supported release each of the gaza strip. the transitional phase i mentioned, made with operation castle at. in 2008 and 2009 in which 1400 residents mostly civilians according to the human rights group were killed. over 300 women and children were killed. most children according were killed at home. developments were taking place in israel led this time. there is a national election underway. tzipi livni who is the current peace negotiator who was then foreign minister and running for prime minister is trying to capture the mood of israeli society declared our troops behaved like hooligans in the gaza strip during this period is really had gathered, which also been barred from entering the strip described as the hill of shame. they gathered there to cheer on the attack as americans dead at the battle of manassas. one woman was filmed to clearing to a teenage tv crew to show the whole thing off the map. yeah, i'm a little bit fascist. these proclamations were gaining in popularity with 95% of the jewish israeli public in the f

the gaza angle is our name for all the communities. this is one major city so they received the attention of the hamas 82 times. the rest is 20 or 25 communities altogether and that received their majority of the fire. mortar 2200 firings and the short-range stuff were mortar bombs. it takes weeks and months to distinguish exactly what felt. 1/2 of the firepower was aimed against communities in gaza. you can learn or guess from the firing. one thing is sometimes firing fewer rockets in outlying communities in an obvious attempt to spread out israeli defense. they knew we had limited amount of defense and the idea was to spread out and to achieve that they asked the allies in the neighborhood to fire rockets and communities. we have some palestinian organizations firing mortar into israel to the golan heights. the idea was obviously to spread, to then our defenses. an obvious attempt to threaten strategic targets in order to harm the israeli economy. they fired again and again. they saw the dash of the ben gurion airport. it was a great

and provide details of the plans and programs that will be rapidly implemented and supervised in the gaza strip to meet immediate relief needs and the requirements of -- for reconstruction in full coordination with united nations agencies and buddies, everything will take place under the supervision of the u.n. more than two days ago, the palestinian factions emphasized its support for the gaza to facilitate reconstruction. while we reiterate our appreciation and gratitude to all states and organizations that rush to provide assistance to the people of palestine in the course and after the war, we are confident that brotherly and friendly countries will not waiver in supporting support and plans and programs. we will present -- that we are also confident that the conference will achieve practical results that fulfill expectations and needs of the victims of this aggression. we affirm here that the primary prerequisite is an end to the ongoing israeli despicable bl k blockade that has suffer indicated the gaza strip and turned it into the largest prison in the world. at the same time we af

the west bank. but also within gaza, it also holds true. reality is, that hamas' resistance, whatever we may think of it, has been more effective than mahmoud abbas' approach, which has been essentially focused on diplomatic process. and he's been ineffective not just in gaza, but you have to look at it in the context of the broader middle east peace process, which is his bread and butter. he is all about his credibility, his legitimacy rests on his ability to negotiate a two-state solution. and obviously, that hasn't gone all that well. the reality also is that neither side, neither hamas nor fatah, has delivered all that much on the ground in terms of services or governance, or even the broader goal of national liberation. but to a certain extent, hamas at least momentarily has been able to restore some sense of palestinian pride, and i think it's important not to underestimate the importance of these intangibles. for both hamas and fatah. the symbolism is very important for a national liberation movement. we have to think of palestinians

a sense of pan palestinian solidarity that i think was awakened by the gaza conflict. oth of those constituencies will need to be accommodated in one form or the other. it may be in the context of israeli politics for palestinian citizens of israel. that certainly the diaspora has in the rethinking of internal palestinian politics. bearing in mind that gaza is, in many ways, a cross-section of palestinian -- the global palestinian community in which it is made up of 60% or 70% descendents of refugees from 1948. >> michael, just to set things up a bit, the recent poll that we saw showing hamas having benefited by the war. it was overwhelming public , one was the stated goal of diminishing and not crushing them. also shown that netanyahu now finds himself in trouble with competitors to his right like bennett and lieberman. can you address that? >> thanks for putting this panel together. i think it is useful when thinking about israeli politics in the contacts -- context of , beforermath of gaza the gaza war and where things are now. they have real challenges of the , the

a sense of pan palestinian solidarity that i think was awakened by the gaza conflict. th of those constituencies will need to be accommodated in one form or the other. it may be in the context of israeli politics for palestinian citizens of israel. that certainly the diaspora has in the rethinking of internal palestinian politics. bearing in mind that gaza is, in many ways, a cross-section of palestinian -- the global palestinian community in which it is made up of 60% or 70% descendents of refugees from 1948. >> michael, just to set things up a bit, the recent poll that we saw showing hamas having benefited by the war. it was overwhelming public , one was the stated goal of diminishing and not crushing them. also shown that netanyahu now finds himself in trouble with competitors to his right like bennett and lieberman. can you address that? >> thanks for putting this panel together. i think it is useful when thinking about israeli politics in the contacts -- context of , beforermath of gaza the gaza war and where things are now. they have real challenges of the , the s

the launching site -- look at this. this is from gaza. sure our people have all of that ensure of all of the houses so they can identify the number. it is important not to take it out. human shielding was a deliberate policy. i saw the news this morning. made an admission that in some cases, they fired from within. to say that all of gaza was a population center, so they had to do it. this was the policy that was their strategy. let's speak about what israel did about it. because my main topic is israel's defense, i will speak very shortly about the offensive. it was used quite successfully would affect. this is a neighborhood close to these borders. ,ost the fighting took place every single red dot. we can see every rocket going down and pinpoint where it was fired from. six launchers, we take them one by one. from the sea we had the navy. a missile fired from the ship, i do not have time to show you. this is another one of those -- captured by is really ground troops. several of the launchers were found taken out. i hope they dug it out

and in the west bank, it continued, and the gaza strip. the occupation's campaign specifically targeted the city of jerusalem and it's inhabitants, attempting to artificially alter the spirit and character of the holy city. focusing on the mosque. threatening grave consequences. at the same time, racist and armed gangs of settlers existed, and their crimes against the palestinian people, the land, mosques, churches, properties and olive trees. as usual, the israeli government, once again, failed the test of peace. it reached an agreement with the american administration regarding the release of a number of palestinian prisoners in the occupation's jails. and we continue to insist on releasing all of them. when confronted with simple questions, through the american mediator, they did not, the israeli government did not hesitate to reveal its true positions. israeli refuses to end its occupation of the state of palestine, which it occupied in 1967. and now it seeks its continuation and enfrench. and it refuses to find a just solution to the p

we have assistance on the ground in gaza. idents of gaz a is a, but obviously the people who bring in the kind of added expertise that we need in assessing an armed conflict situation where issues of all feasible preki precautions. what does that mean, those depend on not reading the newspapers and saying, thousands of palestinians killed, scores of israelis killed, obviously disproportionate. no, it's not that. one can talk perhaps about a political sense disproportionate, but in the legal sense, in the sense that have implications for accountability, you have to look at each individual attack and make that assessment. i would invite you to look at our website and seat work we have done regarding this particular last 50 days of war in gaza as well as earlier instances. just on the u.n. figures about the number of palestinians killed, the idf claims that 616 of those were, as they say, combatants and terrorist operatives. which they also say there are some 800 other cases that have not yet been determined and they are sure tha

we have assistance on the ground in gaza. a is a, but obviously the people who bring in the kind of added expertise that we need in assessing an armed conflict situation where issues of all

you're forgetting israel pulled out of the gaza strip. took down all the settlements, and the settlers who didn't want to leave, we forced them to leave. we pulled back to the 1967 international frontier. there is no israeli occupation of the gaza strip. we haven't been there for some eight years. >> henry siegman, can you respond? >> ok, yeah. that is of course utter nonsense, and for several reasons. first of all, gaza is controlled completely, like the west bank, because it is totally surrounded by israel. israel could not be imposing the kind of chokehold it has on gaza if it were not surrounding, if its military were not surrounding gaza, and not just on the territory, but also on the air, on the sea. no one there can make a move without coming into contact with the israeli idf, you know, outside this imprisoned area where gazans live. so, there's no one i have encountered who is involved with international law who's ever suggested to me that in international law gaza is not considered occupied. so that's sheer nonsense. but there's

raw materials stockpiled because it's hard to import any goods into the gaza strip. the owner and his stock manager say the small economy is decimated. there's no faith in a political solution. >> we have relation with israeli, and security - we have to get many permits every month for our materials to return to gaza. this is not known what they did. >> 40 years to build the factory, two hours and five days, it's finished. >> mohammed says his total losses could about 30 million. he's faced with ruined and along with the workers, they face little hopeless respect. >> of the 3 million refugees, few made it to the united states. many that have face uncertainty about getting asylum there. andy gallagher reports from new jersey. >> reporter: safe, secure and thousands of kilometres away from the syrian war. life seems bright. >> they arrived in the u.s. a year ago, hoping to claim asylum. months after the tourist visas expir expired, they are facing delays and uncertainty. >> i find nobody helps us, syria, and i think we are coming to like the future - i don't know what i

now in addition to that we believe that the international community has to look at gaza as one component of the bigger picture. the bigger picture all the problems that we have including the reparted war in gaza and the catastrophes in the west bank is related to the continuation of occupation. the occupation has to end to allow for the independence of the state of palestine so that we can enjoy the two-state solution. >> i spoke to someone who said that there was an agreement between hamas and palestinian authority, but since then there seems to be growing tensions. >> there has, but we put an end to the division between us, and the government is the government that will carry this monumental task for the rebuilding of gaza, and it is also leading on the political front for a position by the international community to decide on a time frame to allow for the indians of the state of palestine, therefore to have the reality of the two-state solution. >> you're not concerned at the moment that the disagreement with hamas will occur. >> we have a tremendous amount of challenges, and it is no

the line. live team coverage ahead. >>> a shakeup in gaza this morning. n president threatening to end government's unity deal with hamas. we are live in jerusalem with the latest. >>> mysterious virus plagues children in the midwest. hundreds infected with a rare respiratory illness. why officials say this could be the tip of the iceberg. welcome back to early start. i'm christine romans. john berman is off this morning. we begin with president obama's plan to destroy isis. on the day before 9/11, the president will address the nation and he is expected to announce a phased military campaign against isis. a phased campaign that could take three years to complete. >> on wednesday, i'll make a speech and describe what our game plan will be going forward, but this is not going to be an announcement of u.s. ground troops. this is not the equivalent of the iraq war. what this is is similar to the kinds of counterterrorism campaigns we have been engaging in consistently over the last five or six years. >> meanwhile, the u.s. is ramping up air strikes in iraq tr

brokered peace talks between israelis and the palestinians, now,ar the war in gaza, that's shaky truce, not even a proper ceasefire agreement. >> as prime minister binyamin netanyahu left the u.n., the peace process looks as if it stalled for the foreseeable future. >>> the palestinian ambassador to the united nations, mansour, says binyamin netanyahu is trying to discredit the newly form government. >> the prime minister and his government have been using a similar line for the past few months, since we succeeded in establishing national unity and the national consensus government. he is continuing with the effort of trying, you know, to destroy the national consensus government to provide us, to keep us weaker, so we cannot get closer to the active of ending the occupation, and to succeed on the independence of the state of palestine. he came to the general assembly, used, you know, a bunch of lies trying to convince the distinguished documents and the leaders in the chamber that, you know, that the problem in the middle east is not usings, but it is, you know, the people in the gaza

five criminal investigations, including on july 16th, when four children were targeted twice on the gaza beach outside a hotel where many of us journalist were staying at the time. another notorious incident that israelis say they'll launch a criminal investigation, a tank shell entered a u.n. school that became a shelter for so many that lost their homes, killing 20 people that morning, and that is also a criminal investigation. three more incidences that were not covered at the time didn't get attention during the war. on the 18th of july, a gazan woman coordinated movements with the israeli military and was shot, despite the coordination on 20 july. the israeli military is calling a pillaging by a soldier, the epicentre of this war, and on 23 july the israeli military calling the unlawful holding of threats and abuse. this is an attempt, of course, by the israeli military to get ahead of a criminal investigation by the international community, accusations of war crimes, the israeli military trying to show it can police its own soldiers actions. there are critics of the investigations.

had the time to complete construction inflicted by gaza in the previous war. under international law and the international human law these acts are defined as crimes against humanity. the arrogance of power will not prevail over the resistence of the palestinian people. i asuit the steadfastness of the palestinian people in the face of and insisting on their rights. israeli must realize that the security of its people will only achieve through peace and that of occupation is bound to end the damage inflicted by the past years. and the destruction that has been wreaked on structure makes it incumbent on the international community to compel israel to fulfill it's obligations and expedite the removal of any obstacle in order to lift the blockade achieved, and to complete the construction process. the state of qatar shall spare no effort in the reconstruction of the gaza strip. we afternoon all countries to follow suit. the international responsibility to respond to the palestinian people to freedom and independence, particularly that the question of palestine is

it's four kilometers from the gaza strip. hey fire two rockets, this time, most of the file was on single file. 90%, single file. it was amazing. >> here is one of the pictures that i like because, you see, there was also a. >>> therm kind of sticking out during the explosion. you can go to youtube and spend nights seeing action from last night it's war and let me look at some to look at some significant footage. this is -- >> the siren you're hearing in the background does not seem right. some idea about the philosophy of the firing, especially in the beginning of the war in the first few days, you can see from this footage here. >> this was taken by a smart phone, which i think shouldn't be done. but it was released by the ideal spokesman. so i committed myself to show you. what's the rate of 505. perhaps the most significant ones are tell tel-a-viv. this is rapid fire. you want to make sure no leakage. you can see one just for drama. notice what they are doing. they are going to the end phase and hitting the target. the fir

it's been a consistent issue for us looking at the various phases to confine ourselves to gaza. i think what we have seen a little dispiriting is we haven't seen much change looking from one conflict to another. 2009, 2012 at about 2014 and the behavior of the combatants, hamas's behavior into the conduct of hostilities. let me say one thing about with the international demand that syrian law requires. the key principle is the distinction. the parties have to distinguish at all times between the combatants and civilians, but -- between military objectives into civilian properties. and they may only target combatants and structures or areas that have immediate military gain. targeting civilians is obviously sort of the first order of the prohibition. but then there are other areas in the indiscriminate attacks, so there might be an attack where there is a legitimate attack by combatants or a place or structure or building, an apartment building for instance where maybe arms have been stored making it a legitimate target in itself but where the harm to the use of the weapons that a

these attacks directed by the leader of hamas, not anywhere near gaza of the time. i believe they bear the primary responsibility for what happened. >> the prime minister has not ruled out airstrikes. what needs to happen that has not happened so far? >> point i would make is so far, the approach we have taken, america's has -- america has been leading on airstrikes and we have been focused on those areas. on the sea, -- diplomacy, where we can most add value. we should continually ask ourselves the question, what is in the natural interest, how can we help those on the ground, how can we help not just with our partners in america, but how can we help make sure the israel -- the iraqi government and neighboring companies -- countries are in the lead?

this is all that remains of the airport here in gaza. destroyed by the israelis in 2001, and having it rebuilt is one of the key demands of the palestinians, but that is very unlikely to happen, because hamas and the other armed factions are refusing to disarm. this is actually the site where palestinians want a port. the late palestinian leader laid the first stone in the sea here in 1989, and nothing has been done since. fishermen are back on the water after the war, but israel bans them from fishing further than 10 kilometers from the coast, the intimidation and arreings by the israeli navy continue. this is gaza's border with egypt. since last year's coup there has been few people leaving through this crossing. the only palestinians allowed go egypt must have medical emergency permits, a work visa, or dual citizenship. hamas says it is a resistance group fighting for independence as others have done out there history. the people here say they are living in the world's largest open prison. a place, they say that makes the headlines on

has discovered the palestinian authority deliberately chose not to have israel investigated during the gaza. they called to have israel investigated for war crimes. our investigate has found at the last hurdle they chose not to sign on. mike is standing by for us in ramallah, the investigative unit is in the hague. and here first is the special report. >> reporter: more than 2,100 palestinians, most civilians and many children, were killed. [ explosion ] >> reporter: more than 70 israel list nearly all of them soldiers also parished. following attacks on u.n. shelters, the secretary general condemned israel's actions. >> these attacks were outrageous and unjustifiable. >> reporter: in the midst of the punishing israeli assault on gaza, appeals were made to the palestinian authority to once and for all exercise its rel non-violent rights, and join the international criminal court or icc, such a move could have triggered a formal investigation into whether both parties committed war crimes during this conflict. this court filing submitted by a french law firm is a complaint made by the palest

against pro-russian and they will discuss the recent fighting between israelis and palestinians in the gaza strip. the ebola outbreak spreading in west africa will be another area of focus. officials with the world health organization say nearly 5,000 cases have been reported. nearly half of those infected have died. delegates will also look at ways to tackle global warming. representatives from more than 120 countries and regions will sit down on tuesday for a climate summ. and world leaders will step up to the podium to address assembly members. obama is due to speak next wednesday. japanese prime minister shinzo abe is scheduled to deliver his address the following day. nhk world. >>> president obama is urging other world leaders to do more to keep the ebola outbreak from getting even worse. he announced plans to step up u.s. efforts to fight the di >> here's the hard truth, in west africa, ebola is now an epidemic of the likes that we have not seen before. it's spiraling out of control, it is getting worse, it's spreading faster and exponentially. >> obama spoke after meeting with offic

the gaza kids eat and play with children from other conflicts. you have to lie what scars are unseen in the mind. this boy lost some use of his hands in an explosion, but lost more. his family was gathered in a room when a bomb his his building. they cleared the ruins, another bomb fell, the explosion killing two members of his family. no fear of that here. >> everybody is kind of lovely here, and the volunteers play with us. i have a lot of friends. >> the children will stay here until they are well, and are sent home. >> a treatment regiment is deviewsed with the inspection this -- devised with the expectation that they will not come to germany again. >> the spanish government says it will appeal to the country's top court, to annul a decree calling for a referendum in catalonia. the president signed a decree. it includes a city of barcelona, one of spain's richest regions. the vote will be illegal. >>> nearly a million people most of them young men leave guage ekize stan every year. the economy relies on the money sent home. the absence is leav

the west bank. but also within gaza, it also holds true. , that hamas' resistance, whatever we may think of it, has been more effective than mahmoud abbas' approach, which has been essentially focused on diplomatic process. and he's been ineffective not just in gaza, but you have to look at it in the context of the broader middle east peace process, which is his bread and butter. he is all about his credibility, his legitimacy rests on his ability to negotiate a two-state solution. and obviously, that hasn't gone all that well. the reality also is that neither side, neither hamas nor fatah, has delivered all that much on the ground in terms of services or governance, or even the broader goal of national liberation. but to a certain extent, hamas at least momentarily has been able to restore some sense of palestinian pride, and i think it's important not to underestimate the importance of these intangibles. for both hamas and fatah. the symbolism is very important for a national liberation movement. we have to think of palestinians in that se

before the war they only had the capacity to give gaza 60% of its power. some of the shortfall made up from supplies from rail and egypt. -- from israel and egypt. >> it will be more severe, it was short before the war. is it. >> reporter: without a constant power supply gaza's sewerage is untreated. the coastline is polluted with outlets like this, pumping out raw sewerage 24 hours a day. aside from that, there's a health risk from bomb damage to main sewers. this area was filled with raw sue im, sinking deep through the sand. nothing could be done to repair the pipe or to treat the sewage for a whole month. >> there are fears under groundwater supplies may have been contaminated. >> we are talking about raw sewerage, which was infiltrated to the aquifer. they need something to come today, not yesterday, to take samples. >> that's one urgent need of many. the fighting may have stopped. little else changed. people have no option but to cope with the hardship. >> an shan prosecutor has targeed mohamed mursi -- charged mohamed mursi with leaking state secrets

we heard remarks from both sides and the latest conflict in gaza. s is an hour and a half. >> take you all for joining us this afternoon. >> after 50 days of war, israel and hamas reached a cease-fire on august 26. the office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs reports 2104 were killed including 1004 hundred 62 civilians, 495 children and 253 women. the tabulation is ongoing. the key question is what will it take to transmit the current truce into a longer endeavor. how can we avoid getting here ?gain the center for the middle east policy at brookings and a founding board member of the american egyptian rule of law association. deviously serving as an advisor and permanent status negotiations with israel from 2004 to 2009. michael is the program director at the institute and a current participant at the atlantic council. officerforeign surface a book thatlishes you should all read. middle east and north africa division, an expert on middle rights issues. the bimonthly middle eastern magazine report -- to set up the discussion here, first i w

the most recent incredible story was the summer because not only did the war in gaza, the massacre in-- it was of soldiererrible, but the from the neighborhood was a particular story in this war that i think really describes the entirety of it. >> tell us more about it because as you interviewed these soldiers on the border who saw him killed, you were arrested by the israeli military. >> right. what happened was i was in contact with the soldiers. i knew the soldiers from before the operation and that continue to be in touch with them that i was talking to them by phone from inside gaza. and happened in gaza he 2014 was surprising because we are not used to resistance from inside gaza, likely get from lebanon, for example. 2012, we did not lose soldiers at all, something like 12 soldiers to a mosque killing, killing, andamas most of it was from friendly fire. it is something new for the army. the army going in and losing almost immediately 30 soldiers in one day, that would become the night of the shujaiya massacre that killed more than 90 people in one night. after a hard night of b

raw materials stockpiled simply because it's so hard to import any goods into the gaza strip. the owner and hits stock managers says gaza's small economy has been decimated and they have no faith in any political solution. >> security on the israeli side, we have to get many, many permits every month for our return to gaza. knowing exactly what they did. >> 40 years to building this factory. now two hours it's dispersioned and everything it's finish. >> reporter: mohamed says his total losses could be up to $30 million and now he's faced with ruin, along with the workers he's had to sack who right now have little hope of work elsewhere. andrew simmons, al jazeera, gaza. >> the head of the centers for disease control, tom freedman, is visiting guinea. at the capital's main airport he says those measures are going to stop the spread. >> doing that will be counterproductive. countries may try to reduce travel in order to protect themselves. we will interfere with our ability to support them and stop the outbreak. that will increase the risk for rest of the world. >> the ebola viru

this is all that remains of the airport here in gaza. it was destroyed by the israelis in 2001 and having it rebuilt is one of the key demands being made by the palestinians but it is very unlikely to happen because hamas and the other armed factions are refusing to disarm. this may look like a dusty quarry but it is the site where the palestinians want a port. yassir arafat, israel bans them from fishing further than ten kilometers from the coast. the intimidation by the israeli navy continues. this is gaza's border with egypt, there have been few people leaving gaza through this crossing. the only palestinians allowed in egypt from rafa, dual citizenshipsship or a work visa for another country. israel describes hamas as terrorists. hamas says it's a resistance group fighting for independence just as others have done throughout history. the people here say, they're living in the world's largest open prison, a place they say that makes the headlines only when the bombs are falling. yassir najar guides his three-year-old son through the ru

the gaza children eat and play with other children. you have to wonder what scars are unseen in the mind. this boy lost the use of some of his hand in an explosion. he left christopher gibson more. his fam -- he lost more. two members of his family were kill. no fear of that here. >> translation: everybody is kind of lovely and the volunteers play with us, and i have a lot of friends. >> reporter: the children will stay until they are well and sent home. a treatment reg mon will be advised as they may not come here again. >>> the spanish government pledged to stop people in the region of the catalonia to go ahead with a referendum. the president called for a referendum this november. the government says any vote would be illegal. >>> now, all over the world there are millions of people not recognised as citizens by any state. that means they have no right or legal protection. the united nations wants to eliminate statelessness within 10 years. veronica pedrosa reports on homelessness people in the eyes of the law. >> reporter: in the ey

israel accuses three teenagers of an act of spying in the gaza war. >>> what goes up must come down -ork begins on a spaceport in texas. >>> the news this morning is that the united states carried out air strikes in syria for the first type. the targets fighters from i.s.i.l., the islamic state of iraq and levant. saudi arabia, jordan, bahrain and the u.a.e. have been involved, and qatar has been involving support. the pentagon says u.s. fighter jets started hitting the tarts on monday. you look at the map. the areas in yellow, the fighters or parts held by the i.s.i.l. fighters in the air strikes - they hit the city of raqqa, a stronghold for the i.s.i.l. fighters, the center of their operations until they captured mosul. it struck on the border with iraq, buildings, checkpoints and weapons stores coming under fire. here is what we heard from john kirby: let's start the coverage with events being followed from amman in jordan, and we'll talk specifically about jordan. first, what happened and the involvement from the arab world. >> well, we understand according to several activist gr

and the question you would ask yourself is why? >> that's a question many in gaza and around the world will now the answered. >> now joined live, the big question, why pa might not pursue this investigation, and are there any indications as to what might have happened? >> well, the palestinian authority will say that they want to protect some of the factions from prosecution, but that doesn't wash. we know that the palestinian authority in 2009 asked to join the icc behind me. they submitted their membership and it was turned away from the icc in 2012 because you can't join if you're not a state. but that changed in november of 2012 when theue. n general assembly recognize palestine as a state. what was involved in icc membership, at the same time, they weren't concerned them whether jihad or other factions would be interested prosecuted. so what would be a more likely explanation, in 2011, they published the palestine papers, where the palestinian authority agreed not to pursue israel in forum so long as there were negotiation. the united states putting incredible

are you speaking for the palestinian people and for gaza. there has seemed to have been some confusion in the last several weeks during the conflict as to weather hamas is acting on its own, and other factions are acting on their own. are you able to work out your side of things. >> i am. >> we can recall on 24 april this year, there's no more hamas government. no splitting gaza. we, with the consultation and consensus, that all the political parties, we formed a national consensus government. this is the address for gaza, the west bank, and east jerusalem, mahmoud abbas is the president of all palestinians, this is our agrees for gaza, west bank and jerusalem. all the reconstruction goes through this government. the day after, politically, everywhere is on bored, and mahmoud abbas, when -- on board, and mahmoud abbas, when he announced the next step, changing the status quo, he palestinians. >> let me ask you this. he said he can't give you more detail, but there was a meeting and a plan saying no more status quo. some are saying mahmoud abb

how willing will hamas be to seize gaza to the p.a.? well, ha maz has been very willing. 's most senior leader in gaza gave up the post of prime minister, the problem is that the palestinian authority of mac mood has been unwilling to govern gaza in the interests of the palestinian people, and of course, the crucial matter and that the authority has refused to pay the salaries of 45,000 public servants in gaza, which is adding to the catastrophic hardships faced by the population after the israeli massacre, and destruction, and also we still see no real commitment from mac mood abass and his authority to end the cooperation with the israeli army. and so i think -- what is being reported in the media now is under this latest agreement, mall state in iraqian authority forces will control the boarder crossing along the boarder with egypt, i think the palestinian resistence in gaza will be very reluctant to allow them to go any deeper into gaza, because they don't want to reproduce what is going on in the west bank, whether the palestinian authority working hand in hand with t

. >>> israeli assaults on the gaza strip killed 2,000. many were wounded, including children. now a charity arranged for some to receive specialised treatment in germany. nick spicer reports. >> a bad infection swirls the bone inside hamad's leg. here there's a risk of amputation, but a better chance that he'll keep his head. he's one of 42 children brought over by a charity in september. >> open fractures, wounds. wound infections and amputations. legs, arms and most of them are critical ill children. >> it was a tough journey to europe. two children died on the way into and through egypt. in part because of delays. it's difficult for residence of gaza to travel, even in normal time. >> in 51 days of conflict, 578 children died in gaza, 3,000 injured. few can hope to receive the treatment available here in germany. it is called peace village and has worked for years treating children wounded in war zones. >> the gaza kids eat and play with children from other conflicts. you have to wonder what scars are unseen in the mind. >> this boy lost some use of his hands in an explosion

the u.n. says that 76 u.n. schools across gaza were damaged during the war. it's worth remembering that the situation here was difficult for gazan students before the war. the u.n. says that it has plans on building 100 new u.n. schools to accommodate the students here. that was made difficult by the siege. by getting materials, building materials across the border. now, the war made things more difficult in trying to get a good education, for literally hundreds of thousands of students across the gaza strip. >> 60 years after ernst hemingway won the noble prize for literature, his grandsons travelled to cuba. it's on display in hemingway's former home in havana. he lived there for 20 years, and where he wrote "the old man in the sea", and "for whom the bell tolls", it's now a museum. >>> also, vets can't get enough treatment to help pets. >> reporter: first thing on monday morning in the state-run veterinary clinic in the center of havana, it's bustling. cuba trains enough vets to help animals across the country and sends some abroad. the problems lie elsewh

this is the thing we have heard during the gaza war during the months of july and august, israel has nowhere to go but to say it is those who we occupy those who we kill are responsible for their own death. >> how do you think those sitting in the room from the countries around the world are going to react to the fact that he condemned one of the u.n.'s own bodies the human rights council, i know it is controversial but calling it the terrorist rights council? >> you know it's quite revealing that despite the fact that the u.n. has not moved, for example, to recognize the palestinian state yet, talking about the security council, despite the fact that israel has become a state thanks to the united nations resolution, it is a creation of the united nations, yet the israeli prime minister does not hide his animosity his hatred. he thinks of the united nations as an enemy because there is a consensus over the occupation and prime minister does not want to de-occupy palestine. what did he do instead? by the way this will be the most important political message of that. the demonization o

nothing near a rallying cry for the overall gaza protest movement. hurt even among nonjewish germans. >> i came today because i think it's really important to show solidarity with the jewish people, h especially considering the german history. >> reporter: there were israeli flags in the crowd. and carried proudly. many german jews said being pro israel shouldn't mean you get beaten up. >> translator: the situation in german is tense. and many of us are afraid because the antisemitism and hatred against juice is spreading. in fact, hatred against juice never disappeared. but now it has become more mainstream. >> reporter: the reality of daily life for the slowly-growing jewish community in germany is this. 24/7 police protection at done cincinnati goings, jewish bakeries, book stores and kindergartens even when things are calm in the mideast. chance her merkel says she wants a jeff anywhere that is no longer necessary. nick spicer, al jazerra, berlin. >>> in a move aimed at making the catholic church more inning inclusive, pope transit has married 20

the palestinian authority. >> reporter: a seven-week war this gaza pushed up the unemployment rate to 50% and estimated 10,000e are out of work after israeli attacks on 450 factories and businesses in gaza and andrew simmons reports. >> reporter: gaza is coming to terms with another tat -- catastrophe, attacks on businesses and it wasn't making rockets, it produced chicken meals and it is worse than originally feared. >> translator: these factories are owned by people known by israelis and had permission to come and go across the border so they shouldn't have any political problem with them, israel has benatar getting gaza's economy. >> reporter: this factory used to be gaza's biggest. it is still smoldering after repeated attacks by tanks and they made biscuit, ice cream, juice and sweets. and here in better times it employed more than 450 people, now it had to sack more than 400 workers, only 30 keeping their jobs on one production line. the company says the ashes spread all over this floor alone amount to $8 million going up in smoke and raw materials stockpiled simply because it's so hard to import any go

the people in palestine, in gaza live in a place that is like an open air prison. they cannot get the food, the medication, the infrastructure, the materials that they need to survive. many buildings have been destroyed. now how will they be rebuilt. how will hospital its be rebuilt? u.n. buildings have been hit. they have been destroyed. how will those buildings be rebuilt? so when we look at all these issues, we still do not talk about israel and its policies. in the most recent conflict where 2,300 gazans died, how many israelis died? i say that we should also look at this. what they say that hamas fires missiles. hamas fires missiles. how many people died as a result, how many buildings were demolished as a result. >> rose: here a-- hear's what you said. israelies have no conscience no honor no pride. those who condemn hitler day and night have surpassed hitler in barberism, clearly you didn't mean that. >> what i said had to do with the israeli government, not with the people, not with the jewish people. on this subject, the jewish people in turkey, you look at

this is something that we heard during the gaza war, boko haram, et cetera, to say that you have this global alliance of islamic and you have to respond with force and at the same time undermining, as he has done since the beginning of the nuclear talks with iran, negotiating a solution on iran -- iran's nuclear program. the problem with that if you paint all of these things with the same brush, you're basically saying you can't negotiate with anybody, whether it's iran or hamas or elsewhere, which takes away chances for a peaceful negotiation with the israeli palestinian problem, iran's nuclear problem. and i wonder if aaron agrees but isis is a particular kind of thing and hamas is a particular kind of thing. both of them use tactics but do they still have the same mentality? i think a lot of folks would question that. >> and he made a strong point, tried to make a strong point, the prime minister of israel, that the u.s. and other permanent members of the u.n. security council, to eliminate the nuclear weapons capability, he says there can't be any finessing as this part of the dea