Further welcome to our International Life from hawkins wherever you are youre very welcome with us this evening now these really Prime Minister has ordered the country to withdraw from you know sco the uns culture and Heritage Organization and follows a similar move by the United States back in october over a perceived bias against israel heres how that countrys envoy to the agency explained their decision you know has broken records of people accuracy incitement and lies against israel and the jewish people while polluting its noble Core Principles with politicisation and diplomatic terrorism that sometimes bordered on semitism with more on israels latest move his arties kaleb more. Comes on the heels of quite a bit of criticism from the United States and israel of you know asco is activities now you know asco is the uns Cultural Agency now the Israeli ForeignMinistry Spokesperson specifically cited what he called the attempts to disconnect the history of jewish history from the land of israel now unesco has angered israel over the past year they passed resolutions in which they said that israel has no right to jerusalem they said that the temple mount in the old city are both muslim the holy sites now as far back as twenty eleven go actually granted palestine full membership in its organization now this is danny the israeli ambassador to the United Nations this is him touching on the recent decision no you knew. No empty speech you know didnt want to be revolution. About. Recently we saw that the usa had withdrawn from unesco that happened in october and when the United States pulled out of the nasco they specifically cited what they called an anti israel bias now when that happened israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu called it a courageous and moral decision and praised the United States for doing that it stands for the United NationsEducational Scientific and Cultural Organization it has a number of tasks it fights violent extremism around the world it promotes female education it promotes Media Freedom it also protects certain cultural sites around the world now what is in question at the moment is what will happen to certain cultural sites now that both the United States and israel are no longer participants in this very Important International body. You know asco lists World Heritage sites across israel comprising of a dozen places celebrating three thousand years of history israeli newspaper columnist i mean all and believes unesco is also a platform for diplomatic action and that israel may eventually reverse its decision every un agency. A battlefield in the Foreign Policy and diplomacy arena and unesco is no different than the Human Rights Council and others but whether or not israel or should we drove from it is another matter altogether because just we drawing just leaving the field to others is not acceptable to many israelis we have been through such cycles of un bashing. Eventually israel and presumably the United States too would come back having symbolized. Dad displeasure. He is just a gesture one shouldnt read too much into it and meanwhile both gaza and the west bank have seen more clashes in the Third Straight week of unrest in the region fridays demonstrations left two palestinians dead and more than sixty injured. Party has called for christmas celebrations to be cancelled more days of rage instead the ongoing unrest in the region comes in the wake of u. S. President Donald Trumps the sit in to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel and the palestinian administered city of ramallah Israeli Soldiers were filmed pushing back paramedics as you can see in the video they were trying to reach the injured troops used weapons and other forceful measures preventing emergency crews from reaching the room. On thursday the United NationsGeneral Assembly voted overwhelmingly to condemn Donald Trumps unilateral decision concerned that the dispute over the city status should only be resolved by talks only nine Member States including the u. S. Voted against the resolution even so the countries u. N. Ambassador remained under putting the focus on the few friends backing the jerusalem decision. This will make a difference on how americans look at the us and on how we look at country who disrespect them in the way and this will be remembered. Its. Jewish communities in germany say theyre facing growing the seventh is a many say theyve been the target of discrimination all harassment on a daily basis they believe the problem has been made worse by the us president s controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital is all your correspondent. That. Israeli flag burning in the center of. The aftermath of the u. S. Decision on jerusalem but apart from protests its feared the backlash would overstepped the line into attacks against jewish people a Police Investigation is underway here in berlin following a shocking display of anti semitism outside of a jewish restaurant but what i know from. My six me you wouldnt mention the possible information need much of. It because. The owner of the restaurant says he expects these type of attacks considering the current climate it was a typical latest incident begins tuesday with the typical. Israelis bed story is a bit and go to the gas chamber in five years. We have unfortunately a lot of cases different in this similar to do mostly its an anemic we get a lot of phone calls with. In fact the leaders in the Jewish Community say that these type of incidents a far more common than we may think think its a horrible incident but i think its something what happens sometimes on a daily basis here in germany i wouldnt say that its that its a bad feeling as a jew living in germany but on the other side there are things happening and if youre a member of a community or often institution you get confronted with those kinds of incidents. Like really every day the u. S. Position on jerusalem has certainly added fuel to a backlash against israel if you look at a study that was carried out just this year over sixty percent of those who were surveyed were from a jewish background said that they had faced until semitism. On a daily basis with almost thirty percent saying that theyve been targeted or harassed in the last year just this last month in the betting district of berlin a schoolboy was attacked by a group of classmates who told him that hitler was good because he killed the jews from the government side weve heard a strong response from the German Justice minister us. Any kind of anti semitism is an attack on everyone and it is a must never be allowed to have a place in society again but looking at an uptick in attacks in germany targeting jews that may seem easier said than done peter all over. Now in other headlines the u. S. Olympic committee and the countrys gymnastics governing body are being accused of helping cover up years of sex abuse and child molestation in a lawsuit filed by a champion gymnast Mckayla Maroney she alleges to have been abused by u. S. Team doctor for years and then paid to keep silent she also names other sports institutions for preventing her from publicly coming forward more details now from some miracle. Mckayla maroney americas a limp big darling one of the worlds most famous gymnasts u. S. Household name and victim of childhood sex abuse that apparently took place over years and when she wanted to speak out both usa gymnastics plus the u. S. Olympic committee made her keep quiet rhody claims she was paid hush money and is now suing them for silencing her she hired a lawyer and asked for a settlement conference or mediation to get justice what she didnt ask for was a draconian confidentiality agreement that prevented her from telling even her brother and sister about this and then i think even worse it said that you cant ever say anything bad about us if you bastards ever for your whole life shes come forward with a horrific story of abuse by team u. S. A. s former doctor larry nasser it started when i was thirteen years old and it didnt end until i left the sport it seemed when ever and wherever this man could find a chance i was treated this carries night of my leg happened when i was fifteen years old i had flown all day and night with the team to get to tokyo he had given me a sleeping pill for the flight and the next thing i know i was alone with him in his hotel room getting treatment i thought i was going to die that night but one would naturally have expected usa gymnastics to support its crown jewel but the Organization Claims that she herself chose to settle this all quietly into in sixty mchale as attorney at the time Gloria Allred approached usa gymnastics requesting that the organization participate in a confidential mediation the process culminated in a system into agreements that included a mutual nondisclosure cools and a mutual disparagement moronis case is just the start over one hundred and fifty women have now accused the same doctor of sexual abuse i dont want to be in a courtroom telling about how a man you know pandered to me. Front of my mother when i was eleven the fact that he just thinks oh i pleaded guilty and now you guys can start healing is ridiculous to me i dont think. I dont think he truly understands how many people are hurting and how bad people are hurting over this now dr nasser admits to exploiting his position to abuse his patients and he was recently convicted and sentenced to sixty years in jail but his victims believe justice has still not been served and its not just nassar who they insist must be punished but the sports officials who failed to protect child athletes lympics are something that brings people hope and joy sure from the outside looking in its an amazing story i did it i got there but not without a price we discussed moronis claims with former gymnasts right shoulder ben holland she was the first to publicly accuse former u. S. Team doctor. Of Sexual Assault shes not surprised about claims of a big cover. You know i wish i could say that i was surprised but the reality with usa gymnastics is they have a decades long policy of covering up sexual abuse and of silencing victims some of the most prominent coaches in the usa to have trained olympians those those coaches have been found guilty of sexual abuse too and again like like their member coaches they were allowed to continue preying on little girls and even their elite athletes for decades and usa jews response to that was was to defend in under a testimony to defend their policy saying they wanted to avoid a witch hunt so when you have an organization that has a decades long policy of supporting sexual predators a decades long policy of silencing victims by literally shoving reports in a file cabinet and then they can defend those actions by saying they want to avoid a witch hunt it shouldnt come as any surprise to us that theyre treating their elite athletes the same way theyre treating the youngest gymnast in their member gyms. Well you know mckayla said that she had signed her agreement in two thousand and sixteen but just a few months ago in august the o. C. Register which is a local california newspaper did publish that they had been able to confirm that another case had been settled in twenty fifteen with another victim of larry nasser in the lead gymnast so yes i think its i think its likely that there are others that have been silenced. I think there needs to be an investigation into whether the legal activities occurred there are very legitimate questions about whether or not this nondisclosure agreement was even legal under California Law because it did involve felony sex offense crimes and i think there needs to be a complete board change from the top down because these Board Members have have made it very clear that the safety of little children is not their priority that they see nothing wrong with how they have handled not just the larry nassar situation but with how theyve handled sexual predators in the organization for decades when you have an organization like us to do that is in charge of our libyans that is in charge of the entire sport from the top down and they cant handle Something Like sexual abuse against little children yes i think it is time for the u. S. O. C. To look at simply removing their authority to run our Gymnastics Program in the United States because they have proven that they care about something more than the safety of their athletes and thats inexcusable. Right shoulder in holland now in other news there are red faces to face book which admits that its fake news flags actually floundering when explained exactly why just after this break. Is a civilization just a tiny bit more advanced than we are that they can already pick up Jerry Springer or any other sitcoms interview shows the nightly news they see what were doing to our planet you know it isnt really a very pretty picture and so in addition to sending this chaotic messages that we use to communicate with one another we want to send a clear signal to the extraterrestrial but theres also some rationality on. The local blogs telling you on the idea that dropping bombs brings peace to the Chicken Hawks forcing you to fight the battles. That you saw try to tell you that what we gossip the public record. Highs and tell you on the cool enough to buy their product. All the hawks that we all would want. Welcome back to facebooks fight against fake news has resulted in a boomerang effect the sites been trying to red flag autos that allegedly contain full symphony mation but it seems forbidding fruit taste the sweetest the full story. Facebook sees itself on the frontlines of the fight against fake news theres a huge amount of misinformation out there on the internet its a problem weve been working hard on it for this book and were committed to fighting it after all people want to see Accurate Information and so did we. That battle heated up in december two thousand and sixteen when facebook teamed up with Fact Checkers to flag stories it determined to contain socalled disputed content but when youre on the social media titans forced to admit not only is the method ineffective it may actually inspire the opposite of the desired reaction Academic Research on correcting misinformation has shown that putting a strong image like a red flag next to an article may actually entrenched deeply held beliefs the opposite of fact to what we intended apparently a fake news label actually makes people more interested for example facebook red flag this story by the new port buzz which claimed hundreds of thousands of irish people were brought to the u. S. As slaves but the little red sign didnt stop its spread on the country traffic skyrocketed but facebook isnt daunted by the discovery that flagging stories has backfired coming up with a new plan to provide alternative articles on long side possibly false stories to give people more context but the question remains are those alternative stories definitely relevant and balanced and whos actually making that call the choice of the articles the choice of the outlets is going to reflect human bias he would bias is inevitable whenever human beings are involved theres always going to be a social political cultural and so on bias and the selection of those related articles is going to reflect that facebook obviously has an agenda the people who work at facebook have individual agendas and biases they might not even be aware of their own. Facebook and others struggle to contend with fabricated news stories because of all this the u. S. Ambassador to the netherlands isnt exactly as you described his very own remarks as fake news. Mentioned in debates. That there are no go zones in that. We would call it fake because i never said. Yes there. Goes another ones. Nose nose no go zones. You have a problem with english is your second language ok. Fake news obviously i didnt call that big news i didnt you. Know no. I think thats to do with the sec that said these words in the beginning from his stance as an addition and when he was asked the second time he was already elected as ambassador as an investor and just sensed the words were so thats kind of weird of course i dont think there will be any problems i think it will be just like all the other best people in the sea. And other news u. S. Intelligence chiefs are urging congress three will fry is the National Security agencys far reaching spy program that expires at the end of the year they say that if mike is there not renewing the countrys security could be undermined. If Congress Fails to reauthorize this or forty the Intelligence Community will lose valuable foreign intelligence information and the resulting intelligence gaps who make it easier for terrorists weapons proliferated malicious cyber outers and other foreign adverse reis to plan attacks against our citizen