israeli settlements in the occupied west bank let's get more i'm joined now by our correspondent in jerusalem tanya kramer tanya 1st of all how significant is this. well i think stuffing security coordination would be significant if it happens it would change the realities on the ground in the occupied west bank having said that the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has in the past already threatened to cut security relations security cordon nation with israel and we have to wait and see whether he will implement those steps soon in the coming days and what's also significant today is probably told the palestinians to support their cards through the arab league through this statement that they reject this plan by the terms of ministration because initially the statements by some of the arab states where they muted except for jordan and it's important for them to get this broad rejection by the arab league of the plan showing a united front there now going back to to this move to suspend relations with israel in the u.s. and what exactly does that mean in practice. well we're talking here about se

was going to some perspective now i'm joined by a correspondent in jerusalem tanya kramer tanya 1st of all how significant is this . was stopping the security coordination would be significant because it would change the situation on the ground in the occupied west bank having said that the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has warned previous times that he would stop security coordination so we have to wait and see whether he will implement this this time i think what's also significant is that he got the support of the arab league in which acting the plan and the initial responses by many of the arab states very rather muted except for jordan and this time they say they're rejecting this so there seems that there's no brick support for this charm. well i want to ask you a bit more about what it means to suspend relations with israel and the us i mean you mentioned double change the situation on the ground what does this really mean in practice. well be a token year especially about security relations on the one hand palestinians have already cut off their diplomatic ties with the u

let's bring in correspondent tanya kramer who's standing by with the latest now from jerusalem tanya how significant is this. well i think it is significant in the way that stopping the security coordination would change the situation on the ground in the occupied west bank now the threat or the warning off wanting to stop this kind of cordon nation this is one of the few tools i think the palestinian leadership has a kind of leverage. over the u.s. as well and that send so we have heard the palestinian president mahmoud abbas before threatening to stop security coordination so we have to wait and see whether this will be implemented right now but i also think what is significant today is the big support the palestinians got from this statement by the arab league the meeting of the foreign ministers in cairo and that show says not such a broad support among arab states because the initial reactions from individual arab states to the plan whereby that new to it but now this strong we reject this and what is this suspension of relations now tanya what is it likely to mean on the ground

we asked correspondent tanya kramer in jerusalem to tell us more about the palestinian decision. well we're talking here about security relations the palestinian leaders have already cut off diplomatic ties with the trumpet ministration in december 2017 that was when president. recognized hussam as to capital. but still kept some relations with u.s. security agencies and intelligence services so they could be cut off now the other thing is the security coordination with israel that happens on the ground between security agencies palestinian and israeli. in the occupied west bank that is a very controversial issue actually for a very long time among the palestinian topic that has been a lot of pressure always on president abbas to stop this kind of security cordon nations so if you goes through with it this time this would be a big headache for the israeli security establishment tanya crammer reporting for us from jerusalem now the galapagos islands are known for their giant tortoises they even helped charles darwin develop his theory of evolution but their biology and human activ