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

bethlehem's church of the israelis and palestinians.ets jews and christians who say the move mark. landmark, it is about delegitimizing israel. >> reporter: palestinians celebrating the naming of the church of the nativity as a world heritage site, but were even happier that they officially recognized palestine in its decision. >> it is a beginning. we see it as in the correct direction of our rights. >> reporter: that's why israel and evangelical christians are angry. >> the church of nativity is being manipulated by the palestinians, only in order to score some more propaganda points against israel. >> reporter: foreign ministry mobilization man dugal says palestinians arranged this to falsely blame israel for endangering the church. >> we don't object to the site being included on the world heritage site because the world heritage site list has preservation work and so on and so on. >> unesco's decision follows upon their resolution last year to accept palestine as a member state. >> reporter: last year the u.s. cut $60 million to un

because of the plight of the palestinians and the plight of jerusalem levels if you solve the palestinian problem why should iran make a nuclear weapon. >> rose: i don' i don't believer drive to make a nuke char weapon is part of the israeli-palestinian conflict. i think iran just wants a nuclear weapon for its own sake because they believe it will give them leverage and attention, not because there is no solution to the israeli-palestinian -- >> true. then the same question goes to why israel is using the same issue for attention. >> rose: do you believe that some kind of attack based on your own intel wrenls is coming up for decision sooner rather than later? >> what i do when faced with any crisis and in particular the issue of israel and iran, i always try and give myself a window of not before in my own mind. the same thing happened in the war with iraq. i didn't know what decision the president bush at that time would make, but i figured he would not launch against iraq before six months, and then depending on discussions i knew i had a window of six months to work with. with israel

israel has blocked around one hundred international pro palestinian activists from crossing into the west bank from jordan they were trying to bring school supplies to children in bethlehem's refugee camps but the incident is not the only one involving palestinian children israeli soldiers are being accused of a longstanding culture of abuse. reports. the israeli defense forces has come under fire from its own rank and file an organization known as breaking the silence has published the testimonies of some thirty israeli soldiers and commanders in which they deal specifically with how the idea of treats palestinian children palestinian minors they talk about the opera treat use of violence by soldiers when it comes to children and at the same time they say that very often the idea of deliberately targets children using them as human shields during its operations but these reports also go on to say that even when children are not deliberately targeted they are not afforded any kind of protection when there is a shootout or any kind of military operation now these reports come out on t

look at the way these palestinians live. i mean, the house behind me looks like it was hit by a bulldozer, rubble everywhere. straighten up people, all right? >> jon: i'm not sure they are crazy about the rubble situation either. >> right but a superior culture like america or israel would see this rubble and make rubble-ade. [ laughter ] some type of rubble-related businesses, surplus rubble outlet store. produce rubble-related tv shows. this old rubble, flip this rubble. [ laughter ] rubble-hunter international. these guys are leaving schekles. i'd do it myself but i'm mexican. as governor romney said i just don't have the culture to pull it off. >> jon: have you by any chance while you've been over there, have you noticed any other factors other than culture that might have been contributing to less than healthy economic development there. starts with an o? >> oh, yeah the roads. it's like they don't even understand what they are for. roads are supposed to help you get to places but palestinians throw walls up. it's like

as the capital of the palestinian state? >> i'm not here to tell you where will be the capital of palestine. >> rose: but you're avoiding some of the critical hard issues. >> no, no, i'm not avoiding. if you ask me the parameter will be based on what we said in the last ten years. jewish neighborhoods under israeli sovereignty, this will be the capital of israel. arab neighbors and palestinian sovereignty. i imagine they will declare that the arab neighborhoods are the palestinian capital and this is for them to decide. second we have to independently to stop building any settlements beyond the security fence including arab neighborhoods of jerusalem. >> rose: would you leave the security fence where it is? >> until they will come to negotiate, yes. the idea it will stay, security fence will stay if and when they will come to negotiation. we shall negotiate how to swap land. what to give, what to keep. until then we shall go on building in the major settlements west of the fence but we shall not build on the east side of the

takes a closer look at the hardships of palestinian farmers and prejudices. this tiny bottle of olive oil is at the heart of an economic battle it may be small and expensive but it's one of those products that defines where people stand in the ideological battle field of the middle east from palestine to europe and beyond each purchase is seen as a shot in an economic war. other people are not sufficiently aware that israeli settlement products are competing with palestinian products abroad also when we tell the customer that there is a difference between settlement products and israeli products and understand we are living under occupation and we can choose what problems to buy or not and more and more consumers are choosing not to buy israeli products the region eighteen of the six women some palestinian territories they are seen by many as the foods of the occupation the boycott movement. by car movement by car. distributors to palestinian products the problem is when they and it's difficult to make a product stand out from those from these legal systems.

his real seizure of palestinian land brings with it the added extra harsh economic blockade it's. any products made there are not only prevented from making their way to the outside world but they're kept from the israeli market as well artist paul slayer takes a closer look at the hardships of palestinian farmers and producers. this tiny bottle of olive oil is at the heart of an economic battle it may be small and expensive but it's one of those products that defines where people stand in the ideological battle field of the middle east from palestine to europe and beyond each purchase is seen as a shot in an economic war. other people are not sufficiently aware that israeli settlement products are competing with palestinian products abroad also when we tell the customer that there is a difference between settlement products and israeli products they understand we're living under occupation and they can choose what products to buy or not and more and more consumers are choosing not to buy israeli products originating in the settlements in palestinian territories they are seen by m

but it will be rejected by the security is being restricted to the palestinian market is causing a lot and creating economic difficulties for the farmers but. everyone here grows olives and so the local market is very small and the competition big we don't get much money for either it is part of a bigger problem when the demand is there the occupation means more often than not farmers are prevented from gathering water or even getting to their land it me. more than half of palestinian crops go to waste but there is hope in a corner of the remote city of janine this private company is helping farmers overcome their troubles and get into international markets can be our lives are processed pressed and stored as is an order comes through the oil is pumped up here from where it is boxed and bottled to international standards it appears demand is growing especially in the us we find that as much as our specialty shops and obs are excited to find anything in specialty goods in the marketplace they are calculating ok what backlash am i going to get from bloggers in the marketplace this snag i

janine in the palestinian autonomy. election season in the united states is entering the home stretch both republicans and democrats will hold their national conventions in the coming weeks that is in new york to us what these gatherings accomplished though whether anyone will even notice. in the u.s. republicans and democrats are about to hold their convention to kick off the president election so what are these conventions even do this week let's talk about that you're growing your i think invention into that stuff why are you into the politics they're all crooks yes but we have to do is right what are the conventions do do you think what did they do they were so out of money. it's what they do good for media purposes because they can create a lot of hype around saying count it so yes i think they do too so we really need more hype. in today's world so yeah do you spend a ton of money on it just basically or do they go there an advertisement on the news and then it stops at a certain time and then from then on it's. b

jeanine in the palestinian autonomy. right in the entire show is a business as was always this for us and seems like crude a zig zagging this morning what's happening absolutely very choppy trade this thursday and that's obviously affecting the russian market more on this in just a minute first the equities and as i said the russian markets are managing to stay above the line in the second hour of trade but as you can see they are racing some of their earlier gains and of course lower crude is definitely adding to the pressure there move on to asia the nikkei is leading asian gains the energy stocks there one of the main gainers on stronger crude while crude was stronger but it has slipped in to read more of this in just a minute the yen is sliding to a one month high against the dollar in one's day was definitely offering support to export is on the hong kong's hang seng has slipped and to read over the past hour losing around a tenth of a percent on wall street overnight stocks finished mixed the nasdaq posted moderate

and palestinian products struggle to reach the international market thanks to his reign the occupation and trade barriers. now and they were poor has shined a light on just how far the u.s. is prepared to go to contain china's growing power in asia the paper compiled by a washington based think tank is a rough road map to america's asia strategy it calls for china's chief original rivals to be propped up and armed and once the cream of the u.s. navy stands to the region but as alexia's just in our reports it's a risky plan. they are courting each other at official meetings but it's a different story under the table with the u.s. employing a return to asia policy ties between washington and beijing are getting tense. becoming. the u.s. . is having you along. because the europeans in march. they are coming to the region. trying to. find out. and that intention has already been felt south korea the philippines and vietnam have already held nato military exercises with several more countries in the region expected to have similar war games soon during a recent extensive tour of the asian p

palestinian crops go to waste but there is hope in a corner of the remote city of janine this private company is helping farmers overcome the troubles and get into international markets here the islands are processed priest and stored as is an order comes through the oil is pumped up here from where it is boxed and bottled to international standards it appears demand is growing especially in the u.s. we find that as much as much of the shops and. excited to find specialty goods in the marketplace. ok what backlash am i going to get from bloggers in the marketplace this snag is that these products sell for almost double the value because of the cost of getting them to market the hope for producers here is that this supporters around the world won't begrudge the few extra dollars for a bottle of olive oil and rather they'll see it as a gesture of support policy r t janine in the palestinian autonomy. and without having the world of business natasha's there and as we're hearing that billionaire investor george soros is once again changing his investment strategy that's right he's dumping

other people are not sufficiently aware that israeli settlement products are competing with palestinian products abroad so when we tell the customer that there is a difference between settlement products and israeli products they understand we are living under occupation and they can choose what products to buy. or not and more and more consumers are choosing not to buy israeli products the region eighteen in the settlements in palestinian territories they are seen by many as the foods of the occupation the word government was within it by god movement by god. distributors to carry benicio and products the problem is all in the name and it's difficult to make a product stand out from those from the israeli settlements. are products can't say made in palestine because we're under occupation and not yet a state they can say made in the west bank or made in gaza or a palestinian product and for some companies like this palestinian pharmaceuticals company in the west bank it's even worse it can't even sell in its own backyard a lot of the love to be able to start another love to be distribu

all as palestinian farmers see their point. go to waste because of this really regulations. and where in new york casket people there are hoping or don't give two hoots about the democrats and republicans increasingly dominating their t.v. screens. no sign of relief for greece after its p.r. blitz in europe to try and win war time to enact the painful reforms promised to its creditors the greek prime minister has met the french president after seeing the german chancellor a day earlier but both of the e.u.'s key paymasters have held back from giving greece the breathing space it says it urgently needs angle americans under rising pressure at home with the parliament leaders saying neither the time nor the content can be renegotiated asset management specialist philip believes no matter how hard greece tries it won't be able to pay back what it. greece is bankrupt i think there's no discussion about that today and it hadn't been two or three years ago even with the hardest possible word a lot of caught on an extremely. grave greece won't be able to pay back the huge amount of

janine in the palestinian autonomy. and has a can of raid on our home israel is also making life difficult for those trying to make peace that's for police to taser a pilot to know saw those five were right in front of his kids for trying to stop a bullet in the back and also by. thank you. thank you welcome back this is all see america's republicans and democrats are getting ready to put the election pedal to the mat so as the presidential race is about to go full throttle under one of the major events during the hottest race are they part of his conventions oh she's the resident went on to the streets of new york to find out if the gatherings are really as a decisive as the media presents them. in the u.s. republicans and democrats are about to hold their conventions to kick off the presidential election fever and so what are these conventions even do this week let's talk about that you're throwing your eyes i say convention into that stuff why are you into the politics they're all crooks yes but we have to choose rig

and sheldon adelson is someone who opposes a palestinian state, believes the palestinians are an invented people, and has said that all terrorists are islamic. and what romney did was he went and catered to sheldon adelson, never mentioned the world palestinian state, never mentioned the word palestinian, and said america should never publicly criticize israeli policy which would put him at odds with even old past republican presidents since israel begin building the settlement. i thought on the foreign policy terms, it was simply absurd. >> bret, you said that this trip actually made you warm to mitt romney for the first time. >> yeah, for one thing there seemed to be an aspect of sincerity and conviction in what the governor was saying, which you don't always hear from him on many other issues. i think he really believed what he was saying. perhaps we ought to give him the benefit of the doubt. going to what peter just said, i'm not sure that what was in play here was the jewish vote in the united states, although that might have been part of the political calculation. i think israel ha

janine in the palestinian autonomy. now less in season in the u.s. is entering the home stretch for both republicans and democrats will hold their national conventions in the coming weeks out is in new york to us what these gatherings accomplish and whether anyone will notice. in the u.s. republicans and democrats are about to hold their conventions to kick off the presidential election fever and so one of these conventions even do this week let's talk about that you're throwing your eyes i say convention internet stuff why are you into the politics of all crooks yet but we have to choose right all crooks what are the conventions do do you think what do they do if they were so out of money that's what they do good for media purposes because they can create a lot of hype around certain condit so yes i think they need to do so we really need more hype. in today's world yeah do you spend a ton of money on it just by sheer or do they are an advertisement temporized on the news and then it stops at a certain time and then from then on it's business as usu

activist outraged israel's military refuses a delivery of aid to palestinians schoolchildren in the west bank the incident follows recent revelations that mass abuse of palestinian youngsters by israeli soldiers. and iran's foreign minister rings the opening bell of the world's nonaligned summit into wrong which will see a third of you when members take part despite the west undermining the event. go produce the record poised to pull the double from here it will look good while in the business of the twenty. international news live from moscow you're watching r t was the arena joshing in syria activists have accused the country's security forces of killing over three hundred people outside the capital damascus the death toll in the south west town of iran cannot be independently verified but the government says it carried out and to terror operation in the area the british foreign office has responded that sunday's massacre highlights urgent need for international intervention against the assad regime and the violence moscow insists any unilateral action will only worsen the conflict tha