that can really resist this in a time soon thank you for that mohammed jump june lifeforce in west jerusalem well let's sell a bit deeper into this now because a lot of grey areas with this new law it puts religion at the heart of the state rather than an equal rights for all which shows up several legal questions in one nine hundred forty eight declaration of the establishment of the state of israel granted equal social and political rights to all its citizens irrespective of religion race and sex so does this new law alter the status quo that's been

i remember distinctly remembering that this was the wall that separated the east and west jerusalem. and this was no man's land here. >> my family lived in jerusalem for centuries. in 1948 the state was pounded, and for the palestinians this time was called the catastrophe. like many palestinians, my father and his entire family were pushed out of their ancestral home. they moved to a small apartment in east jerusalem because the city was divided into a jewish and an arab city. and in 1967, the six-day war happened when the israelis invaded jerusalem and conquered it. we have lived under the israeli occupation ever since, always longing to go back to our ancestral homes. >> and my father's story that we left the home that he was born in and his father, etc., always was with us. >> whenever i walk here i feel as though i'm walking with a shiver in my body. like i feel at home. they used to have the stables down there. and actually, this is my father's room right there. for threes three years i would say easily 50-year-old trees. because my father, when he came here, he said he remember

giving us the latest picture and west jerusalem. syrian rebels who surrendered in the south west have begun arriving in opposition held areas of the country's north more than fifty buses carrying two thousand three hundred people have reached the town of my broke and province the fighters and their families were given safe passage in a surrender deal with the government syrian army forces have since entered the city of connection the dail is a major victory for president bashar al assad forces have retaken much of the south and. is in the book the rebel held area where those found rebels and families from connection and now arrived well some of them have a lot of people to look at the evacuation buses carrying people displaced from connecter have arrived in hama province fifty five coaches containing more than three thousand people this is the first group from connecticut and will be followed by many others the total numbers will be more than thirteen thousand going from south to north this displacement followed a wave of offensives

so thank you very much for that for now that stephanie dechen live in west jerusalem. to iraq now where protests are spreading to more cities despite the government announcing plans to fix services and create jobs at least eight people have been killed in the violence allow a protest as a threatening to disrupt oil production as a solid binge of a the reports. that they want to make tricity clean water and jobs. protesters have continued to congregate in southern iraq for a second week these people say police stopped them from setting up a protest camp at the bus for governor office it was not guarded at the moment that we were sitting peacefully and along convoy from the army and golden division stormed our tent we said we are peaceful protesters and not terrorists they said you have to remove your tent or you will be arrested and i want to move off we are strong we are acting on our own free will we are not picking from a leaky buddy we are simply raising own demands. on sunday the protest spread to many sudden provinces including within as some of our city. at least

white flags let's get more on this from stephanie decker our correspondent who is live for us in west jerusalem steph do we know who this group of syrians are and why they'd be approaching a border fence with israel. well they are internally displaced from the southern areas because of an active campaign by the syrian government backed by the russians to take back the areas of. back from the rebels so we know the u.n. estimates around one hundred sixty thousand people have been displaced so this group of people specifically who they are we don't know so hell but certainly they are desperate people the camps have been set up but the borders remain closed israel's borders are closed jordan's borders are closed so these people have nowhere to go these are also people who have been living for the policy few years under rebel control so there's a real concern what will happen to them when the government the syrian government takes over their villages this is been happening on a daily basis so the exact situation of these people that you are seeing we don't know what their stories are but we can cert

west jerusalem ok let's get more of an idea of how israel's move is being perceived by its major ally the u.s. john fredericks is the trunk campaign chairman in the state of virginia he's in washington and he's joining us now live thank you very much indeed for your time sir it's very often the case that israel does run things like this significant changes pos to the u.s. before they're put into place how much can the consultation do you think there was with the u.s. ahead of this decision. well you couldn't imagine a situation where the israeli government would go forward with this kind of a sweeping change that basically has now disenfranchised over two million palestinians living in israel they're supposed to be israeli citizens they felt like second class citizens before now what this law has done is they have legislated the legality of basic discrimination it's kind of hard to imagine that the israeli government when it would not have done this without some assurances that the trumpet ministration was going to look the other way i don't think they're going to come out in favor of

operating more than six miles off the coast let's go live now to our correspondent forsett he's in west jerusalem and harry what's brought this about. well it's a very clear response and in that statement the israeli military has said that this is all about what we've seen in the last few weeks the flying of kites and of balloons carrying some kind of incendiary device or burning material beneath them being flown from the gaza strip across the fence dividing it from israeli territory and falling in and burning thousands of hectares of israeli farmland this is become a major political issue for the israeli prime minister for the israeli government there's been a lot of pressure coming from especially his right wing coalition members to take firm action and it's already been pretty firm i mean they've been targeting with strikes very close to the sites where people have been launching these kites the policy up until this point has been to strike hamas linked targets from the air within gaza and territory now they're taking this economic measure the israeli army says that the government was respondi

many thanks i was this child stratford live in gaza city let's speak now to jump juba who's in west jerusalem mohammed what's israel saying about this cease fire. well adrian it's interesting israel is not using the term cease fire we've spoken to the israeli army just in the past hour they say that the situation is calm they confirm that there has been a sation of hostilities and that it is a full civilian routine in israel's border areas with gaza that means basically that the fighting has stopped that the operation is not ongoing but also when you look at how masses statement last evening they also did not use the term cease fire they said that it was a return to an era of calm clearly this is really just going to show that while everybody is trying to ensure this doesn't escalate into a full fledged conflict the situation even though it's much calmer this morning does still remain tense and there's a lot of behind the scenes negotiations going on now we have also heard about one incident that happened just in the past hour the israeli army putting out a statement saying that a number of s

jhoom following developments for us out of west jerusalem he's just sent us this update. after hours of escalation in gaza has a ceasefire been reached well that very much depends on who you ask according to hamas a cessation of hostilities has actually been achieved how my spokesman fozia but whom issuing a statement saying that with egyptian and united nations efforts it has been agreed to return to the era of calm between israel and palestinian factions that all being said however israel israel's army has not commented on if a cease fire has actually been reached we've been reaching out to them repeatedly since the announcement by hamas that that ceasefire has been reached there has been no comment from israel's army the last several hours we have heard from israel's army that operations have been ongoing in the gaza strip that israel's army had targeted upwards of sixty five targets also there had been reports through israeli media outlets that for the last several hours israel security cabinet have been meeting to discuss the ongoing operations in the gaza strip we'v

netanyahu praised it as a defining moment for designers and i'm a german who spoke to earlier reports west jerusalem. moments after israel's parliament passed the controversial new law defining the country as the nation state of the jewish people. and other arab members of the knesset ripped up copies of it. hours after the bill became law and in this far more serene setting was no less enraged the state is saying to its citizens. citizens you are not equal and you are maybe just and we are not we are the owner of the stand we have a right not in this land but only in this land we are the indigenous the legislation adopted by sixty two votes to fifty five makes hebrew the only official national language and defines the establishment of jewish communities as being in the national interest it also stipulates that israel is the historic homeland of the jewish people and adds that they have an exclusive right to national self-determination in it the law is controversial among israelis many have joined in the protests against the legislation saying it legitimizes discrimination palestinian political anal

moment of june has more reaction from west jerusalem. critics of the law say that it legitimizes discrimination and segregation we've heard throughout the day from senior palestinian officials here some of the reactions that we've gotten so far side of etiquette with the p.l.o. says this is a dangerous and racist law par excellence it denies the arab citizens their right to self-determination to instead be determined by the jewish population also with the p.l.o. how can i shall we says the jewish nation state law gives license to apartheid discrimination ethnic cleansing and sectarianism at the expense of the palestinian people such racist and prejudicial legislation is illegal by all standards of international law democracy humanity justice tolerance and inclusion of course the passage of the law is a huge symbolic victory for the government of prime minister benjamin netanyahu of course he was an early backer of this legislation when it began the discussion around it in two thousand and eleven he vowed that it would one day become law

is live for us now in west jerusalem and what kind of things are a result saying today after yesterday's violence. well i think what's interesting is the israeli officials we've been speaking with are not calling it a ceasefire they are saying in fact that calm has been restored in israel's border with gaza they are saying that activities are returned to normal but they are not calling it a ceasefire now hamas also wasn't going to cease fire when they were talking about this cease fire for all intents and purposes that's what it is but it is a very shaky truce at this point now we did hear about one incident that happened several hours ago in gaza the israeli army released a statement saying that a number of suspects infiltrated israel from the northern gaza strip the suspects then return to the gaza strip in response an idea of tank targeted a hamas military post but beyond that we've heard of no other incidents throughout the day as of now still calm but there is a lot of unease because people here are very much aware that any little thing could could spark something and it could be a

june was in west jerusalem with more on the israeli government's response israeli officials we've been speaking with are not calling it a ceasefire they are saying in fact that calm has been restored on israel's border with gaza they are saying that activities are returned to normal but they are not calling it a ceasefire now hamas also wasn't going to cease fire when they were talking about this cease fire for all intents and purposes that's what it is but it is a very shaky truce at this point now we did hear about one incident that happened several hours ago in gaza the israeli army released a statement saying that a number of suspects infiltrated israel from the northern gaza strip the suspects then returned to the gaza strip in response an i.d.f. tank targeted a hamas military post but beyond that we've heard of no other incidents throughout the day as of now still calm but there is a lot of unease because people here very much aware that any little thing could could spark something and it could be a wider conflagration really at any time hala duggan d. is a fellow at brookings in

london so the only who's an independent journalist and commentator on middle east issues from west jerusalem we're joined by robi sable a professor at the hebrew university of jerusalem and from beirut rami corey a senior fellow and adjunct professor at the american university of beirut and welcome to you all rami if we can start with you some context here first to what extent does southwest and syria's pivotal location mean that any military offensive in that region would have had stakes the transcends syria's civil war. that's a very strategic area in terms of the relationship between lebanon and hezbollah and syria and israel and jordan and iran all together they are interested in this area and the russians of course behind the syrian government the russians are trying to prevent wars regionally but all these other actors or involved in confrontations and have been involved in wars over the years it's a very strategic area and the golan itself the border area the go on has become even more important now because historically it was southern lebanon and northern israel that was the where fi

backed away let's get more on this our correspondent stephanie decker is following the story from west jerusalem stephanie what are you seeing or hearing about what's happening at the border and why these internally displaced people would be moving towards the israeli occupied golan heights. gives an indication of how desperate the situation remains inside syria bordering countries borders are closed including jordan and israel of course with their presence in the occupied golan heights the offensive in the south has been ongoing for quite some time bombardment by the syrian government backed by russian forces to regain that territory that borders jordan and israel and now the israeli government has made it very clear they will not be allowing any refugees inside israel they have however been supplying some aid the u.n. estimates over one hundred thousand people have been displaced in that area so what you're seeing on those live pictures is around a hundred people or so moving towards the fence with these radio golan heights we've heard israeli forces over loudspeakers in arabic telling them to

israeli airstrikes in gaza on friday an israeli soldier also died a homage on june has more from west jerusalem israeli officials we've been speaking with are not calling it a ceasefire they are saying in fact that calm has been restored on israel's border with gaza they are saying that activities are returned to normal but they are not calling it a cease fire now hamas also wasn't going to cease fire when they were talking about this cease fire for all intents and purposes that's what it is but it is a very shaky truce at this point for boats loaded with eight are now on their way to gaza from the italian port of palermo the freedom for the tiller coalition that says its goal is to bring a peaceful end to the israeli blockade it's expected to take just over a week to reach israeli waters it will then hand over one of the boats to gaza fisherman france is sending fifty tons of medical aid to the government controlled area of eastern huta in syria russia has agreed to use one of its planes to make the delivery government forces we took eastern ghouta from rebels in april after a season last in s

mohammed jim jhoom is in west jerusalem he has more for us on the israeli government's response israeli officials we've been speaking with are not calling it a ceasefire they are saying in fact that calm has been restored on israel's border with gaza they are saying that activities are returned to normal but they are not calling it a cease fire now hamas also wasn't going to cease fire when they were talking about this cease fire for all intents and purposes that's what it is but it is a very shaky truce at this point now we did hear about one incident that happened several hours ago in gaza the israeli army released a statement saying that a number of suspects infiltrated israel from the northern gaza strip the suspects then returned to the gaza strip in response an i.d.f. tank targeted a hamas military post but beyond that we've heard of no other incidents throughout the day as of now still calm but there is a lot of unease because people here very much aware that any little thing could could spark something and it could be a wider conflagration really at any time now for boats carryi

israeli palestinians to make up twenty percent of the population on the job jim reports from west jerusalem. moments after israel's parliament passed the controversial new law defining the country as the nation state of the jewish people . and other arab members of the knesset ripped up copies of it hours after the bill became law and in this far more serene setting was no less enraged the state is saying to its citizens. citizens you are not equal. and you are maybe just and we are not we are the owner of this then we have a right not in this land but only in this land we are the indigenous the legislation adopted by sixty two votes to fifty five makes hebrew the only official national language and defines the establishment of jewish communities as being in the national interest it also stipulates that israel is the historic homeland of the jewish people and adds that they have an exclusive right to national self-determination in it. the law is controversial among israelis many have joined in the protests against the legislation saying it legitimizes discrimination palestinian political an

israeli soldiers died in the latest violence on friday june following developments for us out of west jerusalem. after hours of escalation in gaza has a ceasefire been reached well that very much depends on who you ask according to hamas a cessation of hostilities has actually been achieved hamas spokesman fozia but whom issuing a statement saying that with egyptian and united nations efforts it has been agreed to return to the era of calm between israel and palestinian factions that all being said however israel israel's army has not commented on if a cease fire has actually been reached we've been reaching out to them repeatedly since the announcement by hamas that that ceasefire has been reached there has been no comment from israel's army the last several hours we have heard from israel's army that operations have been ongoing in the gaza strip that israel's army had targeted upwards of sixty five targets also there had been reports through israeli media outlets that for the last several hours israel security cabinet have been meeting to discuss the ongoing operations in the gaza strip we'v

twenty percent of the population and legalised discrimination stephanie decker reports now from west jerusalem. it's official israel is a state exclusively for jews that's the essence of the controversial nation state bill passed by the knesset on thursday after hours of heated debate the measure became law by a vote of sixty two to fifty families with two abstentions for years the language of the bill divided political opinion between the ruling parties and the opposition members of the knesset say the law legalizes discrimination whether. this is a bill from a government that is an enemy to palestinians it's the most dangerous measure it's a law from a racist government against palestinian rights and to create an apartheid regime it turns israel into a fascist state. i got the most controversial clause in the bill a provision calling for jewish only communities was replaced at the last minute the original legislation would have allowed. the state to establish separate communities on the basis of religion and nationality the replacement provision says the state sees developing jewish settleme

flare up breaking into an all out war hasn't bernard thanks for that let's go to stephanie use in west jerusalem so where do things stand then stephanie as far as israel is concerned right now. well there is going to be a security cabinet meeting in about two and a half hours from now where the prime minister will be discussing you know the events in gaza and how to move forward the message has been pretty strong coming from both the military and the political leadership here that they will do whatever it takes if they need to escalate it interesting what bernard was saying there you know it certainly is different this time because of also the response that how maskaev usually in these flare of so we've seen them before you'll have other groups within gaza following rocket sporadically but really it was a real increase in rocket and mortar attacks and also have mass claiming it so it does show you the frustration on both sides i think we're going to have to wait and see how it unfolds certainly the indication is that a deal has been reached but as one anonymous israeli official said it really do

palestinians and israeli soldier died in the latest violence on friday the following developments from west jerusalem after hours of escalation in gaza has a cease fire been reached well that very much depends on who you ask according to hamas a cessation of hostilities has actually been achieved.

legislation which they say will only make their lives more difficult how much improvement is it a west jerusalem the move is being watched closely by the trumpet ministration which is working on a so-called peace plan for israel and palestine i spoke to the trump campaign's virginia chairman about this earlier and asked him whether he felt the white house would have been consulted about the new law. you couldn't imagine a situation where the israeli government would go forward with this kind of a sweeping change that basically has now disenfranchised over two million palestinians living in israel they're supposed to be israeli citizens they felt like second class citizens before now what this law has done is they have legislated the legality of basic discrimination it's kind of hard to imagine that the israeli government would it would not have done this without some assurances that the trump ministration was going to look the other way i don't think they're going to come out in favor of this but obviously they thought there was not going to be the type of reaction that they might have had in a

law also reiterate jerusalem whole and united as israel's capital stefana deca has more from west jerusalem i its official israel is a state exclusively for jews that's the essence of the controversial nation state bill passed by the knesset on thursday after hours of heated debate the measure became rule by though to sixty to fifty families with tips tensions for years the language of the bill divided political opinion between the ruling parties and the opposition are members of the knesset say the new legalizes discrimination. this is a bill from a government that has an enemy to palestinians it's the most dangerous measure it's a law from a racist government against palestinian rights and to create an apartheid regime it turns israel into a fascist state. most controversial clause in the bill a provision calling for jewish only communities was replaced at the last minute the original legislation would have allowed the state to establish separate communities on the basis of religion and nationality the replacement provision says the state sees developing jewish settlement as a national in

london so the only who's an independent journalist and commentator on middle east issues from west jerusalem we're joined by robi sable a professor at the hebrew university of jerusalem and from beirut rami corey a senior fellow and adjunct professor at the american university of beirut and welcome to you all rami if we can start with you some context here first to what extent does southwest and syria's pivotal location mean that any military offensive in that region would have had stakes the transcends syria's civil war. that's a very strategic area in terms of the relationship between lebanon and hezbollah and syria and israel and jordan and iran all together they are interested in this area and the russians of course behind the syrian government the russians are trying to prevent wars regionally but all these other actors or involved in confrontations and have been involved in wars over the years it's a very strategic area and the golan itself the border area the go on has become even more important now because historically it was southern lebanon and northern israel that was the where fi

again thank you for that live for us in gaza let's get the view now from miami john dillon in west jerusalem for us monitor as sally said that hamas it seems doesn't want an escalation what about the israelis what are they saying. well what we've heard today so far from the israeli security forces folly is that calm has been restored to the border area the statement they released says that it is now a full civilian routine on israel's border with gaza and again this is not an outright declaration of a cease fire this is essentially saying that there is a truce that has been affected but you can really tell as charlie was saying just moments ago you know how much tension there still is this is a fragile truce clearly the powers that be don't want this to get escalated into a full blown war at this stage just yet but it's interesting because in light of what happened you had of course yesterday this israeli soldier who was killed he's the first israeli soldier to die on gaza's border since the end of the two thousand and fourteen gaza war you had hours of those operations in which dozens of si

london so the only who's an independent journalist and commentator on middle east issues from west jerusalem we're joined by robi sable a professor at the hebrew university of jerusalem and from beirut rami corey a senior fellow and adjunct professor at the american university of beirut and welcome to you all rami if we can start with you some context here first to what extent does southwestern syria's pivotal location mean that any military offensive in that region would have had stakes the transcends syria's civil war. that's a very strategic area in terms of the relationship between lebanon and hezbollah and syria and israel and jordan and iran all together they are interested in this area and the russians of course behind the syrian government the russians are trying to prevent wars regionally but all these other actors or involved in confrontations and have been involved in wars over the years it's a very strategic area and the golan itself the border area the go on has become even more important now because historically it was southern lebanon and northern israel that was the where fig

appears to be holding for the moment but has more now from west jerusalem. israeli officials we've been speaking with are not calling it a ceasefire they are saying in fact that calm has been restored on israel's border with gaza they are saying that activities are returned to normal but they are not calling it a ceasefire now hamas also wasn't going to cease fire when they were talking about this cease fire for all intents and purposes that's what it is but it is a very shaky truce at this point syrian rebels who surrounded in the south west have begun arriving in opposition held areas of the province of how much more than fifty buses carrying two thousand three hundred people have reached the town of my brooke government forces to be making strong gains in the south protesters have returned to the streets of the nicaraguan capital as months of political unrest pick up momentum anti government demonstrators are demanding president daniel ortega steps down and calls fresh elections donald trump has accused his former lawyer of potentially acting illegally af

discrimination against them until stephanie decker al-jazeera them well momentum jim joins me now from west jerusalem mohamad of course what this does in fact formalize the segregation and decriminalize discrimination pardon me that was sort of already in play informally . yeah i mean that's right so hail i mean that's what you hear from especially israeli palestinians yesterday and today the reaction that's coming in i mean people are saying that this is a way of codifying apartheid and racism discrimination and segregation a very very strong reaction let me read to you what we heard earlier from side of erekat who is the secretary general of the p.l.o. he said that this was a dangerous and racist law par excellence that it denies arab citizens their right to self-determination to instead be determined by the jewish population we also heard a little while ago from when i should how we she's also with the p.l.o. she said the jewish nation state law gives license to apartheid discrimination ethnic cleansing and sectarianism at the expense of palestinian people such racist and prejudicial legislation i

or mohammed john journey is live for us now in west jerusalem we've seen they say size come and go what do you think the chance of this all holding. well so it's a very good question that we just can't answer at this point because look the fact of the matter is that you know yesterday at this hour when this operation was ongoing many people here were convinced that war was going to break out again the fact that it's been able to retreat from that and that there is this tenuous calm on the border today i mean that is a significant achievement or really goes to show how much pressure both the u.n. and egypt have put on how mas and how much willpower there is by the powers that be on both sides of this equation to not have this become a full fledged conflagration a full fledged conflict you know at this time that all being said there was one incident today that happened even though it's been relatively calm earlier in the day we heard from the israeli army and they said that there were a number of suspects that had infiltrated israel from the northern gaza strip and that the suspects then

stephanie deca live first there in west jerusalem thanks jeff. now haiti's prime minister has resigned after days of violent protests. government has been under pressure since unveiling a plan to remove fuel subsidies on the reports from port au prince. he arrived to parliament is a prime minister facing his political fate and calls to resign jacques de la phone tones unpopular fuel price hike which she abruptly suspended after riots a week ago that his government in deep crisis the chamber of deputies had planned to force the prime minister out with a no confidence vote on saturday but abruptly resigned instead of. before even coming here i sent my letter of resignation to the president. the resignation it a week of political tension in haiti most people from the middle class to the poor say the prime minister who had only been in office seventeen months needed to go and the calls for him to do so grew louder by the day that the gas price hike and reversal were just seen as another sign of an ineffective government this eventual downfall came on

west jerusalem gaza's health ministry says one person has been killed after the israeli army fired on palestinians flying burning kites and billions of cross the border protestors have been sending kites carrying petrol bombs over the border fence for nearly four months now israel has threatened military action if it doesn't stop but as charles shackford reports from gaza palestinian political factions have called for further mass protests on friday. the skies over gaza have turned black with smoke from burning tires every friday for months now israeli army snipers and all the troops have killed around one hundred forty palestinians since the complete protest started in march thousands of others have been injured protests to say they'll continue to fly kites and balloons carrying petrol bombs and burning ranks across the border until israel lifts its twelve years siege of gaza israel says fires started by the protesters have destroyed the areas of farmland and crops this protester who insisted we hide his identity says life in gaza has become so one bearable he and his friends are det

legislation which they say will only make their lives more difficult for him a gentleman just west jerusalem. meanwhile prime minister benjamin netanyahu has called his and kerry and counterpart a true friend of israel despite allegations of anti-semitism the door ban has visited true slim's holocaust museum during his first official trip to israel there was an outcry among jewish groups last year win or won praise the man who ruled hungary during world war two and who collaborated with the nazis and then yahoo says orbán has been an advocate for israel on the international stage. at the summit is him as been the the scourge of the jewish people for thousands of years. it claimed a horrible. tragedy committed in the greatest tragedy of them all the holocaust in the twentieth century it must be fought continuously relentlessly unambiguous like . in july on the response or the statements in the. condemning i do so much is in march you are not doing it in the renovated synagogue and. you said it was quote a moral duty the jews live without fear and practice religion freely and israeli airstrike

structures of tin and wood israel forces say were built illegally are a force that has more from west jerusalem. well this is the very least a stay of execution for the people of qana lamarr a bedouin community of nearly two hundred people in the occupied west bank it did seem that a long threatened demolition was impending with the moving in of the heavy machinery of the israeli state the israeli military in recent days as they seemed to be preparing the way for that demolition to take place there had been a legal judgment by the israeli supreme court at the end of may which said that such a demolition would be illegal and then last week there was a petition lodged by activists which said that an alternative plan that had been filed by them to the israeli civil war florence's allowing for coming to be made into a proper permanent community with plumbing and electricity that that had not been fully evaluated and accounted for and so they were petitioning against the demolition the supreme court has not accepted that but it hasn't dismissed it either and it says there needs to be a hearing on th

israeli soldiers died in the latest violence on friday june following developments for us out of west jerusalem. after hours of escalation in gaza has a cease fire been reached well that very much depends on who you ask according to hamas a cessation of hostilities has actually been achieved how much spokesman photos ybor home issuing a statement saying that with egyptian and united nations efforts it has been agreed to return to the era of calm.

day well let's get more on this our correspondent stephanie decker's following the story from west jerusalem stephanie why is israel imposing even more restrictions on a territory already under siege and what impact is it going to have. this is all part of israel's strategy campaign against what it calls terror kites we've seen these these makeshift kites and balloons as part of these protests have been going on for over two months now sent over the fence you know they're very sort of basically made attached to them is a flaming rabble the consequence of that is certainly no deaths but it is burnt acres thousands of acres of land on the israeli side now israelis are very concerned about this the prime minister is under a lot of pressure of course the palestinians will tell you that this is the only form of resistance that seems to be working at the moment this is why we have that major escalation on saturday between the two sides so even though there is a cease fire in place the prime minister and the army have made it very clear that when it comes to these cuts and balloons that does not fa

reportedly backed away let's get more on this one that stephanie deca is following the story from west jerusalem stephanie what are you seeing or hearing about what's happening at the border.

twenty percent of the population a legalizes discrimination seventy jacker has this report from west jerusalem. i it's official israel is a state exclusively for jews that's the essence of the controversial nation state bill passed by the knesset on thursday after hours of heated debate the measure became law by a vote of sixty two to fifty five with two abstentions for years the language of the bill divided political opinion between the ruling parties and the opposition members of the knesset say the law legalizes discrimination. this is a bill from a government that has an enemy to palestinians it's the most dangerous measure it's a law from a racist government against palestinian rights and to create an apartheid regime it turns israel into a fascist state yes i think most controversial clause in the bill a provision calling for jewish only communities was replaced at the last minute the original legislation would have allowed the state to establish separate communities on the basis of religion and nationality the replacement provision says the state sees developing jewish settlement as a n

group said the law will only further promotion of racism well stephanie decker has more now from west jerusalem it's official israel is a state exclusively for jews that's the essence of the controversial nation state bill passed by the knesset on thursday after hours of heated debate the measure became law by a vote of sixty two to fifty families with two abstentions for years the language of the bill divided political opinion between the ruling parties and the opposition members of the knesset say the law legalizes discrimination whether. this is a bill from a government that is an enemy to palestinians it's the most dangerous measure it's a law from a racist government against palestinian rights and to create an apartheid regime it turns israel into a fascist state yes i know most controversial clause in the bill a provision calling for jewish only communities was replaced at the last minute the original legislation would have allowed the state to establish separate communities on the basis of religion and nationality the replacement provision says the state sees developing jewish settlement

legislation which they say will only make their lives more difficult how much improvement does either west jerusalem. syrian state media is reporting that ten government buses events at the southern connector a province to transfer rebels to it lip it follows more government s trikes on opposition held territory in the area the syrian government has retaken large areas of could atra as part of a months long military offensive corresponded las caramba reports now from the occupied golan heights burnable. about the ninety thought as the syrian forces continue waging fierce attacks on the north and south of kony an attempt to regain control of the areas that fell into the hands of the armed opposition four years ago there is an increasing number of displaced syrian people taking refuge in the areas near the occupied syrian golan border by the ceasefire line the home of the hub we're talking about thousands of displaced syrian people in the last few weeks where the work had been this is one of the camps near the town of a brick and beat a job in the north of can it tra. we're talking about tens of simil

discrimination rights groups say the law will only promote racism and stuffing deca reports now from west jerusalem. was its official israel is a state exclusively for jews that's the essence of the controversial nation state bill passed by the knesset on thursday after hours of heated debate the measure became law by a vote of sixty two to fifty five the two abstentions for years the language of the bill divided political opinion between the ruling parties and the opposition members of the knesset say the law legalizes discrimination. this is a bill from a government that has an enemy to palestinians it's the most dangerous measure it's a law from a racist government against palestinian rights and to create an apartheid regime it turns israel into a fascist state yes i don't most controversial clause in the bill a provision calling for jewish only communities was replaced at the last minute the original legislation would have allowed the state to establish separate communities on the basis of religion and nationality the replacement provision says the state sees developing jewish settlement as a n

in west jerusalem so twenty percent of a population of nine million stephanie what does that mean for them and their lives . well they will tell you that this is already been an active policy by the israeli government by this israeli government of discrimination against them they are you know israeli palestinians they hold an israeli passport and yet they are treated they say and second class citizens now this bill has been a long time in the making six years it's hugely controversial also inside israel it was an eight hour debate that went and late into the night tensions were high heated debate let's take a look at how it all unfolded. its official israel is a state exclusively for jews that's the essence of the controversial nation state bill passed by the knesset on thursday after hours of heated debate the measure became law by a vote of sixty two to fifty families with two abstentions for years the language of the bill divided political opinion between the ruling parties and the opposition members of the knesset say the law legalizes discrimination. this is a bill from a governm

legislation which they say will only make their lives more difficult for him a gentleman just west jerusalem well the move is being watched closely by the trumpet administration which is working on a so-called peace plan for israel. israel and palestine i spoke to the time campaigns virginia chairman about this earlier and i asked him whether he thought the white house would have been consulted. you couldn't imagine a situation where the israeli government would go forward with this kind of a sweeping change that basically has now disenfranchised over two million palestinians living in israel they're supposed to be israeli citizens they felt like second class citizens before now what this law has done is they have legislated the legality of basic discrimination it's kind of hard to imagine that the israeli government when it would not have done this without some assurances that the trump administration was going to look the other way i don't think they're going to come out in favor of this but obviously they thought there was not going to be the type of reaction that they might have had in a

legislation which they say will only make their lives more difficult how much improvement does it a west jerusalem. hungary's prime minister viktor orban has visited jerusalem's western wall during his first official trip to israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu called him a true friend of israel despite allegations of anti semitism jewish groups criticised holbein last year when he praised hungary as world war two leader who collaborated with the nazis netanyahu says that obama has been an advocate for israel on the international stage at the summit ism is been the scourge of the jewish people for thousands of years. it claimed horrible. drug abuse committed in the greatest tragedy of them all the holocaust in the twentieth century it must be fought continuously relentlessly unambiguous looked. into laws on the response word the statement in the un it's your condemning on to some of this in march you are not doing to the renovated synagogue it is but. you said it was quote a moral duty to the jews live without fear and practice religion freely and israeli airstrike has killed a palestinian man

kerry force that has more now from west jerusalem mismeasure from the israeli government has come assomething of a surprise given all the talk there had been in recent weeks and months about trying to improve the situation humanitarian economic situation inside gaza for security reasons that have been the argument of the israeli army it has been the argument we understand of jason green blatt and jarred cushion of the u.s. envoys who were here recently trying to get some international and israeli support for some sort of restructuring inside gaza economic assistance to try and stave off this security problems and indeed give some traction potentially to donald trump's middle east peace plan yet to be public published instead we have this announcement from israeli prime minister in which he said he was acting with a heavy hand against hamas because of the continuing use of kites and balloons carrying incendiary devices burning material over the gazan border and into israel east israeli territory where forests and fields have been burnt for many weeks now there have been a good deal of