. >> in this holiday season, correspondent nick schifrin at the sea of gala lee and in a place where faith is united. >>> this is the image of a turning point, the long simmering anger of plaque communities seeking fairness and justice, in echo of an angry time in our nation's history. weeks ahead of the key anniversary the parallels of that time and this are impossible to ignore. those who challenge the system, justice, and the power of ordinary people to move a nation and change the law to do extraordinary things. [ singing ] >> you can never remember sell ma and forget the bridge. ma and forget the bridge. here where the jefferson davidson highway leaves down and heads north, is where the first sustains to the last long -- first steps to the last long [ sings ] >> and here a local woman, barely known outside of her home town became the image of bloody sunday, south-easterned the world. n [ sings ] [ singing ] >> today amelia boyton is 103, but recalls the terror of that day. as officers tried to stop the marchers demanding vote. >> beating them with sticks, with clubs, anything th

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al jazeera's nick schifrin is in jerusalem with more. >> targeted missiles destined for israel's army hezbollah in lebanon, israeli officials refused to confirm or deny that and that silence is face saving this allows syrian government not to respond militarily. at least ten air strikes hit a warehouse outside damascus, command centers as well as two strikes right outside the dmafntio --damascus airport. now, on january the 4th, 2014, israeli jets targeted a convoy to lebanon, later that month on january the 21st syrian state tv said a scientific research center was destroyed by israel. then in may, israeli jets reportedly attacked areas around damascus acknowledge targeting a, dough accomplishment of russian made mistles. that allows the syrian government to actually stay quiet militarily. but these strikes do seem to be different from previous strikes. they seem to be targeting more syrian military institutions than ever before. >> nick schifrin in jerusalem. >>> mexican officials say their analysis of forensic evidence is back up the belief that 43 students were killed and their bo

from jerusalem, nick schifrin. >> haysens the messiah's arrival. >> that will come very soon please join god. >> in the center of the city, jewish activists, change the thousand year status of the city's holiest place. >> i'm happy to be part of the redemption of the jewish people. >> reporter: and a new breed of right wing israeli campaigners spurs them and the next generation on. >> we want to come back. we wants to go pray on the temple mount. >> they spearhead the growing temple mount movement, third jewish temple on top of one of islam's most sacred shrines. creating a new battle, and threatening to make a israeli palestinian conflict boil. >> young men and all of us boil with anger. >> the dome of the rock, according to them, where mohamed ascended to heaven, the dome was built by a muslin caliph. where muslims communicate with god. >> the temple mount is the holiest place in the world.the only holy place of the jewish people. >> jews call it the temple mount, where jews have prayed for 2,000 years. for muslims it's the al-aqsa mosque. ing most important mosque outside of mecca and

david broza sat down with our own nick schifrin to talk about how music is bringing people together. to preach to no one tonight ♪ ♪ just want to tell my tale. >> reporter: for nearly 40 years david brose's been telling tales. about peace with the palestinians. ♪ i was brought up in this reality, brought up with the war, ♪ ♪ doesn't mean i want to accept it, ♪ ♪ don't want to fight no more. >> david brose is an israeli icon. his music's inspired those hoping for a two-state solution. >> you can't take away hope. the future of our society will only be healthy if we can all integrate. >> sadat the man of peace. >> his career was sparked by this moment, 1977, egyptian president anwar sadat. >> an anthem of co-existence. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the music and the words just evoke this vitality and this necessity to deliver. >> reporter: that's led to his first documentary and a barrier break experiment. create an album from scratch in eight days by basically locking israeli and palestinian artists inside a studio. ♪ i woke up this morning ♪ an none of the news was good ♪ and death machines were rumb

nick schifrin is live for us in jerusalem. nick what came out of today's meeting? >> reporter: well tony clearly what u.s. officials are trying to do is come up in the words of one senior u.s. official i just spoakspoke to compromise langua. when it comes to these diplomacy language over the state, come up with language that they will accept. kerry is having the meeting with netanyahu, as well as arab foreign minister an european foreign minister. there is a lot of diplomacy, call for a rofnlings this week or -- resolution this week or at the end of the year. the israelis in response are absolutely against it, we heard prime minister benjamin netanyahu say the palestinian state is actually a security threat to israel. >> translator: i highly appreciate the efforts of the u.s. secretary to prevent deterioration in the region. i said at the meeting that the attempts of the palestinians andsome european countries will, we will fearsly oppose it. >> there is no love lost tony as you know between senior u.s. officials and netanyahu but they are on the same page regardin

nick schifrin reports. >> havening the messiah's arrival. >> that will come very soon please join god. >> in the center of the city, changing the thousand-year-old status of the city's holiest place. >> i'm happy to be part of the redemption of the jewish people. ♪ >> reporter: and a new breed of right wing israeli campaigner spurs them and a new generation on. >> we want to come back, we want to pray in the temple mount. >> reporter: they head the temple mount movement on top of one the jerusalem's most sacred shrines. promising to keep a conflict boiling. >> young men and us boil with anger. >> reporter: accord to jewish tradition, the dome of the rock, is the head of david's rule. for muslims where man communicates with god. >> especially, the population of jerusalem. >> the temple mount is the holiest place in the world. the only holy place of the jewish people. >> the jews call it the temple mount, just below the wall is where jews have prayed for 2,000 years. the lawk al-aqsa mosque. in 1967 israel captured and occupied this site. they decided that israeli soldiers would leave,

nick schifrin with us in israel. i understand this confrontation happened during a protest against land confiscation? >> reporter: yes, that's absolutely right. tonight there is a lot of tension here, tony in jerusalem, in the occupied west bank, in are a mala where this protest took place to calm some of the tension right now we're waiting for an unusual autopsy by jordanian officials. abu ein was a popular man who died doing what he pent his life doing. >> from the very beginning this protest was personal. palestinians demonstrating against land confiscated by israel. israeli police firing tear gas to disperse protesters protecting nearby jewish outposts. in the middle palestinian ministers, eyewitnesses tell al jazeera an israeli police officer struck him in the chest, and then put his hands around abu ein's neck. minutes later he was out of breath. >> they attacked us. a soldier tells another man to go away. abu ein dismisses him and continues with what would be his final words. >> this is the occupation and they

nick schifrin reported in pakistan for years and explains why. >> schools for the taliban represent western values and the pakistani government. add the fact that the school is associated with the military and you get the pakistan taliban enemies. the west, u.s., girls education and pakistani government institutions. the pakistani government hit about 1,000 schools, but never ever on this scale. this will go down as one of if not the single worst attack on the school anywhere ever, it's so unprecedented, horrific, gruesome, even in a country used to many attacks. in the past the pakistan taliban launched high profile attacks. like the one against ghq. police training ground and headquarters in karachi this year. earlier this year, against the airport. over the last six months the military, operation in the tribal areas along the afghan border reduced the capacity to launch the attacks, and some are calling the attack like you saw a sign of desperation, a sign that they can't get to the high profile places that they used to. the other symbolism, the attempt by the pakistani taliban, the mess

nick schifrin is in jerusalem with more. >> analysts believe the air strikes, if, indeed, carried out by israel targeted missiles being delivered to hezbollah. as always, israeli officials refuse to confirm or deny that, and that silence is a kind of face-saving allowing the syrian government not to respond militarily. according to activists in syria, 10 air strikes hit a warehouse outside of damascus, and multiple air strikes hit military defense and air command centers, as well as two strikes outside the airport. these are not the first strikes believed to be launched by israel into syria. on january 4th, 2013, jets targeted a convoy travelling to lebanon, believed to be delivering weapons to hezbollah. later that month syrian state tv said a scientific research center was destroyed by israel. in may jets attacked those attacking a shipment from iran. in november a syrian airbase was struck by israeli jets, believed to destroy russian-made missiles. it never confirmed any of those, allowing the syrian government, even though it promises to respond, to stay quite militarily. the stri

nick schifrin reports from jerusalem. >> reporter: good evening.agreement over how exactly he died is increasing tension between the israeli and palestinian governments. today was about mourners marking the life of a popular palestinian figure, described as an officer willing to fight in the trenches with soldiers. he has street cred, in part because of how he led in part because he spent years in israelis prisons and his death comes at a time when many palestinians are looking for leadership. ♪ >> for the first time in a decade, the palestinian government buricked a seniorme killed in an altercation with israelis. zir intoois hist received full hornlingz from the military and attendance by the entire palestinian cabinet. president mahmoud abbas led prayers. a massive crowd followed abuines body to the cemetery. he often directed these chants. they shouted slogans of support and held posters that declared our minister became a martyr. he was surrounded by informal security. an honor guard who led the crowd and escorted him for more than a mile. >>

nick schifrin sits down with him and talks about his career. >> one of israel's famous and successfulrs is pushing for peace. nick very schifrin sat down with david brosa to find out how he's bringing people together. ♪ i want to preach tonight ♪ ♪ just want to tell my tale ♪ >> for 40 years david brosa has been telling tale and telling a skeptical israeli audience to make piece with peace with palestinians. ♪ i was born into this reality ♪ ♪ i was brought up with the war ♪ ♪ i don't want to fight no more ♪ >> after 30 albums and millions of sales david brosa is an israeli icon. his music is hoping for a two-state solution. >> you can't take away hope, the future of our society will only be healthy if we can all integrate. >> his career was sparked by this moment. >> he achieved the impossible. >> in 19 77 president anwar sadat offered to end the war. [music] >> the music and the words evoke this vitality and the necessity to deliver. >> that led to his documentary. create an album from scratch in eight days by basically locking israeli and palestinian artists in a studio. [music] >>

being nick schifrinnick schifrin has the story. >> protecting nearby jewish outposts and in the middle palestinian are minister yed abu aim. put his hands around abu ain's neck. minutes later he was out of breath. >> translator: they attacked us. >> reporter: a soldier tells another man to go away. abu ein dismisses him and continues what will be his final words. >> translator: this is the army of the occupation and they are stopping palestinians from acting on their rights. they attacked us immediately without anyone throwing a stone or attacking them. this is a terrorist occupying army that stops palestinians from acting on their rights. >> reporter: immediately after the interview abu ein begins to fall faint. he lies down and clutches his chest. he begins to lose consciousness. palestinians call for help. an protest protesters carry him to an ambulance. he was placed on a gurney he would never regain consciousness. by the time his family arrived at the hospital, he was dead. tonight his sister said he died a martyr. >> they didn't like he raised his voice. >> a statement saying the

. ♪ ♪ >> nick schifrin, al jazeera, tel aviv. >> terrific piece.tation. a pick of the grand canyon as seen from space. astronaut tweeted the phrase, he's not sure if it's more spectacular from space or on the ground. terry, like everything, it depends. i'm david schuster. thanks for watching al jazeera. lockerbie, what really happened, is up next. >> three years ago al jazeera began investigating the conviction of abdel baset al-megrahi the only man found guilty of the bombing of pan-am flight 103, over lockerbie in scotland. we subsequently screened two films which cast great doubts on the way the case against megrahi had been assembled. over the next fortnight, as the 25th anniversary of the bombing approaches, we're showing those two films again before revealing the results of a third, and

nick schifrin spent many years reporting the ta taliban. >> the schools for the taliban represent western values and the pakistani government. add the fact, as we've discussed on the show, the military. you have the west, u.s. military, and girls' education. the taliban have launched a thousand attacks on schools according to human rights groups, but never ever on the scales we saw today, as we've been discussing this. it may go down as the single worst attack on any school anywhere. it's unprecedented even in pakistan, which is so used to so many attacks. in the past taliban have been able to launch high profile attacks. including the ones on hq, police training grounds, karachi airport. but they've reduced that capacity. some people are talking about this attack being a sign of soft desperation, and it's also sending the opposite notion that the taliban can reach anywhere, and no pakistani or their children are safe anywhere. >> let's take a deeper dive into pakistan and education. so look, what are your thoughts, first of all, and then we'll go deeper here on this attack being carried

. >> nick schifrin reporting from jerusalem for us. >>> congress is running out of time to pass a bill to fund the government. a current authorization expires tomorrow night. the bill on the table funds most of the government through next september. but it only funds the homeland security department through february 27th, and it contains a number of controversial policy provisions. we look at how the bill impacts the pentagon. >> when it comes to the budget the pentagon has two big complaints with congress. it doesn't have enough money for the things it wants, and it forces it to spend way too much money on things it really doesn't need. air force pilots love the low slow, a ten-ground attack jet for its combat ability. the air force hates it for its fiscal responsibility. has powerful backers in congress especially from the state where many of the 40-year-old 810s are based. >> the air force spent most of this year fighting congress to retire the 810. why they weren't focused on other important issues, i don't know. >> reporter: the air force would argue the $4 billion cost of maintai

. >> all right, nick schifrin, in jerusalem, thank you so much. >>> air strikes that nick just mentionedair strikes that have gone unconfirmed by israel, syria's foreign minister is currently in tehran for talks. syria wants the u.n. to intervene and impose sanctions on israel because of the strikes. >>> the u.n. upgraded the status of palestine. the move comes as israel launches its own investigations into alleged crimes by its forces in gaza. those crimes include the deaths of palestinian civilians. the international criminal court is an independent organization, not part of the united nations. coming up on the program, oil prices sliding hitting the lowest price in five years, and that had a big effect on the markets. >>> plus, noncompete prices in fast food industries, workers can't work in the same business for two years after leaving. >> how about this. oil prices are at their lowest level in five years. just over $63 a barrel. comments from a key oil producer that prices will stay around $65 a barrel for five months. >>> wall street was down 106 points, as you can see here, the do

. >> nick schifrin reporting >>> there's a new and dire assessment of the war in syria, coming from the u.n. under secretary chief for human affairs saying nearly 200,000 have been killed in the 3-year conflict, and more than 12 million in desperate need of humanitarian aid. >> every time we use a new figure in relation to the crisis, we say it's unprecedented. we ran out of words to fully explain the brutality, violence and callous disregard for human life which is a hallmark of the crisis much the international community is numb to its impact with the vast numbers, regional reach and sense of political impasse. >> the united nations says 70 medical facilities have been attacked over the last nine months. president obama says - america's military is at a turning point. the president visited a military base to pay tribute to troops that served in afghanistan and iraq. talk about the end of combat operations in afghanistan, 15,000 troops remaining in afghanistan to train afghan security officers. >> when veterans return home from combat, some face a battle of another kind, app adicked --

nick schifrin is in jerusalem with more. >> analysts believe the air strikes targeted hezbollah in lebanon and syrian military institutions. as always, israeli officials refused to confirm or deny it, and it's a face-saving allowing the syrian government not to respond militarily. according to activists in syria, 10 air strikes hit a warehouse outside of damascus, and mote hit military defense and command centers and two strikes outside an airport. they are not the first to be launched by israel into syria. on january 4th, 2013, jets targeted a convoy, believed to be delivering weapons to hezbollah. later that month, syrian state tv said a scientific research center was destroyed by israel. in may they were attacked around damascus. believed to be targetting a shipment of weapons from iran. in november an air base was dropped by jets, believed to be destroying russian maid missiles. israel never confirmed any of those, and that allows the syrian government, even though it promises to respond, to stay quiet militarily. they team to be different from previous streaks. the scope is larger and

nick schifrin reports from jerusalem. >> reporter: jon, good evening, it's the first time in more thancentury that the israeli parliament is disbanding two years after it was elected. in it's in many ways a referendum on one man, benjamin netenyahu. for nearly 20 years, benjamin netenyahu has been running for prime minister. he first won in 1996. he won again in 2009. and just 20 months ago. but even this term didn't end for two more years, he dissolved his own government. >> he had no choice but to move the government forward. >> i hope to receive a brood and new mandate from the people. >> reporter: netenyahu's top ally will be this 42-year-old. his base is religious zionists. he is considered a hawk. >> i want to help lead israel in the vision that i believe in, the vision, if you will, of a lighthouse in a storm. a lighthouse that is strong in this muslim storm. >> reporter: their likely partner, the foreign minister who lives in a settlement. he is russian born, and suggests that palestinian israelis move into the occupied west bank. their chief opposition, labor party leader. he

nick schifrin reports. >> reporter: analysts believe the air strikes, if, indeed, carried out by israel, targeted missiles aimed for hezbollah, and military institutions. israeli officials refuse to confirm or deny that, and the silence is face saving allowing the government not to respond militarily. according to activists, 10 air strikes hit a warehouse outside of damascus, and multiple air strikes hit military defense and command centers as well as strikes outside the damascus air force. these are not the first strikes launched by israel into syria. on january the 4th, israeli jets targeted a convoy, believed to be targetting weapons to hezbollah. syrian state tv said a scientific research center was destroyed by israel. in may, jets attacked jets around damascus, believed to be targetting weapons from iran. in november, a syrian air base was attacked by jets, believed to destroy russian-made missiles. the syrian government, although it promised to respond, will stay quiet militarily. the strikes are different. the scope seems to be larger and targetting more syrian military institut

. >> nick schifrin in jerusalem for us. >>> secretary of state john kerry is planning to meet the palestinian representative tomorrow. james bays our diplomatic editor is at the u.n. james where do those two proposals stand now? >> there are two proposals we know a fair bit about. we know the palestinian draft which sets that end date for occupation you heard nick talking about. there's a french draft which has an end date for the negotiations to get to some sort of peace agreement. doesn't actually set the end date of occupation. i can tell you there's believed to be also a u.s. draft but not many people have seen that, not many diplomats other than u.s. diplomats and certainly not us journalists at this stage. when you have a draft it is the beginning of a negotiation to try and find language that potentially everyone can agree on. of course if not everyone can agree on it, it's taken to the security council for a vote, and one permanent member has a veto. i think it's having go to a meeting and a final vote still some way off. the palestinian ambassador told me was hopeful he could get it

surely that will increase tensions >>> nick schifrin reporting. in hong kong the barricades are falling, along with the hops of pro-democracy demonstrators. protesters occupy a highway in the city. these are live pictures from hong kong. within the last couple of hours hong kong authorities broke out the box cutters, the pliers to break up the encampment and are beginning to take it down >>> now to the west coast of the united states preparing for a powerful winter storm, heavy snow, pounding surf. heavy winds. meteorologist kevin corriveau is here with more on that. >> we need the rain, but not this way. we are seeing strong winds and heavy rain. we have a lot of flooding with that. i want to take you to washington. take a look at the video. this is the western part of the washington. we are talking about wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour, 24 people out power and in this river overflowing bangs causing problems with flooding in the formland areas there -- farmland areas there. the rain will continue, and towards the south, northern california, i

nick schifrin was there for much of the war and file this report. seven weeks, gaza was at war, and war spares no one. not the gazaan cameraman and ambulance driver 1ki8d side-by-side and a family who slept in a school that was supposed to be a shelter. not the israeli communities where missiles became a sound track where rushing into bomb shelters was always terrifying. from late june to mid august, the israeli military invaded. and bombed gaza. it dropped approximately 20,000 tongs of explosives the equivalent of a small nuclear weapon. this face book photo was posted that he had seen things no teenager should ever have to see. >> guys like me getting murdered, bombed in their houses so i ask myself: will i be next? >> it's tough. it's tough. >> in the middle of residential nabors, more than 4,000 rockets deeper into israel than ever before. palestinian fighters used unprecedented tunnels to try to sneak in to israel. israeli residents living closest to gaza were traumatized. >> my son is suffering. he was holding his head and said, it's in my hea

nick schifrin was there for much of the war and filed this report. >> reporter: for seven years gaza was at war, and war spares no one. not the gazan cameraman, not the family killed as it slept on a blanket in a school. >> reporter: and not the israeli communities where missions were a sound track. and where rushing into bomb shelters was terrified. from late june to mid-august. the military invaded. and bombed gaza. dropping 20,000 tonnes of explosives. gazans posted this faub photo to acknowledge after three wars in six years, he'd seen things no teenager should ever have to see. guys like me getting murdered. bombed in the houses, so i ask myself will i be next, or what. it's tough. to the middle of residential neighbourhoods launched more than 4,000 rockets, deeper into israel than before. palestinian fighters used tunnels to sneak into israel. israeli residents were traumatized. my son is suffering. he was holding his head saying it's in my head, it's in my head. i can't get the code red out of my head. >> the war lasted longer than the two combined. in part because two sides s