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israel says it can shoot rockets, some get through. israel uses f-16 war planes. in recent days, waves of assaults on the strip. so far the only casualties is in gaza. the fear is on both sides, as it escalates millions are at risk. >> thank you for being with us. palestinian americans, human rights cornery joins me now. >> you have friends on the ground. what are the biggest concerns? >> one of the biggest concerns is what israel will do next. anybody who looks at a map and knows about the region, that israel governs authority between the mediterranean sea and the jordan river. even though hamas is within the west bank, israel controls the region. the fear is what is the next step. >> there's a lot to be fearful about. what viewers don't know is two weeks or four weeks before the kidnapping, the violence was a structural violence. israel broke the 2012 ceasefire by shrinking the amount, the nautical miles that fisher many go out. this is an attack on lively hood. this forces families to move. >> you are talking about structural violence. >> that is the violence w
israel says it can shoot rockets, some get through. israel uses f-16 war planes. in recent days, waves of assaults on the strip. so far the only casualties is in gaza. the fear is on both sides, as it escalates millions are at risk. >> thank you for being with us. palestinian americans, human rights cornery joins me now. >> you have friends on the ground. what are the biggest concerns? >> one of the biggest concerns is what israel will do next. anybody who looks at a map and...
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because remember, the first awards against israel in '48 and '67 were before israel controlled the west bank and gaza. so there's a larger and deeper hostility here, is and the hamas charter still calls for the destruction of israel. it's not as though what you have on your border is a potentially peaceful partner but you're treating them bad and they're angry. i want to ask all of your viewers the following question. imagine for a moment that the military situation were reversed, and hamas had the military firepower of israel. and israel had the military firepower of hamas. how many jews do you believe would be alive in israel if a week? honestly? the solution is for the culture of both the west bank and gaza, politically eventually to evolve. but one thing that worries us, when we look around the arab world, in syria, in iraq, and also in iran, where the nuclear centrifuges are spinning faster and faster, which is the greatest threat to the middle east, when those things are happening, if you're an israeli, you have to wonder, being in this neighborhood, what do i have to do in order
because remember, the first awards against israel in '48 and '67 were before israel controlled the west bank and gaza. so there's a larger and deeper hostility here, is and the hamas charter still calls for the destruction of israel. it's not as though what you have on your border is a potentially peaceful partner but you're treating them bad and they're angry. i want to ask all of your viewers the following question. imagine for a moment that the military situation were reversed, and hamas had...
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one is clearly israel. secondly, the british government and western government, too, they say best speak with a forked tongue and claim to sympathize with the palestinians while actually supporting israel. thirdly, sections of the media who they say are biased in favor of israel. what difference does this make to the british government's attitude? i don't really know. i think historically and certainly in recent history the british government has tried, irng, to swallow these things and carry on as if they would have done otherwise. i think what you've seen in the last few days, even the new foreign secretary to some right wing journalists in the newspapers say they're friends of israel, i would say regardless of demonstrations like this, they're increasingly concerned anyway. i think probably they would see people like the united nations and to a lesser extent the european union and their concerns about what's happening in gaza as being as serious as these things. as these people say a demonstration to the
one is clearly israel. secondly, the british government and western government, too, they say best speak with a forked tongue and claim to sympathize with the palestinians while actually supporting israel. thirdly, sections of the media who they say are biased in favor of israel. what difference does this make to the british government's attitude? i don't really know. i think historically and certainly in recent history the british government has tried, irng, to swallow these things and carry...
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americans serving in israel's armed forces, going back to israel's founding in 1948. it's perfectly legal for americans to serve in other country's militaries, though the u.s. doesn't encourage it. as many as 2,000 americans are serving in israel's military. max steinberg and shawn carnelly both grew up in america, and both had strong ties to israel and on sunday, both died in fighting with hamas. in the first major ground battle of the conflict. growing up in california's san fernando valley, max was not particularly religious, but he returned to join the army, unafraid of seeing action. on sunday, his armored vehicle was hit by a rocket. he was 24. >> he felt that if this was his calling, that being on the sidelines, or evening in the back seat was just not going to work. >> shawn carmely was from south padre island, texas. he moved to israel four years ago and joined the army. he was 21 on sunday, when he died in gaza. >> so he went there to fight for all of us, but all of humanity. and today i called shawn a hero. he's a hero for our people. and for all people of
americans serving in israel's armed forces, going back to israel's founding in 1948. it's perfectly legal for americans to serve in other country's militaries, though the u.s. doesn't encourage it. as many as 2,000 americans are serving in israel's military. max steinberg and shawn carnelly both grew up in america, and both had strong ties to israel and on sunday, both died in fighting with hamas. in the first major ground battle of the conflict. growing up in california's san fernando valley,...
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no country would accept what israel faces. we're going to give israel the safety it deserves. we will remove the threat from hamas and return quiet to israel. hamas began this conflict. they have left us with no choice, and all options are on the table. thank you very much very much, and i'll open it to questions. yes, please. >> thank you, mr. ambassador for this briefing. the security council is expected, as you know, to meet soon. should the council meet and decide to call for a cease-fire, and hamas accept the cease-fire, would your government reciprocate? >> well, first i think its important to raise on an international level, and that includes the security council, the behavior of hamas under, as i remind you, of the unit government with the palestinian authority. we have an unity government which 50% is terrorist organization. that should be clearly on the table of the international community in the sense from my point of view, like i said, the state of israel has tried to achieve cease-fire. we will make sure that the indiscriminate rockets against the israeli citizens
no country would accept what israel faces. we're going to give israel the safety it deserves. we will remove the threat from hamas and return quiet to israel. hamas began this conflict. they have left us with no choice, and all options are on the table. thank you very much very much, and i'll open it to questions. yes, please. >> thank you, mr. ambassador for this briefing. the security council is expected, as you know, to meet soon. should the council meet and decide to call for a...
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itself. >> israel. >> we support israel. >> we support israel. >> that is what he said when he knew he was being watched, this is what happened when he didn't. >> it's a hell of a pinpoint operation, it's a help of a pinpoint operation. >> under scores the need for a cease fire. >> we've got to get over there. thank you, john. i think, john, we ought to go tonight and it's crazy to be sitting around. >> reporter: asked about that and he again backed israel. >> and benjamin netanyahu also appeared on t.v. and went unchallenged on the claims that the people of gaza have ways to get out and says hamas wants a high death toll so the u.s. media will ask tough questions but when asked if he would give any concessions, his answer, no. >> this will deal all devastating blow to the authority and president abbas and to the region where other terror groups will see this kind of criminal behavior is awarded. >> reporter: the obama administration is calling for immediate cease fire and then negotiations, netanyahu has rebuked previous calls from the u.s. to ease the siege on gaza, privately they
itself. >> israel. >> we support israel. >> we support israel. >> that is what he said when he knew he was being watched, this is what happened when he didn't. >> it's a hell of a pinpoint operation, it's a help of a pinpoint operation. >> under scores the need for a cease fire. >> we've got to get over there. thank you, john. i think, john, we ought to go tonight and it's crazy to be sitting around. >> reporter: asked about that and he again...
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israel blaming hamas, hamas saying israel never had a ceasefire in place. how do you see the situation? >> what gill did was deconceptualized the situation. we have an ongoing crime against humanity, the blockade of gaza, wrong for eight years, and the continuing occupation of the west bank, and an aerial and sea occupation and blockade. we are talking about war crimes and violations of human rights that have happened every day for decades. we need to take that noob, and the talk of respecting democracy, israel has no respect for palestinian democracy. there are dozens of law-makers. hamas and other factions in israeli prisons. it's a tactic to make sure there can never be a palestinian equality. for me much in from gill was pure israeli propaganda. quite disturbing for a journalist or editor to come out with that. at the same time not surprising given the state of the political spectrum. >> one wonders what the end game for his rail is. it talk about finishing the job to demilitarize the gaza strip. (a), is that possible. how is he going about it. if he ge
israel blaming hamas, hamas saying israel never had a ceasefire in place. how do you see the situation? >> what gill did was deconceptualized the situation. we have an ongoing crime against humanity, the blockade of gaza, wrong for eight years, and the continuing occupation of the west bank, and an aerial and sea occupation and blockade. we are talking about war crimes and violations of human rights that have happened every day for decades. we need to take that noob, and the talk of...
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is standing by israel, secretary of defense chuck hagel speaking to israel saying the u.s. condemns rocket fire, reiterating the stance that israel has the right to defend itself and expresses concern about further escalation. the leaders agree to work together. we go to the latest on israel. nisreen el-shamayleh is in jerusalem. >> well, comments he made friday evening, the israeli prime minister said international pressure will not stop israel acting from what he described as militants in gaza. he said he had spoken to world leaders and discussed with them israel's right to defend himself, and the first and foremost priority is to restore calm in israel and stop the source of rocket fire, and he is exploring all possibilities to achieve the goal. exhibits the operation began the army struck more than 1,000 targets in gaza, and the pace of the current military campaign is double that of the last military campaign in gaza, november 2012. he said the operation will end when rockets are fired at israeli territory, without setting a time frame. he did not explicitly mention a
is standing by israel, secretary of defense chuck hagel speaking to israel saying the u.s. condemns rocket fire, reiterating the stance that israel has the right to defend itself and expresses concern about further escalation. the leaders agree to work together. we go to the latest on israel. nisreen el-shamayleh is in jerusalem. >> well, comments he made friday evening, the israeli prime minister said international pressure will not stop israel acting from what he described as militants...
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and in israel. running for cover, 100 rockets fired on thursday. >> i will have all the the news from europe, including germany tells the cia station chief in berlin to leave. after accusing the u.s. of spying on it's allies. and the ukrainian army closes in on the plow russian fighters in the east. >> i'm andy richardson with the day's sport, there will be no quick way to football as fifa refused to loosen their group on the striker and reject his appeal against a four month ban. israel has escalated it's offensive on the gaza strip. with air strikes. the death toll is mounting. palestinians have also been firing rockets into israel, 100 on thursday, alone. the casualties so far have been in gaza. let's get you a break down. we have seen at least 88 palestinians killed in gaza, since air strikes began on tuesday. the number killed in israel, zero. the number of people injured in gaza is at least 550, and that number in israel, is two. these numbers reflect israel's superior weaponry. israel's milit
and in israel. running for cover, 100 rockets fired on thursday. >> i will have all the the news from europe, including germany tells the cia station chief in berlin to leave. after accusing the u.s. of spying on it's allies. and the ukrainian army closes in on the plow russian fighters in the east. >> i'm andy richardson with the day's sport, there will be no quick way to football as fifa refused to loosen their group on the striker and reject his appeal against a four month ban....
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israel and israel's leaders are certainly entitled to take the kinds of actions necessary to keep their citizens safe. >> at this point, there's no sign that anyone from the u.s., including secretary of state john kerry will be head to go israel. for one thing, israel has not invited kerry's good office to say try to intervene as this crisis continues. >> let's turn now to the other big issue on the president's plate. president obama's $3.7 billion emergency plan now facing competition in congress. what's happening today on capitol hill? >> first, let's talk about what's going on in the house. homeland security will hear from experts on the border crisis, an economist, social service agency providing assistance to unaccompanied minors. there are two legislative proposals on the table, one from john mccain and jeff flake, another bipartisan proposal, plus of course as you mentioned, president obama's $3.7 billion request for emergency funds. >> a day after the u.s. deport add plane load of women and children back to honduras, blunt messages from the white house for others thinking of ent
israel and israel's leaders are certainly entitled to take the kinds of actions necessary to keep their citizens safe. >> at this point, there's no sign that anyone from the u.s., including secretary of state john kerry will be head to go israel. for one thing, israel has not invited kerry's good office to say try to intervene as this crisis continues. >> let's turn now to the other big issue on the president's plate. president obama's $3.7 billion emergency plan now facing...
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israel obliges with airstrikes. it's drawing the wrath, it's all over the press, even with the international community the u.n. human rights setting up a council to investigate alleged war crimes committed by israel. what is your take on this idea that both sides continue to fall for the same provocations time and time again. whether it was 2012, 2008, 2009, again and again. >> well, once the guns start firing, the first victims is truth. that's happened again where both sides are making exaggerated claims. i think the preponderance of evidence is it was not hamas that started this conflict. it was israel with a massive "dragnet" operation of the west bank that arrested hundreds of hamas supporters on the grounds that hamas was responsible for the kidnapping of the three israeli boys. it's since discovered that it was not responsible. so-- >> can i jump in to say that israel was carrying out an operation trying to get to the bottom of who was responsible for killing the three teenagers, and when the rockets started
israel obliges with airstrikes. it's drawing the wrath, it's all over the press, even with the international community the u.n. human rights setting up a council to investigate alleged war crimes committed by israel. what is your take on this idea that both sides continue to fall for the same provocations time and time again. whether it was 2012, 2008, 2009, again and again. >> well, once the guns start firing, the first victims is truth. that's happened again where both sides are making...
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and israel. >> absolutely. you just have to read the israeli press, whether it's the english language papers or the hebrew press. every single newspaper whether it's left or right is condemning john kerry, and saying he's made a mess of the situation. he's an unpopular man in the israeli press and i am sure among politicians, left and right, condemned his proposal here. it will be difficult for him to be the mediator, i think, now, to bring this to an end. both sides, even though we have seen a lull in hostilities in the last few hours. both sides say there is something they want in a ceasefire, in a final deal, that they haven't got yet. israel says it's stopping the ability to fire rockets ever from gaza to israel and on hamas's side they want a lifting of the siege, something where there has been no negotiations yet. >> james bays in west jerusalem. let's cross live to gaza. nicole johnson is there. first day of eid, it does seem to be a little quieter in gaza at the moment. >> yes, that's right. for the las
and israel. >> absolutely. you just have to read the israeli press, whether it's the english language papers or the hebrew press. every single newspaper whether it's left or right is condemning john kerry, and saying he's made a mess of the situation. he's an unpopular man in the israeli press and i am sure among politicians, left and right, condemned his proposal here. it will be difficult for him to be the mediator, i think, now, to bring this to an end. both sides, even though we have...
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>> it puts pressure on israel, but israel has been in this position before. israel has been under international pressure before. that, in the end is not what sways an israeli leader. what tends to sway an israeli leader, is one country in the international community, and the israeli public and political opinion. now, you are not hearing a great deal of strong condemnation. certainly israeli public opinion seems to back the ongoing operations in gaza. >> so where are we with a ceasefire plan. john kerry says that progress is being made. the hamas leader says no, we are not going to agree to anything without conditions in place. well, it seems that event are playing out away from the cameras. when john kerry set out for the region, his officials believed face to face diplomacy could make a difference. he left, went back to cairo, waiting in cairo, ban ki-moon, the secretary-general has gone on to rick to deal with another pressing situation. the work continues, but i don't think right now there's a sign of immediate process. >> james bay, thank you for that, ou
>> it puts pressure on israel, but israel has been in this position before. israel has been under international pressure before. that, in the end is not what sways an israeli leader. what tends to sway an israeli leader, is one country in the international community, and the israeli public and political opinion. now, you are not hearing a great deal of strong condemnation. certainly israeli public opinion seems to back the ongoing operations in gaza. >> so where are we with a...
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you. >> upsetting israel. it's israel that's the darling. world. it's israel that has the congress, american congress on its side. so, it's clear who really is the victim here but what i do not understand is that the hypocracy that is going on. the world is treating this as another syria or iraq or people as if they got used to arab blood being spilled. it's fine. they don't -- it's as if they are not human. the palestinians have suffered for a long, long time. i hope the piece efforts now being negotiated are not just a short solution. it's not a cease-fire that gaza needs only. it needs it quickly, of course, but we need to address the long-term problems that gaza and the palestinians have, as you well know. >> thank you. i know you will stay with yus. that you were for your analysis. >>> al jazeera office was hit with two direct gunshots on tuesday. the windows were smashed and journalists are now working from temporary accomodation as a result. another international media outlet was using the office at the time and was safely evacuated along wi
you. >> upsetting israel. it's israel that's the darling. world. it's israel that has the congress, american congress on its side. so, it's clear who really is the victim here but what i do not understand is that the hypocracy that is going on. the world is treating this as another syria or iraq or people as if they got used to arab blood being spilled. it's fine. they don't -- it's as if they are not human. the palestinians have suffered for a long, long time. i hope the piece efforts...
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israel's ambassador made clear at a gathering that israel will not change course. >> israel will detroit the tunnels -- destroy the tunnels we have found and will not stop until the job it done. >> reporter: prominent writers close to israel are warning the leadership that it could be on the remembering of losing -- brink of losing the support of u.s. citizens. they are trying to recapture the negative. counting the pro-palestinian rallies from the last few day was their open in new york. assembling powerful members, they were reassured by politicians by both parties. >> a terrorist is a terrorist. and we su we clear about that. hamas is evil. innocent life lost is a terrible tragedy. in this case, there must be no doubt who bears the responsibility for civilian deaths, and that, of course, is hamas. and its sponsor, iran. [ clapping ] >>> the obama administration sent the national security advisor susan roos to spab, and promised to double the funding for the iron dome missile system, and assembled $220 million this year. she called for a ceasefire, but not on israel to get one. >> the
israel's ambassador made clear at a gathering that israel will not change course. >> israel will detroit the tunnels -- destroy the tunnels we have found and will not stop until the job it done. >> reporter: prominent writers close to israel are warning the leadership that it could be on the remembering of losing -- brink of losing the support of u.s. citizens. they are trying to recapture the negative. counting the pro-palestinian rallies from the last few day was their open in new...
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israel has accepted a unilateral cease-fire. it's accepted the egyptian plan which we also support and it is important for hamas to now step up and be reasonable and understand that you accept the cease-fire. you save lives. >> well, secretary kerry's main remarks in those programs this morning were that hamas should come to the negotiating table and accept the cease-fire offer which is on the table and which is backed by the american side. whether he was being critical of the israeli operation or not is for our viewers to decide. but it certainly does appear that way and now, as a result of what we learned this morning, it appears as if secretary kerry or one of his representatives will now be in the region in the next couple of days. morgan? >> well, a lot to unpack there. thanks. john kerry and our other john, terrett, live from the heart of the national's capitol. thank you for being with us. >>> the united nations has asked for aid that is running dangerously low in gaza. over 50,000 people there are in internally displaced
israel has accepted a unilateral cease-fire. it's accepted the egyptian plan which we also support and it is important for hamas to now step up and be reasonable and understand that you accept the cease-fire. you save lives. >> well, secretary kerry's main remarks in those programs this morning were that hamas should come to the negotiating table and accept the cease-fire offer which is on the table and which is backed by the american side. whether he was being critical of the israeli...
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israel has made peace with every arab leader who reached out to israel and who we could trust. we did it with the president of egypt and king hussein of jordan. we're willing to do it today with the palestinian authority, and believe me, the pictures coming out of gaza are horrific. what i would tell the people of gaza who are now discovering this horrible devastation and destruction brought upon them by the hamas leadership is to go and seek out the hamas leaders who are cowardly hiding under schools and hospitals in their bunkers and demand from them to stop firing rockets at israel and to bring back peace to their neighborhood and to free their people from being hostages to their hatred for israel. it was israel's prime minister many years ago that said there will nots peace until the palestinians learn to love their children more than they hate us. obviously, people who make the -- >> let me just interrupt you here and ask you. we have seen the cycle of violence before between israel and hamas. you have to admit israel has the superior military hardware hear, so israel has
israel has made peace with every arab leader who reached out to israel and who we could trust. we did it with the president of egypt and king hussein of jordan. we're willing to do it today with the palestinian authority, and believe me, the pictures coming out of gaza are horrific. what i would tell the people of gaza who are now discovering this horrible devastation and destruction brought upon them by the hamas leadership is to go and seek out the hamas leaders who are cowardly hiding under...
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in death the three united israel. it's a small country where military service is required, and it comes together in crisis. that is one of the those moments right now. in this national outpouring of grief, you really see a national solidarity, and you've seen an extreme scene of sadness. one of the fathers of the 16-year-old who was killed calling his son a hero and becoming a national hero. so with all of that grief, with all of that sadness there are a lot of politics being played and a lot of violence being discussed by both sides. last night after those teens' bodies were discovered, a palestinian was killed, a member of hamas according to the israeli military when he tried to throw a grenade at soldiers. soldiers fired at him and shot him to death. in gaza there's a lot of anxiety and anticipation about how israel will respond. in israel palestinian rockets are fueling fires and calls for revenge. this morning at least eight rockets fired from gaza landed in israeli fields. firefighters near the gaza border put o
in death the three united israel. it's a small country where military service is required, and it comes together in crisis. that is one of the those moments right now. in this national outpouring of grief, you really see a national solidarity, and you've seen an extreme scene of sadness. one of the fathers of the 16-year-old who was killed calling his son a hero and becoming a national hero. so with all of that grief, with all of that sadness there are a lot of politics being played and a lot...
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they have attacked israel, israel is responding we want to bring an end to this, we want to deescalate. but the way to do that is bring an end to the rocket attacks so we can bring calm to the ground. >> how he hopes to help children traveling that same path today. that has thousands fleeing to the u.s. to find a better life. >> congress today turn it's attention to the immigration crisis to deal with a nod of unaccompanied. >>s in obviously a major challenge, with a humanitarian component to it. i know that specially. we have spent considerable time ourselves. with the children, and we are bound and determined to do the right thing. but reand must building requesting added resources to move these cases quickly. to address the humanitarian issue, their proposal would allow for parter deportations increase the number of judges, require of people waiting for court dates to wear ankle monitors. well, the role the state department is playing is working with these countries with it's honduras, or guatemala, mexico, to address the root causes. whether that's the economic -- or challenges eco
they have attacked israel, israel is responding we want to bring an end to this, we want to deescalate. but the way to do that is bring an end to the rocket attacks so we can bring calm to the ground. >> how he hopes to help children traveling that same path today. that has thousands fleeing to the u.s. to find a better life. >> congress today turn it's attention to the immigration crisis to deal with a nod of unaccompanied. >>s in obviously a major challenge, with a...
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interest to concede what suits israel. and one explanation of why this war broke out when it did, had to do with the fact that hamas and fattah had agreed on a unity, or consensus administration, and that was behind a plo-lead initiative to take the palestinian case to the un. neither of those two developments suited the israeli government at all. but for now for the war and the timing of the war was to smash palestinian unity. it's complex, because some in the israeli cabinet would clearly still argue that palestinian unity behind an international initiative in the name of palestinian independence and state hood is not in israel's interest. whereas others would sigh, well, so far we have been able to get abbas to basically handle the palestinians without conceding statehood. maybe we could extend that to the gaza strip. >> two words summed it up, it's complex. it really is. we'll talk to you again, later on as we perhaps get some more information about where this truce could possibly go, but in the meanwhile look at what
interest to concede what suits israel. and one explanation of why this war broke out when it did, had to do with the fact that hamas and fattah had agreed on a unity, or consensus administration, and that was behind a plo-lead initiative to take the palestinian case to the un. neither of those two developments suited the israeli government at all. but for now for the war and the timing of the war was to smash palestinian unity. it's complex, because some in the israeli cabinet would clearly...
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30% say hamas and 19%, israel. but criticism of israel is mounding. a u.n. panel voted 29-1 to launch an inquiry into possible human rights of violations into gaza by israel. >> we're a nation that objected to this resolution, which i think should make every decent person in the world feel the shame of the united nations. >> in an interview with aljazeera, in the wake of the controversy, a kerry spokesman was careful not to further anger israel critics. >> would you like to take this opportunity on aljazeera and call for an end t to the siege n is it normal? >> it's not the question. what the secretary has been committed to is working toward the peace process in the last year, where be we could have states living side by side in peace and security. >> when the ground invasion of gaza began almost two weeks ago, israel said that a primary goal was to take out hamas' network, and right now, there's video reportedly showing hamas gas underground, stabling a deadly surprise attack. >> this video was up loaded to youtube by hamas yesterday. and it shows hamas fig
30% say hamas and 19%, israel. but criticism of israel is mounding. a u.n. panel voted 29-1 to launch an inquiry into possible human rights of violations into gaza by israel. >> we're a nation that objected to this resolution, which i think should make every decent person in the world feel the shame of the united nations. >> in an interview with aljazeera, in the wake of the controversy, a kerry spokesman was careful not to further anger israel critics. >> would you like to...
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israel responds with air strikes. after won more days of air strikes and rocket fire, on july 8th in a tweet, the israeli military formally announced operation protective edge, and called up 40,000 reservists. analysts say it is part of the on going strategy to keep hamas in check. then hamas reject as cease fire crafted by egypt. on monday, july 14th israel mocked down a hamas drone. dui israel announces it's first fatality, and the palestinian death count nears 200. and yesterday, after a six hour break in the fighting, four palestinian children play on a beach in gaza, and are killed by israeli shelling just yards from hotels where foreign journalists are staying. inning mentions the tunnels talk about the significance of that. >> the tunnels are used both as lifelines for day lay supplies and as weapons of war by hamas. early this morning a group tries to get into southern israel through a tunnel through gaza, the israeli army says it hit that with an air strike, and killed eight of the 13, and it is the second ti
israel responds with air strikes. after won more days of air strikes and rocket fire, on july 8th in a tweet, the israeli military formally announced operation protective edge, and called up 40,000 reservists. analysts say it is part of the on going strategy to keep hamas in check. then hamas reject as cease fire crafted by egypt. on monday, july 14th israel mocked down a hamas drone. dui israel announces it's first fatality, and the palestinian death count nears 200. and yesterday, after a six...
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very critical of john kerry that his last ceasefire proposal to israel the one that it the israel i cabinet, john kerry tried to play it down, the one that the israeli cabinet unanimously voted against they say was basically a hamas proposal and one that didn't respect the interests of israel. remember here in israel the government and the media make it quite clear what they need to do is remove the rockets and stop the ability of the rockets being fired and dismantle this sophisticated tunnel network. i have to say, there is great deal of criticism of john kerry and he put the policy aside, whether he did the right thing, his policy and tactics certainly cannot give john kerry "a" for effort, because he has been involved in this in a way that a secretary of state rarely is involved with very, very intensive diplomacy, numerous phone calls, he spent a week in the region speaking to people. and this on top, of course, of his engage. earlier on in trying to get the peace process going, something that also collapsed. >> so where do we go from here then, james? what's next in terms of diplomacy
very critical of john kerry that his last ceasefire proposal to israel the one that it the israel i cabinet, john kerry tried to play it down, the one that the israeli cabinet unanimously voted against they say was basically a hamas proposal and one that didn't respect the interests of israel. remember here in israel the government and the media make it quite clear what they need to do is remove the rockets and stop the ability of the rockets being fired and dismantle this sophisticated tunnel...
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sent more ammunition to israel this month? >> i think a lot of people have looked at this and looked at the timing of this, because the announcement of the pentagon came just hours after the shelling of that school. there is a very long term defense relationship between two countries, it's $122 billion of military aid that has been given by the u.s. to israel. that figure would be higher if you addressed the historical figures for inflation. it's a two way trade, variances between these two countries, there are american hardware that goes to israel, also some exported back. sometimes you find that israel takes american hardware and then uses it, adapts it and exports it back to the u.s. >> u.s. officials are calling for an immediate ceasefire at the same time in gaza and demand that go israel take more precautions to prevent the many civilian casualties that we're see go there. how does israeli prime minister react to those concerns? >> well, you actually have right now the most important figures in the world, the u.s. preside
sent more ammunition to israel this month? >> i think a lot of people have looked at this and looked at the timing of this, because the announcement of the pentagon came just hours after the shelling of that school. there is a very long term defense relationship between two countries, it's $122 billion of military aid that has been given by the u.s. to israel. that figure would be higher if you addressed the historical figures for inflation. it's a two way trade, variances between these...
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intelligence officer has come out to warn israel that if hamas is weakened in any way, israel could be facing a more potent and extreme force. is this something that israel is willing to face? >> we have to take into account all sorts of eventualities. but i would like to offer a separate analysis: if we come out of this and hamas is weakened militarily and politically because, of course, its behavior, this whole tragedy and its position amongst palestinians especially in gaza is more and more problematic, if we cock come out of this with hamas weakened, the most radicals of peace are weakened, that could be good for peace, and i hope mod rats would be able to come into the vacuum and we could move more energetically on a peace process. hamas against any peace. >> thank you. mark regev. - speaking to us from tel aviv. >> 13 people including two children have been killed in fighting in the eastern ukrainian city of horvika. the city is a key hold out for pro-russian separatists. meanwhile, the ukrainian army said it's advancing toward the outskirts of donetsk, 45 kilometers to the south
intelligence officer has come out to warn israel that if hamas is weakened in any way, israel could be facing a more potent and extreme force. is this something that israel is willing to face? >> we have to take into account all sorts of eventualities. but i would like to offer a separate analysis: if we come out of this and hamas is weakened militarily and politically because, of course, its behavior, this whole tragedy and its position amongst palestinians especially in gaza is more and...
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we, israel, want to live. hamas want to die. >> reporter: as the israeli on slot in gaza continues, there's still some diplomatic activity taking place behind the scenes, but any hope of a ceasefire seems have to reseeded for now. >>> we can speak now to a resident where we have heard of there being israeli war plane activity. he join us live now. thank you for talking to us. can you tell us what has happened to your area? >> well, a car was targeted and that resulted in the death of five people, and there were another house who [ inaudible ] to evacuate and then they destroyed the house. >> who were the people traveling in the car, and who lived in the house? >> well i heard they couldn't identify the people in the car because they were -- they were in pieces actually, they couldn't find anyone in the car. and the house, i heard it was for family called [ inaudible ] family. >> and of course the israeli military will say that these people were either engaged in hostile activities or were very close to the loc
we, israel, want to live. hamas want to die. >> reporter: as the israeli on slot in gaza continues, there's still some diplomatic activity taking place behind the scenes, but any hope of a ceasefire seems have to reseeded for now. >>> we can speak now to a resident where we have heard of there being israeli war plane activity. he join us live now. thank you for talking to us. can you tell us what has happened to your area? >> well, a car was targeted and that resulted in...
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we are live in southern israel. all of the casualties have been in gaza, but this is having a psychological effect on the other side, as well. >> israel officials say there are more rockets fired and reaching farther and farther into israel. we spent time with a community between here and the gaza border, which is right back there. it really shows an example of how much fear and how much hostility is spreading across israel. >> even though he's just half a mile from the gaza war, he feels at home. for 25 years, he lived only collective farm supervising the agriculture that feeds 280 people. >> i like this place very much. >> he lives here with his wife and 13-year-old daughter. they both love it here, but for the daughter, it's time to go. >> it's where i grew up, but if the situation remains this way and i continue to be scared, i'll move to another area. watch her face. [ explosion ] >> that sound was a rocket landing just 500 feet away. the rockets fire from gaza spread fear and sear images into every member of t
we are live in southern israel. all of the casualties have been in gaza, but this is having a psychological effect on the other side, as well. >> israel officials say there are more rockets fired and reaching farther and farther into israel. we spent time with a community between here and the gaza border, which is right back there. it really shows an example of how much fear and how much hostility is spreading across israel. >> even though he's just half a mile from the gaza war, he...
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gave israel $3.1 billion in military grants, a portion which can be spent on arms, making israel the only aid allowed to purchase weapons from its own defense firms. >> israel is considered a major strategic partner of the united states and since the late 1970's, u.s. aid has been characterized in washington as in investment in peace, the description the u.s. has also applied to aid it gives to the palestinians. >> in 2012, the palestinians received over $2 billion in official development assistance from 15 countries, the largest donor was the united states at $283 million. money is aimed at humanitarian relief, curbing militants' activity toward israel and promoting a two state solution. >> when the west bank palestinian authorities split from hamas in gaza, u.s. aid has largely focused on isolating gaza economically. with the goal of pushing hamas, which the u.s. considers a terrorist organization out of power. >> blockades from israel and egypt added to gaza's economic pain, but hamas had other funding channels, including taxes on goods smug would in through tunnels, charities and
gave israel $3.1 billion in military grants, a portion which can be spent on arms, making israel the only aid allowed to purchase weapons from its own defense firms. >> israel is considered a major strategic partner of the united states and since the late 1970's, u.s. aid has been characterized in washington as in investment in peace, the description the u.s. has also applied to aid it gives to the palestinians. >> in 2012, the palestinians received over $2 billion in official...
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israel is expanding settlements. you cannot negotiate over a pizza if you're already eating parts of the pizza. israel needs to stop the settlements. it needs to release the prisoners. in order for the rockets to stop. in order for the violence to stop. then they need to give guarantees like all other people in the world have a right of sovereignty in their own homeland. justs camjews came to the land over the last century. previously this was a land occupied by the palestinians. we have to make that happen. we have to make that a realization, and then make sure that the rockets stop because israel has a right not to be threatened by rockets from gaza. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> well, you can keep up to speed with all developments from our website. we have analysis and blogs from our reporters on the ground all that and more from www.aljazeera.com. >>> in other stories 30 people have been killed in overnight fighting between libya forces and militia. thousands are leaving the country to escape the violence, and m
israel is expanding settlements. you cannot negotiate over a pizza if you're already eating parts of the pizza. israel needs to stop the settlements. it needs to release the prisoners. in order for the rockets to stop. in order for the violence to stop. then they need to give guarantees like all other people in the world have a right of sovereignty in their own homeland. justs camjews came to the land over the last century. previously this was a land occupied by the palestinians. we have to...
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the tunnels israel says have been built by hamas. and the united nations is failing to protect palestinians, that's the damming verdict that the un human rights chief said. >> it is imperative that israel, hamas, and all palestinian armed groups strictly abide by applicable norms of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, this entails applying the principles of distinction between civilians and combatants, and between civilian objects and military objectives, proportionality and precautions in attack. respect of the right to life of civilians including children should be foremost consideration, not abiding by these principles may amount to war crimes. >> let's cross to lauren taylor who is following that meeting in geneva, and lauren joins me now live. lauren has the vote been taken yet? >> not yet, but we do think it might be imnext, because after a day of speeches, impassioned at times, and tense on a subject like this as you can imagine. we have had a second intervention on both sides, so we think we cou
the tunnels israel says have been built by hamas. and the united nations is failing to protect palestinians, that's the damming verdict that the un human rights chief said. >> it is imperative that israel, hamas, and all palestinian armed groups strictly abide by applicable norms of international humanitarian law and international human rights law, this entails applying the principles of distinction between civilians and combatants, and between civilian objects and military objectives,...
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israel is condemned. unfortunately outsiders work in numbers, they talk about proportionality. >> selected punishment, proportionality. >> when you have a group fighting within the community, casualty, collateral damage is inevitable. that's why the people - they look at numbers. israel has never lost - as a matter of fact, in a battle such as this, 38 people, and that is, for his rail, is huge. i'm not saying... >> does it have the potential to shift public opinion in israel at all? >> in fact, yes, there's a pressure on binyamin netanyahu to continue the campaign to the finish. they want to decapitate the palestinian leaders, the hamas leadership in gaza, and are talking about the possibility... >> you can't decapitate without civilian possibilities. >> exactly. taking back gaza, back to the united nations under an arrangement. they are talking about this in israel. >> really. >> exactly. binyamin netanyahu is not prepared to go that far, not now. because he feels that this is the kind of burden that is
israel is condemned. unfortunately outsiders work in numbers, they talk about proportionality. >> selected punishment, proportionality. >> when you have a group fighting within the community, casualty, collateral damage is inevitable. that's why the people - they look at numbers. israel has never lost - as a matter of fact, in a battle such as this, 38 people, and that is, for his rail, is huge. i'm not saying... >> does it have the potential to shift public opinion in israel...
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, in israel and palestine. crowds ral yessed after a day in -- ralied after a day in ramadan. >> one of the comments chanted is shame on you obama. protesters are holding up soups of names and aims of some people who died in gaza. last night we spoke to people as they were breaking their ramadan fast, to find out what they are feeling and thinking about what has been going on in gaza. >> the final moment as the last light of sun disappears and muslims pray are moments of supreme gratitude. the muslims here at the islamic foundation of south florida are mindful. the plunians in gaza are scared, hungry and may be mourning the loss of loved ones. >> do you feel a sense of helplessness. >> yes, yes, i do. basically they are pointing a force against which very can't do anything. >> people here spoke about solidarity and injustice. >> this is really not war. >> why isn't it? >> because - war. they are fighting - those are women and children you see dying. >> several people said they see a bias against the palestinian
, in israel and palestine. crowds ral yessed after a day in -- ralied after a day in ramadan. >> one of the comments chanted is shame on you obama. protesters are holding up soups of names and aims of some people who died in gaza. last night we spoke to people as they were breaking their ramadan fast, to find out what they are feeling and thinking about what has been going on in gaza. >> the final moment as the last light of sun disappears and muslims pray are moments of supreme...
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and one of them seems to be an israel strike. nobody wants these kinds of attacks, and nobody wants that kind of a sound at 3:00 in the morning, so a lot of people the piece. but those people that you saw in the package reflect quite a bit of israel and gaza. and a lot of people don't want this to keep going, period. and the israelis feel that the military has to go into gaza. and gazans feel that they have to keep fighting israel to make their point. so there's a lot of pressure on the government to keep up the strikes. >> how safe do you feel standing out there? >> well, as you can see, i'm wearing a vest. this is a war zone or a conflict zone, and what we're hearing now is unusual. we're hearing the sound of apaches, and so there's some kind of an offensive going on ann far from me by israel. but i have to say, we're here, and we're relatively safe, wearing vests, and the people of gaza of course don't have vests, and they don't have bomb shelters, or anywhere to go to escape some of the attacks coming in, and most of the atta
and one of them seems to be an israel strike. nobody wants these kinds of attacks, and nobody wants that kind of a sound at 3:00 in the morning, so a lot of people the piece. but those people that you saw in the package reflect quite a bit of israel and gaza. and a lot of people don't want this to keep going, period. and the israelis feel that the military has to go into gaza. and gazans feel that they have to keep fighting israel to make their point. so there's a lot of pressure on the...
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israel fighters stopped them. >>> imminent ceasefire seems highly unlikely and israel's latest criticism of secretary of state.john kerry could hurt diplomatic efforts even more. patty culhane reports. >> a rare moment of criticism directed towards israel from u.s. state department yesterday. >> certainly not way allies treat each other. >> reporter: not for criticizing what israel is doing in gaza but what secretary of state john kerry is doing, pushing a proposal they had already agreed to. >> the egyptian proposal accepted by the cabinet did not make any mention of tunnels or rockets, that the israeli cabinet approved. >> reporter: israel's ambassador to the u.s. made clear at a gathering of leaders in washington, israel will not change course. >> israel will destroy the tunnels we have found and we will not stop until the job is done. >> it could be on the verge of losing the support of the american people. television news has been showing these scenes of devastation and heartbreak. so pro-israel government groups are trying to recapture the narrative. >> free palestine. >> reporter:
israel fighters stopped them. >>> imminent ceasefire seems highly unlikely and israel's latest criticism of secretary of state.john kerry could hurt diplomatic efforts even more. patty culhane reports. >> a rare moment of criticism directed towards israel from u.s. state department yesterday. >> certainly not way allies treat each other. >> reporter: not for criticizing what israel is doing in gaza but what secretary of state john kerry is doing, pushing a proposal...
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to israel's security. at the same time we are hearing statements from the white house, from washington dv, where a government official was quoted as saying rocket attacks on innocent individuals is unacceptable and israel will take necessary actions in toward to ensure the safety of individual. this executives israeli governments a sense of legitimacy in toward to widen military provisions and intensify it. >> inside gaza the death toll is mounting. stefanie dekker reports. >> reporter: there has been more air strikes overnight. we are hearing resident at the border areas have been getting recorded messages from their phone telling them to leave their homes. many people had left their homes following that kind of announcement a couple of days ago aring moving inland to gaza city to schools that are run. they had returned because they thought things would calm down. once again the people moving. it highlights an example of the siege here. that is that people have nowhere to go. they are not in charge of the
to israel's security. at the same time we are hearing statements from the white house, from washington dv, where a government official was quoted as saying rocket attacks on innocent individuals is unacceptable and israel will take necessary actions in toward to ensure the safety of individual. this executives israeli governments a sense of legitimacy in toward to widen military provisions and intensify it. >> inside gaza the death toll is mounting. stefanie dekker reports. >>...
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into israel. the others are rocket launchers, thousands have flown from here zoo israel. you hear netanyahu talk about expanding the operation, and heard the communication minister last night saying they want to demilitarize the gaza strip. that is a huge massive operation and very difficult to succeed. perhaps the israeli intentions is somewhere in the middle. we asked the army spokesman this morning. he said we have no intention or aspiration to rule the gaza strip, this is somewhere in between going after tunnels and rocket launchers and spreading throughout gaza, trying to attack hamas. >> hamas doesn't have the as i am military equipment. will they run out of rockets and in fact, some of those are handmaid. will they run out anytime soon? >> yeah, i think it's important to compare the two sides in this sense. those thousands of rockets, they're crude, the homing devices, the technology that they use are very, very weak, and they basically just fire them off at will. the israeli side, of cours
into israel. the others are rocket launchers, thousands have flown from here zoo israel. you hear netanyahu talk about expanding the operation, and heard the communication minister last night saying they want to demilitarize the gaza strip. that is a huge massive operation and very difficult to succeed. perhaps the israeli intentions is somewhere in the middle. we asked the army spokesman this morning. he said we have no intention or aspiration to rule the gaza strip, this is somewhere in...
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airlines from flying into israel's main airpompt israel pushing back -- airport. israel pushes back. >>> who is to blame for taking down malaysia airlines flight mh17. >> brooklyn bridge - how did someone get on top of the bridge, take down the american flag and put up other flags. >>> a plan for mobile phones - turning old technology into a new hot spot. >>> tonight the research sore peace and concerns -- search for peace and concerns about ongoing conflit. u.s. and other airlines halted flights into israel after a rocket attack near the airport. israel's prime minister asked john kerry to ken get the flights flying again. u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon says a ceasefire may be within reach. the violence in gaza is intense. 635 palestinians have now died. 29 israelis are dead. today israel acknowledged that one of its soldiers is missing. the f.a.a. says it will decide whether to resume flights storm. lisa stark is in washington with more. >> the federal aviation administration has ordered u.s. airlines to suspend flights, after a rocket fell a mile from the i
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bernard smith on the israel-gaza border. >> we asked about the political motivations of hamas and israel. >> hamas has met their goal which is to lose a few palestinian lives and gin up more anger and hatred for israel which they need for political reasons. they have achieved that goal. neither side is driven entirety e-entirely by kind of logical decision making at this point. what we should be looking for we use this term cease fire but every few years this conflict erupts. there is mont no reason to thins are conflict will not erupt. likely still be there in 2016 and 2017. one question to ask is is there anything going on here that which is disincentivize this conflict going back in a few years and i would say there's nothing to indicate that. >> one palestinian and one israel the only hope for peace, every attempt to forge such a situation has failed. paul bebawn join beban has join. paul. >> after the war in 1947 the british turned the issue over to the united nations which then proposed an arab state composed of about 40% of the region of historic palestine. historic war broke out
bernard smith on the israel-gaza border. >> we asked about the political motivations of hamas and israel. >> hamas has met their goal which is to lose a few palestinian lives and gin up more anger and hatred for israel which they need for political reasons. they have achieved that goal. neither side is driven entirety e-entirely by kind of logical decision making at this point. what we should be looking for we use this term cease fire but every few years this conflict erupts. there...
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reports that we are getting suggest that israel said no and rejected, but we can't confirm that israel denied hamas this 2-hour humanitarian pause. we can't confirm that. we understand because they are trying to pull bodies out. >> we are hearing that the israeli army is saying that there'll be no humanitarian truce before the eid it'll day, officially rejecting the request made by hamas. there's a lot of diplomacy, here in qatar. talks of a catery brokered truce. what is said on the israeli side about this. are they hope to the today of a ceasefire, a truce. >> that will be a disaster, we'll see casualties in gaza. this is why it's important for the efforts to materialize. the international efforts and diplomatic effort to reach a ceasefire. the israelis have not commented or said anything about plans to negotiate a that's fire. they have been quiet about that. we learnt that the qatari proposal or fishive to relaunch the attempt to achieve a ceasefire is not on the table. israeli officials have not said anything about a ceasefire in recent days, and now you are saying that the israel
reports that we are getting suggest that israel said no and rejected, but we can't confirm that israel denied hamas this 2-hour humanitarian pause. we can't confirm that. we understand because they are trying to pull bodies out. >> we are hearing that the israeli army is saying that there'll be no humanitarian truce before the eid it'll day, officially rejecting the request made by hamas. there's a lot of diplomacy, here in qatar. talks of a catery brokered truce. what is said on the...
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we are hearing alarms sounding in central israel. we have more on that shortly. >> next on al jazeera america presents... >> the catholic church of the 21st century is a global financial power. the pope might just be one of the biggest landloards in the world. the church is now spending heavily on political lobbyists. >> 21% of the dioceses told us that they never audit their parishes. we found that 85% of the dioceses had experienced an embezzlement in recent years, many more than one. >>
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to fire rockets into israel. and if they get that, i think they will support a ceasefire. >> what about hamas. they have demonstrated they have thousands of rockets. and they have certainly met their goal to amass sympathy. any motivation on their part to accept the ceasefire? >> as you say, hamas has met their goal, which is to lose a few palestinian lives and gin up more anger and hatred towards israel. so they have achieved that goal. but neither side is driven entirely biological decision-making at that point. >> egypt brokers the last ceasefire in 2012. how do you see this taking shape? what should we be looking for over the next few days? >> well, this is a different egypt than in 2012. they are much less sympathetic towards hamas. but we use this term ceasefire, but every few years this conflict erupts, and there's no reason to think that this won't erupt again in a few years, and the motivations on both sides that lead to this conflict in 2012, and 2014, will likely still be there in 2016 and 2017. so one
to fire rockets into israel. and if they get that, i think they will support a ceasefire. >> what about hamas. they have demonstrated they have thousands of rockets. and they have certainly met their goal to amass sympathy. any motivation on their part to accept the ceasefire? >> as you say, hamas has met their goal, which is to lose a few palestinian lives and gin up more anger and hatred towards israel. so they have achieved that goal. but neither side is driven entirely...
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israel. tanks and bulldozers moving in, signs that israel will increase its action inside gaza and therefore the rockets will increase inside israel. >> nick schifrin, thank you. >>> i asked earlier whether an israeli military invasion of gaza was at this point inevitable? >> absolutely not. there is no such guarantee. israel has made it clear that it has no desire to have a ground offensive. it will do so if necessary, if forced to do so. but there is no desire on behalf of israel or the israeli government to escalate the situation. it's been very clear from the beginning that the government and the military, they've been reluctant to enter into this operation. but seeing that the rockets have been reaching israel's main cities, living has become impossible around many towns. the people basically made it clear to the government that they expect action, they expect effective action, and what they want is the restoration of calm as soon as possible. >> so what needs to happen to force israel t
israel. tanks and bulldozers moving in, signs that israel will increase its action inside gaza and therefore the rockets will increase inside israel. >> nick schifrin, thank you. >>> i asked earlier whether an israeli military invasion of gaza was at this point inevitable? >> absolutely not. there is no such guarantee. israel has made it clear that it has no desire to have a ground offensive. it will do so if necessary, if forced to do so. but there is no desire on behalf...
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. >>> planes out of israel grounded for another day. what it means for israel's economy. >> flight 17, a day in the netherlands for the victims. >>> nigeria, sad anniversary of the kidnapping of over 200 school girls. >>> and the final voyage, over two years after it capsized off the coast of italy, the costa concordia heads home. tonight, the compiled leader of hamas list -- the ex island leader of hamas listed terms he would consider for a humanitarian truce. secretary of state john kerry spent the day with israeli and palestinian leaders. phil ittner has the story. phil. >> reporter: john, a very busy day for secretary of state john kerry. he moved over to tel aviv where he had a meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and then the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. there are a number of very major issues to be discussed but right now the most pressing and urgent matter to be dealt with is to find a way to stop the fighting. >> we had a good conversation today about how we can take further steps and we're doing th
. >>> planes out of israel grounded for another day. what it means for israel's economy. >> flight 17, a day in the netherlands for the victims. >>> nigeria, sad anniversary of the kidnapping of over 200 school girls. >>> and the final voyage, over two years after it capsized off the coast of italy, the costa concordia heads home. tonight, the compiled leader of hamas list -- the ex island leader of hamas listed terms he would consider for a humanitarian truce....
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and israel. because israel is saying behind the scenes, look, you know, what your plan did was put all the balls in hamas' court and didn't give us what we wanted. >> that's correct. but, you know, the united states effort so far is actually highjacked by the so-called egyptian he in addition tiffs. where basically kerry wants to em powering sisi in the region, support politics by saying this is your initiative, we are supporting you. in fact by doing that they are isolating egypt more. none of those movements in gaza, neither players in the region, even the palestinian authority, they have heard about it from the media. basically they said, okay, that's fine, but they are not really happy with how things are being formulated. so basically john kerry initiative, or john kerry efforts now is just because of the pressure on him from the white house. and if you remember barack obama said that he sent kerry to the region to have a solution as early as possible. in fact, he's failing to do so because
and israel. because israel is saying behind the scenes, look, you know, what your plan did was put all the balls in hamas' court and didn't give us what we wanted. >> that's correct. but, you know, the united states effort so far is actually highjacked by the so-called egyptian he in addition tiffs. where basically kerry wants to em powering sisi in the region, support politics by saying this is your initiative, we are supporting you. in fact by doing that they are isolating egypt more....
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none of that is going to be agreed to by israel. israel wants no rockets fired into israel. hamas has no interest in that but the two sides are beginning to talk publicly about a cease fire. the two sides are beginning to talk about what the conditions would be for the cease fire. that's why people are saying okay let's move toward diplomatic solution. we have an egyptian proposal on the table that would require a cease fire for about 12 hours. the israeli cabinet will meet early tomorrow to discuss that. and the officials say secretary of state john kerry is in the middle of that. he has proposed a 12 or 24 or 48 or 72 hour pause. to figure out some kind of permanent cease fire. >> talk about the activities on the ground today. has it been a relatively quiet day and evening so far there in gaza? >> reporter: i don't think we should say relatively quiet. because there are people still dying. there are people still being hurt. there is still a lot of violence. yes, the numbers are lower but we have two israelis hurt very seriously. shrapnel wounds. inside gaza earlier today,
none of that is going to be agreed to by israel. israel wants no rockets fired into israel. hamas has no interest in that but the two sides are beginning to talk publicly about a cease fire. the two sides are beginning to talk about what the conditions would be for the cease fire. that's why people are saying okay let's move toward diplomatic solution. we have an egyptian proposal on the table that would require a cease fire for about 12 hours. the israeli cabinet will meet early tomorrow to...
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has israel acknowledged the qatari proposal for a ceasefire? >> until now israel has not. what we have learnt is the qatari proposal is not on the table. israeli officials in the last 24, 48 hours have not commented on the efforts to try to revive the accuracy fire proposal. trying to reach a deal. we are hearing that the operation is continuing. i can tell you one thing. it does not mean that israel will effect a deal. prime minister binyamin netanyahu said that the challenge for the army on the ground in gaza is difficult. this is a complicated operation, destroying the tunnels, and he said that he's not 100% sure that they'll destroy all of tunnels, maybe that means binyamin netanyahu will be looking for an exit plan. that could include the acceptance of israel to a ceasefire agreement, even one mediated by qatar. for four israelis don't talk about an accuracy fire proposal, and we -- about a ceasefire, and we learnt it's not on the table. >> they have laid out conditions for a ceasefire, saying they want the siege on gaza lifted. what are the conditions on israel's sid
has israel acknowledged the qatari proposal for a ceasefire? >> until now israel has not. what we have learnt is the qatari proposal is not on the table. israeli officials in the last 24, 48 hours have not commented on the efforts to try to revive the accuracy fire proposal. trying to reach a deal. we are hearing that the operation is continuing. i can tell you one thing. it does not mean that israel will effect a deal. prime minister binyamin netanyahu said that the challenge for the...
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israel is encredibly close. trying to takous ha mass infrastructure, other militants here who are firing rockets along this border. we also heard the army has killed four. this is quite unprecedented for sure, they managed to get out of gaza through the scene, perhaps be by swimming we are told, which is just north of here. now, they have been killed but certainly they managed to get out. which is quite a bridge, because this is quite military zone, also a development that a rocket was fired we with know that israel has always said that that is one of the red lines. >> of course, throughout the day, as these issues -- certainly scenarios have been unfolding we have also seen targeted strikes within the gaza strip, and also has to be mentioned very much a segmentalty, people with not get out can they? they are imprisoned there? >> absolutely. the people here don't control their gourders. it is down to israel, and egypt in the south, and something to put into context, hamas is the weakest it has been in a very lon
israel is encredibly close. trying to takous ha mass infrastructure, other militants here who are firing rockets along this border. we also heard the army has killed four. this is quite unprecedented for sure, they managed to get out of gaza through the scene, perhaps be by swimming we are told, which is just north of here. now, they have been killed but certainly they managed to get out. which is quite a bridge, because this is quite military zone, also a development that a rocket was fired we...
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he is in israel now. the breached from romala, he says this is a highly sensitive time as we are seeing play out before the cameras here. but he ended by saying this is his emergency trip to gaza since he has been secretary general and that children have grown up facing three wars, essentially, and left that as a reminder, as they plow forward and try to come up with some international consensus or support for a way forward. >> kristin thanks very much indeed. >>> and we have just been watching the israeli ambassador to the un speaking. let's hear what the palestinian ambassador has to say in the last hour. >> we urgently appeal for efforts to address the immense humanitarian needs over the palestinian civilians in gaza, including through donor support. with no regard for human life, israel's occupying power continues to slaughter families. >> before that un security council meeting there was activity in the middle east itself. benjamin netenyahu saying the international community must hold hamas accounta
he is in israel now. the breached from romala, he says this is a highly sensitive time as we are seeing play out before the cameras here. but he ended by saying this is his emergency trip to gaza since he has been secretary general and that children have grown up facing three wars, essentially, and left that as a reminder, as they plow forward and try to come up with some international consensus or support for a way forward. >> kristin thanks very much indeed. >>> and we have...
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in israel . . . no deaths, but rockets from gaza are reaching further than ever. ♪ >> and the chief of hamas's political borough has called for an end to the occupation. and also this man leads the presidential elections in indonesia, but his rival refuses to concede. south sudan, celebrates its independence, but the country remains in bitter conflict. ♪ >>> israeli forces have continued to bomb gaza. at least 40 people have died since the operation began on tuesday. in israel the military says more than 200 rockets have been fired from gaza over the same time period. we start with this report. [ explosion ] >> reporter: for two days, missiles have hit gaza. one of the most densely populated areas in the world. this is the cost of israeli's offensive, children among the dead and injured. israel says it is acting in defense of its borders and people. striking specific targets on the hamas-run gaza strip. it hasn't ruled out a ground offensive. >> translator: we will not stop. they will first recei
in israel . . . no deaths, but rockets from gaza are reaching further than ever. ♪ >> and the chief of hamas's political borough has called for an end to the occupation. and also this man leads the presidential elections in indonesia, but his rival refuses to concede. south sudan, celebrates its independence, but the country remains in bitter conflict. ♪ >>> israeli forces have continued to bomb gaza. at least 40 people have died since the operation began on tuesday. in...
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as well as other measures to boycott israel, to divest from israel, and to make sure that israel is held accountable in the international arena. >> it's important to emphasize -- >> there are soccer players shot by the israelis. why is this just -- >> there's been conflicting reports on u.n. hugh commission of human rights saying that hamas is also at fault here for firing rockets from heavily populated areas and storing them in schools and hospitals. these are the words of the u.n. if you're going to pursue the charges, you have to be prepared for justice and accountability to be there on both sides. >> well, this is why they're calling for an independent investigation, and i think that the independent investigation is the most important thing at this point in time to determine who exactly is tearing out the war crimes. if you look at the numbers, the numbers display a different thing from what cement ta commentators are saying. 1400 palestinians have been killed, 80% of whom are civilians. 250 close to 300 [ inaudible ] in what israeli claims to be precision bombing. they've hit h
as well as other measures to boycott israel, to divest from israel, and to make sure that israel is held accountable in the international arena. >> it's important to emphasize -- >> there are soccer players shot by the israelis. why is this just -- >> there's been conflicting reports on u.n. hugh commission of human rights saying that hamas is also at fault here for firing rockets from heavily populated areas and storing them in schools and hospitals. these are the words of...