As Israel celebrates its hard-fought achievements on its 60th birthday,a cloud of uncertainty hovers over the country. Where is Israel on its 60th birthday? Riz hosts a debate in Tel Aviv between right-wing politician Uzi Landau and left-wing politician Yossi Beilin.
Chinese authorities have sent out more than 130,000 soldiers and police, to help search for survivors, after Monday’s devastating quake. But as each hour passes, rescue efforts are turning into a grim search for bodies. China is now warning the death toll could top 50,000. There’s also a new threat that a nearby dam could burst, engulfing the entire town. Al Jazeera’s correspondent Melissa Chan reports.
With Israel and Hamas bickering over conditions, is a bilateral ceasefire possible?
Looking at one man’s journey, this special 3 part series discovers one man’s journey back to Palestine, his first time since he was expelled in 1948. From Palestine, he fled to a refugee camp in Lebanon and from Lebanon to Denmark. Al Jazeera’s Awad Joumaa takes his father to the country he fled from.
This week, 101 East asks if a culture of impunity is embedded in Indonesia.