this demonstration is mobilized around eight main street in tel aviv that's known as the last child boulevard and for the better part of three weeks that street has been turned into a chain city there are hundreds upon hundreds of tents their way people are sleeping where people are eating they're holding discussions they're playing music and they themselves are referring to the street as your corner to hear square of course being the heartbeat of the egyptian revolution here in israel it's also a demonstration that has launched the mobile. by the youth which is what we saw happening in egypt it is also a demonstration that is receiving support online people are tweeting all the time people are updating posts on facebook they're putting videos and pictures on you tube and certainly have a calling for regime change which is what we've heard happening in egypt but perhaps one difference is that this demonstration hasn't yet become and and talking to protest organizers they say that they will not allow it to become violent but whether or not that happens remains to be seen because the

there live there from tel aviv thanks very much indeed. of course we'll be following this wave of protests across israel throughout this saturday night. bring us the latest. posting a comment on what's happening there on our twitter page that is. the school. for. israel. thirty one u.s. special forces personnel and seven afghan soldiers have been killed in a helicopter crash in afghanistan the aircraft was hit by a rocket propelled grenade in the eastern province incident marks the biggest single loss of life for american forces in the country and some of the officers on board the helicopter were reportedly part of the same unit that carried out the assassination of osama bin laden political analyst hakim has told me earlier that it shows how the taliban is getting stronger ahead of the planned withdrawal. i think it will not effect. on the governments of all america to wait that but there are all of its sources from afghanistan but the new that there will be more and afghanistan in the war against the taliban and al qaeda because al qaeda

campaigning for equal rights for israel's jewish and arab citizens joining us live in tel aviv and as i say we'll keep you up to date with the developments there. of course paula she's our correspondent she's in tel aviv and she's posting comments on our twitter account it's underscore calm on what's actually happening the so-called israeli ahead of those mass rallies which we're talking about which if you would. one of the latest tweets says the protesters pledge continue their rallies until prime minister netanyahu meets demands you can log on to underscore. the latest on this and other developing stories we're covering here on. well next we travel thousands of kilometers east of moscow and also millions of years back in time. and when the far east and it's a remote but rich area holding russia's largest reserves of precious metals but. one team whose treasure lies not in gold but bones this week the team is coming to us all week from the. region now this region's distinctive juice to its proximity to china and its. war materials and natural. one paleontologist and his team it's the

rent is high and nearly everywhere in tel aviv and apartments are hard to find. her rent alone chews up 40% of her in, and she has two jobs. >> neither of them i get enough money. i have to run from one place to another. not enough to be at home to make launch ever. it just in order to get enough money for rent. not talking about food and savings and everything else. >> he has had this business for years. he understands the young people 's frustration. >> i think we have got the highest rents of all. it was time for something to happen. being a young couple in israel is like suicide. >> the demonstrators want more social equality from the government of netanyahu. they point out that the economy is doing well. >> in israel, we have a lot to be proud of. our economy is one of the fastest-growing economies. unemployment is very low. we have obviously had a problem that we need to address. it is the middle class that is feeling that it has concerns that it is paying too high of prices for basic goods. of course, the weaker elements of society. we are talking about re

thousands of people are mounting there in tel aviv hoping candles in memory of the victims in the last hours of mine and the demonstrations are happening not only here in tel aviv but also in jerusalem and a number of them have been major cities around israel in stark contrast to the protests we've seen happening of the polish month the mood here is very somber people are very serious and afflicted in terms of what the latest wave of violence is because now talking to protesters they say that they are not surprised by this recent spate of violence many telling me that they've been expecting it for some time they believe that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his government will use the conflict with dogs as an excuse to bring people to speak it's a good look around here people are young many of them are human. and if the war was to happen they would be quite happy to go to the front and might people have very strong in the same. they all still going to be minding if she's also suggested they really are protecting. the living they're talking about education they're talki

the last thing on these protesters minds they just want a better life for themselves poorly c r t tel aviv. and you can find our previous reports from the tenant city on our website also know she's facebook page and follow policy as tweets from a drone out twitter feed. the recent wave of street unrest in the u.k. led to mutual recrimination between police and politicians as they each seek to lay blame for it and an adequate response to the violence on the other so the chaos erupted last saturday and it only took a few days for the disturbance to spread across the country the british pm david cameron expressed serious discontent with the police calling that responsibly outset of violence timid and inadequate pointing to initial tactics and police numbers place authorities didn't hesitate to strike back and blamed politicians for not offering enough assistance labeling that early return from some occasions as a lame gesture of help. processing hundreds of alleged rioters and extra police units are expected to remain on the streets until at least next week the drama leaves people around the

are growing louder for israelis nationwide to join the country's biggest social protests some in tel aviv say the demonstrations are only benefiting the privileged. tense rhetoric between police and politicians in the u.k. as david cameron slams officers for that poor handling of street violence and turning instead the u.s. for advice. on contaminated legacy for native americans in an area that witnessed a uranium mining boom say the u.s. government exploited their land and left them on the edge of extinction. just after six pm on saturday here in moscow you're watching out c welcome to the program leaders of social protests in israel according to people to bolster demonstrations all across the country over the last month up to three hundred thousand people in tel aviv have been demanding cheaper housing and social justice there's assays paula of course there are outsiders in the jewish state fighting a much tougher battle. the protest might be next door to a film on lives but it's going to make little difference to his life he's a refugee from eritrea one of thousands who has found his w

thousands of people are mounting here in tel aviv hoping candles in memory of the victims of the last forty eight hours of mine in the demonstrations are happening not only here in tel aviv but also in tucson and a number of them have been major cities around israel and stop conflicts that approaches the thing happening on the move here is very somber people are very seriously affected in terms of what the latest wave of violence because i'm not talking to protesters they say that they are not wise by this piece of paper vine and many telling me that they've been expecting it for some time they believe that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his government will use the matrix of conflict gone there as an excuse to bring people. to people like young men your family members. and it happened there will be put up to go to the fund and mice. people have very strong painful they all still going see him on the he sees also suggested a reading on the tape think you know that living there talking about education they talking about health services they talking about security peop

well first of all good night from tel aviv what we're hoping for is changing the. dysfunctional computer leading them the truth in israel for at least the last decade under under the netanyahu regime and but also. former prime ministers. more and more people have become poorer while a small small group of families eight hundred families. families have become was for each so what we want is a better distribution of the wealth and a more a better economy based on our correspondents are poor they. are said to be numb to the protests he's facing from you and your colleagues right now these are the strongest proses of course since he's taken office in two thousand and nine this is reaction disappoint you. well i disappoint but it doesn't surprise us because netanyahu you know i think more than any other section of government if you look at his record on education on security on the peace process he change his mind all the time the only things that he does if you vote he never change his mind i vote yes economics yes a very strict very clear economy ideology which is ext

all of us some in tel aviv say the demonstrations are only benefiting the present . tense rhetoric between politicians in the u.k. as david cameron says for the whole handling of street violence tony instead to the u.s. for advice working day and night and heavy patrols are in the streets to deal with the consequences of looting and rioting throughout the. insider trading and an accounting error trillion dollars for the feast.

thousands of israelis are out on the streets to demand social justice and drug prices but some in tel aviv say the demonstrations address only a small part of the government's policy. to bring in bring all that made since he's still close to the u.s. as people living in the radioactive mining areas say they've been abandoned by their government. hello and welcome to all see twenty four hour news live from moscow i view the issue of allah ptomaine story now the state has no bombs iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad forces opposition to the un the nato military operation in libya and describes the western invasion as a big mistake but he also points out that iran will never develop nuclear weapons as they belong to the past the president shared his views exclusively with his kavanah. present nothing we're going to measure and thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy showed you all to be on r.t. international tonight i'll start if i may with the story that made all the news headlines for the past six months that's unfolded in north africa and the middle east that's been dubbed

forty eight hours of mine and the demonstrations are happening not only here in tel aviv but also in jerusalem and a number of other major cities around israel in stark contrast to the protests we've seen happening and because the mood here is very calm but people are very serious and effective in terms of what the latest wave of violence has caused now pointing to protest if they say that they are not surprised by this recent spate of violence many killing me that they've been thinking of for some time they believe that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his government will use the may present conflict with the on the as an excuse to bring people around here people are young many of them might remember. and if that happened they would be quite happy to go to the front. white people if you know those really strong in the same day are going to be reminding you see the person suffered mediocrity to know that i'm living there talking about it to pay for me talking about hope they talking about you know it's the people here say that not only do they run theme from on great

forty eight hours of mine and the demonstrations are happening not only here in tel aviv but also in jerusalem and a number of them have been major cities around israel in stark contrast to the protests we've seen happening in the polish month the mood here is very somber people are very serious and afflicted in terms of what the latest wave of violence because i'm not talking to protesters they say that they are not surprised by this recent spate of violence many telling me that they've been expecting it for some time they believe that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his government will use the may present conflict with dogs as an excuse to bring people to give up on to people young many of them might remember. and what happened there would be would have to go to the front and vice. strong painful they all still going to be reminding you she's also suggested they may be on for tasting you know that. they're talking about education they're talking about health services they talking about. people here saying that not only do they want peace of mind but they also want

eight hours of mine and the demonstrations are happening not only here in tel aviv but also in tucson and a number of other major cities around israel in stark contrast to the protests the thing happening a month the mood here is very somber people are very seriously affected in terms of the latest wave of violence of course not talking to protest if they say they've been not wise by the later violence many telling me that they've been expecting it for some time they believe that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his government will use the. pick what's gone there as an excuse to bring people to be around here people are young many of them might remember. and it was a happy. would have to go to the front and mice people here are very very strong they are still going see him on the he sees also suggested they really ought to take think. of living they're talking about it's a case in itself health this is a talking about security people here saying that not only do they want. that they also want the israeli prime minister. to step down beyond. israeli journalist joseph d

right argues falsely reporting live from tel aviv thanks for that update. u.n. delegation is heading to syria to research the situation on the ground with reports of twenty new deaths during the latest spate of anti-government protest but despite president answers claims that the army operations against civilians how to end it well the international pressure on the syrian leader is mounting despite moscow's refusal to support the u.s. initiative demanding that arson steps down the u.s. has imposed a fresh set of economic sanctions with the e.u. preparing more penalties targeting the country's oil sector analyst james don't suppose such measures would prove decisive but don't look realistic. the americans have been very clear they know their influence and ability to change their behavior is limited they've always said it had to reach out to countries who are closer to syria and russia is one such country and a very important country so i think the americans will now in europe in specially really have to work hard to persuade the russians that they are rights on s

israelis emerging wising on the streets of tel aviv tonight monday for another demonstration against the government although the numbers on might seem to reach the tens of thousands that witnessed over the weekend the demonstrations are much the same as it has been over the past two and off weeks it's been urbanized immobilised online the grievances against these may be governments economic policies they are caused by the israeli prime minister and now which resigned as well as for a machine change time ago he's maybe close attention on purpose mixed with some of these posts his organizes the initiator the need to be in the city wanted to see what the grievances were and finding that music to say that what needed to be changed would be changed to a very different message completely what we're hearing calls from this on the top of him that's not in the sol has been person run over these protests are fading and we know that he is pushing away housing bill to be processed because possible this is a bill that looks at me ruckus and surrounding construction planning at the same time this

but it's in tel aviv. it's in the 40e8ly land. and -- holy land. and for me that was the special part about it. it was a place that i was really passionate about. so i had been out of baseball for, like, three years. i was teaching, i was pursuing this new dream of mine, this new profession, and i was back in hawaii where i went to school. and i was hacking out with a -- hanging out with a couple buddies and my old baseball coach, and he said, hey, aaron, did you know they're having baseball in the middle east? i thought he was making fun of me, and we like to give each other a hard time. i didn't believe him. about three or four week later i came home, and we had sunday night dipper at my folks' house. i googled israel baseball league, and to my surprise it is the real thing. unless it was this elaborate prank that my coach was playing on me, there was actually a link. the i clicked on schedule, and i looked at their calendar, and the very next thing i did was opened up the window for our school district, and i realized to my surprise that the sea

in israel thousands taken just election in tel aviv in protest against the government now these strikes follow a weekend of massive demonstrations of rising house prices and an escalating cost of living people there are demanding social justice and they know better working conditions policy is across the latest development. israelis are mobilizing on the streets of tel aviv tonight monday for a number of demonstration against the government although the numbers on my team to meet the tens of thousands that we witnessed over the week the demonstration was much the same as it has made over the past two and off weeks it's been urbanized immobilised online the grievances are gangs these may be government's economic policies they are caused by the israeli prime minister even that's a not which resigned as well as for a blue sheen change time ago these may be presidential palace mixed with some of these protests were knives as he initiated the meeting the city wanted to see what the grievances were and finding that leads me to say that what needed to be changed would be changed agree differen

have called on egypt to help its neighbors establish a cease fire tonight paul asli has more from tel aviv. cairo is putting pressure to try and calm tensions on both sides we know that an initial agreement had been fine between tel aviv and cairo we have no details of that at the moment commer has been insisting on any formal apology from israel it also says that if one thought it would be an expression of a great sort of once a commitment from as well that this kind of wind will not happen again the israeli defense minister would go rock has said that he would break the day european border guards who were killed in the nature of violence he also says he has ordered an immediate investigation this is just part of the bigger picture when we keep tensions on the ground intensifying we keep at least fifteen palestinians have been killed in the last few days dozens have been injured while today alone some fifty grad and some rockets rained down on southern israel dozens of israeli citizens have been injured so a lot of concern here in the region that this is if they can and will continue just

some more analysis of the situation the middle east and talk to journalists joining us live from tel aviv as well joseph thanks for talking to artsy international palestinian officials so that israel doesn't stop the airstrikes on gaza or it could lead to another war how likely is that scenario do you think tonight. i would not so war of words to use i think that it could lead to an israeli offensive in the gaza strip now it's very alarming that israel has yet to establish authority. yet excuse me yet to establish responsibility for these attacks in a lot they have initially said that the p.r.c. the popular resistance community committees were responsible for these attacks but they today the i.d.f. spokesman has distanced themselves from these statements and so we don't really know who is behind these attacks and yet israel is conducting air strikes against gaza as we speak. to the does seem to be submissive from a should just clarify what you saying that progress and the claim that the palestinian government was actually at the same the israeli defense ministry the i.d.f. said that was n

strike on sunday hamas said it had agreed to a cease fire with israel at least costly year is in tel aviv and she joins us live oh what's happening on the ground now and is the shelling still continuing. well the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu come to an emergency cabinet meeting this morning three o'clock local time it followed with a statement in which is all said it would not retaliate harshly to gaza it also said that it would not a military operation there now that followed an egypt brokered cease fire that went into effect last night but to live it does came there since that cease fire started some fourteen rockets have been fired at southern israel the last landed at seven o'clock this morning local time and there are no reports of injuries one of the reasons being given as to why israel is not interested now in a war with gaza despite earlier reports that the political leadership was talking about reacting and reacting harshly to the cross border raid on thursday that started as late as wave of violence is that each is that israel needs all the frames it can get ahead o

of call on egypt to help its neighbors establish a cease fire tonight paul asli has more from tel aviv. cairo is pushing pressure to quiet and calm patients on both sides we know that an initial agreement had been fine between tel aviv and cairo we have no details of that at the moment connor has been insisting on any formal apology from his role it also says that it wants not only an expression of a great but it wants a commitment from it's all the kind of wind in the north again the israeli defense minister it would be a rocket that he would break the day off your keyboard of gaza with children and they took place of violence you also say if you had ordered an immediate investigation to squash the bigger picture we see tensions on the ground intensifying quicky at least fifteen palestinians have been killed in the past few days dozens have been injured while today alone some fifty grad had come rockets rained down on the southern israel dozens of israeli citizens have been injured so a lot of concern here in the region that this is it may change and war continues just to intensify at

dealt a blow on a different fronts cairo said it will withdraw ahead of its egyptian mission from tel aviv put it at risk already faltering relations between the two countries tensions running high inside the jewish state as well with people venting anger at the government sees paul asleep as the latest. power is putting pressure to try and canteens and on both sides we know that an initial agreement has been signed between tel aviv and cairo we have no details of that moment however has been putting an end formal apology from israel it also says that it wants not only an expression of regret at once a commitment from islam that this kind of violence will not happen again. the israeli defense minister could go right ahead there that you were great that day on your keyboard guards who were killed in the latest spate of violence you also say if you had ordered an immediate investigation this is just part of the bigger picture when we see tensions on the ground intensifying quicky at least fifteen palestinians have been killed in the past few days dozens have been injured while today alone so

meantime thanks very much for updating us on what's happening there policy or talking to us from tel aviv for. well the escalation of violence comes amid the ongoing social unrest in israel and the country's been gripped by a massive protests for over a month now with people demanding prime minister netanyahu steps down our correspondent paula sleazier is keeping across the developments for us the air as well and she's posting her comments on our twitter page that's at r t underscore com well one of her latest posts there says that protesters are planning a million strong march in two weeks time she spoke to some protesters who fear the israeli government could launch and new war to distract attention from the social problems so you can keep up to date with the situation in israel on our twitter page or underscore com. was british courts busy dealing with riot cases human rights groups have been crying foul over the sharp disparity between crime and punishment some judges have been accused of overreacting at its not for the first time among those now spending time with the looters behind

faces of a saturday tens of thousands of protesters will be taking to the streets here in tel aviv as well as in several other cities around the country where they'll be holding mass rallies against the government they're hoping to top of the one hundred fifty thousand nationwide who took to the streets last weekend this is the third saturday in the road that protest all be held they are united under the ban that the government has abandoned the people and the central message coming from organizes is that the people are taking the country back now the plan tonight is for demonstrators team on the last stop where the ball wait for the british consul meet a tent city has been established the final destination is not far from here at the curia defense compound and they will be holding a mass rally because into a number of demands on the government of the civil speakers several popular singers also close and in the last week there have been a number of smaller demonstrations that have been held for civil law was earlier this week taxi drivers block told a number of main roads they were pr

focusing on israel next though there are thousands have taken industrial action in tel aviv in protest against the government the strikes follow a weekend of massive demonstrations over rising house prices and escalating cost of living people are demanding social justice and they want better working conditions our correspondent paula slee is there following the latest in tel aviv. israelis are mobilizing on the streets of tel aviv tonight in my day for another demonstration against the government although the numbers on my team to reach the tens of pounds and that we witnessed over the week and the demonstrations are much the same as it has been over the past two and off weeks it's been burglarized and mobilized online the grievances are against the israeli government's economic policies caused the israeli prime minister bibi netanyahu to resign as well as for a machine change now a short time ago the israeli president shimon peres mix with some of these to protest organizers he initiated the meeting in city wanted to see what the grievances were and finding that means when they say th

for about a month now and demanding cheaper housing and social justice but there's another camp in tel aviv claiming israelis don't know what a lack of station justice really is are his policy or explain. the protest might be next door to a film on lives but it's going to make a little difference to his life he's a refugee from memory korea one of thousands who's found his way to israel at the solace he was hoping for as instead be replaced by anger and frustration at a government he believes is doing too little to hold him. israelis here demand cheaper housing is good for them at least they have houses we have nothing we haven't even got a roof over our heads let alone an expensive one but it's not only cheaper holes as these protesters want they're demanding a new government wonderful charge less taxes provide free education and cancel privatization of state owned companies changes that the poorest neighborhoods of tel aviv need the most but i want to keep people here are not demonstrating while thousands of israelis might be able to pitch up here in protest many immigrants can't even aff

vote on palestinian statehood twenty six percent say that tel aviv sees it as an opportunity to provoke a response from the palestinians and many were divided and think that israel is trying to divert attention from its domestic problems all but the attacks are an act of defense and that israel simply wants to protect its own people those are the responses so far good to hear from me if you have to work. four years in jail for a riot status on facebook british council coming down hard in the raw tissue spread mayhem last week human rights groups are accusing judges of overreacting something ignored by prime minister david cameron who's determined to mend the country's broken society i've been to has more for us now from london. four years behind bars for the riot that didn't even happen jordan black sure and perry sutcliffe kenan were banged up for inciting disorder on facebook no one turned up after their invitation to riot which they later said was a drunken joke but now they face sentences even tougher than most looters and i worry is that it is an imbalance a four year sentence for

changes that the poorest neighborhoods of tel aviv need the most but i want to keep people here are not him and straightening while thousands of israelis might be able to pitch up here in protest many immigrants can't even afford to buy a tent to live in people are not sleeping here and necessarily every night but it's a sign it's that the tents here are for for the difficulty to pay rent for the economic situation in israel and like you say next to us people are sleeping there not because they choose to put their tent outside it is just because they don't have any other place to go in the last few years tens of thousands of refugees and asylum seekers have revived in israel mostly from in the tree and sudan the government simply doesn't know what to do with him most spend their days struggling to make ends meet while trying not to be picked up by the deportation police many of the refugees don't want to appear on camera but those that we've spoken to say that they don't feel a part of this demonstration and accuse it of being a protest of the privileged danny parrot's is really he's a

r t tel aviv. still ahead this hour a kid yet another russian billionaire be facing time behind we're fooling why a very joyous glamorous life in the u.k. is what's it like russian investigations. changing gender with calculus puns we follow the plot cashel positrons actually named. the stars it was a racy agency is facing an inquiry after it stripped the u.s. of its top aaa racing last week that's how the s.n.p. received a ference response from the u.s. treasury which plane the agency of making a two trainee and on a mistake the us security and exchange commission is now investigating the company over allegations of insider trading before the country's rating change was officially announced as financial analysts call that into says this is just the stuff of a full scale prayed to the activities of credit rating agency. the path itself probably doesn't begin or end with an if indeed my guess is that the investigation is going to find if it's not just an arm waving to show that there were some extra

a wave of mass anti-government protests is underway across israel the biggest rally happening in tel aviv with up to a quarter of a million people attending he said their anger at the high cost of living and on affordable housing artie's paul sr has more. the military is electrified what they did a mixture of jubilation and defiance they say they're not going anywhere until the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu meets their demands but it is organizers have been warning that some three hundred thousand people will take to the streets not only of tel aviv should also jerusalem and several other cities tonight and still to today whether or not three hundred thousand people are here but where i'm standing actually had been tell you that there are tens of thousands of e-mails now police have been out in full force for at least twelve hours a total of all those leaving to the mission and in the time it took me to pass through the security checks that caused hundreds of protesters walking in opposite direction holding up that is no united under the slogan office demonstration which is th

demonstrations all across the country over the last month up to three hundred thousand people in tel aviv have been demanding cheaper housing and social justice but as paula reports there are outsiders in the jewish state fighting a much tougher battle. the protest might be next door to a film our lives but it's going to make little difference to his life he's a refugee from eritrea one of thousands who has found his way to israel but the solace he was hoping for has instead been replaced by anger and frustration at a government he believes is doing too little to help him. israelis here demand cheaper houses good for them at least they have houses but we have nothing we haven't even got a roof over our heads let alone an expensive one but it's not only cheaper houses that these protesters want they're demanding a new government one that will charge less taxes provide free education and cancel privatization of state owned companies changes that the poorest neighborhoods of tel aviv need the most but i want to see people here are not to mistreating while thousands of israelis might be able

tel aviv. and it's one is expecting more demonstrations this saturday night and we'll be covering those events for you on our team you can follow our previous reports from the tent city on our website also on artie's facebook page and follow paula slayer's tweets from israel on our twitter feed. the. recent street violence in the u.k. has police and politicians divided over the way the unrest was handled that chaos started last saturday in london and spread across the country over the following four days so far just over a third of the six hundred people arrested have been charged prime minister david cameron was critical over the initial tactics police used to quell the rampant rioting and looting that senior officers hit back saying politicians were no help against the disorder and that their return from some one hundred days made no difference who wants a working overnight to deal with alleged offenders and hundreds of extra police are expected to remain on the streets until at least next we

protesters keep in mind that most of the people protesting for social justice in the streets of tel aviv and jerusalem are of age to go into the reserves and so if there is a call up for either a ground invasion into gaza or any sort of outbreak of violence in the west bank it will be the ten protesters and they will have to ask serious questions about whether or not they're going to fight for a government that has so far ignored their demands for for economic reallocation inside of israeli society. and of course we value your opinion on the events in the middle east go to our website where you can cast your vote on the reasons behind israel's attack on gaza forty percent of you believe that the latest attacks are a way to sabotage next month's un vote on palestinian statehood twenty eight percent say it was an opportunity to provoke a response from the palestinians the remaining viewers are divided and think that israel is trying to divert attention from its domestic problems at home or that the attacks are an act of defense and that israel simply wants to protect its own people. now ba

the last thing on these protesters minds they just want a better life for themselves paula c r t tel aviv. the recent street violence in britain has divided police and politicians over the way the unrest was handled the chaos started last saturday in london and spread across the country over the following four days so far just over a third of the sixteen hundred people arrested have been charged prime minister david cameron was critical of the initial tactics police used to quell the rampant rioting. but senior officers hit back saying politicians offered no help against the disorder and that their return from summer holidays made little difference courts are working through the night to deal with alleged offenders and hundreds of extra police are expected to remain on the streets until at least next week cameron has now turned to a former us police chief for advice on handling gang violence with the blame game in full swing between those responsible for dealing with the unrest people around the world are left wondering if the same violence could come to the streets of their countries are