also called judea, sumaria, also called palestine. since 1967, half a million settlers have moved here, all in contravention of international law. many in contravention of israeli law. though in effect, it seems to make little difference. they're here and in ever-larger numbers. this is one of our drivers from tel aviv who i asked about the graffiti on this house near the settlements. so what is price tagging? >> something happens in a settlement or some attack with jews, kids from the settlement would come and have a price tag for every activity. so they come to a village like this, they will destroy cars, they will write on walls like this. it says against arabs, the state of israel is alive, and death to the arabs. >> intimidating. i mean, you put two targets on my house, i'm moving. this is ellie, a settlement with a population of over 3,000, relatively isolated from the rest of israel. this is the chief executive of the settlement and its former head of security. >> here you see from up above most of our town. you see the palesti

washington so-called peace process to resolve the israel palestine conflict has produced little if any results in fact the palestinians are experiencing excel aerated illegal land seizures palestine is quickly being wiped off the map is it time to accept a one state solution and or look to global institutions like the un to replace the current negotiating framework. to cross-talk the palestine israel conflict i'm joined by my guest soraya support ehrlich in irvine she is an independent researcher and writer and in new york we cross to norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and author of cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it and norman you've been a great scholar of the so-called peace process of the last twenty years coming to the studio today i noticed that the u.s. secretary of state has gone to the middle east to kick start talks well i could have read that headline almost any month of the last twenty years so norman isn't it time to start a new format because it can't go in. nowhere i don't quite agree with peter w

hello and welcome to crossfire were all things considered i'm peter lavelle palestine and the road ahead washington so-called peace process to resolve the israel palestine conflict has produced little if any results in fact the palestinians are experiencing excel aerated illegal land seizures palestine is quickly being wiped off the map is it time to accept a one state solution and or look to global institutions like the un to replace the current negotiating framework. to cross-talk the palestine israel conflict i'm joined by my guest soraya support ehrlich in irvine she is an independent researcher and writer and in new york we cross to norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and author of cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it norman you've been a great scholar of the so-called peace process of the last twenty years coming to the studio today i noticed that the u.s. secretary of state has gone to the middle east to kick start talks well i could have read that headline almost any month of the last twenty years so norman i

hello and welcome to crossfire were all things considered i'm peter lavelle palestine and the road ahead washington so-called peace process to resolve the israel palestine conflict has produced little if any results in fact the palestinians are experiencing excel aerated illegal land seizures palestine is quickly being wiped off the map is it time to accept a one state solution and or look to global institutions like the un to replace the current negotiating framework. cross-talk the palestine israel conflict i'm joined by my guest so ryan support ehrlich in irvine she is an independent researcher and writer and in new york we cross to norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and author of crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it norman you've been a great scholar of the so-called peace process of the last twenty years coming to the studio today i noticed that the u.s. secretary of state has gone to the middle east to kick start talks well i could have read that headline almost any month of the last twenty years so norman isn'

to cross-talk the palestine israel conflict i'm joined by my guest so ryan support ehrlich in irvine she is an independent researcher and writer and in new york we crossed to norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and author of crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it and norman you've been a great scholar of the so-called peace process of the last twenty years coming to the studio today i noticed that the u.s. secretary of state has gone to the middle east to kick start talks well i could have read that headline almost any month of the last twenty years so norman isn't it time to start a new format because it can't go in nowhere i don't quite agree with peter we have to be careful about what's happening now because i do think it is going somewhere but not the place where justice would more to go right now secretary of state kerry president obama and various other parties to the conflict seem pretty optimistic that they can ram down the road to the palestinians is really tied settlement of the conflict but the palestinia

cross-talk the palestine israel conflict i'm joined by my guest so ryan support ehrlich in irvine she is an independent researcher and writer and in new york we cross to norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and author of cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it and norman you've been a great scholar of the so-called peace process of the last twenty years coming to the studio today i noticed that the u.s. secretary of state has gone to the middle east to kick start talks well i could have read that headline almost any month of the last twenty years so norman isn't it time to start a new format because it can't go in nowhere i don't quite agree with peter we have to be careful about what's happening now because i do think it is going somewhere but not the place where justice would more to go right now secretary of state kerry president obama and various other parties to the conflict seem pretty optimistic that they can ram down the road to the palestinians is really tied supplement of the conflict the palestinians have n

but the control of palestine can only be maintained by the force of arms. and yet, as the world progress, certainly what he saw as an existential threat to the middle east was the french and british colonial rule and he also recognized that this was a fait accompli. and so what he did on the eve of this press conference, he was working with the sun whose individual as part of the peace conference and he got him and they made together the fisa weitzman agreement and that was in return for a very large jewish and ultimately control of pakistan. and once was very, he was a tactician and he recognize that palestine was a fait accompli. so we can use that for control of syria. and i think that if he looks today at syria, he really understood the clan and tribal structure of the arab world, as well as any western european individual of the time. and this was always his clearing call and warning to the imperial powers. but you cannot go into this area and just carve them up and come across this is tribal and ethnic lines as they did in africa, for example. so i th

washington so-called peace process to resolve the israel palestine conflict has produced little if any results in fact the palestinians are experiencing excel in way to be legal and seizures is it time to accept a one state solution and or look to global institutions like the un to replace the current negotiating framework. i. mean speak your language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the ip interviews intriguing story for you. in trying. to find out more visit our big. dog called. but i do know that you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy but. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and our civic we've been hijacked by handful. of corporations that will profit by destroying what our founding fathers. are and on this show we reveal the big picture of what's actually going on in the world we go beyond identifying. rational debate and real discussion

israel and palestine palestine excuse me he's over eighty years old but he still believes he will see peace before he dies or correspondent amir david had a chance to sit down with al masri here's part of that interview. you were nearly fourteen years old when the state of israel was created you were just a kid coming into your teenage years you've witnessed over sixty years of conflict and powerless failed attempts at peace agreements yet you've said a number of times that you remain very optimistic about seeing peace happen in your lifetime why to answer you is more mystic because i think for many reasons the most important that the players are the is the and the the geography needs this peace treaty because i think the whole world is looking to the region to see that is stable. peace provided and i think with the with everybody. with all the players there i think that we do have a child's all what we need is more people more constituency believe in peace because it's good for israel is very good for israel is good for the but islam is good for the arabs is good for the region of an

. >> palestine prisoners have been welcomed back home after being freed from israeli gaols. the 36 inmates are a batch of 104 being released. victims' families in israel are protesting their freedom. the palestine president is delighted. >> translation: this day is a happy day for all of us. for our people, our families and for our hero prisoners who were free today to live free. they were free in the prisons. >> not everyone was happy. dozens of israeli demonstrators gathered in jerusalem to celebrate the release. >> there's more fighting on the outskirts between the sudanese down of bor, it was seized shortly by supporters of riek machar, but was retaken by the government forces. >> tell us about the latest fighting, mohammed adow. >> we hear that there is fresh fighting in bor, the capital of south sudan's jonglei state. the government defense forces confirmed that the fighting began early in the morning after rebel forces loyal to former vice president supported by tribal militias known as the white army attacked. and it's been confirmed that fresh fighting caused displa

but the control of palestine can only be maintained by the force of arms. and yet, as the world progress, certainly what he saw as an existential threat to the middle east was the french and british colonial rule and he also recognized that this was a fait accompli. and so what he did on the eve of this press conference, he was working with the sun whose individual as part of the peace conference and he got him and they made together the fisa weitzman agreement and that was in return for a very large jewish and ultimately control of pakistan. and once was very, he was a tactician and he recognize that palestine was a fait accompli. so we can use that for control of syria. and i think that if he looks today at syria, he really understood the clan and tribal structure of the arab world, as well as any western european individual of the time. and this was always his clearing call and warning to the imperial powers. but you cannot go into this area and just carve them up and come across this is tribal and ethnic lines as they did in africa, for example. so i th

cross-talk the palestine israel conflict i'm joined by my guest soraya support ehrlich in irvine she is an independent researcher and writer and in new york we cross to norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and author of cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it and norman you've been a great scholar of the so-called peace process of the last twenty years coming to the studio today i noticed that the u.s. secretary of state has gone to the middle east to kick start talks well i could have read that headline almost any month of the last twenty years so norman isn't it time to start a new format because it ain't going nowhere i don't quite agree with peter we have to be careful about what's happening now because i do think it is going somewhere but not the place where justice would more to go right now secretary of state kerry president obama and various other parties to the conflict seem pretty optimistic that they can ram down the road to the. students is really tired supplement of the conflict but the palestinians have

washington so-called peace process to resolve the israel palestine conflict has produced little if any results in fact the palestinians are experiencing excel in way to the legal and seizures is it time to accept a one state solution and or look to global institutions like the un to replace the current negotiating framework. palladius street cleaner zoom love with a waitress i go on stage managing that there's an audience i used to take drugs and drink like a fish the middle east told me about the circus but i was such a punk i was like what circus. circus so clearly didn't run and would break down stereotypes about kids from disadvantaged backgrounds. dramas that can't be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. places change the world writes never. old picture posts long distance from around the globe the focus. and again this is a national welcome by on taxes has been a hit by asian quakes in the last month alone scientists are linking the tremors to fracking the relatively new process of extracting shale gas from the ground under one of the earth was literally shaking under the fe

break i'll let you could genuinely return after a short break we'll continue our discussion on the palestine israel conflict stay with me. the olympic torch is on its epic journey to structure. one hundred twenty three days. through two thousand one hundred towns and cities of russia. relayed by fourteen thousand people or sixty five thousand kilometers. in a record setting trip by land air sea and others face. a limp dick torch relay. on r t r g dot com. i was thinking somehow i had to come back because mom was waiting for me. and i just knew that everything would be fine for some reason was they were so confident because we were going to get married officially after he came back how could he not come back thought of it never crossed her mind. when the militants decided to try and break through. screaming her in a. run his back was. a little and it was all over all should we know that our comrades on our commander leave us no matter how tough it gets we're team. getting was a senior in his military trio. he knew that if he didn't smother that grenade with his body comrades would die he gave

break i'll let you could genuinely return after a short break we'll continue our discussion on the palestine israel conflict stay with me. please. as the media leave us so we leave this meeting. of the same motions to. the parties there's an. issue is that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all politics. are. this is extremely interesting. strategic mission to try to push. a longer covert team of journalists trying to release which leads documents it's about see how the united states is trying to. made me a global media more pro-american they encounter fear ignorance and pressure. on. country blocks the way to information freedom. media stop on our t.v. . a. look it was a. very hard. to get on a plane that had sex with the earthquake there was. a little. bit. of a. these are called to be. braving the elements in order to stand up so u.s. oil giants chevron. this comes after a massive hunger strike that returned the world's attention to the place that some have dubbed the gulag of our times. is an undeclared global battlefield in which yemen is just one of the

washington so-called peace process to resolve the israel palestine conflict has produced little if any results in fact the palestinians are experiencing excel a way to end seizures is it time to accept a one state solution and or look to global institutions like the un to replace the current negotiating framework. what defines a country's success. faceless figures of economic growth. standards of living. a year's worth of earthquakes have hit texas in just a month and a large part thanks to the practice of fracking so say experts the state is at the forefront of the shale gas revolution and oil firms are generating billions in taxes there's always going to find out what i'm talking crack and crumble the support of politicians for the drilling remains unshaken. the columns have shaken so hard it's actually pulled the tram if you look around here rebecca williams is showing me the cracks in her home after a series of earthquakes shook the area she has lived here for almost a decade and had never experienced an earthquake until fracking begin in her neighborhood i never know when the next

as port of the ongoing peace talks israel agreed to release 100 palestine prisoners. as a welcome home gift among families building them a house, they know what bella did, and they thank her. "she shows humanity." he says, "we would have done the same thing." some labelled her a hero. because of her it was a crime to yell, "criminal." then the death threats. >> i was socially ostracised. >> she was renounced. bella stands with israelis and protests adnan's release. adnan's family calls him a hero. i'm proud of him, i'm happy what he did. >> that shocks bella. she will only wear the dress if adnan renounces violence, if there's peace, or she'll be buried in it. she doesn't know which will happen first. >> while bella focuses on the past, adnan starts his new life. with this reception, he says, it's as if i was never imprisoned. bella gives him his chance. he said he doesn't need anyone to save him any more. >> israel plans to release a total of 104 prisoners in four stages, all of the palestinians released monday were serving 19-28 years for the deaths of israeli civil

cross-talk the palestine israel conflict i'm joined by my guest soraya support her look and irvine she is an independent researcher and writer and in new york we cross to norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and author of cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime if you want and i very much encourage it i'm norman you've been a great scholar of the so-called peace process of the last twenty years coming to the studio today i know. that the u.s. secretary of state has gone to the middle east to kick start talks well i could have read that headline almost any month of the last twenty years so norman isn't it time to start a new format because it ain't going nowhere i don't quite agree with peter we have to be careful about what's happening now because i do think it is going somewhere but not the place where justice would more to go right now secretary of state kerry president obama and various other parties to the conflict seem pretty optimistic that they can ram down the road to the palestinians is really tied supplement of the conflict.

scientists have been testing the palestine leaders polonium along with the russian group. in november al jazeera revealed the swiss scientist found eight times the leftthis his remains. the russian results from inconclusive. in france the law prohibits the publication of the french report. it makes it difficult to work out. there's indications that there's a separate track that judges are pursuing. they are looking into the issue of who may have killed arafat. judges are seeking the question. that suggests this investigation is not over. >> joining us now is the palestine liberation organization chief negotiators. thank you for taking the time to speak to us. the french have ruled out the fact that yasser arafat was poisoned, and said he died of national causes. the swiss say levels found were 18 to 36 times higher much which of the two approaches do you find more credible - the french or the swiss? >> well, number one, we have not received anything officially, the french authorities. i was in touch with the president, and the head of our security investigation committee m

images have been filmed by an activist inside a palestine refugee camp. al jazeera spoke him, we used his voice, not his face for security reasons >> translation: the humanitarian situation is disastrous. there is a threat of famine. basics like rice and sugar are hardly available. they sell one kilos of rice between $50 and $70. medicine has run out. the camp is a stronghold for rebel forces and has been surrounded and cut off by government troops. it's prompted the united nations relief agency for palestine refugees to call for a corridor to access the people trapped inside. >> these reports are disturbing. they must lead to a lifting of the siege as the commissioner general and other world leaders asked. there were 20,000 trapped, many children. we are extremely concerned about their plight today. >> yam uk is or was home to a -- yarmouk is home to men thousands. it lies near to damascus. was set up in 1957 and was built up as an urban quarter with schools and health centres. overall conditions here were better than the other palestine camps in syria.

downpours and bucketing snow is the billeted in many countries in the middle east especially israel and palestine around jerusalem more than fifty thousand homes have incurred blackouts after hundreds of power lines collapsed but it seems like israelis are faring quite well and are able to deal with the many feet of snowfall over the country however gaza is a different story entirely what has been described as a disaster area by the un there is flooding two meters high already five thousand palestinians have been forced to evacuate from their homes so why is israel coping but gaza a complete nightmare earlier i spoke to phyllis bennis and i first asked her why is there such a huge dichotomy in the same general area. it's a disaster and the reason is the people of gaza one point eight million people are essentially imprisoned in a big open air prison and they remain under occupation the siege of gaza remains so israel controls what goes in what goes out which mainly means nothing who goes in who goes out which mainly means no one so people are trapped and when you're living in housing which now ha

these campaigns are crucial the goal for us in this country we don't live in israel we don't live in palestine we live here and our obligation is to change our government so that these things do not happen again thank you so much amazing insight as always phyllis bennis director of the new internationalism project the institute for policy studies appreciate you. coming up out of an exclusive interview with a man who says the obama administration has cheated small businesses a billion dollars. i got a quote for you. it's pretty tough to. say what it's about story. let's get this guy like you would smear about john stead of working for the people most issues the mainstream media are working for each other bridegrooms vision. opportunities. were they did rather well. i think. they would like to do is show that you know the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open press is critical to our democracy trek albus. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corporate takeover of our government and across several we'v

these campaigns are crucial the goal for us in this country we don't live in israel we don't live in palestine we live here and our obligation is to change our government so that these things do not happen again thank you so much amazing insight as always phyllis bennis director of the new internationalism project the institute for policy studies appreciate you. coming up i have an exclusive interview with a man who says the obama administration has kids small businesses a billion dollars. dramas that try to be ignored. stories others the few who still notice. food since changed the world like snow. so pictures of today's. politicians from around the globe. look to. the. largest consumer of the seas and i see what me and the country is the federal government to simply say as property of the united states government plumb line just the united states the privilege when it was done public has to realize you can't just buy. your own just throw it away there's a problem for instance belongs to the united states environmental protection agency and i found this on a dump site here this is here it's n

i assume. >> of course. >> rose: on iran are you a skeptic. >> israel palestine i'm a skeptic. i don't think it moves and he is waiting time on a priority that is not mercks. i honestly don't know why he's doing. i have spoken with former secretaries in the u.s. they don't know why he's doing it. i think that if i were advising kerry on what to do, you want to pick a couple countries that desperately need u.s. engage am, i would go south korea-japan. those are both allies, both countries that trust the u.s. the fact that their relationship right now is index orably broken. >> rose: top westerned back reb nell syria is forced to flee. >> yeah. >> rose: ef row day there is another story about what's happening to sort of the moderate rebels and the growth of the islamists. and almost taking over the opposition to assad. and then you see ryne crocker say maybe we should reengage with a. >> -- >> assad himself, counterterrorism and all the rest. >> rose: is that a doable idea. >> we are i guess engaging. look, first of all, some of the rebels are-- some of the moderates are turning

where palestine militants fought israeli soldiers. israel said since the wall was built it's been safer. but for this woman, it has meant hardship. >> we wish the christ yarnings -- christians will demolish the wall and make it real peace. that's what god wants. >> in her groundfloor shop tourists ask about her life. she sells souvenirs. since the real wall's construction, the family's economic construction plummeted. christmas arrived with a huge disappointment. >> >> were you able to by presents this year. >> no, there weren't any, the gifts. i apologised. >> like so many here, they celebrate two miles from where jesus was born. she attends dinner parade. christmas mass. the local archbishop prays for peace. >> back at home that's the same message 16-year-old daniel sends to the 16-year-old american kids lucky to open presents. >> to pray for peace because there's no peace any more here. >> and on this day clare prays for the wall to come down. she prays for peace. even if that feels a long way off. >> in spate everything that she h

he's a syrian refugee, next to a palestine. she is would don't just live together they work together. akmed is bringing the best of his country's cuisine to this strip. >> translation: i don't feel a stranger, i new friends, now brothers. we do well together. >> koort -- according to the u.n. many are plea fleeing. increasingly many are making a trip to the gaza strip. this place is overcrowded and has high unemployment. the power goes off daily and the fear of war returning at any second never goes away. yet the syrian refugees gaza represents two big attractions. firstly, they feel safer. they don't go into refugee camps, they have a chance to cause up their own place and role. whatever that may be. the restaurant services two. tonight maurice is off duty having a romantic evening with his palestinian girlfriend. there's is a story of love and hope punk tated in an area surrounded by war. >> translation: as a syrian in gaza i'm considered a citizens. i'm relax. i originally planned to come for the day. i met my fiancee, fell

also coming up: palestine refugees are reported to be starving to death in syria. >> protests in thailand enter their seventh week as political parties scramble to reach a compromise. >> and the voice of leo tolstoy, the russian novelist gets a digital upgrade a centuriar he dies. >> the south sudanese government says thousands of youths loyal to former vice president riek machar is on their way to attack bor. we have more. >> with forces loyal to former vice president riek machar marching on the strategic town of bor, which is the capital of the jonglei state. they had been taken by the rebels. the government forces took control of it after fighting in that time. riek machar is using tribal militia. they are from the subtribe of former vice president riek machar's nuer tribe. his side is not marching or denying the government claims. the men are numbering up to 25,000, and tribal militia, people that have come to the government defense forces. we know from the government that the militias are 13 miles out of bor town. with them fighting for bor town and conflict within the unity state, i

. >> the secretary of state is discussing a west bank security plan with israeli and palestine leaders. he's hoping to have a deal in place by may that addresses security issues and borders, the status of jerusalem, and the state of palestine refugees. the leaders agreed if such a deal is not fleshed out by the deadline they'll work to have the framework in place. israeli and palestine leaders will seek to neght. >> house lawmakers approved a bipartisan budget deal. the two-year agreement has been passed by a majority and hits the senate next week. those are the headlines. on america tonight, not my fault, man. the case that raise as point in question about justice. can you be too rich? for you to say that because i have money, i can do as i please in this country. >> also tonight, break up gone bad. her ex-s online revenge. >> what if my students see this, what if my colleagues see this. and the face off, over a frozen frontier. why everyone wants a piece of some of the most inhospitable places on earth. ♪ . >> and good evening thank you for being with us. we begin tonight with a lo

. >> israel and the palestine authority sign a pact to replenish the rapidly dying read sea. >> welcome back, you are watching al jazeera. thousands are gathering at the f.n.b. stadium in johannesburg for a memorial service for nelson mandela. dignitaries are flying in to pay their respects. france has confirmed two of its soldiers have been killed while carrying out operations at the central african republic. french troops are meeting, they are trying to strip rival rebel groups of weapons day days of attacks left hundreds dead. >> security forces in ukraine scuffled with protesters in the main square. demonstrators put up barriers in the independence square after a deal with the e.u. had been rejected. >> events to honour the 95-year-old nelson mandela is expected to be one of the biggest gatherings of dignitaries and heads of states. barack obama is among those attending and speak. he be joined by three previous presidents, including george w. bush, bill clinton and jimmy carter. also ban ki-moon will speak. kofi annan, his predecessor will be in tansd. iran president hassan rouhani

israeli and palestine leaders great to negotiate for a minimum of nine months. john kerry is scheduled to meet benyamin netanyahu on friday. >> democrats and republicans appear to break months of gridlock over the federal budget. the house passed a deal that will keep the government running for two years. now it's headed to the senate. the white house called the white house vote an ornt moment of bipartisan cooperation. >> in contrast to the fall when congress couldn't agree to a budget, the government was shut down. today an overwhelming majority voted for this deal. 32 democrats cast descenting votes. the republican author working with patty murray on the democrats side of the aisle. ryan spoke before the bill passed and defended his conservative perspeptive, and the art of compromise. >> we have been at each other's throats for a long time. we tried to defeat this president. i wish we would have. elections have consequence, mr speaker. i fundamentally believe - this is my personal opinion, it's a slightly partisan thing to say, to do what we think needs to be

it's under palestine administrative rule, on landoccupied by israel. unemployment is the highest in the west bank. a quarter of the population. >> it will be best if the tourists stay overnight. they don't stay. there's hope that the repairs and yun es coe decision to make this a world heritage site to bring back tourist levels. celebrations and business of celebrations are somewhat like a christmas tree surrounded by a cement wall. >> you can keep up to date with the news on the website. aljazeera.com. >>> don't give up now. there are last mief minute bargains everyone and the competition among retailers tonight is making history. >>> plus, a crucial survey for the university of michigan shows a key driver is ratcheting into high gear. >>> if you have a product idea but don't know how to build or sell it, there's a new company that wants to help and they partnered with a huge american manufacturer. i'm david schuster in for ali velshi, and this is "real money."

on israel palestine, i am skeptic. not think it moves. he is wasting time on a priority that is america's. do not know why he is doing it. i have spoken with former secretaries. we do not know why he is doing it. i think that if i were advising kerry on what to do, pick a couple of countries that need u.s. engagement. go to south korea, japan. those are allies. the fact that the relationship is broken is a problem for the americans. backed rebelstern in syria is forced to flee. every day there is another story about what is happening to the growthe rebels, and the of the islam is taking over the opposition to assad. then you seeing ryan crocker saying maybe we should reengage with assad himself. >> counterterrorism and the rest. we are engaging. first of all, some of the rebels , some of the moderates are earning to extremist because you kill over 100,000 people in a war, and you have millions of refugees, you're going to create over a few years, a lot of extremist. the ground is shifting. syria is a classic situation where the enemy of o

post atlanta in palestine issues from so long ago, security is always going to be a priority and a challenge. it will vary in intensity, are. >> we talked about the role that the chechens, the caucasus may play. there is another issue and that is the role that some russians are playing in syria's civil war, and whether or not president putin's continuing support for richard labarbiera could cause play back at home. is that something that russian security officials are wroried about. >> when you look at the special events, national security nations, as well as other participants in the olympics are looking for adverse intelligence affecting the olympics. there'll be tasks around every c.i.a. agents looking for adverse intelligence, we'll be looking for threat information. as i look at the recent bombings that transpired near sochi, the one thing that resonates with me is the intelligence gaps here. look at it this way. the suicide bombers pulled these off without the russians preventing them. you have a unique bomb maker on the loose here. based on the forensics of the two more recent devices

palestinian prisoners as part of the u s brokered peace deal to resume peace talks between israel and palestine the release of the prisoners who have said sentences of between nineteen and twenty ideas comes despite protests from benefits of the victims is rylan palestine resume peace talks in july under heavy pressure from the us as a precondition the palestinians were forced to drop of the month for a whole in israeli settlement construction in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem in exchange israel agreed to release one hundred and four of the longest serving palestinian prisoners it holds. this week's bullies will be the third off or land prices. the release of the president has sparked anger inside israel correspondent stephanie free that explains why it from some of. the one of the controversy is really over the fact that the israeli give families of these victims of these prisoners are saying these people hold citizenship they have benefits they can move about freely within israel they're absolutely at times they're absolutely a feeling that it is a slap in the face and added to the

washington so-called peace process to resolve israel palestine conflict has produced little if any results in fact the palestinians are experiencing excel in way to be legal and seizures is it time to accept a one state solution and or look to global institutions like the un to replace the current negotiating framework. i was thinking somehow i had to come back because mom was waiting for me. i just knew that everything would be fine for some reason they were so confident because we were going to get married officially after he came back how could he not come back the mere thought of it never crossed her mind . when the militants decided to try and break through her new guinea screaming grenade. explosions blow them all round his back. and it was all over all. we know that our call on our commander won't leave us no matter how tough it gets we're a team. who are both getting was a senior in his military trio. he knew that if he didn't smother that grenade with his body more of his comrades would die he gave his own life to save his friends. i play a street cleaner who's in love with a wait

, building a constructive life-loving and hopefully democratic palestine. >> warner: ari shavit, thank you. >> t. >> woodruff: again, the major developments of the day: president obama sized up a sometimes-bruising fifth year in office in a year-end news conference. he conceded taking hits on the health care rollout and surveillance. and the economy grew more than first estimated in the third quarter at an annual rate topping 4%. on the "newshour" online right now-- before you hit the road this weekend, print your copy of mark and david's guide to holiday civility for dealing with insufferable relatives from both sides of the political spectrum. find that on our homepage. and mikhail baryshnikov channels chekhov in his latest performance. the dance legend brings his body language to a new avante-guarde stage production, now on tour. here's an excerpt of his conversation with jeff. >> does it feel connected to your past work, your continuing work as a dancer or is this something very different? >> i see it, it's much more heart and mind related process. there is no-- changing who you ar

and at the end, we decide to shoot it in palestine. and it was very interesting project. because we shoot the video with people from israel, and with palestinians. >> gotcha. >> it was like a peaceful movement. >> all around the world, you have voices from all around the world here. but i do have to ask you, why julian assange, you hear his voice, you don't see his face. you decided to get him into it but how did you get him into it? >> it was very difficult at first to be with him and to be able to have a meeting with him. but we did it. we move a little bit, and we -- i flew to london, where i had a day or two to meet him before we started to end this sopping. and he was -- he was a great guy. he was a very humble man, very intelligent guy. and very open-minded. >> yeah, you recorded him i understand inside the ecuadorian embassy, in london. if i could get a moment with hisdante, why was it so important to do this international pulling together of all these voices, why did you bring so many people together from the world to sing this song? what did it say? >> the reason