Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240713

They lost their land the 1st time around in 67 it was another nakba another catastrophe. In june of 967. 00 israel won or was perceived as a stunning underdog victory over much larger arab moments during the 6 day war. With victory in addition to taking land from egypt and syria israel began to militarily occupy all remaining palestinian territory in the west bank the gaza strip and East Jerusalem suddenly all of palestine is now lost we now had no Palestinian Land left under palestinian control. You had a huge palestinian population living as refugees or living under occupation. Palestinians are governed under military law they are essentially prisoners they are treated as if they were all prisoners of war they have no rights. In the immediate aftermath of the 67 war the United Nations Security Council post resolution 242 citing International Law forbidding the takeover of territory by war 2 for 2 explicitly called for israel to withdraw its own forces. To this day israel has largely failed to comply not only Holding Palestinian territory the compass getting additional land and building massive jewish settlement blocks in the west bank in East Jerusalem in direct violation of the 4th Geneva Convention which expressly forbid states from transferring civilian populations into territory it occupies. In addition israel has established an inter matrix of Security Control on Palestinian Land to secure the settlements including checkpoints that prevent palestinians from traveling freely within their own land and a 440 mile security bow along the Israeli Border that cuts into palestinian territory. If youre one of the millions of palestinians living under occupation this is what the conflict is about but one of the most stunning things is how this saw the story basically just drops out and he said you hear over and over again that its israel that surrounded israel is surrounded israel surrounded surrounded its israel the sun the siege and under threat you described a very small land mass and you know youre dealing with hamas and hezbollah and iran and so its a tough neighborhood the imagery here is so powerful that its almost impossible to have a rational discussion about the legitimate grievances of palestinians hamas is a terror group and it is committed to killing the jews and wiping israel off the face of the earth thats not debatable thats a fact none of this is by accident this is the result that with the liberal effort to shape america perceptions of the conflict a propaganda effort that really begins to take shape with israels 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 and bombing. In the summer of 982. 00 israel invaded neighboring lebanon in an attempt to drive the Palestinian Liberation Organization out of its income on some southern border with israel whats an israeli army doing here in beirut the answer is that we are now dealing with an imperial israel which is solving its problems in someone elses country World Opinion be damned the israeli invasion of lebanon in 1902 was a watershed it was israel breaking out beyond its immediate region to aggressively attack another country and it was a bit of a shock to many people in the interests of selfdefense that gallant little underdog israel as suddenly started behaving like a neighborhood bully by the time the war was over the Israeli Military would 217000 lebanese and palestinians but not the 30000 almost all of them civilians and when they were over 20 injured they are become allies ever think only her offspring know crap ok. I prefer to recruit rather quickly. Just a few months later American Media coverage were taken even theres been another horrendous turn of events in the middle east hundreds of men women and children perhaps as many as a 1000 people and all have been massacred into Palestinian Refugee camps in west beirut israels lebanese allies operating with the consent of the Israeli Government that massacred several 1000 Palestinian Civilians in the refugee camps of supper. And American News media at the pictures to prove it by all appearances groups of men had been ordered to stand against the wall and then gunned down in cold blood. Today hala still you find it like the role you. Have not returned our children want it theyre killing our family this was a game changer in terms of how israel was going to deal with the question of publicity they went on the offensive for the 1st time. That the idea bear any blame. Tragedy in the shot you look at him. And without any foundation the government of israel rejects them with a contempt which they did. 2 years after the lebanon invasion the American Jewish congress sponsored a conference in jerusalem to devise a formal Public Relations strategy known in hebrew as. Participants including p. R. And advertising executives media specialists journalists and leaders of major groups the primary aim of the conference was to develop strategies to spin unpopular israeli policies and to counter negative press coverage by shaping the media for a minute votes. Used doesnt just jump into a camera conference delegates its directed its managed its made to accessible. Israel based advertising executive Martin Fenton would put it in even more blunt terms propaganda is not a dirty word he said face it we are in the game of changing peoples minds but making them think differently to accomplish that we need propaganda. After lebanon you start to see the basic has prostrated you know action images of palestinians fighting back against israels occupation make their way onto American Television screens and the Israeli Military crushes this resistance in brutal ways that undercut israels image as underdog and victim. 3 helicopter gunships deliberately fired a missile into the crowd to civilians last night killing 7 palestinians moving 70 more. Then israeli officials going to full house romos and that occupation doesnt even exist in framing all Palestinian Resistance as terrorism and Israeli Aggression as selfdefense the Palestinian Terror Campaign continues it only justifies again and again that we will have to continue to defend ourselves. And so this becomes the framing of the situation israel is defending itself which means israel is not the aggressor here that doesnt square with the reality on the ground and we know that you have a right to defend yourself you dont have a right to occupy people deny them their human rights and then cry foul when they resist thats not the right to selfdefense thats the right to repression thats what israel is asking for here let us do away with these dissenters these palestinian dissenters and call it defense and when you look today at how the media cover the conflict you see just how successful israels propaganda has been in reversing the legacy of lebanon if theres any complaints and there should be about civilian deaths that they belong to the responsibility and the blame belongs with one place hamas i dont think anyone should get that wrong the israeli position is the 1st position they are allowed to to determine the narrative determine the facts on the ground hamas is a Terror Organization committed to our destruction they fire thousands of rockets at our cities the dominant narrative in the Media Coverage then israel is retaliating for an attack. It has suffered israel says the barrage of rockets is in retaliation to the 750. 00 rockets fired from gaza we know this is all retaliation for hamas firing rockets into israel which is the dominant media story of our time what weve seen is really another kind of occupation and not the patient of American Media and what we could call the American Mind bright pro israel narrative thats the fact that attention away from what virtually everyone recognizes as the best way to resolve this conflict and the occupation and the settlements so the palestinians can finally have a slate of their own is. The Prime Minister of israel the president of the United States. The ongoing Peace Process that began with the oslo peace accords in 1903 was designed to negotiate the terms of israels withdrawal from palestinian territory in accordance with Un Resolution 242. 00 which made an explicit connection between israeli withdrawal and the just and lasting peace. Essential as though israel has actually taken more post and your land for its jewish only settlements in 193 there were approximately 200000 illegal jewish settlers living in the occupied palestinian territories since then that number has more than tripled with approximately 650000 settlers now living in the west bank in East Jerusalem so if you look at the result not the words and the pretty phrases whats happened over the past 20 years and most nor graded oslo was not a Peace Process it was an annexation process what has happened is that now one in 11 israeli jews live in these illegal sounds so the failure to confront the solomon enterprise from the very beginning i think has created a almost insuperable obstacle to the creation of a palestinian state theres no place to put it were were talking about here is something that is completely indefensible israel knows this israel knows this very well and for that reason wants to talk about anything and Everything Else theyd rather talk about terrorism theyd rather talk about security were willing to make great concessions for peace. But there is something that i will never compromise on and that is Real Security the reason theyve been able to so effectively change the subject isnt because theyre practicing some kind of mass mind control the main reason is that the Us Government itself has had a vested interest in promoting this same narrative for almost 50 years now this goes back to the start of the socalled special relationship with israel in the late 1960 s. When the u. S. Decides to deputize israel and make it what the next administration called a cop on the beat to protect american interests in the middle east especially u. S. Energy supplies ever since the American Government has continued to give israel roughly 3000000000. 00 a year military aid while also vetoing one u. N. Resolution after another condemning the occupation of settlements the challenge is to make sure that the American People stay on board with the u. S. Aid despite what israel is doing a number of well funded Public Relations organizations have emerged within the United States to help israel justifies purposes especially the occupation and settlements on security grounds one of these groups is the israel project in 2009 israel project turn to conservative poster and rebranding expert frank luntz to determine which talking points used by israeli and u. S. Officials over time at the most effective in maintaining american sympathy for israel once wrote up his recommendations in a 2009 report called the global language dictionary if you want to understand how the propaganda works especially in the u. S. You need to read the luntz document is really clear that the occupation and especially the settlements are a problem and he points the polls that show a large majority of americans actually think that israel should retreat to the 67 borders in fact he says when you talk about land in terms of 67 you completely flip american sentiment against you. But and this is the solution if you bring up the danger of terrorism you win back the support the key says is the claim that the fight is over ideology not land about terror not territory in fact these 3 words terror not territory summarize the basis of the Propaganda Campaign of the us and lots goes on to say the one of the most effective ways to make the conflict about terrorism is to refer to an obscure political document written in 1008 by small group of ideologues the Hamas Charter that cause for the destruction of israel even though the hamas leadership effectively disown the charter a long time ago its been p. R. Gold for israel Luntz Research has discovered that when americans hear the words of the charter israel goes from bully to victim and sympathy for the plight of the palestinians this place so he says dont just quote it read it out loud again and again and his advice has been taken up often hysterically by israels advocates the Hamas Charter not only cost resources structures ladies and gentlemen article 70. 00 calls for the murder of every jew it cost for the murder of every jew its a nazi document we have the israeli Prime Minister saying movements like the mass that are National Movements are the same thing as isis hamas is like isis hamas is like Al Qaeda Hamas is like this bottle of hamas is like a book all around and they are completely not the same things from us it is as much a nationalist movement. As leaders and a religious movement. And for the good ol from those signs priority towards nationalist girls over its religious grounds. This false notion of trauma is part of the skull prado network is not bought ulan by important moments of the American Military in 2010 the United States Central Commander of centcom the highest military command in the u. S. Issued a testified report the question the current u. S. Policy of isolating and marginalizing ham ass as well as has blair in lebanon the report described the 2 groups as pragmatic and argued that putting them in al qaeda in the same sentence as if theyre all the same is just stupid and the us military isnt alone in this assessment isis itself has attacked the mosque again and again because theyre not radical enough bit too pragmatic and too compromising. I spent a lot of time on my Radio Program going over a hamas is charter what it says it wants to obliterate israel it wants to destroy the jews it is a sick twisted you know perverted ideology and it manifests itself in different forms Muslim Brotherhood Islamic Jihad hamas hezbollah isis alqaeda you know its all the same thing meanwhile you hear next to nothing about another extreme political charter that is much more relevant to the conflict the platform the ruling the crude party in israel. To strengthen the group you have to show do good all the more with it comes to a fight against corruption. Abuse for news hero heroes like new who are about to be refused a 50000000. 00 brian the achievement of heroes like him showcase by the International Ace award it shines a light on these heroes because the best way to fly into dark used to shine the light lets make a router bit to please nominate your Anti Corruption mirror. Kind of deal with poverty unless you deal with the gap you disallow i disagree with that toy it sounds like you blaming the public the country for the art and knowledge of any fighting these people well trained as much a part of the Islamic State machinery as the more we have been very and the inspiration of populism those are teachers join me in many hot sun as i put it up for questions to my special guests and challenge them to some straight talking political debate here and ill just hear. The environment doesnt know any boundaries what goes up into the environment goes around the world. Just that its. Very modern way to do. Believe me the measure of progress. The domestic population. If you believe your. Circle of points on aljazeera. 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Pakistans Prime Minister says he hopes to act as a mediator between iran and saudi arabia to ease rising tensions in the gulf iran can made the comments after a meeting with the iranian president Hassan Rouhani and Supreme Leader ayatollah ali how many in tehran can will travel to riyadh on tuesday. Ecuadors military says its partially lifted a curfew in the capital quito but will continue to restrict some movement after violent antigovernment demonstrations on saturday it comes as Indigenous Leaders to begin the 1st round of talks with a government aimed at ending the crisis do so as for the 2nd half of the occupation of the American Mind i have news hour for you straight after that bye for now. The Hamas Charter not only cost resources structures ladies and gentlemen because for the murder of every jew its a nazi the argument meanwhile you hear next to nothing about another extreme political charter that is much more relevance to the conflict the platform of the ruling the crude party in israel. Well if you look at the language thats in that charter the Likud Charter it flatly rejects quote flatly rejects the existence of a palestinian state anywhere anywhere on that side of the jordan river in other words completely denying the right of the state of palestine to exist thats far more relevant to have language like the language in the liquid charter be in the charter of a party that is the largest in Israeli Government driving an israeli state and has the capacity to act upon the words in their charter in a way that no other party does to strengthen the case that the conflict is about turn to some and not turn a tree once points to the effectiveness of another word established israeli talking point the claim that israel gave up control of gaza in 2005 in hopes of achieving peace and a 2 state solution and go to rockets in return we left gaza completely we had guns so they could have turned it into a floor sharing wonderful place to live and look at what they did and they turned into a haven of terrorists coming from all over the world its completely untrue that israel left the gaza strip they did withdraw their colonists but at the same time they tie in their control over the gaza strip this is gazas main freight route into israel and normally this road would be bumper to bumper with heavily laden trucks but its completely closed as is every other Border Crossing in the country nothings coming into gaza and nothing is getting out so the idea that israel left is 100 percent gaza it remains occupied who can come and go is totally at the israeli discretion in gaza there are constant military attacks by the Israeli Air Force by drones. Targeted assassinations go on all the time it wasnt really a withdrawal but the conventional shorthand in the media is that. Israel was unwilling to give up an enormous amount to the palestinian side and the palestinians responded with violent israel for since 967. 00 controlled gaza they gave it to the palestinians in a gesture of peace and all they got a bunch of rockets are you think it is this is the basic frame of israels p. R. Campaign make sure the media space focused on terrorism and a mosque extremism as a source of the conflict not the occupation and the settlements if you want to see this in operation just look at the coverage of any of israels many attacks on gaza over the past few years. The scale and intensity of this attack was surprising the deadliest operation against palestinians in decades an intense 3 week 1300 day 5000. And 8 december of 2008 israel launched operation coast let the massive ground assault on the gaza strip in force at least this Popular Video over a period of 3 weeks Israeli Military truck to the 600 tons of bombs some go so it was unclear how many civilians women and 1400 palestinians were killed and thousands more injured the wounded were carried on corrugated iron. And private. Bets on you know. The worst one day casualty toll in gaza anybody. Normally in a conflict civilians can run for their lives as it was one of the few if not the only modern conflict where the helpless civilians who are subjected to massive technologically advanced firepower by the israelis had no escape route with gaza city bombed and burning palestinians he did israels warning to get out of the way but found they had nowhere to go it was a brutal murders devastating this attack was murders if you asked any american who was at war started they would say because the palestinians are not firing rockets at israel what are the goals of that operation right now to change totally the behavior of the from us is that. They keep shelling is. What this forget is that for the latter half of 2008 there was a very successful cease fire that curtailed rocket fire into israel dramatically almost to the point in which there was not this was shattered in. November of 2000 when Israel Attacked what they said was a tunnel building project to kill 6 hamas militants at that point the ceasefire was off when hamas regime rocket attacks off the israel broke the ceasefire israeli officials went on American Television and got away with blaming a mosque for breaking the cease fire you know it was you know actually tore up the cease fire understandings it was from us that is going to the violence that reached a crescendo on Christmas Day when we had in 124 hour period some 80 rockets mortar shells and missiles coming into israel attacking our civilians now we want to work with the Palestinian Government of the law i was then repeated uncritically by u. S. News media games theres no question here is there that hamas started this well look i dont think israel had any choice it was a ceasefire that was broken by hamas they fired Something Like 300 rockets in the israel i mean this is an act of war what are they supposed to do lets compare this to how the media outside the u. S. Dealt with this in to the fact that during the sci fi not a single israeli was killed and the reason for that was because how 5 not a single rocket no i think you all wrong unfortunately because during that cease fire of 6 months no Foreign Group its on a daily basis on channel 4 in britain you saw in ankara presenting evidence that these ready government itself acknowledge that hamas observed the ceasefire is actually a document thats given to journalists by the Israeli Government and in this document it says and im quoting how mass was careful to maintain the cease fire israel officially recognized until it broke the cease fire from austin for single rocket of the propaganda that is so powerful that these truisms literally truisms are almost an expression the lesson is that this conflict started when we say it started and we say it started when israel was attacked. In 2012 and again in 2004 this was devastating attacks on goes on. Once again shows that americans remain firmly on israels side. That. Israel can saturate the media with the spokespeople but theres still the problem of massive palestinian casualties showing up on Television Screens. Here again the lunts document spells out which talking points have been most effective in spinning the brutal reality of palestinian casualties he says the 1st thing the pro israeli spokespeople should do is to express empathy for the innocent victims unfortunately innocents do get hurt and we we really grieve that were sad for every pseudonym casualty the entire situation is tragic then luntz tells p. R. Spokespeople to turn the tables and ask the American People what would you do. So what would you do in the United States can you imagine. What america would do if you were facing a similar threat we always try to us kewl to question we ask though was sort of what we youll do what would you do what would you do if more than 3000 rockets have been fought on your cities what would you do 3000 rockets what would you do if terrorists were tunneling under your frontage what would you do if 3 kids are kidnapped because of a Tunnel Network what sort of question is this of course anybody would act to defend themselves against unprovoked aggression but it is a question that is completely devoid of any context that on top of that when massive numbers of Palestinian Civilians predictably die from israeli attacks israel claims its part of a deliberate hamas gravity to drum up sympathy. Telegenic the palestinians for their cause they want the more dead the better so they end up in this upside down orwellian world where israelis killing civilians becomes an unforgivable transgression against israelis it is hard to come away with any feeling but that we are in the midst of a world gone mad last week i found a quote of many years ago by a gold mine here one of israels early leaders which might have been said yesterday we can forgive the arabs for killing our children she said but we can never forgive them for forcing us to kill their children its not difficult to imagine americans identifying with palestinians who are suffering but they need to be able to see that suffering on their Television Screens in their newspapers. These whales said today its a new offensive hes targeting terrorists and when your sense of the coverage is that there is something that these people did to deserve this or that they are affiliated with terrorists and terrorist minded governments. The fallout of that is an inability to identify with people who are suffering in far greater numbers in far greater proportion than their israeli counterparts. The effort to shape american perceptions of the Israeli Palestinian conflict has been taken up by a number of pro israel groups based in the us together these groups are commonly referred to as the israel lobby. Nowhere has the power to shape the pro israel narrative in more physical than in the u. S. Congress. To the efforts of one of the most influential lobbying groups working on capitol hill today the American Israel Public Affairs committee better known as apec. It is great. Good friends from all across the gulf will. Be more than. People. And apex annual conference draws nearly 10000. 00 attendees from around the country including the most influential members of both houses of congress for both coaches it would be very hard for ordinary americans to know that theyre being deceived that some very competent experts at spin management are in fact deluding them there are many reasons for this one of them is that the american Political Class has basically swallowed the line aucoin and sinker they keep getting rocket attack after rocket attack and then theyre criticized for human rights problems because they defend themselves this is particularly true for republicans but responding mr speaker to attacks on their civilian population i mean what is it that they want well we know what they want they want israel obliterated from the map mr speaker but its also true for Many Democrats we stand with our ally we stand with the Democratic State of israel we stand against terrorism this is ministration well always stand up for israels right to defend itself. They made the mistake of actually leaving a pax tax address on one bill that was actually laid before congress and of course nobody was apparently balanced that that in fact writes the legislation for them or writes their speeches for them doesnt seem to in the least bother you theres nothing happening here that secret or under the table its not a cabal its not a conspiracy it is in fact domestic politics the way its packed. Here in the United States there are roughly 3 dozen or so pro israel pacs that give money over the last 15. 00 or 20 years theyve given 5560000000. 00 in american elections there are one or 2 arab american pacs and i believe last time i looked theyve given you know 8000028 1000000 so youve got 55. 00 1000000. 00 d of pac contributions on one side and youve got maybe a 1000000 at most on the other side the actual views of most people in the American Jewish community quinta every poll diverge greatly from the extreme right wing neo conservative views of the entire establishment leadership of that community most people in the Jewish Community are much more liberal theyre against settlement theyre against occupation and want 2 state solution and there are some key elements of what we call the israel lobby that arent jewish socalled christian zionists evangelical christians in america have become israels star just ally in an increasingly hostile world and the United States roughly a 3rd of the population believes that every word of the bible is literally true if the bible is literally true then the land of israel was promised to the jews by god. Had every right to take it from surfers listen closely those of you listening in the liberal media. The jewish people are now saying the land of israel. The land of this is really. One of the problems with the influence of the israel lobby has in the United States now is it has been hard for government officials to have an honest discussion just look what happened to president obama when he made the mistake of simply saying out loud what the International Consensus is we believe the borders of israel and palestine should be based on the 967. 00 lines with mutually agreed swaps. So that secure and recognized borders are established for both states it didnt matter that obama was just repeating what had been official u. S. Policy for decades or the right wing president Ronald Reagan that said essentially the same thing in the 1980 s. An Even Stronger language u. N. Resolution 2 for 2 remains wholly valid as the Foundation Stone of americas middle east peace effort. It is the United States position that in return for peace the withdrawal provision of resolution 242. 00 applies to all fronts including the west bank and gaza when obama said if he was a media the accused by right wing groups of setting up israel for another holocaust as president obama abandon israel after strong support by 11 consecutive american president s it appears obama has moved sharply toward israels enemies and the results could be disastrous the leader of hezbollah has vowed to finish the job it was started up till now america strong backing of israel made that impossible but with obamas waffling for the 2nd holocaust. Its a pretty ingenious tactic how you supposed to have a rational discussion about the occupation when pro israel extremists call the 67 borders exporters. These are the 2 alternatives youre either going to be now switching to support israel because israel was in fact created in the wake of the holocaust isnt that extraordinary that the 2 would be that way i have a problem with the idea of exploiting the link and using the 6000000 jews and almost in my mind its like saying and frankly we want the occupation to continue we are a nation that rose from the ashes of the holocaust. When we say never again we may never again. I see a lot of manipulation. About the victims. The sense of victimhood and im a child of survivors a local survivalist so ill be the last one to underestimate the importance of history and the history of persecution of jews in the Israeli Palestinian context but doesnt mean that jews now in israel go every day and think about auschwitz adult there are watchdog groups that keep track of what different media organizations publish or broadcast and if theyre not happy about it they either publish their own attack. Acts they organize consumer boycotts the Media Outlets dont see the pushback from the other side they dont see the upside to standing up for for their own reporting so i think in most cases they cave look at how American Media covered israels 2014 attack on gaza the keyword search of all the Major Networks showed that over the course of the 51. 00 day assault israels ongoing military siege on blockade of gaza will barely mention compared to the thousands of times a mosque rocket attacks on israel were mentioned but the silence of Mainstream Media across the board on these issues hasnt stopped right wing pro israel advocates with 0 evidence making exactly the opposite claims here that the us news media bends over backwards so humanize palestinians while demonizing israel consistently the times says suppressed any story that was betray israel sympathetically and of course theres no quite a weapon in the attack austin all that equating Critical Coverage of israels policies with antisemitism any fair minded person falls out in syria knows its anti american and anti semitic there it is youre quoting a u. S. Plan correct yes i am it doesnt it doesnt come more anti semitic. They would they wouldnt they would do violence to you who is Good Journalism al jazeera we people that run that were they would not only i largely think so but have a root an article in which he explained to American Jews what their test scores their task is to show that anyone whos a critic. But which he means a critic of the policies of the state of israel must be either an anti semite or a neurotic self hating jew that covers 100 percent of possible criticism so used to be i was always called the self hating jew and everybody like me was called the self hating too i am now not only fit into but they also call me that as im like how i was by 4 jewish grandparents im still an antisemite my wife was born in a just. Those persons camp in germany and im an antisemite look ive done dozens of interviews which begin from the terrorism departure point but when given an opportunity to actually speak and present a different perspective that can dissolve rather quickly is hamas a terrorist organization. Do i get to actually speak now and you get to answer the question its a simple yes or no question is how long are you invited on here is a mosque whose charter calls for the destruction of israel is that a terrorist organization thats a yes or no question thank you for your question find larry telling to me that and it should be telling to your viewers as well by the way that the moment you have a palestinian voice on your program who begins to explain the legitimate grievances of power is not lost a terrorist organization is or let me say that so let me question what part of this can you get through your thick head i think is hamas a terrorist organization and yes or no the only thing that youre going to say is what we want to say and if you dont say it were not going to let you speak our Media Operations National Media is a scandal when it comes to israel i look at the u. K. With all its deficit and theres real debate for example theres this anchor called john snow channel 4 in the u. K. And he interview with mark gregg of real time with questions grilled mark record of how does killing children on a beach contribute to that purpose what was the point of bombing the hell waffle hospital for Goodness Sake there are grave problems certainty about whether you are acting within the law. Oh yes you are deliberately targeting the neighborhoods in which you know there are women and children youve tried everything with guns or you besieged it for 7 years the people live in intolerable and ghastly life and you know that better than anybody why dont you try one other thing talking why not talk why not be brave and talk directly with the why not i can never see this in america i never seen anything like this in the United States while the mainstream propaganda system is operating the same as it always has there are definite signs that its control is thought in to unravel over just the past few years the proliferation of social media and internet news sources this made it increasingly difficult for the Israeli Government. In pro israel groups in the u. S. To manage american perceptions of the conflict. Video footage and reporting from the ground bearing witness to the reality of the occupation and now more accessible than ever on the internet. At the same time a powerful new movement has been gaining momentum and raising awareness of the occupation. While activists from the black lives matter move and have been making explicit connections between Police Violence against africanamericans in the Israeli Military says repression of palestinians we stand next to people who continue to courageously struggle to resist the occupation people continue to dream and fight for freedom for a 3rd is in a power. Struggle for freedom continued and all of these developments seem to be having an effect those now show the world sympathy for israel remains at all time highs among i would or americans it has been hemorrhaging among young people. Despite the efforts of the lobby something really striking is taking place and pro israel operatives like frank luntz are in a panic in his latest report he calls whats happening with young people a disaster. As the discourse begins to open more people are starting to understand this as a rights based issue not an issue of radicalism this is a movement for the rights of people whose rights are being denied who are living under occupation who want to live in their country freely just like anybody else lets just get away from the fall of jesus and talk about the reality and then maybe be able to persuade people that they should not any longer give their unwavering support to a nation engaged in a policy thats not just inhumane and brutal but ultimately suicidal. Given the central role that the United States plays in backing israel seems to me. It is all americans have a right to question particularly israeli policies and in particular the prolonged occupation the fact that the Palestinian People have been kept without a state and without any Political Rights for decades now in the end this comes down to a battle for the minds of American People a battle of the stories they told to make sense of this conflict a battle over perception. The more americans are able to see the reality of occupation with their own eyes to see images of routine daily violence of the repression and humiliation the never make their way into mainstream news the more theyll question the image of israel as a tiny little david up against the bullying. And start to wonder if its actually the outcome palestinians who might be the real davids here. And that starts becoming the dominant perception here in the u. S. Open seraph it all comes down to American Public perception. 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This is 0. 0 in our intel of this is the al jazeera news hour live from london coming up a fast changing situation in Northern Syria turkey gains key ground from kurdish fighters and damascus deploys troops to the area to repel the offensive. Exit polls from tunisia suggest law professor. Is the countrys new president after securing more than 70 percent of the vote. I could always military partially lift a curfew in the capital as focus now turns to talks between Indigenous Leaders and the government. And dozens dead many more missing the search and rescue operation continues of the most powerful typhoon in decades slams into japan. And in sports cars japan have pulled off a historic win at the Rugby World Cup victory over scotland saw them reaching the quarter finals for the 1st time and one minister. A syrian are. They will deploy along the entire length of the border with turkey to help repel the turkish offensive after an agreement with a kurdish leaded ministration in Northern Syria there supporting the kurdish Led Syrian Democratic forces against turkey 5 days after ankara launched its cross border advance it was heavy shelling in towns near the border on sunday as Turkish Forces and its allies pushed further into northeast syria its a 100 reports from my church. I know not what the map is changing in North Eastern syria turkey and its syrian allies are moving into what were kurdish controlled towns. And the Syrian Democratic forces are pushed from a 120 kilometer stretch of territory along the turkish syria border and 30 kilometers south of that is where turkish led forces now control an important supply line the m 4 highway that connects western syria to iraq it seems phase one of turkeys air and ground operation to eliminate what it considers and National Security threat on its border has been completed. We will divide the terror corridor 490 kilometers down the middle we will advance 30 to 35 kilometers into syrian territory according to the states own map which we have declared before. That means there is likely a phase 2 of the military operation that would involve more fighting with the s d f who were abandoned when u. S. President donald trump effectively gave turkey a green light to launch the operation a few days ago now the Us Administration which long called the s. D. F. Partners unexpectedly announced of american troops from the north east leaving this corner of syria up for grabs. We are facing genocide so all options are open we are ready for negotiations with damascus the arab league the European Union and even iran who have a complainer role to stop the invasion. The population of this corner of syria is fearful of what comes next arabs and kurds live here they have a long history of animosity syrias war has deepened old warns that trust between them means there is a dangerous fault line there are reports of a russian brokered deal to allow Syrian Government troops to enter kurdish controlled towns. And member that would prevent turkey from including those towns in a socalled safe zone that it wants to create in Northern Syria how turkey reacts is not clear but it may try to prevent that from happening because it would disrupt its plans to create what it calls a Peace Corridor along most of its border turkeys syrian allies are already heading to the front lines following an announcement by the syrian army that it was sending troops to the north of the country new front lines are emerging the new landscape may be drawn militarily or by back door deals but there seems to be a likely outcome this may be the beginning of the end of kurdish rule in northeastern syria. And the hunt is on the border of turkey and syria so that the movement of the Syrian Forces into the area that seems to kind of change the picture quite quickly doesnt it. Well yes following the announcement that the United States will be withdrawing from North Eastern syria this corner is now up for grabs a very strategic corner rich in oil its the bread basket of syria so all the different players in this conflict wants this this corner of syria the syrian army now saying that it is heading north that it is going to protect the people against what they are calling a turkish invasion but at the same time Syrian Rebels the opposition we can see videos emerging on social media there convoys heading to the front lines of members members has long been a flashpoint town its in the northern countryside of aleppo and the opposition believes that this area you know they that they should control this area so that the refugees can can return so will these different forces clash with when they meet or are behind the scenes negotiations taking place right now we already know that the russians have brokered a deal between the kurdish led as the f. And the damascUs Government to allow the Syrian Government to return to areas under as they have control but the question is will will this happen without a fight will the rebels stand in their way there are many many questions now that the ground is changing very quickly in the past few hours the landscape in the north east of syria has changed and turkey seems already to have expanded the scope of its operation weve had the americans saying that and and the turks as well admitting it so what do you think their reaction will be now to the to the move to that deal between the kurds and the syrian army. Well turkey will be in a very difficult position taking on the syrian army is just a whole new ball game the turkish position has long been we are here to support military operations carried out by the opposition we are here to prevent the wipe e. G. The Syrian Kurdish armed groups from taking control of the border because this affects our National Security we want to create what theyre calling a peace corps door in order for refugees to return so taking on the syrian army directly this is going to cause an International Crisis so turkey really is in a very difficult position the people of this area millions of people now worried about their future because now that the front lines change you have new authorities on the ground and this is really there is a lot of ethnic tensions in this area kurds are worried if they come under arab rule arabs worry if they come under kurdish rule and there is some areas under the control of the as if in there is are for example just not to complicate the picture but in there is or if the regime and their allied iranian militias move into the as they have controlled areas many of the syrians there are wanted by the Syrian Government so could you imagine the fear they face they fear persecution they fear being arrested so its a very complicated situation on the ground its not just about parties world players vying for influence in certain areas there are people who live in these areas and their future really depends on what happens behind the closed doors or after some sort of military action you know what i thank you very much indeed. Was it weve just heard the u. S. Says announced a major troop withdrawal from the area and is techie gains strategic ground itself aeration against kurdish fighters. Has more for us from washington. 5 days into the Turkish Military operation in Northern Syria the us military is pulling about a 1000 soldiers out of the combat zone we find ourselves as we have American Forces likely caught between 2 opposing advancing armies and its a very untenable situation for the kurds have been very good partners in the d. A. s campaign they were very good fighters on the battlefield we obviously enabled that as well but at the same time we didnt sign up to fight the turks on their behalf the u. S. Administration would rather keep the focus on turkish president resit Tayyip Erdogan whom they accuse of planning to attack syrian kurds no matter what on twitter President Donald Trump said will be held accountable dealing with Lindsey Graham and many members of congress including democrats about imposing powerful sanctions on turkey treasury is ready to go additional legislation may be sought there is great consensus on this turkey has asked that it not be done stay tuned but trumps withdrawal order has critics accusing him of abandoning the kurds even those democrats now drafting a sanctions bill against turkey for gods sakes what are they waiting for right people are being killed right now are Syrian Kurdish allies are being killed right now it looks like many of the isis detainees theyre about 10000 fighters are now possibly going to be able to escape there are reports this morning that isis sympathizers have already escaped thousands of them and here you have secretary minutiae saying oh well well think about it maybe well do something President Trump tweeting that hes going to destroy their economy if they dont they look ridiculous right now and those republicans who normally support trumps Foreign Policy to see this yet again you know leaving an ally behind. Abandoning people that we frankly told that we were going to be with is disheartening depressing frankly its weak and i dont see how it follows through on the president s promises biggest promise in the campaign to defeat isis because i think it is going to research conflicting priorities in a war zone with no clear idea where the u. S. Troop withdrawal will lead Rosalind Horton Al Jazeera washington simon raman is a senior lecturer in International Relations at lancaster invested here in the u. K. Joins us live via skype so it is quite a complicated picture but its moving quite quickly isnt it and the results of that. Happening on the ground quite quickly. Really is and i guess what that shows is that there are a lot of places that women who get into place quite a long time ago we know that theyve been all these Different Actors with all of these different agendas a lot of aspirations d about how the land should lie if they get the chance to shape it and this one decision this one this issue of the United States to withdraw from from Northern Syria has created the space the opportunity for each of these actors to try and exert influence and particularly turkey to shape you know that syria in its own image and has had a whole host of very serious repercussions for the people like youre really a package said to the People Living on the ground i mean weve had the defense secretary in the u. S. Saying in the last 24 hours we learned that the turks likely intend to extend their tech further south than originally planned does it appear to you that there isnt a degree of surprise from the u. S. Administration as to protect his kind of ambitions here and that they they actually thought they were doing a limiting incursion and and now they are genuinely surprised. Yeah it seems that way although its not all that surprising that the u. S. Administration is surprised i should say because theres been a whole host of confusing statements and policies coming out of washington for the duration of the Trump Presidency i should say but particularly on this issue with syria trump himself has been very confused about what the the u. S. Troop withdrawal is going to look like what its actually going to mean and so if thats the case with their own policies its hardly surprising that they are no and entirely clear as to what the turkish policy would be and we had time talking about possible sanctions on a like a now or not well thats the 1000000. 00 question i would imagine i think that given the huge amount of pressure trump is facing as a consequence of this decision that we would probably see some sanctions being put on to but then of course that could leave him in a very precarious position its