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this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. jerusalem's major is demanding that palestinians be put on lockdown. the worst attack happened in occupied east jerusalem, where police say two palestinians boarded a bus and started shooting passengers. palestinians are holding a general strike today and holding protests. israeli forces are responding with tear gas and rubber bullets. -- andrew simmons is live at a protest. tell us what is happening

andrew. >> reporter: well, stephanie, this is the bedrock for the palestinian-israelis. it's a town that symbolizes political resistance, peaceful most of the time over the many years of palestinian descent and frustration at israeli rule. what has been happening here is a very large rally. i'll just give you an idea of the extent of it. probably two to 3,000 at least, and they have been listening to a number of speakers. amongst them members of the joint list, a combination of parties, palestinian-arab parties in the israeli parliament, 13 members, the highest in a long time, represented the third biggest block in that parliament. now this is important, because it is really a litmus test, a

political barometer, if you will, on all that is happening right now. we have a situation that is virtually out of control, netenyahu said he is taking new measures to confront the situation. i put to a number of the parliament from here from the joint list, what their standing was. they said peaceful resistance was the best way, but they refuse to condemn the attacks that have been going on. what we're seeing here, really is a rousing call, but peaceful at this stage. the strike that was called in this region, the northern region is, they say, 95%. we went through the city earlier, and saw every single shop was shut. but of course, the palestinian authority, a strike wasn't called there. that is going on as normal in

ramallah, and also in occupied east jerusalem it would seem. but the situation is one of resistance, one of fear. but right now the security forces are not coming anywhere near this demonstration. if they did, it might be a different story. but right now it's peaceful. >> andrew, as we just reported, jerusalem's major is demanding that the israel government put palestinian neighborhoods on lockdown. as you talk to people at this peaceful protest of resistance, talk a little bit more about that fear, that concern that somehow an israeli response to these incidents, these separate isolated incidents will affect the largest community in a neighborhood like you are standing in. >> reporter: right now this area is definitely in support. it's also got its own violent

resistance going on. there was in fact, not far away, one woman from nazareth was shot and injured last week, when she attacked a person with a knife. there is certainly not a situation where you would dissect the two communities, but the danger here is if this block of people, so many voting for full citizen rights, palestinian-israelis were to join the sort of acts of violence we're seeing across israel, then the situation will be really, really serious, even more serious than right now, stephanie. >> andrew simmons reporting from israel. thank you. more than a thousand palestinians today attended the funeral in ramallah of a 13-year-old boy, and we have to warn you what we're about to show you is graphic. israeli forces shot him in the

neck with a rubber-coated bullet. they say he was part of a stabbing attack on two israeli settlers. he died in the hospital. the families of the victims of malaysian airlines flight 17 have finally received a long-awaited report of its crash. the report concluded the boeing 777 was in fact shot down over eastern ukraine. >> flight mh-17 crashed as a result of the detonation of a war head at the left-hand side of the cockpit. this war head, carried on the kind of missile that is installed on the buk surface-to-air missile system.

>> lisa stark joins us live from washington. this report did not include who was responsible. >> reporter: absolutely. in that is part of an ongoing criminal investigation, stephanie. but the one thing they did make very clear is that their conclusion is inescapable. after looking at all of the fragments, even fagments found in the bodies of the crew, that it was a russian-made buk missile that brought down this plane. and the chairman explained exactly how this plane came apart in midair. let's listen. >> as a result of the detonation, the forward section of the airplane broke off, after which the airplane broke up in the air. the tail section probably crashed before the center section. the center section hit the ground upside down and caught fire. >> reporter: now family members

were told that some people on board probably did remain conscious for sometime but were probably very confused and unaware of what was happening to them. so again, the dutch did stop short of blaming the russian separatists, but the white house released a statement making clear it feels quite otherwise. in a statement they said: and he added that the u.s. is committed to seeing that justice is done in this case. >> lisa, russia, russia has also released its own findings in investigation into the crash of mh-17.

what did we learn there? >> reporter: well, the russians denounced the conclusion -- they disagree with it entirely, as you can imagine. they do agree that some sort of missile exploded outside of the aircraft. but they insist it is not a buk missile. they said they had done their own testing. they had fired a missile at sort of a section of an aircraft, and that their testing showed that this could not have been that type of missile. >> lisa thank you. russian leaders say they are working to find a political solution to the crisis in syria. >> translator: we are interested in establishing korbed nation between the coalition created by the united states, which includes many countries of the arab world. >> sergei lavrov says moscow is willing to cooperate with what they call patriot opposition

forces like the free syrian army. it stuck 53 targets in syria in the past 24 hours. some of the air strikes are believed to have hit opposition fighters backed by the united states. iran's parliament has given approval to the nuclear deal with the u.s. and five other nations. the bill allows for inspections of the iranian nuclear program in return for lifting of the economic sanctions, but they insisted that international inspectors only have limited access to iran's military sites. the deal must still be ratified think the constitutional watchdog before it takes effect. the democratic candidates for president are in las vegas today, for the first debate. the stakes are huge for the front runners and the others hoping to break through. >> reporter: some analysts say the pressure may be the greater on hillary clinton. in the crucial early nomination

states, polls suggest clinton has fallen behind bernie sanders. >> wow! [ laughter ] >> reporter: and nationally at least one poll indicated the majority of democrats view clinton as dishonest. recently clinton has begun to say she was wrong to use a private email system as secretary of state. though she has also been lashing out at congressional republicans for their investigation of benghazi. >> this committee was set up for the purpose of making a partisan issue out of the deaths of four americans. >> reporter: strategies say clinton needs to continue to fire up our party about republicans, while reminding voters of her government experience. bernie sanders has captivated the left wing thanks to his loud blasts at wealth and inequality. >> the greed of wall street and the greed of corporate america

is destroying the great middle class of this country. [ cheers ] >> reporter: the challenge for sanders, according to strategists is to make in roads with democratic moderates. many consider his left-wing policies too extreme and don't see sanders as very presidential. martin o'malley is also to the left of hillary clinton and when it comes to being presidential and hitting the political establishment, strategists consider o'malley straight out of central casting. >> the presidency of the united states is not some crown to be passed between two families, it is an awesome and sacred trust. >> reporter: o'malley has barely registered in the polls, but if sand sander stumbles, and anti-clinton sentiment mows, o'malley would benefit. the former rhode island senator and governor, is not known for

their public speaking. as it stands analysts say to keep an eye on clinton and sanders, and watch to see if o'malley can somehow break through. david shuster, al jazeera. and tonight at 11:00 pm eastern, we'll have special coverage of the democratic debate. a wrap-up, focusing on the facts. a classified report on torture revealed abuses on suspects who turned out to be innocent. now the aclu is suing two of the people believed to be responsible.

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>> ali velshi on target weeknights 10:30p et the supreme court is hearing arguments today involving how long juveniles can serve in prison. the justices will decide whether a 2012 ruling that banned life in prison for minors applies retroactively, and hear a case over how the death penalty is applied in florida. the aclu is suing two psychologist who are accused of designing the enhanced interrogation program. the men were paid at least $80 million for their work. del walters has more. >> reporter: the lawsuit is being brought on behalf of this man and two others. >> every day there is punishment here. every day is a problem for me. i wanted to die. >> reporter: the acluer says they were subjected to what the

cia called enhanced interrogation techniques and what the alcu and investigators say is torture. the lawsuit names who psychologists. they are described as the architects of the program. mitchell spoke to al jazeera america last fall, when reports first surfacing he was involved. he said, quote: he later admitted to vice news that he was part of the program, but would not comment about his role. but he did say this, when asked whether water boarding is torture? >> i think you can do it in a way that it constitutes torture.

i think you can do it in a way that constitutes training. >> reporter: they are also subjected to extreme temperatures of music, sleep deprivation, and starvation. this man says he still suffers from the effects. he was never charged or accused of any crime. five years later he was released. the military acknowledged in a letter that he poses no threat to the united states. del walters, al jazeera, new york. kansas city today is mourning the death of two firefighters who died last night while helping people evacuate a burning apartment building. sick firefighters were inside the structure when the roof fell in. >> what is good for their families to remember is that they did not die in vain, they

saved two civilians, carried them out of the second floor on ladders before the wall collapsed. >> the four others were injured. an investigation is underway to determine what started the fire. all right california needs more help battling its historic wildfires. so it is turning to prisons. john henry smith has the story. >> reporter: inmates have been helping to fight wildfires in california since 1946. it is the oldest such program in the nation. >> the priority has always been the safety of the public and employees. >> reporter: but now prison officials are proposing to allow inmates convicted of assaults, robberies and other violent crimes into the program. >> maybe we can include them because of their good behavior over the last ten years or so in

prison. >> reporter: a shrinking prison population has contributed to declining number of inmate firefighters. >> we have had a record year this year, that only eclipsed the record of wildfires we had last year, so if that's the trend for the future, we want to make sure we have enough inmates available to fight those fires. >> reporter: arsonists, sex of fenningers, kidnappers, gang members and those serving life sentences for murder would still be excluded. but some professional firefighters are worried. >> my concern is the safety of our captains with one person managing such a large group of inmates without additional help. >> reporter: some residents are worried too. >> that worries me greatly, because i have two young kids and i don't know what the crimes have been and what they are

capable of doing. >> reporter: and while only non-violent offenders have been allowed in the program so far, there have been criminal incidents over the past ten years, most of which involved assaults among fellow prisoners. yet some residents would welcome any help against the raging fires. >> i suppose in a moment of crisis, i would just be thankful they are out there trying to protect our property and homes. apple news appears to have been blocked in china, and now some users are asking is apple giving in to chinese censorship?

15 years ago this month, the underub adopted a resolution that pledged for the first time to protect women in war, and to involve them in achieving peace. u.n. women has been tracking that resolution. roxana saberi has details. >> reporter: in northern iraq, isil fighters have killed men, and raped and enslaved women. >> reporter: and in northern nigeria more than 200 girls remain missing a year and a half after they were kidnapped by the rebel group boko haram. >> they are choosing that we need to be -- we need to be protected. they are vulnerable children.

now they are in the handing of monsters. >> reporter: in 2000 the u.n. security council acknowledged the world needed to do more to protect women from this kind of violence. it adopted a resolution to call on countries to include women in peace keeping. but 15 years late ear new report just released by u.n. women finds: >> reporter: the report says many governments have become more sensitive to the violations of women's rights, and more women are becoming leaders at the u.n. and in their own communities, but much more must be done. >> the process has been too slow, and the result is too

uneven. >> reporter: undersecretary general ban ki-moon has called for gender equality by the year 2030, but he too recognizes the challenges ahead. >> i'm asking all of the a leaders through their political will to change all stereo type traditions and mentality. >> reporter: roxana saberi, al jazeera, new york. one of the women who will be speak before the u.n. today heads the organization of freedom in iraq. i asked her what it is like for women in iraq today compared to when the country was lead by saddam hussein. >> under saddam hussein the situation of the middle east in general was better, because we had not run into these situation of chaos, but he was a bloody dictator, and his period was not the best period for women, but when you compare those times to now, the women have -- have lost

a lot in their social status, and in their political well-being, and i -- i would like to add one thing. violence on women in iraq is becoming legal and they are legislating for it. they brought forward a law for us, which allows the marriage of an 8 year old female child, and they were trying to pass it when the civil society rose against it. when we spoke against it in our radio in baghdad, the government closed it for us right away. so the government has very bad role in imposing violence on women and on women's organizations who save and protect women in the shelters. they have told us, very clearly that we are not allowed to run shelters, and they do not have shelters, so we have like one to two million women who are displaced who are totally vulnerable in iraq who do not have any legal shelters to go

to. we have to run our shelters underground, and we are bringing this message to the u.n. security council that all of the leaders of the world had supervised the creation of a state in iraq. why does it impose violence on the minorities and why is half of the country alienated. >> mohammed says more than 15,000 women have fled from isil-controlled territories in iraq. iphone users in china are having trouble using apple news. there are questions whether the company is blocking the app because of the chinese government. >> reporter: chinese users are seeing this when they try to use iphone news. apple seems to have put code

into the app, that texts when the phone connects to mainland china phone network, and then it disables the app on your device as opposed to it being blocked by some third-party on the network. >> reporter: apple has not commented, but other users report the same problem. one user on reddit writes: >> that sort of scared me. because if you think about the implications of that, like, you realize a company could put any sort of code on your device and you wouldn't have a say in it. >> reporter: five years ago, google pulled out of china in part over censorship disputes. the company is now reportedly in talks with china over a new app store with apps approved by the chinese government. thanks for watching.

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