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 well as for a regime change now a short time ago the israeli preside

>> i think it is another historic event, turning point in the mideast.the first instances in modern times of the people liberating itself with a force of arms in that region. quite a dramatic turn of events. an old alliance, nato, really proved to have some serious problems that we saw over the course of this war. and yet, new coalitions came together, particularly u.s. force although i was -- took somewhat of a back part of the stage, also linked with the united arab emirates in qatar the two gulf countries that provided most of what you are seeing on tv. it wasn't actually airpower that took tripoli or in the process it is ground forces armed with weapons that have come from primarily those states. historical turning point i would say in this part of the world. >> heather: we are beginning to get statements coming in. one from the nato secretary general on thee situation in libya. saying that the gadhafi regime is clearly crumbling. the sooner gadhafi realizes he cannot win the battle against his own people, the better. the libyan people can be spared

security council his mideast correspondent paula sleeper reports. the israeli government has announced that it approves the construction of we're being told some two thousand two hundred and twenty five new housing units in neighborhoods across east jerusalem and in the coming days they are expected to give the nod to a third of the two thousand seven hundred now these housing units are in areas in neighborhoods across the one nine hundred sixty seven arms to two lines they are areas of israel and mixed but that annexation was never recognized by the international community now certainly the timing is significant because this announcement comes as tens of thousands of israelis have taken to the streets calling for more affordable housing they're also criticizing the high costs of living in this country but the government denies that this announcement has any kind of political connotations insect interior ministry says it was merely of the spawns to the growing housing crisis in this country but peace now movement has issued a statement and it really

kevin no internet you're watching r t it's now ten pm this saturday evening our top story hopes for a mideast peace agreement have been dealt a fresh blow with a mass announcing its pulling out from a defacto cease fire with israel the statement follows two days of israeli air strikes on gaza that saw more than a dozen killed paula slayer reports. iraq is putting pressure to try and calm tensions on both sides we know that an initial agreement had been signed between tel aviv and cairo we have no details of that at the moment commer has been insisting on and a formal apology from israel it also says that if one cannot open expression of a great set of once a commitment from as well that this kind of wind will not happen again the israeli defense minister would be a rock has there that he would great the day of european border guards who were killed in the latest state of violence he also says he has ordered an immediate investigation this is just part of the bigger picture when we keep tensions on the ground intensifying quicky at least fifteen palestinians have been killed in the past few da

evening here in moscow my name's kevin owen and i've got the top story for you this hour hopes for a mideast peace agreement have been dealt a fresh blow with a mass announcing its pulling out from a defacto ceasefire with israel that statement comes in response to two days of israeli air strikes on gaza that saw more than a dozen killed paul asli is following the latest developments for us. amasses it will no longer add here to a truce now they said that there is no proof that these attacks which happened on thursday originated from gaza or in fact they deny this despite the fact that israel insists that it's god there is to blame now the palestinian president mahmoud abbas is calling for an emergency united nations security council meeting he's calling on the international community to denounce and to call on israel to stop these attacks the latest figures we have all some fifteen palestinians who have been killed in a round of israeli air strikes that have been ongoing since the late tuesday when most israelis are very afraid that they could be a full full scale war between israel and gaz

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he looks around the mideast and the example in egypt. the lesson he takes from that is that mubarak didn't crack down hard and fast enough. he looks in libya and sees a situation where the west along with the arab league is unresolved. the lesson he took is the lesson he learned from his father who had a vicious crack down. the iron fist may be successful. it's a police state. he may look at this as a long, long game he could win. >> excellent point. all-around. let me put the cover of time magazine up. it's an important article. the new greatest generation. i recommend everyone go out and get a copy and read this. you will learn something about the men and women coming home to the united states from the wars in iraq and afghanistan. thanks very much for coming in. check out my blog by the way. i think you are going to want to read what i have to say on this very subject. a prolong and deadly attack on israeli civilians and the deadly response. details of the new violence rocking the mideast on the two fronts. she's a fast rising republi

hobbies, travel in the form of ussr, the mideast and europe. paul, jeffrey sarrabin. >> the statistics that i gave from this quite remarkable 5,500 were recapped. do you believe that the historical account as given by at least two of the gospel writers of the christmas the angels announcing to mary. >> no, i'm not a theologian. >> do you think it's not treating as historical jesus' true history? >> well, i'm a histo historian t know how much historical evidence there is for this. we don't know the historical evidence his yuns go by. >> well,, the row monocatholic church council said you don't have to accept it in it full littoral teerality. >> sure i do. these statistics are from your article. it's on the question of is religion very important to you. 60% of americans say religiono s very important to them. 30% that of the irish, 30%, 27% of italians, 20% of germans, and 10% of french say that religion is very important to them. does that kiss appoint disappoi? >> it's welsh. in the netherlands that figure is 17%, and this is another huge dispa

the mideast is inflamed once again as mouse pulls out of a ceasefire following two days of israeli air strikes on gaza the exchange of fire between the science came as israel targeted those blamed for a deadly attack on its territory on thursday. and russia marks the anniversary of a crucial turning point the failed coup by communist hardliners and the bloody resistance from democratic activists twenty years ago that opened the era of a new post soviet russia. next weekend if we do not just as he joins us live and experience death but not for russians next european football qualifiers and david those in the spy calls for the opposite is the old heads who return for euro two twenty twelve qualifiers next month we're going to have a look it's all up plus the rest of the saturday afternoon sport. today over the next ten minutes. with the tried. to meet in this. new edition. be. eligible. for. resisting calls for more youth in the russian squad for next month's european qualifiers the national team experienced twenty. for clashes against. the republic of ireland russia will play both games

. >>> chaos reigns across north mick africa in the mideast. the battle for libya reaching a climax under the protection of nato air strikes pushed closest to the stronghold. leon panetta says earlier gadhafi's days are numbered and now nbc news learned gadhafi and his family are preparing to flee the capital. elsewhere in the region, ill responds with air strikes after militants fired more than a dozen rockets from gaza. this followed when eight isra i israelis where killed. joining us, ambassador to mark ginsburg and former white house adviser on the middle east. good to see you. >> good to be with you. >> nbc news reporting gadhafi may be thinking with his family about fleeing the capital nap would be a seminole dwochlt in th development in this. >> planning to leave, we've heard it before. the nato air strike killed members of his family. it's not sure whether or not he'll leave the country or go to his tribe southwest of tripoli, because he is the leader of one of the major tribes in libya. but there's no doubt that the noose is tightening

iran is the central issue newt mideast. their capacity to being a nuclear power. they are one of the four state sponsors of terror in the world. i sit on the house select committee on intelligence. i can't reveal classified information. as president of the united states i will do everything to make sure that iran does not income a nuclear power. >> chris: 30 seconds congressman paul. >> i think she turns our rule of law on is head. she said the terrorists don't deserve protection under our courts. therefore, judgment has to be made. they are ruled a terrorist. who rules them a terrorist? i thought our court recognizes that you have to be tried. we've done this and brought individuals back from pakistan and other places. we've given them a trial in this country, over 300, at least near 3 , we tried and put them in brings -- 300, we tried and put them in prison. this idea we have to reject the rule of law. we are at the point where this administration -- please let me finish. this administration already has accepted the principle when you assume somebody is a terror

. >> we're joined by our mideast analyst. welcome. situation is still very unclear right now. a lot of moving parts in the formula. the gaddafi regime is apparently on the verge of collapse. and the personalities of the transitional national council hold -- can the personalities of the transitional national council hold the country together? >> unfortunately, this opposition movement has been tenuous from the beginning. i doubt that it will hold the country together without major violence. we should not forget that the country is virtually divided between east and west. for the first time in more than 40 years, the easterners control the country again. it might be that they will take revenge on the citizens, not only of tripoli, but of other cities in the west, especially in places where gaddafi comes from, and his family and in supporters. >> what about the chances that a copy might have military forces at his command -- that gaddafi might have military forces at his command? >> gaddafi is finished, but there are still loyalists in the city fighting the rebels. >they will die

iran is the central issue newt mideast. their capacity to being a nuclear power. they are one of the four state sponsors of terror in the world. i sit on the house select committee on intelligence. i can't reveal classified information. as president of the united states i will do everything to make sure that iran does not income a nuclear power. >> chris: 30 seconds congressman paul. >> i think she turns our rule of law on is head. she said the terrorists don't deserve protection under our courts. therefore, judgment has to be made. they are ruled a terrorist. who rules them a terrorist? i thought our court recognizes that you have to be tried. we've done this and brought individuals back from pakistan and other places. we've given them a trial in this country, over 300, at least near 3 , we tried and put them in brings -- 300, we tried and put them in prison. this idea we have to reject the rule of law. we are at the point where this administration -- please let me finish. this administration already has accepted the principle when you assume somebody is a terror

iran is the central issue newt mideast. their capacity to being a nuclear power. they are one of the four state sponsors of terror in the world. i sit on the house select committee on intelligence. i can't reveal classified information. as president of the united states i will do everything to make sure that iran does not income a nuclear power. >> chris: 30 seconds congressman paul. >> i think she turns our rule of law on is head. she said the terrorists don't deserve protection under our courts. therefore, judgment has to be made. they are ruled a terrorist. who rules them a terrorist? i thought our court recognizes that you have to be tried. we've done this and brought individuals back from pakistan and other places. we've given them a trial in this country, over 300, at least near 3 , we tried and put them in brings -- 300, we tried and put them in prison. this idea we have to reject the rule of law. we are at the point where this administration -- please let me finish. this administration already has accepted the principle when you assume somebody is a terror

from wall street to washington to london, paris, in the streets of the mideast, things are swinging wildly but we can't be sure how or when it gets better. good afternoon. i'm matt miller in for dylan ratigan who's hard at work on his upcoming book "greedy bastards." hitting all the pressure points but we begin with two nations that have is a special and historic relationship. england and america. here at home, wild fluctuations on wall street with the market today going up more than 400 points. good news there after the recent turmoil, but only make as small dent in the 2000-point drop over the past three weeks. while in london, the week-long rioting seems to be easing after the prime minister took charge. >> we will not allow a culture of fear to exist on our streets. and we will do whatever it takes to restore law and order and to rebuild our community. >> we call this a tale of two countries. to compare and contrast we begin with msnbc contributor jared bernstein a senior foley oh at senator of budget priorities and former chief economist and economic adviser to vice president biden an

not allowed to move freely here in the country as the syrian government because it's dangerous to mideast analyst based at king's college london oil embargo that the e.u.'s put in place could be a decisive move against syria the americans have been very clear they know their implements and ability to change syrian behavior is limited they've always said that have to reach out to countries who are closer to syria and russia is one such country and a very important country so i think the americans are now in the europeans especially really have to work hard to persuade the russians that they are right on syria and russia is currently wrong for that is the next important step and i think we should focus on one particular element which is really important could go either way syria's oil exports of the present about ninety percent or so syria's oil is exported to europe so the europeans are now come out you know united front against assad does that mean they will no longer accept syrian oil now syrian oil makes up some a quarter of syria's hard currency budget so could have a huge amount of an

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because as far as chechens are concerned there are about sixty to seventy active students in the sea mideast tell us more about the tactics used by these bandits are those who attack you republic based in chechnya or do they travel from one republic to another throughout the whole north caucasus. in middle earth coca as well a lot of has proclaimed the caucuses a single emirate so they were popping up all over the region when we defeated here they appear in english and vice versa so what drives young men from the caucasus to join illegal armed groups. that they will cross nic and what it is something that no one understands i spoke to a man who was to become a suicide bomber to sacrifice his life that i asked why he wanted to do it he didn't understand me but i told him he was encouraging the chechen republic are you not allowed to build mosques or to take the hard shell what are you banned from wearing the job or observing the soldier who is going to why do you come out and say i fight in the name of allah so we are all muslims everything we do is for the good of the muslim people and all r

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some degree in terms of economic sanctions iran help its ally this assad regime's darkest hour right mideast expert james denzil guy from london thank you very much for your input. now it's twenty years ago to the day since a communist hardliner staged a coup to overthrow mikhail gorbachev then president of the soviet union but it fell to topple the government it's widely seen as a pivotal factor in the u.s.s.r.'s eventual collapse barton takes a look now at how it changed the course of soviet history. if you turned on your t.v. set in moscow on the morning of the nineteenth the war was ninety ninety one this is what you would have seen tchaikovsky's swan lake why are so many muscovites because on the streets this is what was really happening. there was confusion and panic even among the tank crews themselves not with we were ordered to march towards moscow i thought i'd figured out when i get there as we weren't given any information as to what was happening. soviet leader mikhail gorbachev had been shot in his holiday home in the crimea a state committee on the state of emergency declared

rhea for notion is in tripoli and will be joining us shortly we hope in the program well meanwhile mideast expert than glazebrook says nato is using the rebels to make libya a failed state. this war is fundamentally a war to maintain africa in a subordinate position in the global economy and twenty ten k. there made a proposal to the african union that was adopted that no african country would allow a u.s. base on its soil since that time the u.s. has been desperate to get rid of gadhafi when you talk about the rebels though this is a very disparate group of people really who's calling the shots as nato leaders that we hear about matthew jabril. these are people who have stablished links with western financial institutions going back over several years so really when when we hear from these people. that made place the libyan state we the same as what's replaced the state in iraq afghanistan which is a dysfunctional government complete lack of security gang warfare and civil war and this is not a mistake for major they would prefer to see failed states and states that are powerful and indep