, the very telling thing is, the palestinian leader is meeting with the head of a law the mike islamic jihad to, with a statement against this plan. when your government is made up of terrorist groups, it is very hard to meet these benchmarks with their basic when it comes to what they're asking for. they are asking for a lack of violence and economic activity. >> not to miss the point for my you're just saying, those groups coming together, you mentioned terrorism, post, the news that was breaking on iran, not even ten days ago, we know that some of these groups are going to come together anyway. there were some pretty strong reporting that they were having conversations, the key point, in the center is, that they hate us, so to see us come out with a plan like this, i wonder, too if that does not force those groups to do something that they really have not done, guys, they don't work in concert. >> that is also part of the problem, as katie alluded to. so i think, i don't want to minimize the hard work that jared kushner has put into this plan, as we comb through the various elements of it

3 forces of the islamic jihad organization your reaction to the renewed violence in gaza and the occupied territories and israel this is a pure cold blooded murder this is an assassination i mean this is this is not this is not warfare this is a deliberate assassination of of people in their homes. killed with them their wives the brothers their children. this is the specialty of this israelis who. and his wife were they not terrorists as the israeli says and whether or not therefore justifiably killed by the israeli government there is no justification for a cold blooded murder of somebody in his home and his wife they did they if if if he if he were to be caught in israel the red handed he would have gotten a maximum of 20 years of prison not a and neck as an asian a murderer with his wife were you surprised israel also shot missiles into damascus to kill. son jury as well yes this is the sense the nation continues i mean that it goes to. to gaza and then from gaza to damascus and vice versa and you really don't see the international community out roused by this by this murder you don't

that international condemnation because european governments and the united states believe that islamic jihad is a terrorist movement dedicated to destroying the state of israel the reality is that israel is a terrorist government that is that they catered to destroying the palestinian homes rights people. you wonder i mean really who is the murderer and who is the victim i mean they are the occupiers we are not occupying their country they're occupying ours will britain and the united states continues to arm israel of course the idea for twitter says that rockets that hit including the one that hit gaza's palestinian independent commission for human rights they were actually misfired rockets from palestinians in gaza nothing to do with israel at all. that's that's possible the question is that israelis do not account for the murder of palestinians to anybody i mean at best you get a united nations resolution but you don't get any real sanctions you don't read you don't get action that stop america from providing lethal weapons that the israelis can use to kill our people you don't see really

protecting against financial and political corruption stopping the malign activities of hamas islamic jihad and other enemies of peace ending the incitement of hatred against israel so important and permanently halting the financial compensation to terrorists thank perhaps most importantly my vision gives the palestinians the time needed to rise up and meet the challenges of statehood i sent a letter today to president i explained to him that the territory allocated for his new state will remain open and undeveloped for a period of 4 years during this time palestinians can use all appropriate deliberation to study the deal they go shit with israel achieve the criteria for statehood and become a truly independent and wonderful state. president abbas i want you to know that if you choose the path to peace america and many other countries will we we will be there we will be there to help you in so many different ways and we will be there every step of the way we will be there to it was another word for the 1st time in many many decades i can say it will work it's going to work if they do this

retaliation from iran to come through one of its proxies, hezbollah north of here, palestinian islamic jihad, which is in the gaza strip southwest of where i am. so a lot of people have been expecting some kind of cat's paw to react. instead it was a conventional attack by the iranians, using their missile system to attack conventional american military targets. it looks as though the next stage, if we get there, is going to be going through the proxies, through hezbollah, possibly through palestinian islamic jihad in the gaza strip, and attacking what is, as you mentioned, very much a human site, a civilian site in dubai. that would wreak massive havoc not only on the entire region for people but for the financial systems, and so, you know, israel is going to be waiting for some kind of retaliation. they're expecting it. they're always on a heightened state of alert, brian. >> absolutely. israelis so often have been forced into the shelters because of the regular rocketing across the border in parts of that country. matt bradley, thank you very much for that as a new day dawns over tel aviv

i want you to take a listen to a senior official inside palestinian islamic jihad who spoke with fox news about the situation. >> this crime is escalate the battle in the region. this battle will continue until the end of the u.s. presence in the region and ending israeli occupation in palestine. >> in talks with fox news earlier, just last year, islamic jihad indicated in some of the interviews that they are receiving money and weapons from the iranian regime that could be used against the u.s. ally israel. when you look at the red line for the trump administration, last year the iranians targeted saudi oil field and shot down an american drone. it took the killing of an american citizen at an iraqi military base that housed american citizens and contractors and troops for president trump to respond. the region is now waiting to see what the information and military response will be from the iranians and they're concerned that they're actively trying to put out information that may mislead those in the region to see what happens. >> and trey, outstanding reporting for us. breaking t

protecting against financial and political corruption stopping the malign activities of hamas islamic jihad and other enemies of peace ending the incitement of hatred against israel so important and permanently halting the financial compensation to terrorists guy and perhaps most importantly my vision gives the palestinians the time needed to rise up and meet the challenges of statehood i sent a letter today to president i explained to him that the territory allocated for his new state will remain open and undeveloped for a period of 4 years during this time palestinians can use all appropriate deliberation to study the deal they go shit with israel achieve the criteria for statehood and become a truly independent and wonderful state. president abbas i want you to know that if you choose the path to peace america and many other countries will we we will be there we will be there to help you in so many different ways and we will be there every step of the way and will be there for was another words for the 1st time in many many decades i can say it will work it's going to work if they do thi

in today's meeting and i can mention them by the name including how mess you had to list them islamic jihad the popular front the task force and the other factions all the palestinian factions have been represented in today's meeting this is simply an indication that all the palestinian have felt the threat they have transcended above differences of a spoken to ismail haniya myself and he said to me we should immediately me that he proposed he suggested we meet in gas and i said immediately we will turn and you chapter of unity surly diety joint action we will transcend above differences all for the sake of our close we should remain united as we had been in the past once we are united we will be supported by the peoples of the world and other world states simply because we are a people seeking our letter timet low full rights to conclude i address the families of the martyrs. an hour wind and prisoners. israel has been depriving us all of our funds the funds that had been collected by the israeli occupation forces simply to prevent us from paying the salaries of the prisoners the wounded a

in the past, but on the other side, in the gaza strip, there's hamas, and there's palestinian islamic jihad both of which supported by iran. i want to go back to your question that you put to cal which is how much does the u.s., or excuse me, how much does the iran have control over its proxies. it seems as far as the trump administration is concerned, that all of these cat's paws of iran throughout the relationen are doing exactly what, throughout the region are doing exactly what the iranians say and as a couple of days ago that's what qasem soleimani said. and what we could see in the coming days or weeks or months is a retaliatory strike that would essentially be the fruition of qasem soleimani's life's work. now he has been spending the last several decades trying to incubate and establish all of these influential groups, militias, allied governments, throughout the region, now, all of those groups, like hezbollah, like palestinian islamic jihad or hamas, could be called upon to strike against the u.s., or american allied targets throughout the region. this could be almost a tribute to

stopping the malign activities of homamas, islamic jihad, endi the encitement of hate and halting theancial compensation to terrorists. [ applause ] perhaps most importantly my vision gives the palestinians the time needed to rise up and meet the challenges of state hood. i sent a letter today to the president. i explained that the territory allocated for his new state will remain open and undeveloped for a period of four years. during this time palestinians can use all appropriate deliberation to study the deal, negotiate with israel, achieve the criteria for statehoods and become a truly independent and wonderful state. if you choose the path the peace, america and many other countries will be. we will be there to help you in so many different wasilla andys will be there every step of the way. we will be there to help. [ applause ] in other words, for the first time in many, many decades i can say, it will work. it's going to work. if they do this, it will work. your response to this historic opportunity will show the world to what extent you're ready to lead the palestinian people

protecting against financial and political corruption stopping the malign activities of hamas islamic jihad and other enemies of peace ending the incitement of hatred against israel so important and permanently halting the financial compensation to terrorist thank you and perhaps most importantly my vision gives the palestinians the time needed to rise up and meet the challenges of statehood i sent a letter today to president i explained to him that the territory allocated for his new state will remain open and undeveloped for a period of 4 years during this time palestinians can use all appropriate deliberation to study the deal negotiate with israel achieve the criteria for statehood and become a truly independent and wonderful state. president abbas i want you to know that if you choose the path to peace america and many other countries will we we will be there we will be there to help you in so many different ways and we will be there every step of the way we will be there to thank you another words for the 1st time in many many decades i can say it will work it's going to work if they

launchers elite launching stations underground terrorist infrastructure and military forces of the islamic jihad organization your reaction to the renewed violence in gaza and the occupied territories and israel this is a pure cold blooded murder this is an assassination i mean this is this is not this is not a warfare this is a deliberate assassination of of people in their homes.

launchers elite launching stations underground terrorist infrastructure and military forces of the islamic jihad organization your reaction to the renewed violence in gaza and the occupied territories and israel this is a pure cold blooded murder this is an assassination i mean this is this is not this is not a warfare this is a deliberate assassination of of people in their homes. killed with them their wives their brothers their children. this is the specialty of israelis who do. and his wife where they are not terrorists as the israeli says and whether or not therefore justifiably killed by the israeli government there is no justification for a cold blooded murder of somebody in his home and his wife they did they if he if he were to be caught in israel the red handed.

factions that are usually at odds with each other particularly and have mass have come together islamic jihad p f l p they had a meeting yesterday and they're also going to be meeting later on tonight in the west bank to figure out what their response and what the way forward will be because yes as you said they all reject it they haven't been consulted they haven't been spoken to and certainly they don't agree with believes and what will be called the speculation that say until now of what is in the plan so the protests have been cooled we saw some crowds here in gaza earlier today burning tires it is still relatively peaceful fairly many people you speak to here will tell you well maybe it's more about the west bank the annexation the capital. borders what is interesting is that all the previous peace talks we've had before the last 12014 they were all talking about talks they haven't really started to scratch the surface of those real crucial issues like the status of jerusalem like borders and it seems that this plan is going to have all of that ironed out so i think we're and have to wai

that we're seeing a rare unity from all the palestinian factions whether it's hamas on the scene islamic jihad here probably the message is that they outright reject. is is. it just committed against the palestinian people again there's a lot of people. what people say is more important to them is the lifting of the blockade the easing of their lives here in the gaza strip which has been under blockade by israel and egypt for over 10 years since hamas took power and here is the certainly this deal give them no indication of that is something that. would change they say they have no power to influence the politics and also this is i think why you see people almost an interested in this they didn't expect anything else and certainly will tell you that the life here at the moment is more difficult than it's ever been the united nations in 22 all issued a report saying that gaza would become the new little. while it is now 2020 and there is no political solution in sight. hundreds of people from japan and the united states are returning home after having been evacuated from china's hu bay province

we saw hamas and islamic jihad, they do receive weapons and money from the iranian regime speaking out about the american straight. listen to what one member of islamic jihad had to say. >> translator: the crime has escalated the battle in the region and this battle will continue until the end of us presence in the region. >> reporter: the united states preparing for possible retaliation, donald trump sending an additional 3000 troops, beefing up security at embassies across the region. if you look at where this began last year after the united states pulled out of the iran nuclear deal, i your of tension between west and iran as they targeted the oil infrastructure and tankers in the gulf, a major concern of us forces and allies, they are taking extra precautions. neil: the president continuing to put pressure on iran. kevin cork in west palm beach, florida. >> reporter: republicans called the strike decisive despite the risk of retaliation. democrats call a reckless escalation. the president said that qasem soleimani was a terrorist who had to be stopped. >> qasem soleimani has been

it could use proxies in syria and islamic jihad in gaz a wher there are options and mourning for qasem soleimani. iran has options if it chooses to go in this direction. as of now, israel doesn't believe iran will strike imminently. many have been quiet at this point not to provoke iran or iran's proxies. the speculation now is did netanyahu know this strike was coming? he spoke with secretary of state this is a stormy region with very, very dramatic things happening in it. he also backed all of the u.s. actions up until now and said the u.s. has the right to defend itself. after the killing of soleimani, he also said just like israel, the u.s. has the right to defend itself. there is that speculation that netanyahu and perhaps others knew there was going to be a strike against soleimani at some point. for israel, soleimani was the public enemy number one, he was the guy behind the iran strategies, and aggression and around the region. it's quite often that netanyahu and other officials would name-check soleimani and threaten him in a way. in fact, a few months ago, they said he should

of course yes we have are just on the northern border in southern lebanon there is islamic jihad which is very closely aligned with iran in gaza and of course hamas also with good relations or at least repairing relations with iran as well and so israel is aware of those of those elements of iranian influence very close to it and also iran inside syria and inside iraq israel of course has been carrying out strikes against iranian interests in both of those countries in recent months and in the case of syria years and it has been targeting the g c and and elements late to sort of moneys forces as well so the israeli response really through benjamin netanyahu was both evincing some support for the fact that sort of money is no longer a player in the region talking about the threat that he posed and saying that it that the united states had the right as did israel to carry out. military operations in its own self-defense but without really fully endorsing the strike in terms of of giving its imprints or of it being necessarily something that israel would have done itself israel of course

here's the problem, islamic jihad, hamas, fatah, they all thrive off the word. he gives them a reason to suppress their people. it gives them a reason to be corrupt. they break the money off the top. it's like the old ira. the ira had no interest in peace because they were benefiting off the war. the celt does not calculate and change and they realize they were losing support of the people, and they turned and opted for peace. >> ed: the united states, the president and the apartments you have talked about the nuclear threat from iran. they also talk about the threat from isis. interesting headline from the "washington examiner" saying, "a new stage in our war, isis announces it will focus on israel attacks." talk about this, is it for real or is it isis sort of gasping for relevance at this point? >> yeah, i don't know if we have a good answer for that. it doesn't take a lot of resources to mount a campaign that can kill and hurt people. isis has really become the middle east ambulance chaser. you have to show you are relevant, that you're finding, they were st

there have been patterns in the past supporting islamic jihad, for example, in gaza. altia bob they have been attacking frequently and an attack led by british convert in to 15 lost about 30 of their people attacking a kenyan base. camp sim buwhich is near the very popular tourist destination and world heritage site is a very, very important u.s. special forces base from which a lot of the intelligence of planning for drone strikes that are being conducted against inside somalia is going on. one could argue, perhaps, that were trying to project a degree of anti-american energy there in order to win support from the iranians. frankly, i think it is a little far fetched and coincidental because from bases similar and also next to a major tourist site. from this time last year i was in nairobi covering the last terrorist attack there in a hotel in downtown nairobi. they're an active terrorist group perhaps seeking help from iran, but too early to say, really. >> sam kiley, thank you. >>> a number of u.s. allies putting some distance between themselves and that strike tha

we heard groups like islamic jihad and hamas, hezbollah who also this with a crime committed by the united the big question is if and when he ran -- iran will respond, not a question of if but when and where. there are allies on high alert, the israelis have started to move troops to the north with concerns on the lebanese border that hezbollah could respond. we are getting a reporting just now that it deputy to qasem soleimani has been appointed to fill his role in the revolutionary guard, taking over for the military operations, he has a history of helping the iranian's with smuggling weapons to proxies across the region. there have been strikes by israel, a key ally of the united states, over the past year targeting many of these smuggling groups. remember early last year we reported on a secret iranian base in syria being used by the iranian's to smuggle weapons. that targeted a number of times and additionally we can expect western allies to work closely with the united states to cut off any sort of retaliation efforts by iranian, one point to notice we may not see retaliation right a

the main creator, funder, director of their more immediate enemies, has a lot, the palestinian islamic jihadre has been an up ride inanti-semitic actions here this country, demonstrations in new york city against that specifically. now?nd why is this a specific thing involving jews or a larger phenomenon in our society of increasing hate speech against various groups? joe: i think it is part of a larger phenomenon. it has created a reaction in the jewish community because of the history of what happens with anti-semitism. personally, the outbreak of anti-semitism has surprised me a great deal. here is why i say that. personally, in my lifetime, i have experienced just about zero i have beenm, and very public. senator from connecticut, run on the national ticket, first jewish american, privileged to say that. so what has changed? there were always anti-semites, they were not acting out the way they are now. by synagogues being attacked armed assailants. i'm afraid it is the internet, the way the internet allows communication of people who are probably imbalanced or full of them tod motivates

you like groups like fattah hamas, islamic jihad still calling shots.re they losing influence with the palestinian people? >> we'll see. also the palestinians if they also understand the plan and they see they can get dignity, sovereignty in, independence, not only that liz, they will get a massive help, economic help of $50 billion. which will create one million or more jobs. and palestinians unfortunately, they are just poverty stricken. it can change immensely their situation, their future, the future of their children and again, if think don't accept it, it is too bad for them. liz: it is a great point you make. ambassador, thanks for joining us. >> pleasure. >> great to have you on. next mounting global concern over the coronavirus it is becoming more deadly by the day. reuters breaking news, 25 new deaths in china. we have more coming up. ♪. my money should work as hard as i do. that's why i use my freedom unlimited card every time i get gas. give me a little slack! with freedom unlimited, you're always earning. i said i need some slack on pump th

rights, protecting against financial and political corruption, stopping the activities of hammas, islamic jihad, and other enemies of peace. ending the incitement of hatred against israel, so important. and permanently halting the financial compensation to terrorists. [applause] pres. trump: and perhaps most importantly, my vision gives the palestinians the time needed to rise up and meet the challenges of statehood. i sent a letter today to the palestinian president and explained that the territory allocated for his new state will remain open and undeveloped for four years. during this time, palestinians can use all appropriate to liberation to study the deal, negotiate with israel, achieve the criteria for statehood, and become a truly independent and wonderful state. president abbas, i want you to know that if you choose the path to peace, america and many other countries will be there. we will be there to help you inseminate different ways, and we will be there every step of the way. we will be there to help. [applause] in other words, for the first time in many decades, i can say it will w

islamic jihad, some of these other organizations.have taken the brave step of removing the terrorist leader of the quds force, a designated terrorist organization, qassem soleimani. charles: before i let you go then, any idea whether or not our other folks in the region, saudi arabias, iraqs of the world can ever stand on their own two feet without us having to be there so that we can perhaps one day bring our troops home? >> well, i think, we sent a message to the saudis when iranians fired missiles into the oil fields. we did not respond. we taken hands off houthi rebels, al qaeda, may be working with them to export that terrorism f we want to have a brought stress against iranian dominance an influence in the region, the kurdish people are the best solution for that to happen. charles: colonel west, happy new year to you as well. >> thanks, charles. charles: gold making big moves lately. how high can gold go? peter schiff gives us his forecast. he is next. why tesla ceo elon musk is once again defying the naysayers. will it satisf

there's palestinian islamic jihad and hamas, to the gaza strip to the southwest. and then to the east, in syria, there are numbers of different shiite militia groups of the kind that exist in iraq and their attacks were starting this whole thing. so israel is surrounded by iranian proxies so it's a very good position for the iranians to strike against israel. but right now, what we're seeing is extraordinary. it looks as though the iranians so far have made somewhat not so strong attack against u.s. interests, u.s. military targets in the middle east. there were no casual this. the iranians say they're okay with it. the americans say they're okay with it. if this continues if everything lasts the way it does for the rest of the day. it looks like this could all be over and that would be an extraordinary end to a very dangerous, tense escalation, ayman. >> before we move over, we have not heard on this program, of course, from america's european allies, what are you hearing from that sense with regards to what has taken place in the last 24 hours? >> well, yasmin,

terrorist group, hamas, islamic jihad would have to be disarmed.ues of sovereignty in jerusalem, it is believed israel will get a bigger chunk of that sovereignty. there will be a joint body that will look after some of the holy sites. there is also a big belief this deal will allow for israeli sovereignty to be extended over certain areas of the west bank. area c, the jordan valley. charles: really? >> we don't know any of this for sure, but we do know, we know the president said today, look this is a suggestion. and we do know the palestinians so far have rejected this sight unseen since day one. >> now, the palestinians, if this is so favorable to the israelis why would they, why would it appeal to them since they play no role with the negotiation process? >> we don't know again how favorable it is to the israelis. we think it will address israeli security concerns. charles: what do they want? it has been a long process. it is felt on several occasions they were close but we still haven't gotten there. >> it is important to keep in mind, charles

that we're seeing a rare unity from all the palestinian factions whether it's hamas on the scene islamic jihad jihad all the messages that they outright reject. is is. it is a crime committed against the palestinian people again there's a lot of people. what people say is more important to them is the lifting of the blockade or easing of their lives here in the gaza strip which has been under blockade by israel and egypt for over 10 years since hamas took power here as a certainly this deal given no indication of that it's something that. would change they say they have no power to influence the politics and also this is i think why you see people almost an interested in this didn't expect anything else and certainly will tell you that the life here at the moment is more difficult than it's ever been the united nations in 22 all issued a report saying that gaza would become the new little. while it is now 2020 and there is no political solution in sight. so how did we get to this plan alexia bryan takes a look when we look at president trump's proposed plan it's important to remember how pales

. >>> in gaza city, members of iran-backed groups, hamas and islamic jihad, have burned israeli and american flags to protest soleimani's killing, joining tens of thousands who turned out in the streets of baghdad to celebrate the martyrdom of soleimani. then across from the white house, a protest by code pink and a number of antiwar groups urging the president to bring u.s. troops out of iraq. meanwhile, nato just announced it is suspending the training of iraqi forces amid fears for the lives of several hundred nato personnel inside iraq. nbc correspondents are spanned out across the middle east to bring you the latest developments in these tense times. we start with nbc chief foreign correspondent richard engel in erbil, iraq. good day or evening your time to you. what do we know about the breaking news on this rocket attack in baghdad? >> reporter: so, when we last spoke, what was it, about an hour ago, there were these initial reports of explosions, thuds being reported in parts of baghdad. well, just in the last few minutes or so, we've spoken to the iraqi joint security coordination b

many bombs it's clear the cases in mosul iraq the american and british bombers targeted the jihad the islamic state opponents but these people were intermingled with the civilians they had based. souls and buildings which also house civilians were next to them it's a case of burying their head in the sand and not wanting to admit that both turkey or russia have helped at least to limit the human cost at least to many many. hundreds of thousands of people i mean it is i think part of the underlying dilemma of the western states that they committed themselves so wholeheartedly to the fall of a sad that they turned a blind eye to who was fighting against him and so they have in the end said anybody who's against assad is better than a sad not a double standards but it's also turning a blind eye to these groups who have after all spawned threats to western europe because some of the supporters have carried out radical terrorist attacks in western europe to correspondent for our big channel was seriously injured in italy province on wednesday. he was hit by an explosion from a shell abandoned by m