you know we've been trying to get hold of the israeli foreign ministry since the early hours of this morning when the story broke and since then there on some has been simply a no comment so no comment from israeli officials and israeli military spokesperson the only person going on record and her comment is that we don't feel spawned to this kind of a report not israel has repeatedly warned in the past that it is prepared to resort to force to prevent syrian weapons including chemical weapons from reaching his villa and other groups and that is why the speculation is rife that these raids are meek is behind this morning's attack with regard to recent days taken widely to reporting steps that it is trying to neutralize threats that are emanating from within war torn syria the u.s. state department is also. and being available for any kind of immediate comment the israeli embassy in washington as i said declined to comment now alongside this they are rumors that all circulating particularly on line that following this latest volley of attacks on the syrian regime the syrian president

rocket strikes that as of yet there is still no comment from the israeli government or the israeli army about these explosions and it's also doubtful that we'll get any kind of comment of course the israeli position very often is not to comment and this does give some kind of warning to the damascus regime that even if the israelis are not responsible for this attack the message they want to come across is that the strike has the capabilities of israel being able to do such a thing we have been on the phone with the israeli foreign ministry since the early hours of this morning those were speaking to are not. hate to confirm or deny the report either the enemy israeli military spokesperson who said we don't respond to this kind of report now in recent days there have been signs of mounting tensions between israel and hezbollah which is a militant organization based in lebanon and why with the damascus government in a warning to israel really of this week the his chief hassan nasrallah said his militia was ready and to quote him it has its hands on the trigger in the event of an israeli

comes less than two days after the previous israeli bombing of syria and all of us israeli officials said that the atomic tugs had a shipment of the syrian missiles on its way to hezbollah in lebanon a similar set to have been carried out by this year in january damascus has denied it's been trying to hundred advanced weapons over to hezbollah so stay with us for the latest on this developing story and of course we'll bring you more updates from around the globe shortly after the break. we'll see themselves as dying swans in their dreams. but only one of the cells will ever make it to the trial. they're ready to give their lives for the chance to die on stage if only once. not even broken wings computer. for generations at the risk if it sweat and tears. today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. during operations are all. turning to the news now there's been shaping this week the u.k. independence party has made a major breakthrough in local elections claiming one in every four votes cast the conservatives which

this is part of the israeli policy which you can describe. but do not announce or don't plan but don't tell don't let the syrian regime transfer surface to surface missiles and surface to be so stupid smaller but don't brag about it so while the reason no official confirmation you can take it almost as face value when you hear the us side confirm it officially what about the legality of israel bombing syria like this without even a un mandate i mean how do you expect the international community to react to this well be israeli and syrian governments have been paying a fragile cease fire for the last forty years however next door in lebanon on the lebanese government does not control hezbollah and has well i want to take these arms from syria and positioned within lebanon which is the legal has all eyes in a state of war we see israel and while you may say that flying over a lebanese space is not exactly according to international law and this is unique peking and while there are many reasons on other aspects to be critical of israeli policy i

their presidency have tried to push beyond the arm biloba of what is accepted in terms of what the israelis will let you get away with basically what the lobby will accept what israeli prime ministers will fight you over they say obama has tried i would argue the president carter tried president reagan tried president bush sr tried president clinton tried and president obama tried but in each case they have been they've been they've been rebuffed and they haven't pursued pursued persisted in what they were trying to do so i think we've now reached a point where. a interim supposedly interim solution is palestinian authority which was established back in the mid ninety's has been there for almost twenty years and there has been no resolution of the conflict and palestinians of i think lost confidence not just in this president but in the united states says that mean of the prospects of an israeli palestinian resolution under obama. will not happen will it be eight years wasted when he leaves the white house do you think that what we're four years and counting have been wasted so far i think

he described the chaos in the syrian capital after the latest reported israeli outside. you know we can make it about the. world. without. any more it's a little. bit . more coke more of it may come from. what we have. to. turn. let's get some reaction inside now from amir already a senior correspondent for israel's ha'aretz newspaper joining us live here on our see it so good to see you today still no official confirmation on the strikes in israel and what's the latest you're hearing now in tel of. yes there is no official confirmation because this is part of the israeli policy which you can describe pounce but do not announce or don't let but don't tell don't let the syrian regime transfer its surface to surface missiles and surface to air missiles to his vala but don't brag about it because save saving face for bashar assad may be even more important than the very act of the attack so while the reason no official confirmation you can take it almost as face value when you hear the u.s. side confirm it officially that's right as we did get the unofficial confirmation fr

declared from the first hour that this is the israeli airstrike. this is kind of held the syrian rebels against the government it's a kind of reaction to what the syrian government has been achieved there's been talk about an official statement to be issued later on we remember what it was an attack on the same research center which is called research center. and now with the damascus is very difficult we have we hear every time some extra bomb brings because of that is still some some bombs were not destroyed we have heard of the time the ambulance got everyone so it's possible nobody knows where when and where recent attacks by israel have signaled a sharp escalation of its involvement in syria's ongoing conflicts and she's middle east correspondent paula seeing is in tel aviv with the latest now from the israeli side. the syrian deputy foreign minister files that i would make doug has called this morning's attack on a syrian military research facility to quote him a dick liberation of a groove by israel not be a tech represented an alliance betw

now hearing from israeli or american source through the new york other works that this is an israeli airstrike no. president assad has it any. again. are they whether legal on the other half is really claiming that syria has been smuggling weapons for all lebanese border but none of that if it's been made that you know well certainly with an ongoing civil conflict there and a civil war as many are calling it it's very difficult to get confirmation on all the different stories flying around when it comes to though this israeli air strike the latest one american officials were the first to confirm israel launching its warplanes over syria where does washington stand on all this. well this attack was right at the center of the map the largest military facility in syria so washington would at. least if it rained and allowed israel for the dust. so as something closer and closer to arrest all the obama administration very hesitant falls in yet another war in the middle east . so the. act and there is a. very bold and frankly a little surprised mr midst of a let's let's address one of the

we haven't heard anything so far from the israeli government the israeli military also continues to refuse to either confirm or deny the reports that are detect syria in the early hours of sunday morning israel however has declared the north of this country a no fly zone to civilian flights this is a precaution it's also a way of defusing the situation and for allowing it to be allowing for the defense missile system to be put into place the iron dome is being deployed in the north of israel it's aimed at protecting northern israeli cities. could be fired from either lebannon also both the mayor of haifa which is israel's largest city in the north is also taking steps to potentially increase the level of readiness of the city's citizens meanwhile the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu held an emergency security cabinet and until that meeting adjourned without any statements in fact the only statement we've heard from the israeli prime minister was after his weekly cabinet meeting on sunday morning and he did not comment on the strikes the only thing he said was reiterating hi

military operation we had our team has been in touch with the israeli foreign ministry but as of yet they are not prepared to publicly confirm at least not to us that such a strike indeed was carried out by the israelis what is interesting is that the strike happened late thursday into the early hours of friday morning and at that same time the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called for a late night emergency cabinet meeting now we don't have information as to what was exactly the purpose of the goal of that meeting but it certainly does raise on balls as well the syrian side no word yet they're confirming that this is radio strike was carried out to back the syrian ambassador to united nations says that he is unaware but there's nothing as of yet in so impervious the lebanese all complaining that israel has violated it maybe needs a space and that israel does do this on numerous occasions and has been doing it recently with quite a bit of consistency as well in the past has said that it will pull out all the stops to make sure that there is no transfer of weapons to his be

the israelis not stepping all over them and so they're afraid to antagonize the israelis or or they are presumably willing to go along with this raid that's been going on for decades now of a so-called peace process in my view those are mistakes. how has the so-called arab spring affected this this negotiation this peace process do you think it's had any effect on it do you think it's deadly the peace process do you think it's had the major powers including the u.s. slowdown when it comes to israel and palestine negotiations happening there rethink any kind of negotiations or tentative agreement what kind of effect has the arab spring i think it has not that much of an effect or not though i think that the situation of the arab world and the unwillingness of the mostly undemocratic governments throughout the arab world has measurably increased the complicated don't put it differently has made this problem harder to resolve because the arab governments have really not put their money where their mouth is and they have not really forcefully acted. in terms of the palestine question the wa

look again i don't speak on behalf of the israeli government but i can. hazard a guess at some of the points and reasons of the quiet on israeli site the question of international law is kind of amusing when it's being pointed at israel as if israel was breaking international law have a look what's going on happen to look at what's going on in syria today you have eighty thousand people killed you have over a million refugees you have over four point two million refugees and that regime is being supported by countries abroad including iran including russia the reality on the ground is that those people guilty of war crimes to beat people who will be in the international court is the syrian regime which is being propped up by two external countries israel weakened the possibility of the regime collapses those weapons would be given to either al-qaeda or hizbollah so the reality on the ground is israel was well within its rights internationally to protect its civilians but protect its civilian surely it's going to make the situation worse for israel it's fa

after the previous israeli bombing of syria enormous israeli officials said that they had time to target a shipment of syrian missiles that's way to hezbollah in lebanon a similar type is said to have been carried out by israel earlier this year in january damascus has denied has been trying to hundred danced weapons over to hezbollah. let's now. near who is in tel aviv for us paula. all right actually we can bring you later this hour but right now the u.s. is strongly biking israeli allies over the crisis we're in a fortnight has the latest almost in terms of reaction. u.s. president barack obama wouldn't specifically comment on the reported israeli airstrikes into damascus instead saying that israel is justified in protecting itself from dance to weapon shipments to the lebanon based group hezbollah most recently we did hear comments coming from the u.s. secretary of defense chuck hagel saying that now the white house is considering to arm the opposition in syria with weapons this is a stance and a position that washington was reluctant to take instead saying that it would give financi

has reported the blast was caused by an israeli jet is this possible given that israeli warplanes have a tad syrian territory before even recently. on the. firm. hold. for. the functions. of. the rooms in the hood. now we will be following the story. thank you very much for being with us. this is joining us from syria on the phone we will be following the story and bringing you more information as it becomes available and again we cannot independently verify this video that we're showing is from this recent explosion and we will be working with our teams to make sure that that happens and we'll get back to you as soon as we get more information you're watching our team. thousands of gun enthusiasts from every corner of the u.s. have gathered in houston to explore everything that the gun industry has to offer this year's meeting of the national rifle rifle association is likely to be the biggest ever despite all the recent shooting tragedies in the united states the n.r.a. is holding steadfast in its opposition to obama's attempts to strengthen gun laws in the country is in houston with

at least not to us that such a strike indeed was carried out by the israelis what is interesting is that the strike happened in late tuesday into the early hours of friday morning and at that same time the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called for a late night emergency cabinet meeting now we don't have information as to what was exactly the purpose of the goal of that meeting but it certainly does raise oddballs the lebanese are complaining that israel has violated billy's is facing that israel does do this on numerous occasions and has been doing it recently with quite a bit of consistency is well in the past has said that he will pull out all the stops to make sure that there is no transfer of weapons to his been of course the israeli concern is that hizbollah would use any kind of weapons against the jewish state the second time this year that israel has carried out a strike inside syria you remember the first was back in january when israeli fighter jets targeted a sophisticated convoy of missiles that israel believes were on the way to has been israel and syria shar

the declaration of war that is how syrian officials have described the latest israeli air strike at a military research center near damascus was pummeled with rockets early sunday morning the arab league has condemned the strike demanding action from the u.n. calls for an end to the arms embargo on the opposition think peace in the region is now under threat. court has sentenced thirty one protesters to fifteen years in jail for throwing fire bombs during the jima riots last year. and live from our studios in moscow this is r.t.m. sean thomas glad to have you with us. now syria says israel has effectively declared war after its planes bombed targets in damascus the second airstrike in as many days syrian officials say missile batteries have been pointed at israel and according to unconfirmed reports it will be launched in case israel strikes again syria's state media says israeli rockets targeted a military research center on the outskirts of the capital video footage and i witness accounts suggest of the attacks hit weapons dumps triggering a large explosions syria says a number of p

strike in syria since january what are the israeli officials saying. well as of yet there's been no official comment from the israeli side but israel in the past has said that it will do everything necessary to stop the transfer of weapons from syria to hezbollah or other so-called terrorist groups now the u.s. officials are reporting that it will conducted in a strike into syria what's not clear is what and where the target of this attack was there are some reports that say it was a chemical weapons warehouse where as others are opposing that it was an obvious convoy on its way to lebanon what's also unclear at this stage is whether or not israeli planes actually entered syrian airspace to conduct the attack or whether they launched missiles from the israeli side it's also not clear whether or not the israelis alerted the americans before they carried out such the attack such an attack on white house officials have referred. to the israeli regime which as i say at this stage is keeping mum on the topic this is as you say the second time this year that

even less even less willing to take certain daring moves than where the israelis at certain points know in the past how a stance i have had a certain level of confidence in certain us presidents right you argue that right now the palestinians carry deep disappointment in the us president barack obama why won't. a number of us presidents including president obama at early stages in their presidency have tried to push beyond the arm biloba of what is accepted in terms of what the israelis will let you get away with basically what the lobby will accept what israeli prime ministers will fight you over they say obama's tried i would argue the president carter tried president reagan tried president bush sr tried president clinton tried and president obama tried but in each case they have been they've been they've been rebuffed and they haven't pursued pursued or persisted in what they were trying to do so i think we've now reached a point where. a interim supposedly interim solution this palestinian authority which was established back in the mid ninety's has been there for almost twenty year

declaration of war that's how syrian officials have described the latest israeli airstrike a military research center near damascus was pummeled with rockets early on sunday the arab league has gone down to the tribe demanding action from the e.u. while the u.k. calls for an answer to the arms embargo on the opposition saying peace in the region is now under threat. and in bahrain a court has sentenced said he want protests to fifteen years in jail for throwing five homes during the riots last year. says he coming to live from moscow hello and welcome to the program. declared war after its blaze bomb targets in damascus the second in as many days so you were a state media says israeli rockets targeted a military research center on the outskirts of the capital and eyewitness accounts suggest that hate weapons dumps triggering large explosions syria says a number of people were killed and wounded amid widespread destruction the arab league condemns this trying and demanded the u.n. security council to stop any more meanwhile there's still no official reaction from israel. has the detail

said that israeli aircraft were responsible but unless like to no official israeli government response what is important is that what we've seen is that this conflict is becoming much more than just a syria all regional conflict but it does have international ramifications his below is a militant organization it is based in lebanon it is allied with the syrian government in damascus israel has repeatedly said in the past that it will stop any kind of game changer weapons from getting into the hands of this organization listen on to has lodged a complaint with the international community complaining that israel has violated airspace has flown over lebanese airspace is one in recent days has taken widely reported steps as i'm outlining to neutralize threats that are immolating from within syria and while strikes from liberty's is there is this weekend or not for to have been on chemical weapons caches the recent israeli intelligence regarding the so-called use of such weaponry in store to be spurring on rounds of strikes including the latest just hours ago so israel is increasingly using

i think that those israeli. if. they decided to attack this. complex this morning i missed it and i could not. interrupt you british foreign secretary william hague but. go and see when rebels wouldn't that make it more difficult for israel to deal with the flow of weapons across the region now. well well i don't think so i think that there is a some kind of. some kind of correlation between the. fundamentalist . and the western eto against the syrian regime and i think that what's happening today is exactly in support of this and in support of the terrorists that are fighting against the syrian regime i think. is doing all its best to support these militants in syria and this attack in fact in the way it's attacking the main area that. the syrian army can hit from all the area of the mosque us all the surrounding or from the mosque us from the attack from the rebels so in this way i think there is a correlation and there is some kind of defined agreement between the israelis and these militants i think there's a state is getting into a situati

israeli who planes and a syrian as space and take out a shipment of alleged game changing missiles heading for hezbollah in lebanon. a trace of terror boston bombing investigators focus on the window of the code suspects after discovering it was a pro islamist material on her computer. on the training face of u.k. politics and i'm t.e.u. policy moves from the margins to claim a stunning result in local elections leaving the governing conservatives to wonder how to win bought last support of its. international news life from the with me you lash above all of us thanks for joining us. israel has carried out an asse trike inside syria will play is that said to have struck a shipment of advanced missiles heading for lebanon is the second such attack and less than five months of his middle east correspondent policy here has the latest from israel for us now the official is speaking on condition of being anonymous because he is not also wise to speak about a secret israeli military operation we had r.t. has been in touch with the israeli foreign ministry but as of yet they are not prepared to pu

said was not constitute one in 10 of jewish israeli and, therefore, one in 10 of jewish israeli voters. these were intended by israeli planners to make impossible the option of a two-state solution. i'm and reason people talk about settlement blocs. those things were put there by people whose intentions was to achieve prime minister begin's vision that everyone sovereignty between deliverance he. they didn't just sprout like mushrooms until tops. they were planned by strategic planners, people who knew what they were doing. they were intended to make a two-state solution impossible. the settlements and the rigid matrix of control that the necessity over the foru for the people of the occupied territories now in my view constitute insuperable obstacles to the prospect of such a two-state solution. this outcome is not just been made possible by american inaction. this country has been actively involved in crafting this outcome. as policymakers and politicians have willfully ignored the role in producing this outcome of $3 billion in annual military aid to israel, $115 billion over the la

senior israeli unnamed source has said that israel is responsible and that the attack was carried out in the vicinity of damascus airport but this official continues to give comments anonymously because he cannot represent any kind of private intelligence or any kind of decisions that will make can made by the israeli government we do know that israel has put in place the iron don't defense missile systems near the cities of suspect and haifa in the north of the country so that sort of these is an indication that israel is preparing at least for something on the ground it's not preparing it's at least worried about any kind of the television at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting the smalling of the prime minister netanyahu said nothing about the strikes but he did reiterate that he was committed to the security of israel over the past few days the israeli military caught up several hundred thousand reservists for what it called a surprise military exercise on the israeli border with lebanon in recent days there have been signs of mounting tensions between israel and hizbollah w

shifts as a strange palestinian and israeli leaders rush to china's favor beijing rolling out the red carpet. and bloodshed in pakistan forces major candidates into the shadows as they prefer to give up. on the campaign trail. in favor of. it is a pleasure to have you with us here on this morning. live in moscow with your world why. the united states to provide training to syrian rebel factions. within the holes of congress the motion is based on allegations the leadership in damascus has resort it's a chemical weapons in the country's long standing civil war that's despite united nations claims it's the rebels who may have deployed illegal agents not the government details now from our correspondent in washington. washington is inching closer to arming the rebels this monday the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee introduced a bill that would provide weapons to quote some vetted groups of syrian rebels the bill would also give the u.s. government the power to sanction any individual who sells or transfers military equipment weapons or oil to the syrian government the c

officials have reportedly confirmed that israeli jets were behind the attack didn't start describing the scene as a huge blast which caused everything to shake damascus based journalist abdullah moment xeni earlier told me the details. about the. morning. morkel come from. the. let's go live to israel now and get more on the latest developments from our t's'pol asli or paula thank you very much for being with us i know this is a developing situation how is israel commenting on the situation currently. well we're just receiving information right now that pentagon officials are confirming that the strike that was carried out in the early hours of sunday morning was in fact a strike that israel carried out as of yet no confirmation from the israeli side and it's also doubtful whether or not in fact we'll get any confirmation from tel aviv later as very seldom do they either come nor deny that attacks that there are allegedly responsible for have indeed been carried out by them we're still waiting for official israeli confirmation as to the named israeli missiles of course that israel ca

strike a media report suggests that special syrian lebanese units have been created to fight israeli aggression in the area author and historian gerald horne he believes the israeli attacks have placed the entire region on the brink of war their calculation is that true well they have unleashed in syria ultimately we can palestinian resistance of light of the fact that damascus has been a prime supporter of palestinian resistance and allowing attacks want to really target story from the golan heights it's a small price to pay in that context i'm afraid that we are on the threshold of a regional war keep in mind that hezbollah laws leadership announced just a few days ago that they would not allow the regime to fall in damascus keep in mind as well that both hezbollah and the iranians have issued gurrey strong warnings to the rebels not to desecrate shia shrines in syria and apparently that is what has happened in the last forty eight to seventy two hours i think that there is a diabolical plot to stoke sectarian conflict as a cover for destabilizing syria then moving on to try to des

eastwood's as a strange palestinian and israeli leaders rush to china's favor in beijing rolling out the red carpet for a. million dollar deal. forces major candidates into the shadows to give up winning over voters on the campaign trail in favor of survival. news live from moscow this is on t.v. with me and it's good to have you with us today. bill allowing the united states to provide arms and training to syrian rebel factions is now circulating in congress the motion is based on allegations the leadership in damascus has resorted to the use of chemical weapons in the country's long lasting civil war despite the u.n. claims it's the rebels who may have deployed and legal agents and not the government reporting from washington r.t. correspondent. washington is inching closer to arming the rebels this monday the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee introduced a bill that would provide weapons to quote some varied groups of syrian rebels the bill would also give the u.s. government the power to sanction any individual who sells or transfers military equipment weapons or

saying that they were caused by an israeli rocket targeting a military research center. a trace of terror boston bombing investigators focus on the widow of the killed a suspect after discovering a radical islamist material on her computer. and in the changing of face of u.k. politics an anti e.u. party moves from the margins to claim a stunning result in local elections leaving the governing conservatives to wonder how to win back lost supporters. and you are with our team live from moscow let's start with our breaking news this hour massive explosions have rocked the syrian capital damascus according to syrian state t.v. a military research center has been attacked let's now cross to syria and get the details from damascus based journalist abdullah mom was. thank you very much for being with us can you give us some details as to what has occurred in damascus. in the. west or all. all that it's. it's it's it's it's it's it's it's it's all. over but now we're still. and also some. of the city and all. they think with the simple. state of the state. machine. or most of th

we take care of each other. >> while israeli citizens, they are muslims of arab ancestry. but they're not just any ordinary family. >> translator: the arabs are organized around known crime families, gangs. someone who belongs to one of the families will be more dominant. he's influential. he gets a lot of respect from other prisoners. while this is a very dominant prisoner he belongs to a very dominant family. >> when we walked into their cell, they greeted us, offered refreshments, which we are not allowed to accept. but for me it was like being at the sopranos' house. it was just a very festive environment. it was a very social environment. but then you know that these people are capable of murder. >> this prisoner freely admits to the murder that brought him to rimonim. >> translator: it was an assassination. my cousin was murdered. in our family it is a custom if blood is spilled it needs to be spilled on the other side also. so the guy was killed. i am a bedouin. my grandfather is also a bedouin. the customs are very strict. you have to respect all customs, even if i