to some zone lot and later in this program we'll be hearing from the editor in chief of the jerusalem post yack of cats but 1st joining me now from tel aviv is the 10th prime minister of israel ehud barak who also served as defense minister from 27 to 2030 and former presidents a thanks so much for coming on before we talk about anything i suppose we must talk about the lockdown in israel perhaps the 1st 2nd lockdown in the world to your prime minister netanyahu saying that your country is on the edge of an abyss what do you make of the situation every major critic of of the prime minister of police is on this issue we have went through the 1st 2 a very effectively but then. we gave both posed for half a year and nothing had been done to improve the capacity that the capacity of the world. and to deploy damages the plan of israel which is there for all for 13 years now emergency plan for a wall and made jaw earthquake or a pandemic and instead of implementing these. emergency plan the prime minister told thaw in order to enter now we are paying the price for. the chances of these down to w

decided to end the interview there well joining me now for more is the editor in chief of the jerusalem post jack of cats check of thanks for coming back and we just spoke to former prime minister morocco before he left is a shadow strike do you think being prepared on iran like the one you wrote about on syria when barak was defense minister well i think that israel is always preparing for the possibility that there might one military action against iran's nuclear facilities there's no doubt that if you were 20000 you. would pose a threat of an extension of nature to the fact that i told this don't hate her readiness or or desire $28.00 this are off the map so israel would have to have that capability in place but i don't think we're there yet because i suppose the context of why iran might want to retaliate is assassination because i'm still a money they may ram accords all manner of differ. geo political developments obviously iran denies any military nuclear capability do you think and i know you've been really critical of netanyahu he's actually become quite a good prime minister in you

has a lot and later in this program we'll be hearing from the editor in chief of the jerusalem post yack of cats but 1st joining me now from tel aviv is the 10th prime minister of israel ehud barak who also served as defense minister from 27 to 2030 and former province effects so much for coming on before we talk about anything i suppose we must talk about the lockdown in israel perhaps the 1st 2nd lockdown in the world your prime minister netanyahu saying that your country is on the edge of an abyss what do you make of the situation every major critic of of the girth.

was a lot and later in this program we'll be hearing from the editor in chief of the jerusalem post yaakov caps but 1st joining me now from tel aviv is the 10th prime minister of israel ehud barak who also served as defense minister for 27 to 2013 former presidents effects so much for coming on before we talk about anything i suppose we must talk about the lockdown in israel perhaps the 1st 2nd lockdown in the world your prime minister netanyahu saying that your country is on the edge of an abyss what do you make of the situation every major critical of the. prime ministers politicians on this issue we have went through the 1st 2 a very effectively but then. we gave our self a pose for half a year and nothing had been done to improve the capacity double probably the capacity of those. and to deploy them urgency plan of israel which is therefore for 13 years now emergency plan for a war may jaw else quake or a pandemic and instead of implementing these. emergency plan the prime minister chose to loosen all the all the constraints and now we are paying the price for it the chances of these l

often is the chief political correspondent for the jerusalem post he says an election would be a referendum on netanyahu the public that wants to get rid of nets and you know that wants to get rid of benny gantz and wants a government that could function and has no hope that the current government could function is absolutely overjoyed that israel is going to elections the rest of the population is just upset at going to elections for the 4th time in 2 years of course there are cabinet ministers who would love the election to be about the economy or about the health crisis but no it's going to be out about it's you know how and whether people want him to remain in power and that's what our last 3 elections have been about where we've definitely fallen into personality politics here in israel and it's you know i was facing 3 criminal indictments and blue and white wanted to protect the rule of law prevents you know from bypassing it. number of people killed by india's polluted air rose last year more than 1600000 people died as a result of toxic air and 29000 according to the medical journal

the jerusalem post said he was the only spy to receive a life sentence for spying on america. is there any concern that this would send a bad message? >> there has always been concern about the way the pollard case has been handled because of the u.s. alliance with israel and strong support on capitol hill for israel and what israel wants. that said, unofficially, intelligence officials are not at all happy. this sends a terrible signal. it's another case of president trump sending benjamin netanyahu an election gift. three times now, we've seen in the four elections that he's barely won these last three times, he's gotten last-minute help from the president of the united states. just two years ago, it was the annexation, this year, it was the peace agreements. you've seen time after time, help to netanyahu when he gets into trouble. he keeps squeaking through in very tightly fought elections, which are then decided when the opposition can't control the parliament. this time, his government fell over a budget dispute, and he's facing his fourth election in as many years. it's

so why now well, he told the jerusalem post that for years now unidentified flying objects have asked not to publish they are here because humanity is not ready. he insisted president trump is aware and was on the verge of disclosing their existence but didn't after being asked not to. no comment from the white house but twitter is having its say. one person tweeting this photo with the caption trump's space force meeting the galactic federation aliens for the first time and another, it all makes sense now, the utah monolith is the work of the galactic federation. >>> here on earth a young man making a fortune off of scorpions and a shaw shank redemption as we go around the world in 80 seconds. >>> peru police discover a 200 yard tunnel leading to a prison on the outskirts of limb ma the goal to help inmates escape. investigators say it would have taken six months to build. they add $500,000 worth of drug money. >>> egypt, call this man the scorpion king. he owns about 80,000 of them but he gets big return on the creepy crawly investments he sells scorpion venom for $10,000 a single g

agreement has been plagued by infighting hoffman is the chief political correspondent for the jerusalem post and joins me now from west jerusalem good to have you on al-jazeera again i mean all the public ready in israel for a full general election what is need public that wants to get rid of netanyahu that wants to get rid of benny gantz and wants a government that could function and has no hope that the current government could function is absolutely overjoyed that israel is going to elections the rest of the population is just upset at going to elections for the 4th time in 2 years so who are the viable alternatives if they don't want netanyahu and they don't want guns while they're there are other figures that are running could use the name get on solder he ran against it and you know within that he could a year ago this week and lost badly and now has left netanyahu as the good party for his own party and that presents a formidable challenge that it's running 2nd in the polls right now but our opposition leader your laputa he also believes you can unite much of the political map and the

man is the chief political correspondent for the jerusalem post he says an election would be a referendum on netanyahu. the public that wants to get rid of nets and you know that wants to get rid of benny gantz and wants a government that could function and has no hope that the current government could function is absolutely overjoyed that israel is going to elections the rest of the population is just upset at going to elections for the 4th time in 2 years of course there are cabinet ministers who would love the election to be about the economy or about the health crisis but no it's going to be out about needs and you know how and whether people want him to remain in power and that's what our last 3 elections have been about and we're we've definitely fallen into personality politics here in israel and that's i mean i was facing 3 criminal indictments and blue and white wanted to protect the rule of law prevents you know from bypassing it. prevents you know from having involvement in choosing the next state's attorney and then after that the next attorney general. has hope of an end to t