you're watching beyond 100 days. two scenes, two different realities. american officials talk about peace at the opening of the us embassy in jerusalem. but young palestinians don't agree — 52 people were killed today in violence on the border between gaza and israel. protestors knew the israeli army would fire back and the death toll was high. benjamin netanyahu said the country was right to act in self defence. recognising jerusalem as the capital of israel was a campaign promise for donald trump — his supporters are pleased he's made good on that commitment. also on the programme: the head of domestic british intelligence, mi5, accuses russia of bare—faced lying and criminal thuggery over the salisbury nerve agent attack. the countdown is on to the royal wedding and the us isjoining in the celebration, as one of us found out. if, like me, your invitation got

lost in the post, but you still want to be treated like a royal, there is something for that in washington, too. get in touch with us using the hashtag #beyondioodays. hello and welcome. i'm katty kay in washington and christian fraser is in london. to understand what happened in israel today, it's worth watching the split screen images from jerusalem and gaza. one picture showed american and israeli officials talking about peace and celebrating the new us embassy, the other showed violent protests in gaza, where at least 52 people were killed. once again, donald trump has shaken up the existing world order, defying allies and making good on another of his campaign promises. by moving the american embassy and recognising jerusalem as the capital of israel, mr trump hopes he can break a log jam in the region, while satisfying his conservative base at home. here's our middle east editor, jeremy bowen. palestinians call these protests

the ‘great march of return‘. for many of the young people who rushed the border wire with israel, it was a one—wayjourney. israel used a lot of tear gas... and lots of bullets. its army says it shoots to kill and under carefully controlled circumstances. it shot a lot today. israel blames the dead and wounded on hamas, the islamic resistance movement that runs gaza, it organised the protests. palestinians say their rage comes from israel's brutality and its denial of their right to independence. injerusalem, police scuffled with israeli peace campaigners outside the new american embassy. for what is left of israel's peace movement, this is a dark day. inside, the us marines showed their colours and so has the trump administration.

it's broken with an international consensus thatjerusalem's status is undecided, so embassies should say in tel aviv. today, we officially open the united states embassy in jerusalem. congratulations, it's been a long time coming. president trump's daughter and son—in—law came to celebrate with israel's prime minister. what a glorious day. remember this moment. applause this is history. president trump, by recognising history, you have made history. moving the embassy is a triumph for prime minister netanyahu, a promise kept for president trump and most israelis are happy. but so far, there is no evidence to back up mr netanyahu's claim that it's good for peace. in ramallah, on the west bank,

palestinians demonstrated against what the americans call the ‘new realities‘, and against old ones. for palestinians, keys are symbols of the dispossession of 750,000 refugees never allowed back after israel beat the arabs in the 1948 war. we are marching in the best traditions of martin luther king and gandhi, peacefully, nonviolently, insisting our right forjerusalem as our capital and for our right of return. nothing will break us, not netanyahu, not israel, not the united states. later, there were clashes on the edge of ramallah between palestinian youths and the israeli army. 0n the streets, the lead—up to today‘s events has been tense and angry. this was the old city ofjerusalem at the weekend. nationalistic israelis parade every year through the overwhelmingly palestinian muslim quarter to celebrate israel‘s capture of jerusalem

from jordan in the 1967 war. mostly it was noise and insults... sometimes it boiled over. nobody is saying that arabs can‘t say here, of course they can live here. you find it hard to say the word palestinians, don‘t you 7 there are arabs living in this area. why don‘t you call them palestinians? there is no reason to. why? there is no such thing as a palestinian people, there never has been. there is always tension and hatred injerusalem and on days like this it is very stark. that is becausejerusalem is right at the centre of the conflict between israelis and palestinians. the future of this city is probably the most politically radioactive issue in the entire middle east. the americans believe they have the support of the saudis

and other arab countries to persuade palestinians to accept less, but in gaza, nearly two million people live with little hope, less patience and no desire to listen. jeremy bowen reporting there from jerusalem — and we spoke to him a short time ago. it isa it is a lot of dead people today, and the fear must be that it is only going to get worse. that is always at the, sadly, when this kind of things happens. it is a fear because sometimes it does get worse. i do think that both sides might be thinking, wait a minute, think that both sides might be thinking, waita minute, can be think that both sides might be thinking, wait a minute, can be calm things down a bit? the wider issue is simply that while there is this severe political problem, to peoples in the same land and no process of any sort going on to try to

reconcile that fact. while it continues like that, these kind of things will happen. tension has been rising for some time. jeremy, it was incongruous hearing the american and israeli officials talking about peace standing outside the new year assembly —— us embassy, while we watched people being shot at and dying in gas. i was in the embassy injerusalem this afternoon when, in the mood of victory, actually, it felt like triumph among the people who were there, they were unveiling all that while what was going on in gaza was happening at the same time. there was a clear, nasty contrast there. it shows the way there is such a divergences between those who go with the benjamin netanyahu to and donald trump line, which is there are new realities, the palestinians need to get on board, and that is more or less a quote

from the us ambassador, and those on the palestinian side who say, wait a minute, we have writes here which israel has denied us for decades, and we continue to have those rights and we continue to have those rights and we continue to have those rights and we want to get what is ours. when those are the two sides of the argument and there was nothing trying to bridge it, that is when problems start. jeremy, thank you very much indeed. jeremy, thank you very much indeed. here to explain how this move is playing out in the us is former advisor to george w bush ron christie. ever since 1995, repeated american presidents have had to decide whether to move the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. they made whether to move the embassy from tel aviv tojerusalem. they made the decision that it wasn‘t worth doing so decision that it wasn‘t worth doing so because it would throw a spanner into the delicate process of middle east negotiations. what is different this time? why has donald trump decided to reverse the decision of

previous presidents? the jerusalem embassy act works in a way that every six months they have to decide whether moving the embassy to jerusalem would affect peace in the region. my understanding is that donald trump in a series of conversations with benjamin netanyahu conversations with benjamin neta nyahu to believe conversations with benjamin netanyahu to believe this was a safe time to move it. why now? is because there is no peace process to speak of so there is relatively less to loose? officials i spoke to told that there is a plan, and the administration will unveil this plan in the days and weeks to come. it remains to be seen at this as a campaign promise that he was acting on, or is this a wider strategy that is being worked on? the most senior democrats in congress today, chuck schumer, said he applauded the decision by the president, that it

was long overdue. his pace will applaud it, too. this is his poll ratings. it is still a planned historic low, but it is up to 42%. he puts that was some of the high republican turnout in the primaries, this is what he was elected four, he is sticking to his promises. yes, he is sticking to his promises. yes, he is sticking to his promises and believe the numbers are going up. while the leader of the senate democrats applauded this move to move the embassy, i thought it was striking the opening this morning, 14 members of congress, four senators, one governor, all republicans. it seems to me that while there are many americans who support this move, this is being looked at as a political wing for donald trump and the republicans, not a good move forward in the united states in general. only fought european countries broke ra nks fought european countries broke ranks and sent ambassadors to date. what do you make of that? the

americans were always seen as driving the international diplomacy. now he is ripping it up. there is a lot of sympathy in the eu towards the palestinians. there are a lot of people that believe since the 1967 war that eastjerusalem people that believe since the 1967 war that east jerusalem should people that believe since the 1967 war that eastjerusalem should be pa rt war that eastjerusalem should be part of a palestinian state and putting the american embassy in jerusalem puts a halt to the peace process. i don‘t believe this personally, but i do understand why many people have this sense. my hope is that this is a step in the right direction to open negotiations, but the deaths that we saw on screen today indicate that dual reality that will be hard to overcome of violence and peace. ron christie, thank you very much. donald trump said today that he was still committed to the peace process. we don‘t know what the details are, but there is a concern

that he is giving things away here without getting very much in return. yes. if you look at what previous presidents have done in their negotiations with the israelis, they have said that the moving of the embassy, the reason that bill clinton and george bush and barack 0bama did not move the embassy was because it had to be part of a broader package, part of the negotiation process because it was so negotiation process because it was so important to both sides. the concern is that they haven‘t got very much, the trump administration by moving the embassy already. what concrete thing have they got from the israelis? could have they got more out of them? the criticism is the same with north korea and the meeting come on up injune. the same with north korea and the meeting come on up in june. yes, and donald trump‘s argument would be you have to throw things up in the air. the status quo has not worked, existing models of behaviour haven‘t worked, so it is worth trying

something new. that is what he has donein something new. that is what he has done in north korea and nine injured muscle. the head of m15 was unflinching in his criticism. andrew parker accused moscow today of "criminal thuggery" and "bare—faced lying". he said the russian government was to blame for the salisbury nerve of chemical weapons in syria in his speech in berlin, mr parker revealed that since last year, the security services are thwarting, on average, one terror attack a month in the uk. he warned that tackling islamic state as a movement would require sustained international focus for years to come. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera reports. more than two months after the poisonings in salisbury, signs today that the investigation is still underway. but across europe, in berlin, the head of m15 today told a meeting of security officials that the evidence pointing the finger at russia was stronger than ever. andrew parker was outspoken about the threat european