people who would do injustice should be palestinian people and would punish the palestinian citizens for a mistake they did not commit therefore we do hope that those states threatening to impose sanctions on the palestinians would refrain from such a step and we also hope that the international community would not allow israel to use economic sanctions against the palestinians for taking such a step a shot but for the state here excellently thank you very much for being with us and just to remind you that right on the show was fayyad the palestinian ambassador to russia and that's if an hour from all of us here if your entire you're seeing spotlight you can always drop a spotlight it will be back with more face time comments on what's going on in and outside russia until then stay on r.t. and take. opera aura spreads across the united states as thousands of angry americans demand the corporate lobby be held accountable for the country's economic downturn. cloud of uncertainty hanging over greece as eurozone ministers delay the next release of bailout funds desperately needed to keep

people who would do him justice to the palestinian people and would punish the palestinian citizens for a mistake that they did not commit and therefore we do hope that the states threatening to impose sanctions on the palestinians would refrain from such a step and we also hope that the international community would not allow israel to use economic sanctions against the palestinians for taking such a step with a shot for this thing here excellently thank you very much for being with us and just a reminder that i guess that michele was fired was stopped on the palestinian ambassador to russia and that's it for now from all of us here if you are in fact your sales spotlight you can always. spotlight will be back with more firsthand comments on what's going on in and outside russia until then stay on our take and take.

you know the palestinian. poor economy because it is connected with these really kannan needs you to the occupation then therefore we can assume that your any economic and financial blockade however question may be raised illinois are the palestinians punished for taking such a. i was always was not an aggressive war criminals. now all they do it is that we turn to the international community to claim our legitimate rights and we wanted the united nations to consider our peace which has been suspended for over sixty three years. tell us you know people be punished because. the united nations to claim it's a legitimate right so within international law called the it though what i think this is unfair and unjust within so those teens should not be punished for such a step will be in those countries that might impose sanctions on the tellus union people who would do injustice in people and would punish the palestinian citizens for a mistake they did not commit therefore we do hope that the states threatening to i

as the fate of palestinian statehood still remains unclear sits down with the palestinian ambassador to russia. to discuss if the state gains recognition will it be able to maintain the peace that's coming up next in our interview show spotlight . you know it's a. presentation at the. application but. is the only way to protect. to maintain peace amid such strong disagreements. we're talking to. the. recognition. the final decision to. be made with the security council's approval. before a final decision is made. speaker. thank you very much for being with us. well first of all the u.s. veto may happen. security council. what will it mean if it's implied what will that would mean for the relations between your country and washington and for the mh of washington on the streets of the arab world. the key to this than this is something we never want to happen my we palestinians have always cared about building good relations with america and we think we have succeeded in building improved relations with the american administration over the years. what we're heading on a peaceful track w

authority and the palestinian people. and we consider russia the conscience of the quartet because it always clear is that its position must be in line with the international legitimacy and laws that. we want nothing more than the application of the international laws with respect to the pal. and this is something russia has always cold for. for this than what and that's why we highly appreciate its position here to have a clue consultation with it about all the ships. that the flossy one of the impossible decisions it seems to me and many observers in all this situation is the status of east jerusalem which which is supposed to be part of the palestinian state but it was officially next by israel off to nine hundred sixty seven war and now is enclosed in israeli territories so is it realistic i know you have the right but is it realistic for palestine today to claim this part of the city as your capital and do you think there still may be room for negotiation surround these tools. i think jerusalem is a very important an

it's 1,027 palestinians. it's taken more than five years, charles. >> that is interesting, isn't it, that it's taken so long. is there a sense of frustration on the part of palestinians, particularly the relatives of those who have been held over that period, or do they understand, if you like, that hamas was perhaps holding on for the best deal? >> reporter: i haven't sensed that sense of frustration, but clearly it will exist amongst the palestinian families who still have, you know, many thousands of people still in israeli jails. i did sense that frustration on the other side in israel when i spoke to shalit's family. they were very concerned and have been for several years that the israeli government hasn't been doing enough to secure a deal on the palestinian side. i think people are generally happy that so many palestinian prisoners are being released, 1,27, it's a hugely favorable exchange rate in terms of prisoners. people are very happy about that. people are very mindful that there are still about

and if any single palestinian it as an out of this ten thousand palestinian prisoners in the israeli game will clearly is it is about the city and it is something good for palestinians one thousand palestinian prisoners surely as mentioned in the evil it is something very very good for palestinians we should not. forget that there is we have to keep in our mind. about seventy eight thousand palestinian prisoners are still on this in the israeli jails this one thousand of this in a business it's a good sign good thing that hamas has done for the state as you say that there are still seven to eight or even more thousand palestinians in israeli jails or but the fact that hamas and israeli officials have reached a deal in itself it's fairly unique i mean do you think this could be the start of a change in relations leading to some kind of peace or just perhaps for the prisoner swaps. i think it is. for a prisoner. of one thousand the present it's has no i cannot see any political side for such a deal of such as it is i'm sure in europe is you know is it at all interesting to you one thou

the fact that israel released the prisoners to hamas, not to the palestinian authority or the palestinian liberation organization and that has been the negotiating party. in effect, what this ends up being is a step that hurts the palestinian negotiating side and strengthens hamas, the political rival of the palestinian authority. the other important development is that israel has announced that it's going to move forward with building a large settlement, new settlement in east jerusalem and that is a step. >> how much has it strengthened hamas because haven't they lost their leverage by letting shalit go? >> they couldn't hold on to him indefinitely and they figured under the circumstances, this was the best deal. the strategic ground has been shifting under hamas' feet because of the uprising in syria. syria has been the base for hamas and the syrian regime has been a major supporter for hamas. hamas has to look about itself and a new headquarters and might be thinking about egypt, which served as a mediator here. >> and you have just come back from egypt. how important was that role an

people and the israelis don't want there to be palestinian leaders he's a symbol of unity between palestinians the israelis are afraid to release him because he can bring about reconciliation between hamas and fatah and many people feel that hamas was almost happy to abandon your husband because he poses serious political competition to the hamas leadership what do you think. which of course a leader like marwan barghouti is very popular in palestine and the arab world a lot of people have been phoning me to protest that he's not part of this deal i think it's israel who don't want him out of the jail hamas only accepted the deal at the last minute why do you think hamas accept of the deal. i don't know the main reason why hamas accepted a deal without marwan no one here in palestine understands it but hamas was under pressure from the israeli side khaled mashal harasses political bureau chief promised you that there would be no deal without marwan do you feel betrayed. right now i'm confused about my feelings because i'm not happy about marwan but i'm very happy for all of the prisoners and t

palestinian prisoners this cause is very painful for us for the palestinians because thousands of our men and women in the israeli jails since. even since the cade's a some of them they spent more than fifty years as you say as you say talk to shaheen there are still many palestinians behind israeli policy but if i may just jump in we are running very very low on time here is really is used the capture of shallot as justification for its blockade of gaza and how can we expect perhaps conditions on the strip to improve following this. actually as it is a bit of the capture of gilad shalit actually but the people of gaza strip we here in gaza we. actually bade a very heavy price since the capture of the gilad shalit in two thousand. and two thousand and six we paid a very very heavy price in gaza for the people of gaza the blockade that the israeli clojure the war against. israeli invasion to many areas of gaza from time to time thousands of palestinians since two thousand and six till now we have killed thousands with. their hundreds of. houses with demolition actually palestinians of

we always go by the accuser the palestinian the army wants control they want no palestinian to go anywhere without a permit i can't you have to make the choice is the best way to hold on to your lives and we back you whatever you do. yes it was and i would but he if she did we have him in ok. look at. them and. they acknowledge this was his land and now they said we don't want you to work here today though because it's dangerous someone could come and shoot you. there's a good chance that we will win here and maybe it'll be easier to finish if there's no attention here on another day as it is. in the west bank israel has built a barrier a wall made out of fences and concrete it is part of israel's defense it protects settlements and it ties them closer to israel. the barrier or the wall is mainly built on occupied land in breach of international law according to the international court of justice. for the palestinians in the west bank the wall results in further land loss to israeli settlers. but there are israelis helping the palestinians to recessed the construction of the wall which we'

the european union states several states also voted against the palestinian bid for membership is the clearest signs of all that palestine will find a position from the u.n. security council if it goes to the full full membership there is a meeting of the council next month and the u.s. has signaled that it will oppose that and it will use its veto if palestine does move towards but it seems that will be the final stumbling block for full palestinian membership of the un israel and the u.s. in fact say that they should be any bilateral deal for israel and palestine must come to the negotiating table and find a conclusion between themselves but palestine is theirs that israel's refusing to negotiate despite efforts from the middle east quartet it's now off to palestine applied for the u.n. membership last month the quartet said israel and palestine should resume talks with a month now the month has now passed there has been no resuming of tulips the main story point is doesn't want to negotiate with israel as long as it continues building settlements on its land on the west bank which

your husband and other palestinians who are being held in israeli jails. in the last five years and charlie was kidnapped israel did a lot of things to harm the prisoners and with their lives more on their own. the prisoners of course protesting they stop eating or stop drinking and many have died as a vigorous protesting against conditions inside the prisons that's how they won rights such as the right to education. cleanliness medical treatment but netanyahu took all of these achievements away he put the prisoners in solitary confinement a small room which is also the bathroom with lots of rats it's about one point five to. imagine living for four years in this room with all the rats and bugs has been set up if no one barghouti was released tomorrow what would he do. with marwan has been struggling for thirty five years he's never taken a day's holiday if he was released he would not stop struggling for palestinian rights but the first thing he do is be with his family and children who wants to apologize to his children because he wasn't there for them a

palestinians. he said he would be very happy whenfÑñ?ñ?ñ?and can go back to their families. we will bring you more as we get it. but as kobach to john donovan. -- let us go back to john donovan. about 180 palestinian prisoners have crossed into gaza now. somewhere in the distance, a few hundred meters behind me, they will be driven year into the square. they will lead to their relatives who are all around the square. they will have celebration, a lot of emotion here. these people are returning as heroes. >> a number of them having to go straight on. they will not be going back to gaza or the west bank but turkey. >> can you repeat that? >> i was making the point that some of them will not be able to return home. they will be deported and moving on to other countries, notably where hamas compromised where they did this deal in the past. some would be sent to countries such as turkey and possibly syria. they also mentioned catarrqatar. zvl-0;3óçw3t(çç?; ofw3e moved to bank. wtñ?ñ?ñ?ñfamilies from the westl not be able to get into gaza tue

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they were followed by 400 palestinians that will make their way from the prison. it will take a some time to complete the crossing but there to be released on tuesday and will be followed by 550 prisoners in a month's time that will complete the palestinian prisoner exchange. we are expecting that gilad shalit will be released within the next hour. it could be as soon as the next hour or so. this is the scene at the prison where those initial prison and vans from the israeli jails, a caring those palestinian president where they will pass -- palestinian prison where they will pass through and carry on their journey into other areas. we will keep you updated on the exchange which more developments as soon as we get them. now we go back to you with more news on the thai flood. >> it has been devastating to the northern part of the country where the floods continue to wreak havoc across much of the country. authorities have ordered the evacuation of an industrial park outside the capital of bangkok. the bbc has gone over the most affected areas to see the extent of t

they called on israel to release further palestinian inmates while israel warned palestinians against carrying out new attacks. >> it took years to secure gilad shalit's release and in the and it took intense mediation by germany and egypt to broker a deal that both countries could live with. here is a look at how the ordeal began. >> in june, 2006, palestinian militants from the gaza strip attacked this post. they killed two soldiers and abducted a 19-year-old conscript. he became a bargaining chip in the hands of hamas. some 6000 palestinians were held in israeli jails. hamas wanted to secure the release of as many of them as possible in return for shalit. shalit's story gripped the nation. each year, hundreds of israelis gathered to commemorate his capture. for his family, and audio recording was one of the few signs that their son was still alive. >his father continued to plead for his son's release. for more than three years, the family received no word on him. then in october 2009, a glimmer of hope, his captors released this video. that was all. despite repeated requests, the i

programs continue up next palestinians tell us in their own words how they're being pushed violently out of their own city by jewish settlers. are. brought are here. there are five hundred of them surrounded by a hundred and twenty thousand very very hostile most. of the settlers in hebron illegally being there. what's wrong with truth living room why is that illegal this is our land and the arabs know that. this is a holy city and we're going to stay in. iraq. but. there's no. more. war because you know when you really. raise the expression. this is really the place for you. since the settlers arrived in one thousand eighty two we have lived on opposite sides of the road a second holy and once we could drive up and park in front of the house here and now only the settlers can i always have to have a plan to avoid being shot at or having stones thrown out of the. boy but there was no way i scream here just the ratings in the city put these up to protect us from the settlers from something our house is surrounded by why screens and the settlers now throw smallest stones that get throu

palestinians do not like it. we say to them, there is no contradiction between a sovereign state that has foreign forces on its territory. britain has a base in cyprus. why can the palestinian state have a long-term phaseout is really present in the jordan valley? these are issues that have changed. we cannot play as if we are stuck in 1993. we are not stopped in 1993. we are in a very different place today and we have to account for it. having said all that, some of the major components of the offers -- a first of all, a two- state solution. painful territorial sacrifices. it is a peace negotiation which all the dishes will be on the table. netanyahu has said that what creativity and good will, we can solve the jerusalem question as well. all there on the table. we are not exactly starting from zero. we are not. many of the same people are still doing the negotiations. they have known each other for 20 years now and we have advantages if we can get them back to the table. so far, we have not been successful. >>

the palestinians has many arab states the huge territories if they want a palestinian muslim government they can have that in saudi arabia in syria in iraq in iran in morocco all those places where the palaces with the arabs live the egypt in jordan we believe in the guys in the design promised to this country to the jewish people people who would like to live as it. as guests here their invaded but to think that they can run the country that's that's not possible. in the in. the in. the in. or. the over. the wall there's enough states to the arabs there is not pl seen in nation there is not they was not a nation before of we came here and they are nuts today they came from many many. lands and states there was a big. kid just that's what they was there was not arabs here before we came here it was only some us. hundreds eight hundred or hundred thousands this is not what we're talking today and we have to look at the ice and everyone in the world and say that's not there when. you set us in for all that and people like them have a clear carte solution for the conflict that is the clean

prisoners even though the palestinian authority and the palestinian resistance to groups have tried all the time to bring the usual palestinian prisoners to the attention of the world community and many international conferences many press conferences have been held over the past years to bring this issue to the attention of the world community but unfortunately the israeli media and supporters of israel all over the world were much stronger in bringing the issue of gilad shalit more than bringing the issue of more than seven thousand palestinian prisoners who some of them have been held for decades inside israeli jails and prisons nevertheless some consider this as a step i should say as a sign out improving relations between the two science what's your take might this law actually bring something new to israel and palestine. i will. say that this is not the first prisoner swap between the palestinians and israel and it is the first one between hamas and israel but over the past forty years or so there have been tens of prisoner swaps between the palestinians especially between the

palestinians and five hundred israeli settlers nowhere else is the hatred between palestinians and israelis more palpable than here the settlers have taken over central parts of hebron palestinians are hindered from moving freely. checkpoints military installations concrete blocks and israeli soldiers are all knee press and. in hebron one finds the most extreme and aggressive israeli settlers there is no palestine everything is easy trail. arabs get out. the settler children are protected by israeli soldiers and paris off a new car of their young to talk to. the patriarch abraham is said to be buried in hebron the city is one of the holiest places in judaism in the. clothes one must realize that hebron historically has always been a jewish city of king david founded his kingdom here in hebron you. want to put our forefathers up abraham isaac and jacob and their wives are old buried here in hebron peace so it has been in jewish place for thousands of years was it's not just. the you know committee for the stone that's what this state is a jewish state and we're here to stay because four thou

friday morning you divide all the palestinian neighbors around the settlement. you go to search all dowsers finished wrong round take arrested one of the house you left the family room you put observers on go to sleep after three i was a wake up it's time for the second round. again that's another aspect of it was i live here. they come particular house they ask me all of the family in the kitchen all in one room they take off all the clothes this the pigs the beds all of that have in many time they come through the house this is all of the family this is so many because i don't care i remember one one night we state from one o'clock after midnight until four o'clock four o'clock and was raining all want our heads and they said they want the house and they know nothing of the house. think. it's sixty eight after the six day war and the great. military victory that god gave to us. is really really big it wasn't sure what we're going to theories we've liberated sixty seven. dead jews move it only jews will be. hit together there the newspapers. downtown park hotel

rabbi eric asher mum helps the palestinian farmer. this is. something you all have to leave i am asking you we do not have time for the first red line please leaves it and go down. here everything here is a closed military zone where here there how many meters from here everywhere not able even. to believe that the one of the most basic commandments do is what we read in the very first verses of the bible is that all human beings are created. in god's image and it doesn't say just. rich or poor and it's very it's a point of saying both men and women if we really believe that if you are going to internalize it then we have to honor and protect the human rights of every human being including calls that. eric asher months into protection of the bible is rare in israel. the palestinian olive trees are standing on the biblical land and on the political hills this land is got slammed promised to the jewish people according to the settlers. and better yesterday they came when i got back here at four pm so they came and stole the letter i stole the bl