behaving in its own backyard to dictate its foreign policy sure look 1st of all i disagree with the statement by your other guest about. president obama's policy that if we had president obama in place now it would be almost the same thing with different tactics the reality is that coercive diplomacy is a tool of statecraft that a lot of countries use and the united states because of its dominance in the global financial system uses it maybe a bit too much but the reality is that the obama administration used the balance of carrots and sticks in the case of the trumpet ministration they have put the carrots field on fire and they're only using sticks and even if they promise some incentives i think they're because of the erratic behavior of this administration it will be entirely unreliable and that's why they are not successful in using maximum pressure to advance their agenda be it in the case of venezuela or in the case of north korea or in the case of iran. terms of your question i think the

biggest problem that the united states has had with iran over the past 4 decades is the fact that it cannot tolerate iran's independent foreign policy. the countries in this part of the world from the perspective of washington are either puppets or pariahs there is nothing in between and iran is the only country in this part of the world that can challenge the u.s. and israel's maneuvering space and that's what intolerable for the united states and i think the reason that sanctions are being used is not necessarily for behavior change because as many in this administration have said repeatedly they don't believe that the iranian regime is capable of changing its behavior so they are in fact after regime change this is again as i said does not apply to president trump but again he has now boxed himself in a position that sanctions are not going to render iran more amenable to

negotiations or they're not going to alter iran's behavior. and he's running out of things to sanction so sooner or later we will get into a stage where we would have no choice other than taking military action which would have disastrous consequences for iran for us and for the entire region. president trump has boxed himself in into a position is is the u.s. is the administration's losing the p.r. battle at the moment under these latest sanctions would social media companies like twitter be forced to close the account of iranian politicians like for mr jeffords a reef for instance and is that even in forcible. powa that's that's an interesting question i never thought about is but when you're talking about sanctions i use sanctions it should involve any activity. that entity or death better person on their sanction. is and is doing and that could be also relevant for 2 years or

counts as valid and i think as any also set us administration is pushing itself into a corner that it doesn't allow iran for any kind of reaction so in fact iran should i mean should resist we've seen that yesterday that russia somehow is allowed ended council of europe and it seems that russian patience and also the other side's patience works and if iran sees that and if. iran wants to continue its patients its strategy i think it might become successful but it will be very harsh because not it is we see that the economic situation for iranians is very very bad and actually worse than any other years prior to this to these sanctions and actually these are unilateral sanctions these are not want a lot of the sanctions that we think that they have the most harm but we see that

they are these sanctions are somehow ending to a war military of war because actually these or did you can all make war and i'm i'm afraid that that situation is somehow soon to come so i hope it's only my hope that there could be some change in strategy because mr trump is a businessman and he knows how to bargain so in order to bargain you need to somehow increase your bargaining chips and power i think he managed to do that up to now and so he needs to find of a to somehow incentivize iran to come to the negotiation table. russia of course another country. the pursues an independent foreign policy on monday moscow said that it would look to counter these these new u.s. sanctions and they might be illegal to what extent is russia perhaps key to what happens next in this crisis. well look it's no secret that the russians are

a heavyweight at least in regional developments it's more interesting to know that the russians have confirmed that the global hawk that was shot down was in iranian sky also a very influential chinese official was in tehran and a couple of days ago in one of the meetings he said that since iran shut down the global heart now we are holding a very different view about iran because not just because of the corage that iran is shown but also because of the homemade radar system as well as the mesan is that the missile that hit the aircraft it has shown much power and technology therefore we are now thinking of getting closer to iran strategically let me add one more point what mr via said was no rejection of what i said i said mr trump is the exercise in the same strategy with different overall busy and inexperienced tactics

the fact that he doesn't know the balance between carrot and stick proves the same he doesn't know the tactics and he is a exercising the same strategy and it's no secret let's remember that even president obama defined undertakings under the nuclear deal let's remember the case when he avoided vetoing the extension of i saw or less remember the unfulfilled promises of john kerry with regard to the visa waiver program so many promises he made to miss their eve and they never complied with their undertakings under the nuclear deal because basically the road ahead is to be the same they are not going to accomplish with their with their on the takings no mad there and it's an obama administration order donald trump it ministration you know these days iran. has wrapped up and has arrived at the count luzhin with

regard to how to treat with the united states if there is something good about donald trump it's about the fact that he is showing the united states foreign policy a naked and this has caused iranians to develop a single stance against the united states i believe if there is anyone that needs to go over revise their strategy and rethink their stances that they've taken it's the u.a.e. it's all the arabia they are playing in the same puzzle of the united states they are helping them with the sanctions they are providing them with you know military facilities wrong ways and bases to help them with the aggression against iran this is going to cost the u.a.e. and i believe if this such a violation of iranian airspace or an attack on iran ever happens then iranians would definitely show reaction to the u.a.e.

sell the arabia and any other nation that would help the united states i'm afraid gentlemen we must and our discussion many thanks indeed for being with us the stuff . not to go see could see and that is and as always thank you for watching don't forget you can see the program again at any time just by going to the website at i was 0 dot com for further discussion joined us at our facebook page you'll find that at facebook dot com forward slash a.j. inside story and you can join the conversation on twitter handle at a.j. inside story from me adrian fenty got a whole team here until thanks for watching i'll see you when. i. selfless acts human bravery 10000 precious pieces of literature rescued from being. besieged sorry.

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but it's a whole robin you're watching i was there alive my headquarters here in doha also coming up in the next 30 minutes president trumbull's to veto a 4 and a half $1000000000.00 bill passed by the house to help migrants detained at the border also activists in hong kong continue to pressure the government over a controversial extradition bill. and a to rise in uganda for people fleeing the fighting in the democratic republic of congo with nothing but their lives. welcome to the program the u.s. president's long awaited middle east peace plans been met with derision and anger from palestinians the 1st economic part of the plan's been rolled out in bahrain's capital white house adviser jared cohen of calling it the opportunity of the century for palestinians and says that acceptance is a precondition for peace but it's also in jordan reports from washington d.c. palestinian leaders at the meeting. shows that their business leaders and

government officials are in mahna mahna to discuss the us his latest effort to resolve the israeli palestinian conflict a $50000000000.00 economic overhaul for the palestinian people and the region the us president's son in law has been working on this plan which relies on both private and public funding since 2017 this effort is better refer to as the opportunity of the century if leadership has the courage to pursue it this is about creating opportunity for the palestinian people this is about creating opportunity for the people throughout the middle east if implemented correctly and competently the economic plan i will go through now will lead to growth and better lives cushion or end other u.s. officials say this could be the solution to decades of war occupation and mistrust the palestinians disagree they're not at the conference the white house plan

ignores a strategy supported for decades by the international diplomatic community negotiated borders and land swaps a guaranteed right of return for palestinian refugees an agreement i'm a legal status of jerusalem and security guarantees for israel even so repeated u.s. brokered talks have not succeeded in 2 states living side by side in security and peace by direct message to the palestinian people is that despite what those who have let you down in the past tell you president trump and america have not given up on you this workshop is for you. the vision we developed and released if executed correctly will lead to a better future for the palestinian people a future of dignity prosperity and opportunity is the gathering worth it if only to highlight its importance ultimately everything will have to be settled between the

israelis and the palestinians but what is important is that this meeting illustrates regional support for desk process in other words the arab states are unified. in their support for. peace plan the israeli palestinian conflict once again is getting attention but it's not clear this latest effort will be the way to peace for the palestinians and the israelis rosalyn jordan al-jazeera washington struck down the palestinian authority and its rival hamas have both known as the plan accusing president trump of trying to eliminate the palestinian cause the conference held at the moment in bahrain is a political conference with an economic coverup it is totally a political event with the financial and economic camouflage simply for the reason that this conference and the deal called the deal of the century is aimed at achieving the following 1st to lay the foundation for terminating the palestinian

cause 2nd giving the green light to the zionist enemy to extend its occupation and control over the entire west bank all day 2 of the conference is known to weigh on the head of the international monetary fund says any solution must focus on creating jobs for palestinians. what is high and hopefully would be low is unemployment where we have 30 percent unemployment in the west bank and about 50 percent unemployment in gaza and the background of that which i think is critical for what the plan is pursuing is the working population you have a very very. quickly growing population about 5 millions at the moment between the 2. territories probably going to double from 5 to 10 millions in 2050 that's the estimate and in 203060 percent of the population will be working age which is great and but great if the jobs are

there difficult if there is no climate nor patient for those young people coming through the market christine legarde speaking there were bullets with our correspondent following events force west jerusalem and bernard really an opportunity to talk but with no senior palestinian or israeli officials there me what credibility does this call friends have in the long term because that's what cushion a wants doesn't it sort of traction for the future well we know that we think the white house had wanted israeli political leaders government leaders of some level to be represented at this conference but pressure from the palestinian leadership on gulf leaders not to have the israelis here in those gulf leaders saying that the americans.