the interests of justice and we have correspondents monitoring reaction to this announcement in ramallah and western as them let's start with him in the west bank city of ramallah and of course it was a palestinian authority that initially petitioned or approached the court what does this landmark decision mean for the palestinians. it's leave here is a very important decision for them one that could potentially bring them justice as far as they're concerned they were saying that they're hoping that a solution would be found to the palestinian israeli conflict through negotiations but as we know the peace process has been frozen for years one of their bifurcations of this is really occupation in the palestinian territory has been the mushrooming of illegal israeli settlements all across the west bank including east jerusalem this is an issue palestinians hope that the i.c.c. will eventually decide to investigate as a potential crime of course as we heard from the prosecutor herself that she's she believes that there is a basis for these crimes but she's going to be establishing 1st wheth

natasha going to him is standing by for us in west jerusalem but 1st let's go to need to bring him in ramallah neda the palestinians have been pushing for this is talk us through the significance of this today. personally and see it as a very important move one that could potentially grant them justice they've became members of the i.c.c. around 45 years ago and they've been waiting for that move to happen of course phatty been sued to said that she's going to the pretrial chambers to see whether the i.c.c. has jurisdiction to work in palestine but of course about the stimulus have been talking about many issues including illegal israeli settlements in the west bank and occupied east jerusalem as one of the main issues that they're facing on a daily basis the u.n. has said that israel has advanced around plans for around 22000 new settlement units in the past 3 years which is the time when the united nations security council has announced a decision and said that really adopted a resolution that said that settlements are illegal under international law and made a what's the p.l.o. i had to say

he currently lives the good life in ramallah, the commercial center of the palestinian territories.nternational business empire worth hundreds of millions of dollars. he invested about a $150 million in rawabi; he got the gulf state of qatar, a longtime backer of palestinian causes, to buy in for almost a billion dollars. when masri broke ground in 2010, he planted this giant palestinian flag, like he was staking a claim. what's the significance of this land to you and your city? >> masri: to me this land is palestine, and inhabiting this area is emphasizing that we're here and we're here to stay for the long term. >> whitaker: why did you want to build a city? >> masri: i'm a strong believer. we have a nation in the making. and i saw rawabi as a big step in building that nation. >> whitaker: palestinians have been yearning for their own country since the state of israel was founded in 1948. the conflicting claims on this land have triggered a seemingly endless cycle of violence and recrimination. today most israelis and palestinians are separated by israeli-built barriers and check

to start as an arrow that defines in ramallah just. 1970 1000000. to 10 days since december 23rd w. this is due to the news line from berlin is the story day on capitol hill u.s. house democrats unveiled impeachment charges against president donald trump the democrats accuse the president of busa of power and obstruction they say trump used his office to pressure you create a political rival and then try to obstruct the congressional investigation where in washington also coming up questions mount after new zealand's volcanic eruption with the death toll rising to 6 missing and businesses.

showing jabbering is director of the ramallah based human rights organization he spoke to a sailor and said that all crimes committed in the territory should be investigated but that israel is not interested in delivering justice for palestinian victims. they don't allow for instance for the special robot wars to get in to investigate they do to allow for the commission of you know the u.n. commissions of inquiry is to come to investigate this is the case you know this is how the israel is dealing and treating very sissy a dozen poor poorly in one way and the palestinians all of them to accept. that if there is crimes you know committed by palestinians literally i see the size of that goal after the palestinians at least 3 months or something like that but why is that is there concern from that if they know well that palestinians committed crimes this is the i.c.c. going after them. but i think they don't want for this mechanism and for this tool and for this or for 80 to function. 1617 past. this is out international ahead this is big news today president putin officially opening the

show an jabber and as a director of the ramallah based al hunt human rights organization he told us all crimes committed in the territory should be investigated but that israel is not interested in the living justice for palestinian victims. for instance for the special robot wars. to get them to investigate they do to allow for the commission of you know the u.n. commissions of inquiry is to come to investigate this is the case who this is all these ladies dealing and treating very sincere doesn't torp only one lee and the palestinians all of the accept. that if there is crimes you know committed crimes like this the unions literally. go have to. remove those or something like that but why is that is there concern. that if they know well the palestinians called me to come is this the i.c.c. going after them. but i think they don't want for this mechanism and for this tool and for this sort of tea to function. in a momentous day for russia monday president putin officially opened the railway section of the strait bridge which connects the crimean peninsula to mainland russia russia late

the director of ramallah based human rights organization told us that war crimes committed in the territories should be investigated. they don't allow for instance for the special robot wars to get them to investigate they do to allow for the commission of you know the un commissions of inquiry is to come to investigate this is the case you know this is how the israelis dealing and treating very sissy a dozen poor people only in one way and the palestinians all of them they accept. that if there is crimes you know committed by palestinians let's see the size of that go after the palestinians at least 3 months or something like that but why the is the is the concern. that if they know well that palestinians commit crimes this is the ice is the gov't of them. but i think they don't want for this mechanism and for this tour and for this already to function. a couple of other world headlines for you hundreds of people have gathered in hong kong to denounce the decision to shut down an online fundraising platform for protest as demonstrators said their goal is to draw the attention of the internat

joe biden is the director of the ramallah based all hot human rights organization he told us that all crimes committed in the territories should be investigated. they didn't allow for instance for the special but it was to get them to investigate they didn't allow for the commission of you know the u.n. commissions of inquiry is to come to investigate this is the case you know this is how these ladies dealing and 3 think very sissy a dozen poor pauline one lee and the palestinians all of them to accept. that if there is crimes you know committed crimes what is the unions literally i.c.c. decides about that dictates go after the palestinians at least 3 modes or something like that but why the is that is the concern. that if they know well that in a scene is called me to crimes this is the i.c.c. go after that. but i think they don't want for this mechanism and for this tool and for this or for 80 to function. in french telecom's giant has been found guilty of morally harassing staff in a landmark court case that story and much more after a short break this is our international. chooks

show an jabbering is director of the ramallah based human rights organization he told us all crimes committed in the territories should be investigated but that israel's not interested in delivering justice for palestinian victims. the for instance for the special but it was to get him to investigate the blue to allow for the commission of you know the u.n. commissions of inquiry is to come to investigate this is the case who this is all these ladies dealing and treating very soon see it doesn't work only one lee and the palestinians all of the accept. that if there is crimes you know committed by palestinians literally. go after. 3 months or something like that but why is that is the concern. that if they know well that palestinians called me to come this is the i.c.c. go after them. but i think they don't want for this mechanism and for this tool and for this sort of tea to function. monday president putin officially opened the railway section of the curch strait bridge which connects the crimean peninsula to mainland russia so the russian leader boarded a train for the maidan crossing trav

the director of a ramallah based human rights organization told us that all crimes committed in the territories should be investigated. they don't allow for instance for the special robot wars to get them to investigate they do to allow for the commission of you know the u.n. commissions of inquiry has to come to investigate this is the case you know this is how the israel is dealing and treating places see it doesn't work only in one way and the palestinians all of them they accept. that if there is crimes you know committed by palestinians literally i.c.c. decides about. go after the palestinians criminals or something like that but why the israelis the concern from the if they know well that palestinians committed crimes this is the i.c.c. go after them. but i think they don't want for this mechanism and for this tool and for this or for 80 to function your christmas eve cards are reports on the white house stand by for max and stacey i'll be back in a little over 30 minutes to update you on all the stories we're across here at our taters choose day december the 24th. brothers soon will i do

opposes an inquiry that it says unfairly targets israel leader abraham reports from ramallah it's one of the alleged war crimes the international criminal court me investigate the targeted killing of unarmed protesters along gaza's border fence with israel chief prosecutor fatah been sued the says she's satisfied who are crimes have been or are being committed in the gaza strip and the west bank including occupied east jerusalem she says because of the complexity of the situation she will ask the i.c.c. to rule in the territories on which it has jurisdiction palestinians welcome what they call a long overdue investigation. we're hoping that the i.c.c. will hold those who are committing crimes against our people against our land. the crimes that are climbing. countable crimes and no more crimes being committed on the palestinian land which will basically said the stage or ending occupation and thus opening the oracle of the scope but israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the court has no jurisdiction to investigate in the palestinian territories this is a dark day for truth a

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reservation amid plans for another nationwide strike us i'm sorry on is that the british seaside town of ramallah gate bringing a the winner of the world's most talked about price. we got something of a wintry look to our weather across parts of the middle east at the moment certainly so it's sliding down towards syria lebanon and maybe pushing a little further south which into iraq as well what's a cloud showing up here at cloud will continue to just ease its way southwards and east was as i went through weather 5 celsius there for ankara pushes down its northern parts of syria over towards lebanon some tired and right here beside me over the high ground we are looking at a fair bit of snow just driving its way through south of that it's generally dry and cleopatra sunshine 21 celsius there in kuwait city 28 in karachi 11 degrees in the comp a wintry weather roberts was the highest ground meanwhile a little bit of cloud across southern parts of the arabian peninsula so i'm on down sward see gulf of aden seeing some rather wet weather and of course we have a system out in the arabian sea that loo

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has no jurisdiction to investigate now the abraham reports from ramallah. it's one of the alleged war crimes the international criminal court me investigate the targeted killing of unarmed protesters along gaza's border fence with israel chief prosecutor fatah been sued the says she's satisfied war crimes have been or are being committed in the gaza strip and the west bank including occupied east jerusalem she says because of the complexity of the situation she will ask the i.c.c. to rule on the territories on which it has jurisdiction palestinians welcome what they call a long overdue investigation. will hoping that the i.c.c. will hold those who are committing crimes against our people against our land. the crimes that are climbing that you countable crimes and no more crimes being committed on the palestinian land which will basically said the stage or ending occupation and thus opening the oracle of the scope but israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the court has no jurisdiction to investigate in the palestinian territories this is a dark day

and he joins us live from ramallah via skype thank you for being with us sir i'm going to start by asking you about what israel is saying that there is no jurisdiction for the i.c.c. to investigate here what is your response that says that it is. all review the national community and the body years of all international and the international but these are that dome and. that is. all international law all the national courts for human rights law and that they are all up look at. the scene at that italy and this really is the only country in this war that does not recognize these facts. and continue but the fact that those laws and those norms do upload a listen to me and they cannot escape this for let me ask you mr hejazi because i understand that palestine referred this to the international criminal court the possibility that war crimes were being committed now back in may so why do you think it's taken quite so long to get to this point. well actually the whole case started more than 5 years or we were always on the thing why it took them that long to open investigations and to start in