the administration about annorah and how it handles itself and how it manages its money under the u.n. relief and works agency for palestinian refugees to give it its full title is one of the oldest agencies in the u.n. system founded almost seventy years ago the u.s. has been its biggest funder providing money for among other things clinics schools and social services for palestinians beyond the borders of the territory long disputed by palestinians and israelis in neighboring countries jordan and lebanon it is not the un refugee agency u.n.h.c.r. that helps palestinians living in camps news of the cuts to the agencies funding started to emerge as a news conference by the un secretary general was underway in new york it's clear antonio could terrorists was not given advance notice by washington. i mean i've been in close contact with. what you are saying now i was not yet informed so no no official not i mean at all there might be something that i do not know because i mean it's impossible to accompany zings by the minute. until i was informed there was no official notification of the positi

refugee agency instead of the u.n. relief and work agency says with folding investments it is struggling to provide basic necessities that those in need. when with age there like the cutting of us the nations to the u.n. our w.a.'s budget will weaken the agency's ability to provide a minimum level of services to the palestinian people which means that the us as everyone understands wishes to disavow the rights of refugees and push towards the end of this holy. meanwhile several humanitarian organizations in palestine have said they are ready to reject us aid this in the wake of trump's decision to recognize traversal them as israel's capital and we spoke to the director of one local and jihad. we will come any. assistance from any organization or the states but dick in your consideration we reject any political conditions so if. american administration would like to use this financial assistance as a tool for the political reasons in. the bill that i was a senior it. differently we would if use of that. a formal google engine

cut funding for palestinians human rights defenders fair this could have first and foremost the u.n. relief and work agency a special body for palestinian refugees united states and the european commission have been the largest individual donors providing more than a third of the funding the fears have been for the aggravated by remarks made by the israeli prime minister. so one of them in the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees must become a thing of the past for those. who have not been informed. facially any american. that's been they assist the financial. leaders but don't you deserve it if you just tell you he would do everything to secure the budget for our what if our issues in two thousand eight hundred the un relief and work agency serves of a five million people including most of those in the gaza strip according to israel's prime minister though the lion's share of those it serves don't actually need its help while those to do should apply to the un's refugee agency instead the u.n. relief and work agency says with folding investments and struggling to p

aid to u.n. relief programs in palestine i'm joined now by the grandson of a signatory to israel's independence the israeli special forces veteran me cope had led me go thanks for joining us back on going underground we just heard from bottom up i mean why do you support him and what do you think of how emblematic his story is story is the story of palestine she did something that the rest of the world. is afraid to do which is stand up to israel and not only to stand up to israel she said we've got an issue year we're palestinians a palestinian dared to stand up to a soldier a woman dared to stand up to a man and a young woman at that. and this is turning everybody upside down you know if they had shot her then i don't think we would have had this conversation or at least maybe we would but the rest of the world probably would not have paid any attention to this because it's one more palestinian child being killed because she dared to stand up. and the whole world and crew particularly in israel. there

aid to u.n. relief programs in palestine i'm joined now by the grandson of a signatory to israel's independence the israeli special forces veteran mico pair led me guys thanks for joining us back on going on the ground we just heard from bottom up tell me me why do you support him and what do you think of how emblematic historias story is a story is it something that the rest of the world. is afraid to do which is that. we've got an issue here where palestinian a palestinian. soldier. to stand up to a man and a young woman. and this is turning everybody. that shot her then i don't think it would have had this conversation or actually maybe we would but the merits of the world probably would not have paid any attention to this because it's. being killed because she dared to stand. the whole world and particularly in israel. with the ground. shook everybody's in this in this. shop the young lady the young girl there to do this thing and say that the camera also saved her life i think that's a very likely

cut funding for palestinians human rights defenders say this could harm first and foremost the u.n. relief and work agency a special body for palestinian refugees the united states and the european commission have been the largest individual donors providing more than a third of the fund and the funding they face have been further aggravated by the remarks made by the israeli prime minister. love them in the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees must become a thing of the past for those. who have the. official leave any american. that's been there since the financial. continue to service. it would do everything to secure the budget for our operations in two thousand. the un relief and work agency serves as a five million people who live in various parts of the region but according to israel's prime minister though the lion's share of those soft don't actually need the help while those that do should apply to the un's refugee agency instead across the palestinian administration those classed as refugees represent a significant share of the population the u.n. relief

maintain its present level of funding of the u.n. relief works agency? in light of the general assembly , pushed by the palestinians the threat to unleash all of the weapons we have. >> the president has basically said that he does not want to funding untill the palestinians agree to come back to negotiation table. helpful to was not the situation. we are trying to move for a peace process. if that does not happen they will not fund that situation. you madam ambassador. you are so strong when it comes to the freedom of the iranian people but you have a different meaning when it comes to the palestinian people who have been brutalized for 50 years of occupation. question, what made you believe you are on the right side of history, when you stood alone against 14 members? next to found countries you? ambassador haley: i stood proudly even if i was the only hand in the security council, to fight for the will of the people of the united states. they wanted to see the embassy moved. we very much want to have a peace process. nothing changes with that. as of n

u.n. agency for aid and relief of palestinian refugees in reaction to the remarks from u.s. ambassador nikki haley that the u.s. may cut their funding to he says he has not been informed by the u.s. administration of any changes and u.s. funding to the agency now while the u.s. has in the past threatened to cut funding for the palestinian authority and while funding has been increased these past several years it is being taken much more seriously here the idea that the u.s. may cut funding to honor where the u.s. is the biggest governmental donor to the group they have dispersed just last year around three hundred million dollars of aid that's a huge amount at a time when need for palestinian refugees are already great and only growing greater. tens of thousands of government supporters are rallying across iraq to show of support comes after six days of demonstrations against the government there gathering in several cities to condemn the unrest in which at least a twenty two people have been killed iran's revolutionary guard it declared on wednesday that the un rest was ove

president threatening to cut funding for palestinians activists say this will and foremost the u.n. relief and work agency a special body you for palestinian refugees but the fears have been further aggravated by remarks made by the as ready prime minister. the united nations relief and works agency for palestine refugees must become a thing of the past. any american. that's been. used. in. the un relief work agency is a special body created specifically to help palestinian refugees this includes those who lost their homes or livelihoods through the creation of israel in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight as well as their descendants and those displaced in the israeli palestinian conflict of nine hundred sixty seven the united states and the european commission have been the largest individual donors providing more than a third of the funding now the un relief and works agency serves over five million people including most of those living on the gaza strip according to israel's prime minister though the lion's share of those it serves don't actually need its help or those that do shoul

hello again i'm martin dennison these are the top stories here it out is there the u.n. relief and works agency for palestinian refugees says reduced u.s. assistance will threaten regional security it follows an announcement by the trump administration that it would withhold half of the financial aid it had allocated to the u.n. agency at appomattox editor james bays has more from the u.n. in new york we don't have a great deal of detail from the us about exactly why it's doing this it doesn't like the way it's run it says there needs to be or the need to undertake a fundamental reexamination of andro both in the way it operates in the way it is funded they also say why should the u.s. be paying all this money being the key funder of on russia why are other nations not paying more they're calling for burden sharing clearly there is a political aspect to all of this i think from the trumpet ministration and there's likely to be a political effect of all of this because remember this comes hard on the heels of the u.s. saying that jerusalem is israel's capital in their view these

lot for having me on. >> so, is the president threatening not only to cut off funding for this u.n. relief agency, unra, as it's called, but also threatening to cut direct u.s. economic assistance to the palestinian authority in the west bank? >> the president's message was pretty clear in that all options are sort of on the table when it comes to u.s. aid to the palestinians and to unra, to the u.n. agency. and his overall message is obviously very clear as well. we're not going to be subsidizing voices that attack the united states and promote anti-american resolutions and insult the vice president. it's pretty much that simple. you know, we're working with the israelis. we want to continue working with the palestinians moving forward on a prospect for a peaceful settlement to their issues, and you know, you really can't do that if you're not talking and if you're throwing insults. negotiating and disagreeing over issues in a respectful way is one thing, but trying to embarrass the united states on the world stage is something else, and you know, the preside president's not going to put

where the u.n. relief and works agency has been saying that this is the worst crisis and most severe crisis in seventy years and could threaten the entire middle east. i think he's right there about trump donald trump. there's no question that the arse they are hurting the most vulnerable population they're hurting the most vulnerable the poorest of the poor and they're not tour. people or they are poor because they're forced into a few. by having been kicked out of their homes to begin by israel and they don't want to stay there are quite happy to go back. because they were kicked out of their home just finally and briefly why do you think most mainstream media here in britain or in nato nations is not interested in what you just had to say about the conflict and certainly hasn't really been covering the story of. al-timimi who is of course now well i think. it's demonstrate exactly that i mean i should not have had to push those soldiers out of our home and slap a soldier we should have been there the en

announced it was holding sixty five million dollars in aid from the u.n. relief works agency to the united nations agency for palestinian refugees and then and now it's after that it was withholding another forty five billion in food aid and that's really what's concerning people politically within gaza have to be within the refugee camps now quite separately from all of that. was actually here today he's the commissioner general of under while he came in with a very specific message saying that the palestinians wouldn't be abandoned and he referred to commitment to the palestinians now there has been a general strike was called by the business community here didn't have anything to do with pence's visit but business community here is very very concerned that the economy is about to collapse the shops were just shot the body opened in the last of the strike has been seen as a very successful how whether israel's listing or not is a whole other question given the hard line position to take and given the closeness is my colleague ari full support so between this ad

u.n.'s relief agency for palestinian refugees. sweden's ambassador to the u.n.aid the cutting off of aid "would be destabilizing for the region." palestinian legislator hanan ashrawi compared president trump's threat to cut off aid money to blackmail. palestinians are not for sale and we will not succumb to blackmail. unilaterally, president trump has destroyed them. he has even sabotaged our efforts at achieving a just peace and getting freedom and a midi for the palestinian people. i recognizing occupied jerusalem as the capital of israel, he is not only disqualified himself as a peace broker or a mediator by taking sides and by the becoming complicit in israel's occupation, he has also totally sabotaged, totally destroy the very foundations of peace. amy: part of the u.n. aid money goes to refugees living in occupied gaza, the most densely populated area in the world. for years, the united nations and aid groups have warned that conditions in gaza are almost unlivable due to the decade-long israeli military blockade by -- and by multiple israeli assaults on t

well speaking to al jazeera a little earlier the u.n. relief agency spokesperson christopher gunness said there's been no suggestion from the u.s. that he will pull support but trump's twitter claim isn't helping the already unstable situation. there's a lot of uncertainty in this very turbulent region and we must do everything we can and is widely recognized in its humanitarian work to bring a sense of calm and indeed in two thousand and fifteen when we came close to suspending our services that sent shock waves through the refugee community five point two million people who are dependent as on under as first responders in times of war we give out food aid a million people receive our food aid in gaza but also in terms of human development we educate five hundred thousand children over seven hundred schools around the region and let's be clear two hundred seventy thousand of those are in gaza are doctors do nine million patient visits a year so our contribution to the dignity and the human capital of the middle east is widely recognized and we

you sound like a one woman u.n. relief agency you mention the great smoky mountains i want to get on to the hurricane relief or to recall of course still suffering apparently your telephone may have raised about nine million dollars for for the twenty sixteen great smoky mountains wildfire yes it did actually that number is world wide is up to like twelve million now and then all the money that we raised for that has gone to the bar victims and i we are back in business now we did not burn down our beautiful gatlinburg really done some damage there mainly out in people's homes and in rural areas but it was a horrible horrible thing and i had so many country artists or many artists from all over the world in different genres of music performing or making donations or both and a lot of people have been pull that together so it was my duty to do that because i am from the smokey mountains it just so happened that everything kind of failed or it could be done in the right and the timing was really well done well for that i mea

trending out food to the needy a key service the u.n. reliefand works agency annorah provides to millions of palestinian refugees. many here who depend on the agency of bracing for the west. to the palestinian refugee saying stay are pushing us to the verge of death this seventy two year old fair is for his grandchildren's future. were caught what will become of the cvs criminals and a burden on society that would be terrible. his family left in the gaza strip the dire state of the economy means almost everyone here qualifies for services. those also include health care and education. the un is the law and those services are of extreme importance not only for the wellbeing of these populations and there is a serious humanitarian concern here but also in my opinion and they'll be that is shared by most international observers including some israeli ones it is an important factor of stability. when roe was set up to help the hundreds of thousands of palestinians forced from their homes during israel's creation in one thousand forty eight the refu

those fears still to be story devoted foundations of peace while speaking to al-jazeera earlier u.n. relief agency spokesman christopher gunness says there's been no suggestion from the u.s. that it will pull support. we have had no indications whatsoever from the us administration that they intend to cut funds from under they remain of the single largest donor last year giving us three hundred sixty five million dollars we have daily conversations with them and as i say we've had no indications whatsoever of funding cut our contribution to the human dignity and the capital human capital of five point two million refugees the middle east is widely recognized it's enormous we run schools for half a million children and seven hundred schools we are doctors do nine million patient consultations per year we have of nine thousand students in vocational training centers we have tens of thousands of disabled refugees we serve a micro finance department dispenses tens of millions of dollars of loans every year it's huge our contribution it's absolute massive our contribution to human development is

humanitarian agency for palestinians, known as the u.n. relief and works agency. u.n. officials say the slashed funding will devastate its humanitaririan programs. this comes as the israeli military attacked a funeral procession in the west bank, opening fire on the mourners during clashes after the funeral. the funeral was for 24-year-old ahmad salim, who was killed by israeli troops on monday. the united nations says at least 5000 children in yemen have been killed or maimed since march whwhen the u.s.-backed saudi-led 201515 coalition intervened in e ongoing conflilict, launching a massive bombing campaign and imposing a a blockade ththat has created a widespread shortage of food, water, and medicine in yemen. the unicef report says another 400,0,000 chilildren in yemen ae severely malnourished. the unitited states has supportd saudi ararabia in the onongoingr in yemenen by sellg g the saudis billions o of dollars' worthff weapons, a and providing gistical military supppport, cluding crcritical mid-a-air refueling to saudi coalition warplanes. the justice department

wants to see reforms in the u.n. relief and works agency. the u.s.s the group's largest donor, supplying nearly 30% of the budget. fox news has confirmed national security advisor h.r. mcmaster was in san francisco this weekend for a secret meeting about north korea. sources say mcmaster met with his counterparts from japan. also tonight and other scary false alarm about an incoming north korean missile, this time in japan. today in canada, america's top diplomat continued his meetings about north korea's nuclear threat. rich edson is traveling with the secretary. >> another mistaken missile alert, this time japanese public broadcasters warned residents to take shelter that north korea had launched a missile. and they sent a correction 5 minutes later. 33 fewer minutes of panic than hawaii this weekend. >> we will not allowed north korea to drive a wedge through our resolve for solidarity. >> secretary of state rex tillerson and his canadian counterpart are hosting a to other nations to coordinate efforts to choke north korean finances. tillerson war

the united states state department also recently announced it will withhold $65 million from the u.n. reliefgency for palestinians. joining me now is for israeli ii ambassador to the u.n. >> we are very grateful he is coming to israel. vice president pence will speak it in parliament and share his vision with the israeli people and i think you will hear the same message is from the president, we all care about what's happening, the threat of terror in the region, egypt, jordan, lebanon, syria. >> harris: some countries issue through their observation of what this might do with relations with other middle eastern countries was that those relationships would be damaged because we chose to recognized jerusalem. has that happened? >> i think when you look at the history, you have had people making a decision not to make bold decisions in the middle east. look what's happened 70 years later, a strong democracy in the middle east, i think also, after the declaration nothing major happened, people appreciate the u.s. and in egypt, in jordan the same way as in israel. >> harris: you and i have talke

maintain its present level of funding of the u.n. reliefs in light of the general assembly resolution pushed by the palestinians, and the palestinian u.n. representative threat to unleash "all the weapons we have" at the u.n.? >> i think the president has basically said he doesn't want to give any additional funding or stop funding until the palestinians are agreeing to come back to the negotiating table. what we saw with the resolution was not helpful to the situatio situation. we are trying to live for peace process but if that doesn't happen the president is not going to continue to find that situation. >> you are so strong when it comes to the freedom of the dignity of the iranian people but you have a different meaning of freedom and dignity when it comes to the palestinian people, who have been brutalized for over 50 years. the second question related, what made you believe you are on the right side of history when you stood alone in the security council against 14 members and you only -- what makes you believe you are on the right si

contribution it's withholding half of the one hundred twenty five million dollars it had pledged to the u.n. relief and works agency in twenty eighteen washington was unreal was biggest donor and accounted for about thirty percent of the body's budget the latest cut comes on top of an already drastically reduced contribution from the u.s. in previous years among con reports. it will be camps like these jalazone in the occupied west bank that will be affected most by the us decision to cut a refugee funding to the united nations relief and works agency otherwise known as . there isn't a household here that doesn't rely on whether it's health education all waste collection fifteen thousand refugees live here yeah it would be a big problem with. the agency wasn't here for just two days you would see thrashed by leg up on the door in places like gaza residents fear they will be left destitute because of the u.s. decision the israeli siege of gaza already creates acute shortages of food electricity and other essentials as well as causing high unemployment and infrastructure to crumble. i think you shoul

last week, the state department notified the u.n. relief and works agency that the u.s.holding $65 million, a decision the agency called "abr upt and harmful." they aim to raise $500 million so the agency's core services to refugees are unaffected. $1.5 arabia has announced billion in new humanitarian aid for yemen. the kingdom is also vowing to expand the capacity of yemen's courts to receive feet -- ports to receive fuel, food, and medicine. it is half what is demanded by the u.n. in its last humanitarian appeal. the u.n. calls the situation in yemen "the worst humanitarian crisis in the world." global news 24 hours a day. powered by more than 2,700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. crumpton, this is bloomberg. what'd you miss? major averages closed at a .of course they were rising even before the shutdown was ending. here to talk more about how investors are reacting to the dysfunction in the sea is been labeler, globally equity strategist. i keep edging myself. a storm pointed out earlier -- as joe pointed out earlier, it seems like a stock got no

hello the us says it will withhold another payment to the u.n. relief agency for palestinian refugees the forty five million dollars payment which was earmarked for food aid was promised last month at the time we provided that note that information to under we made it clear that it was a pledge it was not a guarantee and that it would need to be confirmed later at this time we will not be providing that but that it does not mean i want to make it clear that does not mean that it will not be provided in the future well this follows washington's announcement on tuesday that it was withholding sixty five million dollars out of the hundred twenty five million dollars aid package but u.s. provides the largest amount of funding to the agency last year the u.s. gave more than three hundred fifty million dollars now underwater has helped an estimated five million palestinians in education health care and housing and is active in the occupied palestinian territories syria lebanon jordan and gaza as well and you're simmons joining us live from what i'm on the dot

shortfall in funding to support palestinian refugees are being felt across the middle east the u.n. relief and works agency for palestine. operates in five areas jordan lebanon syria the gaza strip as well as the occupied west bank including east jerusalem almost six million registered refugees receive basic aid and social services that rely heavily on outside funding row are set up to seven hundred two schools in the region with more than five hundred thousand students half of them are girls the aid doctors see nine million patients in one hundred forty three primary health clinics every year christopher gunness is the chief spokesman for our he's warning the funding crisis will lead to further radicalization in refugee camps. under from united states of largest single state owner sixty million we were expecting up all the three hundred fifty million that leaves a hole in our budget of two hundred ninety billion dollars and that's just imperative contribution to the overall debt it's so of course very pleased that donors are stepping forward and are coming forward in light of our isolates

in terms of trying to cut off aid to palestinian refugees who are mainly funded by the u.n. relief works agency will bring you more on that story as we get it as it develops but the plain speaking president of the philippines has denied being behind a move that could close down a popular news website journalists at rappler have previously accused detective using social media to generate online hate against his critics now as nadine barber reports they say they're being targeted you know probably the only one. of them hitting out at a web site that's been a fierce critic of his and he's now said to be shut down the president of the philippines rodrigo to target it denies influencing the regulators decision to revoke the license of the rappler news website out of the question of risk. it's a question above your backyard by late this very hour switching to filipino uses an expletive to accuse rich filipinos of misusing the media. his administration insists there's nothing political about the securities and exchange commission's declaration that rappler had broken laws on foreign owner

u.n. through relief and works agency i'm going to. call you far from it i completely agree with president trump's harsh criticism of it's an organization that perpetuates the palestinian refugee problem it also in trying to the narrative of the so-called right to return in a bid to eliminate the state of israel therefore overwatch a pass from the world the u.s. navy has joined the search for thirty two crew members missing from an iranian oil tanker after it collided with a freighter in the east china sea the tank is said to be on fire off the coast of shanghai and concerns are growing that it could explode and sink it was carrying about a million barrels of oil products the environmental damage is still unclear rescuers say the twenty one crew off the cargo ship after the accident late on saturday. now i sculptors from around the world have been showcasing their talents in a competition in china they have an ice and snow festival is known for its color and extravagant sculptures who are to carve to represent landmarks from around the

u.n.'s relief agency for palestinian refugees, dealing another blow to the prospect of a peace deal between israel and the palestinians. trump tweeted -- "we pay the palestinians hundred of millions of dollars a year and get no appreciation or respect. they don't even want to negotiate a long overdue peace treaty with israel. we have taken jerusalem, the toughest part of the negotiation, off the table, but israel, for that, would have had to pay more." trump's comment on jerusalem contradicts his statement made just a few weeks ago that his recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital would not impact the final status of the city in peace talks. trump's tweet came just after israel's parliament passed a new law tuesday that would make it far more difficult for the government to divide jerusalem as part of any future negotiated settlement. israeli seized control of east jerusalem in 1967 and has occupied the territory ever since. palestinians, however, have long seen east jerusalem as the capital of their future state, and both the u.n. security council and the general assembly have passed d

u.n. agency for aid and relief for palestinian refugees in reaction to the remarks from u.s. ambassador nikki haley that the u.s. may cut their funding to he says he has not been informed by the u.s. administration of any changes in u.s. funding to the agency now while the u.s. has in the past threatened to cut funding for the palestinian authority and while funding has been increased these past several years it is being taken much more seriously here the idea that the u.s. may cut funding to honor where the u.s. is the biggest governmental donor to the group they have dispersed just last year around three hundred million dollars of aid that's a huge amount at a time when need for palestinian refugees are already great and only growing greater washington is also threatening to cut off funding to the u.n. agency helping palestinian refugees according to the united nations relief and works agency more than one and a half million people live in fifty eight recognized palestinian refugee camps in jordan lebanon gaza and the west bank including off east jerusalem the u.s. is one o

diplomacy at present national university he says north korea may try to use the talks to seek relief from u.n. sanctions. i think the north koreans are probably thinking that the talks are permanently a way to drive a wedge between the u.s. and south korea just as the american spokesman said but the top koreans have a very full agenda the south koreans like family or unions that's a very emotional issue in south korea the south koreans are really concerned about nuclear security right where the north koreans going to do with their nuclear weapons how many they have the kind of maintenance and safety protocols that they have there's concern about your noble style incident on the peninsula so the south koreans have a full agenda my guess is the north koreans going to play that and say you know if you want to talk about all these things you want some kind of concessions we want aid we want cash and so on i would imagine the north koreans will treat this as a way to get some kind of concession in the south korean president is a liberal who was a part of the what they call the sunshine policy unde

u.n. agency that provides humanitarian relief to palestinian refugees. elaine? >> quijano: seth doane, seth, thank you. now some other stories we're following in the cbs weekend news feed. at least 19 people were killed saturday when taliban gunman attacked the intercontinental hotel in afghanistan's capitol. nearly a dozen victims work for an afghan airline, more than 150 people escaped as part of the hotel burned. the last of the militants was killed after a 13 hour standoff an gun battle. the death toll from a mud slide in montecito, california, climbed to 21 this weekend. search dogs located the body of 28 year old fabiola bonitas calderon, her son was also killed. two victims are still missing. torrential rain nearly two weeks ago caused the hillsides to collapse destroying 130 homes, a key stretch of the 101 freeway reopened today. near port st. joe in the florida panhandle hundreds of rescued sea turtles were released back into water this weekend, more than 850 turtles went into shock earlier this month when a cold snap forced water temperatures to plunge

u.n. united nations relief works agency now last week the americans an ounce and they were cutting sixty five billion dollars in funding to the refugee agency and then a further forty five million dollars in food distribution now about half of gaza's population a million people rely on in some way or another and is actually in crisis mode right now what it's saying is that they're having to introduce all stairs he measures now what does that mean what they're doing is there there is a hiring freeze been put into place for health workers for teaches people that really a part of the fabric of the psyche and put money into the economy also graduate employment programs are already been cut and there's a real fear from un rather that if something isn't done soon they're going to run out of money completely in two months time they're also saying that is not a political agency the americans are playing politics with the agencies actually a united nations agency you know all of that has massive concerns for the palestinians and that's why we've seen this large number of people come out onto the stree

u.n. agency for the aid relief of palestinian refugees he told us that has not been informed by the u.s. administration of any changes in u.s. funding to the agencies these are two potentially really controversial explosive statements cutting funding to the palestinians is one but also that jerusalem is not on the negotiating table and what would the consequences or implications of that be for the peace process and for people's lives that. well look i mean there's no way to understate that this would be extremely significant and would really inflame tensions here i mean let's also talk about the run up to things that happened in jerusalem this week to president trump's tweet i mean just two days ago you had a vote by the israeli knesset the parliament in which it made it now a super majority of votes eighty of one hundred twenty knesset members that would have to approve any future legislation that would give away any part of jerusalem to the palestinians now that's significant because it makes it much harder to do so when it come to the peace negotiations up until now it was only sixty