decided to recognize the state of palestine.ve decided to do so on the basis of the fact that the criteria of international law are fulfilled. there is a territory, a people, and a government. not to recognize palestine because of the occupation would be against the principal of international law about no fruits of aggression. remember that more than 130 countries already recognize palestine and we will be, in fact, number 135. >> reporter: as pointed out, sweden's decision does not set an international precedent. it is only the 135th country to take this step, but what is different is that it's the first western european nation to do so, and the palestinians are obviously pleased. >> translator: i believe that by this announcement sweden is going to give a new impetus to the political and peace process. israel will be more convinced by the importance of returning to negotiations and dealing with palestine state. >> reporter: but that seems unlikely. this is how the foreign minister reacted earlier this month. >> we're sorry abo

whether the israeli government should recognize palestine as a state.rime minister david cameron isn't taking part in the debate. >> 134 countries bilaterally recognize palestine, sweden the platest to do so. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu warns against. what is the point if the vote at the end is nonbinding? >> reporter: well, adrian, as you were saying, the prime minister won'ting voting and certainly his ministers will not be supporting the motion. but the members of parliament surely got the numbers to actually see it being approved it would call on the government to recognize the state of palestine and while the government is clearly not going to do so, it says it won't shift its stance, they hope it will be a strong signal externally, as well as putting more pressure on the government in the future. we know that possibly a majority of labor mps opposition mps plus many of the liberal democrat mps and the coalition allies of david cameron will support the recognition of palestine. in the last few minutes the debate's all right underway--

now sweden has officially recognized the state of palestine, while palestinian president has hailed the move, israel has con demented it. and record it's ambassador from stoke heck the swedish capitol. we have more. and. >> decades palestinians have argued that the israeli government has tried to deny them recognition of three things. the territory, people, and government. but now sweden has added it's support by officially recognized the state of pal steen. >> today the government of sweden has decided to recognize the state of palestine. we have decided to do so on the basis of the fact that the criteria of international law are fulfilled, the territories of people, and the government. not to recognize palestine because of their occupation, would be against the principle of international law about no fruits of aggression. remember that more than 130 countries already recognize palestine and we will be, in fact, number 135. >> as once pointed out, sweden's decision does not set an international precedent. it is after all only the one hundred thirty-fifth cub to take this step. but what

we offer an unvarnished look at the israel/palestine debate focusing on the u.s.nd the growing anti-zionist movement within the jewish community. >> the electronic intafad a&m ondoweiss, i think has been part of transforming the coverage on the issue of palestine in recent years we work as part of, i think, a movement that is an honest discussion about palestine. . >> if you want to get a read on internal israel politics, how the gaza war shakes up israeli politics, you go to 972 magazine. they are one of the few israeli outlets that have palestinian writers and many jewish israeli writers challenging the israeli narrative and occupation from within. so 972 magazine is a really crucial resource for people focusing on israel and palestine: >> it was torganized in 2011. we started forming researchers, designers, communicators to look at how you communicate effectively and a chance to meet and communication, the visuals are quicker and there is a space for us to be the link between those available and to help shift into a more factual one. >> visualizing palestine ha

sweden has officially recognized the state of palestine. the news is hailed by the palestinian president, but condemned by israel, which summoned the swedish ambassador. >> reporter: for decades, palestinians have argued that the government has denied them recognition of their territory and people and government. but now sweden has added it's support by officially recognizing the state of palestine. >> two days ago, sweden has decided to recognize the state of palestine. we have decided to do so on the basis of the fact that the criteria of international law are fulfilled. the territory, the people and the government. not to recognize palestine because of the occupation would be against the principle of international law about no fruits of addressing. remember that more than 130 countries already recognize palestine, and we would be number one 135. >> as she pointed out, sweden's decision does not set international precedence. it is after all only the 135th country to take this step. but it's the first western european nation to do so, and

government to recognize palestine as a state. pal tinges past a nonbinding vote on monday.e won't alter policy but as nadine reports from london, it could hold validation for palestinians seeing their own country. >> reporter: a show of support for palestine outside the u.k. parliament. and now as politicians representing automatic of the major parties sent the same message. the motion they passed called on the government to recognize palestine as a state think the result is not bind bug they insist it can push forward negotiations between israel and the palestinians. >> i believe that the facts of the israelis in temperate reaction, to the very prospect of this house pass this is resolution, is proof that this resolution will make a difference. the only things israeli government in my view under its present demeanor of bb nationality understands is pressure. >> reporter: in the next week mahmoud abbas is hoping to get the u.n. security council to vote on a resolution set ago i debts line for the end of it reeling's occupation of palestinian territory. more than 2,000 pales

today the government has decided to recognize the state of palestine. we have decided to do so on the basis of the fact that the criteria of international law are fulfilled, the terrorist story, a people, and the government. not to recognize palestine because of their occupation, would be against the principle of international law about no fruits of aggression. remember, that more than 130 countries already recognize palestine and we will be, in fact, number 135. sweden's decision does not set an international precedent, it is only the one hundred thirty-fifth country to take this step. be uh what is different, is that it is the western european nation to do so. and the palestinians were obviously pleased. >> i believe that by this announcement, swede season going to give a new impetus to the mill process and peace process. israel will be more convinced be i the importance of returning to the negotiations. and of dealing with palestine as a state. >> but that seems unlikely, it is how the country's foreign minister reacted to the swedish intentions earl

from the palestine center in washington, d.c., this is an hour, 15 minutes.audible conversations] >> good afternoon, everyone. good afternoon. if everyone can find a seat and if there are not enough spaces available here, we do have an overflow room. and if anyone is standing in the back and would like to have any more of a comfortable space to sit down there, we'd invite you to do that. thank you, all, for joining us today on indigenous peoples day. my name is yusef, i'm director here at the jerusalem fund, and on behalf of our board of directors, i'm very happy to welcome you back for this palestine center event today. just a couple of brief announcements before we get started. the event today is live streaming, and for those who are following online, you can participate in the question and answer session and in commentary about this event via twitter. we are using the hashtag, hashtag esml14, so you can send your questions in by tagging that hashtag or, of course, sending them to @palestinecenter which is our handle. for those of you in the room, if you co

sweden the first european power to recognise the state of palestine. security tight across jerusalem as israeli men kill a suspected right wing israeli rabbi >>> more homes destroyed in egypt as people are forced out to make way for a buffer zone next to gaza >>> tunisia democracy in action. a separatist party over taking to win elections. >> and... >> when he meets me, he'll pay his debts, i can drown a drink of water and drink a dead tree, wait until you see mohammed ali >>> it's 40 years since the rumble in the jungle between mohammed ali and george foreman >>> the palestinian wan president mahmoud abbas hailed -- president, mahmoud abbas hailed sweden to acknowledge them as a state. the prime minister said:. >> mahmoud abbas called for other countries to stand by sweden saying: >>> our correspondent with the action in a moment. first to the swedish capital. margo, a press conference was given in swedish. you listened in to that. what was elaborated on? >> well, the foreign minister emphasised a few times that the reason for this recognition was bec

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has cautioned against granting palestine's statehood. >> it's an opportunity for the british government to recognize their moral and historic palestinian people. 66 years now since the palestinians were driven from their homes, and 20 years or more of failed peace talks. this may well be an opportunity to try to re-energize the peace process. >> the parliament, they're going to vote on this issue, but regardless of what they decide it's not necessarily going to lead to any decision on recognizing palestinian statehood. >> not necessarily. as you were saying the minister in david cameron's government will not be voting, but a lot of ordinary members of parliament have said that they will back this call on the government to recognize the state of palestine. it may be symbolic but it's backers say that it could give added impetus for direct negotiations between israel and the palestinians. on the other hand the government's line is that recognition can only come as part of those negotiations. a part of the peace process, as it's referred to. and ma

so much for palestine. in 1956 after egyptian president alabaster nationalizes the attack egypt and take over. president eisenhower, furious, force the return of sinai region. this marked the end of england and france's great powers. it also consolidated in the minds of arabs the notion that israel was an outpost of western colonialism and for better or worse america took on the middle east. in 1967 nasser demanded the u.n. peacekeepers be removed from sinai cut off access which israel considered -- in the june israel attacked and wiped out three arab armies in six days. israel succeeded the west bank the old city of jerusalem which have been under jordanian control since 1948 into the golan heights in syria as well as the sinai peninsula including gaza and egypt. he tripled the size of israel adding 1.5 million arabs. at the time israel only had 2 million jews. now i want to tell you a little bit about the psychological effect on the 1957 -- before toward jews were leaving in great numbers. there was a sen

and the upholding its historical, moral and legal responsibility toward palestine.does the prime minister agree? >> i look forward to the day when britain will recognize the state of palestine but it should be part of the negotiations that brings about a two state solution. that is what we all want to see. the state of israel living happily and peacefully alongside the state of palestine and that is where we should do the recognition. >> mr. speaker, in my constituency, an extra 30,000 because of the closure, is this accessible? >> as i said, what is happening in terms of nhs funding is the funding is actually going up. if we look at the clinical commissioning group, this year's funding is an increase of 2.14%. that is more money for the nhs. but obviously it is up to local commissioners to decide how to spend that money. but they have more money under this government where they would have had less under a labour government, which said that spending more money on the nhs was irresponsible. >> will my friend agree there are too many people who cannot be described as

his writings about the israel-palestine issue and his experience as u.n.porteur are compiled in the new book, "palestine: the legitimacy of hope," which has just been released today. richard falk is professor emeritus of international law at princeton university and research professor in the global studies department at uc santa barbara. he presented the edward said memorial lecture last night at columbia university. can you talk about -- well, just that, this latest news on what is happening right now with israel and gaza? >> well, as far as their cooperation with the u.n. is concerned, this report that you just showed your audience is very misleading. they have refused to cooperate with the commission of inquiry within the human rights council appointed to look into the allegations of war crimes associated with the attack on gaza in july and august. and they refused to cooperate with my successor come in indonesian diplomat, who they favored, actually, and they persuaded the president of the human rights council to appoint with the expectation that they

. >> can we say controversial debate, the government of britain decides to recognize palestine as a state. >>> new laws restricting political dissent. and how to avoid another money melt down. six years after lehman brothers collapsed, the financial war games. we begin this news hour with breaking news from baghdad. there have been three bombings, one of them a suicide attack that has killed at least 30 people. on mainly shia neighborhoods and follow a string of similar attacks on recent days. al jazeera's imran khan is on the phone from baghdad. what do we know? >> reporter: let me give you the latest figures. these bombings took place, first one cardamia northern baghdad, nine were killed there and 22 were injured and then a suicide bomber blew himself up driving a car in a car showroom, at least 15 people killed there and 32 were injured and then there was an improvised explosive device in a very crowded marketplace in sadr city. they wait until people are out doing their late night shopping going to restaurants et cetera. these attacks are designed to strike panic and fear into people

remember that more than 130 countries already recognized palestine and we will be in fact number 135. >> >> covering that side of the story from stockholm, there was a declaration of sweden to recognize palestine and now it seems they have officially done it. >> yes, already when the new government came into power as you mentioned in october, the new prime minister, the social democratic actually said this. in a way, it was not a surprise, but during the press conference today, where lots of journalists from sweden and other countries are gathered, people already knew this recognition was going to come because in the newspapers today, which is quite unconventional in a way, the minister of foreign affairs had already written an article. this is very important. the new government has only been in power for a few weeks. we know that the social democratic party in sweden do have a tradition of very good relationship with the state of palestine. >> apart from recognizing it as a state, what kind of sport is sweden offering? >> the minister of foreign affairs said sweden will offer 150 mil

israel-palestine conflict is not one of these. on the contrary, the general outlines of a diplomatic solution have been clear for at least 40 years. >> we spent the hour with world-renowned linguist and dissident noam chomsky in speech and conversation before an audience in the hall of the u.n. general assembly. u.n. secretary of general ban ki moon has just announced plan to investigate israel's attacks on un shelters during its recent assault on gaza, we spend the -- all that and more, coming up. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. pentagon spokesman john kirby shows a video on youtube. it appears to show a cache of weapons. >> they are certainly the kinds of materials that were dropped. it is not out of the realm of the possible in that regard. we are taking a look at this. we just do not know. when we have something definitive, we will do that. i do want to add that we are very confident that the vast majority of the bundles did end up in the right hands. we are only aware of one

and palestine authority. one of the members of parliament who call for these debate is the labor member of parliament graham. sir, can you tell me why this is important. >> historic debate. and it's not an opportunity for the application government to recognize their moral and historic responsibilities of the palestinian people. 66 years now since 700,000 palestinians were driven from their homes and 20 years or more of failed peace talks. this may well with an opportunity to try to re-energize the peace process. i'm very keen to put forward the arguments this afternoon, and i hope that we're going to have the support of the whole house. not this government perhaps the next one that the time is right to recognize palestine now. >> reporter: we know already that the government and some members of your own party believe that recognition of palestine should only come through negotiations with israel. but actually doing so unilaterally could damage the point of a negotiated peace solution in the long term. >> wel

other countries recognise the state of palestine, several european states have. people will pay is lot of attention to see whether or not it will recognise the state of palestine. >> still to come. election fever in peru. are voters choosing candidates that are too close to the cocaine trade. they are under orders for the big race in paris. stay with us. >>> welcome back, you are watching al jazeera. a quick reminder of the headlines. i.s.i.l. forces have been making advances in iraq and syria over the next 24 hours. fighters have retaken a city near ramadi and anbar. in syria, a fight for the key town of kobani continues. several bodies have been exhumed from mass graves discovered in mexico, found outside of iggalia were 43 students went missing last week. >>> brazilians will begin to vote in a presidential election in a few hours. it's expected to be a tight race and the main candidates have been making a tight push ahead of the poll. this report from sao paulo. >>> in her last big campaign rally before the vote, president dilma rousseff was confident and happ

whatever the cases, sweden has not yet recognised the state of palestine. all eyes are on that country to see if it will. >>> still to come the death of jean-claude "baby doc" duvalier. haiti's former leader - why he won't stand trial. >>> and at the hajj, shouldn't muslims be banned from taking selfies. >>> welcome back, a quick reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. the battle against i.s.i.l. fighters is continuing. in iraq i.s.i.l. fighters say they have taken further territory in anbar province. the fight for the key town continues. several bodies have been exhumed from mass graves. found outside of ikuala, where 43 students went missing. more scuffles have been broken out. government leaders say they are ready to meet protest movement representatives by monday. >> now, formula 1 driver julys biangry has been involved in a crash. it's been confirmed that a frenchman was unconscious when taken to hospital. it appears be-yankee hit a vehicle, hitting another car. the race was taking place in wet conditions, and ended earlier i following the crash. an

. >> members of palestine's military government will travel to palestine. they are to hold a meeting since hamas and sanaa agreed. live to our nts ty app on the crossing in gaza. what is the significance of this? >> that's right. i'm at the eros crossing. shortly we understand that the prime minister will be passing through here. there's a pretty sizeable security presence here as hamas welcomes the delegation. they are their partners in the consensus government. this is a significant meeting. this is the first time the two sides are meeting face to face since that government was formed around four months ago and they have a lot to discuss. they need to discuss salary negotiations for men civil servants. they have a lot of issues to be discussed. importantly, part of the reason why the delegation from the west bank, those representing fatah, were keep to come to the gaza strip, particularly at this time, is that they are looking towards sunday. sunday will see a conference held in cairo, a conference looking at the recon instruction of gaza, they want to sh

this is a government of all palestine and the palestinians. therefore i demand all of the palestinian fictions join the government in the gaza strip and normal way of life. >> he has more from gaza. >> first here in the gaza strip, of course we have this first cabinet meeting of the technocrat unity government. but we also saw for the first time, a palestinian prime minister has visited the gaza strip for the first time since 2007. 2007 of course is when hamas wrestled control, and since then, relations have been extremely tense many but in june of this year, they reformed this unity government. and only a few weeks ago, they decided that the unity government would take control of gaza following israel's 50-day bombardment where so many people were killed and so much destruction was caused. this show of unity is particularly important right now. on sunday, this unity government will travel to cairo and attend a donor conference, being hosted by egypt and norway, and it's there that they hope that the international will raise around $40 billion

so much for palestine. in 1956 after egyptian president nasser -- israel conspired with israel and france to attack egypt and take over the canal to president eisenhower, furious, forced return of the sinai to egypt. this marked the end of england and france as great powers but also consolidated in the minds of arabs notion that israel was an outpost of western colonialism. and for better or worse, america took on the middle east portfolio. in 1967 nasr demanded peacekeepers be removed and sign and have access to the straits which israel considered acts of war. in june issue of attack and wiped out three arab armies in six days the israel seized the west bank. the old city of jerusalem which had been under jordanian control since 1948 that also took the golan heights from syria as well as the sinai peninsula, including gaza from egypt to be tripled the size of israel, adding 1.5 million arabs. but at the time israel only had about 2 million jews. now, i want to get a little bit about the psychological effec

and of dealing with palestine as a state. with are sorry about the latest attempt statement of our prime minister, we think it is really wrong approach, because it is possible to achieve peace only as a by latest attempt are solution, swedens decision was announced at the time when they have occupied east jerusalem, following weeks of violence, the coins has also criticized the illegal settlements. the ambassador in protests while the united states cautions sweden against the recognition, referring a negotiated solution, one that isn't forthcoming any time soon. u.s. planes launched new air strikes today, the strikes came as ten fighters from iraq crosses into syria that will help kurdish fighters battle isil. more now from the border. >> the iraqi fighters have spent a night at a town near the border with syria. earlier this morning about ten of them went in and advanced on something before the bulk of the fighters and their heavy weapons make their way in. the believesy that will wait until dusk before they do that, and the

the motion called on the government to recognize palestine as a state.t is not binding but they insist it can help push forward negotiations. >> i believe the fact of the israeli's intemperate reaction to the house passing this resolution is proof that this resolution will make a difference. the only thing the israeli's government in my view, under the present rule of benjamin netenyahu is pressure. >> reporter: they are hoping to get a deadline set for the end of israeli occupation of palestinian land. the high death toll in the war, have pushed some western governments to question the status quo. earlier this month, sweden said it would formally recognize palestine, making it the first major western country to do so. it's not clear whether sweden's vote will have any lasting consequences for britain, but it might encourage other states to consider recognizing palestine. >> recognizing a state should only happen when the territory in question has got the basic requirements of a state. and through no fault of the palestinians, that is not true at the mom

in 1918, you have a military cam palestine, which was on the level of what they anticipated for world war i, but the key to winning palestine for the british is it would cover the flank for the suez canal. it was a gem zostone in their empire. the tragedy that a lot of people are not aware of. and this is what the arabs look back with a lot of dislike, on july 7, 1918, a joint declaration was made by the british and french governments promising that if the arabs continued to fight against the turks they would be given their independence and agreement. this was going to happen over and over again, and was never intended. when the war ended, the british soldiers, actually most of them were indian, asian and african. there was an immediate mobilization because people at home wanted the war to end. what happened was, no one anticipated but between 1919 and 1922, every area, because they're not states yet, in the middle east rose up p and revoted. because at versailles, they thought president wilson's self-determination gave them their freedom. wilson and lloyd george and hat sonson only i

. >>> other stories we're following, british lawmakers voted in favor of recognizing palestine as a state. the move carries symbolic value for palestine, but in a pursuit of international recognition, a spokesperson for prime minister david cameron says this will not affect foreign policy. >>> a new document from the vatican is calling for parrishes from around the world to have a more open mind about issues like divorce and homosexuality. in what is being called a radical shift, the vatican says that monday that homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer. bishops also called for new ways to minister to families of divorced. >>> and this 8-year-old has become a viral sensation for his dirty dancing moves. look at him go. his mom tells buzzfeed he's probably seen the movie ten to 12 times and loves to dance along. it looks like he's got the moves. >> a career. >> patrick swayze would be proud. look at him go. he's all in. >> he's only -- >> a little jennifer grey. >>> ever want to set sail on a pumpkin. it is october. giant pumpkins weighing more than 500 pounds were hollowed into boats

several headlines involving israel and palestine. tensions are growing once again and is really officials showed muslims out of one of the holiest months him as the relationship between the u.s. and israel hits an unprecedented low. israel has closed one of the holiest site in islam, the mosque in jerusalem, preventing muslim worshipers from praying there. israel says the unusual step is meant to calm tensions among but it has had the opposite effect. violence escalated earlier today. israeli security forces fatally shot a palestinian man they say was responsible for a drive-by assassination attempt on an israeli activist on wednesday. in a statement, palestinian did not condemn the assassination attempt but lashed out at israel for closing the mosque. he called it a declaration of war against the palestinians and the entire arab and muslim world. emotions between arabs and jews were already raw over israel's plan to build about 1000 housing units in east jerusalem. also today, sweden's government recognize the palestinian state the

. >>> the british parliament voted to ask the government to recognize palestine as a state, the votes nonbinding and will not effect uk policy but it could hold symbolic value and they called the move premature and from london we have more. >> reporter: a show of support for palestine outside the parliament. >> ayes to the right 275. >> reporter: politicians representing the major parties sent the message adjust and the result is not binding but says it can push forward negotiations between israel and the palestinians. >> i believe that the facts of the israelis in temporate reaction for the house passing this resolution is proof that this resolution will make a difference. the only thing the israeli government in my view under the present demeanor of netanyahu and understands is pressure. >> reporter: in the next few weeks abbas is hoping to get the security council to vote on a resolution setting a deadline for the end of the occupation of palestinian territory. [gunfire] more than 2000 palestinians mostly civilians were killed in israel's resent war in gaza, the high death toll to

british members of parliament have voted in favor of the recognition of palestine as a state. it is a symbolic move and would not change government policy but could have international implications. israel says moves to recognize palestine are premature and undermines peace efforts between the two sides. in south africa, the sentencing hearing is under way for oscar pistorius who was found guilty of culpable homicide last month and the judge can now comboice anything from suspended entence to a 15-year jail. -- jail time. >> his future hangs in the balance. oscar pistorius convincing the judge he should not spend a day in prison for killing his irlfriend reeva steenkamp. his attorney saying that pistorius has been punished enough. >> a broken man has lost everything. he's lost his love relationship with ms. steenkamp. he's lost his moral reputation. >> watching closea, revva's parents, who is unhappy that he was found not guilty of murdering their daughter. today they heard a social worker why a prison sentence for manslaughter would not be appropriate either. >> it is socially

palestine president mahmoud abbas is making his opening remarks. let's listen in. >> egyptians took our just cause. i'd like to thank the king dom of norway who have accepted our request to host this - to convene this conference, being since 1993, leaders of the donors countries conferences. particularly after the kata strofy in gaza strip, and particularly after the destruction of the gaza strip infrastructure and institutions and buildings and even its inhabitants. this necessitates efforts to reconstruct the gaza strip, and to restore the lives of the palestinians and the dignity in the strip. your excellency, your excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, i wished we were not in need to hold this conference for the second time, but the peace treaty, according to oslo, sends 20 years ago were not a success. or theirar ab -- their arab piece initiative was not respected. or the two-state solution is not done, despite efforts of the tripartite and the efforts of the u.s. administration, and the international community as well. because, the israeli occup

british lawmakers have voted in favor of recognizing palestine as a state. vote is of course symbolic. last week sweden said it would officially recognize a palestinian state. >> reporter: a show of support for palestine outside of the u.k. parliament. >> the ayes to the right -- >> reporter: the motion called on the government to recognize parliament as state. the result is not binding, but they insist it can push forward negotiations between israel and the palestinians. >> i believe the facts of the israelis in temperate reaction is proof that this resolution will make a difference. the only things the israeli's government in my view, under the present demeanor of benjamin netenyahu understands is pressure. >> reporter: in the next few weeks palestinian president is hoping to get the u.n. security council to vote on a resolution setting a deadline for the end of israel's occupation of palestinian territory. more than 2,000 palestinians were killed in israel east recent war in gaza. and the new settlement program have pushed some western countries to questi

>> i have a question about to what degree does proportionality, once again, apply to the israel-palestine dispute. a lot of the people who study israeli security services, basically make the case that israel's strategy is to exact a high price. if the plo hijacked an airplane, israel would bomb a refugee camp. if a soldier gets kidnapped, lebanon gets invaded. my question is, does this -- to two degree does this apply to the israeli case. >> i think you have to be extremely careful of the con nations in the media because even a couple of those examples involve other principles and things and they're not true proportionality calculations. the biggest thing about pre portionallity -- there's a section that deals with israel and hamas and gaza and hezbollah and other things. the biggs thing is it's absolutely not, and seldom if ever is, simply -- proportionality -- there's a reason i'm a lawyer, because i can stay as far away from mathematics as possible. but it's a proportion between things and it's going to expand at a constant rate, and so i could show you dozens of op-eds and find this p

s aim was flailed but what if it was to claim all palestine is or potentially is hamas and to seek to establish the rocket throwing sacrifice sacrificing figure of the palestinian is the norm? his point was to destroy the unity government, then at one point in the process that seemed to be failing. if the point was to establish the palestinian authority in gaza as a dominant partner in the unity government but also seems to be failing. if the point was to confirm hamas as a terrorist organization, then i was shortly called into question by the fact that the representatives entered into negotiations with them and so has begun to treat them than perhaps inadvertently as diplomatic players. the fact seems to be that there was no rationale for the bombardment and that the rationale was constantly shifting. we asked by the circumstance to think of the destructiveness that is relatively indifferent to the question of whether that destructiveness is justified and it takes on justifications after the fact and switches them quickly without any care or consistency accountability. the justificat

the israeli government does not want sweden to recognise a state of palestine and sweden has not yet and hasn't given a timeline as to when it will. the concern in israel is if sweden does, it will be the first western country to do so. several eastern european countries have. the concern is it will spark a domino effect and other countries will follow suit and recognise a state of palestine, putting pressure on israel to come up with a viable 2-state solution. whatever the case, sweden has not officially recognised the state of palestine, all eyes are on that country to see if it will. >> the former president of haiti has died, jean-claude duvalier, known as baby doc. it deprives victims a chance for justice. we look at his notorious rule. >> reporter: jean-claude duvalier was the son of francois duvalier, the man known as papa dock, who ruled haiti through terror and intimidation for two decades. >> i have been elected president for life. it is - this is a - what the hatian people and this is an iron will. this is the iron will of the haitian people. >>> upon his death in 1971, jea

the israeli government certainly does not want sweden to recognize the state of palestine.weeden has not yet and it hasn't given a timeline as to when it will. but the concern here in israel is that if sweeden does, it will become the first western european country to do so. seven eastern european countries have, but no western european country has. now, the concern here is that that will spark something of a on domino effect and that other western european countries will follow suit and also recognizes palestine which will put a lot of international pressure on israel to really come up with a viable two-state solution. whatever the case is, we have been saying sweeden has not yet officially recognized the state of palestine. so all eyes are on that country to see if it will. >> poll did have opened in bulgaria's general election following the resignation of the government there in july. the poorest country in the european union is looking for stability as people there vote for their 5th government in less than two years. an unresolved banking crisis has led to poor economi

without saying that south africa and palestine armed -- are the exact same. he wanted this culture specificity to be preserved but he wanted the residence and he wanted the possibility for a comparison to take place without everybody ending up being an exact same situation but i really think that's what he called for. that would also be true for ideals of self determination. we may agree that what happened in south africa with the end of apartheid, was a partial liberation, right? and was a pretty rotten deals made. so we didn't see economic equality achieved. we didn't see the end of racism as a social and economic reality. so there's that. i do think that, but there are two issues on the question of being, of the jew and israel. and one of them of course is that the state of israel wants to claim it represents the jewish people. and anybody who speaks to criticize the state of israel is at risk of being told that they're involved in anti-semitic enterprise. that's a trap if you're colonized and you're trying to object to colonial rule, and jerk called an an

. >> in 1963, the muslim governments recognized the palestine liberation organization and the military arms, fatah. >> they joined the military wing and thought they could liberate palestine by using religion and arms. >> june 1967. egypt, jordan, syria and iraq amassed 500,000 troops and 800 aircraft from once again try to destroy the jewish state. this time the israeli victory takes six days, resulting in an israel that is three times larger. >> the arabs sit back and say what did we do wrong? driven by religion and we have these things. that will allow us to fight back. >> israel's stunning victory spurred the religious fervor of islamic extremists, saying they were committed to terror. 5, september, 1972, munich, germany. 11 members of the olympic team are taken hostage by the terrorist organization, black september. for a day and a half, the hostage crisis was a televised global event. in the end, as the games continued all 11 israelis were murdered, five of the eight were killed and given state funerals by gadhafi. germany freed the surviving tourists and the passengers were used

i'm accused of being obsessed with palestine, et cetera.write one column about anti-semitism in the muslim community. all of a sudden, the comments are mehdi, you sold out. what are you doing for your career? you want to be popular in these people's circles. doesn't matters what you've done previously. you write anything that doesn't follow the party line on israel, you are a secret zionist. you go to a white house -- you might as well be flying the drone itself that dropped the bomb an pakistani children. this is the level sometimes of the discourse in our community which is one perceived bad deed. even if it's not a bad deed, cancels out everything else. we're suspicion of the motivations of those an the same journey. the right path is pretty broad and capacious in my view. you can be on that path and heading in the same direction as everyone else but doing your struggle in a different way. you can be a doctor or engineer, ab imam or academic. take a more engaged stance. the idea you can suddenly turn to your fellow muslim and say you're