welcome back to worlds apart with save america secretary general of the palestine liberation organization mr erakat there is some effort on the part of the former u.s. administration the obama administration to try to convince its european allies to centrally hold on for a few years until trump is voted out of office you know this idea that one day in or mallets you will have returned i wonder if that is the perspective that you take as well that this current american predisposition which is clearly harmful and unfair to your cause that it is only temporary well look we we had meetings with the trauma administration and two thousand and seventeen thirty five times drilling for some months between our president and president trump and i held personally thirty one other meetings with them as negotiations we give them every possible chance with their decision and declaring as a result of israel be disqualified themselves from any role in the peace process we will not sit with them they're not partners they're not only biased the other thing there's really been dictation and not negotiations

condemnations to discuss that i'm now joined by saber erika secretary general of the palestine liberation organization mr erica it's good to talk to you at this critical moment thank you very much for your time. now first of all let me express our deep felt condolences just as deeply felt rage a mass killing on the gaza border is there anything at this point that you can do to stop it first of all appreciate. your understanding of the situation and. people we have witnessed. massacre sixty four people were killed. totally and i and in their land none of them cross their israel and then there's really army sixty four and one day two thousand five hundred and there was a bank and gaza and and the line the line that we hear from israel is that israel defend itself i don't know defend itself against what and against whom. and then the united states nikki haley then best i'm going to say it's really becoming to be the spokesperson of the israeli government and this american administration has really thrown this region down the bath of extremism violence and counter-violence and bloodshed let's not sort of

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condemnations well to discuss that i'm now joined by saber erika the secretary general of the palestine liberation organization mr erika it's good to talk to you at this critical moment thank you very much for your time and a pleasure now first of all let me express our deep felt condolences just as deeply felt rage a mass killing on the gaza border is there anything at this point that you can do to stop it. first of all i appreciate your kindness and your understanding of the situation and your condolences to the palestinian people we have witnessed the. real magic are sixty four people were killed but they are unarmed in their land none of them across the.

welcome back to worlds apart with save america secretary general of the palestine liberation organization mr erakat there is some effort on the part of the former u.s. administration the obama administration to try to convince its european allies to centrally hold on for a few years until trump is voted out of office you know they say dear that one day in ramallah it's you will have returned i wonder if that is the perspective that you take as well that this current american predisposition which is clearly harmful and unfair to your cause that it is only temporary well look we we had meetings with the trauma administration and two thousand and seventeen thirty five times drilling for some months between our president and president trump and i held personally thirty one of our meetings with them as negotiations we give them every possible chance with their decision and declaring there's a rhetoric out of israel be disqualified themselves from any role in the peace process we will not sit with them they're not partners they're not only biased the adopting there is really blue dictation and

fierce criticism from the muslim world sabah erica who is the secretary general of the palestine liberation organization the p.l.o. there's a friedman expressed to quote rude and hypocritical behavior you then have a committee who is an arab israeli law maker and comes from the israeli arab dominated political alliance called the joint let's and he has responded to the photographs by saying that this man this madman wants to bring peace a good thing you didn't put the embassy there at the same time we're hearing that the american ambassador has apologized. friedman was not the word of the image thrust in front of him when the photo was taken he was deeply disappointed that anyone would take advantage of his visit to create controversy the u.s. pulled up salute clear we support the status quo on the her arm al-sharif temple mount. now here which is the organization from which the man who gave the prisoned came from has expressed its own concerns about the incident it says that the man who presented the picture actually acted on his own behalf but the problem is that the american ambassador already has a

on the vote palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has been reelected as chairman of the palestine liberation organization's highest decision making body is reappointment came at the first meeting of the palestinian national council for twenty two years a mosque boycotted the event mozambique's opposition leader awful so dot com has died a sixty five year old former rebel leader was found dead at his home in gore on gosa dot com i led the armed group or a novel which fought a sixteen year civil war against the ruling friendly moment and ten thousand people on hawaii's big island have been ordered to evacuate their homes after the way a volcano erupted there are reports of steam and lava coming from cracks in the ground in the poor community the eruption follows a series of earthquakes the national guard has been activated those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's earthrise i hope you do stay with us thanks for watching. once pristine indonesia's chittering river has become a toxic waste dump for textile factories that supply a global fashion chain one of many six ammons the human cost o

fierce criticism from the muslim world saad erica who is the secretary general of the palestine liberation organization the p.l.o. there's a friedman expressed to quote rude and hypocritical behavior you then have the tb who is an arab israeli law maker and comes from the israeli arab dominated political alliance called the joint let's and he has responded to the photographs by saying that this madman wants to bring peace a good thing you didn't put the embassy there at the same time we're hearing that the american ambassador has apologized friedman was not the word thrust in front of him when the photo was to. you.

fierce criticism from the muslim world saberi kurt who is the secretary general of the palestine liberation organization the p.l.o. there's a friedman expressed to quote rude and hypocritical behavior you then have a tb who is an arab israeli law may care and comes from the israeli arab dominated political alliance called the joint let's and he has responded to the photographs by saying that this madman wants to bring peace a good thing you didn't put the embassy there at the same time we're hearing that the american ambassador has apologized freidman was not the word thrust in front of him when the. he was deeply disappointed that anyone would take advantage of his visit to create controversy the u.s. policy is absolutely clear we support the status quo on her arm al-sharif temple mount now here which is the organization from which the man who gave the president came from has expressed its own concerns about the incident it says that the man who presented the picture actually acted on his own behalf but the problem is that the american ambassador already has a record of controversy even before this eve

fierce criticism from the muslim world saberi cut who is the secretary general of the palestine liberation organization the p.l.o. says that friedman expressed to quote rude and hypocritical behavior you then have a tb who is an arab israeli law may care and comes from the israeli arab dominated political alliance called the joint blitzed and he has responded to the photographs by saying that this madman wants to bring peace a good thing you didn't put the embassy there.

fierce criticism from the muslim world saad erica who is the secretary general of the palestine liberation organization the p.l.o. there's a friedman expressed to quote rude and hypocritical behavior you then have admittedly who is an arab israeli law maker and comes from the israeli arab dominated political alliance called the joint let's and he has responded to the photographs by saying that this madman wants to bring peace a good thing you didn't put the embassy there at the same time we're hearing that the american ambassador has apologized freidman was not the word of the image thrust in front of him when the. he was deeply disappointed that anyone would take advantage of his visit to create controversy the u.s. policy is absolutely clear we support the status quo on her arm to use temple mount now here which is the organization from which the man who gave the present came from has expressed its own concerns about the incident it says that the man who presented the picture actually acted on his own behalf but the problem is that the american ambassador already has a record of controversy even befo

fierce criticism from the muslim world saberi cut who is the secretary general of the palestine liberation organization the p.l.o. says that friedman expressed to quote rude and hypocritical behavior you then have a tb who is an arab israeli law maker and comes from the israeli arab dominated political alliance called the joint let's and he has responded to the photographs by saying that this madman wants to bring peace a good thing you didn't put the embassy there at the same time we're hearing that the american ambassador has apologized freidman was not the word thrust in front of him when the. he was deeply disappointed that anyone would take advantage of his visit to create controversy the u.s. policy is absolutely clear we support the status quo on the her arm al-sharif temple mount now i hear which is the organization from which the man who gave the president came from has expressed its own concerns about the incident it says that the man who presented the picture actually acted on his own behalf but the problem is that the american ambassador already has a record of controversy even before this

fierce criticism from the muslim world saberi cut who is the secretary general of the palestine liberation organization the p.l.o. there's a friedman expressed to quote rude and hypocritical behavior you then have the tb who is an arab israeli law maker and comes from the israeli arab dominated political alliance called the joint let's and he has responded to the photographs by saying that this madman wants to bring peace a good thing you didn't put the embassy there at the same time we're hearing that the american ambassador has apologized freidman must not the word of the thrust in front of him when the. he was deeply disappointed that anyone would take advantage of his visit to create controversy the u.s. policy is absolutely clear we support the status quo on her arm to use temple mount now here which is the organization from which the man who gave the president came from has expressed its own concerns about the incident it says that the man who presented the picture actually acted on his own behalf but the problem is that the american ambassador already has a record of controversy even before this

fierce criticism from the muslim world saberi cut who is the secretary general of the palestine liberation organization the p.l.o. there's a friedman expressed to quote rude and hypocritical behavior you then have a tb who is an arab israeli law maker and comes from the israeli arab dominated political alliance called the joint let's and he has responded to the photographs by saying that this madman wants to bring peace a good thing you didn't put the embassy there at the same time we're hearing that the american ambassador has apologized freidman was not the word thrust in front of him when the. he was deeply disappointed that anyone would take advantage of his visit to create controversy the u.s. policy is absolutely clear we support the status quo on the roof temple mount now here which is the organization from which the man who gave the present came from has expressed its own concerns about the incident it says that the man who presented the picture actually acted on his own behalf but the problem is that the american ambassador already has a record of controversy even before this event he is a sup

fierce criticism from the muslim world sabah erica who is the secretary general of the palestine liberation organization the p.l.o. there's a friedman expressed to quote rude and hypocritical behavior you then have the tb who is an arab israeli law maker and comes from the israeli arab dominated political alliance called the joint let's and he has responded to the photographs by saying that this madman wants to bring peace a good thing you didn't put the embassy there at the same time we're hearing that the american ambassador has apologized friedman was not the word of the image thrust in front of him when the photo was taken he was deeply disappointed that anyone would take advantage of his visit to create controversy the u.s. pulled.

condemnations well to discuss that i'm now joined by say barack the secretary general of the palestine liberation organization mr erekat it's good to talk to you at this critical moment thank you very much for your time and a pleasure now first of all let me express our deep felt condolences just as deeply felt rage a mass killing on the gaza border is there anything at this point that you can do to stop it first of all i appreciate your kindness and. your understanding of the situation and your condolences to the palestinian people we have witnessed the. massacre sixty four people were killed. totally and i and in their land none of them across the israel and then there's really army killed sixty four and one dead two thousand five hundred in the west bank and gaza and and the line the line that we hear from israel is that israel defend itself i don't know defend itself against what and against whom. and then the united states nikki haley then best i'm going to say it's really becoming to be the spokesperson of those really government and this american administration has really thrown this region down the ba

end of it really respects the jewish faith has just been reelected as chairman of the palestine liberation organizations highest decision making body. of the six people have drowned and eleven more people are missing after extreme flooding in kenya weeks of heavy rain have triggered flooding throughout the country the red cross and red crescent have both estimated that at least one hundred people have died in twenty nine counties a group swarm the floods could spread malaria and colora well under simmons has more from the village of juan a along the tunnel river in kenya. we have just arrived in the village of who won it which is completely cut off from the outside world by the floodwaters we go here try speak out it's an extraordinary journey lasting more than an hour going through the swamps and going through very deep water not the river tonics but in actual fact it was just like a lake covering. the past areas of agricultural land villages that disappeared and people standing on high ground now getting help and let me just show you the red cross distribution on the boat we came in and other parts of

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more than six hundred surviving members of the palestine liberation organizations main representative body arrived for its first full meeting in twenty two years and attempt to revitalize an aging organization according to some to democratise it with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas hand-picking new members how democratic could it really be it's a step in the direction of again demise in the vitalizing our institutions i think we should strengthen the p.l.o. not weaken it i believe we should take this is but then. there's that. challenges we're facing including the so-called. this opening session was dominated by the palestinian president's freewheeling near two hour speech heavy on history light on policy the emphasis was on the vital importance of the pianos role in the face of israeli aggression and in advance of the publication of donald trump's peace plan. and if this council is harmed then the palestinian dream me seriously harmed therefore we were very determined to create the session we were hoping that everybody who wanted the future of palestine and the palestinian pe

the palestinian national council which is the sort of quasar parliamentary body of the palestine liberation organization and he opened up on monday with a long speech in which he talked at one point about the persecution of jews in europe not being down to their faith but to their social behavior in particular money lending usury that was interpreted as no real distinction by many people around the world that it's just another encapsulation of anti semitic prejudice and that by talking about the social behavior he was giving some kind of legitimacy to anti jewish persecution even the holocaust so he's come out today and said that that is not what he meant to say that he's sorry if people interpret it that way especially jewish people he reiterated what he said was his respect for the jewish faith and his view. of the holocaust holocaust as the most heinous crime in history and also condemned anti semitism in all its forms such a strong retraction really on that point seems to be the result of the kind of a condemnation he got from the e.u. and also very strong condemnation from the u.n. special coordina

mahmoud abbas has been reelected as chairman of the palestine liberation organization executive committee his expected reappointment came at the end of a meeting in ramallah of the palestinian national council it was the first time the four met in twenty two years has been called and caught in response to trump's decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and move its embassy. now mozambique's opposition leader. has died the sixty five year old former rebel leader was found dead at his home in. the armed group or namo which four to sixteen years civil war against the ruling from leo fred. movement the man now emerged as opposition party to a peace deal in one thousand nine hundred ninety two but didn't fully disarm. and bill cosby and the ruin polanski had experienced spelled from the organization that manages the prestigious oscars movie awards and santa cosby was convicted of sexual assault last month oscar winning director polanski has admitted to raping a thirteen year old girl in one thousand nine hundred seventy seven the us academy of motion picture an arson science says t

palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has been reelected as chairman of the palestine liberation organization's highest decision making body his reappointment to the executive committee was expected it came at a gathering of the palestinian national council which was meeting for the first time in twenty two years called for the forum to be postponed until all functions were united it was one of several groups that boycotted the meeting. the united arab emirates has sent troops to a remote strategic yet many islands so culture is a unesco world heritage site in the gulf of aden is situated along important oil trade routes the military deployment by the u.a.e. follows a visit to the island by yemen's prime minister and when say the many troops were reportedly expelled from the territory the u.a.e. has been expanding its influence in southern yemen as part of the saudi led coalition so is known as the gallop pagels of the indian ocean is home to the unique dragons blood tree and hundreds of recipe cheez about a third of those animals aren't found anywhere else in the world psychiatrist sixty thous

called up us a wretched holocaust denier about us was just reelected as chairman of the palestine liberation organization as highest decision making body. yemeni government sources have told al jazeera that the united arab emirates committed a hostile act by increasing its military presence on the strategically important island in the arabian sea on thursday m r r t troops forced yemeni personnel to leave key locations on so katra military equipment has now been moved in and u.a.e. flags have been raised over buildings on the island it does host a major airports and is located near key shipping routes. a court in the u.k. has ruled that human rights campaigners can proceed with a legal case aimed at stopping british arms sales to saudi arabia the campaign against arms trade says british weapons are being used in violation of international law in the war in yemen the u.k. has sold six point two billion dollars worth of arms to the country since the saudi led air campaign began in twenty fifteen the un estimates that more than ten thousand people have been killed in the conflict under smith is a spokesman

beirut palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has been reelected as chairman of the palestine liberation organization's highest decision making body his reappointment to the executive committee was expected it came at a meeting of the palestinian national council the first in twenty two years a mass call for the farm to be postponed until all factions were united it's one of several groups that boycotted the meeting. mozambique's opposition leader. has died the sixty five year old former rebel leader was found dead at his home in gore on gosa that comma led the armed group or an animal which for a sixteen year civil war against the ruling friendly more more than. south sudan's ruling party is hoping to unite the different factions that spread after a civil war broke out almost five years ago is holding a three day convention aimed at implementing a twenty fifteen agreement signed in tanzania he morgan reports from south sudan's capital juba. in a meeting that is the fourth. party's coming together. to reunite the party which fractured after civil war. resulting in leaving the party and creating their o

palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has been reelected as chairman of the palestine liberation organization as highest decision making body his reappointment came at the first meeting of the palestinian national council for twenty two years hamas boycotted the meeting. and mozambique's opposition leader alfonso comma has died at sixty five year old former rebel leader was found dead at his home in. which four to sixteen years civil war against the ruling movement those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after al-jazeera work. poster because enemy in particular who not only cornish can mean what a star you look there's came here to the economists of business that he supports need to send a boy it did to see to add to the naysmith the people to face up and it's crass them guess below i started this they also know. showered shower with a smear orbits of the seraphim with a nice abusive rose morat still some snow. but to zero. below which i promise that to get funny but i really feel like. they're zaccheus funny smuggled through jaco pastorius fakes that evening that i saw

offend and he fully respects the jewish faith has just been reelected as chairman of the palestine liberation organization is highest decision making body. a court in the u.k. is ruled that human rights campaigners can proceed with a legal case aimed at stopping british arms sales to saudi arabia the campaign against arms trade says british weapons are being used in violation of international or in the war in yemen the u.k. is sold six point two billion dollars worth of arms to the country since the saudi led air campaign started in two thousand and fifteen the un estimates more than ten thousand people have been killed in the conflict andrew smith is a spokesman for the campaign against arms trade group he says he's confident that all human will be accepted by the court. so you did he she has been widely condemned by humanitarian organizations across the world it's been widely condemned by a u.n. expert panel because of the terrible systematic ways it is abused international humanitarian law and its brutal bombardment of yemen phases of people have been killed and one of the worst humanitarian crisis in

recaps day one for us now from ramallah more than six hundred surviving members of the palestine liberation organizations main representative body arrived for its first full meeting in twenty two years an attempt to revitalize an aging organization according to some to democratise it to the palestinian president mahmoud abbas hand-picking new members how democratic could it really be it's a step in the direction of again the demise of the vitalizing our institutions i think we should strengthen the p.l.o. not weaken it i believe we should take this is but then into the interim phase that it and put them into the. challenges we're facing including the so-called. this opening session was dominated by the palestinian president's freewheeling near two hour speech heavy on history light on policy the emphasis was on the vital importance of the pianos role in the face of israeli aggression and in advance of the publication of donald trump's peace plan. and if this council is harmed then the palestinian dream me seriously harmed therefore we were very determined to create the session we were hoping that everybo

palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has been reelected as chairman of the palestine liberation organization as highest decision making body his reappointment was expected and a move seen as a concentration of power in the hands of abbas and his loyalists it came at the end of a meeting of the palestinian national council the first in twenty two years of us had called for the forum to be postponed until all factions were united it was one of several groups a boycotted the meeting. a syrian rebels have surrendered and a of all of the northern homs countryside to the government forces there they've been given the option to either pledge allegiance to the government or move to rebel held territory in the north of syria in the heart of reports. russian military commanders led the negotiations on behalf of the syrian government rebel factions controlling the northern countryside of homs were given an ultimatum reconcile with the state or surrender and move to rebel held territory in northern syria to avoid an all out military offensive. military pressure has piled on the armed groups a few days a