ramallah is just a few minutes away from here.sident abbas would simply need to come to jerusalem. the prime minister invited him. he offered to go to the parliament in ramallah. all of our calls for peace have been turned down. the question is why. the answer is deceptively simple. >> let's talk about the peace process. we expect to hear from john kerry, laying out his visions, his hopes under the next administration. as you well know in paris on january 15th, 70 countries will get together for this peace summit. the palestinians have said they support the conference. as far as we know up until now, unless you will say differently, israel is not planning to attend. why? >> well, because what the internationalization of this conflict does is it gives the palestinians an easy out not to sit down and make the hard choices. israel has made peace successfully with egypt and jordan, two arab neighbors of ours. those peace treaties have lasted for decades. >> it has, but it has demanded different things of the palestinians, as you well

part of a graduate exchange program and was killed by a palestinian and the body was sent back to ramallah and his family had to pay a big cash lump sum because he was a hero in their eyes. >> what do you say to that and to the idea that there is going to be a move in the u.s. congress to stop giving the palestinians financial aid? >> well, the first case that the senator mentioned is regrettable. we have condemned in the strongest words and there are thousands of palestinians who lose their lives throughout this conflict by the operation and this is not the issue. the issue is how do we move forward and if the senator and all those who talk about our move in the u.n. to be anti-peace, if they have an alternative, we are willing to listen. we have tried bilateral talks for 23 years and the u.s. has sponsored the talks for all of these years including the latest round held by secretary of state kerry and went back to the congress and said the netanyahu government has not delivered its promises and has made the peace process not work. the question is, where do we go now? >> exactly. >> if we

and bat eel is on the doorstep of ramallah. it is actually, you know, within view of the palestinian prime minister's residence in ramallah. so that is clearly a settlement that would hinder completely the idea of a two-state solution. so to have the ambassador to israel, david friedman, as trump's nominee would be really problematic in trying to move forward to a two-state solution. >> we appreciate your take on this. appreciate your time today. thank you. happy new year. >>> it is one of donald trump's most important promises to millions of americans. guess who is leading the cha. >>> to make sure trump keeps his word? what bernie sanders is doing about that. ♪ glad forceflex. extra strong to avoid rips and tears. be happy, it's glad. they all...want...to... how charge me.xes going? have you tried credit karma? does credit karma do taxes now? yeah, and they're totally free, so they'll never take any of your refund. file your taxes for free with credit karma tax. i'm not a customer, but i'm calling about that credit scorecard.

hundreds of people have attended his funeral, in bate reema near ramallah. the shooting took place when troops entered the village and were confronted by youths throwing stones. the israeli military says security forces were responding after being attacked by rioters. hundreds of thousands of commuters on southern rail face another day of disruption tomorrow, when rmt workers go on strike. there were three days of strikes earlier this week. british airways cabin staff are due to strike over christmas, as well, and some post office workers will walk out for five days from tomorrow. meanwhile, theresa may is allegedly getting some flak from within her party, for not curbing the powers of striking unions. speaking to my colleague martine croxall earlier, rmt leader mick cash denied the accusations that his union is using the dispute with southern railway to take on the government. this is not part of any conspiracy to try and bring down the government. we are here to make sure we have a safe railway. that is the only thing we are concerned about. we are trying

hundreds of people have attended his funeral in bate reema near ramallah.g took place when troops entered the village and were confronted by youths throwing stones. the israeli military says security forces were responding after being attacked by rioters. the government is drawing up plans to make all civil servants and holders of public office swear an oath to uphold british values. the communities secretary, sajid javid, says he wants people to set an example to newly—arrived migrants. but labour dismissed the idea as a "gimmick". the conservative mp and former culture secretaryjohn whittingdale has been giving his reaction to the idea. i think it is a good idea that he pulled taking up public office should make a declaration that they subscribe to british values. i am a member of parliament. every election following that when parliament returns, each mp takes an oath of allegiance. we swear allegiance to the queen and her successors. that is part of the procedure of becoming a member of parliament. this is a similar kind of suggestion. the shadow home se

they say the shooting took place when the troops entered the village of beit rima near ramallah and weres. an israeli army spokeswoman said the security forces opened fire during clashes in beit rima. the government says it plans to make all civil servants and holders of public office swear an oath to uphold british values. the communities secretary, sajid javid, says he wants people to set an example by embracing concepts of tolerance, equality and freedom of speech. but labour says that making people swear an oath to british values would make "no difference" to the problems of radicalisation and integration. angus crawford is here. angus, what is the background? there are two words at the heart of this — community cohesion. a government commissioned report came out earlier this month, saying that there was some communities living in isolated bubbles of ethnic segregation. amongst other recommendations, it said there should be an oath of allegiance brought in for migrants but also for those in leadership positions in civic life, public life. they should now to uphold values of tolerance

hundreds of people have attended his funeral in beit rima near ramallah.oops entered the village and were confronted by youths throwing stones. the israeli military says security forces were responding after being attacked by rioters. the government is drawing up plans to make all civil servants and holders of public office swear an oath to uphold british values. the communities secretary sajid javid says he wants people to set an example to newly arrived migrants. but labour dismissed the idea as a "gimmick". taslima ahmad is a fashion designer who runs an inter—community textile workshop in the longsight area of manchester. thank evenjoining thank even joining us. intercommunity textile workshop, what is it exactly that you do?” intercommunity textile workshop, what is it exactly that you do? i do a lot of things, but i do work with ethnic minority women, empowering them. and we like to break barriers when we put different women of different backgrounds, and the only language we speak is english because i cannot speak another language. so that's the way

hanan ashrawi is from the palestinian liberation organization joins us now from ramallah in the weste re words ofjohn kerry. i felt they were sincere and impassioned and an attempt to rescue the two state solution. he spoke of his love for the state of israel and his defence of zionism at putting the record straight in terms of the things the obama administration has done in order to advance israeli security and interests. in many ways, it is starting to explain the vote, which is in no way an unusual vote or abstention, given their long history of presidents since president reagan that have voted against settlements. then he put forward a few principles he thought should guy dissolution in order to rescue the two state solution. most of these principles very frankly are in support of israel, but we think that any solution should be based on international law and justice. he did also have words of criticism for the palestinians. he condemned palestinian violence, which he said included hundreds of terrorist attacks in the past year. yes, i heard that, and it's unfortunate that in a s

but maybe, you forgot day before yesterday, the fatah convention in ramallah. and he lost his public speech. and what he said, it was very clear. he will never give up the idea of refugees, and of course, he will never recognize the right of israel as, to exist as a jewish state. with those two pre conditions, you know, we really don't have nothing to discuss with the palestinians. the right of return for the palestinian refugees, it is end of the zionist ideals, the zionist state. and he insisted that he will never recognize israel as a jewish nation state. what exactly will be the issue to discuss? i think it is clear, he doesn't have any authority to represent the palestinian people. he knows the elections, the presidential elections in palestinian authority were supposed to be held in january 2010. he doesn't have any control on gaza strip. and even the municipal elections. last october, postponed for many years, i understand. and i think to achieve real strategic breaks, to achieve comprehensive, reasonable solution between us and palestinians, we need som

when you interview yasser arafat, they always said, we'll state will in ramallah.stay there because he owned the hotel. then the same in jerusalem somewhere. what stops himing, some third world guy to say by the way, i've got 20 room ts at the post office building. >> fred fielding. that's why ronald reagan did not gets had trouble. he had fred fielding. it requires your white house counsel office to be onton of yourheimer partisan loyalists. >> to keep the potent ates from trying on buy him. >>> biggest problem is image. if he is trying pass an infrastructure bill and we're talking about who stayed many trump tower last night. that's a bigger problem for him than anyone pulling out codes or prosecuting him. >> i understand the difficulty of explaining it. the average guy, just like he doesn't understand why goldman sachs that is the treasury secretary. who did we vote for here? these guys? these tired old frauds? anyway, the rounds table is sticking with us. and the urinary symptoms of bph. tell your doctor about your medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy en

that's the edge of ramallah, where the palestinian authority is based. what separates th?li military, wch has a small base at the entrance of this settlement. we talked to a man today who has lived here for 32 years. he's raised his seven children here. and we asked him why he came and why he stays? >> we believe that we have the right and the historic, the moral, the legal rights to live here. and we seek peace. we're not looking to expel them. we're not looking to oppress them. we want to live here in our homeland as peaceful citizens, and we are happy to have them live here also. >> and the views are just as entrenched on the other side of the fence. families, palestinian families who say they have lived on this land for generations and they have no intention of leaving. >> nbc's kelly cobiella, thank you. now to an important nbc special investigation. this year, there's been a shocking increase in police officers shot and killed in the line of duty. up 56%. these are their faces. 64 officers shot and killed. tensions have been rising between police and their communitie

that's the edge of ramallah where the palestinian authority is based. what separates them?, guard gates, the israeli military, which has a small base at the entrance of this settlement. we talked to a man today who's lived here for 32 years. he's raised his seven children here. we asked him why he came and why he stays? >> we believe that we have the rights and the historic, the moral, the legal rights to live here. and we seek peace. we're not looking to expel them. we're not looking to oppress them. we want to live here in our homeland as peaceful citizens. and we are happy to have them live here also. >> reporter: and the views are just as entrenched on the other side of that fence. families, palestinian families, who say they've lived on this land for generations and they have no intention of leaving. >> that was nbc's kelly cobiella with the israeli perspective from the west bank. >>> up next, debbie reynolds remembered. the film star from the golden age of hollywood dead at the age of 84. one day after her daughter, carrie fisher, passed away. more on that legendary c

ramallah is a few minutes away from here.h rather be there right now negotiating peace with a palestinian leader than talking to you, no offense. but the palestinian leadership has said no to literally hundreds of calls. this rejectism -- i understand that. they have said a lot of things. when the building did stop, it didn't bring them to the table. when israel took out every single settlement from gaza it didn't take them to the table. that is because that is not the issue. i hope we can find common ground in the near future. >> david keyes, we're out of time. thank you very much. i appreciate your time. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up in our next hour a reaction from the palestinian authority. >> we'll have that reaction ahead. >>> also, the u.s. could announce as early, we're learning as today, russia's punishment for hacking into the u.s. election process. but the president-elect says, we should go on with our lives. move ahead. we're past this. we'll discuss what that means and what happens next. you can't predict

when i wasiving ere during the second inta fed da, i used to have to go from bethlehem here to ramallahp in here. you'd have to take a car to this checkpoint, get out. you'd have to walk to this checkpoint here and then you'd have to walk across. so it would take about four hours. and you're going, i don't know, 20 miles at the most. that's also important. we're talking about an area here, this is the west bank, with the settlements on it. we're getting this from the united nations. 100 settlements have been approved. another 100 outposts dotted all over the west bank. this area is no bigger, the west bank is about the size of delaware. from here to the mediterranean is about ten miles. you're talking about a very small area. i think people sometimes get that confused or don't understand it. what do these settlements look like? they're all over the west bank. they look like this. they look like ordinary neighborhoods. ordinary neighborhoods you'd find in israel. except they're not in israel, they're in the occupied west bank. this is the settlement. it has its own security wall. has its

husam zomlot is the co—founder of the palestine strategy group, and spoke to the bbc from ramallah thissked if he was surprised by mr netanyahu's response to secretary kerry's speech. very expected, actually. net an‘s rejection of secretary kerry's speech is expected. his rejection of the security council resolution as well. his rejection of the french initiative and the upcoming international peace conference in paris on the 15th of january is also expected. unfortunately, benjamin netanyahu expected. unfortunately, benjamin neta nyahu misses all of expected. unfortunately, benjamin netanyahu misses all of these opportunities to advance on the cause of peace because he does not believe in it. he does not believe in the two—state solution, he does not want to quit his occupation, he does not want to allow for the creation of an independent sovereign state of palestine. he does not want to listen to the advice of his and israel's most close allies, including the us. hejust wants israel's most close allies, including the us. he just wants to continue the land grab and the criminalisation