Clamp down on armed revolutions. And meet the troops newly tasked with fighting alqaeda. And in london russia fails to show up in front of an International Court. And im katherine stancill, a Major Department store has introduced plussized man any cans to their stores. Israeli settlements on Palestinian Land are illegitimate. John kerry also announced the u. S. Is sending another 75 million in aid. Let me emphasize at this point that the position of the United States of america on settlement s is that we consider now and have always considered the settlements to be illegitimate, and i want to make it extremely clear that at no time did the palestinians in any way agree as a matter of going back to the talks that they somehow condone or accept the settlements. Speaking with kerry in jerusalem, Benjamin Netenyahu said he is worried the palestinians arent committed to peace. I am concerned about the progress, because they say the palestinians continue with incitement, continuing to create artificial crises, continuing to avoid and run away from the historic decisions that are needed to make a genuine peace. I hope your visit can help stare them back to a place where we can achieve the historical peace that we seek and our people deserve. Hamas wont be included in peace talks. Deputy minister of Foreign Affairs for hamas says any negotiation between the israelis and the palestinians are doomed to fail. Mr. Kerry is just wasting time, and i think he is buying time, [ inaudible ] with time, and i think we need not to give the palestinians creative solution, and i think he succeeded to deceive the Palestinian Authority in order to bring him no the negotiation table, but he did not give him the rules and principles and some guarantees in order to be sure that after nine months of nine years that there is something [ inaudible ] but i think the Palestinian Authority feel there is gain [ inaudible ] and will not recognize their borders [ inaudible ] i will not accept all of the palestinian conditions, so i think they now mr. Kerry is to blame because i think he deceived the Palestinian Authority, but i think really he was lying. For more on this were joined by the spokesman for the israeli Prime Minister. Mark good to have you on the program. Theres not a lot of optimism here is there, the secretary of state is very clear, he says settlement construction is unhelpful and illegitimate. Were also concerned. We would like to see these negotiations succeed. Were only three months into a ninemonth process, but were willing to make the hard choices we hope the palestinians are true. When you talk about hard choices, the meeting last week was completely detailed by the announcement of over 3. 5 thousand new settler homes. Let me be clear, when i talk about hard choices im talking about israel fully abiding by all of the agreements. And one was the prisoner release. There was overwhelming disapproval of the governments dissituation to release those terrorists. Yet my Prime Minister said he wants to give these talks a chance, and released the prisoners. Were doing this because we want the process to work. Were willing to take those tough choices we hope the palestinians are too. Coming back to tough choices, kerry says there needs to be hard choices from both sides. What is israel afraid of if it puts settlement activity on hold . We have done that in the past, and it frankly didnt help. We did it in the previous government, unfortunately it didnt achieve the result that we thought it would achieve. It didnt allow the return to negotiations. I think the issue has to be negotiated between us and the palestinians and thats what were calling for, serious facetoface negotiation with all of the issues on the table. And we dont think creating artificial crises is going to help. The overwhelming feeling and the rumors swirling around is the peace talks which were resumed in july are not on the brink of collapse. What is your assessment . The talks are happening in secret and rightfully so, because if theres any chance for diplomacy to succeed they but right now, mark it doesnt meme right now it doesnt seem as though the talks are on track to succeed. Well, were only one third into a ninemonth period, and from our on it of view we want the talks to succeed. Were willing to make all of the effort and put all of the energy in to make the tough choices. We hope the palestinians are too. Our palestinian neighbors have to finally say they recognize the legitimacy of the jewish state and they are willing to live with us in peace. And we want to hear they are willing to take seriously our legitimate security concerns. Because without security legitimacy there can be no peace. But you are still building settlements even as you accuse the palestinians of not being sincere, doesnt it suggest that israel is not a sincere partner for peace . I disagree. Were building in existing communities in the jewish neighborhoods of jerusalem. You remember the famous al jazeera leaks. These are areas where the palestinians themselves accepted the principle that they will remain in israeli hands. So were not building new neighborhoods, were building inside existing commune tease. The settlement issue along with all of the other issues, and all of the issues have to be on the table, and negotiated, and thats what we want to do. I wonder how you assess the relations right now. Because it seems the u. S. Interests are moving away from israel. For example, the u. S. Doesnt want to see new sanctions on iran for instance. And israel doesnt seem to be happy with that. How do you assess the relations between israel and the u. S. Right now . Excellent. My Prime Minister is meeting john kerry i think every week almost i know, and the body language is pretty telling isnt it . Because in that meeting that we saw with john kerry and the israel Prime Minister the tone was completely different. I was in the room and i saw two people who have known each other for i think two, three decades already, who are working together hard to try to solve the difficult issues, to try to reach peace is not easy. If it would have been easy it would have been done already. I saw the u. S. Secretary of state pointedly saying that both sides need to make hard decisions. That seemed to be a veiled remark toward israels actions. I would say for the peace to happen, both sides have to be willing to take the difficult choices. Israel is willing, and we have shown we are willing to take the difficult choices. What do you make of john kerrys comment that the settlement building was illegitimate. Because thats the most pointed comment we have heard. The american position on settlements is wellknown and so is ours. But the word ill legitimate is that not new . All im saying is were willing to engage on the issue of settlements and all other issues, and one side coming to the table with the ability to make tough choices, were ready to do that and i hope the palestinians are too. Because were not going to solve anything by siding against the other side. What do you mean by inciting crises . Oh, i said artificial crises. We think the negotiators should be talking and dealing with hard issues, and we shouldnt be creating artificial crises. Ultimately israel has strictly abided by all of the understandings that were reached. Very strictly we have honored all of our understandings even though that are very difficult like the prisoner release. Can i pick you up on one last point may i just finish the point. The palestinians cant keep their understandings. You have just repeated what Benjamin Netenyahu said to john kerry. That the palestinians are creating artificial crises. I just want to know what that means. It means instead of negotiating seriously and abiding by the understandings that were reached in the framework of these discussions that they are not doing that. And i would say very specifically, if palestinians dont honor the understandings reached in the negotiating process, how can we have confidence that if we ever have a peace agreement, well honor those understandings. And i say unkwificily. Israel is fulfilling, honoring, all of our understandings, even the very difficult and unpopular decisions like the release of terrorists. Mark good to talk to you, thank you very much indeed for talking us to on the program. My pleasure. Well, the un is willing to stamp out all armed rebel groups in the democratic republic of congo. It says it will use force against any groups threatening to use weapons. Other fighters are believed to have escaped across the border. M23 and the military eye announced the end of the conflict on monday morning. We have james bays standing by in new york, but lets go to malcolm west first. Malcolm tell us what is happening to m23 fighters and their leaders. Well, the fight some fighters that surrendered here in congo, i think they have been detained for now, but they will be hoping at least to get some sort of amnesty. A lot of these people say they were forced to join. They had no choice. Theres also uganda said that it now has 80 former fighters in its custody, and it is waiting to make a diplomatic decision on what to do with them. And reportedly some fled to uganda. M23 always claimed they were entirely an a congoese movement. Some fightsers said they had been abducted or tricked in fighting for m23. But any satisfaction solution will be if everyone gets repatriated to their own country. Reporter they shout, m23 are finished. The game is over. After days of heavy bombardment, the rebels fled their last positions. This congolease soldier said he took this badge from a uniform. But the rebels recent string of defeat suggests any foreign support has stopped. The Government Troops are in good spirits. Theres no phone signal here, but this man makes the most of the moment for the cameras. He announces the victory to an imaginary caller. They take us to see the rebels last hill top base. This is the highest point of what was the rebels final hide out, and the view is incredible. You can see for miles. You can see into uganda and rwanda. Here they have trenches that they dug. Up there a rocket launchers, but most of their weapons they destroyed before they left. Now its full of government soldiers. They have moved in. The rebels are gone. They fled before the Government Troops even got here. Here are the remains of their weapons stash. They blew it up before they ran. Lists of recruits and statements promising a better congo lie scattered. The victorious troops are curious to see what their endmys were up to. They had another administration in this area. And now its over. Its a good victory for for us. [ singing ] these men know they were lucky. They were soldiers taken prisoner by the rebels. Now they have been rescued. But we also saw bodies of prisoners who were shot. The government says the next step is to disarm the many militias here. But for now there is relief that one fight is finally over. Malcolm thank you for that. Lets go to james bays. And diplomats about to start discussing the [ inaudible ] shortly. Yes, the meeting just got underway discussing what will happen in the drc. I think they were mostly pleased with this news. Row wanda is also currently on the security council, and we have had no commitment from their ambassadors. Now what do you do with all of their weapons and all of their fighters . And its worth remembering the history of all of this, the m23, most of them were once part of another rebel group called the cndp, and then there was a peace deal on march 23rd, 2009, and they started reintegrating those fighters into the congolese army. They were unhappy with the peace deal on march 23rd, and thats why they called themselves m23 and rose up. So there is a real concern that this time as they try to deal with these fighters that history doesnt repeat itself. James there is obviously still a lot of work to be done there. Monisco is still going to have a presence there . Oh, yes. Because if you look back at the original resolution, of not just monosco but its brigade set up in march, it talks about disarming all of the armed groups in the eastern congo. And then there is the other persistent problem that part of the congo really isnt very well governed, none of the Government Services effect the people of the eastern drc. They may be pleased about the developments but they know there are so many challenges ahead. James in new york and call mom webb in ghoma, thank you very much in need. There has been fighting for a second week between rebels and ul ultra conservative sunnis. Al jazeera has gained exclusive access to a special unit of the yemini army. Reporter you rarely see these people together giving the growing threats from alqaeda, and this is the newly formed unit that will lead the fight against the armed group. They are the best soldiers in the army. Their new commander is Major General [ inaudible ], his mission is to defeat alqaeda in yemen. [ applause ] translator we have recently created a force called special operations. They are the besttrained soldiers. They are the are the leet elite of the army. Reporter this is an army that has been weakened by years of instability and political divisions. Something yemens new political leaders want to leave behind and focus on the challenges ahead. Translator we need support and cooperation with all of the countries fighting alqaeda. We also need to develop Technology Like drones so we can limit u. S. Drone strikes. Reporter this is a drill to counter an enemy attack. But this commander will be engaged in real military operations, a delicate mission in a country where alqaeda has fighters almost everywhere. This unit is largely trained and equipped by the americans who would like to see them make progress against the fight against alqaeda. Now russia has failed to appear at an International Court which is hearing a bit to free a group of activists detained since september. We have more from london. Lauren. Thanks. The case is being brought before the International Tribunal for the law of the sea by the netherlands. They want the journalists to be released until they can have their trial in court. We hope that this process will contribute to a reasonable resolution to this as we have consistently stated, reasonable charges such as trespassing, we would be happy to face that. But pry aresy and [ inaudible ]. Give us a bit more information about the background of why they brought this case to this particular court. Well, lauren, just to specify its the Dutch Foreign ministry that sent lawyers here today in hamburg, and they have been stressing to the presiding judge and the rest of the judges that although russia has said it doesnt recognize this arbitration process, this is the right place for it to be heard, and they can actually issue orders without the other party, being russia, being present, that is under the law of the seas which russia and other states signed back in the 1980s. Russia says it exempted itself from binding decisions. However, we have heard the rulings issued by this court are binding under international law, and now the judge has said probably on november 22nd theyll come back with a decision on what the netherlands have asked for, namely releasing those 30 people and the ship, the sunrise, immediately. Can think then be enforced . Well, thats the whole thats the whole dilemma here. They have no mechanism for enforcing their decisions. What they hope really will come out of it, both the dutch government and green peace is increased diplomatic pressure from more and more countries, pressuring russia to release their nationals, because lets not forget there are a number of different nationalities among those detainees. They have been held under extremely harsh conditions. What as we were hearing from the director of green peace what they really want is for them to be released pending a further arbitration session here in hamburg. They want them released immediately, because they say the arrest was ultimately against international law. And how long do we expect this to carry on for in hamburg . Right, well in about in about two and a half weeks we expect them to come back and issue a ruling on these provisional measures as they call them. The request for the court to tell russia to release the detainees, the ship and to hold all judicial proceedings, but there is this arbitration going on, which will see another tribunal sitting here in hamburg, but were not actually were not actually in on the details of the dutch claim. Thats the way things go here. We only know what they are asking in the provisional measu measures which are these crisis steps, beyond that it could be some kind of financial measures. We wait to see. Thanks very much indeed for that update. Lawyer rep see you later on. Still to come here on al jazeera. [ bell ringing ] why the Catholic Church in one mexican state is breaking its silence on drug violence. And tiger wood finds a new way to drive to europe. Ill have all the details after the break. And with them, a storm of views. How can you fully understand the impact unless youve heard angles you hadnt considered . Antonio mora brings you smart conversation that challenges the status quo with unexpected opinions and a fresh outlook. Including yours. Hello, welcome back. These are the main headlines. John kerry says israeli settlements in Palestinian Land are illegitimate. Congolese troops have captured the rest of the rebel areas. And al jazeera has gainedest collusive access to a special [ technical difficulties ] filed an appeal against the activities and confiscate its assets. The groups in mexico say they will stop fighting the [ inaudible ] drug cartel. This follows a push from the government to push them out of the state. It left five people dead and nearly a million out power. Adam is there for us now in mexico. I know you have been following the vigilantly movement for months now, so what has changed . Well, the main thing that seems to have changed is they have gained momentum with people and the federal government, who is now holding highlevel meetings. The fact that they promised to stop getting in confrontations with this cartel says a lot. And also they are now gaining support of the Catholic Church in the region. The Catholic Church has been relatively silent, but no