the. palestinian president mahmoud abbas says peace with israel is still possible the donald trump's middle east plan is not the answer. but in the past you got serious about the good vision all about peace that israel's ambassador to the u.n. says abbas like sincerity. and how he had seen and this is al-jazeera by from doha also coming up. turkey's president vows more retaliation against syrian forces are striking back for attacks on his soldiers and it lip province. objective remains

containment. and the death toll from the coronavirus passes $1000.00 as the chinese government fars officials in the run for their handling of the outbreak. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has once again rejected donald trump's proposed middle east plan he was speaking at the u.n. security council in new york says the proposal won't bring peace or stability to the region and only extends israeli control over palestinian land a bus called on the international community to put pressure on israel to achieve lasting peace in the not so placed the final opportunity yeah. i've come before you today to say that he's between israelis and palestinians is still possible. it is achievable i've come to you to build an international

partnership to achieve a just comprehensive and lasting peace and we are still committed to this peace as a strategic choice. and. this is the summary of the project that was presented to us this is the state that they will give us its like a swiss cheese really who among you will accept a similar state and similar conditions this deal ladies and gentlemen includes instructions and the entrenchment of occupation and annexation by military force and the strengthening of the apartheid regime. where we have correspondents covering every angle of this story stephanie decker is and west jerusalem monitoring israeli reaction to abraham is in ramallah ari false in standing by in gaza with the palestinian view live to all after we speak 1st to our diplomatic editor james bays at the u.n. james a very passionate performance there from mahmoud abbas very compelling arguments he

was presenting but ultimately what is likely to come from this impassioned speech at the u.n. . an impassioned speech though i think behind the scenes the palestinians are a little disappointed at the way this has turned out this was supposed to be their fight back against the trunk plan remember president abbas has been in car of the arab league he was at the african union in atis for their big summit and now he's here at the u.n. but in addition to a speech what we were supposed to see on this day was going to be a vote of the u.n. security council the palestinians have been working on this for a couple of weeks now the idea to show very forcefully that the international community was with the palestinians and that the u.s. and israel well isolated but behind the scenes there was

a big push back from the united states the current hour of member of the security council is to so they are the ones that negotiate a resolution on behalf of the palestinians they came up with an early draft of a resolution that was very strong in its denunciation of the trump plan that angered the u.s. and behind the scenes that we understand that the u.s. got directly involved bilaterally with tunisia we believe from some sources there was a phone call from jared cushion or the president's son in law directly to the tune is in president and the word is that he had tough words to say to the citizens which ended up with the tunisian ambassador to the u.n. being accused by his own president of freelancing and being fired from his job that i think sealed the fate of the idea of a resolution although there were a few more drafts circulated over the weekend i think what the palestinians

realized if they pushed this to a vote right now they were not going to get the outcome they wanted 14 to one there will be some countries certainly the u.k. was one of them that would probably have us abstain. on this draft and it's possible some of the countries and maybe some others would lose as well so the idea of a vote to very clearly show where the international community stands has been put on hold for now the palestinians officially saying negotiations continue. james bays life is at the u.n. thank you that's good if you know from gaza and crossed see harry for said sorry we heard there from mahmoud abbas talking about say who would accept the swiss cheese of a country standards the hands of negotiation one could say once again urging israel to get back on board so that old sim it seems the civilians who are caught in the middle of this those who live in gaza are no further forward than they were from

when that plan was 1st and i. know the definitions and hardships and despair that prevails in gaza continues as it has for so many years as for the leadership here in gaza hamas it has reiterated in the aftermath of that speech the same call that it put out beforehand which was for a much tougher line from mahmoud abbas and the palestinian or 40 it was calling for us to end security cooperation between the p.a. and the israelis to pull out of the oslo process in a sense dissolving the p.a. entirely and unleashing what it calls resistance fighters the forces of resistance inside the occupied west bank i think there was little expectation that that would be included in mahmoud abbas's speech which was of a much more conciliatory effort aimed at the international community been such

a speech as called for by hamas might have been certainly there were thousands of people on the streets here is they were in the occupied west bank ahead of the speech in protest against the trump plan. and it's worth noting that hamas does like to create a delineation between itself and the p.a. trying to cast itself more as a resistance towards the israeli occupation but at the same time it's also worth noting that just on monday there was an egyptian delegation here mediating between hamas and israel this long worked for longer term or at least medium term ceasefire between the israelis and hamas that appears still to be in the works or at least talks about it appears to be going on there has been quite a good deal of rocket fire and in century balloon launches in recent days there are reports that as a result of the suggestion mediation that has for now been paused although we wait

to see how that plays out in the coming days ok herefore said life present gaza thank you as cross to ramallah and speak with need to eat bread in need we were hearing jury in that speech as well from the palestinian president he was saying the u.s. can't be the song to go see to hear this plan has to be rejected do not take our hope away how much hope is there in ramallah currently. i can tell you much from the people's perspective the people we spoke to today in the demonstration in the occupied west bank they've been telling us that the united nations security council resolutions that have been passed through up to the years haven't been implemented so what's another one on the shelf for them so we've seen a lot of for frustration lately they seem to think that the world has left them not even a draft resolution was able to be passed in the security council so there is

a lot of frustration specifically that for palestinians in the industry it's this either legal israeli settlements mushrooming over the years preventing 'd any possibility for a contiguous palestinian state the u.s. is moving forward with its plans with israel it has already moved its embassy to jerusalem so they've seen these seem to feel that they've been left out and that there is not really much hope and that the plan is being implemented on the ground but it's now being redrafted and presented to them as part of a plan to bring peace ok. first in ramallah thank you let's get reaction now from the is really perspective stephanie decker is in west jerusalem stephanie certainly we heard from mahmoud abbas that he was urging for a just peace he was willing to negotiate that was of the view from the israeli ambassador to the u.n.

to you says the palestinians simply do not want peace how is this likely to be playing out. in israel. well it's the same message that the have been saying for a very long time that the palestinians do not want to negotiate that they're not in on a step partner for peace we've been hearing this accusations going on between the 2 sides for many many years now so done it down on the israeli ambassador to the u.n. calling on history comparing it to egypt and jordan about how they negotiated peace treaties with israel and that's take a listen to a little bit of what he had to say you president abbas will serious about the. you wouldn't be here today would be julia limb living in washington sitting down with the negotiating power to know what they're going to go through with about negotiations or about peace. he also said

that only one president a bastard down with these radios and panaceas be able to move forward i think crucially now we look at the next couple of weeks israel's having 2 election on the 2nd of march and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has vowed to push ahead with the annexation plan together with the americans drafting up a committee following that election whatever happens to him whether he wins and benny gantz is ended at the same so i think we'll have to wait and see practically whether these an accession threats let's say are actually going to play out this of course is a massive issue that the palestinians have they say this is a not do this is not a just steal you cannot impose peace you need to negotiate for it so they want to change the entire parameters they want to say yes we negotiate but we want the quartet the middle east quartet to be part of that that's the u.s. the e.u. the united nations and russia rather than the americans being the sole mediator ok

stephanie decker there live for us and west jerusalem thank you. let's take a course a look at what donald trump is actually proposing in this controversial middle east plan it calls for 2 states israel and palestine trump says that gaza and the west bank will be connected by bridges and tunnels the u.s. president has declared an undivided jerusalem will be the capital of israel but the palestinian capital will be in parts of eastern jerusalem where the plan calls for a 4 year freeze on building news israeli settlements that the u.s. will recognize existing settlements as israeli territory trump also says palestinian territory will be doubled although scotsmen alice is on this now from our one profession he's al-jazeera is senior political analyst and he joins us live from london marwan we're hearing there from the 2 sides trade in speeches if you like at the united nations the palestinians were reeling off the list of countries

that have denounced the strong proposal palestinians were also calling for a return soon un resolutions they may have these un resolutions and and all these good intentions on their sides but from what we've been hearing from our correspondents the palestinians same as isolated and alone as ever. they're isolated in terms of trying to do anything actionable and. and if ective on the question of the plan which by the way is not exactly calling for 2 states and so on so forth but i will get to that later the point being is that as you were saying a lot of countries are feeling the heat from that's coming from the administration we've heard about how that heat was transmitted to tunis they think to that controversy out on the tunisian ambassador to the u.n.

and there's also of course a lot of pressure going on on the europeans certainly on the johnson administration here in london but also in france and germany and other countries where the trump administration is seeking to set the neutrality that the europeans should not butt in and should let the let the israel and the united states deal with the palestinians for the time being but at least deal on that basis of the trump land now the fact that president abbas got a a an arab rejection of the plan by that of foreign minister the arab league as well as a statement from the africans and and this climate conference he thought that he goes to the united nations armed with the support of so many countries that he would be a clearest able to get a draft resolution to be voted on while he didn't apparently didn't have the 9 votes necessary for that again because that clearly there's a lot of bullying behind the scene by the administrator against all sorts of countries to make sure that no one gets or crosses they get the united states at

the united nations what incentive is there for any other countries to stand up for the palestinians because a you mentioned that the other countries are are bullying behind the scenes to try and push through their proposal and when the israeli ambassador to the u.n. was speaking he was saying look we've tried the other approaches to try the other peaceful solutions they haven't worked let's try this new plan and analysts and said this new plan may not be just a fair bit. it in shrines what the situation on the ground currently is so i don't have that as a starting point but so it's a good point i think what the what the united states is proposing is that the problems that are on the ground today beca ging the root causes of the problem and offering them a solutions so to offer the settlements that are illegal and the obstacle to peace

as bridge to peace summit the logical at least enough far as the practicing is of our concern to say that there is a right of return and only a noble right to return for that policy and refugees or and compensation and then for to say for the throw up admission to say no right of return whatsoever for the palestinians for their homes or compensation well that's not exactly what a couple idea for the press is it's again something like saying if less food is not helping with your diet well maybe more food will help with your diet but no it does not work like that more pollution is not going to help climate change there's some basic fact some basic science some basic reality in is that says to people in the same breath and they either have to share it as one or they have to separate it into independent sovereign states and back to your expression that you quoted from the united nations it cannot be swiss cheese the palestinians are hoping for at

least a swiss for their ration. bashara is joining us live from london thank you. so the years now when the turkish president richard sipe erdogan is warning of swift revenge if its troops in syria continue to be attacked his comments come as syrian opposition rebels recaptured a village or province as they try to regain territory recently lost to government forces. as reports. the odds were against the syrian rebels forced to retreat and abandon their strongholds in the more these fighters have suffered major setbacks over the last few days than they launched a sudden counterattack and within hours managed to overrun government positions and later the rebels also shot down a syrian army helicopter. but they were no match for an army backed by russian

fighter jets the opposition's military victory was shot lived and president bashar al assad's troops soon regain control of the town. although a nadir holds no strategic importance the rebels needed a small victory to reassure the millions of civilians trapped in it live there the fight is far from over. the rebels gains in and they were largely due to turkey's growing involvement in. the turkish military has intensified is shallowing of syrian army defense lines in a nailer and. more turkish troops are pouring into establishing military outposts their aim is to prevent syrian forces from advancing towards the city. or the syrian regime got what it deserved but that's not enough it will pay a heavy price for attacking turkey soldiers i will announce the actions to be taken

about the syrian issue after i meet with my parliamentary group tomorrow. as fighting intensifies civilians are abandoning their villages. is a ghost town its population of 80000 has largely left for safer areas around 700000 people have been displaced over the past 2 months as the syrian army continues its offensive but the escalation is raising fears of a broader military confrontation. may our my russia has called on turkey to stop its artillery attacks 2 years ago russia and turkey played a crucial role along with iran in establishing a safe zone in. the us syria own void james jeffrey is expected to meet with syria turkish officials on wednesday to discuss the governments of fund 7 it led the u.s.

accuses iran russia shia militias and the syrian government of undermining international efforts to implement a ceasefire that would allow millions of syrian refugees to return to their homes. is on board. a lebanese prime minister has on the ups new cabinet says one of confidence votes in parliament but protesters who've spent months calling for a political overhaul are rejecting the new government they say it's an extension of corrupt traditional political parties police didn't hesitate seize force on protesters gathered earlier outside parliament and more than $300.00 injured. the number of people killed by the corona virus outbreak has now i passed 1000 chinese officials announced another 109 deaths the biggest single day jump since the break began in december the government has also foreign officials in will hand for their handling of the epidemic between e.u.

has more from beijing. in his 1st public appearance since the corona. virus outbreak began chinese president xi jinping came to rally the troops against an invisible enemy. let's fight this war which. let's fight these people for war we must build up our confidence we will eventually win. speaking from beijing in a video called he thanked medical staff in the city of who harmed for what he called the heroic efforts saying the virus had revealed the strengths and shortcomings of china's readiness to fight the outbreak shortcomings which were partly addressed this week with the firing of 2 senior health officials in local leaders have been criticised for downplaying the severity of the outbreak and being too slow to act the province has been locked down for weeks and nationwide many businesses and workplaces are closed she jinping has promised to minimise the economic impact of the virus but companies have already begun laying off staff and

hundreds have applied for emergency bank loans to keep going in mohan thousands of coronavirus patients are in critical condition experts say the into beijing period for the illness could be longer than 1st thought up to 24 days but there is some good news the number. is going down gradually. so that's good news she's in pain suddenly emergence comes as the government faces mounting pressure over its earlier in the crisis the communist party is scrambling to shift the focus away from its biggest and towards more stories of resilience and sold errors but so far it's done through the roof here in china where morale remains low and the fear is high the training al-jazeera. india's governing b j p party has been given a stunning defeat in the state's election widely seen as a test for its popularity since government protests began counting has just been

completed and final results sins against the liberal party. he secured 60 to 70 seats in the new delhi legislative assembly elizabeth purana reports from the capital. a celebration fit for a 3rd term in office incumbent chief minister ivan cage and supporters of odds may have the common man party jubilant as they hear their victorious you are going to help. the people of delhi have sent a message they have voted for people who. have given you 24 by 7 electricity it's a beginning of a new kind of politics and this is great for india you know. campaign focusing on development education and health care. this is a great win for mr because he really met all the promises he made to the people of delhi and be

a very happy that kid has worked for us to our supporters said to the common man party's campaign had resonated with voters rather than that of the. that had focused on ending the protests against the citizenship law including in the new delhi neighborhood of. this is not always the hindu know for muslims know for sure he came back this is not always pakistan this is a good win this is a win for a party with good intentions as. 6 the election commission banned a to b j p politicians from campaigning after one compared protesters to said murderous and said the demonstrators were determined to make india a muslim country another politician said protesters should be shot there were 2 shootings against protesters in one week in new delhi after those comments were made by the b j peace as its campaign was successful despite the losses everybody knows about the body. and of those any kind of rejection then from 2050 the water is already

showing an upsurge of 10 percent i was a rejection. the biggest loser was india's oldest political party the congress it ruled the country for nearly 50 years after independence from british rule the 947 but in a repeat of its performance of the 2015 election it didn't win a single state it is a great time to evolution iron cage was against. from winning in the capital the party has now been in power in delhi for 22 and half the last hours to the state elections in the past 18 months the those losses mount indication that campaigning around message. resonating on the day however was a moron and i was there at. the. iran's president hassan rouhani has addressed tens of thousands of people in tehran on the 41st anniversary of the islamic revolution

this year celebration comes at a time when tension remains high with the u.s. just last month washington killed iran's top to army general and solomonic to her retaliated by launching a missile strike against an army base as the u.s. soldiers in iraq. sudan's government sent offers rebel groups have a greens that those one says by the international criminal court for crimes in the darfur region should appear before the courts innocent was made stewing peace talks in juba former long time president omar al bashir who was toppled after mass protests last year is one since by the i.c.c. but the minister did not snape specifically commit the book and i love him less is that the more meat we agreed on 4 key mechanisms to establish justice and or for the 1st that all those who have arrest warrants against them shall appear before the international criminal court i am seeing this very plainly justice is served by

justice we cannot bury our heads in the sand against the crimes against humanity and war crimes committed against innocent people in darfur and elsewhere justice will not be served unless those with arrest warrants appear before the i.c.c. that is why we agreed today that they will appear before the i.c.c. we also agreed on a special tribunal for those crimes committed in darfur it will be a special court entrusted with investigations and trials in these cases including the international criminal cases. mourners have attended a public memorial service in nairobi for former kenyan president's mori he died last week case 95 more and that the country for 24 years until 2002 during his time in power he had absolute authority over political and judicial systems violently suppressing calls for political change catherine soy reports. even in death kenya's 2nd president daniel are up more remains a deeply polarized figure. the man who led the country for 24 yes has

divided opinion on how kenyans remember him. thousands attended his funeral service in nairobi and those who stood to speak led by heads of state from kenya and neighboring countries called him a statesman a nationalist and pan african a man of integrity and soft lessness the lover of country and its commitment. of peace love and unity which. is exactly what i wore when i was in where i remember him differently we were treated the worse than convicted criminals he reads to us an excerpt from his book i refuse to die i was to be punished document his life and i'm always draw he remembers the detention torture and how he was hounded even after his release and forced into exile thousands of the former

president's political opponents were detained after an attempted coup in one $1802.00 and during the clamor for democracy in the 1990 s. there is nothing more. than total isolation to broke people and breaks people. in fact. i know people who don't deal with isolation how they got strokes. some just went crazy. so that was my kind of detention the always body lay in state for 3 days. government officials say more than $200000.00 people came to see him some told us it was out of curiosity because a surprise event he was unreachable as much as he seemed to be everywhere many of those who lived through more time in off if he was larger than life his presence was felt everywhere if based on the current trade boding than even

a national leader was named after him t.v. bulletins already started with him and his wad of know some people also accuse him and his colleagues of plan during the economy allowing tribal violence to persist and nearly destroying the country but many who came to this stadium named after him said no mater his mistakes he was a symbol of peace and. catherine saw al-jazeera be kenya. this is al jazeera and these are the headlines palestinian president mahmoud abbas has once again rejected donald trump's proposals middle east plan he was speaking at the u.n. security council in new york abbas called on the international community to put pressure on israel to achieve lasting peace warning them not to waste this final opportunity. yeah. i've come before you today to say that peace between israelis

and palestinians is still possible it is achievable i've come to you to build an international partnership to achieve a just comprehensive and lasting peace and we are still committed to this peace as a strategic choice. but in his response says israel's ambassador to the u.n. slam the palestinian president over what he says is his lack of sincerity in a bid to find peace you president a battle serious about the asians it wouldn't be here today it would be enjoy the limb or in washington on feeling down with the negotiating power to know what berger and abbas is not serious about negotiations or about peace turkey's president is warning of swift revenge if its troops in syria continue to be attacked his comments come a day after his military said it killed $101.00 syrian government soldiers in retaliation for the deaths of 5 turkish soldiers and choose the opposition forces

shot down the syrian government helicopter as at least a village in the province tensions have been heightened as syrian government forces advance on the last pockets of position held territory lebanese prime minister has sunday aabs new cabinet says want a confidence vote in parliament spots protesters who spent months calling for a political overhaul or rejecting the government's they say it's an extension of corrupt traditional political parties police didn't hesitate to use force on protesters gathered earlier outside parliament even more than 300 people injured. but those are the headlines stay with us on our sierra inside story is up next.

and the locals designated successor says she won't run for the german chancellor ship out of her crimes are also plans to step down as leader of the governing c.d.u. those surprise announcements come after its regional politicians defied a ban on cooperating with the far right party the a.f.p. so what's fuelling the c.d.u. is divisions and can it survive without medical this is inside story. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan i'm going to knuckle his government job at a full almost 15 years but the chancellor isn't willing to stay for much longer saying she won't run for re-election in 2021 the question of who will succeed her

up is again challenging the c.d.u. posse its leader.