another round of clashes that takes place on the venezuela colombia border between opposition supporters and police no victims are reported believe a group of countries has sent a request to the international criminal court to look at the humanitarian situation in venezuela that comes as the u.s. vice president in additional fifty six million dollars to support the opposition. iran's foreign minister mohammad. announces his resignation a statement on social media on monday the reason for the resignation remains unclear so far. because of donald trump the meeting with north korean

leader kim jong un in capital. go to argue for more on the latest headlines sophia and co is up next right here on our international stay with us. paul welcome to. interest in the intentions are moving the middle eastern peace even further away will israel. ever. president mahmoud abbas's advisor. with yet another american leader trying to find a solution to the israeli palestinian conflict the parties remain. but beautiful

stalling accusations as hopes for peace continue to fade where might a breakthrough come from to move the process along is there a chance of compromise with both sides entrenched in politics and grudges how can the international actors help resolve this century long quarrel. mohamed just a year adviser to president mahmoud abbas welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us today so mr h. to you as united states host to the middle east conference and war so the palestinian side was invited to take part in this question of the arab israeli tensions how science foreign ministry called to some it's an american conspiracy aimed at getting the participants to adopt washington's views on palestinian issue so did palestine by boycotting it is actively throw in the towel without fighting i mean were you is that sure that your voice would be hurt. well look. this sort of correlation that washington was trying to create and what

a soul it actually produced zero results it has no value whatsoever out of there want to do focus attention and shift attention from it being is that the source of conflict and the region to shift attention that iran is the sort of tension and the region which is totally untrue the most serious problems that the whole middle east is facing is actually there is the latest threats toward the region israel has occupied sinai the golan heights by this the number three south lebanon and so on so without ending the palestinian israeli conflict you're not going to go anywhere with the solving the middle east they show this is one secondly we know that it was a show of money did not at the end of france didn't attend russia did not attend the ballistae knows what in moscow so all in all are lucky united states was the one to do is simply a show and therefore we are not that enough interested in football fortunately as

we are interested in serious issues still united states vice president mike hans has set that to war so summit marked the beginning the new era with benjamin netanyahu breaking bread was an arab leaders do you feel sort of betrayed by your friends here well look they go out of factotum between us and out of companies is that a lot of peace initiative that obese initiative is the guy didn't lines for that abyss that i literally actions which explicitly states that is that i should withdraw from occupied territories and a lot of normalizing relations with this has not happened and therefore i think that ups should not be that is not the us should not betray the at obese initiative the saudis what a sort it about it it was floated about it money out of companies who didn't at the end and those who attended this it explicitly that this is not going to be their expense. by this time this is handling of the other issues for us but is somebody

we said that well i'm not going to go we were hoping the companies should know about them but each of the out of companies was actually basing its got a position on it's better sort of entrust within that regional complex but by all means this is not the way two hundred middle east issues that weighs two hundred it is that that up be sufficient that is the guy declines for everybody the palestinian leadership has no trust in the united states as fair mediators in the middle east peace process anymore trump now is promising to roll up the middle eastern deal of the century in april what are your expectations of this deal. first of all there will be no deal because the deal needs above not of the palestinians autumn up but of notice to up the because of them to tumble is initiating one secondly this is going to people out of bed because we don't know the content of the deal that only talks about a state in gaza that doesn't doesn't and if it was sixty seven borders that doesn't

refer to you by two or three that doesn't deal with the but i've seen that if you g.'s that moves the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem the american embassy that is using blackmail to kmiec and missile to try to push the by the scene a suicide and to accept their base the peace initiative order they i thought i'm better ideas that is not going to happen so for us we have spoken loud and clear our voice was loud and clear and our president has explicitly stated that we are a month going to be bought at the do this deal and until now united states has not found them not in europe i'm not saying that i see your point but there are speculations in the press that the deal may include washington's recognition of is to resilin ascalon to how science capital is that happens will you trust the united states with a medieval role again well look. for us it is very explicit

that we need an international conference that is based on international law the man issue for us is to respect international law to respect united nations resolutions that is one secondly our president has called for and the national conference thirdly united states has always brueggemann to be a bias the broke up and forth important issue that what is needed from united is this is to build confidence with the palestinians before united states. is submitting its i. dia's going for this building measure is it means that they have to go to said out of jerusalem as. they have to go back on this issue they have to all but the washington be a law office and to resume funding for another one as well as other international to get this saw the palestinians are waiting for one thing that is building

measures from washington the united states has criticized palestine many times for stalling the peace talks how science chief negotiator sadie katz says there have been forty meetings with the u.s. representatives and twenty seven thousand alone why an american seven impression that college students are not interested in peace are palestinians actually styling at all those little well i mean this is very unfair accusations we have been and this process since october thirtieth one thousand to one since my confidence the peace process that we have engaged in it was up and down and all the time we had with engaged we had meetings three meetings with president obama four to seven meetings with john kerry we were engaging with president clinton we want to get in with president bush the son of the father and so on and so forth on the contrary by the scene as they never out of it shall now with their faces of from these serious

negotiations and now without accusing us over staying away from the negotiating table at a time when there how big they think the shots united states is taking unilateral measures against things that has been agreed between us on those ideas let me give you example joe's island is a negotiation issue between us on this level with the signature of that is that i is they say it is accepted that there was a limb is a negotiation issue that israelis have accepted that if you g.'s is a negotiation issue that israelis have accepted that sixty seven borders but it is accepted that sixty seven border is on the table so that is that i even is. us and they said as they have accepted all of these things and now but isn't that i'm been saying the eurozone abyss is off the table that if you just as of the day will not affront to a sixty seven borders so to most of that it will stay there out of taking bows even thought of ahead than the body of a right wing government and its allies so therefore it is not we who are staying

away from that they believe it is united states that is that won't by the seen as those that are not on you and that once the but is the number two only sign the deal will not have your president president abbas called for establishing an multilateral mechanism for conciliation this time not led by the united states however it didn't look like europe was too excited about as a concerted effort to mediation why do you think i mean can palestine hope to get more traction for this idea yes simply yes because in the end up with this conference two thousand and three it was agreed that and the national conference should pick this and more school it didn't happen the friendship that i do have an international confidence. the united states attended john kerry was there but not on the whole didn't didn't come there says it didn't come no for us the most important side of the story is that the international confidence that president

abbas has a spoken about is that on the table there are some european countries who are saying let's wait for a combination the moment it is dead then we will make the other move and i think there are a lot of set of the new european companies that are out of the reader but it betting some ideas to call it the boss that i'm fairly out of ideas that might emerge from europe and here i called the russian federation to really take the lead on this issue with china with some european countries because we have to have it for back position the moment. initiative is declared a surprise time has long insisted on a two state solution but in september twenty eighth president abbas reportedly thread up the idea of the conflagration with palestine israel jordan is this is a sign of things to come the direction that the debate is about to take isn't time

to look for outside the box solutions well look this is systematically destroying the possibility of a palestinian state which means systematically destroying got was the solution which does enjoy an international consensus one secondly it is it is the state of israel that is pushing things into a total deterioration what does it mean the palestinians and israelis and palestinian muslims and christians there. about six point six million but it's the indians. and there are about six blind five million jews and historically by this time next year twenty or twenty that by the studios will be fifty one one six percent of the growth of population over by this time so i thought of today is that i will accept the idea of course this solution with the by the scene a step on the border that is over six to seven with your use of them as its capital

or we are going to be slipping i underline the slipping into a one state and yell at the eye on the line that he had it which means that we will be living living in a de facto one the state situation and therefore is likely to will find itself neither the jewish as they claim not to be a local i think as their claim and therefore what does this mean it means that it will become by de facto an about by the state and by de jure and about by the state because we have to take a short break right now mr stay i'm sorry i have to interrupt you we're back we'll continue talking to hama just i am president mahmoud abbas's advisor discussing the middle east peace process and the road blocks it's facing stay with us.

syria when a pullout well doesn't mean a pull out also venezuela how's that regime change going and the box story you know news breaks it and much much more on this edition of crossfire. what do you do before you came here where did you work before you came here what did you live well. and in many u.s. states capital punishment is still practiced convicted prisoners can spend years waiting for execution and most of the time the victims' families they are very much in favor the death penalty there are some people because of what they did have given up the right to live among us somebody even proven innocent is on death row

and how many more is all races is it going to take before we as a society realize that this is not working and we actually do something about. what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line and they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. or some people want to be rich. but you want to be pro-choice this is what the before three in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in the house.

and we're back with mohamed this tell us president mahmoud abbas's advisor discussing the arab israel attentions welcome back to this so mr a said benyamin netanyahu is a hard line leader who is base is to the right of center among the conservative more militant israelis do using the ideology that his appeal rests on will let him actually give something up to palestinians i mean will his voters and ministers and army general friends allow him to do it. no they she was not with out of their will allow him or hope their usual himself is not permitted to give anything he is not giving this is all what i eat this is our daughter to do that is ok by netanyahu has been given the chance in two thousand and ten he had meetings with our president at the state department and the presence of secretary head of there couldn't be then he had meetings with our president there sharma shit and the president has to go bach and then he had a third meeting with our president at his house and with generals on him so all in

all he had all the opportunity today to proceed and make progress with this he never did and i think that he has and i don't know just and his that affliction of light winds for society that is bleeding out of it right wing government and there is no bottom about it is for us with the presence of mr enough ennio said you think palestine should just wait for a change of leadership before any peace hopes can be realized enough this is suddenly because we don't have to wait for somebody who is going to be deployed and south africa i think that the national community should book pressure on its lead to move we should not wait for a nuclear bio to end its occupation there has to be a serious and got a shot by shot in order for him not that he will submit to the international will that this mission should end and it's going to continue to do pressure is economic political and that out of so many means in which that the national community has brought about a bad system in south africa on its knees and it was and did with international

pressure that then you know should face the same thing talks between hamas and other palestinian factions bought no tangible results and bringing all sides consensus can any agreement be reached with this rally well there's no unity in the palestinian ranks. well they show is not related to unity because the split among but as thin as it has been since two thousand and seven so what about. says the western in which there was no space between ninety and ninety three and two thousand and seven there was no there was no progress and so therefore i don't think that of course the spirit does the heart of the palestinian cause and people who will come on the limb look you know but as you know as a divided with whom are we going to talk but the palestinian liberation organization to be a law is the sole legitimate that a prison that there will be the palestinian people whether and gaza in the west bank and bora everywhere album as in our president he talks on behalf of the be

a little with this that i adore the agreements has been signed with the p.l.o. so if there is that it is already for peace we ought to do the problem is that they find justification and excuses for really not and dig the occupation that has occurred and i want to go to court in ninety six or seven would have asked has been tightening screws on gaza cutting salaries to former government workers in the street and slashing funds for electricity supply from israel to gaza that's on yahoo has been accused of us of choking gaza i understand that he's measures are aimed at pressuring hamas to disarm but i mean people support for the group is as strong as ever does this mean mahmoud abbas is measures are in a sacked is. well look it's very unfair to say that the palestinian or thought of he is actually putting all of these sort of things that he has in fact is that it is who is putting the siege it is like that has been since two thousand and seven

until today that has been really closing off gaza for the un totally there is no movement to people if it is going to allow. the stadiums out of the gaza strip even to come to the west bank we welcome that if it is going to allow trade between the west bank and gaza we want that by the state doesn't get a lot of people off there are a set of the measures that have been taken and now these measures out of the out of so that is has gone from fifty votes on to seventy five got a son and now it's going to be a totally different story so that we should not really shift focus from who is putting doesn't that a siege it is that is that i live measures that has been there since two thousand and seven and all it does is see jd the palestinian author of it is not really settling does orbiting doesn't want to see the because of the end of the day we know the conflict with house is political we will not put. measures that is

going to cause harm to our people these are our people who elected bunch is not something that we do we of course we want to consolidation to happen because the split is not in our favor and do we the only way for us to end this is that is by dia log and by agreement unfortunately many agreements that has been signed it has not been yielding simply because of regional factors and regional players who don't want to see this but have seen in unity happening including just like you say there hamas leader mahmoud out zahara has accused people linked to sata trying to track gas into another war with israel by firing rockets from the strip how can you respond to this the traditions i mean. how masses and full control of gaza fatah has not offered in gaza how is it us want to before the security situation in gaza this is something which is that addicted us because when the but has seen or thought he was in gaza there are these people there were firing you know rockets on

is that i am saying that this is and then ever for assistance why is it now that if somebody else is throwing brokers it is why it becomes doing it do you know. how. to conflict this is really something that is not understandable and it is not the product the most important thing is not who's going to push goes away the people in gaza out our people we want this conflict to end we want this to end and therefore there is not only one way out of this misery over gaza which is the palestinian unity one or thought of the one one machine gun one goal and that's the only way out if not then we go to elections we have said if our model form and of course ideation is not acceptable to hamas and if how much is model for that of course that action is not acceptable to dos then let's go to the people let's that affair out of the whole issue to be but let the but as you know the people decide

through a elections and decide who is going to run the affairs of that but as the the people we are ready for that we had it before the elections and we are ready to go to morrow for elections the moment is that a lousy lost the habit of elections in jerusalem and allows us to have elections in the gaza strip so one does moves only makes things worse i'm in the logical question here is how can. hope to gain any foothold in gaza sits willing to treat its residents this way and then according to december poll by the palestinian center for policy and survey research if snap elections were to be held hamas leader would have left president abbas way behind. well look i mean. we know what obedience bombs are about it does show that fatah has in the lead it does show that although opinion as well as that i consult and see and so on i am on board of this organization that you are referring to the end of the day as i said

they show is not about a billion dollars they sure as that if there is a when there is a way we want elections to take place we are all saw asking european capitals to put pressure on israel to allow us to have elections in jerusalem and i hope that they shall would have us will be settled and that hamas will really come to ground and accept the idea of going to elections very soon so according to some reports flowing in after the u.s. led conference and more so under trunk so-called deal of the country of the century the gulf states would bear the brunt of the costs of gaza's restoration would you welcome baron volman them in would have asked welcome them given how close it wants to become with iran now. well look i mean any assistance for gaza is welcomed by us as long as it goes through the legitimate leadership of the palestinian people the

legitimate of the but is the no authority as long as it goes and through the over shall join us we welcomed because that of the as i said earlier these people are our people but if this assistance is going to be inclusive with political with. does for certain countries that's a totally different story then it becomes a manifestation of the split and other than the really very consolidation you know i recent report by middle east media research institute says the relations between the two palestinian parties are now at the point quote where each side is saying that the other no longer represents the palestinian people that's a direct quote how the palestinians feel about this in your opinion and did they did they feel represented by any of the parties at this table can the whole affair result in an intifada against hamas. well the distinct feeling for this assumption is the opening of borders is the.

boxes saw and instead of claiming this and i think that we challenge how must accept the idea of elections we ought to be for it well to do good without and we will bring democracy back into action for there by the scene of one of the crowd you know which is very important to us to to keep this sort of emotional thing embryonic democracy that we started with it's should not die down one second and go to the issue is that these sort of claims clam on the counter claim it does how them ballast it doesn't really help how much as it doesn't tell about it but it was said that you know this government is the judgment this government is not legitimate the other end of that is that i felt a community will say to hell with both of them and we should avoid that and i think we should be a just once a bit and say that this is that is how do we go out of people the way out is that a consultation is not discredited each other on this issue but we know also that it

is that the judgment leadership president abbas has been elected by the people there be a law which president abbas and also that is the sole legitimate that are present that the will of the but as the people which is that it could not is by all by this the indians which is it or not is by all out of companies which is there going now is by that the national community on united nation so if there is a spit then go thought of the there is a unity and to be a little all right thank you very much for this interview we're talking to mohammad to stay and nicer to president mahmoud abbas discussing tensions between israel and palestine and ways to deceased and that is it for this edition of susan constantine next.

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