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it's the weekly here on r.t. international with me in india tutor broadcasting live from our moscow studio welcome to the program tensions are rising in lebanon where protesters have attempted to storm the u.s. embassy in the capital beirut the rally there is the latest in a string of protests decrying president trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. as you. look. right now we are witnessing a. just a few minutes ago there was a charge from at least i'd say fifty or sixty some of them will be in buttons

others actually carrying m. sixteen s we managed to push back. a number of. palestinian protesters one of two of which they managed to catch and take back to the base behind me which you can see now so that caused a certain amount of tension. but at the moment now things have calmed right down the police i think engaged in more of the cleanup and the rearranging themselves you can see behind me all sorts of movement of army personnel reposition themselves please stop and take control of the area and these demonstrations will begin to roll out no i think we're at the beginning of something quite big you know just in two thousand and eleven just six years ago or so we saw what sparked the arab spring then and now that i'm sure a lot of leaks in the region and i think many of those same elites in the middle east will be wondering is this going to escalate. sunday his own seen protests in

gaza and clashes with police in the city of bethlehem local journalists when the country reports from the israeli palestinian porta. holliston means in gaza strip and the west bank continued their protest of the fourth day of anger palestinians in gaza are protesting on the buffer zone where i am now which is not helo's east a lot of confrontations and clashes are happening now between youth protest jurors and the israelis since the morning there were a lot of protests and demonstrations in students and press local journalists who were chanting slogans against trump's decision for recognizing jerusalem as the state of israel where now everything's there as plating the specially in bethlehem there are lots lots of that tear gas bombs and live bullets it's very dangerous now in bethlehem because it's the main act a lot of for testers and in palestine especially in bethlehem are very angry and

moving to gaza strip there's only one injury are not here at all its border with the tear gas and there was a russian correspondent who was also affected by tear gas bombs. 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 also houses the shrine of the dome of the rock the oldest islamic monument still in existence and the hour x. a mosque the third holiest site in islam israel's calls jerusalem its eternal capital however most of the international community don't recognize the claim no country in the world has an embassy in jerusalem only some consulates the western part of the city is mostly israeli and the eastern part palestinian it's holy sites are a particularly sensitive issue with unrest frequently erupting over them israeli prime

minister benjamin netanyahu is on his first trip to europe after america's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital his first stop was france where he failed to see eye to eye on the issue with president emanuel micron child do bensky reports. israeli prime minister has been in france to start his european tour where he is due to meet the foreign ministers of countries at a business meeting but he started on sunday with a meeting with president of france where the two men discussed the recent announcement by u.s. president donald trump that the u.s. would recognize jerusalem is being the capital of israel that announcement has sparked a renewed tension in the two men agreed that peace was the only option but how they see that peace unfolding they came down very different sides of the coin take a listen to what they said she i expressed to prime minister netanyahu my disappointment of the u.s.

president's declaration and explained that france sees it as a contrary to international law and is dangerous for peace because it doesn't see. the cause of security for israel and for the israelis themselves it's always been our commission has never been the capital of any other people so i think the sooner the palestinians come to grips with this reality the sooner you will move towards peace and this is why i think president trying. to start and important for peace president actually criticized that decision by donald trump and he's not the only leader made big criticisms of that decision to say that jerusalem is the capital of israel we also heard from the british prime minister theresa may she disagrees with that decision she also described it as being helpful meanwhile the german foreign minister said that he believes that it feels confrontation in the

area now when doing netanyahu the israeli prime minister says that he respects you but he isn't prepared to accept double standards and that's because he said that he hid his voice is condemning that decision by don't trump. to state that jerusalem is the capital of israel really hadn't heard any condemnation or of the rockets being fired at israel the arab league condemned chum's move and some of its members even called for recognition of the state of palestine with east jerusalem as its capital lebanon's foreign minister suggested sanctions should be imposed on the us protests were also seen around the globe. yes no one has the right to play with the fates of billions of people for the sake of one's personal ambitions. was. the kingdom of jordan refuses recognition to stay so jerusalem is the capital of israel and we condemn it so finally it's international

law. that every decision by the united states in its context gives legitimacy and recognition for occupation and the allowance of the de facto status using force. the number of rallies in support of palestine have been held across europe and in turkey and emergency session of the un security council was also convened enjoying a meeting of the fifteen members fourteen we united against just one the u.s. . we regret the u.s. president's decision moscow met washington's decision with serious concern these decisions are helpful to the prospects for peace in the region our actions reflected an honest assessment of reality it is fuelling tensions and increasing

instability in an already volatile and troubling to reach of israel like all nations has the right to determine its capital city you know that drill actions attempting to change the status of jerusalem risk buffeting the long existing foundation for thirty two months of these really palestinian issue the united states will not be lectured to by countries that lack any credibility when it comes to treating both israelis and palestinians fairly. the decision by trying to spawn to much debate we discuss the issue with a number of guests for the peace process 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 which is to to rightfully acknowledge that they drew sloan is the capital possibility is really. what he has done. kill israelis.