we can criticise israel, absolutely, but criticise only israel. when you look at the human rights council, when you speak about human rights violations in israel and spend only a few minutes talking about human rights violations around the world, it doesn't make any sense. this obsession, it comes from somewhere, and when i see anti—semitism, i will call it. we have to end it there. but danny danon in new york city, i think it much forjoining me joining me on hardtalk. thank you very much stephen. we end this week on something more uncertain than we started it. at the moment we are still in between systems. there is a developing area of pressure in the sea. a couple of weather fronts around as well. they will bring outbreaks of rain to the northern isles. this weatherfront drilling down into england. just eight lion of cloud. further showers returning to further scotland first thing this morning. cloud and temperatures generally starting in double figures. 0therwise single figure values. it will be feeling cooler right across the board, especial

russia holds israel responsible that is clear and israel's excuses have been dismissed as just that excuses the israeli regime put the russian service men at risk intentionally in order to be able to carry out this attack on syria which is of course illegal in itself the arrogance of netanyahu has caused him great difficulty now because he has to be answerable to the russian people and then set of apologizing as usual the israelis are looking for scapegoats israel insists it had to bomb the arabians hizbullah are there and then yet how many times is israel now had to bomb syria dozens and dozens monthly to stop iranian and shia aggression it says how many times has iran attacked israel and this puts russia in a tough spot its trademark selling point of being friends with everyone may be impossible to keep up russia is now quite evenhanded in the middle east and he tries to keep good relation was all the parties was is was the arabs was the palestinians it was turkey was iran. i wonder how long will it last that you can be a friend of everybody because by the end of the day we are dealing wi

for israel if israel continues. such behavior what extent i mean the one thing you know you know them denies that everybody you know you thinking out their own their point it's very clear you know you for roger. is terms for him as to be hunted into syria. and basically uses gives these systems to syria it's so these systems are not going to be controlled by russians at least that's how i read the decision it means. in deed of israeli planes can be grounded because these systems are arguably much more sophisticated the ones that syrians used to be so deep or so for these strikes for israel will go that's why either of this will come sort of both these terms for that it's not just the israeli aircraft that's helped orating in the syrian air space without the mandate emerick and said there to do thing they will play along with this russian laid new order. well of course no one who. formerly recognize their legitimacy over there are some decisions they would say well you know we don't bomb them to feel that we have to

israel concluded that with these new air defense systems syria would have been able to cover all of israel's airspace that means that damascus could have shot down israeli military planes just seconds after takeoff the israeli said they cannot let that happen they expressed their alarm and asked moscow to break the deal russia's answered israel's concerns by first suspending the contract and then withdrawing from a completely and returning four hundred million dollars that it already received from the syrian government. russia helped broker a deal to keep iranian and hezbollah forces in syria away from the golan heights from the israeli border at israel's request in golan heights the russian military at israel's request launched a special operation to identify and exuma the remains of israeli soldiers dead for decades and russia got un troops back to the golan heights after six years at the request of israel with the assistance of the russian forces all iran backed formations with heavy weapons were withdrawn from the golan heights to a safe distance for israel more than one hundred forty ki

fun and welcome to worlds apart israel has long made the point that it puts its security and build lives of its service men above everything else and maxim that may have contributed to the downing of the russian reconnaissance plane over syria now that moscow amir as this approach of the back of israel can do to preserve the mode of accommodation they were once so proud of well to discuss that i'm now joined by him but he comes to know the director general of the russian international affairs council mr carter enough it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time thank you for an argument now one of the reasons russia and israel of president putin the prime minister netanyahu have been getting along so well is because they both are hard core realists with very strong i would say unashamed focus on security and in good times that could lead to a better understanding but in bad times that could also provide a basis for a very sharp collision is the latter are likely. well i think that it is getting a little bit more difficult to plea its traditional role in syria which is their

israel is both. israel will always remain both. sarahince abraham and made their journey to the promised land 4000 years ago, the land of israel has been our homeland. it is the place where isaac and rebecca, jacob, and rachel carried on their covenant with god. it is where joshua made us a sovereign nation. david ruled and isaiah preached. it is the place from which we were exiled and to which we returned, rebuilding our ancient and eternal capital, jerusalem. [applause] the nationstate of israel is the only place where the jewish people proudly exercise our collective right of self-determination. was recognized nearly a century ago by the league of nations and over 70 years ago by the united nations, when it voted to establish and support the establishment of a jewish state. that is what it step -- that is what it says, that resolution, a jewish state. [applause] time, israel is a vibrant democracy. where all of its citizens enjoy equal individual rights and they are guaranteed by law. in israel, whether you are a 2 -- eight jew

has kept pushing the view that israel is culpable but. his spokesperson have been soft. saying it was just an unfortunate accident and that the asked three hundred decision is not a that israel. israel has previously been able to count on russia turning a blind eye to its airstrikes inside syria of which there have been some two hundred in recent years but if damascus really does get its hands on s three hundreds the israeli military will have to rethink its tactics is the first time in the history of the conflict that we see the the syrian defense is equipped with the mother in. a missile that can deprive the israeli air force of from their freedom of movement and the syrian air space part is not just the israelis who will be affected by the move u.s. national security adviser john bolton has called it a major mistake any other country operating in the region will now have to realize that syrian airspace isn't theirs to use it will rory chalons al-jazeera moscow u.s. president donald trump says he will have a second summit with north korea's leader kim jong un in the co

has kept pushing the view that israel is culpable but. had his spokesperson been soft pedaling saying it was just an unfortunate accident and that the asked three hundred decision is not a that israel. israel has previously been able to count on russia turning a blind eye to its airstrikes inside syria of which there have been some two hundred in recent years but if damascus really does get its hands on s three hundreds the israeli military will have to rethink its tactics is the first time in the history of the conflict that we see the syrian defense is equipped with a mother in. missiles that can deprive the israeli air force of from their freedom of movement and the syrian air space part is not just the israelis who will be affected by the move u.s. national security adviser john bolton has called it a major mistake any other country operating in the region will now have to realize that syrian airspace isn't theirs to use it will rory chalons al-jazeera moscow. china has accused the us of in its words holding a knife to its neck by imp

can criticise israel, absolutely, but criticise only israel. when you look at the human rights council, when you speak about human rights violations in israel and spend minutes —— only a few minutes talking about human rights around the world, it doesn't make. this obsession, and when i see anti—semitism, i will call it. this obsession, and when i see anti-semitism, i will call it. we have to end at there. danny danon in new york city, i think it much for joining me on talk. thank you very much stephen. —— joining joining me on talk. thank you very much stephen. ——joining me joining me on talk. thank you very much stephen. —— joining me on hardtalk. hello again. well, if you're heading outside over the next few hours in england and wales, chances are it's going to be pretty cloudy, and that cloud will be thick enough for some rain from this weak weather front that we've got sat across the far east. otherwise, a few showers coming into western scotland from time to time over the next few hours, that rain mostly focused towards

we can criticise israel, absolutely, but criticise only israel. when you look at the human rights council, when you speak about human rights violations in israel and spend only a few minutes talking about human rights violations around the world, it doesn't make any sense. this obsession, it comes from somewhere, and when i see anti—semitism, i will call it. we have to end it there. but danny danon in new york city, i think it much forjoining me joining me on hardtalk. thank you very much stephen. hello, good morning. the details for this weekend still look a little uncertain. things are more straightforward, though, for friday. a lot of the rain and earlier thunderstorms have been fading away. skies have been clearing, which is why it's been turning quite chilly out there, and it'll feel a little cooler for many places, with a north—westerly breeze, but for the most part it'll be dry. there's going to be some areas of rain still around, very close to this area of low pressure that's in the north sea. this is where we'll see most of the rain,

israel expressed its concerns as soon as the s three hundred deal with syria was signed israel concluded that with these new air defense systems syria would have been able to cover all of israel's air space that means that damascus could have shut down israeli military planes just seconds after takeoff the israeli said they cannot let that happen they expressed their alarm and asked moscow to break the deal russia's answered israel's concerns by first suspending the contract and then withdrawing from a completely and returning four hundred million dollars that it already received from the syrian government. russia helped. goes from there is is what remains to be seen. the world anti-doping agency voted in the week to reinstate russia's anti drug body thursday a decision ended in a three year suspension for alleged state sponsored doping. the great majority of the world anti-doping agency's executive committee decided to reinstate the russian anti doping agency and is compliant with the world anti-doping code one hundred given russia a list of commitments to be reinstated one point was ac

we can criticise israel, absolutely, but criticise only israel. when you look at the human rights council, when you speak about human rights violations in israel and spend only a few minutes talking about human rights violations around the world, it doesn't make any sense. this obsession, it comes from somewhere, and when i see anti—semitism, i will call it. we have to end it there. but danny danon in new york city, i think it much forjoining me joining me on hardtalk. thank you very much stephen. hello there. we're ending this week on something a lot more unsettled than how we started it, that's because we're replacing high pressure with an area of low pressure. at the moment we're still in between systems. there is a developing area of low pressure out across the north sea. but we've got high pressure dominating, i think, for much of thursday morning, a couple of weather fronts around too. they are going to bring outbreaks of rain to the northern isles, this weather front trailing down into northern england, north—west england, parts of nort

for its professed goal of destroying israel this morning iran brazenly violated israel sovereignty they dispatched the reigning drone from syrian territory into israel and this demonstrates that our warnings were one hundred percent correct israel holds iran and its syrian post responsible for today's aggression we will continue to do whatever is necessary to protect our sovereignty and our security. now following that incident there was a four phone call that took place between the russian president and the israeli pm and they agreed that they needed to avoid any steps that would lead to a new confrontation in the region i was according to interfax news and that they agreed that israeli russian military coordination with regards to syria should continue now another incident happened on the ninth of april twenty eighth russian syracuse israel of carrying out an air strike on that day against their base also known as the team for air base outside palmira in central syria the russian defense ministry said that the israeli aircraft launched eight missiles five of those were intercepted by

israel is bolstered by the u.s. because the general assembly when we asked them they just asked them they agree. they gave us 100 empty nine 42 abstained. those who opposed were only four israel will act with impunity until when? as it will act and rebel likes supported by whomever it likes. we are resisting the israeli occupation by way of legitimate means. use are means which we the peaceful, popular resistance. is this a legal? are using arms against palestinians. , i amar cities and town not speaking about the army, i am speaking about the settlers, the israeli settlers. we will refuse to reject -- we reject the violence and all kinds of arms and we will never accept using weapons. pursue upon the world to the efforts of nuclear disarmament and even traditional disarmament. israel is adamant on this story in this region -- on destroying this region. village itoys this is destroying the unity of the west bank. will be divided into north and south. do you condone this? not to mention the aggression. do you remembe

in the service like this do happen so i think that you know in the end this illegal presence beat up israel or others is what bears responsibility for such incidents like the one we witnessed today we have got a comment from the u.n. special envoy for syria and i'm a story let's just take a quick listen to what here at the say on this incident. we call upon all parties especially when we're getting these type of positive given you regarding what could have been a dramatic military escalation to refrain from military action of those who are there would only be in the read the complex situation it's a pretty neutral broad statement isn't it to avoid any sort of escalation or further violence something to be expected from an official from the united nations but he does ask everyone to avoid military actions do you think that's going to stop israel continually targeting syria a sovereign state without having the u.n. mandate. well israel has never showed much respect for the un mandate so you and yours aleutians if you look at the there is allusions words for later to palestine for example all

israel confirm strikes on syrian territory but insists syria iran and the armed group hezbollah responsible for the downing of the jet. israeli army of the russian president extend condolences to the families of the plane's crew some of the remains along with personal belongings have been located in the mediterranean sea where the aisle twenty and. thanks for joining us this is r.t. and. israel is to blame for the downing of a russian military plane off the coast of syria according to russia's defense ministry claims israeli air force used. twenty as cover from syrian air defenses missiles from which hit the russian plane fifteen crew members died as a result four israeli fighter jets have been targeting syrian facilities in latakia province the town. so now suppose it would be up on the seventeenth of september at around ten pm for israeli fighter jets launched guided bombs on syrian military facilities near the city old for the taqiyya the bombing occurred in the immediate vicinity of where the russian aisle twenty was coming into land the israeli jets deliberately created a dangerous sit

to expand so israel that he's he targets not just in the south west of syria but basically. he'd congress' power to go all the territory of syria and it's not just about the wars that might supply as a bowler it's about military production facilities so israelis change and at least it's tactics i don't think that. is trying to. destroy. i don't think but they believe here and bob bashara they care about iran and i think that the position of syria sort of the position of israel is defined primarily by the new tensions between the united states and iran i think this is the real problem you know we have to find some kind of accommodation a and i think that unfortunately many in israel and in the united states i seem to fear annoyed about iran and its intentions well mr carson up we have to take a very short break now but when we're back in just a few moments stay tuned. kind that this guy like he. had to get that dial. and that to the money at that one the money the. did it kind of thing. that is out there it is how much i think after. a lot about how the now rolling so i am so

knows what you are doing and israel knows where you are doing it israel will never let a regime that calls for our destruction to develop nuclear weapons not now not in ten years not ever. the the. and israel will do whatever it must do to defend itself against iran's aggression we will continue to act against you in syria we will act against you in lebanon we will act against you in iraq we will act against you whenever and wherever we must act to defend our state and to defend our people. distinguished delegates three years ago a few weeks after the nuclear deal was completed i asked this question from this very podium does anyone seriously believe that flooding iran's radical theocracy with weapons and cash will curb its appetite for aggression but many of the deal supporters believe just that they believe that iran's regime would become more moderate more peaceful. they believed that iran would use the billions of dollars it received. so that is the is really a prime minister benjamin netanyahu giving his address to the united nations general assembly so far very focused on iran

three hundred decision is not a that israel. israel has previously been able to count on russia turning a blind eye to its airstrikes inside syria of which there have been some two hundred in recent years but if damascus really does get its hands on s three hundreds the israeli military will have to rethink its tactics is the first time in the history of the conflict that we see the syrian defense is equipped with a mother in. missiles that can deprive the israeli air force of from their freedom of movement and the syrian air space part is not just the israelis who will be affected by the move u.s. national security adviser john bolton has called it a major mistake any other country operating in the region will now have to realize that syrian airspace isn't theirs to use it will rory chalons al-jazeera moscow. you know the outside government's long wanted to get its hands on the s three hundred missiles system but russia has held off selling it in recent years because of israeli pressure and soviet designed system can be spread

embassy move to jerusalem to a trumpet ministration that's firmly in israel's corner and continues to penalize the palestinians so have netanyahu won this week's headliner former israeli foreign ministry chief and close ally of the prime minister dori gold. during a gold francs for joining me up front in the last couple of weeks the united states government the trumpeter ministration has cut funding to the un refugee agency which looks after palestinian refugees have cut funding to palestinian cancer patients have shut down the washington d.c. mission of the p.l.o. the representative body of the palestinian people you must be delighted we don't get to lie that in the problems of the palestinians you know for us it would be better that these issues not happen and that we could just sit in the goshi and reach an agreement a lot of this is self inflicted punishment on the part of the palestinians they knew that if they start playing around with the international criminal court there is american legislation that was adopted in two thousand and fifteen which says that will have implication

and russia now because of this unfortunate accident i don't think that israel will stop. change its policy concerning the iranian in their presence the military presence in syria meanwhile the director of the no sauce think tank on a walk have told us that israel would prefer to call the downing of the plane an accident. i think the israelis would be very embarrassed the russian leader you know hosts these really premier. you know very close quarters during world war two commemorations he gives them. a lot of ear and they listen to their worries and so on and so forth is reserve really calculating at the moment what the response could be one could argue that the read israelis did not intend to down this plane but it is a natural behavior of. an attack an aircraft to evade air defense systems and they might have said ok well this is a russian airplane they're not going to shoot it so we think this is going to take a long time we don't think that there is going to be any immediate response by the syrian. army bar an operation or a some shelling of the golan heights but we t

is doing but of course there is no way of calling israel to account because of the u.s. veto in the security council monday night incident was not the first time israel has been in action against syria artie's new director was here in the studio earlier discussing the previous cases. the reason why russia pointing the finger at the israelis is because of those past hostile actions so that israeli forces often took aim at syrian targets so if we go back rewind to the tenth of february twenty eight hundred that's where an israeli f. sixteen fighter jet crashed after being hit by syrian air defenses during an offensive in syria the two pilots parachuted to safety before the crash in northern israel and it's believed that that was the first time that israel lost one of its jets during the syrian conflict following that incident a phone call did take place between president putin and prime minister netanyahu now i'll explain a couple more incidents on the ninth of april russian syria accused israel of carrying out strikes against the four airbase which is near palmira in cent

there is say israel and the palestinians are tough. it is a dream of mine to be able to get that done prior to the end of my first term. i don't want to do it in my first term. will do other things in my second term. i can say think a lot of progress has been made. i think israel wants to do something and that palestinians want to do something. a lot of progress has been made. time is moving and i think it'll start moving soon rapidly. >> are you going to talk to mr. putin about tensions between russia. >> you said israel will have to pay now after having the embassy move. what do you mean? >> i said probably the biggest chip off the table. we have to make a fair deal on deals have to be good for both parties otherwise you don't have a deal. something will have to be done. israel got the first chip but it's a big one. >> the russians -- was syria? >> i haven't heard this. will make a determination. we'll find out. >> will the palestinians come back to the table? >> absolutely. 100%. we are paying them $550 million a year. now were payi

no official comment from israel on the situation best far but surely israel could argue that it actually did notify russia that the strike was going to take place but the russian memo days those that this morning came just a minute or so before the missiles were launched and said this morning system be regulated somehow do you think it is this just a case of a communication breakdown do you think. as a communications breakdown i think it's quite tactical and quite deliberate on the side of the israelis to give a warning of some sort but leave it to the absolute last second so that gives the element of surprise to the israeli jets and where they're carrying out whatever they're coming out in the in the region in terms of air strikes me if you give five or ten minute warnings to russia i suppose the fear from the idea from israel will be that our information will be relayed on to the targets and that gives opportunities for those on the ground to not only get out of installations but also to arrange and see across. from a given direction these jets came from mediterranean which is interest

defense minister who has held a phone conversation with his israeli counterpart in which he stated israel bears for sponsibility for the downed russian plane and the death of the crew members on board meanwhile the israeli military said early on tuesday it had no reaction saying it does not comment on foreign reports we get all the latest details now from our middle east correspondent for the paula what's the very latest you can tell us face. well here as well it's extremely frustrating we're receiving no reaction and no comment as you mentioned from the israeli foreign ministry the defense ministry or the israeli defense forces now we're just in the run up to the most holy day in the jewish calendar your key put and in the next twenty four hours everything in this country will close down so if we don't get a reaction in the next two three hours it's unlikely we'll get any kind of reaction for at least the next day or so and so what this does suggest is that the israelis recognize that they are in a very precarious situation and they trying to work out behind closed doors what would be th

says israel as for the united states can you comment on the shoot down of the. russian jet yesterday and whether or not the us had any visibility in it over de confliction mine or any other means as far as the tractor we did not the coalition was not involved with this did you have any visibility into it as it was happening through either your own radar or through the confliction line we did not that i'm tracking and see what happened usually when one doesn't see what happened one doesn't blame anyone unless one can get in a cheap shot against iran i would like to express sorrow to our council partners russia for the tragic loss of life. when the russian plane was downed yesterday if russia was interested in bringing peace to syria it should make sure its militias leave syria once and for all the risk of a broader conflict and leave with them. ariana's responsible for creating the syria we see today it's an interesting argument israel's been bombing syria monthly sometimes weekly in order to prevent iran from launching an attack on israel to date they have been

israel lost an hour and a major oil supplier. the united states asked no way to guarantee to sell its north sea oil to israel concerned about repercussions for its un troops in lebanon norway scented stapler mats hands long to seek assurances from arafat mr arafat's. defecting on the phone if you split seconds he said i would have. to such an obvious and good t. to me he said. on one condition when i need this secret back channel three said you provided. yasser arafat wanted the norwegians to act as intermediary between himself and israel and the regions in the region government were just shocked to hear the message coming back from our of so probably lived in seventy nine. every year from there a lot you know mentioned try to step up a secret actual between the funeral and israel but israel absolutely not willing at all to listen to anything other than the region could come up with from are up on appeal. in one nine hundred eighty two the p.l.o. lost its base in lebanon. palestinian fighters were forced to depart following the i

no two nations have suffered more than egypt and israel. but the dangers and the cost of conflicts in this region, for our own nation, have been great, as well. we have long-standing friendships among the nations there and the peoples of the region. and we have profound moral commitments which are deeply rooted in our values as a people. the strategic location of these countries and the resources that they possess mean that events in the middle east directly affect people everywhere. we, and our friends, could not be indifferent to the hostile power were to establish domination there. in few areas of the world is there a greater risk that a local conflict could spread among other nations adjacent to them and then perhaps erupt into a tragic confrontation between united states superpowers ourselves. our people have come to understand that unfamiliar names, like sinai, aqaba, sharm el-shiekh, gaza, the west bank of jordan, can have a direct and immediate bearing on our own wellbeing as a nation and our hope for a peaceful world. that is why w

a group for israel f. sixteen fighter jets. have lifted airspace to carry out a surprise attack on some industrial facilities in the syrian arab republic you can see the flight truth of these really jets on the screen. as the f. sixteen jets flew over the neutral waters over the mediterranean sea and began by trawling in area ninety kilometers west of logic. twenty one thirty nine a colonel low these are really air force informed the russian command in syria and why is the de confliction channel about the upcoming air strike. she said that within the next few minutes israel would attack some industrial facilities in northern syria. in one minute's time at twenty one forty four israeli sixteen jets dropped g.b.u. thirty nine guided bombs targeting industrial facilities in the province. thus israel did not inform the russian forces about its operation in advance but rather the shooting warning simultaneously with the beginning of this strike which constitutes a breach of the existing agreements. these actions constitute a clear v

for example she talks about the situation in israel in the environment the countries around israel there's this impression that all israelis love dawn of drum because of all the things that he's done for israel including you know moving the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem in the arab or the middle east a lot of people view trump with trepidation but he also in their eyes knows how to stay in the headlines and he's doing it every day and people are wondering what is the secret what is the recipe that he's following to be able to stay in the headlines other than that all roads these days from the middle east lead to the white house to trump and i just thought i'd want to. ok just very quickly because we have an election in brazil coming up in like a few weeks rate and new actually it is our job as a correspondent is low down a little bit because our focus is in brazil but he managed to be in the headlines every day just two days ago when the tariff was on china the biggest yet there are now some chinese products so he keeps he's still going to headlines every day in brazil even though we

israel. adopted a racist law. that crossed all the red lines and it was called the nation state law of the jewish people. and. this law denies the connection of the palestinian people to their historic homeland and dismisses the right to self-determination and their history and heritage. as well as the united nations resolutions relevant to the palestine question and the agreements concluded with israel. the slow. when ever to really lead to the creation of one racist state and upper tied state and thus nullifies the two state solution. israel practices discrimination but it but actually this comes as the. epicenter of this discrimination this low discriminates against the palestinian arab citizens in israel granting the right to self-determination exclusively to jews in israel. does legalizing discrimination against those arab citizens who constitute twenty percent of the population of israel. in addition to other non jews who have immigrated to israel does they are stripped of their rights

had its first new call most awful a century ago well you know they got one nuclear weapon and israel has what three hundred or more nobody knows exactly how many in one thousand nine hundred eighty six former technician mordechai vanunu spilled the beans revealed the location and details of israel's secrets nuclear complex photographs of the control room and information about how nuclear warheads were assembled in a covert six story deep underground complex there's troubles midst of a new new was kidnapped in room by israeli agents and taken back home charges included treason espionage intent to impair national security he spent eighteen years in jail eleven of them in solitary confinement israel wasn't happy but you would know very well after everyone already said i have two hundred. i don't. know you don't know if you want to know does iran have a point should israel come out of the closet with its radioactive little secret perhaps but while no one knows for sure the israeli prime minister can continue to log about thinly veiled threats that would give a geiger counter a seizure wh

servicemen president putin calls it a tragic chain of events after the russian defense ministry accused israel of provoking syrian anti-aircraft fire. is a row admits that its warplanes were bombing syrian targets at the time of the tragedy of but insists that damascus is fully responsible for hitting the russian plane. search teams find the remains of some of those on board the downed plane which fell into the mediterranean sea. our broadcast live direct from our citizen of this is our t.v. international i'm sean thomas truly glad to have you with us and we start with a tragic story fifteen russian servicemen have died in a friendly fire incident off the coast of syria their plane was hit by syrian anti-aircraft guns which were responding to israeli airstrikes for israeli fighter jets had been targeting syrian facilities in latakia province at the time russian defense ministry accused israel of being indirectly responsible. on the seventeenth of september at around ten pm for its ready finds jets launched guided bombs on syrian military facilities near the city old for the taqiyya the bombing

yeah it's been an angry response from the russian defense ministry on tuesday they have accused israel of gauging in provocative actions irresponsible actions hostile actions. and what they basically say is that the israelis did not give enough warning nearly enough warning of their air strikes on syria and as a consequence of this. a russian surveillance plane was essentially caught in the cross-fire they basically allege that it is ready jets kind of used the russian plane as a shields to protect their own jets from the. anti aircraft batteries of the syrian anti systems antes and the missile systems and this is why this plane was shot out of the sky now russia and israel have an agreement basically that allows israel to target sites inside syria when they feel that their own national interests national security are being threatened but usually this is hitting against iranian and has been a large targets the kind of unwritten rule of this is that russian lives should not be put in danger all that's why the russians are particularly angry with this latest turn of events because this i

and israel but israel absolutely not willing at all to listen to anything other than the region could come up with from are up on appeal. in one nine hundred eighty two the p.l.o. lost its base in lebanon. palestinian fighters were forced to depart following the israeli invasion of lebanon three months. before. a u.s. brokered deal that led to arafat and his entourage moving to tunisia it was. an imitation from to my previous foreign minister and threw it in and. been defense minister. when the nine going to. new year's eve without effort in tunis. out of all stirs. help him getting. the mean p.l.o. and part. time. a member of the assembly of this of the list in. turn to be. a strong interest in the solar system and nothing for trying to contribute to normalization of. the relationship between in the us to help with his charm offensive arafat turned to senior p.l.o. member exams the time to act as his main go between are not fought point the doctor. he came to visit me because i said this from. very good impression of him i believe that the p.l.o. has been to give it just achievement

so america also accuse the trance administration of doing israel's bidding by allowing more illegal settlement building and cutting desperately needed aid is remarks came a day after the u.s. announced it would shut down the p.l.o. its mission in washington and when the united states has done so far there they left the negotiating table. they did not honor the commitments made by president from personally on the meeting at the white house in mid two thousand and seventeen which he believes that he will give a peace process chance for one year. and he would refrain from any actions that may preempt or prejudge issues that are there for parents to address and then he decides to jerusalem as israel's capital and he decides if it is from the file of negotiations and he decides that settlements are illegal yesterday his national security adviser bolton became the first american official to describe their legal settlements as housing projects because of the two state solution six seven and then they threaten us and they come to them because of this and they got that and they close offices

pilot was aware the russian planes would be a three hundred ten times they notified israel when israel bombed syria russia never shot down israeli jets or missiles even when they pose the danger to russian personnel at israel's request russia tore up a deal to sell syria s. three hundred ad defense systems which would have made israeli air raids much more difficult. israel expressed its concerns as soon as the f. three hundred deal with syria was signed. israel concluded that with these new air defense systems syria would have been able to cover all of israel's air space that means that damascus could have shot down israeli military planes just seconds after takeoff these really said they could not let that happen they expressed their alarm and asked moscow to break the deal russia's answered israeli airplanes and the misleading of the thing regarding the theater of operations none of this would have happened so it's clear for the foremost goal that israel is to play now how or where most call goes from there is is what remains to be seen. also this week the british opposition leader h

iran launched a drone into israel and fired rockets toward israel. and they did both from the perch that they have now in syria. because those iranian militia and iranian troops are in syria. meanwhile, iran's terrorist proxy, hezbollah, just continues to amass these rockets and missiles. they have well over 100,000 in their inventory now. so this bill will ensure that the united states continues to have israel's back in the face of these growing threats. with this measure we are codifying the assistance level in the latest 10-year u.s.-israel memorandum of understanding. and what that aims to do is to strengthen our already robust relationship, especially on defense matters. and the bill also works to build on the united states and israel's successful history of cooperation on technology development. so think of the iron dome, missile -- iron dome missile defense system, which shot down some of those iranian rockets. mr. engel and i have seen those , n dome systems at work deployed in israel. and more recently the u.s. and israel have begun collabor