital that any of

still ahead here in algeria joe biden sets a new course for america but where does that leave israel and its legal settlements after years of forced often don't trump. we'll have the latest on those gold mine is in china who have been trapped underground for 12 games. when it's warmed up good seeing the amount of snow is on the ground in japan means he's got a melts. the avalanche risk will go up but as you can see the circulation here which is will this bring rain to most of southern honshu and snow is northern flank which might well just briefly affect tokyo as well temperature wise look at so plus 10 beijing plus for most of china's looking for there is some cloud around an increasing likelihood a bit of light rain or even though moving out from the west at the same time the cold is trying to dig a bit further into home she stuck to be severe as a turkey bucket is from it were lost the shot is tradition for the south has changed now throughout the philippines is a risk a significant big thunderstorms 1st of all in the north and then further south spots are made it to sunday as for

them to israel.mber of jews in germany, those who had gone to israel found for couldn't live there because they were in a state of war and back to germany and there were groups of orthodox jews who remained in germany but for the most part, the israelis suspected the jews. there are questions about whether could have treated them better. they got to israel and there was some resistance to bring them into the country but israel did open it doors they have the obligation to take in as many jews as possible. >> this question goes back to something more specific. other any lessons we can learn from civilians looking at the u.s. border of mexico? >> yes. let me start with two. there has to be a fact-based approach. we can't but, the jews were kept out because of this myth so the, we have to do everything we can to counter next work either with criminals on the ruins, gang members has to be a movement at the same time, communitarian concert at some of right political differences have to open our hearts and

that is why our rates are about 1/10 or worse than israel's.ty: my husband was sayin n it's ju possible, israel is a population of 9 million people. it's very centralized. here we have 50 states, is it state nature of the unitede states? >> i think it is possible. we can do big things nationally. it requires a differentel m and it requires work and attention, and that is what has not been done. theer fed government's strategy largely has been to turn it over to states, but without adequate, funding without partnering with states. then,is we are sur when states are not able to pull it off on their own. this is in my md incompetence of the federal government. katty: just to clarify, is it lack of supply? ntis it lack of equip is it lack of peritnnel, what is hat is holding it up? >> the sgle biggest thing is there is no money. astates pretty much out of money on vaccine distribution. thnm federal govt and congress had not passed any resources. states were on a shoestring to figure out how to make this happen. they have a definite lack of done, be

now as many countries struggle with the rollout of the coronavirus vaccination programs israel as an ocular did a higher percentage of its population than any other country in the world more than 10 percent of israelis have already received the 1st dose of the vaccine that could hold lessons for other hotspots trying to contain the spread of covert 19. saturday is normally a day of rest in israel but it's had no impact on the country's vaccination campaign and occupations are taking place at hundreds of centers like this one in tel aviv. more than a 1000000 israelis have already received their 1st shot. we're record breakers we brought millions of doses back to israel we're doing this quicker than the rest of the world. netanyahu is vaccination efforts are succeeding fanks in part to israel's small size and its centralized health care system the country's not for profit health insurance firms run all their own hospitals patients medical records are also stored centrally making vaccinations easy to organize people are sent appointments by text messages and volunteers have also been st

president last week israel's prime minister released a congratulatory video. referencing a warm personal friendship and also his government's immediate priority for the new administration and to confront common challenges chief among them the threat posed by iran on tuesday israel's top general turned up the volume saying he was preparing new attack plans targeting iran. i have instructed the i.d.f. to prepare several operational plans in addition to existing ones which we would develop throughout the coming year the power to initiate them lies with the political echelon however they are friends of options need to be prepared ready and on the table. the general will the new u.s. administration that returning to the iran nuclear deal from which donald trump withdrew in 2018 would be a mistake that would allow iran to develop a nuclear weapon cause less chemical in even if there's a similar agreement with a few improvements it is operationally and strategically wrong it's operationally wrong because they will again allow edits in our even before in iran to enric

but israel did open its doors.it felt an obligation to take in as many as they wanted to come in. >> this question goes back to one that's more specific from billy pickett. are there any lessons we can learn when looking at the u.s. border with mexico? >> yes. one, there has to be a fact based approach. we can't let, just because they left out so all of us have to do everything we can to counter those that don't want to work hard or criminals or colombians or gang members. there has to be a fact based fad realism. at the same time, the humanitarian interest at some point. we have to open our hearts and souls and minds to the crisis on the southern border. and, you know, there is no sign that that is being done in the current administration. one would hope that it changes. >> i can take it now. i want to make sure david had a chance to sum up. i had a big question. we might have to have a separate conversation. i know a big part of the book you were talking about how it doesn't really and but it blends into the cold

the generation we'll keep following his path we will slap israel and the united states and only suppose it's time you have the know that. the elite military force of the money belong to the revolutionary guards staged a military exercise on the anniversary of. the site a disputed island in the country's naval border. missiles flew as the god flee to war in terror and it's ready for war. as we were going with the reciprocal and strong blow to war day of action the enemy takes against us well sure we've shot this time and time again. so the money is mission with strengthening your writing interests abroad with groups like hezbollah in lebanon on a day to have been honoring the dead command. when we left nut house. in a ceremony in which they vowed victory would be there as in the name of god and i doubt. the u.s.'s acute saloon money a year ago because of his activities of broad including with hizbullah washington hasn't directly address the anniversary of his death but on monday put out a statement again saying iran is fostering terror abroad. let's take a look at some other internationa

president last week israel's prime minister released a congratulatory video. referencing a warm personal friendship and also his government's immediate priority for the new administration and to confront common challenges chief among the threat posed by iran on tuesday israel's top general turned up the volume saying he was preparing new attack plans targeting iran. i have instructed the i.d.f. to prepare several operational plans in addition to existing ones which we would develop throughout the coming year the power to initiate them lies with the political echelon however they are friends of options need to be prepared ready and on the table. the general will the new u.s. administration that returning to the iran nuclear deal from which donald trump withdrew in 2018 would be a mistake that would allow iran to develop a nuclear weapon cause less chemical in even if there's a similar agreement with a few improvements it is operationally and strategically wrong it's operationally wrong because they will again allow edits in our even before in iran to enrich ura

and heidi we've seen recently the normalization of relations between some gulf countries and israel put this current development in the context for us. sure the guiding principle between this by this foreign policy team led by jared questioner the president's son in law has been to unite the countries in this region against iran and that is when the driving factors was in the push to normalize diplomatic relations between israel and several arab nations that we saw occur at the end of last year now he had also been working until the wee hours over the phones where according to the reporting of the reuters news agency citing an unnamed u.s. official that cushion i was on the phones himself trying to negotiate this breakthrough and that it finally has emerged i know a big question remaining out here there is whether or not this breakthrough is just between saudi arabia and qatar or whether it would also involves the other arab nations will according to the reporting by reuters and by the associated press this may be a deal that's emerging between all of the parties and that in fact tomorr

on the issue of israel, , president biden has been one of israel's strongest supporters over the last 50 years of his career. you all know that quite well and the president believes that idour ties between our two countries are rooted in our strategic interests. and our shared values. so if i am confirmed as the us ambassador to the united nations, i look forward to standing with israel. against the unfair targeting of israel, the relentless resolutions that are proposed against israel, unfairly and i hope to work closely and look forward in fact to working closely with the israeli embassy, with the israeli ambassador to work to bolster israel's security and to expand economic opportunities for israelis and americansalike. and widen the circle of peace . i think it goes without saying that israel has no closer friend then the united states and i will, would reflect that in my actions at the united nations. >> thank you and united nations is clearly the most important of the international organizations but we find international community has done many things at different organizations

we were record breakers we brought millions of doses back to israel we're doing this quicker than the rest of the world netanyahu vaccination efforts are succeeding fanks in part to israel's small size and its centralized health care system the country's not for profit health insurance firms run all their own hospitals patients medical records are also stored centrally making vaccinations easy to organize people are sent appointments by text messages and volunteers have also been stepping up. just came to volunteering sheba is working and he participates in diminishing people nurses came out of the departments and said we finish our round there we go into a 2nd row we contributed to the people of these rails so it's this spirit of the people kind of the prime minister is very publicly championed israel's vaccination campaign it's happening during the country's 4th election campaign of 2 years and netanyahu was keen to answer critics who had found fault with his management of the virus local media say israel is paying twice as much as the e.u. for the pfizer vaccine but despite israel'

israel's _ family. this pandemic has been revealing. israel's economic - revealing.reputation with science help to to get vaccines. the palestinians, relatively poor, stateless and a lot less organised, have been at a disadvantage. it has clearly shown the interdependence of both sides but also the deep divisions. the palestinians are being helped by the world health organization and is doing some of their own vaccine deals. israel says it's prioritising its own citizens but isn't ruling out vaccinating more palestinians. we are living together, we almost have no borders. if you vaccinate the israelis and don't accidentally palestinian people in the west bank and gaza, you can't make the chain of infection. you cannot fight the pandemic very well. the coal of the pandemic very well. the goal of herd _ the pandemic very well. the goal of herd immunity could get bring israelis and palestinians closer together. yolande knell, bbc newsjerusalem. calculations by 0xfam suggest the combined wealth of ten of the world's richest men has increased during the coronavirus pandem

we were record breakers we brought millions of doses back to israel we're doing this quicker than the rest of the world. netanyahu vaccination efforts are succeeding fanks in part to israel's small size and its centralized health care system the country's not for profit health insurance firms run all their own hospitals patients medical records are also stored centrally making vaccinations easy to organize people are sent appointments by text messages and volunteers have also been stepping up. just came to volunteering sheba and is working and he participates in the mission people nurses came out of the departments and said we finish our own there we go into a 2nd row we contribute to people who feeds rail so it's this spirit of the people the prime minister is very publicly championed israel's vaccination campaign it's happening during the country's 4th election campaign in 2 years and netanyahu is keen to answer critics who had found fault with his management of the virus local media say israel is paying twice as much as the e.u. for the pfizer vaccine but despite israel's rapid rol

still ahead on al jazeera support for israel and a return to the iran u.k. dale u.s. secretary of state nominee anthony blinken outlines his foreign policy priorities. signs of coronavirus success in south korea we'll look at the progress made as a country monks one yes and it's with us calls. for the person. sponsored plan qatar airways. hello we are losing the snow across japan as we go through the next couple of days still a few wintry flurries into northern parts of honshu into a card over there in the process of pulling out of the white bright skies coming in behind 7 celsius there for tokyo and a similar value that into so as we go into thursday wetter weather will move through the yellow sea towards the korean peninsula some snow when the northern flank of that from north korea so want to see snow flurries just pulling away from a kind of before much of japan at a state it will be try and find in temperatures creeping back up into double figures the central and southern parts of china could see some sherry but nothing too much to speak of the plenty of right no

reporter: mohammed has had to stay in israel for his job and is homesick.f he wants to be vaccinated. >> [translated] of course. all of us are waiting, whether we are arabs or jews. if i took vaccine, that would mean i was immune to the virus and could go back to my family. reporter: this pandemic has been revealing. israel's international connections, its money, its reputation for science all helped it to get vaccines, while the palestinians, relatively poor, stateless, and a lot less organized, have been at a big disadvantage. it has clearly shown the interdependence of both sides, but also the deep divisions. the palestinians are being helped by the world health organization and doing some of their own vaccine deals. israel says it's prioritizing its own citizens, but isn't ruling out vaccinating more palestinians. >> we are living together. we almost have no borders. if you vaccinate the israelis and don't vaccinate the palestinian people, you cannot break the chain of infection, you cannot fight the pandemic very well. reporter: the goal of herd immuni