he is the son of israel's six president, hi am herzog, -- hiram herzog, the brother of israel's ambassadoro the united states, mike herzog. president herzog was first elected to israel's parliament in 2003, where he served for the next 15 years, which included service in many ministerial portfolios. in 2013, president herzog was elected chairman of the israeli labor party, which, in 2015, aligned with another party to form the zionist union. following the 2015 election, he served as leader of the opposition. in 2018, he was elected chairman of the jewish agency for israel. president herzog's deep relationships across the israeli political spectrum and the respect with which he treats members of all parties resulted in 2021 with him being elected by an overwhelming majority as the 11th president of the state of israel. today's conversation will be moderated by ambassador daniel schapiro, who served as u.s. ambassador to israel from 2011 to 2017, and is today a distinguished fellow at the atlantic council. the event also marks a major expansion of the n7 initiative, a partnership between the

the case if you can, this is, this is a deal that strengthens israel, security and israel, the economy. we have no opposition to an additional liberties gas field being developed from which we would of course receive the royalties to us such a field would we can live in these dependency on iran, restrain hezbollah, and bring regional stability. ah, well let's bring in august now for today's inside story in beirut, laurie high t on an oil and gas analysts and a political activists. and in west jerusalem, russell shall live a lawyer and researcher at the core lead policy for him. and he's really think tank . thank you both for joining us on inside story laurie in baby. let me start with you. they seems to be a renewed sense of urgency to get an agreement on this long running maritime dispute between lebanon and israel, with the lebanese authorities receiving the u. s. mediators proposal, you get a sense that we are nearing ideal. definitely, this is the sensor. getting and they route that this is almost done. deed and the love it and they are $33.00 here. are very positive about the deal

for israel, it's about security guarantees. and in the words of the prime minister, your la pete, a political achievement through which levon on the fact recognizes israel has the law which for, towards israel rejected those claims. but since the start of the negotiations, the iranian backed group adopted what many calls a pragmatic approach it is, the most powerful political and military force in lebanon. and the states would need its stamp of approval, national. he has the law not to do his but considers what happened in the maritime borders. demarkation agreement, a great victory for 11 on the people and the resistance. the agreement may be limited to the maritime border, but the us administration sees it differently. president joe biden says it will harness vital new energy resources for the world said there was either no quarter, so there lebanon the. so let's not bring in our gas. joining us from beta router 9. silent who's a professor of international affairs and diplomacy had not done university in lebanon from tel aviv

and israel didn't engage directly in the process. it involved years of negotiations mediated by the united states. that's given both countries guarantees. if either challenges the agreement i historic day in the region of securing showing what's possible under these circumstances to achieve an agreement that creates hope and economic opportunity and stability for on both sides of the border. there was no formal ceremony to mark the agreement behind closed doors. the delegation signed separate documents, which were then given to the united nations. the deal is based on what is known as line 23 gaz from a prospective field called connor will go to lebanon. but since a part of it lies outside the demarcation line, israel will be given a share of any profits. while the korean gas field will remain within israel's waters and extraction has already started. this allows israel to increase its potential to export gas to europe, where there is a rising demand triggered by russia's invasion of ukraine. energy production in the eastern mediterr

igor is directly related to israel. thank you, igorreuterovych, because you knew the political scientist, head of political and legal programs of the public organization ukrainian center for social development, well, the topic of israel let's continue e-e we invite yosif with sils, public figure and dissident, co-president of the association of jewish organizations and communities, executive vice-president of the congress of national communities of ukraine, yosif. civil and to the president and the prime minister of this country with an open letter from the jewish community of ukraine with an appeal to stand on the side of light in this struggle of ukraine for your independence and freedom. well, you wrote there that you, uh, the jewish community, as well as communities of other nationalities in ukraine, are currently experiencing the same suffering and the same threats from russia, and therefore, israel should help. there is already help, but it should be strengthened, please? there is some reaction of civil society of

, because israel, thank god., there are no issues with guided missiles, only with unguided ones, and he more or less copes with them drones are handled by israel because those drones that were produced in syria why he bombed-bombed this factory because he cared about ukraine indirectly it helps ukraine but because these drones that are produced in syria they are designed to bomb israel that is why he destroyed them like this thank you for all the other myths - it's empty thank you, unfortunately, extremely short, but informative and honest yosyp zissel from the dissident co-president of the association of jewish and public organizations and communities waat worked together with khrystyna yatskiv and antin burkovskii mainly thank you, the time of our analytical marathon on the air is running out, but honestly, you have to work for us angelica sezo

and energy dependence will be secured and this is a deal that strengthens israel, security and israel's economy. we have no opposition to an additional liberties gas field being developed from which we would of course receive the royalties due on such fields would weaken, lay beneath dependency on iran, restrain his vala and bring regional stability. hurricane or lean is making its way towards mexico and pacific coast. the category 3 hurricane is headed towards the tourist towns of muscle tone and san blas. puerto vallarta has already lost a closed it's port to all marine traffic. as a precaution, olean is expected to make land fall on monday. i this is al jazeera and these are the top stories this out, the british government has dramatically you turned on many budget that was announced 10 days ago, chancellor. quasi qua ting said he's reversing. it's proposed scrapping of the top right of income tax. the announcement of the plan last month said financial markets into a spin with a pound reaching record lows against the dollar. brazil as presidential contest is headed for a run off left

of israel. ah. for the 1st time ever, the labor party has walked into the disagreement to induce overs honest, and said one sort of jews are not only wrong, but the guilty when to submit to face a phenomenon her. the idea that jew equals ernest and the anti zionism equals anti semitism, is, is dangerous if reprehensible. 8th of an abomination to me, ah, jewish voice for labor is supported by palestinians in the party. who believe they are the victims of racism. anybody who knows anything about the history knows very well that israel was created on the basis of a state whose population would be of one community and not others. now this is exemplified in my own story. i mean, why should i and my family have left our homes? ah, we sailed, we had to leave because there had been a dreadful massacre in a village. whole day i see in policy and village in which jewish are malicious, assaulted the village, and shot dead over a 100 people. mm. after that terrible massacre, a big jeep went round the street

and does that, does not paved a way to normalization of relations with israel. the 2 states are still technically ex war, however, that the agreement is expected to being stability to the area as it moves an element of potential conflict between israel and the non. mainly the iranian back beneath hezbollah. d u. s. broker, broker deal. it opens the way for shore energy exploration. therefore, liberties officials are hoping the disagreement that helps elevate lebanon's economic crisis. the country has been in economy free for, for 3 years now, and explanation of hydrocarbons. hydrocarbons is a huge deal for lebanon as a significant discovery could help ease the countries just ling financial and economic crisis. that is moments in their route. and rebecca protests in jerusalem, thank you both and your friends president, let me as the lensky says, his forces holding out against russian attacks in the eastern don bass region. it says, as strikes, have destroyed nearly a 3rd of ukraine's energy infrastructure and condemned the kremlin tactics as crazy . smoke rising

recognition of israel in bay root. it's described as purely technical. so what are the political security on the economic implications? this isn't side story. ah hello and welcome to the program. i'm daddy and abigail, israel and lebanon, have signed an agreement laying out their maritime borders for the 1st time. the us broker deal will enable both countries to explore for gas and oil offshore, and with elections only days away. israel's prime minister ariel apiece has called it a major political achievement. he says the deal amounts to bay roots recognizing israel, but lebanon describes it as a technical agreement that could eventually lift the country out of its economic crisis. zayna hud has this reports from southern lebanon lines in the sea have been drawn as being described as a landmark agreement between countries, technically, in a state of lebanon. and israel didn't engage directly in the process. it involved years of negotiations mediated by the united states. that's given both countries guarantees, if eithe

australia no longer recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel. canberra saying that the issue should be resolved as part of peace talks between israel and the palestinians. reaction coming up. this is live from paris. thank you very much for being with us. up to 100,000 people turn out on the streets to demand higher wages here in france. a day of action declared this tuesday across the country. in paris, 13,000 strong demonstration took place. tuesdays march condemned the french government's strong-arming strikers back to work to ensure fuel supply for emergency vehicles. agile stations across france this tuesday reported shortages. >> frustrated with the rising cost of living and stagnant salaries, thousands took to the streets of paris on thursday demanding action from both employers and government. >> when we go from working into retirement, we have half of our salary, but everything else is going up. we are very concerned about the cost of living. we have not gone on holiday in three years. >> that has been 12 years since the nicolas sarkozy

and dust does not pave the way to normalization of relations with israel. the 2 states are still technically at war, however, that the agreement is expected to bring stability to the area as it moves an element of potential conflict between israel and lebanon. mainly the iranian back to the new school has the law us broker, broker deal opens to wait for shore. energy exploration therefore, needs officials are hoping the disagreement that helps elevate lebanon's economic crisis. the country has been in economic free for, for 3 years now. and exploration of hydrocarbon hydrocarbons is a huge deal for lebanon as a significant discovery could help ease the countries to financial and economic crisis that is not mentioned in their routes. and rebecca versus injuries and thank you both ukraine's president living is the lens. he says his forces are holding out against russian attacks in the ethan dunn bathroom. and he says, as strikes, have destroyed nearly a 3rd of ukraine's energy infrastructure and condemned the canons tactics as crazy . smoke rising over buck m

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of israel with the united states. and on sunday, with the, with, with the united states. and unfortunately, i don't see the steel leading to any sort of normalization of fact that only it only strengthens his beloved rejection. as an extreme, as politics laurie, i want to let you respond to that. russell seems to give a lot of importance to has been in terms of, you know, they're the place in the go stations in the, in the steel. is that the case? i mean, is really running things here. look, i think that in the, the, out in the, in the period of elections as it was mentioned and during elections, we become very populous at the end of the day. and that's on yahoo has decided to go to negotiations between with lebanon. and i think by, by october 2021 that new construction were launched and the thumbnail was empower that has been, wasn't going on. and today after 2 years has been listed in lebanon. so i think that populates the brought off of the of what's happening of the extra now it's just like we can put it in the, i

in israel. and i said look, he said to know what i said to him we both came out of opposite sides of the political spectrum. but we are pragmatic enough to work together for our country's interest or at least so i hoped. and in some things we did. but i think with the ironic question on the palestinian question we always parted. i thought that obama was not a weak person. i thought he was strongly committed to his beliefs. they were just in my opinion on these crucial matters the wrong beliefs. we had an inevitable clash when i realize he was pursuing a deal nominally. to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons. cited in kicking the can for forward. as allowing ironic and international seal of approval to become a threshold nuclear state with the breakout time that obama himself would be zero and a few years he said that on pbs interview. breakup time to nuclear weapon. so i thought this is something i cannot accept credit cannot accept the idea of containing a soft to apply everything i had i

the conversion of the fact is good that the president of israel stands by this.rring to his intelligence data during a speech at the invitation of the non-governmental research organization atlantic council in washington. that is to say, we see that the president of israel isaa duke is in washington , meeting there with high-ranking american officials. well, so to speak, he is lobbying for the interests of protecting our state, but our cooperation with even now, we hope that there is no problem with the elections that may take place there in the near future, at least now they signal to us about bipartisan support and that no matter who is at the helm of the united states, ukraine will still be supported at the helm i don't quite understand what additional we can get in the context of the advocacy of president israel saak duke in the states, see what you are absolutely right to say , first of all, we have excellent relations with the american partners and without israel will help us here, we do not need unequivocally when the world also remembers that the israeli

israel in the situation with ukraine wags the united states in many ways after all, israel does onlyit wants, and the united states supports it in everything, and now the journalist actually catches the official representative of the state department, on double standards, in particular, on the fact that israel occupied the territory of east jerusalem back in 1967 during the six-day war, the territory of east jerusalem was not recognized by the majority strangely, israel disputes the accusation from this report. he also disputes the allegations from human rights groups that you repeatedly cite regarding ukraine, iran and other countries. what is the difference, in your opinion ukraine is sovereign state of the message, no to japan. you point out what the critics say. listen, no country is immune and should not be immune from criticism. this, of course, also applies to israel, some of the criticism that we have heard and offered ourselves for several. months justified however, this statement is unlikely. at least somehow affect the relations between israel and the united states of amer

that it is possible to help israel and that israel will think about how to help ministers and diasporas are flying kamikade drones to ukraine, the ministers and diasporas said so in the news in the last few days, the media reported on the breakdown of negotiations between the ministry of defense of ukraine and israel. and from optimism somehow to such despondency, that is, even if it means little, president zelenskyi commented that he was shocked that israel still does not participate in military aid in any way. i can't hear you well, but i believe that i understand the question. that's why i will answer about the minister's statement. by the way , brigadier general general insertion of the reserve is it may be his own opinion that it is not bad, it may also be some kind of statement planned there, i don't know , we don't know, but the conversation between the ministers of defense will take place. this week, i understand, there will also be a conversation between the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine and somehow you have to understand that in israel and the government restricts its

he said it strengthens israel security injects billions into israel's economy, and ensures the stability of the northern border was a little bit of a hiccup. last week, when lebanon wanted some changes to definitions of what the boys that israel was put in place along in the c along. it's bought a board or what those boys will be described as and over royalty payments from a gas field that struggles the israel 11 on board. but it seems somehow they've come to an agreement on, on the definitions for these. and so israel will now have a security cabinet meeting on wednesday, and then it has to go to supreme. the high court has to rule on this and then israel connected has to give the final rubber stamp to it. they want to do all of this before elections here on the 1st of november. lebanon's lead negotiator says the final draft border deal with israel satisfies all its requirements. the country had a number of concerns about the border. the 1st one related to a borderline marked by boys in the water that was created by israel as its forces withdrew from lebanon in 2000 and a route asked fo

israel walks into the next room and says oh, sorry, i have to think. well , let's voice it again. now, 8 months of full-scale war are behind us, for what reasons is israel not openly speaking about the ukrainian position, such as the same participants rammstein well, many members of rammstein can uh feel quite different about this war in ukraine, but they are really included except for the pension of eastern europe and the usual sasis. of the united states or allied relations, israel is a part of the more powerful and at the moment it probably determines the foreign policy line of this country, which believes that the interests of israel consist in preserving contacts with russia, that it is more important than some ukraine, which in principle does not care that israel is in this region, that is, in the middle east, it is the middle eastern theme that prevails, he needs to deal with those regional challenges that pose an existential threat, and in this sense, russia it is useful to them, but on the other hand , even ukrainian jews often turn to the israeli government to be frank a

so israel will share some of the all the revenue kerry should remain within israel's waters where the extraction of gas has already started. smith is that the israelis evidence boundary in northern israel, 1000 being portrayed in israel. sammy is getting a lot of play here in israel. the documents were actually finally handed over about 20 minutes ago, a lebanese village of nicole just on the other side of the border here with israel . we understand that, in fact, the lebanese in israeli delegates were in the same room, along with representatives from the un and u. s. those documents exchange formerly recognizing the borders between both countries. israel is expect to make a pressed statement very shortly, will be carried on all the main bulletins here in israel. because as far as israel's prime minister, yale appeared is concerned. this is a significant diplomatic victory, as well as a success. he says, for israel security is really after decades of hostility between the 2 countries, really, as far as this rose concern essentially a recognition by lebanon, or of israel's, of existenc

and while lebanon refuses to pay any profits from its share of cannot to israel, israel says that it may fall under it's exclusive economic zone. lebanon's 3rd concern it wants the french oil giant total energies to work with it. independently of any projects with israel. worn out from out as there is then a hotter in beirut, lebanon's president michel ounce as the draft of the u. s. mediator deal on a maritime border with israel is satisfactory and that lebanon's demands have been met. some officials are even calling. it's a historic agreement and the most powerful political and military actor in this country has the law is behind the deal. because the secretary general of the group has repeatedly said that it will support the position of leopard on top leadership . now, no doubt this deal will bring economic benefits to a country in financial ruin. it. this country is in dire need of hard currency. international companies will now begin the drilling and exploration process in the past. they've refused to do so without security guarantees, without the maritime borders deal really in

- i came to israel because of my wife. we came in 1950 to israel. up to the kibbutz sassa up in the north. we spent a week or two there. esther was the one that really wanted to stay in israel. - i realized that i was at home in this kibbutz dining room. there was nothing to eat, hardly, but i felt i was in the family that i belonged to be in. - i promised her that we will come back someday, but i had to go back to america and go to work. that's what a nice jewish boy does. worked at atomic energy center in oak ridge, tennessee for four years, became a nuclear engineer there, one of the first of 300 at that time, and then we moved to san diego for the last 10 years before immigrating. my identity as a jew was one that i wanted to maintain that identity, and i want to assure that our children would not intermarry. living in israel seemed to be part of it. - i had friends in the states, i was riding regularly, swimming pool in the background, christmas trees and hannukah bushes and everything was perfect, and when we came here, it was, i hated it for

there has been a prolonged state of emergency with regards to israel because israel has continued these unwarranted acts of aggression. it has supported the terrorist groups inside syria, both with weapons, with medical treatment, uneven. i'm with covering fire against the syrian ira, balmy, particularly in the south. and now of course, what are israel is facing is a number of fronts. it's facing the lebanese front assyrian front, the even, the yemeni front yemen, the has declared that it has missiles that can reach television and an escalation in the west bank. and even from the girls are itself the, the beleaguered and gaza strip. and so what we have been seeing is, is the downturn and it's ready aggression. wallet has been negotiating the car, reached a gas fields with lebanon, and even their israel, back down against the threat of military action by husband, or if they didn't agree to the terms put out by the lebanese government. and so therefore, that quiet period has come to an end. israel has the top 03 times and less than a week or the 2nd time. the missile actually paused overh

for israel, it's about security guarantees. and in the words of the prime minister, your la pete, a political achievement through which lebanon defacto recognizes israel, has the law which towards israel rejected those claims. but since the start of the negotiations, the iranian backed group adopted with many calls, a pragmatic approach. it is the most powerful political and military force in lebanon, and the state would need its stamp of approval, national. he has the law not to do his but considers what happened in the maritime borders. demarkation agreement, a great victory for 11 on the people and the resistance. the agreement may be limited to the maritime border, but the us administration sees it differently. president joe biden says it will harness vital new energy resources for the world said there was ita, nikita, southern lebanon. bernard smith is on the other side of the border with the israeli perspective. after decades of hostility in israel, this is being viewed as a significant diplomatic departure in relations w

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it says it will strengthen israel security people, billions of dollars into israel economy and ensure the stability of israel is border with lebanon. engineers are already testing the pipes that will eventually extract the gas from its kurdish oil field to israel, the mainland. and i hope that in about 3 weeks time, once those tests are completed, they can begin to pump gas. the deal has to go before israel security cabinet. it'll meet on wednesday, and then there are a couple of potential legal and parliamentary hurdles to jump once they've been cleared. and they hope to be able to sign the deal with the lebanese for elections here in israel. on november the 1st, whether they managed to be that deadline or not, it's still a significant diplomatic victory for israel's prime minister jala pete. he is signing a deal with what is still considered an enemy country. the 1st time that israel signed any sort of agreement with lebanon, and he'll be hoping to exploit that in the run up to the elections. it also for israel significant, unimportant lab on able, is able to start exploiting or loo

sadat revised egypt's belligerent policy against israel even spoke in the israeli parliament. with the mediation of the united states of america, israel, egypt concluded peace agreements with david, according to which the sinai peninsula, occupied in the sixty-seventh year, was returned to egypt. for this, by the way, egyptian president sadat and israeli prime minister begin received the nobel peace prize, but the arab countries and the ussr condemned these decisions, and the islamists did not forgive such concessions . another 10 people died with him, and 28 were injured, including including vice-president future head of egypt husni mubarak was such a day in history. dear friends, while our main issue of the besogon tv program is being prepared on global topics, which we are used to talking about, i suggest that you talk outside the brackets on somewhat abstract topics, but which we are generally concerned about. i hope you might be interested too. i 'm looking forward to you. see you. maybe i'm not a man of fact? man go behind the stone. no, not everyone will. unscheduled sc

suppose israel bombed an iranian military base, where are they? had a lot of unpleasant surprises, in particular the corresponding drones, is this information already confirmed? yes, of course, and this is a story that has many continuations, in fact, such actions by israel are very common recently happened on the territory of syria, it affected not only, let's say, iran, but also some of lebanon, and it is obvious that this will continue, and i want to especially emphasize that this is done from time to time with the tacit consent of russia, and it must be understood that also in syria and this is happening on the territory of syria, there is also such an unspoken competition for influence in this area also between russia and iran, as it is not surprising , but we must understand that israel is a natural ally for us in this case, and i am a little surprised this is actually a rather careful position of israel, because in fact we must understand that these drones were produced specifically against israel. and actually, the experience that ukraine

, primarily through this is done in the interests of israel.er. how would this be a position in the rubber band of the state of israel? we should have helped ukraine a long time ago. the second wound to his ego is that when we are told , well, we do not provide military assistance, but we help very much there. humanitarian we don't help enough, we also give humanitarian aid , of course. a little not quite what is needed, and so on. israel's opposition to russia's aggression against ukraine, which has been in the active phase for the eighth month, is it normal? let's say it's pro-russian. and no neutrality is reflected and it depends, unfortunately, here it is neoteran in the end. changes and not. and what exactly can restrain israel in terms of supporting ukraine with weapons? i just want to remind you that russia is actually present in syria, and they expressed the same fear that this is allegedly because of certain types of weapons that are in syria, because of this, israel does not want to annoy. is this version correct? it is correct. well,

is it possible to talk about israel's new course ?strong player in the middle eastern arena since the beginning of russia's war against ukraine, israel mostly remained aloof, so this state provided a wide humanitarian support, but at the same time, the israeli authorities rejected kyiv's request to send air defense systems and other military equipment, and the lifting of economic sanctions against russia of your country was similar, it was a long time ago in 2014, when russia began aggression against ukraine, the decision not to annoy creams, not to really help ukraine, either the tragedies of the mariupol children, nor the atrocities of the occupiers in the kharkiv region, and even the appeals of the ukrainian authorities could not influence israel's decision, but everything changed to against the background of news about the deepening of ties between moscow and tehran, the first iranian kamikaze drone has just fallen in ukraine on the government immediately informed israel about the purchase of iranian weapons by russia, the details

it corrupts 2 days in world wide. meanwhile in israel top, israel appetite medical official acadia zappa has expressed fear of the r one. again, what's the difference between nazis and zionist official who's in charge of heart surgery at the hospital in the country south was speaking at the meeting of the rights wing. jewish home policy is comments referred to the birth rates of arabs in israel, which are in general higher than those of jewish families on which some israel is c as a threat to the countries demographics. meanwhile, the un special ruffles her on human rights said israel's attitude towards palestinians, most persecution, calling on israel to stop its apartheid practices. you and has previously reported that palestine is going through its deadliest violence in years with over 100 people killed this year alone. earlier my colleague nikki, are and discussed the issue with duncan, who's a journalist and co producer of an award winning documentary about garza. and he says that the official suggestion didn't come as a surprise. well, this is simply just an expression of the natio

i'm israel, have ended a long standing dispute over their shared maritime border. the 2 countries are still formerly at war, certainly the sign, the agreement separately. both nations hope to benefit from mineral resources within the form a descriptive and it obvious tonya crime report explains now what the dispute was about the mediterranean sea, off the coast between israel and lebanon, these fair contested waters. both countries have long been locked in dispute over where the maritime border lies behind the scenes, negotiations have gone on for several years. now, israel and lebanon have agreed on a maritime, bought a deer mediated by the united states. this gives him his agreement, strengthens israel security and our freedom of action against has bla and the threats to our north. there's rare consensus in the security establishment regarding the necessity of this agreement. the dispute is about a relatively small triangle shaped area with each side claiming their part as exclusive economic zone. the areas expected to be rich in offshore gas, israel and lebanon,

i want to bring in bernard smith, who's at the border between lebanon and israel in northern israel. i santa was expanding there. there's a certain amount of restriction being placed on this agreement, and certainly no change to lebanon's foreign policy. how is this being seen in israel, given the fact that the countries, if i understand correct, they're so technically a war they are, but it's being seen here, rob, as it's being seen in lebanon as an historic agreement, all sides of called it, an historic agreement. the documents on the israeli side was signed by prime minister yal at bead earlier today. it arrived here on the border by helicopter, about half an hour ago in about 10 minutes ago, a convoy with the signed document drove through the board of post there to sort of an israeli a no man's land. on the other side, this document signed by israel will be given over to the us side who landed over the lebanese and lebanese will do the same. and then both sides will lodge. they agreed coordinates of their maritime border or with the united nations is significant. the israel becau