as palestinians speaking for palestinians. not jordanians or the egyptians, not to look for an alternative leadership, to have the plo be the sole, legitimate, recognized representative of the palestinian people. he understood that required that the palestinian factions come together, enough, unified enough to be that representative. if palestinians were competing against each other, as some said we don't want to be in the plo, we want to be in another group, that was competition to and a challenge to everyone coming onboard this a single movement that could compel the recognition and the respect of the world. so he was always making compromises to keep all factions onboard, on the plo project which he saw as the vehicle towards recognition and the vehicle towards gaining some degree of palestinian search determination. -- self-determination. so various compromises were made along the way that he, in many ways, wanted to push towards a negotiable solution but had to be radical enough to keep the more radical factions onboard s

not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe that rather than creating two separate states, one israeli and one palestinian, that we should have a one-state solution where everyone shares in the same land and has equal rights. i know i'm in the minority with this idea. still, the situation in the west bank and in israel is so complicated now that you have a scrambled situation, where the israelis are living amongst palestinians, and palestinians are living amongst israelis, and the question really is how to separate the two people. one of the israeli intellectuals that dealt with this binational situation which we are in is the former deputy mayor

atness asay the and palestinian --ineptness a palestinian leadership.the fact they agreed going back to the oslo accords or even going back -- this goes back to 1988. their acceptance of israel as legitimacy. one would have thought, at least said conditionally, we are ready to accept and declare a firm israel's legitimacy if israel is prepared to affirm the legitimacy of the palestinian along the pre-57 borders. the fact they did not do that and did not even raise the issue of settlements was a massive, massive blunder. and i think made it possible for netanyahu's people to play the game they're playing. nermeen: former executive director of the american jewish congress, henry siegman. he's now president of the u.s. middle east project. we will air more of amy goodman's interview with him in a minute. ♪ [music break] nermeen: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm nermeen shaikh. we continue our conversation with henry siegman, the former executive director of the american jewish congress, long described as one of the na

palestinians are policed by the israeli army as well as by palestinian security proxy forces. so this isn't a tit for tat. this is about the expanding of colonial subjects. they become the firing rod for israeli settlers to express their protests. they can express it in the lives and lands of palestinianings. >> estimates vary. it seems that the number of these really hard line jewish settlers who carry out these kinds of attacks number from as few as a few dozen to a hundred. why has the israeli government not been able to take control? >> i think we are underestimating how many people do t there's been 11,000 attacks on bodies and lands in the past decade. the numbers have grown by over 150%. they can be easily held to account and yet the problem is not the settlers themselves, the problem is what the israeli system sets out to do in the process of removing palestinians to replace them with israeli settlers. the baby was the fourth palestinian killed this week. three earlier by the israeli army. this happens and it's not just about settlers. there are israeli system dehumani

classes may have to be canceled for half a million palestinian children. we have this report. >> they came here to tell the word it's unacceptable to forget the plight of palestinian refugees. protestors are angry because their children might be deprived of education. the agency responsible for palestinian refugees facesrisisy the middle of this month, the start of the new academic year maybe delayed in refugee camps across the middle east. refugees aren't convinced and say they refuse to give up their right to education. >> there is a hidden agenda. it's not possible that an international organization doesn't know years before where things will be headed without funding. >> i will never give up my children's right to education. >> the decision to postpone the school year could leave half a million palestinian children out of school and 22,000 teachers out of work. >> many here say a shirt fall of $100 million i also not impossible for the international community to pay. that's why they feel donors are no longer interested in the protection of palestinian

palestinians can be in prison without charge for renewable periods of time. israel passed a law that allows for force feeding of prisoners. israeli officials could not find a doctor willing to conduct the required medical test to force feed him. they are incompatible with international human rights standards. >> on 30 july they amended the prisons act to allow a judge to force feeding. while israel says this is a mechanism where a threat to life exists, numerous few man rights questioned whether force feeding merits international standards of medical ethics, safety and human rights. >> hundreds remain in detention. it's important to detain anyone suspected of causing trouble. palestinian officials say another 24 prisoners began hunger strikes since tuesday. it's the only option when they are held without charge by an occupying force. >>> political analyst says israel is acting outside of international law. >> let's assume he is affiliated with islamic jihad. they need to charge him and bring evidence that he was a threat or he did something against the occupa

the palestinians, and he was, in effect.n, he couldn't control all i mean, he couldn't control all of them, but ina much as they had an elected representative, it was yassar arafat. >> more than five minutes past the deadline, and the arab guerillas said they would execute their hostages, it appears that the conference still on. >> an estimated 900 million people that had tuned in to watch the olympic games around the world were now transfixed watching this grisly terrorist drama play out in front of them. >> the israeli hostages and the arab commandos who have held them hostage for this entire day has now left to a makeshift helicopter pad at the back of the olympic village. >> the israelis wanted to come in and try and rescue them, and the germans said no. you know, when a bad number comes up, it comes up very bad. >> we find that this drama has not ended. >> the german police were sent up at the nearby air base to neutralize the terrorists and thereby rescue the hostages. >> the latest word we get from the airport is that

it -- now,you showed at that time, you showed it in a palestinian pavilion. >> it was the first palestinian pavilion. so instead, after this happened, to come up with something else. i created a brochure which was a map of the project and where biennale doors river could go see this map and five my project. when they would arrive, they would see was not there. my intention was maybe sometime in the future, people would think it was there because we created this brochure that it actually happened when it didn't. it was the only way to overcome this. actual, you had won the what is a call -- >> the golden lion at the 2007 biennale, for my work called "material for a fountain." amy: i want to talk about that in a moment. a but about this issue of not being able to put up the sign, we reported the icelandic pavilion was shut down when the artist, the pavilion was in an old church that had not been used by the catholic church a thing for like 40 years, turned it into a mosque. the venetian authorities said no. >> and in 2005, there's an artist called gregor schneider who was going to put a black

palestinian background. palestinian parents. i'm muslim. like, it's a slew of things going against me. and the first time i took the gig was in april of 2001, five months prior to 9/11. and the next thing you know, five months later, boom, it's 9/11 occurs. people are telling me my career is over. >> did you change your routine? >> at some point i felt-- i was afraid to be myself. which is so detrimental to a standup comedian. because that's what you have to be on stage. literally be yourself. and for me not to be able to be comfortable to talk about myself. i mean, can you imagine richard pryor doing standup and not acknowledging what's happening in the civil rights movement, and what is the state of black america? african americans? or his personal stories? >> well, you joke about your ethnicity. you joke about your upbringing. >> i do. >> how do you think that affects americans, and those watching in the audience? >> i was literally scared. i was performing in little rock, arkansas, saying-- people are laughing, and they don't know what

amer is a palestinian, born and raised in kuit

now palestinians as well as the protesters here are saying this is unacceptable.he international community should immediately provide the funds so that palestinian children are not deprived of the basic rights of education. ey also say that it's too early for the international community to defend aid here, because palestinians and especially refugees are still living under international protection in the region, and still need these badly-needed services such as education until there is a resolution for the palestinian israeli conflict. so they are saying there needs to be immediate funding sent. jordanian-state schools are unable to accommodate such large numbers of children, because they are already accommodating syrian students from the refugees, and as well most families who send their children these schools are not able to pay for private education. >>> emergency rescue operations are underway right now in the mediterranean. an overcrowded fishing boat carrying as many as 700 migrants has capsized there just off of the coast. it was traveling from libya to it

the palestinian ambassador to the u.n. blames the israeli government for allowing settler violence. >> let me share with you these two pictures of ali who was murdered and then burned alive. and this is the second case in less than one year in which two palestinian children were torched to death. these terrorist crimes should not go unpunished and those who are responsible not only the terrorist settlers but also the responsible parties in the israeli government should be brought to justice and should face the punishment at the level of this hainous crime committed against this palestinian family. >> we do not believe the words of the israeli government. let their action speaks for itself. their action in previous occasions there was a similar incident in 2009 in which a family of palestinians in the area of bethlehem had molotov cocktails thrown at the car and the family was burned. those responsible for that act they are not facing justice. so we need to see a different action by the israeli government in which they hold

a short time ago palestinian officials said two were shot and killed by israeli forces. the deaths coming hours after mourners buried a toddler burnt to death after an arson attack in the west bank. israeli and palestinian officials call it a hate crime carried out by jewish settlers. >> the family shared the only bedroom. they would have shared this space. that man heard screams and saw the attacker standing over the parents. he went to get help. when he came back the two men were gone. >> translation: smoke was coming out of the house. i saw the 4-year-old. i pulled him out. they told me another baby was inside. the flames were big. there was a huge blast and no way to save the baby. >> reporter: this is the room where the 18-month-old was found dead and we spoke to the ambulance worker that removed the body and what he described what was left of the baby was a lump of coal. relatives laid pictures of the boy on the burnt-out floor of the bedroom. he had not finished his milk. the neighbour's house was set on fire. no one was home. the attackers left a message "revenge

the palestinian president is calling it a warm -- calling it a war crime. and 18 your -- 18-month-old child burned to death. correspondent in jerusalem is standing. but first this report. reporter: hundreds gather for the toddlers funeral. there were scenes of sadness and anger as some called for retribution. the attack caused simmering tensions to boil over as hundreds of protesters clashed with israeli security forces. the house where the toddler lived was torched while the family was still sleeping. the attackers held firebombs inside the building. neighbors managed to save one child, but they couldn't reach the bedroom where the toddler slept. such crimes are nothing new. afterwards the israeli army always comes to the village and promises solutions, peace, and security. nothing ever changes. soldiers from the israeli defense force to the family and for treatment. israel's government was to blame for the tragedy. it is a war crime and a crime against humanity. we will not sit silent as long as the occupation exists. the office of henchmen netanyahu cond

palestinians can be held without charge. they passed a law allowing force-feeding of prisoners being imprisoned without trial. in this case, israeli officials could not find a doctor willing to conducts tests to force-feed him. the tests are incompatible with human rights standard. >> on 30 july, the prison's act was amended to allow the judge to force-feed a hunger striking prisoner to prevent death if recommended by a doctor. it was to limit this means of enforcement until rights exist. numerous rights questioned whether force-feeding and medical ethics, safety and human rights. >> hundreds of palestinians remain under detention. israel says it's important to detain objectives. they say on tuesday, it's the only option, held without charge by an occupying force. >> palestinian can says israel is acting outside of institutional law. they should have charged him. tried him. and give evidence that he hid something against the law, against the occupation law, and gaol him. they cannot arrest people. there's a rule of law in th

that was a the palestinian goal so what the president did was move it to a palestinian goal and it created quite a stir and you may recall the next day the prime minister arrived and supposedly lectured the president in the oval office. remember that? all of his remarks were directed at palestinians not at the president so you got a sense of just how tense things were as a result of having no surprises and no daylight raid this didn't mean that israel did make mistakes and itself violate the no daylight in a surprise. we surprise vice president biden a great friend of israel. someone in the interior ministry announced a housing president -- project in east jerusalem and a created as they say in washington quite a kerfuffle. the prime minister flew to new orleans to meet with vice president biden and we did it again. we surprise him but i have to say this was not matter policy. i was with him both times with this happen and a surprise as vice president biden wasn't he apologized. we should do that then much more disciplined and we put into place in architecture that enables us to better now

the palestinian authority says with so little of the palestinian territory under the pa's direct controls understandable residents are taking matters into their own hands. >> this has to be within a political context. the political context is by ending the occupation and be having an international protection for the palestinian people in the west bank. >> reporter: until that happens, palestinians will continue to patrol their towns and villages, hoping no more people die at the hands of israeli settlers. >>> the head of the united states environmental protection agency has apologized for a toxic spill into two colorado rivers. they accidentally released more than 11 million liters of objection to toxic slug into local streams. new mexico and colorado have both declared a state of emergency over the spill. >> reporter: i'm at the confluence of the animus river and cement creek. it was in those hills over there where millions of liters of toxic sludge suddenly emerged. an a amazing plume of neon toxic material moving downstream. it moved through colorado, hit new mexico, into utah, it's s

he was the first israeli leader to really embrace the palestinians and try to resolve that conflict once and for all including to shake hands with yasser arafat who is really the embodiment of terrorism and evil. and then, of course, he was the first and only israeli prime minister to be assassinated and to be assassinated by a fellow israeli. >> host: and why was he assassinated? who was his assan sin, first of all -- assassin, first of all? >> guest: he was a 25-year-old law student at the time of the murder and a real extremist, an extremist, i would say, through and through. he was exceedingly religious. every word of the bible of the jewish torah was literal truth, exceedingly radical politically. so the peace process that rabin had started was for, emir, a betrayal of israel, a betrayal because it involved handing back some territory that god had promised to the j well,ews accog to his interpretation. he was also exceedingly smart. when he is caught and convicted and at some point in prison, psychiatrists administer an iq test, and he scores above 140, so he's a smart guy who is ju

the gaza strip ten years after israel withdrew all of its settlers, coming up, we will hear from palestinians israelis about how the effects of this so called disengagement are still being felt today. >>> waging war on the syrian economy, how the opposition is using foreign currency to undermine the government. ♪ china and south korea have criticized a speech by japan's prime minister marking 70 years since the end of the second world war and expressed deep remorse over japan's past saying future generations should not be obliged to apologize and said japan should have made a statement on the nature of the war of military and aggression and its responsibility on the war and said japan should have made a sincere apology to the countries affected and made a clean break of the past of the military aggression rather than being evasive on this major issue of principle. south korea's president said japan's prime minister should have gone further with his apology and the comments left much to be desired and called on japan to match its words with actions. >> translator: from now on the japanese gove

it was also off limits to most palestinians. all that is left are a few disused buildings, and while he says he's happy the satellit settlers have left, he's angry at how things are now. >> we live in a big prison. the occupation is the reason for all of our suffering as israelis control everything. palestinians. >> although israelis withdrew from the gaza strip, israel's government never managed to truly disengage without a political settlement with the palestinians it would exert economic siege and repeated rounds of military violence. the so-called disengagement of gaza sharply divided the society. when the deadline to leave expired august 15, 2005, the remaining settlers were removed by force. originally from france she lived in the area for 20 years for what she describes as ideological reasons. she said many of the settlers forced to leave still have not been able to rebuild their lives. >> i'm angry at my government who did not know how to cope with the hardships of the people. still people are living here in temporary ho

the palestinian authorities say with little of the palestinian territory under direct control, it's understandable res dints are taking matters into their own hands. >> in order to affect the people, this has to be in a political context. it is by having an international protections for the palestinian group and the west bank >>> until that happens, palestinians will continue to patrol the towns and villages, hoping no more people die at the hands of israeli settlers >>> well, five of the 14 men arrested for sexually abusing children in pakistan remain in custody, accused of blackmailing the victims into making sex tapes. the victims say the police ignored their complaints. we have this report. >> less than an hour's drive from lahore is a village. it's a quiet place. but for years many people here have kept a terrible secret, children under the age of 14 were allegedly sexually abused by a gang of men. filmed and then black mailed. this family is missing their son. he has been stealing from them, including the contents of their shop. it left them broke. they told him to leave. now they discovered

>>> the father of a palestinian baby who was killed in a jewish settler attack last week died from his wounds also. >>> hello, this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead - tens of thousands without water or electricity after a typhoon slams into taiwan's eastern coast. >> a violent day in afghanistan, three explosions within 24 hours kill more than 40 people and wound hundreds more >>> in tune with democracy, hatians prepare to vote in long-delayed elections. >>> the father of a palestinian baby burnt to death died from his injuries he suffered burns to 80% of his body when his house was firebombed in the west bank. we have this update from outside the home in the occupied west bank. >> more tragedy for the family with the tragic passing of the father. he was 32 years old, and this house behind me was the house he shared with his wife and two sons - 18-month-old was burnt to death after a suspected israeli settler attack on the house. they firebombed the house, causing serious injuries and the death of that young boy at the time. now the father is dead. there's concern about the mot

it was also off limits to most palestinians.ll that is left are a few disused buildings, and while he says he's happy settlers and soldiers left as part of the disengagement of the gaza strip, he's angry of how things are now. >> we live in a big prison. we cannot move outside of the gaza strip, which makes life hell for us. the occupation is the reason for all of our suffering as the israelis control everything. we palestinians deserve dignity. >> although israelis withdrew from the gaza strip, israel's government never managed to truly disengage without a political settlement with the palestinians it exerted it's control over gaza and it's people through it's on going economic siege and repeated rounds of military violence. the so-called disengagement of gaza sharply divided israeli society. when the deadline to leave expired on august 15, 2005, the remaining settlers were removed by force. originally from france, this woman lived in the area for 20 years for what she describes ideological reasons. she said many of the israeli

israel jordan and the palestinians palestinians signed a require agreement to rehabilitate the river. >> we invited politicians and decision makers and saw there was political will. >> reporter: that political will makes sure none of the projects strengthen israel's hold which palestinians want as part of their personal state. >> this would be of help ever the three neighboring -- of the three neighboring countries sharing the jordan at this part from galilee down to the dead sea. >> reporter: one river, three faiths and commitment from neighbors with complex relationships to preserve for future generations. >>> a large sand storm swept through the jordannian capital. flights in and out have been disrupted with in bound planes diverted. the region is facing a heatwave with some temperatures forecast to reach 43 degrees. >>> in hong kong, two daughters have donated parts of their livers to create a whole mew one to save their father's life. it's a medical first using a new surgeeral technique. >> reporter: thankful to be alive the patient is surrounded by theidarities who saved his lif

what it means is taking revenge on palestinians any palestinians for israeli government policy they perceive as being anti-settler. it doesn't make logical sense to take out anger on a village of innocent palestinians because the israeli government gave an order to disband a settlement. >> all are illegal, but some are government sanctioned how does it work. >> according to international law - israelis dispute the interpretation - it's illegal to build selt ments in occupiedinging -- settlements in occupied land transfer population. israel has a system where they have government sanctioned settlements that are built according to plans and houses are built according to tenders, and rules. the outposts are built without going through government tenders. they are strong ideological, young people choosing a hilltop, usually in hebron, and put down carr vans and dig a hole for a portable toilet. >> what for? >> they are driven by their interpretation of the old testament believing these are the tribal lands of the ancient jews, and they are fulfilling a prove si by settling there. >> we have seen

>>> the father of a palestinian baby boy killed in a settler attack died from his wounds. hello, this is al jazeera live from doha. also ahead - parts of taiwan are under waurt and in the dark as a typhoon sweeps through >>> in tune with democracy, hatians prepare to vote in long-delayed elections . >>> and how making it fun to wash your hands could be key to stopping children from dying from some diseases. first, palestinians in the west bank are preparing to bury a man that died from burn wounds suffered in an israeli settler attack on his home. his home was fire-bombed last week in attack which killed his 18-month-old son. he suffered second degree burns to 80% of his body. his wife and 4-year-old son injured in that attack remain in a critical condition in hospital. let's go to imtiaz tyab, who is in duma, where the father will be buried in the occupied west bank. how are feelings there? >> well, there's a mixture of feeges. on the one hand, of course, there's absolute grief. there's also increasing anger as well. before i get into that specific issue, let me pan over

they need palestinian voices.ing the war in gaza, in 2008 tried to israel keep the international press out. it didn't work. everybody was how her up their get phone or computer to their video and their photographs out into the world. social media has changed everything. ahe new york times" also had full-time journalist based in gaza, who was born and raised in gaza. she was there, reporting for "the times." all that has changed profoundly. brian: who has published all your books? phyllis: interleague publishing in massachusetts. i used to say it is a small publisher. now medium-sized. the founder is a palestinian musician. she publishes amazing cook books, travel books, fiction in translation from all over the world, and books about the middle east. brian: and if folks want to read what you do, where? phyllis: they can find all the books, they can go to the ipf-dc of my institute, tog, to find reference books, and my colleagues as well. brian: what are the chances that in your lifetime, the palestinian-israeli sit

the palestinian authority says with so little of the palestinian territory under the p.a.'ct control, it's understandable residents are taking matters into their own hands. >> in order to protect our people, this has to be within a political context. the political context is by ending the occupation and by having an international protection for the palestinian people in the west bank, east of the gaza strip. >> until that happens, palestinians will patrol their towns and villages, hoping no more people type at the hands of israeli settlers. >> al jazeera, cuzra in the occupied west bank. >> global prices for nickel, copper have hit six year lows as china devalued its occurrence for a second day. the yen family to it's weakest level against the dollar in four years following intervention by the chinese central bank. the economy is slowing and the countries trading partners have accused beijing of manipulating foreign exchange rates to make exports cheaper. >> a research group explains the move. >> number one they are hopefully strengthening exports. it makes goods more compe

after last week's attack by suspected jewish extremists on a palestinian home that killed one toddler and a knife attack by an orthodox jew that killed one woman, the israeli prime minister was unequivocal. >> in the past days, we have witnessed to despicable crimes. our policy toward these crimes is zero tolerance. i have instructed security services and law enforcement authorities to act with all the legal means at their disposal to catch the murderers and bring the stabber and arsonist to justice. reporter: those legal means now include what is known as administrative detention for israeli suspects. after the security cabinet approved new measures to tackle jewish extremism on sunday night. the move, under which detainees can be held months or years without charge was previously reserved for palestinians and has been internationally condemned as a low to legal due process. but in a region were the vast majority of palestinian reports of violence from jewish israeli citizens go uninvestigated, this latest controversial measure is likely to be welcomed by palestinians. >> it depends

>> palestinian burial, a 32-year-old father laid to rest one week after israeli settlers fire bombed his home. >> why iraqi's feel that the year long anti isil strategy isn't working. >> haitians get the chance to make their voices heard in national elections. >> one year on from michael brown's death, how much has really changed in the u.s. city of ferguson? >> it was an attack on just one household but has brought thousands together. palestinians in the occupied west bank buried the father killed in an israeli settler attack. the house was fire bombed last week. his 18-month-old son also died while his wife and 4-year-old son remain in critical condition. we have a report from douma. >> anger that another member of the family died after the fire bombed home just a week ago. palestinian and israeli investigators believe the attack was carried out by jewish attackers from a settlement considered illegal under international law. >> we don't trust israel, the occupation supports settlers in doing these horrendous acts and we don't expect any good from the israeli government. >> israeli

for palestinians that effectively removes palestinian prisoners only real form of non-violent protest, and what is interesting is israeli doctors have come together to refuse to force feed palestinian protesters, saying that it is unethical. but as you rightly point out, the substantive issue of administrative detention. that means someone can be arrested without charge and held for up to six months, and that's renewable effectively indefinitely. several thousand palestinians have been placed in administrative detention. currently around 400 are in administrative detention. it's a very sensitive issue, and those who are in detention have been resorting to hunger strikes as a way to get out. that is something the israeli government is certainly not prepared to do, but in the case of holland, because his case is so poor, he is not longer considered to be a threat. >> thank you for that update from jerusalem. >>> still to come on this news hour, the estonian policeman accused of espionage, in a case that a fuelling tensions with neighboring russia. >>> and in sport, the nfl brawl. we'll

and in jordon 172 schools have been run teaching 100,000 palestinian refugees. >>reporter: they came here to tell the world it's unacceptable to forget the plight of palestinian refugees. they are afraid their children will be refused the right to education. >> they say donors are no longer interested in the rights of palestinian refugees. the state suspended funds for badly-needed services could cause the closing down of the entire operation. >>reporter: they're saying they can't afford to enroll tdaughters in private school and saying suspended services cannot come before ending the conflict. >> they cannot deprive us from learning. if they want to do that, return our villages in palestine to us. >>reporter: officials warn suspending services could also harm regional stability. >> palestinians value education highly and more them education is a passport to dignity and we cannot deny that when terrorist groups are recruiting on the streets of the middle east. >>reporter: the u.n. general assembly has repeatedly renewed the mandate most recently until june 2017.

they need palestinian voices.during the war in gaza, in 2008-2 thousand nine, when israel tried very hard to keep the international press out of gaza, away from the story, it work. not least because everybody in gaza, when there was any electors, would power up their cell phones, other computer if they had one, to get their video and photographs out into the world. social media has changed everything. but "the new york times" had a full-time journalist based in gaza who was born and raised in gaza. a terrific young palestinian woman who was there reporting for "the times." so all of that has changed profoundly. brian: who has published all your books? phyllis: interlink publishing in massachusetts. brian: who are they? phyllis: i used to say it is a small publisher. now it is medium-sized. they publish about 50 bucks a year. the founder is a palestinian -- 50 books a year. the fetters a palestinian who wishes amazing cook books and art books, travel books, a lot of fiction in translation from line wages all over t

palestinians say another 24 prisoners have begun hunger strikes. they say it's their only option when they are held without charge by what they call an occupying force. >>> one tribe in kenya has been their home for centuries, but now a forest has become a hideout for fighters from al-shabaab. the armed group that claims to be at war with kenya. we report from the boni national reserve on how fighting is uprooting tribal communities. >> reporter: nestled between the indian ocean and the border with somalia, this is boni forest. it's become a hideout for al-shabaab fighters. their presence for one of the communities, the boni tribesmen. >> translator: the forest is our mother. for generations we depended on it for our food and medicine. there is a reason why this community share as name with the forest, we can't live without it. >> reporter: there is no road, no running water and no shops. with no access to healthcare, the ranks have dwindled and the tribe is on the verge of extinction. it's the ongoing insecurity that's causing alarm for the commun