i want to have the least interaction with the israelis as possible. >> many israelis don't want to know about palestinians. they don't want to reach out. they don't want to cross into streets and neighborhoods where the palestinians live because of a mixture of stereotypes and so on. >> so we decided to go together to visit each other's neighborhoods. and i would talk to israelis and david would talk to palestinians, and together we would face the harsh realities of our shared land. >> growing up in the 1960's, the palestinians just weren't in the head of anyone. palestinians were different. we knew we had property and it was taken away from us by force. i remember distinctly remembering that this was the wall that separated the east and west jerusalem. and this was no man's land here. >> my family lived in jerusalem for centuries. in 1948 the state was pounded, and for the palestinians this time was called the catastrophe. like many palestinians, my father and his entire family were pushed out of their ancestral home. they moved to a small apartment in east jerusalem because the city w

the other two components are palestinian politics and israeli politics. i think therein lies the major challenge. with the president palestinian make-up, the president clearly is engaged, he has faced some resistance even at the levels of his executive committees and central committees, but also common rejection or lack of support in the media. there is the division between hamas and fatah and divisions between fatah itself and there are divisions within fatah and the other factions, so it is very hard to see something immediately responding to this initiative by the secretary of state. >> rose: okay. >> there is a real problem in that department. >> rose: i want to come back to all of this. some people raise this question. why is the secretary of state spending time on this seemingly intractable issue when you have got a war in syria and an egypt, you have got a government that you do not know where it is going and what its components are? you know, one of the things that are going for this administration for secretary kerry and the president is that the

he is serving two life sentences for killing two israelis. he said he was retaliating for israeli military operations which have killed many palestinians over the years. he is one of 104 prisoners who could be released under the latest agreement. >> translator: just imagining him coming home makes me so happy. >> reporter: palestinians revere these prisoners and consider them heroes in theory resiftant movement against israeli occupation. but this woman is hopeful all divisions and the violence will become a thing of the past. she hopes the new round of peace talks will take a difference. >> i don't want to see people killed, whether palestinians or israelis. >> reporter: some israelis aren't as enthusiastic about the resumption of negotiations. about a hundred people protested on sunday in jerusalem saying they cannot trust the palestinians. they don't want the government to release palestinian prisoners. >> freeing convicted terrorists and murderers is not normal and the outcomes cannot be good. >> reporter: the issue is personal for camero

it is like a red bull to the israelis and. the israelis haven't been able to wipe it out though they've tried many a try they're now hoping that they can do it by completely weakening all destroying the syrian regime the syrian state could break up all be completely destroyed so they are not unaware of of what is happening in that country and in directly i would say yes they are providing help to be rebels. on meanwhile the syrian state television has announced that the army has discovered a rebel operated chemical laboratory packed with toxic substances that the military claims they were destined to be packed into mortars and used to attack government forces in damascus it comes a week after the army found over two hundred eighty barrels of hazardous chemicals that are rebel hideout in a different city at the syrian u.n. ambassador claimed it was potentially enough to destroy a whole city if not the whole country and allegations of chemical weapons being used by both sides as being a crucial issue in the international dispute

said israeli troops were in breach of international law in two thousand and twelve a former israeli commander went on trial in absentia and charges of inciting murder through cruelty and torture however in march this year all legal action came to an unexpected and abrupt halt after benjamin netanyahu and no one spoke on the phone with the israeli prime minister expressing his regret at the loss of turkish life let's get more on this from dr hussein budgies and international relations professor from the middle east technical university and joining us from ankara so if israel did indeed team up with turkey to launch a strike on syria what's in it for ankara why would the turkish benefit. i think the turkish government has denied turkey's foreign minister just a couple of hours ago also denied the fact that israel has not been using the turkish territory however he certainly has been using the turkish territory in the ninety's in particular about not under the government of not in the last two years being for a particular after this. event. there for the turkish. acceptance of apology of israel

the israeli government has stuck to this line. they want the palestinians to recognize israel as a jewish state. as you know, that is highly problematic. not only for palestinians in the west bank, but also for israeli- arabs in the state of israel who are essentially saying that to do that would render them almost invisible. i think very few people outside this area are aware that 22% of the israeli citizenry are not jewish. a our israeli-arab spring they have equal voting rights. they are full citizens. the concern about palestinian recognition of israel as a jewish state has a real practical element in terms of these negotiations. israelis feel that they built a thriving country, absorbing large numbers of jewish refugees from around the middle east, north africa, and europe. they say, if we partner with the palestinians, the palestinians have to absorb the refugees, their descendents of people who used to live in what is today israel. will not of an accord radically alter the demographic balance of israel and change it into so

israeli vehicles patrol the favelas of rio de janeiro taking care of gang warfare israeli companies rafale and supervise the construction of the wall between mexico and the us we export the occupation all over the world the fact that the e.u. is finally living up to certain international obligations means aid that the grassroots movement the grassroots b.d.'s movement is doing better is becoming increasingly powerful that the world is beginning to wake up but i'm not satisfied you know well you're not satisfied what more do you want the european union could be doing specifically. well it would have i think what when it comes down to the local economies here under standing that what goes on here a lot of israelis fear that this is actually and the end leave they declare that this has something to do with anti-semitism but in fact in the economy in the in the settlements. is necessarily an israeli economy there's a multinational investment here g four s. is one of the largest private security companies in the world. i think invested in it's a danish company and a british company. and they ha

condition of anonymity say that this attack on the weapons of the pope was in all likelihood and israeli airstrike it happened not far from a russian base and there is suspicion from many quarters that israeli fighter jets were responsible a number of syrian troops were killed and wounded in those explosions no one has officially come to say it was in came to spice ability for the attack r.t. requested a reaction from the israeli government about the government declined to comment what is important is that the attack from the reports we have from our sources here in r.t. originated on the turkish side of the border our sources telling us that is lazy saying lift illicitly base inside to a key and approach the taqiyya from the sea to make sure that they stayed out of the syrian airspace so that they could not become a legitimate target for the syrian air force this if true is yet a mother graze an israeli attack on a foreign country without any declaration of war as well in turkey have not been the best of friends in recent years we have the futility incident back in two thousand and ten

the israeli-american position, one that indyk formulates, and is just an echo of the israeli position, is that you will leave the west bank fragmented down the middle, in the north, they move -- lose the water, the most arable land, they lose east jerusalem. there is no palestinian state without east jerusalem. called greaters east do so for some -- jerusalem, that account for 40% of the economy. there is the palestinian state if israel annexes east jerusalem. the problem is how this will all be sold. people do not know the facts, and it is frustrating when you are watching what is happening. israel claims it wants all the west bank. that is what it formally claims, that is its theatrical position. and then it will say that we are making a gut wrenching concessions. wantll give up 90%, all we is 10%, and it will cast the palestinians as being so unreasonable. look at the gut wrenching concessions that israel is making. in fact, i think it will probably sell. i spoke to a palestinian professor who is a friend, and i and, they only want this for obvious reason, they do not want the arab

israelis are on high alert. side, palestinian president abbas will have to work hard to convince people he is right to enter the talks. at the moment, they are trying to understand what the parameters will be because of the secrecy surrounding it. people don't know what to expect. >> do you see any good reasons for hoping these talks might make some headway? >> the intention is to start initial talks with in a week and sort out a number of issues and details that foreign secretary kerry has said still need to be formalized. that alone is already a challenge. tonight, after the end of the weekend, there have been a lot of statements and comments on both sides. on the topic of releasing palestinian prisoners unknown, the challenges have become difficult. the palestinians are very happy about that. on the israeli side, many are opposed to releasing prisoners with what they call blood on their hands. i think this example shows how difficult this process will be. >> tonya cramer in jerusalem, thank you very much. to

lavelle peace process what peace process the palestinians have suffered over four decades of illegal israeli occupation and over twenty years of the so-called american sponsored to go she would have gotten them precious little why are obama and netanyahu in abbas interested in this trial again does it have anything to do with peace or are there other agendas in play. crosstown palestine and israel i'm joined by omar badar in washington he's a middle east analyst and in new york we cross to fred laysan he's a professor emeritus of government at ben gurion university all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it omar if i go to you first i mean kerry has a new initiative after twenty years there's another initiative in your mind does it pass the laugh test. you know one of the definitions of the word insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result we've been down this route this road for twenty years now and it's the exact same script all over again only this time with actually worse

we are neighbors with the israelis, we want to be neighbors with the israelis this is not an attemptcreate a religious war. palestinians just want to be free in their own country on their own land. the jewish people arsps, by the islamic faith. there's no problem with the jewish people, the question is whether the state of israel is a state for its citizens or a particular religious group and i think this is where the problem is. >> what about the issue of the right of return? where will the palestinians go? will they go to israel proper or will they go to the new palestinian state? >> i think it needs to be divided into two parts, the recognition that there's a historic and moral right for the palestinians to return and israel needs to accept responsibility for the creation of the refugee problem. then there's the issue of the implementation of this right. most palestinians will not want to return to israel but will want to stay in the palestinian state or maybe in the nearby arab countries or in a third region. so there's possibilities for compromise on this issue. the big question

speaking on condition of anonymity said that this attack on this weapons depot was carried out by israeli fighter jets it happened not far from a russian base there is suspicion that israel was responsible from various quarters what we do know is that in that attack syria several syrian troops were killed or wounded now no one has officially camp responsibility for those strikes and the israeli government has declined to comment there is confusion as to what exactly happened we're also hearing reports that the attack was carried out by long range missiles or could have been carried out by long range missiles that were fired from boats in the mediterranean what is important is that the attack from the reports we have from our sources here in r.t. originated on the turkish side of the border our sources telling us that israeli planes lift a military base inside turkey and approach the taqiyya from the sea to make sure that they stayed out of syrian airspace so that they could not become a legitimate target for the syrian air force this if true is yet another brazen israeli attack on a forei

the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is furious with this new european union directive and a number of leading israeli officials have called it an earthquake what it states is that in any future agreements between israel and the european union he needs to be an exclusion clause referring to settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem now i'm standing in the israeli settlement of behind me is the university that was founded thirty one years ago and which today has a student population of fourteen thousand degrees that awarded here all recognized by the israeli higher council for education but this latest move by the european union is bad news not only for settlements like this one but also for universities like the one you see behind me what it states is that they need to be a pretty big on all grants scholarships prizes and money that is awarded and unless there is this exclusion cause now it is estimated that this will affect some fifty percent of the israeli institutions including a large corporations and banks that have in direct ties with the settlements palestinians

lavelle peace process what peace process the palestinians have suffered over four decades of illegal israeli occupation and over twenty years of the so-called american sponsored to go she would have gotten them precious little why are obama and netanyahu in a box interested in this trip. again does it have anything to do with peace or are there other agendas in play. to cross-town palestine and israel i'm joined by omar door in washington he's a middle east analyst and in new york we cross to fred laysan he's a professor emeritus of government university or a gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it omar if i go to you first i mean kerry has a new initiative after twenty years there's another initiative in your mind is it passed the laugh test. you know one of the definitions of the word insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result we've been down this route this road for twenty years now and it's the exact same script all over again only this time with actually worse players the coa

so it's a nine month deadline to end the israeli palestinian conflict has restarted talks give a glimmer of hope. and all four on the u.s. secretary of state's plans to visit potus on this week are shrouded in mystery amid along the bonds growing anger at american drone strikes. thanks for tuning in this hour i'm lucy cough and often of course you're watching our team well on to our top story now the u.s. army was lower bradley manning has been found not guilty of aiding the enemy but he could still spend more than a century behind bars the judge had convicted him of twenty out of twenty two counts which could see manning in prison for up to one hundred and thirty six years sentencing will begin later on wednesday but it could be weeks before manning learns his fate blake was at the proceedings. after three years of pretrial detainment and two months of testimony the court martial of private first class bradley manning is finally wrapping up in fort meade maryland starting wednesday the court case will enter its sentencing phase and the government and defense are expected to call upwards

many israelis are unhappy over having to rule over palestinians in perpetuity. on the palestinian side, the most serious obstacle to peace remains hamas, but it is in bad shape. the group's popularity is declining and it is broke. hamas's support for the syrian rebels has damaged two of its major patrons, syria and iran, who are of course facing their own problems, sanctions, insurgency. and the new israeli government has cracked down on smuggling into gaza and none of the thorniest diplomatic problems, the settlements, jerusalem actually involve benghazi at all. they could come to an agreement and present it to the people on both sides, the israelis and the palestinians. even though some elements within both societies will of course oppose it. i know, i know, the thorny problems are really thorny, and they have derailed negotiations in the past. it's easy to -- leave both sides disappointed and bitter. that's why these negotiations should be conducted out of public view with no briefings and keeping expectations very low. not great for me to say that, but i thi

sets a nine month deadline to end the palestinian israeli conflict has restarted talks give a glimmer of hope. and all four on the u.s. secretary of state's plans to visit pakistan this week are shrouded in mystery growing anger at u.s. led drone strikes. thanks for tuning in this hour i'm lucy catherine of and of course you're watching our t.v. well let's get right to our top story the u.s. army whistleblower bradley manning has been found not guilty of aiding the enemy but he could still spend nearly a century and a half in prison the judge had convicted him of twenty out of twenty two counts they out up to potentially a sentence of one hundred thirty six years behind bars and the sentencing will begin later on wednesday and it could be weeks before manning learns his actual fate blake was at the proceedings. after three years of pretrial detainment and two months of testimony the court martial of private first class bradley manning is finally wrapping up in fort meade maryland on tuesday in fort meade colonel denise lynn for senator verdict and acquitted private manning of aiding t

said israeli troops were in breach of international law in twenty twelve for former israeli commandos went on trial in absentia on charges of inciting murder through cruelty and torture and murder in march this year all legal action came to an unexpected and abrupt halt after a new netanyahu and a separate one spoke on the phone with the israeli prime minister expressing his regret the loss of turkish life put up to me and he's an associate professor at the university of oklahoma says if turkey's involvement is confirmed to one's government would face consequences so we search is so boring israel oil on israel to use its airspace against syria even doest series now officially turkish archenemy actually not israel it would help political consequences for the un government and today that all jokes newspaper and t.v. stations were full of meet your news there but do you buy the. claim that turkey a lot this is a space to be used and the foreign ministry and others came up highest a ranking with the source unitas right away because it would take a huge toll on our brother and his populari

minister with the israeli military on any attacks in latakia alleged israeli attacks in the attack here now we've also just received a letter from the turkish embassy in moscow echoing the words of the foreign minister saying that the news the reports all of the turkish corporation with israel are surely groundless and nothing to do with reality they also underlined the fact that turkey will not be a partner to any military operation with israel turkish prime minister has been a vocal supporter of the syrian rebels he's called for bashar assad to step down publicly behind the scenes it's been widely reported that he is a major coin jewett for rebel weaponry flowing into syria we know that there are rebels and syrian opposition figures that receive medical assistance that receive training and that fund raiser plan. from southern turkey that side of turkey that part is known as a so-called buffer zone somewhat of a safe haven for syrian opposition figures that have been a number of exchanges of artillery and mortar fire from the syrian turkish border there have been a number of explosions

minister with the israeli military on any attacks in latakia alleged israeli attacks in the taqiyya now we've also just received a letter from the turkish embassy in moscow echoing the words of the foreign minister saying that the news the reports of turkish cooperation with israel are surely groundless and nothing to do with reality they also underlined the fact that turkey will not be a partner to any military operation with israel but how is talking involved in the conflict in neighboring syria. well tiger's prime minister has been quite a vocal supporter of the syrian rebels he's called for bashar al assad to step down publicly on a number of occasions behind the scenes it's widely reported that turkey is a major corn jewett for rebel weaponry flowing into syria turkey's got an open door policy to syria meaning that there's some four hundred thousand refugees already that have flooded over the turkish syrian border and that border is one that's been quite tense recently we've had a number of exchanges of artillery and mortar fire across the border there's been a number of explos

kamel above owns a popular cafe that would not be out of place in tel aviv or any other israeli jewish city. the people who come here usually look for something with center something they can only find within the druze community what they don't look for and don't see is something just as authentic a community floundering on to a lack of basic necessities the druze are an arabic speaking people who follow an offshoot of islam they hold a distinct place in israeli society as the only major non jewish community whose majority of members are drafted into the israeli army. has lived here for twenty years his home still has no electricity and only three years ago did he get running water i served in the army my kids will serve as well will live in israel but we don't receive what the israelis are getting i don't know why we don't ask for special privileges just electricity crews and arab villages have always received less funding than jewish areas resulting in poor quality of education in arab schools and weak infrastructure and social services. our relationship with the jewish communities a

will put an outcome of peace talks to a referendum on this now from artie's policia well the israeli parliament journeys this week for their summer recess and what this means is that there will be no legislation able to be passed in this country for at least a few months the israeli cabinet has approved. any future peace deal with the palestinians to be put to a referendum now the prime minister's office issued a statement in which it said and i'm quoting that it is important that on such historic decisions every citizen should vote directly this is not a question about supporting a palestinian state but what it is a question about is the porting land swaps which would affect a future palestinian state what we're talking about here is jerusalem we're talking about parts of land within the green line but we're not talking about the west bank and the settlement blocks there but it is at the same time worth noting that this fall was pushed by a predominantly rightwing government it was pushed by the right wing members of the time yahoo's government meaning that they might be counting on

policies inside israeli parliament. head of the likud the likud party council netanyahu own party has already declared that the likud will block it and yellow if there is if he pushes a two state solution the campaigns i wish more people could could read hebrew the campaigns for the last election. were about especially around the study bennett's jewish home party by the u. d. he campaigned on who can an extended day in some area basically area see sixty over sixty two percent of the west bank to israel internally politicians are not discussing a two state solution this is more of. a pose for the rest of the world to continue to support the current status quo the current status quo however isn't a status quo in a sense it is settlement expansion settlements and never stopped growing even under the obama so-called freeze. i think i think most people around here in jerusalem. aren't really paying attention to these talks is all rightly is maybe people from around the world are ok we should thank you so much for giving us y

now the european union has cut off funding to disputed israeli occupied territories in the west bank and jerusalem that's part of the e.u. pressure on israel to keep inside its original borders before their expansion in one nine hundred sixty seven the decision will affect more than half a million of settlers and caused an angry reaction from tel aviv but europe says it's merely formalize a position that had been stated many times before our disposal here in our reports . the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is furious with this new european union directive and a number of leading israeli officials have called it an earthquake what it states is that in any future agreements between israel and the european union the needs to be an exclusion clause referring to settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem now i'm standing in the israeli settlement of our real behind me is the university that was founded thirty one years ago and which today has a student population of fourteen thousand degrees that awarded here are recognized by the israeli higher council for education but t

michael a number of divisive issues israeli settlement expansion the status of jerusalem and the fate of refugees the palestinians also want israel to return land seized in one hundred sixty seven. that has got the story next of one arabic speaking minority fighting for equal rights in israel. each weekend israelis flock to this truce village on the top of mount carmel the shops are busy the restaurants full and the laughs flow as freely as the wine there is very good restaurants here in the area it's very welcoming if you like to be a lot of love that brings it's great to make you feel really comfortable twelve thousand inhabitants of a sphere village have opened their doors to tourists it's a way of bringing in cash while preserving the traditional druze lifestyle. kamel above owns a popular cafe there would not be out of place in tel aviv or any other israeli jewish city. the people who come here usually look for something with and something they can only find within the druze community what they don't look for and don't see is something just as authentic a community floundering on

airstrike but as i say no confirmation from the israeli side not that we're expecting to get it anyway or less to discuss a bit further now here at sea with amir oren a senior correspondent and columnist at the haaretz newspaper thank you for joining us this sunday here on our see the anonymous us sources are saying this is definitely an israeli attack where do you stand on these allegations. well there is no formal israeli comment but we can safely use this assessment as the point of departure for our discussion and why don't we try to isolate the three players. that he's firstly russia the supplier of the missiles then syria the recipient and perhaps the transit point and the end user to you final destination. in lebanon now russia of course israel has no quote israel doesn't. clash with russia and in directly it may even help russian industry if it destroys these missiles and russian industry can resell such items but this is of course. the currency of this moment most are at this moment though we have no we have no current confirmation of direct hezbollah involvement we also know t

by the israelis early has been violated. i think of the 1967 borders do prevail, as we hope for, i think that would in effect under the basic thrust of 242. the israelis must withdraw from palestinian territories and live in peace side by side with a two state solution. that would take care of 242. it can be modified to some degree. >> a question from the back? president carter, we have a domestic issue receiving international attention. do you think that we have a form of two states and/or apartheid in the united states? [laughter] no, we do not have two states. we have separations between red and blue states. polarization of constituency, brought about by the match and -- massive infusion of money, most of which is spent on negative advertisements. they create divisions among the populations who watch television and the two parties, and it carries over to washington. the thing about which i'm most concerned is the growing separation in america between the richest americans and the poorest americans. also a basic negative a

the question now is whether the israelis and palestinians williesen. we're live in d.c. next. [ male announcer ] you'll never see weekday lunch the same again! it's red lobster's rlunch. seven selections made for your lunch break, like simp tacos and grilled shrimp salad with soup. all jt $7.99. come inoday for rlunch and sea food differently. what are you guys doing? having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support gularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips'. has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >> shepard: word of progress during day two of the minipeace talks in d.c. as each side meets privately with president obama. these are the first talks in three years between the israelis and the palestinians, and the secretary of state john kerry spent six months of shuttle diplomacy orga