now, you can blame the israelis. but you can also blame palestinians for allowing enough justifications for the creation of that mess. maybe they were misled. maybe they had no other choice. but this is what you have. you have enough building blocks to create the myth of israeli -- >> were the palestinians misled during the four years? and how are they coping with their fears? we went to see a person who fought for vicictimsithout a future. >> i h had my coususin killed the israelis. and we were supposed to have a party here. we lit candles for all those who passed away to give us life. so we lit candles. and wewe cried there. then we came back home, we danced. we also cried again. and for us, that was the resistance. >> the regression in the last three years has been incredible in the relationship between palestinians and the israelis. is there any way that you found to go to the heart of israelis and tell them don't be afraid of me? >> i don't believe in this fear. we are the people who are afraid of them. they are

the israelis know that. they listen to the radio transmitters, they hear them wail to their commanders that they supply them with water. they're in the desert, and they're not getting any. they also captured a few egyptian prisoners before the war even started. they interrogated them. they knew exactly what was going on. things were a mess. the commander of the egyptian army, he's a drunkard, and he's erratic. he's moving the units all the time from place to place. even the basic plan of defense that they prepared for many years, he ruined it. he ruined it. is so it was less a case of israel was under a military existential crisis and more of a case that the israeli generals' staff quietly knew that they're going to win the war big. they had an excellent plan. they were professionals. they planned for that for over a decade. they were absolutely ready. from the first move, which is wiping out the arab air forces, to armored warfare. and the israelis, you have to give them credit. those were real professional

it did not call for israeli forces to seize the west bank, or as the israelis say, to liberate jerusalem. war,of those stages of the none of those were anticipated or forcing. -- forseen. so how that 48 hour surgical strike snowballed and escalated into a six-day war in which israel defeated at least three arab armies and almost quadrupled its territory is an extraordinary story. remarkable story print i guess -- remarkable story. i guess you will just have to get the book. [laughter] michael: joking aside, in view of the violence occurring this evening, the terrorist attack before coming over here, in the west bank. the small attack in the west bank. let me tell you about one particular episode in the soccer and that is how the israelis came to capture the west bank, because again the documents provide us with unique insight and it changes the historical record significantly. to understand the episode, you have to go back to this relationship between israel and jordan in the 1960's. the israelis did not want a war with jordan. it was not that the jordanian border was the longest and mos

without direct israeli assistance. as we recall, the united states insisted not only that israel not be part of the anti-saddam coalition, but that it refrain from retaliating militarily against iraq, even when iraq fired missiles into israel. this second yet, in response to a bid for hostile hegemony in the middle east, israeli military power was crucial. for a decade before saddam to -- invasion and occupation of kuwait. conducted aome -- raid on its nuclear facilities, theyor at the ceric three destroyed it. at the end of the 1991 war, americans discovered saddam had come closer, much closer to getting a nuclear weapon than the western intelligence communities had believe. what is really done a decade saddam/1991,21 -- saddam hussein may have well had nuclear weapons, in which case the crisis would have proceeded differently and not to the advantage of the united states. now, this -- the israeli role in bolstering american interest has been largely unappreciated. the reason is, it is by its nature, invisible. israel

snatch defeat from the israelis from the jaws of military victory. the second miscalculation he made was about the americans. since he had encountered the americans when he took power in 1952, the americans have been completely allergic to association with zionism. they were afraid to be seen on the side of the israelis in a war against the arabs, and they were very eager to distance themselves from israel. it was eisenhower's decision to roll them out of the sinai but in 1957, that changed -- by that changed considerably. 1967, there was some hesitation in the state department. those attitudes were well represented. i had a discussion with harold saunders, former foreign service officer who had been chief of staff under henry kissinger. he was the assistant secretary at one point. saunders was among those that was very interested in maintaining good relations with nasser and believed the u.s. association with israel was poisoning the relations with nasser. he told me that nasser gave a speech in 1966, i believe, in which he said, you know, it was fu

and the change in israeli society and israeli politics has been radical. again, we're looking here at all the wrong things. the energy goes to, well, but what about the settlements? would you move the settlements? would they be beyond this line or line? seizinging land? ado accordance with the geneva conventions? these are questions people debate with but the bigger and more entry kate and interesting change is the gradual but undeniable and very, very convincing shift that a huge swath of israeli society has experienced in the last 50 years. i don't want to say towards religiousty because that's a highly explosive term but toward an increasing understanding that the nature of the national project is not to build another berlin or dc or paris on the mediterranean. it is something very, very difficult. it has to do in some deeply intricate ways with jewish faith and the way we understand it. this is why you can see huge political parties like the jewish home that have in them both, quote on quote, "judicial politicians" and "consecutive politicians." it is

something about israeli values, today? of a huge problem in the israel society. but the political system has been corrupted. and politicians, in fact, many feel, have been corrupted. not all politicians are corrupt. but this is also not all society. i had the opportunity to meet the young generation in israel, highly educated, highly motivated — they are looking for leadership, of course. they are frustrated with the current situation and they don't trust the leadership. it is notjust about money and corruption in politics, though, is it? it is about values connected to the very biggest of pictures, for example, israel's continued occupation, after 50 years, of the west bank, and what that does to the israeli psyche, and to young israelis in particular. you know, it's a matter of choice. i don't see another choice. i don't see an alternative for the fact that we have to find the way to deal with the palestinian challenge. because in one hand, i don't see any chance for a final settlement with the palestinians. because you

and the change in israeli society and israeli politics has been radical. again, we are looking here at all of the wrong things. the energy goes to what about the settlements. are they seizing land in accord dance with geneva conventions and these are interesting questions that people have spent a lot of time debating with. but the bigger and more interesting change is the gradual but undeniable and very convincing shift that a huge swath of israeli society has experienced in the last 50 years. i don't want to say two words religiousiosity because that is a highly explosive term but towards an understanding that the nation of our national project isn't to build another berlin or d.c. or paris on the mediterranean. it is something very, very different. and it has to do in some deeply intricate ways with faith, with jewish faith and in the way we understand it. this is why you could see all of a sudden weird hybrid huge political parties like the jewish home that have in them both quote-unquote religious politicians and very secular politicians because the ac

and what that does to the israeli psyche, and two young israelis, in particular.atter of choice. i don't see at alternative for the fact that we have two lakh to deal with the palestinian challenge. on the one hand, i don't see any chance for a final settlement with the palestinians. —— we have to deal with. i was exposed to the details when i became head of intelligence. i supported oslo. when i was told by our leaders at the time, in 1983 — 1995, it might bring about peace and tranquillity. as somebody who has expressed too many wars, a supporter. when i saw the details, as head of intelligence, i was shocked. he continued to believe, andi shocked. he continued to believe, and i lived in israel at the time, and i lived in israel at the time, and remember it well. he said israel has no choice. we said we have to make peace with our enemies. there is no alternative. that is why i agreed with him when he tried it. but he failed. and i know his way very well. and in his last speech, he delivered a speech ringing the second half of oslo. he delivered a speech in octo

there is a different type of israeli person. inhink it's also true general, israeli jews are different than other jews. all thetion first of experience of living in the having tolso of answer the question -- or have an answer to the question -- what is the mission of israel? moderneally to having be a nationstate along the lines of -- or is it to have something deceptively jewish about? by the way, he said the bible -- and then the bible the get-go. -- just. i to speak of outin israel, he works through living experience, and the united states, you get your choice. yourself to one side of the equation them i described very well -- enlightened modern-postmodern, universalist and so forth, or live in parts of williamsburg that haven't been taken over by hipsters. choose in israel, -- that's not possible. i think -- i don't know how much israelis misunderstand -- they misunderstand that i'm just as american with jews misunderstand this. simplythose aren't alternative choices in israel. they have to be worked through. and will be wor

because israeli air force commander was a big supporter of the israeli nuclear project. so eventually it was translated into a conventional rather than a nuclear attack. everything that happened on those three hours including the fact that the israelis were able to suppress soviet signal, those also french equipment. that was french equipment for the warfare. and it worked on the first hours of the war. so france had a big role to play. they were not very pleased by the results. but they basically equipped israel in a way that helped win the war. and even announcing an embargo, the french industry they saw them as a reliable client. they supplied israel in the very first hours of the war. they said anything you need, tell us and we will supply it. and it was like an air train coming from paris to tel aviv in the same thing was happening in the uk. the british were doing the same. publicly they were not supportive. but behind the scenes they helped israel get the hardware until the very last minute. liberty. i will tell you the truth, liberty was not essential to the kind

the commander of the israeli air force was a big supporter of the israeli nuclear project.eventually, it was translated into a conventional rather than a nuclear attack but everything that happened on those three hours including the fact that the israelis were able to suppress a soviet signal that was also french equipment and i was french equipment for electronic warfare and it worked on the first hours of the war. so, france had a big role to play. they were not pleased by the results but they basically equipped israel and the way that helped him win the war even though de gaulle announced an embargo and the french defense industry, reliable clients, a showpiece to what french reference could do. they surprised israel until the very first hours of the war. they told israel, everything you need, will tell tell us and was a pioneer. it was like an air trade coming from paris to tel aviv and the same thing was happening in the uk. the british were doing the same. publicly, they were not supportive but behind the scenes, they helped israel get the hardware to the very last mi

they have been to such israeli attacks since saturday as for the israeli side the israeli air force has acknowledged conducting those strikes it says that it is in response to projectiles that landed on the israeli side of the golan heights of course the golan heights is disputed territory but the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying quite clearly at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting that they would be a price to pay even if such projectiles and and are not targeting israel but land on israeli territory by mistake. walk up policy is clear we will not tolerate any spillover or trickle whatsoever neither morse's nor rockets from any front we will respond strongly to any attack on our territory our citizens. now talking to some people on the ground here what is being expressed as the view that the syrian army needs to pay the price for whatever happens in the golan heights even if the syrian army is fighting terrorists israel still continues to hit their positions. but to discuss this issue further i'm now joined live by paul vali u.s. army retired general paul thank you

they have been to such israeli attacks since saturday as for the israeli side the israeli air force has acknowledged conducting those strikes it says that it is in response to projectiles that landed on the israeli side of the golan heights of course the golan heights is disputed territory but the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying quite clearly at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting that they would be a price to pay even if such projectiles and and are not targeting israel but land on israeli territory by mistake. policy is clear we will not tolerate any spillover or trickle whatsoever nor the mortars nor rockets from any front we will strongly to any attack on our territory our citizens. now talking to some people on the ground here what is being expressed is the view that the syrian army needs to pay the price for whatever happens in the golan heights even if the syrian army is fighting terrorists israel still continues to hit their positions. or to discuss this further we can now cross live to forward u.s. diplomats jim gestures jim thank you very much for joining

neither the action of the syrian military if it crossed the the israeli border nor the israeli response and neither action would be considered illegal under international law but the point is that one act was apparently an in excuse me. one act was apparently unintentional and the other was intentional and an intentional violation of internal international law is always more serious than an unintentional one well let's also look at some of the consequences of this one for what we gather so far this is only reported so far the syrian missiles didn't kill or injure anyone and yet from what we gather i say reported the israeli responses claim to have killed two syrian soldiers you think by definition then israel is being heavy handed. obviously first of all the israeli act is intentional and second of all the damage the human damage first of all the deaths and the material damage is not proportional so we have a situation in which israel has violated the law once in terms of intent and it is second sense in a disproportionate manner which is also considered a legal violation let's also loo

the swift, israeli victory was total. no one knew at the time, amid the war's aftermath, that many of the dividing lines struck would define the ensuing 50 years. former newshour correspondent terence smith covered the war then for the "new york times", and he remembers those days for us now. >> reporter: the six-day war between israel and her arab neighbors began 50 years ago, shrtly after dawn on the hot, dry morning of june 5, 1967. in the course of six frantic days, israel decimated the armies and air forces of egypt, jordan and syria, and redrew the map of the middle east. the war created a stalemate between israel and the palestinians, in jerusalem and on the west bank, that persists to this day. it is the same standoff that confronted president trump on his recent visit. i covered the battle for jerusalem and the west bank as an incredibly green, inexperienced correspondent for the "new york times." i had arrived in israel just ten days before on my first foreign assignment for the paper and i knew nothing. scrambl

and the israeli police laboratories compared the pictures and find out this is probably the same man if you look at the shape of his left ear. >> reporter: from there, operation finale took off. with argentina having become a haven for former nazis and the government not honoring extradition requests, israel's prime minister at the time david ben-gurion approved a clandestine mission to try to capture eichmann. 12 mossad agents traveled to the south american country from europe on separate commercial flights to try to avoid suspicion. these are their airline tickets. eichmann was captured on may 11, 1960. he was taken to a safe house where the possessions he was carrying at the time are part of the display. he also had identification with the alias he had taken on in argentina, ricardo klement. but as agents interrogated him, eichmann eventually tripped himself up. >> they start asking him general questions from your age, the size of your shoes and immediately, what is your number of the s.s., the s.s. file and he said exactly the eichmann number and he understood he made a huge mist

moving on now the conflict in syria has seen a potentially dangerous new development with the israeli military bombing syrian government positions for the second time in as many days or mideast correspondent paula slee reports from tel aviv. israelis claim that these strikes are in retaliation for cross border shelling from the syrian military earlier this morning monday there were again reports that idea of tanks had fired across the border after another round of mortar fire from syria landed in the israeli side of the golan heights but the israeli army has since said that these reports of foals however regarding the earlier two incidents of syrian shells landing in israel those been no proof that in fact it was the syrian military that fired those shells damascus has said that its forces are currently battling terrorists in the area so there's no way to pinpoint exactly who fired the shells damascus has now accused israel of effectively providing cover for the terrorists by bombing the syrian military is one of course has been illegally according to the international community occup

diplomat jim jefferies thinks the timing of the israeli strikes on the syrian military is suspicious it's one thing for the israelis to say that they will protect their border that's leave because aside the question what the status of the golan is the bigger question is this is there is there something more behind this then just the israelis responding to what they meant as an errant lending of syrian missiles on their side of the border the anti-government forces in syria are on the ropes that the the basques government is making great gains that there is concern to these terrorist forces by as we know saudi arabia qatar and these other countries with the silent backing of israel and of course the participation of the united states are in big trouble and through these really what that means is that they are quite clear about this that they don't want to see forces allied with iran on their border particularly hizbollah and i think that's the real concern that they're expressing through this action whether it will grow into something major i don't know meanwhile the u.s. government's

side of the golan heights but the israeli army has since said that these reports. off ols however regarding the earlier two incidents of syrian shells landing in israel there's been no proof that in fact it was the syrian military that fired those shells damascus has said that its forces are currently battling jabhat al nusra terrorists in the area so there's no way to pinpoint exactly who fired the shells damascus has now accused israel of effectively providing cover for the terrorists by bombing the syrian military is one of course has been illegally according to the international community occupying the golan heights since one thousand nine hundred sixty seven. you mentioned what some to cross the week apart from others well it's not the first time the syrian military has come under fire from the foreign military in recent days as it has been more. you know it's certainly isn't israel's bombing of the syrian government forces comes just a week off to the u.s. u.s. led coalition shot down as syrian military jet and manned drone u.s. officials often say that they

this took place in southern lebanon after an israeli air raid. over 100 were killed.men, and children. similar military actions have been taken over the years by israel against palestinian camps and other arab countries, in some cases following guerrilla raids inside israel or against israeli interests elsewhere. hatred. breeds retaliation brings only further retaliation. at i-4 and i is often paid high interest rates in our day and age. yearsents of these last have made the world painfully aware that the palestinian people and the recognition and implementation of their rights are the key to any solution in the middle east. they are there. they are a fact. like it or not, no formula can be found, no resolution implemented which does not take their inalienable rights into consideration. >> the security council, expressing its continuing concern with the grave situation in the middle east -- >> from the creation of the united nations to this day, no topic has been the subject of more debates and deliberation by the world body. following the 1967 war, the security counc

government is quite pleased the israeli government from the beginning has favored the breakup of iraq the. a couple of libya the breakup of syria another words all the countries that were considered part of the resistance front that were coming to the aid and support of the palestinian people who have been endlessly targeted by the israelis as an effort to ethnically cleanse palestinians from palestinian lands the palestinians don't have a state they've been reliant on the support of other states syria was once syria gave a lot of support to the palestinians now syria has been engulfed in a war israelis are quite happy with it what do the israelis really want the nation of the war and the continued fragmentation of arab countries that could potentially come to the aid of the palestinians now i want to speak on nikki haley's recent comments on the chemical attacks in syria and the claim that the u.s. just helped to avert a chemical attack by threatening syrian president bashar al assad what are your thoughts on that well nikki haley's comments are a straw dog another words a complete f

are quite happy with it what do the israelis really want the. of the war and the continued fragmentation of arab countries that could potentially come to the aid of the palestinians now i want to speak on nikki haley's recent comments on the chemical attacks in syria and the claim that the u.s. jets helped to avert a chemical attack by threatening syrian president bashar al assad what are your thoughts on that well nikki haley's comments are a straw dog another words a complete fraud a straw dog is this the american government says the syrians are about to carry out chemical weapons we're going to strike them should they do that the syrians say we don't have any chemical weapons international inspectors say the syrians don't have chemical weapons the syrians then don't use chemical weapons in a chemical weapons attack in the u.s. comes out and said see we stop the chemical weapons attack in other words a straw dog a fraud a hoax whereby the united states can claim a victory for something that was never about to happen thus showing again the u.s.

while the israeli defense forces has confirmed to r.t.e. that it carried out a military strike in syria a strain of rounds landed in an open area in the northern part of the israeli occupied golan heights there are no reports of injuries the i.d.f. said the following in a statement in response to the project launched earlier from syria towards israel i.d.f. targeted the syrian military position that far the mortar this is yet another attack over recent days there has been an increase in such fire fighting in syria hitting the golan heights in the past few days since saturday on each occasion israel has responded by targeting syrian army positions a few days. the israeli defense minister came that there is room for escalation in the region there are many prophets predicting a hot summer they say there will be a war but we have no intention of initiating a military act but we won't let anything pass whether it's just spillage or not everything will get a powerful brew spawn's the israeli army has acknowledged that these stray shells are unint

choosing them of launching shells and rockets into israeli territory the israeli defense minister in fact he was there recently himself looking to buy knock units of what's happening across the border and he says there's room for escalation there are many prophets predicting a hot summer so there will be a war but we have no intention of initiating a military acts but we won't let anything pass whether it's just spillage or not everything will get a powerful brew spawn's the israeli defense minister is the man himself and perfectly lined up short while he says that he won't allow syria to become a base for potential future attacks on israel and that israel will do everything necessary to make sure that that doesn't happen and to retaliate to any attacks that happen in jew course however they seem to have no problem with ice it's israel shares a border with and hardly ever strikes that there was an incident where isis launched an attack on israeli territory injuring a number of people and after that isis did something it has never done before there was one killings recently where day

the israeli right, the israeli leadership, that is, made one final push with trump here to try to gete the embassy just a couple weeks ago. that, it seems, didn't work out. trump in all of his statements here never talked about the embassy, never talked about recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel, that as he tries to restart the peace process here. while the israeli right won't openly criticize trump for fear of any sort of retaliation or what may come of that, he does risk angering evangelical christian voters, one of his biggest voter bases who very much wanted him to follow through on this promise. so we'll see how they react to this as well as what reaction comes out of the israelis. dave? >> all right, oren liebermann live for us in jerusalem. thank you, sir. >>> let's get a check on "cnn money stream." global markets, u.s. futures mostly higher, wall street closed lower, weighed down by bank and energy stocks. energy fell. still, all three indices finished the month with gains. that's right, the end of the month, the nasdaq up for the second straight month of gains. 201

oliver: up next, how israeli tv producers have become heavy hitters in exporting shows.and europe's most famous singing competition, and what it tells us about the future of the continent. oliver: this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ oliver: welcome back to "bloomberg businessweek." i am oliver renick. carol: and i am carol massar. in the companies and industries section, israeli tv networks have been successfully exporting concepts for shows. oliver: and now they want to start selling their productions across the globe. this is a very cool story about entertainment, and the influences that have changed israeli television. tell us about what is happening there right now. ethan: it is interesting, because israeli tv was like a lot of stuff in israel, not especially great for much of its history. it was kind of slapsticky and not very serious. and in the last 10 or 20 years, there has been a lot of changes in israel. first of all, there has been an increase in the digital parts of the economy, and it has spread to tv. what we are seeing here is, production houses doing very sophisticate

of violence of aggression it's you know it's back and forth going on there but more than that the israelis have hardly ever targeted isis which is also situated in the area chairs quite a long border with with israel and on one occasion when isis launched shells into israel and wounded a number of people allegedly isis apologize something it is never done before. there are many prophets predicting a hot summer so there will be a war but we have no intention of initiating a movie triacs but we won't let anything pass whether it's just spillage or not everything will get a powerful brew spawn's think that may have been the wrong comment the israelis claim that isis had apologized to them which had never happened before no matter who is or who isis had attacked it had never apologized to shown any sort of remorse nevertheless the battle there is ongoing and there's a lot of room for a slip up and an escalation. thanks madhu the other developers tell you regarding syria as well this morning russia and the u.s. are trying to resolve their differences over the place foreign minister sergey lavro