that surrounded israel is surrounded israel surrounded surrounded it's israel the sun the siege and under threat you described a very small land mass and you know you're dealing with hamas and hezbollah and iran and so on i would like that it's a tough neighborhood the imagery here is so powerful that it's almost impossible to have a rational discussion about the legitimate grievances of palestinians hamas is a terror group and it is committed to killing jews and wiping israel off the face of the earth that's not debatable that's a fact none of this is by accident is the result with the liberal effort to shape america perceptions of the conflict a propaganda effort that really begins to take shape with israel's invasion of lebanon in 1902. israel unleashed another massive air attack on palestinian guerrilla targets in lebanon today from a sky full of israeli jets bombing bombing. and the summer of $982.00 israel invaded neighboring lebanon in an attempt to drive the palestinian liberation organization out of its income and some southern border with israel what's an israeli army doin

was saying, israel -- you just said israel has reportedly attacked iran in the past. it has conducted cyber attacks. it has reportedly assassinated some of the iranian nuclear scientists. nothing has changed when it comes to the trajectory of the iranian program. iran has not altered its timeline in any significant way. do the israelis think this time will be different? >> if israel were behind those attacks, this has created a deterrence. this is one of the reasons i think ultimately iran came to the negotiation table in 2015. it realized if it wants to make a nuclear weapon -- we have to remember 2003 was raining intelligence informed the international community about iran's activity, which was illegal. iran had not informed the iaea about the legal timeframe. if these attacks are attributed to israel, these are part of a campaign of israel of sanctions supporting sanctions in the united states through its allies and these actions against the regime which basically since 1990 declared war against the state of israel, proxy war, but still wore. this seems to be part

apartheid in israel human rights watch calls the domination of palestinians a crime against humanity israel rejects this and has ignored similar allegations before so can anything be done to hold israeli leaders accountable this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm homage to him the term apartheid was 1st used in south africa to describe the systematic separation and oppression of people based on their race it's a crime against humanity human rights watch says that's exactly what's happening in israel it accuses the government of enforcing policies to maintain its dominance over palestinians israel has dismissed similar accusations before and it's calling the latest report a piece of propaganda but palestinian leaders say it's a solid account of atrocities adding it's time for international action we'll bring in our guests in a moment 1st this report by harry fawcett in occupied east jerusalem. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance s

but does israel care about that? this is a big change for israel. if this vaccine should be authorized, should not be given by the occupation. we have one of the highest percentage of those who pass away everyday. this is a reality. this is the responsibility of the occupation. and this is a big change for the state of israel, to have this medical situation. beyond that, people don't have [indiscernible] are not having chemotherapy. so cancer patients are also suffering from that. not only the people who suffer from the pandec. most lifesaving cases come back to gaza. comt to -- come to gaza. mohammed: raji, i'm sorry to interrupt you. but we are starting to run out of time. thanks. it looked to me like you wanted to jump in. we only have about a minute left. please go ahead. >> just surprise of the retelling that's going on in gaza that he completely ignores the fighting between the party and hamas and the what's going on in the palestinian authority responsible for the medical problems happening in gaza. that was quite interesting that he admitted

the accusation is israel was behind it by iran or would israel have done this alone and gone against biden's wishes. i think the fact that the attack took place at the before the arrival of the u.s. secretary of defense makes it probable that israel informed the united states the united states tacit approval because to take undertake such an action if israel was behind this attack to undertake undertaking the day before the u.s. secretary of defense arrives in israel would be quite risky if the americans were not informed of such a plan and i think in a way this this helps the united states this attack to explain during the negotiations that iranian regime through its proxies in iraq has been attacking american forces we see a number of attacks i think have been attacks recently and america has only recently. retaliated once saw that you argue regime has tried to use its proxies to pressure the americans in the nuclear talks then we saw recently that brought advanced centrifuges and that's another a pressure point which now it seems that they nor longer have it judging by the new yor

we are a part of israel. i'm a mother, trying to raise good happy children in a bit of an abnormal reality. >> it's an abnormal reality na is converting these outposts into official, but not official towns. as the years pass, the growing settlements become more permanent and harder to undo. ♪♪ >> heartway between the palestinian cities of nabalas and ramallah lies a valley and there tucked in between small palestinian villages is an archeological excavation of the ancient city thought to be the relocation that once held the biblical tabernacle constructed by moses for the israelites after their exodus from egypt. excavations of the ancient city have happened on and off since 1922, and of israel recaptured judea and samaria, israelis expanded the excavation and started temporarily living on the hills nearby. in 1984 a small caravan became a settlement. and it was more permanent as homes were built replacing the trailers. there have been protests in the area and occasional violence. how do you react to peop

then claim to revoke reliable friend of israel. his is radical. a lifelong obsession to the state of israel demonstrated a willingness to endanger israeli lives in american lives to advance that. i urge our colleagues on both sides of the aisle to oppose this nomination. i yield the floor. >> here's what is ahead, first, social media company executives testifying on the use of formulas to push content to users. then u.s. policy for unaccompanied migrant children of the southern border. later, a hearing on protecting consumers of fraud and scams during the covered pandemic. ♪♪ >> unfiltered view of government, funded by these television companies and more including comcast. >> you think it's just a community center? no, it's way more than that. >> 1000 community centers to create wi-fi enabled. students can get the tools they need to be ready. a front row seat to democracy. ♪♪ >> approaching this 100 day in office, president biden will give first address to a joint session of congress wednesday night, live coverage begins 8:00 p.m. eastern

guest: israel would like the status quo to prevail and to continue. because at the end of the day, the palestinian authority are subcontractors of israel's security. the cooperation with security continues and they don't need to negotiate on the need to make concessions as part of it. so the status quo serves the israeli government. anyone with any common sense would understand it's important for israel to see a political system that can negotiate and entail justice and serve both palestinians and israel. julia: thank you very much for speaking with us. moving on, afghan officials say a suicide bomber has killed at least 14 people and wounded some 90 others. attack took place at a guesthouse in eastern logo are province. no one has claimed responsibility, but it comes on the eve of the withdrawal of u.s. and nato troops from afghanistan. american troops aim to fully leave the country by september 11 at the latest. here in france, the country is widening its vaccination campaign as the government prepares for a gradual reopening. nearly a third of the

criticized israel to realize that there. are new problems it's not just about pundits night it's really more and more position against. relations of human rights in the word not only. and therefore i think this should really enhance and empower people to stand. you know any reason. to try intercessor unite their character and laying down all races and i'm semitism we're taking a very bold and moral position against great series and in that case resign is going to present a lot of a thank you after the break we go to england's 1st colony island where violence on the streets of belfast could signal a united ireland. financial i don't buy a i'm on it. on the friday as of last summer buying from the future progress was kaiser. welcome back as violence continues on the streets of belfast in the wake of the 23rd anniversary of the signing of the good friday agreement u.k. prime minister morris johnson seems more preoccupied with the scandal of a corporation's lobbying members of his government than arguably the worst violence seen

a leading right school park uses israel of apartheid like crimes against palestinians israeli government calls it propaganda. play watching al-jazeera live from doha with me fully back t. ball also coming up the 1st shipment of medical aid from britain arrives in india as hospitals overwhelmed by covert 900 patients run out of beds and oxygen. heavy fighting in myanmar rebels in a border area attack a military camp. and saudi arabia suspends the import of fruits and vegetables from lebanon on will talk to farmers who supply it is adding to the country's economic turmoil. a leading rights organization is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians in a new report human rights watch says discriminatory policies exist in both the occupied palestinian territory and within israel itself the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased and baseless harry fostered has more from occupied east jerusalem. and to palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to

the palestinian government welcomes a report accusing israel of apartheid like crimes and calls on the international community to do its part. i'm fully back watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead cop hocks turning to kemah tory ems to w.h.o. says 3 new variants in large gatherings contributed to the latest surge of corona virus infections in india on the frontline of the conflict in eastern ukraine we need foreign volunteers helping to fight it's russian backed separatists and 1st minneapolis now louisville kentucky u.s. attorney general announces another investigation into policing out of last year's killing of brianna tate. palestinian leaders have welcomed a report accusing israel of crimes against humanity human rights watch says israel is practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed a report a spice and baseless how a faucet reports from occupied east jerusalem. and to palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right artists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to electo

netanyahu has insisted that iran will never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons tehran has blamed israel for causing a power failure at its biggest nuclear facility media reports have also linked the incident to an israeli cyber attack world leaders are trying to revive a stalled international deal limiting iran's nuclear program. russian prison officials are threatening to force feed jailed opposition leader aleksei an avanti that's according to his lawyers the kremlin critic has lost 8 kilograms since going on hunger strike last month of ami is protesting against what he says is a lack of proper medical treatment he barely survived an assassination attempt last year. this is d w news from berlin you can find more headlines on our web site that's w dot com. or. in september voters here in germany will go to the polls to elect a new parliament but it is the new chancellor that the world will be interested in after 16 years until america will step down who will step up to replace her among merkel's conservative sister parties it is down to 2 men governors one from the south one from the w

netanyahu has insisted that iran will never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons tehran has blamed israel for causing a power failure at its biggest nuclear facility media reports have also linked the incident to an israeli cyber attack world leaders are trying to revive a stalled international deal limiting iran's nuclear program. russian prison officials are threatening to force feed jailed opposition leader all that say in a volley that's according to his lawyers the kremlin critic has lost 8 kilograms since going on hunger strike last month the felony is protesting against what he says is a lack of proper medical treatment he barely survived an assassination attempt last year. this is d w news from berlin you can find more headlines on our website that's t w dot com. for. more. in september voters here in germany will go to the polls to elect a new parliament but it is the new chancellor that the world will be interested in after 16 years until america will step down who will step up to replace are among merkel's conservative sister parties it is down to 2 men governors one from the s

of getting israel vaccinated or israelis vaccinated when its neighbors an option as . to what fro of people of course in that region and we're also talking about a globalised world what's what's the use of the country getting vaccinated when other countries haven't even begun well i fully agree that while this is a globalized world and there are many connections between populations countries need to support each other than trying to achieve the highest marks in companies globally and not only in specific countries however health inequalities are not a new issue or topic in global health there are many health inequalities between the euro p.m.'s in the african countries for example in this is only just one specific example of how health inequalities impact the global population so from your scientific perspective how should israel proceed to ensure that all of the progress it's made which is fantastic isn't undone. well one subject that needs strengthening is the superior lens we need to continue looking for breakthrough cases indeed outbreaks in try and contain them th

by bet a local ngo it israel also talking about the. treatment of palestinians in all the areas of the occupied territories and the i.c.c. which also refers to opening an investigation into war crimes that may be committed by the military and government officials how does your report fit into that global conversation about israel's behavior and the pressure that it may create and tell of eve. look the international community for too long has viewed human rights abuse as symptoms of the problem the problem being the lack of peace process the reality here is systematic repression is a core problem you can draw a disease unless you properly diagnose it the disease here is apartheid and persecution it is metastasized and consolidated and is incumbent upon the international community to take the measures and situation describe the warrants including the international criminal court investigating and prosecuting these crimes against humanity including targeted sanctions including asset freezes and travel bans against those israeli officials i

will try to start a war was the blackout you know tons nuclear facility was it an attempt by israel to provoke a war. i think it was trying merely an attempt to provoke a collapse of the talks we have seen this pattern extensively in the past and now is very wary not about the talks failing but about the talks succeeding and he has intervened on numerous occasions in the past with assassinations and other things in order to try to do something that would cause the iranians to lash out and the consequences of their lash out will either lead to a collapse of the talks or could escalate into a military confrontation now with the now as in not being washington for quite some time to use military force against iran so the idea that he's looking for some sort of military confrontation a war is clearly not a mystery at this point but i think in this specific case i think he saw a win win situation either it would lead to a situation in which the iranians lash out in a way that a collapse of talks or to iran in response would perhaps even be harsher and as a result it could lead to a milita

a leading rights organization is accusing israel of crimes against humanity practicing apartheid and persecution against palestinians in a new report human rights watch says discriminatory policies exist in both the occupied palestinian territory and within israel itself israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the report as biased stand baseless harry fawcett reports from occupy used to escape. anti palestinian racism was on show in jerusalem last week with hundreds of israeli far right activists chanting death to arabs the far right thanks to an electoral alliance sponsored by the prime minister now has a foothold inside parliament but it is new report human rights watch makes a broader accusation that the israeli government itself practices apartheid and persecution and we started looking at it we saw the reality in which a single government rules of the road the area between the jordan river and the train you see roughly 6800000 jewish israelis and 6 for you in it and across these areas is really authorities systems. in the typically privileged jewish israelis the report focuses on

there i missed on the attainder how with the top stories for you here on al-jazeera iran has banned israel for a power blackout at its main nuclear facility foreign minister jobs or it has vowed revenge for sunday's incident an attack which terror on is describing as an act of terrorism israel has not directly claimed responsibility but local media say its intelligence services were behind it or about man reports. nuclear terrorism is how in the rainy an official described a power blackout at its natanz nuclear enrichment facility sundaes cutting the electrical supply grid cause no casualties or contamination of. what happened in tons as israel's official i've said it several times and what we're hearing from different sources it confirms that israel was behind this incident israeli media claimed it was caused by a cyber attack launched by israeli security services although it quoted only judged by sources some media outlets have a close relationship with intelligence agencies iran is there urging the international atomic energy agency to take action saying it reserves the right to punish

minister has been very different benjamin netanyahu insisting that israel would not be bound by any deal that pave the way to an iranian nuclear weapon israel is already confronting iran on multiple fronts reportedly behind the attack on an iranian ship in the red sea last week regularly targeting the iranian military inside syria blamed by iran for assassinating its chief nuclear scientist last year israel's defense minister may be talking about cooperating with the americans on a new deal but it'll be interesting to see the language used by his political rival the prime minister benjamin netanyahu long the most vehement opponent of any such deal when he meets the u.s. defense secretary on monday ari force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. a 2nd wave of cases in india is pushing covert infection numbers to unprecedented levels more than 152000 people tested positive on sunday that is a new high but it's the 6th time the daily case record has been passed in the last week alone with the right a pairing to accelerate in all this means more than 13000000 people have tested positive this is

the iranian nuclear program and israel's attempts to prevent that program and indeed prevent. or at least. a return to the iran nuclear deal the kind of shadow conflict that's been going on at sea among other places this was very quickly something that has been linked to that in some quarters however what is being said by the israeli military is that this was a surface to air missile that being an anti aircraft missile that was launched by syrian air defenses during an israeli air strike and that this missile over flew its intended target and it came to came to ground in southern israel now this is not if this is what did happen it is not an entirely unprecedented event there have been similar such events in 2017 when a syrian air defense missile was intercepted by israeli anti missile systems and in 2019 when such a missile ended up in northern cyprus so that is what the israelis are saying at the moment they have been carrying out strikes on syrian defense batteries in response to this. air raid sirens that sounded in this southern area no reports yet of casualties inside is

blamed israel for an incident at its main nuclear facility. hello there i'm a saudi attain this is al jazeera life and also coming up the police shooting of a black man sparks anger in minnesota it comes during the trial of a former officer charged in the killing of george showing. huge crowds gather at a religious festival in india as it records a huge rise in corona virus cases it's now the 2nd west hit country. and the famous gold thing victory that he must see on that becomes the 1st japanese man to win a major championship. now israel's prime minister says iran is the grace just a threat in the middle east and he won't allow it to obtain nuclear capability his comments come as iran blames israel to sabotage in its key nuclear facility tehran describe sunday's incident which knocked out of power grid and the towns as an act of terrorism it happened today off to iran unveiled new advanced uranium centrifuges. that iran must never possess nuclear weapons my policy as prime minister of israel is clear i will never allow iran to obtain the nuc

celebration turns to tragedy in israel. at least 45 people died and many others injured in a stampede at a religious ceremony. also, india sets another daily global record for covid-19 infections as the scramble for oxygen continues. medical aid is arriving from abroad but cnot come fast enough. and hope for children has biontech seeks approval for a vaccine for young people -- as biontech seeks approval for a vaccine for young people. i'm phil gayle. welcome to the program. israel's prime minister has announced an inquiry into a horrific stampede at a religious celebration. at least 45 people killed and many more injured. it happened in israel's north where ultra orthodox jews were holding the country's first major religious festival since the end of the country's covid-19 restrictions. >> an exuberant celebration. endi in a terrible tragedy massive crowds at a jewish festival stumbled down the slippery stairs into a narrow passageway. panic grew. in the chaos, victims, including children, were either trampled or suffocate

sorry falls it has this update from israel where it's still unclear what caused the disaster. well still the reports are relatively unclear there is no question though that there was an enormous number of people at this very significant religious event last year it was severely curtailed because of coded 1000 restriction so this time there were more than 100000 people there by most estimates some suggesting it was even a greatly higher number than that and certainly the videos bear that out you see people gathered at this new site close to the tomb of a 2nd century rabbi a religious figure revered figure whose death is marked every year in this large bowmore festival and so these crowds were swaying together dancing together jumping up and down there were images of people falling into each other as they were channeled through very narrow areas so the precise cause is still to some extent on the question there were early reports of a structure collapsing but most reports now suggest in fact it may have been to do with an exit being barred and a stampede and crushing happened ha

you were expelled by israel. have you ever been allowed back? what is israel's treatment of human rights observers in the occupied territories? >> these really government did to partly november 2019. -- did deport me november 2019. they found i fell afoul as result of my human rights advocacy but before a joint human rights watch as well as my work at human rights watch. as result, i am t ableo return to israel and palestine to cover human rights abuses to do my job on the ground. e treatment i received i think speaks to israel's larger treatment of human rights defenders. israeli human rights defende also face significant restrictions. to give one other example, a palestinian staff member of amnesty international has since 2019 faced a travel ban bthe israeli authorities on unspecified grounds. he was not able to visit his mother in a hospital in jerusalem three kilometers from his home as a result of this travel ban where she was receiving chemotherapy and she passed away. he has challenge this with amnesty international in the israeli court s

case numbers in israel have fallen sharply thanks to one of the world's fastest vaccination drives some restrictions remain such as sparing masks and a green pass vaccination certificate. it's required and 7 years after 3 heart lockdowns people are not taking things for granted sam a clear it's great that things are getting back to normal of course i'm still wearing a mask be a cautious stay still fear you can't shake it off that quickly about my hair over half of the population of 9000000 israelis has been fully vaccinated but israel has been criticized for failing to supply vaccines to more palestinians in the occupied west bank and gaza a covert 19 unit in a converted parking lot at sheba hospital near tel aviv 1st closed recently public debate has now turned to vaccinating children under 16 the spread of new variants and how long the vaccines will offer protection going back to school and back to call meals people are back in workplaces and are vaccinated and we see a decline in cases where people are generally very optimistic of course the science is a little bit more cautious and

of getting israel vaccinated or israelis vaccinated when its neighbors an option as. to would throw of people of course in that region and we're also talking about a globalised world what's what's the use of the country getting vaccinated when other countries haven't even begun well i fully agree that while this is a globalised world world and there are many connections between populations countries need to support each other in trying to achieve the highest marks in companies globally and not only in specific countries however health inequities are not a new issue or topic in global health there are many health inequalities between the euro pms in the african countries for example in this is only just one specific example of how health inequalities impact the global population so from your scientific perspective how should israel proceed to ensure that all of the progress it's made which is fantastic isn't undone. well one subject that needs strengthening is the superior lens we need to continue looking for breakthrough cases and outbreaks in try and contain them thr

well iran has blamed israel for a pal of a power blackout at its main nuclear facility foreign minister job in. rick has vowed revenge for sunday's incident and the tans which tear around describes as an act of terrorism and israel has not directly claimed responsibility but local media say its intelligence services were behind it all about money reports. nuclear terrorism is how in the rainy an official described a power blackout and its natanz nuclear enrichment facility sunday is cutting the electrical supply grid cause no casualties or contamination of. what happened in the tons as israel's official said several times and what we're hearing from different sources it confirms that israel was behind this incident israeli media claimed it was caused by a cyber attack launched by israeli security services although it quoted and i judged by its sources some media outlets have a close relationship with intelligence agencies iran is their own region the international atomic energy agency to take action saying it reserves the right to punish the perpetrators the development comes at an impo

netanyahu has insisted that iran will never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons tehran has blamed israel for causing a power failure at its biggest nuclear facility media reports have also linked the incident to an israeli cyber attack world leaders are trying to revive a stalled international deal limiting iran's nuclear program. russian prison officials are threatening to force feed jailed opposition leader aleksei in a volley that's according to his lawyers the kremlin critic has lost 8 kilograms since going on hunger strike last month the felony is protesting against what he says is a lack of proper medical treatment he barely survived an assassination attempt last year. this is d w news from berlin you can find more headlines on our web site that's steve w. dot com. or. in september voters here in germany will go to the polls to elect a new parliament but it is the new chancellor that the world will be interested in after 16 years until america will step down who will step up to replace her among merkel's conservative sister parties it is down to 2 men governors one from the south o

israel today is no longer a secular nation. in the streets, in the government, religious people have a say on almost every major issue. in renanna at the encenter of this battle, kai won her bet. >> i came in and they didn't say a thing. all the girls were shocked that they didn't ask me anything. >> i'm happy they didn't comment. >> they didn't even look at my shorts. i aim -- came in as if everything were normal. >> the teenage girls are aware of the onslaught of reactions they've caused in the last few days. >> there were a lot of posts. >> on instagram, lots of stories, videos, on facebook, thousands of followers. almost half a million. this support is so important to our story. without it nothing would have happened. >> is this the power of social media? a more advantageousce political context? in israel, every year there is an sup. scho girls protesting for the right to wear shorts. until now, wourment success. >> it's not just about the short. we've learned a lifelessen. -- lesson. never give up. fight for what you belie

secretary of defense lloyd austin visits israel and israeli defense minister but again it says israel is ready to work closely with its ally to ensure any new deal with iran does not undermine regional security. voting is underway in charge where president address debbie is looking to extend his 3 decades in power by seeking a 6th term in office our position has called for a boycott and accuses the government of repression. mean people also choose invent next president this facing comes during a time of political tension president. is facing a weakened opposition in a vote he is likely to win he's accused of sidelining most of his rivals talent came to power in 2016 promising to serve one term and vowing to stamp out corruption i want to dress is outside a polling station in qatar no need and he says only 3 people have been approved to run in the race. most of the opposition candidates or the most of the opposition leaders either out of the country in exile in prison or they've been muzzled into silence so that's the situation right now and we've seen reaction to that in the north of

i think it's that's a cover for israel but it's far more a cover for the west. government doesn't talk about 2 state solution has an indoor game a 2 state solution since netanya came to power but i think there west the leaders of the west are talking about the 2 state solution as an excuse to say well you know maybe israel is doing that or other thing violates human rights and civil rights systematically but because around the corner there is a peace agreement based on a 2 state solution we don't have to interfere and we don't have to do anything against these violations because that's the formula these violations would stop once the 2 state solution would become a reality now everyone who has been on the ground for more than 5 minutes knows that the 2 state solution has been dead now for a very long time and its body lies in the more the only thing we need is a funeral just to establish that fact but i think it is. a good excuse for especially governments like the british government and the american government to remain idle and do nothing in the face of a very

itself israel is again rejecting such charges its foreign ministry saying human rights watch is. known to have a longstanding anti israeli agenda actively seeking for years to promote boycotts against israel their decision not to share this report for review or comment with any israeli or 30 is clear indication that it is a propaganda pamphlet which lacks all credibility but critics point to the $2800.00 nation state law which defined national self-determination as quote unique to the jewish people and to the fact for several months last year israel's prime minister was advocating the permanent annexation of nearly a 3rd of the occupied west bank. and this is a very important report on israel practicing a past 8 policies the should be the position of the international community as it was with south africa and there should be punishment against the occupation human rights watch says with no viable peace process in place the situation has gone from temporary occupation to permanent domination it's calling on the international criminal court to investigate its allegations are a forc

katty: we have lloyd austin, in israel today, the u.s. defense secretary. do we know what impact this could have on the talks in vienna to try and get the u.s. back into the nuclear deal? >> the big question tonight is, will iran make a distinction between the united states and israel? the united states, the state department spokesperson said this has nothing to do with us. she said, i will not speculate anymore because it was not overdoing. there have been iranian officials interviewed on bbc who said iran and the u.s. our strategic partners, but they are beginning to diverge, and diverge dangerously. president biden during his election campaign, talked about returning to the iran nuclear deal. those indirect talks in vienna last week work described as constructive. th are supposed to meet again this week. iran's most important goal is to get those crippling sanctions lifted. both sides want to come back to the deal, but it has now got an awful lot harder. katty: ok. for us in london, thank you very much. biden administration also says, by the way, they ha

voters and not yet willing to give up the fight also coming up tonight valuing revenge iran accuse israel of 7 touching a key nuclear site tehran says it knows who was behind the blackout and has the right to take action and a trip to the pub finally even starts to ease coping $1000.00 restrictions as a hard lockdown in a mass vaccination drive begin bearing fruit. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us we begin tonight with the race to be the next german chancellor germans go to the polls this fall to elect a new government and after 16 years as chancellor america will not be running again now her c.d.u. party and its bavarian sister party the c.s.u. are trying to choose between 2 candidates the man preferred by the power brokers and the man preferred by the people. amen lash it versus marcus the race to be the next conservative candidate to run for german chancellor is turning into an old fashioned power struggle on sunday the 2 men agreed the decision should come soon and to respect it whoever is chosen. but less than a day later battle lines seem to have been drawn on monday morn

actually trying to do what you can of a lockdown edition of going underground after repeated attacks by israel armed by britain the united states and the european union's nations against middle east targets from the suburbs of damascus to the persian gulf to the iranian province of this one as economic and military violence rages during a global pandemic from latin america to africa to northern ireland to ukraine let's go straight to rome to speak to the former m i 6 agent and the founder and director of conflicts for him to crook thanks so much for coming on you wouldn't think it's a here in britain where obviously people are grieving over the juke of edinburgh but just take us through some of the latest events i mean there's an attack on the nuclear plant an attack on the iranian sub his vessel in the red sea and yet lloyd austin biden's pentagon boss he's been in israel declaring is his absolute support for the israeli government. yes that's right i think what we're seeing is in fact there's something of a division within israel about what to do about this netanyahu has been stuck along on

earlier, we spoke to a former speaker of israel's -- and former interim president of israel. we asked him what this tells us about the state of israeli democracy. >> he is a very persuasive conservative leader. there is a full generation who was born or grew up or were educated into the situation of nobody else but netanyahu. the fact he is such a strong leader, like other leaders around the world where for so many years is in a way a very good point to his side. the downside of that is it looks as if the opposition of no netanyahu, which feels it is corrupt, it is stagnated, he cannot deliver anymore, he prioritized personal agenda over the state agenda. so now the jury is out. is it possible netanyahu will have his cabinet or will an alternative arise? today, negotiations started. the jury is out. brent: authorities in indonesia say dozens of people have been killed in flash floods and landslides triggered by a tropical cyclone. if he and torrential rain pounded a cluster of islands. emergency teams are struggling to reach people. >> in this village alone, hundreds of house

>> human rights watch says israel is subjecting palestinians to apartheid. they are accusing the ngo of being anti-semitic. three westerners are killed on a media trip. they are part of a team making a documentary about wildlife poaching. terrorists are behind what they are calling executions. at least three people killed as thousands take the streets at the capital of chad. demonstrating against what they are calling a military coup. thank you for being with us. human rights watch says israel is pursuing an apartheid policy against the palestinians. it cites seizure of land, restrictions on movement, and the 2018 nationstate will as examples. the is -- report has been condemned, and have been accused of harboring an anti-israel agenda. the palestinian president welcomed the findings. >> in a sweeping report, humans rights watch claims israeli policies toward palestinians constitute crimes of apartheid and persecution. among the examples, restrictions on movement, land confiscation for jewish settlements, and denial of residency rights. the findings applied

so yes iran is blaming israel but there is a lot of anger here at the moment because seems that israel has managed to infiltrate iran and managed to carry out attacks act well if i take you back to last year november iran's lead scientist most and factors are there was that they did in broad daylight just outside of the one and some of the same plants than the plant suffered an explosion which iran called an act of sabotage the act of terrorism and yes iran has said that they will respond when the time is right but it doesn't seem that they can stop attacks against their nuclear facilities and this as a nation of the scientists all ahead of these talks taking place on wednesday in vienna it is a critical time and of the say it was times to disrupt these talks as much as possible what impact do you think it might have. well it depends on the extent of the damage don't know how much damage is actually taken and hasn't released any footage you have the press are not allowed to go that if if he has damaged iran's enrichment capabilities and iran was using that. as leverage against the unit

to fischer in the discussions in israel. well yes i mean there have been discussions already and more to take place and yes that is part of the context that netanyahu and others have been talking about that there have been these reports that for some time now israel has been acting militarily covertly to interrupt iranian ships taking oriel to syria and then we've had in february and march 2 israeli and vessels in the arabian sea that have been attacked israel. reportedly at least seems to have to believe that is an iranian. attack in both cases and then last week this explosion under the waterline of the savvis vessel a cargo ship used by the iranian revolutionary guard corps and again very fast turnaround of leaks being reported in the new york times in this instance that israel was responsible for that no official confirmation of that from the israeli government obviously but that this is that the key thing that israel appears to be taking these measures against iran at the same time as the united states is talking about

probe is also looking at violence along the israel gaza border in 2018 how musson the palestinian and ministration of welcome the administer the investigation saying that their actions were justified acts of resistance. getting the full now of political commentator as one who joins us now from beirut welcome to the program it's no big surprise is it israel has always said it doesn't recognize the c.s.a. but how much might this have a probe of what they can do in the hague. well let's begin by israel has never abided by any international law to begin with not starting right now with the international criminal court but any international law at all i mean the recent the most recent one that they brew was them actually not allowing palestinians to have a vaccine it's a pen if you go back further than that with the. with the war crimes that they are being now looked upon by their probe by the investigation of the i.c.c. there are mainly 3 ones which is the 2014 attack on gaza which was an incremental genocide by the israeli side we have the 2018 crackdown on palestinians in the west bank