this is why the israeli authorities use the term fans but in fact. part of the wall to me is actually worse. what you see here. the footprint is much wider you have. fifty or sixty or seventy metres plus a buffer buffer zone and in terms of the damage it does to be environment in terms of all of trees uprooted irrigation systems cause it's extreme much worse than the wall part here and in many cases the israelis have taken land that has been passed down through generations of palestinian families. spend all his life. but the arrival of the wall has brought disaster. relief. at the. moment is a hit it is about. is that the will of the children is at the whim of the. nasser was that the world will meet and with the destruction of the olive trees comes economic ruin as palestinians are left on able to work because they are forced to spend negotiating the divide. the bloody about. what i've been kidding with. bated. a bit. of being. in. a year with a look probably. because it is a little bit too. but it is an official's little. visit the one to. this was

israeli forces crossed the border into egypt.even though the israelis was still some distance from the canal britain and france called for both sides to withdraw. when nasr rejected the ultimatum british and french troops began landing and put signs at the mediterranean end of the canal. night a statement not consulted in any way about any phase of these actions nor were we informed of them in advance. it is our hope and intent this matter will be brought before the united nations general assembly there with no veto operate in the opinion of the world can be brought to bear in our quest for a just in to this tormenting. by the end of december. under heavy international pressure. the british and french were forced into a humiliating withdrawal from put sallied. louvel attention now shifted to israel still occupying the whole of the sinai and the gaza strip. allow an apostle but won't go to zero a little incitements he. cannot up yes he in the east. fringe knesset. than in sap. was up out of. in march one thousand nine hundred fift

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 victitimsithout a fufuture. >> i hadad my cousinin kkilled 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 we 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 ar

the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu facing domestic political controversy after an israeliv station aired a secret audio recording of his son from outside a strip club in 2015. in the recording, he can be heard talking about prostitutes, demanding money from a gas tycoon. his father helped push through a $20 billion deal saying -- "my dad arranged $20 billion for your dad, and you're whining with me about 400 shekels.s." this comes at a time when criminals to netanyahu is facing multiple corruption investigations. in september, yair posted in anti-semitic cartoon on facebook. white supremacists, including former plan leader david duke, praise 10, posting an image depicting billionaire -- depicting a billionaire and then being tweeted "praised by david duke." it is an astounding story. can you talk about what is happening now and does the corruption investigations jeopardize netanyahu and what about his son? >> i will look at the last point briefly and then get to, in my opinion, the heart of the questions you're asking. ththe relationship between his n and netanyahu, yair a

it's right next to an israeli settlement. and he is adamant he won't be giving up. what about a problem he. had been the one. with in can he. had to do for you had to do it. because for jihad if a. woman had looked at. one of the. like all politicians israel's war both excludes and encloses the hardship which it would cause the excluded the palestinians was predictable. worries many israelis is what the war has done to the enclosed how it has created something which in historical terms is thinkable. we are building ghetto for ourselves you know where the ghetto is. the build a fence around us and what are we doing we are fencing ourselves we're putting ourself in a ghetto. we should live like that. all continues to grow and in the present political climate it's difficult to see a time when it will be dismantled those on the extremes feel that this is a good thing. i would like to see such a war that even. you know there is a story i heard from a former general. who told me that he was sitting having coffee was a very old man old man. and he. you know i've been here

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the un declaring the israeli invasion illegal . let's bring in our guests for today's discussion joining us from amman in jordan is. a political analyst and senior fellow with the institute for palestine studies from jerusalem which joined by robi sable a former legal advisor to israel's foreign ministry and professor of international law at hebrew university and also jeffrey aronson a nun resident scholar at the middle east institute who specializes in the arab israeli conflict he joins us from washington d.c. gentlemen welcome to you will geoffrey we'll start with you first this was an amendment to an existing law that the knesset passed what do you make of it well in its practical effect i think it's left to be determined i think more importantly it's a reflection of the of the absence of any degree of consensus on the part of the major parties that are party to to the conflict about how to proceed in the past the accords for better or worse were the framework through which these kinds of issues were being debated framed in addr

finance activity how do you mr beilin how do you think the israelis and the israeli government will be looking on at what's come out of this p.l.o. central council meeting we have heard from prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying that actually mahmoud abbas has only served israel's interests he said that he exposed what we have been saying all the time that the root of the conflict is the basic refusal to recognize a jewish state and any borders i mean did mr abbas a speech recommendations play and to benjamin netanyahu is hands who are will have been given every right use of them in the news with most right used one. this government doesn't believe in real agreement with the pristine years there are still relatively well for peace but without paying the price for peace as a result of it what the government spokesmen are saying all the time is that it is not a territorial issue not even on jerusalem not even the number of refugees or exactly the border but it is something which is perhaps a religious or perhaps a very very a following distance in its already doing and it cannot be

the other two killed of the israeli military police chief in gaza. all those still in jail chicago he was in terror. today about these events which would go on to have far reaching consequences. obama not the how one must be a sort of her what had minimal if in the so i mean. if you if we were there already what the market about herman i smell at the head the thirty i'm a market market letter so this meant that in our care at the end b. day i have. missed some and into for. the first palestinian intifada meaning uprising broke out on the eighth of december nine hundred eighty seven in the gaza strip. islamic jihad supported and played a prominent role in the mass protest movement which lasted nearly four years across gaza and the occupied west bank. a further group also emerged from the muslim brotherhood at this time calling itself the islamic resistance movement hamas. meanwhile shikaki spoke of being inspired by one of the earliest palestinian resistance figures of the one nine hundred twenty s. is a dean son. hundred years now. and usually. jihad

press who follows the israeli. scene who sees the debate in our parliament who sees the debates in our in our electronic media everyone knows that israel is a country with the speed of speech and freedom of thought is secretary to a country where the debates on these political issues are he doesn't and many others but here i'm sorry he's wrong anyone who visits israel objectively knows i urge you to go these are the people mr reg who you're losing and you can ill afford to lose people like that i'm sorry but i can disagree with them if they're factually wrong and he is factually wrong on this particular case israeli democracy is strong and vibrant i mean i urge you just to go to your computer and read a dozen israeli newspapers how much criticism will you find of the government when and where else in the middle east do trade union strike and can close down the whole country whereas in the middle east you have vigorous debates in parliament where government policy is debated and politicians argue with each other in

busk and as far as i'm concerned the most interesting political actor to watch is prime minister israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in both how he tries to deploy his library and how he tries to control the damage and you made a point in one of your recent articles that there was a time when prime minister spoke about mutuality and reciprocity what do you see made him abandon those themes and what can possibly resurrect them breach or actually i think when he talked about reciprocity. say what they get they do and he was primarily referring to this issue of the palestinians recognize that israel is a nation state of the jewish people he has repeated the demand that the palestinians should recognize israel as a nation state of the jewish people the palestinians have made it quite clear that they're not going to do that they recognized israel they're not going to define israel in its national religious character which in the thing that was demanded i think a lot of what netanyahu says on calling to the palestinians to negotiate is kind of empty words because he's not serious about n

it should be a wakeup calls to israeli. i'm here to say yes. and the only option is to live and let live. the only option is a two state solution between the palestinians and israelis on the 196 lines. i want to make peace with israel, you're my neighbor, that's what counts. >> i would like -- >> and hopefully international law -- >> sorry i don't mean to interrupt you but i do need to ask because to both of you whether your biggest mediator, patron, honest broker, the united states can still be an honest broker, i guess mr. bennett for you, if the united states is not considered an honest broker anymore, certainly by the opposition, the palestinians, how does that serve your cause? and if, for instance, president trump says he wants to cut off aid to the palestinians like they've cut off aid to the u.n., unrra in gaza, how is that good for israel? israel always said that the palestinians having a decent economic situation is in israel's security interest. >> we want to live side-by-side and we want to certainly see prosperity with the palestin

administration tries to mediate between the israelis and the palestinians how big of a problem is the mediation itself well to discuss that i'm now joined by guest in boston founder and cochairman of the israel palestine creative original initiative mr buskin thank you very much for your time it's great to have you on the show thank you now i know that you've advised many israeli palestinian international leaders on the middle east peace process and now that. the u.s. vice president mike pence has arrived to the region trying to restart this negotiating process once again i wonder if there is any advise that you would give him. the advice i would give vice president pence and in fact i wrote to president trump on the first day of his ministration is that after so many years of negotiations the israelis and the palestinians need to know the three need to resolve this problem themselves they need to sit in the room by themselves and house out an agreement. states needs to inform the israelis and the palestinians that they will be there to help their free choir to provide bridging propos

now we know israelis want peace. and we know that israelis need no lectures on the price of war. the people of israel know the terrible price all too well your prime minister knows that price he himself was nearly killed in battle. and his beloved brother jani was killed while courageously leading the intensity hostage rescue forty one years ago and you know the price of war no best. or the blessings of peace can bring to you to your children and future generations . the united states appreciates your government's declared willingness to resume direct peace negotiations with the palestinian authority and today we strongly urge the palestinian leadership to return to the table peace can only come through dialogue.

his recent tweets on the israeli — palestinian conflict have been music to the ears of israeli primeister benjamin netanyahu. so what do the palestinians do now? my guest today is mahmoud zahar, co—founder of the islamist movement hamas, which controls gaza and has been at loggerheads with the palestinian authority in the west bank for more than a decade. are the palestinians staring defeat in the face? mahmoud zahar in gaza, welcome to hardtalk. most welcome. i have to begin by asking you about your frame of mind, your spirit at the beginning of this new year, 2018. i look at the diplomatic, the political and the economic situation in gaza and i can barely imagine anything more bleak. is that the way you feel too? first of all, i'd like to address that this is one of the most important points in our history. yes, our life is very miserable, not because of bad management from our side but because of the crime committed by the israeli occupation and by the cooperation of the palestinian authority with them, and lastly by the impact of the international community represented mainly by

she's the one they have the girl who was led by two israeli two israeli soldiers from my town of beit omar and she she was arrested in front of her school down this is john and she was arrested in front of her school she's my sister's friend and i know her and they know exactly that there is no reason at all to force him out to be arrested the. the main the main philosophy i guess or the main reasons would really drive these really army to arrest palestinian children is a it's a systematic and planned way to destroy the palestinian society by taking these children away from their families and then just putting them in prisons not allowing them for education and family visits or basic human rights i mean at the end of the day they are children that's something else to deal with but even as humans they're denied a lot of access to their basic human rights. and i was all i put this to you because we are asking israeli army can you be on this program we want to understand what is going on here why would you put my meds in detention. this is what the israeli army said to us they said that

by protesting israeli palestinian protesters. took his army says one of its soldiers has been killed as its troops and civilian rebel outlaws close in on kurdish forces president treasure every one of the operation to secure the border will be successful but the u.s. is urging turkey to show restraint. the united nations is blaming election and leadership failures for the sharp rise in the number of its peacekeepers being killed at least fifty six of them died last year the highest tallies since one nine hundred ninety four a new report warns there iconic blue helmets and un flags no longer offer them protection and it says peacekeepers must be allowed to use force when necessary. three members of the u.s. top gymnastics board have resigned amid an ongoing sex abuse scandal involving the team doctor and young female athletes larry nelson is facing a prison sentence after admitting sexually abusing girls in his care. more than one hundred women and girls reported that nasa assaulted them. in japan more than a dozen skiers have bee

this is not arab israeli. this is palestinian israeli. it's very different. while there are so more arabs than israelis and so many more tanks and everything, they have very little economy. this looms large over them. winning a war is rather simple. not talking about winning over morocco or malaysia. talking about winning over the palestinians alone. also striking in contrast to the arab states being quiescent is that the hotbeds of hostility were in iran and turkey and in europe. >> this man right here. >> i'm frank alshore with the center for a free cuba. my question is how did the policy of president obama toward iran impact on the israeli/palestinian situation, and how is the current policy of president trump impacting on the same? >> i think the main impact of the obama iran policy was, oddly enough, to produce a kind of rapprochement between israel and many of the sunni states, because they have a common enemy. not obama, iran. that common fear of iran, of its support for terrorism, of its support for war, has led to what appear to be improved relations

soldiers or kill israeli settlers this is not how they're going to save themselves if they're going to to continue. a high price in blood and death and suffering without the end results it's only through a mass campaign of civil unrest of non-cooperation with the occupation and nonviolence that they can achieve their struggle well if i understand your message correctly you're saying that the palestinians have become q passive aggressive where in fact they would benefit the most from being both active and no not graphic i think they've been frustrated and i think that their challenge because the israelis are very good at what they do the occupation has become very cost free for israel most israelis are not encountered by the occupation they don't see it it's not part of their lives a very small part of the israeli army is involved in maintaining the occupation and israel has open and good international relations with a very strong economy so the israeli society doesn't really understand the cost that the palestinians are paying for the occupation the palestinians need to ask themselv

administration tries to mediate between the israelis and the palestinians how big of a problem is the mediation itself well to discuss that i'm now joined by guests in boston founder and cochairman of the israel palestine creative original initiative mr buskin thank you very much for your time it's great to have you on the show thank you now i know that you've advised many israeli palestinian international leaders on the middle east peace process and now that. the u.s. vice president mike pence has arrived to the region trying to restart this negotiating process once again i wonder if there is any advise that you would give him. advice i would give vice president. and i wrote to president trump on the first day of his. mission is that after so many years of negotiations the israelis and the palestinians need to know that the need to resolve this problem themselves they need to sit in the room by themselves and how shouter an agreement is the united states needs to inform the israelis and the palestinians that they will be there to help if required to provide bridging proposals to rais

citizens vote in israeli action israeli citizens. of this regime have taken out israeli citizenship can vote in our elections if you choose not to take out israeli citizenship then you can vote in our elections that's clear i think that's this a lot of them just have permanent residency and have had a permanent residency for decades but as permanent resident of those they cannot vote in national elections in municipal elections and the truth is because of threats by the extremist groups unfortunately most of them still do not do so and i think one should ask the extremist about extremist why do you prevent encourage intimidate palestinian arab residents of jerusalem not to vote in elections why do you stop why do you stop people coming into the country and who belong to the boycott divestment and sanctions moved. and who recommend the economic boycott of israel why are you stopping them coming into the country every democracy on the planet has the right and do it happens in this country as happens in the united states as happens in o

and israeli government.s donald trump denies collusion with russia during his wide-ranging interview with the new york times, we will speak to glenn greenwald against the special prosecutor robert mueller's ongoing probe. >> they're trying to take the only faction worse than donald trump, the deep state, the cia with its history of atrocities and say they should engage in a where they take the elected president and prevent him from enacting his policies. it is extremely dangerous to do that. >> all that and more coming up. ♪ welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. in iran, at least 22 people are dead and hundreds have been arrested as authorities used tear gas and water cannons to quell the largest anti-government protests since 2009. the protests, which began last week and quickly spread to cities across iran, are targeting high unemployment, income inequality, and housing costs. protesters have also targeted iranian supreme leader ali khamenei and president ha

settlers against israeli soldiers from that point on until. the assassination of the palestinian islamic jihad became one of the most important real are less terrorist organizations that work against israel. sure car keys refugee family had fled to gars or in one nine hundred forty eight and after becoming a math teacher he moved to egypt to study manson. already a member of the muslim brotherhood he continued to embrace their policy of reforming politics by creating a society governed by islamic laws and morals. but the muslim brotherhood did not believe the time was right for military action against israeli occupation. began fundamentally to disagree and so he left to form his own organization. he founded palestinian islamic jihad in one nine hundred eighty one jihad meaning struggle in arabic. it was the first islamic resistance group to be founded within gaza and the occupied west bank. its stated aim was to fight the existence of israel and establish an islamic palestinian state within the pre nine hundred forty eight boundaries of palest