these seemingly carefree moments everyone without fail says life is the worst it's ever been stephanie decker. who has what's changed for palestinians living in the gaza strip over the past few years in this interactive al-jazeera examines what life is like for one palestinian family living amongst the rubble in twenty fifteen you can watch twenty four hours in gaza. by searching for gaza itself. well hit records have been broken across the northern hemisphere sparking warnings that climate change impacts we weren't supposed to see until twenty fifty are in fact already happening the latest countries to see all time highs are south korea with a forty eight point three degrees celsius and its northern neighbor which reportedly recorded thirty seven point eight japan to the east suffered through a deadly heat wave last month and parts of scandinavia that's as far north as the arctic circle have seen their hottest july in two hundred and fifty years norway's capital had an all time high of thirty four point six degrees elsewhere in europe the netherlands capital amsterdam recorded almost thirty

speak to us so we were hearing some very strong views and sentiments being voiced there in stephanie decker's report do you anticipate that these protests are likely to continue by all means you know of course i mean the the law the nation state law. elevates the question of discrimination inside israel to constitutional status and makes it a basic law which means what is really practices that used to. given it now have legal status and all the policies of days ation regarding land housing right of return status of jerusalem a whole range of different rights that affect non jews in the jewish state now will be institutionally discriminated against and so does this not reflect an existing reality in the state of israel and the reason for which it was established sure well i mean israel already has laws on the books like it has sixty four laws on the books that discriminate with some of these are on their face value actually discriminating others are more in direct so. but the elevation of the status to constitutional status is it is fundamentally different it means that this becomes the animis

we seem to have lost the connection with stephanie decker stephanie giving us the update from the gaza border as you can see and you heard stephanie talk about the basic commodities that are lacking from there and they're effectively banned from entering the gaza strip those items from wedding dresses to soap to baby bottles and diapers are now on display at an exhibition in gaza city the display organizers say is to call attention to israel's gaza seeds you can read more about that exhibit and see what's not allowed into the strip on al-jazeera dot com yemen already home to the worst cholera outbreak in recorded history it's on the brink of an even more severe epidemic that is the warning from the world health organization it's calling for an immediate cease fire in the north so it's crews can get in and vaccinate people we have requested as the u.n. three days is tranquility associated with the first color of vaccine campaign across fifty six in the north of the country you recall that we were able to start to see v.k. .

already suffer frequent and rely on fuel to power generation as well as go to our correspondent stephanie decker she is joining us live from gaza. so. israel crushing all emergency fuel supply is adding even more pressure as we've mentioned to people living in gaza. this is really an attempt by israel to put more pressure on the political leadership here to as you mentioned earlier stop those and century from going across the border the effect on the people absolutely is significant because this is the main goods crossing so what's being stopped now and we have to say this is the second time in two weeks that this decision is happening it was stopped opened again last tuesday but now it's closed again cooking oil is something that stopped and fuel so from what we understand gaza has about two days of supply left so people are in panicking at the moment there's no queues at the gas stations but certainly if this goes on for a long time it will have a significant effect it goes to show that the cease fire that's in place here between israel and hamas is fragile that there are still major sticking

these seemingly carefree moments everyone without fail says life is the worst it's ever been stephanie decker. now hundreds of iranians angry at the state of the economy have been protesting in at least five cities iran's official news agency says the demonstrations were illegal and have been broken up by police iranian currency the reality hit record lows this week so lost around half of its value this year as concern builds about the reimposition of u.s. sanctions which start next tuesday they must robbie has more from ron. paul we're seeing these protests break out in the main cities about five or six different provinces the biggest demonstrations in the city of this fallen and ensure rise now protests in iran have become relatively normal with the economic struggle that the country's been seeing for the past several months so dozens of people protesting in their cities in the towers in the villages is not something that generally makes the news but what we have seen in the last forty eight hours is dozens of protesters in a few pockets around the country turning into hundreds in main citi

lifeguards common in the next generation but even the big is directly affected by the blockade stephanie decker reports. he is arguably the best known lifeguard in gaza also known as the teacher or the swimmer fifty five year old aymen is a veteran on these beaches. when children come to the beach you feel like they are releasing the depression they have inside because water is life when they enjoy the sound of water you feel like they need it it's like a mental really you know most people are given to think that this is a beach just like anywhere else in the world and even though it offers some sense of the state for the people of israel cedes remains ever present just a few kilometers off the coast israeli navy patrols the waters imposing its years long naval blockade and israeli navy vessel lies in the background we noticed it using a water cannon just before we started filming what we can only assume was a palestinian fishing boat perhaps getting too close to the israeli imposed invisible border penned in even at sea. the blockade is also limited mohamad champion long distance swimmer he sa

fany decker joins us now live from tel aviv phonies that proto stephanie give us an idea of what the protesters are saying and the mood there. is a couple of thousand people here there are gathering starting around now this is the crucial start time it is organized really representing the israeli palestinian citizens of israel what the protesters are calling for is for a full cancellation of the will many people were speaking to here calling it an apartheid goal many people are telling you they say well we were here first this is our land we should not be second class citizens other younger israeli palestinians are saying you know they feel part of the state of israel they say they speak fluent in hebrew obviously as so many do go to jewish universities but they say they want a quality they want a better state of israel even one gentleman who's actually sitting very close to where i am is eighty two years old who says he remembers what it was like before the establishment of the state a visual jewish israeli gentleman who says we had no problems that no problems with each other so th

languages and it establishes jewish settlement as a national value that the state must encourage stephanie decker was at those protests and television. thousand. delegates march. to the museum it's an ice by israeli palestinian citizens of israel and there. for the cancellation of the war there's a lot of jewish here are saying that they are not the direction of the jury and the only message here is one of unity. because we don't need this kind of this and you know loan off netanyahu will get out apps. and number two on event is not i'm not. giving him joel i don't suppose you know what this is amazing this is no no no no i don't remember what i was. fighting for something and this is real there is no no. people who really believe in the us and equality we have and take democratic moves taking place in many things in the towards gays towards women in words thank you learn and we're exam and this is the fascist regime it's turning into a fascist that is still not there but it's going in a bad direction and we need to stop it as well as soon as we can. they're trying to . force the nickname of the

after that you go back to the hell of it will go to other other with you have to pay the price stephanie deckers in west jerusalem for us stephanie what's the latest from gaza right now. well it's not quiet there remains an exchange was a couple of hours where nothing happened early in the off to noon and then over the last couple of hours has been rocket fire outgoing one of them actually reaching back shaver which is forty kilometers east of the gaza strip that's the furthers any rocket has has gone since the two thousand and fourteen war and just in the last couple of hours we've had a massive air strike west of gaza city on the cultural center there was a warning of residents in the aerials and multiple what they call the taps on the roof sort of almost like a slight drone strike before the building was completely taken down and of course in this age of social media and because of been these warnings is a lot of video now coming out that shows the moment that the center was completely demolished so a lot of people in gaza shocked as to why this building would be targeted and there's been no

sole official language a status previously shared by arabic it has provoked widespread protests stephanie decker has more now from us through some to stephanie what's supposed to happen today how do we anticipate this playing out. well they're currently inside the knesset that's the israeli parliament behind me richelle in a heated debate going on we've heard from various of the opposition members of knesset just quote you some of the lines one of the palestinian israeli members of knesset tb saying he says it only you know you voted for an apartheid law he said that these policies of not be new but now it's been made official he said that this little gave the rights the collective rights to one group only and that is a jewish the jewish population and he said that only a collective effort by jews and arabs coming together would be able to overturn it we also saw protesters inside the knesset waving the declaration of independence they have been removed by the knesset six security i just looked up the wording of the declaration of independence of the establishment of the state of israel and this

stephanie decker has more. to add up here in tel aviv in the march robbery squad to the museum it's taken eyes by israeli palestinian think. of israel and there. for the castle a shot of the war there's a lot of jewish are you saying that they're not the direction. the message is wind energy. meanwhile a u.n. delegation has arrived in gaza for meetings with hamas in a bid to lower the tension with israel are expected to push for a more permanent cease fire the visit comes as funerals are held for three palestinians killed by israeli forces during friday protests at the gaza border it's the twentieth week that protests were held since the demonstrations started in march around one hundred sixty four palestinians have been killed authorities in yemen is still struggling to identify the remains of those killed in a south b.m.r. r.t. coalition air strike which hit a school bus who the rebels say at least fifty one people were killed in thursday's attack including forty children the un has demanded an independent in

these seemingly carefree moments everyone without fail says life is the worst it's ever been stephanie decker. democratic republic of congo opposition leader. has launched his application to be a candidate in the presidential election the former rebel commander arrived home on wednesday after eleven years and exile ten years of that spent in prison catherine saw reports from the capital kinshasa. john here ben but what they believe god by police when he came here to the electoral commission to prevent. some of the supporters was there the police. right. there with singing and dancing and then they just here to support them are you know we did speak to some of the two officials who say that he movement has been fulfilled he's not being allowed to interact with many supporters they say that he wanted in the period that he's here in kinshasa to stay in one of these residences in a. police car they'd know to that clear now he spent the night. one of the complex is an office complex that he finally owned again very heavily guarded by police we did speak to the commissioner of police often told us

establishes a step pushes jewish settlement as a national value that the state must encourage well stephanie decker was at those protests and tell of the. march. to the museum it's by israeli policy. a vision. for the cancellation of the war there's a lot of jewish here are saying that they are not the direction. and the only message is one of unity. because we don't need this of this and you won't loan off netanyahu that. number two on event is not i'm not. giving him to all this is you know what this is amazing this is. no i don't remember what i was. fighting for something and this is real there is no one. big people who really believe in democracy and equality we have and take democratic moves taking place in many things in the towards gays towards women in words thank you learn and one exam and this is the fascist regime it's turning into a fascist that is still not there but it's going in a bad direction and we need to stop it as well as soon as we can. they're trying to . israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and there is a big rush. we're going to continue with the mantra becoming the a

push to retake this last major rebel held area may begin soon we began with this report from stephanie decker who's just across the border from it live in the turkish city of antakya. all eyes now on the rebel held province of the syrian government has always said it was going to take it back and it seems an offensive is now imminent what form will this offensive take that remains the question will it be limited will it be an all out war while there's intensive negotiations going on behind the scenes between turkey between the russians and also rebel groups on the ground particular group called hired to handle shadow this group formerly associated with al qaeda known as the mr front that is the main issue this is what russia and syria say are terrorists and why they're going to be undertaking this offensive while the u.n. special envoy to syria staffan de mistura put their number at around ten thousand fighters but of course more importantly is the humanitarian situation almost three million people are inside it province half of those are people internally displaced from other conflict zones

who are israeli palestinians the fear is that all this leaves them as second class citizens stephanie decker has more now from tel aviv. to the museum it's nice by trade i listed. a big. and there. for the calculation of the moon there's. a lot of to say are saying that they're not the direction. and fundamental is one of the energy. because we don't need this about the politics of this and you don't loan off netanyahu is amazing this is. no i don't remember but i was. fighting for something and this is real there is a god i. think the people that really believe in the us and equality we have and take them across it moves taking place in many things in the towards gays towards women in words secular and towards arabs and this is a fascist regime it's turning into a fascist that is still not there but it's going in a bad direction and we need to stop it as well as soon as we can. their side to the . buddha first and let them have the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and there is a big question whether the. going to continue with this momentum becoming more against this government a m

languages and it establishes jewish settlement as a national value the state must encourage stephanie decker was at the protests in front of eighty. thousand. delegates and march represents the museum it's an ice by israeli policy. a bit late for the cancellation of the war there's a lot of jews who are saying that they are not the direction the jury is going to message me or anyone of unity. because we don't need this of this and you won't loan off netanyahu that taubes in number two on event is not i'm not. giving him joel i don't suppose you know what this is amazing this is. no i don't remember but i want to. do something and this is real or even know what. people who really believe in democracy and equality we have and take democratic moves taking place in many things in the towards gays towards women in wards secular and towards arabs and this is the fascist regime is turning into a fascist that is still not there but it's going in a bad direction and we need to stop it as well as soon as we can. they're trying to . force the nickname of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu an

languages and it establishes jewish settlements as a national value that the state must encourage stephanie decker was at the protest in tel aviv. the museum is a nice by israeli policy. but it's only for the release of the more there's a lot of jewish they are saying that they are not the direction and. the message is one of unity. because we don't need this of this and you know netanyahu will. remember two events is too much i'm not. giving him. isn't this is amazing this is was i don't know that i was lost. by the do something and this is real there you go well i think the people who really believe in the right and equality we have and take democratic moves taking place in many things in that towards gays towards women in words and one exam and this is the fascist regime is turning. into fashion that is still not there but it's going in a bad direction and we need to stop it as well as soon as we can. they're trying to . force the end of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and there is a big question was there whether they're. going to continue with this the mantle becoming the are ag

thirtieth more than one hundred fifty palestinians have been killed since the protests began stephanie decker has more now from gaza. it is the nineteenth week of protests and people still keep coming to the scene is really the same you can see now tear gas landing on the crowd the crowds are smaller probably even less than one percent of gaza's population but the message is the same they want their lives to improve and what is different this time is the political negotiations that are going on there is a senior delegation of how mass leaders including sali uprooted he is one of the main deputies chief deputy of hamas he's wanted by israel so him coming back here first time in eight years mean there are some kind of guarantees on the table that he won't be touched he comes from cairo they've been negotiations going on there extensively with the with the u.n. with egypt the bigger picture is this they're trying to establish a long term cease fire with israel they're trying to improve the situation for the people here water elektra's city power openings of borders the details are difficult or c

already suffer frequent power cuts hospitals in particular struggle with the lack of resources stephanie decker has more from gaza. this is all part of wider political pressure that israel is trying to impose on have any defense minister avigdor lieberman saying at once leadership here to stop the incendiary balloons and the kites and also quoting the friday protest the bigger picture here is that there is still a very fragile ceasefire fragile tense situation between israel and hamas another interesting development we have a senior hamas leadership that are not based here in gaza coming to gaza today from cairo they've been in cairo discussing with egyptian intelligence and others this cease fire deal also potentially discussing palestinian reconciliation it is important why it is important because any of those things need to be done to move forward here and improve the situation for the people it is unclear what is going to be achieved on the table we know certainly when it comes to palestinian reconciliation there is no trust between how mass and certainly more urgently the ceasefire needs t

palestinians and guards are already suffering from power cuts and rely on fuel to power generators stephanie deckerhas more from gaza. this is all part of wider political pressure that israel is trying to impose on have the israeli defense minister avigdor lieberman saying it wants leadership here to stop the incentive and the kites and also quoting the friday protests the bigger picture here is this there is still a very fragile ceasefire fragile tense situation between israel and hamas another interesting development we have a senior hamas leadership that are not based here in gaza coming to gaza today from cairo they've been in cairo discussing with egyptian intelligence and others this cease fire deal also potentially discussing palestinian reconciliation it is important why it is important because any of those things need to be done to move forward here and improve the situation for the people it is unclear what is going to be achieved on the table we know certainly when it comes to palestinian reconciliation there is no trust between how mass in fact certainly more urgently the ceasefire need

inside and no one wants a war people are incredibly worried about how this is going to play out stephanie decker thank you very much the russian ruble tumbling to its lowest point in two years after the united states impose new sanctions over a chemical weapons attack on a former russian double agent the kremlin is rejecting the sanctions as illegal and says it's begun working on retaliatory measures for each other's reports from moscow. well the kremlin response is that this is categorically unacceptable illegal under international law they say they've claimed again that they had nothing to do with the poisoning of the script and that these new sanctions are essentially inconsistent with the atmosphere of corporation that they felt they got from donald trump of the helsinki summit with running with putin some weeks ago now or they're saying that washington is an unpredictable actor on the international stage and they don't know yet what they're going to do to respond because the kremlin says it doesn't have enough information about what these u.s. sanctions actually are. however this is in conc

and at the stablish is jewish settlements as a national value that the states must encourage stephanie decker was at the protests and thought of eve. here in tel aviv mark green square. the museum it's back and eyes by israeli pilots. for the calculation of the moon there's a lot of jews who are saying that they're not the direction was really going to message me or anyone of us here we owe it because we don't need this about a cascade of this annual loan off netanyahu that apps. and none but you'll only event is not i'm not. giving him to look at citizens and i was young this is amazing this is oh i know i remember when i was. fighting to do something and this is real very little known. for people who don't really believe in the us and equality we have and take democratic moves taking place in many things in the towards gays towards women in wards secular and towards arabs and this is the fascist regime is turning into a fascist but it's still not there but it's going in a bad direction and we need to stop it as well as soon as we can. they're trying to be rooting for you to make them abuse

against the legislation which critics say renders minority communities second class citizens stephanie decker has more from west jerusalem the debate happening inside the knesset inside the israeli parliament isn't going to change anything to the law today but it highlights the controversy that this law has caused debate going on inside the knesset heated debate we heard from my t.v. he's a palace soon israeli member of knesset saying that this is an apartheid law this is what m.k. said voted for he said that this is a policy that has been inherent over the years when it comes to treating the palestinian citizens of israel and others but it is now ingrained in its lord he said only by standing together jewish people and the arabs wouldn't be able to be overturned it highlights the concern not only from within here from within the citizens of israel also jews have said that this is a is a threat to what israel says is its democratic and equal basis of the establishment of the state it is also called prompted a lot of criticism when it comes to the international community and we've also seen te

or for the very latest we can join our correspondent stephanie decker he's live for us in west jerusalem of course the situation is very volatile the dust has not settled. absolutely however in the last couple of hours or so it's been relatively quiet all eyes now on what happens next particularly here in israel right now from what we understand in tel aviv the prime minister is meeting with his defense minister avigdor lieberman in about four hours time from now we will have an israeli security cabinet meeting convene also at army headquarters in tel aviv it will be interesting and crucial to see what comes out of that so hail everyone we've been speaking to and this escalation as has come and gone over the last couple of weeks both sides don't want a war if you look at the amount of targets overnight one hundred eighty now the rockets fired from gaza into israel according to the army around one hundred fifty targets hit by the israeli army inside gaza but if you look at the casualty count if you look at whether israel has targeted members of hamas it hasn't done this yet also the damag

these seemingly carefree moments everyone without fail says life is the worst it's ever been stephanie decker or jazeera gaza democratic republic of congo opposition leader. as large his application to be a candidate in december surprise attention the election the former rebel commander to stay after eleven years in exile ten years of that spent in prison caskets i will ports of the capital kinshasa. john pierre bemba arrives at the electoral commission offices to submit his candidacy for president the last twenty four hours have been a whirlwind for him has been heavily guarded by police party officials say his movement has been restricted he's not allowed to publicly address his supporters and the government has denied him access to a residential home in the suburb called in the capital city. the police are telling us that have been a residence this is a violation of his words he's come home and should be able to freely move around and leave where he wants. kinshasa as police commissioner is in charge of security arrangements he says all this is for his protection but they will not allow hi

sole official language a status previously shared by arabic it has provoked widespread protests stephanie decker has more from lustrous. the debate happening inside the knesset inside the israeli parliament isn't going to change anything to the rule today but it highlights the controversy that this law has caused debate going on inside the knesset heated debate we heard from my t.v. he's a palace soon israeli member of knesset saying that this is an apartheid rule this is what m.k. said voted for he said that this is a policy that has been inherent over.

israeli palestinians the fear is that all this leaves them a second class citizens al-jazeera stephanie decker has more on this now from tel aviv the. delegate of the omar rodriguez. museum it's thank you nice by trade policy. of israel and there. for the file a shadow of the war there's. a lot of jewish saying that they are not the direction . of the message they are the is one of the rich. because we don't need this about the politics of this and you owe us netanyahu all this amazing this is. no i don't remember what i was. fighting for something and this is real there is a god i think the world people really global in the us and equality we have and take democratic moves taking place in many things. towards gays towards women. words secular and one exam and this is the fascist regime is turning into a fascist that is still not there but is going in a bad direction in which to stop it as well as soon as we can. they're trying to. force the leg of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and there is a big question whether they are. going to continue with the mantra becoming the are agai

independence nine hundred forty eight guaranteed equal rights for all let's talk to my colleague stephanie decker who's live for us this from west jerusalem stuff good morning what's happening there today. well the israeli knesset that's behind me that's the parliament has been recalled from their summer recess just about two weeks after that law was paulus the prime minister benjamin netanyahu very keen to get it passed before they went on their summer break while the controversy surrounding it now has led to them being recalled it's not going to be binding what is debated here today but we do expect it to be heated from what we understand the prime minister will not be attending he is not required to attend legally but the opposition has been saying well you pos this law so very quickly there's been a huge fallout about it you should be here to debate but certainly at the moment we don't expect that to happen but you know it's indicative of the wider criticism peter not just from israel's minority as you mentioned earlier from the druze from the palestinian israeli citizens also coming from abr

see what the israelis have to say in the coming hours ok thanks andrea let's go live now to stephanie decker use in west jerusalem for an idea of what's happening there on the sides and as andrew was saying the staff there was the security cabinet meeting due at this time but it's been delayed that is correct as you heard andrew mention there we were expecting it to happen now it's the second security cabinet in a week it is now been delayed by two hours so let's wait and see what they have to say these hours are crucial we have heard reports of rocket sirens just in the last hour or so called into the israeli police spokesperson he's saying rockets were fired at best share of our and they're looking for them an open field and why could that be significant because bush never lies forty kilometers east of gaza so if that is confirmed it will be the further stay have been launched since the two thousand and fourteen conflict so again there are sensitive times it can still lead to an escalation we're going to have to wait and see what comes out of that security cabinet meeting absolutely and in

these seemingly carefree moments everyone without fail says life is the worst it's ever been stephanie decker or jazeera. tech giant apple's become the first company to hit a valuation of one trillion dollars on the u.s. stock market that's a million million dollars or one with twelve zeros came when apple's share price on wall street wenzel with two hundred seven dollars per share it's the second company worldwide to hit the trillion dollars oil company petro china did it very briefly eleven years ago and the shanghai exchanges kristen suddenly has more now from new york. there was some concern that apple a company known for its hardware had little room to grow given saturation of the cell phone market but its latest earnings report put that worry to rouse apple posted earnings of fifty three point three billion dollars in the third quarter an increase of seventeen percent over the same time last year and that is driven by strong demand for its most expensive phone the i phone x. but it's not just hardware behind the company's success the tech giant is also seeing growth in its services busi

suffer frequent power cuts and they're particularly debilitating for hospitals in the region stephanie decker our correspondent joins me now from gaza i mean this is a vital lifeline and it's again close stephanie that's going to concern gardens living on the strip who rely on it for their vital supplies. yes and it's all part of political pressure that is paid by the people here it's happened before last sunday two sundays ago the israeli decided to close do the same thing stop fuel and cooking gas from entering. because of the what they call incendiary kites and balloons crossing the border well yesterday at least nine hundred fires we understand confirmed by the israelis spokesperson part of the government that deals with fire and said so now we see this decision and the defense minister saying it is because of the continuing incendiary kites and balloons and the border protests but the bigger picture here is this there is already a dire need for more fuel and cooking gas here from what we understand there's about two days of reserves so there is no panic at the moment you don't see people

was passed last month it came in week out israel's cruz community also rallied against the law stephanie decker was at the protest in tel aviv. museum it's nice by israeli policy. for. the move there's a. saying that they are not the direction. that the message is one of unity. because we don't need this of this and you know netanyahu. event isn't. isn't this is amazing this is. something and this is real there is a god. the people that really believe in democracy and equality we have and take democratic moves taking place. in many things in the towards gays towards women in the words secular and why is there and this is the fascist regime is turning into a fascist that is still not there but it's going in a bad direction and we need to stop it as well as soon as we can. they're trying to . force the letter of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and there is a big question are are there whether they're. going to continue with this demand to becoming law are against their government to messrs the people to run the right thing or the right wind from. benyamin netanyahu is going to need

alarmed by the flare up of violence that has warned that it could lead to war we'll be talking to stephanie decker from west jerusalem for reaction from there in just a moment but first and her simmonds he's live for us from gaza itself an entry or just outside the house where the pregnant mother and her child were killed what can you tell us about what you're seeing and what you're hearing there. i've actually moved to daryl bella which is a town midway up the gaza strip and it was devastated by this attack and i'll show you now you see some of the rubble around this is some distance away from the the actual strikes the the first strike was up here and we'll see it now that strike this is a residential area and we know so far that it was an f. sixteen attack that's what how mass is saying and there is no detail from the israelis at this stage who are saying more than one hundred targets are in their hands over ham ass and they have hit how mass targets right across the strip now that does seem to be definitely true in terms of casualties that a limited number is because how mass evacuated its bas

it'll be very interesting how israel reads this and how they decide to take things forward ok stephanie decker giving us the update from west jerusalem thank you well colombia recently became the last south american country to recognize palestine but it's not clear if that's going to last and a ship was here with more on the outs thanks to an well the stresses and came about as columbia was on the verge of a political transition and that's a crucial aspect to this story former president juan manuel santos recognize palestine on friday just days before he was set to leave office and the decision was made public until after his successor even duke it was inaugurated on tuesday. israeli embassy in bogota published a strongly worded statement on twitter saying columbia's decision to recognize palestine is a slap in the face for loyal ally which contradicts the quality of the relationship between the two countries and leaders we expect the new colombian government to reverse this decision now israel statement specifically appealed to the new foreign minister carlos almost through here you know and

already suffer frequent power cuts hospitals in particular struggle with a lack of resources stephanie decker is our correspondent correspondent monitoring events for us in gaza and joins me there right now stephanie this is a vital lifeline and it's again closed and gardens rely on this obviously for the very supplies. yes particularly you know the cooking gas what they use to cook obviously fuel for cars it's a political move sale that is you know really aimed at tightening the noose and putting more pressure on the leadership here to stop as you mentioned those into century kites and balloons or been significantly less over the last couple of weeks is as we've seen an escalation in tension between israel and hamas but yesterday at least one thousand fires were reported from the israeli prime minister's office from the section that deals with fires so i think this is a response to that giving a very clear message here to the leadership that they need to do more to contain it interesting developments as well we have a senior hamas delegation of leaders that are not they don't live here in ga

sole official language status previously shared by arabic it's provoked widespread protests stephanie decker has more from lester islam. the debate happening inside the knesset inside the israeli parliament isn't going to change anything to the law today but it highlights the controversy that this law has caused debate going on inside the knesset heated debate you heard from my t.v. he's a palace soon israeli member of knesset saying that this is an apartheid rule this is what m.k. said voted for he said that this is a policy that has been inherent over the years when it comes to treating the palestinian citizens of israel and others but it is now ingrained in its lord he said only by standing together jewish people and the arabs wouldn't be able to be overturned it highlights the concern not only from within here from within the citizens of israel also jews have said that this is a is a threat to what israel says is its democratic and equal basis of the establishment of the state it is also called prompted a lot of criticism when it comes to the international community and we've also seen t

the surface more than one hundred fifty palestinians have been killed since the protests began stephanie decker has more now from gaza. it is the nineteenth week of protests and people still keep coming to the scene is really the same you can see now tear gas landing on the crowd the crowds are smaller probably even less than one percent of gaza's population but the message is the same they want their lives to improve and what is different this time is the political negotiations that are going on there is a senior delegation of how mass leaders including sali has one of the main deputies chief deputy of hamas he's wanted by israel so him coming back here first time in eight years mean there are some kind of guarantees on the table that he won't be touched he comes from cairo have been negotiations going on there extensively with the with the u.n. with egypt the bigger picture is this they're trying to establish a long term cease fire with israel they're trying to improve the situation for the people here water elektra's city.