one of the problems that we think mr lieberman had with his job was the way that it was nuanced and so that anything he wanted to do a certain things that he maybe wanted to do had to be run by the israeli cabinet and they had to kind of sign off on it so whoever gets the job they know that that's part of the constraining mechanism that encapsulates how they do their job. well i did try to get a reaction to that it was exactly my point in the conversation and we also spoke to someone from the leadership of. jihad well they were both saying that doesn't matter who the person is in israel especially at this particular time that all these mediation efforts are going through egypt and now also know winston churchill and who are apparently are going to take a bigger role in the coming days you said it doesn't really matter who's the person at the moment everything is in the hands of prime minister netanyahu and the message at least what they told us that the leadership is getting here is that prime minister netanyahu is also keen on this ceasefire on that and working out to find the final d

and mr lieberman's resignation has rocked the world of israeli politics and could trigger early elections now there are doubts about whether the ceasefire will hold there are reports that a fisherman has been killed by israeli fire in northern gaza palestinian officials say the twenty year old man was working on the beach near the land maritime fence that separates gaza from israel this was where he was shot in the stomach israeli military has made no comment. women across the island have taken to the streets following a controversial trial goes over twenty seven year old man acquitted of raping a teenage girl it's not thought but the protests it but it is not the man who brought the protesters out is his lawyer the reason the evidence she asked the jury to consider during closing arguments she said you have to look at the way the girl was dressed she was wearing the thong with a lace front following the comments women flooded social media with pictures of films with the hash tag this is not consent protesting against the idea that the way a woman dresses can be used against her in a rape

certainly has had a one over victory on naturally bennett who's decided not to quit and do you think mr lieberman will come back again in any shape or form or is he now politically a spent force. well we'll have to wait and see what the reaction is that many people will tell you that his come out of this quite strongly is the former defense minister he stuck to his guns he said he was going to resign and he did that naftali bennett on the other hand also very much a right wing minister playing to a right wing base even though he criticized netanyahu extensively and up to all the threats he said that he would be resigning if he wasn't handed the defense minister post or was coming across slightly weak i suppose by now backing off extensively after all those ultimatums all the noise he made all the criticism that he does remain in government so we're going to have to wait and see how he fares in the next elections but some people will say the way they read this is that it probably won't be doing him any favors in the polls stephanie thanks very much still to come here on al-jazeera.

mr lieberman's resignation has rocked israeli politics and now there are doubts about whether the ceasefire itself will hold the correspondent in jerusalem is time your credit or welcome time we're just hearing from gaza that a man has been killed by israeli fire obviously since these things was announced what more can you tell us. well palestinian house officials are saying it's a twenty year old man he is a fisherman and some conflicting reports whether you was killed at sea near the fence to israel the israeli army says he was approaching the fence music keen this is near the beach and despite giving out warning shots as i said he was being shot as according to their rules off and gauge him and it doesn't seem at the moment at least that this would derail this. tense calm you have to say of course it's always tends in a few days off to what happened in the past couple of days but hamas and other militant groups at the moment a more preoccupied of saying that they having set new rules of engagement they are seeing this also as a victory having fired over four hundred rockets into israeli

from mr lieberman. come on man not nor do. i wish to inform you that i'm going to resign my function as the minister of defense of israel why now from what happened yesterday the ceasefire yesterday together with all of the arrangements against a mass is giving into terror there's no other reason no other reason but giving in to terror. well the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been defending his decision to accept the egyptian brokered cease fire with palestinian armed groups mr nurse in yahoo said quote when making decisions crucial to security the public can't always be privy to the considerations that must be hidden from the enemy as in us and yahoo has faced criticism for the true steel within his own government lots more news of course whenever you wanted including the latest on that developing story out of west to reach them and girls are on the web site on to c.n.n. dot com up next on this channel it's inside story here and i'm peter dobie i will see you very soon about an hour. a hit squad a murder a phon

end brought an end to intense fighting that saw at least eight people killed over the weekend mr lieberman also said that his nationalist party would leave israel's governing coalition a move that could trigger early elections. avigdor lieberman's resignation took many by surprise the defense minister said the egyptian brokered cease fire represented a failure by the israeli government to ensure the country's long term security. i'm here to announce my resignation as defense minister of the state of israel. the question is why specifically now. she used a ceasefire along with the entire process of reaching an arrangement with her mass is a capitulation to tara. hamas. in the un. and lieberman was not the only one unhappy with the truce hundreds of israelis gathered late tuesday near the gaza border to protest many describe the ceasefire as a disgrace the rockets from hamas rained down here and there are afraid for this safety. on the other side of the border palestinians celebrated the ceasefire as a victory they promised to stick to it but warned they were ready to respond if it broke dow

he's facing calls for an early election after defence minister avigdor lieberman's resignation left mrs party with a one seat majority. key coalition partners say that is unworkable even though elections are not due until november 2019. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: all the sport, including alexander zverev‘s stunning victory over world number one novak djokovic in straight sets to win the season—ending atp finals in london. victory in pakistan's general election, and has asked the president to name her as prime minister. released on bailfor $3 million after turning himself into the pleas in santa barbara. million after turning himself into the pleas in santa barbaram million after turning himself into the pleas in santa barbara. it was the pleas in santa barbara. it was the biggest demonstration so far as the biggest demonstration so far as the first growing european antinuclear movement. the south african government has announced that it african government has announced thatitis african government has announced that it is opening the country's remaining white only be

lieberman, who was defence minister until very recently, he described mr in yards four neta nyahu's recentlyescribed mr in yards four netanyahu's decision to undertake a ceasefire with the mass after that flareup in gaza, lieberman described that decision as,", a capitulation. did you see it as,", a capitulation. did you see it asa as,", a capitulation. did you see it as a capitulation to terror?” thought it was a profound mistake andi thought it was a profound mistake and i tried to fight against the notion of giving money to hamas in order to have them stop shooting at us order to have them stop shooting at us missiles. but i am part of the government and i assume responsibility for all its decisions. what i think we need to do to hamas is obliterated, to hit them so badly that they will not be able to continue shooting rockets and missiles at our population. 0k, we'll get to your vision, your strategic vision for gaza and elsewhere in a minute, ijust want to stay with israeli politics for them on it if you don't mind. this is what your own party, jewish home, said, after this crisis insid

mr. speaker, i rise to honor dr. abraham lieberman who just recently announced his retirement. dr. lieberman has been a practicing neurologist for over 50 years working at the neurological institute in phoenix, arizona, for much of his career. he dedicated his life to the treatment and eradication of parkinson's disease, treating over 40,000 patients, including muhammad ali. he wrote six books on parkinson's, including the 100 questions and answers about the disease, the best-selling book on that key seize -- disease. his work has done a lot of good in furthering the treatment of parkinson's and create a greater quality of life for those who have the disease. i'm pleased the that institute has create add way people can honor him by setting up the lieberman legacy fund so individuals can donate money towards parkinson's research and treatment. mr. gosar: i wish him a long and happy retirement with his wife of 50 years, his four children, and 10 grandchildren. his pursuit to conquer parkinson's has endeared him to his patients with his personalized touch. he's become a pillar of exce

stuart: joining us now, former connecticut senator and vice-presidential candidate joe lieberman. mrto the program. >> stuart, great to be with you. stuart: you watched president obama there. do you think that he won over democrats, won over the base and got them out to vote? >> well he probably helped because he is seen by the democratic base as a kind of hero but of course the democratic base, if i may unsettle you, stuart, has actually moved to the left of barack obama. stuart: that is unsettling. >> yeah. i thought so. we'll see. this is a, this is a fascinating , important, still unpredictable day. stuart: a tug-of-war, isn't it? seems like president obama represents, i won't say the old guard, that is not accurate but the establishment of the democrat party as opposed to younger up starts way to the left. i don't think president trump fired up way to the left. that is my opinion. >> that is probably right. there are others out there trying to do that. if i may say an example you're concerned about, the whole u.s.-china economic relationship. so president trump has taken a more

mr trump's visit to france for armistce day. israel's right—wing defence minister avigdor lieberman has resigned and pulled out of the coalition governmentatest gaza ceasefire, which ended two days of fighting with palestinian militants in gaza. his decision leaves the coalition government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu with a one—seat majority in parliament. a preliminary report on the helicopter crash at leicester city's stadium, which killed five people including the club's owner, shows the aircraft did not respond to the pilot's left pedal command. the air accident investigation branch said the helicopter started to turn right when the pilot was trying to make it turn left. it crashed soon after taking off from the pitch last month. final counting has started in fiji's election, with provisional results suggesting former military leader frank bainimarama will remain in power. torrential rain hampered voting in some areas, with polling stations having to close. it'll be four or five days before the winner is known. on the close of the first day of the asean summit here in singapore, the prime minister has hosted a gala dinner fo

the votes on the prime minister's leadership mr netanyahu says he has no interest in early elections and is apparently keen to stop the right wing lieberman benefiting from his resignation britain's prime minister to resign may says efforts to remove her from power will be pointless and risk causing delays to break that because the asians mrs may's critics to return to brussels to demand more concessions for a draft deal to leave the e.u. conservative party opponents are gathering support for a challenge to her leadership but it's unclear whether the forty eight letters of no confidence required to trigger a vote have actually been sent sonia gago now from london. it's been a tough week the prime minister to resign may but she is standing her ground doubling down on the what she says is the best option for the u. k. to leave the european union how would draw a deal she says is the rights one for the country to choose meantime she confirmed that she would be going to brussels in the coming days to meet with the european commission. to finalize those little details that have made this particular negotiation so fraught in the meantime there