to their support for palestinian statehood jeremy so you all for a two state solution yes i think palestine should be recognized they've been out of the cold for a very long time they are now recognized by very large number of states individually around the world it's time for the u.n. to do the same attempts to create a palestinian state have been failing for almost two decades now can things be different now what's different is that more land has been taken more walls have been built more people have been put in prison and a lot of the palestinian people are extremely desperate and i think it is high time the u.n. since it does recognize the needs of the palestinian people through. and also through their membership in the school it's time for them to now recognize palestine as a state that it seems to be so all but the main opponents of this are israel and the united states for what reason i can only speculate if the land grabs that israel's answer to all of this if it can grab enough land then the problem defacto doesn't exist anymore well israel has been grabbing land from the palestini

justinian's ever since nine hundred forty eight and if one looks at the sad map of palestine you'll see from the. green line nine hundred forty eight borders now what is the enclave of gars which has very little contact with the west bank and of them anyway and then you see the west bank and then you see the areas and say and then you see the huge number of settlements all over and it continued land grab a new kind of question the viability of a state with some much occupation going on anyway i would think that by gaining recognition of palestine as a state it then becomes very obvious that in any sense in international law israel's continued colonization occupation is illegal particularly the current flashpoint is jerusalem with the development of two particular certain ones in jerusalem but also the prevention of many palestinians returning to trust them when they go to the west bank and the expulsion of palestinians from their homes to make way for. the new city of david in the south of the city you mentioned the u.s. and israel's opposition to a full u.n. membership for the palestin

assembly even though the us would not support palestine's full membership status i do believe that palestine will probably receive this nonmember observer state status by the end of the year because it does have the majority of support of the countries that belong to the. ride let's leave it there i don't know but if in new york for us now more analysis on that from a ramsey editor of the palestine chronicle dot com good to have you with us mr. prime minister netanyahu called to bomb to describe the wrongs nuclear threat you know i'm sure a did you find is the explanation. i mean the whole thing the whole sure was rather embarrassing i think that's and you know his speech is going to go down in history books. not for its grandeur and the greed of the discourse but rather for the bizarre and embarrassing nature. member in the last speech he. to the u.n. general assembly sixty six session he was very insulting it was. he he insulted and members of the u.n. as they were sitting and listening to him this time i think he's insulting everybody's intelligence not just the general assembly but every

what role do the people of palestine play in this event? are very clear and transparent questions, sir. the third question i have -- if a historic event -- if a historical event has indeed taken place, why so much sensitivity surrounding it by politicians? >> mr. president, if i may -- >> translator: this has already come and gone. >> let me move on because time is short. >> translator: everyone knows the answer to these questions. >> benjamin netanyahu has made it clear that he believes iran is producing uranium to have a nuclear weapon, not help people with cancer, as you say. he's also indicating that israel may take some preemptive strike against iran. if israel does launch a strike against your country, what will your response be? >> translator: the response of iran is quite clear. i don't even need to explain that. any question and any nation has the right and will indeed defend herself. but my question is this -- why should the world be managed in such a way that an individual can allow himself to threaten a rich and deeply rooted hi

and and also through the membership of unesco it's time for them to now recognize palestine as a state and it seems to me bizarre that the main opponents of this are israel and the united states for what reason i can only speculate if the land grabs then israel's answer to all of this if it can grab enough land then the problem defacto doesn't exist anymore well israel has been grabbing land from the palestinians ever since nine hundred forty eight when you kind of question the viability of a state with some much occupation going on anyway i would think that by gaining recognition of palestine as a state then becomes very obvious to any sense in international law israel's continued colonise ation occupation is illegal particularly the current flashpoint is jerusalem with the development of two particular so immense in jerusalem but also the prevention of many palestinians returning to truce them when they go to the west bank and the expulsion of palestinians from their homes to make way for . the new city of david in the south of the city. palestinian progress really been neglected rec

agency that welcomes palestine as on equal footing with any other member is subject to the punishment that happened to unesco last year when palestine was welcomed as a full member of your nasco and the u.s. immediately cut its seventy million dollar contribution twenty two percent of us goes budget it was a very harsh punishment i think that the threat to the u.s. and israel as a result would be massive international outrage that the u.s. would be using the excuse of palestinian membership in one way or another u.n. agency as an excuse to cut its obligations to the world body. well the georgian authorities have put forward prison officer who leaks of videos of a maze being tortured on interpol's wanted list the basic claims it led even because it was now seeking asylum in belgium is wanted for alleged involvement in the prison abuse they were nice of the footage sparked massive crowds have to cause georgia head of the country's parliamentary election to georgia ministers have resigned with office is accused of that i should torch our arrested president saakashvili has promised a comp

independent palestine for peace in the middle east where it is. perfect this is the key to peace. sustainable peace you can't have interrupted peace peace is a peace but this is a entry into areas addition of potential conflicts because going in there and i think that this is an investment and peace for provide the palestinians that right of self-determination and dependent state with jerusalem as its capital and the user patients of the territory of palestine by the continued expansion of settlements which obviously can have that international law to bring back and to the palestinians not only that unity their dignity their freedom as this independent state within their own nation if that is. continue to be i don't look good for. a vicious and. so be it and therefore what president bush has today. almost three months after his elections is that this impunity for israel will not be sustainable or acceptable and it will be deterred and call from morsi also said that successive american administrations essentially purchased with american taxpayer mo

the people of palestine to make decisions regarding their own future. why is it that palestine is such an issue of contention for iran between iran and israel and why does the u.s. feel like they need to be so intimately involved well the issue of palestine is not an issue for iran despite that moment from from the iranian president from president ahmadinejad iran has a concern with israel it doesn't have a concern with palestine i think that's rhetoric designed for his own base and in that particular instance the president is explaining what his language means that he's not saying we will wipe israel off the face of the earth which isn't a phrase that exists in persian but he's saying we will wipe oppression off the face of the earth fine but the reality is iran is not doing the palestinians any favor the one ironically the one thing that we can say that's you know who has won in this battle over iranian red lines he has won a year in which no one most notably his main sponsor the united states has not been pressuring for the end of occupation for the

but since i lack so connects one point five billion muslims with jerusalem and palestine this link is made of belief and faith they think that if they weaken that link muslims are going to lose interest in iraq in reality though the muslims that don't live in palestine feel closer because they know it's in danger as are their beliefs and so whatever the occupants do to diminish alex's significance is bound to fail that you have also said that if the israeli government and fanatical jewish groups since a week was a reaction they see this as a green light to move forward so what in fact should muslims do now and sadly muslim countries are now more concerned with their domestic issues neglecting the issue of imax or in jerusalem and allowing israeli or keep insta carry out their hostile plans and they have quite a few of those including the jewish organization of jerusalem and taking control over. there making the most of the numerous domestic problems that the arab and muslim countries are busy addressing right now so they can carry out their plans without any resistance. why do you bel

she is now serving on the jury of the racial tribunal on palestine -- russell tribunal and palestine,o bring attention to this responsibility other states bear for israel's violation of international law. the russell tribunal will be holding its fourth international session in new york on october 6. you are going to be there. >> i will be there, yes, with some wonderful people including angela davis, cynthia mckinney, lots of wonderful -- michael mansfield -- a lot of good people. >> noam chomsky. and what we do? >> we will hear testimony about why it is nothing seems to move. the u. n. mex resolutions and they are ignored. there are some any resolutions. when a particularly hands my heart is revolution 194. i think that is the number. it says to israel that you cannot keep the palestinians who were forced out of their homes, you cannot prevent them from returning. i am such a believer that people need to have a place to live that is theirs, that they should never be run out of their own place. and if they are, they should be able to return. and this, with some any other resolutions,

the the/there is not just israel and palestine. the reason for the/. i've got it carried a ago. we're at a time. thank you so much. a lot. tobacco away.. >>> welcome back. we have the chef and owner of the studio of good eating. she's here to user for to get healthy and that includes your kids. welcome. this is the time of year when you think that the launches are starting and on and the school the police charges every day carried and the status is hard to announce the kids leave the house they don't know if they're treading sandwiches. >>> that is the tough question. the ft eat healthy at home first. and if you cannot have a varied diet neither will your kid >>> if you tell your kid to be healthy and you're incapacitated chips every night is a mixed message for sure. this week there was a study that came out of stanford about organic food and was it worth the extra money to pay for organic vegetables and person and a thing and so they said basically the big picture with you added a lot that it was. but what you got for the morning

there is no homeland for us except palestine. there is no land for us but palestine. we shall not accept an alternative homeland to ignore an alternative land. palestine is our homeland and shall remaino. our people will continue to build institutions and will continue to strive to achieve natural -- national league record and put -- natural reconciliation. by resorting to the ballot boxes which will confirm our people's democratic choice. our people are also determined to continue popular resistance, peaceful popular resistance. consistent with international humanitarian law. for the sake of freedom, independence, and peace. mr. president, ladies and gentleman, a new member in the holy land. -- prevent the occurrence in the holy land. support a free, independent state of palestine now. let peace be victorious before it is too late. peace be upon you. [applause] >> the president of libya also spoke to the general assembly for a half-hour. his comments included a response to the recent violence in his country that led to the death of four americans. >> in the name of g

geography at mines university in seattle we have rooms he by route he is the editor in chief of the palestine chronicle and in washington we cross to roy goodman he is the correspondent for europe and the gulf for the mcclatchy newspapers all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want if i go to you in seattle given everything that's happened recently in the last week or so when i am focusing on all the protests should be in that should the united states consider quitting the middle east quitting the arab world or radically changing its strategy. yes i would go for the latter quitting the middle east is not an option at this as far as this point as far as the us is concerned there are in so deep in the are very involved in an all different sectors and at different levels but what they need to do they need a serious paradigm shift a serious rethink about their policies in the middle east the need to realign and redefine the relationship they have tell words our ups towards muslims move away from from this of you know militarization this kind of imposi

not see eye to eye when it comes to many issues including the occupation is really occupation of palestine now the challenge is will obama hold his ground or will he in the selling out the same way that he did in the past i think this is the challenge and i think this timeline is not just concerning iran but it's also concerning the united states itself. this is art hey now in georgia reported it it killed eleven suspected militants last month it claimed had crossed from the russian republic of dagestan some were convinced there was more to the news than met the eye another hole and here terror raid is actually being questioned as an elaborate hoax to discredit russia. going off explains why there are big doubts over what exactly happened. the outcome of a recent alleged police operation near georgia's border with russia's republic of dagestan eleven suspected terrorist dead b.b.c. says that the armed men were chechens who crossed into georgian territory and kidnapped around ten locals before being caught by police the news bread's quickly but not everyone is buying it. this was all organi

holiest site in islam continues to build talks to dr shaikh sabri grand mufti of jerusalem and palestine has things that the israeli government is deliberately targeting this sacred site. what we have said. the mufti of jerusalem she thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. its role as allows was was to make programmer to mecca but on the other hand it for birds men under the age of forty from entering the mosque during ramadan to pray on fridays how do you explain this contradiction. the suburb this contradiction is due to the fact that they let our brothers who live in the areas occupied in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight carry out the harsh susie's their legal right here there are also some political benefits to be again i feel demonstrating that there is freedom of religion. as for the. rules of the strictest there since it is on their territory for love it was situated somewhere else that no such measures would be taken against it now the focus is on. the occupation authorities on criticised only for that the most of their actions are always a criticism you have said t

khaled in san diego he is a peace activist and author of the general son journey of an israeli in palestine in tel aviv we have gideon levy he's a columnist and member of the hots editorial board all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect i mean you can jump in anytime you want gideon there's such a there's a concept called the october surprise meaning right before a month before a presidential election something happens to change it ok and our viewers may know some of those events what do you think the possibility is that israel unilaterally could attack iran if netanyahu is called gone to the united nations and made his case i mean he thinks he's right. it's hard to imagine the. take in the coming weeks it's really almost impossible to imagine it even though you know by itself when you speak about surprise you speak about something which might be unexpected which must be unexpected but if we are really talking ration the lead there is no chance that it was the do something right now as long as it is perceived as a ration of the country you know mico it i think that gideon really hit t

agency that welcomes palestine as on equal footing with any other member is subject to the punishment that happened to unesco last year when palestine was welcomed as a full member of your nasco and the u.s. immediately cut its seventy million dollar contribution twenty two percent of us goes budget it was a very harsh punishment i think that the threat to the u.s. and israel as a result would be massive international outrage that the u.s. would be using the excuse of palestinian membership in one way or another u.n. agency as an excuse to cut its obligations to the world body. now the conflict in syria also up for debate at the u.n. general assembly as reported in the meantime been an explosion at the chief of staff building at central damascus and this comes after two month long battle for the second city of aleppo is said to be entering its decisive phase with the latest clashes described as unprecedented the escalating violence there the un human rights council has extended its mandate to investigate war crimes in the country forty seven member body also passed a resolution that c

talks to dr shaikh somebody's former guard mufti of jerusalem and palestine who thinks that the israeli government is deliberately targeting the sacred site. with me i have to share it. thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. israel allows was limbs to make program to mecca but on the other hand it for birds men under the age of fourteen from entering the mosque during ramadan to pray on fridays how do you explain this contradiction. this contradiction is due to the fact that they let our brothers who live in the areas in one nine hundred forty eight carry out the harsh susie's their legal right there also is some political benefits to be gained from demonstrating that there is freedom of religion. as for the. rules of the strictest since it's all new territory for love it was situated somewhere else no such measures will be taken now the focus is on. the occupation authorities on criticised only for that the most of their actions deserve a criticism you have said that jewish authorities are trying to sensitize was them sensitivities to accept why do you say this. hell will isra