to militarily occupy all remaining palestinian territory in the west bank the gaza strip and east jerusalem suddenly all of palestine is now lost we now had no palestinian land left under palestinian control . you had a huge palestinian population living as refugees are living under occupation. palestinians are governed under military law they are essentially prisoners they are treated as if they were all prisoners of war they have no rights. in the immediate aftermath of the sixty seven war the united nations security council post-prison lucian to food to citing international go forbidding the takeover of territory by war to food to explicitly call for israel to withdraw its forces. to this day israel has largely failed to comply not only holding palestinian territory. compass gauging additional london building massive jewish settlement blocks in the west bank in east jerusalem in direct violation of the food geneva convention which expressly forbid states from transferring civilian populations into territory it occupies. in addition israel has established an inter matrix of security contr

israel police say they've killed the palestinian man after here tank 2 people with a knife in the east jerusalem on friday the attacks happened in the old city one israeli man is in critical condition another suffered minor injuries israeli police have increased security across east and west jerusalem during the fasting month of ramadan several people are reported to have been killed in a series of explosions in northern iraq more than a dozen others are said to been injured in the blast in the city of could cook the military says several improvised explosive devices when taft is no immediate claim of responsibility the afghan taliban has carried out a car bombing in kabul killing 4 people 7 others were wounded including 4 u.s. service members the bomb targeted a military convoy in the city's western was the a district it's been 10 years since the end assure lanka's devastating civil war around 100000 civilians and fighters from both sides were killed among them a group of 5 tamil students allegedly executed on a beach the case of the drinker 5 is one of the most widely known of the war in this

palestine under stablish ment of a palestinian independent state on the borders of 1987 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine international law with what is called the deal of the century to abolish the principle of a 2 state solution. israeli police say they've killed a palestinian man after he attacked 2 people with a knife in the east jerusalem on friday the attacks happened in the old city one israeli man is in critical condition while another suffered minor injuries israeli police have increased security across east and west jerusalem during the fasting month of ramadan the afghan taliban has carried out a car bombing in kabul killing 4 people 7 others were wounded including 4 u.s. service members a bomb targeted a military convoy in the city's western. district. the guard was government has released 50 more prisoners arrested during protests over the past year but a ban against. remains in place safe protesters on the walls of route just the other excel brand as war. police and armed paramilitary for

to demolish more palestinian homes the high court has ruled sixty homes in the occupied east jerusalem should be knocked down palestinians say israel is trying to settle as many jews as possible in what they believe is a significant biblical neighborhood outside the walls of the old city. reports. it's been several days but he still can't come to terms with his loss. knew the house would be destroyed he received a demolition order saying it was illegally built but the document didn't specify when it would happen. the demolition orders are applied only on us palestinians they are allowed to do whatever they want they can put up a prefab house where they want this is what puzzles me why do you think they don't give us construction permits why because they want us to get fed up and leave the area his house is one of sixty others threatened in this in one neighborhood of east jerusalem diminished capacity says they were all built without permission people living in sin when live on the edge of jerusalem's old city which palestinians consider as part of the capital of their own future state

and leave the area his house is one of sixty others threatened in this in one neighborhood of east jerusalem diminished capacity says they were all built without permission people living in some way live on the edge of jerusalem's old city which palestinians consider as part of the capital of their own future state now there is a feeling among many that over the past eighteen months israel has been carrying a more aggressive policy when it comes to demolition orders and many would tell you that that's ever since president some they cleared tourism as the capital of israel . we development plans for the area we're drawn back in the one nine hundred seventy s. a large part of said when has been designated to be as a natural park so diminished the palette he says construction is forbidden to tarski is a human rights activist he says the plans also include renaming syl when as the city of david sometime in the future but that's not all the plan has different stages the first stage is freeze and don't. just in construction but also israel has is very aggressively trying to change places like say

to militarily occupy all remaining palestinian territory in the west bank the gaza strip and east jerusalem suddenly all of palestine is now lost we now had no palestinian land left under palestinian control . you had a huge palestinian population living as refugees are living under occupation. palestinians are governed under military law they are essentially prisoners they are treated as if they were all prisoners of war they have no rights. in the immediate aftermath of the sixty seven war the united nations security council post-prison lucian to food to citing international go forbidding the takeover of territory by war to food to explicitly calling for israel to withdraw its forces. to this day israel has largely failed to comply not only holding palestinian territory the compass getting additional london building massive jewish settlement blocks in the west bank in east jerusalem in direct violation of the food geneva convention which expressly forbid states from transferring civilian populations into territory it occupies. in addition israel has established an inter matrix of security

to militarily occupy all remaining palestinian territory in the west bank the gaza strip and east jerusalem suddenly all of palestine is now lost we now had no palestinian land left under palestinian control. you have a huge palestinian population living as refugees are living under occupation. palestinians are governed under military law they are essentially prisoners they are treated as if they were all prisoners of war they have no rights. in the immediate aftermath of the sixty seven war the united nations security council post-prison lucian to food to citing international though forbidding the takeover of territory by war two for two explicitly calling for israel to withdraw its forces. to this day israel has largely failed to comply not only holding palestinian territory the compass getting additional london building massive jewish settlement blocks in the west bank in east jerusalem in direct violation of the food geneva convention which expressly forbid states from transferring civilian populations into territory it occupies. in addition israel has established an inter matrix of sec

consolidate with the day when palestinian groups demonstrate their resistance to israel's occupation of east jerusalem but just earlier this month the commission a stirred controversy by urging jews in germany to be careful about wearing a skull cap known as a kippah in public message jewish man who feels he has to hide his cap whenever he goes out and. david perle wears a skull cap and a prayer as part of everyday life but when he goes outside he puts the tassel in a pocket and he hides the skull cap with a hat. david his wife and children have lived in berlin for 5 years after spending some time in israel there are many things you can't take for granted anymore he's experienced too much hostility for my holster sometimes is a traffic jam on the street where i live and one time 3 arabic looking men got out of a car and they started spitting at me and harassing me saying you dirty jew who stab you today. his experience is far from unusual police to test excess so that the number of anti-semitic crimes in germany rose from 1504 in 2017 to 1799 a year later an increase of nearly 20 percent the overwhelm

cause, people getalestinian their usurped rights and achieve their rights and its capital of east jerusalemcordance with international regulation. today we are facing a threat of and trade,curity which the united arab emirates and the trump administration and this is not new is stillranian regime in breach of international laws and charters and interfering in other countries. excellencies and despite the attacks of the iranian regime and the practices of the iranian regime the arabheir proxies, countries have managed to face and continue with their developments and managed to preserve their security and safety. have not taken a decisive end repellent stance against wouldn the region, this ind to the continued abuse the region. and brothers, excellencies majesties, the saudi government will always stretch its hand to cooperate and help other countries in the region to develop and reach peace in the area, including the iranian people. made efforts to make the arab world a decisive end effective trade region , and to maintain development in trade and stability in the region, and i also ask you

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 aa jewish and an arab city. and in 1967, the six-day war happened when the israelis invaded jerurusalem anand conqu 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 rememb

palestine and the stablish ment of a palestinian independent state on the borders of 1987 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine international law with what is called the heel of the century to abolish the principle of a 2 state solution at the end of the meetings the g.c.c. and the arab league expressed support for saudi arabia against what they described as iran's destabilizing activities in the region a diplomatic boost for saudi arabia but also appeared to more tension in the region . well as we mentioned earlier the iraqi president disagrees with the communique text and warned that wise tensions with iran could spark war. in the midst of this tense time and rapidly changing developments in a regional and international environment full of tension and threats we are watching before our eyes of a regional and international crisis which can turn and turn toward their willing goal for us all if the crisis is not managed well then we will be faced with the danger of a regional and international confrontation w

israeli police say they've killed a palestinian man after here tack 2 people with a knife in east jerusalem on friday the attacks took place in the old city on israeli man is in critical condition while another suffered minor injuries israeli police have increased security across all of jerusalem for the most the month of ramadan. several people are reported to have been killed in a series of explosions in northern iraq more than a dozen others are said to be injured in the blast in the city of kut. the military says several improvised explosive devices went off no immediate time of responsibility. the afghan taliban has carried out a car bombing in kabul killing 4 people 7 others were wounded including 4 us members the bomb targeted a military convoy in the city's western apollo was the district. tens of thousands of students and teachers in brazil have rallied against plans to cut spending on education demonstrations took place in more than 80 cities the government has also tightened the budget for university hospitals. and high schools it's the 2nd round of protests by students against b

in east jerusalem is not for sale doesn't belong to trump and he can't give it away to anyone it will never be owned by benjamin netanyahu and no one is about to buy or sell it on behalf of the great palestinian nation. police in hungary have to tame the captain of a tour boats involved in a fatal collision on the danube river in budapest at least 7 people are dead and 21 others are missing after a sightseeing vessel carrying south korean to her wrists was hit by a larger boats and sank within seconds police and military crews are searching the river for a 2nd night's. the body of a former opposition leader and has been returned to the democratic republic of congo at c.n.n. she security dies in belgium 2 years ago at the age of 84 after a long illness his funeral was delays because of political instability in the d r c one fears that could spark opposition protests. india's prime minister narendra modi has been sworn in for a 2nd term after his ruling b.j. peace scored a landslide election victory this month people across india are hoping he can deliver swift economic change as the co

me an independent state on the borders of $967.00 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine international law with what is called the deal of the century to abolish the principle of a 2 state solution and got our prime minister attended the talks it was the 1st high level meeting since the 2017 blockade on this nation andrew symonds reports. this is the 1st high level contact between cattle in saudi arabia for nearly 2 years the qatari prime minister shaikh abdullah bin nasa being funny and saudi king salamander bin abdel-aziz the saudis are trying to show they have wider backing in their effort to counter what they say is iran's growing influence the qatari prime minister here briefly shaking hands with the king of bahrain kuwait zimmy or trying to encourage some dialogue as he has done since 2017 he's been attempting to mediate in the dispute between cats and the blockade in countries of saudi arabia bahrain the united arab emirates and egypt. what the saudis want to do is to try to project a united f

will find imposed search for is solution and that will be independent palestine juicer them not east jerusalem as its capital but then we went on from solution to a resolution those of you should meaning everyone start searching for. a solution with israel a solution in cooperation in dialogue in negotiations with israel and from the 1980 through 2002 again so d n a shift of or the arab initiative and b. route was to seek peace with israel normalization with israel and return for withdrawal for about a plan what we hear about now about the date of the century is dissolution. and that's very important so over 70 years with more we move from solution to the israel palestine issue to reserve you sion with israel and now the dissolution of the policy in question because what we're dealing with is an american initiative that will not will not support a palestinian state will not support its 2 state solution in israel palestine hence there is a sense that america is moving towards with israel of course to dissolve the question of palestine the arab leaders are still being glib service to the idea of

resolutions the arab initiative for the palestinian people zariah to have independent a state with east jerusalem as their capital the situation in syria and the bloody conflict in yemen and in libya and of course of the conflicts in sudan and area. in addition to the. terrorism phenomenal this all except press is once within our nation arab nation and of course within the escalation that is face in our region of course this is made a war adds insult to injury and requires us to do every possible. means in order to contain this and that to resort to. to a dialogue rather than confrontation their majesties action and says and highnesses . or. in order to contain this perils not thought of facing us we. have to. use wisdom and dialogue. and. to. emphasize that. wrong practices be are behind this escalation. which requires us to have initiatives in order to correct the. the approach. and the way that iran is. acting within the region and in need and we pray to god that. brings us stability and the effort does or the consequences of escalation and i hope that our meeting is granted with success i mea

palestine under stablish ment of a palestinian independent state on the borders of 1967 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine international law with what is called the deal of the century to abolish the principle of a 2 state solution and carter's prime minister attended the talks it was the 1st high level meeting since the 2017 blockade on his nation address simmons' reports. this is the 1st high level contact between cattle in saudi arabia for nearly 2 years the qatari prime minister shaikh abdullah bin nasa being funny and saudi king salamander bin abdel-aziz the saudis are trying to show they have wider backing in their efforts to counter what they say is iran's growing influence the qatari prime minister here briefly shaking hands with the king of bahrain kuwait see me or trying to encourage some dialogue as he has done since 2017 he's been attempting to mediate in the dispute between cats and the blockade in countries of saudi arabia bahrain the united arab emirates and egypt. what the saudis want to

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patient palestine and establishment of a palestinian independent state on the borders of 1987 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine international law with what is called the heel of the century to abolish the principle of a 2 state solution at the end of the meetings there g.c.c. and the arab league expressed support for saudi arabia against what they described as iran's destabilizing activities in the region as a diplomatic boost for saudi arabia but also a period to more tense in the region. joel rubin is formerly a u.s. deputy assistant secretary of state he says saudi arabia's approach to iran going forward still needs clarification. the question about iran as a regional actor that is creating very difficult circumstances chaotic circumstances in syria in lebanon on in yemen that is not in dispute but there is dispute about saudi arabia's role as well and engaging iran in those fights so to see these meetings come out with a little more of a diplomatic boost for saudi arabia that does give them some way to t

palestine under stablish ment of a palestinian independent state on the borders of 1987 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine international law with what is called the deal of the century to abolish the principle of a 2 state solution and as prime minister attended the talks it was the 1st high level meeting since the $27.00 team blockade of his nation began under simmons reports. this is the 1st high level contact between cattle in saudi arabia for nearly 2 years the qatari prime minister shaikh abdullah bin nasser being funny and saudi king salamander bin abdel-aziz the saudis are trying to show they have wider backing in their efforts to counter what they say is iran's growing influence the qatari prime minister here briefly shaking hands with the king of bahrain kuwait see me or trying to encourage some dialogue as he has done since 2017 he's been attempting to mediate in the dispute between cats and the blockade in countries of saudi arabia bahrain the united arab emirates and egypt. what the saudis w

east jerusalem is not for sale doesn't belong to trump and he can't give it away to anyone it will never be owned by benjamin netanyahu and no one is about to buy or sell it on behalf of the great palestinian nation. as president. says fighting in northern syria must be put on hold to stop more civilian deaths and a conversation with his russian counterpart vladimir putin he said a ceasefire in the loop would also stop refugees fleeing to turkey it comes as rebel fighters hold against governments airstrikes with the number of dead rising so now to reports from beirut's. fozia la she prayed that his children and grandchild will be pulled out alive from underneath the rubble of what was their house. they were at but i was. more than 250 syrians have been killed in russian and syrian air and ground attacks in recent weeks opposition controlled towns across southern italy northern and western aleppo in the north west are under attack. every day people are dying under the rubble here in provence while the arab leaders are in air conditioned rooms children women and the elderly a dying look ar

plan calling it shameful machine east jerusalem is not purcell doesn't belong to trump and he can't give it away to anyone it will never be owned by benjamin netanyahu and no one is about to buy or sell it on behalf of the great palestinian nation. abraham has more now from ramallah palestinians have stopped engaging with the u.s. administration ever since the us president donald trump said that he's willing to move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem which he eventually did last year the palestinian officials would tell you that the americans have become part of the problem and not part of the solution and not only do they to jack the u.s. peace plan but also the sword mediation of america in the peace process as to the economic workshop that is due to be held in the next month but just in ian's it's addictive that they haven't been consulted in that conference and they're not going to be joining that position has been doing today that by palestinian president mahmoud abbas who has met the special envoy by the bahamian king yesterday he told him that the palestinians are not goi

he made the comments to representatives of muslim countries in tehran on wednesday the machine east jerusalem is not for sale doesn't belong to trump and he can't give it away to anyone it will never be owned by benjamin netanyahu and no one is allowed to buy or sell it on behalf of the great palestinian nation meanwhile iranian member of parliament says the u.s. has been using mediators to send messages to his government and says the americans have also asked to hold negotiations with terror contradicting their own actions the u.s. blames iran for sabotaging for oil tankers of the u.a.e. coast early this month terror denies this is accuse americans of trying to start a war where u.s. president donald trump says sanctions against iran are working and could force terror on to the negotiating table. china is becoming a very weakened they just. become a very weak and they and a red want to make a deal. with iran's us one of the issues that will likely be on the table as a series of high level meetings gets underway in saudi arabia later on thursday leaders from the gulf cooperation council the g

palestine and the stablish ment of a palestinian independent state on the borders of 1987 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine international law with what is called the heel of the century to abolish the principle of a 2 state solution at the end of the meetings the g.c.c. and the arab league expressed support for saudi arabia against what they described as iran's destabilizing activities in the region as a diplomatic boost for saudi arabia but also a period to more tension in the region. sudan's transitional military council has declared a protest camp in the capital khartoum as a danger to the country for testers have been staging a sit in the ministry of defense for weeks now they want the ruling generals to hand over power to a civilian administration the military has told state t.v. that legal action will be taken against what are called unruly elements at the protest site council's also ordered the office of the al-jazeera media network in khartoum to be shut down without giving any reason elton young

year old palestinian man has been shot dead by police after stabbing and wounding 2 israelis in east jerusalem old city that area has been the scene of numerous stabbings in the past few years security has been stepped up across true islam during the muslim holy fasting month of ramadan. a dutch birdwatcher who has been held by islamic state like nortons of the philippines since 2012 has been killed the netherlands government has confirmed that you all mourn died during a gun battle between his captors and the philippine smoldering. is to south korea now it says it will not be giving up hope in the desperate search for survivors after a fatal boat accident in hungary killed at least 7 south korean citizens foreign minister tang joan chua arrived in budapest today to pay her respects the victims and to get an update on the search and rescue operation on the danube 21 people are still missing. on the banks of the danube visitors and residents of budapest paid tribute to the victims of this tragedy. a 6 year old girl is among the missing. rescue work has been hampered by strong currents and high

palestinian estate on the 1967 borders with full control and sovereignty on its territory with east jerusalem as its capital. a roadside bomb has hit a tourist bus in egypt near the giza pyramids injuring at least 17 people the bus was carrying 25 south african tourists from the airport to the pyramids area egyptians and a nearby car were also injured in the center a bomb struck a bus carrying vietnamese tourists apparently it's killing 3 of them no group has claimed responsibility for the latest attack russia says a syrian government forces have implemented a unilateral ceasefire in northwest province the opposition activists say shelling in the airstrikes have continued the syrian government stepped up its attacks on the last remaining rebel territory last month despite a cease fire brokered by russia and turkey since then erin there tillery strikes and infantry assaults have driven the rebels out of several villages. still ahead in this half hour of voting ends in india's a 7 phase election.

and protest as much against the israeli occupation of east jerusalem as the client made headlines or weekend when he recommended jewish men refrain from wearing skullcaps in public for their own safety. a journalist and commentator michelle friedman normally lives in frankfurt but joins us today from tel aviv welcome what has been your experience as it has it become more dangerous to be openly jewish in germany. this is what i. said and i don't know if the nose is correct but the advice not to keep us is a catastrophe it means that secure jew is only an invisible jew and i believe that this 74 years after hitler is a catastrophe diagnosis and therapy we are living in a democracy and christian friend of mine can his christian science and i want that my children and myself are capable of living in berlin and frankfurt wherever and showing up that we are jews without being in a danger and that's what the situation is we are in danger not only in germany but also in germany i'm what you make of this recommendation from the german commission of anti semitism that old germans kippers to sh

year old palestinian man has been shot dead by police after stabbing and wounding 2 israelis in east jerusalemold stacy the area has been the scene of numerous stabbings in recent years security has been stepped up across jerusalem during the muslim holy fasting month of ramadan. now the woman who is perhaps the most famous d.j. in warsaw maybe even in all of poland she began when she was 55 and now d.j. is ac and she is still going strong. these disco dancers may not be the youngest anymore but they're in great form and this woman is getting them in the mood if you don't come to our party hope you'll have a good night d.j. vico is 80 years old and in poland she's a pretty big deal she's proud that she can play a lot more than just the oldies. clue what will play a lot of different music when i do sets and clubs for young people i mix club music with popular artists like madonna jennifer lopez and lady gaga here in warsaw there are plenty of people on the dance floor thanks to d.g. the retired special needs teacher has been working the crowds for 25 years now. for the country as well didn't i

you look at the west bank the israelis are building more settlement units in the west bank and east jerusalem on daily basis and also the israeli occupation forces out of out of this thing palestinians on davis in the west bank and when it comes to the gaza strip when you look at daily figures like poverty unemployment it's the worst i have ever seen in my life about 70 percent of the palestinians in the girl's us to receive food aid from the no one w.r.c. and unemployment is 52 percent among the palestinians in the gaza strip and if there is no intervention from the international community the situation might get even worse or especially after other watch 2 days ago called for an intervention that on a way is in bad need for $60000000.00 us dollars to prevent starvation among $1000000.00 palestinian refugees in gaza who are dependent on the one hand it's food services in the gaza strip. now the survival of the rhino is under threat and the w w f the world wildlife fund says more than 8000 have been killed for their horns since 2010 but in south africa staff say they think they've got a new w

it in east jerusalem so he is an absolutely critical figure and without him attending that conference in bahrain it will probably have little significance and certainly little influence. all right mike thanks for that mike hanna live for us in washington. well still to come on al-jazeera malawi's president is now really reelected for a 2nd term but it wasn't a smooth process. more violence in brazil brazilian prisons just 24 hours after 15 inmates were killed you know a riot at a facility in the north. seeing flooding rains in the southern parts of china recently and that wet weather staying in position to see the angry looking thunderheads here have been rumbling away for quite some time just to the west of hong kong 2 $136.00 millimeters of rain here in 24 hours and we're looking at over twice that over the past couple of days that wet weather starts to recede but it's still very much in evidence to go on through wednesday there's that wetter weather across the south of china not quite as widespread but still some hefty downpours coming in as we go on through thursday drop right dis

palestine and the stablish meant of a palestinian independent state on the borders of 1987 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine international law with what is called the deal of the century to abolish the principle of a 2 state solution and catalyze prime minister attended the talks it was the 1st high level meeting since the 27 team blockade on his nation began andrew symonds reports. this is the 1st high level contact between cattle in saudi arabia for nearly 2 years the qatari prime minister shaikh abdullah bin nasa being funny and saudi king salamander bin abdel-aziz the saudis are trying to show they have wider backing in their effort to counter what they say is iran's growing influence the qatari prime minister here briefly shaking hands with the king of bahrain kuwait zimmy or trying to encourage some dialogue as he has done since 2017 he's been attempting to mediate in the dispute between cats and the blockading countries of saudi arabia bahrain the united arab emirates and egypt. what the saudis wan

palestinian district on the 1967 borders with full control and sovereignty on its territory with east jerusalem as its capital. well let's get more on this we're joined by finance then is the director of the new internationalism project of the institute for policy studies and she's joining us live from washington d.c. misspend it's always a pleasure to have you with us on allergies there are so the 1st phase of this plan is going to be revealed in june what do you make of what this administration watch out kushner is trying to do sort out the economics for the political issue here. but i think we're trying to do is substitute an econo piece if you will for anything remotely resembling a serious solution to the long running israeli occupation and colonization of palestinian land this will probably be the main part of the so-called deal of the century and like so many other things in the trumpet ministration and trump's own view is that money is the solution that you can buy a palestinian surrender in this case there is the statement from questioner that the palestinian grandparents as he put it

so that i didn't know west jerusalem was occupied i mean people do say east jerusalem is although i don't agree well what the question was for me is all the pied that's a fact it's not recognized under international law but that's a subject for another discussion i want to ask you about what's happening we want to ask you about what's happening in gaza right now what do you see as the prospects for a cease fire at this point well first of all it's not a great way to start the holy month of ramadan i mean this is really bad all around for certainly the people living in gaza and of course the israelis who yesterday were bombarded with hundreds of rocket attacks and that's still going on the prospects for a cease fire are the same as they were meaning prime minister netanyahu seems very committed about not escalating what's going on he seems very concerned about the humanitarian issues there and in fact was highly criticized over the course of the last number of months for making certain concessions and for allowing money to come in the qatari money which is being paid for some hamas salarie

capital of israel palestinians want an independent state based on borders before the 1967 war with east jerusalem as its capital that would mean an end to the occupation in the west bank and gaza but israel has kept up construction of illegal settlements that. well joining us on the phone from slovenia is china where his executive and executive committee member of the palestine liberation organization welcome to the program have the palestinians been invited to take part in this so-called economic workshop in bahrain. and i don't think that the invitation is that if i were an american i would go about things the right way not upside down and not by putting the cart before the horse. is a question of legality a question of politics a question of justice a question of it is not about getting giving palestinians economic handouts it is not about improving living conditions in captivity under occupation is a question of the language cancers. including the $67.00 boundaries including. the refugee issue. the core of the conflict and therefore the solution but if you start by saying that i only need to

have before they get engaged in conversationsize a palestinian state, and its capital will be east jerusalem. and the political component of this plan we're told by the white house is something that could come later in the year. it's very aspirational. it's very heavy on the idea of how the economy could lift the region, can lift the lives of plntd plnts. but what we're hearing from the palestinian authority is really a thumbs down. they're saying look, there was a workshop like this arranged in d.c. last year in the united states in march, we didn't go to that. they lost their faith in the united states as being an international arbiter between themselves and the israelis. they point to the fact that when president trump in late 2017, december 2017, announced jerusalem as the capital of israel, says that it would move the u.s. emsz, did move the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, that that really negated the u.s. position here to negotiate or to be a viable negotiator here. and what we have heard in recent weeks as well from palestinian authority leaders, from their ambassador to the

maybe bits and capital in east jerusalem and maybe even a grown light for israeli annexation of significantt bank. >> so let's listen to more of this in the sense that while we've been waiting for this plan the trump administration has moved the embassy to jerusalem, essentially settling and giving the american stamp on what used to be a so-called final status issue. let the israelis and palestinians figure out what jerusalem is. you also had now the administration saying and benjamin netanyahu says he'll name a trump settlement in the golan heights, you know, what you've had it for a long time, why don't you just keep it. here's jarred kushner. >> long term i think it helps because what we need to do is start recognizing truths and when we recognize jerusalem, that is a truth, you know. jerusalem is the capital of israel, and that would be part of any final agreement anyway. same thing with recognizing the golan heights. i don't think there's real any question that the golan when things are resolved that it should be part of israel, and we recognize that, too, and i think that we're in a p

discussion that they're going to get into unless it has a map to getting a palestinian state and east jerusalemte. so a pretty strong indicator there, that there's no big buy in yet from the palestinian side. they're not lining up to attend this economic workshop so far. >> so michelle, how will jared kushner have to go about selling this plan across the middle east if already there's this reticence being expressed? >> that's what they're already trying to do. remember, the palestinians haven't been involved at all. they stopped talking to the u.s. when the u.s. took these actions to move the embassy without the consultation with the palestinians, to give away the golan heights. so the palestinians see the u.s. as being very one sided on this, on being for israel, and giving away some things that could be considered to be leverage to get the israelis to concede some things in what ultimately would be an agreement. so the palestinians are going to be angry about this from the start. so what kushner and his team are trying to do is clearly make this a kind of sweetener. like, let's have this econ

sheen east jerusalem is not for sale doesn't belong to trump and he can't give it away to anyone it will never be owned by benjamin netanyahu and no one is allowed to buy or sell it on behalf of the great palestinian nation an iranian member of parliament says the u.s. has been using mediators to send messages to his government he says the americans have also asked to hold negotiations with iran contradicting their own actions the u.s. blames iran for sabotaging for oil tankers of the u.s. coast earlier this month terror on denies this as accuse americans of trying to start a war where u.s. president donald trump says sanctions against iran are working and could force terror on to the negotiating table. china is becoming very weak and they just read. a very weak if they had a red one to make it. same as robbie has more now from. p.c. is a senior m.p. and the chairman of the national security and foreign policy commission of iranian parliament he's the same man the tweeted 2 weeks ago that iran of the united states need a table somewhere in the region to sit down and discuss ways of deesc

should include a political component they talk about ending the occupation of course also having east jerusalem as the capital of their future state and this position has been reiterated by president mahmoud abbas who has met a special invoice of their behavior yesterday he told him that the palestinians do not want to join that conference and we've heard from many palestinian officials urging other countries not to take part in that conference as well to that meeting that was held between about and the special envoy of the king the envoy has said that but it was simply hosting the conference and not organizing it thank you man iranian official says the u.s. has been using mediators to send messages to his government the member of parliament made the comments on thursday he says the americans have also asked to hold negotiations with tehran contradicting their own actions the u.s. blames iran for some of touching for oil tankers of the u.a.e. coast earlier this month tehran denies it has accused the americans of trying to start a war and u.s. president donald trump says sanctions against iran a

of palestine under stop to abolish dinny an independent state on the borders of $967.00 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine.

capital of israel palestinians want an independent state based on borders before the 967 war with east jerusalem as its capital and that would mean an end to the occupation in the west bank and gaza but israel has kept up construction of settlements that let's bring in how the armor he's a former u.s. diplomat who was deputy special envoy for israeli palestinian negotiations under the obama administration joins us live from washington d.c. heidi good to have you back on the program the palestinians have already said they won't be attending this conference does that mean deal now is dead on arrival i mean it's certainly a business approach but many observers say it's not even lacks real understanding of the region what do you think look i mean in one sense i feel for trauma's team. they're in a tough position but in. another sense look what the palestinians need is not so much. economic help they need help in terms of sovereignty they need help in terms of freedom that's where the absence is that there's a freedom and sovereignty gap not a gap in. in the economy so that's right you know this is a

look at the west bank that is why it is of building more settlement units in the west bank and east jerusalem on daily bases and also the israeli occupation forces out of out of this thing palestinians on davis is in the west bank and when it comes to the girls us to when you look at the. data figures like of out of the unemployment it's the warst i have ever seen in my life of about. 70 percent of the palestinians in the girl's us to brissie of food aid from under w r 50 and unemployment is 52 percent among the palestinians in the gaza strip and if there is no intervention from the international community the situation might get even worse or especially after all know wot 2 days ago. called for an intervention that on the way is in bad need for $60000000.00 us dollars to prevent starvation among $1000000.00 palestinian refugees in gaza who are dependent on the wound its food services in the gaza strip. we appreciate your time thanks very much indeed. thank you an hour earlier we were talking about a deal in sudan to transfer power to many civilian administration we a correspondent there was

palestine and the stablish ment of a palestinian independent state on the borders of 1987 with east jerusalem as its capital i would like to also reaffirm our absolute stance against american attempts to undermine international law with what is called the heel of the century to abolish the principle of a 2 state solution at the end of the meetings the g.c.c. and the arab league expressed support for saudi arabia against what they described as iran's destabilizing activities in the region a diplomatic boost for saudi arabia but also a period to more tense in the region. while staring staying with the story let's take a listen to what the iraqi president had to say. if i may have a love. for what i tell you in the midst of this tense time and rapidly changing developments in a regional and international environment full of tension x. threats we are watching before our eyes to escalate and of a regional and international crisis which can turn anti-war they're willing gulf us all to if the crisis is not managed well then we will be faced with the danger of a regional and international confrontati

let's speak to our middle east correspondent tom bateman in jerusalem.know about the company at the centre of this? israel is one of the centre of this? israel is one of the world's leaders when it comes to cybersecurity exports and at the cutting—edge of that industry, the company, nso group. to many people that will be a new name but it has been here in israel and the tech world at the centre of a growing controversy for a couple of years 110w. controversy for a couple of years now. it says that when it sells its product, which you heard can be injected into people's phones and turnit injected into people's phones and turn it into a tracking device, into a bug, it is meant forforeign intelligence agencies to be used to track terrorists and criminals and keep people safe. but there have been numerous claims now that the softwa re been numerous claims now that the software has been abused and sold to countries that have questionable human rights records. there have been two lawsuits filed in tel aviv against the company by activists from mexico and saudi

the new vote is expected in september. 0ur middle east correspondent, tom bateman, has more from jerusalemepresents a serious political failure for mr netanyahu. he had been holding out throughout that he'd be able to drive through an agreement, that he would be able to get these two sides together but he has not been able to do that. 0ne course of events could have been that the israeli president would have to ask an opposition mp to form a government, bringing to an end mr netanyahu's ten years in office. now, to prevent that from happening he has precipitated a situation where the parliament has voted to dissolve itself, bringing about more elections. i think beneath all this is the fact that mr netanyahu is politically weaker, more vulnerable than he has been for quite some time. also making news today: a series of tornados is battering the american midwest. 20 were reported in kansas alone in the last 24 hours. pennsylvania was also hit. in total there have been more than 300 tornado reports across the us injust the past 12 days. olympic champion caster semenya has lodged a legal appe

the new vote is expected in september. 0ur middle east correspondent tom bateman has more from jerusalem represents a serious political failure for mr netanyahu. he was saying he would be able to get the sides together but he has not been able to do that. one of the implications may be that he may have to ask another party to form a government, bringing an end to his leadership. now, this has precipitated the situation where the parliament has voted to dissolve the parliament, bringing about a snap election. i think this means that mr netanyahu election. i think this means that mr neta nyahu is election. i think this means that mr netanyahu is more politically vulnerable than he has been for some time. a series of tornadoes is battering the american midwest. 20 were reported in kansas alone in the last 2a hours. pennsylvania was also hit. in total there have been more than 300 tornado reports across the us injust the past 12 days. wikileaks says its founder julian assange has been moved to a health ward in belmarsh prison. in a statement, wikileaks said it has grave concerns about the st