claim leadership of the palestinian cause. on the israeli side, there are reasons why israel wouldn t want to continue this. one, the idea that 20% of its population, the bows indian citizens, we are getting more and more involved in this. that was something israel was uncomfortable with. we saw inter israeli mobs of violence start to emerge during this. that never happened in the past where you had israeli arabs, and israeli jews, fighting each other on the streets. throwing firebombs that each other s homes. that s a very unsettling and dangerous thing. i think that president netanyahu continually addressed, and seem to have been bothered and worried by. there are reasons on the israeli side for not having continuing it as well. president netanyahu is in a strong position, more so than he was before. if this drag on and became a full on land assault right now,
been bothered and worried by. so there are reasons on the a israeli side for not continuing as well. also prime minister netanyahu is in a stronger position politically than he was before. and if this dragged on and became a full-on land assault right now, he could see his position worsen, and he s facinw charges. he s trying to put a new government together, hold onto the government. so his political position has on been fragile, but it is stronger now than it was. so, is it going to last the e night? if i had to go out on a limb and i guess i just did i think it might.es but it doesn t address the larger issues between the sn israelis and the palestinians. and, richard, what about thei sort of diplomatic gymnastics that have to go into brokering something like this?ri the u.s. doesn t speak to hamas. israel and hamas definitely don t speak to each other.ea are there interested parties e that want to play a role to try
defense secretary mark esper and general millie were both on the phone call with the president when he signaled the u.s. was pulling out. the pentagon was left no choice but to pull back those 30 to 50 u.s. troops who had promised the kurds they would keep stability by patrolling the border with turkey so the kurdish forces could pull back. but after seeing signs that turkey was preparing a large military incursion and president trump failed to deter the turkish leader u.s. military commanders feared for the safety of those u.s. troops who remain in syria for now i m told. already there are signs of a massive air and land assault by the turkish military which wants to hunt down kurdish fighters and clear the buffer zone that many in the u.s. military believe will be cover for an operation of ethnic cleansing. the turks began shelling two kurdish encampments last night. fighters who had been guarding
wounded more than a dozen civilians. officials tell the washington post that president trump has been discussing potential military responses and chief of staff john kelly, national security adviser hr mcmaster and defense secretary jim mattis with one senior administration official adding that mattis was adamantly against military action while mattis was for it. meanwhile, amid the ongoing air and land assault, a u.n. aid convoy finally entered eastern ghouta yesterday. however, syrian authorities seized vital medical supplies and most of the food aid. at least 740 people, including 171 children and 104 women have been killed since the assad regime began its bombardment of eastern ghouta back on february 18th. in south korea, a special
oftentimes when consumers have to pay an online sales tax, they re responsible for sending the unpaid tax directly to their state. obviously a lot of people don t do that. this law does open up a huge revenue potential for this country, possibly 23 billion by some estimates. don? a lot of money. zain asher in new york. have a great weekend. thank you. north korean rockets blasting through the sky. burning cities. paratroopers descending on south korea, armed soldiers in tanks and a land assault. you re looking at a propaganda video, an invasion scenario that it says would see some 150,000 u.s. citizens living in south kor korea. bashar al assad is vowing to purge his opponent after a suicide bombing in a mosque. the blast left 49 people including a leading sunni cleric who supported assad s muslim