american presidents have talked about the palestinian position and the israeli position. i would argue it is time to state and american position. it is only through an american position that we will avoid a catastrophic situation in gaza in a short time. the palestinian authority has done an extraordinary job in terms of building its institutions. it is not perfect. but it has done an extraordinary job in beginning to create the elements of a state. we need to give that extraordinary effort a boost, a presidential statement. and the president should not do it alone, i would respectfully argue. he should invite chancellor merkle, sarkozy, cameron, medvedev to join with him in traveling to jerusalem, so the israeli people and the palestinian people understand that this is a worldwide effort. in by the united nations secretary to join with them. i would like to close with one. . as we see the beginning of democracy break out in the middle east, and who knows where it will ultimately land, why not argue forcefully, ethically, and morally the we will place our confidence in the

says it could help provide international support and move ahead a stalled israeli palestinian negotiations we are making this proposal now because we are concerned about the situation in the middle east as we all know all the efforts to restart the israeli palestinian talks at an impasse and the situation in the region is quite fragile is fraught with further possible complications. well if it gets the go ahead it would be the first security council mission to the middle east in over thirty years the proposal comes as the latest round of israeli palestinian talks ended without a significant result of russia is a member of the middle east peace quartet the group met last week on the sidelines of the munich security conference and strongly backed the idea of strengthening the council's role in the go see asians. now russian security services are investigating claims by the country's most wanted terrorist. that he was behind the deadly blast at moscow's biggest airport last month in a video posted on an extremist web site omar of said he had ordered the bombing calling it a special operation

says it could help provide international support admirable had stalled israeli palestinian negotiations we are making this proposal now because we are concerned about the situation in the middle east as we all know the efforts to restart the israeli palestinian talks at an impasse and the situation in the region is quite fragile. is fraught with further possible complications. if that gets the go ahead it would be the first security council mission to the middle east and over thirteen years well the proposal comes as the latest round of israeli palestinian talks ended without significant result russia is a member of the middle east peace quartet along with the u.s. the e.u. and the united nations the group met last week on the sidelines of the munich security conference and strongly backed the idea of strengthening the council's role in negotiations. well don't forget there's always more news and analysis on our website that's r t v dot com and here's what's lined up all live right now switzerland spends billions of dollars on its army and even has compulsory military service allows the

i think both the palestinians and israelis will lose from this. they cannot continue. it will have an horrific impact. therefore israel should negotiate with palestinians. two other points should be mentioned. israel and syria and the arab league initiative. they were very close to an agreement. 10 years ago the chief of staff of israel told me -- i forgot his first name because israeli generals are always called by their nicknames. he told me we need three days to conclude an agreement. the israeli military since then continue to advocate an agreement between israel and syria. you need only the political will by the prime minister to do that. if you have a military that supports an agreement and security issues were resolved it can be done. this is something else that should be done. the israelis are not happy with the u.s. administration on this issue because of the arab initiative. once they realize the entire arab world will be willing to support an agreement, it will change many of the positions of the israelis. either of the three should stop as soon as possible b

they also mention that this at present the israeli palestinian settlement do you think that new forces may emerge in the middle east and that i haven't a be able to dominate the region. it is hard to say what is going to happen at the moment so we've seen the statements made by the prime minister of the palestinian authority saying he is ready to form a coalition government with a mass but that is also repercussions and recent events at the same time it helped relieve pressure in the region when the egyptian military which is currently the defacto government announced they would observe all the agreements previously signed including the nine hundred seventy nine treaty with israel. so it's hard to judge the situation right now and i can't give a direct onset i think it will become clearer after time has passed and in any case i think it might force the israeli leadership to give up their policy of maintaining the status quo in the middle east. so far the israeli leadership has been leaning towards preserving the status quo and abandoning the idea of a peaceful settlement and despite nu

discussed ad nauseam, but no american president in a public way has said we will resolve the israeli-palestinian conflict based on the 1967 lines with modifications that reflect subsequent developments. american presidents have talked about the goal and the palestinian position. i would argue it is time to state and american position. it is unfortunate but only through mine humble opinion that we will avoid a catastrophic siation in e west bank in insured amount of time. the prime minister of the palestinian authority has done an extraordinary job in building its institutions. he has done an extraordinary job in creating the elements of a state. we need to give that effort a boost. a presidential statement should do just that. i would respectfully are the president should not do it alone. we should invite chancellor merkle and prime minister cameron. he should invite dmitry medvedev or vladimir putin to travel to jerusalem so the israeli people understand this is a worldwide effort and invite the un secretary general to join with us. i would argue this one point. as we see the beginning of democ

in response, in december 2008, israel launched into operation. 20 israelis and 1300 palestinians died. but the rocket attacks continued. at the border, the israeli guards do not allow my save the children companion to cross. no reason given. gauzes coast is patrolled by the israeli navy, and by land, it is surrounded by a great wall. because of, run by hamas, exist in a state of war with israel -- gaza. israel and forces district blockade. to me, it looks like a siege. the economy of gaza has collapsed. levels of poverty, malnutrition, and unemployment are falling. i visit the hospital supported by save the children. the israelis say they allow essential supplies through, but still, this is a center for malnutrition. i'm able to talk freely with the mothers and doctors. >> we are fighting anemia, rickets, malnutrition. >> at the school in gaza city, it is only too clear that the children remember vividly what happened when the israelis attacked. they saw relatives died. they cowered in their houses. they hate what the israeli soldiers have done. this will be the real test. what do the

says it could help provide international support for the region and move stalled israeli palestinian negotiations. we are making this proposal now because we're concerned about the situation in the middle east as we all know the efforts to restart these really but is still in talks at the impasse and the situation in the region is quite fragile. is fraught with further possible complications. if it gets the go ahead it will be the first security council mission to the middle east in more than thirty years the proposal comes as the latest round of israeli palestinian talks ended without any significant result russia is a member of the middle east peace quartet that also includes the e.u. the us and the un the group met last week on the sidelines of the munich security conference and strongly backed the idea of strengthening the council's role in negotiations. carrying out of some other stories making headlines across the globe and italian flag tanker with twenty two crewmembers aboard has been seized by pirates in the indian ocean the e.u. says five hijackers fired arms and several ro

israeli relations will be. the palestinians are in a very similar situation with the division within palestinian society and unless as as you mentioned they have a truly representative leadership they will not be able to come to a an agreement with the israelis or achieve their own national liberation and certainly this is a feeling that is apparent not only among palestinians but throughout the arab world now particularly since the successful revolution in tunisia so people throughout the arab world including in the occupied palestinian territories are thinking about who represents them and if the people who represent them currently are acting in the best interests of the people professor troy if i go back to you i mean did don't you think israel is kind of in an awkward position where even egypt's got great ally the united states the president of united states is saying transition needs to be done now and then you look at the israeli meet israeli media saying you know do you know stop being so hard on mubarak and stuff like t

they would be an israeli-palestinian settlement. toomey doesn't seem like a short turn passage. >> guest: it isn't. if you could basically -- you can immediate rate. >> host: let me start back -- step back. talk about you and your writing. tell me for example, how long did it take you to write this book? >> guest: i signed a contract at the end of 2004 and then i did -- >> host: that's a long book. the longest book process for the longest war transit it was going to be called the longest book. writing, i didn't get a book called osama bin laden. i had a two book deal and i turn into a much bigger project. if i hadn't ridden osama bin laden i know i couldn't have written this book because it involved me looking at every primary source. anything his companions in arms. >> host: i would say that's a great resource. the chapter on jihadism, i keep referring to because it's like a one stop guide. >> guest: but the book did not sell particularly will. it was a useful a specialist like yourself. this book is more for the general reader. i

palestinian communities. no? >> well, i don't -- there are roads being built in the west bank, but they are roads that only israeliscan use that circle -- >> connect certain palestinians places where they sort of develop in talking about the two-state solution. >> oh, i think maybe you're referring to the fact people are suggesting that in a two-state solution that there should be a special highway built from gaza to the west bank? well, yes, and that it would connect the two separated territories. sure, that would -- that should probably be part of the agenda, but we're not there yet. >> they weren't talking seriously about doing this? >> not yet. >> there's a gentleman over here. >> personally, i would like to say on a personal note i was very moved by the book. i'm a child of holocaust survivors myself. i spent the last 20-plus years doing business mostly in the arab world, so i've been crossing through bridges where i've been on my own. i would like to talk about a theme in the book that appears several times that i call missed opportunities, and i, in particular, would like to ask if you can put your reporter'

for the declare its the whole arab world and maybe the whole united nation for only on the israeli palestinian and israeli arab. that is the minimal mini moral conflict of the whole region this is practically nothing if we look on the millions and millions of refugees we have now one sudan and afghanistan one for iraq it's a million refugees was nobody given the status of refugee so if the arab world itself and the world community not understand what's in the region and will not work with the normalization situation in summit this will be a little beginning and libya will be not the last on this long or wheat in list of the revolutionary situations what regina's could be lex to for the train yemen maybe saudi arabia maybe even jordan where situation is a very very unstable saudi arabia. is on the list and if that will be so the small monarchies of the gulf will be in huge thing here are a look at algeria civil war there was a whole bulma while ago the efforts of president put a flicker were there result character of margaret there are some other countries there is experience of people in tunis

the decay of the whole arab world and maybe the whole united nation for it was only on the israeli palestinian and israeli arab. that is the minimal mini moral conflict told the whole region this is practically nothing if we can be millions and millions of refugees we have now on sudan and afghanistan and for iraq its million refugees was nobody given the status of refugees so it's once up eith the arab world itself and the world community not understand what's in the region and the will to work with the normalization situation in summit this will be only the beginning and libya will be not the last oh so long or wheat in least of the revolutionary situations what regina's could be next to for the train yemen maybe so directly and maybe even jordan where situation is a very very unstable saudi arabia. is on the list and if that will be so the small monarchies of the gulf only in huge danger are look at algeria civil war the wars all dolled bio the efforts of president put a fluke but their results there of margaret there are some of the crowd as there is experience of people in tunisia and lea

ed meet the award winning german photographer who has documented the israeli-palestinian conflict for over two decades. first though, indonesia's's president has condemned the burning of two churches in central java. they were attacked not long after a christian man was sale -- was sentenced to five years in jail for deliberately insulting islam. >> muslim protesters attacked a courthouse after the verdict was read. a christian man was given a jail sentence for spreading hatred about islam. some said he should have received in the death penalty instead. two churches was set on fire. -- were set on fire. a video of the attack over the weekend circulated on the internet. these men stormed the house, calling the people inside nonbelievers. these people are considered islamic deviance. the police are outnumbered. the rest of the footage is too graphic to show. human rights groups say the city approves the police did little to prevent the death. the indonesian president has called for a full investigation into the incident. >> if the clash could have been prevented, it's the security force

>> how they pvágndled the israe- palestinian negotiations and it blew up in their faces.iplomacy 101 is especially when you're dealing with austal word ally like hosni mubarak is take this behind closed doors. don't have the american president give a big declaration. the other point he raised, musa is now the choice as of this moment of the muslim brotherhood. they are now working this crisis so they can ride the tide to seize power. and if they grab power in egypt, they -- >> hold on. >> they will consign 82 million egyptian to the darkness of the islamist rule. and don't make any mistake about it, let's not be naive. >> really bad guys over there? >> they are the bad guys. and i'll tell you -- [everyone talking at once] >> the bad guys are now the good guys. >> i don't think they're the good guys. hosni mubarak -- >> the army controls the string of power. this issue will turn on what the army does. mubarak was sitting next to anwar sadat when the brother assassinated him, one of great people of that country. it was the muslim brotherhood who assassinated him. he killed

there's for the palestinian the much feared but now retired head, the israeli intelligence organization. i'm the -- i turn to sari and shows him a one-page document. i have this simple seven-point peace plan. i've been talking to some of my palestinian sources. they say you are the only palestinian crazy enough to sign this document with me. and sari says -- he actually had to think long and hard about it for several weeks. but he put his significant to the document. and i think it's what should happen and what will happen eventually. it's two-state solution with the green line of 1967 basically being the border. but taking into account facts on the ground. there's a provision for a one to one exchange of land. to take into account new settlements and acts on the ground. and jerusalem would be shared, east jerusalem would become the capital of the palestinian state, and west jerusalem would become the capitol of israel. >> although that wasn't one the seven pointed. >> shared jerusalem. >> oh really? >> yes. >> okay. at least not here. >> it's not listed there. i'm sure it's in the -- >

they were incredibly important in the israeli-palestinian peace process.y provided us with a great deal of intelligence and help. so i can understand that side of the equation, but there was a failure to realize that a sophisticated, educated freedom- yearning people, sooner or later, were going to demand their rights. by the way, my hindsight is 20/20. >> schieffer: this whole question of the muslim brotherhood, do you think the muslim brotherhood should be a part of the negotiations leading toward these reforms? should they be a part of the new government? >> i think that's up to the egyptian people and government. i'm very concerned about a lot of the behavior of the muslim brotherhood, and a lot of the positions they have taken, including their failure to recognize israel's right to exist. so i'm very worried about it. the best way to ensure that no extremist element hijacks this election is to have a free and fair election that is truly transparent, that brings in all the democratic forces and factors in egypt into this process. and voter education ha

. >> and do you expect any israelis or palestinians to be there? >> i am looking at the schedule and i am not seeing any meetings. i am not anticipating any meetings from israelis or palestinians. >> is this good encouraging news that the policy has the wedding for a number of years? as far as police are concerned, do they need u.s. help to fight those elements? >> they have not made any determination of what the fate will be of those facing deportation. >> i think the investigation is still ongoing. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> the egyptian vice president said that the unrest in this country is being caused by outside forces. he was interviewed on state run television. our coverage is courtesy of al- jazeera. >> we are passing through a defining moment. they have demands that are acceptable. these demands were examined and we met with some of the youth who had raised these demands. these were put to examination in order to respond to them. i regret to say, on mon

middle east peace process with the palestinians now saying they will reassess their role in the talks and it's the first veto used by the obama administration the israelis and palestinians have been long time enemies both of those who are desperate to save their children because it takes a back seat and israeli clinic is saving the sounds of youngsters lives for many for many neighboring countries even those who have had tense relations with. paul. every our way is touch and go for fourteen months i don't know whose little heart was born with a hole in it for the operation in this hospital my son would have died and in the next ward fourteen year old one yell who was almost did when she was wheeled in one of five iraqi children flown from baghdad to a month and then driven across the border to jerusalem she was almost that she was so sick that you could not walk very talk she was very blue these parents faced the most difficult decision of their lives bring their children to israel a country at war with ease and risk punishment and even death back home or prepare for the alternative possibly losing their child initially it was a very difficult for them