The Israeli Defence force sees itself as an institution which binds the nation together. Most young israelis serve in its ranks after leaving school. It claims to combine defence of the state with a sense of moral purpose. My guest today served in the idf but he sees an institution in denial, corroded and corrupted by the military occupation of palestinian communities over a 50 year span. Avner gvaryahu and like minded soldiers turned dissidents say they are breaking the silence. Are they patriots or traitors . Avner gvaryahu, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. I think its fair to say, the idf is probably the most sacrosanct institution in all of israel. Was it hard for you to cross a line, to break the taboo and speak out against what the idf is doing . Breaking the silence, i think, in any context isnt easy. Definitely in the Israeli Society, its not a natural thing in that sense, to break that kind of silence. But i think that myself, like over 1000 soldiers, are a part of breaking the
Programme they will be. The Paradise Papers show how britains off shore empire helps the rich and powerful dodge tax. You have an non transparent system dodge tax. You have an nontransparent system we do not have a non transparent system. Nontransparent system we do not have a non transparent systemlj cant see it. You dont count. How were all losing out because of it. Every time they close a school in your neighbourhood. Every time they have to close a hospital, a lot of that happens because rich individuals and corporations are not paying theirfair share individuals and corporations are not paying their fair share of the costs of society. We expose the british tax havens happy to help people beat the taxman. Will you apologise, if a law was changed here to help tax dodgers . If that has happened as youre stating, yes, i will apologise. Weve found a new tax dodge used by the worlds most Profitable Company. You can see them as this fantastically innovative it company but you can also se
Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. So much for you today coming up. This hour we are talking to a mum who is calling for a vaccine that is exclusively given to girls to be given to boys too. Its to protect against a virus called hpv which can cause different types of cancer and sexually transmitted diseases. Have you got sons and do you want them protected . An official decision has yet to be made as to whether boys should get it. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the Hashtag Victoria Live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Plus have you made up your mind how you are going to vote . Let me know who and why, and if youre still undecided, what is it that youre weighing up . Our top story today. Its the final day of campaigning in the General Election and the Party Leaders will be on a hectic schedule of visits to key towns and cities across britain in a last push for votes. The closing stages of t
We will hear from the choir that is helping the Community Heal through music. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay In Washington, Christian Fraser is in london where the pound has fallen to a seven month low against the euro and a new survey suggests Business Leaders are fast losing confidence in the state of the uk economy. Theresa may britains Prime Minister, at least for the moment has been meeting conservative Party Leaders and she had a lot of explaining to do. May apologised repeatedly for last weeks Election Result. According to one mp who was in the meeting, she said, im the person who got us into this mess. Im going to get us out of it. I will serve she told them as long as you want me. We can speak to rob watson In Westminster. I will serve you as long as you want me . That doesnt suggest she will be around for long. Probably not long enough to fight idolater election. For those who do not know that Conservative Party well, it is ruthless. If you win elections, you can do what you
Forced use of people from minority communities in the countrys huge an intensive care nurse cotton industry. In new york was the first to receive the injection. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Joe biden has been formally certified as the next president of the United States and has promised to govern for all americans. The state of california has formally delivered its 55 electoral votes to mr biden, and that has taken him decisively over the 270 vote threshold needed to secure the white house. The president elect then addressed the nation, from his home state, delaware, and directly referenced Donald Trumps repeated attempts to challenge the result. Every single avenue was made available to President Trump to contest the results. He took full advantage of each and every one of those avenues. President trump was denied no course of action that he wanted to take. He took his case to republican governors and republican secretaries of state, as he criticised