to palestine, and honor those who live in palestine are no longer refugees are palestine. at least then i can see that you really mean peace. >> ok. yes, please. >> a couple of points. a reaction to that point. the first thing, if i will create -- credit and outside player, it would be george bush -- george h.w. bush, who authored the liberation of kuwait which send a message to the region. and to the palestinians and israelis. when my interests are being challenged, i take action to do that. and also, the region as an something. at the end of the day, it was american money and american lives that actually created the liberation of kuwait. which enable the united states at that point to create the coalition that we needed to create in the madrid process which ultimately produced everything. that is on one point. i disagree with you on the issue of asymmetry of power. you might be describing a regional reality, but i think when you zoom into the palestinian-israeli conflict, i would argue that this is not the case and we have a very clear power imbalance. there may be a nar

our refugees from palestine. but they in palestine, are refugees from palestine. this can only be squared of the palestine they are refugees from is greater palestine. the palestine that will one day supersede israel. this is not the policy that is in line with the idea of two states for two people. a coherent policy would recognize palestine is the west the west bank in gaza into argued those who live in palestine are no longer refugees from palestine and those who live outside can be granted citizenship and be acknowledged as citizens of palestine living elsewhere but not as refugees from palestine. if western countries were to go to the logical end of the idea of trying to focus on outcomes rather they in on the process, a full, consistent alignment of their policy with their preference would mean recognizing a state of palestine fully and directly with its capital in residential aerobic east jerusalem. arabic eastng on -- jerusalem. doing not with swaps or settlement blocs. -- doing that with swaps or settlement blocs. be a full into coherent policy. , will th

palestine. where is all of this leading? westernld happen if countries basically decided to say, ok, negotiations are not leading to the outcome that we envision, so we will try to create this outcome in the absence of negotiations. . am not describing this i'm not saying this is what should be done. as i said, i personally believe that if we were left alone without the global spotlight and attention, we would have long ago managed some agreement. i'm describing and trying to analyze what might happen given the combination of frustration with negotiations and the sense solution is state in jeopardy. i began to look at what negotiations have yielded. they have not yielded peace and they have not yielded anything close to peace. they have yielded, over more than 20 years of negotiations, a certain kind of more detailed eacerstanding of what p for look like were it to be achieved. it is a combination of a variety of actions, repeated rounds of negotiations, the roadmap, the geneva track to agreemen

this can only be squared at the palestine they are refugees from is greater palestine, the palestine that will one day supersede issue. this is not a policy that is in line with the idea of support for two states for two people. a coherent policy would recognize palestine in the west bank and gaza and then immediately argue that those who live in palestine are no longer refugees from palestine, and those who live outside can be granted citizenship and be acknowledged that citizens of palestine living elsewhere but not as refugees from palestine. so if western countries would go to the logical end of the idea of trying to focus on outcome rather than on the process, a full consistent alignment of their policy with their preference would be recognizing a state of palestine fully and directly with its capital in residential arab east jerusalem, while focusing on worship rights in the holy basin. doing that in borders that reflect the idea of swaps for settlement blocs, and acknowledging that those who live in palestine are no longer refugees in palestine. that would be a full and cohere

greece's parliament has voted to recognise palestine as a state. the palestinian authority president abass was present for that vote in athens. greece is now 9137th country to recognise palestinian state hood. in 2012 palestine was given nonmember status after a vote to recognise it as a sovereign state. a total of 1 is 36 united nations members had chosen to recognise palestinian state hood and the last country to vote in favor for that was france. that happened in december last year. now we have greece doing the same thing. crossing over to our correspondent. how symbolic and how significant is this. it is a non-binding vote. >> reporter: it is a symbolic, non-binding to the agreement government, but it's very-- greek government, but it is very important for the palestinians because what they think now is since the parliament approved the resolution, we think it gained a unanimous vote, that means it's reflective of the political landscape in this country and that means those political representatives who are representatives of the greek people s

>> you never know what's going to happen in palestine. the other day it's just -- you never know. it's a crazy country. >> the local police would prefer them off the streets for obvious reasons. but the track here, such as it is, has its drawbacks. it's basically a parking lot across from the detention center. what do they think about this next door? do they ever give you problems? >> this is an israeli jail. one time we were here with speed sisters and there was problems because of the prisoners. so i just stopped my car over there and i was walking. i wanted to see what's going on. and the israeli soldiers, they came running at me and they start shooting at me. and i got shot in the back. it was tear gas. >> the canister hit you? >> yeah. so my speed sisters, they took me to the hospital. i fainted. >> have you thought of challenging the israelis to put up a team? >> i can't race because my car is palestinian. >> what if they come over here? >> they're not allowed to enter the west bank and we're not allowed to go to jerusalem, so how c

however, when the british left, palestine, the general was asked to whom did you leave palestine. keyresponse was "i left the under the mattress." war, 85% of48 jerusalem was captured by jewish forces. 11% of the city fell under the control of jordan. 4% of the city was considered no man's land, in which the u.n. headquarters were established. 1949, jerusalem was declared at the capital of israel, in violation of international law and the u.n. resolution. on december 19, the u.n. ga responded a restating its intention to put jerusalem under a permanent international regime. the city remained divided under israeli and jordanian rule. 1967, reunited east and west are his love, but the city remained divided socially and psychologically. in june of 1967, the knesset ,xpanded israeli jurisdiction in violation of international law. this is the crux of the problem. people say why should israel give up jerusalem or concede anything in jerusalem? the question lies here international law, because in 1948, jewish forces captured west jerusalem and later declared capture of israel. overriding

jazeera live from doha and also coming up, on the program the greek parliament votes to recognize palestinea state in the presence of abbas. afghan government forces advance in the bid to push taliban out of the southern district of sangin. [chanting] under pressure, india's parliament debating a bill seeking harsher punishment for juveniles accused of serious crimes. ♪ so then the iraqi military advanced to the center of the city of ramadi in a major offensive to flush out i.s.i.l. fighters and military fighters say there have been casualties in fighting in the south of the city. the army reports they surrounded the city from all sides and seized anbar providence earlier this year and northern ramadi 14 security forces and tribal fighters killed in an i.s.i.l. suicide attack and we have a member of parliament from anbar providence and says ramadi could well be captured by the weekend. >> midnight the offensive to retake ramadi by the iraqi forces and very huge progress toward the center of ramadi and the iraqi forces, they are doing very good progress. there is a sense from i.s.i.l. in som

the greek parliament votes to recognize palestine as a state in the president of mokmood.fghan government forces advance in their bid to push the taliban out of the southern district of sangin. [chanting] and the pressure and his parliament takes up a bill for punishment for juveniles accused of serious crimes. ♪ iraqi military advance to the center of the city of ramp da to flush out i.s.i.l. fighters and they say there have been some casualties in fighting in the south of the city and army reportedly surrounded the city from all sides and they seized the capitol of anbar providence and north ramadi 14 security fores and tribal fighters have been killed in an i.s.i.l. attack and joining me on the phone from baghdad is a member of parliament from anbar providence and tell us what you know about this latest offensive. >> thank you very much and you know as you know at midnight that offensive to go to ramadi starts by iraqi forces and the group and huge progress towards ramadi and the iraqi forces, they are doing very good progress. there is a test from i.s.i.l. in some area

. >>> the greek parliament has voted to recognize palestine as a sovereign and independent state.ution is a symbolic gesture as it is non-binding. [ applause ] >> reporter: a unanimous vote urging the government to recognize the state of palestine. >> translator: the greek parliament pledges to promote all of the necessary procedures to recognize the state of palestine. ladies and gentlemen all of those accepting the proposal please rise. [ applause ] >> translator: the resolution was prepared by the left est syriza party. the president of the palestinian authority was watching closely. he welcomed the resolution. >> translator: we call on countries to support a two-state solution. we call on countries who have not recognized the state of palestine to do so now. >> reporter: but the resolution is not binding and the greek government is unlikely to adopt it. tsipras said greece would take the right step at the right time. he called for a viable two-state solution. greece has strong economic, military, and security ties with israel. the two countries are planning joint energy and in

we call on countries that have not recognized the state of palestine to do so now. now. >> reporter: but the resolution is not binding, and the greek government is unlikely to adopt it. the prime minister met abbas on monday. he said greece would take the right step at the right time. he called for a viable two-state solution. greece has strong economic, military, and security ties with israel. the two countries are planning joint energy and infrastructure projects and to increase military cooperation. some people say syriza's move is an appeal to its core supporters who back the palestinian statehood. on the streets people were largely supportive of the vote. >> i am in -- favor, but i'm always in favor of keeping the diplomatic relations with israel as well. it think it's possible to maintain peace there, god only knows, but, yes, i am in favor. >> reporter: other countries have adopted similar resolutions in the past year. the vote is a symbolic step and the resolution is non-binding for the government. but for the palestinians it's another european recognition o

the greek parliament is set to vote on recognising palestine as a state. the session will be attended by the palestinian president abass. it is the fourth day of fighting between afghan forces and the taliban in helmand province of sangin which fell to the taliban on monday. the afghan forces have cop toured a few outposts, but the main city is still under taliban control. sangin is one of the main centers of the sdmran's opium production and a key route to the capital. it is the latest attempt by the group to reclaim lost territory since nato ended its combat operations almost a year ago. the taliban now controls 29 of the 398 districts of afghanistan. in helmand which produces most the world's opium, four have been overtaken by the group. there's fighting in five other districts, including sangin. in september the taliban seized the provincial capital and held it for two weeks. our correspondent live from kabul. what is the latest situation there? >> reporter: provincial police official in helmand tells us that the afghan special forces have arrived late

offensive to recapture the city from isil. [ applause ] >>> the greek parliament votes to recognize palestines a state in the presence of mahmoud abbas. [ explosion ] >> reporter: afghan government forces advance in their bid to push the taliban out of the southern district. >> i think that isil [ inaudible ]. >>> india's parliament approves a bill allowing juveniles to be tried as adults for serious crimes. ♪ >>> but first, the iraqi military says it has begun an offensive to recapture the city of ramadi from isil. their aim to advance to the city center. it says it has surrounded isil from all sides and a closing in on the armed group. isil ceased the capital of anbar province earlier this year. zana hoda reports. >> reporter: it is being described as the final assault to recapture ramadi from isil. the iraqi military says its troops are moving in on the center of the city. the provincial capitol of the mainly sunni anbar province has been under isil's control for months. for months those forces have been trying to reach the center of the complex isil is fighting back using suicide bombers.

leave palestine rex and his response was, i left the key under the doormat.so after 1948 war, 85% of jerusalem was captured by jewish forces, which became was jerusalem. 11% of the city, including the old city fell under the control of the jordan come and 4% of the city was considered no man's land in which the u.n. headquarters were established. on december 13, 1949, israel declared western muslim the capital in violation of international law and u.n. resolution. on december 19, the u.n. responded by restating its intention to place jerusalem under a permanent international regime. however, the city remained divided under israeli and jordanian rule. so it was in june 1967 israel remained divided socially and psychologically. in june 67 the israeli knesset extended the israeli jurisdiction despite law. so here we have, this is the crux of the problem because people would say why should israel give up jerusalem, or should concede anything in jerusalem? so the question lives here in international law. because in 1948 jewish forces captured west of jerusalem and

to recognize palestine. >> the greek parliament has gone through the procedure to recognize palestine, and to make every diplomatic effort to give credible peace between the two sides. >> the resolution was prepared by a series which enjoys a majority. president mahmood abbas welcomed the resolution. >> we work towards a two-state solution. we call on countries who have not recognized the state of palestine to do so now, to proceed with recognition now. >> but the resolution is not binding, and the greek government is unlikely to adapt it. prime minister stipar as met with president abbas on monday. greece has economic and military ties with israel. some people say that this move is an appeal from those who support palestinians. >> i am in favor. but i'm in favor of keeping diplomatic relations with israel. is it possible? yes, i'm in favor. >> the vote is symbolic and the resolution is non-binding for the government. this will give palestinians hope that the recognition is a step closer. >> palestinians in the occupied west bank is raising money to help rebuild homes. at least ten ho

representing american muslim for palestine. >> hello everyone, my name is kristin szremski. first polish lesson. i'm sorry, i have to find my reading glasses. i'm with the american muslims for palestine and national education and advocacy organization. i'm the director of media and communications. anp is a founding member of uscmo. we fully endorse and statement and major undertaking but the muslim community led by the ucscmo. it's imperative that we as muslims do a better job of outreach so our neighbors can get a true sense of who we are. mind you, we have have been doing this. we have been doing outreach and we have been condemning terrorism for years and years. but the problem is, people really haven't been listening. now with this national effort from representing the muslim community from coast to coast, our voices will be united and we will be heard. we especially support teaching our youth how to become involved in the civic engagement process as a path towards fully realizing the rights and responsibilities as american citizens. that's why we participated in muslim

and the minister of justice of palestine explained to me. look, it was so difficult to come here. first, i had to convince the palestinian authorities. then they told me, okay. but you can go to the icc if arab league support you. so he told me, it was so difficult to discuss with bashir on the table the age of palestine at the arab league. but they did it. they accept it. so i'm here after all this complicated process. i told him, "okay. minister, i understand how much you work it. but however, i cannot promise you success. i can promise you impartiality and respect for the law. and talking about the law, there's a problem here because the law say a state can accept jurisdiction. and it's not clear that you're a state. still believe that i have no authority to decide you're a state. you should go to the general assembly. they did it after i left. and general assembly voted they're a state. not member of the u. n. but a state. and as a consequence now, they are member of icc. so this was moving in five years. how much it could solve the issue, i don't know. >> what do you think it

abraham lincoln referred to palestine as the national of jews. it is a noble dream. few countries started out as democracies. it evolved into democracies. israel was born in democracy and has stayed that way with the fundamental of tenets of democracy ever since. compare that to its neighbors. many countries in the middle east claimed to be democracies, but i would put forth that elections won with 99% of the vote going to one candidate or elections won under the shadows of dictatorships are not democratic. while israel was born as a democracy can it was also born into a state of war, a state of war that has remained in one form or another ever since may of 1948. the site having fought the war of independence in 1948, the war of attrition in 1956, the six-day war in 1967, yom kippur war in 1973, the war in lebanon, taking 82, in the two gaza war's in 2007, and last year in 2014, israel has also been the constant threat of tens of thousands of this from hezbollah in southern lebanon, faced two it if i was, in a non-stop threat of islamic terrorism

said i believe in the rebuilding of today as an independent nation and abraham lincoln referred to palestine as the national home of the jews. that it was a dream. end but it was born is a democracy and has stayed that way. many countries in the middle east claim to be a democracy but i would put forth those elections won with 95 percent of the vote but it is not democratic. while israel was born as a democracy is also born into a state of war ever since may 1948. besides fighting the war of independence the war of attrition in the war in lebanon and again last year is to be in the constant threat of tens of thousands of vessels with the nonstop threat of islamic terrorism all of this could have been avoided because the un resolution called for the end of the british mandate ended to plan for palestine calling for a creation of the jewish state in the arab states and then to enhance the present state of war in one of the most famous speeches became the first israeli prime minister to acknowledge the two-state solution and prime minister 90 of whom has publicly joined him to call the two-stat

the general was asked did you leave palestine. the response was, i left the key the door. 85% of jerusalem was captured by forces. the city wasof no man's land in which the u.n. headquarters were established. u.n. responded. however, the city remained under the israeli and rule.ian in 1967, israel was reunited but divided.remained ically.log d is the crux -- this of the problem, people would give up should israel jerusalem or should concede anything in jerusalem. here intion lies international law because in capturedish forces west jerusalem and later decla declared capture of israel. 1967 israeli forces captured latererusalem and declared it the external capital israel. over riding the u.n. resolution the city. change listedember 1993 jerusalem as one of the issues a latergotiated as stage. israeli prime minster at the time promised that nothing will the activity of of itinians institution important mission. encouraged in jerusalem. that alsove an issue focus on jerusalem and granting palestinians and israelis equal status in jer

i ask to pray for peace in palestine. it is not just families like this that are struggling to celebrate, in bethlehem's major square the christmas tree is decorated and the nativity scene is on display. but elsewhere decorations were either toned down or not put up at all. political leaders say it was the right thing to do. >> this is the mosaic of life in bethlehem, all the different conditions, we live the joy, we live the sadness, we live the faith, the encounters of faith on grounds. >> palestinian executives decorate the tree, they are calling it a resistance tree. it is meant to symbolize the bitterness of celebrations in the city of the bible, where there is very little peace in years to come. imtiaz tyab, al jazeera, west bank. >> why a british muslim was banned from entering the u.s. a spokesman for customs and border protection says that religion is not a deciding factor when considering whether someone can travel. >> i was planning this trip like two months, kids are excited and someone comes and says you are

. >> palestine in the first century is buzzing with prophets.hey follow in the tradition of old testament preachers, men like isaiah and elijah. >> but from the fringes of this civilization, one voice is louder and reaches further than any other. even though john the baptist bases himself at the edge of the wilderness, people come from far and wide to hear his uncompromising message. >> geographically speaking, he's actually from the margins. he goes out away from the center of power to the wilderness and draws people to himself. >> it might seem to us today obvious that jesus is more important, but at the time, if we had been alive in first century palestine, we would know the name of john the baptist, but we might not know the name of jesus. >> the son of a jewish cleric, john now condemns the religious establishment. >> my god, john was angry with the priestly aristocracy because they'd become a very exploitive class. >> in an echo of old testament prophecies, the gospels recount his passionate belief that the end of the world is close. >> ju

it was established in palestine during the british mandate of palestine. it is there. it was not actually -- ideology is a peaceful one. they don't actually adopt military actions, they never, all the rhetoric. when it comes to the islamic state, no, they have some part of the ideologies there, some teaching there, but the hard core of the islamic state ideology actually adopt violence, terrorism, terrorize the enemy. that's what they did when they actually -- they massacred thousands and thousands of people there. ideology is -- they are crazy, islam the hard core of the ideology. the most important thing and that's why they are very brutal, very violent, very actually terrorizing people in a way or another and so i believe is the doctrine. >> and your book certainly does show the close connections between saudi arabia and between islamic state and other of the militant islamic movement. you say part comes from the rulers of saudi arabia considered themselves to be the leaders of all muslims. i must say i was surprised by that. what grounds to -- do you have for sayin

eeks will no longer refer to palestinian authority on official documents, but to palestine. here is what they had to say. >> it is a day that will be recorded in the history of the palestinian people. it is a step he takes with the decision, which is a step for the support of the palestinian people. said the onse, others efforts were meaningless. rescuers are still searching for survivors after a mudslide in china. government officials have admitted the landslide was caused by the improper storage of waste soil from construction sites nearby. >> staying in china, good news for supporters, but still a major concern for international human riots organizations. pu zhiqiang has been released from detention after receiving a suspended jail sentence. he had been found guilty by a court for inciting ethnic hatred by posts. >> he is one of china's leading defenders of human rights. lawyer pu zhiqiang could have been given a prison term of several years, but instead was handed a suspended sentence of three. that means he has been released from custody and placed under formal probatio

my grandfather was a partner with a jew in palestine before 1948. my mother tells me stories about how they lived in harmony. i think we palestinians are the only people in the world at the time of this horrible crime who really opened their doors and welcomed jews to come to live safely there. so all these efforts to again portray the palestinians as evil and to portray this conflict as between the forces of darkness is very dangerous. we don't want to turn this into a religious conflict. israel doesn't benefit from that, nor do we. why are the israelis insisting on recognizing them as a jewish state? why are they insisting on keeping these provocations? why? until yesterday i just read a report that they secretly smuggled few israelis. why? how does this benefit israel, especially in light of what is going on in the region? so the united states needs to understand that this format of bilateral negotiations supervised by the united states for 22 years did not yield the desired results. they have to accept that fact and be able to change and shift t

the first one is called the palestine bridge. it's a significant landmark there.it's the spot that allowed the iraqi security forces along the northern axis to link up with the iraqi security forces along the western axis and close off the final line of supply, the final supply line that was available in ramadi. the enemy had largely been using the river, the euphrates river, to gain homemade explosives and weapons into the city. now that iraqi security forces have seized that palestine bridge and control both sides of the river bank, they're able to meter the flow of boats that sail south along the euphrates river. to the east, the federal police have set up a blocking position about four kilometers outside the city, which really isolates ramadi from fallujah, preventing the forces in fallujah from providing reinforcements. the city of ramadi has now been fully isolated, and the iraqi security forces are beginning to conduct their clearing operations. sometimes i see the word sealed use. from a military perspective, it is not possible to seal off a city or a bord

if we can have jerusalem to be the religious capital of the palestine. jerusalem could be the religious capital of israel. this way we will be able to associate between the politics -- be able to differentiate between the politics. them and i amrate trying to do that, separate the politics from the religious by -- in then terms of last five decades. when you talk about jerusalem, nobody prepares to that area. the two communities. , barbed wire, checkpoints, the door is open. this is my vision for the future. >> my question again response tole]our those jews who claim that if, for example, you establish a muslim regime in jerusalem, you ,xclude the jewish connection let's say to the temple mount and all of that. secondly, not only the muslim, i think, issue but the christian issue, because the christian sites are very significant for the christian world. the church of the holy sepulcher . the reality is that we know we've been within the church, there is a separation between armenian,ic and the the greek orthodox and so on in terms of control of the churc

we call on countries that have not recognized the state of palestine, to do so now.he recognition now. >> but the resolution is not binding and the greek government is unlikely to adopt it. prime menster sip press met on monday, sip press said greece would take the right step at the right time. he called for a viable two state solution. agrees has economic security ties with israel. the two countries are planning jones energy and infrastructure projects, and to increase military cooperation. some people say the move is an appeal to the core supporter whose backed the palestinian state hood. on the streets, people were largely supportive of the vote. >> i am in favor, well, but i'm also in favor of keeping the diplomatic relations with israel as well. if it is possible, to maintain well only god knows yes, but i am in favor. >> the greek parliament joins france, britain, and spain, who have all adopted similar resolutions in the past year. the vote is a symbolic step, and the resolution is nonbinding for the government. but for the palestinians it is yet another recog

and i pray for god to have mercy on all of those killed for palestine.pay expense sh*epbs for the families to endure that i their losses i ask for people to pray for peace in palestine. >> reporter: it's not just families like his that are not having trouble celebrating christmas, knew let pats have decided to scale back festivities in the imaginer square the christmas tree is decorated and the native at this scene is on display, but elsewhere decorations remember either toned down or not put up al out. political leaders say it was the right thing to do. >> this is the [ inaudible ] of life in bethlehem. exactly we have all the different conditions, we live the joy, we live the sadness, we live the faith. we live the challenges and the encounters we face on the ground. >> reporter: the at the opposite end of imaginer square palestinian activists decorate annal i have tree with the picks of those killed in the recent violence, calling it a resistence tree, it's meant to symbolize the bitterness of chris mass celebrations in the city where jesus christ was

i am with the american muslims for palestine advocacy organization. i'm the director of media and communications. it is a founding member of u.s. cmo. we fully endorse and support this statement, a major undertaking by the muslim community, the america first project. it is imperative we do a better job of outreach so our neighbors can get a sense of who we are. we have been doing outreach and condemning terrorism for years and years. the real problem is people haven't been listening. now representing the muslim community from coast to coast, our voices will be united and we will be heard. we especially support teaching our youth how to become in the civic engagement process as a path for american citizens. that is why we participated on muslim advocacy day, a project organized by care, and why a.m. p held the first ever palestine advocacy day, where we taught them how to be delegates and engage with their congressional representatives. we want our youth be safe, and exposing them to this type of activity is a path toward empowerment, and a sense of be

last week, the iraqi security forces pressed south from the palestine bridge following the river till two days ago managed to seize the amber operation center. to the south, what is most most notable you can see the main highway that cuts across the southern portion of the map it looks like highway 11. to the right or the east of highway 11 you have a neighborhood. it's the largest neighborhood in ramada. and the iraq you security forces have seized it and they have secured it. we estimate there are no longer any enemy operating inside that neighborhood although they are continuing to reduce minds, obstacles, those type of things. in red is what the enemy still controls. i'm going to show you a video shortly and it will be a tank operating in the neighborhood. thus a neighborhood to the south. so that is a rollup of what romani looks like. i expect to get questions about talk more about it. i don't want to spend to much time the opener here. i do want to say one thing. i sat down had breakfast with joe this morning and he said and he reminded me of something that i think is notable, h

activist from palestine tweeted tips for dealing with tier gas. protesters risked arrest and violence. one local woman gave out water all day to protesters and that night police maced her. she said it felt like hell on fire. protesters in ferguson are extraordinary. the u.s. government doesn't even put a number on police killing. the fbi said the police commit 400 justifiable homicides a year. that number is way too low. the facebook page killed by police documented 1400 deaths spanning three people killed every single day. >> cspan: how do you do and i know going back and forth between politics and art. but how do you do that when you have a piece of work on your board and when you blacken it in? >> guest: i pour black ink on it. >> cspan: that is not saved? how do you know when you are getting through, or do you know when you are getting through to a public that is looking at what you do? >> guest: that is a really good and hard question. i mean just from the notes people write me or the conversation i see happening around it. when i am doing it

calling for palestine to be recognized as a state. understand you think there were some interesting perhaps useful points of view put it forward by john kerry. what were they? >> it is interesting to always point out the fact that israel is objecting and blocking the two-state solution and that we are heading toward the one state realty where apartheid is the name of the game and where israel controls the entire land of palestine and siege as they do in gaza triking seg greggations and racism. we all know the diagnosis of the situation these comments even come frommisitioni comment ators. the question is about the u.s., the policy and the consequences of not implementing the policy. we wanted to here from the secretary of state kerry more about what the is going to do, not what theusis is going to do. as long as they can keep the status quo and the theft of our resource and murder of kids praccally as they do every day with impunity as long as that is possible, they will continue. >> you think when kerry something like -- this is not

and give patience to the families to endure that i losses i ask people to pray for peace in palestines it's not just families like this struggling to celebrate christmas, knew municipalities including here in beth los bethe decided to back festivities. the christmas tree is decorated and the native at this scene is on the display, elsewhere decorations were toned down or not put up at all. political leaders say it was the right thing to do. >> this is the [ inaudible ] in pwepgtd los angeles ham. exactly as we live all the different conditions, the joy, sadness, faith, we live the challenges and the encounters with faith on the ground. >> reporter: at the opposite end of the square, palestinian activists decorate an olive tear with spent israel i tear gas canters, stun grenades and pictures of those killed i in te resent violence calling it a he recess steps tree, meant to show the bitterness. peace promise is in the bible something it has seen very little of for main years, al jazeera, bethlehem in the occupied west bank. >>> one of the heros of algeria's fight for independent as died

but it amazes me that the united nations, the european union, the israeli government and even the palestine authority are all pushing for a solution that the arabs themselves rejected in 1947. imagine how much blood could have been saved had the arabs agreed 68 years ago to exactly what they want to try to achieve today. [ applause ] the role -- the role of the -- the role of the united states today should not be to force peace between israel and the palestinians but rather to help enable an environment in which peace can be forged and the next president of the united states should start with a focus on supporting israel in its efforts to find a lasting peace. the keyword here is lasting. for too long, as i have followed the efforts by the united states and europe to get the palestinians and israelis to agree to a peace deal, the focus has always been on what the future of the palestinian state looks like. as president, my focus first and foremost would be to frame the debate oz as to what the future israeli state will look like. [ applause ] after all, the goal of lasting peace is not mere

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he said that it's a lot harder than making a real estate deal. [ laughter ] even israel and palestine were like, yeah, this is basically a a real estate deal. that's the whole problem. [ applause ] it'sthe world's oldest real estate deal. you see lindsey graham was at the republican jewish coalition and gave a very fiery speech about what's it takes to win an election. yeah. but i think most people will remember what happened right after. >> you know how you win this election? you don't lose it. thank you very much. [ applause ] whoa. thank you. >> jimmy: and i just lost it. okay, i just lost it. [ laughter ] president, kramer. [ cheers and applause ] some more news out of washington. there was a big ceremony at the capital yesterday to unveil a a marble statue of dick cheney. people said, "wow, he looks so lifelike." and then cheney said, "actually, the statue's over there." [ laughter and applause ] oh, this isn't good. i read that target's web site crashed this week due to the flood of customers shopping on cyber monday. while radio shack's website crashed when one person googled r

i pray for god to have mercy for all those killed in palestine and to give patience.sk people to pray for peace in palestine. >> it's not just families that struggle to celebrate in christmas. municipalities across the occupied west bank including here in bethlehem have also decided to scale back festivities. in bethlehem's square, the nativity scene is on display. but elsewhere decorations were either toned down or not put up at all. political leaders say it was the right thing to do. >> this is exactly as all the different conditions. we'll have the joy, we'll have the sadness, we'll have the feast, we'll have the challenges and the encounters on fateful grounds. >> activists decorate a tree with empty canisters of stun grenades. they call it the resistence tree. it's meant to symbolize the events going on in the city of peace talked about in the bible. >> israeli police arrest three people who stabbed i three people. since october 131 palestinians and 20 israelis have been killed in violence across the palestinian territory and israel. >>> the sultan of burnei has

the greek parliament is set to vote on recognising palestine as a state. the session will be

about the palestine issue. the question of palestinian homelessness not surprisingly sncc.ted inside he thought the palestinians had been treated cruelly and unfairly. that longhe basis of piece that appeared in the newsletter, the student voice, basically laying out what we thought as what all that was about. i would argue in so far as the , we were reading revolution,gerian and that was influencing our thinking. in a time when piece on palestine came out we had come a ing way from where we were 1961. if you are young and black in the middle 1960's and looking for new ideas, because by then you would come to conclusions that some of the ideas that you started out with weren't working , then you would latch early look overseas, and you would more specifically look at africa, where black struggle was unfolding, where black nations were being bored and out you area, quiet as it is kept as part of africa. and we were reading about the algerian struggle. and we were reading a lot of the that pieces of material revo

i pray for all those killed for palestine, and to give patience to families, to endure their losses.i pray for people to pray for peace for palestine. >> it's not just families who are struggling to celebrate christmas this christmas. municipalities including here in bethlehem has decided to scale back festivities. >> the christmas tree is decorated and the nativity scene is onplay. but elsewhere the decorations were either toned down or not put up at all. political leaders say it was the right thing to do. >> this is where we'll live all the different conditions. we'll live the joy, the sadness, the challenges, and the encounters on the ground. >> at the opposite end of man injury square palestinian activists decorate an olive tree with empty canisters of tear gas and hand grenades, and they call the it the resistence tree. >> a 19-year-old has been pulled alive from the rubble of sunday's landslide in the southern chinese city of shenzhen. more than 70 are still missing after a huge pile of construction waste smashed into buildings and "n" an industrial park. adrian brown reports f

a reuters cameraman and his spanish journalist killed in the shelling of the palestine hotel.then the shelling of the sheraton hotel in baghdad urges you to journalist were the only guests in the hotel at the time. and on and on and on. the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan general campbell said in front of congress a couple days ago that obama's plenty just keep kind of a small force base at the embassy did it counterterrorism and force protection is not sustainable, and that they would be better to know when they're than just 1000 troops. he is now pushing for a much more robust force. you have written about and investigated the kind of economic and civilian consequences of what the u.s. did by invading, occupying and staying in afghanistan for so long. maybe you can give people an analytical report back from your recent time ever and the concepts of what we're seeing right now in the u.s. >> so i was there last in me with my film partner thor. the focus in this part of the film was afghanistan that natural resources are for those who don't know under the ground there