coordinated with missile attacks from israeli submarines. ship from israeli submarines. ship launch of bunker busting bombs necessary for much of the task. iran's anti-missile defense system is anything le defense system is anything mickey mouse." >> civilian casualties in israeli. "likely rocket and missile attacks from hezbol attacks from hezbollah and ham expected. there will be in no lightning victory achieved such as during >> three, crippling oil prices. "an israeli attack would prompt iran to close down sea traffic in close down sea traffic in the persian gulf at a southern choke point, the strait of hormuz, where some 20% of global oil production passes. oil prices would be likely to spike and cripple global economic growth. >> four, no u.s. assistance. to be successful, the action would require u.s. assistance, and that aid is unlikely to be forthcoming, especially in an election year. >> five, fear of annihilation. even if iran screeds in building some kind of nuclear arsenal, the islamic republic faces immediate annihilation if any of the weapons are ever used

when the palestinian uprising began in 2000 the israeli military seeking to protect these israelis, the jewish settlers in this community imposed a curfew and wouldn't let the palestinians leave their home. i was there one day early on and the usual rock throwing rubber bullets were going on and on was with a photographer and we were trying to be careful but we found their cells in a narrow street and one end of round the corner came some palestinian kids throwing rocks and molotov cocktails and on the an end israeli soldiers firing teargas and rubber bullets. there is no sidewalks. houses on both sides. we were backed up against it. my photographer friend who had been hit three times in his career by israeli rubber bullets felt perfectly happy. this is exactly where he wanted to be. he was getting great pictures, couldn't be happier. i am desperately looking for an exit strategy. so i turned around, bay on the door behind me and looked through the grill. invite us in. we start talking to the family. a lot of kids running around. look almost as chaotic in the living room as on the s

there is planning underway certainly by the israelis.hey've really made that -- they haven't been shy about it. but why he would say this, give us a time frame is very strange. i don't think that any american would be surprised by the news that this happened, but to say to the iranians perhaps, you have this amount of time, it's really strange. >> there is a story in the "new york times" magazine this weekend with some great detail about where the israelis are in their thinking about the iranian nuclear capacity and in that story, they suggest that the israelis are ready to go and the third of three arguments that this author makes was the israelis believe they have the at that sit permission of the obama administration to do this, to go ahead and do this. i wonder, and this is total speculation, i don't have reporting to back this up -- i wonder if this isn't in part in response to that, that they're saying, if you thought you had permission, this is our way of telling you you absolutely do not have permission and we are putting these d

israeli colonies the illegal colonies in the west bank are an area c. is about sixty five percent of the entire west bank so that's actually the majority reason behind arrangement by which israel retains control over the vast majority of the occupied territory it was in order to have a phased transition by which palestinians would gradually get more territory under their control and would become independent at the end of the process but this was seventeen years ago and area c. remains about the same size that it was seventeen years ago the palestinians never made it any progress towards independence in those seventeen years and yet this area is still under israeli control and the international community is mostly and accepting this fact right and now israel is threatening to demolish six hundred thousand euros worth of german donated solar panels why is this though this is just . actually thanks to a german organization called a medical which arranged a donation in the construction of these solar panels that we hear about this story because it's not a u

colonists and when the israeli government is not steadfast enough in their eyes regarding protecting their rights to continue to occupy palestinian land in an. additional that is demand and so on whenever the israeli government is saying well maybe we're going to slow down the rate of colony construction in the interest of public opinion and international. community column is decide to take out their frustrations on the palestinians and punish palestinians and then they call it a price tag because whenever these are the government does something which they don't approve of they decide they're going to physically attack. it as a form of punishment of course the israeli government is not particularly concerned with attacks on palestinians and in the past year and in two thousand and eleven there were on average two and a half physical violent attacks against palestinians by israeli colonists and they're doing that in order to try to create facts on the ground and to basically push the palestinians off their lands and take over more of their territory scare them into leaving so that onl

the israelis have their differences with abu mazen. part of the problem -- what i didn't say before in answer to your question, walter, we have this -- we have a major psychological gap between the two sides and particularly the leaders. abu mazen believes there is no deal and why even get into negotiations with them. he interpreted it as something designed to undercut him. prime minister netanyahu looks at abu mazen and says you impose conditions on me that you impose on none of my predecessors. you're prepared to talk to a lot of israelis, and not to me. it looks like you're trying to discredit me and embark internationally on an approach designed to isolate israel. so each of them has sort of cemented psychologically their view of the other that colors how they see the substance and it's very hard to break through that, and i was saying before, the jordanians are making an effort with the support of the quartet to break that. that's an effort worth applauding and i think it has some potential, but whether it succeeds or it doesn't,

time israeli women activists say there were sixty harassed and assaulted by both male and female israeli extremists but that hasn't dampened the enthusiasm of nasa and others to film what's going on and hold the israeli security forces and settlers accountable when the certainly see the cameras of course they don't do what they would usually do the cameras haven't stopped they've just changed the way the settlers attackers now they do it mostly at night when it's impossible to film all their checkers from the side before they attack to see if we have cameras with us. the settlers are accused of carrying out violent attacks against random palestinian civilians damaging their property more recently however they're charged with targeting israeli soldiers and police and of facing the homes of left wing israeli activists israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to crack down on jewish extremism in the west bank but with his government supporting settlement expansion that promise means precious little to those on the receiving end of the violence policy r.t. tel aviv is up today her

soldiers and police and facing the homes of left wing israeli activists israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to crack down on jewish extremism in the west bank but with his government supporting settlement expansion that promise means precious little to those on the receiving end of the violence policy r.t. tell of if they stay with us here katie is next with the business. thanks very much for and welcome to the business background struggle all is encouraging of russia's economy to grow faster than full cost however former finance minister alexey couldn't think it will be kept unless the government implements needed reforms. russia is not ready for a bounce in economic growth for the next three to five years we're lacking some legal states management and market conditions if the new government decides to improve these it still means a transition period of three to five years then we could be ready for a bounce and a return to growth rate of six to seven percent. debt problems in the e.u. have spurred concerns over financial stability and a number of other economies includ

soldiers and police and of facing the homes of left wing israeli activists israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to crack down on jewish extremism in the west bank but with his government supporting settlement expansion that promise means precious little to those on the receiving end of the violence policy r.t. television. companies have to hear an arche and business news is next with kate. thanks marina gold has it falls to the highest level in eight weeks stronger manufacturing in countries like china and india is weakening the dollar a boosting to modify alternative investments but it is now trading at over one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars an ounce as investors expect further growth on economic uncertainty and paid to hambro from one of the largest gold miners in russia believes it will reach around two thousand dollars a share there is so much uncertainty but financial uncertainty in europe is a need to stimulate american economy which is being done in effect by printing money political instability in syria and iran the only way out of these issues is for one of t

soldiers and police and defacing the homes of left wing israeli activists israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to crack down on jewish extremism in the west bank but with his government supporting settlement expansion that promise means precious little to those on the receiving end of the violence policy r.t. television. shortly on r.t. we ask what should be done to break the stalemate in syria but first it's the business news with dmitri stay with us for that live here in moscow. thanks bill a radical improvement in the business climate will be the urgent task of the next administration and wins the presidency in march speaking at the troika dialogue forum in moscow the prime minister says the country needs to jump from one hundred twenty of twenty of place in terms of its investment climate to business that is moving across reports. it sounded like a school records a private student but marks a bad must try harder not amir peretz and highlighted once again that russia has a lot of potential but it's failing to get the results he said most understudies place the country in

soldiers and police and of facing the homes of left wing israeli activists israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to crack down on jewish extremism in the west bank but with his government supporting settlement expansion that promise means precious little to those on the receiving end of the violence policy r.t. tel aviv. that brings us up to date here on r t and the business is next with. marina welcome back to the business program this hour global stock markets have had the best start to the year for almost two decades they've risen an average five point eight percent in january helped by signs of acceleration growth in the u.s. and improvements in the european debt problems corporate results have also mostly been a father expectations and some miners have been the best performing sex's which shares up more than nine percent. so let's see how the market is a doing right now we'll get started with those oil prices could prices are indeed it mixes sour on them now near the lowest level in six weeks out so news that u.s. stockpiles increase small inexpensive and gasoline filled

and israeli ad campaign in the u.s. backfires by inadvertently insulting many jewish families across america. what are they coming to you live from moscow i'm reading josh welcome to the program the u.n. security council has agreed it wants to avoid military intervention in syria but differences remain over the way it had the u.s. as well as its european and arab allies one president assad out of power for its part russia says the u.n. shouldn't be used as a platform for excessive interference in syrian affairs has the latest from new york. the united states france britain could talk are and all those countries supporting this draft resolution said that there would be no military intervention imposed in syria if the draft resolution was adopted but the most important thing to note is that those spearheading the push for this draft resolution are also calling for a ceasefire in syria and also calling for a national dialogue between the government and opposition groups these steps these calls are calls that have been made

now it's not going to take a look at new reports that say the israeli officials don't plan on telling the u.s. if they choose to strike against iran so how's that going to play the week before netanyahu comes to washington then yet another death row case where guilt has not been proven beyond a reasonable doubt we'll speak to radley balko about the case of thomas arthur and the u.s. supreme court is soon going to side if corporations who let's not forget they consider people if they can be held liable for human rights abuses are going to look into all the details as well as the hypocrisy if the conservative justices get their way all that and more fair not including a dose of happy hour but first take a look at the mainstream media has decided to miss. well it's another big tuesday in this election year and it's an especially big night for mitt romney and the will of your won't he win michigan sense as his home state let's face it will be a pretty big kick in the face if he lost but anyway as usual the mainstream media is covering the primary tuesday obsessive. holes are now open in a

israelis we. we grew up. with you that. we need to be on a little. more most israelis live a life that is quite bad and you can cut it out of the environment and the u.s. and europe western europe and you will find the israelis quite. easily integrating into society into requirements in place and so on so it's not. the regiment it's society of my childhood. all the time it's at any given point in time but it is true that israelis. believe that we can. survive here in the middle east. only if we are ready to fight for it when you resigned the same time message to all the staff of the foreign ministry explaining the resignation what will save the accident and what is the general mood like among israeli public servants concerning the policies that i have to the friends i have no illusions some of us were frustrated by my letter. because it is outside of the code of conduct that you just drop out because you don't like the message the messenger has no view over the message that is the code of conduct

so number one, from the israeli standpoint, i think, don't shrink your options. number two, don't assume the story is now written. by that i mean, you know, take a look at what's going on. there's no surprise that everywhere you look they seem to have the upper hand in the nonmonarchies. a, they were allowed to organize in the mosque and they had a place where they could speak their minds and they came to embody social justice because they crow eighted an approach to provide limited social welfare and they were authentic because they reflected in terms of islam, they connected in all classes including the lower classes and they had a kind of credibility and they had a kind of effectiveness. they had an organization and they had an identity and an agenda and the secular, more liberal forces had that. so they have built-in advantages right now, but this is a new middle east and that is the new middle east from 1993 and it is a new middle east in that the muslim brotherhood decided that they'll rule the way ben ali and mubarak did, they can't do that. >> but you're

soldiers and police and facing the homes of left wing israeli activists israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to crack down on jewish extremism in the west bank but with his government supporting settlement expansion that promise means precious little to those on the receiving end of the violence policy r.t. tel aviv now it's time for the business of date with katy state this. marina global stock markets have had their best start to the year for almost two decades they've risen an average of five point eight percent in january helped by signs of accelerating growth of u.s. and improvements in the european debt problems corporate results have also mostly been a ball the expectations banks and miners have been the best performing sectors which shows up more than nine percent. let's move on to the markets we look at sold over the exchange rates last year is trading just a notch higher against the dollar stocks are extending a global rally ahead of us dog days are coming to mark the refuge assets of both the european and the u.s. currencies are lower against the russian ruble

and an israeli ad campaign in the u.s. backed by inadvertently insulting many jewish families across america many have criticized the commercials saying they use scare tactics to encourage israeli jews to return to their roots. as the headlines here on r.t. up next we talk to the indian to the united nations who outlines what he thinks the international community needs to do to resolve the ongoing crisis in syria and other arab nations this is art. parties sitting down with mr hardeep think poori the indian ambassador to the united nations ambassador pouri thank you very much for sitting down with r.t. i'd like to begin with syria because that seems to be a great point of contention within the u.n. security council not the last and the only time the council reached any type of consensus on the conflict in syria was nearly six months ago it was under your presidency of the security council a presidential statement was issued in august why has it been so hard since then for fifteen members to agree on does some kind of solut

the country the commercials were designed to encourage israeli jews to return to the roots suggesting that america's jewish culture has weakened but as policy reports the ads seem to have done more harm than good. the beckerman is could be the family featured in an advertisement recently pulled from american t.v. the goal is israeli married to border an american jewish woman it was saying is that my husband shouldn't have married me but the emotional response was just. this is one of three ads sponsored by the israeli government and aid across the united states that evoked more than just an ouch from american jews when who is really grandparents ask what festival it is the american granddaughter happily on says christmas instead of the jewish festival of hunker the implied suggestion was that jewish identity has been diluted in america and that angered many jews who live there. american support cannot lots of point to. this us and so for them. shows a toddler calling daddy daddy to his napping is really expected father who finally wakes up only when he son switches to hebrew american

soldiers and police and facing the homes of left wing israeli activists israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to crack down on jewish extremism in the west bank but with his government supporting settlement expansion that promise means precious little to those on the receiving end of the violence policy r.t. tel aviv is up to date here on r.t. and business is next with katie. welcome to the business program this hour global stock markets have had the best start to the year for almost two decades they've risen an average of five point eight percent in january helped by signs of accelerating growth in the u.s. and improvements in the european debt problems corporate results have also mostly been above expectations banks of minus have been the best performing sectors which shares up more than nine percent ok let's see how the oil market is doing right now ok we're going to start with oil as you can see. pretty fucked is that pretty flat group rises all next on news that u.s. stockpiles increased more than expected and gasoline it fell to a ten year as you can see lights we ju

soldiers and police and defacing the homes of left wing israeli activists israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to crack down on jewish extremism in the west bank but with his government supporting settlement expansion that promise means precious little to those on the receiving end of the violence we are teen television and we are up to date was he was having the world of business here scary. welcome to the business a program global stock markets have had that best start to the year for almost two decades they've risen an average five point eight percent in january helped by size of the. generation growth in the u.s. and improvements in the european debt. results have also mostly been above that. the miners have been the best performing sectors which shares up more than nine percent. so let's have a look at the mall kids and now shall we look at stone soup with oil crude prices all mixed this hour on news that u.s. oil and dead trees rose more than expected last week. fell to nine eleven the. right now the lights where it is just trading. to negative that just by knowledge

and it is written israeli ad campaign in the u.s. backfires buying a version we insulting many jewish families across america. a fact will not be easy decision to impose and involved will not lead to skyrocketing oil prices all have the details on those oil think is in about twenty minutes time business but. it's not am in the russian capital you're watching r t with miriam and joshua welcome to the program the u.n. security council has agreed at once to avoid military intervention in syria but differences remain over the way had the u.s. as well as its european and arab allies one president assad out of power for its part russia says the u.n. should be used as a platform for excessive interference in syrian affairs fortnight has the latest from new york. the united states france britain could talk are. all those countries supporting this draft resolution said that there would be no military intervention imposed in syria if the draft resolution was adopted but the most important thing to note is that those spearheading the push for t

soldiers and police and defacing the homes of left wing israeli activists israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to crack down on jewish extremism in the west bank but with his government supporting settlement expansion that promise means precious little to those on the receiving end of the violence policy r.t. television. and a major joins us next with the best. thanks rory a radical improvement in the business climate will be the urgent task of the next administration if i'm a person wins the presidency in march speaking at the troika dialogue forum and moscow the prime minister says the country needs to jump from one hundred twenty if to twenty of place and times of its investment climate results in the cost or puts it sounded like a school records a bright student work so bad must try harder not to be abuse and highlighted once again that russia has a lot of potential but it is failing it soon get their results he said most attendance studies place the country in the top five in terms of its potential to get more investment but in reality it's investment from the places r

possible attack specially israeli. possible attack wall street journal says that the u.s. is planning a plan b. should israel attack i think the israelis try to pretend that iran constitutes an excess stencil threat to israel i don't think that that in fact is the case even though iran's military has the capability to do great damage to israel in the event of a war even though israel is a nuclear power i think that the israeli government has a pattern and a practice of invasion and bombing of its neighbors in the middle east it carried out the bombing of iraq's nuclear facility in one thousand nine hundred one even though that was permitted by international law and subject to a spec sions in other words a nuclear program for civilian energy purposes israel came in bombed it they did the same to syria in the last few years and they would like to carry out military strikes against the iranian government the americans don't want that right now even though they they're happy to be have iran in a state of tension they don't

are living here the ads were designed to encourage israelis living in the united states to come home but critics complained they smacked of arrogance ignorance and cultural disrespect for america instead of giving positive reasons for expects to return to israel they failed to address why many had left in the first place i think a lot of american jews look too going on israel was developing in the parliament particular in the field stream really needed from that and they say to themselves this is not the israel that we fell in love with this is not israel that we want to defend american jewry has always been more liberal than israeli society they traditionally voted democrat and often open to a list off the docks practice of judaism then the israeli counterparts for years a rift has been growing between the two much of it based on the aggressive policies of tel aviv towards gaza and the occupation these really palestinian conflict still shows no signs of compromise and consecutive israeli governments have been unable or unwilling to reach agreement with the palestinians. even many am