basis which is a constant source of danger that is why we cannot tell the freedom fighters in southern lebanon to lay down their arms while they are faced with a constant threat from israel that israel needs to stop pressuring and threatening us all the time so that we can feel that our peace security and stability are not endangered that we will still need a force capable of protecting us against such a current threats we can revisit this issue once occupation is over and lebanese territories are liberated. and the u.n. security council is closely following the events in the middle east lebanon has many friends around the globe including some of the council's permanent members would it be possible to push for a u.n. security council resolution that would buy only israel to end its daily flights over lebanese territory. we are against a policy of double standards when great powers back one of the parties in a dispute this policy is a source of great suffering in the middle east there are the occupied territories and there are un resolutions addressing them we do not insist that the internation

and stability with israel pursuing a policy of intimidation in the occupied territories from southern lebanon to the golan heights to the palestinian territories the changing demographics in palestine the ongoing illegal exploitation of its territory water resources and the continuing pressure to force out the native population will never bring peace it will only aggravate the situation all across the middle east the same is true for the golan heights where israeli settlements are being set up and the demographics again change israel also continues to occupy territory we look to the united nations to implement the agreements and resolution adopted back and nine hundred forty eight minute we are urging the un to demand that israel should observe and follow these resolutions and agree that regrettably there is no power in the world that could force israel to abide by these resolutions what we clearly see here is a double standard policy applied to almost any vitally important issue in the middle east take the iranian nuclear issue for example iran is a member of the international atomic energy

excellent ethnographic study of women in southern lebanon that looks at muslim women in southern lebanon and how you can be islamic, pious on the one hand and at the same time quite modern. really an excellent treatment and most don't see it as a contradiction in terms. and i think this ideology was really seeking to mobilize that constituency. finally, the fourth point i'll make, my concluding point, i think this is part of a dialecticcal, or diological process by which islam is formulated the more moderate positions largely in response to the opposition that was constantly beating him over the head saying you're anti-democratic, anti-women, anti-coptic, you're this and you're that. so the fact they had to respond to that and show that, no, islam is not necessarily anti-democratic, not necessarily anti-minority irs, is not -- in doing so, that helped solidify the ideology as an alternative to say neosellafism or pure secularism on the other. i'll stop here. >> as the moderator i'll take the privilege of sort of teasing out some of the points of agreement and points of disagreement, and

. >> 1701 is the resolution that established a renewed mandate for unifil on the border of southern lebanon with israel. its mandate is to prevent the flow of personnel and weapons into a zone adjoining the israeli border. it has been relatively effective in doing that. it is a mandate under chapter 6 of the u.n. charter rather than chapter 7, which would have been our preference, being the more robust enforcement chapter of the united nations charter. it wasn't possible to obtain that because it didn't have the consent of the lebanese authorities. but i just was meeting yesterday with the israeli chief of defense staff, general gant. we talked about the role that unifil is playing and his view was, and i was gratified to hear that on balance what they are contributing is important and valuable. it's not air tight, it's not foolproof. there are continued weapons flows indeed to hezbollah from elsewhere, but that is in a fashion a different challenge than the one that resolution 1701 with its presence on the border was designed to deal with. but our view on unifil is it's doing a solid job.

based on the nypd findings the majority of these individuals hail from hezbollah strongholds in southern lebanon inlewding areas which in 2006 were battlefield for israeli forces for hezbollah fighters. some of these individuals in new york are family members of hezbollah political leaders or hezbollah fighters kill ord associates of known ranking members of hezbollah or in rail cases received military training from hezbollah in lebanon. based on the nature of these close and continuing relationships with members of hezbollah in lebanon, the notion that hezbollah agents from abroad might seek to leverage the local community in new york whether willingly or not as facilitators is a credible threat. the nypd spent time studying the operation to thwart any attack in the city. most notable, 1992 and 1994 bombings of israeli and jewish targets in argentina which killed 29 and 85 people respectively. in these cases iran used diplomatic presence in buenas air aez to design and odor execution of the attacks which was then carried out by hezbollah operatives from abroad who leveraged the local hezbollah

from there the israel border from golan heights that you were just talking about and also from southern lebanon to try to enforce a peace that doesn't actually exist yet u.n. the u.n. peacekeeping department also says that it might go to damascus to try and put some sort of plan in place for enforcing some kind of peace. the six point plan for peace which involves a bilateral ceasefire but so far nothing concrete on the table or it's no more than a week since the u.n. security council issued a statement appealing for a cease fire in syria but it is being heated and if not what can we expect to see. well quite the opposite actually we've seen in the last couple of days an upsurge in the amount of violence. gunmen from the opposition are reported to have kidnapped a high ranking military pilots and also assassinated two colonels from the army on thursday so that looks like the opposition is stepping up its attacks in fact there's a reported forty three people dead from violence just on thursday. we are seeing sort of a sort of concerted plan to implement this cease fire but we seem to be in somet

borders as i say the israeli police on high alert the lebanese government to particularly in southern lebanon has sealed off that part of the country they too are increasingly concerned that today's events could descend into deaths and increasing violence now the entire palestinian west bank has been shut off as i'm speaking to you there are reinforcements of riot police arriving here at kalandia checkpoint today's demonstration is in commemoration of land day which marks back in one nine hundred seventy six when israeli arabs first demonstrated against what they said was israeli confiscation of palestinian land for settlements so this is an annual event today there are tens of thousands of people expected to descend here across israel in the palestinian territories and what they're calling a global march on jerusalem and if we were talking to you we've been seeing live pictures of the latest pictures showing what does appear to be absolutely a growing crowd on the checkpoint in the goal. and heights palestinians are surging in numbers we saw we also saw an israeli defense armored vehicle wit

and in 2006 he finally made the trip to his ancestor's village in southern lebanon which is called najayunked for the house that his great-grandfather had built and where his grandmother was born and lived until she left to the united states. when he saw that house he just fell in love with it and decided that he was going to rebuild it and save it from the state it was in. it helped him find himself. it helped him find peace. it helped him find happiness. it was the place that he wanted to be in more than anywhere else in the world. it was his home. i don't think he was happier anywhere else than when he was in majayun. you know, it helped -- >> parts of the book are so -- i'm -- forgive me. i'm sorry to interrupt you. i was going to say parts of the book are so sad. i mean, sad. other parts are -- you laugh out loud. he's skrieblging a renovation of a home which is always chaotic. the characters that he's talking about that he has to deal with in the renovation are interesting and colorful. but he was trying to recover from all of those years of war reporting. you're a reporter as well.

operatives in gaza, then shiite militias in southern lebanon.minister ariel sharon used to say dagan's expertise was "separating an arab from his head." >> dagan: i never, ever killed nobody or we were engaged in killing somebody who was unarmed. >> stahl: here are some of the things that have been said and written about you-- "hard- charging." "stop at nothing." somebody who "eats arabs for breakfast." >> dagan: i am not responsible for what you are describing. >> stahl: but have you killed a lot of people? >> dagan: unfortunately, i was involved in some engagements that people were killed. >> stahl: any with your bare hands? >> dagan: never. i know the stories. it's simply not true. look, there is no pleasure in killing. there's no joy in killing people. >> stahl: sitting in his apartment, we were surprised that the walls were covered with pictures that he himself had painted. i see a lot of humanity in your paintings, and i see paintings of arabs. >> dagan: i know it would sound anti-semitic if i said that some of my best friends are arabs, b

investigative findings, the majority of these individuals hail from hezbollah strongholds in southern lebanon including lebanese towns. some of these individuals in new york are family members of hezbollah local leaders, or associates of known rating members of hezbollah, or in some rare cases have received military training him has blood in lebanon. based on the nature of these continuing relationships, with members of hezbollah in lebanon, the notion that has been thought by -- the nypd has spent significant time and efforts studying iranian and hezbollah attacks worldwide. in order to port attacks in the city. it was notable in 1992 and 1994 running which killed 29 and 85 people respectively. in these cases, around used it diplomatically as in skin raynaud's aries to design and quarter nate and order the institution of the attack, which was then carried out by hezbollah operatives from abroad who leveraged the local ebony's community, as in many cases, unwilling facilities. these are possibly linked to them. >> this is because the plots really demonstrate that iran and hezbollah are mean d

violence and conflict, he found peace and hope and -- in this house, in this small village in southern lebanond he longed for and that was cosmopolitan and that really appealed to him was gone, there's always, you know, hope somewhere. >> you know, the house of stone rebuilding this house of stone, rebuilding a sense of optimism about the future entailed in the house, there's all of that in the book. and there's all of anthony in the book. but two things. i know it must have been very difficult for you to watch the clip that came into this segment of seeing your husband. and the other aspect of it is that when he was with the "boston globe," he was shot. he was a captive in libya. did the constant peril, the constant danger that is the life of a correspondent in a war zone, did this ever occupy the conversation between the two of you? >> not really. because, you know, we lived in the middle east, and it's not like we're looking for wars and conflict. it's just right there around the corner from us. you know, whether in beirut or a neighboring countries or iraq. it's just there. so it was part

to go to cnn's senior international correspondent nic robertson for us in syria, in the southern neighbor of lebanonighborhood known as baba amr. tell me what's happening. >> the free syrian army have done what they call a tactical withdrawal. they pulled out of the baba amr. they say they didn't want to put the civilians in any more harm's way. they pulled out leaving about 5,000 civilians, but 2 doesn't matter which way you put the language, they were beaten out by assad forces, bigger, more militarized, tanks on the streets yesterday noises finally defeated, beaten out of the baba amr. now the concern is what happens to the rest of the people. the activists already saying government forces going in there house to house, taking anyone men over 12 years old. we're talking about young boys as well, brooke. >> concerns about the civilians, also concerns about potentially arming the rebels. should we arm then or not, is one of the questions. listen to some sound. this is secretary of state hillary clinton testifying just yesterday. >> when zawahiri of al qaeda comes and supports the opposition, you ha

lebanon when he wasn't connected to the party base. >> have we ever seen a group of folks dislike the president as much as they dislike president obama? >> in terms of the southern voters they may not love mitt romney. >> will mitt ask for money tonight, we going down the road again? >> on the night of michigan and arizona the first time he ever mentioned his website. you see newt gingrich like rudy giuliani talking about 9-11, every third word is newt.org. and he just made me say it, too, but romney had never before told anyone to go to mittromney.com. >> i can't wait to see the rachel surge in contributions. go to newt.org. >> give a rachel gallon, it's a penny. >> is he the least tea party looking person you've ever seen in your life? >> look at him standing there like the gentile gentlemen, he's not one of them. >> steve, what are we watching where the wives of the candidates in the case of gingrich and romney take the microphone first? this is new. >> it's -- look i think ann romney is an enormous asset for him i expect you will see more of her in a close race going forward. >> let's go to mitt romney speaking to his supporters in massachusetts. >> thanks,

lebanon when he wasn't connected to the party base. >> have we ever seen a group of folks dislike the president as much as they dislike president obama? >> in terms of the southerney may not love mitt romney. >> will mitt ask for money tonight, we going down the road again? >> on the night of michigan and arizona the first time he ever mentioned his website. you see newt gingrich like rudy giuliani talking about 9-11, every third word is newt.org. and he just made me say it, too, but romney had never before told anyone to go to mittromney.com. >> i can't wait to see the rachel surge in contributions. go to newt.org. >> give a rachel gallon, it's a penny. >> is he the least tea party looking person you've ever seen in your life? >> look at him standing there like the gentile gentlemen, he's not one of them. >> steve, what are we watching where the wives of the candidates in the case of gingrich and romney take the microphone first? this is new. >> it's -- look i think ann romney is an enormous asset for him i expect you will see more of her in a close race going forward. >> let's go to mitt romney speaking to his supporters in massachusetts. >> thanks, guys. >> g