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al-jazeera dot com thank you for joining us is one major story we're focused on right now a vote by the united nations general assembly on whether to oppose the united states' recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital the resolution has moved to the general assembly after the u.s. vetoed it during a meeting of the security council on monday and present donald trump has been piling on the pressure ahead of the general assembly meeting threatening to cut aid to countries that vote against the us israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has also offered his thoughts this crime in the u.n. as a house of lies these are live pictures of the united nations general assembly right now at fifteen hundred g.m.t. as delegates get ready to debate and vote on this resolution an emergency session of the general assembly requested by turkey and yemen on behalf of the arab group of countries and the organization of islamic cooperation to vote on this draft resolution rejecting the u.s.

recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital now as we wait to listen to the speeches from the u.n. let's just take a moment to remind ourselves of how we got here on december sixth president donald trump declared that he will recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and eventually move the american embassy there from tel aviv protests quickly began across palestine and in muslim majority countries leaders in almost all global capitals expressed fury and concern last wednesday leaders a fifty seven hour ben muslim nations met in turkey to reject trump's announcement and to declare east jerusalem as palestine's capital then on monday america's diplomatic isolation was on full display as it vetoed a u.n. security council resolution supported by all the members that would have required trying to withdraw his jerusalem declaration while the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley blasted fellow security council members describing the resolution as an insult that won't be forgotten and here's

what president trump added ahead of the u.n. general assembly vote today. for all of these nations that take our money and then they vote against us at the security council or they vote against us potentially at the assembly they take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars in the world against us while we're watching those votes let them vote against us will save a lot while let us now go to august there is mike hanna who is covering this story for us today from the united nations in new york mike as we watch these live pictures of the general assembly right now in the delegates getting ready to debate and discuss this resolution there talk us through what is going to be happening in this session when are we expecting the vote to happen. well this is all dependent on what the president of the general assembly announces at the start of the session we understand do you know that twenty seven nations

have submitted requests to speak among them are some foreign ministers foreign ministers will speak first at the top of the list there have been moves to try and get to the vote as quickly as possible but once again this is something that will be decided by the general assembly's president what we do have though is a copy of the resolution which will be submitted to the general assembly very similar in tone to the one that was voted on in the security council earlier this week fourteen members vote in favor of the us the only one voting against vetoing that particular resolution but once again this resolution does not mention the united states my name the relevant paragraph affirms that any decisions and actions which purport of all to the character status of the holy city of jerusalem have no deagle effect are now and void and it calls on ben the nations not the to move their diplomatic missions to jerusalem said the u.s.

not singled out here but what it is as well and this is important is a reaffirmation of the united nations' position on the status of jerusalem outlined through decades of resolution in both the security council and the general assembly mike this vote at the general assembly today is non binding but if the text passes as expected it will carry a great deal of political weight who want it. yes it will indeed first of all it's pointed out it needs a two thirds majority in the general assembly to pass no veto of course available to any of the member nations but if it is passed or certainly it would be a massive blow to president trump what is regarded by many members his hectoring tone and particularly his insistence on changing unilaterally the status of jerusalem as many members understand it but what it would also do is send

a very clear signal of the degree of isolation of the us visa via the rest of the world what's important though is to remember one figure in the last general assembly vote on the issue of israel in jerusalem back in november one hundred fifty one nations voted in favor of that resolution declaring israeli actions in jerusalem null and void because it was an occupying power only six nations voted against there were nine abstentions now if we see that kind of pattern then it's a massive blow to president trump and it's also a massive signal from the international community as to the vision of his status and his policies but the u.s. and israel have been fighting very strongly at least get more abstentions so it's very very critical in terms of the political effect exactly how sweeping the vote is i'm curious my what is the mood like at the united nations ahead of this special

session of the general assembly and also a sense that letter that the u.s. ambassador to the united nations sent to member state basically threatening them against voting in favor of this resolution and the threats also we heard from president trump what are people saying there about all of this. well nobody is saying anything publicly privately many are outraged at what they see as an unprecedented it's a append extraordinary step of attempting to suborn effectively or blackmail general assembly members into voting along a particular line from officials the secretary general's declined to comment the president of the general assembly has declined to comment as to the behavior of the united states in this particular matter but certainly we did hear from one ambassador preferred to prepare to speak publicly from sweden and he said look we voted in the security council on principle we weren't being persuaded in any way or

by any outside force there's no reason we would not continue to vote on principle this is reaffirmed as well by the fact that and once again this point this resolution here is basically a restatement of u.n. policy in a thick to vote against it is to vote against a series of resolutions over a long period of time concerning the status of jerusalem now that could be a matter of principle that see if some nations are persuaded or threatened into at least abstaining from the vote if not voting against the resolution mike hanna at the united nations thank you very much for the moment mike we will of course be checking in with you later this hour as the proteins that begin at the general assembly we are waiting for those pretty proceedings to get underway for the delegates to to be seated and to start debating this resolution which they are expected to vote also late on later on today in the meantime let's hear more about

what these really prime minister had to say about this a united nations general assembly vote and he starts on this resolution take a listen. to the attitude towards israel of many countries on all continents is changing outside the walls of the united nations and that change will ultimately permian. into the u.s. in the house of lies the state of israel totally rejects this vote even before the resolutions approval jerusalem is our capital and we will continue to build there and for embassies led by the united states will move to jerusalem write down what i said because it will happen. now to harry fawcett who is now bureau in west jerusalem harry these really prime minister making his feelings known even before the session of the general assembly it's pretty clear those approved preemptive rejection from benjamin netanyahu of this vote no matter what

happens no matter how many countries vote against the united states and by extrapolation israel the i think the certainty is that the vote will go against the united nations the united states declaration and therefore against israel but benjamin and essentially trying to say that it doesn't matter this is the capital jerusalem is the capital of the jewish people and of the state of israel and the united states after seventy years has officially recognized that and the other countries will in due course follow suit so who cares really what happens in the united nations that is obviously the strategy because they're pretty certain the vote is only going to go one way given what happened in the united nations security council just a few days ago they say who cares what happens harry but nonetheless they've been lobbying efforts by these really to try and convince these countries not to vote in favor of this resolution. we have that is the interesting thing that is the slight

dichotomy in the israeli position that on the one hand the pushing this whole process on the other hand the deputy foreign minister of israel has said that there has been a huge amount of effort to try to head off this resolution to lobby various countries it is understood that israel has been doing a lot of lobbying to try to get countries either to abstain or even better from israel's perspective to vote against this resolution and certainly it has been the strategy of prime minister netanyahu over some years now to try to improve bilateral ties with countries all over the world in africa in south america ties with china and with india and he's been quite open that part of this is to try and change the balance in the united nations which he continually insults as. the latest coinage a house of lies and other things so that does suggest that israel at least does

care what happens there on some level and sees that obviously given the totally isolated nature of the trump declaration that this is going to bring more international censure on israel in a very high profile institution a question here from one of our viewers harry are on facebook who asks whether they are dissenting voices within israel about the u.s. decision to recognize or will slam as the capital of israel asking basically what about israeli public opinion where does it stand today on this issue. well i think it stands very much squarely behind the at least at the very least the concept of jerusalem being the capital of israel that is what israelis the jewish israelis of almost every political stripe believe there is some variation in how people assess in terms of real politic this declaration and the effects of

it so there's all these really left slightly less convinced that it's a good move that it will in any way help the peace process or help settle the conflict. and so there is a there is a boost in the approval ratings of president trump up to more than three quarters of the israeli population israeli jewish population and so that does show that there is a pretty broad support for this measure there are those who question its efficacy and its long term consequences and of course among israeli arabs israeli palestinians rather there is a almost equal number of or equal proportion that feel this is a damaging move so there is this of a split in terms of palestinians and jewish citizens of israel as to how they feel about this harry fawcett in occupied western us and thank you very much for speaking to us harry as we continue to wait for the proceedings to get underway at the general assembly there running a little maids this was supposed to begin at fifteen hundred hours g.m.t.

but as you can see delegates they're still milling around and waiting for for this to begin we saw just a short while ago the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley also in attendance on the foreign ministers of turkey and palestine which is unusual for a general assembly session but again as we said this is a very special session and the foreign minister of turkey met that castle is expected to speak on behalf of turkey the session will begin with the representative from yemen who will present this resolution to the general assembly and then that will be followed by various interventions. right the different member countries that are in attendance we will be following some of those for you but in the meantime let's not go over to the occupied west bank in ramallah that's where hoda abdel-hamid is joining us from what i wonder what is the mood like on the palestinian side as they prepared to debate this resolution at the general assembly are they feeling bored by by what's been going on in this last week the

international condemnation that this been of israel. the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. well after i think you have to look at it from two sides under the political side the leadership side certainly they do feel stronger by the fact that the u.s. was isolated that the security council and they do expect or they do hope at least to get as many countries behind them. later on a devoted the general assembly at the same time you have president mahmoud abbas who's been a diplomatic flurry he was in saudi arabia he should be heading to france surely there are high level delegations that are in russia and in china the palestinian authority sending a clear message that it means that it is serious about the fact that the u.s. cannot have a vote role in the more in any future negotiations if those happen. and it's

seeking to find to get on board other powers such as china and russia as you have that point of view going on also the palestinian leadership saying that so far they have heard promises from donald trump about the ultimate peace deal but who the boss called it the ultimate ultimate slap and just on the day of the jerusalem the clere should know they say well we don't know anything about their ways skeptical that it actually exists at this stage now the palestinian people it's a completely different they will tell you that they're expecting that even if the general assembly votes even if the world is standing with them they know and they see that on the ground constantly that israel will continue doing whatever it wants to do and the okey patient will continue so they're much more skeptical about that and also because many say you know. they felt quite betrayed i would say were they felt that the u.n. resolution that was put forward at the security council wasn't far reaching enough

many people asked me why wasn't it why wasn't new words united states written in that. they didn't feel it was. they feared this one is not going to be strong enough and they put the blame for that on the arab regional powers mainly egypt and saudi arabia so they do say as long as it's usually so complicated expect little to change for the harder the united nations general assembly president is calling the room to order at the general assembly there the proceedings are about to begin this is the u.n. general assembly president who is then going to introduce the delegate from yemen who will present this resolution to the general assembly i wonder what has been the reaction to nikki haley's letter i head of this session today the letter in which he threatened other member countries against voting on this resolution and also the threat from u.s. president donald trump one of the palestinian leaders saying about this.

well when it comes to the threat of donald trump and of fact that they would cut funds or to any state that votes against him. palestinians said oh actually hudibras himself called actually on nations around the world not to be intimidated by such rhetoric when it comes to the letter of nikki haley i have to say it was it had gone viral yesterday on social media here too is a little bit of humor i have one cartoon here and you can see nikki haley with the world and in arabic here it's written. as her saying to the world shut up i don't want to hear anyone talking but on a more serious note people would say well that's how the palestinians have always been treated behind closed doors during any kind of negotiation you know there's always when something goes wrong they deal more often than blame more often than

not is put on the palestinians someone is telling me yesterday well they hope once they hear now that the world hears the words of donald trump or even read the words of nikki haley that then distended this is what has been going on over and over again when it comes to the israeli palestinian conflict and blaming the palestinians for any kind of failure in that. in ramallah in the occupied west bank thank you very much for the moment we will also check in with you later for reaction to this vote at the united nations general assembly let's bring in kimberly hokies who is our white house correspondent she joins us from the white house in washington kimberly the tough rhetoric from the trump administration a lot of people wondering is it an empty threat or will they go ahead with this. well certainly the you know the white house is not going to weigh in any more further to the president's comments until after this vote we certainly have

a program for further guidance but they are for the moment at least staying quiet but certainly the ongoing theme of this presidency and even reflected in the comments made by the president at that cabinet meeting that really shocked the world is to project american strength whether you see it from the president whether you see it from nikki haley and her very sharp tweets sharply worded tweets or even in her letter to it or more than one hundred fifty countries at the united nation this is the desire there is certainly no feeling that this is an empty threat but continually that this is the will of the not just the trumpet ministration but the american people now i can tell you that this is certainly being regarded here in the united states at least by some muslim american groups as nothing more than bullying in fact a tweet put out by the council of american islamic relations executive director shortly after the president made those comments is that our government should not

use our leadership at the u.n. to bully or blackmail other nations that stand for religious liberty justice in jerusalem justice is the core of christianity judaism and also islam so certainly there is this feeling here in washington foreign policy in academic circles that this is just another example of the president perhaps not understanding the subtleties of diplomacy threatening to cut off aid not recognizing that that is another tool of soft power and working to establish relationships without allies but again no apologies getting back to your original question with regard to the statements made by the top administration candy thank you very much can live for us at the white house. now let's bring in our social media producer andrea ship out with reaction online to what's happened in the last twenty four hours especially nikki haley's letter to the united nations general assembly threatening member states basically against voting in favor of this resolution we'll follow we were looking at this earlier we analyze the reactions have bester haley's comments

before the security council on monday and much of it has been very positive especially when you look at some of the most liked post on twitter that mention her name now those comments made at the most important international forum in the world have played very well to a domestic audience this user says that hailey is proof that trump is a masterful leader who values talent and guts while rita and many others are suggesting nikki haley twenty twenty four creating buzz for her own political prospects down the road many trump supporters are generally pleased with her added to the way that she delivered what many perceive to be a threat to other member states and haley is certainly consistent in her choice of words here's what she had to say when she first took the job in january. our goal with the administration is to show value at the u.n. and a way that will show value is to show our strength show our voice and have the backs of our allies and make sure that our allies have our back as well for those that

don't have our back we're taking names we will make points to respond to that accordingly. now an interesting conversation here to show you how split u.s. allies are at the moment look at this quote states resort to such blatant bullying only when they know they do not have the moral or legal argument to convince others that's what one senior diplomat of a muslim country told this u.n. correspondent for the reuters news agency well nikki haley rejected that responding directly to her saying no actually it's when the country is tired of being taken for granted but is this move actually helping its ally israel barack is a correspondent for israel's channel ten he says that haley's threat letter has many angered and has only done harm an ambassador to the end to the u.n. rather of a big european country told him haley's love letter only help them unite and convince more countries to vote yes at the u.n. general assembly many other people found the letter very condescending this user

said it says that it was written like a fifth grade threat of someone taking names to report to the teacher while john here says that he has some advice of his own saying that nikki haley should take the names of countries that really respect donald trump it would be much the activist holly o'reilly has says it's going to take a generation to repair the damage this administration has done to our two americas international relationships so much for haley being a voice of reason so we've heard from them and now we want to hear from you if you're watching us on facebook live leave us a comment with your thoughts or question for one of our correspondents you can also tweet us your thoughts using the hash tag a.j. news good. andrew thank you very much let's show you the scene inside the u.n. general assembly hall right now this is yemen's representative khaled hussein why i'll get money who's presenting this resolution today it was in yemen in turkey who called for this emergency session of the general assembly on behalf of the arab group of countries and the organization of islamic cooperation to vote on the draft resolution rejecting us present donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as

israel's capital this was after of course the u.s. vetoed the resolution the same measure at the u.n. security council earlier this week so basically what's happening here is that many representative khalid will say mommy the money is presenting the resolution to the general assembly and this will be followed by a debate and statements from various countries that are attending the next one we're expecting to speak next question we're expecting to speak is the turkish foreign minister amir that castle who will bring that to you live of course in the meantime i want to bring in our senior political analyst marwan bashara now who joins us from our london news center marwan this vote at the general assembly today as we've been saying is nonbinding but the political and the diplomatic implications are huge what are you looking out for today. numbers there know nikki haley might be taking names i'm going to be keeping score

there's and then there's the day it's very important that at the united nations the kind of violations of international law and of the united nations security council resolutions is accounted. in so many ways although yes this is not binding but u.n. general assembly resolutions when they pass once and again and then tens of times and then hundreds of times and they are not respected this it becomes more than just a non-binding resolution this becomes a pattern of violation of international law that's why when israeli prime minister netanyahu calls it a house of lies in fact you know he is seen as an outlaw in the united nations representing a state that is an outlaw because of its continued violations even though israel in particular was founded on the basis of a u.n. general assembly resolution some seventy years ago some of the countries at the

u.n. today marwan a caught between a rock and a hard place on a countries like egypt which received millions in aid from the u.s. but it was also egypt which sponsored the failed resolution at the security council will these countries that are in a difficult position will they be voting with their conscience or with their pocketbooks you think. i think it's almost a if were good if it's almost known that a lot of the muslim countries that either sponsored or you know supported the resolution before will continue to support it and i think but president trump knows a while that egypt might lose aid but the united states would lose much more in the middle east if it simply let let's go let goes of you know the likes of sisi of egypt and and abdullah of jordan and a whole bunch of other allies of the united states in the middle east and all eyes

are also marwan on sound u.a.b. how they will vote whether or not they will abstain what are your expectations. you know interestingly what we see leaking out from whatever conversation person the bus is having saudi arabia is that the saudis have been pressuring a bias to get with the program as it were with the american program to put jerusalem behind him and to really look forward for more not less talks with washington i think in so many ways both the soda leaders and the american leaders are coming out either as bullies and that in in the in case a lot of countries do not vote in favor of those ration or they will come out sunni so either it's bully or silly bully if they are able to force other nations to vote just as they want them to and they will really look at quite silly if they don't i think it's very difficult for saudi arabia at this point in time to vote against such a resolution you know wife only because i've never seen

a resolution more watered down this is beyond decaffeinated this is beyond fact free i mean this resolution the other single condemnation this not even a mention of international law there isn't even mention of the israeli illegal settlements let alone any mention of the united states violating international law so this is quite a light. that is meant really to save face for everyone but if it allows it to pass and light resolution you say marwan but if it passes it will be in a huge blow when it for the united states which will find itself isolated i mean their traditional allies have criticized this resolution if everyone votes against them what will that mean for the u.s. position u.s. influence in the world. there's two things i want to say about this but let me just start by saying something important about the palestinian position here president abbas did not want this fight he did not want this battle he did not want

a showdown with the united states and with president trump but does not even want to win this battle i mean present our best things or himself now as hostage to fortune that he's going to just been winning the last few days because of the foolishness of the american position on jerusalem president abbas and the president did not want this showdown with the americans now the americans and president trump in particular is the one who basically called for this action at the united nations by simply taking the decision that he took on jerusalem shortsighted and expedient as it might be in order to please some of his constituency among the radical eventually cause and the israel lobby but that was not a wise decision on the part of the united states hence if this is going to come out as a slap on the face not to the palestinians but to the united states and israel and

perhaps over the arabia at the united nations that's not the fault of those who voted in favor of legality and alcohol tional law no one is the fault of those who called for it in the first place money going to interrupt you because i'm going to take us now to the u.n. general assembly hall where the palestinian foreign minister riad al maliki is speaking right now to the delegates there leslie thin into what is the thing. to make heard the voices of the international community which has been invited by the reactions of peoples and the positions of countries throughout the world. as. the obvious majority was experienced in the security council where a vote was conducted on a draft resolution. should be ok. firms. legal and political and historical status of the first and the fact that any attempt to change the status would be enough and well you know that to think the arab group and the member

states and the organization of islamic cooperation as a nonaligned movement. for calling for this emergency session. after the use of the veto. obstructed the security council and made it an able to perform his duties and maintaining international peace and security despite the fact that the four. member states of the council that supported the draft resolution tabled by egypt and which we thank you for. the general assembly. now has within squarely. the right to undertake this responsibility. the united for peace principle and this session after this is were issued by the ever bestival council which was held in cairo i wonder west of the state of palestine and the kingdom of jordan as the guardian of

the holy sites in jerusalem it also comes first i went to the extraordinary session of the oh i see that was held in istanbul under the chairmanship of turkey and it also comes in later of the international consensus on the danger is not sure of the us decision and its repercussions on peace and security at the regional and international levels. we need today. not because of any animosity towards the united states of america. but because of this decision which constitutes an aggression on the genuine and natural right of the palestinian people to the city of i'll close i sharif and the arab nation and muslims and christians of the world. an aggression on the status of jerusalem its religious and humanitarian status that is exceptional and would like to confirm that the american

decision will not let status position of the holy city in any way whatsoever rather it naturally effects. this is the united states. as a mediator of peace. because it has failed in the test of jerusalem this is backed despite our warnings and the warnings of the entire world not to take this test seriously and our warnings of the danger of taking any positions and any decisions that would inflame within just feelings and would really contribute towards been transferring this solution a political solution that can be solved. with a just war that has no boundaries we can't help but ask what does this decision serve it serves the israeli government in implementing its colonial plans it serves a the powers of extremism and terrorism in the region and the world who could

imagine that there would be any credibility to a peace plan where jerusalem is excluded. any voice that supports peace. and that enjoys credibility that has supported this decision. how has this decision been described by a very regional and political blocs the parliament and even the temperature of the united nations not to mention the christian and islamic religious tabish men and authorities who run the world does not the united states wonder why it stands isolated in this position which is being rejected by everyone here and for and why even its closest allies couldn't even turn a blind eye to this decision and the answer is clear. is acquittal of civilization it is the land of the divine religion and it is the

path of the prophet it is the gateway to heaven it is the city of the nativity of the first of the two points of prayer the third of. the mosques it cannot be misrepresented it cannot be falsified it will not fall to any seas or any domination or any monopolization it is the key to war it is the key to peace in the middle east and in the entire world therefore. the international law and international consensus were clear over jerusalem all states. care ok for respecting the special status of jerusalem and the historic status of the holy sites including a machete if he today. may not detonate once again misses an opportunity to go back and illegal and provocative decision. this is an opportunity to join the international community and put an end to its isolation

however it insists on ignoring the interested because shien's of its decisions and the cause the international community upon it to respect the laws of international legitimacy which govern our world and which prevents the escalation of conflict and after a framework of reference for just peaceful solutions mr president you know the state of palestine respects the sovereignty of states so long as this sovereignty is in line that with international law however we refused to have started to use as an excuse to violate international law and to trespass on the rights of our palestinian people which are in illegal and that we wish is to have it used to deny our right to exist on our land we stand here today with the countries of the world all of the world united for freedom for justice for peace. the veto will not stop us we will not be threatened. we are confronting these challenges and in

doing this we rely on two national law and that we seek its judgment and this does not we do not seek what i fear to be religious advice that is being used in order to justify colonialism and to justify the force with an explanation of land we wonder how israel the occupying also has not yet realized that the countries here represent peoples that for many decades suffered from colonialism apartheid oppression domination aggression and that they know very well the difference between colonialist. between a long list desires and others and will refuse any kind of justification for this crimes be that security justification religious one or national one because these are just occasions that have been exposed by the experience and the struggles of

peoples and these countries and their peoples are loyal and palestine will not forget the support that it has received from them in order until they have achieved and regain their freedom independence moreover these states recognize and understand the rationale from which this international organization was formed over seventy years ago in the aftermath of world war two. it is a logic that is based on justice collective will and which is embodied in the charter of the united nations and international law this organization is now undergoing that precedented test with palestine being its head like. well it's a national frameworks that have agreed on are right on the justice of our palestinian cause this includes the general assembly the security council the human rights council the international court of justice and the conference of the high contact of member states of the four geneva convention and today we trust. that the states

in voting well who rely on these bases and these further foundations which. are also based on a logic that is aligned with human civilization mr president history records names it remembers names. the name of those who stand by what is right and the names of those who speak falshood and today we are. seekers of rights and peace despite the oppression and the injustice that has befallen our people children women the elderly it is an oppression that started with but for one hundred years ago to the catastrophe seventy years ago to the occupation of the west bank including east jerusalem and gaza strip fifty years ago until this very day. and despite our march on the path of pain for over

a century and we have not wavered and i will it to achieve peace whenever we were given the chance however colonialism and peace do not meet and those who choose peace must. we stand colonialism and those who chose who to school in their lives are the enemies of peace and israel does not hide its policies and its intentions the mediator has decided to take its side and that's the canard ledge what is wrong and ignore what is right this requires the formation of a multilateral international mechanism under the united nations and on the basis of international legitimacy and of the framework of reference of the peace process that's what embodies the international will to put an end to occupation and conflict and to achieve a just comprehensive a nothing piece that was secure that would guarantee security and peace to all the peoples in the region the peace process is not the exclusive property of one party

and the question of palestine is or was my facility of the international community as a whole including the united nations in order to arrive at a just. solution that would guarantee the rights of the president people and in a manner that cannot be limited and tied to the good intentions of the international community more then the occupation the lower power and these states cannot use the excuse of supporting the dialogue between states to many political maneuver out of their responsibility and duties towards international law and not recognize that the illegitimate status that israel has created and not contribute towards the continuation of this process and it must distinguish between the occupied territories and the occupying power and it must hold accountable those who commit perpetrate violation that they must support the palestinian people and their just struggle to achieve freedom and independence including recognizing a palestinian state within the one hundred sixty seven borders our steadfast in our

land in our historic land and our desire to achieve freedom and dignity and our hope to achieve security and welfare to our people our future generations is renewed every day however the barbarism of the israeli occupied occupation is taking away their dreams on the future of the past and in people it is enough to mention what we've seen in the few days where a. person i had to cover california and was shot by a sniper in his wheelchair a child was shot in the face and tired but talian of soldiers have surrounded unarmed young man the kidnapping of a brave girl child in the middle of the night from the arms of her parents when will this and when will our catastrophe and one of will we achieve our freedom and live the end of dignity and peace and security on our land and the land of our predecessors and ancestors the world is celebrating the birth of christ over the next two days but the lights will not be lit in the land of christ in jerusalem

and bethlehem and another as a response to a town. to. eliminate the palestinian arab christian and islamic identity of the city and affirmation of the unity of the palestinian people around there because. history has taken its position. as an apartheid settlements and walls and palestine cannot remain alone hostage to the tragedies of historical faces. humanity has rejected and reviewed the past in its people continue to hold fast and stand fast and that jerusalem and its the streets and alleys. as an organic relationship exists between them that cannot be this number who would like to note here that the person people are standing to defend the same values that you've come here to defend and i call upon you and they have the passionate people to vote in

favor of the draft resolution in order to make heard the voice of a firm right or that cannot be denied and in order to take a fair position in history and to recognize principles in international law and your own resolutions and in order to combat attempts to reject a blackmail and intimidation don't you want peace must vote for peace today i thank you. palestinian foreign minister. making his case to the member states of the united nations general assembly as they prepare to vote on a draft resolution rejecting u.s. president donald trump's decision to recognize your will stand as israel's capital this after the u.s. veto the measure at the u.n. security council the palestinian foreign minister calling on member states to vote in favor of this resolution taking to the podium now is turkey's foreign minister i believe. let's listen in to what he has to say historic u.n.

general assembly meeting. i would also like to welcome his excellent mr riyad maliki the minister of foreign affairs of palestine dear friends for so many times we came here and said that the palestinians have the right to live like the rest of us they have the right to be free and secure they have the right to be a prosperous and they have to right to enjoy what is their own yet our wars couldn't make a change the illegal occupation continues and palestinians cannot enjoy their basic rights generations of palestinians are subject to systematic violence and discrimination two days what is important to remind that the palestinians are not alone this war this is important to show that palestinian

cause is still our cause therefore today we will speak out for justice and peace today we will speak out for al quds jerusalem the city of three the wind fades we will show that different ethnicities and religions can co-exist in peace in palestine excellences their friends the palestinians have the right to their own state based on the nine hundred sixty seven borders with east jerusalem as its capital this is the main parameter and only hope for a just and lasting peace in the region however the recent decision of our un member states to recognize jerusalem or al kurds as the capital of israel while the

international law including all relevant un resolutions. this decision is outrageous as how to all universal values as the summit chair of the organization of islamic cooperation or you see we can win the next extraordinary summit in istanbul on this number thirteen we already see as there was second largest intergovernmental body unanimously rejected the decision as no and ward consistent with the u.n. security resolution for seven six which sense in this strongest terms a similar decision taken by the israeli parliament in one thousand eight hundred do or is he also declared east jerusalem as the capital of the state of palestine mr president excellences friends al quds jerusalem is a holy city for all three monotheistic religions it is the responsibility of entire

human if you to preserve its historic stop this unilateral decisions on its status threaten the multi ethnic and multicultural public of the city such steps undermine prospects for a just and lasting peace in the middle east they hinder the region for a two state solution regrettably the security council fades to deliver on its responsibilities once again through the use of power now. falls upon the un general assembly to bring justice excellences their friends before this meeting are un members they threatened all the other members we were asked to walk no or face the consequences some are even threatened. development aid cut. such an attitude is

unacceptable this is bullying and this chambre will not bow to that it is unethical to think that this works and dignity of member states are for sale let me put it in these three we will not be intimidated you can be strong but it doesn't make you right mr president excellences ladies and gentlemen dear friends this is a critical moment in history our work in favor of the palestinian people today real place us on the right side of history we did it before oh when we granted palestine to start this off nonmember observer state at the un back in two thousand and twelve it is our sincere hope that this what will pave the way for much needed peace and justice in the middle east turkey as the co-chair of the summit court

able to resolution along with him and also together with the arab league we request that the president we requested the president of the general assembly to convene this emergences special session i would like to conclude on behalf of the end turkish nation that turkey will never let al quds down the palestinian people we'll never be left alone walled is bigger than fife thank you mr president medvedev castle the turkish foreign minister made the trip to new york to address this special session of the united nations general assembly as member states prepare to vote there on a resolution that will condemn the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital now coming up next at the general assembly podium i believe is the united states ambassador to the united nations.

nikki haley that specimen for the state a hostile place for the state of israel both the current and the previous secretary generals have objected to the un's disproportionate focus on israel it's a wrong that undermines the credibility of this institution and that in turn is harmful for the entire world i've often wondered why in the face of such hostility israel has chosen to remain a member of this body and then i remember that israel has chosen to remain in this institution because it's important to stand up for yourself israel must stand up for its own survival as a nation but it also stands up for the ideals of freedom and human dignity that the united nations is supposed to be about standing here today being forced to defend

sovereignty and the integrity of my country the united states of america many of the same thoughts have come to mind the united states is by far the single largest contributor to the united nations and its agencies we do this in part in order to advance our values and our interests when that happens our participation in the u.n. produces great good for the world together we feed clothe and educate desperate people we nurture and sustain fragile peace in conflict areas throughout the world and we hold outlaw regimes accountable we do this because it represents who we are it is our american way but we'll be honest with you when we make generous contributions to the u.n. we also have a legitimate expectation that our good will is recognized and respected. when

a nation is singled out for attack in this organization that nation is disrespected what's more that nation is asked to pay for the privilege of being disrespected in the case of the united states we are asked to pay more than anyone else for that dubious privilege unlike in some un member countries the united states government is answerable to its people as such we have an obligation to acknowledge when our political and financial capital is being poorly spent we have an obligation to demand more for investment and if our investment fails we have an obligation to spend our resources in more productive ways those are the thoughts that come to mind when we consider the resolution before us today the arguments about the president's decision to move the american embassy to jerusalem have already been

made they are by now well known the decision was in accordance to u.s. law dating back to one nine hundred ninety five and its position has been repeatedly endorsed by the american people ever since the decision does not prejudge any final status issues including jerusalem's boundaries the decision does not preclude a two state solution if the a parties agree to that the decision does nothing to harm peace efforts rather the president's decision reflects the will of the american people and our right as a nation to choose the location of our embassy there is no need to describe it further instead there is a larger point to make. the united states will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the general assembly for the very act of exercising our

right as a sovereign nation we will remember it when we are called upon to once again make the world's largest contribution to the united nations and we will remember when so many countries come calling on us as they so often do to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit america will put our embassy in jerusalem that is what the american people want us to do and it is the right thing to do. no vote in the united nations will make any difference on that but this vote will make a difference on how americans look at the u.n. and on how we look at countries who disrespect us in the u.n. and this will be remembered thank you. i think a distinguished representative of the united states i now give the floor to the

distinguished or present that if of is a road. thank you mr president if you've shameful for the united nations that they must stand before you today if you shameful that this meeting is even taking place. you the holiest place on earth for the jewish people if you the capital of the date of evil period if you the fact that simply cannot be disputed king david had declared the jews a limb the theory of the jewish people three thousand you ago the

jewish bible mentions jew the limb big hundred fifty times. our prayer was we call jerusalem holy name over and over again as our prime minister the first prime minister that we'd been going on said and i quote jerusalem is an inseparable part of the history of even though over the face of israel i am holding an original coin it from sixty seven a.d. it says in hebrew and i quote free don't overvalue on look in the envelope in front of you you will see you have a replica of the coin it is clear evidence from the time of our second

temple it proves their ancient connection of the jews to jerusalem i will bond to jerusalem is an breakable no unesco declaration no empty speeches no general assembly resolution will ever divide us from jerusalem these are the facts this body does not want to heal these are the facts this body wishes to ignore so today i will tell you about another unbreakable bond that unbreakable bond of hypocrisy between the palestinians and the united nations .