countries are invited to support palestine by recognizing the state of palestine and this can be considered a reaction to the decision as indicated by the president let other countries recognize the state of palestine and we believe that this is very wise decision. this is also the support we decided to give to the people and we need economic support and different forms of educational and thank you very much president. thank you very much for your attention. [speaking in native tongue] translator: following an imitation by the president we believe that this is one of the most successful islamic summits to place. with these important and serious matter and that is the issue of [inaudible]. following the decision made by the united states of america to transfer it's embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and a decision that considers the unified capital of israel in this decision by the united states of america contradicts all un resolutions especially the resolution by the peace and security counsel which the united states itself agreed to. these resolutions prohibit the transfer of embassies fo

given voluntarily the state of palestine the land of palestine to the zionists. no we should note that. for most part now has been the united states of america america. keeping an eye on this step by step. and following it until it was implemented on the ground. after the mandate and through the united nations. such a promise. is now. a full centuries old and now comes the second step the other promise being extended this time by donald trump in person to this zionist movement. to present them with the city of jerusalem as another gift. a gift that he is presenting as if he were gifting one of the united states of america's cities deciding unilaterally implementing unilaterally and doing this and that unilaterally without consulting anybody the result has been that the world at large has risen up for the first time in history. the world is standing in unison. from east to west from japan and even includes canada and even those states that are used in the past to stand by america. in their political stance such as canada and britain. and australia none of these ha

recognition, with jerusalem as the capital of israel and palestine and all issues resolved, permanently through negotiations that legitimate aspirations of both people will be achieved. part, as united nations security that -- secretary-general, i will do everything in my power to support meaningful negotiations and realize this vision of a lasting peace. thank you very much. there was a small reaction from the united nations on friday when the security council met to discuss president trump's decision on jerusalem. u.s.ers included ambassador nikki haley as well as speakers from china, russia and britain. >> i give the floor to the representative of the united states. haley: thank you. the jewish people are a patient people. foreign conquest, exile and returned, jerusalem has remained their spiritual home. for nearly 70 years, the city of jerusalem has been the capital of the state of israel, despite many attempts by others to deny that reality. the american people are less patient. in 1948, the united states was the first nation to recognize the independent state of israel. in 1995, t

it was to be somewhere in palestine. although reference was made to the protection of the civil and religious rights of the indigenous native arab population, the declaration said nothing about the arabs political rights. in addition, the declaration promised that with the establishment of the homeland, no harm would come to jews in any other country. many of the jews of great britain and other western countries -- here is the intended target of this phrase, jews belonging to the british establishment, among the likerations opponents, men the cabinet minister, who fear that scientism might lead some or many within british society to call his and others'patriotism into question. they would accuse them of dual allegiance. are you loyal to the crown or jewish national home? the declaration makes pains to point out that this will not happen. conclude, britain's conflicting agreements or finally exposed to the harsh light. the belford declaration was a private letter sent to lord rothschild. news of it immediately got out it

it has to do with palestine in balance, we refuse palestine be the exception to every rule and international community, and respect to the applicable laws, that are the core of the peaceful solution to the palestinian questions, the us decision encourages israel to persist in crimes against palestinian people and continue occupation. and no rhetoric hides their complacency and prolonging the occupation and no region can conceive of these facts, unilateral decision in violation of security council resolution, and the unending, ignites religious sentiment, with muslims and christians, that these actions make peace more elusive, more than ever. and regional conflict, with grave consequences on peace and security. and terror. with such recklessness for full respect of the historic -- and the custodial role of jordan, and continue efforts and coordination in regard to such a section for all provocation and illegal measures undermining the historic status quo. this irresponsible, in the palestinians, in the heart of palestine. our history, culture, heritage and religion as muslims and christians i

the state of palestine. expresses firmly and decisively there objection firm objection by the to the decision of the american. president's decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel this is an attack on all the palestinian people and their. rights that. unequivocal this is also an abuse of the international law including the united nations a reserve lucian's which. states that no land the can be taken by force whether it is. unmovable. the. action of the united states towards us is no more than an attack particularly on the palestinian liberation organization. and particularly not recognize and tradition in as the capital nineteen ninety three. also supported not. that declaration of trump's decision is a reward for interior and abuse of human rights. in the presence and here in the. states and the world. israel for its long occupation his decision would deprive the united states from its a competence to be a mediator in the peace process and it's. it shows their bias and aggression. the was th

the countries are invited to support palestine by recognizing the state of palestine and this could be considered a reaction to the decision as indicated by president abbas, let other countries recognize the state of palestine and we believe this is very wise decision. there is also the support. we decided to give other people a bar codes economic support, also different forms of support, thank you very match, president mahmoud abbas for your attention. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: we have been following the invitation and we believe that this is one of the most successful islamic summits that took place. season with a very important and serious amount or on bad days the issue of the united states of america to transfer its embassy from tel aviv and considered the unified capital of israel. the decision by the united states of america contradicts all u.n. resolutions, especially the resolutions of the peace and security council with the united states itself agreed to the transfer to al-quds before the final state negotiations said the united states itself is doing what it

that is the resolution of the council i now give the floor to the state of palestine. translator: i would like to thank you and then to thank the members of the security council for those who have recognized the urgency in light of that decision from the united states of america regarding the holy city of jerusalem i am also grateful for his efforts and for submitting the resolution so with this vision and international consensus that messages unequivocal ball. and israel by 1967 and legally binding. and must be respected. including the security council resolution which constitutes a roadmap that only deflects reality and the latest it also applies to their rhetoric and we reject them. it clearly condemns violence against civilians. and for the promotion of peace. this is a big mistake when it is said not of the legal sentiments to stand in the way of peace. international law rather than the illegal position as we heard today. from the representative and a member power of the council reaffirmed by the statements and those organizations across the world. and through the

now it is the time to recognize the state of palestine. we should not wait any longer. >> thank you, very much. one minute. >> thank you, president. whoever knows history is aware of how attached the israeli people are to jerusalem. and the eu has refused to recognize this. i think that this is very serious for the israelis and for many christians in europe and the representatives, you invited -- to brussels recently. and i would just like to bring your attention to the report on radicalization and palestinian territories. i can give it to you if you do not have it. palestinian children are being taught to hate others and i hope you discuss this with the palestinian refusal to recognize the state of jerusalem for israel is blocking all hope over resolution of this system. >> two minutes. >> president -- it seemed only yesterday that president trump was promising us that he would resolve the conflict in the middle east. he said it's going to be easy. i will come up with a great solution. but what he is doing now is of course, the complete o

the capital of the eternal capital of the state of palestine and dechen be no state of palestine without. jerusalem being its capital shot accept otherwise. there will be no peace. in the region and worldwide without it. quite undoubtedly were fully convinced that these you know what you know other steps the wrong steps will. embolden the extremist groups. to. side track the dispute from political religious and then let the word. responsibility if they wish it to be a religious conflict let there be and then the world would face its responsibility if this is what we cautioned against and we have shown keen interest in sparing the world such. an end and question is who stands behind the religious disputes worldwide who. benefits from this who have chosen to set up terrorist organizations world wide we all have the question you know mind and we know the answer mr chairman your majesty is expenses and highnesses. in combating terrorism . in our region and across the world is well known to each and every one we have held values partnerships and agreements with multiple states including the u

when it has to do with palestin palestine, there is in balance. we are refusing to accept that palestine be the exception to every rule and the international community has concurred speaking in one voice, insisting and respect for the applicable law and resolution that are the core of the peaceful solution to the palestinian, the u.s. decision encourages israel to persist against the palestinian people and continue its occupation. [inaudible] no rhetoric will hide this complacency in prolonging the occupation. no veto can conceal these facts not nor can it legitimize any provocative unilateral decisions or actions in security council resolutions. no one can deny that such provocation with the unending cycle of tension and ignites religious sentiments amongst muslims and christians around the world. everyone knows that these actions may be more elusive and threatened to transform the political and reasonable conflict into her religious conflict with consequences on international and regional peace and security. it only benefits the forces of extrem

palestine is a christian country. her brothers are in al-quds and bethlehem just like muslims and this is a holy city for all christians around the world. i'm very honored to say that all of them turning the pope fran says intel christian spiritual teachers stood by our side and we're praying together. people in the mosque and the carotid. this shows the unity of our people and we wanted to protect the city. we give our thanks to president erdogan for holding the successful summit and the basis of all the we had so far. thank you, mr. president. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: we need to ensure the status of jerusalem al-quds and say we have convened a very critical summit which becomes a historical mission. we thank all of our gas for having participated in the summit that would also like to take those in the realization. with this historical summit, we have demonstrated to the rest of the world. we have shown us primarily u. r. all delay and receive the first signals of president trumps al-quds. we have s

and palestine is jerusalem. there is anger there is the violence tourism status is extremely sensitive in the israeli palestinian conflict. never give up jerusalem but there is a reality many of the refugees. given up hope just like jerusalem the right to return has been at the heart of the palestinian struggle it's been seven decades and no one here has returned home. thirty four year old mohammad jamal was born in lebanon he has a nursing degree but he can't find a job palestinian refugees in lebanon are banned from working in many professions and have little rights in a country that has tried to prevent settlement for bahama jerusalem status and returning to palestine are lost causes in. the wrong tree chan is a forgotten cause he's not our intention to forget but the arab rulers betrayed palestine for us the priorities to live. stateless these refugees live in desperate conditions very few were under the illusion that peace with israel was ever a possibility and for them the u.s. decision to recognize jerusa

it also recognized east jerusalem as the state of palestine. mr. president, excellencies, jerusalem is a holy city for all three religions. it is the responsibly of the entire humanity per to preserve this. and making a decision on its status -- that undermines prospects for a lasting peace in the region and the solution. the security council fails to deliver on its responsibility once again through the use of veto power. now the duty falls upon the un's general assembly to bring justice. excellencies, dear friends, before this meeting our u.n. all the other-- members. we were all asked to vote no or face the consequences. some are even threatened -- such an attitude is unacceptable. this is bullying, and this council will not fall to do that. it is unethical to think that the dignity of member states are for sale. let me put it in this way. we will not be intimidated. you can be strong, but if this does not make you right. excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, difference, this is a critical moment in history. a vote in favor of the palestinian peopl

and palestine is jerusalem. there is anger there is the jurors of the status is extremely sensitive in the israeli palestinian conflict. palestinians say they will never give up jerusalem but there is a reality many of the refugees here say that they have given up hope just like jerusalem the right to return has been at the heart of the palestinian struggle it's been seven decades and no one here has returned home. thirty four year old mohammad jamal was born in lebanon he has a nursing degree but he can't find a job palestinian refugees in lebanon are banned from working in many professions and have little rights in a country that has tried to prevent settlement from jerusalem status of returning to palestine are lost causes in. the wrong tree turn is a forgotten cause it is not our intention to forget about it but the arab rulers betrayed palestine for us the priority is to live stateless these refugees live in desperate conditions very few were under the illusion that peace with israel was ever a possibility

a semi all bossy and finally the state of palestine. it's not a stablish wave it's a capital on the borders of. june of ninety six there shall be peace and there shall not be a region and there shall never be peace in the world and they have to choose. the law. that is the palestinian president mahmoud abbas speaking at the extraordinary meeting of the organization of islamic cooperation he said he wanted it to be released from the agreements convention signed with israel for example the oslo agreement we will not adhere to any agreement from two now earlier he spoke of how the united states is choosing to lose its competency as a mediator and will lose its role in the peace process we shall not accept any role for the united states in the peace process let's bring in. who joins us live from ramallah in the occupied west bank and on that issue president earlier said that this issue needs a diplomatic solution and there is this much much vaunted. questionnaire and the president donald trump has been talking about it if the palestinians r

in this east jerusalem would become the future capital of palestine and western resulin would be the capital of the state of israel. as a permanent member of the un security council and an active participant in the middle east peace quartet russia will continue to provide energetic assistance to palestinians and israelis in reaching the corresponding agreements. we confirm with our firm position that there is no alternative to a two state solution. everybody should have an interest in resolving the palestinian israeli and arab israeli conflict. efforts to achieve this goal are worthy of support however without considering the interests of all parties the middle east peace settlement any decision would not be viable. well you you can steps to strengthen the unity of the palestinian nation through the facilitation of egypt we support the active involvement in the middle east settlement of regional players in particular cairo and a month. we reiterate our proposal that russia can hold a summit between the leaders of palestine and israel you know we await the long promised proposal from

and palestine is jerusalem. there is anger there is the violence tourism status is extremely sensitive in the israeli palestinian conflict. never give up jerusalem but there is a reality many of the refugees. given up hope just like jerusalem the right to return has been at the heart of the palestinian struggle it's been seven decades and no one here has returned home. thirty four year old mohammad jamal was born in lebanon he has a nursing degree but he can't find a job palestinian refugees in lebanon are banned from working in many professions and have little rights in a country that has tried to prevent settlement for bahama jerusalem status and returning to palestine are lost causes. in the right return is a forgotten cause it is not our intention to forget about it but the arab rulers betrayed palestine for us the priority is to live stateless these refugees live in desperate conditions very few were under the illusion that peace with israel was ever a possibility and for them the u.s. decision to recognize

on call on the world to accept part of the city as palestine. as the violence continues over washington's decision on jerusalem we speak exclusively to the driving force behind the protests the islamist group hamas. to be escalated in the west bank. and the gaza strip against the israeli occupation . the international countries are complicit in the abuse of my coming from libya. we get reaction. from the european parliament. less than the price of. pain to influence the referendum. around the clock across the world this is r.t. international from the team and myself welcome to the program we begin this hour in turkey where a meeting of the organization of islamic cooperation muslim nations have called on the international community to recognize east jerusalem as the capital of palestine . has been following the emergency session for us. well i'm standing just outside of damascus gate in east jerusalem which now has according to the organization of islamic cooperation been named the capital of palestine into rights contradiction to what we heard

with palestine and palestine will never be. in existence without judicial lim we hope that you support palestine and generous and thank you. i thank you dr riyadh in multi before jordan's like to thank you for somalia who attend for the first time the. we've been listening to the imagine succession of the arab league foreign ministers in cairo first of all we heard from the arab league general secretary secretary general indeed who did talk about how this decision moving in jerusalem the capital of israel to jerusalem had been in a dangerous decision and then we heard from the palestinian foreign minister who really repeated much of what it said earlier on in a press conference was talking about how he had been offered the support of many nations all over the world in that fight basically against this decision by the americans we're going to bring in our senior political analyst marwan. really first of all your reaction to what the secretary general was saying earlier on making his point that both the u.s. and israel have been

i think you. >> i think the observer of the state of palestine. now give the floor to the representative of turkey. >> this or president, thank you for convening this historic un general assembly meeting. i would also like to welcome his excellency the minister of foreign affairs of palestine. difference, so many times we came here and said that the palestinians had the right to live like the rest of us. they have the right to be free and secure. they have the right to be prosperous. and they have the right to enjoy what is their own. yet, our wars cannot make a change. the illegal occupation continues and palestinians cannot enjoy their basic rights. generations of palestinians force subject to this violence and discrimination. today's world is important to remind palestinians are not alone. this is important to show that palestinian are still -- and therefore today we will speak up for justice and peace. today, we will speak up for jerusalem, the city of -- will show us different ethnicities and religions can coexist in peace in palestine. excel

role as a mediator between israel and palestine. that the united states has chosen to lead this competency as mediator and disqualifies itself from playing a role in the peaceful process we should not accept a new role for the u.s. in the peace process donald trump is often called a divisive figure ever since he was elected to u.s. president a year ago however it does appear that he succeeded in doing one thing and that is uniting arab nations against him by making this decision. seem so ironically because promoting peace was the declared purpose when donald trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel but there were all those warnings as we've heard and yet he didn't take heed of it so far there's been nonstop violence across the region since that announcement was made. in a second some other news now today we're going to go back to this big middle east ory though you can bet your bottom dollar on how the coming hours the u.s. has warned the you against continuing of all the world's biggest energy projects the north stream t

so here i will i advisor to the palestine liberation organization we appreciate you taking the time to give us your first reactions to the u.s. president's announcements today thank you think i let me as my producer with where are we going now. all right we're going to take a break we'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day we're going to have team coverage of that announcement by the u.s. president the u.s. the first country to recognize in jerusalem as the capital of israel. the. center. she is. trying to take him. more of a. discovery. video and audio podcast and language courses. in d w.

palestine says it will now reject any u.s. led peace negotiations it also says that u.s. vice president mike pence won't be welcomed when he comes to the region later this month will discuss the implications of trump's decision we've done dyker is the project director for the jerusalem center for public affairs and with now bill sha'ath foreign affairs advisor to the palestinian president. now for the peace process it actually paves the way to peace because israel will be called upon by the same trumpet ministration to make concessions to its palestinian neighbor which it will be much more ready to do now that a basic wrong has been corrected which is to to rightfully acknowledge that they drew sloan is the capital the possibility is really seem blocked by what mr trump has done gruesome is a very very sensitive issue to the palestinians to the arabs to the muslims and to the christians of the world and what he has done. created a serious situation not only of mistrust but of instability and potential for explosion in this part of the world the palestinian authority looks

knighted nation security council meeting to ask for full membership for palestine. we will go to the general assembly regarding the membership of we zero because it's not in line with the international resolutions we will also go to the peace and security council to consider the question of palestine as full membership we also heard at that oh i see meeting that they believe that the usa has lost its ability to be a peace broker an honest broker between israel and palestine going forward saying that the usa was not like the almost more impartial neutral when it comes to the situation between israel and palestine mr one also went on to describe israel as being a terrorist state to look at out of the. trunk are you back in this country this israel whether it's occupation and sarazen is that while you're defending well that decision by donald trump a week ago to name jerusalem as the capital of israel has caused tensions not just here in israel and palestine but of course tensions across the wider area and that's why that extraordinary meeting was convened on wednesday

obviously corporation east jerusalem where i am now is the capital of palestine direct contradiction to what we heard from donald trump a week ago when he declared that the whole of jerusalem undivided jerusalem was recognized by the u.s. as being the capital of israel pitting this side against each other now in not meeting that extraordinary meeting that was balkanized by chickies president the one we heard them including countries that normally don't talk to each other such as saudi arabia and iran condemning that motion not pronunciation by it donald trump we also heard that they the oh i see call for all the countries of course the world to now recognize he east jerusalem as being the capital of palestine we also heard from the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas who said he would now go to the u.n. security council and ask them to ensure that palestine has full membership take a listen to what he said. and he. will go to the general assembly regarding the membership of israel because it's not in line with the international resolution of the also go to the peace and security council

in resolving the issue of palestine that the u.s. is only seeking to secure it to maximum interests of the zionist. the united states consider no respect for its a legitimate demands of palestinians mr church in order to counter such oppressive and shortsighted measure is it is necessary to take lessons from the past therefore i take the opportunity to propose the following actions fest it is necessary for this summit to strongly condemn the recent decision by the us administration to recognize albert's capital after zionist regime and move its embassy to the holy courts second under the present circumstances it is necessary for the muslim world to get united against a zionist regime and if we suffer from differences amongst ourselves over some issues we should not be divided in defending the holy courts and the palestinian cause all the problems of the muslim world can be resolved without doubt through dialogue and talks it is only through islamic unity that we can better support the rights. and the holy courts for the. muslim count

the world to accept the eastern part of the city as palestine as capital. violence and anger continues over washington's decision we speak exclusively to the driving force behind the. islamist political group hamas. cooling for the rest to be escalated in the west bank. and the gaza strip against the israeli occupation also ahead. on the international scene countries are complicit in the horrific abuse of migrants coming from libya in the program this hour we get reaction to those accusations from the european parliament's human rights commission. less than the price of a cup of facebook how much it believes russia spent on its so-called campaign to influence the u.k.'s brayton referendum. from moscow every hour of the day this is r.t. international my names you know neil welcome to the program we begin first this hour in turkey where a meeting of the organization of islamic cooperation muslim nations have called on the international community to recognize east jerusalem the capital of palestine shara dubin ski has been following the emergency session for a

jerusalem as the capital of israel and call on the world to accept the eastern part of the city as palestine's capital. as riots continue over washington's decision on jerusalem we speak exclusively to the driving force behind the islamist group hamas which controls gaza. but we are calling for the rest to be escalated in the west bank jerusalem and the gaza strip against the israeli occupation. also coming up on the program the international countries are complicit in quote the horrific abuse of migrants coming from libya. quite literally less than the price of a cup of tea facebook estimates how much russia spent on its so-called meddling campaign to influence the. referendum. from moscow to the world this is r t international my names you know neal good to have your company we begin in turkey where leaders of the muslim world have held an emergency summit on called on the international community to recognize east jerusalem as the capital of palestine charlotte dubinsky was the organization of islamic cooperation meeting for us well i'm standing just outside of damascus gate in east jerusale

agenda i will say i will be in palestine myself in palestine and israel to our exchanges with regard to the peace process on prime minister will also be in the region submitted it to the million dollars the second at. seven zero and on this occasion france and palestine will strengthen that links of support and friendship i thank you once again and thank you again mr president mr president for your presence your attendance and thank you for being here thank you. in the name of allah. president. to begin with. i would like to extend. graduations on. both the christmas. and the new year as well as your birthday. and i would like to welcome you in palestine and here twenty eighteen this. prospect visit will be a great honor to us would be an opportunity for you to take first hand information . on the developments simply for the reason that you have been and still are. exercising concerted efforts to provide support to the palestinian people at all levels political economical financial. and also. at the state level as a state of france and other public funds and then at the collective le

here is in palestine it should remain in palestine. there's the sound of horns in the air and that sort of people showing support for the small number of demonstrators who are here they've been chanting things like this is our capital these are palestinian demonstrators who are unhappy with the announcement by donald trump but this is not just a small scale scuffle this is already become something a little bit wider with the i.d.f. actually launching two strikes on gaza in the last few days they say that that was in retaliation for a rocket strike which they blame on hamas in gaza however that has since been claimed by another group and there is fear that this could lead to even bigger tension as you heard one of the people i spoke to there saying this could be a good intifada and that is actually what the leader of the islamist group hamas in gaza ishmael honey it has called for in the last few days describing this alliance between the u.s. and israel as being a satanic meanwhile on the other hand the israeli prime minister benjamin n

capital and eventually move the american embassy there from tel aviv protests quickly began across palestine and in muslim majority countries leaders in almost all global capitals expressed fury and concern last wednesday leaders a fifty seven hour ben muslim nations met in turkey to reject trump's announcement and to declare east jerusalem as palestine's capital then on monday america's diplomatic isolation was on full display as it vetoed a u.n. security council resolution supported by all the members that would have required trying to withdraw his jerusalem declaration while the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley blasted fellow security council members describing the resolution as an insult that won't be forgotten and here's what president trump added ahead of the u.n. general assembly vote today. for all of these nations that take our money and then they vote against us at the security council or they vote against us potentially at the assembly they take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars in the world against us while we're watching those votes le

which they tell a story of known as the atlas of palestine it takes deep into the history through some conflict. hello and welcome to look at the weather across the americas from north america is cold air in place just about everywhere some temperature when it paid monist twenty four minus eleven in toronto ottawa a really struggling as well we're almost twelve in chicago and the colder you see is pushed away down to dallas there are three atlanta georgia seven only the floor of clincher to hang on to the warmer air vance the forecast you see we still hang on to that warm air across florida but otherwise not a great deal of change little bit of snow around a bit of snow for the rockies the lower levels it should be just rain for far northern part of washington state fine conditions for the south los angeles pour into some of the best weather twenty seven degrees let's head some woman now into central parts of america showers very much as they have been for last week to ten days affecting panama through up towards and the character in honduras on the caribbean side further towards the n

creative and to try to redefine seventy when it comes to palestine we know that sovereignty involves border. control over our space space territorial waters crossing points so. long with the americans to create population centers some sort of. under israeli sovereignty and you can call them whatever you want and we will give you a village or a suburb of college of us remember you want these are things that really do not fly do not carry nobody is going to accept this even start contemplating that and the thing is if the us cannot make its way towards illegally adopting let's start on seven hundred they can never be at least they should step out of their way and stop doing tremendous damage and threatening that busa security and the stability of the whole region he said thank you so very much for joining us on the news group. is an executive member of the palestinian liberation organization she was live from ramallah thank you for your time we appreciate it now for an even more in-depth look at the israeli palestinian conflict check out our interactive palestine remakes page on al-jaz

or if they want to shoot for the moon the entirety of jerusalem as the capital of palestine and if we look at the un general assembly is voting record on these sorts of issues they are an extremely pro palestinian body if not very anti israeli body israel is actually the country that the un general assembly and the un security council passes the most resolutions against and we can even think back as recently as two thousand and twelve when the un general assembly declared that palestine was a nonmember observer state which was sort of a tacit acknowledgement of palestine's existence which here too for had not been present at the un right obviously this is coming at a time when us vice president mike pence is set to visit israel on wednesday what kind of reception do you think you'll get well looking at the israeli side he will most likely get a very warm reception but we should remember that this visit was planned long before any of this happened long before this declaration from trump came forward and what was basically supposed to be just a goodwill visit but now we're looking at is

we will die for the sake of palestine. the first wave of palestinian refugees arrived in one nine hundred forty eight they came with whatever they could carry thinking it was only a short time before they could return small tent settlements were set up in time those settlements became densely populated neighborhoods. it is estimated that seven million palestinians live in the diaspora more than half are stateless they have no citizenship in any country according to the united nations the majority live in occupied palestinian territory and in surrounding countries jordan hosts more than three million palestinians more than half a million live in syria well at least they used to because of the war more than one hundred thousand fled to europe and elsewhere around fifty thousand of them sought refuge here in lebanon it was an added strain to aid agencies that were already overstretched some four hundred fifty thousand palestinians are registered with the un in lebanon but according to the first ever census by the lebanese gov

not just here in israel and palestine but of course tensions across the wider area and that's why that extraordinary meeting was convened on wednesday the question is is this exactly what he wanted did he really want to put himself against fifty seven leaders of other nations and if so have they played directly into his hands chill it di vinci altie history so i'm. promoting peace that was the declared purpose when donald trump recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel but so far there has been none stop violence across the region. or one of the force is leading the protest movement is the islamist political group hamas seen by some nations as terrorist in an exclusive interview with r.t. the movement reiterated its call for a third intifada a form of octave on rest against what palestinians call the israeli occupation of their territory. filo. feel old. it's a lot of little in the name of allah firstly how mass is called on the palestinian people to face the israeli occupation and adopt the blessid in safaga against that and the hateful and racist recognition of jerusalem and to a

the palestine chronicle's take on that story?ys the palestinian president has warned trump via a phone call that the move would have "dangerous consequences" to peace and stability in the region and the world. in the moscow times, of course, all the reaction from russian athletes after the ioc banned russia from the winter olympics. some say they're not shocked by the decision but are still deciding whether to compete under a neutral flag. on the front page of the guardian, theresa may facing mounting pressure to secure a breakthrough as brexit—supporting tories say the time has come to walk away from the negotiations. in thejapan times, it talks about the un political chief during the visit to north korea for rare talks following last week's long—range missile launch. and lastly from the wall streetjournal. it's latest blog has many talking online. the publication says it'll refrain from categorising people born from 1980 to 2000 as "millenials" — it describes the term as "snide shorthand" and "snotty". so let's begin. with me i

prisoners those who have sacrificed for palestine and for them. palestine and live in for ever.nd for ever will be listening there to the palestinian leader and his reaction to donald trump earlier and i'm spent he said it been a waste of all the energy spent towards peace so far that us was simply continuing the occupation policy his message was one of unity and resistance will hold up till he joins us live now from ramallah in the occupied west bank just tells a bit more about what he said. president mahmoud abbas had some very harsh words actually towards president trump he said that the u.s. now has no role anymore in the peace process that the announcement was actually a deliberate sabotage of that process and also that it was rewarding and enabling further the occupation now he said also that this by the announcement the reality on the ground doesn't change specially for palestinians occupied east jerusalem remains the capital of a future palestinian state for both muslims and christians and he says that now the situation has become very difficult that he will consider in

is in palestine should remain in palestine the sound of call in the end that sort of people showing support for the small number of demonstrators who hate taking challenging things like this is our capital these are palestinian demonstrators. with the announcement by donald trump meanwhile on the other hand the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has described this is being a great decision and he has thanked john the trial for recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel. palestine says it will now reject any u.s. led peace negotiations it also says u.s. vice president mike pence it won't be welcome when he comes to the region later this month to discuss the implications of trump's decision with dan dyker a project director for the jerusalem center for public affairs and. a foreign affairs adviser to the palestinian president now for the peace process it actually paves the way to peace because israel will be called upon by the same trumpet ministration to make concessions to its palestinian neighbor which it will be much more ready to do now that a basic wrong has been corrected wh

when when it has to do with palestine. there is imbalance. or we refuse to accept that the last time the exception to every other war and the international community has occurred speaking in one voice insisting on respect for the applicable laws and resolutions. that are the core of the peaceful solution to the palestinian question and the us decision encourages israel took resistance in its crimes against our palestinian people and to continue its acute patient of our territory you. and you with. no rhetoric will hide this come placing say. in prolonging the occupation on. no veto can conceal these facts nor can it legitimize any provocative unilateral decisions or actions in violation of security council resolutions and no one can deny that such provoke asians you will be an ending cycle of tension. and ignites religious sentiments among millions of muslims and christians across the world. everyone knows that these actions. makes peace more elusive more than ever and threaten to transform this conflict political and regional conflict into a

is headed towards recognizing the state of palestine. while that might well be the case i am i am i am not. aware of any move towards that end and it is difficult and i think really there should now be a negotiating process maybe trumps decision. reflected decision. could really stimulate process a negotiating process because now that so much talk about so much discussion about the situation of jerusalem that could also have a positive effect because people realize that rule him is not just an object of which whose status can be determined unilaterally just by one state the united states which has no power over palestine the whole region israel and palestine the united states is an alien country a third country that has no effective or no decisive role to play from a legal viewpoint the foreign policy spokesman for the german christian democratic union car l'amore c'est middle east or the nearest is called that way not because it's close to the united states but because it's now here up with the us policy in the region becoming erratic a