u.s. administration getting assistant united states will never benefit them.we hope and pray coming back from these long theories. and we are determined to protect and preserve the sanctity. in the declaration, you will find the resolution passed by the united nations, especially the reminders on resolution number 470 team. the united states has rectified this, which is very important. the secretary council are being harmed as well. and no other country can have confidence anymore. u.s. administration cannot unilaterally make such a decision. how is this even possible? they cannot be left in the hands are to the mercy of a country. al-quds cannot be left in the hands of a country that exponentially expands for women and children feeding on blood. you can see the pictures on the slides. these youngsters are being tormented. but get this. even more important than not, they have recently tormented a child suffering from down's syndrome. i think if we could have seen those pictures right now, it would have been much more striking. another picture, the soldiers sta

>> [ speaking persian ] >> translator: the way in which, currently, thus far, the u.s. administrationhosen to stand against iran and the jcpoa has been the wrong one. and the proof has been experienced by previous administrations in the united states, and the conclusion is natural to reach, that what the obama administration did in order to achieve success in this engagement, vis-à-vis the jcpoa and iran, drew upon the unsuccessful experiences of previous administrations. however, the path undertaken today by this u.s. administration is a return to the past, to a distant past that goes all the way back to president bush number one, as well as president bush the son, number two. so these paths have already been traveled upon, they have been unsuccessful, and soon that mr. trump will see that this was the wrong path that he had chosen. >> for the u.s., it had been former secretary of state john kerry who negotiated the iran deal, spending countless hours going back and forth with his counterpart, javad zarif. he told me that president trump has got it all wrong, that he'll actually make

u.s. administration that this was really stabbing the palestinians in the back and at this point they need to find something else now also they do tell you that despite the announcement of president try. the reality on the ground doesn't change in the sense that ok but east jerusalem remains for them the capital of their future state the read tomorrow ok but east jerusalem will be the same as the day and despite trams announcement the rest of the world has not complied with him does not agree with him and it's time really to bank on that. there live from ramallah how to thank you. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has hailed the move calling it a historic day for israel 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 i call on all countries that seek peace to join the united states in recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital and to move their embassies here i share president trump's commitment to advancing peace between israel and all of our neighbors including the palestinians t

u.s. administration abstained when that resolution was passed last december so clearly there's a hard line attitude emerging from the u.s. this has been in place for a long time confirmed right now mike hanna thank you very much indeed. some other news now on a nail biting at election in the indian state of gujarat has seen prime minister narendra modi hold on to power his party parity and janata party has governed good for the past twenty two years to think of quality port. people here say it was one of the most exciting elections the state of gujarat has seen in decades . there have been celebrations in the city center along with relief that the ruling party agenda third party managed to retain power. but it was a close race. for the first time in twenty two years the opposition indian national congress radek campaign that threatened the ruling party why didn't. the p.d.p. had campaigned on the issue of economic development. and people voted for them. no doubt the communities opposing the party have affected some seats against the people who voted for development and reelected that they

u.s. administration with an american president changing the rules of the game standing alone facing the entire international community which has unanimously told him his decision is unwise it is counterproductive it is illegal and nobody is on board with this decision even his closest allies france the u.k. germany nobody is on board with this american president on recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital and changing the rules of a very very delicate. doesn't seem to understand why do you think. given the fact that the international condemnation before he made i mean none of this reaction should come as a surprise to him i just wondered what is he got to gain from this. well he gains domestically because he is surrounded by a group of ideologues who only see the world from the right. wing of the israeli perspective. this team of his jared kushner and green blatt and even the american ambassador to tel aviv all of them are known to be right wing to be completely allied with the israeli government on its position in addition to his main supporters like sheldon adelson and others who are who ha

u.s. as a mediator and we believe this administration by this announcement has really delivered three big damages the first of the u.s. start us as a mediator here the second is. to the ability of the u.s. to actually bring about a two state solution because they aimed a shot of the heart of the two state solution which is your solution the third the actually this empower of the constituency of peace you know the peace camp the ones the hundreds of millions in the region in the world are the ones to see and into this conflict and the import of who the armageddon ist the non-solution missed the ideologues the terrorists who are burning families in the west bank the settlers and the settler movement who are in control they have empowered those who do not want to see it was you. know you have to raise lethal i use the phrase it's a kiss of death. let me ask you straight up clear it is the two state solution now dead the two state solution from the u.s. point of view and mediation is that that's not what it is and is as a solution if together in their community council no not at all if tomorro

u.s. or by the trump administration sort of confirms in the mind of a lot of arab leaders something they had already suspected which was that the u.s. was never an impartial broker that it was always sort of subtly low key on the israeli side and now that they've made this announcement the arab league is going to be hard pressed to find a new foods third party in these negotiations if there even are any new negotiations that are going to take place on it that's my shredder reporting for us from jerusalem thank you. asuka look now at some of the other stories that are making news around the world iraqi prime minister hyder all of body says his country's war with the so-called islamic state has been won he says the army has driven i asked from the country and recent curates border with syria after more than three years of conflict. huge wildfires raging through southern california have forced around two hundred thousand people to flee their homes multiple blazes have destroyed hundreds of businesses and much of the state's valuable of a cargo crop fire crews are stretched thin but unrelenting

u.s. administration however there is one question that sticks out. what factors that. make such an outrageous act the type of rhetoric that we've heard has prevented peace in the past and it's not necessarily surprising to us well nick yarran explains how recognizing terry slim is israel's capital has affected donald trump's global reputation. how much time do you think donald trump spent considering his move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel a decision which doesn't directly affect anyone apart from the u.s. and its ally but as tremors across the world in ways that washington perhaps didn't see coming the u.s. loses its starring role in the middle east peace process in one swoop the president wait farewell to any hope that the united states can broker a diplomatic solution in the holy land from now on america is unwarranted in the peace process. from now on american mediation between israel and palestine is out of the question this process is over. the united states has chosen to lose its competency. qualifies itself from play in a peaceful process the t

u.s. administration. the very success of yourself inspirations including the present one . nevertheless these. illegitimate decisions on a liquids have gone beyond all acceptable red lines. and this is a matter. that will in no way make it possible for us to maintain our commitments and idea to them on our side we have agreed with them up fully and officially. that we shall undertake road regarding international organizations that we do not adhere to certain international organizations under condition under condition that. america does not transfer its embassy and does not initiate any action regarding our office in washington and does not stop its assistance and corn upon israel to stop its settling settlers actions they have violated this and we shall therefore no longer be committed to our agreements. mr chairman your excesses your majesty's and highness was this english participants . in israel not being brought to answer to the international community when they oppressed and. annihilated more than one hundred and forty villages in our country. and violated and breached

u.s. administration for the u.k. peace there rebel against their own prime minister trees of may backing a parliament to any final deal on leaving the e.u. . just. the fourteenth of december money this is r t international great to have you with us and we're starting off with this it wrapped up just over an hour ago we're talking the annual q. and a the russian president vladimir putin finished almost four hours of nonstop questions and diverse questions at that from the press our correspondents across. time go so many questions to save through what stood out for you the. kevin hello about forty minutes ago i got out of the room and trust me it is very difficult because there are so many people more than sixty one hundred journalists and it really squeezes a lot of energy out of you when so many people are eager to get that question and i'll tell you what the thing of the press conference is that you can hear about things ranging from a bridge in a remote town and. that's been delayed in construction to global issues

u.s. administration to rescind its position. afterwords, a gold star father recalls his immigration from pakistan to the united states in his book, "an american family: a memoir of hope and sacrifice." he is interviewed by a california congressman. >> this is common among authoritarian mentalities. they do not like free press. free press criticizes them. the second thing is the rule of law. they do not like judges, they do not like the rule of law. that had given me such a perspective of not having any civil liberties to having all of these dignities. further, i will tell you what a moment it was when i went to take the oath of citizenship. would atery american least read the oath of citizenship. to hopefulness, the dignities enshrined in our constitution and our bill of rights. >> watch after words on c-span's book tv -- c-span2's but tv. >> after a series of sexual misconduct allegations, minnesota senator al franken announced he would step down in the coming weeks. he made the announcement a day after several of his colleague

u.s. senate republicans of pos the most sweeping tax reforms in more than three decades it is a key political victory for president donald trump after his administration won the support of republicans who had been holding out on friday critics say the bill will add one trillion dollars to the u.s. budget deficit in the next decade trump says a bill which includes a big cuts in corporate taxes will boost economic growth william black is a professor of economics and you know with the university of missouri and kansas city he says congressional republicans on are desperate to get their key provisions of the tax bill through. paradox is that the republicans have actually gotten weaker in congress and that trump now has more power over them than he has had it any point in the presidency and that to his strength comes in part from the very weaknesses we've talked about that they gresham republicans are now be desperate to have something pass anything that's the first part the second part is there particularly desperate to get the key provisions of this bill through for their donor base and the donor base of course these are the wealthier people and this tax

u.s. administration what abdel-hamid there live from ramallah thanks. well the status of jerusalem itself is at the heart of the israeli palestinian conflict and it's hugely symbolic for both sides to understand why we need to go back seventy years and u.n. vote carved up palestinian land into two states a jewish one and an arab one in one nine hundred forty seven but under this partition plan the holy city of jerusalem was given a special international status to be governed by the united nations but a year later during the first arab israeli war israel captured more territory leading to devote to the division of jerusalem west jerusalem came under israeli control and east jerusalem came on the jordanian will bought in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven after the six day war israel unlawfully occupied east jerusalem it's still under israel's illegal occupation despite u.n. resolutions in one thousand eighty israel for the consolidated its grip over the city and that's when its knesset or the parliament declared jerusalem to be its co-eternal and indi

u.s. administration and international law and international legitimacy. of this simple very clear message that you cannot do it even if you are a stronger stronger party there is the international law and international legitimacy of these decisions that are part of not accepted ok so as the u.s. isolates itself more from this process with the palestinians saying they will not deal with them any more we see mahmoud abbas in france today they have been suggestions that france could fill that role do you agree with that i don't think so be quite honest with your no one in should ignore the importance of the united states in international relations there are two major factors that the function one is power to is legitimacy that's how historically when the united states was successful is that when combined both barack. the mind is the quick for example the liberation of kuwait the us had both power and legitimacy in iraq in two thousand and three however the us had only power no legitimacy and they failed the one hundred fifty thousand troops in three millions

u.s. administration understands the enormity of the subject we're being told that promises were made during the election campaign which would postpone internal us problems that are facing trump or anyone else on all concerned but this is a very big issue touching jerusalem touching the al aqsa mosque touching the church of the holy sepulcher is playing with fire there's no meaning for a palestinian state without east jerusalem as its capital israel says all countries have the right to designate their own capital cities but hannah ashrawi an executive committee committee member of the palestinian liberation organization says that argument doesn't stand up. i would like to designate my capital and palace for example you don't designate your capital on other people's last. part from other people that is no way in which jerusalem can be extracted from the heart of palestine or in which. city exclusively is the city and if you want it is illusion then you would recognise westerners and as capital of israel you recognise east jerusalem as the capital of palestine this is in the context of accepti

u.s. administration to not bring forward proposals for an israeli palestinian settlement a settlement between the neighbors now seems further away than ever. to his tenure cramer is still with us in jerusalem ten of the u.s. looking increasingly isolated there at the united nations what about its honest broker role in this conflict yes i mean this is how it does seem here is that u.s. has booked very no u.n. security council resolutions and there's little in the way from it from an international consensus. the status of to use of the should be. decided to run to find stuff that's nicholas huge no way to get them they've. really been they used and both of us unspoken and i think this is the decision but it's to try to do this to use them to come to this was just confirm to them what they have always suspected that this is about the beginning to what's israel but of course it will be interesting to see because this is always talk about that it's tough ones to find out the deal and that actually hasa team on the choices on the ground here they were here at the post a month to. you a piece. so it

u.s. administration threatening to rip away founding another arm of the u.s. administration asking for great ease in distributing it just a sign of how this is all being played by the minute to do it would appear by the trump administration not really being thought through a conundrum in the making i'm sure we'll of course follow events with you from new yorkers as time progresses thanks mike let's cross over to west jerusalem harry force that is standing by and harry the israelis have been working very hard behind the scenes over a number of years really to try and make sure that scenarios like this that we are going to see in the general assembly don't actually happen by drumming up international support i mean our senior politicians are concerned. well the most senior politician here benjamin netanyahu is doing his best to slough off any idea of concern and say really that this is a nonevent he's come up with. one of many insults that he uses against united nations this time calling it a house of lies and issuing a preemptive rejection of this vote so there'

u.s. administration understands the enormity of the subject we're being told that promises were made during the election campaign which would postpone internal u.s. problems that are facing trump or anyone else. but this is a very big issue touching jerusalem a touchingly l.x. a mosque touching the church of the holy sepulcher is playing with fire there's no meaning for a palestinian state without east jerusalem as its capital mark far is an assistant professor at the dar is jude he says trump would go against all his previous s's in recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital. every priest president historically has signed that waiver to not move. the embassy but by actually now break with that tradition i think the pro if you want to call it pro israeli faction of the hardcore boys really faction in his administration questionnaire and others are pushing for this of course question is implicated now in the flynn scandal because he was lobbying with flynn on behalf of israel to get russia to veto settlement resolution in two thousand and sixteen and that's when a big scandal as well as the q

u.s. administration but arab leaders who have failed to stand by the palestinian cause this is the feeling in the street and everyone knew that there was going to be this kind of reactions and i mean it's worth restating perhaps that what we're looking at is a nasty combustible but it's a small localized. and he trumped decision in protest but they did know you know the authorities in lebanon must have known the u.s. embassy knew because mr mattis in the run up to this in washington they said puts in extra security because we think u.s. embassies might become a focal point not a target but a focal point of localized anger. be a failure of the embassy that if you are right this morning if that isn't the stay away from programs like this one this is not the first person that there's going to be able to be seen. in public opinion that you keep camp across the country we play refugee camp because that's what they're know now but people no longer live and have been seven years in the first wave of public opinion were forced to leave what is now is and they think people are neighborhood people h

u.s. administration understands the enormity of the subject we're being told that promises were made during the election campaign which would postpone internal u.s. problems that are facing trump or anyone else. but this is a very big issue touching jerusalem touching the al aqsa mosque touching the church of the holy sepulcher is playing with fire there is no meaning for a palestinian state without east jerusalem as its capital. security forces in honduras have been given extra powers to stop violence that followed a disputed election president of the homeland is now really ahead of opposition candidate salvador claimed electoral fraud and called his supporters on to the streets pope francis has wrapped up his asian tour and is on his way back to the vatican ahead of the roman catholic church has been on a six day trip to bangladesh and me and mark the international community hope he'd address the six hundred twenty thousand growing violence in iraq and state but he didn't mention the ethnic minority until day four of his tour. the headlines and news continues here on al-jazeera after retu

u.s. administration to not bring forward detailed proposals for an israeli palestinian settlement a settlement between the neighbors now seems further away than that. will shortly the arab league which is an umbrella organization of twenty two arab states will be holding an emergency meeting in cairo i'm joined now by michael thinks she's a journalist who's in the egyptian capital ruth thanks for joining us so the arab league has called this emergency session to discuss downturns recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital just what are they hoping to achieve at this meeting . well it seems like the most likely outcome off an evening of debate is that we're likely to see a statement old condemnation concerning the decision now the question. that you know will be asked by commentators and observers of this evening's meeting is who exactly that statement of condemnation is likely to be targeting is it israel in which case that would be an end with a lot of other statements previously made by the arab league or is it the united states and if so that route be something of a break from tradition f

u.s. administration however there is one question that sticks out what factors are militants made it possible for the u.s. president to take such an outrageous act that type of rhetoric that we heard has prevented peace in the past and it's not necessarily surprising to us well despite that well it's now the time of year in which israel celebrates hanukkah and this comes after donald trump's dramatic decision on jerusalem which may seem like a huge gift we a very happy hanukkah. and i think this one will go down as especially special. right now. i'm thinking about what's going on and the love that's all over israel at all about jerusalem love that's all over israel trump one is far is actually praising himself for the all but controversial move his point his predecessors only made promises where he actually delivered. jerusalem is still the capital of israel and must remain unknown divided city accessible as soon as i take on this i will begin the process of moving the united states ambassador to the city in israel and shows. i continued to say that jerusalem will be the capital of israel so

u.s. administration to not bring forward detailed proposals for an israeli palestinian settlement a settlement between the neighbors now seems further away than ever. all right so as we just saw the united states quite isolated absent united nations in light of this can the u.s. still be considered a credible broker in the mideast conflict this is a big question under an undercurrent in this whole situation here which is if not the u.s. then a who what other country has sort of the presence on the international stage and the objectivity from the situation to be an impartial broker in any future peace process peace negotiations that might happen maybe france maybe germany but that's really the question now is it not the u.s. who another problem with this is that in the minds of the palestinians and the arabs the u.s. was never really an objective broker in the first place they were always suspected of being very much on the israeli side and this announcement by president trump has confirmed that now in their minds all right we're also hearing that the arab league is due to hold a meeting to dis

u.s. administration has given the morning to the to the u.s. embassies and consulates all around the world that they're expecting violence in particular in the middle east but maybe in other places as well maybe even violent attacks on the u.s. consulate and the embassies it's really fueling because not only flu fueling the conflict but fueling violence in the region and the announcement hasn't even been made official yet already such a fallout marcus khan with the very latest joining us here in the studio international affairs expert at the german institute for international and security affairs thank you. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world the british government says that it has not yet formally assessed how leaving the e.u. will impact the country's economy bread's it minister david davis told parliament such an analysis wasn't needed until later in the divorce process the comments are likely to inflame criticism of the government negotiations with brussels have stalled in recent days over the status o

u.s. administration with regard to the future of the european project. after all the previous years u.s. administrations have backed the european president trump himself comes across as far more skeptic. can you talk about the direction of u.s. policy on europe especially thee usa moving? >> this is when it's nice to no longer be in government service. the future of the eu? doesn't have one as far as i'm concerned. if it continues like this it will collapse or it will further devolve into what is it today which is a club in which different membership categories exist and which really isn't a club but a group of micro clubs that are held together under one faux umbrella. high? because it lost sight of why it's created. i lived in budapest and i taught undergraduate student as whole semester on european integration and we have to go back to the basics. there's a reason it's verse version was coal and steesteel. why? because those were the two things you needed to go to war in the 1950's you needed it and europe project originally was about one thing. making sure france and germany would not

u.s. administrations american policy has some more devolved since the first days of the war what we need to do is bring all the parties together and find a political arrangement it is not solved by having another proxy war fought inside of yemen now aside from massive arms sales to saudi arabia what began as logistical support and intelligence sharing as part of the saudi led coalition moved to supporting combat operations in an advise and assist role drone of planes strikes now multiple ground operations the military involvement may have good intent on the surface commenting the sport is to hardest groups stabilizing a war torn country but as involvement has escalated the presence of terror groups has actually expanded now aside from the irony targeting militants allegedly allied to the saudi backed militias there's the question of a vicious circle air strikes and other military involvement in the region has led to terror groups capitalizing on precisely those sentiments among the populace which lead to heightened recruitment and support for jihadism just remember libya and syria and this

u.s. administration decide jerusalem will remain the capital of arab palestine forever. and of course jerusalem is arab it always was arab and it will stay that way. also tens of thousands chanted in wave flags on the streets of the moroccan capital robot to show their support for the palestinians and denounce american and israeli aggression in paris french president and urged israel's benjamin netanyahu to negotiate with the palestinians and called trump's move a dangerous threat to peace netanyahu dug in against the criticism it's always been a couple in jerusalem it's never been the couple of any other people so i think the sooner the problem students come to grips with this reality the sooner we will move towards peace and this is why i think president was stored and so important for peace. that peace is unlikely in the current atmosphere as palestinians continue to march in gaza and the west bank violent scenes like this in bethlehem suggest it won't be easy to diffuse their outrage. as events of micron israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says add that the soo

u.s. administration to not bring forward detailed proposals for an israeli palestinian settlement a settlement between the neighbors now seems further away than ever. all right so the united states isolated at the united nations. is the u.s. still a credible broker in the mideast process in light of these developments. that is sort of the low key question that's been underlying everything that's happened so far this week if not the u.s. then who really who has the international heft and presence as well as the objectivity from the situation to be a proper partner in whatever peace negotiations might still be happening and one of the things that has happened through this process is sort of confirmed in the minds of the palestinians and their arab partners that the u.s. was never really an objective partner they were always low key subtly on the israeli side but now of course the question is well then who who could do it and that's a question the still remains to be answered right now there is no peace process happening it's been stalled for many years and the white house does not seem intereste

u.s. administration to not bring forward detailed proposals for an israeli palestinian settlement a settlement between the neighbors now seems further away than ever. and we're back with your kramer on the streets of jerusalem time and we just saw the u.s. looking quite isolated there at the united nations what about its honest broker role in this conflict is it still even seen as an honest broker. well this is something specially among palestinians certainly the u.s. has isolated itself with this decision and walked away from international law from the security council resolutions also on jerusalem but again never really believed that the u.s. isn't on the spoken in this conflict that they were always leaning more towards the israeli side and they just feel that this decision to acknowledge recognize such a resume as the capital of israel has just confirmed so it will be interesting no to see because mr trump has always spoken about he wants to bring the ultimate deal the ultimate p.c.l. and we know that his team has been here on the ground and they're pretty working on some kind of peace pla

u.s. administration. we saw the day before president trump made his public -- his decision, that, you know, he spoke to four arab leaders, the king of saudi arabia, the king of jordan, the president of the palestinian authority, all of them told him don't take this decision. he took it anyway. and their impotence in a sense is very plain to see, for people, like the ones behind me. natalie? >> ben, we always appreciate your reporting, your perspective. you're going to go in closer, we'll stay in touch with you. ben wedeman, thank you. we'll get back to you. >> i doubt he will, though, he'll keep pushing in there. that's how he gets the story. a lot happening out there for sure. >>> beirut is the latest example of outrage across the region. four palestinians have been killed in gaza. and protesters have clashed for days with israeli forces in jerusalem and the west bank. on saturday, arab league foreign ministers called on the u.s. to cancel its decision. >> some groups are lashing out at u.s. vice preside

u.s. administrations have often said we first need them to calm down we first need them not to have first need them to not test a nuclear weapon we need a period of quiet before we sit down the point is the noise the proliferation the weapons are the exact reason we need to sit down and i think secretary tell us and got it right we should be able to sit down and first talk about the wallpaper or the the environment that we're sitting in talk about anything because that begins to build a relationship and i think what you were facing a situation with those statements by the secretary of state that would lead to talks being set up and i think this is a further example that the united states doesn't appear to want a diplomatic solution and doesn't appear to want to sit down and talk what else was said tillerson stated that the u.s. .

u.s. administrations have postponed the implementation of that law and so people say why no why do this without getting anything from the israelis in return it's a strange way of deal making to basically give this bargaining chip out of your hand before you even have presented any plan of what's what's going on the other point of criticism here is that apparently trump has done this not so much because of concerns for the region the middle east but mainly because of concerns for his own domestic agenda he wanted to please his own base in particular the conservative pro israel lobby and its allies among christian conservatives christian of and eventually this and that is what has been criticized here this was a domestic move mainly this is what people say and not so much anything that could bring peace in the region in the middle east any further and that person has a trumpet ministration announced a time frame when they want to move the embassy are when they want to maybe make public the peace plan that they have in mind. well the piece. is supposed to be unveiled early next year no concrete da

u.s. administration. youine what the poll tell about the ability the mexican government has to do stuff with the united states? as it goes to the cycle of next year, then it -- it impacts it has ag in terms of profound impact on security collaboration, something tony and i worked on hand in hand when he was in mexico city and i was in washington dc and there is already a challenge because this is not the forum to discuss whether we agree or not, but as the u.s. has moved in a de facto legalization, many in mexico are increasingly saying why should mexico be investing blood sweat and tears in eradicating if nine states in the united states have legalized for recreational use? there is already a relevant tension and to this, you add u.s. administration that decides , it will article 225 have a profound impact on how mexico has articulated a number of policies, whether it is regional or bilateral: level. it is not that mexico will necessarily become an anti-american country. it is simply the ability to do st

u.s. administration is introduced by president reagan it was repealed by president clinton reintroduced by president bush rescinded by president obama the critics say this newest version president trumps version of a yawn anything that's happened before. crucially. president trump's rule extends to a far larger range of international aid programs for example charities working to combat h.i.v. and other infectious diseases longer get usaid said by his own abortion. and the new policy affects a u.s. foreign aid budget of over eight point eight billion dollars. over one hundred thirty n.g.o.s have condemned. including global names like save the children and population action international. the us administration has briefed that they are committed to helping women and children thrive should just take their word. if this administration was truly concerned about protecting life they want to react at this policy and they certainly want to expand it in the way that they do it because we know from past iterations of this policy maternal deaths and create. unsafe abortions increase this is not going

u.s. administration 1947. and that day by day resolution and regrettably and how the united states chooses international law and ignores the international consensus with the israeli occupation with this veto united states has missed the opportunity to reach once again this decision by any means. and that status of the united states to undermine any future peace process so today is a total bias rather than opposition with the israeli is why we were awaiting a peace plan deciding with the realization that this underscores the failure imperative have the process going forward that is binding and remain valid that cannot have that adopted resolution really because it put the councils authority in all cases with the resolution aside from palestine. and then there is imbalance we refuse to accept to be the exception to every rule but to speak in one voice with that resolution. that the u.s. decision encourages israel against our palestinian people know frederick will hide this complacent no veto can legitimize this

u.s. administration that may be reaching new heights in its management of this file by some of its senior personnel of ignorance arrogance and prejudice and that this could hurt the american national security interest which is why this is never been done before but and this is important to remember and it's not just about the embassy moved by the way it could also be an act and is likely to be possibly and that that fall short of moving the embassy but that recognizes jerusalem as israel's capital if that's just the jerusalem within the sixteenth set sixty seven lines perhaps not such a problem but i doubt that will be the case but what one has to remember is that this is not just about the trumpet ministration this is also continue a-t. of american policy the reason we're discussing this peta is as you mentioned congress passed the at every six months that congressional act has to be discussed so this is a deep structural feature of american policy which is why it is nothing new for america. to not be an effective broker not be an american broker and why it is a fifth failed and flawed s

johnson administration the u.s. upped its relationship to israel and became its primary lawyer and print and protector in a way it saw israel as affording it a very convenient and critical proxy ally in its war with the soviet union for hegemonic control of the middle east in the cold war and thanks for having said that then israel presumably will not accept anyone but the us to be a mediator so this is going to put the palestinians in a tough spot. that was the palestinian thinking and why arafat's from one thousand nine hundred three onwards angled to have a direct line to the united states as a mediator they got that opportunity in one thousand nine hundred three we've had two decades and a half to bear witness to the fact that even though the united states is one of the only countries in the world that can bear pressure on israel it has been able and unwilling to do so that's a result of its own domestic politics but it's also the result of its own foreign policy so even if this might be the best chance that the

u.s. administration in particular the u.s. secretary of state next to listen in removing the preconditions for the direct discussion with the north koreans but one would have expected that the americans who called you know that we thought few weeks ago when our in the aftermath of the in the clinton continental ballistic missile test it remember that all the objects were offered americans were going to tighten up and take a more militaristic position in trying to resolve the crisis so i think this is a welcome response now what remains to be seen going forward is the shipment for possible direct discussion so that needs to happen in some in some way or another the parties have to meet directly and talk with each other so that the format for discussion for that discussion is going to be the next step which will provide an indication of whether this is just rhetoric whether it is going to be something actionable on this and also you talk about a fig leaf and the rest spied but it's still unclear whether president of trump is ful