american policy for israel posts are not saying the whole middle east i'm saying israel palestine another of israel's issues at the moment is iran do you think that iran is justified in being worried about a nuclear threat from iran i don't think they have any interest in developing nuclear weapons but maybe some of their number now saying look we ought to at least have the capability but let's just opposing iran had one two three dozen nuclear bombs do you think you would be stupid enough to launch a first nuclear strike on israel of course it would because the whole of iran would be devastated and let's talk about the future of the region with the palestinian authority now decidedly divided into a with hamas in charge of one point that's important corrupt irrelevant but is there any chance of a two state solution though the two state solution is long ago dead the two state solution never would've given a fair complete solution to the problem it's now much too late to happen i mean israel's colonization of the west bank is is about forty two percent of the land area and it's stretching e

american policy for israel posts are not saying the whole middle east i'm saying israel palestine now if you look at obama i think obama meant well possibly means well but i think he was naive and inexperienced he came into office quickly challenging netanyahu over the settlements in jerusalem i was soon as not only knows good as told him to go to hell he that president carter once made a comment to me he said that any american president has only two windows of opportunity to take on and have a chance of defeating the zionist lobby in congress the first opportunity was in the first nine months of his first term because after that the funding for the mid-term elections starts. and the second opportunity was in the last year his second term if he had won and let's go back to the region for a minute is another of israel's issues at the moment is iran do you think that iran is justified in being worried about a nuclear threat from iran i don't think they have any interest in developing nuclear weapons but may be some of their number now saying look we all. to at least have the capability

we have pages this year on israel, palestine issues and jewish gangsters.if there is not a specific q and a and discussion, the joy talking about it with your neighbors and friends. >> your festivals are probably a model for others starting like this. i have a friend of mine on the board, vivienne, is on the board in new jersey there. it is the said or third year and i got her in touch with you and she got some help. this opens at the san francisco castro july 24th to the 29th. san francisco, jc csf. peter stein. i thank you. have a great year 30. than you. >> we'll let you hear some class mat ticks. >> ♪

resolution of the conflict which the rest of the world embraces if you move for a moment away from israel palestine and you take the case of iran since that's very topical now. around kept promise. kept promising there's going to be a change there's going to be a change but in fact as several commentators wrote the iraq obama administration is carrying on like all other administrations there was an offer made in october two thousand and nine by the u.s. administration to iran and how to resolve the nuclear issue around that time rejected the offer for several reasons mostly because they didn't trust the main powers who were involved france the u.s. even russia but now except to go the offer and as the leading academic specialist on the topic american academic specialists trita parsi dr parsi wrote in the washington post he says that barack obama is refusing to take yes for an answer and so there is no real difference between the so-called diplomatic approach of barack obama and the. mill touristic approach as it's sometimes claimed or belligerent approach of the bush administration at the end of th

baskin from the israel palestine center for research and information says the situation in gaza will improve only when both israel and hamas change their attitudes. i've been against the blockade of gaza since the very beginning i saw it as a political act of folly that would only strengthen the muscles cian there and hurt the civilian population. get a government in israel is not a government which is is willing to appease international calls to allow gaza to be a separate functioning territory under palestinian authority or under hamas rule at this point and therefore the israelis are maintaining their policy of total sea blockade of gaza there is a legitimate fear of of the israelis that ammunitions and weapons and rockets would be smuggled in and perhaps boarding the ship by the israeli navy is not sufficient to do a complete search of the cargo of the ship to maintain that there are no weapons in the policy is not to let the ships in the problem is that the ruling government of gaza of hamas which did elections legitimately does not recognize israel does not agree to negotiate wi

palestine, israel. mexico, as i watch them struggling with their cultural identities and trying to maintain the identities and have the respect as the american citizens they are in this country, it got me to thinking about my family heritage and thinking about how history really does repeat itself. because i know that my people want through these same issues in the famine times when they came. and i thought to myself, why are not more of these stories being told? we need to collect these stories. i am at an age where my parents and their cousins, their siblings, they are getting close end of their life. one of the main ways i collect my information is through oral history i knew time was on the essense. there were stories that would be lost if i didn't collect these stories immediately. and that's what i embarked upon doing. >> i grew up in brooklyn, new york. my experience was landing by birth into an urban town land. my family, my mother is first generation i'm second generation. my grand mother lived

the subtitle tells the full story, a poet encounters the horror in rwanda, eastern congo and palestine/israel. and so what you want us to wrestle with, courtesy of this text, is to talk about those things that are so difficult to address, why is this such a passion for you? >> well, because i realized in my own life that some subjects i have encountered were so horrible, i couldn't believe people could actually do these things and i was silenced for years. you know, it may not seem like that to many people because there have been complaints about my not being silent. tavis: haven't heard those. >> yeah, well, but actually, the truth is that especially in the last century or so, there have been such horrific acts done by humans to other humans that really we as a people -- and i mean humanity, we have been silenced. we didn't know what to call them. we couldn't put them anywhere. we couldn't recognize them often and they're just heinous. so we have been self-silencing, and that means that all the children who need us and all of the women often who need us don't hear from us for like 10 and 20

and the car bomb would next appear in the middle east in palestine in the violent struggle over the founding of the state of israel. in the one nine hundred forty s. palestine was under british rule. the majority arab population were opposed to a jewish state. the same time extremists jewish factions like the stern gang waged a terrorist campaign. against those who. as enemies of the future jewish state. arabs and british troops. organisation. freedom fighters of israel were determined to drive arabs out by terror. as their rightful jewish homeland. who started the first car bombing here. whose decision was that. it was they had. left he were opposed to any deal with the arabs by the mainstream jewish leadership led by david ben-gurion. and planning car bombs was a short cut to provoking all out war. on january the fourth one nine hundred forty eight he struck. their target was the sariah building in the heart of java a densely populated arab district. this guys is arabs a lot he bomb team drove a truck packed with two hundred pounds of explosives and park close to the building . the electric timer was set for eig

and the car bomb would next appear in the middle east in palestine in the violent struggle over the founding of the state of israel. in the one nine hundred forty s. palestine was under british rule. the majority arab population were opposed to a jewish state. the same time extremist jewish factions like the stern gang waged a terrorist campaign. against those who. as enemies of the future jewish state. arabs and british troops. stern's organisation. freedom fighters. were determined to drive arabs out. as their rightful jewish homeland. who started the first. decision was that. it was they had. left he were opposed to any deal with the arabs by the mainstream jewish leadership led by david. and planning was a short cut to provoking war. in the heart of. this. two hundred pounds of explosives. close to the building. get away. the explosion killed twenty eight including innocent passers by and injured hundreds. lefty did not have a monopoly on planning car bombs. the palestinians made plans to strike back using their own bomb maker. could train by the nazis during world war two. thousand sister. was close to him. s

israel. in palestine they have been far more explicit than any other previous palestinian leadership in rejectinged partitions in 1940 and 1948. when it comes to benjamin netanyahu, he opposed the palestinian state not just in the 1990's but as recently as when he ran for prime minister in 2009. he still opposed it when he created his coalition government. that is one of the reasons why does the livni would not go into collision with him. in a speech at the university said he would support a palestinian state while adding a caveat that had not been included by former prime ministers of israel. i thought it was striking that in his press conference with the president on tuesday while the president spoke about a palestinian state, benjamin netanyahu repeatedly refused to use the word "palestinian state. look at the transcript. that suggests that he and some in his government coalition are still basically quite hostile to that idea. i wish that were not the case, but i am afraid i think host: it: weatherford, texas, re on the independent line. -- ray. caller: the influence of the united states has d

israel. in palestine they have been far more explicit than any other previous palestinian leadership in rejecting hamas and accepting israel oppose the right to exist and being supportive of the kind of peace offers that were made in 2000 and 2001. in fact, prime minister s ayaad has moved toward non- violence. they've rejected partitions in 1940 and 1948. when it comes to benjamin netanyahu,he opposed the palestinian state not just in the 1990's but as recently as when he ran for prime minister in 2009. he still opposed it when he created his coalition government. that is one of the reasonshy does the livni would not go into collision wh him. in a speech at the university said he would support a palestinian state while adding a caveat that had not been included by former prime ministers of israel. i thought it was striking that in his press conference with the president on tuesday while the president spoke about a palestinian state, benjamin netanyahu repeatedly refused to use the word "palestinian state. look at the transcript. that suggests that he and some in his government coalion are still

discussing over lunch, it is time for direct talks, not least because it is time for each, israel and palestine, to test the seriousness of the other. on bp, which we discussed at some length, i completely understand the anger that exists right across america. the oil spill in the gulf of mexico is a catastrophe -- for the environment, for the fishing industry, for tourism. i've been absolutely clear about that. and like president obama, i've also been clear that it is bp's role to cap the leak, to clean up the mess, and to pay appropriate compensation. i'm in regular touch with senior management at bp, and the president is, too, to make sure that happens. and the progress that's been made to cap the leak is a step in the right direction. equally, of course, bp is an important company to both the british and the american economies. thousands of jobs on both sides of the atlantic depend on it. so it's in the interest of both our countries, as we agreed, that it remains a strong and stable company for the future. and that's something we discussed today. and let us not confuse the oil spill with t

>> yeah, in addition to some dozen or more films from israel, both documentaries and features including films about politics and israeli palestinet, sitcom like air rack labor features -- arab labor features these films, ... we know they some times talk about and address difficult topics that need to be aired in the jewish community and community at large. we thought we would have a brief sort of community conversation, panel on thursday july 29th, free at the castro theatre at 11:30 a.m. calling it is dialogue possible how films help, talk about israel or not. some times films, theatre programs or lectures can polarize and some times they can bring people together. we are hoping to have a very civil and civic conversation about what remains a hot topic in jewish life in san francisco. 11:30 a.m. >> on thursday, a brown bag, come during your lunch hour it will be a panel discussion, film makers, experts on jewish engagement, with ari kellman from uc davis. >> professor ari i said rabbi he is not. >> as always we have a comma in the conversation, please join us next time on mosaic and take advantage of all the film offerings at t

israel took part in the class. >> the joint class was held despite many obstacles including opposition from the palestine judo association, which protested the event for political reasons. >> the two gold medalists plan to invite children from the palestinian territory and israel to an international judo competition in japan in december. >>> it is mud that is playing a vital role in a south korean resort's plan to stimulate the local economy. thanks to a special type of earth, the beach town buryong is drumming up novel ways to lure tourists and spur new businesses. >> reporter: buryong has 78 islands scattered off its shallow coast. known as the best beach town on the western coast, it's drawing a large number of vacationers in summer. the appeal of boryeong is not just the ocean and scenic beauty but the mud also. the mud festival is in full swing right now. the annual boryeong mud festival opened on july 17th. it runs through sunday. this year there are various mud-based events and attractions including a large bath and a sliding pool. >> fun. we're having a wonderful time. >> whoo! >> we're definitely enjoying the mu