bomb or even just killing someone with a knife, that person immediately goes on an official palestinian authority salary. and that's salary escalate under a law, a palestinian law called the law of the prisoner. the more heinous of crimes, the more money the palestinian kids. these amount to some of the best salaries and the best compensation and the palace indian authority. we are talking about thousands of dollars a year. and we are talking about thousands of dollars each month. here's how 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 involved so much money for one year of prison, five years of prison, 10 years of prison and even 30 years in prison. this money is paid directly to the prisoner during his time in prison. it is a report for the acts of terrorism. the prison is provided with a poa, power of attorney and he transmits that money for holding ours fending to his wife, his girlfriend, his family, his buddies, his organization. in some cases it's the plo. in some organizations is anothe

palestinians have never been weaker than hamas is now a no or the power of the so-called palestinians authority is totally dependent upon the united states and europe to stay alive to support it economically the palestinians are in a very difficult situation probably and so they said they have never been weaker and now the united states along with the e.u. incidentally united states and the e.u. think there is a historic opportunity to resolve the conflict. in such a way that the palestinians are left with virtually nothing ok so ryan so what kind of agreement is that how can you have an agreement like that with no justice. i honestly don't believe this top side going anywhere and i don't think they're intended to go anywhere it's just let third. this if you look at this mr obama's speech in two thousand and eleven the word he actually mentioned the nine hundred sixty seven borders with some swaps it was intended for the palestinians not to ask for recognition at the united nations and after that mr netanyahu came to the united states and i'm sure your viewers would know that congress has far m

the power so-called palestinians authority is totally dependent upon the united states and europe to stay alive to support it economically the palestinians are in a very difficult situation probably and so they said they have never been weaker and now the united states along with the e.u. incidentally united states and the e.u. think there is a historic opportunity to resolve the conflict. in such a way that the palestinians are left with virtually nothing ok so ryan so what kind of agreement is that how can you have an agreement like that with no justice. i honestly don't believe this top side going anywhere and i think they're intended to go anywhere it's just lip service if you look as mr obama's speech in two thousand and eleven where he actually mansion. and the nine hundred sixty seven borders with some swaps it was intended for the palestinians not to ask for recognition at the united nations and after that mr netanyahu came to the united states and i'm sure your viewers would know that congress has far more powers or is the most powerful branch of the u.s. government he came a

palestinians have never been weaker than hamas is now a no factor the power of the so-called palestinian authority is totally dependent upon the united states and europe to stay alive to support it economically the palestinians are in a very difficult situation probably and so they said they have never been weaker and now the united states along with the e.u. incidentally united states and the e.u. think there is a historic opportunity to resolve the conflict. in such a way that the posted. and so left with virtually nothing ok so ryan so what kind of agreement is that how can you have an agreement like that with no justice. i honestly don't believe this time so going anywhere and i don't think they're intended to go anywhere is just lip service if you look out to mr obama's speech in two thousand and eleven the word he actually mentioned the nine hundred sixty seven borders with some swaps it was intended for the palestinians not to ask for recognition at the united nations and after that mr netanyahu came to the united states and i'm sure you viewers would know that congress has far more powers

the bomb or even just killing someone with a knife that person immediately goes on official palestinian authorityalary. and that salary escalates under the law a palestinian long call the law of the prisoner. and the more heinous the crime the more money the palestinian gets and these amounts to some of the best salaries and the best compensation in the palestinian authority. we 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 w

palestinians have never been weaker. hamas is now. the power so-called power student in authority is totally dependent upon the united states and europe to stay alive to support it economically the palestinians are in a very difficult situation probably they have never been weaker and now the united states along with the e.u. incidentally united states and the e.u. think there is a historic opportunity to resolve the conflict. in such a way that the palestinians are left with virtually nothing ok saran so what kind of agreement is that how can you have an agreement like that with no justice. i honestly don't believe this time so going anywhere and i don't think they're intended to go anywhere is just lip service if you look as mr obama's speech in two thousand and eleven where he actually mentioned the nine hundred sixty seven borders with some swaps it was intended for the palestinians not to ask for recognition at the united nations and after that mr netanyahu came to the united states and i'm sure you viewers would know that congress has far more powers or is the most powerful

will then claim to speak for all the palestinians the palestinian authority will there 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 it's 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 the israeli position not one iota i bet. you are going to let me go to iraq you're really going to go ahead. the europeans talk about this a great deal an

really tied settlement of the conflict so the palestinians have never been weaker than the hamas is now a no factor the power of so-called power stood in authority is totally dependent upon the united states and europe to stay alive to support it economically the palestinians are in a very difficult situation probably they have never been weaker and now the united states along with the e.u. incidentally united states and the e.u. think there is a historic opportunity to resolve the conflict birth solved in such a way that the palestinians are left with virtually nothing ok so ryan so what kind of agreement is that how can you have an agreement like that with no justice. i honestly don't believe this top side going anywhere and i don't think they're intended to go anywhere it's just lip service if you look as mr obama's speech in two thousand and eleven where he actually mentioned the nine hundred sixty seven borders with some swaps it was intended for the palestinians not to ask for recognition at the united nations and after that mr netanyahu came to the united states and i'm sure your viewers would know that congress has far more powers or is

not talking about aggression or violence we actually are talking about what seems to be the palestinian authority is taking the first steps to ease that confrontation and i wonder if that is indeed. viewed from where you are that the palestinian government is trying to minimize the levels of aggression between the two sides. to true to face reality and to look to the ground. to talk about the humanitarian crisis actually. giving up lots of. singles especially. children and so we do talk about allowing that if tricity to allowing the live stream to to the people and an actual life with independence freedom and justice would you call even the palestinian authority. with the palace in government here in gaza to stand for and one in front of a sion and we hold that to deal with this issue and to be inside without telling pressures from outside i'm not sure i understood you correctly but just to clarify it there have been some reports also in the media that not only the level of weiland across the border has decreased by the hamas led government has been taking measures to step up policing of the terr

remember, we have informed the palestinian authority, that arafat did not die of polonium, because it was very low. but they concluded that the palestinian authority that his death was not natural, and he died of something and we are still looking into it. and looking at some aspects of this report, because we looked at this report, it was sent to us before the swiss report, we subjected that to top scientists. and they concluded the report was not scientific at all. in terms of data, and of ant sis, it didn't adapt at all. so scientifically it was not -- it had no scientific basis. and therefore have to remember one thing, when asaad used the chemical weapons against his own people, the russian government at the time claimed that there was no weapons were not used. we have no confident nor trust in the findings of the russian -- i wouldn't say the russian experts, but some experts -- those are are close to them. >> right. >> may i just interrupt you here, now you are basically faulting the two reports the french report and the russian report. the swiss team said they could only offer

the palestinian authority has indicated it will not recognize israel as a jewish state. d that is something israeli leaders is demanding. they will maneuver through this geo political mine field. the palestinian city functions as an unofficial capital to meet with israeli and palestinian officials. reportedly he will present both sets of leaders in the deal between them. lawmakers at home are not too optimistic that this 9th trip will do mop good. will do much good. >> you can't bargain with the palestinians. they want israel gone and the only ones you can put pressure on who are reasonable are the israelis. they have figured out that they are being sold down the river. i don't think kerry is going to -- in fact, i hope and pray kerry does not do good in as far as convincing israel to give away more land. >> some of the sticking points are what they have always been, israel's need to protect itself from palestinian terrorists, bored you ares of a potential -- borders of a potential palestinian state and the control of jerusalem. after his last trip to the rescreen earlier

the palestinian authority that infuriates them. ey 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 daught

we'll make use of the land but we neat the protection of the palestinian authority. >> reporter: theettlement that israel evacuated when it withdrew from the gaza strip in 2005. it was a forced evacuation. now the municipality is demanding that the israeli government remove the remains of the settlement. some settlers still come back here despite the court decision banning them from this area. the jewish settlers believe the land belongs to them and they want to prevent the palestinians were from making use of it. so she burn the trees that were planted and continue to maintain a presence in the area. >> we don't want to keep any excuse for them to return. no wall, no tree, no water tank. we don't want to keep those because they use them as a reason to return to the land. >> reporter: but the lawyers who fought for years to win this case say it's the israeli government and army that should prevent the settlers from coming back. >> the israeli government is responsible for implementing the court decision. but we know the israeli army is not interested in implementing decisions the sam

. >> israel jordan and palestinian authority have signed a new water sharing agreement. they will start work on a new pipeline from the red sea to the dead sea. al jazeera has the story. this tourist attraction is so rich in salt, that people float naturally in it. with water dropping as much as a meter a year. signed by israel, jordan, and the palestinian authority, is to slow down the decline, while providing water. >> we are joining hands with our regional partners. to develop such an important project, which i think will be rah model, not only for our region, but to the whole world where we have conflict. that water can bring people together, and that a center void can bring even peace to the people of the region. >> the pipeline would connect the northern tip of the red sea with the dead sea. a project sometimes called the red dead conduit. it is to be built in the jordanian port. the salty byproduct known as brine, would then be channeled 180-kilometers north to replenish the dead sea. water is a con ten, issue in this area. under this packet, israel will increase

not talking about aggression or violence we actually are talking about what seems to be the palestinian authorities taking the first steps to ease that confrontation and i wonder if that is indeed. viewed from where you are that the palestinian government is trying to minimize the levels of aggression between the two sides. to true to face reality and to look to the ground. to talk about the humanitarian crisis actually. given up lots of. science single especially for. children and so we do talk about allowing that if tricity to allowing the live stream to to the people and an actual life with independence freedom and justice would you call even seem enough. to texas with the palestinian government here in gaza to stand for and one in front of. and we hold that to deal with this issue to be inside without telling pressures from outside i'm not sure i understood you correctly but just to clarify it there have been some reports also in the media that not only the level of wild lands across the border has decreased by the hamas led government has been taking measures to step policing all of the territ

israel jordan and the palestinian authority have signed a three way deal of water sharing and giving punishing be trying let's see if you thought the deal pipeline to carry brine twenty seven nation bloc in the red sea to the dead sea while providing thinking what does the beach and critics say it's determine the risk candidates lay claim to the north aisle was possible that the fat controller for large part of the resource rich outfit. foreign minister john baird said the paper was gone in to the un commission which is kind to connect to competing claims of them up in russia but the piece the region lies on the continental shelf think so i take to the world's leading technology firms including two who happened to have formed an alliance calling for changes to u s government says they dance in a message to washington the company some cute cards that i extracted some deadlines to be given to people. it follows recent weeks about the extent of my snoopy. in sport. what take on events is to start hitting three fours to qualify for the cafes the jug and three sturgis joints don't answer

for this renovation for many years, and finally after long discussion with the un and the palestinian authoritythey got this through, and renovated -- and really in the nick of time this roof and the sides of the building behind me are really beginning to struggle. >> quite a scene behind you. nick life from bethlehem thank you so much. >> if you are hitting the roads this holiday season you won't be alone. aaa estimates a record 95 million people will be traveling 50 miles or more between christmas and new years. the jump is likely to bring a benefit to the economy. so folks are traveling to grandma's house. >> yeah, nice and dry. hopefully it stays that way. not much snow being added to what is already on the ground. this is radar of the past 24 hours. that storm had a lot of rain and ice with it, but it is cleared out. whatever is on the ground may stay there, because the temperatures are down to zero in chicago, 28 in memphis, just above the freezing mark there in atlanta. so any slippery roads will stay slippery. main roads should be clear, not much being added to it. bundle up before you

now the palestinian authority and other countries are paying for it. >> the churches under palestinianontrol. we cannot afford to let it fall into disrepair. >> the church draws visitors from around the world. right now their cake -- taking the construction work. >> it could be much better. it is shiny. it is quite all right. >> it creates it here. it is a holy place for me. i hope to enjoy it. >> every day long lines form as pilgrims wait for their chance to climb down the steps they need the church to the grotto. this is the place where, according to christian tradition, jesus christ was born. high above them, he and his team continue their renovation. they often work at night so as not to disturb the daytime activities inside. in one corner, precious mosaics are being covered with a special solution and with pieces of gauze to protect them from the damp. >> i hope the world pays more attention to this wonderful place so it will continue for the time to come. hopefully other institutions and nations will help out to protect this beautiful masterpiece. >> is the renovation work goes w

not talking about aggression or violence we actually are talking about what seems to be the palestinian authority is taking the first steps to ease that confrontation and i wonder if that is indeed. viewed from where you are that the palestinian government is trying to minimize the levels of aggression between the two sides. well too true to face reality and to look to the ground. to talk about the humanitarian crisis actually. giving up lots of. singles especially the. children and so we do talk about allowing that if tricity to allowing the live stream to to the people and an actual life with independence freedom and justice would you call same enough courage. to texas with the palestinian government here in gaza to stand for and one in front of a sion and we hold that to deal with this issue to be inside without telling pressures from outside i'm not sure i understood you correctly but just to clarify it there have been some reports also in the media that not only the level of wild lands across the border has decreased by the hamas led government has been taking measures to step up policing of

. >> other troubled waters as israel joins in the palestinian authority for white water sharing agreemente deal was the the building of sea with thee red source being close to the dead sea. the dead sea a famous taurus spot has been receiving at the rate of over a meter every year, as population increases in the region, diverted for drinking and agriculture. too expensive to travel to pay his last respects, benjamin netanyahu's decision not to attend nelson mandela's funeral has raised a few eyebrows. because of security and travel would waste or the equivalent -- would race to the equivalent of 1.5 million euro, which was simply too much. >> the whole world will be attending hurt everyone, that is, except israel. benjamin netanyahu says he will skip the trip for nelson mandela's general. over a series of scandals over his highflying lifestyle and expensive habits, he says he cannot justify spending be someone .5 million euros needed to make the general. he -- the journey. he offers his tribute. >> nelson mandela was one of the seller figures of our age 30 with the father of his nation, a

some blamed the rise of some of this is in the west bank all frustration with the palestinian authority and ten months. many palestinians are also dismayed at the lack of progress in the mideast peace to its statement on islam is to wait for him her you worry its assembly said that the negotiations have a foul stench and they are serious about fight in aggression against religion by the string cheese and hypocrites co collaborators the mm. this lady gets to court in newquay deal signed between iran and six while kyle is an historic mistake he'll say says the white house which john key's that the agreement is in the text of its key middle east and i bought not everyone in the us conquest and didn't cry to israel greeks in america meets. deal with him on the last time a david and kate and monica east if we set it on to the tp print them and they tend to seven pm from its wealth of sanctions. q a section of state john kerry says the region will be sent to as a result. this first one emphasize. actually rolls back the program from where it is today. enlarge is the breakout time. which would

. >> last night, we saw the palestinian authority glorifying terrorists, glorifying individuals who are guilty of terrible crimes, of killing innocent civilians, children. >> the peace talks revived this summer by u.s. secretary of state john kerry have since stalled. one reason is palestinian anger at israel's plans to build more home for settlers in the west bank and east jerusalem. john kerry is due in jerusalem for more talks on new year's day, to press both sides to agree a framework peace deal. >> myanmar has freed five political prisoners and called off the trials of 200 activists. >> a crowd welcomed two of the five freed on tuesday. more releases are expected next week. after half a century of military role, myanmar has had a civilian government since 2011, which is him lamenting democratic reforms. the opposition leader says her party will run in elections in 2015, even if the constitution is not amended to allow her to run for president. >> well, today was meant to be the day when syria gave up control of its deadly chemical weapons, but officials say it will miss the deadlin

palestinians have never been weaker. hamas is now. the power so-called power student in authority is totally dependent upon the united states and europe to stay alive to support it economically the palestinians are in a very difficult situation probably they have never been weaker and now the united states along with the e.u. incidentally united states and the e.u. think there is a historic opportunity to resolve the conflict resulted in such a way that the palestinians are left with virtually nothing ok saran so what kind of agreement is that how can you have an agreement like that with no justice. i honestly don't believe this talks are going anywhere and i don't think they're intended to go anywhere it's just lip service if you look as mr obama's speech in two thousand and eleven where he actually mentioned the nine hundred sixty seven borders with some swaps it was intended for the palestinians not to ask for recognition at the united nations and after that mr netanyahu came to the united states and i'm sure you viewers would know that congress has far more powers or is the mo

green energies and israeli company that was chosen by the palestinian authority to help them so their sewage problems in the streets of their cities and villages as in i know it's been down many many pitches total to a man at the dawn of the submissions to the whistle to treatment i would technology since it is simply a cost effective both in terms of capital investment in the personal cost was chosen to a be a solution for those that village isn't doing too many hits its target it says the company bought the tickets common problem we live in the same day same day said this so it is toxic and dominic not only the west bank with or so i whipped it was as leyland weaving in the same one minute to lead to some awesome that we had full auto bots and switch and told them produced even the insurgents. listed two billion dollars the year in revenues is really what the industry is rapidly becoming one of the biggest exports of the country. but jane won and won tickets at the twenty thirteen what the convention and to leave i the i will. do. will. i mean to me. gold. or do. i mean i will the i

sided radioactive polonium to tan as the possible cause of death a longtime leader of the palestinian authority fell ill and passed away two thousand and four palestinians have suspected israel of poisoning him which tel aviv denies . the european court of human rights has heard claims that inmates of so-called cia black side prisons were tortured it's the first time the allegations have been addressed in a partly open session the case was brought by two terrorist suspects who allege that they suffered human rights abuses at a secret facility in poland in two thousand and two and two thousand and three and they are currently being held at america's guantanamo bay detention camp over accusations of carry out terror attacks and having ties to al qaida the hearing up next here on r t a trip to an orthodox christian retreat in karelia that's for those watching there to international of course and if you are in the u.k. stay tuned for going on the ground with she returns. but ukraine deeply divided kid sovereign decision to walk away from an association agreement with brussels has resulted in an exp

sided radioactive polonium two ten as a possible cause of death a long time leader of the palestinian authority fell ill and passed away in two thousand and four palestinians have suspected israel of poisoning him which television denies. eleven and now worry commander of the militant group has been killed outside his house and beirut the organization has accused israel of carrying out the assassination saying that he had been targeted before but managed to escape multiple attempts on his life israel has not commented so far i will bring you more as soon as we get it. a bomb attack has been foiled and the russian republic of dagestan with the help of a robot passers by noticed a suspicious package near a shia mosque and cold the police a bomb disposal unit came to diffuse the device equivalent to ten kilograms of t.n.t. using a small radio controlled robot it removed the explosives and transported them to a safe place detonating the bomb with zero damage. while you're up to date here in r t and up next find out why guantanamo detainees are suing the polish government in breaking the set that's

radioactive polonium two hundred ten as the possible cause of death the long time leader of the palestinian authority fell ill and passed away in two thousand and four palestinians have suspected israel of poisoning him which television denies. to lebanon now where a command of the militant group hezbollah has been killed outside his house in beirut he was shot as he returned from work at midnight the organizations accuse israel of carrying out the assassination saying that he had been targeted before but managed to escape multiple attempts on his life israel has denied any involvement. up next a trip to north oaks christian retreat in karelia in. czerny you're watching international. quite often countries rich in natural resources are the poorest africa's a colony it's a colony of the big corporations it's a calling of someone's home leaders who are under the thumbs of the big corporations so they have to beg from the world bank's development of social programs goes to pay back debts countries were drowning under the amount of debt that they did and so every year they would borrow money. and they wo

denominations to chair the church had been arguing over the renovations for years down the palestinian authority and other countries are paying for it. the muscle to go though the charges under palestinian control and the qantas board to let it fall into disrepair. it was that it can easily affect this year the city of it the church draws visitors from around the world right now they're taking the construction work and are stunning. it doesn't. what's the deal. what's better these pictures and shiny shoes. what a riot. i didn't always displays because that is a disgrace. one day or so ago that the holy place for me. i helped into it. every week long lines formed as pilgrims wait for their chance to climb down the steps beneath the church to the grotto. this is a place where according to christian tradition jesus christ was born the light on them. my channel can chant he and his team continued their renovation. we all can work at night. tourists not to disturb the daytime activity since i need. in one corner precious mosaics are being compared with a special solution and with pieces of prawns to

the palestinian authority is denied to many times the distance. and on and give billions to another system costs. maybe i should have been used to how real refugees in real distress but over the past sixty five years billions and billions of dollars on us for a leaf on the third of on rhys budget and the tone of two one two and forty million dollars annually. of the eu gives a lot of money over here in germany germany in two thousand and ten given the time of twenty six million this to two thousand and thirteen the un after seven million. ah we continue to fund this problem on t reason we do that it has to do with the fact that the west as his cognitive dissonance is perception when you say a refugee other people were starving and fleeing for their lives that's not the case within the palestinian situation however we continue to fuel the vr world ensure the fact that bad of all the rp up with the exception of jordan no arab country ever off for the palestinian citizenship and they kept them in this situation to remind the world you see this is the

radioactive polonium two ten as the possible cause of death for a long time leader of the palestinian authority fell ill and passed away in two thousand and four a list of names of suspected israel of poisoning in which television denies that over the now where a commander of the shia militant group hezbollah has been killed outside his house in beirut he was shot as he returned from work at midnight the organization has accused israel of carrying out the assassination saying that he had been targeted before but managed to escape multiple attempts on his life israel has denied any involvement. a bomb attack has been foiled in the russian republic of dagestan with the help of a robot passes by noticed a suspicious package near a shia mosque and called the police a bomb disposal unit came to diffuse the device the equivalent to ten kilograms of t.n.t. using a small radio controlled robot that removed the explosives and transported them to a safe place detonating the bomb with no damage. up next as promised the turbulent situation in ukraine is the center of debate and people about cross-talk. wha

mean that us secretary of state john kerry is leading the negotiations between israel the palestinian authority. many believed that the us is no longer a key player in the middle east the way is to be when your thoughts about that. i seem to get used to do that the united states. first of four pa continues to today a major role and we all missed the pre fed the us involvement in the post is rather then on to mention mediate the united states found today is possible to reach a comprehensive agreement between us and the posting and getting their political constraints most in need and want to punish genocide. did you eat is quite impossible in my view it's nice to reach a comprehensive peace remarks have been made by israeli officials mainly foreign minister at the barely there are many in the united nations expressing disbelief in the process and what i am just doing the foreign minister lieberman to say he's been in that he doesn't think that this diet it is possible to reach a comprehensive agreement and i am a milky spokesman but i think that the idea that he would prefer to add some salt of t

side of radioactive polonium two ten as the possible cause of death a long time leader of the palestinian authority fell ill and passed away in two thousand and four hours damien's have suspected israel of poisoning him which tell him he denies. european court of human rights has heard claims that inmates of so-called cia black side prisons were tortured it's the first time the allegations have been addressed in a partly open session the case was brought by two terror suspects who allege that they suffered human rights abuses at a secret facility in poland in two thousand and two and two thousand and three they're currently being held in america's one town of a bay detention camp or accusations of carrying out terror attacks and having ties to al qaida. i think clear a bomb attack has been foiled and russia's region of dagestan with the help of a very special robot passers by noticed a suspicious object near a shia mosque and called police a bomb disposal unit came to diffuse the device using a tiny robot carefully picked up the explosive device and transported it to a safe place detonating it with

out so much but because they were so angry at the corruption and failure of the fattah led palestinian authority so this was a political debate that was going on to wins the election and israel's response is we're not going to deal with these people they don't recognize us the way we want them to we're going to slap an increasingly harsh embargo a blockade on the entire gaza strip one point eight million people have been under some version of the blockade it's gotten worse it was loosened at one point after enormous pressure but it's basically been controlled by israel of everything that goes on in gaza we hear sometimes wait a minute the gaza. occupation is over israel pulled out in two thousand and five well that's partly true they pulled out the soldiers they pulled out the settlers what do they do with the soldiers they redeployed them instead of being deployed in gaza city they are now deployed on the surface edges of gaza on the border between gaza and israel so gaza is now surrounded israel controls the borders it controls the water the fishermen of gaza are not allowed to go out more tha

president's vision at the same time dealing with the president of libya and the he ad of the palestinian authorityhe was a really man who reached widely for the purpose of bringing peace to this world. havebassador frazer, you met with many leaders from all over the world, particularly in africa. you have experience in kenya, zimbabwe, somalia. what did nelson mandela mean for africa? >> nelson mandela is the symbol of freedom in africa. many of the people across the continent rallied behind the veryapartheid struggle, a long struggle. remember, the national african congress actually started in 1914, and the country did not move to nonracial democratic governance until my 294, which was always the goal of the anc. and whether one is from nigeria or tanzania or closer to home, mozambique, across africa people rallied behind the anc in that struggle. i think president mandela stood for freedom, and he now stands for integrity and perseverance. the continent needs to move towards that in terms of the next phase of the struggle, which is political freedom has been achieved now. economic freedom is nec

. >>> israel, jordan and the palestinian authority have signed a new water-sharing agreement. work on a new pipeline from the red sea to the dead sea. >> reporter: the dead sea, one of nature's peculiarities, technically a lake, this tourist attraction is so rich in minerals and salt that people float naturally in it. but water levels are dropping by as much as a meter in a year. the new deal aims to slow down the dead sea's decline. >> we are joining hands with our regional partners to develop such an important project, which i think will be a model not only for our region, but to the world where we have conflict, water can bring people together and at a certain point can bring even peace to the people of the region. >> the line line would connect the northern tip of the red sea to the dead sea. a plant will be built, with the drinking water to be shared by the neighbors. the salty biproduct would be channelled 180 kilometers north. the palestinians accuse israel of taking control of aquifers. israel will increase its annual sale of water to them. and environmentalists are al