didn't recognize israel they would raise the word israel from atlases in libraries in dubai i happen to be many still far foreign affairs of were 25 years ago and i met with the bus. in sherman shared hundreds of pieces of president mubarak at the time we met several times with abdullah because they. was over there between israeli business sees a relationship between our government i was there for some 20 years and they still i do not deny it's very positive development that they are now ready to sign a more formal agreement with south and open embassy than normalization debt good good news for the middle east it's a blow to the palestinians but i hope that we'll find a way to make it. so also of paid with full the prospect of resuming contacts with the palestina. not the other wife not the old bloke to be with the palestinians i should say the leaders of met with israeli leaders they certainly don't recognise israel diplomatically you mention the palestinians they completely reject the abraham accords and the deal of the century coming out of the white house is it worse now than it

have you ever been to israel? have you ever been to dav: israel? >> i have not. i'm looking forward as soon as corona is under control and having the prime minister visit again. david: ambassador al-khalifa have you been to israel? >> not yet, but i think i'll be on the same flight. david: and have you been to bahrain? >> i've extended an invitation. and i want to pick up on something that was said. if you look at who supported the abraham accords and who opposed it i think it tells you a lot about where the region is. the only states in the region that really opposed it was one, iran, and that's obvious why, because we're all their enemies. or, they regard us as their enemies. the palestinian authority opposed it, and the reason, they thought that they had veto power over israel's relationship with any arab state and the courage of the leaders of uae and bahrain is about telling the palestinians, you don't have that veto power over progress in the region. and i think that was very, very important thing. another power was turkey. turkey remarkably opposed the agr

why i think morocco has had relations with israel in the 1990 s. as part of the osce law accord and morocco has had like here economic relations at that moment and then it cut them when the netanyahu government walked away from the spirit and the letter of the last of chords but i think now is a ripe moment for that to resume while understanding that morocco is very friendly and also has good relations with the palestinians the king of morocco is the president of the committee of jerusalem so i don't think that it's walking away from the palestinians but i think it's a country could have i mean like an arab country could have leverage with both entities it's morocco morocco has like a very large that are in israel and also has very important influence within israel but also has very good relations with the palestinians but i think it's good for the peace because the peace has has experimented with a lot of other things i mean like with the war with also because in israel with different kinds of of i mean with the peace accords have been all of that

>> president trump, the people of israel and the state of israel will be forever indebted to you for your magnificent efforts on our behalf. i want to thank the king of morocco for taking this historic decision to bring an historic peace between us. amy: in a deal brokered by the trump administration, morocco and israel have agreed to establish diplomatic relations at the same time the united states has agreed to become the first country in the world to recognize morocco's sovereignty over occupied western sahara -- what many consider to be africa's last coly. morocco has occupied much of the resource-rich territory since 1975 in defiance of the united nations and the international community. we will get a response from leading palestinian and sahwari figures. then we will look at joe biden's pick to head the pentagon, retired army general lloyd austin who now serves on the board of raytheon. >> america is strongest when it works with its allies. over the years, i have art hand-in-hand with our diplomatic colleagues and partners around the globe and witnessed first-hand what we were

scientists and israel is widely believed. to be behind it just as it is believed to have nuclear weapons but it would not comment on any of those issues what do you think i mean putting aside the moral s.-s. meant all of the means of israeli foreign policy what do you think it's abjectness will be in the few weeks that remains in power will is it partly depends on the signals they receive from washington there's been a lot of speculation. trump wants to maximize the pressure on iran. during this period and that certainly would be encouraged i think by israel netanyahu and it would serve as a distraction from both countries both for israel and the u.s. but it's very dangerous distraction could be very costly. iran has lots of weapons non-nuclear sophisticated. missile technology it could if they so decided inflict tremendous damage on israel and city of course they would suffer tremendous retaliate tory consequences and so i'm quite sure they don't want that to be the preferred scenario but if things get out of hand as they so

morocco and israel agreeing. it is another victory. morocco follows in recognizing israel. >> this is the foundation on which we can now build this peaceful and resume the offices between israel and morocco and work as respectedly as possible. we institute direct flights between morocco and israel giving this bridge of peace and even more solid foundation. this will be a very warm peace. >> the trump administration has gone against decades of u.s. policy. western sahara has been disputed between morocco and the pro independents. >> it is the first country in the world that there were over 65 countries leaning to the future and siding with morocco and only the united states has recognized the claim of the u.n. process that has been going on for a long time now and sidelining the international law concerns, the population of the sahara and the populations in order to get this deal done before the trump administration goes. >> the palestinians have condemned the agreement and said it is another country to break the promise. more and more

a central part of israel. under tromping israel aggressively expanded its settlements in occupied palestinian territory on the west bank the u.s. has taken steps to legitimize those settlements as israeli land one winemaker in a contested settlement was so happy he named a one after pump a 0. u.s. diplomacy also cleared the way for agreements between israel and longtime foes the united arab emirates and bahrain they came together over a common enemy. iran which has long been considered an x. essential threat by israeli governments the trump era saw the us walk away from the iran nuclear deal which was meant to relieve sanctions on tehran in exchange for strict controls on its nuclear program but netanyahu bitterly opposed it saying it would allow tehran to build nuclear weapons without interference last week a senior iranian nuclear scientist was killed in an ambush on a rainy and territory tehran has blamed israel and the u.s. . protests in iran follow up with tensions so high it may be more difficult for the

the beginning of christianity in the state of israel.ger was actually in a cave which became a shrine, and in the year 3:30 a.d., the first christian roman emperor emperor constantine built a church above it. we were invited in for an exclusive luck. >> hello. thank you so much for having me. you're going to show us the church today? >> the church of the nativity. the church originally goes back to the sixth century and then it was made smaller to the point of art in the middle, and afterwards the door was made much smaller at this level going back to the 16th century. >> the entrance became what was called the door of humility in the year 1500 during the ottoman empire. it was meant to ensure that those entering the basilica first dismounted their horses, but the small passageway has ensured humility by forcing visitors to bow before entering the site where god became man. >> this is the main part of the church. this church was built on the fourth century, 325 a.d. the second comes the one you see today is that from 540 a.d. >> for the

interest of israel. so do you think after 4 years of a trump presidency a new president hu's a friendly with the netanyahu the palestinians are basically lost i mean mahmoud abbas of the palestinian authority has just taken the $1000000000.00 worth of released israeli money that is being withheld do you think they've given up i really think they are also. nice. 'd little. recent years there. and i think. if they go. they were. very trying to. generate. maybe. 'd nice. series. because there's been a strengthening palestinian solidarity movement in the united states do you expect biden to be pressured by them into leveraging the move of the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem on the trump or the recognition of the golan heights as israeli rather than syrian as part of any deal in the early days of a bind administration. i use this and. i do. change. 2 very low. leverage. of course he's assembling his shadow state department cabinet as it were tony blinken is the future secretary of state someone who very mu

we make no israel at all?ogether. >> learning how to live together >> if you look at the results, today we have 1% of what we had ♪ down the ancient alleyways of the old city is a coffee shop. let's call it starbucks inspired. after making my iced coffee, the owner wanted to chat about life in bethlehem. >> we live in big jail. now just talking. nothing change. >> when you say jail, what do you mean? >> we don't have freedom. we live in big jail. [inaudible] we don't have war here. we are human beings. for what. for why? we want peace. we want real peace. not just talking. >> neighboring bethlehem. palestinian christian town that is literally divided by the wall >> the muslim territory. the jewish neighborhood of jerusalem. they were using the christians as a human shield. today, it is divided into three areas. a, b and c. christians that live in area c are much more secure than area a for sure. >> christians feel the very difference there. >> yes. >> under the control of israel. going down the hill you are in

the center part of israel. under tromping israel aggressively expanded its settlements in occupied palestinian territory on the west bank the u.s. has taken steps to legitimize those settlements as israeli land won winemaker in a contested settlement was so happy he named a wine after pump a 0. u.s. diplomacy also cleared the way for agreements between israel and longtime foes the united arab emirates and bahrain they came together over a common enemy. iran which has long been considered an x. essential threat by israeli governments the trump era saw the us walk away from the iran nuclear deal which was meant to relieve sanctions on tehran in exchange for strict controls on its nuclear program but netanyahu bitterly opposed it saying it would allow tehran to build nuclear weapons without interference last week a senior iranian nuclear scientist was killed in an ambush on a rainy and territory tehran has blamed israel and the u.s. . protests in iran fall with tensions so high it may be more difficult for the inc

the center part of israel. under tromping israel aggressively expanded its settlements in occupied palestinian territory on the west bank the u.s. has taken steps to legitimize those settlements as israeli land won winemaker in a contested settlement was so happy he named a one after pump a 0. u.s. diplomacy also cleared the way for agreements between israel and longtime foes the united arab emirates and bahrain they came together over a common enemy. iran which has long been considered an x. essential threat by israeli governments the trump era saw the us walk away from the iran nuclear deal which was meant to relieve sanctions on tehran in exchange for strict controls on its nuclear program but netanyahu bitterly opposed it saying it would allow tehran to build nuclear weapons without interference last week a senior iranian nuclear scientist was killed in an ambush on a rainy and territory tehran has blamed israel and the u.s. . protests in iran followed with tensions so high it may be more difficult for the

the central part of israel. under tromping israel aggressively expanded its settlements in occupied palestinian territory on the west bank the u.s. has taken steps to legitimize those settlements as israeli land one wine maker in a contested settlement was so happy he named a wine after pump a 0. u.s. diplomacy also cleared the way for agreements between israel and longtime foes the united arab emirates and bahrain they came together over a common enemy. iran which has long been considered an axis special threat by israeli governments the trump era saw the us walk away from the iran nuclear deal which was meant to relieve sanctions on tehran in exchange for strict controls on its nuclear program but netanyahu bitterly opposed it saying it would allow tehran to build nuclear weapons without interference. last week a senior iranian nuclear scientist was killed in an ambush on a rainy and territory tehran has blamed israel and the us. protests in iran followed with tensions so high it may be more difficult for the

it was loose from the beginning now the ruling coalition in israel has collapsed paving the way for a 4th election in just 2 years how much of a challenge is it to benjamin netanyahu and this time with the vote change the political landscape this is inside story. hello welcome to the program. if fractious coalition government beset by infighting but now israel's rare unity cabinet has collapsed creating political uncertainty a 4th election in just 2 years expected to be held in a few months the parliament was forced to dissolve after failing to pass the annual budget that's after benny gantz couldn't convince prime minister benjamin netanyahu to endorse his spending plans the 2 leaders will now part ways after being bound to a power sharing deal for months that campaigns have led to inconclusive election results previously and being in months long political deadlock the speaker of the knesset has called on all parties to refrain from fueling tangents ahead of the vote. unfortunately we were unable to find enough common ground to prevent another round of elections and enable the 23rd k

morocco has become the 4th arab nation to agree to normalize ties with israel the u.s. brokered the deal promising in exchange to recognize rocker's claim over the disputed western sahara region the area which until now the us agreed was disputed western sahara in dark grey has been for save a few years by morocco and some ethnic group. this is the foundation on which we can now build this piece will resume liaison offices quickly between israel and morocco and work as rapidly as possible to establish full diplomatic relations we also institute direct flights between morocco in israel and israel morocco giving this bridge of peace and even more solid foundation this will be a very warm peace peace as never the light of peace on this hanukkah day as never shown brighter than today in the middle east. well the united arab emirates was the 1st to make a normalization deal with israel and that was back in august and september it was followed by an agreement between bahrain and israel both attended a signing ceremony at the white house that in october it was the thought of s

a ver effusive response from israel's prime minister who was to happen.n trying to get this in israelthey are happy. in palestinian territori, far less. morocco previously had diplomatic relations with israel. it ended them during the second intifada. th have resumed, which is why there was a phone call from the king of morocco to the palestinian president to reassure them that even though diplomatic relations with israel were starting again, it did not mean he had abandoned the palestinians. host: a declaration from the king. does it take the edge off and reassure the palestinians in any way? >> i'm not sure. i think palestinians are feeling very buffeted by this. three arab nations -- sudan is in a slightly differt category , but three arab nations. it has changed everything because the deal always was that normalization would flow from the resolution of the israeli-palestinian conflict. i don't think the palestinians really know how to handle this diplomatically yet. this is yet another reminder and i think that's why the king did call, to reassure them that it isn't the end of the

they cannot cross into israel for work or to go to the west bank. and the only exist is through egypt where people spend days at the border. >> i felt like i left to go to another country, you know? >> you went to another country. >> so you think i did the right thing? >> oh, forget it. >> forget it? >> yeah. >> they'll lynch you. you know? because they don't have too many trees. i don't know where they'll handing you from. >> i'm always eager to come here because this is my home. and then when i go back, i take with me a lot of guilt leaving these people behind. >> when are we going to get to the humane level? people should be incensed. not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe tha

and my response is actually that resolutions aren't devoted to israel they're not focused on israel they're focused on israel's occupation of the palestinian territory which they're of which there is almost wall to wall international consensus at least at the diplomatic level that this is a this is an occupation that is israel's an occupying power that israel is in violation of a number of the basic tenets of international humanitarian law so what we have with this particular conflict is an enormous gap between promise and and performance. how quick was the world to respond when there was. no invasions or other international human rights crises say in me m.r. or in or in africa yet with when it comes to israel and and the occupation of palestine there is virtually no movement at all with respect to a holding israel accountable to trying to end issues with respect to defiance and impunity in this particular case and this occupation will not die of old age and if you listen to liberal israelis or israelis with conscience they say the same thing that there is no political appetite with

countries in the region like saudi arabia bahrain and israel are beginning mass vaccination programs. but the cash strapped palestinian government has not closed any supply deals with drug companies yet. it will be many months before we receive a quantity of the vaccine sufficient to vaccinate people on math or. bethlehem is usually bustling during the christmas season christians normally flock to the holy sites on the west bank but this year the celebrations will be muted as it struggles with the pandemic. return to tania kraemer in tel aviv tania any talk of the israeli supplying the palestinians with the vaccine. well this is not really clear at this stage so we have in fact the situation that while the vaccination drive started in israel we see cases infection rates rising in the occupied palestinian territories so we heard just the palestinian prime minister mohammed stay here talking about that it will take months until they get their batches of vaccine to actually need from what we understand from the palestinian authority is that they're actually in talks and looking you know

ambassador to israel. and ronan bergman has filed a series of fascinating investigative reports on the assassination for "the new york times." welcome, all. let me start with you, ronan. in your reporting it seems unclear whether or not the most dramatic james bond-like account is correct. that is, that the israelis used a robot, no human beings involved, in this assassination. what i'm struck by is that the iranian revolutionary guard seems to argue or present the case that that was, in fact, what happened. what do you think is going on? why is the iranian revolutionary guard putting out the story that it was done by robots? >> yeah, thank you, fareed. thank you for the invite. the revolutionary guard are spreading a story, the first one to tweet the story is a relative of one of the top commanders of the revolutionary guard that this was completely a remote-controlled unmanned robokiller assassination that was done with no assassins on site. therefore, they can explain at least part of their security in

and israel set up a organization to bring the jews who were sick, who were infirm, to bring them to israel. there were groups, large numbers of jews who remained in germany were those who had gone to israel, found that they couldn't live there becauseit was in a state of war. came back to germany and there were groups of orthodox jews who remained in germany . but for the most part, the israelis accepted the jews . there are questions about whether they could have treated them better. once they got to israel. and there was also some resistance to bringing them into the country. but israel did all the stores and obligation to take in as many jews as wanted to come . >> this question goes back to one that's a little more specific comments from billy pickett. are there any lessons we can learn from the lastmillion when looking at the us border with mexico ? >> yes. yes. let me start with two. one, there has to be a fact-based approach. we can't let just as the jews were kept out because of this meant that they were bolsheviks. all of us have to do everything we can to counter this myth of mex

president donald trump morocco has become the 4th arab nation to normalize relations with israel. is the time for the public and for businesses to get ready for january the 1st but talks with the e.u. still at a stalemate there's a new sunday deadline but the u.k. prime minister is warning a no deal breaker that's a strong possibility in the streets of argentina's capital russian protesters politicians to vote on legalizing abortion. so an advisory board for the u.s. food and drug administration has recommended the pfizer coronavirus vaccine should be authorized for use the committee will meet again for formal approval but it's another step in the right direction towards rolling out an immunization campaign in what is the worst affected country in the world there are still safety concerns to think about this is that biotech vaccine was rolled out in the u.k. early this week it was health care. because the vulnerable were 1st to get it but it came with a warning the day after that those with an afflicted allergies should not get the job because 2 national health service staff had a

israel did not bend on that. the suns were -- the eldest son, i believe, i try to interview them, of course, because i wanted to find information. i thought telling part of their story was important. i was told by a very well connected argentinian journalist in buenos aires not to go looking. that it was dangerous first of all and that i would never find him. he was a neo-nazi still living underground outside of buenos aires. so he was not contrite. i spoke to nicholas and director -- dieter, who live on the swiss german border to try to talk to them about what happened. what they thought of their father. they essentially told me that their father had done nothing wrong and there were a few expletives and then the phone was hung up. i can actually had a son, a final son, when he was living in argentina. he was very young when his father was captured. he is now a professor in germany. i connect with him and he still lives under the name eichmann. so i was curious. he was very upfront that he thought his father was

official says israel was behind it. what really happened on that roadside near tehran? and why did it happen now in the waning lame duck days of the trump administration. also, 2,977. that is how many people were killed on the 9/11 terror attacks. this week, the daily reported death toll from covid in america was almost as high. on multidays. vaccines are coming soon, but so is a dark and tragic winter. how can we reverse the terrible trends the u.s. is seeing and can we do it before christmas? harvard's michael mina has a plan. finally, the president and his allies continue to spread lies about widespread election fraud. >> at the highest level, it was a rigged election. >> think it's all innocuous? think again. one great political lie helped bring about the downfall of german democracy in the 1930s. the great historian margaret macmillan will explain. but first, here's my take. it's much too soon to be thinking about a post-trump america. donald trump remains the most popular figure among republicans and he will continue to play a huge role in american politics in the