a interim supposedly interim solution is palestinian authority which was established back in the mid ninety's has been there for almost twenty years and there has been no resolution of the conflict and palestinians of i think lost confidence not just in this president but in the united states says that mean of the prospects of an israeli palestinian resolution under obama. will not happen will it be eight years wasted when he leaves the white house do you think that what we're four years and counting have been wasted so far i think that is in a sense doesn't change its policy you know it's will not only not help to resolve this conflict it will continue to do what it's done for most of these past thirty five years it will make it worse and it's not just a neutral actor it's it is is supporting israel diplomatically. gives israel three billion dollars a year in military assistance much of it much of which seems to me to be used in ways that are in violation of u.s. law in ways that are not defensive bombing gaza for example and finally it's american money from five zero one c three tax

the functioning solution is the palestinian authority. >> the chief negotiator for the palestinian says there must be an end to israeli settlement expansion before peace talks can take place. benjaminey is netanyahu purity has to accept 1967 and stopped supplements. what are we negotiating about? 20 years later and you cannot have an israeli prime minister who can utter the word 1967. do not be blind. >> in saudi arabia, 18 people have died from a buyer's. an 81 year old is the latest person to have died. so far there have been 44 cases reported worldwide but the who says it still does not know exactly what it is. the chinese premier is in germany where he is describe the relationship between the two countries as being in the fast lane. but he has used the occasion to warn the european union not to impose trade tariffs on chinese solar panels and telecommunications. the welcome was top drawer. berlin sees china as critical to german growth. beijing sees germany as the go to country for problem-solving in europe. a special relationship, as germany sees it, one which brought angela merkel

has launched a middle east peace proposal during visits from the leaders of israel and the palestinian authority in a sign of beijing's desire for a larger role in the middle east, chinese leader hi jin ping launched a power-point peace proposal call for an independent palestinian state, alongside israel. >> stephen: chinaments in on middle east peacemaking, and it could work. they are experts at getting longtime enemies to exist side by side. just look at beef and broccoli. ( laughter ) and that is why tonight, i am issuing a wag of my finger at china. listen up, comrades! brokering peace in the middle east is america's job. ( cheers and applause ) yeah. so, i don't know what your plans are, but, please, don't take over our role as middle east peacemaker. i mean, we love putting our politics and our international reputation right into the middle of thousands of years of mistrust and hatred. oh! oh! and we're so close, too. i mean, we've really-- we've really warmed up that old holly land slot machine. i mean, it's just about ready to pay out in nobel prizes. if you jump in now, you'll get all t

secretary of state john kerry to rekindle peace talks between palestinian authorities and israel so far this year israel's army has a victim almost four hundred palestinians from the west bank and dismantled over two hundred houses the number of such incidents has risen sharply since the new israeli government will even stronger opposition to a two state solution to the office in march as r.t. as policy or now reports the israeli defense forces are ready to use almost anything to back their government's orders. first it was the bullets then the tickets and now it's probably the worst smelling substance you will ever smell in your entire life. you stink you bad people i don't have a home it stinks you made it smell i have nowhere to go i can even see my son you sprayed him. developed by israeli security forces this foul smelling liquid is used to disperse palestinian demonstrations and it's proving to be pretty effective if it hits you in the eyes it could be painful and it could cause redness and if swallowed it can cause stomach problems it's important to. state that this material has

positively combat those misconceptions and stereotypes so at first i started reading you know the palestinian authority like edward saeed and noam chomsky and howard zinn but in two thousand and four i went to go see poetry jam on broadway it was the first time i saw poets like perform live stacey and chen so many other people and i knew that the average one thousand year old didn't necessarily want to read an op ed or see cable news but. i would listen to a hip hop track they would listen to a spoken word poem so for me spoken word was a way to get you know a political message out through a cultural medium and connect with as many people as i could and let's talk about refuse i mean it seems so obvious to palm that there really heartfelt poem about refusing to join the military and armed forces what compelled you to write it though. i think that you know i've written a lot from i've written pieces like before the mr machetes arrays which talks about this is a manic dehumanization of the arab and muslim male post nine eleven something that happened long before the black and latino an indigenous male in

been any saber rattling or much saber rattling by the syrian government, hezbollah, hamas, palestinian authority and been eerily quiet over there. do you know why? >> there is a couple reasons. one, we have been playing with with their electronics with their ability to communicate. we have been helping in that regard. they got caught. israel excellent air strike on their republican guard facilities that actually makes these. they were two very accurate strikes. any more attention on this causes more trouble to the assad regime, which is already up to their ears -- ear lobes and still waiting to see what the u.s. will do in conjunction with or in addition to what israel has already done. >> you think it's not in the best interest of bashar assad to make a bell big deal out of this at this time because they are just raises ire towards him. you believe that iran are giving missiles to the syrian government? right? >> yeah. i believe it. more importantly the israeli government and u.s. government believes it. >> bill: do you believe it, colonel. >> i think it's uncontrovertible the evidence is there

a interim supposedly interim solution is palestinian authority which was established back in the mid ninety's has been there for almost twenty years and there has been no resolution of the conflict and palestinians of i think lost confidence not just in this president but in the united states says that mena the prospects of an israeli palestinian resolution under obama. will not happen and will it be eight years wasted when he leaves the white house do you think that what we're.

a interim supposedly interim solution is palestinian authority which was established back in the mid ninety's has been there for almost twenty years and there has been no resolution of the conflict and palestinians of i think lost confidence not just in this president but in the united states cities that mean of the prospects of an israeli palestinian resolution under obama. will not happen will it be eight years wasted when he leaves the white house do you think that what we're four years and counting have been wasted so far i think that is in a sense doesn't change its policy you know it's will not only not help to resolve this conflict it will continue to do what it's done for most of these past thirty five years it will make it worse and it's not just a neutral actor now it's is is supporting israel.

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secretary of state that john kerry to restart peace talks between israel and the palestinian authorities will be hampered to get some thoughts on this from. an activist at the a settlement watch program you'll find now from tel aviv hi there good evening what is the move by israel say about its commitment to restarting peace talks with the palestinians and well we don't see any committed at the moment there is no very wired but we did notice and this got a little bit of a clinton whether there were any. issues that were settlements in the last few weeks actually since the government to the new government however we did see many promotion of. the settlements and construction is going on. and wasn't just. the promotion for two hundred but in only the home. depot in the well. meaning that there are no intention. with the underground any vacation or maybe any constructive moves for renewal negotiation was mentioned there leading to the chatter the new u.s. secretary states recently been covering the middle easterner new deford to get the sides negotiating is this now than a slap in the face

that has to come out of the palestinian authority or some other way of getting economic development. i do think there are things to explore. i salute the secretary for looking into all of the options and talking to the parties. as i also said, we cannot make decisions. the parties themselves have to make the decisions. we can put ideas on the table and look for ways to be supportive, but we cannot make the decisions for the parties maybe up front? >> melissa harrison. you mentioned climate change. i was wondering if you could give a few thoughts. what level of responsibility secretary has in those discussions? >> i believe that it is one of the important issues that has to be taken up for any number of reasons. i was just listening -- i hate to tell you this, but i listen to right-wing radio as i drive, which is a good idea to stay away from me. there was a ridiculous discussion today about, it is cold -- i think it is a mistake to call it global warming, but it is climate change. all one has to do is look at various things and extremes of going on. i am from colorado. it does not us

and we traveled in the least this past july and visited the police officials in jordan the palestinian authority and we had a direct conversations about the threats that they are dealing with and how we respond to them. and that is just in my mind, and i'm sure in the share of's mind, the need for us to be prepared. it is simply the best vehicle that we have the local level to make that happen and we haven't received significant cutbacks. there's been some cutbacks we were facing the several threats but overcame it. i can tell you that i am convinced now after responding to this incident that if we hadn't trained in the u.s. process defunded the joint terrorism corporation and something called urban shield and in the preparations there would be more people that died in these attacks. it is critical that we maintain that funding to the urban areas. this is not a frivolous expenditure. it's something that i have seen work and it also gives us -- the people on the ground we know what we need to get and the less bureaucracy that would better for us. i was meeting with him and the system share affect

by diplomats in the state department, members of the israeli party, decision makers of the palestinian authority. so in that sense, the balance of power clear? for generations reporters have always owed almost total allegiance to the institution until they decide to move to a different miewp or networking. so journalists have from time to time gotten in to trouble for making contributions to political candidates or for showing up at public demonstrations about hot issues like abortion. for good reasons, many publishers found it necessary to contribute to continue to exercise this authority. now over the reporters use of social media. in 2011 the american society of newspaper editor compiled a number of news companies policies. most attempting to address the pitfall that she came across with the post on facebook and twitter. one of the most interesting policy i found from "the washington post, which states that as reporters and editors must, quote, relinquish some of the personal privileges of private citizens. "washington post" journalists must recognize any con tect associated with them is for

a diplomats in the state department, by numbers of the israeli knesset, by members and the palestinian authorityn that sense is the balance of power quite clear? for generations reporters have always owned almost total allegiance to the institutions until the decide to move to a different newspaper or network. so journalists have from time to time gotten into trouble for making contributions to political candidates or for showing off their public demonstrations about hot issues like abortion. for good reasons many publishers have found it necessary to contribute, to continue to exercise this authority. now over the reporters who use social media. in 2011 the american society of newspaper editors compiled a number of newspaper, news companies policies. most of them attended took us the very footballs that were come across with a post on facebook and twitter. one of the most interesting policies that i found from the "washington post" which states that its reporters and editors must relinquish some of the personal privileges of private citizens. "washington post" journalist must recognize that any

attractive to them as providing constituency services and jobs, that that has to come out of the palestinian authority or some other way of getting economic development. so i am, um, i do think there are things to explore there, and as i said, i salute sec carriker ri -- secretary kerry for looking into all the options and talking to the parties. but as i also said in my remarks, we can't make decisions. the parties themselves have to make the decisions. we can put ideas on the table and look for ways to be supportive, but we cannot make the decisions for the parties themselves. >> thank you. boy, there's a whole sea here. maybe up front. >> thank you, good morning, melissa harrison. you briefly mentioned climate change, and i was wondering if you could just give a few thoughts about what role addressing climate change will play in the president's second term and what level of responsibility secretary kerry has this those discussions. >> well, i believe that it is one of the truly important issues that has to be taken up for any number of reasons. one, i was just listening to -- i hate to tell you guy

authorized a new jewish settlements. there were previously ordered to be demolished. the palestinian officials described the move as a slap in the face for peace efforts. has been for years since the biggest oil spill in the history of america. bp says it can be irreparably harmed by the huge amounts it is still paying out. they are trying to persuade the american government to intervene. >> deepwater horizon explosion and oil spill, tragic fatalities in one of the worst environmental disasters ever. and an economic calamity that make their living out of the sea or from tourists on beaches. here in louisiana, a new industry is being created by lawyers encouraging companies to make multimillion-dollar claims against the british oil company, taking a advantage of the house -- t and an in- settlements. there are painstakingly nursing this giant back to health, but all that good work will be put in jeopardy by the colossal sums they are paying out to businesses in the gulf coast reason -- a region that claim to have been damaged by the debacle including billions of dollars handed out to

palestinians. shivly telhami is author of the upcoming book "the world through arab eyes," and raul jabrill is a big. shibley, thanks for coming back this week. let's start with syria. aside from the ongoing and very important topic of the middle east, syria going to be the topic of discussion around secretary kerry's trip to jordan, israel, the west bank, i understand. where do we stand right now when it comes to syria? >> that administration simply doesn't have any good options. certainly, the new development is an attempt to work things out with russia, a little bit of realistic about fobthe possibilities, but, really, frankly, when you look at the options, the administration is a tough place. last week, there was this u.n. vote, urging more recognition of the opposition. got 109 votes in the general assembly. that's in comparison to 133 for a similar vote, just a year before. it tells you momentum is shifting somewhere else. the options for that administration are all tough. certainly, the administration doesn't want to get involved militarily, and doesn't want to do so, certainly without u.n. s

palestinians during the 1948 war that followed the founding of israel. >> u.s. president barack obama has criticized the country's tax authorities for targeting groups like the tea party movement calling the action is inexcusable. the internal revenue service has admitted to taking inappropriate conduct when screening organizations for the political views. the justice department has launched a criminal probe into the matter. >> mexico is seeing a big volcanic eruptions. one book that has been in knitting and ash cloud 3 kilometers high affecting nearby towns. authorities say nobody has been told to evacuate just yet, but access to the area is restricted, and emergency shelters are beingng prepared. >> the misery is continuing -- that is how one economist responded to the latest figures out on the eurozone. statistics out today show that the common currency area has entered its longest recession. >> the economies of almost all core countries, including france, have shrunk. only germany has returned to just slight growth, but even that was less than expected. >> winter -- winter held germany in its grip longer than usual this year

escalating on syria's western border author is ready warplanes bomb targets inside the war torn state just last week damascus has reportedly given the go ahead for palestinian groups to carry out anti israeli operations in the golan heights a missile batteries are also said to have been deployed to the region ready for imminent retaliation in case of a new israeli strike a media reports suggest a special syrian lebanese units have been created to fight israeli aggression in the area author and historian gerald hall and he believes the israeli attacks have placed the whole region on the brink of. their calculation is that true or moile they have unleashed in syria ultimately we can palestinian resistance of one of the fact that damascus has been a prime supporter of palestinian resistance and allowing attacks want to really target story from the golan heights it's a small price to pay in that context i'm afraid that we are on the threshold of a regional war keep in mind that has a loss of leadership announced just a few days ago that they would not allow the regime to fall in damascus keep in mind as well that both hezbollah and the iranians have issued gurr

with his country's authorities as he repeatedly refuses to invest in the army and he's in blank says his resistance is a legal protest against israel's aggressive policy towards palestinians. has been following the story of the conscientious objector. there should be some way out not like this just going to prison david bland son is in prison and he's broken these radio records for the number of times he's wasted and try and as a conscientious objector by law every israeli citizen or woman and man has to serve an idea this is the place where once you receive your point patzer come to register ready to serve out your two to three year draft made him blanks been here nine times already and that was to tell them he's not willing to join. were supposed to be inducted into the army in november and since. he went there and refused to serve and then he was sentenced to ten days i think at the time and since then he is released from prison who. goes back and again refuses to serve so far natan spent a total of one hundred fifty days in prison his crime refusing to be part of what he says is an occupying army the army does not acknowledge this kind of objection not even as a consc

author and historian gerald horne he believes the israeli attacks have placed the whole region on the brink of war. their calculation is that true well they have unleashed in syria ultimately we can palestinian resistance of light of the fact that damascus has been a prime supporter of palestinian resistance and allowing attacks on to really target story from the golan heights is a small price to pay in that context i'm afraid that we are on the threshold of a regional war keep in mind that hezbollah laws leadership announced just a few days ago that they would not allow the regime to fall in damascus keep in mind as well that both hezbollah and the iranians have issued girly strong warnings to the rebels not to desecrate shia shrines in syria and apparently that is what has happened in the last forty eight to seventy two hours i think that there is a diabolical plot to stoke sectarian conflict as a cover for destabilizing syria then moving on to try to destroy hezbollah law and weaken the islamic republic of iran. well the latest leap of violence in syria comes as the top u.s. diplomat heads to the russian capital but with moscow and washington deeply polarized on any peace plan for the syr

>> reporter: cnn knows authorities are looking at potential links between these two men. there are issues about nadal. he is said to be half palestinian, claims to be involved in some reports in meeting certain people into the fold of extremism in that particular area. extraordinarily young, i think it's fair to say, about 17, 18, 19, very young. killed may 19th in an attack by russian special forces. you're getting a picture here, anderson, of a man like tamerlan tsarnaev, where connected with these people in dagestan, seeing other militants potentially extinguished around him, nadal, plotnikov. if it was the case that he was connected to them, those particular events may perhaps have led him to flee the country after plotnikov's death. >> it certainly seems with each passing day we're learning a little more about tamerlan tsarnaev's time in russia. from the beginning you've been saying you think that's the key, the six month window he was there, what was he doing, and learning as much as we can. how quickly do you think sort of the full picture will become clear, if it ever will? i suppose that's really entirely dependent on how coo