mass protests erupted across the middle east following the u.s. president's controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel . also coming up this hour the russian military ses islamic state has suffered total defeat in syria after the remaining territories held by the terror group are liberated. british soldiers may face trial at the international criminal court its chief prosecutor sees there is reason to believe war crimes were committed against captives in iraq.

around the clock across the world this is r.t. international from the team and myself you know neil welcome to the program. in a move that's been met with worldwide condemnation the u.s. president has announced washington will officially recognize recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel donald trump also sees the american embassy will be moved from tel aviv to the ancient city which has long been contested by israel and palestine huge protests broke out across the middle east upon the news. therefore i have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. well these are pictures of how parts of the muslim world reacted to trump's this mosque demonstrations breaking out in the west bank turkey and lebanon trump is also facing a backlash from other global leaders many say the move could have terrible consequences

for peace in the region. no one has the right to play with the blades over the events of people for the sake of one's own personal ambitions. nor even the polish to diminish their christian rights in jewish law to put on new fuel for the extremism and i'll bet my children. they cannot oppose people's feelings and believe this is a new type of adventurism and global arrogance of the us. kinsella made opposition play during his telephone conversation with friends of the saudi arabia's policy regarding the palestinians will never change palestinian issue is

a primary concern to us. we warned the u.s. the jerusalem age the arab warn of the consequences there would occur in case the us and president trying to this decision which will damage u.s. relations with the error may show. when the palestinian fundamentalist group hamas has called for a new intifada or uprising in response to the station its leader has declared friday a day of rage urging palestinians to go out onto the streets to protest. well jerusalem is considered sacred by jews muslims and christians the jewish quarter of the city is home to the western wall the last remnant of the second jewish temple which was destroyed by the romans the ancient city is also home to the shrine of the dome of the rock the oldest islamic monument still in existence and also the al

aqsa mosque the third holy. a site in islam well israel called true islam its eternal capital and has its government base there however most of the international community does not recognize the claim no country in the world has an embassy in jerusalem only some consulates the western part of the city is predominantly is really on the eastern part palestinian its holy sites are a particularly sensitive issue they've got a special status quo which when threatened has led to unrest and violence journalist george miller mohammad seem told us more about the possible consequences of washington's policy overhaul. well soon after u.s. president don't trump concluded his speech president mahmoud abbas in a televised speech an angry speech. condemned the decision by the us president and criticize this decision saying that jerusalem will look for

ever be an arab. capital of the palestinian future state and no one can change its identity if these deplorable and unacceptable measures deliberately undermine all she suffers from and proclaim that the us are abandoning the rule of sponsor of the peace process that they have played over the past decade there has been in minor clashes throughout the west bank and in fact we've heard that there has been some demonstrations in east jerusalem there will be a general strike and calls for days of rage if heard also reports of demonstrations in jordan and also in. the capital of therapy in front of the u.s. embassy as well as demonstrations a few hundred yards in front of the u.s. consulate in istanbul wide condemned nation throughout the middle east and the muslim world with a decision that the president don't trump talk by moving the embassy from the city of tel aviv in israel to jerusalem as well as announcing that jerusalem is the

capital of israel i have to say that really across the political spectrum here israeli lawmakers and the majority of the public here support this move the prime minister benjamin netanyahu put out a statement on you tube this is a historic day the president's decision is an important step towards peace for there is no peace that doesn't include jerusalem as the capital of the state of israel he went on to call this a just and courageous decision and he called on other countries to follow suit now it doesn't look at this moment like many other countries will follow suit but overall this is a decision. it is really said been praising now if we look at the israeli arab lawmakers of course a very different reaction there the head of the major party here that serves in the israeli knesset releasing a statement saying that trump is a quote hater that he is not interested in any kind of peace between israelis and

palestinians by making because he's made his kind of move which really destroys he said the chances for peace. but a lot of issues to be discussed a lot of questions to be answered let's get into it now with. a lecturer at istanbul university and retired colonel ruben birchall are but first commentator for israel today newspaper you're both very welcome to the program gentlemen. ruth and can we begin with you please israel praise the move but surely the almost universal global chorus of criticism against the move proves that it's not the right decision. when i believe this decision is very important despite the fact that far as i remember from the story corps point of view. of the . consultant with. the harder. in the world at the time they would be usually

a couple in jerusalem at the times of the kingdom of israel a long history and by the way i never heard about polish even north and of course on so palestinian people are very important we want to create a palestinian state the first time in history and side by side. but unfortunately jewels on them is like a wife you can share and wife you already got married with your will to live through songs and deals or go. by the policy and the arabs will go further that the locks are used very important to muslims all over the world really respected and by the time muslims. explosion in the mosques all over the area healing the middle east. the most gun plays very safe very secured and everyone can make his workshop detail the fact that the lock side is important

to muslims doesn't turn it automatically to be some of these capital ok. let's put a point that's what i want to. make our use of the capital mecca is not to cover even a little ok you all don't boot north but you're going to do was a lamb a capital to the title in just a moment i want to put on point two aka mad if the embassy is going to be put in a part of jerusalem dot is not disputed why are we seeing such an aggressive reaction around the muslim world. first of all it is ridiculous in my opinion to speak about palestine is not mentioned in the qur'an then the palestinians have the right to speak this is kind of obsolete rhetoric that people are bored of hearing that from an israeli guy speaking now to the word derisively and you go to the un resolutions and the international community the general assembly back down

to the lucian when eight when the politician the resolution that speaks about a stipulates that duracell them should be an independent entity neighbor the palestinians nor the israelis will be controlling this city in the final stages that's what they general security of the un is speaking about that's what the consensus of the international community is speaking about it's only donald trump himself and benjamin netanyahu who think that now it's the time because of the turmoil of the arab world what's happening in syria iraq yemen egypt all around the outer poor the not. to take their palestinian cause as a priority and that's the time they're going to seize this part of the muslims not only with most of all the primate religions it is a very important place it's one of the most sacred plays folk and it isn't for christianity for muslims but there's raiders are trying to say it's

a seclusive only for the let me what i want to put one of the there is a set of ok i want to put one of the points to ruben that you made akhmed is this legitimizing ruse and what many including the united nations and most legal scholars considers to be violations of international law on israel's part there is a ribbon go ahead and say you were orderable. as your own rule guest mentioned there were several solutions concerning the solution but unfortunately the policy now never accepted the arab states at the time didn't accept it and they range wars against it will using terror or which has been turned to be the only one start up the palestinians and contributed to the world and from that time on they are using their own to achieve political achievement they never

accepted their solutions made by you and so now you. want us to go back to square one we never accepted it because circumstances are changed after the afterwards it's ridiculous to mention this but i want to tell you to emphasize one thing since the never been a palestinian state the palestinian capital should be everywhere. was a solution in the future if you want to go to back to square one we can get back to the king of israel that. motions that assured us that even jordan kingdom should be our you know at the time right before we were to they all decided that even jordan's king and ok hold on arrival is an ok go back to history go to the future the right. document to create

a palestinian state and our model should be it's got ok hold all of it recently come back in a second what made and just what has been seen in the aftermath of this decision hamas has already called for an intifada you know people are going to die with this if that happens on both sides is there not a peaceful diplomatic way of taking issue with a decision without calling for violence. nobody would accept the backlash of such a move this kind of provocation not only for the palestinian rights it's a violation of the international and dome of ground had a mass it from everywhere from end to major in malaysia here in morrocco everybody is condemning the move in the outer band muslim world even the european union mccrone the u.k. and the pope himself condemned the move everybody is speaking about the state this should grant maintained in jerusalem in the old city and that's the main problem

coming back to your guest who is speaking about history who is speaking about the future who killed. who is that one who is radicalizing the whole region if you are speaking about palestinians doing terrorist attacks who killed the palestinians in gaza in jerusalem who is trying to put the make the mate of detectives in the. compound it's the israelis who are trying to push more radicalize ation the palestinians have the full right to resist peacefully against what's happening on land they have a right to be in east jerusalem according to the international community resolutions ok we can't get bogged down in what we're saying who killed who in this situation i think we can all agree that it's our. last number of decades in the region but ruth and given the box that israel will not face from its neighbors

is allowing the u.s. embassy to relocate to israel to more trouble than it's actually worth because we saw televisions being the de facto capital we saw the american embassy in tel aviv but yet the violence still continued will it not only get worse if it moves to jerusalem. no they're told not to tell you why actually if speaking about such just why i want to reply to your own rule guess what briefly is not more likely is kept in jerusalem you are mixing i mean it. you are mixing between savanna thing and of illusion war and loser saw freedom of worship israel is the only only state that maintains just freedom for all prayers in jerusalem is thought to score is very seriously kept in jerusalem no the slum is are threatening and that's why. the prime minister is sorry i'm sorry

you'll tell me i you know i won't earn a lot we will prove the stale interest and that there was a little bit is a little odd little danger out right the real danger is mecca and medina having danger by your lawn there our people the arab nations understand how did the aspiration of to keep to do when you. deal he loves far the ottoman empire is bullshit no god nobody will accept this on one hand and on the other hand everybody understand that the law on threatening mecca and medina this is the real threat jews alam is a very secure. mosque is very secure jerusalem is the capital of the jewish state. that ok who as if they are a big ok we're running out of time here we're literally running a tight hold all you really. only state that allows this ok we're running out of

time of you can sum up your thoughts now if you wish we've got thirty seconds each let's start with you. the united states donald trump and israel think that this is the right time to make this kind of propaganda iran is the only monster who has expansionist policy in the region that's why the sunni country is represented by. egypt or some other little keyboards very modest try to be against iran but on the other hand israel does have the german a does have a kind of colonial mentality that is going on violating it's a rogue state ok while dating all the international and not respecting any of the international community calls this is going to have questions this is going to have a backlash it's going to backfire alinea eight the israelis and the americans as an impartial broker to peace process then no more. second we experience. in the reason

we have to be able to. go ahead with fifteen seconds. and i would emphasize to finish my idea for sizing that. gives the promised to the songs over israel those who fight this god's will good. sound i would often call my love you know kind of useless our food no shot it would have us in. everybody's sense then we bought a cow bacon market there could not but it didn't work this is the land of the is it ok cruising jerusalem nobody can object this is the lord's will this is just revived this is really just you have lost your reason brian because the seattle ok we have to wrap it up there and i need to co-exist people need to final conclusions made

a lecturer at istanbul university on the roof in berko our affairs commentator for israel today newspaper thanks both of you for coming on the program. ok lots more coming up right after this stay with us.

to put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president i'm sure. that you're going to be right this is what will before you know more people. interested always in the water. twenty minutes into the program we're back with our to international russia's central command announced a momentous victory for syria on wednesday saying the country has been fully liberated from islamic state with moscow was a military campaign there seemingly entering its final stages rough as the it looks back at what's been achieved in ridding syria. the sukhoi slab makes state

of syria and iraq is a state no more for all intents and purposes says the russian defense ministry it is being destroyed as a fractured iraq still hotspots and isolated pockets vladimir putin added but with the liberation of the west bank of the euphrates river isis has done seven hundred and ninety nine days off to russia got involved in september two thousand and fifteen when isis was arguably at its peak. please us. when the russian operation began isis held more territory in syria than any other

faction two years in a few months on the caliph it has been reduced to clumps of villages and i don't have a desert most of the russian air force saloon that did this the u.s. led coalition also played a huge pot we've been covering the syrian civil war in depth before isis even had its name before jihad hijacked the rebel schools here are some of the more memorable moments filmed by my colleagues and i. this is the ad based in the talkie from which russian jets. against targets here in syria. there it's.

time to. it's ready to go it's a moment's notice. in this amphitheater laid down by the romans almost two thousand years ago that isis staged one of its sickest massacres the russian military considers it the crowding jewel of the operation here in syria. you can see had just some of the impressive military hardware that isis have in that possession that has made the battle for so tough when extremely close to isis positions less than two kilometers away and.

were is a syrian artillery position overlooking the industrial quarter of their resort the battle is said to be fear isis fired back as we filmed shells began falling all around. we ran but the syrian batteries kept firing life even did as ordered is still far from normal but at least they won't be starving to death and the more. ultimately it wasn't russian or american jets that played the decisive role in this these victory belongs to the syrians the thousands and thousands who fought and died to defeat isis those who stood up to jihad even when it seemed nothing could stop them unfortunately it's unlikely that this land here any isis fighters have escaped or

got on the ground there sleeper cells will terrorize the world for years to come but now they'll no longer have their caliphate to fight for. no sting in the region british soldiers may face prosecution the international criminal court in the hague over allegations of war crimes committed in iraq between two thousand and three two thousand and nine the court's chief prosecutor say there are reasonable grounds to believe that some troops may have abused captives reporting about political. it's a court that seen a number of historic and high profile trials of war criminals including the cases of slobodan milosevic rod came last ditch and charles taylor and now the international criminal court in the hague is looking into british troops ledge to war crimes against detainees chairing the iraq conflict i received three years

after u.k. troops officially pulled out of iraq the only thing the chief prosecutor has said that there is a reasonable basis to believe that british soldiers unlawfully killed prisoners during the portrait acted us led to war. powers and in investigations of these crimes which where they. cannot be done that is was. the end the cases where we're going to see the fact that it was. intended as a signatory to the room statute the u.k. is one of the founding members of the i.c.c. but despite being one of the driving forces behind the creation of the court when

it comes to allegations directed at britain itself the u.k. says there is no need for the i.c.c. as involvement we are confident that our existing efforts to investigate allegations preclude the need for any investigation by the i.c.c. . i hat the british government sixty million pound historical allegations team was shot down earlier this year accused of a lack of professionalism it didn't result in any prosecutions and the long awaited chilcot inquiry which came a year before that concluded that the two thousand and three invasion of iraq was based on the false pretext. that. in the past the international criminal court has been accused of racism and imperialism by pursuing predominantly

african politicians the probe into british soldiers alleged war crimes would see the court investigating one of its main back as victims and their families will be hoping to see the i.c.c. deliver justice where the british government wasn't able to. london. thanks for tuning in here with the latest on the reaction to america's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital city and also a total a feat of islamic state in syria. for more program right ahead.

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