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israel's armed forces target in gaza are in response to several rockets launched against the israeli territory. i think. it's least two palestinians dead and hundreds more injured as a day of rage is the cloud in the region tensions spilled over after dawn trumps controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. plus a major breakthrough is reached in the brig's it talks as both sides agree to move to the next stage although senior officials are warning that things will only get.
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great to have you with us this hour my name is the view watching r.t. international where we start this hour with breaking news because israeli jets of hit palestinian militant targets in the gaza strip in response to rocket attacks that's according to the israeli defense forces palestinian medics report at least twenty five people injured twenty four news correspondent ben ari's in gaza. we have witnessed that idea of response hitting targets inside the gaza strip just behind me here on the horizon we could see very large explosions this in response to earlier projectile fired towards israel with one rocket actually being intercepted by israel's missile defense battery i really don't know over the city of steroid that's a little to the north of here in fact there was a an additional project also fired towards israeli territory that it's yet to actually have been found and
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a little while after that around nine o'clock local time we did see that the response from the i.d.f. hitting two targets to hamas in a weapons warehouse inside the gaza strip as well as a hamas training facility. and i'm joined on line now by dr monk saban system professor of public policy at northeastern university. we've seen israel retaliating for rocket attacks from gaza that he's that strikes we've seen a day of rage declared across palestinian territories several schools more injured do you think this will be short. of violence or is this going to escalate. you know i will predicting their trajectory the end. but only a crazy person would do that it's a little bit like the international markets but it's very hard to predict what are the precise number woosh only. there are so many different variables that are at
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play however you know the israeli palestinian conflict is a tinderbox. there's no you know very long simmering to see you since creation of israel we've been going back and forth. and now you have this announcement by the u.s. president that the u.s. intends on moving its embassy to jerusalem which according to the u.s. want to quickly this is really come up with more. from you know from the palestinian perspective these are fighting words it seems to cost billions as if you want us. basically taking away of a core component that the israelis and palestinians have been fighting over heard of negotiating over this is one of the most in corporate profits the most important so-called final status issues the status of jerusalem and so for palestinians who
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are frustrated of this sort of announcement is a real provocation and so the fact that we're seeing uprisings among civilians and then an escalation with us really response is really not surprising and it's not just been physical violence that the war of words and the political responses and cede the palestinian president mahmoud abbas to said the u.s. has now lost the right to mediate in israel palestine mediation what what does the future hold in store for the peace process now. well i mean what we can't talk about the unfairness of this announcement or even the stupidity i'm on different levels but where i disagree is that i don't actually think that this announcement part in any way through words the peace process i mean as everybody knows there really hasn't ben
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a peace process israelis and palestinians to try over the decades to broker a deal most memorably during the us look east process in one thousand million gates but never even there at the height of optimism in the early ninety ninety did i see you know how to i think that they were on the cost of resolving their problems and certainly over the years the disconnect between really is on the palestinians has actually grown in part due to additional settlement activity in part due to the fact that the leader is is benjamin netanyahu and his own he's not probably the most likely is really better to negotiate furthermore on the palestinian side the palestinian leadership is also not in the position to really make any big decisions the palestinian leadership is very fractured your you all don't own and so you know
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for all of these reasons sort of i don't think that the peace process has been going on in a negative so we really can't say that this announcement as you know devastated and not exist in peace process. in terms of the reaction though we've got the u.s. administration trying to trade having done nothing especially come to virtual by recognizing jerusalem but we're seeing protests across the world so he's got this right and he's misjudged it. well in a way this is a continuation of u.s. policy i mean most americans for guard troops alone as the capital certainly western roussillon most americans would consider to be. israel's congress has essentially stated that it regards jerusalem as the it's really out all that said there was always this understanding that the u.s.
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wouldn't prejudge the so-called final status issues and that the core final status issues including jerusalem would have to be negotiated by the parties themselves you can always and palestinians rather than sort of unilaterally to creagh certainly by the u.s. government and so in that sense we're looking out into a park. you know i kind of watching the the size of the protests in the region in the wider world but you're correct that there have been protests in all sorts of places from indonesia to somalia however even you know these protests happen then really that blart talk is very cheap it's easy for us arab capitals and for you know other muslim leader mr to condemn the united states and to condemn israel in triumph and the need to yahoo but also might lead talk is cheap and what we're not seeing and the so far huge amounts of violence
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either by the palestinians who are i you know if there were problems. with the u.s. embassy located in jerusalem not been an obvious target for terrorist attacks. oh i would certainly be very defensive there's no question. that would be you know security would be a very real concern but i suppose that that's the risk the trump administration is willing to to you know trump doesn't want to be seen as backing down in the face of violence certainly oh man so if anything i think it's kind of these kind of violent protests reinforce in his mind the idea that he's doing something right max much appreciate your views thanks for coming on max abrams assistant professor of public policy at northeastern university. now two palestinians have been killed and hundreds injured in large scale protests this is according to
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palestine's health ministry several reports suggest that over seven hundred fifty people were affected to gas rubber bullets even live ammunition used by israeli police as they clashed with demonstrators tensions of escalated following u.s. president donald trump decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. clashes between protesters and israeli police have been seen across palestine in jerusalem people have been gathering near the damascus gates where there is a massive israeli security presence at the charlotte dubious carports. bottles were hurled at the security services and the journalists who were trying to get out of
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the way and then the police in turn were pushing those protesters away and running off to them some on the back of horses as well trying to steer them away from damascus gate but this is just an indication a small indication of some of the scuffles that we're seeing across the israeli and palestinian territories today and over the last few days we've been talking to israeli citizens and palestinian citizens this is what they had to say. there will not be a back of the questions of the course of. a ramifications that will lead for another intifada or another our revolution is going to be interwoven i think so you know but this is this time is not going to be short one you know i hope takes them outright but i doesn't look right you know policies or look for any excuse they can't. they're not going to stop but it's
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a significant move i think it's going to cause trouble why do some needs to be the capital of israel i don't know. here is in palestine. there is the sound of car home horns in the air and that sort of people showing support for the small number of demonstrators who are here they've been chanting things like this is our capital these are palestinian demonstrators who are unhappy with that announcement by donald trump meanwhile on the other hand the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has described this is being a great decision and he has thanked john the trump for recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel. palestine says it will now reject any u.s. led peace negotiations it also says that u.s. fights president mike pence won't be welcomed when he comes to the region later this month we discussed the implications of troops decision with dan dyker project director for the jerusalem center for public affairs and with not bill sharp a foreign affairs advisor to the palestinian president. now for the peace process
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it actually paves the way to peace because israel will be called upon by the same trumpet ministration to make concessions to its palestinian neighbor which it will be much more ready to do now that a basic wrong has been corrected which is to to rightfully acknowledge that they drew sloan is the capital the possibility is really now seem blocked by what mr trump has done gruesome is a very very sensitive issue to the palestinians to the arabs to the muslims and to the christians of the world and what he has done. created a serious situation not only of mistrust but of instability and potential for explosion in this part of the world the palestinian authority looks and the hamas is of course they look for any excuse to call for a day of rage so you know that the hamas is in business to kill israelis and to kill political parties like the fatah and the p.a.
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uses the day of rage as an excuse in order to avoid making any headway on the peace process and word intifada really means a popular uprising and a popular uprising can take the varieties of ways and what is going on today is an intifada what went on three months ago in jerusalem was an intifada but it was entirely peaceful and that's what our authority really aims at a popular uprising that is nonviolent is the best way of expressing the feelings and the rejection of the palestinian people of the drum and israeli occupation well if the palestinians want to wipe themselves off the face of the battle italy they should continue in this in this line of political violence as well as threats of physical violence i would suggest that they go back to the table where they have israelis with open arms and open hands willing to negotiate with them but this is something they're going to have to learn to do and stop calling for days of rage
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and for terror and violence. protests against trucks decision of been staged across the world many people have rallied in front of u.s. embassies in support of palestine demonstrators have burned american and israeli flags as well as posters of trump and human nothing. in washington's to sit in on the status of jerusalem prompted an emergency session of the u.n. security council correspondent killer mopin has the latest from new york well at the emergency session of the fifteen members of the united nations security council fourteen of those members stepped up and criticized the united states for its decision regarding recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital and announcing that it would move its embassy we regard east jerusalem as part of the occupied palestinian territories. we therefore disagree with the u.s. decision to move its embassy to jerusalem and unilaterally to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel before
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a final status agreement. we regret the decision announced by the president of the united states to recognize jerusalem as the capital of his room for in the midst of a lot of the arab republic of egypt denounces the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as the capsule of israel. weekend china is highly concerned about the recent developments regarding the status of jerusalem. most good butin. washington's decision with serious concern. now when nikki haley took the floor at the security council chamber she emphasized that trump's decision did not really have any direct impact on any borders or ongoing territorial disputes it was simply a recognition of the israeli capital being in jerusalem the united states has not taken a position on boundaries or borders the specific dimensions of sovereignty over jerusalem are still to be decided by the israelis and the palestinians in
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negotiations the united states has not advocated changing any of the arrangements at the temple mount hareem serif. the president specifically called for maintaining the status quo at the holy site finally and critically the united states is not predetermining final status issues we remain committed to achieving a lasting peace agreement during her remarks nikki haley argued that the united nations was not treating israel properly and she also went on to say that because the united states side facilitated previous agreements between israel and egypt and israel and palestinians that they had been signed on the white house lawn that this showed that the united states maintain credibility within the both sides those were her words the usa maintains credibility with both sides now we then heard from a representative of the palestinian authority and he seemed to strongly disagree
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with what nikki haley had said. to do or does the lose impunity undermines essentially disqualifies its leadership rule to seek peace in the in the aftermath of this announcement from tom we have seen quite a bit of chaos protests are taking place not just in palestine but also throughout the region with various various supporters of the palestinians protesting a lot of anger and the days of rage that have been called by palestinians and others so quite a bit of a strong reaction to the announcement from donald trump which was discussed at the u.n. security council. britain's prime minister to resign my says that all sides of the brakes at negotiations are now ready to move on to the next stage of talks however there are still many obstacles the u.k. is expected to face the saudis and the situation explains certainly the breck that
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deadline is looming time is ticking at what we've seen so far is that these breaths that negotiations have been anything but very simple especially may be according to those who expected things to move forward. much quicker we've seen on theresa may and european commission president john clarke basically pot themselves on the box for breaking through with this first round of discussions when it comes to the issue of irish borders now they're looking forward to moving on to issues such as trade however we have seen the european council president donald tusk come out and say that they're going to be really some different harsh realities he's talked about specifically the transition period that the u.k. has put forward saying that britain wants this two year transition period and sad that this is going to come along with some pretty serious conditions he has said that not only will decisions be made without the u.k. in this time but he's also said that the u.k. is going to have to respect laws in that time including new laws including
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budgetary commitments as well as judiciary oversight let's take a listen clearly was in the transition period following the u.k. withdrawal. decision making group continue among. the. states to do. it. seems to be dilutive reasonable solution well low following these latest developments reaction including some negative have come from the likes of former you keep letter leader and pioneer nigel farage who has basically described the way things have been going a sort of an embarrassment so let's stay tuned to see how these negotiations will now continue to move forward since the brig's of the european union has stepped up its efforts to bolster the block the latest push came from the former president of the european parliament german politician martin schultz who has proposed the
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creation of the united states of europe. i want to new constitutional treaty to establish the united states of europe a europe that is no threat to its member states but a beneficial addition the convention sure draft this treaty and close cooperation with the civil society in the people its results will then be submitted to all member states any state that won't ratify this treaty who automatically leave the e.u. a number of other measures to boost european unity have previously been proposed among them the creation of a european army european version of the international monetary fund and having an e.u. finance minister earlier i discussed this with the head of belgium's people's party michael modicum and he said that europeans are worried by the prospects of a united states of europe. if you look at all the polls today from cities and from all over europe they don't want two more silver and thirty four for the e.u.
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they want to the contrary that the member states get back more seventy they want to take their first futures back in their hands particularly taking into account that the e.u. looks to be a very undemocratic you know an elected office show taking decision today in brussels that many citizens oppose and more to read the incapacity of the e.u. to tackle the major issues in europe and certainly one of the major issue for example is migration of european one the borders because and we know today that the proximately six million people are waiting. to get into europe and europe and want to block that and you see that the e.u. . mr young could for example saying that we need more migration we need to open the borders this kind of ideas are totally rejected so i think that the lot of. europe
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incident will be concerned and worried by mr shore's plans or victory. in the e.u. was blacklisted seventeen countries as offshore states in an effort to combat tax avoidance but according to the charity oxfam some countries were left off but less thanks to political pressure the blacklisting process has been surrounded by secrecy putting citizens in the dark and leaving tax havens free to use their political and economic leverage to get themselves off the e.u. blacklist. now they do this by being an intermediate distillation for money transferred to tax havens oxfam is claiming that four e.u. members are looks and both the netherlands and malta that they should be on the blacklist of tax havens that's if the e.u. applied its own criteria to them looks from also points out that some e.u. members not only use so-called conduit of shore financial centers but act as ones
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themselves. and they do this by being an intermediate destination for money that's transferred to tax havens they also provide favorable tax policies to ensure a quiet funds flow it enables mediators to protect the reputations of their client countries financial commentator charlie boyle believes that the e.u. has made ineffectual attempts to clean up its image following the twenty six thousand pound of our paper scandal it was a an attempt to be seen to be doing something internationally about the offshore havens the problem is inside it's inside the london as one of the biggest financial centers and it has the the this this transfer pricing policy which which makes it. virtually zero percent for the big corporations in terms of corporation tax and it's also. a saving in big saving of the eighty as well so again it's totally on. what i've noticed interesting is the palomar papers and the paradise papers and the
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leaks to do with that there's a lot of uproar but i'm amazed at how quickly it's died down it doesn't matter who's on the list or who is not on the list it's a case of the existing. business practices in those countries as well but it doesn't address the wider problem of the tax policies are individual western countries are all across the world including the. unusual foreign visitors been causing a stir in the swedish company russian ambulance that was helping someone who needed stocco with many asking why it was that. a strange event there must be a movie being filmed according to the number plate came from some petersburg could be something like a russian party bus and bunch of people who hired an ambulance and went to sweden to party is it putin's guys whose goal is to kidnap someone on the streets and take
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them to mother russia well here's the real reason why russian ambulance was in stockholm. the snowball or asteroids for a patient first we've been to st peter's birth. while we're passing to talk home we don't just another patient in the street and a crowd signaling to was. the people to passing by our vehicle asked us to stop and pointed at a man lying on the ground. it turned out that he had had an epileptic attack we had all we could to give him first aid. we waited for
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a local ambulance to come and handed the patient over to our colleagues. and here's some news that's just come in former president of georgia and ukraine opposition leader mikhail saakashvili has been arrested after a series of demonstrations in kiev earlier he was almost detained but was framed by his supporters. and we'll bring you more on that story just compare the top of that that see
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. donald trump's decision to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem signals washington. capitals reaction.
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