claim six and a half billion dollars is at stake exiled tycoon boris berezovsky wants the cash from ramallah which accusing the chelsea club owner of robbing him as a band of reporters it means britons are getting a rare glimpse into the life of a low profile a billionaire. it's been dubbed the battle of the oligarchs in one corner is mr a estimated wealth fifteen million assets for your football club and a french chateau in the other corner used to be estimated fortune five hundred million he had to sell his yacht but he does still have his trusty stretch my back and she never fails to show off her manner of overages rise to riches is a story precious few knew until now his turn in the witness stand has lifted the

in ramallah. i'm sorry about that or rather you can have a no no you can't or i will see if we come back to you sorry about that just a few seconds ago we do have such good yes we do sorry about that well let me just repeat that question yet now the palestinians except that they're not realistically going to make it to full u.n. membership because of those vetoes but what is behind their wish to make opponents of the bid actually publicly explain their reasoning their standpoint. well honestly think the approach to the united nations is less about membership of palestine in the united nations and more of challenging the west in the ability to walk the walk over to speak paradigm what we're seeing is forty four years of the west specifically the united states making a case for two states but in the first real test of bringing two states about has failed to move it forward and i think what is at stake is much more than just the membership issue but rather the entire two speed paradigm and that's the

the bbc's jon donnison can join us now from ramallah. first of all, just how significant do you think this meeting is? oh, unfortunately for -- >> for six months now, and i think, you know, the fact is that many palestinians will not be holding their breath. more than five years and palestinians are pretty skeptical. most feel this division is really a distraction from their main grievance, which is, of course, israel's continuing occupation. so i don't think there's a great deal of anticipation. that said, the first time the two men have set down together in six months is very significant. >> what do you think might come out today? >> well, you're right. back in may, the two sides said they had done a unity deal and they were going to set about having some sort of interim government made up of independents that would work toward elections sometime next year. the fact is they soon started squabbling and couldn't agree on the name of who should be in that government. it's going to be interesting to see today whether they have any suggesti

carrying twenty seven foreign nationals and your wednesday let's talk now with who were rough who's in ramallah tonight for us thanks for being on our very much appreciated no you're not vicious so you just wanted to ask you why flotillas at all what it is pretty certain that israel is going to block at the end of the route shouldn't recent through other more reliable channels do you think though. well it's really important to know that there are flotillas are not about delivering aid to gaza or aid to palestine in general because the palestinian people aren't asking for aid and handouts the problem that we have here is a humanitarian crisis but it is it is one that has been created by deliberate israeli policy so we need to change that policy so that palestinians are allowed to lead a normal life i didn't if i had life and not have to live on handouts now the situation in gaza is that one point five million people who live in an open air prison and as a result of deliberate israeli policy have been reduced to needing handouts eighty percent of the population now of gaza is food aid dependent a

he's opposed in american business activists and writer who's in ramallah the postings except that they will not realistically make it to full u.n. membership but what's behind their wish to make opponents of the bid publicly explain their standpoint. it looks as if you can hear me there so can you hear me we just spoke a few seconds during that report to understand that we did get a communication with you can hear me. or i'm sorry about that or rather you can hear me no no you can't or i will see if we come back to you sorry about that there's a few seconds ago we just heard good yes we do sorry about that well let me just repeat that question yet now the palestinians except that they're not realistically going to make it to full u.n. membership because of those vetoes but what is behind their wish to make opponents of the bill actually publicly explain their reasoning their point. well i honestly think the approach to the united nations is less about membership of palestine in the united nations and more of challenging the west and the ability to walk the walk of a can speak paradigm

. >> today, he is meeting a group of swedish high school students at the presidential palace in ramallahn the u.n. membership in bid to them. usually his job involves getting a permission from journalists and diplomats. >> it is not a job like any other. i am thinking about the dignity of want to give to my children, once i have kids. maybe they had dignity i do not have been a to have every state, to go around the world and be proud. >> it is part of his job to be optimistic. just like the cartoonist. both hope their optimism will eventually prove to be justified. >> it is not limited to the palestinian territories. it is also alive and among the 100,000 palestinians who live in germany, including in berlin. they're getting increasingly impatient that their aspirations for a separate homeland has been thwarted again and again. >> this nt room in central berlin as a meeting place and and vice center for palestinians living in the german capital, especially those with ties to the plo. most came to germany to study. some have lived and worked here for years. but they all dream of having th

during may from a mollah -- joining me from ramallah, john. is it going to be any different this time? >> i think palestinians will be pretty skeptical. they will not be holding their breath. you are right, this is the first time in six months that president mahmoud abbas from fatah has sat down. we understand there will be a press conference in the next hour. but when we had these talks six months ago they said they would set about forming an interim government made up of the independent figures that will work toward elections next year. pretty quickly they were squabbling over who would be in the interim government and things broke down. i just came passed a pro-unity rally in rolla with about a dozen people, which i think reflects the fact that people and not holding their breath. >> what will be the test of the meeting? if some of the big thing did not happen, what else can they do to suggest there is at least some probe -- -- progress? >> i think they will say they are going to have more meetings in the coming weeks. what palestinians, i

claim six and a half billion dollars is at stake exiled tycoon boris berezovsky wants the cash from ramallah which accusing the chelsea club owner of robbing him as a band of reporters it means britons are getting a rare glimpse into the life of a low profile a billionaire. it's been dubbed the battle of the oligarchs in one corner is mr a estimated wealth fifteen million assets for your football club and a french chateau in the other corner used to be estimated fortune five hundred million he had to sell his yacht but he does still have his trusty stretch my back and she never fails to show off her manner of overages rise to riches is a story precious few knew until now his turn in the witness stand has lifted the need on a life in the shadows he revealed how some of his company's employed primarily disabled staff banding lucrative thirty percent tax breaks and he came clean on the piles of cash he paid for protection as he dived into the infamous salad minium wars of the ninety's where we now know someone was murdered every three days not exactly the clean cut image and one of britain's mo

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monarchy to have some kind of an overture to hamas and relate to that as he visited the king to ramallah >> let's take a few more questions. race teams. one of the back. >> with the workmen from the national democratic institute. first of all thank you very much. i've enjoyed the conversation about top-down reform and prospects cannot trust what a question for bottoms that demand. we've talked about a very invited society, study population. what could potentially trigger the kind of men that pull the protest movement we've seen in other places in the region? >> one more question for this round. stir in the fire. >> thank you. jim michael. i'm a consultant and development cooperation with the principle focus on rule of law. it seems to me that this top-down and it's really related to the previous question has to interact with the civil society that has some values as things like equality of treatment, a belief that the institutions of governance and justice can make a positive difference for the society and where you have the different groups contending and competing in acceptance of the

current move by the monarchy to have some kind of an overture to hamas and the visit of the king to ramallah. >> we will take a few more questions, raised hands there in the back. >> lindsay workman from the national democratic institute, and di. my question, first of all thank you very much. i've enjoyed the conversation about top down reform and the prospects. want to ask about autumns of demand in these countries. we have talked about apathy in them rocco and talked about a divided society and jordan. what could intentionally trigger the kind of magnetic pull of protest movements we have seen in other places in the region? >> more questions for this round? there in the front. >> yes, thank you. jim michael. i am a consultant in development with a principle focus of development of rule of law. it seems to me that this top down and it is related to the previous question i think, has to interact with a civil society that has some values of things like equality of treatment, a belief that the institutions of governance and justice can make a positive difference for the society, and where you