there were laws against the jews coming into palestine, into palestine. there were laws against jews owning property in palestine. and these were under the control of the sultan. when the jews got a homeland from the league of nations, the arabs rebelled and there were terrible riots against the jews. now, when i say a riot against the jews in 1920 and 1921, what am i talking about? i am not talking about people running up and down the street with large placards saying, palestine for the palestinians. i'm talking people running into synagogu synagogues, burning torahs, babies being killed, people being beheaded and these are the facts. 1920s, 1921. the british mortuaryial never saw so many head injuries because people were bashed and bashed just because they were jewish. in 1928, this came to a head. in 1928, the jews decided to sit down at the wailing wall while they were praying for yom kippur. everybody knows what the wailing wall is. this is a remnant of the saul's temple and because they tried to sit down, it violated shari'a. now, you remember i tol

where was palestine? palestine was actually renamed israel by the romans in 70 a.d. when the jews were expelled. it was attached to syria. this was to wipe away the identity of the jews in israel. eventually, during the 20th century they didn't know if palestine was a southern part of syria, was a northern part of africa, they still don't know. there are no boundaries -- there were no boundary lines at that time. even today we see that there are disputes about who -- there were disputes about who owned the bottom of the peninsula. we see that there are disputes up in lebanon. so in 1919 when the jews were -- when the area was put into two states, a jewish state and arabic state, the arabs failed to develop their own state. why? because they would not coexist with jews in palestine as equals. now, when i say jews, i don't mean european jews. i don't mean polish jews and russian jews although many were behind the settlements. even yes, ma'am night jews. any jews could not come up and settle in palestine there there about 1898. those who say that arabs and jews have alw

palestine is our land. they would run up and down the streets and scream that. palestine is our land. here is the second half. palestine is our land, the jew is our god. this is not 1945. this is the 1920s. this wasn't one. this was a regular chance. i am trying to give you the mind set, the roots of the arab/not the alliance in the holocaust. to all these guys whose names were hitler and his names were adolf, common cause after world war ii, some 2,000 nazi prison guards migrated into the middle east, into egypt. the sole purpose of waging war with propaganda. the investments in sanctioned with military maneuvers, wars, the war of independence in 1948 and 0 the others that came to pass. german masterminds were working behind the scenes and in the front on their arab names. breaking this to reality. what does this mean for us today? we have to look today, we see a guy called mohammad of boss who says the will of recognize israel as a jewish state. they can call themselves anything they want. this harkens ba

they said we will never coexist with the jews in palestine. they actually said better it run as a colony for 100 years that we should live one day with jews as co-equals, allowing them to sit while they pray at the wall. i have to tell you, 99% of what you read in this book is quotation in context from the original arabic, from the original german, from the original english, from the original version documentation, et cetera, et cetera, as we try to document carefully the roots of the arab-nazi alliance. eventually the british began to see that their efforts to push the jews out of germany and out of europe, into palestine was creating an actual jewish state. not just a settlement, not just a big prison cell with egypt, not just a reservation, but an actual state. and they saw that as a threat to the third reich because he believed in importantly of an international jewish state. at that point, something else occurred. they realized as they're edging closer and closer to war in 1937-1938, they are beginning to understand that the british who t

is a natural home for the jewish people. 1920, the british mandate over palestine. 22, 78% of palestine gets chopped off and israel is left with 22%. 1929, in hebron -- if you want to see what the effect of those pagrams are, go to the museum, see the pictures there. see the history. 1936 to '38, more than 500,000 jews are murdered. '47, the u.n. partition plan which cut up that 22% into 10%. and still israel accepted it because israel was so grateful to have anything but the arabs went to war. the arabs went to war, and when they went to war, before they went to war, they told their people run away. there were probably 500 to 700,000 arabs in israel at the time. they were told run away while we resolve this war. and then you'll come back as soon as we get rid of this muttly arm of holocaust-survivor jews that are left here and so they did run away at the same time that number left, 1 million jews from arab countries were forced to leave their homes

really recognize palestine in one thousand nine hundred eight it was also recognized by ninety other countries what do we expect from russia now there are two things the first concerns the middle east quartet it's necessary to do everything possible to boost its activity so that it's similar to the role of the european union we would like russia to convince the u. . yes because it's the only country that's against the final statement containing new conclusions it will help us to have a better substantiated discussion with israel promoting the peace process russia could also insist on its position in stopping the settlement activity in its relationship with the u.s. and israel and on getting back to the negotiations table i think that russia is ready for that that's what president medvedev has reaffirmed during this visit. also the visit out the russian president to jordan coins so it's we'll be all set oaks church celebrations of it before any of this is one of the twelve major holy days and this side forty kilometers outside of amman the capital of jordan where we are now is the pla

they were mostly focused on hoping they could fight palestine. what we have seen in lebanon since 2006/2007 are clashes between sunni and shia on the streets and culminated in 2008 when sunni militias were dispatched and defeated in 24 hours. the education remains. as long as hezbollah is on the side of americans and saudis the one group saying you don't have to compromise, you can defeat or humiliate israel, it will be an embarrassment to saudi arabia which totally sell about in terms of arab nationalism. they will undermine the fear which is not becoming more serious threat in the arab world, you see shea ats being arrested and there's a significant shia minority. in kuwait we see sunni and persius strikes becoming worse than ever but as a result of this aggressive -- third developing more of an aggressive identity. future comforts in the region will be a result of this tension and iraq may be deeply involved because in iraq you have a strong confident she a state. nobody likes -- the defense will push to the americans to be the only friend but

hasn't changed since nine hundred eighty one then soviet union recognize palestine as an independent state today dmitry medvedev was looking for a month from the middle east peace process is obviously stalled at the three other members of the middle east quartet washington brussels and the united nations have so far been unable to persuade israel to make any form of concessions and russia is very keen to get engaged in talks with israel and palestine and palestinian president mahmoud abbas in an exclusive interview to set that russia had very good chances to become a key alternative peace negotiator. really recognize palestine in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight it was also recognized by ninety other countries what do we expect from russia now there are two things the first concerns the middle east quartet it's necessary to do everything possible to boost its activity so that it's similar to the role. say the european union we would like russia to convince the us because it's the only country that's against the final statement containing new conclusions it will help us to have

why this obsession with a creation of a terrorist state of palestine? i guess the answer is in the question itself. this obsession, like so many others, is irrational. it defies commonsense. if you wish to make peace with someone, you have to do it with someone who wants peace, not someone who wishes to destroy you. [applause] >> that should be obvious. you will never have peace with someone who wants to destroy you, period. now if i may, i'd like a moment to speak to those in power. after all, it's not every day that i get this national forum to say what's on my mind. again, thank you, c-span. for those of you who view israel as merely a pawn, no more than a 51st state, let me tell you. you are making a terrible mistake. israel is an ally and a friend of america and should be treated as such. [applause] >> when you sit down to dialog and have tea with israel's enemies, you place israel in danger. and when you place israel in danger, you place our own nation, your own nation in danger because israel's enemies are our enemies. [applause] >> let me repeat

palestine authority.kevin flowers. >> still ahead on ktvu channel 2news encouraging news tonight on the condition of gabreille giffords. what doctors are saying. >> as washington dc prepares to return to business lawmakers reflect on the violence in tuck season and possible change as head. >> and a unique invention giving new hope to people who are paralyzed. . >>> late this afternoon doctors have upgraded the condition of gabreille gifford from critical to serious. she is now breathing for the first time since she was shot in the head january 8th in the tucson massacre. >>> and a new york senator is calling for tougher gun laws. >> the brady law has been a huge success. gun violence went down. the number of people killed by criminals by guns has declined it's a vindication that smart, rational gun control law that protect the right to bear arms are the way to go. >> specifically the center has proposed anyone with a federal record of drug use be bar from buying weapons. the army rejected jarrod loughner

they were hoping they could fight palestine. what we've seen in lebanon since 2006-2007 are increasing clashes between sunni and shia thugs on the street. they culminate in 2000 a when sunni militias were very quickly dispatched and defeated by hezbollah in 24 hours. that education remains. as long as hezbollah is a thorn in the side of the americans and the studies, the one group saying that you don't have to compromise, look, you can defeat israel or humiliate israel, it's going to be an embarrassment to saudi arabia which totally sold out. they will do their best to undermine it, undermine it by spreading its fear of shi'ism which is now becoming much more serious threat to the arab world. you see she is being tortured and arrested. saudi arabia has a significant shia minority. kuwait, we seek sunni and shia more than ever. she is are responding and developing more of a and identity. so i think that future conflicts in the region will be a result of this, and iraq may be deeply involved in that because in iraq have a very str

peace process peter lavelle asks his power of gas how israel will justify its position now and if palestine is credibility has been damaged r.t. is debate talk show crosstalk he's next. and you can. still. come across an archive you tell a huge embarrassment for a lost historic opportunity the release of over sixteen hundred documents covering a decade of negotiations between the israelis and palestinians show a pattern of deceit powerlessness and despair. you can. still. discuss the meaning of these leaked documents i'm joined by omar badar in washington he's a political scientist and promotes human rights in miami we go to each eye flasher he is the host that israel national radio and director of cooma and in tel aviv we cross to my one mary she's a freelance journalist and writer and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want if i go to my in in israel in tel aviv i'm going to be very blunt here after reading these leaked documents it seems they mean one of the biggest lies of the last decade h

next the story of israelis facing condemnation at home for their nonviolent stance towards palestine stay with us here on r.t. . i think breaking the silence is all about telling the story of the occupation through night without you . we're here to tell you how you conduct an occupation. only. to palestinians will be afraid of the idea where they'll be afraid of the us. so what do you do to give them this year you make your presence felt that's i would say sixty to seventy percent of what i did as a combat soldier in the occupied territories was to do with deterrence with you know doing what we call making our presence felt. go out. should somebody so they hear a knock on doors run to the other corner and they don't know how. just to let the palestinians feel that we control the city we are the bosses we know what's going on we are everywhere all the time. when you're just charge you understand. this is the way to. to occupy civil society civilians. not talking about. guarding the borders of israel and i joined the army and when do you know to protect my country starting about protec

so ramallah is an express zant on the backside of palestine in a sense. it where's all the money styx. it where's the elites that have been bought off by aid money and by external backers congregate. and it's been separated from the body plic of palestine. ramallah is in great shake. i was there a couple weeks ago. you can get a cappuccino for 12 bucks. >> rose: all right. this is what you said in one of the columns you wrote for "ha'aretz". you said "netanyahu has in effect concluded his term in prime minister. it's all downhill until the next elections without achievements or agenda, passing the time buying political calm and deflecting diplomatic pressure instead of initiating, leading, netanyahu will engage in fruitless, holding actions until he falls from power." >> well, i thought this time around unlike that two previous times when israel and the palestinians try to negotiate a peace in 2000 and then again in 2007/2008, in both previous cases the israeli and american leaders involved with lame duck, on their way out. and this time we've had both th

now, these walls, 12, 15 feet wall surrounding neighborhoods might not remind people of palestine. it was very aggressive, destroyed the social fabric. he couldn't cross the street to go to school in the other neighborhood because the walls were surrounding him. but this actually works and there is one exit point. militiamen working with the americans and the police are the army or the soldiers controlling the interim index it so the americans would conduct a census and figure out lives where, who belong door didn't belong, they could prevent them from coming and equally important, they could prevent iraqi police from going to a sunni neighborhood and opening fire on the neighborhood because wall wasn't locked. so the americans grows the game of a civil war as they were. and you had militia phenomenon which after the time was a terrible idea. here you have a civil war and suddenly you were going to add more to the equation? not only that, they were -- less padilla a ton with the militiamen and when you talk to them they say we have a [inaudible] -- to occupations. the american occu

is tied to operating the biggest open air prison in the world palestine how much money does israel make per year by operating that prison called palestine well israel doesn't make so much money it loses money and that's a very interesting thing because if you look at the early days of the occupation of of the palestinian territories the gaza strip the west bank it was set up many mechanism by which to profit from these areas by exploiting cheapest indian labor by exploiting the land exploiting their water resources and using the palestinian cheap captive market for marketing israeli goods but the more the palestinian resistance has been organized and been effective in. putting putting these really army on edge the more israel has been losing money to keep control over the palestinian territories and you mentioned the biggest open air prison i would say the gaza strip is the world's current biggest open air prison and the world it with one and a half million people living there and they were quite in trysting relations and we can mix with guarding how israel treats the gaza strip. why is

is permitting the people in that region to decide what happened when hamas won the elections in palestine sanctions were imposed on it its money was stopped and the west refused to recognize a democratic election because they were hoping to push the p.l.o. through and we now know why with the publication of the palestinian papers that the bad p.l.o. leadership which was in the pocket of the united states and now we know also of these really leads to such a disgusting extent that it's horrified people in the arab world and so they actively promoted and tried to defend a corrupt palestinian leadership against hamas even though hamas had one then they tried to destroy hamas as they did hezbollah by in carney going very sorry to hear a we're going to have to go i wish you were going to go to a short break after a short break we'll continue our discussion on exporting democracy stay with her. strategists. this is not a c.e.o. trickle say it. this is a real correctional facility. but is there any cultural life behind bars. could transform a criminal into. sure abiding citizen. and can performan

really recognize palestine in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight it was also recognized by ninety other countries we expect from russia now. the first the middle east. it's necessary to do everything possible to boost its activity similar to the role of the european union we would like russia to convince the us because it's the only country that you're going to the final statement containing new conclusions. to have a better substantiated discussion with israel in the peace process could also insist on its position in stopping the settlement activity in its relationship with the us and israel and on getting back to the negotiations table i think that russia was ready for that that's what president has reaffirmed during this visit. very sorry i'm afraid we've lost connection with all correspondent get that in the garage over there he was speaking to us live from amman on the visit of president dmitri medvedev to the region well of course we're across the story online fuel don't call him a wall so where you can look at some of the all the stories that we have for you on the website

russia is committed to supporting palestine's independence with the capital in east jerusalem dmitri medvedev said during his middle east visit as the russian. israel has been left on the sidelines due to political infighting. in the u.k. as. money. billions in bonuses despite. the rest of the country. well a very warm welcome to you this is our life from moscow the initial plan for president medvedev. has been trying to help the middle east quartet and try and get the middle east peace process back on track. its commitment to back a palestinian state with a capital in east jerusalem so according to president dmitri medvedev who's been meeting with. but that's years they of the news russia's position stays the same we made a choice at the end of the 1980's we've been back in and we will be back in the rights of the palestinians to create their own state independent united sustainable with the capital in east jerusalem. or the initial plan for president maybe a dose of middle east tour was to hold talks with israel as well but this was spoiled when its officials went on strike leading

palestine, israel. mexico, as i watch them struggling with their cultural identities and trying to maintain the identities and have the respect as the american citizens they are in this country, it got me to thinking about my family heritage and thinking about how history really does repeat itself. because i know that my people want through these same issues in the famine times when they came. and i thought to myself, why are not more of these stories being told? we need to collect these stories. i am at an age where my parents and their cousins, their siblings, they are getting close end of their life. one of the main ways i collect my information is through oral history i knew time was on the essense. there were stories that would be lost if i didn't collect these stories immediately. and that's what i embarked upon doing. >> i grew up in brooklyn, new york. my experience was landing by birth into an urban town land. my family, my mother is first generation i'm second generation. my grand mother lived

but, i haven't been to palestine for a year and a half. i feel like it has been the other way round. one of the motivating factors for it was the defense of israel. if we defeat this regime then somehow we will be able to put in tel aviv and tel aviv will be our puppet and will be pro-israel and you'll have pipelines goings from iraq into haifa so i think this is one of the main reasons why the u.s. went to war with iraq. everyone has their own reasons and 9/11 provided a pretext but the defense of israel securing israel's position in the region is one of america's main motives for what it does in the middle east unfortunately, so certainly that was a factor in the war on iraq that it is hard for me to think of how iraq has affected the conflict with israel. do you have any ideas? i feel like there must be something. i think it is separate. i've seen the american occupation and how incompetent when it was. they actually did have an -- visiting in 2004 to see how the israelis occupy and how they control a populated area. even at the west ba

. >> in palestine, in love and on their all marching together in support of the puget of egypt. long live the people of egypt. >> as the demonstrators marched a mile down the streets, the number of protesters marched to apply to almost a thousand strong. many work passionate about their march. >> i think the people here that impression that egypt is stable, but that does not mean it is, it is a repressive regime. there are people who were tortured and imprisoned all the time. i think because the way it is portrayed here we do not realize it. >> they have been repressed for 30 years and it is time to stand up for your cause. >> egypt is my homeland, i wanted to be a better place that has that potential. it saddens me that these people have been in power for so long. >> is all one voice, one hard who want to free the country and be liberated. the egyptian people stood up and they're not going to stand on again they want to free this country. >> in san francisco kron4 news. >> still ahead on kron4 news oakland police involved as officer involved shooting. googol also introduces i k

in hebron one finds the most extreme and aggressive israeli settlers there is no palestine everything is easy trail. arabs get out. the settler children are protected by israeli soldiers and paris also new car of their young to talk to. the patriarch abraham is said to be buried in hebron the city is one of the holiest places in judaism in that. you don't own this one must realize that hebron historically has always been a jewish city of king david founded his kingdom here in hebron a little you. want to put our forefathers up abraham isaac and jacob and their wives are all buried here in hebron peace so it has been in jewish place for thousands of years was it's not just. the real politik focused on. what this state is a jewish state and we are here to stay because four thousand years ago god promised this land to the jewish family that we have a divine right to this land. nor violence but as a gift from god. you're a trader not. may your name be forgotten was. a low there we are from jerusalem today. the former soldier in hebron informs journalists diplomats and others about the sit

you seem to indicate an american involvement in the problems in palestine many years ago.i thought it had been chiefly the british who were handling that or settling it with the balfor -- could you tell me, please, what was the american involvement? >> i apologize if i gave you the wrong impression. what i said was that henry cabot lodge warned against our involvement in that, in that situation. you are quite correct that it was the british who crafted jordan and present day saudi arabia and really failed to help their clients, the people who, the hash mites who had helped to defeat the turks during the war and let the wahhabis of the neg, the saud family defeat them. which made necessary the establishment of jordan and of iraq. but, no, this was a british, certainly a british thing. and, of course, the balfor declaration and the failure to support that, again, we are not the only power that has practiced feckless diplomacy. >> thank you. [applause] >> to find out more about the poaolucci book award, visit isi.org. >> we're here at the national press club's book and author