israelis and palestinians.you talk about negotiating and making peace with the palestinians, he used to say this sentence -- i'm fighting terrorism as if there's no negotiation. and i'm negotiating as if there's no terrorism. that was -- strategy. policy that he always followed. he never stopped on that. another issue, jennifer, we have to understand what -- >> that's why he has been murdered. >> exactly. by a jewish guy after he said his last word -- where -- i am making peace, i'm not talking about it. another thing, with this -- settlements, not only the window is closing, there is one opening on the table. today honestly between us, the only option to have one state solution and i am not sure that you want one state solution or jeremy or even the general, what he is talking about. preserving a jewish state. juan to preserve a jewish state, you have to give concession. >> just so everyone is -- >> two-state solution and once negotiations -- >> they want to build settlements. increase the settlements. >> this

to march through these agencies that deter the palestinians without harming our ies palestinians? now, the waiver is there because thecoun is in the budget because we do hope and intend to work withleva members a way to solve this problem. this is a problem thatom legisl enacted with good intent back in 1990 and 1994 when the world was a very different pursuing a negotiated two-state solution was in a very different place. and in fact, the legislation at that point had a deterrent effect as intended. it no longer does. the palestinians and the rest of the world knew about our legislative restrictions before they took the vote in unesco. we have actively and aggressively made sure before and after that vote that they understand the consequences should the palestinians go to other organizations. we have every expectation that should the palestinians take that decision, the legislation won't deter the majority of member states in the united nations from voting them in. so we end up potentially on the outside of critical organizations like the world health organization, the iaea, orga

a palestinian state. administration officials made it known to the palestinians that the u.s. wos veto a statehood resolution at the security council but then the palestinians simply changed their strategy and went to unesco. we're still concerned that the palestinians will try to get their status elevated in the general assembly and in other u.n. agencies. we'd like an update on what you expect will happen over the next year on that issue. as you know all too well, the u.s. is now withholding our contribution to unesco because of the bleens actions. that's in accordance with u.s. law. many members of congress believe that cutting off these funds is the reason the palestinian authority stopped further recognition efforts, yet the administration has requested the authority tort waive the provisions of law that required unesco's funding to stop. we want to hear more about this waiver proposal. in addition to many concerns remain about the effectiveness and transparent sit of u.n. organizations. the administ

>> i support the 2005 palestinian -- call to boycott and tell equal rights for palestinians inside israel and provide right return for palestinian refugees. >> i do not support the boycott of israeli products. if you believe in helping the palestinian people, it will not do this. >> the israel-palestine conflict of rights the park slope food co-op and brooklyn, new york, one of the oldest and largest in the country. as a vote on whether to hold a referendum to boycott israeli goods, we hosted debate between dr. mustafa barghouti, secretary-general of the initiative, and rabbi arthur waskow. we continue our conversation with one of the whistleblower is targeted by the obama administration. former nsa employee thomas drake. >> and the first to a knowledge there are secrets that must be protected, but not when it comes to government wrongdoing and illegalities and when they are endangering the safety of our own country. >> it was thick with his attorney, jesselyn radack, former ethics advisor to the justice department did all of that and more coming up. --all of that and more coming up. this

did not see it that all the palestinian. initiatives for peace did not want to have any kind of a truce or cease fire i think there is no peace with the israeli side for the past twenty years now. on the palestinian authority have negotiated with the israeli side and we can see clearly that the israeli military is using its power. thanks for taking the gaza strip i think in the palestinian people everywhere this is an indication that the israeli occupation first is do not want peace this is the period of peace treaty also. this was a retaliation for those rocket attacks which the islamic jihad in the popular resistance committee actually claimed responsibility for. does this suggest that they're actually operating independently. implying there is a lack of unity and the hopes for peace from the hamas side could be at stake here to. no i think all policy and political military fetches in the gaza strip they want to or sprint to the israeli side but they don't have the power under my team to respond to this really so you can s

it is through the palestinian issue. it's through political islam that the iranian government has sought to bridge the arab sunni divide as well as the sunni shia divide in order to present iran as a potent candidate for regional leadership, which as others put it is viewed on the other side as iranian -- aspirati aspirations. as long as it remains unresolved, as long as it remains a bleeding wound in the region, there will always be opportunities to bring the narrative in the region back to that. we will return to a scenario much more similar to what existed before the arab uprisings. on the second issue, and i'll spend a little bit more time on that, is the natural divergence and emergence that constantly happens between allies such as the united states and israel when it comes to the issue of iran. i think it's been quite interesting to take a look at how israel -- the united states and israel have had very close perspectives on iran for quite sometime, but there's been interesting fluctuations. there's been times whe

the target is to change the palestinians' calculation. and the palestinians aren't frankly dissuaded by something that doesn't impact them. in a way, if we wanted to be really cynical, if you're the palestinians you get membership and you get a diminished u.s. role in an organization where we're otherwise there, present, standing up for our interests, defending israel, and doing things that we think is important. so the legislation is in effect inadvertently a two-fer for that course of action. >> but would you agree that when we halted that u.s. funding it sent a powerful message to the pall? >> the message to the palestinians was not stop your march through the u.n. agencies. the message to the palestinians unfortunately, and i realize this is not the intent, was if you get into these u.n. agencies not only do they get a vote but we get diminished influence. so i don't believe that it is working in the way it was intended. i don't believe it is deterring the palestinians or flankly other member states from making of policy issues ey bas

that lead banned west bank palestinians from marrying in uniting with palestinians inside who are citizens of israel this is the only technically democratic country if the extent that it is a democracy but has this practice of the israeli supreme court which is supposed to be the bastion of liberalism in israel validated it the israeli supreme court recently validated the practice of using taking palestinian land in the occupied west bank and making them that into israeli quarries so the occupation is being legislated democratically through israel and we can conclude that the israeli public supports it to some degree and certainly we appreciate your perspective especially having been there on the ground knowing people inside this present and important discussion i think that needs to be had not just with us here but also you know while we have some of these major leaders in town from israel maybe they should take the time to address that probably not going to happen right now and that's blumenthal writing fellow for the nation institute thank you so much. well as we mentioned at the beginn

at least one palestinian has been killed and dozens more injured as palestinians mark the mandate remembering six protesters who were killed during a land confiscation more than fifty years ago join me paula see you in a few moments for a live update. french presidential hopefuls ramp up anti immigrant while rage against islamist radicals see some twenty people detained all of this in the wake of the recent killings. and despite officially backing a u.n. sponsored peace plan for syria nato countries are seeing funding and the rebels are written sending in aid worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. a month higher as the e.u. bailout fund the business news than twenty minutes. after five pm on friday here in moscow this is are with me will research showing at least one person is reported killed as israeli police used tear gas and water cannons against palestinian protesters are there marking the annual event called land day remembering the death of six arabs killed by police and demonstrations against a land grab by israel that was back now in one nine hundred seventy six there's also been repo

then the palestinians are begun to build their country like we did. ben-gurion built the state before it was recognized. before we had borders. there are two basic issues which is very hard to agree upon and that is security issues which have had the lines for the palestinian state. but from my experience i think we can do it eventually and we shall do it. i think that's what we should do right away because when you look at the whole situation in the arab world and iran a piece between the palestinians and us is a great donation and an opportunistic move that may be one of the things that the people in iran will not like. it's an excuse for their extremesy. i think we have to distinguish between two things. one is to open negotiation and the other is to negotiate. to negotiate may take time. the open the negotiations can be done and i hope it will happen. >> rose: but what's necessary for negotiations to begin? >> a little less headlines. and a little bit taking a risk because i believe the risk of not having negotiations is greater than the risk of..

anger among the palestinian youth and ram pant un. deteriorating economy in the palestinian territory and an israeli government willing to meet force with force and unwilling to permit this violence to continue. back to you. >> incredible video. thank you. >> talk about the to jerusalem. dr. herb london and former israeli ambassador dan gillerman. welcome and thank you for being here. >> let me begin with you herb. what is the impact of the growing tensions with jerusalem and u.s. state department saying that it does not recognize it a capitol of israel . the arab palestinians should have a say. >> it is state department makes a comment and indicating that the state of the jerusalem -fate of the jerusalem is up in the air. 4000 years of history show that israel is the capitol is jerusalem it is absurd or whether west or tutu's or reverend wright. there are those who would like to illegitimate israel's right to jerusalem that. is absurd. >> ambassador. one of the players trying to insight those tensions is iran which bussed in the prot

with two tensions with iran human rights groups are crying foul over israel's treatment of its palestinian prisoners we'll show you how justice is a relative term is really. good afternoon it's monday march fifth five pm in washington d.c. i'm christine when you're watching our t.v. and of course as most of you know we are our team america which means we focus what goes on here in the u.s. as well as larger international stories so if you're looking for end up reports on the russian election results from over the weekend you can go to our web site our team got hot. but here we'll be talking about the latest on a differing perspective about what to do about iran over the weekend we heard it time and time again that the clock is ticking that's according to many leaders both here in the united states and in israel as well as a lot of the mainstream media that something must be done soon about iran's alleged nuclear program iran was the central topic at this year's american israel public affairs committee conference apac hosted multiple high profile speakers including president obama israeli p

israeli tear gas and stun grenades meet protestors across the palestinian territories with clashes or checkpoints escalating. at least one protester has been killed as palestinians mark landay remembering six people who were killed during a land confiscation one hundred fifty years ago i'm joined me in a few moments for a live update from the ramallah border. the french presidential hopefuls around pop anti immigrant well raids against islamist radicals see some twenty people detained all in the wake of the recent to lose killings. and despite officially backing a u.n. sponsored peace plan for syria nato countries are seen funding the rebels with britain sending in aid worth hundreds of thousands of pounds and. it's good to have you with us that today this is live from moscow with me rory soup shy at least one person is reported killed israeli police used tear gas and water cannons against palestinian protesters as they mark the annual event called land day there remembering the death of six arabs killed by police in demonstrations against a land grab by israel back in the one nine hu

and the status of the israeli-palestinian negotiations. [ laughter ] time's up, right? thank you, madam chairman. >> thank you, spoishlt for your kind comments about my service. let me begin with unesco. you say how do we ensure there are consequences for unesco. unesco the organization that is carrying out holocaust education and girls' education and literacy training and other anti-extremist programs are, as you know, a collection of international civil servants doing this work on the ground. they're not the ones that we intend to punish. it's the member states individually who belong to unesco and belong to the general assembly and everywhere else that cast these votes. so we need to make that distinction. and that's part of the problem with the way our current legislation or law is drafted. it doesn't make a distinction. it's a very blunt instrument that ends up boomeranging against u.s. interests. it's not in our interests for these critical programs to go without 22% of u.s. funding. it simply isn't. if it were, we wouldn't have funded them in the first place and

palestinians seek to go directly to the u.n. or any of its agencies, we're not going to fund those agencies. (laughter) >> end of message. >> well, we did send a message. >> yeah, we did. boom, suck it, unesco, suck it. well, i think we should be cautious, though. unesco does extraordinary work. many of the things they do are lifesaving. >> sure that's all very sad but the main message is homie don't play that [bleep]. >> well, that's right and our hands are tied. the american government's hands are tied. this is the law. >> yes, it's the law. a 20-year-old law which prohibits any u.n. organization that recognized palestine. but this situation isn't our fault. >> you ought to talk to the people at unesco for acting foolishly and creating this, this unfortunate circumstance. >> exactly. unesco didn't care about the unfortunate circumstances they have put america in. all they cared about was some poor starving people. >> so we cut your funding. that's what you get, son. >> i believe there were 100 countries in favor of palestinian

israeli take gas and stun grenades meet protesters across the palestinian territories with clashes and checkpoints and in major cities. at least one protester was killed as palestinians mark mandate remembering the six protesters who were killed more than fifteen years ago during a land confiscation and policy of joining a few moments for an update. french presidential hopefuls rampart anti immigrant talk while raids against islamist radicals see some twenty people detained in the wake of the to lose. and that's what officially backing a u.n. sponsored peace plan for syria nato countries are seen funding the rebels with britain something in aid worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. for the first quarter in twenty years for emerging markets since most go for storing business news in twenty minutes. international news incoming live from moscow this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day at least one person is killed and dozens more injured as israeli police used tear gas and rubber bullets against palestinian protesters marking land day there remembering the death of six arabs killed by p

i want to talk about the palestinian conflict. it is back in a news. the egyptian military was panicking because out as the one thing they fear -- because that is the one thing they fear if there is so full of salt in, and there is no firewall. there has not been much of violence. there is our own election that has distracted people. it has led to be an -- lead people to think about is not important in foreign policy. you have dealt with the middle east for decades. let's start with you, dr. brzezinski. how important is the israeli- palestinian question? >> it is very important. it is overshadowed right now by other issues like iran and egypt, so it is not at the top of ohio, but it is an enduring problem -- up the top of the pile, but it is an enduring problem that ultimately will be a mortal threat to israel, because if that issue is not resolved in an equitable fashion, the chances of israel becoming an integral part of the middle east decline, and if the middle east is going to assert itself, if it becomes self contained and self- assertive, for is

. >> in the shadow of the israeli security fence, palestinians are modernizing their infrastructure. the german palestinian steering committee helps fund this water treatment plant in gaza as well as police stations, hospitals, and schools in the west bank. germany has earmarked 74 million euros for these and similar projects this year as part of what it sees as a larger process. >> our goal as a palestinian state as the outcome of a negotiated two-state solution. we are supporting the building of a palestinian state, not just theoretically, but with practical measures as well. the evidence is that israel's security is a priority, but palestinian and minister says the international community should pay closer attention to israel's behavior. >> secular violence is something that warrants a lot more attention than it has been getting. stoppage of the israeli military in our areas is something that warrants a lot more attention than it has been getting. >> germany and palestinians have been expressing concerns of developments in iran. they say attention is shifting away from the israeli

hunger strike or draws widespread attention to israel's conversational detention policy holding palestinians without official charge or trial. in the russian capital you're watching r t with the ring and josh you all come to the program for greece continues this race for cash as the parliament approves the latest reforms needed to please international creditors the painful bill reduces health care services as well as cutting pharmaceutical spending and as lawmakers rush to fulfill promises made to get the second bailout anger grows among the greeks who call themselves captives of economic crisis are he's talking reports from athens. the greek parliament you can see behind me is no stranger to protests and indeed have been protests throughout the day and throughout greece doctors have staged walk outs as have many public sector workers local councils were occupied across greece with the message really these cuts in k. these cuts in pensions are simply going too far we're talking about a twenty two percent cut in wages across the board in the minimum wage and unions have turned out very very c

flags others lobbing stones as well we know the palestinian authority supporters to hold demonstrations in other countries just how far does it spread i know you mentioned some regional areas but can you give us more on that. but we know that demonstrators are gathering in front of israeli embassies at key european and american cities and here too the israeli government is on a state of high alert it follows a call as you say from the palestinian authority for tens of thousands of people to mark what they calling a global march to jerusalem we're hearing from organizers that they are planning for a non violent demonstration we are hearing the figures of some thirty thousand if not more the in baghdad about the goal of today is really to bring attention to the plight of the palestinian people cause for justice course for an end to the occupation and an end for israeli control over palestinian land according to the israeli defense ministry it has closed off the whole of the west bank which means it will be incredibly difficult if not impossible today for palestinians living in the west ba

detention policy polling the palestinians without official charge or trial. and interpret the russian protests of the presidential election just around the corner we give an overview of what exactly is driving people to the streets on mass. but very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. in moscow our recent show greece continues its race for cash as the parliament approves the latest reforms needed to please international creditors but the painful bill reduces health care services as well as cutting pharmaceutical spending and i say lawmakers rushed to fulfill promises made to get the second bailout anger grows among the greeks who call themselves quote captives of the economic crisis and the saudis to embark reports message echoes all across europe. in belgium protests saying austerity cuts have gone too far in cities all across france and especially big demonstration in paris with the same message thousands of students on the streets in spain wanting to reverse cuts in education spending there and huge demonstrations in portugal spain and portugal

physics change of far on the israeli palestinian border moves into its second day thousands of rockets fought and civilians hurt on both sides if one is the killing of a cause a resistance to meet the top stories this hour of. international news in comments live from moscow this is r.t. within twenty four hours a day the syrian president bashar assad has said he would like to make what he called any honest effort to solve the crisis currently tearing his country apart the statement comes after his meeting with the u.n. an arab league envoy to syria kofi annan who is on a make or break diplomatic mission in damascus last summer finishing has been keeping across the militants there. following his meeting with the joint u. and arab league envoy here in damascus president bashar assad has said that syria is ready to make any onus to step through and the crisis here in the country but he has stressed that it would be impossible while terrorist groups are continuing to spread violence and chaos across the country the conflict between the opposition and the authorities here in syria is about

security is on high alert as palestinians mock mandate remembering six protesters who were killed at the fifty years ago during land confiscation the information from them on the border crossing in plus the few moments of french presidential hopefuls a ramp up and immigrant talk of raids against islamist radicals see some twenty people detained all in the wake of the recent to lose killings. and despite officially backing a u.n. sponsored peace plan for syria nato countries are seen a funding of the rebels as britain's sending in aid worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow. israeli police have used tear gas and water cannons against palestinian protesters in the west bank demonstrators are gathering for rallies marking land day remembers the death of six arabs killed by police in protests over a land grab by israel and that was back in one thousand nine hundred seventy six there's been various checkpoints between ramallah and jerusalem. is that one of them and standing by for us a life we've seen the tear gas and water cann

and tensions on the israeli palestinian who are triggered by the killing of a guard of resistance leave the continues with a barrage of rocket fire and more victims of god's sight. and welcome to all see twenty four hour news coming to you live from the russian countess so on we start in syria where president bashar al assad has pledged to make any genuine efforts to resolve the crisis in his country that's amazing with the yuan and arab league envoy to syria a coffee and had the president also stressed his view that dialogue can hardly succeed well terrorist groups continue to provoke violence and destabilize the country also he's worth you know if not all of the talks and damascus. following his meeting with the joint u. and arab league envoy here in damascus president bashar assad has said that syria is ready to make any onus to step to the crisis here in the country but he has stressed that it would be impossible while terrorist groups are continuing to spread violence and chaos across the country the conflict between the opposition and the authorities here in syria is about to ente

three days of more deaths reported off israeli airstrikes in gaza after the killing of a palestinian resistance leader sense of rockets flying over the border of analysis from israel this hour. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly on. the long and hard fought race for the kremlin is either prime minister vladimir putin now set to make a return to the presidency after a landslide election victory but expectations are now greater than at any other time with serious national challenges still ahead compounded by public and more politically aware than ever before. he has this report. which was one emotional night for. you we would win. but we. one. of the prime minister may have justified his cheers might a strong wind but no one would be surprised if it was caused by the joy of big three. it was hardly a shock as clinton had been the elections clear front runner but eventually result of almost sixty four percent stunned even those at the helm who would never think of such a high result so it's even higher than they were predic

that tension on the israeli palestinian village triggered by the killing of a gaza resistance leader and news with a barrage of rocket fire and more victims on pods. and a very warm welcome to all to see coming soon live from the russian capital and we start in syria where president bashar al assad has pledged to make any genuine effort to resolve the crisis in the country at a meeting with the u.n. and arab league envoy to syria a coffee anon the embattled president also stressed its view that dialogue can hardly succeed while terrorist groups continue to provoke violence and destabilize the country she's murphy national follow the talks and damascus. following his meeting with the joint you and i are oblique and we're here in damascus president bashar assad has said that syria is ready to make any on this step to the crisis here in the country but he has stressed that it would be impossible while terrorist groups are continuing to spread violence sense cares across the country the conflict between the opposition and the authorities here in syria is about to enter its second year an

has not accepted all the the palestinian. initiatives for beazley did not want to have any kind of a truce which is fire for the boss it twenty years now on the palestinian authority have negotiated with their israeli side and we can see clearly that the israeli military is losing its power and my tanks attacking the gaza strip i think in the palestinian people everywhere this is an indication that the israeli occupation forces do not want peace. and don't hesitate to log on to our website asking our call me if i missed any of our stories and here's some of what's there for you right now in from compassion to out of brazilian beach a fight for the lives of dozens of stranded dolphins try think their helpless mammals back into the sea and also conspiracy and hide the iceberg that soon as they tie tonics great white literally had help from above as a group of scientists saved their lives became it's a complex and sinking history's most notorious prison where. others may have hope that is how escapes the gallows but it. may have

no i can't see anything really positive for the palestinians. we've seen over the past year or so we've seen the arab spring uprising we've seen belts of certain international intervention taking place as you were saying moments ago this is just a continuation of a longstanding stated policy between israel and palestine would ever come to the point where international intervention would be deemed of course a possible pause of all even allowed by israel. spin zone which country would break ranks which western country would break ranks and enough is enough if you had strong powers like the russia china could actually . say something positive at the u.n. and condemn it israelis actions then yes you may see some some change but israel will continue to do as they are doing and i think at the moment all israel are doing is using is as a. training ground just a training ground to see how they get on the right has i am glad that i will be ok with you going i'm so i wish we had more time for this but we don't thank you for coming on our team today. let's

israel faces international criticism over its policy of detaining suspected palestinian militants indefinitely and without the chance of a trial. also i was a russia was a presidential vote nears we take to the streets of moscow here to gauge the mood of the people in the rest of this country recently awoken from a political slant. from moscow this is r.t. with worldwide news rule recent showing a second day of strikes across europe as a walkouts paralyzed transport from athens to rome there are some of the biggest public demonstrations in recent history protesting against desperate government cuts to budgets designed to appease international paymasters and the measures are taking their toll and saudis time bottom reports the austerity sentiment is reverberating all across europe. in belgium protests saying austerity cuts have gone too far in cities all across france and especially big demonstration in paris with the same message thousands of students on the streets in spain wanting to reverse cuts in education spending there and huge demonstrations in portugal spain and portugal people they'r

and heights palestinians are surging in numbers we saw we also saw an israeli defense armored vehicle with a water cannon taking that to the crowds there we understand though these demonstrations are just local that authorities have supporters to hold their demos in other countries as well. these demonstrations turkey have international pool there are crowds that are gathering across european and american cities they're gathering in front of israeli embassies and really the message is that the israeli occupation of palestine needs to end the needs to be justice brought to the palestinian people as i'm speaking to you there are ambulances here at kalandia checkpoint we certainly are receiving now confirmation that people have been injured but somehow how severe those injuries are still remains to be seen there's also this incredible smell in the air by what is known here as a skunk machine it's almost the smell of did bodies and that has been ongoing for the last two hours in an effort by the israeli police to try and disperse the crowds there's also be heavy smell of tear gas they hav