palestinians and five hundred israeli settlers nowhere else is the hatred between palestinians and israelis more palpable than here the settlers have taken over central parts of hebron by palestinians are hindered from moving freely. checkpoints military installations concrete blocks and israeli soldiers are all new press and. in hebron one finds the most extreme and aggressive israeli settlers there is no palestine everything is easy trail. arabs get out. the settler children are protected by israeli soldiers and paris also new car of their young to talk to. the patriarch abraham is said to be buried in hebron the city is one of the holiest places in judaism in that. you don't own this one must realize that hebron historically has always been a jewish city of king david founded his kingdom here in hebron a little you. want to put our forefathers up abraham isaac and jacob and their wives are all buried here in hebron peace so it has been in jewish place for thousands of years was it's not just. the real politik focused on. what this state is a jewish state and we are here to stay because f

recent leaks concerning palestinian israeli relations have cast a shadow on the so-called peace process and his guests now get caught in a brutal sparring match over the continued middle east conflict. talk is next. and you can. still. come across an archive of your lapel a huge embarrassment for a last historic opportunity the release of over sixteen hundred documents covering a decade of negotiations between the israelis and palestinians show a pattern of deceit powerlessness and despair. and you can. start. to discuss the meaning of these leaked documents i'm joined by omar badar in washington he's a political scientist and promotes human rights in miami we go to each eye flasher he is the host that israel national radio and director of cooma and in tel aviv we cross to my one mary she's a freelance journalist and writer and another member of our crosstalk team on the hunger all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want if i go to my in in israel in tel aviv i'm going to be very blunt here after reading these leaked documents it seems they mea

more news with me in less than thirty minutes from now in the meantime documents on palestinian israeli relations recently unearthed by al jazeera have cast a shadow on the middle east peace process well that's the focus for us to discuss the future of the talks and whether palestinian leaders will be able to restore their credibility among the people crosstalk is next. and you can. still. welcome to prosecute a little girl a huge embarrassment for a last historic opportunity the release of over sixteen hundred documents covering a decade of negotiations between the israelis and palestinians show a pattern of deceit powerlessness and despair. and you can. discuss the meaning of these leaked documents i'm joined by omar badar in washington he's a political scientist and promotes human rights in miami we go to each eye flasher he is the host that israel national radio and director of cooma and in tel aviv we cross to my one mary she's a freelance journalist and writer and another member of our cross talk team yelling the hunger all right folks cross talk rules in effect that means you can

this is a film about four israelis who want an end to more than forty years of israeli occupation breaking the silence is a group of ex israeli soldiers who served during the second intifada in the occupied territories and today we work to try to expose the reality of occupation back home. we call a break in a science because you have to understand that what's going on in the occupied territories is like one of the biggest i was in israel. people just don't talk about it you don't come back home and say money these are two houses he killed us that just doesn't come over. that people back home people here in israel have no clue of what's going on the stick there is there's a secret agreement between society in the military. we know there is going on there but please don't bring about you know we want to live our life without. without knowing what it takes. for a peaceful life. or here just to talk about what we did. because we feel this is the this is one of the most important pieces from the puzzle that is missing and the discussion and debate here in this area. we try to talk about the sm

vote that helped establish the state of israel i don't understand why the israelis . saying that the only way we can find an agreement to make a palestinian state is through the peace process because that's not how israel was me there was no peace process here in one nine hundred forty seven that made israel the arab states did not agree to the un vote there was no you know the palestinians weren't consulted there was no agreement so why not go ahead and establish a palestinian state now when it's so clear that this current israeli government is never going to make demands that this government is hell bent and now excuse my language and i'm continuing to build i don't see it any other way. you say what do you think about all this i mean your country is run. even if it's embarrassed ok sure if you showed a lot of things behind the scenes israel is a little embarrassed but it still does got what it wants right i mean it gets land and it just keeps saying we need to keep the process going process going that's the plan though isn't it. i think i think that you're right th

he has been arrested and physically injured by israeli soldiers i i i i. cut i think i was. gobsmacked. which. was like oh my god oh my god it's a very big part of my life and. you know in the afterglow for a fighting i live here and. you know my life pretty much revolves around political activism so obviously the political situation affects my life and my future and. i. took people being killed here due to military violence and always if you hear it can keep up if you get the feeling and i. was. i i just never be god if you're just trying to say too good a confession instead demonstrators never delish me on meet me x. too deep to mr shoes to dish up writing i just it was a military uprighting with military tools. and if it should two people are going to be killed here. i don't think that any. demonstrations against the wall also turn violent they quickly erupt with stone throwing and gunfire. it is mostly the protesters who are seriously injured sometimes protesters get killed. i believe the it's my duty as an israeli what's happening here you can keep going and it's being

of shooting events launching rockets toward israeli homes, israeli towns, israeli citizens. the goal was clear to target as many israelis as possible. we in the -- we won't tall rate the situation like this. >> january 2009, israeli's air force is pounding gaza city. operation cost led left 1 1/2 thousand gazans dead. this is what the israeli air force left behind the last time they were here two years ago. this used to be the interior ministry, the heart of the hamas government in gaza. another war here now would be a disaster for hamas and its top leadership has told us that they're doing everything they can to stop the rocket fire against israel and to prevent another conflict. >> if the israeli is going to stop the aggression -- or all sort of military activities on the border, including this, all of the palestinian sections are -- will stop resistance, stop sending rockets. >> this is -- my house. >> most gazans are exhausted by the endless conflict. he shows me where his family once owned six harnl houses. they were blown -- large houses. they were blown up two years a

my best gauge of israelis the fast spread abroad will be suspect wanted in connection with monday's bombing named as big tonally as the bhutto sorcery saia was ling's he has links to us travel based terrorist group he's believed to be called about to be joined at jihad in militant held in the north nicholas of. the russian economy took center stage on the second day all day davos economic forum in switzerland that follows president dmitry medvedev scheme note speech that opened before him on wednesday. algeria egypt and yemen and now being called top in the way it was won and anti-government protests that started in tunisia something they are now drawing parallels with the color revolutions seen in posts on that country's. next recent leaks concerning palestinians really relations have cost a shadow on the so-called peace process. also his panel of guests will justify its position now alan dupont stein's credibility has been damaged also his debate crosstalk. and you can. still. welcome across an archive you know a little a huge embarrassment for a last historic opportunity the release of o

israeli concessions, israeli construction freezes, give away of holy places, division of jerusalem, the give-away of judea and samarra. and the more israel gives, and the more it tries to be conciliatory and negotiate and be understanding and all the rest, the more it's considered a weakling and, therefore, should be abused. there's been a hugely successful con job done on the liberal western world. liberals are defined by their generous view of human nature. and they insist on attributing kindness, hope, optimism, rationality to all people. however, refusing to accept that there is evil in the world perpetrated by evil people leads to an incorrect diagnosis. the disease has to be diagnosed properly in order to be cured. carolyn glick, an israeli journalist most of have read her material and you know she created this website, latma.com. it's a weekly program of satirical comedy to help people see the absurdity of the arab claims against israel. and i'm sure all of you have seen this brilliant video. the lyrics to one -- i wish i could sing it to you but i can't. i'd scare all of you awa

soldiers even low ranking soldiers are completely out of control and the problem is that the israeli government have has really no way and no desire to try to rein in these soldiers and to try to. make any of these soldiers very sponsibility for their crimes of course by doing that they're also accept in baseball. ability on themselves and they are becoming war criminals. but. what well these soldiers are violating international law these are a government sees it as its responsibility to protect them rather than to protect the victims and in fact very recently the israeli knesset is moving forward to plan to draw a list of. asians one of them is the organization where i work for who are suspected of gathering information on these really military so fifty such as i'm doing right now giving you an interview is considered disloyal activity which is now monitored by the israeli government and the organizations which participate in these activities are being hunted by the government and workers in these organizations are currently at risk of being interrogated and even arrested all right

during a middle east to visit reviving the stalled peace talks with israel but he won't be seeing any israeli officials because of a strike and that country's foreign minister. the family of polish president lech kaczynski says he was assassinated by russia rejecting the findings of the official investigation into the plane crash that killed. americans should return to the gold standard and rely more on precious metals. the u.s. this is a. i am asking eyes are and this is the kaiser report you know there's a lot of crazy stuff going on around the world with the weather and with the banking system i call it the eco eco disaster and it's all tied to cheap money stays here were taught to me that x. the first headline is you're insane if you don't own gold investors told so this is a little clip here where robin griffiths from cazenove capital is interviewed within the bigger picture which the downtrend in the dollar is all some really powerful and when i think when the most important call and to give him his due bill gross has made this call it's vital to get yourself out of the dollar on any si

and in fact very recently the israeli knesset is moving forward to plan to draw a list of. asians one of them is the organization where i work for who are suspected of gathering information on these ready military so fifty such as i'm doing right now giving you an interview is considered disloyal activity which is now monitored by the israeli government and the organizations which participate in these activities are being hunted by the government and workers in these organizations are currently at risk of being interrogated in and even arrested all right so what's the upside here for israel they they want more land for condos i mean there's a global real estate crash. what are they one of the pushing for exactly what's their objective because. there doesn't seem to be much economics behind the push toward more condominiums i mean they could always go to florida and build plenty of condominiums there so what's that what exactly is the upside or are this just a matter of a bunch of sadists with weapons murdering people for no ideology other than the ideology of sadism well it

for more on this now paula how did the israeli report explain their would galatea of the rate. well essentially this radio report says that the soldiers acted in self defense it examined one hundred and thirty three cases and found that in one hundred twenty seven the soldiers were illegally justified in the way they acted it says in the six other cases it simply does not have sufficient information now the primary point that these weighty took a commission is relying on is that the way the soldiers the commanding unit acted did not break international law because it was quite clear they stage that those guards are valid for to let intended to break these way the blockade on gaza now the israeli defense minister ehud barak has praised the findings of this report he says it proves that israel is a law abiding country but many activists and one of them being an israeli member of parliament who belongs to an arab party had one. she was part of the fratellis she has come out in heavy criticism saying that it ignores the killings of nine to christian activists eight of them were tur

in the israeli foreign ministry. and the family of polish president. says he was assassinated in. rejecting the fight so. this is. bailed out by the taxpayer but britain's biggest banks. giving their employees bonuses decision in defiance of political public pressure the payouts. being made elsewhere across the economy. what they think. this is all staring. the homeless and needy queue up for food handouts from charities all over london and the u.k. but just a few miles away it's a different world with different rules prime minister david cameron has shied away from regulating bankers' bonuses they might have to be a bit more open about them but pay because and there will be no windfall tax there was more. needs to be over and bankers have taken that to heart u.k. banks including some of those bailed out by taxpayers last year will be paying out eleven billion dollars to the. pier on the streets where the needy live literally from hand to mouth that's going down badly. and he's not the only one complaining last year saw thousands of students out on the streets demonstrating agains

within israeli leadership. one of ms. ideas that he's been promoting sort of off the record meetings recently is that the way around israel's strategic problems. but when israel looks around it sees iran gaining strength, it sees iran's proxies-- hezbollah and lebanon, hamas and gaza-- amassing more and more and more rockets and missiles aimed at israel. it sees turkey drawn from losing its alliance with israel and replacing it with closer relationship with iran and syria so one way around that according to general ashkinasi is relaunch the syrian peace track and pull syrian yah away and closer towards the west. or at least forcing it so choose and giving it a decent enough offer. both sides rather than play them against each other. >> rose: there's also the idea of having the turks involved in this, is there not? >> the turks were involved in mediating between syria and israel in the last months of the previous israeli government, the olmert government. >> but their relationship with israel is the worst ever since erdoga

one israeli soldier is killed and four others injuries just outside the gaza border. new york's latest food scare spreads as tests on animal feed shows levels of a cancer-causing chemical. >> hello, "bbc news" broadcasting to viewers in america and around the globe. what price freedom? two sisters are released from prison in the u.s. after one agrees to donate a kidney to the other. and the world. they expect the 2022 tournament to be staged in january. >> in a fresh outbreak of rioting in algeria, crowds of young protestors have attacked government buildings and fought bats battles with police. a rise in food prices and high levels of unemployment is blamed for the unrest. here is our report. >> violence on the streets of algiers as chronic levels of unemployment and now a sudden hike in food prices have whipped out anger. jobless teenagers and young men have had running battles with police in the capital after shops put up the prices of staple food stuffs such as milk, sugar and flour. they say it is too much to bear. >> we have had enough of this government, we hav

live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome turkey haskin down the findings of an israeli inquiry into the bloody storming of a gaza bound aid flotilla last may the record ruled the operation by israeli troops did not violate international law the flotilla was trying to break the israeli blockade to bring aid to palestinians in gaza nine turkish activists were killed in these salt. has more. these when you report just as of the soldiers acted in self defense it examined one hundred and thirty three cases and found that in one hundred twenty seven the soldiers were equally justified in the way they acted it says in the six other cases it simply does not have sufficient information now the primary point that these lady took a commission is relying on is that the way the soldiers the commanding unit acted did not break international law because it was quite clear they say that this gaza van and fertility intended to break these rady blockade on gaza now the israeli defense minister ehud barak has praised the findings of this report he says it proves that israel is a law abiding country bu

campaign to end the israeli occupation has about 325 organizations. of those there's probably 25 or 30 that are jewish-specific organizations. jews against the occupation, jewish voice for peace, many more. we're seeing extraordinary emotion among young jews. there was a moment just a few weeks ago in new orleans when israeli prime minister netanyahu was speaking -- not to the council of presidents the jewish federation council, one of the biggest of the national pro-israel jewish organizations in the u.s. and when -- in his speech, he began to attack those who would to try to undermine the legitimacy of israel's policies of occupation and apartheid. and as he began, a young jewish man in the audience stood up, pulled out from under his shirt a cloth banner that said, it's the occupation that delegitimatizes israel and he began to shout it at netanyahu and people were stunned. this was one of their own, you know, this young jewish man. and as he was hustled out a young woman stood up somewhere else in the room and pulled out another banner that said,

i believe that it's my duty as an israeli what's happening here is a computer. and it's being done in in our name. whether we agree with it or not a moral obligation is to come here and stand we do people actually enough to state if you oppose something that your government is doing when such crimes are being committed i expect people and i think it's our duty to come here. and you just did . much good just. because you didn't there are soldiers over there you'll be surrounded me right now move boys come to the east do not go west. boys get back here. are we going away just go straight round the ship. come. on this is yeah and. are we out of rocks. is everything quiet here. you know the only difference is. i did. i failed i thought i would just note it ok i must have mixed up with someone else. what organization are you from. checkpoint watch so you don't want any more checkpoints. no but less checkpoint stance of us there not enough at this stage we are against checkpoints and we're here so what about the checkpoints if. you look at who are checkpoint it costed

an israeli says the boarding of a gas about an age ship last may. tell you what critics have to say about those findings plus. foreign funded it news outlets expand media options but is it part of a plan to influence from an unfriendly neighbor more on that in just a few minutes right here on r.t. . the man accused of shooting u.s. congresswoman gabrielle giffords in the head will be in court for a preliminary hearing on monday. went on a shooting spree at a public event on the eighth of january in arizona six people were killed and thirteen others were wounded in this high profile case is just one of a string of violent incidents involving guns in the u.s. on sunday two people were killed and two police. when injured after a man began shooting at them outside a department store in the state of washington well that same day a gunman went into a police station in detroit and shot four officers before being gunned down the violence has many americans calling for tougher gun control laws it is also used lower on the list of reports some see the weapon

it is relatively rare for israeli soldiers to be killed on the gaza border. but in the past year, the united nations said over 70 palestinians have been killed by israeli action in gasa. one thai farm worker had been killed by rockets fired by palestinian mill assistants. >> the israeli army has expressed its regret to killing an elderly man when an operation to kill a member of hamas went wrong. >> our correspondent has this report. >> the target of friday's attack appears to be a border police commander who was killed. according to officials in afghanistan, the suicide bomber struck a bad house near a town by the pakistaniany border east of kandahar. the blast ripped through the building killing another 16 men who were preparing for friday prayers. at least 20 others were injured in the attack and take on the a local hospital. the blast happened as the house was packed with people getting ready for prayer. the taliban say they carried out the attack. the town of spinboldak is 70 miles east of kandahar and has long been a taliban strong hold. afghanistan sec

secretary general to examine both the israeli and the turkish reports and release its own conclusions we have no indication as of yet when that will be but the turkish commission did come out publicly for the first time yesterday sunday when the israeli report was issued saying and i'm quoting from a statement that it was surprised it was appalled and it was dismayed it said that he should be the typical commission exonerated the israeli defense forces the turkish prime minister has also said that this report has no credibility and no value to the criticism is also being leveled by political activists they say that the selection of decommissioning and also the limited authority it had this was not a public commission of inquiry from the outside it set up a committee that could only reach conclusions that were effectively conclusions that they wanted to reach in the first place. fall asleep you're reporting there and more stories i have for you this hour including a class of tolerance causing a stir. russia is getting russia suggesting to add religious teaching to school timetables but

vice president joe biden came to israel the israeli prime minister announced the start of settlement building that decision was a blow to be obama administration's peacekeeping efforts and cool down israeli american relations and many believe that such political embarrassments are weakening israel's position in the international arena it is not the government of those countries but drug of the people of those countries in the public opinion of those countries to public opinion israel is definitely unfortunately. doing its of these really foreign ministries the first to admit that made videos cancel visit is a missed opportunity particularly where. there will be we discussed about a corporate remember group are proud. to be larry the. third . dog like it all but whatever the reason as medvedev meets with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and jordanian king abdullah israel will be sitting on the sidelines and watching policy r t jerusalem meantime more stuff about a good secretary general of the palestinian national initiative party says that there's no excuse for israel's cancellati