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
Teach history. First the palestinian man has been shot dead by Security Forces in jurisdiction lumbars old city and forces say he tried to stab one of their officers and they responded with gunfire, the 25th palestinian to be killed since the beginning of this month. Al jazeeras mike hanna has more from west jerusalem. According to Israeli Police the man approached a group of Israeli Border police at the lions gate entrance to the old city and according to then police he then took a knife out of his pocket and attempted to stab the Police Officers, he was gunned down and killed, none of the officers have been injured. This once again the latest in a wave of random sporadic attacks happening in the west bank and israel proper and overnight there was an attack in israel and importantly the attacker in this particular case was a palestinian israeli who injured four israelis, now this significance because in coming days palestinian israelis holding a series of demonstrations throughout the
Leader, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi. The Police Shooting of the american 12yearold rice was reasonable. And code crackers or simply crackers. The puzzled that has the fbi looking for hidden messages. Thousands mourn the death of the 95 that were killed in a bomb plast in ankara. There have been accusations that president erdogan is cracking down on kurdish groups to help him win an election. We report from ankara. With emotions as raw as the day was sad, the mourners waged in pride. Mothers and aunts unable to believe and unwilling to accept their loved ones were gone. About to bury the bodies of those activists who were attacked even as they called for peace. The day after, people here in ankara are still stunned. Thousands gathered, leftists, unionists and pro kurdish activists made up most of the crowd, with placards to protest and carnations to commemorate. This man lost one of his best friends in the bombings. At first, he could barely express himself. Are. Ii just dont know what to say.
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
This is Al Jazeera America, live from new york city im tony harris. The Washington Post and the family of Jason Rezaian are vowing to appeal his sentence. He faces a sentence of ten to 20 years. The executive editor of the Washington Post says it represents an outrageous injustice. Rezaians brother calls it a, quote, travesty of justice. Mifs miines ferre has more. It is clear the final outcome of jasons case will be made by political authorities not by judicial ones. Reporter newspapers top editors have called the Legal Proceedings in tehran a sham. They are calling on irans leaders to resolve the case. We have heard from president rouhani that the leaders are willing to move jasons case to conclusion if the United States has part. The decision will be made with highest authorities. Jason was arrested with his wife and other employees. Since he was a little boy my son loved iran. His love for iran is so infectious he has made a creefer of showing its beauty to others. More than 150,00