the palestinian journalists syndicate condemned the crackdown and promised to rally media workers outside u.n. offices in ramallah. the raids came as israel approved plans to build 31 new housing units in a settlement in the palestinian city of hebron. it's the latest move by prime minister benjamin netanyahu to defy international law by expanding jewish-only settlements. this is hagit ofran of the israeli group peace now. >> this plan is going to be in the heart of the palestinian city of hebron. it will increase the number of settlers by 20%. this is a bad decision that israel is now allowing to expand the settlement which represents the most ugly face of israel'ss occupation. amamy: newly declassified documents reveal diplomats at the u.s. embassy in jakarta knew about and supported a mass extermination campaign by indonesia's government in the 1960's that killed hundreds of thousands of civilians -- and by some estimates, more than 1 million people. beginning in 1965, indonesian military and paramilitary forces communistd, accused -- slaughtered accused communists after overthrowing the democratically elected government. that military was backed by the administration of president lyndon johnson and led by general suha

we decided to go to hebron, the palestinian city in which the settlements have taken over a whole neighborhood and pushed out the palestinian majority. there we visited the home of a long-time residents and one of the few homeowners who has resisted a takeover by the settlers. >> an israel ya soldier who had served in hebron defending this very settlement is breaking the file. they are a group of israelis who served in the military and have decided to become witnesses to the injustices that take place there. they seek to educate the public through lecture and photography. ♪ >> in is not something i know from my own army. this is why the soldiers are talking, because it's so dehumanizing both sides. people who sit here went to the gas chamber. >> you know, this is like -- i don't have any words. this is like the basement of anything that judaism would stand for. the army of tomorrow is the group of children today. what is there for you when you become 18? 36% of the boys have to go. 45% of them witnessed the beating and the killing of their fathers. they immediately switch from the helpless fat

unesco and also this year there has been you know a declaration of a tentative side for the palestinians in the old city of hebron that is the side that is how did to muslims and jews people that you brought me must next to the tone of patrick's so that also has angered the israelis and it seems that now they are taking this opportunity actually to pull out of unesco alongside the united states and carly no trouble is not the first president to complain about you know sco this goes way back to the one nine hundred seventy s. even the u.s. president ronald reagan he pulled the u.s. out of unesco back in one thousand eighty three but with donald trump this decision has a different connotation to what he what does the u.s. withdrawal under donald trump what does it say about trump's approach to multilateral is. exactly we also have to stress. the united states is withdrawing again and agreement among many others if we take a look to all the international agreements travis was throwing the perrys climate change agreement the transpose have persevered partnership now the u.s. goal and he's threatening to wit

can recognize hebron the old city as a palestinian society even though the cities to me the patriarchs is also an important jewish holy land. it's also angry that syria was kept on the unesco human rights committee in spite of the country's ongoing civil war. the u.s. already are as us go hundreds of millions of dollars now it's laving us because by doing so it's betraying american values. united states is a founding member of going to school the whole idea that you can build peace through education science a couch or communication there is basically an american idea it's not the first time the u.s. has pulled out of unesco it quit in the one thousand nine hundred to scrapping unesco is anti western impro so i view it a decision that took decades to reverse. this time around washington is planning to leave the door open to return and maintain observer status it's a position it hopes to use to reform the un's cultural i gin scene and we can take you now to paris where the us co is headquartered correspondent jake. is there a j the u.s. has been unhappy with unesco for quite some time no

can recognize hebron the old city as a palestinian side even though the cities to me the patriarchs is also an important jewish holy land mark it's also angry that syria was kept on the unesco human rights committee in spite of the country's ongoing civil war. the u.s. already has us go hundreds of millions of dollars now it's leaving in s.k. says by doing so it's betraying american values. united states is a founding member of unesco the whole idea that you can build peace through education science couch or communication. is basically an american idea it's not the first time the u.s. has pulled out of unesco it quit in the one thousand nine hundred six crabbing unesco's anti western impro soviet a decision that took decades to reverse. and this time around washington is planning to leave the door open to return and maintain observer status it's a business and it hopes to use to reform the un's cultural i gin see. to iraq now where tensions over last month's independence vote by iraqi kurds appear to be boiling over an iraqi general has told a news agency a.f.p. that government troops

and also, this year there has been a declaration of a world heritage site for the palestinians in an old cityhat is holy to muslims and the jewish people, the mosque next to the tomb. so that has also anchored the israelis -- angered the israelis. and now they are taking this opportunity to pull out of unesco along with the u.s. brent: donald trump is not the first president to complain about unesco. it goes back to the 1970's, even ronald reagan cold the u.s. -- pulled the u.s. out of unesco. but this has a different connotation with donald trump. what does this withdrawal under donald trump say about his approach to multilateralism? carolina: exactly, we also have to stress that the united states is withdrawing again, an agreement among many others. if we look at the international agreements donald trump is withdrawing from, the paris climate change agreement, the transatlantic partnership, and now unesco. and he is threatening to withdraw from nafta, with canada and mexico, and he is also planning on what the draw -- p lanning on withdrawing from the iran deal. this gives an impression of

the u.s. is angry because u.s. can recognize her bronze old city as a palestinian side even though the city's team of the patriarchs also an important jewish holy land mosque it's also angry that syria was kept on the unesco human rights committee in spite of the country's ongoing civil war. the u.s. already i.c.'s go hundreds of millions of dollars now it's laving you know scott says by doing so it's betraying american values. united states is a founding member of the whole idea that you can build peace through education science a culture communication. is basically an american idea it's not the first time the u.s. has pulled out of unesco it quit in the one thousand nine hundred six crabbing in esco is anti western in price so i view it a decision that took decades to reverse. this time around washington is planning to leave the door open to return and maintain observer status it's a position it hopes to use to reform the un's cultural i didn't see and is the access to education for girls is limited and girls are also subject to traditional practices like child marriage but one is european television producer wan

the largest in the city israeli ministers are also expected to vote on sunday on the controversial bill that would bring illegal west bank settlements around jerusalem under the jurisdiction of the city and move the palestinians call annex a should also reports now from occupied east jerusalem. not xian dominated hillside site in occupied east jerusalem it was built exclusively for illegal jewish settlers in the heart of the palestinian neighborhood of job. armed guards keep watch now with approval for one hundred seventy six new homes it's said to triple in size for jani and she low that's all to the good a commercial development providing more housing i don't mind if. it's the in the west which if you're focused. i don't think they should mind if. that's all the palestinian neighbors like. it's part of a bigger plan. if this expansion keeps happening it will be a threat to bear on the nearby villages eventually these creeping settlements will push israel coupled with the bond novels across east jerusalem israeli flags signify the change imposed on neighborhoods by fifty years of occupation more than two hundred thousand israeli settlers now live in the east of the city but this isn't just about increasing t

divided city these answers that are separated by big barriers on top of hillsides that you see across the the occupied west bank this is the middle of the old city of hebron people palestinians and illegal israeli settlers alike living on the same streets divided by cages and barbed wire and fences heavily policed by a very large israeli army presence here as well checkpoints which restrict movement inside the old city i'm joined here by its armor here's the head of the palestinian youth again settlements organization an anti settlement settlement activist what will this mean on the ground here do you think it means that more of violent attacks on those leaders to close on. it means there. will be in their homes it means more displacement more land more if mclean's eek and israel is doing to me it's about time and discrimination to wear the last innings and the other hand it's a kind of challenge for the new school decision to consider the people in the world heritage and protected by the international community it's a kind of a challenging the international law and international to make peace between the palestinians and israelis as some people watching this might say this

the u.s. is angry because u.s. can recognize hadrons old city as a palestinian society even though the cities to me the patriarchs is also an important jewish holy land. it's also angry that syria was kept on the unesco human rights committee in spite of the country's ongoing civil war the us already are as you know sco hundreds of millions of dollars now it's laving in escrow says by doing so it's betraying american values. united states is a founding member of going to school the whole idea that you can build peace through education science a culture communication. is basically an american idea it's not the first time the u.s. has pulled out of unesco it quit in the one thousand nine hundred to scribe in unesco is anti western in process a decision that took decades to reverse it. this time around washington is planning to leave the door open to return and maintain observer status it's a position it hopes to use to reform the un's cultural i didn't see this is the w.'s life from lynn and especially if you look in that little box just below me here you'll see the scene in the white house where we're expecting a pre

mount in this resolution and also this year it was outraged by a decision to call the old city of hebron the palestinian village heritage site it says it's just mrs deford the connection between for the for the jewish people. there is that your brain must next to the tomb of the patriarchs if it has good reasons now it seems for the moment to leave unesco alongside the united states robin merrill phillips and what exactly does u.s. code well it's the part of the u.n. that is that to promote peace and stability by cultural means basically there are a lot of educational projects around there are literally thousands and most of them to do with literacy some to do with sex education for young people it's pop best known for the world heritage sites that it has around the world i mean this is a landmark a building or buildings or an area that is considered historically. or culturally all scientifically significant and that cool therefore comes under the protection of unesco which has one hundred ninety five members what it doesn't it has one hundred ninety three countries around the world so it's a strong org

of liberty or the great barrier reef but this summer it also recognized the old city of hebron in the west bank as a palestinian world heritage site the u.s. says that showed a bias against israel one reason it said for its decision that issue was the same reason that the us stopped funding the agency in two thousand and eleven when the palestinian authority was made a full member it didn't pay but didn't give up its membership either so its bills kept dragging up currently it owes us go five hundred fifty million dollars another reason it says the us is quitting at the end of twenty eighteen the question is you know do we want to pay that money and do we want to pay more money going forward when there is actually a law that says the un entity that accepts palestinians as a member state can no longer receive u.s. funding so that's part of it the move has been roundly condemned by diplomats in his colleagues about promoting our ideals and values to a culture education and science these values and ideals. very much part of france's d.n.a. but also america's d.n.a. this is part of a growing trend of international

the only thing we could do indoors was reading coming. in the city and camp i knew that and palestinian even that i never been to. and they only saw my homeland and the news. in the news also i heard about the palestinian illusion. of what they called the intifada. you. i remember reading a comic book about it's a horror. story to a story about eighteen. were born in and if anyone. thought that support my town. maybe you think that cows are all the same and they are stupid and lazy and just grazing all day with nothing going on that. maybe is the thinking. i can't remember the comic book very well but that is for cows stick in my mind. there was a diff go she was a peacemaker so hurtful that she was praising. you know that. but. the hood see that i'm the oldest she didn't like the stance they don't want to work palestinians would prefer to riot than work true. low enough a sexy cow and the madonna fun she was voted the pregnant of the thing intifada minty fought. just to me means a ragheads rip off again and then that was called the. they are just about. maybe if you listen to them you.

well this was a major coordinated operation by the israeli army targeting eight offices of three palestinian media service provider companies in four cities in the occupied west bank they confiscated equipment they arrested two members of staff of the transmedia group and in some instances they sealed the offices with signs saying that they must not open again within six months now these are groups these are companies that provide services to broadcasters and media organizations they don't broadcast information and and programming themselves they provide services to companies such as c.n.n. b.b.c. france twenty four russia today and indeed on occasion al-jazeera as well but in this instance it seems the israeli army is targeting the arabic language networks affiliated to groups such as hamas islamic jihad and hezbollah certainly in the past the israeli army has targeted t.v. the hamas only channel saying that it brainwashes palestinian youth and celebrates the actions of attackers of israeli soldiers and civilians in this instance it says that it will continue to take action against incitement to violence the palestinian government says t

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reconciliation agreement between rival groups hamas controls gaza while fattah runs the palestinian authority but elektra city is still being rationed three weeks after that deal but it's with reports from gaza there nicknamed unkindly the a cursed because wherever these men are from garza electricity go. darkness follows we always have to listen to people insulting us he says. in june israel agreed to reduce the electricity supply to garza at the request of west bank based palestinian president mahmoud abbas. it was one of a number of tactics to force hamas which runs gaza to the negotiating table. in this everything is bad one to the old lady big me not to turn off the power it was so embarrassing i called my boss but he said no turning it off as i tried to do it five young men came with sticks and knives and started arguing with me then i had to run off and leave the power on each district rotates a for hours on twelve of shad jule half of the two million people who live here rely on expensive private generated networks to fill the gaps. but they're not affordable luxury for the other one million residents

the hotel room. palestinian authority prime minister will hold a cabinet meeting in gaza city. xt step in the reunification efforts. he and senior officials have traveled from the west bank to take over ministries which have been run by hamas since the group seized control of the gaza strip continues ago. last month the two rivals agreed to move toward a joint government. in record low close after it terminated plans to emerge. .hat dealt a blow 9%, theell more than lowest since the company began trading in march 2006. bonds were set for its biggest daily declines. nissan has resumed sales of cars in japan that were suspended on news that inspection checks had out myrried for years unauthorized staff. [no audio] at his malibu home and never recovered. he is best known as the leader of the heartbreakers, writing songs as much as -- writing songs such as american girl, and refugees. he was one of the traveling blueberries. 66.petty was global news, 24 hours a day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am debra mao. this is bloomberg. >> let's get t

a similar story in the west bank city of ramallah cautious optimism that this latest deal marks a real breakthrough. bring the country together. as well that is what every palestinian wants. them and. we hope this time there will be unity. this is what the nation needs. exact details on the path forward is still some way off various palestinian factions are expected to join talks on forming a wider unity government in the weeks ahead well they don't use the time you cram has reported extensively on the reconciliation process between hamas and fatah he joins us now from jerusalem welcome explain to us why this the significance of this deal. well i mean it's seen as a potential step forward in the reconsideration between hamas and fatah have to attend years what is different this time maybe and that's what people are saying is that the egyptians are strongly involved also the international community is apparently is supporting it despite the fact of course that thomas is considered a terrorist organization but on the other hand also the major sticking points for example when it comes to the issue of hamas and its military ring and giving up. that has been put to a la

out of the strip in two thousand and seven after a last election and civil war with rival hamas palestinian prominence around the house was welcomed by large crowds and celebrations in gaza city on monday shot down that government in gaza last month to pave the way for the reconciliation both groups are trying to reactivate a unity government both gaza and the west bank says it's crucial for the middle east peace process. from the heart of the palestinian state exist. between the west bank and the gaza strip. the vision. and the consequences. well hamas and fatah have tried and failed to reconcile frequently over the past ten years peacemaking efforts have never made it this far saudi arabia was the first to try and broker peace between hamas and fatah but the mecca deal signed in two thousand and seven fell apart almost immediately here later yemen gave it a go and two sides signed a deal to revive direct talks but they never followed through the cairo deal signed in two thousand and eleven was hailed as a landmark agreement but it didn't last very long either and the doha deal signed in two thousand and twelve five years after the conflict started also fail to stick many fa

of liberty or the great barrier reef but this summer it also recognized the old city of hebron in the west bank as a palestinian world heritage site the u.s. says that showed a bias against israel one reason it said for its decision that issue was the same reason that the us stopped funding the agency in two thousand and eleven when the palestinian authority was made a full member it didn't pay but didn't give up its membership either so its bills kept wrecking up currently it owes us go five hundred fifty million dollars another reason it says the us is quitting at the end of twenty eighteen the question is you know do we want to pay that money and do we want to pay more money going forward when there is actually a law that says the u.n. entity that accepts palestinians as a member state can no longer receive u.s. funding so that's part of it the move has been roundly condemned by diplomats in isco it's about promoting our ideals and values to culture education and science these values and ideals. very much part of france's d.n.a. but also america's d.n.a. . this is part of a growing trend of international dis

to miss the point of all this this is an extremely controversial place for any settlement construction people that settlers and palestinians live cheek by jowl right in the middle of the old city of hebron it is a place where they have clashed repeatedly in the past and the kinds of people and activist who is telling me that would want to come to live here in an illegal settlement in hebron a just the kinds of people who have extremist right wing views more likely to continue that situation there's also the question of the restrictions on movement restrictions on electricity that people here complain of in terms of the settlements that already exists already there are several hundred israeli settlers who live within hebron this adds to that and as you say it is the first time that this is happening this kind of announcement of approval of such a plan since two thousand and two it is on land which was designated to be a bus station under jordanian rule before the nine hundred sixty seven war and so there are legal challenges that could be brought against it because there is a question over the legality of once the israelis move what is currently a military base out of there and

well this was a major coordinated operation by the israeli army targeting eight offices of three palestinian media service provider companies in four citiesin the occupied west bank they confiscated equipment they arrested two members of staff of the transmedia group and in some instances they sealed the offices with signs saying that they must not open again within six months now these are groups these are companies that provide services to broadcasters and media organizations they don't broadcast information and and programming themselves they provide services to companies such as c.n.n. b.b.c. france twenty four russia today and indeed on occasion al-jazeera as well but in this instance it seems the israeli army is targeting the arabic language networks affiliated to groups such as hamas islamic jihad and hezbollah certainly in the past the israeli army has targeted arks a t.v. the hamas only channel saying that it brainwashing is palestinian youth and celebrates the actions of attackers of israel. soldiers and civilians in this instance it says that it will continue to take action against incitement to violence the palestinian governm

to al-jazeera in the field i hope like me you've got some more about one of africa's great cities one of the phillips in nairobi. we here to jerusalem bureau covered israeli palestinian affairs we cover this story with a lot of intimate knowledge we covered it with that we don't dip in and out of the story we have presence here all the time apart from being a cameraman it's also very important to be a journalist to know the story very well before going into the fields covering the united nations and global diplomacy for al-jazeera english is pretty incredible this is where talks happen and what happens here matters. news has never been more available it's a constant barrage of it every day but the message is a simplistic you have brain a good logical rational crazy month and misinformation is rife dismissal and well documented accusations and evidence is part of genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narratives at this time on al-jazeera. it's minus fifteen celsius outside that doesn't stop the statement biologists launching a five million dollar robotic submarine and dropping it down seven hundred meters to the ocea

the palestinian led boycott divestment and sanctions or b.d.s. campaign check out. the sample application for a harvey rebuilding contract from the city of dickinson it includes a section that requires the applicant to verify that they do not currently boycott israel and will not do so during the duration of the contract according to the a.c.l.u. imposing a political litmus tests on disaster relief funds for people devastated by hurricane harvey violates the first amendment of the constitution some organizers in houston also say the law is delaying recovery efforts as the lots of families remain displaced or in shelters while waiting for homes to be rebuilt meanwhile in puerto rico police officers are struggling to contain crime on an island where roughly eighty percent of people remain without electricity more than one month after hurricane maria pummeled the u.s. territory puerto rico's force of thirteen thousand officers are working longer ships responding to an increasing amount of calls for robberies shootings and high speed chases in an interview with the miami herald a police officer from the u.s. commonwealth claims quote it's

checkpoint set up by the syrian tema crowd of course as south africa city syria's state news agency says the bombings targeted civilians playing areas under ice or control and hours or. palestinians in gaza in the occupied west bank have been out on the streets celebrating a reconciliation deal between fatah and hamas the agreement ends the rival factions decade long rift and places gaza and the west bank under one government for the first time since two thousand and seven the u.s. and israel are pulling out of the us go to united nations cultural agency they've accused the organization of having an anti israel bias and hating financial reform pakistan's army has rescued a family held captive for five years by the economy network organization ally into the afghan taliban the army says canadian josh will boil his american wife and their three children were freed in a tribal district along the pakistan afghanistan border that came after a tip off from u.s. intelligence agencies u.s. president donald trump's taken his most concrete step yet to undo obamacare his predecessor signature health care law he signed an executive order that lets small businesses ban together to buy cheaper

the girl's trip to a unity government has more from gaza city. well the first cabinet meeting of this new unity reconciliation government has taken place the palestinian prime minister on the one dollar presiding and this is really the first getting under way of this project is difficult project which is failed so many times over the last ten years to restore palestinian authority government to the gaza strip now we have ministers going out to their ministries the expectation is of a smooth handover of power from the hamas officials who have been controlling those ministries up until now we've had a news conference after the cabinet meeting in which the p.a. government spokesman talked about the importance of the egyptian backing to all this we have posters of president sisi in this square talking about the fact that the egyptian minister of intelligence will be here later in the day offering support to this process talking about appealing to the international community and the israelis themselves to ease the israeli blockade and as for the kind of humanitarian issues which are so key to the nearly two million people who live in the gaza strip so far