our blow the whistle a 1000 times over if i had no consent, surgery scandal, an immigrant detention on al jazeera ah, with the us, the secretary of state arrives in israel patrol to prime minister benjamin netanyahu . they are expected to give an update any moment now on the fragile si, fi and gaza. ah, hello again on kim all santa maria here in doug. how continuing coverage of that story and the rest of the world views the un calls for the release of molly's president prime minister and defense minister. they've all been arrested by the military also the you and also sanctions against feller roofs, over the fullest landing of a passenger jets and the arrest of an opposition activists. i am rather the bride

on the remote, south korean island where the globe is distinctly ah, just on the day. and israel with us secretary states has met prime minister benjamin netanyahu, in an effort to turn the sci fi between israel and hama, into a lasting truce, waiting for the news conference to begin. the podiums on the flags are ready in west jerusalem. wait to hear from those 2 men, the results of their discussions. anthony blank and also heading on to the occupied west bank a little bit later where he will. he talks with the palestinian authority president my mood, a bass. he went to go to gaza. but we've got harry full sit there to talk more about the impact of these talks. and of course, the end of the conflict fair starting though in west or islam. james, by our diplomatic editor, traveling with the secretary on the strip. what we white,

james, and we wonder what they will talk about garza obviously for 1st and foremost in most people's minds. but a topic that was for fair if you like. oh, absolutely. this administration, when it came into office had clear foreign policy objectives. they were things like getting back into the wrong nuclear deal, pulling troops out of afghanistan, trying to sort out and calibrate their relationship with russia and china. if you look to the israeli palestinian conflict, it was way, way down the list. but of course, events in the middle east have a tendency to push themselves up the agenda, whatever a us president wants. and clearly they're going to have to address things now after the 11 days of bombardment of gauze up. but i don't think the fundamental policy is changed. secretary blinking is here. we are told by state department officials that his main aim is to make sure the cease fire sticks. we are not getting any

indication of any sort that they actively want to try and get negotiations between israelis and palestinians going again. they don't see that there is any clear resolution to the fundamental problems. so i think the focus will be on tried to find ways to make palestinian lots lives better without solving the fundamental problem. so they're going to look, i think, 1st that humanitarian access into garza. and then a tricky problem for these, right? these in the u. s. which is trying to get reconstruction funds and material into into garza to try and rebuild garza now. i say it's tricky for us and israel and that's because the u. s. has no relations with hamas does not deal with hamas and doesn't really want to get money or building material to hamas. but clearly him as control everything in garza. so they're going to have to work out a new mechanism. some new way of doing this. there are various options the us and i

think will play important role. clearly there are other intermediaries like caps on the egypt, the comply role. there's also something called the ad hoc committee which is chaired by the know weakens, which is something that was set up our roles load that may play a role that is a committee on which is right, these and palestinian sets and is involved in apportioning humanitarian aid so those are all options, but when you've done all that, i don't think we're going to go any further than that. they are not going to go to active diplomacy again to sitting around the table, trying to come to a solution for now. they just want to put a lid on this conflict and hope that it doesn't erupt to get in the near future. and, and this is the whole dichotomy of the whole thing, isn't it, james? because do you think it's going to go on to ramallah late in the afternoon to talk to the palestinian authority president my me to buff and he's going to say to him, look, we need to have come 1st and all those things which you've just described in the

policy is going to say, actually, if you can sort out, the bigger issue there will be. com. it's everyone's is coming up from a completely different angle. yeah, and i think in the policy therapy, i think will be pleased that at least they now have someone to talk to in the us administration that is talking to them that they were very unhappy with all of the developments that came with the trump administration of the move of the embassy jury slim and then with the cushion of plan which was said it was giving them a palestinian state. but it really wasn't much of a state. it was a series of little enclaves that they would say did not add up to a viable state. so i suspect they a much happier dealing with this and you had ministration, but they'd be really happy if they could get back to negotiations towards a 2 state solution and a viable palestinian state as well. but i don't think that it's something that this administration for now wants to enter into. it's not one of their foreign policy

priorities. and i think it would take up a great deal of time with very little result at this stage. as things stand on the ground, james bay is more without some etiquette. it's later on after we hear from the man who should be at this podium and the one just to the left of screen as well. benjamin netanyahu is ready, prime minister, and us secretary state anthony, blinking in the meantime, we go to gaza. harry, for reporting from there and my apologies to you in advance. harry, if we have to dip out quickly and go to that news conference if and when it begins secretary blank, and obviously not going to garza but so much of what he discusses today will be about what happened there. and more importantly, what happens in the immediate future indeed, that is the main issue at stake as far as the people here in gaza concerns you've seen yet another war take yet more away from them both in terms of human life,

in terms of life changing injuries and in terms of the fabric and economic destruction that has been wrought here. so as james is saying, how much is in control of this strip? there is still this bifurcation between the power single authority in ramallah in the west bank. and how much here, various attempts to reconcile over the years have ended in pretty abject failure. there was an attempt to have an election just which was due to taking place on saturday. but of course, that was cooled off early by the palestinian authority under what we understand to be pretty strong israeli american prussia and presumably palestinian authority, political calculation about how that election might have gotten. that political structure makes it all the more difficult to try to engage and rebuild here if we're talking about particularly american money. the u. s. is already said, but it does not want to see us in any way benefit from reconstruction. money coming

in. it was to do it through the us is given a reply to that idea to us a little bit earlier today saying that the reconstruction is a right that the palestinian people that should be done transparent. it should be done in a way that it gets to the people gave that money. but the key point is what they say is that they will not allow blackmail to achieve political concessions along with the reconstruction. so that i think point to 2 things. one is that how much feels that it is achieved a political victory in this recent military efforts that it has overshadowed the p a in terms of how it is being seen on the street, not just here, but also in the occupied west bank and an occupied east jerusalem, so it's not ready to see territory metaphorically to the policy at this precise moment. it's done, he doesn't want to make concessions. the famous 3 concessions that were asked of it

after it won the election back in, in 2006. that it should be 2005, sorry, that it should be as ascribing to previous political agreements that it should disarm, that it should recognize the state of israel. i think the message coming from them is that money is contingent on those sorts of political concessions and they would reject it. there is also the question of exactly how they would be able to get the money in 3 a t a which isn't really an active force inside gods at the moment. okay, harry, i'm not going to risk another question with you just for now, because there's a bit of movement on the live shop from west teresa. so i'm just gonna hold it because we don't want to obviously miss the beginning of this. and i think we've got some pretty good timing of official walk in the course, talks between secretary of state us secretary state antony, blinking and he's ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and of course all their advice is i suspect, walking in there as well. have we gone too early?

i think that on their way out. in a moment, just a reminder. just a reminder that these talks have happened. now it is a 2 day trip for secretary state blank, and after israel to ramallah and the occupied west bank to talk to the palestinian authority president made about the 1st talk between the u. s. and the palestinian authority in many he has certainly didn't happen under the trump administration. and they will also be visits by secretary blinking to i believe egypt and jordan to parts of the middle east, which play roles in while trying to facilitate piece across the region. i could keep talking but who knows how long that will go on for so why don't we go back to harry faucet in gaza? and again, apologies. if i have to interrupt you harry, just noticing behind your live shot. it looks pretty normal. now i know normal is a relative thing in garza, but when you consider they were asked,

strikes and destruction, destruction a week ago. it all looks like people are just getting on with their life. i'll try and get you a red refund. so yeah, i mean, it is this strange mix of people getting back to life, not just getting back to life, but also there's been a celebrates react miss via both for the the victory parties that we had on the 1st day of the cease fire. combined with 8 combined with cafes and restaurants, reopening and people trying to make the most of a bit of liberty after 11 days of being hunker down, i didn't fear to their lives and care for that homes in fear of what was the next development in this military campaign and so yes, people are out on the streets. they are embracing this opportunity. what at the same time, you can just turn the corner and see what was a major commercial building in the hub in the center of gaza, just in chunks and deborah deborah,

obstructing the road. they've been trying to rebuild and, and clear away at least some of that debrief. and if you go to individual neighborhoods, especially in the northwest, so much of the very heavy artillery bombardment was again, you round a corner and see a small street of every day houses, every other of which will be in tiles will have massive hose in it. and people with terrible stories of families just evaporated by direct hits. and so there is this strange divergence of everyone here is conscious of what they will be into. they've shared the fear and the, the really hunkering down nature of getting through another war because some people have been much more directly affected. others are trying to get back to what was their life beforehand, just to get harry as a, as something for us to explain the situation and explain the reality. how and when did you and the team get into garza? the reason i ask is because we spoke to gucci a little bit earlier from the palace,

the national initiative, and he was saying it took him 2 days. he had to go through georgia and he had to go through all sorts of areas because crossings were close. yes. so not something that we had been appealing. it's something that the foreign press association inside israel, it had been appealing as well to the israeli authorities throughout the conflict to let journalists in to see what was happening as it was happening. and they pointed out the s p a that in previous conflicts that had been facilitated this time it wasn't, it was only on the day of the sci fi that finally they allowed journalists to come in. and even then, it was only for a brief 3 hour window between 12 and 3 local on that afternoon. and so yes, very difficult. as far as we're concerned because we have a bureau, at least in terms of our personnel, we have a bureau here inside garza, we of course no longer have the fabric of that year as a building was brought down by an israeli strike. the saturday before last so we

have been getting thanks to our amazing colleagues here. i witness testimony and very strong images of what's going on in terms of that the rest of the media being able to get in. it was highly restricted. and then if you go back just to monday yesterday for some reason the board is was closed again, he is ready still haven't told us why it's been reopened again this tuesday so that it's a switch that can be turned on and off by the israeli government and military, which of course controls everything coming in and out of gaza, at least on the israeli side, there's sometimes more help as soon as the new chips and go to the rock crossing. okay, thanks so now, harry for giving us a slice of life and galvan as it is right now. over in west jerusalem, we are still waiting. it's quarter past 12. their initial time for this news conference was 11 30 am local time and then 1150, maybe

a sign that there. well, hopefully having a good talk and actually making some progress. this meeting between secretary state and the blinking and prime minister benjamin netanyahu. as soon as it begins and you know, it will begin the moment. i stop talking about it. but as soon as it begins, we will take you there, live some other notes in the region. israeli security forces of killed a palestinian man in the occupied west bank at mid alpha was short as undercover officers attempted to arrest. one of his relatives accused of carrying out the shooting attack is brought to a hospital in ramallah where he dived from his injuries. we will move on to some other news and united states says joined international calls for the immediate and unconditional release of molly's leaders who are being held by the countries military. the president, the prime minister, the defense minister, are all being held in a military camp near the capital pamlico. it follows the government reshuffle in

which 2 army officials who took part in the crew last year replaced. the crisis deepens. molly's political chaos, 9 months after a military takeover toppled its previous leader for nicholas harkins following developments from synagogue capital dot com. there is a clear signal here if you, if you have the president, the prime minister and the minister of defense, the most senior members of government as predicted, just as we went to the news, the 2 men of arrived on the left. you a 2nd said anthony lincoln, on the right, these ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu are totally welcome to join us as a secretary i have since we're running, we had a long discussion that were running late. so i want to be very brief and speak about 3 points. the 1st point is a voting thanks to present him by and you for firmly supporting his own right of self defense. i have to say that secretary lincoln in

a previous capacity in 2014, when we had another round of engagement against hamas aggression supported us by having iron dome replenishment a quarter of a $1000000000.00. that you personally shepherded through the system very quickly. and we remembered and were very grateful to you and you were given meaning to this . now again, with replenishment of iron, don't interceptors that save civilian lives on both sides. and we were grateful for that too. we too will give meaning to our commitment to our self defense. if from us breaks the com and the taxes ro i response will be very powerful. and we have discussed ways of how to work together to present hamas rearmament with the weapons in means of the aggression. the 2nd point is naturally as iran we discussed many

regional issues, but none is greater than iran. and i can tell you that i hope that the united states will not go back to the old u. j. c. be away because we believe the dead deal paves the way for you long to have an arsenal of nuclear weapons with international legitimacy. we also integrated that whatever happens israel will always reserve the right to defend itself against the regime committed to our destruction committed to getting the weapons of mass destruction for that end. the 3rd point is peace. we need to work together to expand normalization between israel and arab and the muslim world and deep in the peace treaties that we already have. we discussed also how to improve the lives in the conditions of the palestinians. the managerial conditions

in gather including the question of the return of our emma ays and 2 civilians who were there as well as building you can on the growth of for judy. a scenario, the west bank with the international cooperation and participation as for peace itself with the palestinians. a former bees i think present invited was absolutely correct when he said, you're not going to get peace until israel is recognized as an independent jewish state. and that is the key. i couldn't agree more with president buying and i couldn't be happier than welcome to you here and your delegation. enjoy them. we have a lot to work for. we have common goals of peace, security, and prosperity. and i look forward to working with you on those in this visit and more so welcome welcome. thank you. from mr. thank you. thank you

very, very much. thank you for posting us today. thank you for the very good and lengthy conversation. i'm looking for it also to spend time with some of our colleagues with farm the straps, canarvy, sinister guns as well later with president abbas and other policy leaders president by nasty to come here today, really for, for, for reasons. first, to demonstrate the commitment of the united states to his real security, to start to work toward greater stability and reduce tensions in the west bank and jerusalem. to support urgent humanitarian and reconstruction assistance for gather to benefit the palestinian people and to continue to rebuild our relationship with the palestinian people and the palestinian authority. intense. behind the scenes

diplomacy led by president biden working very closely with. but the prime minister help produce laughs. we cease fire. now we believe we must build on it. that starts with a recognition that losses on both sides were profound. casualties are often reduced to numbers. but behind every number is an individual human being a daughter, a son, a father, a mother, a grandparent, of s friend. and as the town the teaches to lose a life is to lose the whole world. whether that life is palestinian or israeli. i underscore, done to the prime minister, something that president biden made, crystal clear throughout the violence. the united states fully supports israel's right to defend itself against attacks such as the thousands of rockets fired by her mouth indiscriminately against israeli civilians. for the president, i think as many of you know,

this commitment is personal. it runs deep. he's been one of israel's most steadfast supporters for the last 50 years. having worked closely with every prime minister, starting with old him a year and now with prime minister netanyahu as the prime minister mentioned, we had a detailed discussion about israel security needs, including replenishing, iron don't, will continue to strengthen all aspects of our long standing partnership. and that includes consulting closely with israel, as we did today on the ongoing negotiations in vienna, around a potential return to the around nuclear agreement. at the same time, as we continue to work together to counter around the stabilizing actions in the region. we know that to prevent return to violence, we have to use the space created to address a larger set of underlying issues and challenges. and that begins with tackling the great monitoring situation in gaza and starting to rebuild the united states will

work to rally international support around that effort while also making our own significant contributions, including some that all announce later today. i will work with our partners closely with with all to ensure that hamas does not benefit from the reconstruction assistance. at the same time, we need to work to expand opportunity for palestinians in garza and in the west bank, including by strength in the private sector, expanding trade and investment and other needs assistance and investment. like these will help foster a more stable environment that benefits pal stains and also benefits israelis promise. i had a chance to discuss other steps that need to be taken by leaders on, on both sides to set a better course for their shared future present biden. and said, we believe that palestinians and israelis equally deserved to live safely and securely, to enjoy equal measures of freedom, opportunity,

and democracy to be treated with dignity. we also discussed some of the inter communal violence that erupted in israel during the conflict and healing these wounds. will take leadership at every level of society, from elected officials, to community leaders, to neighbors. and we very much welcome the statements, the prime minister made and members of his government made condemning the attacks regardless of whom they targeted in our own country. in the united states, we witnessed a shocking eruption of anti semitic attacks, as president biden said to us yesterday. they are despicable and they must stop. there's a lot of hard work ahead to restore hope, respect and, and some trust across communities. but we seen the alternative, and i think that should cause all of us to redouble our efforts to preserve the peace and improve the lives of israelis and palestinians alike. but prime minister

again, thank you so much for all the time. thank you for the very, very good conversation and we look forward to doing a lot of work together. thank you and thank you and the president for your strong statements against anti semitism. masquerading is anti zionism, but it's anti semitism. and you took a bold position, clear position, we appreciate it. i think all decent people decent people everywhere, appreciate that stance. thank you. thank you laughing. i apologize. there are no question. yep. no questions being taken by the prime minister netanyahu or secretary of state lincoln. they have made the statements, they leave and secretary start blank and we'll head on to ramallah later on in the day. a lot of talking points, they're predictably focusing on israel's rights to self defense. that was a prime minister. netanyahu started if he did talk

a little bit about expanding normalization with the arab world and proving lives of palestinians and building economic growth for the west bank. secretary lincoln saying that he had 4 reasons to be there among them demonstrating america's commitment to israel security and then strengthening ties across the palestinian territories through the palestinian authority. specifically, james bass is out diplomatic editor, furiously taking note says i was up here as well. james, as i said, all pretty predictable the way it wins. but let's focus 1st on prime minister netanyahu, when he made those maybe not concessions. but he said, yes, we do need to expand our normalization with the our world. we need to build economic growth for the way spent and we need to improve lines of palestinians and gaza. yes. will the last bit come all the is important. i mean, improving the lives of palestinians. clearly normalization i suspect is trying to extend those abraham chords. those piece deals that were done in the final days

of the trumpet ministration. some would say that many of those were contra deals between the us and the various our countries, quid pro quo. in each case, they weren't really necessarily about the central issue, which is israel and the palestinians. and some would also say that perhaps those deals work to actually undermine the palestinians and cut them out of things. so i think there be some skepticism from the palestinian side about, about those comments. interesting that in a discussion that supposed to be about the last 11 days in conflict, there clearly is a clear difference between these 2 about the iran nuclear deal. secretary blinking brushed over it, but private submission. yahoo made it very clear that israel reserves it's right to defend itself. so in other words, it could take independent action. if the u. s. goes back to the nuclear deal of,

as he said, ends up with a arsenal of miss styles, with international legitimacy. so as ever with progress and that's in yahoo. iran is also that is one of his key issues in the u. s. was sentenced by secretary blink and tried to away because he doesn't want an awkward comments at this time when the negotiations at the end of made a lot of progress for they've got to the really delicate final stage. yeah. and you picked it, james. when you said that the prime minister would bring in iran, in fact, as i told you, not he did. the 2nd point naturally is iran and they went on to talk about that. what about secretary blank, and what did you hear from him? i mean anything new or noticeable or other than the usual lines? well, not yet, but he did say that he was going to be making some major announcements later today . and that was in connection with the reconstruction of garza. so maybe we're going

to hear a commitment to a concrete commitment. probably should not use that word, maybe a commitment to buy concrete. certainly there's going to be some sort of announcement i think on funding for reconstruction in gaza. and may be some suggestion of a mechanism of how that's going to work and how they're going to agree to fund reconstruction in gaza without, as he said, benefiting hamas. the other thing that i've heard no mention of that, but he's going to be speaking to us embassy staff later on today. secretary, blinking in the building that used to be the consulate general in east jerusalem. now let me just explain this, you remember the trumpet ministration? moved the u. s. embassy from television to jerusalem. well, they did something else in the past. there were 2 diplomatic representations that existed here. there was the embassy in television that dealt with the state of

israel, and there was the consulate general in east jerusalem. the dealt with the palestinian authority, so the palestinians had their own path to put messages to the u. s. on a daily basis. the policy and the leadership of the trump administration not only moved the embassy, they merge the 2 into the u. s. embassy, which is now in jerusalem that were coming from washington, that maybe that consulate general is going to be set up again. even if the embassy is going to stay in jerusalem, the not move back to tell a be good, detailed air with james bay that diplomatic editor. thank you. and now a quick word with harry full sit in the gaza strip. there will be some thing announce later on today as far as the palestinians go, secretary clinton alluded to that, but the point i noticed the most in what he said was that will make contributions. but we have to make sure.