clear thinking through of the consequences and the objectives of these policies. >> is he right mahmood abbas having heard all the international support swelling up over the palestinian question of statehood the united nations and the icc having heard that all the last few months is he right to think that international opinion is moving on to his side, or is he misguided? >> well, i would say that international opinion has been moving quite decisively towards palestinians despite the actions and policies of mahmood abbas. there is no strategy by the palestinian leadership to seek to mobilize this increasingly widespread popular support for the palestinians. if you look, for example at the recent move for the recent initiative by the palestinians to submit a resolution to the international security council it was a fiasco. the draft was not even submitted to the other members. the margin for error is gigantic, and my fear is what we're see something an incoherent not thought out strategy of nationalization but rather a haphazard making as you go along. >> with those come along side mahmood abb

when the palestinian president mahmood abbas signed the statute on the last day of last year, he also signed a declaration giving the court jurisdiction from the 13th of june 2014. the chief prosecutor of the court has now launched a preliminary examination into event from that date to launch an inquiry into a form investigation. she said upon receipt of a referral or valid declaration the office of the prosecuteor is an office opens a preliminary examination of the situation at hand 37 accordingly the prosecutor has opened the inquiry. into the situation in palestine. the office will conduct its analysis in full independence and impartiality. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said: >> i think israeli authorities should understand this is a judicial process and inherent in that is impartiality and application of law. they also need to understand that the prosecutor will be looking at serious crimes committed by israelis as well as serious crimes committed by palestinians. >> it's almost three weeks since the palestinians signed up to the statute. the aim there was partly legal

franÇois hollande surrounded by leaders from all around the world, including benjamin netanyahu and mahmood abbasoes that give you hope, or is there hypocrisy going on there as well. >> i would not call it hypocrisy, but it shows you that the values that the march is about are universal values. they are not french values. the french do abide by them, but they are european values. >> when it comes freedom of speech the minister there is are hardly the great heroes of freedom of speech and free speech. >> i would absolutely agree with you on that, but the idea is that you're trying to show that you do not want to have conflict overshadowing here. you're talking about poroshenko from ukraine you see them coming together on the question of freedom. so at least we have even in these cases we do have values of potential corporation and common understanding. also there are going to be issues but it's a way to progress, and other countries that are far from-- >> let's take the spirit in which it is intended, to show unity and solidarity with france france. >> remy, thank you very much, indeed for that. i

mahmood abbas also there. france once had the largest jewish population in the e.u. netanyahu has publicly invited jews living in europe to move to israel. his presence, to support the jewish community shockenned by that attack on the supermarket in paris where hostage taker amedi coulibaly was shot dead. russia is currently out in the cold due to the situation in ukraine. it was not invited to the recent g-7 meeting, for example nevertheless there is a feeling that differences need to be put aside, be it temperature rare temporarily. and president putin is criticized about freedom of speech and there are claims that he tries to silence media. and then there are reports that the most wanted to have traveled to istanbul and then on to syria. turkey has been accused of clamping down on free speech and protest itself in recent years with its own attempts to ban twitter. the french are supported internationally. the u.s. representative has used the visit to describe high level global anti-terrorism meeting. these are countries who are determined to protect themselves and

we heard from the palestinian president yesterday mahmood abbas, that they will go back to the united nations, but it is proving very difficult to do that. we spoke with a senior palestinian official yesterday who said we've tried the political track time again we're tried negotiating time and time again and that's failed. we're internationalizing the palestinian cause. we went to the u.n. the u.n. failed us, and now we go to the icc taking the legal track. this goes along with the message that many believe that palestinians should have their own state. >> isdoes this have anything around the al aqsa mosque, those who can visit and those who cannot. >> al aqsa mosque is a holy site for jews, it's the holy mount. they would come out and said al aqsa was a red line. this was a site for all muslims and calls like this from the israeli right would an red line. we've seen them gain access to the area. we haven't seen any action on the ground. it can be seen as a political move. and when it comes to the palestinians and the united nations, on the ground in terms of tensions, israelis, jews,

when the palestinian president mahmood abbas signed the statute the treaty that governed the criminal court on the last day of last year, he also signed declaration giving court jurisdiction from 30th of june june 2014. the chief executer of the court has launched a preliminary investigation into events from that date in effect an inquiry to see if she should launch a former investigation. she said upon receipt of referral it is a matter of policy and practice opens the preliminary examination of the situation at hand. the office will conduct its analysis in full independence and impartiality. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said: >> expert say that the prosecutor's move is not politically motivated. >> israeli authorities should understand that this is a judicial process and inherent in that is impartiality, and police of law. they also need to understand that they will look at serious crimes bitted by israelis as well as serious crimes committed by palestinians. >> it's almost three weeks since the palestinians signed up to the statute. the aim there was partially legal but also p

when the palestinian president mahmood abbas signed the statute the treaty that governs the international criminal court on the last day of last year, he also signed a declaration giving the court jurisdiction from the 13th of june 2014. the chief prosecutor of the court has launched examination into that date and an affect to see if she should establish a former investigation. >> from jerusalem the reaction was swift and angry. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said: >> experts say that the move is not politically motivated. >> i think that the israeli authorities should understand that this is a judicial process and inherent in that is impartiality and application of the facts. they need to also understand that the prosecutor will be looking at serious crimes committed by israelis as well as serious crimes committed by palestinians. >> it's almost three weeks since the palestinians signed up to the statute. their aim threaten was partly legal but partly political. they now that it would be drawn out. but politically though, in this israeli political campaign they're already making waves

when the palestinian president mahmood abbas signed the statute on the last day of last year, he also signed a declaration giving the court jurisdiction from the 13th of june 2014. the chief prosecutor of the court has now launched a preliminary examination into events from that date. in effect initial inquiry if to see if she should launch an investigation. she said: >> from jerusalem the reaction was swift and angry. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said: >> experts say that the prosecutor's move is not politically motivated. >> i think israel authorities should understand that this is a judicial process and inherent in that is impartiality and application of facts. they also need to understand that the prosecutor will be looking at serious crimes committed by israelis as well as by serious crimes committed by palestinians. >> it's almost three weeks since the palestinians signed up to their own statute. the aim there was partly legal but also political. they knew that the legal process now in it's very earliest stage was going to be extremely drawn out. politically, though, in thi

you've got -- jeremy pointed out earlier to me you have mahmood abbas there, the palestinian leader whoust cut a deal with hamas, a terrorist organization. it's more than just showing up gloria. >> it's kind of interesting he is actually showing up though. >> that's right. but you got to do more than show up. >> it's not -- >> i can tell you all that having been on the receiving end of death threats myself for writing about the need for refortunatelyre reform reform i have sometimes received information about those threats from journalists before i have received them from either the fbi or from other police forces around the world. nypd by the way, the best counterterrorism force in the world as far as i'm concerned. everybody else they need work. >> and i should say that you are the founder of the moral courage project, and i just want to ask all of you if a young person about -- who is in the process of being radicalized is watching this picture that is so stunning to us, what's the reaction of that person? wouldn't it just inspire more defiance if you're already sort of on the road t