say 17 people have been injured including a teenager who's in critical condition it for him is in ramallah in the occupied west bank need or what more can you tell us. reporting 2 medical sources 2 people now are in a critical condition one of which has been shot in the head by a live ammunition and the other but other coated bullets confrontations are still ongoing in the town where palestinians are saying they feel or they say they have seen israeli settlers trying to go to the mountains to use it as a future outpost just for context used to the israelis would go to certain locations in the occupied west bank they would start building a caravan they would stay there for a while and then that outpost usually turns into a settlement of course old settlements are illegal under international law but for posting is they're saying that settler attacks have been increasing settler attacks on people and on land and they've went in the early hours of the morning to try and defend those areas to try and push away those seculars whenever they come and they said that today israeli if you it has have

up and that includes no one and all i says still in palestine seal of bethlehem will be mine in ramallah plus. pensioners protest of the republic of congo open the government will start dancing to their choosing. hello and welcome to international weather forecast the weather situation across europe isn't looking as bad as it was in recent days with all the storms but we still got some unsettled weather moving in long the bay of biscay along the north coast of spain and into southern parts of france more snow for the pyrenees which is much welcome of course slightly dry conditions across the u.k. that frontal system will be pushing in for saturday's will come back to that one across central parts here makes some showers around some heavier rain down across parts of the balkans for italy a scattering of showers rome looking at highs of 14 degrees moving the forecast on then into the start of the weekend we've got this frontal system moving in towards western parts of the u.k. bringing some strong winds the potential for some pretty heavy rain in places conditions across much of france sno

used by israeli forces to disperse the palestinian test is needed him i believe joins us now from ramallah in the occupied west bank what have you been hearing needa. so we've heard from medical sources that the injuries have. to 17 people who have been hospitalized to move which as we heard just from eunice have been shot by live ammunition a member of this is thinking and say they're trying to save their lands from illegal israeli settlements huge when the settlers would aaya a certain location a car or 2 to it it becomes an outpost meaning that it's not recognized by the israeli government television it's still considered illegal under international law and then we've seen many of those posts turn into settlements that are organized by stories that are recognized by the israeli government they are given services they are using that infrastructure as well as we sources from palestinian cities and towns so if they are still considered illegal under international law but this is the way for palestinians to kind of try to save those lands they've been hearing that 2nd settlers were coming t

let's go live now to are needed for handlers in ramallah obviously needed to have a government israel has a lot of control over the lives of palestinians what's the reaction been so far from the palestinian side well while these elections have been the 3rd in israel for almost a year there they've been the 1st since the u.s. president told trump has announced his mideast peace plan the plan has been rejected by the palestinians they say it's been biased towards israel and it doesn't include east jerusalem as the capital as well as allowing israel to grab more lands and for palestinians a better vote for netanyahu in these elections and bit more seats in the knesset means that he's going to fulfill his promise that he's been talking about throughout this year off annexing parts of the occupied west bank including the jordan valley and the illegal israeli settlements the palestinians say that that's and you know has been using the closeness of relations between the u.s. and israel namely his special relationship with the u.s. president on trump to push for more moves that are against in

of jesus is among the sites expected to be closed off until march 28th ebrahim with us now from ramallah tell us about the impact here needed because i think we tend to think about when we hear the occupied west bank in terms of conflict and occupation but there are so many important tourist sites there and this is part of the whole economy. indeed and there has been a sense of paranoia in bethlehem ever since the news broke out that there has been suspected cases the health ministry saying that they're still waiting on there is olds to see if there has been actually any cases that has been confirmed in to 50 churches one of the main sites in the palestinian territory where pilgrims from all around the world come to visit bethlehem has depended on tourism for so long and living under israeli occupation that conflict has had that stalled on the economy situation but now we're having the issue of corona and we're going to have to say to wait and see how it's going to play out when it comes to the city's economy but indeed the polls to enter is a mystery has closed off the church as well as

christians as the birthplace of jesus is among the sites that are being cool stuff you know abraham is in ramallah and she says palestinians are worried about whether hospitals and clinics will be able to cope with an i break. well i can tell you driving this morning to the office from a less sounded more like over looked like a ghost town it's a friday it's a weekend usually not many people are out on the streets on this hour of the morning but you could definitely see the effects of the declaration made late on thursday by the palestinian prime minister mohammed to stay he said that all educational facilities more churches parks will be closed for a month in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus the 7 cases remain in a hotel in bethlehem they were infected after a tourist delegation was in that hotel we've seen some protests in jericho actually in the west bank trying to prevent some of those patients from going there so you can sense a state of panic palestinians are scared whether their institutions is going to be able to deal with that situation particularly their day your under israe

mattresses the food is not good there is a miserable conditions it's cold and there is no toilet in ramallah in the occupied west bank the palestinian prime minister who's promoted a policy of economic disengagement from israel demanded human conditions be provided for workers there he also banned all such work in illegal settlements part of a 2 week general lockdown. no citizens are allowed to leave their homes as part of home confinement as of 10 pm tonight 22nd march except for medical centers in their workers workers in the following areas should show their work cards pharmacies bakeries and grocery stores. further south near hebron signs that both this internal sealing off and the israeli military closure of the crossings are being challenged with crowds apparently attempting to get into israel through unfenced areas typically it's estimated some 60000 west bank palestinians work without papers about. assuming economy is estimated to gain some $330000000.00 a month from wages and inside israel the p.a. wants to retain as much of that as possible israel still needs the labor the question

location to establish an outpost of 100 people treated for injuries there or from neda ibrahim now in ramallah in the occupied west bank the palestinian was killed by israeli forces fire is a 15 year old his name is and how much how many and he was participating in the in that protest that was organized by the palestinians. as a way for locals to try and defend their lands from settler attacks according to medical sources they've treated around 112 injuries on site doesn't have been taken to hospitals one more person in critical condition now locals in the area say that. is very elevated area one of the highest in the nablus area and that settlers have been on that location for years since 19 eighties there has become fantasia's between palestinians there and the settlers usually settlers like to set the little high area the top of the mountains hilltops and maybe you can say that this is a way for them to keep an upper hand if anything happens including the most palestinians are telling us that 2nd those have been attacks have been on the rise in the past few years just since the beginning of

been injured including a teenager who is now in a critical condition it him joins us live now from ramallah in the occupied west bank neda has it calmed down now. situation is not really calming down in. the competitions are happening in more than one location actually and around the mountain according to medical sources 3 palestinians are in critical condition the 3 of them have been hit on the had either by life and munitions or by it of the coated bullets now locals in beit that tell us that this isn't the patients that have been ongoing since the eighty's data member fascism 1988 whereby palestinians have managed to fend off the suckers and defend their lives in the area usually settlers like to take the mountains hills faults you can say it's part of them keeping the upper hand when it comes to any confrontation or anything else so people of faith that they think that the settlers are using this opportunity to kind of take the land usually settlers would bring a carve on to it becomes an outpost and then it becomes a settlement of course all succulents are considered as their internati

idea is the middle east correspondent to get more insights on the vote in israel going to go to ramallah and talk to mr for barghouti is the head of the palestinian thanks for coming on over the chance to speak before the or be on the scenes thanks be live with us so you're a early thoughts about this is really good news as we heard from our correspondent there for benjamin netanyahu despite everything has gone through and is about to go through controversially it seems the public still buy what he's got to sell if you get me. unfortunately. unfortunately this is showing that this was a vote for racism for racial discrimination against palestinians for a occupation and for a system of apartheid in israel they are supporting the proposed plan for an exciting no less than 60 percent of the west bank which means killing the very last opportunity of 2 state solution this is very dangerous and at the same time very disappointing because it shows that the situation in israel is a complete shift not only to right wing policies not only to racism but also to right wing populism and this is very

would mean that mr netanyahu thinks that conflict is what provided israel security and prosperity in ramallah made abraham says palestinians are especially concerned about israel's close relationship with the united states. they are calling upon the international community to hold an international peace conference whereby the u.s. is no longer the sole mediator of the peace process in the hopes that the international law will be implemented here now of course these are the 3rd this radio elections in a year but they are the 1st after the us president donald trump released his plan for the middle east peace and it has been rejected by the palestinians they say it allows for parts of jerusalem to be the capital and not east jerusalem itself as the capital as well as allowing israel to grab more land and we've seen the. israeli prime minister promising to annex parts of the jordan valley as well as parts of the occupied west bank including the jordan valley as well as the good israeli settlements and they fear that now is the time for him to make good on his promise given that he has been accord

source of revenue holy sites are being disaffected and schools closed there is that it but he was in ramallah he says among the latest cases is a palestinian who works in israel's parking concerns about how of the workers will be attacked. this is an important issue because we are talking about tens of thousands of palestinian workers who go into israel every day for work they go through checkpoints that are usually very crowded which could mean that some of them will be corrected or we will discover that they have been infected in the next few days now currently the way the occupied west bank is on the closure by israel's border cajun of the jewish holiday of so so far for the past 4 days none of them have been able to go but it remains to be seen really whether the palestinian government is going to be banning those both the new workers from going there it has no repeat no way of implementing that mechanism these checkpoints and mandan monitors monitored by the israeli themselves so the palestinian government spokesperson said that it's a wait and see at this point and he threw the bowl in

the location to try to establish an outpost of 100 people have been treated for injuries it is in ramallah for us and says palestinians are vowing to continue protecting that area from illegal settlements both to me and so saying that they want to defend this area from an attempt by israelis that there is to take its is an elevated area one of the highest in the most governors and it is has been a pattern by settlers to take a piece of land stay on it bring a curve on live from the 2 families and then turn it into a settlement of course all segments are considered illegal under international law and being a mountain or a hilltop is expected to be one of the reasons why settlers want that specific area in deed and many palestinians say that they've been eyeing it since the eighty's they remember clashes that happened actually in the same mountain so for boston eons it's a way to defend the land as we've seen it has been very. keen with the high priced another postin is in a critical condition and philistines are vowing to return to the area to try and defend still in the region israel's pre

have been banned from entering the city and a roadblock has been put up to quarantine the area in ramallah teams in protective clothing have been disinfecting holy sites. on the coronavirus continues to spread in africa with new cases in cameroon and togo at least 45 infections have been confirmed across the continent nicholas hike reports from senegal authorities are trying to stop the outbreak from spreading. the corona virus is spreading in africa on tuesday a french couple with flu like symptoms tested positive for the virus in this hospital with multiple new cases many of the nursing and medical staff have been sent home hundreds are in self-imposed quarantined pharmacies are running out of masks and sanitizers are even resorting to traditional remedies in the hope of fighting off the virus indeed if you need to eat garlic at least 3 times a day and that will stop koran of ours especially older people have been coming to me hoping that this will protect. me i mean i don't count on that remedy though the world health organization says there's no evidence that eating garlic has protecte

birthplace of jesus is among the sites expected to be closed off until march 20th needed abraham now in ramallah explaining the economic impact the ban on tourists will have. there has been a sense of paranoia in bethlehem ever since the news broke out that there has been suspected cases the health ministry saying that they are still waiting on there is to see if there has been actually any cases that has been confirmed to 50 churches one of the main sites in the palestinian territory where pilgrims from all around the world come to visit bethlehem has depended on tourism for so long and living under the israeli occupation the conflict has had that stalled on their economic situation but now we're having the issue of corona and we're going to have to say to wait and see how it's going to play out when it comes to the city's economy but indeed the fasting into is a mystery has closed off the church as well as banning reservations of canceling all reservations for tourists palestinians do not have control over the borders so these measures were seen as important as a precaution to help control the

coffee shops and mosques have been ordered to close we have gotten a day param of us this time from ramallah in the occupied west bank just a quick word on gaza 1st needed this is always been a huge concern gaza are already an area that's locked down 2000000 people in there under israeli control and if coronavirus gets in there could be a huge issue. indeed they were talking about high rates of poverty high it's of unemployment that caused people to live in very close proximity which makes social ringback distancing almost impossible in the gaza strip are also talking about and in caves that has been under lockdown for certain years now we're talking about 3 wars that have taken its toll on the health sector then 3 cities not working as it should we're talking about 5 to 6 hours for a day so really many people inside the gaza strip say that it would be kind of an end of the world scenario when it comes to the gaza strip dealing with it and out break we are now lucky according to authorities there the 2 people that have tested positive for the virus stayed in quarantine after they arrived the

more on that story now with made abraham in ramallah in the occupied west bank. the palestinian who was killed bar in israeli prisons far is a 15 year old his name is and how much how many and he was participating in the protest that was organized by palestinians near the jail but as a way for locals to try and defend their lands from settler attacks according to medical sources they've treated around 112 on site doesn't have to take them to hospitals in one particular person. but the coalition of locals in the area say good job and i'm. very elevated area one of the highest in the nablus area and that settlers have been on the exact locations 2 or 3 years since 19 eighties and there has been confrontations with 2 calls to me in there and the secular is huge with the seculars like 2 sets a lot and high areas the top of the mountains hilltops maybe you can say that this is a way for them to keep an upper hand if anything happens including the most sions and palestinians are telling us that 2nd those have been attacks have been on the rise in the past few years jus

injured including a teenager who's now in a critical condition that joins us live on skype from ramallah in the occupied west bank what else do we know. we know that the palestinian who was killed by israeli forces fire is a 15 year old just named a man and he was participating in the protest that was organized by palestinians. as a way for locals to try and defend their lands from secular attacks according to medical sources they've treated around 112 injuries on site dozens of have been taken to hospitals with one more person who means in critical condition now locals in the area say a job and a very elevated area one of the highest in the nablus area and that settlers have been ongoing locations here since 19 and there has been confrontations between there and the seculars usually seculars like to set a little high area top of the mountains hilltop maybe you can say that this is a way for them to keep an upper hand if anything happens including the most syrians are telling us the texans have been as such their attacks have been on the rise in the past few years just since the beginnin

mattresses the food is not good there is a miserable conditions it's cold and there is no toilet in ramallah in the occupied west bank the palestinian prime minister who's promoted a policy of economic disengagement from israel demanded human conditions be provided for workers there he also banned all such work in illegal settlements part of a 2 week general lockdown. no citizens are allowed to leave their homes as part of home confinement as of 10 pm tonight 22nd of march except for medical centers and their workers workers in the following areas should show their work cards pharmacies bakeries and grocery stores. further south near hebron signs that both this internal sealing off and the israeli military closure of the crossings are being challenged with crowds apparently attempting to get into israel through unfenced areas typically it's estimated some 60000 west bank palestinians work without papers about. syrian economy is estimated to gain some $330000000.00 a month from wages and inside israel the p.a. wants to retain as much of that as possible israel still needs the labor the questi

had to adapt so people are crowded on the streets spreading coronavirus it ever had reports from ramallah in the occupied west bank. the 44th anniversary of land b. was commemorated this year without people there is a state of emergency in palestine due to the issue of the coronavirus we're talking about more than a 100 cases the buyers in the occupied west bank and 9 people were tested positive for covered 19 in the gaza strip now in gaza the authorities have marked the days they've disinfected the streets to provide more protection to people and planted trees to show the special relationship between palestinians and their lands it's worth mentioning that the great marches of return which have started 2 years ago have begun on this day 2 years ago on that day the 30th of march and there are many thousands of palestinians have went to the bordering area between gaza and israel we've seen many confrontations over the weeks that have led to the wounded of many in the killing move over then 300 palestinians now we know. that the bodies of said that they are canceling the. gatherings of peopl

revenue holy sites are being disinfected schools remain closed al-jazeera is needed even to him is in ramallah she says one of the latest confirmed cases is a palestinian who works in israel sparking concerns about how other workers will be affected. this is an important issue because we are talking about tens of thousands of palestinian workers who go into israel every day for work they go through checkpoints that are usually very crowded which could mean that some of them will be infected or we will discover that they have been infected in the next few days now currently the way the occupied west bank is under closure by israel for the occasion of the jewish holiday of poor and so so far for the past 4 days none of them have been able to go but it remains to be seen really whether the palestinian government is going to be banning those both the new workers from going there it has no repeat no way of implementing that mechanism these checkpoints and mandan monitors monitored by the israelis themselves so the palestinian government spokesperson said that it's a wait and see at this point that

and israel thank you need a bring him in ramallah so voting is finished in israel but due to start in about an hour's time for some states in the united states as super tuesday begins on the democratic party's race for the white house biden got another boost after winning the south carolina primary at the weekend the former vice president's now one the endorsement of 2 candidates who dropped out that is. and former mayor. 14 states are voting on tuesday to choose the democratic challenger to republican donald trump. folks you know just a few days ago the press and the pundits declared this campaign dead the bright side throughout the summer december was sexism and some of it wasn't easy said he was it was i'm looking for a president who will draw out what is best in each of us and i'm encouraging everybody who is part of my campaign to join me because we have found that leaders in vice president soon to be president joe biden was more now on super tuesday and what's at stake with priyanka gupta. it's a long race to the white house and in a packed calendar of an election year the one d

and ramallah needed abraham says palestinians are especially concerned about israel's close relationship with the united states they're calling upon the international community to hold an international peace conference whereby the u.s. is no longer the sole mediator of the peace process in the hopes that the international law will be implemented here now of course these are the 3rd is radio elections in a year but they are the 1st after the us president donald trump released his plan for the middle east peace and it has been rejected by the palestinians they say it allows for parts of jerusalem to be the capital and not east jerusalem itself as the capital as well as allowing israel to grab more land and we've seen the. israeli prime minister promising to annex thoughts of the jordan valley as well as parts of the occupied west bank including the jordan valley as well as the israeli settlements and they fear that now is the time for him to make good on his promise given that he's been according to the polls given more votes from the israeli public so we've heard now from the palestinian

the birthplace of jesus christ is among the sites that have been closed needed abraham with us in ramallah now obviously you can't get into bethlehem but tell us more about the impact that this is happening having. so we can tell you that there is a sense of panic among palestinians in the occupied west bank we've spoken to a store managers here and they tell us that many people are going to buy cleaning supplies and food they don't know how long this state of emergency is going to last the palestinian prime minister has announced least on thursday the state of a mention emergency by a presidential decree and he said it's going to be lasting for a month but as you can imagine people here think that if new cases emerge than this situation might last for longer so they are stocking up on food and cleaning supplies mainly sanitizers now in bethlehem the situation remains the same the city is sealed from old areas by the israeli army and those 7 patients that were proven to have been affected by the coronavirus are still in the hotel where they got infected in the 1st place so there is a sense

banned all foreign visitors in less self quarantine that's great now to need every him who's in ramallah in the occupied west bank is needed tell us more about what's happening. so as you said the confirmed cases so far a $2625.00 of them remain in bethlehem and 2 areas in under self quarantine now the interesting case is that of the palestinian worker and told him this is a city north of the occupied west bank and he says he's been informed by his blog he's in israel this person is a worker he goes to israel every day to check point he's been informed by his boss that has been tested positive for the coronavirus so he went and checked himself out he was proven to have the virus he has been under quarantine so did his family now this is an important issue because you're talking about tens of thousands of palestinian workers who go into israel every day for work big go through checkpoints that are usually very crowded which could mean that some of them will be infected or we will discover that they have been infected in the next few days now currently the way the occupied west bank is und

need it for him is in ramallah with more on the economic impact the ban on tourists will have there has been a sense of paranoia in bethlehem ever since the news broke out that there has been suspected cases the health ministry saying that they are still waiting on there is to see if there has been actually any cases that has been confirmed to 50 churches one of the main sites in the palestinian territory where pilgrims from all around the world come to visit bethlehem has depended on tourism for so long and living under the israeli occupation the conflict has had that stalled on their economic situation but now we're having the issue of corona and we're going to have to say to wait and see how it's going to play out when it comes to the city's economy but indeed the fasting into is a mystery has closed off the church as well as banning reservations of canceling all reservations for tourists palestinians do not have control over the borders so these measures were seen as important as a precaution to help control the spread of the virus. much of the discussion about the financial impact

restaurants coffee shops and mosques have been ordered to close here is needed abraham with us now from ramallah in the occupied west bank i just quit gaza 1st of all media this is the great fear isn't it for gaza which is already under lockdown with 2000000 people living in such close quarters coronavirus could be just terrible there and are the need is holding very still or that picture has frozen so that's a shame we'll try to catch up with a little bit later in the news are what you're looking at now india the world's 2nd most populous nation which is observing a 14 hour curfew more than a 1000000000 indians are staying home to stop the spread of coronavirus with the government banning all international flights and imposing self isolation for those returning from abroad almost all train services have been suspended till the end of this month for lizabeth purana ms the latest now from new delhi. on thursday promise in that interim order your request of the nation 1300000000 people to stay indoors and incredibly india is the streets eerily quiet you know most people in the country are staying

establish an outpost over 100 people have been treated for their injuries that if joins us on skype from ramallah in the occupied west bank has it calmed down now or is this still an ongoing situation. it did calm down after the israeli army has left the area after confrontations that really have to since the early hours of the morning since palestinians went on to help also amount in as a way to try to protect that as a result 15 year old palestinian thomas how miles has lost his life his funeral is expected to happen any time now and his village of beta and medical sources say that they've treated more than 100 palestinians all sides dozens have been to hospitals in all of that has been happening because palestinians are saying they want to defend this area from an attempt by israeli settlers to take its is an elevated area one of the highest in the nablus governorates and it is has been a pattern by secularists to take a piece of land stay on it bring a curve on live a family 2 families and then later turn it into a settlement of course all segments are close so there's illegal under internati

banned from entering the city and a roadblock has been put up to quarantine quarantine the area and ramallah teams in protective clothing have been disinfecting and the sites countries in africa have been till now escaped the worst of the coronavirus operate but there have been new cases in the cameroon and in togo and at least 45 infections have been confirmed elsewhere on the continent nicholas reports now from senegal where authorities are implementing measures to try and stop the spread. the corona virus is spreading in africa on tuesday a french couple with flu like symptoms tested positive for the virus in this hospital with multiple new cases many of the nursing and medical staff have been sent home hundreds are in self-imposed quarantined pharmacies are running out of masks and sanitizers some are even resorting to traditional remedies and the hope of fighting off the virus is going to individualize you need to eat garlic at least 3 times a day and that will stuff carone of others especially older people have been coming to me hoping that this will protect them when you're going to b

attempt to establish an outpost of 100 people of an inch treated for injuries from the abraham now in ramallahin the occupied west bank she says palestinians are vowing to continue protecting the area from illegal settlements of the near post saying they want to defend this area from an attempt by israelis that there is to take its is an elevated area one of the highest in the most governors and it is has been a pattern by settlers to take a piece of land stay on it bring a car on live from the 2 families and then turn it into a settlement of course also are considered under it to clash in the law and being a mountain or a hotel is expected to be one of the reasons why is that lawyers want that specific area in indeed and many palestinians say that they've been eyeing it since the eighty's they remember of clashes that happened actually in the same mountain so for postilions it's a way to defend the law and as we've seen it has been very. came at a high price another postin is in a critical condition and palestinians are vowing to return to that area to try and defend. any we spoke to eunice r