and nicholas hock, reporting to staff from bastere in corsica on some very challenging conditions there . as you can say, a u. s. secretary, they anthony blanket is in the middle east where he has just met with palestinian president who the best 2 sides are trying to rebuild ties that became almost nonexistent during donald trump's presidency. the palestinians were angered after trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel. abraham is in ramallah force. so need what is blinking that plan to cover there? so it seems like the russia ukraine issue is high on the american agenda as well as trying to keep things calm before the holy month of ramadan. we've heard from sick were 3 blinking talking about that's a life conditions for palestinians. this is not something that palestinians on the street or the palestinians are looking for. they've been saying time and time again that they want and to the israeli occupation, the palestinian authority wants to engage in a process by with israel, by which it becomes a fully independent state that gets for the patient. but they don't feel that t

awesome, thanks very much. nicholas hock life or stare in busty. i in corsica. back now to events in the middle east, antony blinking visit to israel and palestine. let's bring in and just here's senior political analyst, matawan rachada to talk more about this. so my one, the usa secretary of state meeting a palestinian leda mahmoud abbas. what's the significance of that? while the significance is to maintain appearances, aw, are not a certain activism and the revival of of diplomacy. ah. but that contrary to the appearances, none of it is happening. in fact, a secretary of state is simply paying lip service to the palestinians because he has nothing. not an oral photo though, he has nothing to offer the person. yes, but it's important for the, in our system in dain, the appearance, all of our, you know, immediate that of a sponsor over negotiations that don't even exist appro apiece, process that's been dead for a long, long time. but in order to, you know, create the impression in the grid that middle east, that the united states is a sponsor of some sort. it