israeli soldiers opened fire. sharpshooters were deployed but palestinians frustrated by the endless siege to live under undeterred. israeli commanders say they issued warnings against approaching the border fence not clear. we will never shoot one bullet against anyone who stays away from the security wall we have wanted to join the last few days that everyone who tries to violate the israeli sovereignty or to infiltrate the israeli territories will put himself and his life in danger but for besieged palestinian demonstrating next to the border is about the only visible means available for the world not to forget their plight we live under immense pressure that is why the people explode the blockade and the siege led to the explosion we either choose to live properly or to die we have no space we have no alternatives but to explode we have nothing except the oxygen in the air . land the is considered the first palestinian popular uprising for the past forty two years palestinians have been commemorating this day

israeli occupation army.ver other side, israel cooperated with any investigation committee ever, by the u.n. or any other body. they only recognize their justice. they know how to justify for themselves for these killings and crimes there perpetrating against the national law. we do act according to simple formula supported by international community. the facts we know. we are living hehere. i think we havave the ability of professionalism to say this is a peaceful demonstration. and palestinians can be peaceful. we are freedom fighters. we are romantic revolutionaries. ofhave legitimate rights being free of occupation, and history never, ever spoke about -- it is fights for so. the israeli occupation shows by dedefault how criminal they are. the demonstrations w were peaceful. -- - the israeliiy army befefore this friday, in a clear-cut wayay, a spokekespersn army spokekespersons,, and secuy thes said we a are g going to stafaffers. we're goioing to kill anyone who come close to the border, peaceful or not.

don't want to humanitarian crisis israelis don't want to deny people freedoms israelis don't like when children are starving and when there's no electricity so then you have a zero eight home because they say maybe that's the real life that what why they've got it straight well it's it's it's very simple it's a six it's a security issue for the most part meaning remember let's go back twelve years israel there were israeli settlements in gaza israeli prime minister and i worked in the prime minister's office for ariel sharon when he declared it a said is that israel is going to leave gaza and it almost tore this country apart because there are a lot of people that didn't want to do that because we don't need to be there now in the twelve years that the come odds are the palestinian leadership has been in charge of gaza what have we seen there we've seen more hunger more destruction the blockades are related to the tunnels meaning it's nice to let concrete go in and building materials but if buildings are not getting built and tunnels are getting built to launch terror attacks against i

and the israelis. intervened on the side of the king by mobilizing their arm on the border with syria. and also by having the air force in the air they didn't bomb the theory. but they were there in a very threatening way and they sent a clear message that they are going to intervene if the syrians pacy through. egypt's president called for an emergency arab summit in cairo to find a solution to the crisis. saying came under intense pressure and found himself forced to agree to an immediate cease fire with arafat's. but the agreement also called for all palestinian militants to leave jordanian cities and would ultimately lead to the expulsion of the p.l.o. from jordan. the latest news as it breaks this was a great election about it was going to win but it was about by how much with detailed coverage of the syrian civil war no that isn't true its teeth yes but what is new different is that each day some people will live until to morrow so many innocent people will die from around the world the bats and

now she's working on a book about israelis and germans. the things that they have in common and the problems they have with each other. and that are beginning probably like all germans i was a bit apprehensive like when i talk on the phone with my mother in german but i had very positive experiences that said i live in tel aviv and young televisa are in fact really into germany. and. israelis are so wonderfully relaxed and laid back and i really like the mentality there's a kind of easiness you walk down the streets you sit down in a cafe and immediately someone comes and starts chatting with you that can be pretty annoying sometimes the good thing about israel is that you're practically never alone the bad thing about israel is that you're practically never alone. germany is three thousand kilometers away but israelis follow events there closely so i think. the anti semitic voices in germany there heard here too like during the recent conflict when videos with calls of gas the jews circulated on the web people here are aware of that but t

palestinian words meet israeli bullets in gaza. from behind the border fence israeli snipers have palestinians on these sites they shooting a guest in life fire and rubber bullets. but still reeling from the bloodiest day in years this was the area where last friday israeli snipers shot seven hundred palestinians twenty one would die. a week later they're back with a smokescreen and stretches the casualty numbers quickly climb injuries turn to fatalities. what are going to be stars they are seeing we're not bringing them for war anything we brought them to protect ourselves from israeli snipers. last friday's killings happened on what the palestinians called lend it's an annual protest an act of resistance to israeli occupation and the seizure of land for illegal jewish settlements. this year israel warned that open fire if anyone approached the border fence and then they followed through. fourteen hundred people were injured many shot by more than one hundred israeli snipers some in the back as they ran away another is he price gi

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 victims w witut a futurere. >> i h had mycousin killed by the israelis. anand we were susupped to have 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. andd 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 tothe heart ofisraelis 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

which means do and with his victims a twenty one year old israeli and his twenty four year old german moroccan friend with a belt and the attacker was led away by his companion there were no further attacks . the two victims spoke with d.w. and explained that they are not even jewish that the yarmulke was a bit of a game an experiment to find out how dangerous it would be to walk around berlin as a jew the result a shotgun and let's not. i could not sleep at all last night. my body in various places. and i must say i just feel less safe. the incident took place in berlin strained the middle class prints lower back district not a high crime neighborhood it's an area where residents rarely encounter violent alter cations. i think it takes place in the city's outskirts of the districts you think are violent anyway but i don't get. to do something about this from the very standard schools training centers and have more reports from people who experience this kind of thing. jewish community has been growing in recent years many have been moving here from russia but also many young israelis

society never again will we allow ourselves to be made victims say the israelis and the declaration of the state of israel by david ben-gurion in one nine hundred forty eight gave jews around the world their own homeland but israeli media too found itself at war with five arab nations during the conflict hundreds of thousands of palestinians fled from their homelands in what they called the naacp are all catastrophe. two groups of people fighting for the same homeland yes but i but i think. and i think this is unfortunately that the challenge that israel is a failed to take up on them right i mean in a good way to try and fix but i don't think that acknowledging the palestinian suffering is contradicting the belief that jews have a place in the land palestine and i think both palestinians and jews well the moderates will moderate ones know and understand these two people will have to find a way to co-exist and the lack of success is a tragedy and there's no doubt if you're looking at who's paying the price of that tragedy. when that you guys there's the there's no doubt who's carryi

thank you very much for your company everyone israelis today celebrating so many years of independence let's take a look now at some of the key events that led to its creation now this man that you see right here behind me is theodore heartfelt he is considered the father of modern day zionism he increased recognition for the need of a jewish state and promoted jewish immigration to palestine in one thousand seven hundred british foreign secretary arthur balfour made a declaration of support for the creation of a jewish home in the middle east the first. world war saw the defeat of the ottoman empire and its partition between the european powers in one thousand twenty two the league of nations granted the british mandate over palestine and trans-jordan from nine hundred thirty three when the nazis came to power in germany more and more jews from europe migrated to palestine and the aftermath of the holocaust many survivors followed them and on november twenty ninth one thousand nine hundred forty seven the united nations proposed the partition of palestine into separate jewish and pale

palestinian words meet israeli bullets in gaza. from behind the border fence israeli snipers have palestinians in the sights they shoot tear gas in life fire and rubber bullets. but still reeling from their bloodiest day in years this was the area where last friday israeli snipers shot seven hundred palestinians twenty one would die. a week later their bet with a smokescreen and stretches the casualty numbers quickly climb injuries turn to fate tell us what's going to be stars they are seeing we're not bringing them for war anything we brought them to protect ourselves from israeli snipers. the last friday's killings happened on what the palestinians call lend day it's an annual protest an act of resistance to israeli occupation and the seizure of land for illegal jewish settlements. this year israel warned that opened fire if anyone approached the border fence and then they followed through. fourteen hundred people were injured many shot by more than one hundred israeli snipers some in the back as they ran away another is he price

and the israelis. intervened on the side of the king by mobilizing their arm on the border with syria. and also by having the air force in the air they didn't bomb the theory. but they were you know very threatening way and they sent a clear message that they are going to intervene if the syrians perceive. egypt's president called for an emergency arab summit in cairo to find a solution to the crisis. the same came under intense pressure and found himself forced to agree to an immediate cease fire with arafat's. but the agreement also called for all palestinian militants to leave jordanian cities and would ultimately lead to the expulsion of the p.l.o. from jordan. fifty three member states. one night comic figurehead as leaders of the commonwealth descend on london for its by any a meeting al-jazeera asks how much does the commonwealth matter in today's world and where does it go up to queen elizabeth follow the commonwealth heads of government meeting on al-jazeera. a story fourteen hundred years in

and the israelis. intervened on the side of the king by mobilizing their arm on the border with syria. and also by having the air force in the they didn't bomb the theory. but they were you know very threatening way and they sent a clear message that they are going to intervene if the syrians pathy through. egypt's president called for an emergency arab summit in cairo to find a solution to the crisis. came under intense pressure and found himself forced to agree to an immediate cease fire without a thought. but the agreement also called for all palestinian militants to leave jordanian cities and would ultimately lead to the expulsion of the p.l.o. from jordan. stories and life. and inspiration. a series of short documentaries from around the wilds that celebrate the human spirit against the arts. ouches era selects gangs. the most memorable moments of al-jazeera was when i was on air as hosni mubarak fell with the crowds in tahrir square toolkit. if something happens anywhere in the world al jazeera i

and the israelis. intervened on the side of the king by mobilizing their arm on the border with syria. and also by having the air force in the air they didn't bomb the theory. but they were you know very threatening way and they sent a clear message that they are going to intervene if the syrians perceive. egypt's president called for an emergency arab summit in cairo to find a solution to the crisis. saying came under intense pressure and found himself forced to agree to an immediate cease fire without a thought. but the agreement also called for all palestinian militants to leave jordanian cities and would ultimately lead to the expulsion of the p.l.o. from jordan. fast furious and sometimes fatal mongolia's child jockeys are risking their young lives riding to wind are they being exploited in the name of tradition one of one east investigates an al jazeera. we understand the differences. and the similarities of cultures across the world so no matter how you take it al-jazeera will bring in the news

it's an interesting take there by the israeli prime minister of jordan or in the studio now by norm you live she's an analyst for international affairs and the middle east at the curb or felt good to have you only serve so israel celebrating seventy years of independence the israeli palestinian conflict was it created also use of them two years ago it was probably even created before because the fact that there are two competing national movements one being jews zionist one being air palestinian started way before with the israelis call. before the establishment of the state of israel so then cain nineteen forty seven the un partition plan which came as a replacement of the british men day which also didn't really deescalate tensions in the region and then of course forty eight which for the israelis is an independence day the fulfillment of their national aspirations and also a very strong signal of hope after these very very dark years of the show out but then also on the other hand the past palestinian perspective is complete that different for the pilots since it's related to you kn

for jewish israeli media israeli still democracy there is going to scan of jewish children are still free to say whatever they like to go wherever they want to do whatever the they want if there is pressure it's not from the government itself the civil society the part of the civil society that are less tolerant to some views a i am working for how it which puts freedoms which is its core value and i am allowed to say whatever i like and they've been tested the borders of for that mean . we hope we all of the jewish journalists are free to do whatever we want whatever we think it is right for our profession and that's not true for part of the enjoyment it's not and so i did learn a lot in the west bank and through surely not in gaza a as for the reporting about it and the great most of the term form the israeli side there is no room for it at the moment there is no danger of the go there was no not even a single is really doing this five weeks between forty five i mean that could have been really don't want to be about this haven't you know i did see today that you've had a lawsuit b

welcome back to worlds apart and about dontcha lawman an israeli air force veteran and columnist for the jerusalem post colonel let's talk about israel's own actions namely beast massive air raid on the t. four air base near holmes is this is not the first time that israel hit targets in syria and until recently russia's reaction to dive has essentially been to look the other way do you think moscow will continue to tolerate what it clearly sees as a pretty dangerous behavior on the part of israel interesting question because after the last attack we heard rhetoric from syrian leadership from from sorry for russian leadership criticizing israel for the attack my guess is that it also had to do with the early warning and coordination about the specific attack because in general i think russia respects the fact that we are carrying out pinpoint attacks that have to do with vital interests of israel mainly preventing strategic weapons coming online that would that would hurt israel because if you notice i mean what are we doing inside of syria again we have no claims from syria we have

damage the shooting journalists would cause the israeli side. because of the media attention that helping journalists creates i do think that there is a declared the israeli policy to use. excessive force against the protest of the civilian protest of along the gaza strip and there is and to add to that there is no account of accountability to snipers who shot. up until now i think that the. these are the government is defending those night bills and instead of putting finding who who was the sniper who shot. who is the sniper who sort of a double hussein and they're putting them on price for breaking the windows there protecting them and by the filth of all creating an image of if it's really is deliberately helping the journalists and second of all is there they're not getting . to know clarifying to other type of the truth is forbidden it is against the laws to add to that they think that the fact that there is a mass uses of snipers against civilians along the gaza strip unarmed civilians which according to even the i.d.f. both spokespersons

it's the policies of the israeli government and this transformation of israeli society into a right wing vicious society which is based in the it's own business before you come back on the show miller said i would go some images for the viewers and then i'll come straight back to her because the birth of the state of israel seventy years ago as we've just seen came shortly after the end of the second world war the holocaust the mass murder of european jews and this shocking chapter of european history still counts shadow over israeli society never again will we allow ourselves to be made victims savey israelis and the declaration of the state of israel by david ben-gurion in one nine hundred forty eight gave jews around the world their own homeland but israeli media to be found itself at war with five are of nations during the conflicts hundreds of thousands of palestinians fled from their homelands in what they called the nakba or catastrophe. two groups of people fighting for the same homeland yes but i but i think. and i think this is unfortunately that the challenge that israel is a

and the israelis. intervened on the side of the king by mobilizing their arm on the border with syria. and also by having the force in the air they didn't bomb the three. but they were in a very threatening way and they sent a clear message that they are going to intervene if the syrians pussy through. egypt's president called for an emergency arab summit in cairo to find a solution to the crisis. saying came under intense pressure and found himself forced to agree to an immediate cease fire without a thought. but the agreement also called for all palestinian militants to leave jordanian cities and would ultimately lead to the expulsion of the p.l.o. from jordan. everything to do is being analyzed it's being weighed and it's being measured for intelligence agencies are they are tossed to do things in secret that are a lawful or politically embarrassing all of the colleagues that i knew to retire from the n.s.a. they could not stand by and see all the work that they had done being used for mass surveill

and the israelis. intervened on the side of the king by mobilizing their arm on the border with syria. and also by having the air force in the air they didn't bomb the theory. but they were there in a very threatening way and they sent a clear message that they are going to intervene if the syrians pathy through. egypt's president called for an emergency arab summit in cairo to find a solution to the crisis. saying came under intense pressure and found himself forced to agree to an immediate cease fire with arafat's. but the agreement also called for all palestinian militants to leave jordanian cities and would ultimately lead to the expulsion of the p.l.o. from jordan. if you were in beijing looking out the pacific ocean you'd see american warships. somehow time is aiming to replace america and around the world well the chinese are not that stupid these guys want to dominate a huge chunk of the planet this sounds like a preparation for our first president george washington said if you want peace prepa

you have a separation between different groups, between arab israelis and jewish israelis. remindssense, jerusalem us of the challenges with which israel is confronted, and we teed of here in germany -- and we too here in germany. at 70, what does it mean to you? lots of trouble, lots of challenges, but i want to break the gloom and doom factor we are about to launch here. it has been 70 years for what was an incredible act of statehood. this in the context of nation building 70 years is not a long time, and these challenges israel is facing, some of them are pressing and need to be solved sooner rather than later. they cannot overshadow everything. we need to still keep in mind -- offer bank -- ofer was talking about his parents' memory. if you put this in context, it brings us back to 1948 to the survivors of the holocaust, one of the biggest tragedies, most atrocious parts of human history . coming together and managing to .uild this state , when youthing that think about it, it is hard not to be touched. >> when you talk about these achievements, what are you the most o

reception and israel turns seventy as a nation celebrates its founding the prime minister calls on israelis to make sacrifices to ensure the country's future safety. and well iraq thank you very much for your company everyone. cuba has a new president and his name isn't castro for the first time since the communist revolution more than a half century ago the country's leader does not hail from the castro family who. has been sworn in as the country's new president replacing our own castro cuban lawmakers have decided to elect the ask him how he could rule for a maximum of two five year terms d.s. cannot climb through the ranks of the. ominous party for decades he has now said his mandate is to give continuity to the cuban revolution. while our old castro will remain the leader of the communist party for now but cuba's do have expectations from their new president. a region change it is not the era of fiedel and raul castro may be coming to an end but the cuba they built remains launch of the unchanged cubans extent the new president to continue his predecessor's legacy of slowly modernizing

it was israeli soldiers that did this not how mess it was israeli soldiers acting on the orders of theisraeli government not have mass you simply cannot keep blaming palestinians every time you kill palestinians it's unacceptable as far as whether or not the israelis left gaza they routinely enter gaza's airspace its sea waters and fire into gaza any time they want just because you don't swim in a fish bowl with your fish doesn't mean that you don't control its life that's the way that israel exercises its control over gaza and its holy day two million people there in captivity i must stick with this going to the purpose of discussion to talk about the deaths in gaza you keep saying that terrorist if hamas is fold forget the protesters from and we had a journalist yasser more to judge who we all saw pictures of having been shot he was wearing a press jacket and he was shot by an israeli sniper what was his crime the crime may not be his crime is those who sent him there. to send a message to someone who may or may not have said they were going to lower down infiltrate you can't just sh

and the israelis. intervened on the side of the king by mobilizing their arm on the border with syria. and also by having the air force in the air they didn't bomb the fear. but they were you know very threatening way and they sent a clear message that they are going to intervene if the syrians perceive that. egypt's president called for an emergency arab summit in cairo to find a solution to the crisis. saying came under intense pressure and found himself forced to agree to an immediate cease fire with arafat's. but the agreement also called for all palestinian militants to leave jordanian cities and would ultimately lead to the expulsion of the p.l.o. from jordan. inmates learning from other inmates acquiring knowledge that can set them free. through legal education classes and mock tribunals vegetation has led to staggering results even in prison for fifteen years is all that they were. teaching empowerment kenya part of the rebel education series at this time on al-jazeera we headed to jerusalem bu

using chemical weapons let's just make it very clear as an israeli i would strongly argue not to make a judgment by video clips you see in the media the media is manipulated by various factors in the region that has interests this is done a lot to us i would not do that to others but in this case i think the world health organization's and other international institutions that time and time again go in verify and say that actually samples taken taken in the field demonstrate that chemical weapons have been used i think it's safe to say they will we see now in syria is extremely troubling to say the least i think you're slightly misrepresenting what the world health organization has actually sat it expressed concern about the use of chemical weapons and i think we would all agree that using chemical weapons is absolutely inadmissible i think even the syrian government would state i'm pretty firmly but what they will tell. organization sad that they have received reports from some of the part there again is asians in the field why massage bar there again is asians included syrian americ

but there's just been an incident in berlin where two israelis wearing were attacked by a young man who spoke arabic. from the new one in the balkans and you told me earlier that you sometimes wear a star of david necklace kit to me even now which we could you just would not accept that it's been nearly because i've never had a problem no one's ever said anything about it no one's ever her arrest me because of it. obviously a star of david necklace is less noticeable than a kid but we need to talk about the fact that anti-semitism is not a marginal phenomenon and the studies about mainstream society have shown that there's been a steady increase in bias against jews and roma and this about blacks and the fun to zoom into a small space stand and a report compiled by the federal office for migration and refugees reaches the same conclusion all. the so to condemn muslims and call this a muslim arab problem. isn't an option. one needs to. despite these developments a growing number of israelis are emigrating to germany you conducted a study in collaboration with the university of the hebrew

protest israelis occupation of palestinian with israeli officials refusing to change open fire orders and more demonstrations planned in the upcoming weeks this bloody scenario may play out again and again in washington dan cohen artsy. called joins us now to talk a little bit more in-depth about that story it's interesting what has been the response over the thought of this photo journalist yasser montage or. have we heard anything from like the committee to protect journalism freedom the press foundation has anyone spoken out about this already i mean we have seen statements from the major press foundations they did condemn israel's killing of. but he was actually not even the only photo journalist the only journalist who was targeted mohammed as a new and another photojournalist was targeted he was shot in the hand i mean there's you know about a thousand people who were shot several of which were journalists and i mean it's been kind of overshadowed i mean what we see clear evidence of what i mean what those activists describe as a massacre incontrovertibly all evidence it's been

at eleven o'clock this morning israelis polls for two minutes to remember. when soldiers and victims of terrorism the country turn to more joyful celebrations tonight israel was founded after the partition of palestine in one nine hundred forty eight providing jews with a homeland but also causing divisions which have lasted to this day. well for more now i'm joined by the w.'s tanya kramer she is on the story for us tonight from jerusalem good evening to you tanya seventy years of israel is a story of success it's also a story of expulsions war in violence what does this day mean to the israeli people tonight. my friend you can see here tonight i mean we had the you know the some live mood of memorial day and now it turns into this test if new tonight here i'm in the middle of. the street one of the main shopping streets in west jerusalem and people are just celebrating enjoying the evening for most tomorrow it's a day off this well so people are saying that there's a sense of patriotism here of course united felt very proud of to country what they have ach

and yes it has not been killed by they have been met by the israeli snipers. but the same twenty five years old is now the second palestinian journalist being laid to rest and has drawn some international condemnation calling for an independent investigation the israeli army says it does not target journalists and that it's going to look into the details of their deaths but certainly anyone you speak to here has a very clear opinion that these are deliberate targets that the israeli army that these snipers are deliberately targeting them to try and stop them from protesting everyone here will tell you even people we've spoken to have been shot before that they will return to the protests that they want their rights just like everyone else they feel forgotten and they believe that through these protests for once finally there is some international spotlight on their plight. and it's possible live now to the u.n. security council i'm listening to a lot in on who's the un's special coordinator for the middle east peace process he's talking about a variety of midd

it has the look of an israeli attack and you can see why israeli attack and you can see why israel mightael might want to attack right now because trump has recently said he wants to pull out of israel. when the israelis tell him to stay, he says no, he wants to leave. this could be showing the world, including the united states, that israel will defend its own interest. the fact it was against uranium assets in syria, which the israelis regard as the biggest enemy in the middle east could be telling. you can be seen to trump and the syrians and everybody else that we will be here even if the americans pull out. what are the political ramifications of that if that is the case? in the united states, trump has to do something sometimes that looks like he is pushing back against vladimir putin. have very good reason to believe, given his behaviour going back to the campaign, but especially since he has been in office, that he isn't a holden to vladimir putin. 0ne isn't a holden to vladimir putin. one thing he has been consistent on is with vladimir putin. he has a new national security advi