months alongside her mother for slapping and kicking two israeli soldiers near her home in the west bank israel says she's being used by her family for political reasons or palestinians she has become a symbol of resistance. extreme summer temperatures in many parts of the northern hemisphere have left firefighters battling massive blazes in the united states at least five people have died in infernos raging through northern california include two small children who perished with their great grandmother more than thirty eight thousand people have been ordered to evacuate their homes and authorities warn the fires are far from under control. people in northern california are used to wildfires but not on this scale fire fight to say they have never seen anything like it. they're doing all they can to contain the flames but so far less than five percent of the blaze is under control. it's burning in every direction all at the same time and we've got even though we have multiple resources the way that it's burning the intensity that's burning uphill downhill even if it doesn't have a strong wind on

months alongside her mother for slapping and kicking two israeli soldiers near her home in the west bank israel says she's going to be used by her family for political reasons for palestinians she has become a symbol of resistance. people in mali are set to vote in a presidential election today it's expected to be a tight race between incumbent ybor him go because he is seeking a second five year term and opposition counter this. see say in the polls come as the country bottle of a wave of ethnic violence and jihad is a. agricultural ministers from the g twenty countries have committed to steer clear of all necessary obstacles to business amid growing trade tensions the ministers who are meeting in buenos aires have raised concern over increased protectionism which has rocked agricultural markets recently there's been a dramatic decline in the number of undocumented migrants reaching europe this year overall fifty five thousand people have arrived that's how the figure for the same period in twenty seventeen but one race has seen a surge in illegal crossings with spain overtaking italy as the m

ends on longside her mother for slapping and kicking two israeli soldiers near her home in the west bank israel says she's being used by her family for political reasons for palestinians she's become a symbol of resistance. of nicaraguans have marched through the capital in support of the roman catholic church and its bishops president ortega has accused the church of aiding an attempted coup against him protesters chanted slogans and supporters of the bishops and called for take its resignation. well there's been a dramatic decline in the number of undocumented migrants reaching europe this year overall fifty five thousand people have arrived which is half the figure for the same period in twenty seventeen but one roof's has seen a surge in illegal crossings with spain overtaking italy as the main landing points over f.a.'s unlike rants have been rescued crossing from morocco since friday. pursued by a police post a pakistani from morocco lands on a spanish beach. a group of migrants jump and disappear into the surrounding do. the scenes were captured on friday off the straits of gibraltar the

months alongside her mother for stopping and kicking two israeli soldiers near her home in the west bank israel says she's being used by her family for political reasons for palestinians she's become a symbol of resistance. people in mali are set to vote in the presidential election today and expected to be a tight race there between incumbent abraham backer and kate a who is seeking a second five year term the opposition counters some say the poll comes as the country battles a wave of ethnic violence and jihad ism. there's been a dramatic decline in the number of undocumented migrants reaching europe this year overall fifty thought five days and people have arrived at half the figure for the same period in two hundred seventeen but one race has seen a surge in illegal crossings with spain overtaking italy as the main landing point over atheism migrants have been rescued crossing from rockall since friday. pursued by a police post apart from morocco lands on a spanish beach. a group of migrants jumped and disappear into the surrounding dean's. the scenes were captured on friday off the straits

months alongside her mother for a slapping and kicking two israeli soldiers near her home in the west bank israel say's she's being used by her family for political reasons for palestinians she's become a symbol of resistance people in mali vote in a presidential election today it's expected to be a tight race between incumbent eager him boubacar kaita who's seeking a second five year term in opposition kansas so myla sees say well the poll comes as the country's bottles a wave of ethnic violence and jihad ism. houses of nicaraguans have marched through the capital in support of the roman catholic church and its bishops president ortega has accused the church of aiding an attempted coup against him protesters chanted slogans that's a force of the bishops and called for take his resignation. extreme summer temperatures in many parts of the northern hemisphere have left firefighters battling massive blazes in the u.s. at least five people have died in infernos raging through northern california they include two small children who perished with their great grandmother more than thirty eight people t

months alongside her mother for slapping and kicking two israeli soldiers near her home in the west bank israel says she's being used by her family for political reasons the palestinians she has become a symbol of resistance. to russia now which has put on a display of its military might during the annual navy day parade on show were forty warships sailing in parade formation through the waters of st petersburg president vladimir putin presided over the event saying his country's fleet helped protect russian interests but its large crowds turned out to catch a glimpse of warplanes and submarines as well. that display is part of a culture of militarization and nationalism under putin one that's instilled early in young russians every summer thousands attend summer camps where they learn to fire guns and simulate clearing a building of terrorists the so-called patriotic summer camps are growing in popularity. a summer holiday playing war these kalashnikovs machine guns may not be loaded with real bullets but it was a bit but camp the boys are learning how to handle them. the kids here are aged be

months alongside her mother for slapping and kicking two israeli soldiers near her home in the west bank israel says she's being used by her family for political reasons for palestinians she has become a symbol of resistance at least fourteen people have been killed and more than one hundred sixty others injured in an earthquake on the indonesian island of lombok a six point four magnitude quake struck the northern part of the island which is close to bali and popular with international tourists. a powerful typhoon has hit japan bringing heavy rains and winds of up to one hundred eighty kilometers per hour thousands of residents have been forced to leave their homes this season's twelve typhoon so far the storm has now weekend and it's moving west. thousands of nicaraguans have marched through the capitol mounted while in support of the roman catholic church and its bishops this after president daniel ortega accuse the church of aiding an attempted coup against him protesters chanted slogans in support of the bishops and called for ortega resignation. there have been reports of violence in the

off the northern part of the west bank all the rest of the west bank making the already remote possibility of a contiguous palestinian militant territory even remotely israel says it is the bedouin some other land in another place that's where we're going to have to be moved to the bed when the palestinian bedouins who live here say well this is their home they've been here since the one nine hundred fifty s. and the land that they're being offered isn't suitable anyway for grazing their animals the wife of the chinese dissident a nobel peace prize winner usually bull who died last year has arrived in germany had to being freed from eighty years of house arrest you shall flew from beijing to berlin via the finnish capital house should receive medical treatment while in germany her husband died while serving an eleven year jail sentence for inciting subversion adrian brown has more now from beijing. lucia said she was prepared to die under house arrest her family feared that was a real possibility as her depression and heart problems worse of the artist was never charged with any crime but spent the last eight years of virtual prisoner in her beijing home e

mps have expressed serious concern about the demolition of a village in the west bank. israelal—amar were built without the relevant building permits and pose a threat to residents because they're close to a highway. but labour's richard burden called the demolition a war crime. people who live in these villages threatened no one. their crime is to have homes on land that israel wants to expand the illegal settlements. speaking plainly, it is state—sponsored theft. the timing and the action itself is deeply concerning. nothing is yet irrevocable, and in terms of what we are doing we are in a conversation already with like—minded european partners about what should be done next. for the actions of the netanyahu government rendered the solution to a geographical impossibility. this is the time for the united kingdom to lead the major nations of the world and recognising the palestinian state and to do so immediately while there is still a state left to recognise. i think the best thing we should be thinking through is what option preserves important chance is there still are for

cut off the northern part of the west bank all the rest of the west bank making the already remote possibility of a contiguous palestinian military truth even remotely israel says it has offered the bedouins some other land in another place that's where we're going to have to be moved to the bed when the powers to embodiments who live here say well this is their home they've been here since the one nine hundred fifty s. and the land that they're being offered isn't suitable anyway for grazing their animals the un says south sudan's government forces have killed and raped hundreds of civilians in areas held by the opposition and three military commanders are accused of bearing the greatest responsibility in violence that broke out in unity state between april and may the un's human rights chief said what they did may amount to war crimes tens of thousands of people have been killed and millions displaced in south sudan's nearly five year civil war. and i jury an army is released one hundred eighty three children after they were cleared of any ties to the. the un children's agency says they were released in my degree in the capital of northeastern borna aged

likely the beginning not the end of her protest action andrew simmons al-jazeera in the occupied west bank israel's cabinet discuss tommies release the agriculture minister called her a terrorist. i think israel acts too mercifully with these types of terrorists and others israel should treat harshly those who hit its soldiers we can't have a situation where there is no deterrence deterrence leads to the reality we see now you can change that we must change. a boat carrying aid for gaza has been intercepted by the israeli navy and is now being a score to the port city of ashdod it was one of two boats attempting to break the blockade of gaza by israel and egypt it set off from palermo in italy a week ago carrying twenty two people including some israeli citizens charles traffic joins us live now from ash die. charles what more can you tell us about the base johnny. but we can't tell you exactly when the boat will arrive here we understand just estimating given the the distance that it where it was when it was stopped by the israeli navy we expect any time sort of three to four hours from now the is

start and not an end to her actions andrew simmons al-jazeera nabby seller in the occupied west bank israel's cabinet discussed to me in his release the agriculture minister called her a terrorist. so. i think israel acts too mercifully with these types of terrorists and others israel should treat harshly those who hit its soldiers we can't have a situation where there is no deterrence lack of deterrence leads to that reality we see now you can change that we must change that a fishing boat carrying aid for gaza has been it intercepted by the israeli navy and is now under escort towards the sports city of ashdod it was one of two boats attempting to break the twelve year blockade of gaza by israel and egypt it set off from palermo in italy a week ago carrying twenty two people including some israeli citizens charles strafford has more from ashdod. the israeli ministry released a statement saying that the navy had intercepted this vessel because it was trying to violate what it describes as the illegal blockade on gaza or is said that the navy had been monitoring and indeed the interception of

been built along the green line which is the internationally recognized border between the west bank and israel israel has the right to build a wall either on the green line or within its own territory there will be about fifty thousand palestinians on the israeli side of the wall when it's complete and again this undermines the security argument. and soft argues that the revulsion expressed by many around the world is sheer hypocrisy. we don't know if your in even your. wars they don't tell you. may lead us with. these blood you will be in. war. and yet it is not just the international community that has condemned the war even within israel there are many who believe that it isn't serving any useful purpose it was minister different ya'll diane is deputy mayor of tel aviv but probably better known for being the daughter of moshe dyan the hero of the one nine hundred sixty seven war in which israel alec's the west bank this current war she argues is not the answer. first it's not effective. because instead of being an obstacle to tell wastes it became another obstacle to peace in the sense that

west bank. the also but don't they help his nephews pick the family's tobacco crop in the north of the occupied west bank he worked in israel for more than two decades but israeli government restrictions on freedom of movement for palestinians forced him to quit his job five years ago without a single source he says the local tobacco industry has to be regulated because farmers aren't paying taxes. but it's easy money when there are so few jobs around and. the palestinian authority finds other work than most people would stop growing tobacco they should make jobs for the young generation the university graduates who helped to back up the twenty to thirty dollars a day they studied science and finance and they have to do this to back needs very little water to thrive palestinians have grown as in this area for generations but not on this scale they say israel's control of water inland resources means they have little choice but to grow it wherever they can. the palestinian authority says unemployment in the occupied west bank has almost doubled to around nine hundred percent in the last twenty years feels like this one used

i was in the army at the time, and when israel first conquered gaza and the west bank i was relieved, because we all believed that we were under siege. but unlike most israelis, i soon realized that israel's victory and occupation were a trap and a curse. soon after i joined a minority left wing movement opposing this occupation, and at today's rally i was surrounded by the people who i fought against for the last 35 years. gaza has 1.3 palestinians and is considered to be the most densely-populated place on earth. it is a total prison. ththey cannot cross into israel for work or to go to the west bank. and the only exist is through egypt where people spend days at the border. >> i felt like i left to go to another country, you know? >> you went to another country. >> so you think i did the right thing? >> oh, forget it. >> forget it? >> yeah. >> they'lll lynch you. you know? because they don't have too many trees. i don't know where they'll handing you from. eager to come here because this is my home. and then when i go back, i take with me a lot of guilt leaving these people behind.

west bank. down there helped his nephews pick the family's tobacco crop in the north of the occupied west bank he worked in israel for more than two decades but israeli government restrictions on freedom of movement for palestinians forced him to quit his job five years ago without a single source he says the local tobacco industry has to be regulated because farmers pay taxes but it's easy money when there are so few jobs around and. the palestinian authority finds other work then most people would stop growing tobacco that should make jobs for the young generation the university graduates who helped to back up the twenty to thirty dollars a day they studied science and finance and they have to do this to back oh needs very little water to thrive palestinians have grown as in this area for generations but not on this scale they say israel's control of water and land resources means they have little choice but to grow it wherever they can the palestinian authority says unemployment in the occupied west bank has almost doubled to around nineteen percent in the last twenty years feels like this one used to be used

west bank. down there help his nephews pick the family's tobacco crop in the north of the occupied west bank he worked in israel for more than two decades but israeli government restrictions on freedom of movement for palestinians forced him to quit his job five years ago the palestinian authority says the local tobacco industry has to be regulated because farmers aren't paying taxes but it's easy money when there are so few jobs around and. the palestinian authority finds other work then most people would stop growing tobacco they should make jobs for the young generation the university graduates who helped to back up the twenty to thirty dollars a day they studied science and finance and they have to do this to back oh needs very little water to thrive palestinians have grown as in this area for generations but not on this scale they say israel's control of water inland resources means they have little choice but to grow it wherever they can the palestinian authority says unemployment in the occupied west bank has almost doubled to around nine hundred percent in the last twenty years feels like this one used

israel has released palestinian teenager ahead to mimi from prison she was jailed for months alongside her mother for slapping and kicking two israeli soldiers near her home in the west bank for palestinians she became a symbol of resistance. had tommy just finally returned to her hometown in the israel occupied west bank and now seventeen years old she served and eight month prison for assaulting israeli soldiers last year tommy says she now plans to study law at university in a bit to defend palestinians. that handle her i say resistance as consume uing until the occupation is removed all female prisoners in jail a strong and i think everyone who stood by me from prison and who stood with old women prisoners. video went viral online in december showing tommy and her relative slapping and kicking israeli soldiers he's frail had to touch twelve criminal charges over the incident including aggravated assaults she agreed to plead guilty to a reduced charge sheet and much. her case drew global attention to israel's controversial detentions of palestinian minus rights groups including amnesty international and human rights watch have condemned such detentions after tommy mis

envoys referring to the failed reconciliation of hamas in gaza and faster in the occupied west bank while israel's blockade is seen as the root of gaza's problems the palestinian political crisis is making things worse hamas and other armed groups here have much larger rockets at their disposal but they haven't used any of them an indication perhaps of the desire to avoid an escalation into an all out war but gaza is still under siege and the frustration to do something about that grows stronger and stronger every day. burnitz with al jazeera gaza. so ahead on al-jazeera four hundred fifty syrian rebels leave the raw along with their families as government forces continue their offensive to regain the southwest every trail as president visits ethiopia as the decade's long rivals pursue a new era of french. hello there it's been pretty cool for some of us in australia recently particularly in new south wales some places reporting their lowest temperature for about seventy eight years incredibly cold then and it looks like it'll stay pretty cool over the next few days elsewhere though we do have mor

envoys referring to the failed reconciliation of hamas in gaza and faster in the occupied west bank while israel's blockade is seen as the root of gaza's problems the palestinian political crisis is making things worse hamas and other armed groups have much larger rockets at their disposal but they haven't used any of them an indication perhaps of the desire to avoid an escalation into an all out war but gaza is still under siege and the frustration to do something about that grows stronger and stronger every day burnitz with al-jazeera gaza. still ahead for you on this program widespread condemnation of nicaragua's president after two students were killed in a siege on a university campus and britain's prime minister reveals the bracks it advice donald trump gave her which she decided not to take. hello and welcome back so can pretty wet across many parts of indochina at the moment certainly across me and mark and we're getting some heavy rain but for laos and vietnam also some very heavy showers looks quite wet although up as far as hong kong is where the circulation here in this region once you

the trend in israeli society israel within its original borders is a democracy it's a flawed democracy but so are all other democracies but if you look at least in the west bank and gaza israel most emphatically most decisively is not a democracy it's an ethnic recy it's a system in which one ethnic group dominates the others and there is another word for it not proceed and there is apartheid. and this is what is really thank you. and ask you two questions one is the same question asked of him to you worried about the trends in israel does that worry you at all and secondly do you respond to his claim about israel being and if not proceeded about every democracy around the world has its own unique features the israeli democracy and these radiation belts and established because of what happened in a partially because of what happened in the holocaust and therefore a jewish majority must remain for safety and security because we've seen what happens when you're on the rest of the world for your safety number to anyone else who lives as an israeli has absolute equal rights every israeli arab has the same rights of university of hospitals of supreme court and law

being the daughter of moshe dyan the hero of the one nine hundred sixty seven war in which israel alec's the west bank this current war she argues is not the answer. it's not effective. because instead of being an obstacle to tell wastes it became another obstacle to peace in the sense that it is a provocation it's not a peaceful partition it became a political statement and it's a very bad to deep feelings of occupation and. a speaking it doesn't have legality from anybody in displaced. and. yet the israeli public went along with the idea of highly decorated army pilot believes they allowed themselves to be duped with catastrophic results. naive u.t. i am not using the war stupidity to signal everything to the people who are you know that eighty percent of the jews in israel are were working in the morning oh my god i want peace oh my god so much of the left in israel is praying for you who will give you his mother for the peace. oh my goodness. and stupid. little to build a fence and all our problems will be ok. the wall is redrawing the map some israeli commentators see it as an attempt to define i

envoys referring to the failed reconciliation of hamas in gaza and faster in the occupied west bank while israel's blockade is seen as the root of gaza's problems the palestinian political crisis is making things worse hamas and other armed groups here have much larger rockets at their disposal but they haven't used any of them an indication perhaps of the desire to avoid an escalation into an all out war but gaza is still under siege and the frustration to do something about that grows stronger and stronger every day burnitz with al-jazeera gaza. at least ten people have died and more than fifteen injured in a suicide blast in afghanistan's capital the attacker blew himself up in front of a government government ministry in kabul as the workers were leaving their offices as been no immediate claim of responsibility the united nations is saying that the number of civilians killed in afghanistan has hit a record high at least one thousand six hundred ninety two people were killed in the first six months of this year and twice that number wounded the u.n. mission in afghanistan is saying most civili

envoys referring to the failed reconciliation of hamas in gaza and fatah in the occupied west bank while israel's blockade is seen as the root of gaza's problems the palestinian political crisis is making things worse hamas and other armed groups have much larger rockets disposal but they haven't used any of them an indication perhaps of the desire to avoid an escalation into an all out war but gaza is still under siege and the frustration to do something about that grows stronger and stronger every day burnitz with al-jazeera gaza liberal says burning kites being flown across the gaza border by palestinian protesters are increasing tensions between the two sides the use of kites began as part of weekly friday protests against the occupation they've now burned thousands of acres of israeli learned stephanie decker has more now from jerusalem. these kites handmade with flaming rags have become a tool for palestinian protesters rallying along gaza spens they've not called a single death but they have burned more than seven thousand acres of land on the israeli side the israeli prime minister issued

west bank. well israel's cabinet discussed how mimi's release the agriculture minister called her a terrorist. murdered i think israel acts too mercifully with these types of terrorists and others israel should treat harshly those it's soldiers we can't have a situation where there is no deterrence deterrence leads to that reality we see now you can change that we must change. well tammy's detention is cast a spotlight on the number of minors being held in israeli prisons israel's military juvenile court was established in two thousand and nine and rights groups argue the system mosque's human rights abuses under a facade of legality as of the end of may two hundred ninety one palestinian minors were in israeli jails the security detainees and prisoners that includes three palestinian minors held under what's called administrative detention which means they are detained without charges or trial another six mine is held in israel's prison service facilities for being in israel illegally israel says their courts allow a great deal of parental involvement but rights groups say a vast majority of

international law under the one nine hundred ninety three oslo agreement between israel and palestine the occupied west bank was divided into three zones connel law is a cold area see these ready government has administrative and security control here . israel says it confiscated the land around connel amr in the one nine hundred seventy s. and has a right to build here palestinian politicians say they have proof the land is still owned in least the bedouin by palestinians and these illegal settlers who are settled on an occupied territory have swimming pools have schools have going to the gardens have everything while this community is suffering and such at that have been really what is this if it is not a system of apartheid sulaiman shows us the school that was built in two thousand and nine using tires because these radial sorties would not allow proper building materials into the village israel has always refused to issue building permits or supply the village with water and electricity they say the palestinians here can move to another area around twelve kilometers away near a landfill so laman and hi

the occupied west bank zones that were agreed upon an adjournment nine hundred ninety three oslo accords and it gives israel. administrative and security control of security in the zones now zone sic zone c. is around sixty two percent of the occupied west bank we spoke to the stuff about a guzzi a palestinian the leader of the palestinian national initiative and he said that if this injunction is broken and if indeed this demolition did go through then it would be indicative basically. of all these other villages in that area being demolished he said it had the potential to disarray ill any peace initiative. and would be an indication of what he described his ethnic cleansing. the court is due to reconvene on july the eleventh and all indications are so far that it still seems highly doubtful that there will be a victory for the palestinians of this village but certainly they say that it's going to take a lot more than any kind of supremes court ruling for them to leave ok live in ramallah there charles thank you just want to put this on the map really quickly as well to show you where we're talking about

scuffles have broken out of the bedouin village in the occupied west bank after israel moved three bulldozers in to begin demolishing the village israel has long sought to clear bedouin from the area and the supreme court approved the demolition in me harry fox it has been quite the situation here now i come out has been out pleased to hold down into what remains a pretty tense stand off for just a few minutes ago there was the latest in a series of fairly major scuffles between local villagers and activists and these really security forces they have been here since this morning it seems to be prepared to work ahead of the demolition of this metal individualised close to illegal israeli settlements here in the occupied west bank in the area between jerusalem and jericho and palestinians have long said that this is part of a plan called the one plan designed to extend those settlements and divide the occupied west bank into northern and southern areas really interrupt. the territorial flow of what palestinians to want to be their future state and so what we've seen here the attempts by bulldoz

israel's control. wl it's the west bank, gaza, east jerusalem and inside the green line. >> this does not apply to the k. inside the green line, in israel, arabs have a right to vote. jews have a right to vote. noing in this law takes away any individual rights of any israeli citizen or gives any extra rights. it establishes an official language. countries around the world have that. palestinians and egyptians have. that europeans have that. it establishes a national flag. it does not even establish a national religion as so many western european democracies and most arab states have. >> so certainly israel doesn't want to compare itself to european states. so what are the specific points that in this law are going to create a two tier system of citizenship that you are concerned about and as you said create discrimination? >> i think one thing that is important to say is one thing we learned, i think, again during the trump era is that just because something is inscribed into law doesn't make it right or just. so i think the most important provisions to think about are the fact that the law says that

scale they say israel's control of water and land resources means they have little choice but to grow it wherever they can the palestinian authority says unemployment in the occupied west bank has almost doubled to around nine hundred percent in the last twenty years feels like this one used to be used to grow crops like wheat and barley but not anymore. before israel started building the separation wall in two thousand and two many people in this area used to work in israel but now there are villages in this area where virtually every family is in some way involved in the business. this is one of many small tobacco processing plants in the area fama sell they dried leaves to traders but just over ten dollars a kilo. we were afraid the p.a. could confiscate his tobacco says this worker but others say the p.a. usually ignores them because it knows so many people depend only on regulated industry for their livelihood demand put a back is high on cigarettes of five times more expensive than those locally produced but it's estimated the p.a. is missing out on tens of millions of dollars in tax revenue a year from the local industry has some not and if we're to calculate how muc

in the occupied west bank of israel's cabinet discussed to me his release the agriculture minister called her a terrorist so. i think israel acts too mercifully with these types of terrorists and others israel should treat harshly those who hit its soldiers we can't have a situation where there is no deterrence lack of deterrence leads to the reality we see now you can change that we must change that. a fishing boat carrying aid for gaza has been intercepted by the israeli navy and is now being escorted to the port city of ashdod it was one of two boats attempting to break the twelve year blockade of gaza by israel and egypt it set off from palermo in italy a week ago carrying twenty two people including some israeli citizens charles stratford has more now from ashdod. the israeli ministry released a statement saying that the navy had intercepted this vessel because it was trying to violate what it describes as the illegal blockade on gaza he said that the navy had been monitoring and indeed the interception of this vessel was carried out according to international law it was around about

envoys referring to the failed reconciliation of hamas in gaza and fatah in the occupied west bank while israel's blockade is seen as the root of gaza's problems the palestinian political crisis is making things worse hamas and other armed groups have much larger rockets disposal but they haven't used any of them an indication perhaps of the desire to avoid an escalation into an all out war but gaza is still under siege and the frustration to do something about that grows stronger and stronger every day burnitz with al-jazeera gaza well israel says burning kites being flown across the gaza border by palestinian protesters are increasing tensions between the two sides the kind seven calls than the deaths that have burned thousands of acres of israeli land so much in which it is being said that israel has agreed to a cease fire that would allow the continuation of terrorism by insincerity cuts and balloons this is incorrect we are not prepared to accept any attacks against us and we will respond appropriately to syrian rebels say government forces are widening their offensive in the south west gove

same west jerusalem or less all speak to marsha care who is in ramallah in the occupied west bank he's the israel and palestine director at human rights watch thank you very much for speaking to us the camp crossing between gaza and israel when assad would be shut to all goods but not humanitarian supplies such as food and medicine those will keep going till what impact do you see this having on the people of gaza. i think it's very significant impact what we need to understand here is that israel for over a decade now it's kept the gaza strip virtually sealed and just had a generalized ban on the movement of people into and out of gaza travel out of gaza and twenty seven t. was just one percent of what it was in september two thousand and eight that similarly very limited restriction or very significant restrictions on the entry and exit of goods to the point in which the g.d.p. in gaza today is about twenty percent less than it was in one nine hundred ninety four they've made kerem shalom the only commercial crossing that exists now for palestinians ruffa the crossing with egypt is largely a cr