today the west bank resembl resembles-- israel thinks that the best bank-- west bank spart and par sell of israel that is why they refuse any solution. >> history also shows that israel withdrew from southern lebanon, history shows that they withdrew from gaza. and there's no reason to believe they will not withdraw from the west bank yes, this is true but we ought to draw lessons. when did they withdraw. they withdrew under the military pressure from south lebanon. an sharon withdrew from gaza under pressure after the second intefada, second uprising. and then after the 1973 war they withdrew from sinai, israel believes in the language of power, when they are compelled it to do so, they do withdrew. i have two models here. israel actually withdrew. they followed in 1956 after american administration compelled it and in lebanon they did so because of the military pres sewer as well. >> so the killing will continue in gaza. >> we hope that it will not continue one single moment. they kill every day 120 civilians. if we kill them we kill militants. who enter gaza we do not wish for the ki

israel in the west bank claiming that israel is going to smash the hamas in the west bank arresting five hundred that activists. including some legislators that had nothing to do none of them to the kidnapping. after these came the. murder and the burning of a palestinian child by individuals by all means by individuals who are now being brought to justice but their war that israel declared on hamas in the west bank was responded by hamas in gaza. by rockets that's that's the real context of everything and you can't stop just there was there ok it's you have almost two hours to sieve what brought there now right now i'm not sure that the truth. will milt be respected because all reserve to each operation there are few hours in which both parties want to say the last word i think right now it's in the interest of israel and hamas to put an end to these so-called because above all we have to remember israelis interested only in one thing in maintaining they start to squall and any kind of fighting disturbs this goal the goal is to maintain the status quo gaza under siege west bank and the

the palestinians have to thank for the israelis for their wonderful comfort in the west bank. it's an occupation and it should end that's my position go ahead but it isn't because they say that it is about go ahead gays line equal time gentlemen if you've been equal our time to get in go ahead. yeah i envy people like fred who always have a real imaginative creative imagination to find all ways the best excuses why not to put an end to the occupation so now it is hamas and before hamas it was our occupation and in between it was about us and in between aid between it was the terror every period of time has its own excuse why israel showed. remain in the occupied territories because they are such enemies on the other side and one day hamas will be gone and someone else will come it is and will use someone else's an excuse the majority of israelis and even the majority of the american jewry are in favor of the two state solution but not in those here someday where it will be convenient when nobody will disturb when we will be ready for these until then let the palestinians live

is that how maas is stronger today in the west bank -- is that hamas is stronger today in the west bank than fatah. >> what is the danger of a third am aada in the west bank particularly with the violence? >> i think you will have more certainly, more riots into the west bank because the riot police is using thereive force every time is the opportunity, whether in east jerusalem or the west bank. so more and more casualties. but at the same time, one has to understand the depths of the rage against the palestinian authority. so really they are playing with big fire because it made hamas stronger in gaza, and it is now jeopardizing the palestinian authority in the west bank. so this should stop as soon as possible in the interest of libyan people. >> jean-pierre, i will probably have to leave it there. thank you so much. the three-day muslim festival is normally a moment of joy at the end of the month-long ramadan fast, but there was little to celebrate in gaza as palestinians were killed from the israeli airstrikes and tank fire. >> nightfall brings an end to ofadan and heralds the star

i think in the west bank, people -- it has been so people in the west bank fill very far away, detachedfrom gaza. we see during the attacks on gaza, the reason mobilization and the west bank has showed the shock that people feel. there isn't much movement except some villagers were gunman of also refugee camps -- were young men of refugee camps. but this is the main goal. the main goal is to maintain or repress any resistance. -- maintain occupation or repress any resistance. [indiscernible] intense colonization or more construction, sometimes the negotiation process, this leads nowhere. and sometimes there are bloody attacks. >> amira hass, thank you for being with us, ha'aretz correspondent for the occupied palestinian territories, the only israeli journalist -- well, lived in gaza, reporting from there. she was awarded the courage in journalism award by the international women's media foundation, presented by christian alone for. stay with us. ♪ [music break] recorded in an east jerusalem recording studio with israeli palestinian and american musicians. the jerusalem youth choir, com

connections with the west bank. they are coming back to the fold. we do not know. it is like the israeli mixture of defense. he said don't mind -- people will be guarding the checkpoints, but i would never gaza.bus go back and rule that means we do not want gaza to be one unit. israeli government does not want it. it has not wanted it since the beginning of the 1990's. developing into a political discourse, a strategy, the change of this, i cannot tell, it is too early. see missing is -- not leadership, but a group which has the confidence of the people and can organize and lead sows --hese upsurge in upsurge in anger and people who are fed up with these occupations. there is no group, no reliable group that can lead and strategize this. this is what is worrying me. >> thank you for being with us. this is democracy now! when we come back, we speak to a doctor. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] [♪] this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. chief of medical staff h

some teenagers were unaccounted for in the west bank. netanyahu did not rain in the settlers and they practiced heinous crimes. they burned someone alive. they started the aggression on gaza and the rockets are a response for this aggression. >> when you look at those israeli teenagers who were murdered, did hamas have anything to do with it? >> from the start i did declare and announce that we did not know who carried out such an operation. we do not know the perpetrators. they accused hamas. these settlers are located on the west bank. the settlors is illegal. on the contrary the word -- he was burned alive. >> prime minister netanyahu called his parents with great apology and grief for the death of that young man. you have not called the parents of the israeli teenagers who were killed. you said i cannot condemn the killing of settlers. >> there are two distinctions here. the first is as follows. those who burned him alive, they were settlers and they were known, the israeli authority knows them. when it comes to the teenagers no one

this is the largest protest the occupied west bank has seen in years.or hours protesters clashed with israeli forces outside the check point. they threw stones, fireworks and molotov cocktails. israeli forces tired tear gas canisters, and rubber tipped bullets. it was clear the soldiers at times were struggling to maintain the situation. these people have taken to the streets to protest the siege of gaza, the violence there. they are angry, they want it to stop and they want an end of the israeli aggression shun. both sides claim the other shot first, a bullet hole clearly visible in a satellite truck parked less than a meter of where we were broadcasts. dozens were also injured in the clashes, but protesters said they were unafraid. >> translator: for 18 days the people of gaza are being killed. we should have started protesting from the very first day to end this aggression. >> translator: we are here to stand with our people in gaza. today is the beginning of [ inaudible ] occupied palestinian territories against the occupier and its aggression towar

now today on the west bank, wolf.led, 400 people wounded, and things are getting outside our fingers like sand. and the whole situation is being pushed down the drain. and i believe what secretary kerry and ban ki-moon and the qataris and the arab league's goal was to pull out this proposal, which is so, you know, balanced in terms of a cease-fire for seven days and meanwhile, the israeli side under the auspices of egypt will negotiate all terms, all issues, security, and so on. and to allow people to breathe. and this unfortunate means one thing. they want to take it to the limits. so they want to begin fighting in the west bank, because it's a pressure cooker situation, okay. can any israeli walk me through the disaster? what's going on here? this is an american offer that should have been honored by israel and everyone. this was the result of very, very sincere, decent, relentless, unwavering efforts by secretary john kerry, by many, many countries, by the palestinian authority, to stop this cycle, this vicious cyc

let's cross live to the west bank. seen protests the world over on this friday in solidarity with the palestinians, but what can you tell us about the protests in the west bank so far? >> well, here in ramallah a large protest was called back to the check point which thursday evening was the scene of a huge protest. thousands of people attended and they clashed bitterly with israeli security forces. now frankly nobody turned up to the check point, of course, many people possibly fearing the find of eruption that we saw thursday evening, but that's not to say there haven't been protests elsewhere, in fact in and around the city of ramallah, there have been gatherings of people protesting against the israeli occupation, and indeed on their assault on gaza. but what we also understand is that in the city, protesters clash with israeli settlers, an israeli settler is said to have shot at this protest, killing one person, and injuring three others. at the same protest we also understand that the israeli forces turned up, al

jane ferguson has more from ramallah in the west bank. an intense search for the missing teening settlers ended on monday afternoon. three bodies were found in a field near hebron city. hamas as been blamed. prime minister binyamin netanyahu said after an emergency cabinet meeting that the entire jewish people were responsible. hamas is possibly and hamas will pay. >> israelmans the three teenagers murdereded. the atrocity is a result of president mahmoud abbas, allowing ham as to re-establish its appearance in the west bank. >> reporter: the first israeli response to the news, the demolition of the homes of two palestinianian men that the israelis believed played a role in the disappearance of three teenagers. the three went missing on june 12th, hitchhiking home from a school in the west bank. israelis gathered outside the home of one of the families as news spread of their death. hamas responded promptly. >>. >> translation: the disappearance and killing of the settlers was an israeli story used as propa ganned e. we warn israel agains

let's go live to the west bank now and speak to kim very nell there.ot of anger in the west bank over wheezover what's happening, what is happening today? >> reporter: there are no planned demonstrations, but in saying that, people describe it as existing in a bit of a bubble. if i can explain that, it means, you know, in a sense that there are many illegal settlements what with he saw the other night. 10,000 people turning out to protest. people are shopping and preparing. but we did see a number of people across the occupied west bank, bethlehem account two people were killed overnight, including a teenager. and that's brought the total number of people killed in the occupied west bank since friday prayers to nine. the size of the crowds that we are seeing here in these frosts is not ab formal, but what is unusual or significant, is the number of protests that we are seeing across the occupied west bank. what we saw on thursday night and also the call on friday from the palestine hleb raise organization for people to join palestinians to join togethe

this is the largest rally we've seen in the west bank of course in the west bank geographically separated but it appears that the purpose of these demonstrations is to send a very clear message that even palestinians in the west bank largely affected the societal level by the ongoing violence here which has been of course extremely bloody last night at least two palestinians were killed and up to two hundred injured as there was these clashes resoled molotov cocktails and fireworks being fired at israeli border police as well as the israeli troops they responded with of course. so this is surely an important benchmark of how bad things are getting going in the west bank we're seeing such a such an escalation of clashing literally where we are approximately five minutes ago there was an airstrike about six hundred meters directly behind where i am now within about five seconds of that strike being visibly a piece of shrapnel that i'm holding my hand right here it's bumming right now landed literally four meters away from me just in front of this international hotel here one of the most exp

security in the west bank.ou for being with us. we know that envoys from hamas and fat tar are on their way to cairo. there's a search for a cease fire. tell us how unified they are politically in terms of looking for an agreement for a cease fire on israel. >> first of all, people are united against the israeli aggression attacks against our people in gaza. national concerns now is how to achieve comprehensive cease fire and to stop israeli aggressions and attacks on gaza. there was an egyptian initiative. last night there was a phone call between our president and president al-sisi. he invited presidential delegation to go and discuss the situation there. the list of the political factions including hamas and jihad islamic is agreement escalation. last night in gaza by israelis. i don't think this gave any chance to any delegation to go to cairo in order to discuss what? first of all comprehensive israeli aggression should stop. otherwise i don't see any chance to go to cairo because there is nothing to discu

he went backwards on his comments and said it was hamas in the west bank. just today i did interviews with hamas members in the west bank who said not only was their family not at that point actively involved in hamas that hamas in the west bank didn't order such an operation, themselves. >> okay. so then the question becomes this. how defensible is holding hamas as an organization responsible for what everyone agrees is just a heinous barbaric kidnapping and murder, if they didn't give the order but the people who carried it out were hamas members or hamas affiliated, and hamas praised the kidnapping after it was done and in the past had urged people to carry out kidnappings? >> right. i mean, that's an excellent question. an israeli official would stand here and tell you because hamas praised the kidnapping, because hamas in general supports kid p kidnappings and would have supported this kind of event, the kidnapping and murder afterwards, they should be held held responsible. however, those in the west bank who had their loved ones arrested, put in jail

palestinians in the west bank vent their anger at it israel in the largest protests against the ongoing garza offensive which has killed more than eight hundred people . an eyewitness says a british journalist working for r.t. was beaten and tortured by ukrainian soldiers amid growing calls for his release. and political deadlock made an ailing economy ukraine's ruling coalition collapses and the prime minister resigns the conflict in the drags the country down. i. welcome you watching r.t. international ten thousand palestinian protesters took to the city of ramallah in the west bank to voice anger against israel's atrocities in garza it ended in deadly clashes with israeli soldiers at a checkpoint where harry fair is in garza for us closely following the situation given the events of yesterday this clearly an awful lot of tension in the west bank . yes indeed as you said this is the largest rally we've seen in the west bank of course gasser in the west bank geographically separated but it appears that the purpose of these demonstrations is to send a very clear message that even palest

two were killed overnight, and 10,000 people marched through west bank. now live from west jerusalem, james, a delay in hearing anything out of cairo from ban ki-moon and john kerry, really underscores the difficulty in reaching any ceasefire proposal. >> we're picking up bits of information from all side, but it's clear that this is still evolving, and there are in many ways a deadline because ban ki-moon and john kerry said they were leaving friday afternoon from cairo to the u.s.. ban ki-moon to the u.n. in new york, and john kerry to the state department in washington. i think they delayed their plans because there's still this diplomatic activity going on. in three places, where they are with the prime minister. and the turkish prime minister has flown in there to join the prime minister and they are speaking to hamas and talking back to ban ki-moon and john kerry in cairo. also speaking to where i am in jerusalem, where the israeli security cabinet is meeting for almost two hours. we know the basis of this proposal, but i think it has been fine tune

abductions was cast on hamas. >> israel accused hamas militants of kidnapping three teenagers in the west bank. israeli forces rounded up -- >> israelis held out hope the three boys could be found alive. after days and weeks the israeli military bombarded the largest rest bank town in recent memories. rounding and up and arresting hundreds of palestinians, many of them members of hamas. on june 30th, the three teenagers were found dead. >> the bodies of three israeli teenage boys were found near the west bank town of hebron, where they were abducted while hitchhiking over two weekings other. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu placed became directly on hamas, who denied responsibility for the kidnapping. >> the abductions were praised by the militant group hamas, and after the bodies were discovered, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu declared that, quote, hamas will pay. >> almost immediately tensions between hamas and israel escalated. hamas launched a branch of rocket fire into israel, officially breaking the 2012 cease fire for the first time according to israeli officials.

-- abducted and killed in the occupied west bank. the big story, the french bank bnp pair bought yesterday pleading guilty to criminal charges. they had a $9 billion fine slapped on them. what is not going to mean for the bank's future? like terriblend news for the bank, but shares rose 3.6% today as investors showed their really had saying the case finally resolved. analysts have been playing down its impact, but they are concerned u.s. regulation will go after other european banks and other they have set a precedent. >> excepting guilt and paying the price. agreeing to an 8.9 billion dollars settlement for violating u.s. sanctions. i issuing the largest fine ever u.s. justicee department intends to set an example. >> this outcome should send a message to an institution that doesn the world business in the night it stays that you legal conduct will not be tolerated. -- in the united states, that you legal content -- illegal conduct will not be tolerated. >> it is a decision that does not prevent it from going on about its activities,

but several injuries across the west bank no, fatalities this night.hough that's not what we have seen over the past few days. the u.n. office for the barred nation of humanitarian affairs put out a report today saying that there has been a sharp escalation in the number of clashes in the west bank and in the past five days that 10 people have been killed by israeli security forces. and some 600 people have been injured, so we definitely are seeing some action across the west bank in terms of r.a. mallah. some people describe it as a bit of a bubble if you like, last night very much thousands of people in the city center but it was a sort of celebratory atmosphere, there were between 50 and 100 people protesting in the city certainty but not the sort of action that we saw on thursday night where 15,000 people turned out to protest and show solidarity with palestinians in gaza. >> kim, do you get the sense that these kind of protests are going to continue or to escalate. how are the israel i security forces preparing? >> reporter: the israeli security f

once their bodies were discovered, the army stepped up military operations in the west bank. the homes of the two main suspects are largely destroyed. the israeli air force pounded gaza with airstrikes. palestinians in the west bank had their own mourning to do. a young man was shot by israeli forces. concern is mounting that this would mount the beginning of another bloody chapter in the conflict between israel and the palestinians. >> our correspondent is on the ground in israel and joins us for the very latest. we have already seen a retaliatory strike from israel. can we expect more in the coming days in gaza? >> well, i mean, there seem to be at the moment, as you said in the report, two different lines of thought here on the political level. those who called for a restrained or measured response -- we do not hear much from them -- and those who call for a harsh, hard-line response. mr. netanyahu went into the cabinet meeting tonight saying he has three missions he is aiming for. one is to find the kidnappers, to catch the kidnappers, and those who helped them. second, t

>>> a funeral sl held for the three israeli settlers killed in the west bank. israel says hamas will pay for their deaths. the prime minister is speaking to the cabinet. >>> you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also on the program. iraq's parliament fails in its first step towards forming a new government. >>> nicholas sar cozy is held by police in an unprecedented move against a former french president. >>> and tens of thousands of people in hong kong are on the streets demanding a more democratic system. we'll go straight now to israel. the funerals of those three young israeli settlers who were found dead in the occupied west bank on monday night. here we have the israeli prime minister netanyahu addressing the gathering at that funeral. let's listen in to what he has to say. >> translator: the whole nation stood together and was reminded who are we? why are we here? and never did ask. what amazing strength we have. the light that you radiate. it was even more apparent in contrast with the darkness of our enemies, those who chase children, horrible mur

tensions are enormously high in the west bank at this moment. as the israeli/palestinian conflict seems headed toward an even greater escalation. these scenes you are seeing are thousands of palestinians marching in what's being described by israeli radio as the largest such protest in a decade. they started in ramallah in the west bank which falls under the control of the palestinian authority and marched toward jerusalem which is under israeli roll. until now, the palestine authority has largely suppressed street protests like what you're seeing. two protesters were already killed today. the crowds have marched on all the way to the checkpoint between the west bank and jerusalem. a checkpoint heavily manned by israeli defense forces and right now there are reports of gunfire and 10,000 protesters clashing with israeli defense forces. joining me now by phone from ramallah, west bank, dr. mustafa bargudi. dr. barghouti, can you tell me what's happening there this evening? >> we had a peaceful march, about 20,000, or maybe 25,000 people participa

with west withdraws from the bank, 67 borders. is that the beginning of us to -- of a two state solution that ill ring finally -- >> up to this moment they did not give us any indication they will withdraw from the west bank. if you look at their leaders' statements -- they have committed itself to withdrawal bank.he west will reach peace. to -- not toledge eradicate israel? rex do you think that palestinians who suffer occupation and settlement can eradicate israel? this is propaganda. we need to live in peace on our land. >> i do not think you can but there needs to be a justice for palestinians, up -- a territory for palestinians. people worry the idea of a two state solution is slipping away. >> yes. is that the two state solution is slipping away. it are theilled leaders of israel. to all theback administrations and the leaders, tried, i readem that -- the memoirs of carter. he knew what was going on. those who kill the political past is israel. i can say that on air. livealestinians want to free in an independent state. we h

palestinian authority controls the west bank. it recognizes the state of israel, cooperates on west bank security but is not a state and it has no roadmap for becoming one. the gaza strip, the other hand, is controlled by hamas which both israel and the united states consider to be a terrorist organization. it does not recognize israel's right to exist. with no real civil society or infrastructure to speak of, gaza, basically blockaded by israel, not much let in or let out, is basically a 25-mile-long refugee camp. meanwhile, israeli sentiments in the west bank continue growing. under obama, israeli settlement building is up 130% according to some reports. for years people have been asking how long this shaky equilibrium can last and now we may be witnessing the whole thing fall apart. >> and for the first time since this crisis began, palestinians in the west bank, where many don't support hamas, came out in solidarity. protesting yesterday's attack on a u.n.-run school in gaza. >> joining me now, dr. saeb arakat, palestinian ch

, there's no rockets flying out of the west bank, why is israel expanding settlements in the west bank, why is israel marginalizing hamas. why do we not have access to our miperral resources -- miperral resources -- minerals, to the dead sea, to water. israel needs to do what it needs to do in order to expand, take the land and resources, and it doesn't care much for the application of the civilian indigenous population on the land. until we talk about these things we are pandering to israel and are not looking for long-term solution. peace is the presence of justice, it is the perhaps of equality. until we talk about security, especially security for the palestinian people, we really are not talking about the root cause of the issue. >> thank you for that. interesting to speak with you. live from melbourne there. >>> still to come, we'll hear from an expert on why the deadly ebola virus is hard to detect as liberia and nigeria step up security. >>> hello. welcome back. a reminder of the top stories - the united nations security council is calling for an immediate and unconditional cea

now we're seeing the blow back and it's transferring over to the west bank and the west bank can ignite. >>> issue two, europe's verdict. coffins bearing the remains of some of the 298 people killed on malaysian air flight 17 began arriving this week in amsterdam in the netherlands, the home of most of the deceased. and debated how to price human life. what kind of financial sanctions to impose on russia. also this week, u.s. intelligence briefed the press. almost 100 people remain missing, presumably still strewn across the miles long debris field created as the aircraft was torn apart. vladimir putin joined calls, but has not accepted responsibility for the 298 passenger deaths either on behalf of the russian government or on behalf of the pro-russian ukraine separatists. ukrainian military jets as if to underscore the -- flight 17 are still fully operational in eastern ukraine. also on wednesday, france announced it would press on with the planned delivery of the ss [ indiscernible ] amphibious assault ship to russia. can carry troops, armored vehicles, and up to 16 attack helicopter

israel and hamas agree to a 12 hour pause in fighting, but a longer ceasefire is rejected as the west bank erupts into a day of rage. >> i'm antonio mora, welcome to "consider this". that and more ahead. >> israel great to a 12-our humanitarian truce. hamas agreed as well. >> the fear is the truce will not have that much effect. >> protests in the west bank. >> protesters battled police and soldiers. called. >> the bankrupt of this war has been borne by gazan civilian populations. children. >> investigators have not been able to get into the rebel-controlled area. >> new u.s. intelligence shows russia intends to provide heavier, more sophisticated weaponry. >> vladimir putin may light a fire. earth. >> revelations discovered the plane had a near miss with a solar flare. >> good luck, it was not pointed at us. >> i guess we were lucky. >> missed by that much. >>> we begin with an agreement for a short-term humanitarian ceasefire between israel and hamas. hours after u.s. secretary of state john kerry failed in a quest to secure a 7-day quest, both agreed it a 12 hour pause on saturday. a we

>> well, there are small pockets of support for islamists in the west bank. this is a palestinian group we have not heard of before. no militant group has said it's responsible for kidnapping and murder of three israeli teens. israel is sure the group hamas is responsible. it named two prime suspects, two omen from the city at large who do have links to hamas. we have comments from the hamas leader saying they have no information about what happened, but actually praising any kidnapping there had been of the israeli teens. it's a complicated picture. it's too soon to say this newly named group was responsible. on the palestinian side there have been consistent denials from officials that any main stream group was behind this. >> explain for us where you are. you are in a sensitive area there aren't you? >> reporter: that's right. i'm inside the occupied west bank. this is an area there are a lot of jewish settlements. i'm close to the hitchhiking spot where the three israelis were last seen alive. if you travel ten minutes along the road in that direction, yo

west bank has been quiet, fat ta has been quiet for this ep tint period. it opens up the possibility of a two-front war for the israeli military. they are already taking casualties in gaza against hamas. if they have to fight the war in fro different fronts, they will be quite stretched. they have overwhelming superiority of arms, there's no question of them losing but it would mean they would wind up having to kill more people. we've seen the kind of international criticism that is israeli attracted in gaza, there will be even more when innocent civilians start dying in the west bank. there's also politics to consider here. there's nothing really in this proposal that the israelis can argue about, but there's a political dimension. last week there was another peace proposal and hamas -- israel said yes and hamas said no. that brought enormous pressure on criticism on prime minister netanyahu for agreeing to something that hamas rejected. this is israel in some respects going early. israel wants to reject it so they don't wind up looking like patsies here.