♪ >>> palestine has handed in papers to the u.n.o join the international criminal court which could see israel pursued for alleged war crimes. ♪ >>> hello, i'm miriam live from doha. also ahead, another european rescue mission is underway to save hundreds of migrants who have been abandoned at sea. door to door house to house peshmerga fighters confront isil fighters in northern iraq. and using actors to play muslim fighters, this video of a police drill is causing outrage in india. ♪ >>> within the last hour the palestinian ambassador to the united nations says that palestine has applied to join the international criminal court. they said the move will pave the way for palestine to pursue israel for alleged war crimes in the court. kristin kristin kristin joins us now. how long before the palestinians can actually file cases with the courts? >> reporter: the standard procedure is 60 days between the filing of the application and being able to take action with the court. we just received a statement from the spokesperson for the sec

we may see that over time on the question of palestine.ight now, the critical factor is what former u.n. special repertoire on palestine richard faulk has called the struggle for legitimacy. israel is losing the struggle for legitimacy. it is losing that battle the united states. and it is in the context of israel's twiddling legitimacy -- dwindling legitimacy that these moves take place. it is the loss of legitimacy now fundamental to israel's position. >> ali abnimah, the u.s. media's coverage of this, do you think it reflects the differences within palestine, the differences of opinion? >> no, of course it doesn't. the routine mistake that is made is to equate the unelected is really haven't backed u.s.-financed palestinian authority with palestinians. that is a big mistake. the palestinian authority acts despite the palestinians. this is a palestinian authority engaged in a massive political crackdown against its opponents at home. this is a palestinian authority that is directly complicit in the ongoing siege of gaza. we haven't seen

there could lose aid if palestine bids to join the international criminal court. and the hack of sony pictures. and ebola leading man against the virus. a cattle ship carrying around 450 migrants has been safely towed know to an italian port. this is the third migrant ship found off the coast of italy in the past two weeks. an areacaptain has told al jazeera they are fearful more will come. >> must have been an enormous relief and how exhausted they must have been. italian officials were sympathetic. >> we must create humanitarian corridors, free from dwreedy greedy human traffickers. >> recognition coast guard officials were forced to board the ship. it was abandoned without power left to the mercy of the sea. the second of in as much days. the other had been rescued close to the italian coast before it too became wrecked. told al jazeera he believed the crew had deliberately abandoned the ship. they are now digesting the assumption that this is the traffickers' new strategy. >> it is deliberate. they have no respect for human life. >> but you think thy they migh

israel says palestine is not an independent state. they don't have the right to go to i.c.c. i expect that they - i.c.c. reject the application. >> reporter: the move comes days after the u.n. security council rejected a resolution selecting a deadline. u.s. peace talks broke down u.s. and israel say unilateral actions will hinder negotiations. a spokesperson for ban ki-moon says the united nations has received the application and is considering appropriate next steps. even if the application is accepted without a hitch, it will take 60 days for jurisdiction to kick in and months before the court decides whether or not to pick up a case. kristen saloomey >>> indonesia's transport minister is investigating maltheir -- investigating their policies and procedures after the airasia crash. search teams think they found two large pieces of wreckage 30 meters down at the bottom of the java sea. it's hoped the black box flight recorders will be found seen. 162 passengers and crew were killed. the pod yes of 30 victims -- bodies of 30 victims has been recovered. >>> the united states

i've also believed if policy of blockading palestine, the various changes about gaza a few years back, since the negotiations broke down in 2011 it's been extremely difficult. all i'd say frankly in my own defense there is not as if i'm trying. >> is the quartet valuable? >> some say, why don't you change quartet, friends of israel and palestine, that would just give you 70 countries sitting around the table. the quartet the eu russ u.n. and u.s.a. is to put together a correct form. if there's a disagreement in how to move forward, the quartet -- i'm not a member of the quartet, i've got responsibility of doing what we can on the palestinian economy. the most important thing right now is to stop the pa for collapsing because that would be disaster for everyone. >> i'd like to think that peace is possible between israel and palestine and we've all sort of come to an agreement that we think philosophically that a two state solution is good sense. who's holding back from this what needs to happen, does hamas need to be not as much a player, does israel need different leadership? if the c

while most countries recognize palestine as a state israel doesn't. >> palestine is not an independent state yet. they don't have the right do that right now. the icc will reject the application. >> the move comes days after the u.n. security counsel rejected the resolution setting a deadline for the occupation. peace talks broke down earlier this year, but they say union lateral actions like this will hinder u.s. relations. secretary general ban ki-moon said it has received the placing. even if the placing is accepted out a hitch it will take 60 days for jurisdiction to kick in, and it could take months before they decide to take up a case. >> in gaza emergency services say a man was shot in the back. they consider the shooting a dangerous development and excessive use of forms. >>> suspected boko haram have abducted boys and men dozens of fighters stormed a remote village on new year's eve. residents say that boko haram have been using kidnappees as foot soldiers. >>> so far more than 8,000 people have died from ebola. the u.n. missed it's december target to stop the spread, but the

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palestine and gets behind a proper peace process that recognizes palestine as a state. >> toby joiningfromfrom dubai. thank you. indonesia's transport missioner is threatening to revoke air asia's operating license after last week's crash. he said air asia's sunday flight was a violation of its route license. he told al jazeera they are also investigating flight violations by a number of airlines and aviation officials. four large -- for large parts of the airbus the a 3-2200 has been found in the java sea. 30 points have been recovered and divers are searching for the rest of the 160 passengers and crew of flight qz 8451. more from jakarta. >> >>. >> reporter: even before the caused of thecration is known, airasia has been barred between flying from surbaya and singapore because the airline has been found to have been operating the flight that went down without a proper license. the minister of transport does not rule out more sanctions. he says he is investigating everyone involved. >> the air traffic chrome conversations, the airport, and the airasia and, also the other airlines. an

palestine is the only team in the competition not representing a nation.ple in the occupied territories celebrated the team's debut in the wake of last year's conflict with israel. some fans were disappointed when their opponent, japan, scored goal after goal. palestine will look for their first win in the asia cup in their next match against jordan. >>> it's time now for a check of the weather. many residents in saudi arabia were caught by surprise when they saw snow. meteorologist robert speta joins us with the details. >> what we've seen out here this past weekend is a very strong winter storm. it came in across much of the western portions of the middle east here. there into israel parts of syria. but then it moved all the way down into northern portions of saudi arabia. let's go to some video we have out of here. and you can see the white stuff on the ground. it was blanketed. this is actually the third year in a row where we did see snowfall. outside of that it's actually a rather rare sight. white stuff piled up near the city of tabouq on friday. tw

. >> at the end of last year you and i focussed on palestine and president mahmoud abbas signing the rome statute leading to the international criminal court have jurisdiction over territory of palestine. at the same time he signed this document to the international criminal court, a declaration. now, this declaration means that he wants the court to look retro actively at what happened in palestine from june the 13th 2014. that's a time period taking in all the summer's gaza war. if you look at the court's open internal procedures and in particular this the policy paper of the office of the prosecutor, when someone files a declaration, she then starts a preliminary investigation. it's here in article 76 on the receipt of a referral or declaration, the office will open a preliminary examination of the situation at hand. these are the words that are in this policy paper. unless the chief prosecutor at the international criminal court changes her own policy she'll start the preliminary examination. that is not a formal war crimes investigation. what it is is her open inquiry to see whe

israel said that -- that the palestine -- is not an independent state yet.'t have the right to go to icc right now, and israel expect that they -- they the icc will reject the application of the palestinians first -- first of all, and secondly this unilateral step is -- according to -- according to israel is a kind of violation of the osla agreement. so we're in a very sensitive situation right now. as you know israel is in election in this time. and there maybe -- the prime minister of israel benjamin netenyahu, will decide to freeze right now -- to freeze the budget that pass to the palestinians. >> right. so you are expecting a significant financial backlash against the pa as a result of this which i guess many people were already expecting, because abbas had been warned by the israelis and americans not to make this bid. >> well -- well you are right. israel -- israel wants the america will help -- will help reverse with the sanctions -- to put sanctions on the palestinians if they decide finally to go to the icc, and you know -- as you know as i mention

the world bank and the ifc our shareholders the bank of palestine.attracted a lot of investors from emerging market funds to institutions like the world bank and the ifc. that is something we take great care and pride in. >> do you work with hamas? >> no. the government we work with is the palestinian authority. >> just looking at the broader economy, the fault in the oil price is something that is shifting. a lot of people thinking about where 2015 ghosts. will that bring -- 2015 goes. will that bring relief? >> we saw some of the worst financial crises. for example, after the lehman brothers, and so on. we experienced probably the fastest growth of dark -- a stark contrast to the mobile financial crisis. we spent some of the fastest growth in those years. because of the under deliver rich nature of the financial -- underdeliverage nature of the financial -- a very fast-growing capital market with the stock exchange with 50 companies that has attracted a lot of foreign investment, especially from new frontier. >> ok. thank you. >> and identified pal

freezing funds - israel withholds tax revenues over palestines bid to join the international criminal court >>> plus - a new sighting in the search for the wreckage of the airasia flight. authorities say the plane shouldn't have been in the air at all. >>> exploring close and beyond - inter-galactic missions for the year. >>> let's start - forces are battling to retake more villages from i.s.i.l. the islamic state of iraq and levant. we go to sal tan abdullah a village which peshmerga forces managed to retake. there has been a lot of fighting. how was it for the peshmerga to drive i.s.i.l. out of sultan abdullah. >> not quite easy we are on the edge of sultan abdullah. it's a few hundred kilometres down here. we are in peshmerga. the village is within site of i.s.i.l. they are firing on peshmerga inside, but on the outside, where we have seen mart areas that have not ex -- mortars that have not exploded. they have told us the peshmerga have told us that the fire is coming in mortars killing some of the peshmerga fighters inside. this village, sultan abdullah is where we saw the extent

nation after the british, who had exercised a mandate since the end of world war i, withdrew from palestine1948. it was immediately attacked by its neighboring arab states, who resented the new nation and considered its creation to be illegal. israel successfully beat off the attacks and a series of honest disagreements worked out by the united nations brought an end to organized warfare in 1949. since then, israel has worked a fever pitch and with the tough and pioneering spirit to make a self-sufficient nation within its borders. jewish immigrants bringing with them the varied languages, skills, and customs of the countries of their birth have been absorbed and provided with shelter, food, and jobs. barren and eroding land has been cultivated. determined efforts in irrigation and specialized projects with cattle have promoted and agricultural program which today produces a plentiful supply of basic food. even industry, despite serious limitations in raw materials has grown rapidly. at variance with this picture are the camps outside israel's borders, where more than one million arab refug

. >> the united nations has confirmed palestine will join the international criminal court. palestinian leaders applied to join the icc last week, vowing to seek the prosecution of israeli officials for war crimes in the occupied territories. a spokesperson for the u.n. general secretary ban ki-moon said palestine's membership in the icc will take effect april 1. >> relating to the accession of palestine to multilateral treaties in respect which the secretary-general is a depository including the rogue statutes of the international criminal court, can say in conformity with the relevant international rules, practice as a depository for the secretary-general has ascertain the instruments received were in proper form before accepting them for deposit. and he is informed all states concerned accordingly. >> palestinian move came after the u.s. and israel successfully lobbied against a un security council measure calling for an end to the israeli occupation and the establishment of a palestinian state by 2017. in retaliation israel has halted the transfer of hundreds of millions

million arab refugees maintain a miserable existence and demand the right to return to the homes in palestineor which they say they were dispossessed during the war. israel says it would be impossible to readmit them. it has offered to discuss compensation. but the arab states, supporting the refugees' demands refused to acknowledge israel's star and it not accept any conditions at all. -- existence and do not accept any conditions at all. the plight of those people symbolizes not only the divisiveness that scars the middle east, but also strangely enough, it's opposite. the arab nations surrounding israel although divided on many issues, are united in their opposition to israel. not only their opposition to israel, but other factors too provide a unity which binds together most of the arab lands of the middle east. for the arabs of every country share a common culture which spills across the borders of nations and is apparent throughout the arab world. from the architecture of its buildings to the customs of its daily life. much of this cultural unity stems from the arab language, the tongue

in there play did not go palestine's way but these fans don't seem too much upset.most don't expect to be in the second round of competition but just being here at all as a team without a nation-state, well, that's a victory. al jazeera newcastle. >> tell us about palestinian's debut. >> reporter: the big day is not just for the players on the pitch, but for the people here. this is the first time that palestine has qualified to play in a major international tournament. it is hugely symbolic, something that symbolizes far more than sport. >> this is a message of peace and love despite all the difficulties that we face. this is a very important game. it's surreal that the team has made it to this international level. >> the palestinian team represents all of the palestinian people. this is historic. it's the first time that they're playing on the international stage. this team has what it takes to win regardless of the outcome. we're proud they've got this far. >> that is the sentiment here, not really if they win or lose, although it would have been nice if they won

>> the israel in palestine, it's what, thousands were killed in the gaza strip, there's been a fight there for i don't know how long. and then you see where christians are leaving. and. >> that i think is just a light on the story that throughout the middle east, the number of christians who have left syria, iraq, iran, even -- where there has been significant christian minority there, giving that up in palestine, around jerusalem. any thoughts on what needs to happen there? >> well, the interfaith community has tried to address that. i saw where this rabbi brought together jews and christians and even muslim, hindus from all different backgrounds out of, i think he's out of new york and so i think he's trying to make an effort in that area, and i think that has to be constantly done, the interfaith effort. >> you are talking about the value of interfaith dialogue pretty much everything. >> i think that's critical, and respecting other's religion and value in each, i think we have major steps to make in that area. >> indeed. >> anything before we go to break? short one, or you want t

israel collects faxes for the palestinians -- taxes for the palestine yaunsd the 1993 oslo accord. >> that means that israel has punitive measures. victoria gatenby has more. >> reporter: this is not the first time israel has frozen taxes to the palestinian authority. in pay 2011 israel withheld hundreds of millions. december 2012 israel withheld more than $120 million in response to the overwhelming general assembly the state of palestinian - similar punishment in april 2014 after pa president mahmoud abbas fought to join the series -- applied to join a series of conventions. without the money, the palestinians cannot pay the 165 thouds public sec for -- 165,000 public sector please that they employ - police nurses and teachers. the economy's government is dependent. the employees and the money they spend form the economic backbone of the territory. >> a senior palestinian official says israel is afraid. >> the national meeting of this occupation has become the longest in modern history, more than 47 years of occupation is enough. the system of appetite is worse. that is the problem.

israel has objected to palestine attempting to join the international criminal court. charles stratford reports. israel says i.t. was targeting hamas tinls tunnels used to smug smulg are weapons into the palestinian tears tri. international criminal court accusing israel of war crimes, israel says it will withhold $127 million of tax revenue. >> this month the medical supplies the milk, the bread for the whole nation. it shows that israeli occupation is not only concerned with settlement and there when it comes to exercising punishment, they are stashing them, dislow kateing them because they want to act with impunity. >> israel says the palestinian bid for membership of icc hinders efforts to restart peace talks. >> we need some leeway to prevent the derailing of reaching a is negotiated settlement. not bimutual complaints to the international criminal court. if the palestinians make complaints the israelis will make complaints. this is not going to are advance us. >> using the international criminal court as a political tool. it is disturbing to hear the israeli gove

, did israel recognize the state of palestine, did israel stop the settlement activities? they say they want to make a palestinian state in the west bank. why have there been settlements in my neighborhood in jericho, why in the heart of the west bank and mr. ross isn't blind to these facts but if he wants to become a master to twisting facts in the service of blindly supporting israel you belong to the camp of those who want to destroy the two state solution and destroy peace. that's what i say that many of these envoys were part of the problem and not part of the solution. >> very quickly are you hopeful that there will be bilateral negotiations and a two state solution? >> yes, if we can find a solution, the two states the state of palestine, to live side by side the state of israel on peace and security on the 1967 line, providing a time line for these negotiations and a time ceiling for the end of this occupation why not? this is the only way, the israeli government have yet to stay they recognize the state of palestine. they have not done so. they continue being the

what is important, you'll remember is that palestine signed up to the rome statute on the last day of. but at the same time -- and that doesn't actually come under icc jurisdiction until the first of april. they also put in a declaration on the first of january, saying they wanted the court's jurisdiction to be retroactive to go back and i quote, to cover crimes committed in the occupied palestinian territory, including east jerusalem since june 13th, 2014. when a country makes a declaration like that the chief prosecutor of the icc has made it clear as a matter of policy and of course she will launch what is called this preliminary investigation. which is an investigation to look at the facts, and see whether she should launch a proper formal investigation. she has three options now from this point. she can initiate that formal investigation. she can go to the judges or she can say no we're not going to have an investigation. and there's plenty of time for her to decide all of this. there's no set time lines for her to make her decision. she has preliminary investigations like the on

israel freezes palestine's tax revenues over its bid to join the international criminal court. hello i'm martine denise. also to come. a new sighting of the airasia wreckage but bad weather prevention recovery. >>> people living near this area in dhaka say they're suffering from industrial waste. s palestinian leaders have accused israel of trying to starve their people. that could lead to israel being investigated for international war crimes. charles stratton reports. >>> the war lasted 50 days and left over 2,000 palestinians dead. said responding to hamas rocket fire. 72 israelis died in the war all but six of whom were israeli soldiers. now after the palestinian government moves to join the international criminal court accusing israel of war crimes he israel says it will withhold $127 million of tax revenue from the palestinian government. >> will not be able to pay the schools the hospital the medical supplies the milk the bread. so this tax will affect the whole nation. it shows the very israeli occupation is not only concerned about occupation, but when it comes to exer

>> israel suspends $127 million of tax revenue in re retaliation of palestine's bid for international criminal court. you're watching al jazeera live from doha. also coming up. indonesia said airasia's plane should not have been in the air the day it crashed. >>> accused of being a 9/11 mastermind al-liby dies before his trial. >> israel has decided to withhold around $127 million of tax revenue from the palestinian authority. now this comes after the palestinians officially applied to join the international criminal court. palestinians rely on this money to run its government and pay civil workers salary. it could effect aid to palestinian authorities. we'll bring you more on that later. let's move on to other top stories. the arab airasia crash indonesiaen officials say that airasia was not permitted to fly on that route on that day. recovery crews found four large pieces of wreckage in the java sea. the weather was a factor in that incident. only 30 bodies have been recovered so far. 162 people were on on the flight that took off from indonesia and a third of its way on its destina

handed over a formal request for palestine to join the international criminal court. it pushed ahead with that application after. palestinian leadership wants the icc to hold israel to account for leamed war crimes during the war last year. >>> the chief negotiator said that this will affect ordinary citizens. >> this month, they will not be able to pay the schools the hospitals, the banks. it shows that this is when it comes to employing and exercising punishment, they will affect 4 million palestinians, starve them, they want to kill. they want to affect gaza, destroy gaza, destroy our way of life. this shows the legitimacy of what they do, and we hope that the international community will stand shoulder to shoulder with us. >> let's get more now from testify stephanie dekker. this is simply a retaliation from israel? >> it is. it is the first concrete step they've taken since the announcement the palestinians had signed their own statute. we know that this is something that the israelis also are very worried about. we know it was the last cards that the palestinian

nation after the british, who would exercise the mandates and so end of world war i, withdrew from palestine in 1948. it was immediately attacked by its neighboring arab states, who resented the new nation and considered his creation to be illegal. israel successfully beat off the attacks, and a series of armistice agreements worked out by the united nations but in and to organize warfare in 1949. since then, israel has worked at fever pitch __ tto make a self_sufficient nation within its borders. even industry, despite serious limitations and raw materials, has grown rapidly. the camps outside israel's borders, where more than 1 million arab refugees maintain a miserable existence and demand the right to return to their homes in palestine come from which they say they were dispossessed in the war. israel says it would be possible to readmit them. it has offered to discuss compensation, but the arab

. >>> financial aide to palestine may be affected if it joins the international criminal court. the palestinian ambassador to the u.n. has now formally handed in if documents for membership. kristin saloomey reports. >> it is a peaceful option. it is a civilized option. it is an option that anyone who uphold the law should not be afraid of. >> reporter: if the palestinian leadership has its way, the court will investigate israel's 2014 invasion of gaza, which resulted in the death of 2,000 civilians. how far back and to what incidents the court's authority will ultimately apply is open to debate. palestinians could also be charged with war crimes including firing rockets into israel and while most countries already recognize palestine as a state, israel doesn't. >> very upset because of the unilateral step. israel says that palestine is not an independent state yet so they don't have the right to go to icc right now and israel expect that icc will reject the application. leve les mans. u.s. led peace talks broke down earlier this year, but unilateral actions like this will hinde

certainly the israel/palestine question, mostly through a human rights prism.actually don't see it necessarily through a u.s. interest prism either. they actually see it through two prisms. one is also human rights, by the way, particularly evangelicals

to formally submit palestine palestine's appear indication to the international criminal court. application to criminal court and the request is made to the u.n. chief in the next few minutes. we will watch that for you. of course remember that abbas signed the document that requested membership a few days ago after the entity's failed bid for statehood at the u.n. security council. >>> in northern iraq kurdish peshmerga troops have been engaged in house-to-house battles battles. >>> meanwhile, a report out today reveals that 2014 was the third-most deadly year for iraqi civilians since the war began in 2003. let's take a closer look at those who have paid the highest price of the conflict. over 17,000 civilians have been killed in iraq in 2014. the bloodshed peaked in june when isil launched a major offensive to take iraq's second largest city mosul. this is roughly double the number of civilians death in 2013, which was roughly double the number in 2012. the most intense period for civilian deaths was at the war's very beginning whether the 7,000 were killed in just a space of

we have seen a lot of difference on the israel-palestine question. a huge divide particularly between republicans on the one hand and democrats and independents on the other and we see this a little bit here. which of the following is closest in justifying the possible use of american ground forces. so we went to those 41% of the people who said, i'm prepared to use ground forces if airstrikes fail, and we tried to figure out, what is it that in their view justifies the use of ground forces? and so look at this. yes, the rightlessness and intolerance of isis is in fact a factor, 33% give that as a principle reason. but the number one answer is they really see isis as an extension of al qaeda. they see it as just another manifestation of al qaeda, with which we're still at war and unfinished business in a way it's very hard for them to look at it separate from the view of al qaeda and that's one reason why they highlight it, and 43% say that. well above the worry about the rightlessness of isis. now, two other things i want to say about this particula

state department official say financial aid to palestine might be affected if it joins the internationalcriminal court when it officially applied to join the icc. doesn't believe the bid for icc membership will threaten the future of a palestinian state. >> it's highly regrettable to have such positive action that the palestinian authority has taken, and that respects international practices is being faced by such actions. we expect that the u.s. would put this action in its context it's a step that is aimed at making sure that international law is respected in palestine and no crimes are going without being held, the violators of these crimes are held accountable, and we as the leadership has been saying all along, we have never -- we have never shied away from a serious and a peace process that would lead to results. what we are shying away from, a sham that israel wants us to be engaged in. what we are interested in is a serious peace process and this is what international resolution that palestine has placed before the security council few days ago was meant to do. we are not turning

certainly the israel-palestine question mostly through human rights prism.but the republicans actually don't see it necessarily through a u.s. interest prism either. they actually see it through two prisms. one is also human rights, by the way, particularly evangelicals. but evangelicals in particular see it through a religious prism. on that one, they are the only community, the only community in the poll, that had strong feeling about it is just their position on that issue is religiously motivated. now here, we haven't done all the analysis yet. there will be more analysis of the data when we look at further demographics as we've done in the past. but i would suggest that if you look here, just at the democrats and republicans alone, it tells that you there is something of a world view that you have to analyze. just by looking at the differences on some critical issues. going back tamara aquestion's question about attitudes toward the muslim worlds, i've been doing polling for a dozen years across arab countries on multiple issues including attitudes towa

. >> it's official, the united nations now that is palestine's application to join the international criminal court but where it goes from here is far from clear. >> now, this is a very significant step in which we will be going through it to seek justice through a legal option. it is a peaceful option. it is a civilized option. it is an option that anyone who uphold the law should not be afraid of. >> if the palestinian leadership has its way the court would investigate the 2014 war on gaza and the death of 2,000 civilians, and land that coogd according to them belongs to the palestinians. charged with war crimes including firing rockets into israel and while most countries already recognize palestine as a state, israel doesn't. >> the government is very upset because of this unilateral step, israel say at a palestine is not an independent state yet. so they don't have the right to go to icc right now and they -- israel expect that icc will reject the application. >> leve le mans. >> coming days after the u.n. security council set a deadline for the end of israeli occupation. peace

the palestinian ambassador to the united nations has handed palestine's formal application for membershipthe international criminal court to the u.n. the documents he gave to the office of the u.n. chief ban ki-moon was signed by abbas two days ago. he says the move will pave the way for the palestinians to pursue war crimes charges against israel. let's get more now from kristen saloomey at the united nations for us right now. christen that application has been submitted, what happens next? >> reporter: well we received a statement from the secretary general's spokesperson that says that the u.n. is now considering the appropriate next steps. typically, it takes 60 days once an application is received for the court's jurisdiction to go into effect. but this case is anything but typical. we have the israelis arguing that the palestinians weren't even qualified to be members, because they are not an officially recognized state. that position is not shared by many here at the united nations. as the court has suggested they will accept palestinian membership. one of the things we heard from

stefanie dekker met one of the palestine's best young talents to join his teammates in australia.o be on the pitch. the last member of his team here he was arrested by israeli authorities nine months ago while returning from training abroad. >> spending that amount of time in prison affected me. my fetitness levels went down. it was tough emotionally. to be free after being behind bars is difficult. >> israel accused him of attempting to transfer money and being in touch with the enemy while abroad. he was carrying $5,000 money given to him by the former head of his tulle club. it gets complicated as that man is a former prison in israel and affiliated with hamas, which the israeli government considers a terrorist organization. he spent eight months in jail and his lawyer tells us his sentence was reduced because he convinced the court that the sama has no political affiliations and the money was owed to him. he was unjustly arrested. his fitness has been affected. now he will be a reserve player. this is not what the palestinian fans wanted. >> sama lives in a west bank town bord

the united nations now has palestine's application to join the international criminal court.ut where it goes from here is far from clear. >> now, this is a very significant step in which we will be going through it, to seek justice through a legal option. it is a peaceful option. it is a civilized option. it is an option that anyone who uphold the law should not be afraid of. >> if the palestine palestinian leadership has its way the court will investigate israel's 2014 invasion of gaza which resulted in the death of some 2,000 civilians and also the ongoing construction of israeli settlements on land the u.n. says belongs to the palestinians. but how far back and to what incidence the court's authority will ultimately apply is open to debate. palestinians could also be charged for war crimes including firing rockets into israel and while most countries recognize palestine as a state israel doesn't. >> the government is very upset because of this loorl unilateral state. israel expect that the icc will reject the proposition. >> leve le mans. >> u.s. led peace talks broke down

first on the israel-palestine issue and the second on icele and syria, which we will review today. there are number of people that helped with it. please read their names. i won't mention them all. they were at the university of maryland, at brookings and the program for public consultation. also we have a sample of 1,008 -- a online survey conducted by gfk. the methodol you can find online. the margin of error after the weighting is plus or minus 3.4%. let me go directly into sort of what drove the questions first of all. what it is we're trying to get at when we designed this poll. first, i have been really surprised by the fact that the american public, which is -- which was said to be war weary in -- basically because of the iraq and afghanistan war and had opposed even a more minimalist intervention proposed by president obama after president obama told the american public that bashar assad had used chemical weapons against his own people. suddenly after a few beheadings, was pretty much open to approving, certainly much more extensive intervention that was initially proposed

we have seen a lot of difference on the israel-palestine question. a huge divide particularly between republicans on the one hand and democrats and independents on the other and we see this a little bit here. which of the following is closest in justifying the possible use of american ground forces. so we went to those 41% of the people who said, i'm prepared to use ground forces if airstrikes fail, and we tried to figure out, what is it that in their view justifies the use of ground forces? and so look at this. yes, the rightlessness and intolerance of isis is in fact a factor 33% give that as a principle reason. but the number one answer is they really see isis as an extension of al qaeda. they see it as just another manifestation of al qaeda with which we're still at war and unfinished business in a way it's very hard for them to look at it separate from the view of al qaeda and that's one reason why they highlight it and 43% say that. well above the worry about the rightlessness of isis. now, two other things i want to say about this particular g

ellis dime says they will bring war crimes charges against israel -- palestine says they will bring warme charges against israel. israel has frozen revenue. management netanyahu has said that -- benjamin netanyahu is said that palestine has chosen confrontation and that israel will not stand by. kim jong-un has called for rivals to reunify and create a prosperous nation. and committee member says that their work is being hindered in the south and from abroad and that the cloud of nuclear war hangs over the country's. the president of iran as it did at better -- has hinted at better ties. they say that they will not give up revolutionary principles. they are under sanctions from the u.s. and the one for the nuclear program -- u.n. the nuclear program. this event enrichment might be the way forward -- very say that enrichment might be the way forward. see what happens when we get the lunch break over with. ♪ >> a new year, a familiar rally for stocks and shanghai. growing fears of deflation, the euro is taking a tumble. and what are the odds? michalek 2014, such a difficult call. first le

the last point i want to make is, when there was a vote at the united nations about palestine a month, john kerry called the nigerian government to change its vote about palestine half an hour before the vote was made he called goodluck jonathan, clearly, they have information about the compromised leaders in the nigerian state for financing boko haram wrong. why do they not bring that information to the african union, to the united nations, so there is an exposure of all of the forces in chad france, cameron, and nigerian leadership who are financing boko haram? >> that is a very interesting point you raise, the pressure that was put in nigeria on the un security council to vote against -- to vote against palestine on the issue. can you talk more about the u.s.-nigeria relationship, nigeria, the most populous african country, and how boko haram has gained strength there? >> nigeria is by far the most dynamic force in africa. and what everyone fears at the moment is the mobilization of the nigerian people as the people mobilized in egypt or the people mobilized to remove corrupt eleme

and in the first four years of the nation he was on palestine and israel all of the time.gress drawn down because it will take time with israel and palestine. i think it is going to take time and i know the president does but he didn't want to make that his center point of his speech last night. and i want to bring that up hogan, but do you think there is an argument in the republican party that gets bogged down into military and conflicts has been unproductive to say the least? >> well he mentioned childcare seven times and isis twice. i think most americans, if you say the polling, put national security as one of the top issues because they are concerned. they see what is going on across the world and the president himself albeit didn't want to talk about it much did want a declaration of war from congress. i think from the bush years, don't just give me an open-ended check of where we'll be and how long we'll be there. nobody wants to start a ground war that is never-ending and goes on for a decade but we do need to stop the terrorists where they are and not let them ge