an inability to see anything in this region beyond israeli interests and to define every year every israeli interest no matter how illegal no matter how outrageous as kind of a sacred right and commensurate with the palestinians have no ill you know bill of rights there is an increasing view that they don't even constitute a legitimate people let alone people with the right to live free of occupation and in the independent and sovereign states and so on but look you know we keep talking about new negotiations in adults and it deal and so on i was always very skeptical that we were ever going to see anything more than hot air from. from the u.s. peace team going to the extent that there was any substance to that i think yesterday's announcement has has made it irrelevant either because the palestinian leadership will not conclude that it has to break with this effort or because any continued involvement by this leadership with the american effort will so deal legitimize it will be unable to participate in any meaningful way the marines right isn't it i mean you just said exactly what the pal

israeli arabs like me and his family. everything you see here all these houses belong to a single extended family. yeah but this is my father and the oldest man of the entire family who is the first born the head of the family rule he will be for nine hundred forty eight there was no state of israel and of course no border either no i mean. yes let's go on the roof from there you can see the entire region that isn't that. nice i mean the green line separates habeas name his family from the in-laws in count. the palestinian city is just a kilometer away on the other side of the highway that connects israel's north and south. after they've built the wall a border post was set up there it's back there by all fame and. behind that hill we have family in qalqilya. and when we talk to them on the phone because and when we want to visit and they're not they need to make a huge detour. they are permitted to visit us so we are very close to them. because you're. here the family has been split into. namea and his family are glad th

israeli parliament.n the language and it will be looked at differently from the israeli and palestinian side. when russia recognised jerusalem as the capital earlier this year they said westjerusalem, not capital earlier this year they said west jerusalem, not jerusalem capital earlier this year they said westjerusalem, notjerusalem as a whole. president trump talked about jerusalem, the capital city but did not use the israeli words which is eternal, undivided. the palestinians will seize a pub in that, the recognition that some parts of jerusalem could be theirs in the capital and president trump careful to say this does not presuppose any discussions in the final status talks about the boundaries of jerusalem. he did not even hint however that the palestinians wanted eastjerusalem as the capital and when he came to that mantra at the two state solution, he did not say that i believe in the two state solution, he said the two state solution, he said the two state solution if both sides agree to it. so

security council over its declaration of jerusalem as the israeli capital. you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also coming up four palestinians are killed by israeli forces and strikes in gaza while demonstrations take place across the world against president trunks and. this is a clear example of collusion with a foreign power you questions about trumps presidential campaigns relationship with foreign powers not russia this time but israel plus. unrelenting wins from towering flames in southern california hundreds of thousands flee multiple devastating fires . israeli forces have killed at least four palestinian protesters in shootings and airstrikes in gaza as the fallout continues from the u.s. president's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital more than seven hundred others were injured in demonstrations across the occupied territories an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council there was strong condemnation of the presidential move even from some of washington's closest allies as mike hanna. an animated discussion between the u.s. amba

the israeli had retaliated directly against. which means that sometimes you will find you know some smaller groups who could manage to just send our rockets to israel and that is not contained by the personal authority nor by hamas and it is really respond will be like that we are afraid that this israeli response will be sometimes. bigger than what we expected and that will trigger the whole area into a new war in. sight appreciate your insight never my guess a professor of political science is a university. in other news sprints prime minister treason may says all sides of the briggs in negotiations are now ready to move on to the next stage of talks but there are still many obstacles to the u.k. expected coming up parties on the situation explains. certainly in the bronx it's a deadline is looming time is ticking at what we've seen so far is that these negotiations have been anything but very simple especially maybe according to those who expect to things to move forward much quicker we've seen a theresa may and european comm

everybody should have an interest in resolving the palestinian israeli and arab israeli conflict. efforts to achieve this goal are worthy of support however without considering the interests of all parties the middle east peace settlement any decision would not be viable. well you you can steps to strengthen the unity of the palestinian nation through the facilitation of egypt we support the active involvement in the middle east settlement of regional players in particular cairo and a month. we reiterate our proposal that russia can hold a summit between the leaders of palestine and israel you know we await the long promised proposal from the united nations of the united states on the palestinian israeli settlement promise to the international community we've already asked the american side to explain the sense behind the decision that was adopted on the possible chance for the us embassy from israel in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem we have asked for an explanation of how they see the consequences of this step for efforts which were undertaken under the un's aegis within the f

not an issue that the israeli government was reportedly spying on obama officials at the u.n. and then sharing their intelligence with the trump team as part of this effort this is all against the rarely used logan act a law which explicitly forbids us citizens from colluding with foreign powers to defeat u.s. government foreign policy the penalty is up to three years in prison this is a clear example of collusion with a foreign power it's inconvenient for many that the foreign powers israel. in fact and leading democratic party expressed his gratitude to christians want to thank you for making that effort and that's a clue as to why those who say they're hungry for hard evidence of collusion have been seized on the. first actual illegal collusion that's been discovered in many respects trump is just doing what the democrats along with the republicans in congress have been encouraging the white house to do for quite a few years sort of driving president trump's middle east policy is getting a pos here in washington even though he faces the possibility of criminal prosecution f

by the israeli occupying power. obviously we've known for a couple of days that president trump was probably going to announce the relocation of the embassy and then calling jerusalem the capital of israel is there anything and the palestinian leadership called for the three days of rage when that was announced is there anything that you could have heard in the speech that perhaps would have made you i don't use the word hopeful lightly but that maybe would have made you think that there was a glimmer of hope so for example if he had mentioned more clearly a two state solution if he had mentioned the possibility of east jerusalem as the capital of a future palestinian is now. you know. it's on the flipper complain. and a question of if you will and if you really listen opinion stairs without your assembling its capital and i really believe that the only option. that the only option for the present from the story the prospects for peace and it was the solution is to part for equal rights from the river but it's reall

administration to bring forward detailed proposals for an israeli palestinian settlement the u.k. will also do everything we can to support progress and achieve the vision of a lasting peace to have the best chances of success the peace process must be conducted in an atmosphere free from violence we call on all parties to maintain calm and to work together in a spirit of commitment to this common enterprise on jerusalem specifically peace efforts need to take account of the people not just the land and the holy sites there are more than three hundred twenty thousand palestinians in east jerusalem the vast majority are permanent residents whose permits can be revoked at any point if they move away from the city israel often does not allow them back if they marry they face obstacles in bringing their spouses. if they apply for israeli citizenship and most do not a high proportion of applications are rejected their status must not be forgotten in any thesis effort mr president if all parties can truly take bold steps in the spirit of compromise i have no doubt that an agreement can

it is the home of the israeli parliament, as well as the israeli supreme court. it is the location of the initial residence of the prime minister and the president. it is the headquarters of many government ministries. for decades, visiting american presidents, secretaries of state, and military leaders have met their israeli counter-parts in jerusalem, as i did on my trip to israel earlier this year. jerusalem is not just the heart of three great religions, but it is now also the heart of one of the most successful democracies in the world. over the past seven decades, the israeli people have built a country where jews, muslims and christians, and people of all faiths are free to live and worship according to their conscience and according to their beliefs. jerusalem is today and must remain a place where jews pray at the western wall, where christians walk the stations of the cross, and where muslims worship at alacksa mosque. however, through all of these years presidents representing the united states have declined to officially recognize jerusalem as israel'

it described israeli settlement as impediments to peace. reasonable people can disagree about that and in fact over the years the united states has expressed criticism of israeli policies many time it was resolution 2334 itself that was an impediment to peace. it put the negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians further out of reach by injecting itself in between the two parties to the conflict. by misplacing the blame to the failure of peace efforts squarely on the israeli settlements, the resolution give a pass to palestinian leaders who, for many years, rejected one piece proposal after another. it also gave them encouragement to avoid negotiations in the future. it refused to acknowledge the legacy of failed negotiation unrelated to settlements. if the united nations history and the peace efforts proved anything, it is that talking in new york cannot take place of face-to-face negotiations between the regional parties. it only sets back peace, not advance it. as if to make this very point, resolution 2334 demanded a halt to

soldiers after her cousin was hit in the face by an israeli probable. cause and two people die during price rise protest in the wrong which turn from as a goal with government officials suspecting foreign involvement in the deaths. this is the weekly is r.t. international coming to you live from moscow this new year's eve fine kate partridge thank you for joining us. and israeli court has extended the detention of a palestinian teenager on time mother after the girl was caught on video hitting two israeli defense force soldiers the court says the pair pose a danger to the idea sixteen year old i had to mimi confronted the two soldiers in front of her house in the west bank an hour after her cousin was hit by a rubber bullet there a video of the incident with the head went viral with some hailing it a symbol of palestinian resistance. and. look. at the footage shows a fed along with one of her cousins kicking and shoving the i.d.f. soldiers another kind also be seen in the video heads cousin was also arrested but released after forty eight hours the pair

everybody should have an therest in resolving palestinian-israeli and arab-israeli conflicts. efforts to achieve this goal are worthy of support. however, without considering the interests of all parties, the middle east peace settlement, any decision would not be viable. strengthensteps to the unity of the palestinian nation through the facilitation of egypt. we support the active involvement in the middle east settlement of regional players, in particular cairo. our proposal that russia can hold a summit between the leaders of palestine and israel. we await the long promised proposal from the united nations -- from the united states on the palestinian israeli settlement promise to the international community. we have already asked the american side to explain the sense behind the decision on the transfer of the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. we have asked for an explanation of how they see the consequences of these efforts within the framework of the middle east peace quartet. we have drawn attention to the fears that have been expressed by arabs and muslim countri

government it is the home of the israeli parliament the knesset as well as the israeli supreme court it is the location of the official residence of the prime minister and the president it is the headquarters of many government ministries for decades visiting american presidents secretaries of state and military leaders have met their israeli counterparts in jerusalem as i did on my trip to israel earlier this year jerusalem is not just the heart of three great religions but it is now also the heart of one of the most successful democracies in the world over the past seven decades the israeli people have built a country where jews muslims and christians and people of all face are free to live and worship according to their conscience and according to their beliefs. jerusalem is today and must remain a place where jews pray at the western wall where christians walk the stations of the cross and where muslims worship at a lock's mosque however through all of these years presidents representing the united states have declined to officially recognize jerusalem as israel's capital in fact

palestinians living under israeli occupation were attacked by israeli soldiers when they tried to make their voices heard. in the illegally occupied west bank tear gas and rubber coated steel bullets were fired at protesters who friended off the assault with stones and pebbles israel's claim to jerusalem is based on a belief. if dating back more than two thousand years that god granted it to jews and law jerusalem has been under israeli control since one thousand nine hundred sixty seven the united nations considers israel's presence there illegal international more states the city is an arab one which israel has no right over the anger expressed worldwide it is because of what is perceived as an attempt by donald trump to legitimize israel's illegal occupation. of the zero. well there are doubts over a planned visit to palestine later this month by u.s. vice president mike pence after a senior member of the ruling fatah party said he was no longer welcome in ben's is expected to be palestinian leader mahmoud abbas during the trip and visit bethlehem . the white house says canceling th

israel's armed forces target in gaza are in response to several rockets launched against the israeli territory. i think. it's least two palestinians dead and hundreds more injured as a day of rage is the cloud in the region tensions spilled over after dawn trumps controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. plus a major breakthrough is reached in the brig's it talks as both sides agree to move to the next stage although senior officials are warning that things will only get. great to have you with us this hour my name is the view watching r.t. international where we start this hour with breaking news because israeli jets of hit palestinian militant targets in the gaza strip in response to rocket attacks that's according to the israeli defense forces palestinian medics report at least twenty five people injured twenty four news correspondent ben ari's in gaza. we have witnessed that idea of response hitting targets inside the gaza strip just behind me here on the horizon we could see very large explosions this in response to earlier projectile fired towards

israel's armed forces target gaza in response to several rockets launched against israeli territory. violence leaves two palestinians dead and hundreds of injured as a day of rage is declared in the region tensions spilled over after a controversial decision to recognize them as the israeli capital. plus a major breakthrough is reached in the talks as both sides agree to move to the next stage though senior officials warn these will only get tougher. broadcasting live in moscow this is our john thomas certainly glad to have you with us now israeli jets have hit palestinian militant targets in the gaza strip in response to rocket attacks and that is according to the israeli defense forces palestinian medics report at least twenty five injured twenty four news correspondent a shy been already is in gaza for us. we have witnessed that idea of response hitting targets inside the gaza strip just behind me here on the horizon we could see very large explosions this in response to earlier projectile fired towards israel with one rocket actually being intercepted by israel's missile defense

the israeli government and told the israeli public i'm with you, i support you. and go ahead and make those kinds of painful concessions territorial concessions to the palestinians. is that what i'm hearing you suggest that that may be may have been one of the president's goals right now? >> whether it was by design or not, ha is the result. every american president has increasing capacity to ask israelis to do something that's difficult for them when the israeli public believes that that american president gets his israel's predictment and basically is on israel's side. well, this president has just done something that creates that reality. >> aaron miller, what do you think. >> dennis makes a fair point. >> you worked closely with him for many years at the state department. >> we've spent most of the last ten years arguing about this issue or that with respect to israeli peace. dennis makes a fair point. if this is the honey as a prelude to the vinegar during an actual negotiation, in other words if the president, the ultimate transactional man really thinks th

they're frustrated by the israeli, by the palestinian authority they say as security apparatus for israelis and frustrated everybody in the arab world makes lots of noises about palestinians but nobody makes movement for them? >> you're absolutely right and that hasn't changed at all. in fact, gotten deeper. be clear, this is president trump who's made the announcement not the palestinian authority. that being said i don't think that the palestinian authority has done enough to push back on this issue, and neither has the rest of the world. for 25 years, that this peace process has taken shape and taken place, all we've heard is mealymouthed statements on the part of diplomats and all we've heard from the palestinian authority is a demand to return to negotiations. negotiations which are bound to fail and have continued to fail for 25 years. instead what they should be doing now, pushing to hold israel accountable. pushing for sanctions, pushing to have israel isolated and pushing for israel to be held accountable. what trump is doing instead is rewarding israel. now's the time for the rest

recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital is unacceptable and dangerous. made the statement after a meeting in cairo but stopped short of taking any action against the united states the iraqi prime minister has declared the end of a three year war against isis all about he says his forces have cleared the iraq syria border the last remaining pockets of eisel islip danced across iraq three years ago capturing one third of the country. firefighters in california say they have made some progress in their battle to contain multiple big wildfires raging across the southern part of the state forecasters are warning that high winds expected this weekend make things worse. thousands of people have marched against fascism in northern italy in response to far right groups of these governing democrats let the running where members of far right groups of denounce what they call the migrant invasion. the nobel peace prize will be awarded to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons at a ceremony and also today the campaign has fought for a global treaty ban

tensions have spilled over since donald trump's controversial decision to recognize jerusalem as the israeli capital. position on jerusalem around be criticised by the international community and an emergency meeting of the un security council. plus a major breakthrough is reached in breaks it talks as both sides agree to move to the next stage senior officials are warning that things will only get tougher. for getting me to you. this is r.t. international. one palestinian is being killed more than two hundred people injured in large scale protests according to palestine's health ministry tear gas rubber bullets even live ammunition was used by israeli police as they clash with demonstrators to dissolve escalated following u.s. president donald trump's decision recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel. clashes between protesters and israeli police have been seen across palestine in jerusalem people have been gathering near the damascus gate but there's a massive israeli security presence on the show that didn't skew how small. bottles were hurled at the security services and the journal

israeli forces respond with water cannon to gas to mass protests in the west bank following president trump's move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of his right . brushing the united states' top diplomats discuss syria ukraine and north korea as they meet on the sidelines of the security conference and also this hour u.k. soldiers could face trial at the international criminal court says chief prosecutor says there is reason to believe that war crimes were committed against captives in iraq. but i welcome good evening you're watching r.t. international where it's just gone eight o'clock here in the russian capital. now protests are being held across the palestinian territories over donald trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel trump also gave the go ahead to move the american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem which is long been contested by israelis and palestinians. but this is the latest video we have from the west bank protests is there have been burning tires and throwing objects in these israeli security forces which have responded with tear gas an

one dead and hundreds injured in violent clashes between palestinian protest as an israeli troops in the occupied palestinian territories. a global day of rage from kabul to kuala lumpur protest his rally in solidarity with the palestinians. hello i'm maryam namazie and london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up stop interfering in the politics of lebanon france's president makes a plea to foreign powers as he hosts the meeting in paris. rex it breaks through the u.k. e.u. work into the night to reach an agreement that paves the way for the issue of trade . it's been a day of rage in palestine where thousands are rallying against the u.s. president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel but the protests have been mocked by by violence across the occupied palestinian territories. at least one person has been killed and hundreds injured in violence with israeli troops and them in solidarity rallies taking place across the world as well in a number of cities in karate in cairo istanbul london and berlin so widespread protests these pictures showing demons

as reported in 2016 all structures lacking permits from the israeli authorities are potentially subject to demolition during that period they demolished the q1 structures for lacking building permits. 110 people including 61 children were displaced and over 1000 people were affected. meanwhile those that comprise 1500 residents remain at a high risk of displacement. and to be in the northern jordan valley that reporting. has significant legal developments with the opinion issued in november the attorney general has a legalization of an access road built on private property. by this of range for justice determined the confiscation in the public interest had this massive interest have certain conditions legal in the west bank with fair compensation to the landowners. however the attorney general did not soften his stance on the 22nd of november he wrote quote mac there is no alternative to declare that land unconstitutional. still the government informed for the first time allowing the confiscation to make clear for that retroactive legalization so mr. president for those that remain a ha

for many israelis, mr trump's formal recognition of israeli sovereignty overjerusalem corrects an historicthis is a city with 3000 years ofjewish history — their seat of government. and there has long been frustration that the us, israel's closest ally, just has consulate offices here, not its embassy. now that is set to change and there are hopes that other countries will follow washington's lead. i expect the leaders of the free world to recognisejerusalem as the capital of israel. we recognise paris as the capital of france and berlin as the capital of germany. we expect our friends to recognise our own capital as what it is. about a third ofjerusalemites are palestinians. the old city here has some of the holiest sites for muslims and christians as well as jews. and palestinians want occupied eastjerusalem as the capital of their future state. they object to the us announcement. translation: as a palestinian, this is a mistake. jerusalem is the capital for the palestinian state. that is not negotiable. translation: there will be troubles over this. it will not pass smoothly. there will

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the israelis will run with it. it is of enormous importance. other presidents have said, going back to clinton, president of said we want to move the embassy or will move it, but they have not done it were accepted the israeli position as president trump has just done. amy: and no country has the embassies in jerusalem? >> even those who said, we accept west jerusalem as israel's capital, but we won't move until a negotiation resolves this issue. amy: what about saudi arabia? saudi arabia was critical, but trump track -- attacked was seems to be one of his closest allies, saudi arabia, for saying this. behind the scenes, what is saudi arabia saying, do you believe? >> what we hear come i mean i was recently in the region twice, and what i gather is jared kushner and the crown prince are cooking up a plan for what they call a palestinian state, which would not include jerusalem, would not be sovereign, would not be contiguous, and which uld have to negotiate for its borders. in other words, he declare the state and go into another interim period

been violent confrontations between protesters and israeli forces. well now the leader of egypt's coptic church has declined to meet president trump's deputy in response to the now it's meant on wednesday the church is excused itself from hosting my pants when he visits the region later this month in a statement it says trump's decision did not take into account the feelings of millions of arab people palestinian president mahmoud abbas has also refused to meet hence the more we can speak to the abdel-hamid who is in ramallah and so what more we learn from this arab league meeting in terms of how the palestinians might approach this now. well we just heard a short while ago from the palestinian foreign minister and the message there was very clear very much in line with what we heard from the palestinian representative when he spoke yesterday at the u.n. security council the issue is that the u.s. as far as the palestinians are concerned cannot be any more a broker in the peace process it has taken one side and as the minister said it is part it's on

refugee camp is cut off from the rest of jerusalem by the israeli separation barrier the israeli government provides few services here the palestinian authority isn't committed to provide any local activist. says many of his neighbors do at least have one thing official status as residents of occupied east jerusalem. this identity card means a lot for us the right of return our existence in jerusalem our daily connection our children and our workers our businesses and our mosques and churches and now israel's jerusalem affairs minister is proposing to redefine the camp and other palestinian neighborhoods outside the wall is no longer part of the city to be governed instead under a new regional municipality. betty hirshman from jerusalem campaign group here i mean this is the objective is clear it would allow israel to shift one hundred twenty thousand palestinians who are roughly one third of the entire palestinian population. from this that's one half of the equation the other is to increase jerusalem as jewish population by counting in some one hundred forty thousand israeli settlers in t

undermine american israeli relations and so on.he backed down on the issue of settlements in jerusalem, and spent seven years of his years trying to prove he was good for israel to the point where he gave israel more funding, more support, more military support, and committed pledges of $38 billion to israel before he left office. but at the last minute, he actually took one step where he refrained from vetoing u.n. secret council resolution 2344 that calls israeli settlements illegal and calls on israel to stop its settlement activities everywhere, including jerusalem. amy: we are going to continue thisisiscussion n after break. we are speaking to dr. hanan ashrawi, palestinian politician and scholar. when we come back, we will expand our discussion to east jerusalem and here in new york. back in a minute. ♪ [music break] amy: known as the first lady of arabic hip-hop. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. palestinians are protesting in cities across the west bank

i think we had put our hand on the scale for the israelis and not the scale for the israelis and nots, so i am not sure they can sustain a third intifada. you have a difference of opinion in the middle east in terms of the countries who are more concerned about iran than they are about the plight of the palestinians, so for me, it looks like a blues— lose proposition for the palestinians and win— win for the israelis, because the more they demonstrate in a violent way, the more the israelis will say, that is the reason we need more settlements and push the palestinians away so they don't threaten us. i think it is problematic for the palestinians, andi problematic for the palestinians, and i think it will be troublesome going forward with a process. i think the recent one now. work about the reaction from other countries in the reaction from other countries in the reason? is palestine still a unifying force? less so. the prospect of a round being a revolutionary country spreading its ideology and trying to destabilise other parts of the middle east, that isa other parts of the middle

well than one hundred fifty people injured in clashes with israeli forces in the occupied territories after the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. and oh i maryanne demasi in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up israeli prime minister meets the french president and insist palestinians must get to grips with reality. international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons out of right to winning the nobel peace prize and called on the world to see a line. on the beauty sound on this offering comfort and support to war widows in south sudan. story the palestinian red crescent says one hundred fifty seven people were injured on sunday and confrontations with israeli forces in the occupied west bank jerusalem and gaza after u.s. president trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital there was also violence in neighboring lebanon west security forces used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters outside the u.s. embassy in the capital beirut meanwhile in jerusalem an israeli security guard has been wounded in a stabbing attack in a central

a small group of pro israeli demonstrates is. and just across from the thousands turned out to support the palestinians scenes like these on friday in london could be found across many cities. in the greek capital athens u.s. flags were burned in protest against president trump's middle east policy. in tunisia and many countries across the muslim and arab world thousands call for freedom for palestine. and in washington the u.s. president could well have seen this prayer protest from the white house. an emergency meeting at the u.n. security council the representatives of israel and the palestinians are at a distance. that you as this is to reward israelis impunity undermines and essentially disqualifies its leadership role to seek peace in the region i call on all countries all be thinking nations of the world to join with our american friends recognize the jewel their limbs connection to israel and move your embassies to our capital but as here the u.s. is largely alone in its decision the european allies speak out against the