in a moment we'll be live in west jerusalem to hear the latest israeli reaction. but first this report from nicole johnston on the board of southern lebanon. >> this is moments after an anti-tank missile sit a military vehicle in the region near the border with syria and lebanon. the arm armed group hezbollah based in lebanon claimed responsibility for the attack. against its fighters in syria. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has warned of a swift and painful retaliation. >> at this moment they're responding to the north. i advise them to consider what happened in gaza. hamas took its hardest hit since it's formation and they prepared to act strongly on all fronts. >> last week's israeli attack happens in a syrian city near the golan heights. that's where a high ranking iranian leader and hezbollah members were killed. >> the area on the other side of this mountain range has always been a contentious one between israel and hezbollah. hezbollah has carried out attacks there before, but certainly not any as bold as this in years. any school johnston, al ja

i remember distinctly remembering that this was the wall that separated the east and west jerusalem. and this was no man's land here. >> my family lived in jerusalem for centuries. in 1948 the state was pounded, and for the palestinians this time was called the catastrophe. like many palestinians, my father and his entire family were pushed out of their ancestral home. they moved to a small apartment in east jerusalem because the city was divided into a jewish and an arab city. and in 1967, the six-day war happened when the israelis invaded jerusalem and conquered it. we have lived under the israeli occupation ever since, always longing to go back to our ancestral homes. >> and my father's story that we left the home that he was born in and his father, etc., always was with us. >> whenever i walk here i feel as though i'm walking with a shiver in my body. like i feel at home. they used to have the stables down there. and actually, this is my father's room right there. for threes three years i would say easily 50-year-old trees. because my father, when he came here, he said he remember

we are joined from west jerusalem to talk about what happened in tel aviv. >> well what we know is it that this attack happened at 7:15am, local time in tel aviv. the attacker boarded the company bus line number 40 on bagan road in tel aviv. what he did first is he stopped the 55-year-old bus driver who is in serious condition, who is inside the bus, and then stabbed other passengers. he fled the scene and was caught and apprehended 400m away from where this happened. he was shot in the leg, injured and not killed. according to the police he is being interrogated now. we understand of the 13, four are in serious condition. three were moderately wounded and six lightly wounded. we heard from the israeli internal security minister who said that this man from the occupied west bank was inside israel without a work visa. the last time such an attack a stabbing attack happened in tel aviv was last know a few months ago, when an israeli soldier was killed whilst struggling with an attacker that stabbed him to gath. death -- to death. >> what do we know about the background of this man, and

aljazeera, west jerusalem. >> the internet you know is always at your fingertips with everything a few keystrokes away. but the net that you don't know. the underground economy that operates almost in secret. and plus, at the white house in search of common ground. what are the chances they found any? you're watching "real money". >> president obama met with leaders of congress today. the goal was to stakeout areas of compromise, but neither side appeared to give in on their priorities. so is everyone giving lip service to bipartisan? mike vicaria is at the white house, and he has seen this movie many many times. so if you tell me its different this time, mike, i'll pay attention. >> you know, ali, it's easy to be cynical about this, and i wonder why. certainly, if conventional wisdom holds that things will be rough between the white house and the new congress, i'm one of those people who believes that there's very little prospect for a true bipartisan. it's almost as if the two it sides were boxers and they came to the center of the ring and touched gloves before throwing hay makers.

aljazeera, west jerusalem. >> in los angeles the reverend leave leads the sign i know community thereand thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> reverend, the first thing i want to talk about the tweet from prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and i want to read it to you. to all of the jews of france, to all of the jews of europe, israel is not just the place in whose direction you pray, the state of israel is your home. the sentiment is understandable. but is prime minister's benjamin netanyahu understandable in wake of the attacks, is he calling jews home to israel? >> well, it's a traditional tenant of zionism that israel is a homeland for jews everywhere, but in particular, in the wake of such a terrible attack and in the wake of the series of attacks because this is one of many, of less severity but one of many, and jews throughout europe are wondering, is there a home for us in europe or must we leave the place where we have been for a long, long time because the hostility is so virulent and unanswerable? >> and do you have the answers here? is there a year-over-year incre

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let's go to west jerusalem. he said it was absurd and give a number of reasons why he believed that to be the case. go through them for us. >> well, i don't think what he said today is very different from thinks initial statements when he first reacted to the decision by the icc on friday to launch the initial probe into possible crimes, war crimes being committed in the palestinian territories. we understand that netanyahu has said that palestine is not a state. that is why this investigation and this probe is absurd. he said that israeli civilians have withstood hundreds, even thousands of rockets being fired from palestinian territoryies in gaza at their neighborhoods and at their areas and cities, and should not be probed. netanyahu has also said that his army is one of the most moral armies of the world and that's why he thinks its absurd that now this army, the country and the actions of israeli citizens are being probed. now we also know that the netanyahu has the u.s. support on this, the u.s. administra

let's get more now from our correspondent joining us from west jerusalem.ore about whether there's any -- been any official statement on this attack. >> reporter: well doreen although the -- neither the israeli government nor the army have publicly come out and said this some outlets are quoting unnamed senior army sources are claiming that hezbollah is responsible for the rocket attacks on tuesday, and that israel holds responsible the syrian government for attacks coming from its territories. as well we heard something from netenyahu -- benjamin netenyahu, the prime minister this evening, who didn't explicitly blame hezbollah or even mention hezbollah, but he said those who play with fire will catch fire. he said this during a ceremony honoring international holocaust remembrance day. earlier on tuesday, two rockets confirmed by the army here in israel as being -- targeting the goland heights. they they landed in open areas, didn't cause damage or casualties rocket sirens did sound in several northern communities in the goland heights, and these rockets w

. >>> we're joined now from west jerusalem.t's still a confusing picture in terms of israeli casualties what more have you been hearing there? >> reporter: darren we have just been able to confirm with the army some new information. the army is telling us that there were casualties. however, it is not giving a number and it's not specifying whether there were soldiers or civilians who were killed or injured in the attack, but for now we're getting a confirmation from the army that there have been casualties as a result of this attack which was an anti tank missile fired from lebanon at an israeli army vehicle this morning. now we are also hearing reports that the united nations peace-keeping force along the border between lebanon and israel is urging maximum restraint from all parties. and we're also hearing from some sources and -- and several reports that we're reading that for the past hour at least, the exchange of fire along the israeli lebanese border has stopped. as you know israel immediately responded with artillery fi

. >> al jazeera west jerusalem. >> the iraqi government says more than 15,000 people were killed in 2014, making it the deadliest year in the past seven years. the islamic state of iraq and the levant fighters attacked an army bar rack, killing soldiers. at least 17 were injured. >> north korea's leader is proposing talks with the south. reaction is being gauged. >> for the second year running kim jong-un used his new year's speech raising a possible summit with his south korean neighbor. >> there is no reason not to hold the highest level summit. we'll make every effort to advance dialogue and cooperation. >> he also said such talks couldn't take place while south korea he i can't carried out military drills with the u.s., a twice yearly event and reaffirmed his country's nuclear weapons policy. >> we he proved clearly how right it is we support our leaders, strengthen our nuclear defense. >> kim's offer follows a briefing suggesting initial talks this month. the south korean president own news message he promised to lead pyongyang toward trust and change and eventual reunification. >>

speaking in west jerusalem, the prime minister said he would do all he could to save their lives, butn't give into terrorism. >> translator: it is unacceptable act to threaten us in exchange for human lives and i feel angry about it. i strongly urge them to immediately release the hostages without harming them. >>> syrian regime forces have killed 11 people in an air strike. activists posted this video of the bombing. an entire family was reportedly among those killed. the barrel bomb attack also injured 15 people. in the northeast at least 60 people have reportedly been killed in government shelling here a city considered an isil strong hold. >>> israel has deployed one of its iron dome anti-missile batteries to its northern border with lebanon. and security has been tightened. tensions are high after six hezbollah fighters were killed in syria by an israeli strike on sunday. >>> egypt has opened the rafa crossing with gaga for three days. this is the third time it has been reopened since it was shut in and it will october. it's gaza's only border crossing not controlled by israel. >

stephanie decker is in west jerusalem. >> reporter: upon reading the verdict the judges state that this one of the worst cases of kidnapping and murder in israel's history, and it lead to a great influence on the security situation here. now, of course he was accused, convicted of financing and planning the kidnapping of the three israeli tankers and murder. they were found buried in land that we owned. this lead to an arrest of all of hamas's leadership there, raiding many villages and homes, it caused incredible tension during the summer hamas increased its rocket fire and we saw the gaza war take place in july. so certainly a whole chain of events that escalated tensions on the ground here. now a verdict by the court, three life sentences. >>> over 50 people have died in heavy fighting between isil and iraqi security forces. the armed group launched a series of attacks in the anbar province. isil controls about 70% of the area. in tuesday's fighting a suicide car bomber attacked an army check point. seven soldiers were killed there. two suicide bombers and gunmen also attacked a mosq

in november there were five people killed when two palestinian cousins entered a west jerusalem synagogue armed with meat cleavers and with a gun. we also have hit-and-run attacks here in jerusalem where pedestrians have been pelted as they crossed the road. what israeli leaders consistently said they blame palestinian officials including the president abbas saying they have been inciting this violence from the palestinian side and blaming the government's policy for increase in violence we have seen particularly a row over access to the disputed holy side in the city of jerusalem a site sacred to muslims and jews and say israeli government policies in jerusalem and the west bank where palestinians want for their future state, this is contributing to the rising tension and we have had in the past few months some palestinians killed and people who would be considered arab-israelis in israeli towns and cities killed in clashes with israel military and police. >> and president obama is talking about the gap between rich and poor in his state of the union. aaron his here and you have much mor

it will win out over the next couple of days pushing towards jerusalem, and the west bank. things will cheer up. looking at the satellite. this time of year milder air, wet and windy, piling in from the atlantic. you can see the cloud doing that. towards the south-east. there's a large area of high pressure follow the isobars and their chart. wester lies across to the north, and a northerly. that's the cold air that's been fading down across the eastern side into the levant countries. 6 degrees in athens around about 13-14 degrees at this time of year. moscow minus 11. that's not glad. faring nicely. the milder air across the west of europe. 11 for london and paris, warming up into friday. look by that stage the temperatures edging up a notch. going into saturday we are getting up to 14 celsius in saturday. and zero in moscow. that is relatively mild. back up to the north-west 13 or 14 degrees. with the milder air, wet weather, there for england and wales across a good part of northern france. turning to snow as it moves to the colder ground. easing east. >> still ahead on

stephanie decker is in west jerusalem with this. >> upon reading the select, the judge stated this is one of the worst cases of kid p thatting and murder in israel's history, it led to an influence on the security situation here. he was accused convicting of kid happening the three teenagers. they were found buried in a plot of land that he owned in the occupied west bank, and what prompted this in the end in the occupied west bank arresting all of hamas' leadership. also raising many villages and homes. it caused incredible tension, hamas also increased it's rocket fire and of course he then saw the gaza war take place in july, so certainly a whole chain of events one can that say that escalated tensions on the ground here so now a verdict by the court, three life sentences many the center of the capitol there. on fuse's fight the suicide car bomber checked an army point. seven soldiers were killed there. two also attack add mosque where 23 soldiers were killed. one of the largest iraqi army bases where the u.s. has advisors and trainers station. they come as iraq celebrates army day

government ordering investigations and arrests >>> in israel dark clouds are hovering in the skies of west jerusalem. up to 60 september meters of snow to the region. more on the weather. it will be interesting in that region. >> 60 isn't meter, i think -- centimetres is the forecast for the higher ground. this is the position yesterday. we are talking about more refugees than last year a bad year. this is not so bad. this storm has been named not by meteorologists but it's a constant entity if you like. same with rain. rain is the main i suspect. clearing away what the satellite has done it's a clue. it's a big system. there's a lot of snow. the cloud itself is likely to bring rain from those places. it's up to 90 degrees. 8 in aleppo, 4 in ayman. to the beqaa valley val. -- as well. cairo has been sand storms because the weather picks up the sand. that snow comes down. yes, temporarily it could be right but low levels. it will not stick. thursday temperatures - they'll feel nasty. if you drop south, the immediate change will be picking up the sand. it will get colder. >> thank you very much indeed

al jazeera west jerusalem. >> coming up next, new developments out of ferguson missouri about the federalformer police officer who killed michael brown. >>> plus a look at how many state of the union proposals actually become law. you >> hi everyone.this is al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. ferguson investigation. will darren wilson face official charges in the killing of michael brown? stoirch. >> state of the union. >> tonight we turn the page. >> now comes the hard reality. left unsaid. >> we are boko haram. >> no mention much boko haram. is the u.s. doing enough to stop nigeria's nightmare? and capital cost. $10 million for a death penalty case. >> in my view it is definitely money that should be spent elsewhere. >> there are reports tonight that the fbi has found no evidence to support federal civil rights charges against former police officer darren wilson. the fatal shooting of 18-year-old michael brown in ferguson missouri touched off protests sparked a national debate on race and the use of deadly force by police. ash-har quraishi is in ferguson. does that mean no federa

we have more from west jerusalem. >> we talked to the israeli army several times throughout the course of the day. we were told that the army does not respond to foreign reports. we are hearing reports from israeli media outlets that are quoting an unnamed source as saying that israel did, indeed carry out the attacks in syria. as i said no official confirmation from the army or the government. what we know we heard earlier in the day, on sunday the lebanese army issuing a statement saying that at some point in the afternoon for israeli army vehicles, they approached the border with lebanon, and hurled tear gas and smoke into lebanese territory at lebanese soldiers. we know that some lebanese media reports suggested that the israeli missiles targeted a rocket-launching cell preparing to fire rockets at israel but we cannot confirm that. we can say that the attack comes three days after the hezbollah chief threatened to retaliate against israelis air strikes and attacks on syria. he is prepared to do that. as you know hezbollah is a saunch support are of the team sent thousands to fight

this neighborhood in west jerusalem has become a popular destination for many. all together many peel in many feel that living in france has become less secure for jews. >> reporter: even some of the real estate signs here include french. >> i any what happened this week that people would phone our office in the last days. some of them because they don't know what to do. it's a new reality. >> reporter: although the increasing fear in france is making many people move here, zionism remains the main reason why they're coming. >> i came here two years ago. it wasn't because of anything. just because i wanted to have family here. and i would be happy here for the rest of my life. it's just for that. now with what is happening in france i feel safe. i don't feel safe in france. >> political and religious leaders in germany are following the attacks. chancellor angle merkel took part of the demonstration to counter anti-islam protests. back in this country president obama has outlined his proposal to beef up cyber security here in the united states. he reveals his pr

. >> michael: thank you for all that nisreen el-shamayleh in west jerusalem. over to new york james bays at the united nations. can you expand on the international reaction there james? >> a great deal of concern from diplomats that i've spoken to. they're meeting on another subject in the last few hours, a subject that is very near buy because, of course, where this violence is taking place is very close to the border of where israel forces are and where the lebanese border is, and where syria is. so the inter section of those three countries they've been talking about the humanitarian situation in syria. at the same time we know that the u.n. security council has been thinking about putting out a statement. the french will draft a statement. in the last few minutes i'm hearing from diplomats that as well as a statement it's likely this has not been announced yet by the security council presidency but likely there will be an u.n. security council meeting in the next couple of hours. a closed meeting to discuss the situation. the security council at that meeti

we have this report from west jerusalem. >> we talked to the israeli army through the day. we were told the army does not respond to foreign reports. we are hearing some reports from israeli outlets quoting sources saying israel carried out the attack. no official confirmation from the army or government. what we know, we heard earlier, is the lebanese statement issuing a statement saying at some time today, in the afternoon, four israeli vehicles approached the boarder, hurling smoke grenade into lebanese territory at lebanese soldiers. we know some lebanese media reports suggested that the israeli missiles targeted a rocket-launching cell prepareing to fire rockets at israel. the attack came three days after the chief threatened to retaliate against israel's air strikes and attacks on syria. he is prepared to do that to fight the jewish state and use the long-range missile. hezbollah is a staunch supporter of the regime send thousands of fighters to fight alongside bashar al-assad's forces and the attacks by israel are attacks on the whole. resistance including tehran hez

al jazeera has the details from west jerusalem. >> well, media outlets are quoting an unnamed seniory source as saying the hezbollah was behind the attack. emphasizing that israel holding the syrian government responsible for these attacks coming from it's territory. now without blaming or even mentioning hezbollah the prime minister also said on tuesday evening that those who play with fire will catch fire. earlier on tuesday the israeli army confirmed that two rockets were fired from syria, into the golden heights after rockets sirensed sounded in several northern communities the army says that the rockets landed in an open area and didn't cause any casualties and were fired from a distance of around seven-kilometers. the army responded immediately with artillery fire by firing 20 shells into syria according to army officials to send the message that israel will not tolerate or allow these attacks. now, hezbollah for it's part says it has no comment on any activity according to it's spokesperson, now this would be the first cross boarder incident between israel and syria, since the

recording from west jerusalem. iraqs government said the shooting was an accident. minister of transport said an armytraining exercise went wrong. en more than 150 passengers were on the flight plan when it was hit by gunfire as it landed. airline said no one was injured but the plane was damaged. security sources said the gunman appeared to be a sniper, in an area just beyond the airport. but the transport minister had a different explanation. >> what happened in the airport yesterday was just an accident. the members of the security forces came here and expected everything and everything seems to be all right. >> for state own iraqi airs it was business as usual it's international and domestic flights took off as scheduled but it was a different matter for international airline. all but iran suspended flights in and out of the airport. en p. >> the trajectory of the bullet after it is fired going such a far distance, basically it's not really controllable last year officials had feared the airport could be in danger. if isil advanced to bagging dad, but military o

the international criminal court because i'm now joined by israeli political commentator from west jerusalemfor speaking to us. what can you tell us about public reaction there to palestinian membership to the international criminal court? >> well israeli now is -- the government is very -- is very upset because of this unilateral step. israel said that -- that the palestine -- is not an independent state yet. so they don't have the right to go to icc right now, and israel expect that they -- they the icc will reject the application of the palestinians first -- first of all, and secondly this unilateral step is -- according to -- according to israel is a kind of violation of the osla agreement. so we're in a very sensitive situation right now. as you know israel is in election in this time. and there maybe -- the prime minister of israel benjamin netenyahu, will decide to freeze right now -- to freeze the budget that pass to the palestinians. >> right. so you are expecting a significant financial backlash against the pa as a result of this which i guess many people were already expecting, be

speaking in west jerusalem the prime minister said that he would do all he could to save their lives't give in to terrorism. >> translator: it is an unacceptable act to threaten us in exchange for human lives. and i feel angry about it. i strongly urge them to immediately release the hostages without harming them. >>> soldiers in the democratic republic of congo have been deployed across the capital to block 10 at this anti-government deposit straighters from entering the capital. two police officers were killed on monday. thousands have been protesting against a bill they it feel will delay elections next year and allow the president to extend his rule. >>> a mali man has been given french citizenship for his role in protecting shoppers during the attack on a jewish supermarket in paris earlier this month. he was honored by france's interior minister at a ceremony just a few moments ago. during that hostage crisis, he hid several people in the freezer of that grocery store after a gunman attacked it. four shoppers were killed and the gunman as shot dead by security forces. >>> at le

to to's events the facial state funeral and ceremony will be held at the biggest cemetery in west jerusalem, five minutes or so from here in the bureau as protocol dictates in attendance will be the prime minister the president and religious leader. eulogieses will start at around 12:00 local time about two hours from now. benjamin netanyahu reported as saying that europe is not the same after the attacks and calling on french jews to claim the right of israeli citizenshipor to make aaliyah as it's known. >> i'm wondering what more we might expect to hear from prime minister netanyahu later today. he made a point, other french officials made a point when they were in paris last week to say to jewish people who felt like they are under threat and indeed that the appearances that jewish people in france are increasingly filing as if they're threat. they're inciting them to come home. as you mentioned, to take advantage of what is rightfully theirs. they say. will we expect benjamin netanyahu to hit home even more today i worn. >> quite possibly. let me give you numbers. over the past 2 hours

. >> the dead were then buried west of jerusalem. hundreds came to pay their respects and express solidarity with the victims and their families. >> let's go quickly to our correspondent tonya cramer in jerusalem. tonya, tell us more about the mood there at the moment. >> it is certainly an emotional day in jerusalem. political leaders hearing from the israeli establishment the french government, families and relatives paying their respects to the victims of the attacks on the kosher market and paris last week. if families requested to bury them here in jerusalem, very symbolic. hundreds came to pay their respects, most from the french jewish community. they said that they were very concerned about what was happening in europe. >> ok, unfortunately we will have to leave it there. tonya cramer, thank you very much in jerusalem. >> all right we're going to take a one minute break and come back with more news. >> stay with us. >> welcome back, everyone. on wednesday, "charlie hebdo" will bring out its first edition from its paris office

more from west jerusalem. >> reporter: we talked to the israeli army several times throughout the coursethe day and we were told that the army does not respond to foreign reports. however, we are hearing some reports from israeli media outlets that are quoting an unnamed source as saying that israel did indeed, carry out this attack today in syria. however, as i said no official confirmation from the army or the government. now, what we know, we heard earlier in the day today on sunday the lebanese army issuing a statement saying that at some point today in the a afternoon, four israeli army vehicles approached the border with lebanon and hurled tear gas and smoke grenades at -- in to lebanese territory at lebanese soldiers. we also know that some lebanese media reports suggested that the israeli missiles targeted a rocket-launching cell preparing to fire rockets at israel. but we, of course, cannot confirm that. what we can say is that this attack comes three days after hezbollah chief threatened to retaliate against israel's repeated air strikes and attacks on syria. he said that he's

they are instigated from tensions between palestinians and israelis in the west bank and jerusalem. the last time we heard of a stabbed attack in tel aviv was in november when an israeli attacker was killed who struggled with him before being stabbed to death. >> the leader of houthi rebels implemented political and security reforms. rebel fighters took over the palace tightening their grip on the capital after months of a political standoff. gerald tan reports. >> they are facing an uncertain future. the capital sanaa a battle ground after the troops fought sunni rebels. they attacked the president's residence and the palace. the leader of the movement blamed president hadi to fail to come to a deal. it's an historical point in time. when conspiracy was plotted against the company. nothing will stop us recognising the peace treaty. the issue is crucial. in the town people demonstrated saying that what the houthis are doing is a coup attempt. there's an attempt to draft the constitution. they appear to have power, coming near to the control of large parts of sanaa last september. bu

. >> you have to withdraw from the west bank in gaza and injuries limb-- jerusalem as well and the palestiniansthey-- without provocation to the freedom of israel to live in peace. >> now this extremeism in that region was around during sadat's time. >> yes t was. they had four wars in 25 years before i became president. >> uh-huh. >> when i got began and sadat together for the first three days all they did was is out at each other about the four war sometimes they went back to the old test am times but they shouted. >> they would carry it back. >> dave, i gave up on them. so i told them you stay in your cabin. you stay in your cabin. and i will go back and forth between them. so for ten days, they did that. >> can you give world leaders a time out? is that-- is that possible? >> well not now not now not now. when i was in the white house, maybe i could. >> jon: why do you think-- why do you think i view this extremeism as a funk, as sort of a pretext. this idea that it is a religious backing a pretext for just powerless. you know they're angry nilistic it doesn't seem-- if it didn't have a rel

security council refused to demand an end to israeli control in the west bank and east jerusalem. >>nslated ): we got rejected. this is not the first and not the last time. we are steadfast until we get back our rights. they don't want to give us our rights. but the security council is not the end of the world, and the last session is not the end. >> ifill: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu condemned the palestinian move, as did the u.s. state department. kurdish forces in northern iraq launched a large-scale offensive against islamic state fighters today. the target was an extensive area east of mosul. the city has been held by the militant group since june. u.s. and coalition planes conducted a series of air strikes in advance of the kurdish assault. new year's celebrations turned deadly this evening in china. state news reports said 35 people were killed in a stampede in downtown shanghai, shortly before midnight. elsewhere, sydney, australia was one of the first major cities to welcome 2015. more than a million spectators turned out for a lavish fireworks display in the c

. >> meanwhile, in jerusalem the christian orthodox patriot arrived in the occupied west bank on christmasve. the christmas season is ending. a feast of the epiphany is marked with a plunge. symbolized the opposition leader was in attendance ahead of national elections later this month. plenty more on our website, the address of that is aljazeera.com. you can also watch us by clicking on the watch live icon, details of the suicide attack. aljazeera.com. >> no other sport can kick off mass emotion in indonesia like football, even if the national team languishes near the bottom of world rankings. >> indonesians, they're really crazy. we can see their ranking in fifa is going down, going down, going down. but every game in the stadium, 80,000 people, 90,000 people. >> even local competitions turn smaller stadiums into cauldrons

and this is the case of this and this settlement policy includes east jerusalem, and most in the west bank. this document being a member, and it means what is being sun by israel in the palestinian territories is a war crime. >> the other point that we already got, was that the u.n. secretary-general asked - we asked them for the people we are being on the killing, and direct destruction. the israeli government intentionally and abbing the yeases yeases and stopping israel from the practices being done again. after that we have said this is not a surprise to america in particular and to america in particular. we say when we have the u.s. neck it's not going to reach a resolution, we will join the international omissions. that's why we have signed 17 agreements and conventions out of 522 conventions that so-called international conventions. it's our right. it's our right to belong the conventions. we are fond of the courts we were not fond of the courts but we failed to stop the israeli aggression and find ourselves forced to go to the courts and we still hope that the assassination wi

west bank and gaza. ian lee, cnn, jerusalem. >>> boko haram militants have kidnapped 40 boys and men in a remote nigeriange. they rounded up villagers in borno state. it happened where these school girls, more than 200, were kidnapped last april. >>> members of the christian clergy in jord are throwing their support behind a pilot being held by isis. the 26-year-old airman was taken captive when his coalition warplane came down in northeast syria last week. he belongs to a prominent sunni family in jordan. on saturday representatives of several jordanian churches met with his family. afterward, his father called on isis a sunni group, to treat his son as a guest. >> translator: i hope they will be generous to him and his family and uhl the ones that love mutah to release him soon. >> the pilot is the first known coalition member isis has taken captive. >>> just ahead, north korea is heating up its rhetoric over new u.s. sanctions. kim jong-un is sending signals he may want to cool tensions with his neighbors to the south. we'll have a report. ce. everybody knows that. well, did you know you that former p

west bank. of course, they continue to control jerusalem and seize gaza. so what they did last year is to withhold our tax revenues, which means you know that we are unable to function in our hospital he. or to buy medical supplies. or to function our schools. or our social networks and we are unable to pay salaries. we were supposed to pay salaries yesterday, we could not do that. so it means that you know they are destroying the the palestinian authority. what we are telling them doing all of this we invite you to assume your responsibilities as the occupying power which by fait accompli policies they are. and they are keeping us as an authority by name to pay salaries and to coordinate with them and this cannot continue. the status quo cannot continue and palestinian authority without any authority is, in a cost free occupation is that status quo that mr. benjamin netanyahu the prime minister want to continue with. and our message to him status quo cannot be maintained, business no more. >> are you considering the palestinian authority as a big move? >>

. >>> jerusalem's christian orthodox patriarch has arrived in the occupied west bank on orthodox christmasst orthodox churches celebrate nativity on january 6th and 7th. >>> while celebrations in the holy land are getting started, economist celebrations in greece are winding down. greek orthodox christian followers are marking the day of the epiphany. greece's opposition heard was in attendance, ahead of national elections later this month. epiphany day is the 12th day after christmas, marking the end of the christmas season. >>> much more still ahead on the news hour. demanding their rights indian coal miners walk out on a five-day strike. and the skiing world mourn the death of two u.s. team prospects. details coming up with robin. ♪ real reporting that brings you the world. >> this is a pretty dangerous trip. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore. giving you a real global perspective like no other can. >> al jazeera, nairobi. >> on the tu

jerusalem, tel-aviv paris new york, los angeles. >> a long list a list too long for sure. this is hardly the first time radical islam has targeted the west. we are going to take a look back at the history of these terror attacks including one that happened here on our country nearly 25 years ago. >> as this is all happening, france wrapping up security as you would expect. up to 3 million people have taken to the streets in france refusing to live in fear, a defiant message of hope echoed here at home. >>> the prubrutality it took to point those guns and pull those triggers, that level of ignorance is exactly why the free exchange of ideas is vitallevital in this world. hump day! >>yeah! >>hey mike! mike mike mike mike mike! >>mike mike mike mike mike. hey! he knows! hey! guess what day it is! hey! camel! guess what day it is! >>it's not even wednesday. let it go, phil. if you're a camel, you put up with this all the time. it's what you do. (sigh) if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. ok... [ male announcer ] when john huntsman was diagnosed with cancer, he didn't just vow to

voted for israel to withdraw from judeo ya and summer ya, the west bank, that would leave gaza east for rockets to be fired directly into jerusalem hate israel but say they love their jews. israel is the jewish state. when you invite the president of the palestinian authority mahmoud abbas, to an anti-terror rally, that's like inviting kim jong un to the golden globes. abbas is one of the biggest funders of international terrorism alive. stuart: the see a man walking around with a very large sign, and, i mean, it's visible to everybody who's within 100 yards of the guy, it's wildly antisemitic, and he stands there day in day out at various locations all across new york city. this is an anti-semite writ large. what do you make of the state of anti-semitism in the united states? nothing like france, i hope. >> well, certainly the person you're speaking about, i think, usually hangs out at nyu. look at the campuses across the united states where we see actions against israel being passed by student unions against israel in favor of hamas and the palestinian authority against the only democracy in the middle east? campuses are becomi

jerusalem. tell us more. >> we're talking about a 23-year-old palestinian man from the west bank city. as you said this is two stops from the central bus station in downtown tel aviv. it was at the beginning of the rush hour here in israel. and he just took out a knife and started stabbing people. then he got off the bus. as he was making his escape he looked for another victim and you can see in this video that he stabbed another woman and then tried to make his getaway when two people from the israeli prison authority saw what was happening, saw the bus stop and the bus stopped. they ran after this man. they shot him in the leg. arrested him. interrogated him and now he's in the hospital in custody, carol. >> was this a lone wolf attack? part of a larger plot? what is it? >> reporter: no indication it is part of a larger plot. police did comb the area to make sure there was nothing else going on. no indication of any of that. this is really the new tactic here in israel. these lone wolf attacks. you remember last summer a lot of israelis were mowed down by palestinians in cars and th

west bank and that they've launched an investigation. there has been an increase in the number of attacks on israelis in recent months. four people were killed in an attack on a synagogue in jerusalemhile a soldier was stabbed to death by a palestinian man in front of a tel aviv railway station. >>> japanese leaders want to spark the economy. they're hoping robots can help. ai uchida joins us now from the business desk. tell us what do government officials have in mind ai? >> well catherine, people know they have a demographics problem on their hands. a low birth rate, for example, and aging society. but still, things need to get done. someone still has to make clothes, for example build cars, maintain infrastructure. so government officials are thinking robots. drones and industrial automation could soon do some of the work people do. the government will look into using drones to survey the condition of the country's roads and bridges. that's something humans do now. to fully automate factory production lines the government will team up with japanese businesses and universities to set international standards for technology. they want to catch up with germany and the u.s. the curre