reporter: one of the countries in w which netanyahu seess potential -- sudan.anyahuu held a surprise meeting with the head of sudan's ruliling council. following two hours of secretive talks, netanyahu's office promised the pair would start cooperation that would lead to the normalization of ties. that would be a significant step. sudan is counted among the arab league of nations, which has fervently supported the palestinian arab cause. establish relations without an answer to the palestinian question would represent a significant change from the past. monday's meeting, which netanyahu called historic, has been denounced by palestinians. >> this is a step in the back of the palestinian people, at a time when the ministration of donald trump and netanyahu are trying to destroy the palestinian cause. reporter: another significant about-face would be sudan's position on israraeli influencen the country. omar al-bashir had long accused israel of supporting rebel factions, notably in darfur. with the sovereign council no presiding over the e country, a peace deal c

when trump gave them jerusalem, when he said that as no right of return, when he gave netanyahu rightrn, when he gave neta nyahu the annexation right of return, when he gave netanyahu the annexation of all the settle m e nts netanyahu the annexation of all the settlements of 500 settlements in the west bank, more than 30% of territories, when he actually take that whole of what resources, no palestinian actually bond with jordan so no oslo agreement even so why they can't say yes to this, i believe she gave netanyahu a lot of political gifts anti—gave alain as the biggest gift. alain is waiting for this, they will mobilise the arab world against this deal. this is the problem. he buried the two states solution and international law, un security council resolutions which were very fair to both sides. you will come to that and a moment but first you have seen and washington us efforts to bring these parties together, was it in your view to watch president trump with netanyahu view to watch president trump with neta nyahu and view to watch president trump with netanyahu and odd way of go

well shame is for sudanese to sit at the same table as benjamin netanyahu. and i don't mean islami we are with the muslim and arab worlds and the muslim and arab world both have ties with israel so i believe there's no harm in establishing relations with israel that will be built on mutual interests and the guaranteed rights of the palestinian people to establish a palestinian state well the head sudan sovereign council which is part of a power sharing deal between the military and civilian parties and while the prime minister. welcome the statement about his meeting he's stressed that under the draft constitution decisions on foreign affairs must be made by the cabinet to ensure that they are transparent and accountable. i. r let's bring in our guest straight away right here in the studio we have walid who's a president of the sudan policy for an expert on governance and international development from khartoum in a sudan via skype. who's filmmaker and activist and in west jerusalem we have a long legal a former director general of the foreign ministry of is

netanyahu look at me in the eye look at the israelis in the eye because of your obsession of escaping trial you were lying splitting dividing mocking distributing malicious rumors and inciting netanyahu you are poisoning israel. dances blue and white alliance continues to remind israelis should they need reminding that netanyahu is indicted in 3 separate corruption cases warning he wants to change israeli law to avoid jail but heard a strongly worded the message is familiar after 3 campaigns in which many minds have been made up recent polls suggest netanyahu taking a narrow lead look into now is corrupted i agree everybody he has other qualities over there and i think is the right man for us pentagon to say ok. now our hope for some. in 3 campaigns now benny gantz has been trying to make the argument that israel needs to rid itself of the prime minister mired in corruption charges and he's been given a gift this time round with a trial date set for just 2 weeks after polling day and yet that argument doesn't seem to be getting the traction that he needs this campaign has seen a right

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has pledged to annex every israeli settlement in the occupied west bank he's hoping to use this to win voters over as the country heads into its 3rd election in less than a year. in the last week of the israeli election campaign a visual reminder to voters of prime minister benjamin netanyahu has pledged to annex every illegal israeli settlement in the occupied west bank what you guys really do. remember. who was joined by u.s. ambassador david friedman and the rest of the joint american israeli committee he chairs mapping out exactly where the trump white house would recognize permanent israeli sovereignty i mean for you to get the mapping is on its way in order to allow the imposing of the israeli law on these territories and later getting american recognition nonetheless it isn't quite what netanyahu promised in washington a month ago he said he'd begin annexation before the election then the white house put the brakes on it's complicated his bid for supporters of the far right parties in places like efrat illegal settlement in bethlehem the

this has been the gang since instead netanyahu has been focusing on certain construction around east jerusalem announcing thousands of new housing units in areas that would further undermine the notion of a territorially unified palestinian state this is a dangerous policy and we consider this an act. of. destroying the peace process there are also plenty of israelis who believe annexation doesn't serve what they consider the jewish state that it could make a binational state eventually a majority palestinian one more likely i think they might have overreached because we're talking about annexing all the settlements that's really terrifies the one half of israel that understood the demographic danger to zionism of non-separation from most of the palestinians so i don't think he's going to vote for the worst this way but after 3 consecutive campaigns most minds are made up the game is more about motivating turnout and persuading voters to shift allegiance even the announcement of netanyahu as corruption trial date it starts just 2 weeks after the election appears not to have harmed hi

benjamin netanyahu, thank you.applause] pm netanyahu: in the middle east, we drink water before a long voyage. is an extraordinary voyage. trump, donald, i am honored to be here today. wife, myh my ministers, my ambassador, ron thank you for everything you have been doing. [applause] national security advisor, thank you too. delegation, we are honored to be here with the secretary of state and you. we applaud you, mike. secretary of the treasury, steven mnuchin. u.n.t o'brien, the ambassador, kelly kraft. ivanka, it isand good to see you both. [applause] it is good to see the unfailingly energetic and optimistic and pastor david friedman, jason -- ambassador brian, andn, harvey, the rest of your exceptional cabinet. it is good to be here with the other distinguished ladies and gentlemen of your administration with senators and members of congress who are israel's greatest friends on capitol hill. thank you. [applause] thank you. with the ambassadors of the united arab emirates, bahrain, and oman, what a pleasure to

netanyahu becker's applaud the. move of peace moves and considered it a sign of natanya political prowess but the irony is because donald trump is mostly interested in his reelection and he wants to appeal to the jellicoe base and some other pro israel voters he has. left he's a law is in the uk and therefore as you mentioned earlier france and germany and other countries are not supporting his position so israel is not the winner in this case as it was not in other similar cases right i mean all in defense and political commentator thanks for your time here that i could have you on the program. the u.s. defense secretary marcus passed taken part of an exercise that simon how washington respond to russian nuclear attack in europe that's according to officials. and then you go through the congress say shouldn't that you would have with the secretary of defense and then with the president are similar to decide how to respond with simulated responding with a nuclear weapon or the war games come as the united states loo

imposing something that is in every respect what netanyahu wanted. palestinian side whatsoever. i am very struck by how past israeli negotiators have come out and said this shows contempt for palestinian aspirations and humanity. past american negotiators have come out and said this could backfire on israel by leading to one state but it is absolutely clear it is the end of the two state solution which has represented decades of world effort as well as american effort. two portraits is simply part of a narrative of palestinian rejection is is exactly what israel would like this to be but it is something palestinians simply would have to reject because it does not give them a country. and yet what can palestinians now do and where is the leadership to do it? first, donald trump has no right to impose solutions on the palestinians. he has no right to give the israelis are 30% of the west bank. he has no right to kill the two state solution. it is not american territory to give to the israelis. barry, understanding that you think this is an illegitimate

possibility for peace between palestinians and israelis he just had to listen to prime minister netanyahu in the white house he was thanking everyone he seemed absolutely delighted this is just what the right wing in israel of always wanted and if you look at any other plan every other plan since 1988 this gives the palestinians less territory than any of them well the question is why did nothing accept the plan upfront nobody has claimed to have seen the plan if netanyahu was not a co-author of the land then he could have said well give us the time to study it. immediately accepted without and it is their version of the plan because it is his plan secondly or the american proposals really was trying to redesign the whole of the terms of reference for the peace process in accordance with american understanding of the conflict there is no way that i'm at a comparable result canterbury's international law there is no way that american proposal place united nations resolutions since the early days of the conflict the proposals after proposals they have failed really to come up to a solution

i believe he gave netanyahu a lot of political gifts and he gave iran as the biggest gift. for this, they will mobilise the arab world against this deal. this is the problem. he buried the two states solution and international law, all un security council resolutions which were very fair to both sides. we will come to that and a moment but first you have seen and you served in washington, you've seen efforts to bring these parties together, was it in your view to watch president trump with netanyahu an odd way of going about this deal. it certainly was, i was there in 1978 and you had all the leading participants, egypt and israel and jimmy carter altogether trying some kind of solution but to the exclusion of the settlement issue, it was not dealt with satisfactorily over time this peace progress will not go anywhere, it will not solve anything because that is the central issue but at least you have the visible presence of the main players and trump's ommission of palestinian and a present of this is very difficult to have a present of this is very difficult to have it pos

netanyahu look at me in the eye look at the israelis in the eye because of your obsession of escaping trial you are lying splitting dividing mocking distributing malicious rumors and inciting netanyahu you are poisoning israel. dances blue and white alliance continues to remind israelis should they need reminding that netanyahu is indicted in 3 separate corruption cases warning he wants to change israeli law to avoid jail but heard a strongly worded the message is familiar after 3 campaigns in which many minds have been made up recent polls suggest netanyahu taking a narrow lead look into the 0 is corrupted i agree everybody he has other qualities over them i think is the right man for us pentagon to say ok is now our hope for some change in 3 campaigns now benny gantz has been trying to make the argument that israel needs to rid itself of the prime minister mired in corruption charges and he's been given a gift this time round with a trial date set for just 2 weeks after polling day and yet that argument. doesn't seem to be getting the traction that he needs this campaign has seen a

i'll move by mr netanyahu to get more voters just before the elections you mentioned there on the topic of jerusalem which which has attracted a lot of controversy worldwide you mention it supported by the trouble ministration do you think that support from merica has left israel a netanyahu feeling it can do whatever it wants regardless of international law or condemnation from the wider international community. you know where the suffering state is of surveying and able and state of course we are not alone in the world but concerning juloos the. there is a full on dial consensus that the joy of them at the capitol is only of a day but for ever and nothing and no one will be able to change the situation it was from the baber times on it is doing today it is all capital it will remain so. all right colonel living rough it so political analyst thanks for your opinion here today on r.t. international great to get your take. an emergency e.u. budget summit seen the blocks leaders failed to agree on how to make up the 75000000000 euro shortfall left by brics it. what has come out of this is

well the word from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is pretty celebrator e he says that they've agreed to start a cooperation that will lead towards a normalization of relations between sudan and israel and he calls that history it is part of a wider strategy both in africa and in the middle east to try to get friendly relations going with majority muslim and arab nations in the region and of course it comes very soon after the trump plan which was released last week which attracted at least not immediate arab state condemnation of course there was a rejection of that plan at the weekend and so there has been a slowing down of the provisions in that plan for potential annexation of the occupied west bank something that doesn't know how to hope to start moving on and this past weekend so it is about time given the fact that he's in the midst of an election campaign for another major foreign policy announcement of this one serves netanyahu very well it also serves sudan to some extent that the leader of sudan's been invited to washington so there's a recommendation from israel. as

abbas has praised mubarak's commitments to the palestinian cause and israeli prime minister binyamin netanyahu held beliefs egyptian leader for his pursuit of course peace and security there is. on behalf of the people of israel i wish to express deep sorrow over the death of president hosni mubarak he was a personal friend of mine a leader to lead his people to peace and security to peace with israel i met him many times and i was impressed with his commitment and we will continue to walk this joint path i wish to send condolences to president el-sisi the mubarak family and all the egyptian people as well as being that small and bashar he sounds as era senior political analyst and author of the book the invisible arab the promise of and peril of the arab revolutions he joins us live from paris kids have you with us again marwan we heard them from benjamin netanyahu expressing his deep sorrow do you feel that deep sorrow will be shared by the people of egypt. who certainly this would be the most damning thing that egyptians and the rest of the arab world would hear is a compliment. a serious c

i believe he gave netanyahu a lot of political gifts, and he gave iran the biggest gift.ll mobilise the arab world against this deal. against america, against the israelis and all the radicals will be in their hands. this is the problem. he buried the two—state solution, he buried international law, and all un security council resolutions, which were very fair to both sides. we will come to that in a moment, but first, thomas, you have served in washington and have seen us efforts to bring these parties together, was it, in your view, to watch president trump with netanyahu, without the palestinians, was that an odd way of going about this deal? it certainly was. when it began in camp david in 1978, i happened to have been there when i was covering america, you had at least all the leading participants. you had them all together trying to come to some kind of solution, at the exclusion of the settlement issue, i agree, we knew at the time if the settlements were not dealt with satisfactorily. overtime the peace progress will not go anywhere, it will not solve anything bec

a united jerusalem under israeli sovereignty and netanyahu do all he can to try to enact portions of that on the ground it seems specifically in this announcement $2200.00 housing units in the illegal israeli settlement of har homa built on land occupied to the south east of jerusalem in after the $967.00 war more controversially apparently lifting a self-imposed restriction on building in another area give out hama toss nearby to the west of hamas 4000 units being promised there 3004 jewish israelis 1004 palestinians but that is controversial because it would link in any future palestinian state possibly the city of bethlehem with east jerusalem as part of the capital which the palestinians want for their future state so this is something which is very much in accordance with the trump plan benjamin netanyahu has been told by the u.s. administration that he cannot and next parts of the occupied west bank ahead of the israeli election on march the 2nd so he appears to be doing whatever he can to enact it or at least an ounce things inside jerusalem ahead of that election the israeli

and negotiations stopped discussions start because that seized the matter there netanyahu doesn't believe in peace we cannot sit on the aisle doesn't want peace no not that he doesn't believe in peace. and he spent. more years as the israeli prime minister more than anyone else in israel with our would achieve any progress during the 3 errors a reins of netanyahu no rug. has been the chief in the peace process. and when you hold almost became the prime minister in israel for yes we at cheve a lot of progress and i can claim that we have achieved 70 percent of the understanding of the agreement on the edges the fire in the state has we have agreed with netanyahu with almost about 70 percent on these issues. and are you was going to meet him one day in his house then told b. oh go back home and mr rubb as the man is now in prison. this is what has happened between us and the israelis since or slow but glad to add that if america was there. american knew about the last 2 agreement the market will be destroyed altogether. but thank god if i could say that america doesn't know about these nego

about in a press conference with netanyahu talking about this good friend borisjohnson. again, the uk relationship with the united states is in the spotlight but also how the uk is trying to, in a way, look both ways to get want a trade deal with the united states but it also wants to maintain a deep trading partnership with china. the german newspaper now. and a political storm in one particular state, in an eastern state of thuringia. why is this a controversial thing? thuringia is one of the states in germany, the former east of germany before reunification. the alternative for deutschland, the far right party, the party that would probably take germany out of the eu, that has a very hard line on immigration in response to angela merkel‘s policies, they have basically ditched their own candidate in the election in the parliament to become state leader and they supported the free democrats, the liberal party. a centre—right party but not as far to the right as the afd. and there is a picture of thomas kemmerich, the leader, shaking hands with the af de. that is a no—no

report that lists 112 companies alleged to have ties to illegal settlements in the west bank the netanyahu administration described the report a shameful though and said it will suspend ties with the international body which offered this explanation for its move. finding mission highlighted 10 types of business activities if you do as being of particular concern given the well established legal nature of the settlements in the occupied palestinian territory and their impact on the daily lives and the human rights of the palestinian people on whose land the settlements have been built and continue to be built so that sort of the un human rights organization to say let's go live now to ramallah in the occupied west bank where journalist mohammad can bring us up to speed a there thanks time today so this is going to lead. israel tell us more of the reaction to this u.n. report. well the united nations announcement of the blacklist was actually talking about the settlements that were constructed in the west bank in territories of palestinians hope to create there are independent state one day

solution a growing comments from france and germany of the move was announced by prime minister netanyahu ahead of israel's 3rd national election in less than a year where connecting jerusalem connecting all parts of the united jerusalem the rebuilt jerusalem it is a source of great pride and is great news for the people of israel but israel claims the whole of jerusalem as its capital and argues that it has the right to build settlements wherever it likes it has received a strong support from the trump administration which recently unveiled a peace plan that was widely described as an insult to the palestinians prime minister netanyahu said that the 1st of the $5000.00 new housing units in occupied east jerusalem will be put up for sale in the coming days palestinian officials have also reached reacted furiously to the move and called for international pressure on israel defense and political commentator amir or and believes that israel has no intention of easing the standoff. both the israelis and palestinians have a grown accustomed to such that deliberations being really not serious e

still to come as prime minister netanyahu threatens her tali action on gaza we speak to the family of a palestinian child shot in the head by israeli forces details after the break. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safe. isolation community. are you going the right way or are you being that. way. what is true what is fake. in a world corrupted you need to descend. to join us in the depths. or inmate in the shallowness. welcome back to the program israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he is ready to resort to drastic measures against gaza during recent attacks on his country. i want to make it clear we will not accept any aggression from gaza only a few weeks ago we eliminated the senior commander of islamic jihad in gaza i were in detail all our plans i won't list all actions but we're prepared for a crushing action against the terror groups in gaza. but palestinian milita

plan in the 1st place it came in such time because they want to save netanyahu in israel who's facing a lot of charges. against a man to save as well. in front of the impeachment in by the congress so i think they didn't look that much at the result or how that is going to be or the reaction of the international community and what might be happening for the palestinians or for the palestinian struggle i think now they are opening a new gates which they don't think of one of them is going to be the palestinian resistance that is going to go on in this struggle and you know taking the whole area into a little bit more of violence which you know that as a result. it was taken more than 3 years and a divided people up and down the nation but after almost half a century the u.k. has finally bid farewell to the european union at 11 pm g.m.t. on friday the result of the biggest democratic vote in british history was finally enacted parts of the u.k. burst into celebration with leaving voters turning out in force but while brigadiers party did london's parliament square some were not enjoying

just was announced and nothing was heard about the proceedings and so was another declaration by netanyahu that he was going to annex the jordan valley and the same fate is probably going. to await this particular announcement. in other news from across the world clashes broke out between police and students and their capital will go to hold friday i. i. officers fired tear gas and water kind of the protesters who fought back by hurling rocks several demonstrators were detained the incident comes as the country's largest teacher's union continues a mass strike disrupting classes for millions of. people have been killed and one injured in a gas explosion in a residential building in southern russia last is believed to have happened in a 3rd floor apartment on saturday morning causing several floors to collapse police are investigating the incident. thousands of people in the german city of hama have rallied against far right extremism in the wake of wednesday's terrorist attack 9 people were killed when a gunman opened fire on 2 she should was targeting people from immigrant backgrounds dem

or to go out it's in clear violation of international law that was announced by a prime minister netanyahu ahead of israel's 3rd national election in under a year. we're connecting jerusalem connecting all parts of the united jerusalem the ruga built jerusalem which is a source of great pride and is with great news for the people of israel in stark opposition to the international consensus israel claims the whole of jerusalem as its capital and argues that as the right to build settlements whatever it likes there is also been a staunch support from the troubled ministration which recently released a so-called peace plan that was widely described as an insult to the palestinians the problem is the netanyahu said the 1st of the 5000 new housing units in occupied east jerusalem we put up for sale in the coming days palestinian officials have also reacted furiously to the move and called for international pressure on israel defense and political commentator i mean all and believes that israel has no intention of easing the standoff. both the israelis and palestinians have grown accustomed to s

prime minister netanyahu said that the 1st of the $5000.00 new housing units in occupied east jerusalem will be put up for sale in the coming days palestinian officials have also reacted furiously to the move and called for international pressure on israel and a defense and political commentator amir oren believes that israel has no intention of easing the standoff. both the israelis and palestinians have a grown accustomed to such the collaboration's being really not serious enough to marry such a tension the trump peace plan it's simply off the radar it just was announced and nothing was heard about it ever since and so was another declaration by netanyahu that he was going to annex the jordan valley and the same fate is probably going. to await this particular announcement. and other news from around the world this hour clashes broke out between police and students in the colombian capital bogota on friday. i officers that fired water cannons and tear gas at the protesters who fought back by hurling rocks at several demonstrators were detained incident comes as the country's largest

palestinian people in achieving their freedom and independence and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu hailed mubarak as a great leader this. on behalf of the people of israel i wish to express deep sorrow over the death of president hosni mubarak he was a personal friend of mine a leader to lead his people to peace and security to peace with israel i met him many times and i was impressed with his commitment and we will continue to walk this joint i wish to send condolences to president out sisi the mubarak family and all the egyptian people. mohamed el masri joins me now on since he is professor at the doha institute for graduate studies and specializes in egyptian politics thank you very much for coming to the studio we heard their world leader is praising mubarak but at the on the other hand we see people from within egypt calling him an autocratic who curbed even basic freedoms how do these 2 things work together. well there's no question that he was an autocratic rule or there's no real debate in the you know political science literature he presided over egypt for 30 years he ran

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will go on trial for corruption on march 17th just 2 weeks after a national elections justice ministry says the prime minister must be in court to hear the charges against him. when you come in here on al-jazeera off to the strain stay with us. americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the truck parts of america are getting trumpy or there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent of americans believing that we're on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so blatantly wrong the bottom line on us politics and policies and their effect on the world. josh rushing filling in for the irreplaceable family ok china is finding what its government calls a people's war against a deadly coronavirus but it's also battling to diffuse public anger over its handling of the crisis is china putting party before the people so your thoughts through twitter and you tube and you too could be in the street. the corona virus spreading across china has now taken 1800 lives but as cases mount chinese a

egyptian regime but know that they want to maintain it so you will get that support for benjamin netanyahu obviously and the israeli government were extremely grateful and then that's a true the policies of hosni mubarak not least in being able to establish that stranglehold over gaza and imposing the blockade which was essentially starving more than one and a half 1000000 palestinians there mahmoud abbas found legitimacy in the government of hosni mubarak in being able to meet a statesman at the time where his party in occupied palestine had lost their luxury over legitimacy at least in actions back then some of the gulf waters in the united arab emirates and saudi arabia saw interesting mubarak a man who was able to contain what they perceive as their existential threat which is political islam so there is a lot of different. cross sections between these different regimes and rulers who will no doubt have some sort of debts or at least feel that they. have lost in frosty mubarak an ally. still ahead on their own we'll ask what's next for malaysia the resignation of the prime minister. an

in the same area a spokesperson for the palestinian president has condemned the decision calling netanyahu is move a systematic destruction of plans for a 2 state solution the settlements are built in violation of international law south korea has reported its 1st deaths from the corona virus outbreak as the number of cases globally reaches 75000 there's been a downward trend in the number of new cases but the world health organization says now is not the time for complacency china insists its containment measures are working or that many people are worried about returning to public areas adrian brown has more now from hong kong. south korea is a new frontline in the corona virus outbreak the focus on thursday the southeastern city of daegu and its surrounding areas people are being warned not to go outside the mayor's appealing for medical help fearing hospitals may struggle to cope the spike in cases confirmed by south korea's ministry of health and welfare or just since last night $31.00 people have additionally been infected with covered 19 the total tally is now $82.00 people the bulk

well the word from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is pretty celebrate 3 he says that they've agreed to start a cooperation that will lead towards normalization normalization of relations between sudan and israel and he calls that history it is part of a wider strategy both in africa and in the middle east to try to get friendly relations going with majority muslim and arab nations in the region and of course it comes very soon after the trump plan which was released last week which attracted at least not immediate arab state condemnation of course there was a rejection of that plan at the weekend and so there has been a slowing down of the of the provisions in that plan for potential annexation of the occupied west bank something that netanyahu had hoped to start moving on this past weekend so it is about time given the fact that he's in midst of an election campaign for another major foreign policy announcement of this one serves netanyahu very well it also serves sudan to some extent as you say they have been invited to washington that the leader of sudan's been invited to

three men and netanyahu are 49% of the population. what are they going to do with me?a threat to me, is not a threat, will never be a threat. judaism is one of the god's great religions. like christianity and islam. these people are so determined that this conflict is a religious one. this conflict, i say, no, it's not a religious one, it's a political one, a national one. it's a territorial one. kushner told you that he has the arabs with him, he has the europeans with him, he has the islamic countries with him. i was personally with my president in egypt last saturday, a week ago, and 22 arab countries were present there. saudi arabia, jordan, egypt, emirates, qatar, nigeria, mo moroc morocco, all unanimously rejected the trump deal and said we will not deal in any way with this sham. >> they say all of this, but none of them do anything, none of these so-called allies of yours in the arab world are willing to put any pressure. at the end of the day you need the israelis to make the palestinian state, so is your only option to go for a one-state solution? >> look, my

divestment and sanctions movement in south africa thanks carol the light israel's prime minister netanyahu claims that you know it isn't concerned here with human rights he says nothing to do with it's all about disparaging israel what you think about that statement from israel and. well it's the exact same kind of response that apartheid south africa gave when apartheid south africa was placed on a similar sort of black list so there's nothing surprising coming from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu what he would have hoped is that it would be a wakeup call to the israeli government that its occupation of the palestinian territories is illegal and that it should come to an end so that it can enter into meaningful negotiations so that just solution can be found. politics with israel aside is it likely that any of these 112 business is listed in this new report will end their business activities in the west bank do you think. well we do think that serious action will now be taken by these companies as they would be severe consequences not just by a civil society in various countrie