of the population is jewish. 75% is jewish, and israeli governments and binyamin netanyahu, in particular, is determined to keep that number, if not increase the figure. the idea is that syrian refugees, any kind, including africans, would somehow swamp israel's jewish population, and undermine the jewishness. is a myth. >> is it israel's opposition leader, and i think we prepared a graphic here. when he says jews can not be indifferent when hundreds of thousands of refugees are seeking safe havens, is he correct in saying that the people experienced the silence of the world, and cannot be indifferent to the rampant murder and slaughter in syria, is he right in saying that? >> well i think he's invoking a different idea, israel as a jewish state. he's suggesting that they have to take seriously jewish historical experience. foremost for that is the jewish experience of homelessness, displacement. on the one hand is a knowings that to be a jewish state must - means having as many jews in it as possible, and maintaining a demographic balance, and on the other hand, to be a jewish state mean

prime minister binyamin netanyahu said israel was committed to maintaining the status quo. meaning jews would not be allowed to pray. binyamin netanyahu made it clear that palestinian youths would not be prohibited from visiting. saying: tensions spread to jerusalem's old city. security forces have been sent to the area. among the groups that entered the compound are settlers and far right activists. >> i'm here on the ground in al-aqsa, so i can make sure they don't desecrate the sanctity. we are here to protect the holy place. the settlers are here to provoke us. they hit the women praying here to. jordan is the caretaker from the item. the relationship between jordan and israel will be affected if the escalation continues. jordan is a staunch ally. they have a peace treaty, this is something that the israeli prime minister takes seriously, and he does. . >> there may be calm at the moment. but al-aqsa is a red line. thousands of jews will pray at the compound's western wall. authorities are keen to minimise provocation from both sides. were >>> live to london now, taking

prime minister binyamin netanyahu wants to push through harsher measures. >> the present situation is unacceptable. we intend to give soldiers and police officers the tools to act firmly against those that throw stones and fire bombs. we'll adopt changes in the rules of engagement. and a minimum sentence for those that throw stones and fire bombs. >> they tried to find some solutions to impose punishment and pressure. somehow >>> they will settle down and yes to be occupied. back at his house we talk to him. >> we have nothing to fight with, that's why the stone is a weapon. >> reporter: his mother is outraged that her young son could end up in prison >>> the islamic state of iraq and levant claimed responsibility for suicide attacks in baghdad which killed 23 people. there were two ex-blowingses in the commercial district. a third in the area. both areas are shia neighbourhoods. hospital sources say 68 people were wounded in the attacks. >> yemen's government held its first meeting since march. the prime minister returned to aiden. he and the president left yemen a year ago, when hou

after an emergency cabinet minister, binyamin netanyahu said israel was going to maintain the status quo. but they would not prevent jews visiting: >>> palestinians say among the jewish groups that enter the compounds of settlers and far-right jewish activists. this is what makes them angry. i'm here on the ground in al-aqsa. i'm making sure they don't desecrate the sanctity. we are here to protect the holy place. the settlers come to provoke and cause sabotage. they hit the women praying here too. >> social media reports that the israeli prime minister is planning to visit al-aqsa mosque, have been denied by the spokesman. the last time is high profile israeli visited the site was 2000, when ariel sharon was the leader. it was an action sparking the second palestinian uprising >>> let's go to our correspondent stephanie dekker, joining us live from occupied east jerusalem. what has been the situation at al-aqsa today? >> well, it's been calm compared to what we have seen over the last few days. five minutes ago prayers ended, we are seeing people coming out of the mosque, and things

the announcement paid by binyamin netanyahu. who is in wrusha to talk to the president vladimir putin. israel is concerned russian president could end up on the border with weapons seized from syria in 1957. more from moss cope. >> at the end of the meeting with vladimir putin, both sides agreed to coordinate the military action in syria. that came as a result and the defense sheeps. they agreed to coordinate. trying to get around a misunderstanding. it was the yourself am. >>. it caused a trade in fire. they were on the ground. some of the most advanced surface to air missiles. israeli pilots were prepared to take it on. if they feel the weapons were smuggled out to syria. it was a situation that needed attention. >> more than 2 million muslims were expected in mecca. >> authorities face a number. first they need to control the pilgrimage. more than 2 million are expected to arrive in mecca. on tuesday, they will go where they can get ready to move. on wednesday it's the main day. all the people, all the pilgrims would converge

media, the ayatollah khamenei predicted the demise of israel saying: the white house speak with binyamin netanyahu, they'll meet in washington in november as obama's spokesman stressed deal or no deal, the u.s. has no behaviour. >> our concerns about the support for terrorism have not waned. and our determination to confront - to work with the international community, to try to confront iran's support for terrorism has only ramped up in recent months. >> a new pew poll suggests that public sport weakened. in july after the team, 33% of those asked approved of the agreement while 45% disapproved. now the rating fell 127 points. 21% -- 12 points, 21 approved. 49 disapproved >>> iran agreed to cut back on refining nuclear materials. the baghdad government is looking to the government for help, defeating i.s.i.l. at the same time tehran is backing bashar al-assad's struggle to stay in power in damascus. is the iranian nuclear deal a one-off, an isolated project that pertains to this one area, or the beginning of a new posture, a willingness to do business with other powers. we are joined by jamal abdi

. >> the white house says president obama will met binyamin netanyahu in november. it will be the first meeting since the u.s. and five powers signed the nuclear deal >>> a group of jewish settlers have arrived at jerusalem's holiest site. tensions are high around the al-aqsa in occupied east jerusalem. it is considered safe by muslims, jews and christians >>> now a muslim teenager in texas has been led away from school after bringing a home made glock to the classroom. he was suspected of making a bomb. no charges had been filed against him. there has been massive support after his brief arrest. president obama invited him to the white house, and mark zuckerberg invited him to his company's headquarters. >> i took it to school to show the teachers the talent i have. from my perspective, it didn't look like a bomb. >> we live in an age where you can't take things like that to school. of course we have seen across the country horrific things. we have to air on the side of the caution, the reaction is the same, and under the circumstances that it was found in the scal

prime minister binyamin netanyahu says israel was committed to the status quo, but said that palestinian youths would not be able to prevent jews visiting:. >> palestinians say among the jewish groups that enter a compound of settlers and far right activists, and this is what makes them angry. >> i'm on the ground. i can make sure that they don't desecrate the sanctity of the compound. we see how they storm in. the settlers cause sabotage, hitting the women praying here too. >> special media reports that the israeli prime minister is planning to visit the ask. the last time a high profile politician visited the site was in 2000, when ariel sharon was the head. it was an action sparking the uprising. >>> saudi arabia and the owners of a crane that collapsed in mecca - they have beened them. members of the bin laden group has been banned from travelling while an investigation took place. >> more than 100 have been killed. fighting disrupted an opposition rally in the democratic republic of congo. hundreds gathered against plans to cling to power. we have this report. >> at first, all seeme

the public or at least the stated position of the israeli government, or the prime minister binyamin netanyahu, is that he does not want the status quo to change. in saying that, he still has to look at israeli policy, there's a lot of data to show that the israeli government has been supporting groups that want to change that again. that status quo. although publicly the israeli government doesn't want to the change it, their actions are different. >> what led to - this is the second week where we saw israeli police enter the compound. what is behind this cycle? >> again, it is these groups, these very powerful groups that want to come into the al-aqsa mosque compound. it must be said jewish people, christian people, of any denomination are allowed in the compound. the reason we see confrontations is when the groups go in to worship. when the far right israel your or for right jewish groups enter, they don't do discretely, coming in singing hms or chant anti-arab slogans, causing confrontations. they don't go in alone, they go in with israeli police and israeli border police. when you go in w

however, a leading israeli politician, including within binyamin netanyahu's like hoot party and the government have called for a change on the sipt. there's a reason to understand where the palestinians come from. but it has been exaggerated and manipulated by groups, particularly the hamas movement. which, for its own political purposes made many palestinians convinced that this is a part of a plan to take over the site. even though the government insists that it isn't. >> it's been called an act of war. israeli hardliners seem to want to the push for jews to have more rights. >> once again we see the situation where the hardliners, extremists are cooperating with each other. they could benefit from this. and the moderates on both sides. this is an instance where militants get to dominate. do you think it will escalate. will it spread elsewhere? >> well, there's the danger of it escalating given the sensitivity of the area and jerusalem in particular. a lot depends on what happens on friday. where there has been a day of rage, and there's a beefed up security presence in the area,

binyamin netanyahu, who has - who is express his unacceptance of our help.hey not against russian involvement, but they do against our support in the syrian army. >> i think it can be achieved, this goals of israeli politics and diplomacy, i think russians stay with minimal involvement in the syrian situation. and the more and more increasing support in military atreatment. >> thank you for your time. >>> the world food program has been forced to suspend food aid to hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees, the organization is running out of money, needing funding. syrian families living in neighbouring countries like jordan, might have to go hungry >>> this couple and their baby used to survive because of the world food program. it was a dollar and a half a day, but was enough to get by. that has been cut out. it's illegal for refugees to work in jordyn. they have no choice. they take turns looking after fatima. between them they have enough to by baby milk, eggs and i don'ting art. >> translation: -- and i don'ting art. >> we have no fears for the future.

30 were injured >>> the white house says president obama will meet israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu in november, their first meeting since the five world powers signed a nuclear deal with iran, which israel has opposed. u.s. republican presidential hopefuls took part in a second tv debate. the 11 contenders on the platform discussed immigration, gay marriage and foreign policy. al jazeera's alan fisher was there. >> he was center stage, center of attention and center of attacks. donald trump, the republican front runner. no sign of support disappearing, his opponents went on the offensive in the second debate. >> we don't need an apprentice in the white house, he has one now. he told us what be wanted to here in 2008. we don't know who you are, where you are doing. >> when asked about comments and appearance, which were uncomplimentary, carley fior eeny handed a trump down. trump heard mr bush and what he said. i think women heard what mr trump said clearly. >> reporter: this was not a good night for donald trump. many answers would appeal to his core, he was exposed on a number of

the iran deal going forward, even before the agreement was reached, israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu lobbied the u.s. congress with this speech. deciding it was worth angering president obama, who was not consulted. the pro re-israeli government lobby spend tens of millions on tv ads, and lob yiing. hosting rallies like this in maryland on tuesday, urging supporters to get involved. >> we spoke with our members of congress and senators. the whole family called it together. it didn't work. wednesday, the senator from maryland, announced support. that guarantees the president can keep congress from overriding the veto in an attempt to scuttle the deal in the u.s., five other nations and iran. >> the obama administration and its allies launched their own unprecedented lobbying campaign. >> i'm enjoying the iran debate. >> president obama did press interviews. his energy center tried to explain nuclear science. allies paid for their own ads, spending a fraction of opposed to the deal. analysts say it will impact a.p.e.c. . >> a.p.a.c. is in a difficult position, members of congress found