relations are being tested right now as promised netanyahu meets president obama in washington israeli leaders blasted obama's earlier call for palestinian borders to be based on what they were in one thousand six hundred. two former presidential candidates in federal jail sentences for inciting election unrest all the verdicts on two others every stroke his supporters say the big punished for standing up for the country's long time leader president lukashenko. i'm about the top stories for you in fifteen minutes time up next though an r.t. goes wild in the aisles on a russian shopping spree. how well does the sell the space program how they explore in the recent capitals something balls and supermarkets with the recent construction boom there are hundreds of new still wasn't cut by seven am the spaceship projects yeah fame all of that moscow city falling skyscraper area sagal is something like to say in a moment they must start showing the mosaddegh roots as he finds out the elsa spreads to mr shop and i just say he's the triumph of futility you can see on this night how many major sh

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it to be one of peace i think we're in the midst in my opinion of the most profound shift in israeli washington relations since nine hundred forty eight recognition of israeli statehood the basis of the trust relationship between israel and washington is been drastically challenge to by the us support of these destabilization from egypt tunisia libya and the entire middle east since the end of two thousand and ten has created a tremendous sense in israel of insecurity and the stability they thought they had is suddenly looking very very unstable so the those nice words that obama said yesterday are window dressing the content is one of the continued tension between israel and washington under the guise of a so-called peace political rights they were talking about that erasing us israeli relations. campaign in libya rumbles on to balance our friends started the u.s. which led the operation still highly engaged without official consent from congress according to the constitution america's military action of libya is now illegal but as it is there are listed reports for you on capitol hill seem co

it to be one of peace i think we're in the midst in my opinion of the most profound shift in israeli washington relations since nine hundred forty eight recognition of israeli statehood the basis of the trust relationship between israel and washington is been drastically challenge by the us support of these destabilization from egypt tunisia libya and the entire middle east since the end of the two thousand and ten has created a tremendous sense in israel of insecurity and the stability they thought they had is suddenly looking very very unstable so the the nice words that obama said yesterday are window dressing the content is one of the continued tensions between israel and washington or the guise of so-called peace let us and this congress have william and out talking about the terror ratings us israeli relations. president barack obama says the u.s. is no longer leading the neutrik campaign in libya as the sixty day deadline passes requiring congress' approval for fighting government america's it was now time has been made to ask for lawmakers to extend the challenge but is also has a lower

it to be one of peace i think we're in the midst in my opinion of the most profound shift in israeli washington relations since nine hundred forty eight recognition of israeli statehood the basis of the trust relationship between israel and washington is being drastically challenge to by the u.s. support of these be stabilization from egypt tunisia libya and the entire middle east since the end of two thousand and ten has created a tremendous sense in israel of insecurity and the stability they thought they had is suddenly looking very very unstable so the those nice words that obama said yesterday are window dressing the content is one of the continued tension between israel and washington under the guise of so-called peace. well r.t. wants to know what you think about the u.s. suggestion that israel should withdraw to its pretty one nine hundred sixty seven borders well you can log on to our website that's r t dot com and take part of the poll and so far the majority believe it washington's initiative is pure rhetoric or some twenty percent think it's a price israel needs to pay in order to l

president obama made the clarification, perhaps, of course, the -- the israelis wanted to defuse the situation, as well. the criticism of washingtontoned down significantly both in israeli general and from the israeli prime minister's office, as well. >> right, the fewly agree -- mutually agreed land swap part seems to be left out more often than not the past 48 hours. let's talk about the arab spring. all around we see egypt's revolution, the uprise month syria. we see -- among syria. we see uncertainty recent israel. what is israel's reaction to the majorly transformative period now in the arab world around it? >> reporter: obviously, israel's got more at stake in this than most other countries in the world. these are the neighbors that it has very bad relations with at times. so it often is looking at these events, these very transformative events, as you say, in the region with a great deal of concern. i think it's important to remember that israel often sees the region through the prism of stability. what it's been used to over the past several decades, since its foundation perhaps, since the peace agreements with egypt, for

tomorrow, the israeli prime minister will be in washington. so he has to be of a careful not to estranged his israeli friends and allies. >> looking at the issue of jordan, there has been mixed reaction to the obama speech in the arab world. some say that arab leaders will not like it and air reformers will not like it much. >> i think people will take notice of the speech, but they will not take care of his remarks. i think that he delivered a speech to years ago that left a much deeper impression on the arabs. of course, the american government failed to deliver. there was a lot of kind words, which will thinking, but not really action on the ground. it is now the arabs themselves that have changed in the middle east and the americans need to react. this is the basic message of the american president tonight saying, yes, we did understand that the middle east will have a new shape. it will never be the same again as it was in the past. and we, in america, understood that we need to change our policies. but to what direction? there is still so

washington expects the israeli government to make some concessions. >> kupchan praised the speech as being carefully prepared to urge both israel and palestinians to break the impasse. >>> meanwhile, japan's foreign minister says the government supports obama's policy of backing political and economic reforms in the middle east. he said japan is willing to cooperate with the united states and the national community to help countries in the region turn into democratic, peaceful, and tolerant societies and attain peaceful economic development. >>> tokyo electric power company has posted one of the biggest losses on record due to the huge costs required to try to fix the fukushima daiichi power plant damaged in the march 11th disaster. at a news conference, tepco president, masataka shimizu, said the power company suffered a net loss of about $15.4 billion in the fiscal year ended in march. the company reported extraordinary disaster-related losses amounting to about $12.6 billion. they are part of its efforts to stabilize the nuclear reactors at the plant and to restart thermal power p

should be based on the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps >> this week on "inside washington," on the eve of the israeli prime minister's visit to washington, president obama sends a message. >> i made a mistake. >> the newt gingrich campaign falls victim to a foot-in-mouth disease. keep an eye on president obama's former ambassador to china, jon huntsman. the gang of six is now a gang of five. how did the wealthy and powerful head of the imf and up in a rikers island jail cell? >> non-consensual, forced sexual acts. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> israeli prime minister netanyahu and president, had never had what you would call a warm and friendly relationship. you may recall the netanyahu it visited not too long ago at the white house refused to let for progress to pictures of the two of them. president obama a speech on the middle east, saying that the boundaries should be based on pre-1967 lines, and he added -- >> our commitment to israel's security is unshakeable, but precisely because of our friendship, it is important that we tell the truth. the status quo is

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. >> that opens up more fissures between the israelis and washington. it creates expectations that cannot be met and will leave a lot of people disappointed. >> that is true. the administration cannot stand on the sideline and be silent. they have to be engaged. what he said today, that it's up to the two parties, i do not buy this. he has to do something. the problem now is that he's coming into an election year and everything matters. he has secured a big victory with the jury -- the killing of a osama bin laden. he already warned the palestinians don't go to the general assembly because that will not win the state had. you have to negotiate directly. but how and when, he did not give details. >> they must realize this is a unique opportunity to sort out the mess in the middle east with arabs spring. >> for people who have been caught -- for people have been following the conflict for so long, i don't think the window is big enough. we're talking about now and september. for benjamin netanyahu, he does not want to go forward the peace process accordin

israel is the protectorate of the united states and the israeli lobby is very powerful here makes it even harder to extract balanced approach from washington. obama's comments on the israeli palestinian borders angered israel's prime minister and even netanyahu insisted that returning supreme nine hundred sixty seven lines would make it impossible to protect israel. near a professor of international relations at new york city says the u.s. presence lacks concrete proposals for the peace process sixty four percent of the american public support israel and in an election year in a campaign year no president is going to ignore what the american public wants and wants to see happen so he's not going to go into details about what is required what is going to go but i think he would be talking in general terms about the need for a two state solution but they need to compromise on both sides they need to to end the day expansion of settlement but he would not be able all be willing for that matter to draw any specific roadmap as to how to go about to achieve these objectives we have to be clear here you know when you see when the public still loo

it was to a pro-israeli lobby in washington to reaffirm the special relationship israel end americans enjoy. he did talk about the 1967 lines. since obama speech -- since obama's speech last week, there has been clarification from the white house the president obama was talking about a future palestinian state being based on 1967 borders, but with mutual land swaps. when prime minister netanyahu tonight did talk about the peace process, he was adamant to say that the 1967 lines are indefensible. >> we can only make peace with the palestinians if they are prepared to make peace with the jewish state. [applause] tomorrow, in congress, i will describe what a peace between a palestinian state and the jewish state would look like. but i want to assure you of one thing. it must leave israel with security. therefore, israel cannot return to the indefensible 1967 lines. >> benjamin netanyahu will address the u.s. congress later today, in a few hours time. something he touched on with his speech tonight in washington will be the change in the middle east and north africa. as he put it tonight

en judea, y jordania, van a hacer mÁs ataques. >> washington siempre favorecerÁ a israel, dice. >> los estadounidenses y los israelÍes es la razÓn para que los palestinos entren en negociaciones. >> rusia, la onu y la uniÓn europea manifestaron apoyo a la misiÓn de paz del presidente obama. >> cimentÉ serÁ un -difilcimente serÁ un nuevo comienzo de pasa, dada la desconfianza entre israelÍes y palestinos pero ahora en ambas partes frente al presidente obama. en la casa blanca, lourdes, univisiÓn. >> el expresidente del fondo monetario internacional strauss kahn recuperÓ la libertad pero con con una -una fianza de un millÓn de dólares, pero se tardÓ en salir ya que los vecinos se opusieron a la masiva prensa. los problemas no terminan para Él es -el ex gobernador de california schwarzenegger, tras su revelaciÓn de que tiene un hijo ilegÍtimo. >> atrapados en medio del escÁndalo que rodea a arnold la familia de la mujer seÑalada como ex empleada domÉstica y madre del hijo ilegÍtimo de schwarzenegger, mantiene el hermetismo sobre el paradero de su mamÁ. >> no tengo comentarios, ahorita. >> el escÁndalo desatado a raÍz de

israeli settlements and the disputed territories stalled peace talks with the palestinians and later on friday benefits of yahoo would need president obama at the white house parties going into has more from our washington bureau. this thursday obama said something that many israelis would find unacceptable is suggested israel go back to its pre nine hundred sixty seven borders and according to president obama that could be the starting point to then negotiate land swap with the palestinians to create a new borders going back to nine hundred sixty seven would mean giving up the west bank is drusilla when they gather strip the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who will be meeting president obama later this afternoon sharply disagreed with the u.s. president and said he wanted to see washington's commitment to live decision by congress and president bush in two thousand and four that israel will. not have to give up the occupied territories after the speech that obama gave yesterday it could be hard for him to feel such commitment at least partly by the way he's the first u.s. president who has explicitly supported the idea of going back to the nine hundred sixty seven borders as the key to the pe

washington was too slow to back the protesters and elsewhere. the perception many people have is that human rights and democracy are subservient to security interests. israelis and palestinians have been disappointed by the middle east policies. they pressured israel to uphold the construction on palestinian land. the washington brought little pressure to bear. the peace process has stagnated. the middle east on voice kept down after mediation efforts reached an impasse. the u.s. has come under pressure to avoid a serious acts click. >> materialized have to apply much more pressure. we can't afford to do that because of political concerns. we should not expect any concessions any time soon. >> given the background, it came as a surprise. he called for more movement from israel naming the borders as the basis for a palestinian state. her >> we believe in the borders should be based on the 1967 lines which mutually -- with mutually agreed to swaps. they are established for both states. it seems unlikely. >> israel did return to egypt, but handing back control to syria is unthinkable at the moment and the west bank is on the huge jewish settlements. the french

washington. and perspective about the israeli palestinian stalemate to log on to our web site if you get a minute here is that what's online for you about that very subject at the moment israel fearing an escalation of all the violence right now is egypt relaxing restrictions on its crossing with garza's supporters say it's going to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in the strip say got more about that on line it r t the coin also one of the story to a glitch in a u.s. prison computer system made the unthinkable happen it released over a thousand dangerous criminals into the streets of california how did that out and find out of our team go home. so the world news afghan president hamid karzai has issued a last warning to american and nato forces after more civilians were killed in a suspected coalition air strike two women and twelve children died in afghanistan's volatile helmand province after nato troops opened fire the target was supposed to be insurgents but instead civilian homes were fired on nato says it was in retaliation for an attack on a u.s. marine base in the region of saturda

washington d.c. now for more on where the israeli palestinian peace process is going let's not talk to a political analysts ramadan who joins us live from gaza thank you very much for joining us now the palestinian factions accepted russia's offer as a host for negotiations why was moscow chosen to hammer out further agreements between fatah and hamas. moscow has sort of clearly good at english and with a bit of. supporting them to the scene and they get an order to achieve and given that the scene is that they've been issued for the scene young people on to the scene it's if it is some objective circumstances have been present to the. other to spring this on that evolution piece what if you shem conducted by your. political service to say feel good this issue is this spinning out of this being a still a good opportunity for the most those twenty feet in the. balance of elders with the cd and with the people. in british him coming in or the blue the russia still has an essential role in the middle east. play an important role and significant toward the the cd to the biggest you know because i say so this i

obama at the white house parties go ahead and check out reports from our washington bureau the obama pushed harder for the israelis to make concessions to stop building settlements at least he suggested israel go back to pre nine hundred sixty seven border lines and that would mean what that means is giving up completely the west bank is jerusalem and the gavels free. he was very careful to say that the u.s. is soley an advisor here and cleared washington of basically of any responsibility to act there have been words before but never any action to really push for the two state solution solution that president obama was talking about the fact that israel is the protectorate of the united states and the israeli lobby is very powerful here makes it even harder to expect a balanced approach from washington. oh and his also said colonel gadhafi has no control over libya hours later made to have eight libyan warships accurate in a number of the country's ports where the alliance says the vessels were trying to prevent the delivery of aid into libya and posed a threat to allied forces libyan officials did now sporadic o

back here in washington today, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will be giving his outline for, addressing a joint meeting of congress. we will have it live for you here on c-span. house speaker john boehner last night talk about support for israel and criticized the palestinian government for its security agreement with hamas, telling aipac that the government is judged on the company that it keeps. his comments are just over 10 minutes. ♪ >> thank you for that kind introduction. to all of you, thank you for what you do. i have had a chance to meet so many of you over the years, not just those of you from ohio, but throughout the country. to be assembled under one roof, it feels like getting old friends back together again. we have an awful lot of catching up to do. a recent events bring to mind henry kissinger's lament at one point when he says there can be no crisis next week. my schedule is already full. i thought about that when i was talking about what was going to say tonight. i began to recall the last time i was in israel several years ago. i never will forget visiting

washington r.t. for more on the israeli palestinian stalemate log on to dot com here's what's on the line for you the mainland israel the regulation of border violence and he did relax this restriction that it's crossing with gaza the call to say it will help alleviate humanitarian crisis in the strip. from a glitch in a u.s. prison computer system releases over fouls and dangerous criminals off the streets of california find out how a daubert the dharti dot com. some of the world's a news making headlines this hour two women and twelve children have been killed in afghanistan's helmand province by nato troops the target was supposed to be insurgents but instead civilian homes were fired on nato says it was retaliation for an attack on a u.s. marine base in the region on saturday afghan president hamid karzai has criticized coalition forces for not doing enough to prevent civilian deaths. over two hundred suspected al qaeda gunmen have taken control of the yemeni provincial capital of the zinjibar after two days of heavy fighting the opposition accuses president of surrendering the towns of fears of

protectorate of the united states and that the israeli lobby is a very powerful here a base that even harder to expect a balanced approach from washington one example of words but not actions are the settlements the united states earlier this year vetoed a united nations security council resolution condemning continued israeli settlement expansion illegal that happened shortly after secretary say that secretary of state hillary clinton explicitly called those settlements illegitimate but when it came to actually teaming up with the international community to condemn it the u.s. blocked the resolution the security council vote was fourteen countries in favor and one country against them that was the united states all right thank you very much for that to go to the reporting from the u.s. capital. now in his speech obama also said it colonel gadhafi has no control over libya and hours later nato hits eight legged warships i created a number of the country's ports will be alliance as the vessels were trying to prevent the delivery of aid into libya and posed a threat to allied forces will liberate officials denounced iraq obama's claims sa

protectorate of the united states and the israeli lobby is very powerful here in the united states makes it even harder to expect a balanced approach from washington one example of words but not actions are the settlements the united states our earlier this year the united nations security council resolution condemning continued israeli settlement expansion as illegal that happened shortly after secretary of state hillary clinton explicitly called those settlements illegitimate but when he came to actually teaming up with the international community can damage the u.s. blocked the resolution the security council vote was fourteen countries in favor and one country that was against it and that was the united states going to come thanks for the. conversation but as she's the director of the new international project of the ways institute for policy studies very good even she's going on a so you know we. met it's a progress this meeting really just finished but you know he didn't have a lot of details there. now hearing in the last few minutes that it was a very diplomatic line that was taken by obama this evening at that meeting but he did reiterate

tense meeting yesterday with the israeli prime minister where in many cases, the body language spoke much louder than the words exchanged. david kerley is in washington tonight. >> reporter: at tomorrow's speech to the american israeli lobby, the white house says the president's message won't change, even after yesterday's chilly meeting with israel's prime minister. >> there are some differences between us. >> i think we may have differences here and there. >> reporter: differences? look at the body language. their countries may be allies, but these leaders are far from friends. from the president, a stoney stare. >> he looks at the prime minister probably as a politician/con man who is never going to come up with the kinds of proposals that would advance the negotiating process. >> reporter: point by point, netanyahu said no. to many of the proposals the president made the day before in a speech. >> it's not going to happen. >> reporter: the prime minister may have felt set up by the president's speech in which he called for israel to return to the borders before the 1967 war, returning land to the palestinians, but while u.s. sources call that the

washington d.c. well now for more on where u.s. israeli relations are heading and what it spells for peace in the middle east let's talk to foreign affairs expert stephen hess thank you very much for joining us and mr assume this now we've heard benjamin netanyahu a promise of concessions in congress today about the same time he would like to be internationally backed plan to return to create one nine hundred sixty seven borders and this forced a washington to a backtrack on its and thorson of the proposal what exactly is israel prepared to give. very little actually. seems to be implying used. to hold the. various includes a series of bomb contiguous camps on the west bank and surrounding land. be indexed by israel. non-contiguous and really non-viable. indeed it would sound very similar to a man from a scratchy stands in apartheid south africa but i'm also in his speech not to yahoo has repeatedly assured members of congress of israel's other wavering friendship towards the us now what with what israel's consul provocations and she will

washington r.t. . well for more on the israeli palestinian stalemate to log on to dot com here's what's online for you israel is an escalation of violence as egypt relaxes restrictions at its crossings with gaza supporters say it will help relieve you a humanitarian crisis in the street. so online a glitch any of us prison computer system releases her isn't dangerous criminals on the streets of california find out how what happens it all turns up. so stories making headlines right now and two women and twelve children have been killed in afghanistan's volatile helmand province by nato troops the target was supposed to be insurgents but instead civilian homes struck nato says it was in retaliation for that stuck on a u.s. marine base of the region on fuck today afghan president hamid karzai criticize coalition forces for not doing enough to prevent civilian deaths. two hundred suspected al qaeda government snooping control of the yemeni provincial capital of zinjibar after two days of heavy fighting the opposition accuses president of surrendering the towns of fears of a militant takeover it comes afte

netanyahu feels comfortable here in washington seeing the sights and playing politics in the president's backyard. his critics, israeliell as palestinian, will say that he is deepening israel's isolation and putting it on a collision course with the new middle east. the speech shows the gulf between mr. netanyahu's view of an acceptable peace deal and the one the palestinians have. his reception by the u.s. congress shows why he feels politically strong enough to reject president obama's view of the way ahead. with the middle east changing fast, mr. netanyahu is sticking with what he believes has always worked for israel and he's avoiding any new thinking. bbc news, washington. >> the american carmaker, chrysler, has paid back its government bail-out loan six years early and repaid $5.1 billion in outstanding debt and $1.7 billion to the canadian government. with the details from new york, here's michelle. >> mixed with hope, as the factory saved from closure, they made it official. the carmaker paid off loans from u.s. and canadian taxpayers, money that saved it from collapse two years ago. >> we have received confir

despite washington's intensified efforts to bring the palestinians and israelis to the negotiating table a few sides find themselves no closer to a presidential battle of elena's guests discuss what it might take to achieve the long awaited and highly elusive peace cross-talk is coming your way into parts for the rest. you have to understand palestinians see all of israel also as part of their patrimonial homeland and in one nine hundred forty seven forty eight when israel was created palestinians were at least three quarters majority now when they recognize israel in its sixty seven borders they gave up seventy eight percent of what they regard as their country it is the mother of all compromisers and i think to ignore that and to to look at the occupied territories in isolation from the rest of mandatory problems silencio poor israel's being to give up this is very important territory that so dear to us ignores what palestinians have already agreed to. you with art see now in georgia thousands of opposition supporters have protested against the government for four days straight at a mi