abba mahmood abbas. who would east back tensions as we're seeing. >> there are two different levels. one is a knife attack that is a separate issue described by the israeli police as haphazard, unorganized, very difficult to predict and difficult to stop on one level. but more serious is the we willing opposition the we willing discontent, and the demonstrations here in jerusalem itself, and occupied east jerusalem, there have been a series of demonstrations by the refugee camp, for example. now, there have been demonstrations, protests throughout the occupied west bank, and, indeed, in many parts of israel proper where palestinian israelis have started demonstrating as well. that is a wider issue than these series of knifing attacks. the political leaders of benjamin netanyahu, mahmood abbas, both attempting to calm the situation. both calling for both of those to step back from each other. and both insisting they want some kind of peaceful resolution, or want some kind of calming on the ground. once again everything happening in the context of occupation, and that's the root cause of this ongoing violence. >> well, as michael was reporting, the unrest began several weeks ago at the al aqsa compound. palestinians fear that israel wants to change the rules oh governing access to the site. the violence has spread to the gaza strip. the leader of the palestinian faction hamas has called on short. there have been several stabbings and shootings across the region. there have been reports from the occupied west bank. they were tear gassed by israeli forces during a live broadcast. >> we're told that we have to move out from here--no, i think we are okay because some israeli soldiers are coming down this road here. actually, everyone who is around me is just moving away. i think

mahmood abbas is not polling well. we know that he's losing popularity. do israelis realize the danger of mahmood abbas that he might be stepping back from negotiations, and israel might be forced to deal with organizations including hamas, who are not nearly as interested in a solution as abbas and his political faction are? >> well, absolutely, ali. there is no desire in israel to assume similar responsibilities of the palestinian population, and i don't think that abbas would like to relinquish this authority. we have to remember that the political achievements of the palestinians, including the recognition as a state although not a member of the u.n. but many of the international community, raising the flag of a quote/unquote palestinian state at the u.n. it's all meaningful achievements for the palestinians. all of this will be null and void if abbas really makes good on his threats. also, we have to remember that the palestinian authority is actually responsible for the livelihood of half of the population in the west bank where 80,000 or more employees of the palestinian authority including scor

abbas said tha--mahmood abbas said that we need to work together. >> the crackdown in the occupied west bank resumed before dawn. the israeli army ran several houses arresting two people in the city of nablis. the resistence was fierce. neighbors say it was an act of calculated cruelty given that the attacks happened a year ago. it was described as another illegal act of collective punishment. >> yesterday at midnight army forces came and raided houses aggressively. they started hitting people and ordered us to evacuate immediately from the building without any pre-warning. we just evacuated to the street. >> while in bethlehem the funeral of the 13-year-old who was shot and killed by the israeli army at a nearby refugee camp, his family was adamant there was no protest taking place at the time of the shooting. >> my son went to school like all the other kids, he finished school. he never came home. they shot him. there were no clashes under way inside the camps. >> in ramallah protesters dispersed by rubber-coasted steel bullets and tear gas. as demonstration mounts so, too, does political pressure on leader mahmood abbas. there is questions as to the nature of security cooperation with israel. and questions on his own plo actions and if he intends to abandon the ross althoug the oslo accord or not. >> when someone attacks our village what do you expect the reaction to be. leave us alone. >> another day of rage. another day of israeli occupation. al jazeera, the up ad west bank. >> the man who he is supposed the nsa program said he would go to prison. snowdon has been living in asylum in russia since 2013. he's facing espionage charges in the united states and could face 30 years in prison. >>> in the broadcast, a break in the weather in south carolina, allowing families devastated by the floods to start sorting out the damage. >> in south carolina more than two feet of rain has fallen since friday. the death toll has risen to 15. at least 800 people are still in shelters tonight. more evacuations are likely. paul beben is in columbia, south carolina, paul? >> well, here in columbia today was the first

now i just got off the phone from someone from the office of president mahmood abbas who tells us that president abbas will definitely attend a meeting between the kingdom of jordan and u.s. secretary of state john kerry. whether or not that meeting will happen on friday or saturday remains to be seen. but back to the commends she basically wanted the world to know that they have asked for international help. that they're still waiting for international protection as well as investigations, and that the palestinian people have the right to protest, have the right to be angry for as long as things are done peacefully. >> you mention the leadership, you mention the international situation. but how are they ever going to be able to put any kind of control on this when this is an up rising orchestrated and carried out by youth with no tick affiliation. in fact, it appears that they have a disregard for all authority. is this what you're hearing? that's what we're reading. >> the majority of people that we've been speaking to tell us that they don't want any affiliation to fattah, hamas, or any group. they

mahmood abbas previously not honor international agreements with israel. if israel didn't honor those same agreements. they said they were already in violation of various agreements since the 1990s. but the urgent matter that mahmood abbas brought up was what he called the need for the international community to establish an international protection force for palestinians civilians. >> what we warned off has happened. the situation of human rights in. occupied palestinian territor ies include east jerusalem as a result of the continued israeli occupation and it's practices is the worst and most critical since 1948. this calls for a strong and decisive intervention and requires shouldering the responsibility before it's too late. >> mahmood abbas listed a certificates of crimes that israel was currently committing in the occupied territory. including the demolition of the family homes of people arrested by israel, settlement activity, and what he called extra judicial killings. he is accusing israeli forces and israeli settlers in the occupied west bank of in some cases killing palestinians civilians and then using the pretext that they were trying to attack israelis. something which is disputed by palestinians in some c