This is Al Jazeera America live in new york city. Im del walters. The Washington Post and the family of jason rezion, he was found guilty of espionage passengerof espionage charges and is looking at 15 to 20 years. His brother said that its a travesty o of justice. It is increasingly clear that the final decision about jasons case will be handled by political authorities not judicial ones. Sparked an International Campaign for the release and newspapers top editors have called the proceedings in tehran a sham and theyre calling on iran leaders to resolve the case. Were hearing from leaders that they will move jason case to conclusion if the United States does something in return. Jason was detained along with his wife in july 2014. She was later released, but the iranianamerican was tried in secret and charged with espionage. His family has insisted that hes innocent. Since he was a little boy my son has loved iran. His love for iran is so infectious that he has made a career of sharin
Jason rezaian has a sentence. Republicans try too secure a candidate to replace outgoing speaker of the house, john boehner pchejohnboehner. We begin with washington, expressing deep concern about the escalating violence between israelis and palestinians. Late saturday secretary of state john kerry reached out to both israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and palestine palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas trying to restore calm. This was the scene just a few hours ago outside the coastal city of hidera, a palestinian soldiers rammed into a israeli soldier. Several people injured by a Palestinian Woman who detonated a bomb inside her car. There was an explosion that took place inside the vehicle. The female terrorist was injured seriously. Two civilians were killed including a pregnant woman, israeli Authorities Say i. T. Was in response to palestinian rocket first Deadly Strike on gaza in more than a year. Hoda abdel hamid reports on why tensions are boiling over. Reporter with each
Of holiday routines that many people rightly look forward to that people can have confidence that our Law Enforcement professionals that are on duty 24 hours a day 7 days a week are doing the work necessary to keep us safe. They remain vigilant and they continue to use every element of the power and authority of the greatest country in the world to protect our citizens. That is part of what should give people confidence that they can go about their holiday routine. On another topic i want to get your reaction to this new Saudiled Coalition that is going to be working against the islamic state. Can you describe how thats going to work overlapping significantly with the u. S. Led coalition, and do you have any concerns about having saudi arabia heading that operation going into the sunnitensions at play. This Coalition Announced by the saudis was not solely directed towards isil but extremist threats that are threatening all the members of that coalition. So its certainly broader than is
More progress is made. Europes financial troubles are far from over. As greece gets a bailout. Our top story tonight a word of fear. Terror threats now stretch from sydney to cairo to the mall of america. Across the globe leaders are vowing to counter those threats. The question is how . The u. S. Defense secretary is convening a top summit in kuwait tomorrow discussing ways to combat iraq and syria i. S. I. L. Muslim leaders are meeting with counterterrorism leaders in mecca, who claim to represent islam. The global islamic counterterrorism conference runs through wednesday. Gathered to make it clear that the muslim religion does not condone groups like i. S. I. L. And al shabaab. Translator these terrorist groups are not part of islam. They are actually a model against islam and the righteous path that is dialogue mercy and tolerance. Conference attendees are working on a plan to work against those groups. What they consider terrorism. Better understand its roots and how to prevent i
Throws out controversial law. Blaming ongoing attacks from rebels. Hello. Israels spy agency did not believe that iran was work to build Nuclear Bombs even though Benjamin Netanyahu said a month earlier. Secret collaboration with the guardian newspaper. This is a bomb, this is a fuse. Its now notorious. The moment israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United Nations of an Iranian Nuclear bomb. The imagery was simplistic and so was the message. By next spring by most next summer at current enrichment rates, they will finish the medium enrichment and move open to the final stage. Spy cables reveal behind the scenes just one month after the speech Israeli Intelligence sent a very different message. This is a secret mossad analysis. Iran at this stage is not performing the activity necessary to produce weapons. Its only warning is for the future. Its working to close gaps in areas which seem legitimate, from the time instruction is given. The mossad chief maer degan hinted e