It was declared illegal 15 years ago but israel separation wall still stands and continues to affect the lives of palestinians in the occupied west bank israel argues its protecting its security but at what cost to peace this is insight story. Hello and welcome to the program im hala mohit in 15 years ago the International Court of justice ruled against israels separation wall it said the state cannot use the right of selfdefense to build and maintain the barrier for palestinians its a symbol of military occupation and an attempt by israel to grab more land once completed the wall will stretch through the occupied west bank and East Jerusalem thats a length of over 700 kilometers its affected the lives of hundreds of thousands of palestinians and the number over illegal israeli settlements has gone up in the meantime were bringing our guests in just a moment but 1st need to abraham sets up our discussion from. The town of be in a bell and northeast of jerusalem has been living in the s
Couple of week its going it plans to identify which countries have the quote political will to go through with it and then after that is specific countries would offer Different Military capabilities perhaps through nato and they would have to weave together some kind of multinational unit in order to police the strait of hormuz now they say all they want to do is to protect the shipping lanes President Trump said he didnt want to pay for this unilaterally so that may be why this is happening with multiple countries but this does present an opportunity for conflict remember that President Trump says he was 10 minutes away from ordering an air strike on iran says he actually had had that plan moved forward and had to call it off and then of course there was the multiple attacks on ships which the u. S. Blames on iran so this force presents an opportunity for conflict with iran that just intensifies the pressure in that region the other headlines french president among your microphones t
A month after the military crackdown that killed more than 100. 00 people and how frances push to be more environmentally friendly will see consumers paying more for their flights out of the country. So the United States says it is attempting to form a military coalition to protect shipping lanes off the coast of iran and yemen the trumpet ministrations blames teheran and its proxies for several attacks on tankers in the gulf in the past few months a 5th of the worlds oil is traded through that area earlier a commander in irans revolutionary guard issued a new threat as well against the u. S. Bases an aircraft carriers in the region saying they would be destroyed if they made a mistake. Now iraqs Prime Minister is saying any disruption to shipping in the strait of hormuz could hurt the countrys economy the strait provides the only sea passage from the gulf thought to the rest of the world and oil makes up 95 percent of iraqs 6 bolts most of which go through the gulf baghdad has been in
The u. S. Says its attempting to form a military coalition to protect shipping off the coast of iran and yemen the trumpet ministration has blamed terror and on its proxies for several attacks on tankers in the gulf in the past few months a 5th of the worlds oil is traded through the area only a commander in iran has revolutionary guard issued a new threat against u. S. Bases and aircraft carriers stationed in the region saying theyd be destroyed if they made a mistake you know iraqs Prime Minister says any disruption to shipping in the strait of hormuz could hurt the countrys economy the strait provides the only sea passage from the gulf to the rest of the World Oil Exports make up 95 percent of iraqs exports most of which a ship through the gulf baghdad has been investigating alternative routes for exports in case tensions between the u. S. And iran leads to disruptions john hendren has more now from washington d. C. The United States is developing a military coalition to police the
A group of degenerative diseases that affects up to one in 3000 people and with no cure currently available it can result in a slow and complete loss of vision im dr janet abdomen and amsterdam the netherlands to see how an incredible new implant is giving people who are completely blind the chance to see again. Fred van rennies is one of 70 people around the world who are being fitted with the august 2 retinal prosthesis system a device that is giving back some sight to people suffering from certain types of blindness in the past i have seen i played football on the field kind of thinking i can walk i can only bicycle it was not in one time but in its own fairing very slowly by the time you were 34 you could not see yes i dont know. Your wife tanya have you ever seen her face yes. When i was 34 and she was 29 im not 58 years old in my mind she is still 29 years old i get that you know i thought you played out how do you feel being only the 3rd person in the country to have this. Yes t