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which the palestinian people are subjected to of the serious need. abraham was at the funeral in ramallah activists, politicians, feminists and people from all walks of life have gathered and came here today to show solidarity with the rod family. the father sam has been left all alone in this . his wife has been in this really prison for almost the past 2 years, is really has denied many requests to release a job to, to bid her daughter the final per wealth or even next the body inside the prison. so the mother can see. so for one last time, i blamed for requesting a permit for her to attend the funeral. she told us there is no way they'd let her out. they have no humanity and no respect for those. it's not rare for israel to deny such humanitarian request. this is why the house on tv decided as a just for that to broadcast some of the funeral. so she can see it in her prison. over the years when we've been talking to many palestinian prisoners who were released from prison, they would say that the hardest moments, even though for those who spent years and years in jail, the hardest mome

his spot protest in the occupied west bank i demonstrated gathered outside the awful prison near ramallah, demanding so as release his sentence finishes. in 2 months she was detained in 2019 for alex membership of a band group. her daughter, 31, died of a sudden heart attack on sunday. what is in all this stand in front of the prison is to express a solidarity with collated euro, who's going through the tragic death of a daughter, and also to demand the immediate release of kalita. this is off putting pressure on israel through our voices can reach the human rights in international institutions to stop this arbitrary arrest and this injustice which the palestinian people are subjected to to 0 correspondent, neither abraham was that the funeral in ramallah activists, politicians, feminists and people from all walks of life have gathered and came here today to show solidarity with the raw family. the father sam has been left all alone in this . his wife has been in his really prison for almost the past 2 years. israel has denied many requests to release the job to, to bid her daughter the f

a custody and go live to bernard smith was in ramallah in the occupied bank. his throat as have been going on for several weeks, not going at 10 o'clock, was happening today. foley but not died now a couple of weeks ago that he was arrested by palestinian security forces on an autopsy formed on behalf of palestinian rights groups. as he was severely beaten, people saw him beaten with metal rods, 14 members of security forces. i've been in custody since death. he was a major critic of president mood about nobody's been charged, but this debt was a capitalist approach across the policy. okay. 5 pilots in the entire she's just one in ramallah today, although it's relatively small scale, perhaps a few 100 people a chance think the justice for and is i've been out for my mood about to go with me . all parties very, very sensitive to any type of protests in previous times. in the last couple of weeks to process. i've been violently broken up by the palestinian security forces at the moment, electing this one. go ahead, but my mood abbas been ruling by decree effecti

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making news around the world. hundreds of palestinians have demonstrated in the west bank city of ramallah. they're demanding president mahmoud abbas to resign. the protest for spark when activists are by not died in custody last month and not was a vocal predictor of the palestinian authority. protesters are calling for justice . search efforts have been put on hold at the site of last week's partial building collapse and florida ration are underway to demolish the rest of the high rise. miami date mer assigned the emergency order to protect rescue, cruise demolition could happy happened rather as early as sunday. so far, the bodies of 24 people have been recovered. ruptured under water, gas pipeline hasn't flings boiling to the surface of the gulf of mexico. mexico state on the oil company says nobody was hurt in the incident and that the leak has been brought under control. it's unclear how much environmental damage was caused. thousands of march across brazil in protest, and what they say is present variables in arrows, miss handling of the cobra. 1900 pandemic. more than half a 100000

death toll of women and children in gaz amounts up to many multiples of israelis and join now from ramallah or in the west bank by the 1st woman to hold a seat in the highest executive body in valentine. dr. finance, shall we? thank you so much for coming back on the show before we get on to. i mean, so far are no sci fi, this is being a watershed. so i'm saying, what are you hearing about the scale of suffering in the past few weeks from these? well, british american and you nation weapons launched a israel. absolutely. when you have hundreds of innocent civilians can have women and children, family children actually have a call on them. honest, again, you will have 14000 attention apartments and really been destroyed. you have the infrastructure, the roads, the water system, even to the point of getting to the electricity and song you have many clinics strikes. so it's like destroying the economics as that, as benson and the human dimensions of guys, guys are known, let alone go camera. westbank and through some of which you have scores have thousands injured. so that is an insurance and

the abraham has more from ramallah all the palestinian authority and be one of the year in processors. and i'm calling for accountability of what they say the name of the political activists knew thought by now when you law has god that the hands of the palestinian security forces who arrested them a week ago, pretty big crow just brought the occupied work bank that i've been met by by the palestinian authority. we want to prove to the palestinian authority that we were just didn't to know that we under to occupation that we are like news that we want to have the freedom to express ourselves. so our children live in dignity. dissolve the parliament there clamping down on freedoms, including opinions on social media, their clamping down on the civil society and the press on what's left. we've had enough this satisfaction with the palestinian authority has already been on the rise, especially after the palestinian president has decided to cancel. what would have been the 1st elections in 15 years, but also external pressures against the policy in the floor. we've heard from the e u, the

and smith joined us now live from ramallah in the occupied westbank. my apologies here is ben smith in the west bank the capitalist, today's protest. but not a couple of weeks ago. he had been arrested by palestinian security forces and according to witnesses severely enough. and an autopsy policy advised me that he died as a result of the injuries he'd received when he was beaten. 40 members policy security in custody. no one yet charged with death, protested a calling for justice. for him. i'm calling with how is the new president my move about to go, but not the 5th critic of the president of a multi, relatively small scale protest. the authorities here are extremely sensitive to any sign of i would dissent pretend to whole process last couple of weeks. i've been violently suppressed by the security forces that allow this one to go ahead and move it increasingly on popular here. that was a post election last month. they were cancelled again and he's been effectively ruling by decree for much of the 15 years since i were elections last held. his a be

the abraham reports from ramallah palestinian activist pincers and her husband obey aren't sure how to tell their children about their arrest by the palestinian police. early in july, obey was detained, had a protest against the palestinian authority. the police said that gathering didn't have a permit. when he told us that his detention she or soap was faulted and detained as he entered my 5 year old boy had always wanted to be a policeman. on his 6th birthday, he asked me for a costume after he saw the police assault me and release me at 3 am. he told me the police are scary, don't get me. that caused him took 14 a wave of protest against the palestinian authority that were broken up using excessive force. some journalists were banned from reporting, others detained and beaten, and a few said, they were section harass. it's unusual for report, there is to be wearing black jackets while covering protest in la city center, the security forces. and that's why it's up as fulton journalists, why they were reporting on demonstrations against the call. when you know for the reasons week the

versus the death toll of women and children in ga, up to many multiples of israelis and join now from ramallah in the west bank by the 1st woman to hold a seat in the highest executive body in palestine talked with another shroud. we thank you so much for coming back on the show. before we get on to i mean, cease fire or know sci fi. this is being a watershed. some are saying, what are you hearing about the scale of suffering in the past few weeks from these? well, british american and you nation weapons launched by israel. absolutely. when you have hundreds of innocent civilians can have home women and children, primarily, children actually have all homes. they managed again, you'll have 14000 you then sion apartments and really been destroyed. you have the interest of the roads, the water system, even to the point of getting to be electricity and song you have many clinics strikes. so it's like destroying the economics that has benson and the human dimensions of guys, guys i know and let alone talking about westbank and through some of which you have scores have thousands injured. so that is

was known phase social media videos, highlighting alleged corruption has sent us this update from ramallah and the occupied west bank the capital it to be protested that but not a couple of weeks ago. he had been arrested by palestinian security forces and according to witnesses severely big enough and an autopsy policy advised that he died as a result of injury be received when he was beaten or 40 member can insecurity or to come to the no one yet charge the we've been death, protested a calling for justice for him. i'm calling with how is the new president my mood about to go? but not the fear critic of the president of a mighty, relatively small scale protests. for 2 or 3, we sent any sign of outward descent, previous attempts to whole process. last couple of weeks. i've been violently surprised by the security forces that allow this one to go ahead and move about it increasingly on popular here that was supposed to be election last month. they were cancelled again and he's been effectively ruling by decrease much of the 15 years since i were elections last health is a be sort of protes

outside soon was home in support. hundreds of house indians have demonstrated in the west bank city of ramallah. they're demanding as in the hoard of bonds resign. the protests were sparked when activists as are by not died and constantly last month. not was a vocal critic of the palestinian authority. protesters are calling for justice. search efforts have been put on hold at the site of last week's partial building collapse and florida preparations are underway to demolish the rest of the high rise. miami, the mirror signed the emergency order to protect rescue, cruise risk demolition could happen as early as sunday. so far the bodies of 24 people have been recovered. a ruptured under water gas pipeline has sent flames boiling to the surface of the gulf of mexico, mexico state on the oil companies as nobody was hurt in the incident and that the leak had been brought under control. it's unclear how much environmental damage was caused. thousands across brazil have marched in protest. what they say is present, jr. bolton was miss handling the coven, 1900 pandemic. more than half a 1000000 brazi

to protest across the occupied west bank. near the abraham brings is more on the story now from ramallah all the palestinian authority and leave one of the year in processors and calling for accountability of what they got the nation of the political activists. new thought by now the new daughter had died that the hands of the palestinian security forces who arrested them a week ago, the print being pro just dropped the occupied work bank that i've been met by by the palestinian authority committee. and we want to prove to the palestinian authority that we were just our children to know that we under to occupation. and we are like news that we want to have the freedom to express ourselves. so our children live in dignity for the hurry. i think there's all the parliament there clamping down on freedoms, including opinions on social media, the clamping down on the civil society and the press. what's left and we've had enough this satisfaction with the palestinian authority has already been on the rise, especially after the palestinian president has decided to cancel. what would have been t

i enjoy now from ramallah in the west bank by the 1st woman to hold a seat in the highest executive body in palestine talked to her on a shroud. we thank you so much for coming back on the show. before we get on to, i mean see far or no, see why this is being a watershed. some are saying, what are you hearing about the scale of suffering in the past few weeks from these? well, british american and you nation weapons launched why israel? absolutely. when you have hundreds of innocent civilians can have room, women, and children, family children actually have all homes demolished. again, you will have a 1000 attention apartments and really being destroyed. you have the infrastructure, the roads, the water.

after the killing of a prominent palestinian activists caesar last pictures of the demonstration in ramallah nissan. but not died last week, hours after being arrested and beaten by palestinian security forces. his dad's lead to demonstrations across the occupied west bank. a military spokesman says the 14 offices were members of the patrol that arrested him. no charges have been made . neither a brain has more from mamma. several 100 proved to have gathered here at the manada squid and my mother chancing slogans like me, leave our bass and they're saying that they want revenge. we are usually we usually see police forces that are stationed here. we're not seeing that present police. your add them on our squid, but we're hearing that there are riot police industry near the round about here because this is the street that usually lead to the presidential headquarters. so we believe that if the protesters are going to try and head towards the presidential headquarters, they might be math with for now, when it comes to how the policy is going to deal with this, it's a wait and see. but we've se

it's what secretary of state blinken said after he visited ramallah. the question is, will hamas let them? what is clear is hamas said no, we won the war and you guys stay out and stay in the west bank and we will stay in gaza, are in charge and we have nothing to do with you. in theory, they said we let you into the plo but we don't have to make any concessions between israel and the palestinian authority. maybe then we will talk to you. all these reconciliations have been going on since 2007. since the mecca, the saudi brokerage, and again i think , egypt has done a fantastic effort to try to bring the palestinian movement together whether it's from hamas to the west bank to gaza. but since 2007, now 14 years later, it hasn't worked. that is hard. the final piece is what sort of negotiation is going to happen? the united states under democrats and republican administrations have tried to do what is called final status, go to the endgame, solve the whole dam conflict. that is what clinton at camp david and condoleezza rice, and under the obama adminis

the government doesn't know because they believe wives love, which means he's leverage to live in ramallah was in love with a woman living just they lived together to raise the family an issue few months ago, marriage mission was they were, am i am, can government a story. all right. you know, he's coming by because he's also really knows government by john. we know then the most, i mean he's about to break it when they want to embarrass the government against all that they really don't gender equation to be human right. also is ready to miss the call was severe. think this will actually pass the can asset them because it sounds like the government's fragile though it may be, is divided on this law. you've got the hard nationalist right, and arrows part these all together in this one government. given the tricky situation, the government itself isn't. is there a chance this could possibly can acid also mentioned we have for the 1st time in our lives, in collision just because that comes from beverage. and she is why she believes during to be already she will give to those people because ev

the protest has gathered outside of our prison, near ramallah, demanding general beliefs. sees fences finishes in 2 months time detained. in 2019 for alleged membership of a band group, her daughter, 31 started a sudden heart attack on sunday vision. also this stand in front of the prison is to express a solidarity with collated euro, who's going through the tragic death of a daughter, and also to demand the immediate release of kalita. this is off putting pressure on israel so our voices can reach the human rights in international institutions to stop this arbitrary arrest. and this injustice which the palestinian people are subjected to. france assign tech, john google nearly $600000000.00 regulated say the company failed to the go. c h with use publishers about using their contents for the firm. now as 2 months to propose how it will compensate, news agencies are face for the fines time for the weather is kara, hello there, the monsoon range remain pretty active across much of south asia. and we've seen them really come into force across the north west of india. we've had severe la

after the death of an activist in p, a custody bernard smith sent out this update from ramallah in the occupied west bank. the capitalist, today's protest of news, but not a couple of weeks ago, he had been arrested by palestinian security forces, according to witnesses severely big enough. and an autopsy policy advised me that he died as a result of the injuries he'd received when he was beaten. there are 40 members, policy security portal in custody. no one yet charge though. we've been death, protested a calling for justice for him. i'm calling with how is the new president my mood about to go to the 5th critic of the president of a mighty, relatively small scale protest. the authorities here are extremely sent to any sign of outward descent. proved attempts to whole protest last couple of weeks have been violently suppressed by the security forces that allowed this one to go ahead about it increasingly on popular here that was supposed to be election last month. they were cancelled again, and he's been effectively ruling by decrease, much of the 15 years since i were elections last

the protest is all gathered outside for a prison near ramallah demanding joe, i was released from sentence finishes in 2 months. she was detained in 2019 for alleged membership in a band group. her daughter, just 31 years old, died of a sudden heart attack on sunday. what per month isn't all for this stand in front of the prison is to express a solidarity with completed your are going through the tragic death of a daughter and also to demand the immediate release of kalita. this is off putting pressure on israel so our voices can reach the human rights in international institutions to stop this arbitrary arrest. and this injustice which the palestinian people are subjected to a 2 and a half years of hearing shocking testimony from the victims of state sanctioned killings can be as truth reconciliation and reparations commission has concluded its assignment, its planning to make strong recommendations to punish those responsible for atrocities committed to the former president, ja janice will 25 years ago. but as it interest reports, many victim say they can't move on. the home of late mosq

but also in ramallah. i will go back to ambassador jeffrey for thoughts on what you have heard so far particularly what you see is feasible. >> all in all, i think on this issue, which i have followed intermittently for 20 years, the position that the biden administration is taking is wise. there is no real alternative to the two state solution. we have general agreement on this panel for that. pursuing that, given the sensitivities involved and the long history is something that requires step-by-step work. i think that david's idea of shrinking the conflict on the one hand and the bureau's idea to do diplomacy as opposed to big dramatic diplomacy which gathers a lot of attention but also raises expectations are well aligned. also i agree with what the other ambassador has said. there is a real opportunity at this point because the region is changing. the united states relative role is not going to be as great as in the past. there are pretty scary alternative security dynamics out there. it is also russia

in the occupied west bank city of ramallah, thousands gathered for the burial of human rights activistsuha jarrar, who was found dead at her home sunday at the age of 31. she reportedly died of a heart attack, though the cause has not yet been confirmed. suha jarrar's mother, palestinian lawmaker khalida jarrar, is currently in an israeli prison on what rights groups say are politically motivated grounds and was not permitted to attend her daughter's funeral. suha jarrar worked for palestinian rights organization al-haq, focusing on the environmental impacts of the israeli occupation. in other news from the region, a united nations human rights expert says israeli settlements in east jerusalem and the occupied west bank amount to a war crime. in canada, over 160 unmarked graves have been found at the former kuper island industrial school, which operated as a boarding school for indigenous children from 1890 to 1975 on penelakut tribe territory. this is the latest in a series of recent discoveries of hundreds of other unmarked graves which have shed light on former government funded boa

and although ramallah wilcox penalty have the deficit just before half time, it'll be held on during the rest of the game. they remain oncourse for their 1st european title in more than half a century. fetch after spain beach switzerland in a dramatic penalty shoot out in st. petersburg spain's goalkeeper nigh simon made 2 saves as his country. 131 in the shooter. the match had ended one all after extra time despite switzerland playing with 10 men. after a red card. earlier we spoke to dave brand from d w. sports. he assess spain's chances of winning the tournament. that was an incredibly close match with a real nail biter. and spain really are almost a bit lucky to squeak through. we do have to give switzerland all the credit they deserved. they really have punched way, way above their weight this tournament, and done a lot better than people gave him credit for is always to say the least, but spain were clear favorites in this match and did struggle. and i think this match was really indicative of one of their broader issues where they had a boom bust attack in 2 of their matches.