yesterday mr president we were happy to see and read in the chamber the president of the palestinian state mahmoud abbas and we think the participation of the palestinian leader in their meeting today is very important for us to understand the current situation of the middle east we would like to thank mr mudge enough but also for the informative. presentation on the middle east settlement the long suffering region of the middle east is torn by bitter conflicts in syria and yemen and libya and each of them in itself is a very severe one but it would be a mistake to think that the palestinian issue is something that is now in the background. it would be an even greater mistake to intentionally try to push it into the background. because it remains today at the center of the chronic instability in the middle. easton the situation over there recently has become more acute and in the absence of fully fledged political negotiations between the palestinians and the israelis the decisions on jerusalem not just raise the level of emotions and push to the situation and to yet once again destabilizing cycle but t

mr. abbas to stay with us and have a dialogue. and unfortunately he is once again running away. look what just happened in this room. mr. abbas came in, put his demands on the table, and he left, and he is expecting you to deliver the results. it is not going to work that way. the only way to move forward is a direct negotiation between israel and the palestinians. mr. president, it is unfortunate we are meeting here today for the past seven and a half years, the chairman of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas, has refused to meet even once with prime minister netanyahu. he has refused to negotiate peace. yet, during that same time, mr. abbas has made seven trips here to the united nations. today, once again, rather than driving just 12 minutes, 12 minutes to jerusalem, he has chosen to fly 12 hours to new york to avoid the possibility of peace. mr. abbas, you have made it clear with your words and with your objections you nor longer part of the solution. you are the problem. what have you

when mr abbas chooses to retire well first first of all let me praise the leadership the historically the ship of the but the same people generally headed by by yasser arafat and other leaders including mahmoud abbas as well. in terms of who is the success of this is something that will be decided by the palestinian people maybe through the palestinian in institutions when the time comes and i'm sure that the palestinian people out of capable of of living up to such responsibility and to take the necessary this is in when when needed. would you accept the duty of the palestinian presidency if it was offered to you. well i think i'm not being offered this duty by the palestinian people at this stage it's there is no there is no good question to. at this stage when when when when is that bridge we would see how to cross including the commitment of the personality duties that might or might not be in place a lot of palestinians from the refugee bread grounds are now fighting in the syrian civil war on talk a bit about that conflict but maybe i'll could spray gaped in the lap of supportin

based lowly you in a way to new politicians who shelby mahmoud abbas's successor i mean who when mr abbas chooses to retire well first first of all let me you praise the leadership the historically the ship of the palestinian people generally headed by by yasser arafat and other leaders including mahmoud abbas as well. in terms of who is the successor of this is something that will be decided by the palestinian people maybe through the palestinian in institutions when the time comes and i'm sure that the palestinian people out of capable of of living up to such responsibility and to take the necessary this is in when when needed. would you accept the duty of the palestinian presidency if it was offered to you. well i think i'm not being offered this duty by the palestinian people at this stage it's there is no there is no good question to. at this stage when when when when is that bridge we would see how to cross including the commitment of the personality duties that might or might not be in place a lot of palestinians from the refugee bread grounds are now fighting in the syrian civil w

excellency investor the man's food our low tide be perma the relief of kuwait your excellency mr mahmoud abbas but as that the state of palestine welcome to you and the other legation excellences ladies and gentleman i have just returned from a visit to kuwait kuwait generously also the conference on the reconstruction of iraq and up to mobilize critical resources the international community should be granted to the iraqi people for their courage is victory over that. the support is of the confidence in the government and people of iraq and kuwait as the president has played a very important leadership role in these very successful meeting but unfortunately positive developments in iraq and an exception in the region this country this context underscores the need for a political solution to the israeli palestinian conflict which has lasted for far too long i needed to originate my full personal commitment and the commitment of the united nations to supporting the parties in their efforts to achieve a two state solution. the solution of two democratic states israel and palestine living side by

mr abbas and spoke of your commitment to peace.when you address your people in arabic you convey a very different message. a few weeks ago when abbas spoke to the plo central committee, he called the national movement of thejewish people, and i quote, a colonialist project. that has no connection tojudaism. whether or not that peace conference happens later this year, listening to those clips, it will have its work cut out, you would think. absolutely. it was a depressing morning to watch. the sides were just as far apart as ever. as abbas left to rapturous applause, he was immediately sealed by the israeli ambassador for not staying to listen to the others. —— immediately assailed by the israeli ambassador. what made those comments all that more meaningful was sat behind him was the husband of —— was the son—in—law of the president. let us bring up one of the clips from earlier. the palestinian leadership was not happy with the decision to move our embassy to jerusalem. you happy with the decision to move our embassy tojerusalem.

visit by an indian prime minister of the palestinian territories the palestinian president mahmoud abbas told mr modi that he needs new delhi support during future talks with israel his government is seeking new allies after the us president donald trump course an uproar by recognizing jerusalem as the israeli capital has been and smith. this first visit to the occupied west bank for an indian prime minister was also very short just three hours it ended with a media briefing no questions allowed when i had remotely offered the traditional indian support for the palestinians. i assured president abbas that india is committed to the palestinian national interest india hopes that palestine will become an independent and sovereign state in the future the building of the state comes through peaceful means and through dialogue and understanding. but there was no mention of the. jerusalem is the capital of a palestinian state something previous indian leaders always refer to from the palestinian president came the hope that india might help in mediating future talks with the israelis. we exchanged view

mr. president, let me welcome the presence of mahmoud abbas in the council. let me thank you for the detailed briefing and efforts for peace. mr. president, the facts on the ground speak for themselves and leave little room for optimism. we face a growing humanitarian and economic crisis in gaza and we see a lack of possibilities for palestinian development in the west bank. i will touch on three points in that context. the two state solution and the need for tangible steps, secondly, the need for commitment and international support and third, the situation in gaza. mr. president, my first point. this two-tiered solution. it is worth recalling the oslo accords signed by president abbas, who has always advocated for a peaceful role toward palestinian states. the oslo accords held the promise of two states within five years from the signing in 1993. but we are now in the 25th year since oslo and the obstacles to peace have grown. oslo was not just a document, it was a vision. we are still firmly convinced that only the two state solution based on the borders of

mahmoud abbas and we think the participation of the palestinian leader in their meeting today is very important for us to understand the current situation of the middle east who would like to thank mr mudge enough but also for the informative. presentation on the middle east settlement the long suffering region of the middle east is torn by bitter conflicts in syria and yemen and libya and each of them in itself is a very severe one but it would be a mistake to think that the palestinian issue is something that is now in the background. it would be an even greater mistake to intentionally try to push it into the background. because it remains today at the center of the chronic instability in the middle east and this situation of their recently has become more acute and in the absence of fully fledged political negotiations between the palestinians and the israelis the decisions on jerusalem not just raise the level of emotions and push to the situation into yet once again destabilizing cycle but they also increased desperation. in the west bank and in the gaza we saw protests which so harsh statements made by the palestinian leadership and from the capitals of the arab and muslim w

abbas gave a strongly worded speech to the u.n. security council. we met with the president of the united states mr donald trump four times and twenty seventeen and we expressed our absolute readiness to reach a historic peace agreement we repeatedly reaffirmed our position in accordance with international law the relevant un resolutions and the two state solution on the basis of the one nine hundred sixty seven borders if this administration has not clarified its position. president abbas went on to say that ministrations decision on jerusalem has been rejected by the rest of the international community and he criticized washington for cutting funding for palestinian refugees after finishing his speech i stood up and walked out of the security council meeting chamber that left the u.s. envoy nikki haley addressing her remarks to an empty seat. the president must i sit here today offering the outstretched hand of the united states to the palestinian people in the car. but i will decline the advice i was recently given by your top negotiator side erekat i will not shut up our negotiators are sitting

president abbas had a choice the united states stands ready to work with the palestinian leadership our negotiators are sitting right behind me ready to talk but we will not chase after you the choice mr president is yours it was a security council session full of drama and theatrical but the reality is depressingly familiar this meeting in no way brings any closer a resolution to a conflict that's already lasted over seventy years james byrd's outages era of the united nations. without a serious still ahead a lawyer linked to u.s. president donald trump's election campaign pleads guilty to lying to the f.b.i. . the a. fellow there we still got the remains of kelvin over australia the satellite picture showing all that cloud in the west gradually the old center is working its way towards the south a plenty of cloud ahead of it so many of us are already seeing some clouds and some heavy rain as well the worst of that weather will be making its way over parts of western australia on wednesday and then down into parts of south australia around port lincoln there as we head through the day on thursday so heavy downpours here could even be a little bit of flooding as well meanwhile towards

president abbas had a choice the united states stands ready to work with the palestinian leadership our negotiators are sitting right behind me ready to talk but we will not chase after you the choice mr president is yours it was a security council session full of drama and theatrical but the reality is depressingly familiar this meeting in no way brings very close a resolution to a conflict that's already lasted over seventy years james bros outages era of the united nations cattle and chad are restoring diplomatic ties the african nation ordered the closure of qatar as embassy in august there was two months after the start of the gulf crisis when saudi arabia bahrain the u.a.e. and egypt cut ties with doha qatar denies their claim that it supports terrorism. a lawyer who worked with an a us prison donald trump has pleaded guilty to lie to the f.b.i. alex fine is one is a son in law of a ukrainian russian oligarch the latest focus in the investigation into whether russia middled in the twenty sixteen years election are white house correspondent kareen as the details. the impact of the investigation into alleged russian interference in the twenty six thousand u.s. election by special

president abbas had a choice the united states stands ready to work with the palestinian leadership our negotiators are sitting right behind me ready to talk but we will not chase after you the choice mr president is yours it was a security council session full of drama and theatrical but the reality is depressingly familiar this meeting in no way brings any close a resolution to a conflict that's already lasted over seventy years james byrd zira of the united nations their state department says north korean officials decided at the last minute not to meet vice president like pence during his visit to south korea as you can see when he was there he sat right in front of north korean leader kim jong il and sister washington said he had been willing to hold a meeting with her and other officials from pyongyang they were in the south korean city appealing chang for the opening ceremony of the renter a lympics meeting would have been the first between senior officials from the two countries that are getting as more from seoul. this aborted meeting was two weeks in the making the cia learned that the north koreans wanted to meet with u.s. vice president mike pence while he was attending th

president abbas had a choice the united states stands ready to work with the palestinian leadership our negotiators are sitting right behind me ready to talk but we will not chase after you the choice mr president is yours it was a security council session full of drama tricks but the reality is depressingly familiar this meeting in no way brings any close a resolution to a conflict that's already lost that over seventy years james zero of the united nations israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is remaining defiant despite being embroiled in two more bribery scandals on top of a corruption investigation place now led to one of his closest advisers tried to bribe a judge into dropping a criminal case in two thousand and fifteen and valving netanyahu is why. accused of using a middleman to offer the judge help to become attorney general if he closed the case against that now his excessive household spending on tuesday police revealed that a face was one of several netanyahu confidants arrested over a separate probe into allegations of corruption at israel's biggest telecom company last week and investigators recommended the prime minister be indicted in two corruption cases involvi

president abbas had a choice the united states stands ready to work with the palestinian leadership our negotiators are sitting right behind me ready to talk but we will not chase after you the choice mr president is yours it was a security council session full of drama and theatrical but the reality is depressingly familiar this meeting in no way brings very close a resolution to a conflict that's already lasted over seventy years james bros outages era of the united nations the french government is reviewing a new immigration bill that expected to streamline the asylum process but make it harder for people seeking jobs some m.p.'s in the president's own party say the proposal betray france's humanitarian tradition other say the bill's not tough enough to touch about a report from quinn over a nineteenth century fort overlooks the french city of grand old it was built to defend the city that is close to the swiss and italian borders and tucked into the foothills of the alps these days the town council is doing its best to welcome people who arrive here it provides emergency shelter for refugees many from africa kosovo or albania people are coming squats settlements in the city and th

president abbas had a choice the united states stands ready to work with the palestinian leadership our negotiators are sitting right behind me ready to talk but we will not chase after you the choice mr president is yours it was a security council session full of drama. but the reality is depressingly familiar this meeting in no way brings very close a resolution to a conflict that's already lasted over seventy years james bros outages era of the united nations a television station led mostly by women has launched in gaza despite efforts by hamas authorities to block a type of t.v. says it's the first channel of its kind in the palestinian territory and aims to highlight the role of women in building society are a force that has the story. gaza has a new broadcaster from its title sequence its unique selling point is clear will make up the heart of its content and its intended audience it's called type t.v. tuesday is launch day and a big moment for its volunteer presenters that i have in my and we're going to start discussing women's issues and try to find solutions for their problems and we will also celebrate their successes. type is going out on facebook twitter you tube and tele

president abbas had a choice the united states stands ready to work with the palestinian leadership our negotiators are sitting right behind me ready to talk but we will not chase after you the choice mr president is yours it was a security council session full of drama tricks but the reality is depressingly familiar this meeting in no way brings very close a resolution to a conflict that's already lasted over seventy years james byrd's outages era of the united nations. was in mastery is a senior lecturer in law at city university of london and a former legal adviser to the palestine liberation organization or the p.l.o. joins me in the studio now thanks very much for coming to speak to us is president abbas's new initiative likely to succeed. but it looks like it's more about semblance of action rather than a well thought out initiative and we can see that the multilateral approach is not necessarily that's. an issue here the main issue here is the political will of the parties or off the states involved in negotiations or sponsoring the negotiations to put pressure on israel to negotiate in good faith and also to deliver on the end goal which is a palestinian state as long as there

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