ordinary israelis the most secular israelis almost always do. >> as soon as i landed all we heard was the big uproar the controversy over the orthodox serving in the military. right now they don't have to they go to religious school they receive a stipend many secular israelis have for years been very upset about this imbalances. is this issue something that can be resolved or netanyahu government? >> this is a historical opportunity now. netanyahu government has a great large coalition they are not on one segment or another like orthodox and any other groups. this is the time to bring just equality to level the playing field. everyone who comes to the age of 18 is crafted irrespective of race and religion or gender or any other characteristics. >> why is equality such an important issue to israelis? >> this is serving for all. we do our best to have a new low for service for all. >> you have a sector about 20 percent of the country that doesn't serve in the army. it is one society where we all unite we are all together. it is a demonstration against any one. this is a demonstration f

also this of israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu extends his blameless to include lebanon saying both iran and hezbollah were behind the blast and ball garia that left eight people dead. and british intelligence mimics the very hackers it's fighting against with the country's security committee calling for the launch of covert operations aimed at attacking cyber criminals. from a new center here in moscow this is twenty four hours a day the u.s. and its allies a failed to push an anti a sad resolution through the u.n. security council for the third time russia and china have once again vetoed the motion for the latest from new york let's cross now to. why exactly have moscow and beijing stop this latest draft resolution dead in its tracks. well simply put russia and china used their double veto efforts within the security council on the draft resolution on syria because they have said over and over they will not support a draft resolution under chapter seven of the u.n. charter that chapter seven would allow the security council to impose sanctions on the syrian government if it

israelis ought not to comply. old adage, revenge is the dish best eaten cold. >> bret: this is also the 18th anniversary of a bombing of a jewish community center in argentina. 18 years ago killing 85 people. >> which is why that is a large piece of evidence. the iranians whom our own state department says the bigger exporter of terror in the world were clearly behind that. that is not israel speaking or zionist speaking. that was an argentinean inquiry in to the bombing an it concluded iran behind it. think about this. it wasn't an israeli embassy. it was a jewish community center, as you have one in washington. the attack was on jews. it was a way. look, this is retaliation for the attack happening today in bulgaria. on jews. tell me what the attack on argentina was in retaliation for. it's in retaliation for israel's existence. that is the grievance iran has with israel. >> do the iranians want israelis to stre iran now? that would be my question. because you know, why would they -- you do something like this i

welcome across town clearly we're talking about the israeli palestinian conflict. and you can see. all right michael i want to go back to you in tel aviv where is the so-called peace process now if there is no occupation. the peace process is clinically dead it's exists solely for the purpose of a process at this point. we haven't seen any serious efforts in at least three years to reach any two state solution and i think it's in the interests of both political leadership is that it that it is that way both of them have an interest in sustaining the process. for the israelis the status quo has become comfortable for the palestinians they don't actually have the ability to deliver a two state solution both because of the schism with hamas and also because the palestinian authority president abbas lacks democratic legitimacy. is in the seventh year of a four year term. and both of them not that the palestinians are happy with the status quo but by by maintaining the process they're able to push forward. statehood bid and more or different steps towards independence susan where is the

and american diplomats or israeli civilians. >> the israeli prime minister and the israeli defense ministerg in strong terms that israel will respond. and a statement that the israeli prime minister put out, benjamin netanyahu, all signs point to iran over the last few months. we have seen attempts in thailand, india, georgia, kenya, cyprus and other countries exactly 18 years to the day after the horrendous attack on the jewish community in argentina. deadly terrorism continues to strike at innocent people. this is a global iranian terror onslaught and israel will react firmly to it. and ehud barak says israel will settle accounts. israel will react firmly to this. >> not going to go into details about how and when we will react, but israel knows how to defend itself. we've been fighting terror for many, many years. we're the world's experts in fighting terror in our region. and i assure you that the government and people of israel will respond at the right time and respond firmly to this attack. >> but you're not ruling out military action against iran in retaliation for what you allege i

bulgaria is a popular destination for israeli tourists and security is always a concern. but officials say there was no specific information about an imminent threat. the explosion happened on 18th anniversary of an infamous attack on a jewish center in argentina which killed 85 people and injured more than 300. chris morris, bbc news. the bulgarianby foreign minister on the phone. what more do we know about the suspect? >> good afternoon. what we know is that there is an increase of evidence pointing in the direction of the main suspect. he was a suicide bomber that approached the bus. he was not part of the group and did not go through the security checkpoint. he approached the bust and exploded a device just device atthe bus, killing and injuring people. -- he approached the bus and exploded a device just outside the bus. we are asking for people to contact us with any information. yard taking this extremely seriously, working closely with israeli authorities and we will ensure the full security of all tourists who visit us in bulgaria and enjoy our beaches and holiday

israeli targets.h say in recent months they thwarted attacks on israeli targets in georgia, cypress, kenya. if you remember early in february, three iranians were arrested in bangkok for using explosives that they say were meant for israeli diplomats. let's take a listen to what the israeli intelligence minister told christian amanpour after the blast. >> we have good indications and will investigate further that iran is behind that story. >> so, they say this is part of a pattern and that they're not only going to find who executed the attack and who was responsible but who planned it. so this really escalates this ongoing war between the two countries. iran has said israel has targeted nuclear scientists, assassinated them. so clearly escalating the situation between them. >> all right. thank you very much. >>> it is now 16 minutes past the hour. to get a look at what's going on with the other news today, christine romans is here with the headlines. >> the big story is the drought. farmers are prayi

also name and blame israel now accuses iran's ally hezbollah attacking israeli tourists in bulgaria and killing six people. oh and welcome to our t.v. this friday with me karen terror well the un security council has agreed to disagree on syria russia and china have vetoed another attempt by western states to push a resolution threatening sanctions and use of force against the assad regime now the extension of the u.n. observer mission in syria is at stake and marine important i reports. russia has said for from the get go that he would not support any resolutions on syria that would include the potential of sanctions being imposed or even military intervention this western backed resolution that was drafted by the u.k. called on damascus to immediately seize any kind of fighting and the use of heavy weapons and withdraw from populated centers and the resolution gave the syrian government ten days to comply with those demands otherwise sanctions would be imposed. what was attached to that draft resolution is a forty five day extension of the u.n. supervision mission in syria so that is

/israeli military to military velgs ship right now.ligence community to intelligence community relationship right now is excellent. it's as good if not better than it's ever been before. and they were extremely complimentary to president obama. both of them, and even as romney was still on basically the ground in israel. he was just getting ready to leave to fly off to poland. i was surprised by the enthusiastic praise they had for president obama, given some of the problems that president obama and prime minister netanyahu had in terms of their own personal relationship. a lot of us remember the visit that netanyahu had to the oval office and the awkward moments the two of them had. as far as the two israeli leaders are concerned, and we'll have more of the interviews later, they went out of their way to praise the president of the united states as a strong, strong supporter of israel. >>> do you think mitt romney may have gone too far to a general audience. certainly might appeal to a republican party or evangelicals. do you think he

israeli targets.h say in recent months they thwarted attacks on israeli targets in georgia, cypress, kenya. if you remember early in february, three iranians were arrested in bangkok for using explosives that they say were meant for israeli diplomats. let's take a listen to what the israeli intelligence minister told christian amanpour after the blast. >> we have good indications and will investigate further that iran is behind that story. >> so, they say this is part of a pattern and that they're not only going to find who executed the attack and who was responsible but who planned it. so this really escalates this ongoing war between the two countries. iran has said israel has targeted nuclear scientists, assassinated them. so clearly escalating the situation between them. >> all right. thank you very much. >>> it is now 16 minutes past the hour. to get a look at what's going on with the other news today, christine romans is here with the headlines. >> the big story is the drought. farmers are prayi

i am an israeli and i served 21 years in the israeli defense department.n air navigator in the israeli air force. i was born and raised in israeli army bases. i was drafted into the israeli army the day i was born. the bases were always surrounded by guards. i was allowed to be independent from a young age. the experience of growing up on army bases was also speckled with fear. fathers and friends around me died or were injured. i had a terrifying feeling that something horrible might happen to my own father. as a young girl, i remember looking out the window of our small house and every officer who used to pass by killed me with terror that he might take the right turn and go on the pathway leading to my house, not on the door, and give me some horrible news. that not never came. it did make me realize in an innocent, childlike way, that the only way i could save my dad would be by creating peace. i used to think to myself, if only i had the chance to talk to people -- the palestinians and explain to them that we are actually good people. in the place i g

the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu extends his blame to include lebanon saying both iran and hezbollah behind the bus blast in bold garia that left eight people dead. also the german parliament decides to hand over a massive bailout to spain's battered banking sector with angela merkel grasping enough support from to back the rescue. live from the new center here in the russian capital this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day so our breaking news story that the u.s. and its allies have failed to push a sad resolution through the u.n. security council for the third time russia and china have once again vetoed the motion for the latest from new york let's cross to. you know why exactly have moscow and beijing stop this latest draft resolution dead in its tracks. well the leader's double veto put forth by russia and china came because they said they would not support any resolution under chapter seven that paved the way for sanctions or possible military intervention into syria and that is exactly what this u.k. draft a resolution that was put before a vote paved the way fo

the israelis, you could hear them clapping there.the prime minister benjamin netanyahu actually made a statement after mitt romney's speech thanking him for his stance on iran, for backing israel, and for calling jerusalem israel's capital. so you can see that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu very happy with his old friend mitt romney. you know they have a long relationship. they've known each other since the '70s when they worked at a consulting firm together. but let's get back to one of the main points of mitt romney's speech, which was aimed at iran, basically saying the u.s. must lead the charge to make sure that iran does not obtain nuclear weapons. >> make no mistake, the ayatollahs in iran are testing our moral offenses. they want to know who will object and who will look the other way. my message to the people of israel and the leaders of iran is one in the same. we will not look away. nor will my country ever look away from our passion and commitment to israel. >> reporter: so you heard there that he would back isr

palestinians will have to be given all the civil and human rights that israelis enjoy. so that's definitely one problem with the lever accord if you're coming from a two state stance it tomorrow looks like a one state solution with this report peter if i may to susan just said go right ahead he's going right ahead yeah. susan said that there were six decades of suffering and i just don't tell you something very significant. israel died as i said the west bank and in defense of war jordan as we know attacked israel from jerusalem without any provocation israel had a right to attack in egypt because they blocked them they did a blockade but beyond that in the years from one thousand nine hundred sixty seven to one thousand nine hundred three when israel was ruling the west bank of israel was administering. west bank what was the relationship between palestinians so first of all there was hardly a checkpoint the two economies milled everything in palestinian society was growing in the one nine hundred seventy s. the fourth group fastest growing economy in the world was in

the israeli prime minister blamed iranian agents. senior correspondent john miller has been looking into this for us. john, what did you find out? >> reporter: well, scott, since suitcase bombs were found on an israeli tourist bus in bulgaria back in january israeli officials have warned tourists to be vigilant. today their fears were realized. the bomb tore apart its victims and ripped the roof a the bus. the israeli tourists had just arrived at the bulgarian resort by the black sea. no group immediately claimed responsibility but israeli officials were quick to blame iran. israeli and western intelligence agencies have been bracing for an attack like this one for months. since january, suspected iranian agents have been captured in plots targeting israeli, british and american targets in georgia, india, thailand, azerbaijan, kenya and cyprus. reza khalilli doesn't want his face shown but is a former member of the elite quds force, an iranian special operations group. he says it's orchestrating plots against israel. >> terror networ

the 34 israelis were wounded in the suicide bombing of an israeli tour bus are now back home. israeli military aircraft brought them back. >> five israelis were killed in the attack along with the bus driver and the suspected bomber. israel says iran and its allied hezbollah were responsible and has promised a response. >> tehran, however, has denied the charge and condemned the attack. >> this bus was supposed to take a group of israeli tourists from the airport to a nearby holiday resort until an explosion ripped it apart. bulgarian police are busy investigating. they are being assisted by israeli detectives. they believe the bomber was killed in the attack. they do not know his name, but officials think they may have identified the attacker on security camera footage. the man they suspect had long hair and was wearing shorts and carrying a backpack, like any ordinary tourist. detectives believe he spent about an hour at the airport prior to the attack. the israeli government is saying that iran and the lebanese group hezbollah are behind the attack. >> this attack was part

if the israelis have inkling of a transfer of weapons, israelis have teams and they will not wait fore or the russians or the united states. israelis will go in and either seize them or destroy them. it could be risky. these things are always risky. but there's nobody standing between a transfer of weapons into the hands of hezbollah other than the israelis. >> if are israel takes that action and steps out and tries to get its hands on the munitions, what does that do for the u.s.? force our hand? do we take a role in that? >> we take a hands off approach. that's what the administration is done and what american politics calls for. we're war weary but if israel does this they'll get a lot of thanks from around the region and probably from the u.s. for taking this action. as charles mentioned, it's not even just the transfer of the weapons purposely, it's what happens if the regime falls, which, if you don't get ... expect, and who then takes over. who has possession of these weapons. this is a country on israeli's border. and this could cause a wider problem if israel feels it needs t

. >> now three israeli prisons open their doors to their cameras and we reveal unexpected sights inside. >>> located on the mediterranean coast, tel aviv is the israeli version of the city that never sleeps. it is the nation's financial capital and draws millions of tourists each year. 30 miles to northeast, however, is a considerably less popular landmark. rimonim. israel's largest maximum >> the prison holds about 1,200 prisoners. we have criminals convicted of murder, robbery, rape and many serious things. that makes it a difficult place to manage. >> while state terrorists are segregated in other facilities, rimonim only houses inmates convicted of violent crimes. as a result, security systems here are constantly evolving. >> today we have the highest level of technology in israel. and the aim is to have the highest level in the whole world. we are always improving and always progressing. >> security system includes electrified fences, 700 surveillance cameras, a central system to control every door and gate in the prison, and an enclosed dog run where a canine corps patrols the per

israeli prison service. so you can imagine what a very dicey role that is. she has been the first international vice president of the international correction and prisons associations, which has professional -- 600 professionals from 75 nations, so she has a whole international profile herself. thank you for being with us. and zaynab el sawi from sudan. what a beautiful countenance and what a beautiful story you have to tell us in terms of your work in sudan. she is a researcher and former lecturer of ahfad university. some of you know of ahfad which is an all women's university. very, very powerful in terms of preparing women all across the country. and she is the coordinator of the sudanese women's empowerment for peace. you all, it is hard, hard, hard doing this work right now in sudan. i have been there. i know that when i was involved with groups, consulting women leaders, that we had to meet like in a back room of a pizza parlor. you know, this isn't the kind of place where you get a room and a hotel f

and i think this is not nearly an israeli issue.yes, they've targeted israelis, although they targeted and killed, actually, nationals of other countries, hezbollah and iran together have claimed the livees of others as well. and the attack, the systematic attack in dozens of countries on five continents has allowed terror to sweep over the globe. and, you know, if you don't stop it, it gets worse and worse and worse. and i think it's important for the entire international community to stop this wave of terror, but also to consider what would be the consequences of these people who murder diplomats, who roll over embassies, who send terrorist suicide bombers into buses, just imagine what the consequence would be if these people, if this regime, got a hold of nuclear weapons. i think the most important message they could give is stop-- expose the terrorists, stop the terrorists, and make sure that the world's most dangerous regime doesn't get the world's most dangerous weapon. >> schieffer: let me shift to something else. the republi

what do israelis think of these legal tactics? >> reporter: many people seem to strongly support them. in may this year, a similar lawsuit saw the israeli side beat the governments of iran and syria in court. the media here gave a lot of coverage to the case, and lawyers were treated like national heroes. people i talked to on the streets of jerusalem said the lawsuit was filed to seek justice on behalf of israelis who have been killed in past terrorist attacks. it seems as if the public is supporting this legal fight against iran, not only politically and militarily, but also at the grassroots level. this apparently shows just how much anti-iran sentiment is growing in israel. >> but what about iran? how are officials there reacting? >> reporter: for the most part, iranian government has been trying to ignore these tactics. iranian officials say the claims are baseless, with no concrete evidence. they see no ground for israeli accusations that iran is supporting organizations that carry out attacks. but iran cannot afford to igno

with israeli tourists in bulgaria which left six dead earlier israeli pm benjamin netanyahu said all signs pointed at iran. refuting the accusations as baseless but the standoff between the two a seems to have reached new heights as artie's polis lior reports. but minutes on yahoo says that the focus and the cause of this attack that happened on wednesday in the bulgarian city of burgas is clearly on the shoulders of hizbullah netanyahu says that his bill that acts as the longer one of iran in the region and while this is no secret certainly everybody here does know that hizbullah is a proxy for iran the fact that an attorney who is not naming his below is only going to through the stroke tensions in the region israeli prime minister also went on to say that it was no ned his head attack to have been behind attacks on israelis in countries like thailand georgia greece and cyprus in the past not israel has tried to deal with his bill on the past but it has failed back in two thousand and six israel went to war with lebanon over his below but by all accounts that was a war which israel

and if the israeli government said yes, we would like to see that u.s. embassy in jerusalem, he suggested to me that he would go ahead and do it even though no u.s. president over these many years since 1967 going back to lbj or nixon or jimmy carter, ronald reagan, any of the presidents, both presidents bush or bill clinton or barack obama, for that matter, they've always kept the embassy in tel aviv. so he said he would consult with the israeli government -- >> hey, wolf? >> reporter: he said he would move it. >> wolf? >> reporter: yeah? >> you've done this many times, i know, mitt romney speaking at the podium. we've got to let you go. we'll talk to you after the speech. >> -- israel's achievements are a wonder of the modern world. these achievements are a tribute to the resilience of the israeli people. you've managed against all odds, time and again, throughout your history to persevere, to rise up, and to emerge stronger. the historian paul johnson writing on the 50th anniversary of the creation of the jewish state said that over the course of isra

as such by the israeli supreme court in multiple occasions both under the geneva and hague conventions and they've been creative in how they apply it but the concept of an occupation i mean the fact is that there's military rule over the palestinian people in the west bank ok tomorrow what do you think about that. ok let me just finish what i was saying before the israel is in the west bank according to a un resolution two forty two and according to the us law courts which recognize that israel had a right to be there until there would be a final settlement and that's the most important thing israel is following all the agreements united nations agreement and the other that's all that this that this ruling this document is saying i agree completely with that says the document is a technical document dealing with legality it is not dealing with the most intimate relations and what about that now is to me and i know the way to try if i could i don't know if you would about the people. absolutely the issue of the palestinians there has to be some kind of a solution and israel has been hop

and with the israelis.pect's name was jacques martin, a white male and home address in louisiana which suggests it is clearly fake since no one can obtain an american driver's license with a home address in a different state. the security camera video show as young man with long hair presumed a wig, pacing nervously back-and-forth inside the airport. he is dressed line a tourist. the explosives were in the backpack. it is not clear whether he meant to kill himself. >> how much concern about what israel might do to iran over this? >>reporter: well, there is concern at the pentagon. james just reported this. about securing syria's chemical weapons as the assad regime is crumbling. the united states is cooperating with israeli and bulgarians to figure out who was behind the attack and reached out to president obama's top security advisor and counterrism advisor brennan about the attack. israel's prime minister blamed iran. the defense minister blamed iran's proxy, hezbollah. >> obviously we will work closely w

well middle east correspondent paula sleep well one of the points raised by the israeli government is that it must address relations with troubled egypt caro's post-election limbo as discussed cross-talk debate show that sold out about fifteen minutes from now. what's the point of having elections if you're elected and you can't sit in your position of power you know we're in a situation in transition i mean we're talking about a country that hasn't had the markers the thousands of years they had early elections they had to use a lot of going around that's going on right now if we go if we play it out in sequence and it's likely. it's likely to as a foundation for this process then there are possibilities that it can succeed stephen thinks that what we're watching is a transition is a muddy transition where people are stumbling around making mistakes and having teaching moments ago them grow from i'm not sure that we're in the midst of a transition we might be in the midst of a retrenchment. to be with you shortly next former england manager fabio capello is set to take on russia's to

what we see now is the whole issue of economic and social concerns been back in the mainstream israeli discourse and this comes in light of the anniversary protests hold this past weekend around the country marking those social protests that were held in the summer months of last year if you remember those demonstrations for the largest number of israelis in this country's history take to the streets of this country now the protests climax on a saturday night when an israeli form a small businessmen sit in south on fire he's currently fighting for his life is in critical condition and he's suffering from a second and third degree burns the sense that he did this because the israeli government was literally robbing him of his livelihood and his future now since saturday there have been solidarity protests held around the country on sunday these two thousand people took to the streets of a major highway here in tel aviv in jerusalem there were clashes between protesters and police in front of the prime minister's residence and what we've seen from organizers of these demonstrations is a

on the israeli syrian border. chartley of the story of how journalists lost their lives trying to tell the truth about the war in iraq that's after the headlines in a few minutes. if they shoot something inappropriate for public they can easily be shown to accept casualties of war ok. i wish he would have never happened but it has. been a war a t.v. camera becomes an unnecessary what this is their own safety all foreign nationals including journalists and inspectors should leave. and the spear company was such witnesses i got him on my site. where. you can be. sure your shoes shooting on our. everyone wants to be president. whether they're an old lady own engine driver. but it might be quite tricky to get a from c.n.n. . because you live out here in siberia. and the only way to get to you is by train.

israel has accused iran of targeting about scamming israeli tourists in the area and city this killing at least for a few moments for more details. live from our new center here in central moscow this is our twenty four hours a day top level syrian security officials including the defense minister and his deputy have been killed in a massive bomb blast right in the capital damascus the government claims the suicide bomber who carried out the assault was a former bodyguard is our correspondent there if an ocean with more. that is suicide bombing that killed syrian defense minister and his deputy who's also been the president bashar assad's brother in law and former deputy chief of staal for has happened on wednesday in the very heart of damascus just less than five kilometers from where we have been able to hear the sound of this explosion and we have to say we have to meet that's a. very intense and massive last reports that a suicide bomber had attacked and national security building. here in damascus at a time when. of cabinet ministers and security officials has been a go in all tha