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ah, welcome to the news our the u. s. president joe biden has met with his palestinian counterpart, my boss in bethlehem during a visit to augusta victoria hospital and occupied east jerusalem bite in announced a $100000000.00 in funding for palestinian health care services. he's expected to pledge an additional 200000000 before he leaves. nearby protesters demanded justice for murdered palestinian american journalist. shitty and r block lane. the al jazeera correspondence was shot in the head by is really forces in may while reporting on raids in the occupied westbank have standing by for us in bethlehem and be occupied westbank new, damp. so we, we will wait for that press conference to start with bite in and bass, not really expecting any diplomatic breakthroughs to take place nadar, but what sort of measures might be announced you're talking

about what we listen throughout the past few days, which is economy, economy economy, we've heard that the u. s. is looking towards bringing palestinians for g connection on their phones. they had 3 g. this is actually a campaign that they launched when president by then came here, they wanted 3 g, so they can be asking for that. but for many palestinians are saying, okay, so we wait for us president to bring us a better connection that are also folks about financial sledges. we heard the pledge of the hospitals and occupied these through them as well as financial pledges in general to the palestinian books for palestinian. they don't want out of many of them. they were same on social media. they are not beggars what they want. and what, when really increase their quality of life is not these economy. and that was

a political course that could lead to the end of the israeli occupation. as we've seen lately. there's been a lot of tension here on the grounds. we've been reporting on it on as just an hour . we love all the shooting. i've been reporting on that and she was killed her pictures here, and journalists covering this event to they are wearing shirts of her picture as well as a saying that says just this pushing. yeah. tell us a little bit more about that because the u. s. president was greeted in bethlehem as well as occupied east jerusalem with the demonstrators who are holding up city and picture as well as signs in bethlehem. in particular that said, this is apartheid. yes,

this is what palestinian on presidents by dental understand that they want to just tell them that palestinians are being killed, that their lands are being confiscated, that they are being treated as 2nd class citizens. and this is also an anger carried out by journalists, what a friends i can call you because of shitty number off. who are saying that the us states meant when that came out on july, 4th, talking about that investigation that was inconclusive. and that didn't really say that these ready voices are responsible, didn't lead to words and accountability that they want to stress, that message here to day that they want not economics incentive, but they want to political force that and these really occupations that stand by for just a moment because as biden was wrapping up his visit to augusta victoria hospital, that's an occupied east jerusalem. he had this exchange with one of the hospital staff. let's listen. and if you have a question about hospitals land,

sure. you don't, i'll do it privately. i am, emily can really seem in for them to just see visiting out and i vote for you. i am, i had me or, or 50 intensive care unit i can walk off. it has to be picked. thank. you'll probably have or what we need more justice, more dignity, and thank you. thank you. thank you folks who appreciate very, very much thank you that we see right there, that the president didn't actually address what that nurse was confronting him with . that's pretty significant. yes. so that message was when he went to the hospital in more pledges, he talked a lot about cancer treatment about conditions and dignity of patients. but many were saying what about the dignity of preston is who are living under the radio occupation for decades. so as you see, there is

a lot of emphasis on finances on basically better life conditions hidden. did the main question then be allison in the room? is the israeli occupation and this was one that us and the world to address. all right, thank you so much. we'll cross back to you later on and he died, but he is reporting for us from bethel him in the occupied westbank. let's bring in a kimberly hawk it and she's our white house correspondent joining us here in del hi. kimberly, so we expect this meeting, the expectation rather was for the meeting to last about an hour. i think it's gone over. but you know, he spent bite and spent a day and a half with israel and he's spending about an hour with the policy. the president with our boss, what is he trying to achieve in our? well, it was only supposed be 45 minutes. so it's nice that it's gone. 15 minutes over, but it's still love. and now in the eyes of the palestinian people,

there were made demands or at least the issues that they wanted to address. they wanted a number of significant issues to be raised. for example, they wanted the city of liberation organization removed from the u. s. terrorist organization list they wanted the reopening of the consulate in automating ruthless us to deal with palestinian issues. are they in the for the united state consulate? they wanted the issue of sharina abba clay to be addressed our own al jazeera journalists. keep in mind when we talk about sharing, she is a us citizen, this is something that cannot be underscored enough. this is a u. s. president and in this was not raised in the press conference following his meeting with israeli officials and not a single us journalist brought this up as so one would presume that in this meeting with the palestine authority president macklin abbas that these are all things that

would take some time to discuss, not to mention the halting of us settlements. that is another significant issue. how can this all be discussed in the allotted time of 45 minutes yet? that is all the white house has given to these issues before the president seems to be in a hurry to make history. going to been gary an airport to fly to jetta and so well the u. s. president says that he is very concerned about the dignity of the palestinian people. he was there at the hospital talking about the dignity of the patients. i think that that cliff that you just played where the nurse and keep in mind this is no ordinary nurse. this is the head of the pediatric unit. points out, we want dignity, we want dignity. this is a refrain that we hear so often from the palestinian people. a he just turned his head where and i think that is sort of really oh,

what we can take away from this visit if from the president. all right, let's, let's break down some of the points that you just raised. very important points. first of all, on the issue of our journalists, shouldn't laughlin killed, of course, in may by is really forces. it's quite notable that even back in the us, back at home, you have the senate foreign relations committee chairman bob menendez, as you know, as well as senator cory booker, who are consider 2 of the most pro, is really senators, and they're actually pressuring a joe biden saying this in a letter they're urging the president to raise misses miss barclays case at the highest levels and pressed for accountability during his visit. but so far we've not seen anything. anything about sort have we, we have not seen anything of that sort. in fact, what we continue to see is the same refrain from the u. s. president, we see him and his staff saying, we want transparency. we want accountability,

but it's, it's, i want a $1000000.00. but what am i going to do about it? what is the president going to do about it? he is the leader sensibly of the free world. and he had a meeting with the caretaker, israeli prime minister. he have the ability to say, what are you doing there? are people in the united states powerful people in the u. s. congress were pressing for a criminal investigation. there are people calling for an investigation by the united states. the one be because there is so much miss trust between israelis and palestinians. it is obvious that you, you need to have an investigation. this is done outside of these channels for obvious reasons for objectivity. so given the fact that we have now had 2 investigations that point to charee and stuff as a result of an israeli bullet. the us president has the ability to press for this accountability that he says he wants, and yet he has done nothing of the sort. this has been the opportunity to do so,

and we have not had any movement in this case. ok, and on the issues you raised just a moment ago, kimberly the palestinians, we expect i will obviously wait to see what they say at the press conference, but we expect the palestinian authority president to read it to reiterate, excuse me. specific demands, such as you are mentioning, opening the instruments on consul reopening the palestine liberation organization office and washington d. c. so if these demands are put forward to president biden, how willing is he to see them through? at this point, it doesn't appear, the president is willing at all because he has the ability to do it. what the president doesn't seem to make. this is a priority. what the president seems to be may have priority right now is getting to saudi arabia why he needs the saudis to pump more oil because he needs to bring down gas prices in the united states. why? very quickly, inflation is that a record for decade high in the united states?

that's what americans care about right now. and what does joe biden care about? he cares about congressional mid term elections in november, and his party getting reelected and maintaining control of congress. so that he could push through his legislative agenda for the remainder of his term baptist priority. okay, and we will be speaking about that, but for the time being i'll have to let you go from really thank you so much for that analysis. here with the news, our al jazeera plenty more head, including a meeting of finance ministers in the world's largest economy. i'm jessica washington, involved with g 20 finance shapes. a meeting made warnings of a global cost of living crisis. show us strength about your rocks, influential religious liter, just week after he directed more than 70 m. p 's to resign from harlem and a niger area because part of the women's world cup details coming up a little later. ah,

the 1st for like us prime minister, run over crew, missing a has been sworn in is acting president after i got to buy a roger pox. i resigned in the wake of mass protest against the state of the economy. the new president promised to restore law and order and establish a unity government work room a single will hold the post until the successor to roger proctor is elected. that process will start when parliament convenes on saturday lab and i thought the i looked them, but then in the short time i have, i will create the background for the new president who is to be elected next week to bring the 19th amendment to the constitution quickly, i will take immediate steps to establish the root of law and peace in the country. i accept 100 percent the right to peaceful protests, but some are trying to do active, sabotaged. there are reports that other groups are trying to influence members of parliament at the vote next week to elect a new president. we will create the environment for parliamentarians to express their view independent. so let's take a closer look at right now. we're from

a single political past. he comes from one of your link as elite families and leads the oldest political party since 1993. he served as prime minister 6 times that has not survived a full term even once. the 73 year old was involved. lot last one's talk to the international monetary fund for a bailout package and a new budget and made a spiraling economic crisis. but he remained deeply unpopular among protesters. hundreds of them fought with security forces and occupied his office on wednesday. stopped us in his life for us in colombo to tell us what's been the reaction to ron wicker missing and our protesters accepting him. please temporarily. well they are not exact accepting him because he is seen as very unpopular and also very closely linked to the establishment and also to the right to box up family. so

they have been calling for the resignation of press and go to buy a box, but also for the prime minister where we come missing. get. so it's not done yet. they say it's only 50 percent. that's what we have achieved right now. and there is a chance he has a lot of support still from the ruling party, the party that he could be voted in next week as the new president. but in the last few hours so. so a more candidates are now coming forward a to contest him as well during this or president, you fold, we have a former media minister and also the main opposition leader stepping forward right now. so it's going to be a very interesting race to watch and a lot of things happening and i'll discuss this her. now here with one of the activists and also a lawyer swastika, i will lingam. thank you for joining us in the program. go to by roger pox. i is gone. this is a big day for you. you've been protesting since april. it is

a big day for us. and particularly people from the not in the east have been since 2019. they have decisively voted against go to have it as a boxer. and then of course, people in the south joined in since april. so it's a huge day for the entire sri lanka. are you happy now? believe that that one part of the struggle is over that that i would average boxes out of brother. but that, that struggle is just bagging. we have other problems to also worry about. we have done, it'll be promising as executive president know. so we have those things to worry about that also your what are your main concerns about iranian week? i'm a senior, he has a very yeah, he's part of a party, the united national party which has a very, very problematic past. and they have been responsible for the jeff now public library burning. they were responsible for the diets. they were responsible for bringing the executive presidency into our country's constitution. so that party has a very, very problem of the past. and i need to become a singer himself has been accused of running don't account, and so on. so he also has a very he has

a very dubious human rights record in the past. and even as soon as he became the acting president, he has been calling on the armed forces. he has been getting confused, even when he did not have the legal authority to do so. so he has this problematic bust. we're here at the, one of the protest sites. basically we see there were lots of people here, thousands of people here in the last couple of days. it's now nearly amity out of protests finished that. but this site has been yes, cynthia bay and on and off on some days it's for some days it's empty by their producers who have been b as to have continued. do i continue to maintain the struggle and go on? so this does not what he us, it depends on the situation depends under, ah, the message was that government be sending us, people will come and people who goes a bit. this does not what he us is empty space is not god, yes it is. it also because the military, as you say, is stepping forward. there has been this call for the military to take action that people are now too afraid to go to the streets. again. the military has acted

violently when in the last 3 days. in fact, including one at the parties, the mil did did fire live ammunition, but people still came forward and still fought against it because the cases, the economy crises is so deep. so i don't think that people are afraid of the military duties of working there. so maybe that's one of the reasons we don't have so many people. yeah. but the respect people to come back to the streets yesterday, the godfrey, as soon as that ignition was announced, there was so many people here spontaneously turned up. so it depends on that situation. people don't want any don't up to these b as, as people around this area there. now. so you're not worried about beck. thank you so much for your explanation and joining us on the program. so yes, a lot is going on. does a lot of political maneuvering happening right now also at parliament who has gone to be the next president? the interim president is only going to be there for $56.00 days at least until the photo probably happening on wednesday july the 20th. alright, stuff. awesome. thank you so much. stuff is reporting from colombo or go to pyro

boxes, resignation marks, the end of a turbulent presidency that lasted nearly 4 years. we know fernandez has more on the rise and fall of one of the country's most controversial leaders. he was healed as a hero in 2009 when he led the military victory again. sure, lancoste hamilton goes and won the presidency 10 years later. oh, but it's a different story now. after tens of thousands of people over and his official residence and office, demanding got of a raj boxes resignation. he doesn't seem to have the caliber of leadership that was required either to be a strong leader or to have the political sense of the ability to make the deals for the former army officer left the army early and moved to the united states. returning years later, to serve as secretary to the ministry of defense. after his older brother mind the, became president, sometimes called

a terminator. he was accused of using hid squads to kill, abduct, or disappear dissidence. and critics chargers i denies. but his fortunes changed with the shock defeat of mine, the raj boxer in the 2015 presidential election until a coordinated attack on churches and hotels. on easter sunday, 29 dean revived old fears about national security. got obey roger boxer announced his candidacy for president shortly after boasting he was the only one who could ensure the safety of citizens ah, for the bubble burst in record time leaving a trail of broken promises and disappointment for many a short sighted tax cut. an overnight ban on chemical fertilizers and a tourism set back from the 2019 easter bombings and the pandemic along with mismanagement and corruption, roger lanka to it's,

was crisis in decades. as criticism of him increased, present drudge, parks of began to crack down on social media and of the platforms, mama, then it has to be let in. i have given a media freedom. in the 14 months i've ruled, i have not pressured any media. but if they miss use this, there are laws and methods that can be used unable on i will use these the utmost good. some say good arbitrage, epoxy was the most powerful defense. second, she ever a critic said that didn't make him a good president. i don't thing he said mr. hayes not. and i'm a boy that he has not been able to go say like the best or that quality fight or the intellect blue for the subject. instead of doing that, the, i see that bad his last associates who all the say, yes sir,

that he beckle sir ready? will sir. observers see the need to protect themselves from prosecution, has kept the raj boxes fighting for their political power. or the choice of go to obey roger boxer has proved a costly one. not only bringing down the president, but his entire family. minute fernandez urges era colombo, china has recorded it slowest economic growth since 2020 the slump is being blaine's on at 0 tolerance, covered 19 policy, which has interrupted industry and flattened consumer spending. second quarter g d p grew just 0.4 percent as compared to the same period. last year. economists warned the government's full, your growth target of 5 and a half percent is out of reach. adrian brown reports from hong kong. for more than 2 decades, china's economy has been the dependable engine for global economic growth. but that engine is starting to splutter. he thinking kinship that the world's 2nd largest

economy is slowing and president changing pings 0 tolerance. cobit 19 campaign is being blamed. your 30 months after it began, but in whew hand, last month he signaled that it was a price worth pay. given the low vaccination rate, no country in the world is able to get it down to 0. so how is china going to be able to do that, particularly with low vaccination, right? it seems a very toy odom earlier this year. business activity and shanghai was brought to a standstill for weeks creating calles and food shortages. now the business and logistics hub is struggling to contain another outbreak. with households advise to stock up on 2 weeks of food and medicine. while many countries are trying to live with cobit 19 along with its multiple sub variance, china, it seems, will not be joining that list anytime we are taking you live to the occupied

westbank in bethlehem, where the u. s. president joe biden, as well as the palestinian authority president with our just about to give a press conference on speak. this coming on the back of the meeting, they just held together in bethlehem. so let's listen and you would welcome your move. but as in real, let's be in achieving peace in the land of feed. in today's meeting, our meeting was a paternity. so this consolidating been

a relation between the countries and people to the view was the u. s. can contribute to the us for a political horizon for adjust comprehensive. durable div. we have this. so this is done by done on the importance of establishing the whole nation upon which the peace process was based. and this is based on the international use them on the basis of the 2 state solution along the 1967 borders. mr. president, after 7040 years of the displacement and occupation

isn't. it's not the time for this a few patients to end for our steadfast people again to gain their freedom, independence for the hopes of our young men and women whom we cherish and distrust their career to 15 today. so achieve accounting and future without occupation. in this regard we say that key to peace and security, our region begins with the recognizing state of palestine enabling the palestinian people to obtain their legitimate rights. ready in accordance with inside the machine or legitimacy solution and ending all of the permanent issues, including the philistine refugees issue. and the way to begin with,

in think the patients of our land, the land of palestine with is just a capital on the 1967 for the president, we have respected the it is a sions of international legitimacy and fines agreement. and we have committed ourselves to renouncing violence and fighting terrorism and our region and the world. we look forward to from the us administration, to strengthen bilateral relations by opening the u. s. consulate in east jerusalem. the moving is a p l o. from the u. s. we

irma and so we look forward to the opening p, a law office in washington, and we are ready to work within the framework of partnership and corporation to in order to remove any obstacles to achieving that law. mister president, we look forward to the efforts of your administration to turn the page on the is that a location of our land and the acts over is, shall discrimination apartheid against our people. and to stop unilateral actions that undermine the 2 state solution, we look forward to these efforts to stop settlement and the settler violence around with all and the specs of the historical situation

and the islamic and nicholas generally sides. and the b hashemite custodianship and stopping this expansion of palestinians, demolishing houses, horns and thought among the cities, villages and camps, and stopping the daily kids and camps and stopping the daily killing and alice on their limits. and holding the killers of the marty at a journalist chevy and a wildly they need to be held accountable. because the continuation of all of that will lead to escalation on the one hand and loss of hope for a better tomorrow. on the other. a, mr. president, other than the say, if israel wants to be a company and state it cannot and will continue to act

as a thief above loom and this cones for israel to and it's occupation of the land of state of palestine or the east jerusalem as its capital on the 19th, 67 warders only then is that it will be accepted to live in peace, security, and good neighborhood with the countries and peepers of the region based on the arab piece initiative. the opportunity for the 2 state solution on the 1967 borders may be available today only but we don't know what will happen later. therefore, i take this opportunity on the occasion of the visit of your excellency to the region in nearly good to see that i

extend my hand to the leaders of israel to make peace for their braves. and this has happened much before before. also a chords we have been extending our hands, fort bees with all that is the leaders for a better future for the future generations. and for all the peoples of the region. mr. president, we will come you again. what's the fundamental and our confidence in you and your installation is very great. and we assure you of our readiness to work with you hand in hand, in order to achieve comprehensive and just fees based on international legitimacy and the arab piece initiative. and the find

a good emmonds between us and isabel. there are agreements that we need to respect what we might in hawaii in a manner that guarantees security peace, stability, and lasting prosperity for all the companies in the region. mr. president piece begins with palestine angela sullivan from here, p starts, we extend our hands for peace and to work with you, i'm still president to achieve it. peace be upon young muslim. can think president your boss. thank you very much to your colleagues whom i had opportunity to meet as well as courtesy you again, my friend, we've known each other for a long time and i am very proud derby regional day is president 9 states and i can, we can count ourselves among the earliest supporters of the 2 state solution as i

stay with you today now is present 9 states. my commitment to that goal of a to stay solution has not changed. and all these years, tuesdays, along the 1967 lines were mutually agreed to swaps, remained the best way to achieve equal measure of security, prosperity, freedom and democracy for the palestinians as well as israelis, palestine, and people deserve a state of her own that independent sovereign viable and contiguous to states for 2 peoples, both of whom have deep and ancient roots in this land. living side by side in peace and security. both states fully respected niko rights of the others, citizens, both peoples and join equal measure, freedom, and dignity. that's what this is fundamentally all about. every person has

a right to be treated with dignity, is simply basic. i know that the goal, the to stage seems so far away while indignities like restrictions on movement and travel or the daily worry of your children's safety are real and they are immediate . the palace, the palestinian people, are hurting now. you feel it. you can just feel it, your grief and frustration in the united states, we can feel it. but we've never give up on the work piece. you know, there must be a political horizon at the palestinian people can actually see, or at least feel. we can allow the hopelessness cecile away the future that so many of worked toward for so long. so even if the ground is not ripe at this moment, to restart negotiations, united states and my administration will not give up on trying to bring the

palestinians israelis and both sides closer together. i do believe that in this moment when israel is improving relations with his neighbors throughout the region, we can harness that same momentum to reinvigorate the peace process between the palestinian people and the israelis. i recognize how hard all these challenges must be and will be to work through. above all, there must be an end of the violence that is devastated. too many families. it's heart wrenching. and so many palestinians, railways have lost alive just this year. in the united states has suffered loss as well, including the killing of sher rain, abu ok r kelly. and she was an american american citizen, and a proud palestinian, and she was performing very vital work and an independent media and vital work of

democracy. her death is enormous loss to the censure work of sharing with the world story, the palestinian people. i hope that her legacy, her legacy will expired, more young people to carry on her work and reporting the truth and telling stories that are too often overlooked. the united states will continue to assist on a fallen transparent accounting of her death and will continue to stand up for media freedom everywhere in the world. president boss. in the past we met and ramallah, but to day in the palestinian city of bethlehem placement enormous significance in my faith as well the birthplace of jesus christ. this is the city that lives in the hearts of millions of christians. as reminder of god's great gift to the world and are renewed and redemption in christ muslim and jews also have an intense and

deep connection. this land, particularly in jerusalem, jerusalem, the central to the national visuals, both palestinians and israelis, to your histories, to your face, to your futures. jerusalem must be a city for all its people. it's wholly size, preserving the status quo with the hashemite kingdom of jordan, continuing the service custodian throughout this holy land, which is filled so many places of meaning and significance to muslim christians and jews. we must all be free to practice our face in peace, in safety and indignity. we cannot wait for peace agreement to be reached or for every issue to be resolved to deliver on the needs of palestinian people that exist to day as i speak. the best way to feed the flame of hope is to demonstrate that things can be better in present abbas united states as

a partner in this work to improve the day to day lives of the palestinian people. that's why when i came to office, i reserve the policy. i reversed the policy, is my predecessor and resumed age of the palestinians, more than a half a $1000000000.20. that support for the economic development of the palestinian people to strengthen palestinian security. provide food for people, eat to respond to the pandemic, including don't, i'd be more than 1000000 doses of covert 19 to the west bank and gaza. it also includes more than 400000000 the managing assistance to palestine, refugees through the united relief and works agency the u. n. r w way. and today manase, united states is going to provide an additional 200000000 to the u. n. r w a. so it can continue its vital work of helping the most vulnerable palestinians,

especially palestinian children. earlier this month and act that we decided and this morning i announced an additional $100000000.00 in support of healthcare services for palestinians throughout east jerusalem hospital network. we were where were engaged with israel around ways to spurred greater palestinian economic growth, including by implementing for g mobile networks, increasing the supply, renewable energy, improving freedom of movement for palestinians, of people and goods. these are the kinds of issues that progress can make life better for people right away. we should be about it right away. the palestinian authority has important work to do as well. if you don't mind my saying now is the time to strengthen palestinians to, to sions, to improve governance. transparency and accountability. now is the time to unleash the incredible potential, the palestinian people through greater engagements, civic society, to combat corruption,

vance rights and freedoms approved community services. all this work is critical and it will help build a society that can support a successful democratic future in the future palestinian state and the united states will work with you as one of us at every step. so thank you again for welcoming me and my delegation, the secretary of state nest security advisor and others to visit with you. i hope our visit is a start of a new and reinvigorated dialogue between the palestinian authority, the united states, and between the palestinian countries in counties throughout and countries throughout the region, including israel. so let's work together, show the people, the region, especially young people. young people that the future can be better than it is today. thank you all very much and may god protect us off. thank you.

thank you. i was told we are the same. so not taking any questions from journalists that wraps up the press conference being held by the us president joe biden as well as the palestinian authority. president mahmoud abbas after they were meeting together. and bethlehem. that's in the occupied west bank meeting. just last thing about an hour between the 2 men, here are some of the, the messages that have just come through to us from that press conference. the u. s . prior to president joe biden has said that the us commit to has a goal to commit to a 2 state solution, and that has not changed. he also added,

however, the to, even if the ground is not yet right, for negotiations, the u. s. will not give up efforts to bring the, the 2 sides together, the palestinians as well as the israeli, is on the issue off our al jazeera during the city and a block. he said the us will continue to insist on full accounting for the death of should he and she will of course with killed in may by is really forces when they shot her and they had on the palestinian authority president with our bathroom, his parts reiterated that the palestinians will continue to call for and in fact they look forward to us steps to reopen the consulate and easter ritalin, and review, remove the pillow from the quote unquote terrorist list by the us as well as reopen the palestinian office in washington dc. that is the representative office and that's the life picture right now from bethlehem in the occupied west bank. where

the, the 2 presidents have just wrapped up their press conference. let's bring into him . says joining us from a bethlehem near that. so you are listening into the press conference, no diplomatic breakthrough, really. that was pretty much expected. some economic measures announced. just tell us what the take away message really is. again, as we expected, economists incentives so little about financial help to the palestinian authority. when by didn't talk about 3 things, some of the measures of the past administration. he said that he resumed the aid to the palestinians. but this wasn't the main thing that palestinians wanted from the biden administration by then came to power. the palestinians were very hopeful. they saw that at least that u. s. would reopen it consulate in jerusalem that it would reopen the p l. o. offices and the way they were closed,

they were hoping for matters that could reverse watch all the trump statements to guarding the level being the capital of israel. what we, as we've heard from by then, he said that this position in jerusalem didn't change even when he arrived to the hospitality occupied without and is really at present. there are so many boston is we tell you we heard lip service. we heard lots of talk about peace that really on the around they don't believe this. anything is going to change when it comes to their future under the way the occupation. all right, thank you so much for that and to whom is reporting for us from bethlehem. we're going to continue this discussion and president biden's visit to the palestinian territories. joining me and i was senior palestinian politician had and i shall we sure on the set with us is al jazeera as my one shot. welcome to you both. now,

should we welcome to al jazeera, let me start with you. so what we heard from bite in just a moment ago, he reached restated support for, for 2 states, for 2 people. but he also said that i'm quoting him, the ground is not right to restart is really palestinian talks. what's your reaction? well, that's good because you say that saying that them the same, they keep paying lip service to the 2 state solution, so to speak to someone offending aside and maybe to continue to study it building more 2nd, my ceiling on an accident. i left them all and then they know we are for the 2 state solution. so we've done our nation on the issue is not actually what are they doing? and of course we keep reminding be from that solution is a major compromise and confession by the people not understand where they are based on the one state inclusive. that in

that sense, to maintain that state and you want to maintain security. i'm glad commitment and jewish faith and since the president declared themselves, then it says here that many of the implement any of the statements that she has a blessed people. i think, you know, we can talk again that, that can give you a few about your son in prison is going to be him through. you might be able to move with him. and yeah, john, you, my g, which has been a couple of years ago. so that he used goods that is naughty, nodded commitment. not any political but for the president. should i wait for the

palestinian president himself? what is he hoping or, or what does he actually gain from this meeting? because we know that relations have been strained between the palestinians and the, and the american. there is of course, the lack of peace process. the palestinians are upset, the biden hasn't reversed some of the trump era policies that were put in place when it comes to the palestinian. so what's he trying to do is he will bring to sort of signal that b authority is still for lack of better word relevant. not just to say that i thought it is that he has a list of things that keep up the opening, the constant opening to office and understanding office or washington, or whether thinking that piano opt you out with that medic i'm receiving it. even though that a lot of course act which does not demonstration to my sisters to and you know, christian advert much didn't. i think the,

this is one thing that's the amount didn't any bishop has been committed to pace. is that the u. s. o u. s. is the one we got to do that's come in with you as the montessori, that's kind of pressure or beaching anytime. go back with this especially now given the fact that most, i don't want to say on countries, but somebody come to the some joining club normalization which means you're accepting them as a major in order to gain control security. let me just bring in my one shot on apologies moran. so would you like to comment on what's going on? i should always say and also talk to us about the optics of all of this because the

2 men had a press conference, they left, they didn't take any questions from journalist. he spent about an hour with the palestinians versus day and a half of the is really is, is you know, your reactions well. absolutely that the palestinians are in a way trapped on the patients. a new patient where the united states is partly responsible because they wouldn't have been able to maintain this occupation without the american support. that the last, sir, oh, when that we've heard of was $14000000000.00 over 10 years fall. it's double that amount. so clearly mr. biden does not seem to realize that he is partially responsible for the palestinian disaster and for bringing about the solution to the venison in question. but what struck me in the optics is not the fact that these are 2 old men because we respect old people. it's the fact that they are met all the old fashion, an old school, but they are, they are stuck in the past because president biden doesn't seem to realize that

with over 3 quarter of a 1000000 illegal settler. the fact that the 2 step solution is continue to be pushed to the future, which means it's not realizable. you cannot have a continuous, independent sovereign palestinian state with freak wanted of a 1000000 illegal jewish settlers living in it. 12 for the president, a bass to speak of the arabic initiative when the initiate that of the business for the saudis have basically give up on it. he's also a bit living in the past. so what of them keep reiterating stuff that we've heard back in the ninety's as if the piece process is in 1993. it is not. we are over a quarter of a century since its failure and the united states did need to do something. now we know what the united states is capable of when russia invaded ukraine. it was very clear, was not an orchestra piece process. the russia must withdraw when serbia attacked

kosovo. it was very clear. belgrade was mon bite it for $78.00 days. right? when iraq invaded kuwait, we know what happened. america deployed half a 1000000 soldiers to dislodge iraq from kuwait. but when israel occupied spanish line for over half a century, america so ports, israel's occupational us. and what do you make my, one of what the president did here, what our boss had to say when he, when he came out. and he said that he looks forward to the u. s. steps is to take certain steps such as reopening the consulate and, and is jerusalem. it any likelihood at all that the u. s. is going to do this under biting. the thing is, and the thing is that, you know, the last i heard was, president biden is the president of a sovereign state called the united states. if the united states wants to open a palestinian office a p, a law office in washington, it is sovereign decision is not an israeli decision. and the same thing applies to

its client status, or if washington wants to open a concert and use jerusalem. i mean certainly could be able to crush its clients. fate is there to do so. but i here i agree with with hannah, shall we? i mean, in the sense that the americans are not doing anything but paying lip service to the palestinian demand should do certain things that america is capable of. america must do in order to advance the cause of peace. but there isn't that political will on the part of the united states to spend that kind of a political capital in order to pressure israel to do what it must do. what you should have done over a quarter of a century. i now shall we at present invite in did mention our journalist, of course, city and a block lay saying the u. s. will continue to insist on full accounting for her death on the hands of her is really forces. does that statements go far enough for

you? not at all because i think they've already done that much by leasing that report. and by adopting the version, given a way out and by saying it's inclusive and so on, i'm going against all the investigations and because that's what about that, not just by international news agencies, including us to do that. but also by who am i talking to my others saying we are willing to go against all evidence in order to exonerate. and once again, this system domestic chance of gardening is preventing, facing accountability, any way, shape, or call, even in terms of reprimand. what has done it doesn't take much intelligence to know that it's not because this is not extra to know that that's not kept shooting

and shooting even after they shot shooting. and then i can have so that's, that was a very clear cover up and now he comes with an open. we will one, it was 31. what you have now what you and see about this is a position to do ation. we will, we will continue because the thing and we will continue to be shooting. that's just this because it's not just that one of the bus on the close. it is also all right, many, many, john, this is what we need. we need to see a sense of justice and that and many ways in capsulated what's wrong with the thought level as opposed to the gap. 9. awesome. thank you so much. we really appreciate your analysis with us and i should always joining us from the occupied west bank. so in the coming hours by then we'll be traveling to saudi arabia and

he'll be the 1st us leader ever to fly directly from israel to the array bell. but its trip is also being called controversial. so top of the agenda will be getting saudi arabia to pump more oil to bring down global prices. the kingdom is the world's largest export of crude, and his meetings with saudi leaders biden is also expected to discuss iran and efforts to prevent run from acquiring nuclear weapons. it's part of a wider drive for greater security cooperation. biden's expected to make the pitch to regional leaders at a gulf cooperation council meeting, engender on saturday, back to one. joining us here in the studio to discuss the this latter part of biden strip. look, even before he left the u. s. model, president bite and wrote an opinion piece, i'm sure you read it in the, in one of the u. s. newspapers defending his trip to saudi arabia. it's a country that he wants called a pariah state. so talk to us about what your expectations are for the strip, what you're going to be looking out for and where you think's going to happen. i should, it's important that it's in the washington post, where my husband was

a columnist, one point in time. and then the later part of his life. so i think it was sort of a defensive mode of move on the part of them i can present it is not habitual for the american president to be justifying himself why he's making a foreign trip. so clearly this start apologetically towards the saudi arabia. why? of course, boasting of his relationship and visit to israel. even though that is there, i was human rights record is far worse than that of so the a, b, and the killing of german as seems to happen in both spaces. and yet it's clear that the real point of this trip to the middle east is soldier a but not the israel in israel, as we just heard, as you asked by them as a sweet talker. right? i mean, he really sweet talk the palestinians. amy, come on, let's admit it. just like he's sweet talk israelis except he walks the talk with is right and he does not walk the talk with the palestinians in saudi arabia. the talk is not going to do it. and so, you know,

there is some real complicated issues you need to discuss with the saudis and others in the region that feel vulnerable, that feel defensive insecure. and that the fields that the united states or they use have abandoned them to various threats, notably about of iran in as far as their concerns. and so biden is there in order to make some demands. he wants lower energy prices. he probably wants better relationship with, with, with the united states and he wants better respects to american invoice for the region. i just want to make sure that our viewers are out of the. busy we know that a good number of states, including, as i've told you, a, b, and i would not be did not receive or did not, will receive biden's on invoice the last few months. so there was this respect to a super powerful the united states among its own eyes, by the nice address that he's already said. we need to rebuild old alliances. and that falls, of course. and so will he be able to do that?

will he be able to we bring that confidence or that trust in the united states? would he be able to establish something of a regional infrastructure or regional defense system that a good number of our liars are talking about? i think a lot of that remains theoretical, right. what scares me is the idea that he wants to build up more, met them towards a cold war in the middle east. that i think would be even more complicated than what he would think. okay. my one will have to leave it there. thank you so much. we're just coming to the end of the news. our thanks for watching on al jazeera, that is the latest picture from the occupied west bank rise. have been hearing the housing in president anew as president. i've been holding a press conference and meeting, there's much more analysis coming up right after the break. thanks for watching. ah

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