they've been bad bankrolling american initiatives over the last twenty five years in israel palestine and don't want to see everything go away because prime minister netanyahu was able to dictate to the administration is his conditions for whatever the next steps are and these are according to him jerusalem will stay united under israeli control israel will also control everything western of the jordan river meaning all of the west bank the occupied west bank and that israel will not withdraw a single illegal settler from the occupied territories sought in or really this sounds like it's going to be quite a bad deal for the posts that you absolutely must have on bush is again why the europeans say that they have written this letter but do you think again is it going to put any real pressure on this u.s. administration on the israeli government given that in the days leading up to the election we had prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying he plans to annex the west bank and when the secretary of state my pompei was asked about it asked you know when netanyahu was asked whether the u.

up until about maybe 10 or 15 years ago, if i was giving a talk at the university, israel-palestine,n my own university m.i.t., i had have police protection -- literally police would try to prevent the meeting from being broken up. they would not let me walk to my car. i had to be accompanied by police. meetings were broken up. nobody was objecting to this and it was happening all the time. but that has changed totally. it is a very significant change. i think that sooner or later, i hope sooner, this may lead to a shift in u.s. policy. there are some very simple moves that could be made in u.s. policy that would change the situation in the middle east dramatically. for example, one simple proposal is that the united states government should live up to u.s. law. that doesn't sound too germanic. the united states has laws like ,he so-called patrick laidlaw which requires that no military any militaryven to organization that is involved in systematic human rights abuses. well, the israeli army has been involved in massive human rights abuses. if the u.s. were to live up to u.s. law, we

palestine. not as a state or a designation of an identifiable territory. in the second column, the it listed the type of change requested and the rationale. it says to change israel and palestine to palestinians. there is no state of palestine and there never has been one. third we provide the change is inaccurate. since 1150 bce words like philistine and palstina have been used. this is the rest of the fact sheet. we sent it to virginia state professors that are middle east experts and asked for their support. with these signatures we drafted a let near asked the rejection of the efforts. we sent it to those members of virginia's general assembly. in may last year we sent out a reabout our findings to media outlets statewide and beyond. israel lobby seeks to release occupation from virginia school becomes and it can be found on the website. tallahassee summer we testified about textbook inaccuracy and the lack of transparency in the process. our members spoke about being required to file a supreme of information act to find out the names of the history. we learned that most your k through 12 teachers, several taught in the university departments, but not one had

and then israel and palestine becoming one geopolitical unit, and probably the time will be to argue and to claim for equal rights in one state. that would be a different state from israel, as we know it now. but we are not there get. but we are in that direction, definitely. now, why i think there is not enough power in israel for dismantling settlements. if you take government, most promising in terms of the peace process, he had a partner, oliver. he has an international support by the u.s., by europe. and at the peak of events after the massacre in lahil. even at that peak point, where clear political support for rabin, locally and international, even within the public opinion, if at that point he wasn't able to evacuate settlers from hebron, then you can ask yourself, then when? i mean, if that golden moment -- we missed that moment. then when can that happen? and now, since then, the number of settlers almost tripled. so it's becoming unthinkable, i think. but as i said, i'm a political person. if there is a will, there's a political will. you can always find solutions. you can

law and you on security council resolutions and traditional western policy if you will towards israel palestine i think it's time for europe to take its own separate way and the left that does say or does suggest recommend that you're a bus tickets or separately you know what the what might that be i think a signal for sure also earlier today on al-jazeera have expressed what this could be and i think that is really long to do for europe to recognize. the palestinian state with kept its capital jerusalem. they have been asked to do that for several years they never did because they were worried that the americans you know might put pressure on that more and i'd sideline well and that this process i think sweden has hasn't i think sweden is in the e.u. country that has recognized palestine as a state that waiting obviously for the others to follow suit. yes no i'm talking about the european union in the sense of france england germany europe is as a continent a power as a world power a sum as an entity that has weights that has diplomatic. weight in the middle east and when it does recognize tha

let's say let's say a miracle happens and palestine has one government one leader the current peace idea in that construction is a two state solution right with israel and palestine living side by side now at this point from an outsider's point of view we don't really understand how they would just fix work if you look at it as a lego construction with the settlements being built in the west bank they now crisscross west bank like a spider blanket how can there be a palestinian independence day when it would be covered with and clubs of israel. well first of all again i think we must think out of the box you know that eighty percent of all the jewish communities in the west bank or jordan some area in there we story names are on eighty percent of the area indeed there are some other what we call you know outside of the major jewish blocs outside of the eight percent of the land but we can think of a future or a solution whereby those settlements would stay there even under some kind of palestinian sovereignty you know that in israel itself in israel. we have twenty percent of our civilians are not jews they're arabs and they voted in the mess that t

president are are worried about what the administration is trying to do come june perhaps in israel palestine they've been back bankrolling american initiatives over there.

what we are witnessing is the biggest defender of the two state solution in israel, palestine, is veryraid, everybody, we will have to leave it. this is something we will come back to in the next months and weeks. that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. goodbye. hello. it's turning warmer in the week ahead but if anything, sunday will feel colder than it did on saturday. frost for many of us to begin the day but early sunshine. cloud will increase and any early showers in kent should fade. most places staying dry. there is a weather front lurking to the west and for the isles of scilly, cornwall, pembrokeshire, western parts of northern ireland, you could see patchy rain. a stronger easter south—easterly wind with temperatures in single figures for many of us. it will feel quite chilly for the time of year. a bit of frost around for some of us, sunday night into monday morning. not as widespread and the further west you are, you could see patchy rain. that still around three monday affecting parts of south england, wales and northern ireland

what we are witnessing is the biggest defender of the two state solution in israel, palestine, is veryre, i'm afraid, everybody, we will have to leave it. this is something we will come back to in the next months and weeks. that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. goodbye. afamiliar a familiar theme today. those places dry and chilly. some cloud around, one part that has been cloudy all day is the south—west of england. this area of cloud stretches up across wales and northern ireland. it's a weak weather front stumbling into an area of high pressure, blocking things off and drawing in chilly air. and bringing us a lot of sunshine. more patchy cloud developing, spreading out a bit more, limiting the sunshine during the afternoon. still cloudy skies. and some spots of rain. 0n the whole a dry day. more cloud than yesterday. temperatures up to around nine or ten. the cloud will decay during this evening. skies will clear in many areas. cloudy skies for northern ireland, parts of wales in the south—west. more rain coming in. a touch of frost lik

what we are witnessing is the biggest defender of the two state solution in israel, palestine, is verym afraid, everybody, we will have to leave it. this is something we will come back to in the next months and weeks. that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. goodbye. after a fairly chilly weekend with temperatures below average things will be warming up. this was the scene as a will be warming up. this was the scene as a sunset on will be warming up. this was the scene as a sunset on sunday. clear skies around there, through the week, there will be some decent spells of sunshine and this temperatures will be on the up. we start the day on that chilly note that there will be plenty of sunshine to much of the uk, claudia skies in the west patchy rain for the far south—west of england, a little bit claudia brandy's coast of england and eastern scotland. temperatures 13 or 1a degrees in the warmer spots, still rather chilly. we'll have more cloud overnight into the early hours of tuesday, won't be cold, it would be frosty but temperatures holding

what we are witnessing is the biggest offender of the two state solution in israel, palestine is veryit. this is something we will come back to in the next months and weeks. that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. goodbye. hello there. we've got more of the same really through the rest of this weekend. it's going to remain on the cold side and we have got stronger winds as well, east to south—easterly winds are picking up which make it feel colder. most places will be dry, there will be some sunshine around but there will be some more frosty nights and early mornings as well as we had early this morning. a look outside from earlier on, this is the picture in county antrim and it is this part of northern ireland that will probably see the best of the sunshine across the country. here we are in woking in surrey with some blue skies and probably staying dry here today, though there are some showers coming in across east anglia into the south east of england today, one or two could be heavy, perhaps with some sleet and hail. but away from here

omar shakir is the israel and palestine director for human rights watch. the israeli government revoked his work visa last year under a law that bars entry to foreigners who call for boycotts of israel or israeli settlements. in a statement, human rights watch denied that shakir or the organization have ever called for boycotts of israel, adding -- "the decision sends the chilling message that those who criticize the involvement of businesses in serious abuses in israeli settlements risk being barred from israel and the israeli-occupied west bank." human rights watch says it will appeal the deportation order to the israeli supreme court. digital freedom advocates are calling for the release of swedish programmer and data privacy activist ola bini, who has been detained in ecuador since last thursday. his arrest came hours after wikileaks founder julian assange was dragged by british police from the ecuadorian embassy in london. bini is being accused of hacking government computers in ecuador. prosecutors in ecuador said they plan to charge bini with plottin

question of how to divide territory between israelis and palestinians plays a key role in israel and palestine as custody in the. compound which is home to both muslim and jewish holy sites. at least ten people have died many more missing in floods in afghanistan warnings of flash flooding have been issued across two thirds of the country and charlotte palace now reports. this when heavy consistent rain in kabul for nearly a week in the city simply isn't suited up to deal with this this is the result rivers flooded this river rose to this level on monday and in the last twenty four hours about sixty homes have been destroyed in this immediate area police and council have started to distribute sandbags so we've got some here lining up trying to protect the homes from destruction and children here taking the sandbags dragging them and trying to build some type of of a bag to protect the homes as this river surges and threatens all the homes in this area we talked to some residents about their homes and where they will live now. when i had a call from the renters of my house there's a flood and i

oval office to discuss the conflicts in libya and syria along with the latest developments in israel and palestine the u.s. sees egypt as a key partner in pursuing stability in the region. the u.s. attorney general has told congress he will release every dotted version of the miller report within a week william barr is being pressured to publish a full report into russian interference in the election of president donald trump in two thousand and sixteen bar says some information will be blacked out because it's deemed to be too sensitive if those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's inside story with martin denis stay with us. the u.s. and iran label each other's military forces as terrorists and raise the stakes in decades of hostility some will see objective a model be the impact of the president. this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. that the islamic revolution in iran is both revered and feared. directly to the supreme leader and as well as enforcing power they control major businesses to now it's been designated as a terrorist organization.

in the very different ways that the republicans and the democrats dealt with the question of israel palestine in their campaigning and in their their candidate conferences but i think that in the last year or so we have seen an even more rapid shift in the public discourse in the media discourse and now in the political discourse in washington and that includes this sense that increasingly support for israel is becoming a thoroughly republican right wing issue what's driving the whole. sorry what's driving that. well it's partly the actions of israel the repression against palestinians has become not only worse on the ground if you look at gaza where people are being shot by israeli snipers on a weekly basis overwhelmingly nonviolent protesters being mowed down by israeli snipers every friday every friday it's shocking we're seeing more of that activity partly because of changes in the media landscape the rise of social media that makes excessive all evidence of this kind of behavior by the israelis against the palestinians to a much wider range of people this shift of policy within the jewis

human rights watch as research and conducting advocacy on behalf of the organization as its israel and palestine director and country right and so human rights watch can send in another representative a will. be interrupted the work will continue look i mean israel is now joining a pack of countries like venezuela north korea that have blocked access for human rights watch staff but our work will continue we had planned to appeal this decision and the israeli supreme court we think what's at stake here is much larger than human rights watch or even the space for human rights defenders today we're talking about the space today in israel to criticize settlements you have a court today that's essentially signed off on the israeli government agenda to stamp out the sense i'm a shock here good to talk to you thank you very much and some of the areas opposition parties and former diplomats are saying they would take part in the july presidential election they're angry about the use of violence against anti-government protests as they accuse the interim government of wasting time the announcement comes

what is your vision for the future of israel and palestine bought board his book consider victory if you had said victory would you disarm. so easy that the state of israel does not say that it is an illegal state it's a state that was the stubbornness on the basis of occupying the land so there's a lot of usurping the lands of as i said i love you all are controlling by force tonight and some as much as they are committing massacres against about visiting me ask you who were expelled. based including muslims and christians to tell you that is so. yes just as happy as well no justice for all remains remains of their messiah when he has a policy of all the. progress of time does not send justice into not that's not the making of them all just as they as if it's my how they feel about the field house and i go ok by force it doesn't become mine and fifty or one hundred us just because i'm stronger than you i've yet been able to ok to tell you what has that doesn't give me that doesn't legalise why i should leave your house and. these places are ideological if you and i mean close you kno

why israel is moving to the right is clear, look at the political process. netanyahu is not speaking about palestine or a two-state solution or a peace process. why israel is moving to the right. question, icond think great events in history particular the interest of a certain group meets a universal moral idea. in over outieve altruism politics -- in politics, we are not heroes, the last one was crucified 2000 years ago. a huge demonstration in tel aviv. why? in part because of moral sentiments, but on the other hand it is part of politics for the labour party, moral sentiment, the interest of the party meets a moral ideal and this combination makes things move. why i am saying that? the desire for the center-left to regain power may open the withels of a conversation the palestinian israelis. that in itself may create a dynamic, it is not that we continue that you give us your vote and we will win, that may create a new conversation about what is this state? what is the future of the state? why it was born and where it was heading. this could lead to a new technology, which we are lacking, we lac

this israel prepares for elections some vying to be prime minister spawn controlled tough palestine platforms. this is r.t. . wiki leaks says that it has obtained a press strategy agreed on by ecuador and the united kingdom in the event wiki leaks founder julian assange is extradited to the u.s. whistleblower was granted asylum in ecuador as embassy in london in two thousand and twelve mr circulating is about to be expelled and potentially hounded by britain over to america according to wiki leaks ecuador will claim broke the terms of his asylum with the u.k. giving assurances that it won't let the u.s. sentence him to death. and that is it exactly the fates that the song is fearing is in store for him if extradited to the u.s. still furious about wiki leaks having released classified material acquittals foreign minister meanwhile took to twitter to dismiss rumors his country would hand over the whistleblower son just supporters say he's doing crucial work must be protected. but it was the idea it's not possible to mistreat someone this way just because he revealed news that by their beach an

in the twenty fourteen bombing campaign this comes at a time of heightened tension between israel and palestine last week gaza marked the first anniversary of the so-called march of return protests since the demonstrations began in march of twenty eighteen one hundred ninety five people have been killed almost twenty nine thousand injured israel maintains that casualties arise because of the actions of him us or in self-defense. for us or political science at bedside university in the west bank says the shift to the right in israeli politics is being facilitated by geopolitical factors. the whole israeli public is standing more towards the right and the right wings are flawed ashamed and the other reason which is equally important we are talking about around between seven hundred thousand and eight hundred thousand settlers in the west bank and those they have a huge influence on the israeli parties and on the israeli society itself so the tendency towards the right tendency for more violence against the palestinians is a quite natural thing no what is with elections or not the elections but wi

. >> america's top diplomat laughing at the idea of the israel-palestine peace plan getting done any time soon. the policy director caught my attention. he said this. we are going to see the trump peace plan. bibi's priority is to extract promises from his partners to back him once indictments come. this won't happen if they think bibiis flirting with a deal. interesting prediction. the much hyped and little anticipated jared kushner middle east peace plan won't be unveiled this month, holding off until at least june. no one really has been that invested in this extra kritd project taken on by the president's son-in-law where he has zero experience in this expertise. >> if you can't produce peace in the mideast, nobody can. all my life, i have been hearing that's the toughest deal in the world to make. i have seen it. i have a feeling that jared will do a great job. i have a feeling he will do a great job. >> he's got a feeling. the decision to hold off on the peace plan as part of a political calculation to help netanyahu shows how much the america first foreign policy has been more

step by step and deconstruct all possible sides so whatever is going on right now between israel and palestine so the public is the israeli public getting a bit tired maybe of maintaining the occupying force of the fance budgets of rockets from gaza and all the war that brings with it are they ok with it well i can tell you that the israeli public. israeli public would very much like to see peace with security with dignity would recognition and everything that it entails you know that in the nineteen seventy eight's egypt was a.

step by step and to construct all possible sides so whatever is going on right now between israel and palestine so the pie.

multiple nations coming together to find a peaceful resolution now the situation when it comes to israel in palestine is already difficult and it becomes even tougher when you see the unilateral approach being taken by the united states those who've been involved in and seen close diplomacy at its highest levels say the european union needs to be more vocal and also needs to bring more countries into the process it is not only america it is europe adat or other players rush a's one of the players that can be helped to find a balance. if you still america remains a key player if you want to succeed but europe has been always and will be in the future and another key player it is usually to try to get a lasting peace we doubt rely. on european police courts but this is our point we see europe silent we see europe not seen gauge it talk at these is the time to deal with the european union and trump already butting heads over trade and defense spending there isn't any particular way you leader that stands out as the one who would. stand up and challenge the united states's unilateral approach towards the

thousand and fourteen bombing campaign this comes at a time of heightened tension between israel and palestine last week a gaza marks the first anniversary of the so-called march of return protest movement since the demonstrations began in march two thousand and eighteen one hundred ninety five people have been killed and almost twenty one thousand injured in israel maintains that casualties arise because of the actions of hamas or in self defense. and. the rest of. the. governor and. professor of political science at birzeit university in the west bank. says the shift to the right in israeli politics is being facilitated by geo political factors the whole israeli public more towards that i. think the other reason which is equally important we are talking about around seven hundred thousand two hundred thousand settlers and that was by those that have a huge influence on this very parties and all the israelis to say so the tendency towards that i didn't see for more violence against the palestinians is quite natural i think know what days we got this with elections or not. actions but with ele

the twenty fourteen bombing campaign and this comes at a time of heightened tension between israel and palestine last week gaza the first anniversary of the so-called march of return protest movement since the demonstrations began in march twenty eighth seen one hundred ninety five people have died almost twenty nine thousand have been injured israel maintains that casualties arise because of the actions of hamas or in self-defense. and professor of political science at best and university in the west bank saad nima says the shift to the right in israeli politics has been facilitated by geo political factors. the whole israeli general public is tending more towards that i hate that i tunes are flourishing and the other reason which is equally important we are talking about around between seven hundred thousand two hundred thousand settlers in the west bank and those lines but with elections it would appear more to gain the support of the right wing and settlers votes so they have to show that they are tough on even the kind of government this is part of sometimes the hypocrisy of the internation