aeration has long been condemned by palestinians dispossessed from their lands meanwhile palestinian president mahmoud abbas addressed his people on local television he said while the people of palestine cannot accept the hatred prejudice and injustice that the declaration has caused palestine is still committed to a two state solution with israel about said palestinians are suffering under the israeli occupation but want to live in peace we have mars leaders and suci has arrived in rakhine state for the first time since a military crackdown forced more than six hundred thousand rangar to flee to bangladesh suchi has been facing international criticism for failing to stop what the un describes as ethnic cleansing aid groups are warning of the potential for a major cholera outbreak amongst the ringer the face for sanitation and a lack of hygiene facilities in makeshift camps the man charged with killing eight people in new york with a truck has told investigators he felt good about what he'd done twenty nine year old safe says he was inspired by online eisel videos and planned the att

a threat from a senior palestinian official to freeze ties with the us this is very unfortunate and seven this is the pressure being exerted on this administration from the if you know government the time when we're trying to achieve the ultimate you think such steps which would undermine the peace process the u.s. state department announced its decision to close the office late last week citing a twenty fifteen law placing conditions on the u.s. mission office those conditions relate to the palestinians pressuring the international criminal court to seek charges against israel over the issue of israeli settlements and crimes against palestinians the move comes as the troubled ministration is trying to broker a peace plan between the palestinians and israelis president donald trump said such a deal would be a cornerstone of his administration he very much in september he met with palestinian president mahmoud abbas on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly meeting of world leaders in new york and a last month the president sent his son in law and adviser jared cushion or to the

in my mission for the palestinians to address the i.c.c. for what it calls war crimes by the israelis well i mean i you know again we already answered the question this was this was an amendment to a law passed by congress and approved by president obama that the law is not in accordance with the. spirit of the palestinians have the right to appeal to international law it is it is in effect biased against them. or the fight. well it exists because in the united states there is there are political forces which are favorable to the view that the palestinian should not have that right and. in that sense favorable to israel it is a built in bias in the american political system expressed in a law passed by congress and approved by president obama president obama after all he came into office in two thousand and eight with great hopes attaching to him to what he was going to do to advance the the the middle east peace process but he failed to do that and the palestinians were understandably disappointed with that failure the fact that this law w

palestinian leaders present and all communication with the u.s. government that's after the trumpet ministration said it will close the yellows office in washington so what's behind this move and what does it mean for trump's peace plan this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm laura kyle over the past fifty years since the one nine hundred sixty seven arab israeli war been countless talks negotiations and un resolutions and the palestinian liberation organization has been at the forefront of peace talks over the years but now donald trump's ministrations as it was shut down the p.l.o. office in washington d.c. that's in response to palestinian efforts to raise the issue of israel's occupation of the international criminal court and if the u.s. goes ahead with its plans by the simians say they will end all communication with washington we have a lot to get to with our guests but first this report from the an estabrook. the plant closure of the palestinian liberation organization's office in washington prompted shock and a threat f

not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe that rather than creating two separate states, one israeli and one palestinian, that we should have a one-state solution where everyone shares in the same land and has equal rights. i know i'm in the minority with this idea. still, the situation in the west bank and in israel is so complicated now that you have a scrambled situation, where the israelis are living amongst palestinians, and palestinians are living amongst israelis, and the question really is how to separate the two people. onone of the israeli intellectuals that dealt with this binational situation which we are in is the former deputy may

a letter at bears eight university and former director of the palestinian authority government media center in london we have crispin blunt u.k. member of parliament for the conservative party welcome to your can i come to you first. in ramallah i imagine that one hundred years on that this is a moment of deep reflection retrospection maybe. that's true but in spite of that i think their way palestinians have been trying to remember that the occasion is by looking to the future and the fact that the palestinians are asking great britain to correct this injustice by contributing in more serious way to the creation of a palestinian state on part of the historical palestine is an indicator that instead of crying about the past we are trying to take advantage of this occasion to try to look forward and to move forward in a constructive way and in a way that is consistent with international legality and with the consensus of the international community over the future solution or ice conflict ok crispin blunt the u.k. therefore has historic responsibility many people claim with regard to

that's true but in spite of that i think their way palestinians have been trying to remember that the occasion is by looking to the future and the fact that the palestinians are asking great britain to correct this injustice by contributing in more serious way to the creation of a palestinian state on part of the historical palestine is an indicator that instead of crying about the past we are trying to take advantage of this occasion to try to look forward and to move forward in a constructive way and in a way that is consistent with international legality and with the consensus of the international community over the future solution or ice conflict ok crispin blunt the u.k. therefore has historic responsibility many people claim with regard to the situation affecting the palestinians today how does generally the british political class view the bow for a declaration now and what resulted from it well of course the general impression here is because the balfour declaration is associated with the founding of the state of israel and. what some of the meetings i've been attending this w

and your palestinian counterpart stressed time and time again. that what's important for the palestinians is that this pre nine hundred sixty seven borders remain and non-negotiable a starting point for any negotiations do you think the saudis are sharing that assessment and how hard do you think the palestinian issue is on the saudi and john that the palestinian issue is a central issue for all arab and muslim countries this has been reiterated again and again there's a consensus and the unity is related to the other peace initiative and it contains references to the issue of borders but that does not preclude and we all know the discussions between the both the israelis and the palestinians are related to how they will manage the border issue that the basis is the borders of the fourth of july one thousand and sixty seven but there is also flexibility on both sides to address this issue in a compatible and. comparable manner and again the long history of negotiations and the international community's determinations in many instances shows the d

promised the creation of a jewish state in palestine decoration has long been condemned by many palestinians newly released documents recovered from a solid bin laden's pakistan compound a british show secret dealings between iran and al qaeda a nine hundred page report that was included in the release by the cia says iran offered al qaeda money weapons and training to hit american targets in saudi arabia iran denies any involvement with the group bin laden was killed in his compound in twenty eleven. number of children in nigeria dying of pollution related illnesses is on the rise or operations in the delta region a being blamed researchers say sixteen thousand infants started twenty twelve but figures continue to grow with more contamination of food and water inside story is up next. it's just sixty seven words long and has been described as britain's broken promise the balfour declaration marked the start of a century of suffering for the palestinians and led to the creation of a jewish state so one hundred years old should written atone for the past this is inside story. hello and welcom

palestinian authority it will now control the palestinian side of gaza's border with israel and egypt but the handover may not mean an end to the blockade on gaza as bonnet smith explains. the construction for the reconstruction of palestinian unity in gaza this was until this morning hamas is customs post near the border with israel. al-jazeera was last here almost three weeks ago and this is where i have to have a visa or permission to enter the gaza strip. now it's been taken apart. the. mediators from egypt along with officials from hamas and fatah oversaw the hand-over part of hamas is agreement to return control of gaza to the palestinian authority this is going to be the end of the division shylock this is the first time to be the end of the journey because we see everything was very easy as you said. this is the seventh attempt i was doing in reconciliation in gaza in the last ten years but this is the first time that we've seen the physical tearing down of hamas is institutions here and it's that it's giving weary palestinians in gaza a faint glimmer of hope this time of reco

against the palestinian people b.d.s. is nothing more than a moral response on behalf of globally concerned citizens led by palestinian civil society to redress that injustice and to try to ensure that palestinians are finally denied their long long they finally achieve their long denied rights and won't you know i do and i really yes but illegals are designed to do is to try to quash the movement to try to take the heavy hand of government and to tell american civil society that you can boycott this but you cannot boycott that and that's fundamentally antithetical to our constitutional right. to point. when the supreme court case in the eighty's a clear board did not grant a blanket first ever right or clear born in fact involved black citizens who were boycotting white businesses who were discriminating against the blacks and that's all what will you let our stations do my day also and i am somewhere i'd like because i'm ready to tell someone if i also came because revealing this is an international audience and so you

the palestinian people and the state it is it is not. the level of. the age and time living under also the statements that come out from the u.k. government and if there is anything about this it's a shameful there is nothing to take but in this in the celebration and i just thank you very much for joining us and so that's what we've seen so far in ramallah pretty large scale demonstrations against the legacy of the balfour declaration of course we didn't see. the israeli side marking this in a few days' time with a special session of the knesset and indeed that with a reason may and benjamin netanyahu did later on today ok life for us and i'm allah thank you. members of south africa's opposition party the economic freedom fighters or the marching to the israeli embassy in solidarity with palestinians and our tanya page is there so tanya why do so many south africans feel such a connection such as solidarity with palestinians. would join the long years of apartheid. isolated state and so was israel because of its actions against the pale

really palestinian conflict the u.s. delegation led by the president's adviser and son in law jericho is expected in the region this week the stops in a number of arab capitals including cairo is the current us administration well equipped to take on the challenge like this especially given the divisions at home to discuss that i'm now joined by foreign minister of egypt so michel karim minister it's great to see in moscow thank you the last time we had a chance to talk here was in spring of two thousand and sixteen in the final years of the obama administration when the world already said like a pretty messy place judging from your vantage point in cairo how has the situation in the wall changed that. well we certainly have. continued to strive to meet the various challenges both regionally and internationally the changes in the administration the states of course is an important juncture with new policies in place and we seek to cooperate with with the united states with the russians for the nation with the partners in

the catastrophe zionist military forces expelled three quarters of a million palestinians from their homes as a kid. most of the country let's go straight to our correspondent in ramallah in the occupied west bank carry fosset carry the palestinians view the bomb for decoration as a historical injustice how has the day been marked in the palestinian territories. well as you might expect it's been marked largely by protest across the occupied west bank in cities up and down the entire territory there have been protests here in ramallah there was a march to a british cultural center by many hundreds many of them young schoolchildren and students in in gaza as well there have been protests in occupied east jerusalem there was a delivery of one hundred thousand letters from students to the british consulate there expressing their feelings about the legacy of the balfour declaration and we've had a statement from the palestinian president mahmoud abbas in which he called for an apology for the recognition by britain of the state of israel and as well as that compensation to the palestinia

but he represents the palestinians and this is a man who is trying he says to stop the violence trying to unite hamas and fattah so that he gets a strong negotiating position way ideal and you want to wreck that no the view way i view is that it's a triumph for holy muslims a form of fine for muslims not only for palestinians so all muslims have a say in the future of most and they the majority believe that it has to be freed from the israeli occupation will be a just you're just perpetuating a cycle of violence you know that this will end when it doesn't end at the negotiating table not in bloodshed where not from there is only site where not we just don't want to do the difficult thing which is to make which is to unify the palestinians and make peace you just want to kill who initiated the violence the palestinians did not initiate the violence this really is initiated the violence by occupying palestine by trance resting on a holy site for muslims they initiated the violence you should blame them for starting it the palestinians are only retaliation israel has to answer for what it

jordan is a country that is majority palestinian. as large as 70 percent palestinian. they are sensitive to issues within the israeli-palestinian conflict and these types of issues really as i noted, create lots of pressure on the king of jordan to either seize property or to cut back property or cooperation with the united states and jordan in particular is sensitive to issues in jerusalem as i noted given its historic role and given the role that the israel jordan peace treaty grants to jordan over all these places in jerusalem and doing any sudden moves when it comes to jerusalem impacts jordan in a real way.as you noted, jordan is as reliable an era of ally aswe have in the region. they are vital for our security on a number of fronts . i think even risking the danger of the jordanian government being replaced or something happening to king abdullah would impact american national security interest in a fundamental way in the middle east . >> thank you and i yelled back. the chair recognizes mister comer for five minutes . >> ambassador bolton, the trump administrat

for instance, in israeli-palestinian spirit the palestinian authority in july stop cooperative with israelon secret accord nation which is the biggest factor in preventing terrorism in israel he cities and security coordination certainly helps the p.a. in keeping the p.a. in power. that security quotation would not restore until only a few weeks ago. that's something that was in the p.a. security interest to maintain but public pressure prevented it from happening. with the jordan as well, currently there is no israeli ambassador in jordan. she was recalled due to an instance in the israeli instance in jordan. they have an obvious interest in cooperating with israeli a national address but public pressure can sometimes lead to consequences that are not good for either country. in jordan particular it's something to worry about and what egypt as well. of course egypt is a partner against isis in sign and elsewhere but it's also important to note that in the last two months egypt has taken on a much larger role in keeping things quite in gaza than they have before. again, public pressure is

time for palestinian. news provoking debate the corporate taxes not job growth on the broth obama the well. that's not true tackling the tough issues restrictions on media freedom. but challenging the established line every single one of the three thousand people who was killed with a drug dealer yes how do we know that you didn't try them you didn't prosecute the one selling joint. front at this time on al-jazeera. oh i maryam namazie in london has a quick look at the top stories on our.

palestinian authority the authority will now control the palestinian side of gaza's borders with israel and egypt the handover as part of deals between hamas and fatah brokered by egypt in october the handover may not mean an end to the blockade on gaza israel still controls the flow of people and goods through most of gaza's crossings. the border crossings that are being handed over to palestinian authority rule. and rafa has the main border south of the strip it's been largely closed to gaza's poppy. no it won't for the moment crossing is effectively controlled really by the israelis is the israelis who decides who passes into israel from here what we've seen today is a handover of control of the guards aside the palestinian side from hamas to the symbolic handing over because it's here that hamas used to check people's passports as you came in to guard my passport was checked when i came in a couple of weeks ago now all of the sites that area has been is being taken down as we speak we've not been allowed in there now we went in earlier on this morning to film and taking stuff down t

palestinian authority the p.a. will now control the palestinian side of gaza's border with israel and egypt is part of deals between hamas and fatah brokered by egypt in october but the handover may not mean an end to the blockade of gaza. and other developments have been protests in the occupied west bank to mark the hundredth anniversary of the balfour declaration palestinian authority says it's planning to sue the british government over the policy statement that pave the way for the creation of israel. and has more on that story and everything else right here al jazeera dot com for the latest comment analysis and video on demand you can watch us live right there as well inside story is coming up next the news hour is after that so on in about twenty five minutes time. what happens when the oil runs out rich gulf countries are being warned the future is bleak and they say diversify and become this reliance on oil so what are the alternatives and how is the current blockade on cats making things worse this is ins

palestinian relations the trump administration says it will close the palestinian liberation organization's diplomatic off. in washington d.c. your state department says the p.l.o. has broken legislation by calling for an international criminal court prosecution against israel over the building of illegal settlements a two thousand and fifteen us law bars palestinians from going to the i.c.c. against israel the p.l.o. office in washington has been open since the one nine hundred eighty s. the plan to close it has led to serious concerns about efforts to find peace in the region is also being seen as an attempt to force the palestinian authority into direct negotiations with israel israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he respects the u.s. decision but the p.l.o. which the international community sees as the official representatives of all palestinians has threatened to end all contact with the u.s. if that office is closed it's hoped a meeting on monday between the u.s. state department in the p.l.o. will shed light on the top administration's decision and esterbrook reports. the p

many options the palestinians need to talk to the united states and for the united states the palestinians are not even the most important player at this stage in their pursuit of this grand settlement in the middle east for their trouble ministration particularly within the white house among his close officials closest official closest advisers and officials like jared questioner the key player is the south are the saudis particularly crown prince mohammed bin some on so for the trump administration it's not it's just not that big of a deal for them to punish the palestinians on the one hand and think that they can continue to pursue middle east peace particularly with the saudis and that the palestinians will have no place else to go they'll have to deal with the united states one way or the other most men leverage it's great to get your thoughts on this man leverage joining us live from washington d.c. thank you. let's move on to other news now tens of thousands of people of zimbabwe have been rallying across the capital calling for president robert mugabe to resign the ninety three yea

it will throw palestinian distro to the united states as an honest broker and mainly to palestinians refused to negotiate if they do one of the core final issues as being prejudged. move the embassy should be done in the context of a successful negotiating process in keeping with decades of american policy precedents and should not be done in the aftermath of the failed or stalled negotiations. what is their policy is not the same as what is prudent policy. any change in the embassy status must become principal weighed against the graven and did consequences that may occur should the embassy he relocated from this point in time. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. chair now recognizes professor kontorovich for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, ranking member lynch, members of the committee thank you for having me at the hearing today. my written testimony deals with issues involving the status of the corpus separatum, the waivers under the act but i'm going to forgo this issues in my comments now and focus on the objections to move the embassy. it seems any kind of diplomatic version

several palestinian officials have been clear that if they do the palestinian authority will see that it is the end of u.s. palestinian relations and they said that that will end the u.s. legitimacy as a broker in the peace process welcome where live from ramallah apologies not from western. that lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has confirmed he'll return to beirut by when say that's independence day for lebanon and then he'll clarify his position he hasn't been back to his country since he abruptly resigned in the saudi capital earlier this month well he's now in france which is trying to mediate natascha but live reports from paris. in the latest twist in this political crisis saad hariri arrived at paris's look airport at dawn and headed to his apartment in the french capital it was the first time the lebanese prime minister had been seen in public since his sudden resignation in riyadh two weeks ago later he met the french president emanuel might call at the least a palace and said he would return to beirut. politique with regards to the political situation i will be in beirut

and make peace you just want to kill who initiated the violence the palestinians did not initiate the violence this really is initiated the violence by occupying palestine by trance resting on a holy site for muslims they initiated the violence you should blame them for starting it the palestinians are only retaliating israel has to answer for what it does and says and you are accountable for what you say and do or do you have no sense of personal responsibility no i think i see them as freedom fighters trying to free their countries you have no sense of personal responsibility i guess the worst thing is that you support violence carried out by other groups but you don't want to get your own hands dirty do you know those are your armchair terrorists no not at all not at all this is the way you term it you see it as violence i see it as a freedom fighter when i am the world does ok in the world but the majority of people who want to free palestine hoofed still call for free in palestine see it as retaliation as they know they see them as freedom fighters if you think the attacks on wha

his invitation to downing street on this day to israelis an affirmation of friendship to palestinians an insult to reason may says that britain is proud of its support for israel. at a lecture in london organized by the british jewish community a leading historian says the balfour declaration should be celebrated as a lead to the birth of a great country for all its problems and troubles for the acts. liberal zionists like me ardently wish were not in the act for all the demolition. and terrorist atrocities on the other side that make a further and further out of reach israel still. a living breathing debating thriving rejoicing democracy on the streets of ramallah very different sentiments. to many palestinians balfour even britain itself are synonymous with treachery it period and broken promises the man the country that set in motion a century of oppression. not all british politicians are believe us to that at another london gathering the main opposition party says the government's policy towards israel and palestine must change. the opposition labor party's emily thornberry said

it will sew palestinian distrust of the united states as an -- palestinians to refuse to negotiate if they view one of the core final status issues is already being prejudged. moving the embassy should be done in the context of a successful negotiation process in keeping with decades of precedent and should not done with the aftermath of a failed or stalled negotiation. in this instance what is fair policy is not the same as prudent policy. any change in the embassy status must be comprehensively weighed against the consequences that may occur should the embassy be relocated to jerusalem at this point in time. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. >> mr. chairman, ranking member lynch, members of the committee, thank you for having me at the hearing today. my written testimony deals with issues involving the status of the corpus separatum, the structures of waivers under the act, but i'm going to forgo those issues in my comments right now and focus on the objections to moving the embassy because it seems in a kind of diplomatic version of augustin's prayer, everybody agrees it shoul

palestine's two main political parties flatter and hamas along with twelve other palestinian factions came out with a statement after two eleven hour days of talks in cairo brokered by egypt they've agreed to hold elections before the end of next year for all positions in the palestinian authority including the presidency and all positions below that the date for the elections will be set later by president palestinian president mahmoud abbas they've agreed that in just over a week the palestinian authority will take over ministration of gaza from hamas amasses been in control here for the last ten years since they fought with fatah and pushed them out. due to take over very soon both sides all sides agreed to friel political prisoners those held here in gaza and in the west bank and they agreed to reform the palestinian liberation organization which is the organization that represents palestine internationally it will be reformed to include representatives from hamas and from some of the other factions and to adjust its mission and mandate accordingly all sides agreed that senior gov

although i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up the palestinians say they will break off contact with the trumpet ministration if their office in washington is closed lebanon's prime minister saad hariri meets the french president in paris and says he will return to lebanon on wednesday and argentina stepped up the search for missing some marine with forty four people on board. to zimbabwe where euphoric scenes that just days ago would have been on the hurdle of a now playing out on the streets of the capital harare tens of thousands of people have rallied to demand the resignation of president robert mugabe rallies took place with the blessing of the military which on wednesday plays the country's ninety three year old leader under house arrest but they were actually called by the influential war veterans association on mugabe's only ruling zanu p.f. party politicians past and present join the rally and the call for mugabe to step down. as one of the freedom fighters i have to support my fellow people and show solidarity in this gathering that's broug

state department and the palestinian palestinian liberation organization will bring some clarity on that issue don estabrook reports. the plant closure of the palestinian liberation organization's office in washington prompted shock and a threat from a senior palestinian official to freeze time with the us this is very unfortunate and seven this is the pressure being exerted on this administration from the netanyahu government and the time when we are trying to cooperate to achieve the ultimate deal they take such steps which would undermine the peace process the u.s. state department announced its decision to close the office late last week citing a twenty fifteen law placing conditions on the u.s. mission office those conditions relate to the palestinians pressuring the international criminal court to seek charges against israel over the issue of israeli settlements and crimes against palestinians the move comes as the troubled ministration is trying to broker a peace plan between the palestinians and israelis president donald trump said such a deal would be a cornerstone of his admini

that their job is to talk to the palestinians. that is one reason this a job to send cables back to washington without the approval of the ambassador and israel, the question -- country in which it is located. i think this has been a native perpetuating the myth that if you think about it hard enough a palestinian state will appear out of nowhere. i think that is a mistake from the u.s. point of view. it is not realistic. >> ambassador bolton him do you care to comment? of thewe take some principles that ambassador bolton has put forward about where embassies are located >> if we take some of the principles that ambassador bolton has put forward about where embassies are located, it is true we don't have a political solution to the palestinian side. we don't know where housing or self-governing institutions would be located. it would make sense that in the future any embassy would be located near those institutions. sometimes there are palestinians and jordanians who talk about a federation or a confederation. this at me a u.s. em

now palestinian authorities are threatening to cut off all communication with the u.s. over the trump said trump and ministrations plan to possibly close the p.l.o. his office in washington dion estabrook. the plant closure of the palestinian liberation organization's office in washington prompted shock and a threat from a senior palestinian official to freeze ties with the us this is very unfortunate and seven this is the pressure being exerted on this administration from the netanyahu government and the time when we are trying to put it to achieve the ultimate take such steps which would undermine the peace process the u.s. state department announced its decision to close the office late last week citing a twenty fifteen law placing conditions on the u.s. mission office those conditions relate to the palestinians pressuring the international criminal court to seek charges against israel over the issue of israeli settlements and crimes against palestinians the move comes as the troubled ministration is trying to broker a peace plan between the palestinians and israelis

palestinian leaders threaten to suspend all communication with the us at the close of diplomatic mission in washington d.c. . perry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up with. tens of thousands take to the streets in zimbabwe a day before president robert mugabe's party holds a meeting to decide his fate. new hope for missing. four crew members on board as several attempted satellite calls are detected from that vessel. i think some people think we're stupid. we're not stupid people with which to launch a nuclear weapon at donald trump told you to the answer from a top u.s. nuclear commander. to begin with news of major tension building up in u.s. palestinian relations the top administration says it will close the palestine liberation organization's diplomatic office and washington d.c. state department says the p.l.o. has broken legislation by calling for an international criminal court prosecution against israel over building illegal settlements a two thousand and fifteen us law bars palestinians from going to the i.c.c. against israel the p.l.o. office in washington has bee

not succumb to blackmail the palestinian. representative in washington just came out with a few comments saying that this was reckless and that the biggest loser in this would be the u.s. and its role as a mediator for peace in the middle east and then was also a statement yesterday from the presidential spokesman the pillows presidential spokesman also condemning this and saying it would be damaging very damaging to the peace process to u.s. relations with palestine and with the whole of the arab world markham where live in west jerusalem thank you. lebanon's prime minister saad hariri has confirmed that hill returned to beirut by wednesday when he will clarify his position following his shock resignation more than two weeks ago mr hariri hasn't been back to his country since abruptly resigning in the saudi capital riyadh is now in france which is trying to mediate the fallout natasha butler has more from paris in the latest twist in this political crisis saad hariri arrived in paris is look airport at dawn and headed to his

conflict solidarity protests for a palestinian people are expected in london or even demonstrations in occupied palestinian territories or the scene outside the british consulate in east jerusalem where protesters gathered carrying black flags and want an apology and accountability from the british government for that tackle aeration harry fawcett was at a protest in ramallah in the occupied west bank. and is on the first of the balfour declaration being marked here in ramallah new york replied west bank by protesters in march to the british cultural center here also one hundred thousand letters from palestinian high school students were handed in to dish consulate in east jerusalem expressing their feelings about the legacy of the balfour declaration we got a statement too from the prime it from the president's office what about his office in which he called again for an apology from britain in recognition of the state of palestine and compensation to that i was promised to people both in politically moral and material terms as for the israeli recognition of this. the moment it's r

palestinian leaders threaten to suspend all communication with the u.s. if it closes their diplomatic mission at washington d.c. . area this is how it is there live from doha also coming up. thousands take to the streets and zimbabwe a day before president robert mugabe's party meeting to decide his fate. lebanese prime minister saad hariri meets the president and paris and says he will work turn to his country next week plus. new hope for a missing argentine submarine with forty four crewmembers on board a several attempted satellite calls are detected from that vessel. but again there is a major tension building and u.s. ally. in relations the trunk administration says it will close the palestine liberation organization's diplomatic office in washington d.c. the us state department says the p.l.o. has broken legislation by calling for an international criminal court prosecution against israel over building illegal settlements two thousand and fifteen us law bars palestinians from going to the i.c.c. against israel the p.l.o. office in washington has bee

palestinian us palestinian relations the trumpet ministrations says it will close the palestine liberation organization the diplomatic office in washington d.c. the u.s. state department says the p.l.o. has broken rules while calling for an international criminal court prosecution against israel for building illegal settlements a two thousand and fifteen us law bars palestinians from approaching the i.c.c. against israel well the p.l.o. office in washington has been open since the mine hundred eighty is the plan to close it has led to serious concerns about efforts to find peace in the region it's also being seen as an attempt to force the palestinian authority into entering direct negotiations with israel israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he respects the u.s. decision but the p.l.o. which the international community sees as the official representative of all palestinians has threatened to end all contact with the us if the office is closed while. we replied to the u.s. administration also in writing saying that in the event that they close down the p.l.o. office we will suspe

control the palestinians and negotiate on behalf of the palestinians israelis not to please the palestinians and strong thoughts from mohamed always there in washington and we thank you for those and for your time thank you. now the saudi vote coalition has announced it will reopen yemen's main international airport and a vital port to let humanitarian aid into the country the closure of yemen's main air land and sea ports two weeks ago followed a missile assault by hutu rebels and has led to crippling aid shortages about seven million people in yemen depend entirely on food aid for many and require rely on aid groups for clean water the u.n. had warned the blockade could spawn the largest famine the world has seen for many tech. we're monitoring these developments and we're trying to see whether that actually takes place on the ground of course if that were to happen that would be a very welcome and critically important development we've made clear the tremendous amount of needs on the ground we're ready to help if the ports are open so we'll keep tracking this and and see where we go from

life for the palestinians there on the practical side.palestinians hear those wishing to cross from gaza into israel it has little impact really because israel who controls who goes in and out it's more the crossing down rougher between gaza and egypt were not open in a couple of weeks time little be significant now we know that hamas and fatah officials mediated by the egyptians were discussing all through the night tuesday into wednesday exactly how these border crossings would be handed over eventually agreed to relinquish all and any influence at the border crossings between israel and gaza between gaza and egypt and that's for the first time in ten years the palestinian authority has been back in control of the borders within palestinian territory in gaza. deconstruction for the reconstruction of palestinian unity in gaza this was until this morning hamas is customs post near the border with israel. al-jazeera was last here almost three weeks ago and this is where i have to have a visa for permission to enter the gaza strip. now it's

with palestinians twenty pages more from pretoria. during a long list of apartheid south africa was an isolated state and israel very close ties with it for their mutual isolation in fact israel was a major supplier to the apartheid regime. and to apartheid activists so there wasn't a natural alliance between the anti party movement and the cause of the palestinian people on nasa mandela was imprisoned on robben island. yes arafat reached out to him and expressed his support for. friendship and support between the palestinian people and particularly the black majority here in south africa yet today it doesn't mean a.n.c. on the streets it is the second largest opposition party the economic freedom fighters or they were picketing outside the israeli embassy here in pretoria they say that's because. government has lost its way and that it is now more on the side of the israel and on the side of the palestinian people the n.c. refutes that says it's one hundred percent behind the two state solution and behind the palestinian people u.s.