strike was higher a few weeks ago the israelis are now dissolving their parliament and calling for new elections on january twenty second so this i think changes a lot of the previous calculation of people that thought the israeli government might act before the us elections i think now tend to believe wait until at least after us elections if not actually after the new israeli elections now opinions vary but do you think iran has an intention to acquire a nuclear bomb i mean this is literally the sixty four thousand dollar question you know there's a pretty good read on what iran's capabilities in terms of uranium enrichment are the big question which i don't think anyone can give a highly confident answer to is does iran want what people refer to as a threshold capability in other words its ability to produce a nuclear weapon quickly or do they want an actual deployed weapon according to u.s. intelligence community and i think most other observers iran just hasn't made that decision in part because they don't need to and they want to get to that threshold capability before they make

and it was the ongoing israeli occupation. ross: i think it was the absence of real change in terms of palestinian control, at least in palestinian eyes. the israelis continue to control too many aspects of day-to-day life for the palestinians. narrator: so will there ever be peace? not soon, according to ross, but if it cos, it will be based on two states, both wh capitals in a divided jusalem ross: i do believe that the ideas that president clinton put on the tle will ultimaty provide the base for what will emerge as an outcome. and the reason i say that is that these ideas reflected our best judgment after thousands of hours of debate, discussion, analysis, examination, dissection-- you name it, we did it-- with the sole purpose of trying to determine, what is it that each side truly needed? now, those basic needs are not going to change. narrator: what changes are the leaders. in israel, sharon defeats barak. he comes down hard on palestinian terrorists, but then condemns jewish occupation of arab land. president arafat ap

i have the who is the form a hit off the world zionist organization and also the former head of the israeli parliament so i thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. israel defines itself as a jewish and democratic state does this definition hold or is there a contradiction between the two marketing wise sells from plastic zero minutes to the price of one and i mean not only said the mock receives the jews democracy and many people maybe most of the people are very satisfied with it because they don't truly think about the built in oxymoron or paradox which means the social for repeat of the democratic components is the human being it's you and me and him and her we are the source of authority of always selves the eventually the source or thirty of the jewish component of the equation is the god in heaven so it's actually be a state which was about to. source of authority democracy and theocracy this is impossible this is a coup luzhin ways for its appearance in many times when you see into conflicts within israel between church and state between knesset and the knesset which is the s

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have the israelis -- he mag israeli leadership, this has been this way for years. they have had this diametrically opposed view of assad for a long time. on the one hand he is the devil we know. he hasn't shown that he wants peace with us. he is controlled the country. we don't like everything he does but he is predictable. we have carried out attacks and assassinations in syria although they haven't admitted they have done it and assad doesn't respond in any way because of the asymmetry of power between syria and israel so you have half the israelis deigning, well maybe we want him to, we would rather have stability on the border rather than chaos or even worse have a sunni, radical suny state of power. the other israelis, the other half who perhaps never like assad and particularly really was his support of hezbollah over the years. they felt that they will take the chance of a chaotic situation on their border but more importantly it will emasculate hezbollah and it will be a blow to iran's position and that was more important and i think the israeli leadership

elections if not actually after the the new israeli elections now opinions very do you think iran has an intention to acquire a nuclear bomb i mean this is literally the sixty four thousand dollar question you know there's a pretty good read on what iran's capabilities in terms of uranium enrichment are the big question which i don't think anyone can give a highly confident answer to is does iran want a what people refer to as a threshold capability in other words its ability to produce a nuclear weapon likely or do they want an actual deployed weapon according to u.s. intelligence community and i think most other observers iran just hasn't made that decision in part because they don't need to and they want to get to that threshold capability before they make any decisions about whether to go to go farther than that threshold because there's no point making that decision early in fact it might be detected by western intelligence and so you could tip your hand. before you get to that threshold so i think that decision has been made you don't seem to be putting the threat level of iran'

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the quality and the quality of the israeli democracy and recently most of the tests coming out. what does the word zionism mean to you for me zionism was a very interesting maybe even crucial movement in a concept that was actually the scaffolding. of the jewish structures it was a scaffolding newly erected by the end of the nineteenth century in order to transform or renew or rebuild the structure of from an existing structure into a sovereign one in forty eight the new structure is the building is built the inauguration was done we can remove the scaffolding we don't need it anymore i mean personally i'm a human being that's my family name my middle name is that i'm jewish. and my given name that i mean is really how do you we can solve the law of the turn and the palestinian refugees cry for what they call the right to return to their lands regardless of what will happen the should happen between israel and palestine we should address the lord with the law of return was in this maybe was a necessity a bit early stages of the state and we still lived under the impression of je

so i think that's i think will be a huge issue in determining the future of israeli iranian relations so if israel has a stockpile of nuclear weapons as many have reported and iran has not even if you're on board to build one wouldn't that be somewhat of a deterrence policy in place why would israel consider still striking iran the belief is you know if both sides have nuclear weapons no no no one side is going to be foolish enough to use them knowing they're going to face retaliation by the other side of the us soviet union the idea of mutually assured destruction i think the israelis are deeply uncomfortable with this because it doesn't take. hundreds of nuclear weapons to functionally destroy israel as i said israel's a very small country a handful of nuclear weapons maybe even only one nuclear weapon some people refer to israel as a one bomb country could do that the same damage it would require hundreds of nuclear weapons to do to a much larger country so i think their concern is why take any risk that maybe the current leadership in iran is completely rational but maybe a future

today in israel, we have arab israelis, 20%. where i live, they both like i vote and nobody tell them, if you do not live they are, if you have to move out. so i think we need to get the settlement. it is much deeper than that. [inaudible] >> that is the question? be i am 41, man. >> i assume you've read about this, -- they said what do you want? effect we just want a little piece. and did he get a piece? what did he get? [inaudible] >> i think my point is very clear. we cannot wait and we cannot allow a leader to get to a point where he think of the jewish people. so when people think about the timeline and sometimes the timing of the america people is different from the israelis. i tell them yes, maybe it's because say. we cannot count and weight when you see that favorite. >> this has happened in europe, to. so i hope you read the history. you are too young. >> thank you for an attack. i am david maccormack. my question is only related to the issues of something that would give israel the means to prevail. they said that the

policy on syria in pursuit of an israeli syrian peace treaty. particularly the clinton administration which dispatched secretary of state -- state warren christopher more than 20 times which was more than he went to moscow or beijing. but these and other efforts in israeli peace failed because damascus was interested in participating in a peace process

negotiations unlikely to syrian israeli peace, that might lead to overall arab-israeli peace. one of the biggest missed opportunities and i've lamented almost everyday with syria and israel came so close to the peace agreement in 1999, 2000. they were this close and assad died. and something about a mistrust that caused problems, but they were this close. and if that occurred, there would've been after that a comprehensive israeli peace and i think the world will look much different. hezbollah would've been emasculated, iran would not have the influence in the heartland of the middle east. obviously the really palestinian dispute perhaps have been resolved. some say the palestinians would've lost their leverage. on the other hand, israel may have felt much more secure about it and been willing to make the concessions necessary. since i was one of the great missed opportunities. after all these reasons, i was hoping for some time, and bashar is very serious and he did say on his own vis-À-vis turkish mediation in 2007, 2008. they came very close again to. they were meeting sec

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they're very distressed by her arab-israeli policy. very distressed by her arab-israeli policies. i hear it all the time. now we know that they are frustrated by our policy towards iran and syria thinking about to be doing more in syria, worried about everything we might do in iran, even diplomacy which they fear might provide iran with some advantages. and they're also concerned about our domestic islamophobia. and wonder what kinds of relations they can have with us when that kind of thing is occurring. so those are my introductory ideas. i now want to say something about the panel and turn it over to them. and on the back of your invitation need a very extensive bios of these distinguished speakers so i won't repeat everything that is here. but our first speaker, who i'd like -- is a founding editor of the american conservative, which was founded to provide an alternative voice to the neoconservative movement, and he identifies himself as an ex-neoconservative and has written for some magazines like commentary. he's the former columnist and editorial writer for the "new york po

and, you know, i have always thought that for an arab-israeli piece, a comprehensive arab-israeli the piece that you have to have all the important players, the leaders, the single leaders to be committed to it. you know, is era, united states commits syria, however, palestinian leaders, they have to be on the same boat. and that is really happening. a few times it has happened for short amounts of time, and there have been some progress during those times. unfortunately something always happens. the assassination in 95. that yeah comes to power in 96. perhaps before that made some. presidents and power who have gone back and forth between the emphasis on these issues because we are told power and, as you say, we have global interests, and we turn the page. these people in the middle east live from the command read this stuff. it is amazing how little time really that presidential administration, even in crisis situations will look at that particular thing because we have global interests and we have to think of china and this. okay. a ten minute briefing of this. let's go to the next

i'm pretty sure israelis don't care very much about that. it would be about american values and american interests and where israel fits into them. i'm not sure such a speech, perhaps accompanied by diplomatic measures such as not using america's u.n. veto on israel's behalf or perhaps supporting pro-palestinian measures would change the political calculations in israel. .. thank you. hope you're wrong. the next speaker will be joycelyn. >> good morning. i would like to thank the council for gathering this debate. i'd like to focus remarks on the changes needed in the u.s. policy in the country going through what was called the arab we think the revolution of last year i think that we from an american approach see the sign of democracy and after the election we were disappointed by the victory of islam so we went to disappointment and now we are in the span that recent events led some of the analysts and policymakers through the failure of the arab spurring -- arab spring. to start with democracy of value that is now shared by the majority m

it comes after israeli threats to target the strip. the israelis want to disrupt the atmosphere. they want to achieve political and electoral gains ahead of the coming israeli elections. >> israel managed to shoot down some of the rockets with its designer defense shield. it's military power is far superior. but some god -- some got through, causing hammond -- causing damage and injury. >> we did not choose this escalation, nor did we initiated. but if it continues, we are prepared for a wider fight. anyone hurting israel should know that he will be made to pay for his actions. >> the violence here between israel and gaza has been going on for years. this complex has been struck dozens of times, most recently in the last few weeks. this latest escalation is a reminder that the conflict has not gone away. and it comes at a time when there is no progress in the middle east peace process. there are few optimists on either side. the last direct u.s.-led peace talks collapsed in 2010. two years later, as president obama fights for the white house, the issue is not on the agenda. pales

over the years israeli leaders have been very careful in expressing a stance towards american politics until now with us elections less than a month away israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made no bones about who he favors and it is not barack obama that was basically. pushing obama in the united states around. pushing that not that forcing america to do anything that america doesn't want to do but forcing america to accept to shut up in the face of netanyahu is what netanyahu which obama obviously does not like and netanyahu has done that has melted do that because he knows that there is such that the republicans have told him netanyahu has had very public spats with the obama administration the most recent of which was sparked by his demand that the u.s. sit out a red lines for iran which if crossed would bring military action so far washington's refused prompting a tongue lashing from netanyahu. who. was. going the. wrong way is already working. at a recent united nations session netanyahu went further he produced the now famous bomb diagram while drawing a great line. am

when israelis were dying. the times at which israel's construction was at their peak is one palestinians were quieter. that is to say now. there are also some other burials about israel's relationship with the palestinians of gaza that are interesting. i will finish quickly on the snow. vacillating and corrupt, they have descriptive leadership in gaza bordering the leadership. weakness is not one of them. there is a lot of rules that is more akin to the relationship between national adversaries than between occupied and occupier. salute recoils from any suggestions of the reoccupation of the enclave. my claim, therefore, is that what we might see in the next four years is a reemerging strategy among the palestinians of the west bank. a strategy that has manifested and it's not working. of nonviolence, and the cooperation with israeli 30 forces. and what that means is an uptick in violence and it behooves us in the united states are prepared for what might in fact be inevitable. thank you. [applause] >> thank y

london you attempts to breach the blockade of gaza israeli forces stop a humanitarian ship and the rest of the activists on board. the latest news and the week's top stories this is the weekly on our sea. that welcome thousands of people in the been and are expected to join the funeral of a top intelligence official killed by a bomb in beirut on friday the massive turnout is being encouraged by the opposition declared a day of rage against the regime in neighboring syria which they blamed for that time and they split sentiment on the streets already strained to the limit as. reports. the situation in lebanon remains far from easy in fact it has been exasperated by the explosion during the rush hour of course there was the horrific scene which followed and then almost immediately of course during the night the people started people started pouring out on the streets resurrecting the old tensions between the sunni and the shia muslims which have been kind of a back burner for a little while in the country but now it seems like there is a go ahead to the tension in the country there is the

strike was higher a few weeks ago the israelis are now dissolving their parliament and calling for new elections on january twenty second so this.

the message to the israeli. prime minister not to now has been like putting a lot of pressure on the obama administration to draw a lot of red line today i think i was about la crosse one of those red line and then there were the israeli air a space for the first he didn't say for the first time he said not the first time and probably would not be the last time and the challenge of israeli security that israel actually violated lebanese airspace in the. five six years so i think hezbollah was able actually to make make the issue very challenging for the prime minister of israel actually wanted to send very strong message to the israeli that there are ready and gave them all and they have the means and the will to do what it takes if a war break out in the regional level the nobel prize season is in full swing and they had headline grabbing piece of what is yet to be given out on friday the prize it was conceived by alfred nobel to full staff or tentative it to a nation is an extra can report some recent winners

settlers who locals say the same apples but because of the israeli government subsidies pay less to go the harvest and sell for a bigger price an offer from damascus seemed like a blessing at the time the syrian government. says part of syria their produce our produce is part of syria so they were committed to us to help the. farmers and. for marketing. the golan heights have been occupied by israel since one thousand nine hundred sixty seven some twenty thousand jews living here consider this land syrian and themselves syrians does a helping hand from damascus seemed a logical solution to the problem even the israeli government allowed the export to take place but with the civil war raging on across the border there still has been no offer for the apples from the syrian government something which begins to bury local farmers. we are just simple people we have no idea of politics but our country used to be. and now the north and that affects us financially farmers say this year's harvest is much bigger than last year's but is the quota for the israeli markets has already been made a

and the israelis? look at this. they blow it out of the sky. just ahead, questions about who launched that thing in the first case. lurks we have breaking news from the former penn state football coach, jerry sandusky. tomorrow is sentencing day, right? so what are you thinking? maybe a confession? maybe an apology? not a chance. wait until you hear this coming up [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if we took the nissan altima and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and best in class 38 mpg highway... advanced headlights... and zero gravity seats? yeah, that would be cool. ♪ introducing the completely reimagined nissan altima. it's our most innovative altima ever. nissan. innovation that excites. ♪ >> shep: the israeli government is now reporting it's trying to pinpoint the source of drone that flew over the country on saturday. israel's air force is said to have shot down that drone and the military reports it was not carrying any explosives. there is no official word on the drone's origin, but security exper

illegally entering israeli war tourists or something like that then they will be taken to prison are you concerned for their welfare for the safety yes absolutely and and their relatives really would like to know how they are because we have experiences from before and. peaceful or treatment is not always. the way that they tell us to be i don't trust anyone until i hear from the passengers on board that they are well they would ask you from past experiences why you would continue with these sort of missions i mean after all the blockade has been going on for five years now and nobody's ever achieved to actually breach that blockade what do you think you can actually achieve. what we can achieve is that we can in the international community to focus on the fact that the blockade still is going on all that it is. only to get it is getting worse year by year and what we are doing is actually walk to w o u n e seth save the children and fifty other n.g.o.s are saying that. the blockade has to end it is now its sixth year and he also say that there are. water situation fuel situation the