besides the ottomans and germany had a history of friendship. geyserville him the 2nd 1st visited istanbul in 889 to befriend sultan. 9 years later he landed at haifa on a state visit to the ultimate east 2 . they made a ceremonial entry into jerusalem. and visited the tomb in damascus of salahuddin the famous mediæval muslim oriya who defeated the crusaders. there was mass celebration when he announced the germany would pay for the renovation of his grave. the kaiser also declared his friendship of the world's 300000000 muslims and gained the nickname. vilhelm so germany was a natural ally. but the young turks were also gambling that the european war might be over quickly . at the time there were series and. prospect of voice in europe that in fact the civilized european powers would not fight each other for very long that this was a crisis but a cry for that might. come to an end funeral rather than later ultimately that there would be able to favor the alliance with germany which they had signed for 7 years not necessarily protection but an a

facts of the ottoman repression over our of nationalists. along the way.and a modern greek city and its story of one of the founders of israel. and judah essentially is a plot to me that all of this was mainly the jewish city it was called the jews a limb of the baltics. for 4 weeks america in goal didn't protest every day all over the us even as the country faces the continued threat of a deadly pandemic. and it morphed into a movement calling for police reforms sometimes it was violent. but mostly it was peaceful we asked people to describe what america is now feeling i think people want change. and it's going to by willing to do whatever it takes to get there on friday billions of people in america are expected to celebrate what's called june 13th at an official holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the united states this year in the wake of the nationwide protests there is a growing number of calls to make it an official federal holiday. as people see it as a great opportunity to take to the streets to continue to let their message be her . bottl

and the vital role played by arab troops in the ottoman army again literally. in this episode he looks at the roots of why the ultimate is joined the war at home . how the european powers viewed the ultimate empire as right for division and exploitation. and the suffering when the also man government of young turks cracked down on the arab provinces. and the little known story of a future zionist leader in the ultimate world. the bullish jewish students who walked along here 1911 his name david been guardian all would become the 1st prime minister of israel. cannot live there how to go after half a year let their kids. the machete had the most money him but the good it don't have a funny. horrible irony of the way i want to follow do it or. i'll be there as he ought to be another one of the as silent. without her judgement and. bitterness with their edges. in so cal. is it cuz. i let the kind of that even when i do. have the ability one at the about how the hell beat out in a courage when he derek spotted be nabbed as mike to study how dare. you have that wheth

the facts of the ottoman repression over our of nationalists.and a modern greek city and 8 story of one of the funders of israel. and judah in center these are all to me that all of this was mainly the jewish city it was called the jews a limb of the balkans. as countries begin easing coronavirus restrictions scientists warn of a 2nd wave of infections in the last few days. in front of the neighborhood and many feel the economy is be prioritised about for human life until fall to pull your claim the focus is on doubt here because i can pull that 1000 places we bring you the latest developments from across the globe coronavirus condiment special coverage on the. all new counting the cost how powerful banking and political plans destroyed let all this economy controversy about trump's troy's to oversee latin america's recovering from the deming plus a company awarded billions for a gas plant that wasn't even. counting the cost on al-jazeera on the deserted streets of bogota they've become familiar figures couriers on bicycles delivering food or me

and how and why the ottoman empire joins germany in the war. pitting its our troops against their muslim brothers fighting for the allies. and as alterman fortunes declined how the europeans russians and the arabs look to fill the power vacuum. is from michael jordan mario on a day out of the money out of a good many of the libya the lead a lot of the talk at this hour my guitar watching. in this episode he sees how the shape of a new middle east was decided in secret by british and french diplomats if you look at a map at the beginning of the war you have an ottoman empire that ruled over us tiny sliver of europe all of the anatolian peninsula southwestern asia parts of north africa parts of the arabian peninsula at the end of the war that's got. how britain made separate promises to 3 different interest groups that were all incompatible with each other according to the hussein macmahon correspondence palestine belong to an arab state according to sex because. agreement palestine was going to be internationalized according to the balfour decla

and the vital role played by arab troops in the ottoman army again literally. in this episode he looks at the roots of why the autumn ones joined the war at home . how the european powers viewed the ottoman empire as right for division and exploitation. and the suffering when they also mean government of young turks cracked down on the arab provinces. and the little known story of a future zionist leader in the ultimate world. bullish jewish student walked along here 911 his name david had been guardian or would become the 1st prime minister of israel. cannot live there how to go after half a year let the kid. we must say to him you mr bennett him by the

in episode 2 of the ottoman side of the story the young turks wise to power.their alliance with germany. their tyranny in the love i want and the seeds of our own will fold up. and in episode 3 how the 1st world war ended 4 centuries of alterman rule. but drew the lines in the sand that was shaped the middle east for the next 100 years. in the 2nd week of november 1914 the ultimate empire officially announced it was joining in germany and its allies. in the war the grand mufti in istanbul also called on muslims around the world to join a jihad a struggle against britain russia and france. so arabs were forced to fight on both sides for the triple on told european powers . and for the central powers germany austria-hungary and the ultimate. the grand moved his call and autumn an entry into the war said muslims against each other and created a complex tension that ran throughout the war. to compete with the enemy the british and french needed to draft in large numbers of troops from across their respective empires britain recruited over a 1000000 troops in egypt

there was a general feeling that we might really and the war and because the ottoman empire but what is more important and this goes back, you couldn't be a great power without an empire and we don't think like that and i think that it's as much as any other aspect of human activity and there was this belief partly because of the power of 1914 that the entire is what made it dominant. you couldn't be that great power and i would blame also the huge part in this not blame exactly to the influence, the american naval thinker because he popularized and expressed the ideas that the great powers have empires therefore they give me peace and i think he read that book upon history and said i've never read anything so wonderful. he ordered a copy to be put in the copy i read somewhere that he said sermons should be given about these ideas that made for a very odd sermons. [laughter] he always went overboard. >> but that is a very narrow slice of time. they are important but not by any means seminal since the arrival of airplanes. there is a narrow slice of time that this would become so crit

a mock gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago under the ottoman empire protesters race cold blood cutouts with ropes around their necks beating lebanon's prime minister and has been lost leader as well as other officials in response to the surge and civil unrest prime minister has called for an early election he says corruption was to blame for tuesday's tragedy let's go analyst muso can and international relations professor jamal wakim give us their thoughts on what is happening to the country. there are some pretty sights asians or young people. think this i'm not from go in the states watch the group that's thirst or asking is right how you how is this really just for a show me the nation and it has to change from our fortunately lebanese politics couldn't have found the solution ringback there are too many of these are really. 2 there is genuine and good by the people who are disappointed by the.

the ottoman empire clearly was unable to pay anything, bulgaria, which was another defeated nation was unable to pay. germany was. there was a desire on the part of the public, which put real pressure on the statesman in paris to get something out of germany. to make up for the damage of the war. but at the same time, you also had a willingness and a longing. among publics. it was not just the l.a. public 's, it was certainly on the defeated side. it was also in the wider world, it was in asia, it was in africa, it was in australia, it was in north america. a desire that out of this dreadful war, which had caused such damage and such suffering, whose consequences were clearly so momentous, that out of this war, something better should come. and so what i like publics and other publics wanted was a new world. a new world order, a new peaceful order. some thoughts of institutions or ways of doing things that would prevent the world from ever having a were like this again. this is not easy for the statesman to do. with they have been pushed in different directions and of course, they had

in the 15th century, so the story goes, the ottoman army was camped on the other side of the sava riverng to attack the city. to deter them, a cannonball was fired with such pinpoint accuracy, it landed on a chicken intended for the commander's dinner. so freaked out were the turks by this that they scarpered and never returned to the city again — so the legend goes. but ever since 1877, as a nod to this alleged act of defiance, a cannon has been fired every day at noon from this tower. wow! incredible. alem is a trained engineer who used to work on the zagreb trams before he saw an advert for the position of cannon man in 2008, and landed the job. ah, how come — what does it do? the cannon firing has become a big tourist attraction in zagreb. alem needs at least 15 minutes a day to prepare and in his nine years doing thejob, he's never had a misfire. maybe we should pray. no, no, no. no, no praying. 0k. um, we can... let's wait. 0k. please stay here. yep. you stay here. thank you. it's 11:58. 0k. speaks croatian. one minute to shot, please! i'm feeling a bit nervous. bit tense. he's ve

and months after the war the ottoman empire was going to be clearly falling to pieces and was going to disappear as well. and so it was a very difficult political and social landscape that the europeans looked at into 1918 than they had seen in 1914. and they'd done something more to themselves, they had also shaken their position in the world. before 1914 europe had been the most powerful part of the world. directly or incorrectly europe had controlled most of the surfaces of the world. european finance was what you needed if you wanted to build anything, if you wanted technology you came to europe, if you wanted education you came to europe. if you wanted fashion, ideas you came to europe. and by 1918 they had no sense that civilization was -- the great french writer i think said something is broken and we will never be quite the same again and we will be like those other empires of the past that disappeared. names now that mean nothing to us like babylon. we now know what it's going to be like to go into the abyss of history. when that war ended then there was a sense of doom, sense

there's a lot about the ottomans and the independence of the arabs on palestine and for those who didad this book and did not hear our first chat, what's in it. >> it's about the conference at the end of the first world war, i looked at the various issues which those three men which is georgia britton on the left and the middleman in the taller man on the right and those three men had a huge range of issues settled because the first world war had left, your -- >> the man on the far lef left s your great-grandfather. >> yes it is. >> i'm sorry, go ahead. it is my great grandfather. the world was in a mess, what they had to do is try to figure out and they spent a lot of time worried about europe and germany but you mentioned the ottomans and what happened they had control the huge empire which included turkey and parts of europe and including most of the arab territories in the middle east, suddenly they had fallen to pieces and they were basically cut loose annoying what you needed to do, people had an idea but this conference and those three men began to work out what to do with the

demonstrators put up gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago and at the ottoman empire protestors raised cardboard cut outs with ropes around their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and hezbollah's leader as well as other officials in response to the surge and civil unrest prime minister hassan doubt has called for an early election he says that corruption was to blame for tuesday's tragedy and lebanon's information minister has announced her resignation saying the current government. has failed to live up to the lebanese people's expectations. for more on this let's bring in journalist chris hedges you're very welcome to the program as you are saying aside from the information minister 4 members of parliament have also resigned in the wake of this tragedy will that do anything to calm the unrest. well not if october 2019 is an example because you had a wave of mass anti-government protests that exploded across lebanon with the crowd chanting. you know all of them must go. on jani. and they all they did is reshuffle. essentially government position this is

demonstrators put up mont gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago and the ottoman empire protestors raised cardboard cutouts with ropes around their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and hezbollah's leader as well as other officials in response of the unrest lebanon's information minister abed some on has announced her resignation saying the current government has failed to live up to the lebanese people's expectations journalist chris hedges told us lebanon will have to tackle some deep rooted problems to overcome the unrest. this is just the culmination of very catastrophic called the nation of. absolute dysfunction failure collapse of good government responsible government in lebanon there were massive demonstrations i mentioned before in 2019 and a reshuffling of the government but it didn't do anything to dent the you know catastrophic mismanagement and wholesale corruption that has characterized the lebanese state i would say for the last 3 decades and so what we're seeing and i think you know your reporter the report you just did out of lebanon was go

also put up market gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago under the ottoman empire protestors raised to cardboard cutouts with ropes around their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and hezbollah's leader as well as other officials in response to the surge and several unrest prime minister has called for some hours ago an early election he stated that corruption was to blame for today's tragedy. but we are in a state of emergency and not only because of this catastrophe and the need to deal with it in these circumstances i'd like all political parties to agree on what happens next we don't have much time i'm prepared to bear this responsibility for 2 months until they can come to an agreement what is needed is for the not to stand in the way of structural reforms in order to save the country on monday at the cabinet meets in i will propose a bill seeking a 90 election a number of the ballot journalist all tough was in the midst of saturday's chaotic scenes in beirut. these demonstrators were flocking to marchers square also to the lebanese parliament to

demonstrators put a gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago under the ottoman empire protestors their race cardboard cutouts was broken surround their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and has been laws leader as well as other officials response to the surge and civil unrest prime minister has called for an early election he says corruption was to blame for tuesday's tragedy political analyst. and international relations professor jamal wakim give us their thoughts on what is happening to the country. there are some pretty sights. yeah people. think this is not from the states what's the group that's 30 arrestin is right there how do you how is this really just for a show me the nation. has to cheer them on fortunately lebanese politics couldn't have found the solution there are too many of these or. there is genuine and good by the people who are disappointed by the. economy but i stood in the country almost a year ago we need. really not just to go to the break that there are others but. to capitalize on. these by abuse where the former government and

demonstrators also put up mock gallows in a location where people were hung more than 100 years ago under the ottoman empire activists raise cardboard cutouts with ropes around their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and leader of hezbollah along with other top officials in response to the surge in civil unrest prime minister has called some hours ago for an early election he stated that corruption was to blame for choose these tragedy. we are in a state of emergency and not only because of this catastrophe and the need to deal with it in these circumstances i'd like all political parties to agree on what happens next we don't have much time i'm prepared to bear this responsibility for 2 months until they can come to an agreement what is needed is for them not to stand in the way of structural reforms in order to save the country on monday at the cabinet meets in i will propose a bill seeking an early election a little ballot or journalist was in the midst of saturday's chaotic scenes in beirut. these demonstrators were flocking to martyrs square also to the lebanese parliament to express thei

demonstrators put up gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago and that the ottoman empire protestors raised cardboard cut outs with ropes around their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and hezbollah's leader as well as other officials in response to the surge and civil unrest prime minister hassan dab has called for an early election he says that corruption was to blame for tuesday's tragedy and earlier today at lebanon's information minister announced her resignation saying the current government has failed to live up to the lebanese people's expectations . now to discuss all this further we go live now tomorrow political commentator you're very welcome to the program there's been profound anger with the political establishment and lebanon before tuesday's tragedy was this just the final straw. well this is not this is not astronomy or it's a catastrophe it is the catastrophe that will have to bring people to justice the political elite in lebannon that has been running the country since the early 19th with corruption with nepotism they have to pay the price

demonstrators put up market gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago under the ottoman empire protestors raised cardboard cutouts with ropes around their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and hezbollah's leader as well as other officials in response to the unrest lebanon's information minister has stepped down saying the government has failed the people the environment minister has also quit stating that he's lost hope in the quote sterile regime journalist rania colleague earlier told my colleague you know neal that protesters want someone to be held accountable for the tragedy. a lot of righteous anger in the streets of people who are angry they lost their anger they lost their homes angry this happened on top of everything else it's been deteriorating in the country and there's also you know some attempts to manipulate it for political gain by different political factions so there are certain political factions who have people the streets trying to make it about his boat as opposed to about the entire lebanese power structure and any course you have people who

also put up market gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago under the ottoman empire protestors raised cardboard cut outs with ropes around their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and hezbollah's leader as well as other officials in response or to the surge in civil unrest prime minister called for some hours ago actually an early election he stated the corruption was to blame for tuesday's tragedy. but we are in a state of emergency and not only because of this catastrophe and the need to deal with it in these circumstances i'd like all political parties to agree on what happens next we don't have much time i'm prepared to bear this responsibility for 2 months until they can come to an agreement what is needed is for the not to stand in the way of structural reforms in order to save the country on monday at the cabinet meets in i will propose a bill seeking a night election at burnham for the ballot journalist all tough was in the midst of saturday's chaotic scenes in beirut. these demonstrators were flocking to marchers square also to the lebanese parl

also put up market gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago under the ottoman empire protestors raised to cardboard cutouts with ropes around their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and hezbollah's leader as well as other officials in response to the surge in civil unrest prime minister hassan called some hours ago for an early election he stated that corruption was to blame for today's tragedy. but we are in a state of emergency and not only because of this catastrophe and the need to deal with it in these circumstances i'd like all political parties to agree on what happens next we don't have much time i'm prepared to bear this responsibility for 2 months until they can come to an agreement what is needed is for the not to stand in the way of structural reforms in order to save the country on monday at the cabinet meeting i will propose a bill seeking a nightly election. ballot journalist all tough it was in the midst of saturday's chaotic scenes in beirut. these demonstrators were flocking to martyrs square also to the lebanese parliament to express t

demonstrators put up a mock gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago under the ottoman empire protestors raised cardboard cutouts with ropes around their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and hezbollah's leader as well as other officials in response to the unrest lebanon's information minister has stepped down saying the government has failed the people the environment minister has also quit stating he has lost hope in the quote sterile regime journalist rania colic earlier told my colleague you know neal the protesters want someone to be held accountable for the tragedy. a lot of righteous anger in the streets of people who are angry they lost their anger they lost their homes angry this happened on top of everything else it's been deteriorating in the country and there's also you know some attempts to manipulate for political gain by different political factions so there are certain political factions who have people the streets trying to make it about his vote as opposed to about the entire lebanese power structure and any course you have people who were demon

demonstrators put up more gallows in a location where people were hungry or than a 100 years ago under the ottoman empire protestors raised cardboard cut outs with ropes around their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister a leader as well as other officials in response to the own risk lebanon's 'd information minister has stepped out saying the government has feel the people the environment minister has also quit saying he has lost hope in the quote regime journalist rania kohak told me people are looking for someone to blame for the trench a. lot of righteous anger in the streets of people who are angry they lost their anger they lost their homes angry this happened on top of everything else it's been deteriorating in the country and there's also you know some attempts to manipulate the political game by different political factions so there are certain political factions who have people the streets trying to make it about his body as opposed to about the entire lebanese power structure and any course you have people who were demonstrating starting in october jude to the economic collapse who h

also put up market gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago under the ottoman empire. protestors raised cardboard cutouts with ropes around their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and hezbollah's leader as well as other officials in response to the surge in civil unrest prime minister has. called some hours ago for an early election he stated that corruption was to blame for today's tragedy. but we are in a state of emergency and not only because of this catastrophe and the need to deal with it in these circumstances i'd like all political parties to agree on what happens next we don't have much time i'm prepared to bear this responsibility for 2 months until they can come to an agreement what is needed is for the not to stand in the way of structural reforms in order to save the country on monday at the cabinet meeting i will propose a bill seeking an early election. for the ballot journalist all tough it was in the midst of saturday's chaotic scenes in beirut. these demonstrators were flocking to martyrs square also to the lebanese parliament to expres

demonstrators put a gallows in a location where people were hung more than 100 years ago under the ottoman empire protesters raise cardboard cutouts with ropes around their necks they depicted lebanon's prime minister has belarus leaders well as other officials in response to the surge in civil unrest prime minister has called for an early election he says corruption was to blame for tuesday's tragedy. i can speak now to obama sharbat he's a security and political analyst. we've just mentioned that there were already protests many people around the world might not have been aware of them but several months have been protest about the really bad financial situation there how the protest intensified now because of this tragedy. yes definitely the protest yesterday was it was larger than the protests that took place before the blast but you see the blast the blast took place in the seaport and seaport is under the authority and the management of the government and people were killed in their own homes so that leads to a. crucial is that the state the people in that on the state is to be held

demonstrators put up a mock gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago under the ottoman empire protestors raised cardboard cut outs with ropes around their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and hezbollah's leader as well as other officials in response to the unrest lebanon's information minister has stepped down saying the government has failed the people the environment minister has also quit stating that he has lost hope and he quote stero regime journalist rania colic earlier told the union o'neil my colleague that the protesters want someone to be held accountable for the tragedy. a lot of righteous anger in the streets of people who are angry they lost their anger they lost their homes angry this happened on top of everything else it's been deteriorating in the country and there's also you know some attempts to manipulate for political gain by different political factions so there are certain political factions who have people the streets trying to make it about his boat as opposed to about the entire lebanese power structure and any course you have people wh

also put up a mark gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago under the ottoman empire protestors raised cardboard cut outs with ropes around their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and hezbollah's leader as well as other officials in response to the surge in civil unrest prime minister has. called some hours ago for an early election he stated that corruption was to blame for tuesday's tragedy. but we are in a state of emergency and not only because of this catastrophe and the need to deal with it in these circumstances i'd like all political parties to agree on what happens next we don't have much time i'm prepared to bear this responsibility for 2 months until they can come to an agreement what is needed is for the not to stand in the way of structural reforms in order to save the country on monday at the cabinet meets in i will propose a bill seeking a night election but none of the ballot journalist who was in the midst of saturday's chaotic scenes in beirut. these demonstrators were flocking to martyrs square also to the lebanese parliament to expres

history has called it the great war in the 2nd episode the declining ottoman empire forges its alliance with germany and the central powers as the war gives birth to 3 nationalist movements determine the future world war one through our eyes on a larger 0. in jordan this is counting the cost on al-jazeera your look at the world of business and economics this week corrupt bankrupt banking and political plans have destroyed lebanon's economy people can't get access to their bank accounts billions have been moved out of the country. president trump wants to install his own man at the bank oversee latin america's recovery from the pandemic but some nations are opposed to the move. and the case of the gas power plant that wasn't built but the company was awarded billions of dollars nigeria goes to court to reverse that decision. lebanon is bankrupt it's been brought to its knees by the powerful banking industry and its times to the political elite sometimes those times have been indistinguishable over 2 decades money flowed from citizens to enrich bankers and as the currency crisis unfolded

demonstrators put up gallows in a location where people were hanged more than 100 years ago under the ottoman empire protestors raised cardboard cutouts with ropes around their necks depicting lebanon's prime minister and hezbollah's leader as well as other officials in response to the unrest lebanon's information minister has stepped down saying the government has failed the people the environment minister has also quit so he has lost hope in the quote stero regime journalist rania colic earlier told you know neal my colleague that the protesters want someone to be held accountable for the tragedy. a lot of righteous anger in the streets of people who are angry they lost their anger they lost their homes angry this happened on top of everything else it's been deteriorating in the country and there's also you know some attempts to manipulate for political gain by different political factions so there are certain political factions who have people the streets trying to make it about his ball as opposed to about the entire lebanese power structure and any course you have people who were demonst

demonstrators putting up gallows in the location where people were hung more than 100 years ago into the ottoman empire protestors raising cardboard cutouts with ropes around their neck depicting lebanon's prime minister hezbollah's leader there as well as other officials in response to the unrest lebanon's information minister among well some announced her resignation saying the current government has failed to live up to the lebanese people's expectations. let's go live now to journalist rania colonic rania is in beirut thanks very much for taking the time to speak to us today iranian things seem to be snowballing in beirut despite ministers resigning on the promise of an early election what exactly do you think the crowds out there want. well just to clarify i was in beirut until yesterday i know in washington d.c. but right now you have a few different things taking place there's a a lot of anger obviously in the street over the explosion which is the fault of you know extreme incompetence and negligence by a governor extremely corrupt government. and so there's a lot of righteous anger in t

don't stop you cannot go and i was saying you cannot go from me ottoman empire into the hops bird we are going to touch whether or not there was a pandemic they had the system now i'm not asking to have contact all the time but to have a plan in place to inforce 3 levels. check passengers. test by sensors or contact passengers it's a level 123 and still 000 most of the dive in till you have information and then you can act if you acted that way out of want we would have the problem. oh it so here's the thing like in the beginning of the demick when it all started and we understood that it was global any was irreversible everyone hysterically started remembering the notion of the black swan. and then it sort of got you knowing and you were saying this is really not a black swan it's a white swan and then just the latest century a read of yours an international business times are saying yeah actually it could be a black swan is it is it because the pandemic itself the virus a is self is not the black swan but the black swan is the handling of the aftermath there is a saying no no one h

in ancient times gaza was an important mediterranean port city it was part of the ottoman empire until the end of world war one the british mandate of a palestine including gaza last it until $948.00 gaza was then administered by egypt until 967 and subsequently occupied by israel following the 6 day war. a form of palestinian self-government was created in 1904 with the establishment of the palestinian authority in 2007 the radical islamic group hamas took over the gaza strip israel then stepped up its control of the gaza sea coast space and land brutes citing security concerns that. there have been 3 wars and several smaller conflicts in gaza over the last decade palestinian militants sometimes fire rockets at nearby israeli towns and cities israel responds with strikes. palestinians continue to hope for the creation of their own independent state but there is hope suffocating. the middle east peace process is currently store. the new generation of palestinian photographers document the ongoing conflict as possible they were. but sharif sohan also believes that he and his colleagues