i let's get back to alan fischer his and monitoring a demonstration in occupied east jerusalem where a police have been using stun grenades i guess that the crowds there allan. but there precaution grenades is the official name there they're saying please make a very load bang and they do make people start for a second but they don't tend to break up crowds that are as the term and as the people here in east jerusalem what you see is the police they've been running confrontations throughout the day and certainly the gentleman you see right in front of the camera there with the the camera and the phone he's been identifying stone throwers and then we have seen the soldiers move on mass at pace trying to grab the people that they think are responsible for throwing some of the stones but that's what we've seen stones being thrown here but this all started with a small peaceful demonstration a number of people number of older people as well he came out with a picture of jerusalem on the dome of the rock and they were intending moving towards headed skate which is probably less than half

israeli forces fired stun grenades and tear gas at protesters who were peacefully demonstrating alan fischer was there and sent this report. it started as a small protest handful of people for this he walked towards or jerusalem down one of the city's busy shopping streets there was blocked by police and soldiers told they had no permit to march that they were blocking the road they were forcibly pushed but. in a city where anger has been close to the surface since donald trump's controversial decision it sparked a series of running confrontations the. police sent in horses to break up the crowds creating noise spread anger and panic this has been a pattern throughout the afternoon as crowds gather by the side of the street the horses have been sent ten some pace to try and break those crowds up the writers have even been using their weapons it really is quite frightening for the people who are standing here watching these horses racing towards them. i don't want to see that we are struggling here because i want to tell them to take time to panic and yet i know i will never give up this is o

now and it's time for palestinians to rethink their strategy well that was earlier in the day alan fischer is now in line for us in the occupied. just give us the latest really on the situation is in terms of unrest has a day of rage turned into a night of rage. no damascus you can see it's virtually deserted certainly there were a few confrontations here earlier in the day people came to pray the security forces decided to move them on. people weren't always that keen to move on there was some pushing and shoving a couple of people arrested but no real violence we're hearing in the suburbs around east jerusalem there are certainly more violent clashes the c. evening again the security forces are coming under attack locals are expressing their concern that what's happening with the u.s. decision we've had a number of explosions could be fireworks could be stun grenades we're not entirely sure from from this distance and so the protests are continuing and they are likely to continue with a big demonstration planned in east jerusalem at some point on saturday as well the people are going to

being whipped up by strong winds from the california desert which are forecast to last all week alan fischer reports. it really isn't the extent of the fires in southern california can be best seen at night found by one hundred kilometer an hour winds that tearing through the countryside thousands have left their homes many under mandatory evacuation orders the fire is pushing quickly towards the city of ventura we are making sure we are out ahead of the fire making sure we have evacuated ins in advance of the fire and we're basically leapfrogging our engines doing structure defense as a fire proceeds. more than five hundred firefighters walk through the night doing what they could to bring the flames under control but more than one hundred fifty structures have gone many more are under threat. very nerve wracking to see a fire up on the canyon headed your way just i mean just be ready and just don't wait. the fires are causing huge power outages more than a quarter of a million people in the area no have no electricity officials one and about the pace of the flames are telling locals get ou

administration alan fischer is live for us in occupied east jerusalem alan just walk us through what's been going on there so far today. a protest there just started literally in the last thirty seconds or so what street which is less than half a kilometer away from the city of jerusalem i'm going to ask or to tell the camera to see if you can see was going on behind the throng at the moment there are a lot more camera people here than there are protesters but you get the idea that the people here are making the point about how they want the final status of jerusalem should have been decided by the united states unilaterally that this should have been part of the discussions that a larger peace deal involving the palestinians and the israelis and this is just one of the protests that are planned and in iran. israel and the occupied territories on saturday so they're no marching and they are hoping that people will join them to see what do you see which is only a fairly busy shopping street here in jerusalem on a saturday the families lots of people there are fewer people here today tha

undermined often because of the actions of his father along with all right thank you very much alan fischer with all the latest there from occupied east jerusalem thank you alan. well i'm living to gaza where one palestinian has died and dozens more have been injured during confrontations there with israeli security forces and masses called for a new intifada or uprising against israeli occupation. while israel held a historic moment there has been widespread condemnation as we've been hearing of president drums declaration people across the globe took to the streets in solidarity with the palestinian people for more now on those protests around the world jamal michel. have to happen that both are not cut out how to sydney and leaders have called on their people to take to the streets on friday but by midday protests have erupted around the world in indonesia the most populous muslim country demonstrators in the capital jakarta gathered in solidarity to denounce trump's decision. in calling on poor neighboring malaysia thousands of protesters help blackguards with a clear message drucilla i

protests the people here are bracing themselves for more funerals in the days and weeks to come was alan fischer al-jazeera. to mass graves containing the remains of dozens of people from iraq c.c.t. minority have been found near the northwestern town of sin job ninety bodies were reportedly discovered including those of women and children i saw to cover singe are in twenty fourteen killing and enslaving thousands of members of the religious minority group since job was retaken a year later by u.s. backed kurdish fighters the un has declared the massacre of the as it is a genocide crowds have held a torch lit march in the run up to elections in the spanish region of catalonia protesters in barcelona called for the release of politicians and activists jailed by the central government organizing a succession referendum in october well a spanish government imposed direct rule in catalonia after regional leaders declared independence has called. the march that we're seeing now is a fairly small torchlight march by probably independence activists task force this is part of the wider campaign for the

israeli media has reported it's part of efforts to strengthen ties between israel and bahrain alan fischer reports some occupy it is true some of the dots louis behind the really delegations kept a relatively low profile since arriving at the weekend the time zone interview requests twenty five people from group city want to build peace and corporations visit was organized by a jewish group the simon peace intel center in los angeles but one expert says the timing sends a terrible message that i lose they were trying to do. this. in the media. this group coming from bahrain and all time go. forward with the. usual routine protests across jerusalem in the occupied west bank says donald trump and i used his unilateral decision that the u.s. would recognize to. as the capital of israel has been widespread condemnation across the world to the group says its trip had been planned for months it was reported locally that the bahraini delegation wanted to visit a mosque while they were here a senior official at the mosque said that given the trip was facilitated by the israelis they would not be w

productions has had to stop alan fischer reports. it really isn't it the extent of the fires in southern california can be best seen at night fanned by one hundred kilometer an hour winds that tearing through the countryside thousands have left their homes many under mandatory evacuation orders the fire is pushing quickly towards the city of ventura we are making sure we are out ahead of the fire making sure we have evacuated in advance of the fire and we're basically leapfrogging our engines doing structure defense as a fire proceeds. more than five hundred firefighters walk through the night doing what they could to bring the flames under control but more than one hundred fifty structures have gone many more are under threat. the very nerve wracking to see a fire up in the canyon headed your way just i mean just be ready and just don't wait. the fires are causing huge power outages more than a quarter of a million people in the area no have no electricity officials what he did at the pace of the flames telling locals get out while

forces and palestinian protesters in occupied east jerusalem is take you that live now al-jazeera alan fischer can tell us what's going on right now i understand more or less in the middle of something that's happening there. there's certainly been a standoff between the police and protesters it started off as a very peaceful protest the police then decided that they didn't have apparently weren't going to go much farther and started to push people back from that the afternoon has unfolded with the police sending in their horses into crowds of people standing by the side of the road there's been a few stones through and i know we've seen people come out with palestinian flags which has then made the police and you can see you know the police are going to come over and try and grab these palestinian flags and they do it a pulling them out of the hand in fact i saw one police officer who pulled a poster he didn't like a woman who was holding she didn't want to give up and he punched her in the face that then led to people coming to her aid and that led to an escalation and again you're going to

was an activist who lost both his legs during an israeli air strike in two thousand and eight alan fischer was at the funeral. we came in the thousands to say goodbye to him and what he represented. three a lost both his legs in a near strike during the two thirds of the gaza war became an unlikely symbol of palestinian defiance and resistance. the twenty nine year old often went in his wheelchair to fly his flag at demonstrations and protests all over gaza he went on friday to the border with thousands of others to protest donald trump's decision to declare jerusalem as israel's capital. donald trump must reverse his decision jerusalem as the capital of palestine a call on all arabs to support the palestinians and if they don't we palestinians will do it ourselves. ibrahim three it was flying his flag on friday when he was short and killed by the israelis going to market of the during the break we helped the martyr abraham in the wheelchair tear gas was fired. and abraham was hit in the head he fell to the ground and was killed instantly by a single bullet to the head. that is generally g

king abdullah is a close ally of america but he is against donald trump's decision on jerusalem alan fischer looks into the deep connections of the jordanian royal family with jerusalem. it stands as a broken monument to times past and big ideas nothing more than a shell this was to be a palace a statement by jordan's late king hussein of his sovereignty over east jerusalem. of protection it was land here absorbed as the state of israel was born in one nine hundred forty eight and declared west jerusalem its capital the views are spectacular even on a cold winter day in one thousand nine hundred sixty five the king decided here this would be the site for his summer palace. there is a tour guide who tells visitors the history of the site he considered that but he studied and. is one of his of his. responsibility because of that he want to be near the top capitals the first capital and the second going to be there for it. maybe once where the plan was that this policy would be wonderful i'm a curious case it would have to team world leaders and families think trees building what was slow i mea

both regionally and internationally that its voice and those who support it cannot be ignored alan fischer al-jazeera gaza. a vote is underway which could do away with the rules which ensure free and open internet the u.s. federal communications commission is considering scrapping net neutrality if it does it could mean large corporations could pay internet service providers to prioritize their websites and even block their competitors net neutrality advocates . could lead to censorship and increased internet access cost well let's get more on this from andy gallagher who is the federal communications commission headquarters in washington d.c. for us and they understand the voting pretty soon people up you know about the possibility that they could lose you county. basically net neutrality makes the internet level playing field for everybody so you want someone who represents in under a present a community you are given equal access to the internet as a big business it also means that small businesses who are just starting to get equal access it means they pay the same and that's been put

until then all the hazaras friends and his memories to remind him of home alan fischer. russia's best known opposition leader alexina valmy has submitted the paperwork needed to run against vladimir putin in next year's election there are serious doubts over that he'll appear on the ballot paper really challenge reports from moscow. in twenty cities across russia from blood of all stock to moscow alexei navalny supporters turned out to endorse him independent hopefuls must gather at least five hundred people in such meetings as a criteria for full candidate status of the easily got that in moscow alone where he had this message for the man he wants to run against. it was leaving my senior who didn't but it's you who turned a country into a source of personal enrichment for yourself your family and your friends but why i should not be president any more you are a bad president you don't have opposed the program well. then it was off to the election commission to hand in his application but on the is unlikely to make its own to the ballots for the elections in march he's a

women in the night chanting for some time they're now being forcefully cleared from gaza city alan fischer has this update on the protests. well the leader of hamas on thursday called for a million man march in gaza this is solid team st it stretches forty five kilometers from the north to the south that is essentially the spine of the gaza strip and their call was for everyone in their towns and villages just to gather on saladin street to assure their anger at the decision of the united states to declare jerusalem the capital of israel and they believe that once it was looked at its entirety it would sure that the people of gaza were very much opposed to what the united states was doing now here in gaza what we're seeing is factions political parties movements which for years have been divided on some key issues are all together here in the crowd and not only that on the stage behind me the leaders of those parties factions in movements have linked arms and are standing together to show solidarity on this mean issue there's no one in this crowd here believes that by coming out onto the s

forces fired stun grenades and tear gas as they charge through a crowd of peaceful demonstrators alan fischer was there. was it is it was it started as a small protest handful of people but as they walked towards all jerusalem dome one of the city's busy shopping streets there was blogged by police and soldiers told they had no permit to march that they were blocking the road they were forcibly pushed back to it was in a city where anger has been close to the surface since donald trump's controversial decision it sparked a series of running confrontations was the police sent in horses to break up the crowds creating widespread anger and panic this has been a pattern throughout the afternoon as crowds gather by the side of the street the horses have been sent ten at some pace to try and break those crowds up the writers have even been using their weapons it really is quite frightening for the people who are standing here watching these horses racing towards them. i don't want to see that we're getting here because i want to bend the damn depended and yet i know i will never give up this is our

will be an issue in the next presidential election kimberley health kit al-jazeera washington alan fischer joining us from washington d.c. you know there is this idea alan that this is a very sad day for anybody who cares about peace in the middle east how is this going down in washington now that the president has made that declaration. well donald trump sees this as keeping a campaign promise big tick in the box as far as he's concerned he said he would do this on the campaign trail and now he's followed through there was a very champion moment during his address when he said that this is been something that has been wrestled with by other presidents but no one has been brave enough to take this step which is sensually donald trump saying look at how brave i am that are trying to supporters who say look there's no difference from what he's doing here than what barack obama did with cuba essentially is trying to change the dynamic trying to do something different because in cuba's case it was fifty years of embargos and nothing has changed we need to do something different of course those

both regionally and internationally that its voice and those who support it cannot be ignored alan fischer al-jazeera gaza. and walt disney company is a great help quiet most of the assets of twenty first century fox the conglomerate controlled by media tycoon rupert murdoch transaction is valued at roughly fifty two billion dollars and could change the way viewers around the world watch movies and t.v. john hendren has long. in a move that would reshape the entertainment industry large parts of what belong to twenty first century fox would become the property of disney we're getting quite quality content we're getting global reach we're getting access to new technologies and we're also getting great talent there while there is risk associated with this whether you look at the price or whether you look at the regulatory side or whether you look at the complexity of integrating companies the size that risk was well worth taking on the marriage of fox and the mouse is priced at fifty two billion dollars but it still needs the approval of any trust regulators in an e-mail to disney employees

america to open its embassy plodding through the objection of many across the world and here to alan fischer i'll just you know. how mass one of the main palestinian factions is marking thirty years since its establishment the palestinian political party with an armed wing was formed in response was rails illegal occupation of west bank in the gaza strip thousands have gathered at a rally in gaza city to mark the occasion speak live now to bernard smith who's in gaza for us so how the rallies shaping up there. well some of the senior leadership of gaza says hamas in gaza still arriving a smile here amongst the soccer leadership is due here shortly either about there are tens of thousands of people here it comes at a very significant time this thirtieth anniversary celebration is of course just a week after dawn from recognized jerusalem as israel's capital and hamas has taken that opportunity to remind its supporters that it was always opposed to the oslo accords those accords that between israel and the palestinian liberation organization that led to the establishment of the palestinian or

does not recognize a contested city as israel's capital and as alan fischer reports from western will send the latest u.s. ban might also face difficulties on the ground i which is no more than a barren piece of land in west jerusalem but this could be the site of the controversial new american embassy it was earmarked in the last days of the reagan administration and one thousand nine year lease was signed for rent of one dollar a year under the last few days what has been going on here to the americans insist this is not guaranteed to be the home of the controversial embassy. since the u.s. embassy bombings in east africa in one thousand nine hundred the security rules where u.s. embassies can be placed of change significantly if this was to be the site in jerusalem roads would have to be closed or diverted parks would have to because other lines would have to be acquired making other sites potentially much more attractive. then there is the difficult question of ownership several palestinian families say the land in west jerusalem is theirs they have the documents to prove it and t

america to open its embassy plowing through the objection of many across the world and here to alan fischer al jazeera western. or palestinian president mahmoud abbas is warning against that turning the conflict into a village s one many palestinians feel the israeli prime minister is trying to do just that with repeated references to how many times israel is mentioned in the bar in the bible and how israel allows freedom of worship hard up to hami to has more on that front path ahead. it should have been a good month for bethlehem the city was gearing up to receive many visitors over the christmas period but celebrations have been canceled the mood dampened by the latest political upheaval and if anger is directed at arab leaders more so a president trump to the point that had the k'naan removed the american flag from in front of his restaurant we removed it because the american president doesn't recognize our flag as if we don't exist this is a peaceful way to retaliate we listen to the u.s. for twenty five years we pray for peace we got nothing now we have to start from zero there's a se

but israeli media has reported its part of efforts to strengthen ties between israel and bahrain alan fischer reports from occupy. that story behind the really delegation has kept a relatively low profile since arriving at the weekend the turned down interview requests twenty five people from expat group city want to build peace and cooperation the visit was organized by a jewish group the simon wiesenthal center in los angeles but one expert says the timing sends a terrible message as that ali is they were trying to do a big fuss out of this. in the media that. this group coming from bahrain and all kind of relation you know with with the arab world is. usual they have been protests across jerusalem in the occupied west bank says donald trump and i used his unilateral decision that the u.s. would recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel there's been widespread condemnation across the world to the group says its trip had been planned for months it was reported locally that the bahraini delegation wanted to visit a mosque while they were here a senior official at the mosque said that given

charge through a crowd of peaceful demonstrators in one of the city's busiest shopping streets alan fischer was there. it was just you know. it started as a small protest handful of people but as they walked towards all jerusalem dome one of the city's busy shopping streets there was blogged by police and soldiers told they had no permit to march that they were blocking the road they were forcibly pushed back to it was in a city where anger has been close to the surface since donald trump's controversial decision it sparked a series of running confrontations and. the police sent in horses to break up the crowds creating widespread anger and panic this has been a pattern throughout the afternoon as crowds gather by the side of the street the horses have been sent ten at some pace to try and break those crowds up the writers have even been using their weapons it really is quite frightening for the people who are standing here watching these horses racing towards them. i don't want to see that we're getting here because i want to then put that down and then yeah i know i will never give up thi

on a verse free of the faction alan fischer with. the the israelis are almost always seen as. paul in a party support for this imus attracted a crowd easily in the thousands in southern gaza the huge poster of jerusalem is the backdrop speaker after speaker condemned the u.s. decision to recognize the city is israel's capital amasses leader suggested the dog trial was no less politically isolated given the international condemnation of the move over. the american and israeli position is weakened on the international level and for the first time in the history of the conflict the whole world is on one side with trump and netanyahu on the other side alone this is more evidence of the weakness of their position. amass also made sure the crowd remembered it had opposed the oslo accords and as the movement of closer to a political agreement with fatah the distinction is important locally with possible new elections on the horizon and the crowed the insisted the rally sent an important message you didn't get it i came here today to renew my support for hamas and to show support for

alan fischer al-jazeera in occupied east jerusalem elsewhere funerals have been held in gaza for to hamas fighters who were killed by israeli air raids on friday israel's military says it was targeting a mass weapon sites in retaliation for rockets fired into israel late on friday at least twenty five palestinians including six children were also wounded in the evening bombing according to the palestinian health ministry separately two palestinians were killed by a line fire while protesting on friday palestinian president mahmoud abbas will not hold a planned meeting with u.s. vice president mike pence later this month in protest at the united states controversial policy shift on jerusalem and the leader of egypt's coptic church has also declined to me president chance deputy in response to wednesday's announcement in a statement says trump's decision did not take into account the feelings of millions of our people. all the discord has been seen in paris to where hundreds of protesters have gathered to denounce a planned visit by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu french president

standing by for us in occupied east jerusalem but abdulhamid is in bethlehem first let's go over to alan fischer in gaza city alan i know a lot of factions there been calling for protests how have the streets responded. while there was a call for a million man protest the ideas that saladin street which is essentially the spine of the gaza strip it runs forty five kilometers from north to south and they called for every town village to come out and mark their protest and here it should jaya which is well known suburb in gaza city you can see that the turnout is pretty impressive what we're also seeing is that there are flying from a numerous factions parties and movements here on gaza and on the stage leaders from those factions have joined arms and are standing together link to show their solidarity on this issue this is something that donald trump has managed to do he's managed to bring all these factions all these parties of a dispute for years and years together on this one main issue which is to express their opposition to the idea of the united states to clearly jerusalem the capital of is

thanks very much later alan fischer the. occupied west jerusalem thanks a lot well while israel hailed the historic moment there's been widespread condemnation of president trump's declaration as world leaders gathered and gather at an emergency u.n. security council meeting people across the globe took to the streets in solidarity with the palestinian people to have a shell has this reporter abbi what happened. in leaders who called in their people to take to the streets on friday by midday protests had erupted around the world in indonesia the most populous muslim country demonstrators in the capital jakarta gathered in solidarity to denounce trump's decision. in calling on poor neighboring malaysia thousands of protesters help high cards with a clear message. drucilla is not america's to give away. earlier malaysia's prime minister najib razak highlighted his government's a position to the u.s. president's decision what in indian occupied kashmir similar scenes of solidarity from a people who are also struggling for freed

was an activist who lost both his legs during an israeli air strike in two thousand and eight alan fischer was at the funeral in gaza. we came in the thousands to see good bye to a man and what he represented. was three a lost both his legs in an airstrike during the two thirds in the gaza war he became an unlikely symbol of palestinian defiance and resistance. the twenty nine year old often went in his wheelchair to fly his flag at demonstrations and protests all over again as he went on friday to the border with thousands of others to protest donald trump's decision to declare jerusalem as israel's capital. donald trump must reverse his decision jerusalem as the capital of palestine i call on all arabs to support the palestinians and if they don't we palestinians will do it ourselves biba him three it was flying his flag on friday when he was shot and killed by the israelis going to market us during the very moment we helped them are to abraham in the wheelchair tear gas was fired at us and abraham was hit in the head he fell to the ground and was killed instantly by a single bullet to t

of many thanks alan fischer there live in occupied east jerusalem let's take you live now to gaza al-jazeera but it smith is there for palestinians killed by israeli forces and air strikes in gaza funerals been held for those for today but what's happening where you are now. on the eastern edge of gaza city close to one of the close of the border with israel it's less busy than it was yesterday this perhaps several dozens of protesters down there confronting israeli security forces on the other side of the border fence mainly through stone throwing the israelis are responding with live fire heard some cracks of gunfire in the last few minutes or so and there's one other location further down to the south of gardening harness where there is a slightly bigger crowd maybe a couple of hundred protesters down there but much less than there was yesterday mainly because yesterday was the main day off and saturday is a working day for those in gaza lucky enough to have jobs adrian this as i study and marking the thirtieth anniversary of of the first intifada. yeah coincidentally the thirtieth in. ve

a large palestinian population and its king is the custodian of the al aqsa mosque compound as alan fischer explains that spilled a deep connection between jordan's wall family and the holy city it stands as a broken monument to times past and big ideas nothing more than a shell this was to be a palace a statement by jordan's late king hussein of his sovereignty over east jerusalem his gum t. of protection it was land here absorbed as the state of israel was born in one nine hundred forty eight and declared west jerusalem its capital the views are spectacular even on a cold winter day in one thousand nine hundred sixty five the king decided here this would be the site for the summer palace. there is a tour guide who tells visitors the history of the site he considered that but he studied and specially is one of his of his and the. responsibility because of that he want to be near the two capitals the first capital and the second going to tell for his. maybe once where the plan was that this policy would be wonderful i'm a curious king you see it would entertain world leaders in famous think

egypt's coptic pope so had lots of developments we have full coverage with bernard smith in gaza alan fischer is in occupied east jerusalem but let's begin with hoda abdel-hamid who's monitoring things in ramallah in the occupied west bank and what a first of all let's just talk about that press conference that we've just heard the foreign minister making no bones about the palestinian position. yes absolutely and i think the palestinians at the moment are feeling quite strong about that meeting of the u.n. security council yesterday where basically from their point of view israel and the u.s. were completely isolated versus the fourteen other attendees at that meeting now this is what he said this is a message of defiance students have been hammering ever since the announcement and they want to make sure to gather as much international support as they can so certainly repeating that from cairo ahead of and bleak meeting is also very important if you if you also listen to him carefully you can see where this is all heading now the palestinians are saying that actually when it comes to the isr

to rockets fired from gaza one hit the town of start no damage was reported on the israeli side alan fischer joins us live from occupied east jerusalem so alan in all the calling for three days of rage these heightened tensions it doesn't look as if they are going to diminish anytime soon. no there is widespread anger and you can feel it when you speak to people just on the streets they are very upset at what the americans have done this is damascus with damascus gate it is like any other day in december where tourists from all over the world are coming here and going into the old city of jerusalem there are no protests planned for here but just a kilometer away in one of the busiest shopping streets on a saturday they're expecting to see at least hundreds of people turn up there to express their anger at the decision that the united states has taken to recognize to resell them as israel's capital and they say that these protests will can. when you quite what the endgame for those protests are other thing to express their anger no one is entirely sure but people want to make sure that their

kimberly helped get al-jazeera washington and we'll cross over to washington now and speak to alan fischer who's joining us from there right up until this announcement was made by trump alan there was a lot of anxiety and anticipation from countries in europe right here to the middle east now that it's happened going down in washington where you are. well a lot of supporters of donald trump are applauding this are saying look this is a man who said he was going to do things on the campaign trail and this is another big take in the box for that because he said he would move the embassy to jerusalem something that american presidents and presidential candidates have been speaking about for more than twenty years they say it's not unlike what barack obama did with cuba he looked at the situation said what we've been doing for the last fifty years doesn't work let's change it and so donald trump did the same with the peace process in the middle east let's set aside for a moment the fact that those republicans are praising donald trump in the last few hours also criticized barack obama for doin

bullets at protesters outside the al aksa mosque in occupied east jerusalem and the bethlehem alan fischer has more. people here are frustrated be think that if there is ever good possibility of moving towards a peace deal part of that has been taken away from them because the u.s. that it derives can no longer be treated as honest brokers demonstrations against trump's decision have taken place around the world this was the scene in egypt's capital cairo where hundreds of people protested in front of as hamas meanwhile in an uneasy as capital jakarta hundreds gathered outside the u.s. embassy or tests were also staged in a lumper london and they stumble. at the u.n. secretary security council held an emergency meeting to discuss chunks declaration palestinian ambassador warned that jerusalem was a red line for the palestinian people while the u.s. said israel would not be bullied if a deal has been arranged between the u.k. and the european union allowing bret's it negotiations to move on to the next stage trade talks have stalled over citizens' rights after breakfast said the u.k. so-cal

until then there is friends and there's memories to remind them of home alan fischer. for centuries muslim families have played important roles as guardians of the many churches in the occupied territories it's an important symbol of religious courage distance in the holy land dating back to the time of the liberation of jerusalem from the chris ada's i was there spoke to one man whose family has done it since eleven eighty seven. it's me of the view that i was saying i mean that my name is judeo husseini i'm the keyholder of the church of the holy sepak are in jerusalem and the holder of the stamp of the holy tune and that without us alive you will be the story of my family began in eleven eighty seven when saddam hussein are you being liberated the city of jerusalem from the crusaders i mean for the king is that the i me that you dana the six agreed in from eleven eighty seven until today we have been holding the keys of the church of the holy sepulcher all the fish of a year and a ship if we have preserved it with our blood and soul it is our second home my job is n

but the under come to tension and the anger was still there but she was no sign of going away alan fischer al-jazeera in occupied east jerusalem. elsewhere funerals have been held in gaza for two hamas fighters who were killed by israeli air raids on friday israel's military says it was targeting hamas weapon sites in which highly ation or rockets fired into israel late on friday at least twenty five palestinians including six children were also wounded in the evening bombing according to the palestinian health ministry separately two palestinians were killed by fire live fire while protesting also on friday well thomas decision also prompted an emergency meeting of the arab league most foreign ministers are currently think roundly criticized the move saying the u.s. had isolated itself from the international community lebanon called on arab nations to consider imposing economic sanctions on the u.s. while arab league secretary general gates said washington could no longer be regarded as an independent mediator in the middle east peace process. of this decision threatens jerusalem's legal

to rockets fired from gaza one hit the town of rot no damage was reported on the israeli side alan fischer is live for us in occupied east jerusalem these days of rage where do the protesters want this to go to i mean their central message is clear but what else is next for them. but i think that they're not entirely sure what they want to do is express their anger at what the unilateral decision by the americans which could underline the entire peace process this is damascus gate it is like any other december day there are tourists from all over the world coming here to visit the old city no sign of protests here but we're expecting in a few hours a larger protest in one of the main shopping streets which is probably less than a kilometer away from where i'm standing and there will be more protests throughout the day here people want to express their anger the not entirely sure where it will lead they're hoping that they will give their leaders certainly a suggestion that they are angry they continue to be angry and they want them to take the lead and give them guidance of where this shou

delegation include sunni and shia muslims christians or hindu under sikh we will leave on wednesday alan fischer al jazeera in occupied east jerusalem. well palestinian leaders are facing questions to after that u.s. declaration of jerusalem. reports from the occupied west bank people are frustrated after living under israeli occupation for decades he has witnessed every clash for the past three years as so many have erupted near the petrol station where he works he doesn't join in but understands the motivation especially after trump's declaration over jerusalem. it was a real bad feeling for everyone it's like an insult but don't want to be able to do anything at all either has only been to drusilla twice that's how often israel has granted him permission still like every palestinian he considers it the only capital for a future palestinian state this is the closest point many palestinians can reach even though the city is less than a half hour's drive from this checkpoint but to go through it they need special permission from the israelis and that's very difficult to come by. well cohen is fr

confrontations between palestinian protesters and israeli forces along the israeli gaza border alan fischer was at a demonstration. the ambulance is evidenced by all afternoon ready to treat the injured and the wounded and there have been a number of them you can see the clashes that been going on down close to the border about two hundred meters from where i'm standing the thick smoke is no just clearing that's tires that were set alight to stop the israelis targeting people on the side of the border and the scene has been repeated in seven sports across the gaza strip. we've seen the palestinians throw stones over the border the israelis well they have used bullets and they have used tear gas we've seen several days of tear gas come into this field people had to be treated for both for the gunshots and for the tear gas in fact one man i saw being carried into an ambulance and a bullet wound to the neck i suspect he will be in a critical condition. we saw a massive rally in gaza how i said call for a million man rally and one street the length of gaza north to south fifty five kilometers l

people here are pressing themselves for more funerals in the pyrenees and weeks to come first was alan fischer al-jazeera. to mass graves containing the remains of dozens of iraq's yazidi minority have been found near the northwestern town of sin jar ninety bodies reportedly been discovered including women and children i still took over this in georgetown and twenty fourteen killing and in slaving thousands of members of the religious minority group has retaken a year later by u.s. backed kurdish fighters the un has declared the massacre of the as a genocide now the trouble ministrations told officials at the top u.s. public health agency not to use certain words and documents relating to the budget staff at the centers for disease control have been told to avoid the words evidence based and science based to the surprise of the agency's scientists. also on the banned list vulnerable entitlement and diversity a word criticized by some trump supporters as reflecting liberal bias and equally unmentionable are fetus and transgender echoing previous steps taken by the administration in pursuit of i

you very much alan fischer in occupied east jerusalem. a quick look at what's been happening in gaza where one palestinian has now died dozens more have been injured in confrontations with the israeli security forces and that has called for a new into fodder or uprising against israeli occupation of the abdel-hamid centers this update on the day's events in ramallah. there have been confrontations and clashes. across the occupied west bank. here typically what happens. is that picking up stones from this field and. who are further back now there is a direct quote that. they fired. rubber coated bullets to push the news as far as possible now you can see also on that road. and what they do is that they burn tires to create a smoke screen from behind that they can continue throwing their rocks at this now we are also one of these young man what while he was doing this he was expected. we're doing this for jerusalem i don't expect anything from mahmoud abbas he needs to quit a lot of people so if there are problems with israel there have bee