that surrounded israel is surrounded israel surrounded surrounded it's israel the sun the siege and under threat you described a very small land mass and you know you're dealing with hamas and hezbollah and iran and so on i would like that it's a tough neighborhood the imagery here is so powerful that it's almost impossible to have a rational discussion about the legitimate grievances of palestinians hamas is a terror group and it is committed to killing jews and wiping israel off the face of the earth that's not debatable that's a fact none of this is by accident is the result with the liberal effort to shape america perceptions of the conflict a propaganda effort that really begins to take shape with israel's invasion of lebanon in 1902. israel unleashed another massive air attack on palestinian guerrilla targets in lebanon today from a sky full of israeli jets bombing bombing. and the summer of $982.00 israel invaded neighboring lebanon in an attempt to drive the palestinian liberation organization out of its income and some southern border with israel what's an israeli army doin

but does israel care about that? this is a big change for israel.is vaccine should be authorized, should not be given by the occupation. we have one of the highest percentage of those who pass away everyday. this is a reality. this is the responsibility of the occupation. and this is a big change for the state of israel, to have this medical situation. beyond that, people don't have [indiscernible] are not having chemotherapy. so cancer patients are also suffering from that. not only the people who suffer from the pandec. most lifesaving cases come back to gaza. comt to -- come to gaza. mohammed: raji, i'm sorry to interrupt you. but we are starting to run out of time. thanks. it looked to me like you wanted to jump in. we only have about a minute left. please go ahead. >> just surprise of the retelling that's going on in gaza that he completely ignores the fighting between the party and hamas and the what's going on in the palestinian authority responsible for the medical problems happening in gaza. that was quite interesting that he admitted that.

was saying, israel -- you just said israel has reportedly attacked iran in the past.t has conducted cyber attacks. it has reportedly assassinated some of the iranian nuclear scientists. nothing has changed when it comes to the trajectory of the iranian program. iran has not altered its timeline in any significant way. do the israelis think this time will be different? >> if israel were behind those attacks, this has created a deterrence. this is one of the reasons i think ultimately iran came to the negotiation table in 2015. it realized if it wants to make a nuclear weapon -- we have to remember 2003 was raining intelligence informed the international community about iran's activity, which was illegal. iran had not informed the iaea about the legal timeframe. if these attacks are attributed to israel, these are part of a campaign of israel of sanctions supporting sanctions in the united states through its allies and these actions against the regime which basically since 1990 declared war against the state of israel, proxy war, but still wore. this seems to be part an

apartheid in israel human rights watch calls the domination of palestinians a crime against humanity israel rejects this and has ignored similar allegations before so can anything be done to hold israeli leaders accountable this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm homage to him the term apartheid was 1st used in south africa to describe the systematic separation and oppression of people based on their race it's a crime against humanity human rights watch says that's exactly what's happening in israel it accuses the government of enforcing policies to maintain its dominance over palestinians israel has dismissed similar accusations before and it's calling the latest report a piece of propaganda but palestinian leaders say it's a solid account of atrocities adding it's time for international action we'll bring in our guests in a moment 1st this report by harry fawcett in occupied east jerusalem. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance s

the accusation is israel was behind it by iran or would israel have done this alone and gone against biden's wishes. i think the fact that the attack took place at the before the arrival of the u.s. secretary of defense makes it probable that israel informed the united states the united states tacit approval because to take undertake such an action if israel was behind this attack to undertake undertaking the day before the us secretary of defense arrives in israel would be quite risky if the americans were not informed of such a plan and i think in a way this this helps the united states this attack to explain during the negotiations that iranian regime through its proxies in iraq has been attacking american forces we see a number of attacks i think have been attacks recently and america has only recently. retaliated once saw that you argue regime has tried to use its proxies to pressure the americans in the nuclear talks then we saw recently that brought advanced centrifuges and that's another a pressure point which now it seems that they nor longer have it judging by the new york

the arm rest france sas condemned the violence against protesters human rights watch is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians palestinian leaders have welcomed the reports while the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the findings are false it has more from west jerusalem on the reaction of the israeli government . dismissing this report as something that is coming from an anti israeli motivated organization it says that the claims of proposed stress and false don't bear any relation to reality on the ground but israel is also conducting a pretty vigorous battle on many fronts against this kind of portrayal in the international arena against the boycott divestment and sanctions movement for instance especially in the united states which it says is an anti semitic movement against the international criminal court which recently has launched an investigation into allegations of war crimes against both israeli officials and hamas officials again the israeli prime minister calling that an anti semitic move by the prosecutors

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we are a part of israel.ildren in a bit of an abnormal reality. >> it's an abnormal reality na is converting these outposts into official, but not official towns. as the years pass, the growing settlements become more permanent and harder to undo. ♪♪ >> heartway between the palestinian cities of nabalas and ramallah lies a valley and there tucked in between small palestinian villages is an archeological excavation of the ancient city thought to be the relocation that once held the biblical tabernacle constructed by moses for the israelites after their exodus from egypt. excavations of the ancient city have happened on and off since 1922, and of israel recaptured judea and samaria, israelis expanded the excavation and started temporarily living on the hills nearby. in 1984 a small caravan became a settlement. and it was more permanent as homes were built replacing the trailers. there have been protests in the area and occasional violence. how do you react to people saying, i don't care about your story, you ar

by bet a local ngo it israel also talking about the. treatment of palestinians in all the areas of the occupied territories and the i.c.c. which also refers to opening an investigation into war crimes that may be committed by the military and government officials how does your report fit into that global conversation about israel's behavior and the pressure that it may create and tell of eve. look the international community for too long has viewed human rights abuse as symptoms of the problem the problem being the lack of peace process the reality here is systematic repression is a core problem you can draw a disease unless you properly diagnose it the disease here is apartheid and persecution it is metastasized and consolidated and is incumbent upon the international community to take the measures and situation describe the warrants including the international criminal court investigating and prosecuting these crimes against humanity including targeted sanctions including asset freezes and travel bans against those israeli officials i

guest: israel would like the status quo to prevail and to continue. because at the end of the day, the palestinian authority are subcontractors of israel's security. the cooperation with security continues and they don't need to negotiate on the need to make concessions as part of it. so the status quo serves the israeli government. anyone with any common sense would understand it's important for israel to see a political system that can negotiate and entail justice and serve both palestinians and israel. julia: thank you very much for speaking with us. moving on, afghan officials say a suicide bomber has killed at least 14 people and wounded some 90 others. attack took place at a guesthouse in eastern logo are province. no one has claimed responsibility, but it comes on the eve of the withdrawal of u.s. and nato troops from afghanistan. american troops aim to fully leave the country by september 11 at the latest. here in france, the country is widening its vaccination campaign as the government prepares for a gradual reopening. nearly a third of the

a leading right school park uses israel of apartheid like crimes against palestinians israeli government calls it propaganda. play watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back t. ball also coming up the 1st shipment of medical aid from britain arrives in india as hospitals overwhelmed by covert 900 patients run out of beds and oxygen. heavy fighting in myanmar rebels in a border area attack a military camp. and saudi arabia suspends the import of fruits and vegetables from lebanon on will talk to farmers who supply it is adding to the country's economic turmoil. a leading rights organization is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians in a new report human rights watch says discriminatory policies exist in both the occupied palestinian territory and within israel itself the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased and baseless harry fostered has more from occupied east jerusalem. and to palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to

criticized israel to realize that there. are new problems it's not just about pundits night it's really more and more position against. relations of human rights in the word not only. and therefore i think this should really enhance and empower people to stand. you know any reason. to try intercessor unite their character and laying down all races and i'm semitism we're taking a very bold and moral position against great series and in that case resign is going to present a lot of a thank you after the break we go to england's 1st colony island where violence on the streets of belfast could signal a united ireland. financial i don't buy a i'm on it. on the friday as of last summer buying from the future progress was kaiser. welcome back as violence continues on the streets of belfast in the wake of the 23rd anniversary of the signing of the good friday agreement u.k. prime minister morris johnson seems more preoccupied with the scandal of a corporation's lobbying members of his government than arguably the worst violence seen

a leading rights organization is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians in a new report human rights watch says discriminatory policies exist in both the occupied palestinian territory and within israel itself israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased stand baseless harry fawcett reports from occupy used to escape. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance sponsored by the prime minister now has a foothold inside parliament but it is new report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution and we started looking at it we saw the reality in which a single government rules of the road the area between the jordan river and the train you see roughly 6800000 jewish israelis and 6 for you in it and across these areas is really authorities systems. in the typically privileged jewish israelis the report focuses on

the palestinian government welcomes a report accusing israel of apartheid like crimes and calls on the international community to do its part. i'm fully back watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead cop hocks turning to kemah tory ems to w.h.o. says 3 new variants in large gatherings contributed to the latest surge of corona virus infections in india on the frontline of the conflict in eastern ukraine we need foreign volunteers helping to fight it's russian backed separatists and 1st minneapolis now louisville kentucky u.s. attorney general announces another investigation into policing out of last year's killing of brianna tate. palestinian leaders have welcomed a report accusing israel of crimes against humanity human rights watch says israel is practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed a report a spice and baseless how a faucet reports from occupied east jerusalem. and to palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right artists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to electo

netanyahu has insisted that iran will never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons tehran has blamed israel for causing a power failure at its biggest nuclear facility media reports have also linked the incident to an israeli cyber attack world leaders are trying to revive a stalled international deal limiting iran's nuclear program. russian prison officials are threatening to force feed jailed opposition leader aleksei an avanti that's according to his lawyers the kremlin critic has lost 8 kilograms since going on hunger strike last month of ami is protesting against what he says is a lack of proper medical treatment he barely survived an assassination attempt last year. this is d w news from berlin you can find more headlines on our web site that's w dot com. or. in september voters here in germany will go to the polls to elect a new parliament but it is the new chancellor that the world will be interested in after 16 years until america will step down who will step up to replace her among merkel's conservative sister parties it is down to 2 men governors one from the south one from the w

netanyahu has insisted that iran will never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons tehran has blamed israel for causing a power failure at its biggest nuclear facility media reports have also linked the incident to an israeli cyber attack world leaders are trying to revive a stalled international deal limiting iran's nuclear program. russian prison officials are threatening to force feed jailed opposition leader all that say in a volley that's according to his lawyers the kremlin critic has lost 8 kilograms since going on hunger strike last month the felony is protesting against what he says is a lack of proper medical treatment he barely survived an assassination attempt last year. this is d w news from berlin you can find more headlines on our website that's t w dot com. for. more. in september voters here in germany will go to the polls to elect a new parliament but it is the new chancellor that the world will be interested in after 16 years until america will step down who will step up to replace are among merkel's conservative sister parties it is down to 2 men governors one from the s

there i missed on the attainder how with the top stories for you here on al-jazeera iran has banned israel for a power blackout at its main nuclear facility foreign minister jobs or it has vowed revenge for sunday's incident an attack which terror on is describing as an act of terrorism israel has not directly claimed responsibility but local media say its intelligence services were behind it or about man reports. nuclear terrorism is how in the rainy an official described a power blackout at its natanz nuclear enrichment facility sundaes cutting the electrical supply grid cause no casualties or contamination of. what happened in tons as israel's official i've said it several times and what we're hearing from different sources it confirms that israel was behind this incident israeli media claimed it was caused by a cyber attack launched by israeli security services although it quoted only judged by sources some media outlets have a close relationship with intelligence agencies iran is there urging the international atomic energy agency to take action saying it reserves the right to punish

the sheba medical center just how close is israel to the end of the pandemic would you say. by all means israel is seeing gay substantial decline in the number of cases however we're not at the end of the i'm game there are still a limitations on travel in obviously there is risk for resurgence of the disease for a number of reasons and you've still got a lot of palestinians to get vaccinated will the palestinians that look inside israel were also seen as indeed many thousands of them wilcox in a heated from what i understand and i noticed specialist in international law so the palestinian authority has the jurisdiction only held the city of asians fully residents of the palestinian authority however as a doctor or any person i think israel should do anything in its own will to help the palestinian authority flaxen aid the population insolence possible there are others who argue it's israel's responsibility and at the same time i mean what's the point of getting israel vaccinated or israelis vaccinated when its neighbors an option as. to what fro of people of course in that

of getting israel vaccinated or israelis vaccinated when its neighbors an option as . to what fro of people of course in that region and we're also talking about a globalised world what's what's the use of the country getting vaccinated when other countries haven't even begun well i fully agree that while this is a globalized world and there are many connections between populations countries need to support each other than trying to achieve the highest marks in companies globally and not only in specific countries however health inequalities are not a new issue or topic in global health there are many health inequalities between the euro p.m.'s in the african countries for example in this is only just one specific example of how health inequalities impact the global population so from your scientific perspective how should israel proceed to ensure that all of the progress it's made which is fantastic isn't undone. well one subject that needs strengthening is the superior lens we need to continue looking for breakthrough cases indeed outbreaks in try and contain them th

there all his nuclear program was on the agenda during a visit to israel by the u.s. secretary of defense lloyd alston met his israeli counterpart benny gantz he says any new deal with iran must not undermine regional security are a full set has the latest from west jerusalem. flying into the major foreign policy issue confronting israel's alliance with the united states the divergence in approach to iran and its nuclear program u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin is the most senior biden administration official to visit israel since the new u.s. president was sworn in. after 4 years of a trump white house which favored the israeli line on iran these at different days as the u.s. explores options for reviving the iran nuclear deal as a major strategic partner for the united states are below bilateral relationship with israel in particular is central to regional stability and security in the middle east and during our meeting i reaffirmed to mr grant's our commitment to israel is enduring and it is our inquiry. austin's opposite number israeli defense minister benny

other nations are confidence they're over the worst a correspondent on your claim are reports from israel where a rapid backs nation program has brought with it some walking free. they're taking it easy at this outdoor cafe in the center have to live before this is censored life is gradually returning to normal the government has rolled back many restrictions owners' stuff to her is cautiously optimistic. we have the feeling that it's over it's nice it's a relief i feel the virus is no longer a threat as everyone here has been vaccinated colleagues manager enough already look even my mask had enough. case numbers in israel have fallen sharply thanks to one of the world's fastest vaccination drives some restrictions remain such as sparing masks and a green pass vaccination certificate. it's required and 7 years after 3 heart lockdowns people are not taking things for granted sam a clear it's great that things are getting back to normal of course i'm still wearing a mask be a cautious stay still fear you can't shake it off that quickly about my hair over half of the population of 9000000 is

i think it's that's a cover for israel but it's far more a cover for the west. government doesn't talk about 2 state solution hasn't told him a 2 state solution since netanyahu came to power but i think there west the leaders of the west are talking about a 2 state solution as an excuse to say well you know maybe israel is going the other thing violates human rights and civil rights systematically but because around the corner there is a peace agreement based on a 2 state solution we don't have to interfere and we don't have to do anything against these violations because 7 that's the formula these violations would stop once the 2 state solution would become a reality now everyone who has been on the ground for more than 5 minutes knows that the 2 state solution has been dead now for a very long time and its body lies in the more the only thing we need is a funeral just to establish that fact but i think it is. a good excuse for especially governments like the british government and the american government to remain idle and do nothing in the face of a very visi

minister has been very different benjamin netanyahu insisting that israel would not be bound by any deal that pave the way to an iranian nuclear weapon israel is already confronting iran on multiple fronts reportedly behind the attack on an iranian ship in the red sea last week regularly targeting the iranian military inside syria blamed by iran for assassinating its chief nuclear scientist last year israel's defense minister may be talking about cooperating with the americans on a new deal but it'll be interesting to see the language used by his political rival the prime minister benjamin netanyahu long the most vehement opponent of any such deal when he meets the u.s. defense secretary on monday ari force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. a 2nd wave of cases in india is pushing covert infection numbers to unprecedented levels more than 152000 people tested positive on sunday that is a new high but it's the 6th time the daily case record has been passed in the last week alone with the right a pairing to accelerate in all this means more than 13000000 people have tested positive this is

the iranian nuclear program and israel's attempts to prevent that program and indeed prevent. or at least. a return to the iran nuclear deal the kind of shadow conflict that's been going on at sea among other places this was very quickly something that has been linked to that in some quarters however what is being said by the israeli military is that this was a surface to air missile that being an anti aircraft missile that was launched by syrian air defenses during an israeli air strike and that this missile over flew its intended target and it came to came to ground in southern israel now this is not if this is what did happen it is not an entirely unprecedented event there have been similar such events in 2017 when a syrian air defense missile was intercepted by israeli anti missile systems and in 2019 when such a missile ended up in northern cyprus so that is what the israelis are saying at the moment they have been carrying out strikes on syrian defense batteries in response to this. air raid sirens that sounded in this southern area no reports yet of casualties inside is

blamed israel for an incident at its main nuclear facility. hello there i'm a saudi attain this is al jazeera life and also coming up the police shooting of a black man sparks anger in minnesota it comes during the trial of a former officer charged in the killing of george showing. huge crowds gather at a religious festival in india as it records a huge rise in corona virus cases it's now the 2nd west hit country. and the famous gold thing victory that he must see on that becomes the 1st japanese man to win a major championship. now israel's prime minister says iran is the grace just a threat in the middle east and he won't allow it to obtain nuclear capability his comments come as iran blames israel to sabotage in its key nuclear facility tehran describe sunday's incident which knocked out of power grid and the towns as an act of terrorism it happened today off to iran unveiled new advanced uranium centrifuges. that iran must never possess nuclear weapons my policy as prime minister of israel is clear i will never allow iran to obtain the nuc

j c p o if we want to go back to about israel we're safer at that time than it is now and these are senior officials former heads of mobs are talking about what. are going on the ground is coming up in a few and it's time for viewers in the u.s. it's news views hughson for u.k. viewers it's the cause a report states you toward lines in half an hour. i'm after if you want you can have a lockdown edition of going underground after repeated attacks by only israel owned by britain the united states and the european union's nations against middle east targets from the suburbs of damascus to the persian gulf to the iranian province of it as economic and military violence rages during a global pandemic from latin america to africa to northern ireland to ukraine let's go straight to rome to speak to the former m i 6 agent and the founder and director of conflicts for him just a crook thanks so much for coming on you wouldn't think it's a here in britain where obviously people are grieving over the jew commander. but just take us through some of the latest events i mean there's an attack on a nucle

israel's vaccination - seeing our. yes, definitely. israel's vaccination rates i seeing our.he country is open and active as per usual. there weren't —— were so many restrictions coming up to the event and police were aware and this was months and weeks of planning. the infrastructure that goes around this. the national bus service in israel has been planning this for a very long time as well. they did expect these sorts of numbers. however, i'm sure they didn't expect what happens today. know, of course i like i say the details at the moment are still coming in on some of the images we can't show what happened in a stampede because they are just simply too devastating to see. talk us through the, how this looks in terms of people because what we are seeing are quite narrow areas through which people are going through. how does this look on the ground? according to reports. _ look on the ground? according to reports, and _ to reports, and i have spoken to journalists just a few minutes ago, someone tojournalistsjust a few minutes ago, someone had fallen into these narrow spac

israel today is no longer a secular nation.e streets, in the government, religious people have a say on almost every major issue. in renanna at the encenter of this battle, kai won her bet. >> i came in and they didn't say a thing. all the girls were shocked that they didn't ask me anything. >> i'm happy they didn't comment. >> they didn't even look at my shorts. i aim -- came in as if everything were normal. >> the teenage girls are aware of the onslaught of reactions they've caused in the last few days. >> there were a lot of posts. >> on instagram, lots of stories, videos, on facebook, thousands of followers. almost half a million. this support is so important to our story. without it nothing would have happened. >> is this the power of social media? a more advantageousce political context? in israel, every year there is an sup. scho girls protesting for the right to wear shorts. until now, wourment success. >> it's not just about the short. we've learned a lifelessen. -- lesson. never give up. fight for what you believe in

coming up a blackout at one of iran's main nuclear sites tehran calls it israeli nuclear terrorism israel saying nothing but it looks like a message meant for those talks that are aimed at saving the iran nuclear deal if it is israel this is kind of a signal to be sent to the reunions and maybe even to the americans and this is kind of a way by which to me the other on the stand what you have in hand and how that may and how serious could be the damage be inflicted on you if you are not taking that into account this is also so. war and this is why i think it this very important. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin the day with the 2 men who would like to fill the shoes of a woman named until a miracle in 5 months germany will hold a national election a new parliament will be the result along with a new chancellor after 16 years in office until america often labeled the most powerful woman in the world well she's calling it quits will leave office just 3 months shy of becoming germany's longest serving chancellor in most of mock

itself israel is again rejecting such charges its foreign minister. saying human rights watch is known to have a longstanding anti israeli agenda actively seeking for years to promote boycotts against israel their decision not to share this report for review or comment with any israeli authorities is clear indication that it is a propaganda pamphlet which lacks all credibility but critics point to the $2800.00 nation state law which defined national self-determination as quote unique to the jewish people and to the fact for several months last year israel's prime minister was advocating the permanent annexation of nearly a 3rd of the occupied west bank. and this is a very important report on israel practicing a path 8 policies the should be the position of the international community as it was with south africa and there should be punishment against the occupation human rights watch says with no viable peace process in place the situation has gone from temporary occupation to permanent domination it's calling on the international criminal court to inv

what chance is, what hopes — against israel. what chance is, what hopes to _ against israel. chance is, what hopes to have for- against israel. what chance is, what hopes to have for the - what hopes to have for the talks, a deal? i what hopes to have for the talks, a deal?— what hopes to have for the talks, a deal? i would say it's about 50-50. _ talks, a deal? i would say it's about 50-50. |_ talks, a deal? i would say it's about 50-50. | think - talks, a deal? i would say it's about 50-50. | think the - about 50—50. i think the iranian still want to get the sanctions, or most of them lifted, and it's clear that the biden administration wants to do that agreement as well. where i think the difficulty arises, iran is saying all sanctions have to be lifted but the biden administration is saying, the nuclear sanctions, thejc saying, the nuclear sanctions, the jc poa saying, the nuclear sanctions, thejc poa sanctions have to be lifted, not separate terrorism sanctions or human rights sanctions, that is going to turn into quite an argument. very interesting to talk to you, thank

celebration turns to tragedy in israel. at least 45 people died and many others injured in a stampede at a religious ceremony. also, india sets another daily global record for covid-19 infections as the scramble for oxygen continues. medical aid is arriving from abroad but cnot come fast enough. and hope for children has biontech seeks approval for a vaccine for young people -- as biontech seeks approval for a vaccine for young people. i'm phil gayle. welcome to the program. israel's prime minister has announced an inquiry into a horrific stampede at a religious celebration. at least 45 people killed and many more injured. it happened in israel's north where ultra orthodox jews were holding the country's first major religious festival since the end of the country's covid-19 restrictions. >> an exuberant celebration. endi in a terrible tragedy massive crowds at a jewish festival stumbled down the slippery stairs into a narrow passageway. panic grew. in the chaos, victims, including children, were either trampled or suffocate

secretary in israel at the moment. what is the timing and what does it tell us about this? >> very interesting timing, robin. we are seeing israel reports in the media reporting the finger at israel, and there's hints that fred was talking about from the army chief and from that comment that you just heard from netanyahu as you noted the timing of all of these comments are coming at a very interesting moment here because as we speak the u.s. defense secretary, lloyd austin, is in israel on a very important visit and it's the highest level visit from a biden administration official to israel. yesterday he met with defense minister benny gantz, and the time timing of this alleged attack and all the fingers being pointed towards israel, and the nuclear talks are on going in the next few days in vienna, and in the next few hours, actually, we will be hearing from the defense secretary himself. he's expected to speak to reporters. i would be very surprised if this topic does not come up and perhaps even more importantly lat

>> human rights watch says israel is subjecting palestinians to apartheid. they are accusing the ngo of being anti-semitic. three westerners are killed on a media trip. they are part of a team making a documentary about wildlife poaching. terrorists are behind what they are calling executions. at least three people killed as thousands take the streets at the capital of chad. demonstrating against what they are calling a military coup. thank you for being with us. human rights watch says israel is pursuing an apartheid policy against the palestinians. it cites seizure of land, restrictions on movement, and the 2018 nationstate will as examples. the is -- report has been condemned, and have been accused of harboring an anti-israel agenda. the palestinian president welcomed the findings. >> in a sweeping report, humans rights watch claims israeli policies toward palestinians constitute crimes of apartheid and persecution. among the examples, restrictions on movement, land confiscation for jewish settlements, and denial of residency rights. the findings applied

the blast was felt in jerusalem and other areas in central israel the missile is fired as israel carried out as strikes inside syria israel military now says it's targeting missile batteries inside syria in retaliation force it has more from west jerusalem. yes this was a sizable blast that was heard here in jerusalem nearly a 100 kilometers away from the site of this missile cell close to israel's dimona nuclear reactor in the town of or near the town of crane that there were air raid sirens there the israeli military concerning those pretty immediately after the explosion and of course with the context of what's been happening in recent weeks the very high tensions between iran and israel over iran's nuclear program and the attack ascribed to israel sun 10 days ago on the iranian what's hance enrichment facility there were immediately concerns that this could have been potentially the next step in that shadow conflict a very dangerous and escalatory one however the israeli military says what took place was a syrian anti-aircraft battery targeting. the incoming israeli ordnance which ov

you were expelled by israel. have you ever been allowed back? what is israel's treatment of human rights observers in the occupied territories? >> these really government did to partly november 2019. -- did deport me november 2019. they found i fell afoul as result of my human rights advocacy but before a joint human rights watch as well as my work at human rights watch. as result, i am t ableo return to israel and palestine to cover human rights abuses to do my job on the ground. e treatment i received i think speaks to israel's larger treatment of human rights defenders. israeli human rights defende also face significant restrictions. to give one other example, a palestinian staff member of amnesty international has since 2019 faced a travel ban bthe israeli authorities on unspecified grounds. he was not able to visit his mother in a hospital in jerusalem three kilometers from his home as a result of this travel ban where she was receiving chemotherapy and she passed away. he has challenge this with amnesty international in the israeli court s

to fischer in the discussions in israel. well yes i mean there have been discussions already and more to take place and yes that is part of the context that netanyahu and others have been talking about that there have been these reports that for some time now israel has been acting militarily covertly to interrupt iranian ships taking oriel to syria and then we've had in february and march 2 israeli and vessels in the arabian sea that have been attacked israel. reportedly at least seems to have to believe that is an iranian. attack in both cases and then last week this explosion under the waterline of the savvis vessel a cargo ship used by the iranian revolutionary guard corps and again very fast turnaround of leaks being reported in the new york times in this instance that israel was responsible for that no official confirmation of that from the israeli government obviously but that this is that the key thing that israel appears to be taking these measures against iran at the same time as the united states is talking about