let's bring in a senior fellow at the middle east institute who joins us by skype from arlington, virginia. how unprecedented is this situation? >> we have seen a lot of right-wing governments in the past, particularly those of benjamin netanyahu, but this new incoming government is qualitatively and quantitatively different from anything we have seen. it is the most extremist government that israel has ever known, and we don't know how that will play out on the ground, but quite a few people are concerned. kerry: where does this leave palestinians, particularly in terms of the occupied territories? >> i think palestinians are quite nervous on so many levels. you have someone like ben-gvir who is himself convicted of incitement, racist incitement, support for terrorism, and this is someone in charge of the national police, including security forces in jerusalem who are already known for their abusive tactics and excessive force. it is really quite a dangerous situation. it is a bit like putting matches in the hands of pyromaniacs. kerry: to what extent is this a poke in the eye to the bide

he is a senior fellow at the middle east institute and he joins a spy, skype from arlington, virginia, welcome to the program. so how unprecedented is this situation now? what we've, we've seen a lot of right wing governments in the past, particularly those of benjamin netanyahu. but i would say this new, incoming government is qualitatively and quantitatively different than anything we've seen. it is certainly the most extreme us government that israel has, has ever known. and we don't know exactly how that's going to play it on the ground . but, but certainly quite a few people are concerned. indeed, where does this leave palestinians then particularly in terms of the occupied temperatures? well, i think palestinians are quite nervous on so many levels. you have someone like him are been good beer, who is himself convicted of incitement, racist incitement, and support for terrorism. and this is someone who's going to be in charge of the national police, including security forces in jerusalem, who are already known for their abusive tactics and their excessive force. it's, it's reall

coalition is considered one of the most right wing administrations in decades. senior fellow middle east institute. again, the says the new plans could make life even pasha a palestinian. well i think palestinians are quite nervous on so many levels. you have someone like it's a mar, been good beer who is in south convicted of incitement, racist incitement, and support for terrorism. and this is someone who's going to be in charge of the national police, including security forces in jerusalem, who are already known for their abusive tactics and their excessive force. so it's, it's really quite a dangerous situation. it's, it's been like putting, you know, a matches in the hands of pyromaniac. ah, ukraine's military says that russian forces have stepped up to an artillery attacks on the city of cas phone, which was liberated from russian control last month. you quote and says 33 missiles with fire and civilian targets. some hospitals hit some hit, a hospital maternity ward official say stuff escaped on hit festival still ruled. well with lived, there were 2 strikes. one was right here. we have cove

condition is considered one of the most right wing administrations in decades senior fellow, the middle east institute colored again, d says the new plans could make life even harder. palestinians, well, i think palestinians are quite nervous on so many levels. you have someone like it to mar, been beer, who is himself convicted of incitement, racist incitement, and support for terrorism. and this is someone who is going to be in charge of the national police, including security forces in jerusalem, who are already known for their abusive tactics. and their excessive force it's, it's really quite a dangerous situation. it's. it's a bit like pudding, you know, matches in the hands of pyromaniac defense ministers from khaki. a syrian russia have met in moscow to discuss waste and the one syria. they discussed the possible return of refugees in house adjoining combat groups. the talks in moscow followed repeated warnings by and take a possible ground operation into northern syria. let's see, clever call is a middle east expert. he was an international affairs council. he explains what led to this meeting

condition is considered to be one of the most right wing administrations in senior fellow, the middle east institute colored l n. d says the new plans could make life even harder for palestinians. well, i think palestinians are quite nervous on so many levels. you have someone like it's a mar, been good beer who is in self convicted of incitement, racist incitement, and support for terrorism. and this is someone who's going to be in charge of the national police, including security forces in jerusalem, or already known for their abusive tactics and their excessive force. and it's, it's really quite a dangerous situation. it's, it's a bit like putting, you know, matches in the hands of pyromania. dozens of her anger refugees who arrived in northern indonesia early in the week on receiving medical care. money spent weeks at sea before arriving at ha province to reach out a report from coaxes bizarre, where he spoke to refugees about my desperation to leave fund dash. oh, lemme cotton is inconsolable after the death of a 19 year old son. he was on the boat, one of the several boats that made it to arch

considered one of the most right when the ministrations, in that case, senior fellow what the middle east institute college of india says. the new plans could make life even harder for postings. well, i think palestinians are quite nervous on so many levels. you have someone like it's a mar, been good beer, who is in self convicted of incitement, racist incitement, and support for terrorism. and this is someone who's going to be in charge of the national police, including security forces in jerusalem, who are already known for their abusive tactics and their excessive force. and it's, it's really quite a dangerous situation. it's, it's a bit like waiting for, you know, a matcher is in the hands of pyromaniac. the iran human rights organization, which is based in no way says at least $476.00 people have been killed in months of nationwide protest including $64.00 children. the demonstrations were sparks by the death and custody of 22 old master, meaning in september, she was detained in tehran for allegedly violating strict dress codes rights group, say at least 100 protests as a risk of execution d

how did they get the is a senior fellow at the middle east institute. he says the new plans could make life even harder for palestinians. well, i think palestinians are quite nervous on so many levels. you have someone like it's a mar, been good beer, who is himself convicted of incitement, racist incitement, and support for terrorism. and this is someone who's going to be in charge of the national police, including security forces in jerusalem, who are already known for their abusive tactics and their excessive force. it's, it's really quite a dangerous situation. it's, it's a bit like pudding, you know, matches in the hands of pyromaniac. now medical sol says at least 5 people have died during fighting and sudan central data for region. a marketplace in the capital is that in gay was sent to lights and it comes after days of conflict between rival ethnic groups in the area. at least 11 people were killed on sunday. disputes over land and water axis of sparked renewed fighting and racing is bolivian police have detained the main opposition leader, loui

depends on who you ask. joining me now in the studio is altogether, steinberg is a middle east expert from the german institute for international and security affairs. good. see again now before this tournament started, critics were saying that it was a clear case of sports washing that carter was using this tournament. to boost its image and distract from its human rights record where they write well, there's critics, right. i don't think so simply because of the concept of so sports washing assumes that the host country knows that something is wrong. and in 2010, the categories didn't, didn't really see what was coming. that didn't believe that anything was wrong in katara. and i think that's a clear difference or 2 states like russia or china who have used these big tournaments in order to wash that image abroad. but where the countries had to realize that for at least the western world, i thought that something was wrong. and cutter should say that double standards were being used in, in judging this tournament, particularly by the west that the west was condemning carters, human rights record, while at th

institute hosted the discussion. it's 45 minutes. >> i am mike doran. i'm the director of the center for peace and security in the middle east at the hudson institute, and joining me today is david albright, he's the president of the institute for science and international security. he is in my view the number one expert on nonproliferation, a nuclear nonproliferation in the united states. i guess probably in the world. and he's you today to talk to us primarily about iran and its nuclear program but i think also we'll talk a little bit about drones and ukraine. david come welcome. >> thank you. >> let me start with the question about the jcpoa, the nuclear deal. the administration is saying, the administration is now continuing to pursue the deal while not pursuing it, and it says it will continue to pursue it as long as it meets the nonproliferation needs of the united states. now, i have never thought it met the nonproliferation needs of the united states. i would like to your sense of, does this policymaking since the more? do you see anything in the jcpoa worth salvaging? >> well, the problem with the jcpoa is time is going by and there's sunsets w

director for middle east affairs at the national security council of the united states during the bush jr. administration, and now the managing director michael singh, director of the washington institutecerpt from his article. since coming to power, the biden administration has often taken a binary view of the international order, as a competition between democracy and autocracy. according to its national security strategy until 2022 , partly because of this, washington tends to consider any decisions of its allies as a litmus test of loyalty to the united states. but many us partners do not share the vision the united states is going through a period of changing international priorities. and this does not leave their partners even the slightest bit of confidence that those regions or problems that washington has focused on today will keep its interests. tomorrow or that state support in any particular issue will be reciprocated in other issues as a result, an increasing number of american partners tend not to choose sides at all and maintain relations with all the great powers at once. instead of creating competing order of an increasing number of states. they simply reject the binar

ambassador ross is no stranger to this group with the state department talk about middle east peace in the washington institute for studies in middle eastern expert who has her work on sierra, lebanon and iraq the u.s. institute of peace. professor i want to start with you. there is much to discuss today. it has been 15 years since i was writing about the iranian nuclear program for the "washington post". back then experts in the committee intelligence committee talked about which would come first. a nuclear iran or the end of public tolerance for the regime. there's been a lot of moments incident had u.s. presidents wondering which would come first. there is a perception we may be getting one more now. can you talk about what kind of inflection point you think we are at and ironic? i have to begin and the view of the world there's no one who has been more responsible for changing politics in ironic. stanford making travels and talking against the regime. this is the beginning of are beautiful new conspiracy. >> and you heard it here first. >> is very important in politics. i was not in favor of the deal at a

middle east to the united states, we are hearing the same thing over and over, which is even though the denominator is shrinking, asset allocation or what we do as a sector specialist, most large institutional investors, pension funds sovereign wealth funds, allocated to digital infrastructure. this is a real opportunity for us. maybe what is happening for other alternative assets is not happening at digitalbridge. matt: i know the switch as that you acquired, those data centers are powered for the most part by renewable energy, which must be a welcome change for customers who are worried about the grid and relying on utilities that have started charging much higher prices. that makes me think of europe what is businesslike and can you make acquisitions in europe and they are in a stress situation and the dollar has gotten so strong. marc: we have been against acquisitions in europe for the past year. we have been focused on greenfield deployments in europe. two years ago we made the decision to acquire the right land and letters from utility companies. our ability to deploy power and have the right amount of permanence was really important that is a decision we made over two years ago. we

middle east peace. and of course monet a., middle east expert who has focused her work on lebanon and iraq and is with the u.s. institute of peace. there is no one who is been more responsible [indiscernible] [laughter] they have of you that he is the george kent and of the new cold war. and stamford use of -- university they say has been consistent against talking against the regime itself. i there. you heard it here first. [laughter] iranian politics and nuclear politics. i was in favor of it. i announce the support. at a time -- i was in favor of the nuclear deal but it is at a time where the iranian people have categorically rejected the position. there is no time in my experience that there has been a movement as sustained as democratic and as creative in its own approach. that is the movement we now have. i cannot believe the international community can at this moment think about how to deal with this. and ending in the lands of dollars that it would only used to serve people. and that is against u.s. allies and russia. iran is not the most important. -- military ally of russia ukraine. iran is one of the centers

institutional positions don't. you can see is more of our media, more of the world's media comes over every experience is the middle east experiences. what happens over it? now it's sort of different than, than our country. the look back and think about what our country can do better, what the middle east can do better. but should we have partnerships relationships with the middle east, with the fire east? we absolutely need to. we politicians now a country you call people who are trying to come all the for a safe alive invaders. yet, i would, i would meet your country focused heavily on what would be the problem with migrant workers over here. well, the way in which we treat people who are trying to come over, i was sure to work to see refuse to be a say, but it's terrible. so i'm off the conversation is happening. i'm getting to the end of the children, albany, 3 weeks. i've taken a personal criticism myself and i'm willing to have this conversation continually for next wednesday is one thing. so sir, and i'm not gonna stop coming the middle east, so you're talking about, you know, ok since the term it started, people

more than 50 leading experts and advocates from prominent institutions in the unit states, israel, palestine and the broader middle easthered to discuss this approach and generated a number of ideas for how to move it forward. the j street policy center will soon release a compendium detailing these proposals. in advance of that we are thrilled to be joined by some of these top experts who will discuss the challenges and opportunities involved in leveraging the normalization accords to make progress in addressing and one day resolving the israeli-palestinian conflict. i am delighted to handed over to j street own director of policy. ♪ >> hello, everybody. i am j street's director of policy. in september our brand new policy center launched with our inaugural symposium on the topic of israel arab normalization and advancing israeli-palestinian conflict resolution. we considered how enthusiasm for and the emergent structures of israeli arab normalization be harnessed and directed to not only further is rarely integration into the region but also to counter the harm of ongoing israeli-palestinian conflict and generate rea

well, as if to his middle east, but such is the fate, but mentally, please. iran defiantly humiliates the instituteanctions and move to more destructive tools to destroy production and arrest suppliers. well , it would seem, who is mikhail podolak? well, here, well, it’s clear who mikhail podolak is, but here, what’s interesting, and it’s significant for me, is that the iranians are, let’s say, very proud people in a good sense of the word. well, a lot about myself, understanding still considered it necessary for this one. i can’t say it live, what, but verbal stool, let’s say, we decided to react anyway, but decided to react with our mouths journalist. let's say so close to the iranian authorities, please. zelensky's adviser wants to attack iranian drone factories . it seems that the talks of the ukrainian authorities, mainly caused by american cocaine, the slightest actions that threaten the security of the iranian people will return kiev to the pre-industrial era. it's not a threat. this is a warning. freza abbasi sees the root of the action on american cocaine, so to speak. yes, in a slightly s

institutions and an economy in free for the back of a year of turmoil. and never, no more, not stay with ah, the who's off we go with your weather update for the middle east and africa. nice to have you along. this is a pitcher on sunday features, a lot of what, whether there's been some severe flooding in mecca and in north or in saudi arabia, we saw about half a years worth of rain within 24 hours. now for us around the gulf, specifically in though i think a bit more in the way of sunshine on sunday, but there was wind still blowing down from your dog. i think in the range of about 35 kilometers per hour, showers have driven down the temperature in light to 18 degrees on sunday and were waking up to single digits in karachi. sunday morning. i just 9 now throughout the afternoon. we'll get you up to 27 degrees, showers streaming across. i've gone this down, but i think they'll fizzle out over the mountain. so a sun cloud combo for cobble, with the high 7 degrees showers rolling through the boss for some snow showers in anchor at 3 degrees that's below average. and look at all this weather crashing in to the coast of the levant on sunday. central africa.

more than 50 leading experts and advocates from prominent institutions in the united states, israel, palestine, and the broader middle eastr to discuss this approach and generate a number of ideas for how to move forward. the policy center will soon release a compendium with these proposals. we are thrilled to be joined by some of these top experts. they will discuss the challenges in opportunities involved in leveraging the normalization to make progress in addressing it one day resolving the israeli palestinian conflict. landlady to hand it over to j street's own director of policy, dr. deborah -- she will lead this conversation. >> hello, everybody. my name is deborah. i am the j street director of policy. as a -- as they just mentioned, we have a brand-new policy center. launched with our inaugural or symposium on the topic of israel and normalization in advancing israeli palestinian conflict resolution. we considered how enthusiasm for emerging structures of israeli arab normalization could be harnessed and directed to not only further israeli integration into the region, but also to counter the harm of ongoing israe

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institutional positions don't you can see is more of our media. more of the world's media comes over. every experience is the middle east experience is what happens over it. now it's so different than, than our country that look back and think about what our country can do better, what the middle east can do better. but should we have partnerships relationships with the middle east, with a fiery? we absolutely need to. we have politicians now, a country you call people who try to come all for a safe alive invaders. yet i would, i would means you're not country of focused heavily on what would be the problem with migrant workers over here. but the way in which we treat people who are trying to come over to our shores to work to actually see, refuse to be the same place is terrible. so i'm, after the conversation is happening. i'm getting to the end of the children, albany, 3 weeks. i've taken a lot, okay, this is my cell phone. i'm. busy while this conversation continually for next wednesday is one thing. so sir, and i'm not gonna stop coming to the middle east. so you're talking about, you know, ok since determined star

institutions. and that controlled and measured way. this would be a fall fall worse, and in that column. 15000 young men were traffic from west africa to europe in the middle east and 2021 . with the promise that play professional football meet central defender use of gang. he's from synagogue suburb of refused use of thought. his dreams had come to a man, presenting himself as a football agent told him he had talent and had found a club for him to join in dubai. so they sold their car and barred money for the trip. but there was no club to host him. the vast majority of the young men that you've shown this pitch will not make a living, playing professional football. they'll be disappointment for them to carry out their families, but also of entire communities. and villages that have supported them use of gay is in debt and robbed of his dreams. and yet he has not lost hope and either has his family. the still expect their son will step into the football, boots of synagogues biggest players. ah, with lou, 11 o'clock in the top stories here on al jazeera and president joe biden is set to host african leaders in washington as the u. s. seeks to strengthen ties wi

middle east to be the lower the better. and that is what i will be keeping an eye on in terms of the plan. >> thank you. and -- take control of the institutione island, but what are you doing to ensure that luma improves its service and his performance metric? >> luma it, there is so many oversight from luma on so many quarters. i personally do oversight, my chief of staff does oversight, and i have an assistant chief of staff full-time on energy affairs as well. and then we have the p3 authority, which is the administrator of the contract doing oversight as required by the contract. we have the legislator doing oversight, we have payers doing oversight, and so if anything, there is oversight all over the place. and so what we are doing is ensuring that luma improves's service and improve the duration of the disruption that we are still facing. >> thank you. mr. quitugua san nicolas, you're recognized. >> thank you very much mister chairman, are you receiving the? okay >> yes, thank you. >> as you, know the people of -- stood consolidate with the people of puerto rico, we see that you mentioned several segments that had the desire for some c