population of south africa as their work force and they wanted to exploit the black workers in israel palestine and israel the israeli government is trying to avoid exploiting the palestinian workers but rather to get them to leave altogether to get them completely out of the region so that's a difference but in other respects apartheid is very similar first of all you have a population of eleven million people in israel palestine together now in that population jews are forty nine percent of the population so there are now a minority for the first time in many years jews are a minority in palestine and yet they have seventy eight percent of the votes for parliament which means that design is parties represented mostly the jewish population in palestine have been an automatic majority always control the government so in that sense you have a large disenfranchised group you also have rules that state that certain roads are for use by jews only in certain roads are not that palestinians are not allowed without a permit in certain areas where jews are allowed and that creates of course this is the

has something like five hundred thermo nuclear warheads it's never discussed what about the israel palestine conflicts can any more be done to result from the outside i don't see it as a conflict actually i think the truth about that is that it's a military occupation and first of all international law has to be respected and the israelis have to get out of the west bank and and the blockade in gaza it's ending that military occupation suggesting it's a conflict suggests a kind of war between two factions. it's international morris on the side squarely on the side of resolving this matter. and it's about again it's about a negotiation this would have ended a long time ago or would have been resolved a long time ago had the most influential player the united states been on a spread. attempted to take. an impartial position and brought to bear its great influence on israel that hasn't happened and that's why it goes on and on and finally how would you assess this reset that we've seen recently in u.s. russian relations u.s. russian relations are very interesting. it must be amused people in ru

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

initial situation might not be promising, but on the other hand, there are many people in israel and palestine and in the middle east to would like to see some greater permanence in the arrangement. maybe not a final settlement, but something that leads to the assurance that the ongoing battle that we now have will not continue. >> you mentioned the deadline of a year. this it administration seems to be fond of setting out deadlines, where the bush administration was more willing to let things be open-ended. how realistic or how smart you think it is for the president and his top advisers to lay out these kind of deadlines? >> the idea of a year but was perhaps something that was demanded by some of the parties that are involved, either overtly or covertly, as the case may be. it could be as you say that a year has been set just simply so the thought is we just don't go on and on forever. in fairness, the administration started the process at the beginning of this administration, as opposed to the last six months. the obama administration still has a lot of time, relatively, to get something d

the president said to formally end the combat role in iraq as well as restart talks between israel and palestinespeech is also planned for tuesday night from the oval office during that address there's expected to discuss the impact of u.s. efforts in iraq. another bric-a-brac of more headlines in a moment. a quick look here at the james lick. traffic is eyes, light no problems. andrea back, a quick click here for a rooftop camera the weather's not battle: out there but animal will be good this week who morning things that the tax louisa has been following that we will get to turn a minute. following the latest was in good news regarding the weather the farmers almanac is predicting a mild winter the 194 is predicting a kinder and gentler winds jerseys in. it goes on sale today of the produce is winter will be plenty cold but nothing like last year forecast is at odds and cold of the normal for the northwest. streaky of whether we're ossifying latest with hurricane are all. they're bracing for the impact is a category 2 storm sending heavy rains and strong winds and to the leeward islands. the h

this israel's of a grade joining me to discuss it is richard hellman president at the middle east research center and yourself money here the executive director at the jerusalem fine and the palestine center jeremy thanks so much for being here. you know some people have called this israel's grave do you agree with that or not you know. extreme first the facts aren't all known yet this is may just be a one off thing and it remains to be seen i think the interesting part is that israel is really the only pretty representative democracy that meets for example the conditions that are not on sharansky said in his book on defense of democracy where someone can stand up and say whatever they want in the town square without being shot or imprisoned i think they're going to investigate this the army's going to investigate this and i mean she has already been criticized by a number of people in the nation and in the army and she may even be prosecuted this is the facts are going to play out but i think it's interesting everybody has a facebook page and a lot of stuff that maybe shouldn't be there inappropriate things show up there so i think we still have you. to see the whole picture but i

encourage i'd the leadership of prime minister and president habas and share their commitment to israel and palestine living side-by-side in peace and security. after proximity talks and consultations with both sides, on behalf of the united states government i've invade the prime minister president and council authority president to meet on december second in relaunching all negotiations to resolve all final status issues that we believe can be completed in one year. president obama has invited the king of jordan to attend and others in view of their critical roles. they're commitment to peace will be e sent toll our sauk success. the president will hold bilateral meetings with the four leaders followed by a dinner on september first. the quartet representative tony blair has also been invited to the dinner view of his important work to help palestinians build the institutions of the future state. an effort that must continue during the negotiations. i've invited prime minister yet nahu to join me here at the state deve department to try to relaunch reno goekss. it's important that actions by all si

the president does return from vacation he's going to be gearing up for peace talks between palestine and israel. put this in perspective for us. realistically, how much can get accomplished here? >> there is not a lot of optimi optimism. it's always good to be talking rather than not talking. bear in mind that the prospect of direct talks only gets the u.s. back to where the parties were two years ago when they were actually dealing with one another. you still have in effect a civil war within the palestinian authority between the west bank and gaza where hamas in is control of gaza, the palestinian authority in charge of the west bank, and even prime minister netanyahu has a more fractured coalition. it's going to be difficult to see how he can deliver on some of the promises. what you notice out of this is that the u.s. is approaching this gingerly. they want to be there to bridge any disagreements and perhaps to drive some agreements between the two, but they're trying to stand back a little bit and not apply too much pressure, particularly on the israelis. >> david, on friday, vice presiden

cultural peace movements not only in washington, d.c., but in every city around the country, in israel, and palestine. the mention of these organizations in national media. why is that so? how can we change it? i'm jewish, but i'm not a billionaire. but if you look at the press, all jewish people are all rich. this stereotyping goes on with african-americans. with lots of other minorities. how we change these images? >> two points. the nature of the media is that they only cover what is a conflict. so, moderation and bridge- building is not newsworthy. it does not make the news when we get to a dozen people in chicago at our annual convention, or in los angeles. we bring government and all sorts of civic leaders and talk about how we as americans of all different faith that grants are working together for justice, against any kind of extremism, for peace and security for those in the middle east. it does not make news. so, unless there is a conflict -- and usually, if you look of the stories about muslims, it is usually about their religious holidays. or it is an issue where there is a discrimination

initial situation might not be promising, but on the other hand, there are many people in israel and in palestineand for that matter in the middle east, who would like to see some greater permanence in the arrangement. host: the interview with senator dick lugar is available at 10:00 eastern time on that the "newsmakers" program. coming up on "washington journal", our focus -- new orleans and the gulf coast region five years to the day after hurricane katrina. we will focus on the economy, the schools, as "washington journal" continues for this sunday, august 29. ♪ >> monday starts science and technology week on "book tv." gorden bell on a future with total recall. and the rapid investments in technology and its future. stephen baker on the computer scientists and mathematicians who want to manipulate our behavior. "book tv" in in prime took -- in prime time monday, on c-span 2. >> we have a generation coming up who did not have the arts as children or in the public schools. these are not the 20-year-olds. i am concerned about becker put people because it is not clear that when they get to be 50

netanyahu and president abbas and fully share their commitment to the goal of two states -- israel and palestine, living side by side in peace and security. after proximity talks and consultations with both sides, on behalf of the united states government, i've invited israeli prime minister netanyahu and palestinian authority president abbas to meet on september 2nd in washington, d.c. to re-launch direct negotiations to resolve all final status issues, which we believe can be completed within one year. president obama has invited president mubarak of egypt and king abdullah of jordan to attend in view of their critical role in this effort. their continued leadership and commitment to peace will be essential to our success. the president will hold bilateral meetings with the four leaders followed by a dinner with them on september 1st. the quartet representative tony blair has also been invited to the dinner in view of his important work to help palestinians build the institutions of their future state, an effort which must continue during the negotiations. i've invited prime minister netanyahu

they are restarting talks for palestine and israel. during his address they will be discussing the impact it that the u.s. has had. it is set >> 119 now will be back with more in just a couple of minutes but we want to take a look at the sunshine we here at the toll bridge plaza. you have about a 20 minute wait. will be right back. perot will come back to the kron4 news morning. the time as 715 and let's check out that sunshine. it is clear conditions, not much in the way of fog, oakland is currently 58 degrees with the sunshine action we're going to bring cooler temperatures serious and getting up to 62 degrees and 79 for an afternoon high, the temperatures a similar to where we were yesterday at this time. been looking at temperatures in the 40 still this morning, is 45 degrees and and but at about 49 degrees in moscow those. in the where it is about 58 degrees and and oakland as we make our way to the day by 10:00 were looking at more '50s and '60s. as user to fill in and bring more temperatures into the 50s and 60s in even the 70's

, who knows what remained buried in the sands of palestine but -- >> do you draw hope from the rapprochement that may take place between syria and israel? >> i think anything that opens up the land to exploration, archeological exploration is going to be helpful. >> you think there's a lot more there/. >> you don't think it was bethlehem. >> that's right. >> there was a controversial word used by jeffrey sheler a year ago and that was mary was a virgin at the time she gave birth to jesus, correct, that's what he said? >> no, jeffrey said that's what the gospel writers said, am i correct? >> that's right. >> quoting the gospels, thank you for the correction, i'm glad to see the principles of scholarship are being enforced here. >> makes a difference. >> you don't believe mary is a virgin or that the gospels make the case that she was a virgin at the time of the birth? >> certainly both -- matthew specifically and luke more subtly claimed that she is a virgin. mark says nothing. and john says nothing about it. and the reason that both matthew and luke introduced that particular aspect or they have a tradition that states that about mary

. >>> in israel the government started removing a concrete wall surrounding a jewish neighborhood. it was put up ten years ago to protech the 30,000 residents from palestine sniper fire. the military said security in the area has improved allowing the removal of the wall. the government considers the neighborhood part of jerusalem while palestine thinks its part of the occupied territories. >>> pakistan fights broke out for food and water. at least 1500 people have been killed following unexpectedly severemonsoon rains that flooded a fifth of the country. it's the worst natural disaster one ever witnessed. >>> the united nations has confirmed the first case of chol era following the floods. sarah visited a makeshift clinic where they fear a new wave of death could sweep through. >> reporter: we are here in side what is normally a high school but here its been turned in to a makeshift clinic where hundreds of thousands of people are trying to find out what to do. they are lost their homes and they can't stay there. people have brought lots of things. you will see livestock, a chicken there, they have brought whatever it is that is left that they feel like

in the establishment of a viable, democratic, and independent state of palestine living side by side in peace and security with israel. >> operator, we'll take one or two more from the phones. >> thank you. our next question on the phone is margaret talev with mcclatchy newspapers. >> hi, thanks for taking our questions. the palestinian press has reported that the u.s. put the harshest pressure to date on the palestinians to get them into the talks. what i want to know is why did the u.s. feel that this was the time, in the palestinians' view, to bully the palestinians into talking, considering the politics of the israeli administration right now? >> the united states position has been well-known from the time that this administration entered office. we have and we do favor direct negotiation between the parties to resolve the conflict and to produce an agreement that results in two states living side by side in peace and security. we have encouraged the two parties to enter into such negotiations and they have now agreed. and we are -- we believe it's the right thing to do, we think that both of the leaders believe

in the establishment of a viable democratic and independent state of palestine living side by side in peace and security with israel. >> we will take one or two more. >> next up is margaret. >> thank you. the palestinian -- the u.s. but the harshest pressure on the palestinians to get them to the talks. why did the u.s. feel it was the time to delete the palestinians into talking, considering the politics of the israeli administration right now. >> the the united states' position has been well known from the time that this administration entered office. we have and we do favor direct negotiation between the parties to resolve the conflict and to produce an agreement the results two states living side by side in peace and security. we have encouraged the parties to enter into such negotiations and they have not agreed. we are -- we believe it is the right thing to do. we think that both of the leaders think is the right thing to do. we believe it is in the best interest of the people we represent. >> hello. you harkened back to the middle east peace process. the president played an intimate role earlier. considering