the people of gaza deserve better, too. half the gaza population are under the age of 18. these children, who didn't choose where they were born, have now seen two military conflicts in the last four years. like all children, our children, they deserve better. just as israel cannot accept the threat of rockets, none of us can be satisfied with a situation that condemns people on both sides to conflict every few years. those who fire the rockets are responsible for the violence that follows, but everyone, all parties in the region, and people of good faith outside of the region, have a role to play in keeping or making peace. israel can keep working energetically with egypt to implement the ceasefire to keep the rockets out but also work to try to advance the needs of the people of gaza. for its part, egypt can use its unique relationship with hamas and the other palestinian factions in gaza to make clear that it opposes provocation and escalation on its borders. and we look to egypt to intensify its efforts to crack down on weapon smuggling from libya and sudan into gaza.

now israel and hamas are discussing lifting the economic blockade that has choked gaza. hamas has managed to win strong support from ordinary palestinians and in neighboring arab countries. this has been achieved in part through its use of the media. nhk world's kohe spds suji reports. >> reporter: israel's bombardment of gaza lasted for eight days and killed over 170 palestinians. a radio station run by hamas remained on air throughout that time and has continued its andy israel broadcasts even since the end of the fight. this is a radio station inside of hamas. in order to tell their side of the story they will do whatever it takes. these children lost close family members in the bombardment. they have been brought in the studio to stoke people's anger and boost support for hamas. >> translator: we're just reporting the reality of the situation. we aren't broadcasting propaganda or trying to scare people. >> reporter: hamas cannot match israel's overwhelming interest. to make up for that, islamic movement hit back during the fighting through a war of words. they releas

now israel and hamas are discussing lifting the economic blockade that has choked gaza. hamas has managed to win strong support from ordinary palestinians and in neighboring arab countries. this has been achieved in part through its use of the media. nhk world's kohei tsuji reports. >> reporter: israel's bombardment of gaza lasted for eight days and killed over 170 palestinians. a radio station run by hamas remained on air throughout that time and has continued its anti-israel broadcasts even since the end of the fight. this is a radio station related to hamas. in order to tell their side of the story, they will do whatever it takes. these children lost close family members in the bombardment. they have been brought in the studio to stoke people's anger and boost support for hamas. >> translator: we're just reporting the reality of the situation. we aren't broadcasting propaganda or trying to scare people. >> reporter: hamas cannot match israel's overwhelming military strength. to make up for that, the islamic movement hit back during the fighting through a war of words.

well we did cover gaza the corporate news did cover the israeli palestinian conflict the problem is that it's extremely biased you hardly ever saw any even alternative news really criticize israel it was mostly just kind of showing israel as the victim and we see that a lot across the corporate media no absolutely and i think that that's one thing that we that you did on this show a lot during the crisis you were covering what was going on on the ground and you were trying to cover it in an objective way that painted a picture that went back beyond you know what the corporate media in the mainstream media was saying was kind of a catalyst for the event which if you were true in tuning into c.n.n. or tuning into m s n b c or fox or any of the even b.b.c. . people were talking about ok why is this going on and why is there another conflict oh it's because gaza fired rockets from israel you had a guest on the show phyllis bennis who has actually made a very very good point which is that history historical account begins when you start the clock so if you are going to start talking abou

the state of security, although they had missiles coming in from gaza, is pretty strong. tel-aviv is a great mediterranean city that lives in isolation to the squaller and oppression that exists within 50 miles of it in occupied territories. young israelis, startled by the fact that young israelis are ignorant of what goes on over the hills and long cease to care what goes on in palestinian villages and towns and along the fence and whatnot. the separation is intense, and it is politically debilitating for the peace process. where it's going -- where the initiative comes from is hard to say. >> gentleman in the front who has been patient. >> very patient. >> thank you. >> from the arab league. thank you, patrick. for how long do you think that this military mentality will continue? you'd think the only way to peace is to counter attack, by, really, there's no way for peace. should they wait for another generation, one or two generations, are they really ready to make peace? the gaza incident, difficult as it was, proves that still, no matter how weak you are, the party is

reason is because you have a new islamist egyptian government that is willing to let him cross into gaza from egypt there is of course the more complicated answer which is the geopolitics of the region has shifted a lot from the arab uprisings and hamas has been a key player that the parties on either side of the q political fault line would like to cultivate you know for countries like israel the united states everything happening in the region today is viewed through the prism of how this helps or hurts iran and right now it looks like michele is the lesser threat so so i think you know in the aftermath of the attacks in gaza. in denver it's open the door for this kind of event now it is space meshal called for unifying the palestinian authority and representatives all the rival group palestinian group fatah they were also invited to this event do you believe that this reconsideration attempt is genuine from. well you know it's always been regardless of what the two parties felt it's the culture in populations who have always demanded that these two groups reconcile to put forth the po

>> well, i think that the gaza operation was necessary. they -- the operation started with the killing of one of the murderers and terrorists. there was responsible for the almost endless attacks against israelis, innocent citizens inside of t state of israel. >> rose: but at the same time, hadn't he been doing some negotiations and dealings in terms of trying to promote certain ideas? >> after he's there, there were all kinds of rumors about it, but during the times i was prime minister there were always kinds of ideas that were raised by third parties that we may negotiate indirectly with him but he was dedicated to one thing, to the destruction of the state of israel and therefore this outcome was inevitable. >> rose: but speaking of that, is it now understood that there will not be targeted assassinations in gaza? >> well, israel always said if there there will not be an attempt to launch rockets against israeli civilians then there will not be such activities then israel will not have a reason to defend itself. so it depends on the si

unfortunately today you feel even abu mazen cannot go into gaza because if you go to gaza today, no one can guarantee you will be so out of gaza. it is much deeper than what we think it's about i hope one day we have the force to elect a different government. look at what's happening in the region. we spoke about the arab spring. spring is a beautiful world. it's something we speak about being born, but it's not romantic to the arab spring because whenever the art of resolution, and islamic forces gaining power. following very carefully nobody knows what will happen after a side would get out of syria eventually. so we have to be very careful. be part of the settlement, with a gap between what people think about the settlement out of court and the jury-ish community and about the reality. maybe you can tell me, do you know what is the actual percentage of settlement of jewish homes occupying land in judea and samaria? sound settlement, what is actual on the ground that she had occupied the lands? anyone? >> is 3%. i wish it was 50, 90 or 100%. but it's not the case. it is vacant. the id

it's very popular in israel to kill lots of palestinians in gaza . and have mass is seen as a monster and so war against amounts when vote you know i want to talk about the wording of the operation pillar of cloud obviously referring to the bible and back in the bible. it was the pillar of cloud who let the israelis through it beat out of egypt and save them from the sorrow how much the torah narrative actually dominate the mindset of israeli war planners well the religious element in both in the israeli armed forces largely subtle are driven. not orthodox jews many of whom don't want to serve in the military refused to do so but the religious complection of the israeli defense forces is steadily increased so religion is now very much bound up with its operations of the language of some rabbis during cast lead was simply hair raising in terms of evoking old testament images of genocide against non jews. i think also it's true that this use of language reflects the fact that the israeli palestinian struggle which began as a sort of struggle between tw

they let a shipment of construction material into gaza. 20 trucks carrying gaza crossed this checkpoint. it was the first shipment of construction material since 2007. israel imposed a strict economic embargo when the palestinian group hamas took control of the territory. residents of gaza have endured restrictions on their travel and movement of medical supplies and other goods. shortages of fuel have caused power outages for up to 18 hours a day. militants in gaza and israeli forces fought for eight days in november before diplomats brokered a cease-fire. but hamas promise they'll they'll continue their armed struggle. some groups are even calling for more radical action. an official at the israeli defense department says they'll continue easing a blockade if the cease fire holds. >>> just as authorities in israel announced the indictment of former foreign minister avigdor lieberman. he faces charges of fraud and breach of trust. lieberman is accused of trying to promote a diplomat who relayed information to him about his political funding. he resigned two weeks ago after being inform

you want to stop weapons smuggled into gaza, missiles fired on israel. where do the talks stand and what do you make of the remarks of hamas's political leader who said he will never recognize israel's right to exist. >> talks are going on now and we're working out issues. the most important is stopping the flow of iranian missiles and weapons into gaza. >> has there been progress? >> we're discussing is openly. most the weapons, whether they come from the libyans or sudanese pass through egyptian territory into gaza. if we can stop that we can do a tremendous amount towards reinforcing the cease-fire. the head 6 hamas was in gaza and talked about destroying the jewish state. there's no chance for negotiation. we're going to liberate tel aviv and get it from the paper mache model of a rocket. there's no better indicator of what we're dealing with with hamas than the speech by mashle. >> thank you so much for coming in. we'll continue to monitor the developments in the region. >> thank you. >>> up negotiation, the supreme court steps into the debate over

deep in the gaza strip. militants are showing off the wreckage of a car in which a hamas commander was killed during an air strike and displaying pictures of women and children who were killed or injured in the violence. >> translator: this exhibition is meant to show the barbaric actions of israel against women and children. >> reporter: hamas leaded have viewed as a recession against israel. >> translator: the armed struggle against israel is our path to freedom. >> reporter: a new perfume also hit the stands selling more than 2,000 bottles. its named after the rockets fired against militants in israeli cities. >> translator: i'm proud our rockets can target israel in naming a perfume after them was a great idea. >> reporter: the violence left deep in the minds of children. nearly 50 received counseling at this facility. they are encouraged to write down or draw pictures of their anxieties. then the children put their messages into what counselors call a stress box. >> translator: what stands out the most

deep in the gaza strip. militants are showing off the wreckage of a car in which a hamas commander was killed during an air strike and displaying pictures of women and children who were killed or injured in the violence. >> translator: this exhibition is meant to show the barbaric actions of israel against women and children. >> reporter: hamas leaded have viewed as a recession against israel. tens of thousands of their sp supporters gathered to celebrate. >> translator: the armed struggle against israel is our path to freedom. >> reporter: a new perfume also hit the stands selling more than 2,000 bottles. its named after the rockets fired against militants in israeli cities. >> translator: i'm proud our rockets can target israel in naming a perfume after them was a great idea. >> reporter: the violence left deep in the minds of children. nearly 50 received counseling at this facility. they are encouraged to write down or draw pictures of their anxieties. then the children put their messages into what counse

and the head of hamas was in gaza this weekend and talked about destroying the jewish state. no chance for negotiation, we'll liberate tel aviv and haifa and did it from the huge papier mache model of a rocket and i think there is no better indicator of what we are dealing with, with hamas than the speech by him. >> chris: ambassador oren, thanks tfor coming in, we'll continue to monitor the developments in the region. up next, we'll ask our sunday group, if a new constitutional right for same sex marriage is in the making. to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. and bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we're working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. >> this is what the judicial system is all about. it is to take care of the minority when they are being oppressed. >> the vast majority of states, four out of five states, the people have chosen to either vote themselves, or their

on the region for a war in gaza it didn't come out of very well and we saw this on hamas is missiles reaching philthy so this really is must be desperate so we rebuild this is also in order to keep its military bans on all the other states inside the region so how many how does a setback in gaza out of those and if we knowing what the israelis alike will be desperate to build up there are meant to keep them in this appears position at the same time they must be aware that actually the facing quite serious enemy is now in the shape of hamas in the shape of his go are under of course the one stage which actually provided weapons to the palestinians in the gaza war which was iran and therefore i think israel is in a weaker position it has been in many many years as a consequence of these debates in gaza israel is the one in gaza product line believe it's a vision and is defeated weapon all right well thank you very much for taking the time to speak with us that is chris bambery political analyst joining us live from london. well coming up on the program on the other country cast out by

will not affect us in gaza so we can take part of the credit and they'll take all the pain it and we don't have to worry about losing political clout to them because we've accumulated so much right now it really ought to be it needs to be a wake up call for everyone who doesn't think the palestinian movement should be defined by hamas to work together to stop that from happening because we're we were inching pretty close to it frankly and dylan well first of all your thoughts on that and then also is it possible that hamas could be approaching something like the ira did were it makes the transition from being perceived as a as an outlaw group to being a political player i think the consequences of the recent violence in and from gaza. is that the very sad part about this in addition to the terrible loss of innocent life on both sides is that we've been here before. we've been in a situation where after cast lead there was a ceasefire but nothing really moved on the peace front and what this violence show . as i said there is not going to be a permanent resolution to this kind of viol

projects like this one show us that cuomo isn't enough in the gaza strip. for you to say in the future how that future plays out well write the next chapter of the arab spring. in gaza more than one hundred thousand people to join celebrations marking the twenty fifth anniversary of a mass the crowds were addressed by the exiled leader of the islamised group khaled mashal who is on his first visit to the strip for decades michel reiterated the mission of liberating palestine and defying israel and urged arab countries to support the resistance in his speech he also stressed the importance of reconciliation with the masses rival party fatah representatives were invited to the event the celebration included a military dimension with a massive bubble of a medium range rocket a centerpiece of the event that is about another sharmeen no one aide told r.t. about the significance of. i think the rockets are a sign of two things one that all options are back on the the table. the military option per propel seems to resist militarily is now a possibility again the s

egypt has allowed a shipment of construction materials to enter gaza from its territory is the first easing of restrictions since two thousand and seven since militant group came to power in gaza egypt had been following israel's import blockade the palestinian official say israel has also promising that all the building will be allowed into gaza seventy percent of the all claims commercial needs are currently routed through israel. with a just a couple of days before america plunges off the fiscal cliff there is still no deal in sight between the firmly entrenched republicans and democrats millions of americans stand to see their taxes go up dramatically on new year's day but the sticking point holding up negotiations are the rates for the rich republicans are rejecting any deal that would see those taxes rise democrats insist the wealthy could pay a little more vestment advisor patrick young says the u.s. is heading towards further recession if it can curb its spending. i'm really worried going into twenty thirteen i mean ultimately the great thing is that humankind will survive we

that israel had in lebanon in gaza make as well the economic crisis in europe in north america make it highly unlikely but the iranians have prepared themselves and i think that it has been a to turn to war so the i think in general the iranians feel that a military assault on iran aggression would be highly unlikely well look now at some of today's international east. government protests near the west in iraq. has left two people wounded it's thought the bodyguards of a sunni official fired the shots more than a recall rallies which have seen sunni muslims protest against what they see a second class treatment from the shia led government egypt has allowed a shipment of construction materials to enter gaza from it. as a first easing of restrictions since two thousand and seven since the militant group hamas came to power in gaza egypt had been following israel's import locate a palestinian official say israel is also promising the building materials would be allowed into gaza only seventy percent of young players commercial cordon bleu to through israel. the launch of a ground breakin

egypt has allowed a shipment of construction materials to enter gaza from its territory is the first easing of restrictions since two thousand and seven since militant group hamas came to power in gaza egypt had been following israel's import blockade palestinian officials say israel is also promising that other building materials will be allowed into gaza seventy percent of the commercial needs are currently routed through israel. says the refusal of syria's opposition coalition to talk with the government and the paves the way for further bloodshed at a meeting in moscow both foreign minister sergei lavrov and international peace and brahimi said that dialogue is the only way to resolve the conflict of also reiterated that russia condemns the methods used by the syrian army in the war it will take no part in regime change this is his response to the leader of syria's key rebel group who demanded moscow apologizes for he described his support for president as. a pretty emotional response i understand that mr had tb is probably not very experienced in politics but he's looking to be

so the head of hamas was allowed to travel to the gaza strip. that's one example of the titanic shift in politics in this part of the world going on right now. here is another. this is cairo. not during the revolution that brought morsi to power, but now, this is cairo right now. tens of thousands of protesters have been out there for about two weeks in the famed tahrir square and near the presidential palace. they're very upset that their newly elected democratic president morsi is doing things that they not so democratic. he is trying to make it so his decisions are not subject to judicial review. at least six civilians have been killed and hundreds injured in the violence. president obama called his egyptian counterpart yesterday to express concern about the situation that seems to be spinning out of control. he urged president morsi to meet with and negotiate with the opposition. >>> you probably saw a really cool image. a nighttime view of the earth from space. nasa was able to show us this image, thanks to a new satellite equipped with som

he lost the control in the gaza strip. he received from our hands all of the gaza strip. he lost control because of a corrupted and ineffective administration. hamas is more effective. they have more political will and determination. what you have today is the real opposition from the young generation, not from israel. today, you have not only the tension between mahmoud abbas but between young and old generations. it is clear despite the resolutions in the un, if abbas will move for elections, he will lose the election. >> would you be pleased to see them have an election? >> i think the key is the economy. these disparities, the economy, it is the main reason for. you must understand the biggest problem in the arab world for the palestinians come up the middle class does not exist. the backbone of a very stable country, democratic countries, prosperity is it the existence of the middle-class. what you have and egypt is a disparity between a very rich oligarch. the problems of what you have in europe, the most successful countries like switzerland, norway, 90% is a succe

that israel had in lebanon in gaza make as well the economic crisis in europe in north america make it highly unlikely but the iranians have prepared themselves and i think that it has been it took deterrent to war so the i think in general the iranians feel that a military assault on iran aggression would be highly unlikely so today's world news headlines a brief now and gunfire during a government process is what the iraqi city of ramadi is left to people wounded bodyguards for the iraqi deputy prime minister of the shots several ports say he was hit in the face as he gave a speech during the rally there's been more than a week of protests that you've seen silly little protest against what they see is second class treatment from the shia led government. body of the indian student who was gang raped on a bus is now being cremated in new delhi earlier hundreds held peaceful candlelight vigils in the capital after the twenty three year old died from a injuries in a singapore hospital terror attacks but days of riots with protesters demanding more protection for women in the country six

collapse and i think it was a recognition by the international community that in the context of the gaza war and the frozen peace process and that's of collapse of the entire move to create two states a really strong statement of recommitment to a two state solution was needed and a political boost for the p.l.o. and the p.a. is required and that's why i think also there's got to be restraint on the israeli side and in congress on whatever italia they want to consider because as i say it will accrue to the immediate benefit of hamas last time around a year ago when the p.l.o. had a failed bid for full u.n. membership they got harder tell us in terms of funding and other. measures from the united states and israel hamas was in no position to take advantage of it their crisis with their relations with syria with iran and they were in disarray that is absolutely not the case now they are riding high on a wave and actually they've switched right after the cease fire how mass is position on the u.n. bits which after years of condemning this kind of stuff they went fully behind it because they

that israel had in lebanon in gaza make as well the. crisis in europe and north america make it highly unlikely but the iranians have prepared themselves and i think that it has been a took deterrent to war so the i think in general the iranians feel that a military assault on iran aggression would be highly unlikely. that we bring up to date on some of those international news a brief gunfire during anti-government protests near the western city of ramadi is left to people wounded it's thought the bodyguards of a sunni official fired the shots there's been more than a week of rallies which of seeing sunni muslim for test against what they see a second person treatment from the shia led government. body of the indian student gang raped on a bus has been cremated now in new delhi earlier hundreds help peaceful candlelit vigils of a couple of the twenty three year old died from injuries in the singapore hospital attack days of riots with protesters demanding more protection for women in the country six suspects are currently being held ov

israel's november battle with gaza was seen as a test for a possible confrontation with iran israeli airstrikes rained on gaza in exchange came a barrage of long range mortars and rockets most were held by israel's anti-missile shield the bunker fuck a rocket threat from gaza the war may have showcased newly acquired weapons by palestinian militant factions but hezbollah's arsenal is thought to be of higher quality and quantity and experts say that it could launch four times as many markets per day as hamas the details of hezbollah stockpile are secret but the group's willingness to use it is not. israel was shaken by a few fragile five missiles which could be counted on the fingers of one's hand i want to be able to withstand the thousands of missiles that will land on television and else way if it attacks the fellow. who was israel and hezbollah came face to face was in two thousand and six since then. hizbullah has now it collated around forty five thousand missiles off various ranges. there is one of the all part of the range goes beyond three hundred and what's three hundred fif

basically what many have been calling a two week war between israel and gaza we saw a lot of violence a lot of death a lot of israeli air raids as well might this move not be seen as counterproductive off after israeli officials and palestinian officials for then to have some sort of cease fire and here we have israel saying well we're going to build a whole bunch of new settlements. yeah absolutely and i think government officials see. the resolution on the palestinian state to be sort of the diplomatic counterpart to hamas movement in gaza and thus their strong reaction those of us here on the ground fighting for an equitable and sustainable jerusalem clearly see this is antithetical to a two state solution particularly building in the area anyone if it embarrasses and also. not receiving as much attention is the consolidation of the southern perimeter or. jerusalem. today there will be hearings lie about how much has been see part of the parcel developments. include. in one in one piece alone twenty six hundred units so clearly all of this construction extremely dangerous for a two

so there is going back just in regards to the most recent conflict in the gaza and israel pretty much saying that it's because because it's a jewish state i mean it seems like right now in the discourse of political discourse there is no distinction between judaism zionism how did it become in this country that if you simply voice dissent against israeli government that it's an attack on the jewish people not because the hysteria is a pack and all these other pros i know it's those imus organizations us that create hysteria but you know it's funny when he says the problem here you know what he's right the problem is that your state the problem is that if you're going to have a jewish state in an arab country which is what palestine is where half the population is not jewish you have to have a racist state with racist laws and you know i hold thousands of political prisoners and deny half the population their rights otherwise it would be interstate so in a way glenn beck is right when he says that the problem is that your state and that's why the solution has to be you know similar lik

you and you a lot when you support a state that intentionally drops bombs and and kills children in gaza knowing full well that they're going to kill innocent civilians including children so i think it's important to put things to set the record straight on this issue is opposing this is anti semitism what do you call it when you support this monstrosity excellently put wow you go that was great and you know i can't just help but think you know the victimization of of israel and also just it being a jewish state and then using that to victimize a whole nother population it's just mind blowing to me i want to get into netanyahu i mean here he is he's an extreme right winger the right to the right he is one of the first leaders that completely rejects two state solution it looks like he's going to win again in january i mean what does that say about the mindset of israelis right now do a lot of people agree with you do do a lot of israelis even go into the palestinian territories at all. no the country is completely segregated most israelis would not would venture either because they don't