and this is true in the case of israel, as well, the government of israel, any government.incidentally, discussed this with meshaal, not once, but several times, face to face, and asked him whether he would be part of a government that recognizes the state of israel, and he says -- and he said, "yes, provided" -- they had a proviso -- he said, "provided that the palestinian public approves that policy." and he repeated to me the fact that -- he said, "you're absolutely right." he says, "people ask us will we recognize the state of israel, and will we affirm that it's legitimately a jewish state." he said, "no, we won't do that. but we have never said that we will not serve in a government that has public support for that position, that we will not serve in such a government." but a more important point to be made here -- and this is why these distinctions are so dishonest -- the state of israel does not recognize a palestinian state, which is to say there are parties in netanyahu's government -- very important parties, not marginal parties -- including his own, the likud, t

[applause] ladies and gentlemen, as israel's children huddle in bomb shelters and israel's iron dome missile defense knocked hamas rockets out of the sky, the profound moral difference between israel and hamas couldn't have been clearer. israel was using its missiles to protect its children. hamas was using its children to protect its missiles. [applause] >> by investigating israel rather than hamas for war crimes, the u.n. human rights council has betrayed its noble mission to protect the innocent. in fact what it's doing is to turn the laws of war upside down. israel which took unprecedented steps to middl minimize civilian casualties. hamas is given a pass. thus sending a clear message to terrorists everywhere. use civilians as a human shield. use them again and again and again. and you know why? because sadly, it works! by granting international legitimacy to the use of human shields, the u.n. human rights council has thus become a terrorist rights council. and it will have repercussions. it probably already has. about the use of civilians as human shields. it's not just our inte

the people of israel are not occupiers in the land of israel. history, archaeology and common sense, all make clear that we have had a singular attachment to this land for over 3,000 years. i want peace because i want to create a better future for my people. you about it must be a genuine peace. one that is chord in mutual recognition and enduring security arrangements. rock-solid security arrangements on the ground. because you see, israel withdraws from lebanon and gaza, created two militant islamic enclaves on our borders for which tens of thousands of rockets have been fired at israel. and these sobering experiences heightens israel's security concerns regarded potential territorial concessions in the future. now, those security concerns are even greater today. just look around you. the middle east is in chaos. states are disintegrating. and militant islamists are filling the void. israel could not have territories from which it withdraws taken over by islamic militants yet again as happened in gaza and lebanon. that would place the likes of

israel's security.cause of these ongoing issues. so unless the political issues can be resolved, i can't imagine that it's not just simply a question of technical capacity. >> i didn't see the editorial, but the way you presented it sounds not very realistic to me either. there is one area that more shoes on the ground than boots on the ground, but in terms of the crossings between israel and egypt and gaza, there's a security role in terms of -- this could address the blockade issue. no if you had international armed force, but a team of experts who could be monitoring for the transit of arms or military equipment of military use toub arranging for dual use items and would basically allow everything else in. and obviously that force, whatever its particular complex, would have to have the confidence of israel and whoever you're dealing with on the palestinian side. that was attempted in the past where the european union was supposed to provide those elements and basically there ended up being, as i rec

the people of israel are not occupiers in the land of israel. history archeology and commonsense all make clear that we have had a singular attachment to this land for over 3,000 years. i want peace because i want to create a better future for my people but it must be a general went peace, one that is anchored in mutual recognition and enduring security arrangements, rock solid security arrangements on the ground. because, you see, israel withdrawals from lebanon and gaza created two militant islamic enclaves on our borders from which tens and thousands of rockets have been fired at israel. and these sobering experiences heighten's israel's security concerns regarded potential territorial concessions in the future. now, those security concerns are even greater today. just look around you. the middle east is in chaos. states are disintegrating and militant islamists are filling the void. israel cannot have territories from which it withdraws taken over by islamic militants yet again, as happened in gaza and lebanon. that would place the likes of

so to the extent that a closer bond with egypt helps israel get into the that group than i think israel is going to try to play that angle as hard as it can. i am not sure how feasible it is. i think netanyahu thinks he has a stronger than he actually does. but between that and the fact that israel has lots of natural gas to sell and signed an mou this week with jordan that was worth $15 billion, i believe. and they are looking to do something similar with egypt. between energy and regional dynamic and betwene a joint desire between egypt and israel to limit hamas' influence, i think netanyahu and his government will try to get as close to egypt as they can. >> thank you. i think we have about 20, 25 minutes left. going to the audience for questions now. please identify yourself, your affiliation, and keep the question short and ask the question in the form of a question, please. >> i am jim. i don't know if any of you read the op-ed piece by former ambassador kirkser. he was the former u.s. ambassador to israel during the first bush ii administration. his proposal was twofold. one was

israel's top diplomat. he remembers just cleared of ties, cleared of various charges relating to his mafia ties, by the way. some people when it was to testify against him because they mysteriously disappeared and now he has reemerged as one of the most popular politicians in israel. we are in 2009 still. lieberman campaigned on a very important platform. he ran ads over and over declaring no loyalty, no citizenship. in other words, if you fail to declare loyalty to the jewish state, you will be stripped of their citizenship rights in this apply to the 20% of the israeli public who are not, powys indian citizens of israel. and these laws of liebermann moved to fulfill his promise as he entered the knesset as the third-largest party in coalition with other account or members of the crew and word from benjamin netanyahu who supported an initiative was passed to require all of the citizens of israel to swear loyalty to the jewish and democratic state. a loyalty oath. these loyalty oaths was first introduced in

certainly, you know, israel -- the relationship between israel and the u.s.- is a lot more complex, complicated, tight, whatever word you want to use than the u.s.'s relationship with other countries. and so, there's a lot more -- a lot more back and forth and this red line gets tested far more often. but i certainly wouldn't say that in general netanyahu and other more main stream politicians in israeli right don't care about the u.s. position at all. it's more a matter of testing the boundaries. >> this gentleman here in the blue shirt. wait for the mike, please. >> i'm a retired judge. my main question is, when you talk about two factions among the palestinians. is one faction a plo or fatah or the authority in favor of two states and hamas is not, is opposed to that, you're only talking about the surface here. the fact of the matter is, whether you would agree with me or not on how abbas feels about it, most of the palestinians believe that he is in favor only of a temporary two states and eventually they will take over the other state. so it's a matter o

israel. oklahoma residents wonder if the attack could have been influenced by muslim extremism. >> my son was raised in a loving home. >> two women who say their relatives come to his defense. >> there's two sides to every story. and we're only hearing one. >> reporter: oklahoma police reveal that nolen has a hefty rap sheet. >> if there had been any way to know the things that he is alleged to have done a couple of days ago, i would have killed him when i had the opportunity. >> reporter: deborah feyerick, cnn, new york. >> if you look at nolen's facebook page, it certainly seems to fit the criteria for the kinds of things that the homeland security department has been warning law enforcement officials to watch out for. i want to give you a sampling from his post just since december. multiple pictures of guns and bazookas, pictures of explosions, multiple pictures of dead and bloody babies, picture of a partial beheading, picture of guns a. picture of a woman being whipped or caned. a pictur

israel.e come here to speak about the dangers we face and about the opportunities we seek. i've come here to expose the brazen lies spoken from this very podium against my country and against the brave soldiers who defend it. ladies and gentlemen, the people of israel pray for peace. but our hopes and the world's hopes for peace are in danger because everywhere we look, militant islam is on the march. it's not militants. it's not islam. it's militant islam. and typically, its first victims are other muslims but it spares no one. christians, jews, kurds, no creed, no faith, no ethnic group is beyond its sights. and it's rapidly spreading in every part of the world. you know the famous american saying, all politics is local? for the militant islamists, all politics is global because their ultimate goal is to dominate the world. now, that threat might seem exaggerated to some since it starts out small, like a cancer that attacks a particular part of the body. but left unchecked, the cancer grows

the people of israel are not occupiers in the land of israel. history, archaeology and common sense all make clear that we have had a singular attachment to this land for over 3000 years. i want peace because i want to create a better future for my people. it must be a genuine peace. one that is anchored in mutual recognition and enduring security arrangements, rocksolid security arrangements on the ground. israel withdraws from lebanon and gaza created enclaves on our borders for which tens of thousands of rockets have been fired at israel. these sobering experiences heightens israel's security concerns regarding concessions in the future. those security concerns are even greater today. just look around you. the middle east is in chaos. states are disintegrating. militant islamists are filling the void. israel cannot have territories for which it withdraws taken over by islamic militants yet again as happened in gaza and lebanon. that would place the likes of isis within a few miles of 80% of our population. think about that. the distance betwe

this is the official position of the government of israel. the future proposed by the israeli government for the palestinian people is at best isolated ghettos for palestinians on fragmented borders and without sovereignty with natural resources, which will be under the subjugation of the settlers, and army of the occupation and at worst will be a most abhorrent form. some of them say, where is the state of palestine? these are the characteristics that they intend for the state of palestine. israel has confirmed in the course of negotiations that it projects making peace with its victims, the palestinian people. this has been done to giveridge michigan to the conflict, in the curriculum and seas of laws and practices and the occupation and it's settlers. in the despicable, appalling crime. committed months ago by fascist settlers who abducted the young there, burned him alive, and killed him then. this reminds them of something else in history. over the past years, the occupying power has also pursued a policy aimed at deliberately detaining

the people of israel are not occupiers in the land of israel. history, and theology and common sense all make clear that we have had a singleullar are attachment to the land over 3,000 years. i want peace because i want to create a better future for my people, but it must be a genuine peace and one that is anchored in mutual recognition and endowering security arrangements on the ground. because you see, israel withdraws from lebanon and gaza created two military enclaves on our boards from which tens of thousands of rockets have been fired at israel and these sobering statistics regarding territorial concessions in the future. security concerns are greater today. just look around you. the middle east is in chaos and states are descentgreating. and israel cannot have territory from which it withdraws taken over by islamic militants that happen in gaza and lebanon. that would place the likes of isis within mortar range of 80 percent of our population. now think about that. the distance between the 1967 lines and suburbs of tel aviv is like the u.

so to the extent that a closer bond with egypt helps israel get into the that group than i think israels going to try to play that angle as hard as it can. i am not sure how feasible it is. i think netanyahu thinks he has a stronger than he actually does. but between that and the fact that israel has lots of natural gas to sell and signed an mou this week with jordan that was worth $15 billion, i believe. and they are looking to do something similar with egypt. between energy and regional dynamic and betwene a joint desire between egypt and israel to limit hamas' influence, i think netanyahu and his government will try to get as close to egypt as they can. >> thank you. i think we have about 20, 25 minutes left. going to the audience for questions now. please identify yourself, your affiliation, and keep the question short and ask the question in the form of a question, please. >> i am jim. i don't know if any of you read the op-ed piece by former ambassador kirkser. he was the former u.s. ambassador to israel during the first bush ii administration. his proposal was twofold. one was to

it's a big thing in israel. i'm sure that 50 years ago, most of the people in israel would say stick, do not run, cowards run away. but we are a different country now, we're a much more open country. and people have to be responsible for themselves. and my point is if you are responsible to your own life, you take your own life and throughout your own judgment perspectives and responsibility you are more resilient. if you wait to tell you what to do, where to go, this whole consent of evacuation i prefer the notion of self-evacuation to the notion, to the planning of organized evacuation. we have plans for organized evacuation in israel. because even a title to it, everything in israel has a title. you probably would have an acronym for that. >> we have ak nisms for everything. >> exactly. and it was not enforced. you probably know about those plans. thousand take them, where to host them, how to provide them with food, people know how to do it best. and again, it's a free country. free country gives e freedom t

i'm concentrating on this only on the rocket assault on israel and israel's responses mainly active defense responses. we have two charts. which look very similar but this one, the left one is released by the defense forces in and the right one is released by thomas. it's interesting how the graphics are the same. except notice the hamas palestine does not exist here and all the provinces of the military palestine. however if you look at the classification they show hamas and us show short-term rockets at 10 kilometers and let me say here what does short-range medium range of long-range main? it's completely different in american terms and the city of gaza one of the main cities of israel is exactly the distance from dulles airport to where we are right now. so that is an israel medium range. everything is on a microscopic scale. we are talking about sizes and kilometers of cities. long-range again 70 or 80 kilometers about the distance of baltimore from here and about 160 kilometers. very quickly let me go over the dash and you can see the rockets in libya are from -- arsenals of gadhafi.

an aljazeera exclusive, missing the chance to have israel investigated for war crimes. oscar pistorius, weeks in court as the judge rules that he's not guilty of murder. but the final verdict has not been handed down. and emergency teams get vital aid across south asia. thousands are still not rescued. the u.s. president has set out his plan for taking on the islamic state group in iraq and syria. barack obama's strategy includes airstrikes in both countries. plus sending more troops to iraq to advise iraqi forces. >> the counter terrorism strategy. >> it's approached toward either target from yemen to afghanistan and pakistan, obama promised to irradicates is through airstrikes and proxy wars in iraq and syria. >> we will not allow american combat troops fighting on american soil. this counter terrorism campaign will be waged through a steady, relentless effort to take out isil wherever they exist through our air power, and forces on the ground. >> but it's a strategy that analysts say is unclear at best. >> eliminating it them a terrorism organize, there's the syrian

was a pro israel fanatic. his facebook morning. and his words he would like to cut my throat. and saw a man who says it like to cut your throat and then dresses for the occasional an israel defense force. on the street near where you live has probably a serious intention to do you harm. and you can watch in the now for the latest stories that you won't find in the mainstream media the show airs monday to friday here on r.t. international. now as your dog

israel which took unprecedented steps to minimize casualties, israel is condemned.amas that both target and hid behind civilians, that's a double war crime. hamas is given a pass. the human rights council is sending a message to terrorists everywhere. use civilians as a human shield. use them again and again and again. you know why? because sadly it works. by granding international legitimacy to the use of human shields, the un human rights council has become a terrorist rights council. it will have repercussions. it probably already has. about the use of civilians as human shields. it's not just our interests, not just our values under attack, it's your interest and values. we live in a world steeped in tyranny terror where gays are hanged from cranes in tehran, political prisoners are executed in gaza, young girls are abducted en masse in nigeria and hundreds of thousands are butchered in syria and libya and iraq. nearly half, nearly half of the un human rights council resolution focus on a single country have been directed against israel. the true democracy in th

support for israel and opposition to my views on israel and then. punches and kicks which he's admitted in court today though he has pled not guilty to the charge that it was religiously aggravated and in any case the judge has referred it to a much higher court because his sentencing powers one not sufficient amount has been denied bail so he will spend some weeks now in prison before this matter comes back to court. was a pro israel fanatic his facebook morning contained his words that he would like to cut my throat. a man who says he'd like to cut your throat and then dresses for the occasion in an israel defense force. and ends up on the street. has probably a serious intention to do you harm its own president in recent times britain is not really the kind of country were law makers legislators members of parliament are savagely attacked in this way. certainly not when they are six times elected twenty seven years in parliament and having just turned sixty i'm sorry to say we asked our audience if they had questions for you they did indeed have

in just a moment and this is al jazeera live from doha and also ahead palestinian activists accuse israelthe biggest land grab in 30 years of building a new settlement in the occupied west bank. police in hong kong useed pepper spray demanding free elections. the white flag of retreat and they pull back as separatists continue to make gains on the battlefield. ♪ pakistan's prime minister and the army chief are meeting to discuss a security situation in the capitol islamabad. pressure is mounting on him with thousands of occupying the streets calling for his resignation. earlier protesters managed to briefly over run the state broadcaster and they moved in and followed orders to leave the facility but many protesters are still intent on this after three days of clashing with police. we are live in islamabad for us with the very latest and let's begin with this important meeting with the prime minister and the army chief. what is likely to come out of it and any signs of the protesters backing down? >> well, no one knows what is going to come out of this meeting but it's a meeting because i

¿quÉ le gustarÍa negociar con israel?n este conflicto mÁs reciente, cuando hay 2200 muertos incluyendo muchos niÑos, mujeres, ancianos, diez mil heridos, enorme destrucciÓn causada por las fuerzas armadas de israel, la fuerza aÉrea, fuerzas terrestres, no creo que se pueda hablar de que alguna parte saliÓ como ganadora. israel no saliÓ como ganador, la destrucciÓn causada en la franja de gaza no indica los palestinos hayan salido airosos, pero la pregunta no es esa, jorge, la pregunta es quÉ es lo que va a hacer la comunidad internacional para asegurarse que esta violencia no se repita. mi respuesta, como te decÍa antes, es trabajar en aras de una resoluciÓn pacÍfica del conflicto para que los palestinos puedan vivir en libertad y dignidad. >> ¿le preocupa isis, que se extienda en la regiÓn, que se extienda a otros paÍses ademÁs de irak y siria? >> estoy preocupado por estas fuerzas en irak y en siria. estÁn actuando en nombre del islamismo. el islamismo es una religiÓn muy tolerante que respeta los derechos de las minorÍ

they cannot cross into israel for work or to go to the west bank. and the only exist is through egypt where people spend days at the border. i felt like i le another country, you know? >> you went to another country. >> so you think i did the right thing? >> oh, forget it. >> forget it? >> yeah. >> they'll lynch you. you know? because they don't have too many trees. i don't know where they'll handing you from. >> i'm always eager to come here because this is my home. and then when i go back, i take with me a lot of guilt leaving these people behind. >> when are we going to get to the humane level? people should be incensed. not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe that rather than

then israel is ready to speak.think it's a one message that the government is taking. the only excuse that netanyahu has is the kidnapping remainder of the three teenagers three months ago, this is a horrible incident and something that everyone should condom but it's not in sentiment and taking land under despite between israelis and palestinians. >> tell us about the area because apparently it's a plot that israel has been denying for sometime now and it's part of the settler system, what impact do you think the appropriation of this area will have on palestinian's access to the west bank? >> actually the land is very close to the border between israel and palestine and it's of course on the other side of the border on the west bank and this is a place and under dispute. it's a very strategic area because for israelis it will connect some of the sentiment in south jerusalem and palestinian and land to allow them to expand and expand their village's and south to jerusalem. it's a very strategic place. the only way

president johnson wanted me to tell you israel will guaranty israel won't do it. at that time of history, king hussein was not as strong as he was in later life. he became a very strong buy. he was weak. and he went to his other arab leaders, including nasser, the president of the egypt. he said nothing doing, man. i'm sure they are more articulate than i am. they didn't say nothing dog, they said no, you win with us. the war started. israel attacked egypt and syria. just like that. ruined their air forces, totally they didn't touch jordan that first day. but jordan sent in its tanks across the west bank into israel proper and they attacked jordan. and that is how israel got what is called the west bank. >> host: we've been talking with pepperdine university professor, bruce herschensohn. his book, obama's globe, a president abandonment of u.s. allies around the world. you're watching booktv on c-span2. >> you're watching booktv, television for serious readers. you can watch any program you see here online at booktv.org. >> now he never heard of him and i did a li

israel declared 900 acres of land near bethlehem state owned. israel says it's not new land. last near they issued bids for 1,000 buildings on site. >> translation: we were surprised in the everywhearly h the morning, when the israeli administration put signs in the area. declaring apropry eights of thous -- appropriation for the benefit of three villages. >>> united states asked israel to reverse the decision. the decision was described as counterproductive of a negotiated 2-state solution. palestinian activists expressed outrage. >> the declaration of expansion of settlement by the israeli government is significant. we don't remember such a big announcement in the last one or two decades. this is a stab in the back of abbas and the moderate people. instead of strengthening the palestinian authority versus hamas, israelis are showing the other side, and actually, in a uni lateral move, expanding activity and destroying the chance for renegotiation. >> now, to iraq, where there has been more advances by iraqi forces against islamic state group. the town of sula mine bake whic

israel will stand proud and unbowed. >> ladies and gentlemen, despite the challenges facing israel, i believe we have an historic opportunity. after decades of seeing israel as their enemy, leading states in the arab world increasingly recognize that together we and they face many of the same dangers. and principally this means a nuclear armed iran and militant islamist movements gaining ground in the sunni world. our challenge is to transform the common interests to create a productive partnership. that would build a more secure, peaceful, and prosperous mideast. together we can strengthen regional security and advance in water and agriculture and transportation and health and energy in so many fields. i believe the partnership between us can also help facilitate peace between israel and the palestinians. many have long assumed that they can help facilitate between israel and the arab world. but these days i think it may work the other way around. namely, that a broader or small between israel and the arab world may help facilitate an israely and palestinian piece. we must look to ca

conversamos con el embajador de israel en washington, conversamos con el embajador de israel en washington de mi vida! nice'n easy. irradia luz naturalmente con tu mejor color. >> el gobierno de israel y los palestinos en gaza llegaron esta semana a un cese al fuego despuÉs de 50 dÍas de guerra. sin embargo, los resultados han sido terribles para ambos lados: por el lado palestino mÁs de dos mil palestinos murieron, por el lado de israel 64 soldados y seis civiles. la pregunta es si este cese al fuego va a durar y bajo quÉ condiciones. nos acompaÑa para hablar de todo esto el embajador de israel en washington, el sr. ron dermer. embajador dermer, gracias por hablar con nosotros. >> gracias por invitarme. >> y le pregunto: la tregua de ahora se parece mucho a la del 2012, ¿cuÁl es la diferencia está vez? >> la gran diferencia es quiÉn estÁ del otro lado en gaza y en egipto. despuÉs de la primera ronda de lucha fueron ocho dÍas de combate, considerablemente menos que ahora. logramos un cese de fuego, pero del lado de egipto tenemos al gobierno de morsi, que es miembro de la hermandad musulma

israel always fights its own battles. and in my book "terror tunnels" i explain how difficult it is for israel to fight these fights because the international community turns against it. my message is if you support the united states going after isis why do you not support israel going after hamas? they're pursuing the same strategy. israel has a better record of avoiding civilian casualties. and hamas poses a greater immediate danger to israel than isis poses to the united states. >> and you always think that hamas gets a pass. but you remind everyone that they too are bent on annihilation just the way isis is. >> not only that, they are bent on forming an islamic caliphate, the same as isis. they murder as many people. they don't behead, but what they do is murder children in their bed like the fogle family, kidnap young children on the way home from school and murder them. and if israel didn't have the iron dome, they would have killed thousands of people during this war. and yet the united states thankfully and israel

he came to israel.sally came to israel one day after the elections of may 17, 1977, which brought, seemed to be a sea change in israeli leadership. because after 30 years of one party being reelected to govern, and the last prime minister then was yitzhak rabin, blessed memory. here is a new prime minister being elected, menachem begin. and sam -- come to it in a moment, had to go with a new legal arena, new political reality. and, of course, just a few months earlier a new administration was inaugurated here in washington, president carter's administration. so there was a huge, awesome job to be done. and sam -- and i knew sam from june i said because in june, the government, the new government was formed, and they were offered the position of foreign minister. i worked with him earlier and he asked me to become his assistant. and so in june 1977 i moved from the defense ministry to the foreign ministry, and in a day or two he makes sam and i attend. dennis read from ambassador shapiro's remarks. is to

we have residents from the occupied territories here as well as arabs from israel.nd something can develop between the arabs and the jews in the wing. we have wings that are mixed with both minorities, and this could be the start of it. >> while rimonim is always braced for violence, officials say, they control it by not only accommodating religious and ethnic customs, but by trying to make life relatively comfortable for its inmates. shoti, a palestinian muslim, serving life for murder, has done time at five other israeli prisons prior to rimonim. >> translator: when i came to this prison, i felt like i was in a hotel compared with where i have been previously. we have everything. nothing is lacking. we have a television. we have a radio, a cd player, dvds, fans, shelves, there is a cabinet where we put all our clothes. a shower. nothing is lacking. >> rimonim has both two-man and six-man cells, all of which more resemble college dormitories than american prison cells. and while most american inmates are not allowed to bring personal items beyond wedding bands or r

without any obligation to any with with israel -- peace israel.h this distance between the positions, successive cease-fires did not hold out. egypt brokered a onse-fire that took hold august 26. on.s still holding discussion about whether it will continue. let me express that this discussion about engagement come an air campaign, and a ground campaign on both sides. i am skipping all of this and on israel'srate responses. two charts which look very similar. the left one is israel defense forces. masse -- one is en hamas. this is palestine, not israel. israel does not exist here. if you look at the medium-rangen, 20-40. it is completely different in american terms. the city of gaza to one of the main cities of israel is exactly the distance from dallas airport to where we are right now. .hat is in israel, medium-range everything is microscopic scale. long-range is something that kilometers.aviv, 70 about 160 is kilometers. those are the classifications. let me go over the type of rockets. libya are fromn gaddafi. rockets -- the homemade rockets ar

life went on with some limitations in most of israel. about 95% of israel.safeguarded the international links. therp safeguarded and secured daily life. i could see functioning under fire. it could be done. this was political, tremendous political meaning. israeli government had the lead off. it was pleasured by funerals and by damage to important cities. it could carry on the military in the diplomatic field. and i think that personally, and all the people in israel, are indebted. all the team that created, engineering and cost effectiveness. when you fire a thing like that at $50,000, think about that, $50,000. about the price of a new car in israel, not in the united states. it is practically nothing. think about the cost of one apartment is $500,000 that you save. also i need to mention these air defense command. my friends 24/7, working around the clock to secure the defense of israel. i again wish to congratulate nato for the successful performance of patriot. i think i want to express my feeling and the feeling of gratitude of everyone in israel i kno

israel. while the rhetoric has changed dramatically out of tehran since rouhani replaced ahmadinejad, and it seems to me rouhani has extended himself to say we are not holocaust deniers. we do not want to wipe israel off the face of the map. i still won wanted to ask you, for those that would be curious, what would -- assume the u.s. and iran do reach a kind of reproachment now. is it possible to imagine iran any one day recognizing the state of israel? if that is not possible, its possible to imagine iran not protesting the existence of the state of israel? is there a possible compromise there? >> first of all, warren, tell me what is the change in israeli position during ahmadinejad and rouhani? the israeli position has remained the same. therefore it doesn't matter if someone in iran denies holocaust or condemns holocaust. it is just some instrument to use and play against iran in international public opinion, to play with the image of iran. otherwise, just tell me, any changes in the posi

of israel. they haven't done it so far. they haven't done it so far they continue settlement activize. the legal status in the united nations, since 2012, in accordance with the rules is we are a state under occupation. we are like korea, philippines, belgium, holland, norway, france, and the world war ii, under the japanese and german occupations. israel has a choice, the choice is settlements or peace. they can't have both. occupation or peace. they cannot have both. they'll be full responsibility, authority, and they allow the palestinian authority to take the palestinian people from occupation within a specified time frame. >> settlements or peace, you can't have both. what if israel says, as binyamin netanyahu as said. we are not leaving the settlement. we will not do that. >> okay. he's occupying power, and will show his responsibility, and i cannot elaborate further. the status quo no more. business as usual, no more. i'm not in any position it threaten anyone. all i want to do, all we wa

in israel military casualties have in norman's impact on public opinion. at the recent war has shown to most you cannot win wars only from the air. what hamas did, they dug tunnels. tunnels cannot be destroyed by bombs. israel deployed ground forces then there was debate as to what extent they should be deployed. but the real question is what is the goal of this war against islamic states. to destroy it, and then what? to rebuild the iraqi states? rebuild syrian states? this is the main question. you can destroy isis and then comes another organization to run this area. >> what comes first? >> the destruction of isis cannot be a goal in its self. >> it is the expectation. the president was anxious to have a government that showed some interest in inclusion before he announced airstrikes in a significant way. >> you can't do that in syria. we don't know what happens in syria. obviously,splits up many would like to see a sod -- assad gone. the country may go at any direction. he raises a great question here. if you don't have control of the ultimate outcome,

what role is israel playing. ? alan dershowitz, renowned lawyer" terror tunnels, israel's just war against hamas." thank you. you learned that israel provided on the ground intelligence for the strikes. what kind of role is israel playing behind the scenes? >> first has to be behind the scenes. the united states wants to project the impression that it is working with suni arab nations. of course the united states is doing virtually all of the firing from the air, all of the air power. izzy hall is providing satellite imaging but ground intelligence that is absolutely essential. and identifying, the areas where, where, these fighters are hiding out. also, israel providing, logistical support in terms of isis hiding fighters among civilians. in my book, terror tunnels. i talk of hamas's dead baby strategy, it uses human shield, to hold up unfortunately killed civilians. isis is going to be doing the same thing. the united states is going to have to tailor its military responses from the air to the reality that there

they called to have israel investigated for war crimes. investigate has found at the last hurdle they chose not to sign on. mike is standing by for us in ramallah, the investigative unit is in the hague. and here first is the special report. >> reporter: more than 2,100 palestinians, most civilians and many children, were killed. [ explosion ] >> reporter: more than 70 israel list nearly all of them soldiers also parished. following attacks on u.n. shelters, the secretary general condemned israel's actions. >> these attacks were outrageous and unjustifiable. >> reporter: in the midst of the punishing israeli assault on gaza, appeals were made to the palestinian authority to once and for all exercise its rel non-violent rights, and join the international criminal court or icc, such a move could have triggered a formal investigation into whether both parties committed war crimes during this conflict. this court filing submitted by a french law firm is a complaint made by the palestinian general prosecutor. 12 days later, the palestinian auth

israel has provided a model. it's never perfect, for how to do this. hamas imbeds fighters amongst civilians. israel, therefore, has to take great precautions, and give warnings, and have to have bomblets that knock on the roof, and civil 2,000 people were killed. america is going to cop front the same -- confront the same situation. i.s.i.s. is getting front. they are embedding fighters amongst civilians, and use hostages as human shields, we have to figure out how to get civilians. >> you have no problem with targetting assassination. >> as long as they are combatants. doesn't matter if they are american or not. as long as they are combatants, they are legitimate targets. the only question is can you kill or cabinet them without too many civilian casualties. if you can, that's the way to go. clinton regrets maybe not having got osama bin laden in the 1990, when he may have prevented 9/11. >> his concern then was if he had gone after osama bin laden, he would have killed the number of civilians, that is the challenge - i'm not sure if that is the best