the world stop syria from going through this these convulsions i'm not sure i can ok professor joshua landis thanks for your expert opinion there from the center of the mideast studies at the university of oklahoma good of you to program a pleasure. focusing on israel now for a bit showy thousands there have taken industrial action in tel aviv this weekend in protest against the government the strikes followed the whole weekend of massive demonstrations over rising house prices and escalating cost of living people are demanding social justice and better working conditions dottie's policy is there for us following the latest in tel aviv. israelis are mobilizing on the streets of tel aviv tonight in my day for a demonstration against the government although the numbers on might seem to reach the tens of pounds and that witnessed over the years the demonstration is much the same as it has been over the past two the top meets the minds mobilize on line the grievances against these may be government's economic policies of course but these may be prime minister even that's why not which resign as

intervention in syria but economic sanctions against of ask us are being stepped up middle east expert joshua landis things this will eventually backfire on the syrian people. all of the syrian opposition leaders who have now. elected executive committees have all demand that there be no foreign intervention now of course foreign intervention is a very broad and gray area there's military intervention like libya but there's also economic strangulation which could come along the united states already has sanctions fairly severe sanctions on syria the west feels it needs to do something it doesn't want to stop trade you know we've tried sanctions in iraq in iran libya they haven't worked very much and when they have work they starve the people not the government and that's the danger of sanctions if they feel good because you feel like you're doing something and you could tell the opposition you're on their side but they in fact they often hurt the people you don't want to hurt. we're following all the events taking place in the middle east where the unrest continues and all of these on our website yo

i get the impression that there's a deep split in opinion about that number of people such as joshua landis at the university of oklahoma believes that. the assad regime is very tough in his words and could endure for quite some time and that eventually this will be this will become increasingly bloody but that there's no interest at this point in syria's compromise. and there's no sign that the military or his control over the military has has weakened it all or that the military itself is splitting apart. on the other hand there are others who claim and i think this is become conventional wisdom that the violence has been so great as has been the bloodshed. that the regime is doomed and it's a question now of time some believe that he's on his very last legs and major desertions at any time could bring about the regime's collapse and others are are much more skeptical about that so with that situation warrants any form of foreign intervention. well i mean the chief chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. in the united states has has ruled out any form of direct military intervention as hav

s expanding sanctions on damascus professor joshua landis from the university of oklahoma told me earlier that sanctions may not work as they end up targeting the people rather than the government. as ramadan comes and the opposition said that every day would be friday we the government is clearly trying to take control of how much and doesn't want to become a site or perhaps a new military expert grow up the free syrian military or a new political order the west feels it needs to do something it doesn't want to stop trade you know we've tried sanctions in iraq in iran libya they haven't worked very much and when they have work they starve the people and not the government and that's the danger of sanctions it's the feel good because you feel like you're doing something and you could tell the opposition you're on their side but in fact they are going to hurt the people you don't want to hurt military intervention economic sanctions may do no good can the world stop syria from going through this these convulsions i'm not sure it can. coming up on hour two with me kevin though in this hour