for the palestinian issues and for the government to. this position we are trying to send a message from the ground of gaza from the reality and the facts which screaming own people and the issues and what's going on to do. listen media and foreign media in general now before we started this program you made a point that you represent. but the palestinian government which is primarily now comprised of hamas representatives and when people in europe or the united states think about gaza and when they think about how much as they usually have this image of a scare a looking bearded man with rifle sole one that negative stereotype is countered by somebody like you're a young agitated independent woman i think that certainly helps to challenge the the western narrative not only about gaza but also about how mosque as a terrorist organization isn't that ultimately the main part of your job to challenge that negative image associated with the gaza strip and associated with hamas well actually yes we are front of it and there is really media an

good for the palestinian issues and for the government to. this position we are trying to send a message and from the ground of gaza from the reality and the facts which bring. people and the issues and in what's going on. in media and foreign media in general now before we started this program you made a point that you represent. the palestinian government which is primarily now comprised of hamas representatives and when people in europe board the united states think about gaza and when they think about how much as they usually have this image of a scary looking bearded man of with rifle sole one that negative stereotype is countered by somebody like you are a young agitated independent woman i think that certainly helps to challenge the the western narrative not only about gaza but also about how mosque as a terrorist organization isn't that ultimately the main part of your job to challenge that negative image associated with the gaza strip and associated with hamas well actually yes we are front of it and there is really media and approac

conflict out of its right well to discuss that i'm now joined by the spokeswoman of the palestinian government in gaza. miss almost all of me really appreciate you being here on the show i know that you were appointed as the first female spokesperson for the palestinian government in gaza just a few months ago as part of the major p.r. make over how much do you see your gender played into that decision when actually it's a really positive. step. forward the pile of sunni. in issues and for the government itself in this position we are trying to send a message from the grand of gaza from the reality and the facts which bring on the people and the issues and in what's going on. in media and foreign media in general now before we started this program you made a point that you represent not the hammers but the palestinian government which is primarily now comprised of hamas representatives and when people in europe or the united states think about gaza and when they think about how as they usually have this image of a scary looking bearded man with rifle sole one that negative stereotyp

conflict out of its right well to discuss that i'm now joined by the spokeswoman of the palestinian government in gaza. miss almost all of the really appreciate you being here on the show i know that you were appointed as the first female spokesperson for the palestinian government in gaza just a few months ago as. it's of the major a p.r. make over how much do you seeing your gender played into that decision when actually it's a really. good for the palestinian issues and for the government itself in this position we are trying to send a message from the grand of gaza from the reality and the facts which bring. people and the issues and in what's going on. in media and foreign media in general now before we started this program you made a point that you represent not the but the palestinian government which is primarily now comprised of hamas representatives and when people in europe or the united states think about gaza and when they think about how as they usually have this image of a scare a looking bearded man with rifle sole one that negative stereotype is countered by somebod

the real face of the palestinian for the refugees for their humanity so that human language which we all share to govern what is really doing it's an act collective punishment for all the people it's not just for hamas a government of the palestinian government to gaza so it's very clear that we are here to speak by our sounds our voices our faces. to the peace of it all when you say we i gather that you speak not only on your own personal behalf i know that your the team that you work with is comprised of fairly young individuals people who are good english speakers who actually use social media like twitter or facebook so it really seems that the palestinian government in gaza is now taking a lot of effort to change the way it communicates with the world and in particular with the west but while the means of that communication has changed the rhetoric still stayed the same many of the representatives of the government do not distinguish between jews and zionists for example it is still unclear what is the position of the hamas led government on the two state solution within the nin

authority will then claim to speak for all the palestinians the palestinian authority will because who really has no choice concede to the u.s. is really demands which the e.u. is going along with ok but so ryan it's very interesting what norman has to say going back to annapolis but i don't see mr netanyahu he's not there's not enough pressure on him to change course as a matter of fact if you look at israeli media very close closely and i know normally looks out i mean if the israelis see that they have a whole lot of cards here ok maybe netanyahu and obama don't get along very well but netanyahu does have the congress ok and you know we i don't see a lot of sticks coming out from apac i mean you know iran is one issue but you know when you look at the palestinian israel conflict congress is really very close to netanyahu is positioning and i don't see anything changing in ok the european union will drop funding that's not going to change that the israeli position not one iota i bet no no no no let me let me go to rob you're really going to go ahead. the europeans talk about this a g

but the palestinian terrorists were getting a salary. while american citizens are trying to achieve peace with their precious dollars come i didn't have a paycheck to buy groceries at the end of the week. the second issue is clawback. once we have identified the fact that millions of dollars have illegally gone to the palestinian authority and that were given under false pretenses and/or the assumption that they were going to comply with the law, that they would not benefit terrorists. now we have to say we get the money back. you know what the law was. it was not supposed to benefit terrorists. you proudly told us they would be no way that you would redline this money. money is fungible. you follow the money. i followed the money and i followed it direct way to where it is now living in the pockets of terrorist prisoners to the tune of about 6% of what we pay through foreign aid from the usaid, special programs, et cetera. that is not going to be an easy pr that is not going to be an easy process because the united states policy is a gi

authority will then claim to speak for all the palestinians the palestinian authority will there because he really has no choice concede to the u.s. is really demands which the e.u. is going along with ok but so ryan it's very interesting what norman has to say going back to annapolis but i don't see mr netanyahu he's not there's not enough pressure on him to change course as a matter of fact if you look at israeli media very close closely and i know norman looks at i mean if the israelis see that they have a whole lot of cards here ok maybe netanyahu and obama don't get along very well but netanyahu does have the congress ok and you know we i don't see a lot of sticks coming out from apac i mean you know iran is one issue but you know when you look at the palestinian israel conflict congress is really very close to netanyahu is positioning and i don't see anything changing it ok the european union will drop funding that's not going to change this the israeli position not one iota i bet. you are going to let me go to iraq you're really going to have insignia on it go ahead. the europeans

authority will then claim to speak for all the palestinians than the palestinian authority will then because he really has no choice concede to the us israeli demands which the e.u. is going along with ok but so ryan it's very interesting what norman has to say going back to annapolis but i don't see mr netanyahu he's not there's not enough pressure on him to change course as a matter of fact if you look at israeli media very close closely and i know norman looks at i mean if the israelis see that they have a whole lot of cards here ok maybe netanyahu and obama don't get along very well but netanyahu does have the congress ok and you know we i don't see a lot of sticks coming out from apac i mean you know iran is one issue but you know when you look at the palestinian israel conflict congress is really very close to netanyahu is positioning and i don't see anything changing in ok the european union will drop funding that's not going to change that the israeli position not one iota i bet you know not to let me go to iraq the early going to have been going on that go ahead. the europea

authority will then claim to speak for all the palestinians the palestinian authority will because who really has no choice could see the to the us is really demands which the e.u. is going along with ok but so ryan it's very interesting what norman has to say going back to annapolis but if i don't see mr netanyahu he's not there's not enough pressure on him to change course as a matter of fact if you look at israeli media very close closely and i know norman looks at i mean if the israelis see that they have a whole lot of cards here ok maybe netanyahu and obama don't get along very well but netanyahu does have the congress ok and you know we i don't see a lot of sticks coming out from apac i mean you know iran is one issue but you know when you look at the palestinian israel conflict congress is really very close to netanyahu is positioning and i don't see anything changing in ok the european union will drop funding that's not going to change the israeli position not one iota i bet. you are going to learn to let me go to iraq you're really going to go ahead. i think the europeans tal

authority will then claim to speak for all the palestinians and the palestinian authority will then because he really has no choice concede to the u.s. israeli demands which the e.u. is going along with ok but so ryan it's very interesting what norman has to say going back to annapolis but i don't see mr netanyahu he's not there's not enough pressure on him to change course as a matter of fact if you look at israeli media very close closely and i know norman looks at i mean if the israelis see that they have a whole lot of cards here ok maybe netanyahu and obama don't get along very well but netanyahu does have the congress ok and you know we i don't see a lot of sticks coming out from apac i mean you know iran is one issue but you know when you look at the palestinian israel conflict congress is really very close to netanyahu is positioning and i don't see anything changing in ok the european union will drop funding that's not going to change that the israeli position not one iota i bet you know you are going to let me go to iraq the early going to have been threatening on the go a

of protecting palestinian citizens. their primary responsibility is that. and also preventing their territory from being used for attacks on israel. now, i have heard all the arguments. we pulled out of lebanon. look what we got. we got rockets. we pulled out of gaza. look what we got. we got rockets. yeah, we did, but we also didn't settle any of the issues. unilateral is not an answer. you have to resolve the fundamentals of this conflict. and if all of you take the time all ofine the history of the efforts before, what happened is they always left the final status agreement to the future. and that leaves it to mischief. and it leaves it to all the worst forces that could fill a vacuum. it is essential, in my judgment, to reach for a total agreement and to have a framework within which we can try to work for that. after waiting so long for statehood, the palestinian people deserve effective state institutions. israel and jordan must know that they will have a reliable and responsible neighbor, not a failed state livin

them all down by the palestinians may as well be. a i've been to be. very good former u.s. intelligence estimate chairman ray mcgovern estimates four in five americans don't know israel might even have an atomic bomb thanks to complete distortions by mainstream media suggesting iran is the nuclear power in iraq with their nuclear program ready to aim those missiles straight ad straight at the country according to both jane's defense weekly and the institute of strategic studies israel's estimated to have two hundred to three hundred nuclear warheads all sixteen u.s. intelligence agencies admit iran is not even trying to build one in an old school until it's old middle east pub quiz syndicated charlie recent just simple facts you'd be sure wrong if you relied on mainstream media and they actually applied to israel. fairness and accuracy in reporting no it's absence of any evidence against iran mainstream media are now resulting to stone the shingly crude racist slurs they'd never dare prints about jews currently being printed in all seriousness about the entire peoples the n

the palestinians say you can't have a viable contiguous palestinian state, if palestinians continue to threaten to leave the peace talks. they are even more fragile with these settlements and the anger on the israeli side about the prisoner release. >> nick shifrin, thank you very much. >>> pakistanpakistani activists protesting drone strikes. that blockade could affect route to pakistan. >> they have been here since november 22nd. stopping any trucks suspected of carrying supplies for 92nd forces in afghanistan. anaya khan has been here every day since the blockade started. >> many a lot of nent people ine have been killed. not stopped by the americans. >> reporter: drone strikes are deeply unpopular in pakistan. it's believed to give its approval to some strikes, whatever the case prime minister noaz sharif does not support the strikes. >>> recently passed a bill which could see pakistan receive more than $1.5 billion in cash but it's linked to the movement of the supply lines and if that stopped so, too, could be the payments. but it's not just the government that's concerned. said

the palestinian authority that infuriates them.hey say if these settlements go through, they'll pull out of the peace talks. if we're talking peace we need to make sure that we can create a contiguous viable palestinian state in the west bank. if you keep putting settlements throughout that space then that's impossible for us to do. israelis look the 1967 war gave us the west bank. we're allowed to build wherever we want. the two sides will agree to disagree at that point, but the peace takes are extremely traditiofragile. >> thank you very much. >>> al jazeera is demanding the release of a team of journalists held in cairo. the interior ministry accused the journalists of what they call illegal meetings with the muslim brotherhood. all we should point out are experienced journalist who is have worked for multiple news organizations over the last two decades. >>> a deadline now looming to remove a brain-dead teenager from life support. we'll tell you why the family is bleedinpleading with the hospitt to pull the plug on their daugh

salaries and the best compensation in the palestinian authority.e are talking about thousands of dollars per year and we are talking about thousands of dollars each month. here is so it works. how do they decide what is the most heinous crime? they let the israelis decide. it depends upon the prison sentence. so the sliding scale involves so much money for one year prison, five years in prison, ten years in prison, and even 30 years in prison. this money is paid directly to the president during his time in prison. it is a reward for the act of terrorism. the prisoner is provided with the pla power of attorney, and he transmits that money for holding our spending to his wife, girlfriend family, buddies, organization, in some cases it is the plo in some cases it is another chair so. and where is this money coming from? constantly in the red and it draws this money from donor countries such as the united states. this constitutes approximately $47 million per month and about 6 percent of the entire palestinian economy. and is a prioritized amount of mo

of protecting palestinian citizens. their primary responsibility is that. and also preventing their territory from being used for attacks on israel. now, i have heard all the arguments. we pulled out of lebanon. look what we got. we pulled out of gaza. look what we got. we got rockets. yeah, we did, but we also didn't settle any of the issues. unilateral is not an answer. you have to resolve the fundamentals of this conflict. and if all of you take the time to examine the history of white plantation, madrid -- why all the efforts before -- what happened is they always left the final status agreement to the future. mischief.eaves it to and it leaves it to all the worst forces that could fill a vacuum. it is essential, in my judgment, to reach for a total agreement and to have a framework within which we can try to work for that. after waiting so long for statehood, the palestinian people deserve effective state institutions. israel and jordan must know that they will have a reliable and responsible neighbor, not a failed

being able to discover this lost history, this palestinian past., the food is really dang good. >> that it is. >> i think it was also important to be able to provide palestinians an image of themselves that they recognize, a very humane image, because all they're seeing in the media, whether here or there, whether on arabic channels or abroad, you know, is this kind of very caricatured images of gunned men and wailing women and this grim cinder block landscape. you're not entering into the private homes. what does a kitchen look like, or what does a family you see here. do you like it, she's asking? >> absolutely delicious. really, really good. [ speaking foreign language ]. >> yeah? she wants you to open a restaurant for her. >> keep cooking like this. it's really delicious. >> gaza has three distinctive culinary heritage. those who hail from villages that were either depopulated or destroyed in 1948. and they constitute about 75% of the population of gaza. and they kind of bring with them their own distinct cuisine. that's very different from the

>> the palestinians are not reacting well. let's put it this way. think most people here believe that the more kerry agrees with israel or views this subject from the israeli point of view, and thinking about israeli security, the more conflict he'll have the palestinians. palestinians say youing can't have israeli soldiers if we're going to have a viable state. and this afternoon, the palestinian official has said he has rejected kerries proposals because they would lead to prolonging and maintaining the occupation. so clearly kerry needed to talk to israeli and reassure israel, but that had backfired when it comes to talking to palestinians. >> thank you, nick. >>> the un security council has approved a peace keeping force for the central african republic. there are conflicting reports on the number dead. reuters is reporting at least 105 were killed. the fighting was between mostly muslim fighters and christians who support the former president who was ousted in march. james bays joining us to talk about this peace-keeping force. james good day t

israel releases 26 palestinian prisoners. they are welcome back as national heroes by president mahmoud abbas. thanks for joining us on "france 24." the french priest captured in northern cameroon has been released. father george bunn and bush was kidnapped last month by boko haram, and the french presidency has think cameron and nigeria are hoping to secure his release. the news came from the office of the presidency. george vandenbeusch was released on new year's day. after a month and a half in captivity. >> i want to thank all those who worked relentlessly for his release, especially the cameroonian and nigerian authorities. >> in his former parish, followers are believed. they say he has been in their prayers ever since he was kidnapped. >> politicians have worked to release father vandenbeusch, but here we have also prayed for him for a month and a half every thursday. >> george vandenbeusch was kidnapped on november 14 in northern cameroon. that they around 15 gunmen burst into his compound and forced him into a van. h

the first all-female palestinian racing team. >> hi. i'm tony.eet you. >> when i'm riding a car, i'm the happiest girl ever. racing, it's in my blood. here in palestine, it's very small. there's no roads. so when i drive, i speed. i feel free. >> do you find that people underestimated you at first? >> at the beginning, they could maybe make fun of us. but when we got good scores -- >> now they know? >> yeah. a car doesn't know if you're a woman or a man. a lot of girls want to join us as speed sisters. but some of their families are very reserved. they don't like their daughters to be between men racing, you know. palestine is a very reserved society. >> so are things getting better? staying the same, or worse? >> you never know what's going to happen in palestine. one day it's good and 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

breaking news to start this hour on r t a palestinian girl is reported killed in an israeli airstrike on the gaza strip as tell of even launches troops and tanks in retaliation to the shooting of one of its citizens we've got the latest for you this hour. also had learning from us friend or follow stereotypes within nature when the you are out and i have dated approach to other countries russia's top diplomat comments on this year's trends in foreign policy during his visit to us. deadly bombing attack on a police headquarters in egypt adds to the country's political crisis as the interim government blames the muslim brotherhood for the attack branding it as a terrorist organization. and mass anti fracking protests against all corporations aiming for easy cash watch our report on the events that define twenty . three gave you just past eight pm here in moscow my name is kevin irwin this is r.t. coming to live mr ali with the breaking news that just mentioned there an israeli air strike on the gaza strip supported he killed a young girl and also injured several members of the family to

the move is intended to revive israeli palestinian peace talks breaking news on tours until the french priest was captured in northern cameroon last month has been released from the georgia font and it was seized in mid november and taken to neighboring nigeria is being held by a local islamist group the statement for the first presidency. thanks cameron in nigeria for helping to secure his release. when george and are essential for isn't it kinda songs that i mean can you give is i can use recap the story first give us a sense of background would we know at this stage. well we cut the queue was released in cameroon. so it's no quickly when he was in the last six weeks we had initial reports that he'd been taken it to nigeria across the border. in other words he recently being kidnapped in northern cameroon but it was suggests that he was taken by coco around the sun set which is based in nigeria from cameroon and nigeria. however when hearing that he was in fact northeast in cameron which is wet as he said the french more permanent state is on his way to bring the torch run in the bac

and that was a call from palestinian civil society. can go to their website of the palestinian academic and cultural boycott of israel and there are over -- well, there are 171 organizations, unions, farmers, unions and workers, professional organizations that support the boycott. it was in response to a specific call. >> and what does boycott mean? the boycott means, first of all, i would not downplay symbolism invincibility. the palestinian cause, particularly in the united states where does not get a fair representation in the press, needs visibility. it also can have a practical effect on the road. boycotts during the civil rights movement in the u.s. and boycott in south africa had those effects by putting precise material pressure on institutions who were supporting various oppressive regimes. >> cary nelson, could i ask you to respond, why is it you are opposed to an academic boycott in this academic boycott in particular? >> sure. they havemany years opposed boycotts basically because we believe what is most desirable is free e

he also met with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas the palestinians have threatened to break off face to face talks with israel the building of jewish style that is the settlements in the west bank are the biggest stumbling block in a conflict of the moment. i really don't want to feed the kids and not to keep on giving them that i'm too tired to use it until i was used as means to make occupation in the coming week station. palestinians are not opposed to building something like settlements of their own look now at the new plant community called for a walk on a hill north of in the west bank and new town is rising from the dust. to the naked eye it looks like just another jewish settlements on occupied palestinian land. this is a town being killed four palestinians called come on the heels kitchen welcome its first inhabitants in twenty fourteen. still hopes to share among street who conceived the project emotional the idea behind the project is to inject some momentum to the economy to the fullest in nature and that has been creating killed two palestinians for the match intensity o

it's eleven pm right now here in moscow this is our to international tonight a palestinian girl is killed and troops and tanks are deployed to the garza strip as israel escalates a fatality ation to the shooting of one of its citizens. friend the stereotypes within a truly you're allowed dated approach to other countries russia's top diplomat comments on this year's trends in foreign policy during his visit to us at r.t. . a deadly bombing attack on a police h.q. in egypt to the country's political crisis is the interim government blames the muslim brotherhood for the attack branding it a terrorist organization. anti fracking protests against oil corporations aiming for easy cash show report on the events that defined twenty thirty. seven zero in as a say this is r t is could have you with us our top story this hour an israeli airstrike on the gaza strip killed a young girl also injured several members of her family tonight the shelling comes in response to the fatal shooting of an israeli civilian on the israeli palestinian border israel also confirmed there are tanks and infantry involv

of our palestinian cause.ll and the -- mandela lie in state for three days. the 1000 day of war in syria since the uprising 2011.in march thousands in lebanon are living in makeshift shelters. many are living in apartments or staying with families. fled to damascus from beirut are finding reflections of the harbors of war. is referred beauty seen, but that the syrian wardrobe and beirut lester, -- last year, it intrudes evermore on his art. deadstarted to pay women or bloody, to paint our children dying, i see it as a kind of archive. paintings depict foreign them ass and secularize players on the world stage. was not just a danger that promote -- that prompted him to leave damascus six months ago. was becoming extremely difficult to transport the paintings from damascus to beirut, which is the only way we can send them abroad. it could take two or three months, or the border could close altogether. thriving art scene is a magnet for the new arrivals. at this gallery, they receive many new artists portfolios,

. >> israel releases 26 palestinian prisoners as the u.s. readies another push on peace talks. >> celebrations kickoff as the world starts to ring in 2014. >> he's a man who has overcome the odds many times in his life, and now there are at least tentative signs that michael schumacher may be doing it again. >> doctors say that the retired formula one champion is showing some slight improvement following a brain injury. they are still monitoring his condition closely. the next few hours will be critical. >> our correspondent is in france where he's being treated. we will get the latest from her fter this report. >> michael schumacher has undergone further surgery as doctors tried to save his life. the motor racing legend's condition is more controlled now, but it is still too early to say what will happen. >> late in the evening, a new brain scan was carried out after a temporary improvement in the situation. it made it possible for us to offer a new operation to the family -- to drain a hematoma, and to reduce pressure on the brain. the ope

authority, and the palestinian state did not exist before 1967. before then, they were divided between two countries. it was under full arab control -- control.eo was --ish community before 1967. to talk about occupation, it is a misunderstanding of this region. not why people think that the palestinian state existed before 1967, or even in history. , 21,000 square kilometers, we are willing to share with our neighbors and sacrifice. israel made real steps in order to establish peace in this region of and would give up sinai, would give up half of samaria. we proved our real desire to achieve peace, and to speak about occupation, it is really prejudiced, biased approach to this problem. it is not a problem of territory, it is completely different programs. thisl never accept approach to speak about the occupation, as an obstacle to peace. the facts and history are clearly different. thank you. >> i want to thank anybody who spends an hour answering questions. i appreciate it. and i know we all appreciate you being here to take our questions. it is

i want to see the palestinian-- there is no doubt that had the palestinians had a nelson mandela, israelis would have totally changed. there is deep wish on both sides of people to move on, to rebuild a life for themselves and try to put a lot of the anger an old ideas behind. but one of the greatest troubles of both people right now, and i'm not talking about this specifically one or the other, generally for a long time we've not seen worthy leadership either in israel or in palestine. >> warner: can the current state of affairs, 65 year, really, after the birth of israel, can it continue indefinitely? >> absolutely not. i mean the occupation, occupation sun acceptable for moral reasons, for demographic reasons and for political reasons. we have to try to end occupation with peace, with secretary kerry is trying right now. but if that doesn't work, we have to prepare a kind of plan b in which we israelis launch a nation-saving process of ending occupation gradually, cautiously, with wisdom and creativity, where the palestinians launch a nation building process in palestine, building a con

on this occasion -- and palestinian prisoners. about 26 are being released on this occasion. brokeredeal that was by the u.s. secretary of state as a way to restart the middle east peace talks. we will keep an eye on that. i will be back in a couple of minutes with the headlines. stay with us. >> make sense of international news at abc.com/news. -- at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good for over 30 years, union bank, -- and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news america" was presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> sreenivasan: for a second straight day, a deadly blast rattled the rus

he is being celebrated by the palestinian people everywhere. he's receiving sizable fanfare, especially in his neighborhood in jerusalem. he's also what he did is seen, his release is seen as a victory. because he managed to pressure the diswreal government, through rks -- israeli government through his nine month hunger strike to release him early and to reduce his sentence from 17 years to only eight months. he is seen as a hero in many ways by the palestinian people and when hiss health deteriorated when he was on this hunger strike he garnered a lot of attention, attention from solidarity groups and that exerted so much pressure on the israeli government they had to release him early. he is seen as an icon that has mobilized the palestinian hunger striking movement in the facilities, some palestinians continue to be on hunger strike in order to demand better conditions in prison or early release. so he is really an important item for palestinian people and this whole issue of hunger strikes in israeli prisons by palestinian prisoners is bec

he says, there is no need for a palestinian state. jordan is a palestinian state.e has come a long way. give him some credit. he has come a long way. , ther the israelis majority of israelis, it is all about three things. security, and security. >> exactly. the israeli prime -- rabin, he went to agreement, shook hands with yasser arafat. because he believed israel was strong enough to take care of itself. he began to believe it was in israel's interest to have an agreement with the palestinians, as hard as a was for him to accept that and shake hands. >> very hard for him. >> when they were standing in front of the white house, he turned to shimon peres, and said, you go shake his hand. >> but he believed in the strength of the israeli defense force. everybody understands the security interest is understandable and significant. in the middle east, you are in the middle of a number of countries that are hostile or a number of organized groups like iran.lah and hamas, and tors have changed since 1995. number one, rockets. they didn't use rockets in those days. that f