present iran as a threat to international security is unacceptable and smith is live for us in west jerusalem the story we were really waiting for the meat on the bones in terms of what came out of that meeting what do you think happened. well we know that what the israelis and the americans the us want to do was impress on the russians again the threat they believe iran is to stability in the middle east and it was something of a diplomatic coup really the benjamin netanyahu israel's prime minister the round the table with the 2 most influential political players in middle east politics that is the u.s. and russia but the secretary of russia's national security council nikolai. said to russian media ahead of the meeting that he wasn't there wasn't convincing evidence yet of who was behind those attacks on the tankers in the gulf and that u.s. drone that the iranian shutdown was in a raid in a space despite u.s. insistence that it wasn't nevertheless out of the meeting the u.s. national security adviser john bolton he's continued his very hardline take towards the iranian government he was as

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

after he recognized israeli sovereignty over the territory sorry force that reports now from west jerusalem in the early evening sunshine news really prime minister the us ambassador unveiled what would harvey been a secret in gold in front of the you know the rated trump heights of prime's new settlement in the occupied golan heights for now at least it's just a sign but for benjamin netanyahu an important symbol. the golan was and will always be an integral part of our country the golan is israeli it's important to stress this again and again we are not strangers in the go along we are here due to our national votes which have been the payoff for thousands of years. it was a frank you to the u.s. president who to fishley recognized israel's claim on the golan heights seized from syria in 1967 and considered occupied territory under international law at the height of the israeli election campaign in late march america's ambassador to israel who sat in on the cabinet noted so far only one place in israel had been named after a sitting president the one who recognized the new jewish governme

iran have been high on the agenda at a meeting between russia israel and the united states in west jerusalem there russia's security council secretary told reporters that any attempts to present to iran as a threat to international security are unacceptable moscow says its military intelligence shows the american drone was in iranian airspace when it was shot down and smith joins us live now from west jerusalem with that aspect of this crisis story but of course your reading of these comments from the russians. well peter this was something of a diplomatic coup for the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to get to the most significant political players in middle east politics that's russia and the usa around that same table talking about syria and iran and mainly what the israelis want to do with the americans was impressed on iran the threat that it believes to be impressed on russia sort of the threat that it believes iran is to middle east stability in both benjamin netanyahu and the u.s. national security adviser john bolton spent a lot of time in opening remarks saying what a thre

but in 967 israel sees the rest the now occupied west bank including east jerusalem and gaza strip since the 1990 s. under your slow accords the west bank has been carved up the palestinian authority was given some control over areas a and b. but has no control over area c. that's most of the west bank including the most fertile land and according to the world bank that's led to the loss of $3400000000.00 to the palestinian economy across the occupied west bank and gaza palestinian farmers faced restrictions on basic goods like foot eliza farming machinery and even water permanent barriers restrict freedom of movement including loss of several work hours a separation wall cuts of $150.00 palestinian communities from their land and they need permits from israel to get around and these numbers show the person to each of permits united farmers and agricultural workers over the years unemployment in palestine has soared the highest in gaza which is under is dreads air sea and land blockade for 12 years so why foreign aid seems generous and paper for palestinians on the ground their lives rem

in west jerusalem there the russian security council secretary told reporters that any efforts to present tehran as a threat to international security are unacceptable moscow says its military intelligence has showed the american drone was in iranian airspace when it was shot down meanwhile mr bolton has denied the u.s. is attempting regime change in tehran if iran gave up its pursuit of nuclear weapons its missile development program which is designed to create delivery vehicles for nuclear weapons and again the support for terrorism to stop this other line activities across the region would be very happy secretary contango last year gave a speech free listing 12 things i've given you for a certain expanded list that's the end game we want but it smith is joining us from west jerusalem with more on that story now. this is been something of a diplomatic coup for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to get 2 of the most significant players in middle east politics that's the u.s. and russia sitting around the same table here in jerusalem discussing mainly iran and syria and the ambitio

within the iranian air space when it was shut down and this myth has more now from west jerusalem this has been something of a diplomatic coup for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to get 2 of the most significant players in middle east politics that's the u.s. and russia sitting around the same table here in jerusalem discussing mainly iran and syria and the ambitions certainly for the israelis and the americans is to impress on the russians the threat that they believe iran is to stability in the middle east iran's provocations which also include threats to and attacks upon american personnel and assets in the middle east are the extra manifestations of the central threat that iran poses namely its continued pursuit of deliverable nuclear weapons but the russians are making it clear they're not prepared to accept the u.s. view on iran's role in the middle east in comments to russian media before this trilateral meeting got going russia's national security secretary nick like a true shove he told russian media that 1st of all it was not enough evidence yet to say who was concl

market christine legarde speaking there were bullets with our correspondent following events force west jerusalem and bernard really an opportunity to talk but with no senior palestinian or israeli officials there me what credibility does this call friends have in the long term because that's what cushion a wants doesn't it sort of traction for the future well we know that we think the white house had wanted israeli political leaders government leaders of some level to be represented at this conference but pressure from the palestinian leadership on gulf leaders not to have the israelis here in those gulf leaders saying that the americans.

for mass protests to continue as they boycott the bahrain gathering bennett smith has more from west jerusalem. this is essentially an israeli idea which is to make peace with the rest of the arab world 1st and then solve the palestinian issue with israel rather than the other way round which has been for israel to 1st reach an agreement and deal with the palestinians and then get peace with the rest of the arab world this is the israelis would prefer the former the palestinians the latter because otherwise it takes a lot of leverage away from them saudi military officials say they've intercepted and destroyed a drone targeting homes in the south of the country that row was brought down near the resident.

coming through the market will bear the smith is our correspondent following events for us in west jerusalem bernard we know it's not the unity to talk for talking saying but no one really is addressing the fundamental point that there is a lack of senior palestinian and israeli officials really to give the conference room the proposals that the cushion or wants the credibility that he wants for this particular event. i think we certainly understand that initially the hope was by john cushion of the white house that there would be israeli officials at this conference but pressure from the palestinian leadership on arab states and gulf states that they then put on the white house stop those israelis being invited to the palestinians pleased in a way that that didn't happen but of course palestinians not pleased at all the conference is going ahead who sums on lot of senior palestinian official he's a centrally set up to day one he said look the idea is that this is a real estate deal with israel getting the property and the palestinians getting the cash but the problem is that palestine is no

iran have been high on the agenda at a meeting between russia israel and the united states in west jerusalem the national security adviser john bolton denies the u.s. is pushing for regime change in iran mr bolton said america's end game is to pressure tehran into giving up its pursuit of nuclear weapons and support for terrorism. if iran gave up its pursuit of nuclear weapons its missile development program which is designed to create delivery vehicles for nuclear weapons and gave them the support for terrorism to stop this other malign activities across the region will be very happy secretary contests last year gave a speech for a list of 12 things i've given you for a certain expanded list that's the endgame we want white house senior adviser jared cushions in the middle east to get support for what the us president told from calls the deal of the century mr is leaving a 2 day workshop in bahrain hoping to bring in investment for his $50000000000.00 plan before flying to bahrain he spoke with al-jazeera and said the proposal office palestinians and the region an opportunity for stability.

israelis are celebrating jerusalem day to mark what they praise as the reunification of east and west jerusalem on the restoration of access to the western wall but easter islam has been occupied since june 1900 to 7 when israel annexed it harry fawcett has more. so getting to the peak now of the jury saloon day events the nationalist largely israelis a lot of them settlers are coming here to mark this occasion according to the jewish calendar it's the day 52 years ago $967.00 when israeli forces seized east jerusalem and they have occupied it since and this is the day that they celebrate that event now it's also a day which is coinciding with the end of ramadan and that's why it makes it a particularly tense period and explains what took place inside the oxen most compound known as the temple mount to jews earlier on sunday i would went out that country to expectations the police israeli security forces were going to allow jews to come in usually during the end of ramadan it is off limits to non muslims to be an indication last month that the police were going to ban jewish access on this tour

descendants have been allowed back but a 967 israel sees the rest the now occupied west bank including east jerusalem and gaza strip since the 1990 s. under your slow accords the west bank has been carved up the palestinian authority was given some control over areas a and b. but has no control over area c. that's most of the west bank including the most fertile land and according to the world bank that's led to the loss of $3400000000.00 to the palestinian economy across the occupied west bank and gaza palestinian farmers faced restrictions on basic goods like foot eliza farming machinery and even water permanent barriers restrict freedom of movement including loss of several work hours. a separation wall cuts of 150 palestinian communities from their land and they need permits from israel to get around and these numbers show the person teacher of permits the united farm was an agricultural workers over the years unemployment in palestine has soared the highest in gaza which is under is to its air sea a man blockade for 12 years so why foreign aid seems generous and paper for palestinians on the gro

to establish any foothold on its borders kamau right great context there from burnet smith in west jerusalem which we can now analyze with alexei klebnikov a middle east specialist at the russian international affairs council he's in moscow for us thank you for your time alexei i will talk about some specific issues in specific countries and conflicts in a moment but. i want to stop sort of more broadly and just ask you. how does russia how does russia do this how does russia maintain relationships with all these different countries and different sides of the argument. and not annoy each other basically. well that's the biggest question how russia manages to be such a successful broke her or such a successful. diplomat if you will in terms of maintaining good working constructive relations with with all the regional players who usually have opposite views on different regional issues like iran and israel saudi arabian turkey and saudi arabia so that's one of the assets which moscow currently wants to want to ties on where russia wants to be perceived and viewed as an indispensable broker as

here and there we believe in lifting occupation that that means lifting the siege on the west bank on jerusalem on gaza this will give us the space to grow the space to work in a further restriction to cripple the economy the israeli government restricts palestinians from using 60 percent of the land in the west bank to build factories or anything else in. the core of the crisis goes back to the establishment of the palestinian authority gay sions of the people in yaki territory has been transferred to the palestinian authority at the same time it inherited a weak economy. is or is the doctrine of tax revenues which it collects on behalf of the palestinian authority is at the heart of the authorities financial crisis that's as palestinians coupled with reduced aid from foreign donors as well as the long standing restrictions on businesses further blocks the road to economy progress in. the occupied west bank. so who is attending tuesday's workshop and what's expected well actually had palestinian officials are boycotting the event but some business executives could go there israeli officials ar

leaders here and wrong or right to be the entire on same thanks to the desk or someone out to west jerusalem and talk to bernard smith bernard so conflicting views there over iran from the russians and the americans you in jerusalem where the israelis and the russians a meeting iran is bound to be high on that agenda but it. yes it is daryn this is a long meeting the between the israelis and the russians they have met frequently over the years mainly to discuss syria and of course israel's concern of iran's involvement in syria every time that iran has tried to establish some sort of permanent military base or presence in syria those have been targeted by the israeli military they destroyed them and russia has never stopped israel from doing that and ours the civil war in syria winds down and some sort of attempts are made to meet a political solution in syria israel will want to impress on the russians again that it will not tolerate any sort of a rainy in presence in the syria impreza not on the russians because of course it's the russians with the arabians who have been bought bucking the

israeli settlers also enter the compound alongside the israeli military force it has more from west jerusalem. well these scenes are coinciding with 2 important events firstly the end of the holy month of ramadan a time of great sensitivity for muslims a time when muslims usually aren't allowed access to the al aqsa mosque compound known as the temple mount to jews and also for jews for israeli jews this is according to the jewish calendar 2 the day known as jerusalem day marking the occasion 52 years ago when israeli forces seized and occupied east jerusalem dream the course of the $967.00 war now what we had been led to expect was the police would not allow jewish access on this day as would normally be the case on jerusalem day because it coincided with the end of the month of ramadan there was a high court decision when that apparent decision being appealed by jewish activists saying that it was up to the police to decide on the day but in in essence they decided to allow jewish access after all the police spokespeople aren't explaining that decision but once that decision was clear insid

security as tensions are high but in washington and tehran iran matheson joins us live now from west jerusalem rob so what are you expecting to come out of this meeting with john bolton. well as you were talking there about the press statements that were made by john bolton and benjamin netanyahu vote an hour ago and we started to get a sense of where at least the u.s. and israel were going to stand in these discussions which are also of course going to include the russia prime minister benjamin netanyahu very keen to stress that it was important to also include they the need to get rid as he sees it of iran's military facilities that are currently in syria just across the border from israel out of syria and away from threatening israel but he was also keen to stress that this meeting that he has pulled together is very significant moment for israel and it should demonstrates that israel is taking a significant role on the world stage but it's also important to note as well that from a political domestic point of view this is important for the prime minister to benjamin netanyahu at the end of

supports around 50000 people in israel and egypt blockaded gaza since 2740 has more now from west jerusalem as. well this latest exchange a rocket being fired from gaza and it is israeli air strikes on gaza in response it follows what we've seen since the last escalation at the beginning of may the heaviest round of violence that we've seen since 2014 that ended with an apparent cease fire deal not acknowledged by israel which is typical in these circumstances but which would have included a reduction in the border protest activity and also in the incendiary devices being flown across the border into israeli territory there have been instances of that throughout the last a few weeks and each time that has happened israel has restricted the fishing zone of gaza's waters from 15 or tickle miles to 10 and then expanded it then restricted it accordingly what happened on wednesday was a number of insanity devices setting a number of fires in israeli territory the israeli military decided to totally close down access to the fishing waters along gaza's coastline and then we saw the response the ro

the occupied golan heights is ready territory of more on this that cross to force it to use in west jerusalem and harriet all of these events happening with the backdrop of benjamin netanyahu running for election for the 2nd time as yeah that's right this 2nd election that he didn't want to have it has been forced on him at least he's chosen it as the best option after he failed to form a coalition of the last election on april the 9th and so already the informal campaigning is extremely obviously under way and this is part of that he's gone up to the occupied golan heights with his cabinet for this ceremonial meeting his critics point out the opposition points out that as a transitional government it has no power to actually enact and you settlements in the golan but he's there anyway and he's getting.

israeli's are celebrating jerusalem day to mark what they praise as the reunification of instant west jerusalem on the restoration of access to the western wall but east jerusalem has been occupied since june 1907 when israel annexed that area fosset is there and the subject so getting to the peak now of the jury saloon day events the nationalist largely israelis a lot of them settlers are coming here to mark this occasion according to the jewish calendar it's the day 52 years ago $167.00 when israeli forces seized is jewish then and they have occupied it since and this is the day that they celebrate that event now it's also a day which is coinciding with the end of ramadan and that's why it makes it a particularly tense period and explains what took place inside the oxen most compound known as the temple mount to jews earlier on sunday i would went out that country to expectations the police the israeli security forces were going to allow jews to come in usually journey end of ramadan it is off limits to non muslims to be an indication that the police were going to ban jewish access all those

sense that the pressure is being ramped up again all right harry thanks for that harry forsett in west jerusalem albania's of prime minister eddie rama is defying calls from protesters to step down president had to cancel local elections because of an opposition boycott opposition groups have been holding weekly protests against prime minister rama since february they accuse him and other socialist party politicians of colluding with organized crime groups. johnson joins us live now from albanian capital tehran and john what is being discussed today in the albanian parliament. well what we thought was going to be discussed was going to be a motion to remove the president such a motion would have required a bipartisan majority of $94.00 members of parliament out of the 140 who sits in the chamber but what we've seen in the resolution passed down to lawmakers this morning by prime minister eddie roma socialist posy is that such a motion to remove the president is nowhere to be seen what this resolution instead pulls will is a censure of the president for him essentially to return to constitutional

ceremony in occupied east jerusalem he's essentially not recognizing the difference between east and west jerusalem the palestinians already know of course that they don't the policy is wrong to say they don't trust the u.s. to be impartial negotiators between them and the israelis over the final status of this area and that is further confirmation of that and they say it's all part of an attempt really to erase their parts in the history of islam this city of course important not just to jews but to christians and to muslims as well equally important to all of them but they say that by doing this by sort of imprinting israel on east jerusalem it's a raising the palestinian attempting to raise the palestinian history in this area thank you ben it's a myth. one other note from the region israeli forces have now released the palestinian minister of jerusalem affairs after arresting him early on sunday had them he was detained at his home in occupied east jerusalem police haven't explained why he was being questioned but his lawyer says it was in relation to a visit by the chilean president at least 1

to practical level we have to bring back peace in the area and in syria to an update now from west jerusalem within and smith. this was a long meeting between israel and russia to discuss syria primarily iranian involvement in syria israel of course determined to stop iran building any sort of military base establishing in his or her permanent foothold in syria israel's military has previously destroyed attempts fire around to build bases in syria. i would like to say in the clearest way that israeli russian cooperation on the security level this cooperation has already contributed plenty to the security and stability in our region it significantly changed the situation in the area on choose day the us national security adviser john bolton joins in the discussions again primarily to talk about iran when this meeting was shed jule the americans said that this was an unprecedented diplomatic opportunity for discussions on syria and iran's involvement in the region in the wider region although russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has previously said that trying to curb iran's influence in sy

since it recognized jerusalem as israel's capital in the 27 months and joins us live now from west jerusalem rob so what are you expecting to come out of this meeting with john bolton and the russians. well don we should be able to find i would say in just a couple of minutes because if i understand it correctly that john bolton and benjamin netanyahu are holding a press conference at the moment so there should be some more details about what they've been talking about is coming out and in the next few minutes this meeting this 3 way meeting and that's going to be held over the next couple of days was originally put forward by the israeli president when he was in russia back in february and i just rob let me just interrupt you there we're going to dip in very quickly to that press conference with john bolton and the israeli prime minister let's hear what they have to say as a result of its aggression so i was pleased to hear president trump make clear yesterday that pressure will continue and that pressure will increase and i look forward to discussing this and other issues that affect affec

and in west jerusalem mitchell brock former advisor to president shimon peres and prime minister ariel sharon a welcome to you all and let's begin in washington d.c. with james norton james this peace plan has been almost universally criticized by people within foreign policy circles in fact one palestinian diplomats likened it to a divorce settlement where neither the lawyers turned up to the meeting and neither did the people getting divorced what is the strategy here. you know i think it's important to note that the trump white house has really operated as almost an isolationist white house really going back to world war 2 almost pre president roosevelt there really has been a policy of disengagement for the most part outside of a few a few efforts here or there and i'd say this is one of the key efforts obviously for the trump white house to president trump to put jerry questionnaire in charge of a middle east peace plan or planning process and so i think you know if you look at there from their perspective and i think jericho talked on this network yesterday about economics and in

west jerusalem iran's foreign minister mohammad javad zarif says tehran is in talks with a number of countries on using currencies other than the u.s. dollar for trade. as a way to bypass u.s. sanctions has more from tehran. according to the uranian foreign minister they are in discussion with a number of countries including china russia turkey and india to try and bypass the u.s. sanctions by setting up a monetary system where they can trade without having the u.s. sanctions fact them this is something that the iranians have been talking about and we know that the russians are behind this idea they said that the russian foreign minister has said that the u.s. sanctions against iran is unfair and the russian government will do everything it can trying to help the iranians bypass them the foreign minister has said that the already reached some agreements with certain countries and they are still in discussion with others so it's still in the process but in the foreseeable future this could be something that could help iran bypass those crippling u.s. sanctions saudi state media say an

is ready political analyst in west jerusalem nice to have you with us how much do you read into what has happened to mrs netanyahu today when we start to think about what could happen to mr netanyahu and his corruption cases i think. bandies their president then there is a lot of implications for the future of an attorney who is going to face 3 bribery charges and the fact that the family sorry and then you know we agreed to sign a plea bargain with the prosecution instead of going into a long try with a lot of money spent on lawyer indicates that this might be the case also in the future as far is. concerned if indicted then the old old speculations are that these going to be indicted and eventually we'll have to cut a deal with the prosecution and have some plead bargain. because in this way you will avoid a long trial and a lot of political pressures to resign and this might be the solution eventually does it take. does it take any pressure i mean even if that's the way prime minister netanyahu were to deal with anything in the future that take any pressure off him with regards to

west jerusalem. israel's prime minister says that he will give us president on trump's middle east peace plan for consideration but the proposal has been criticized by the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas who says it's bound to fail it has more from the occupied west bank the palestinian president mahmoud abbas has reiterated his rejection to the workshop that is expected to be held in a few days he says that while economy is important foreign aid is important the political issue demeans to be the main story here he says that as part of the economy that was released by the u.s. as a part of the whole whole deal of the century the u.s. plans to collect around 50000000000 dollars of aid to the palestinians and said that he doesn't need the u.s. to do so because they want to gather the money from the other countries and he would be doing so himself he said that he's already asking the arabs to help with it's worth noting that the palestinians are now facing a financial crisis as well as that the palesti

west jerusalem with us once again abraham for i had an associate professor of conflict resolution institute so last news hour we started to talk about what might happen with iran you felt it wasn't going to go into all out conflict but you said there are some other scenarios. yes exactly now that we also know that my computer is visiting the region as well and you have. both been in tel aviv and to have. bolton netanyahu in the same room definitely sends a lot about what type of escalation to expect because i think one of the things that we're going to see is that the imposition of more sanctions on iran as. stated already that this is going to start on monday but of course this is not going to play well with iran because this is hell thing going on in economy more and more of. iran probably saw when they downed u.s. drawn a few days ago a way out of this continuous pressure out of their imposing on the sanctions on iran so we should expect to see more of it because also now that. did not respond to the downing of the draw. 2 days ago yeah. that is something that sick is expected to attend

going to be prepared to do that we're yet to find out rob thanks very much that's a picture in west jerusalem robertson reporting. u.s. president donald trump appears to be turning down talk of possible military action against iran he says a strike is always on the table but for now trump is promising to step up economic pressure through more sanctions john hendren has the latest from washington d.c. . president donald trump appears to have changed his tone somewhat on iran the president says he can imagine the u.s. and iran being best of friends he even went on to say he'd like to make iran great again and even thanked the persian nation for not shooting down a man's plane that was nearby with about $35.00 crew members according to iranian officials when it shot down an unmanned u.s. drone but the president also said he will go ahead with new sanctions against iran starting on monday and according to news reports the president approved last week a cyber strike against iran disabled computer systems that run the country's missile and rocket systems so the president appears to be operating on

are willing to try new things and think outside of the traditional box for the new smith from west jerusalem. no one in the palestinian territories will dispute that their economy is in desperate need of investment but they also tell you that what would give the economy a quick and instant boost is a release from the very severe constraints israel's occupation puts on the palestinian territories the constraints on the movement of goods in and out of the west bank and the movement of people in and out of the west bank and the almost on the blockade essentially of gaza nobody is allowed to leave except for extreme medical reasons and there's very tight controls on the goods that can come to and fro so the bahrain conference is suggesting that there would be a release of these constraints and this $50000000000.00 in pledges would give the palestinian economy such a significant boost that it would be worth the political consequences further down the line we know though that the political dimension of this whenever it's presented will probably not contain the idea of a 2 state solution jar cushio

israel and russia it's being held in west jerusalem also washington will unveil its economic part of the middle east peace plan at a meeting in bahrain later on tuesday protests have been taking place across the palestinian territories and grows against what president trump has called the deal of the century. before flying to bahrain white house senior adviser jared cohen spoke to 0 and said any future deal will not follow the terms of the arab peace initiative. right now for minimal we're focused on the economic aspects of what could be possible if there is a resolution but what i will say is that you know all of the people i speak to you know they talk about the arab peace initiative and again it was a it was a great effort but if that was where a deal was going to be made a deal would be made a long time ago i think we all have to recognize that if there ever is a deal it's not going to be along the lines of the arab peace initiative will be somewhere between the arab peace initiative and somewhere between the israeli position the general behind the. region has been shot dead by g

terrible war in the middle east region right and what about the russians in the russians talking in west jerusalem today meeting with john bolton the u.s. national security advisor and the israelis of course not siding with the u.s. and israel supporting iran's claim that the drone the u.s. drone that was shot down was actually done so it really in space i mean backing iran it would seem at this crowd quite critical juncture. iran russia relationship is a love hate relationship devoid of love for iran has very little trust in moscow's programs plans and ambitious and every single time there has been a major crisis moscow has tried to marginalize iran and use iran as a bargaining chip in its own conflicts and negotiation is a word with washington's so i don't think ron is particularly optimistic and he's not really counting on russia huffing them and they almost expect russia to betray to iran then there is a major crisis right allie for me thank you very much indeed for talking to us. now the u.k. has issued new guidelines to companies selling weapons to saudi arabia that's after a british court r

israelis are celebrating what they call jerusalem day to mark of the reunification a feast and west jerusalem. and the restoration of access to the western wall east jerusalem has been occupied since june 1987 when israel annexed it harry fawcett is there and sent the subject. so we're getting to the peak now of the jury saloon day events these nationalist largely israelis a lot of them settlers are coming here to mark this occasion according to the jewish calendar it's the day 52 years ago $967.00 when israeli forces seized east jerusalem and they have occupied it since and this is the day that they celebrate that event now it's also a day which is coinciding with the end of ramadan and that's why it makes it a particularly tense period and explains what took place inside the oxen most compound known as the temple mount to jews earlier on sunday i would went out that country to expectations the police israeli security forces were going to allow jews to come in usually journey end of ramadan it is off limits to non muslims to be an indication last month that the police were going to ban jewis

also into the compound alongside the israeli military forces joins me now for more on this from west jerusalem the holy month of ramadan ends in a few days time and the sort of disturbing video coming from one of its holiest sites will not please muslim worshippers. no indeed and usually the site is closed off to non muslims for the last 10 days of ramadan and this day right up against the end of ramadan is also drew sloan day which is celebrated by many jewish israelis it's the day that israel took over and occupied east jerusalem during the course of the $967.00 war according to the hebrew calendar the jewish calendar and so this is a major day and what had been arranged would have been announced was that rarely jews would not be allowed into the al aqsa mosque compound the site they call the temple mount on this day because of the sensitivity coming out to the end of ramadan but what actually took place was that hundreds of what we would expect to be right wing settler and religious nationalist people assembled at the gates demanding and trance and once the police had it's apparently decide

security as tensions are high but in washington and tehran iran matheson joins us live now from west jerusalem rob so what are you expecting to come out of this meeting with john bolton. well as you were talking there about the press statements that were made by john bolton and benjamin netanyahu but an hour ago when we started to get a sense of where at least the u.s. and israel were going to stand in these discussions which are also of course going to include the russia prime minister benjamin netanyahu very keen to stress that it was important to also include they the needs to get rid as he sees it of iran's military facilities that are currently in syria just across the border from israel out of syria and away from threatening israel but he was also keen to stress that this meeting that he has pulled together is very significant moment for israel and it should demonstrates that israel is taking a significant role on the world stage but it's also important to note as well that from a political domestic point of view this is important for the prime minister to benjamin netanyahu at the end o

sovereignty over the territory contrary to international law or a force that reports now from west jerusalem. in the early evening sunshine the israeli prime minister and the u.s. ambassador unveiled what had hardly been a secret in golden font they you know be rated trump heights a planned new settlement in the occupied golan heights for now at least it's just a sign but for benjamin netanyahu an important symbol of. the golan was and it will always be an integral part of our country the golan is israeli it's important to stress this again and again we are not strangers in the go a long way ahead due to our national vote which have been deep here for thousands of years. it was a fank you to the u.s. president who to fishley recognized israel's claim on the golan heights seized from syria in 1967 and considered occupied territory under international law at the height of the israeli election campaign in late march america's ambassador to israel who sat in on the cabinet noted so far only one place in israel had been named after a sitting president the one who recognized the new jewish governm

campaigning for september's election which will be the 2nd this year are a force that has more now from west jerusalem. well opposition parties have been pointing out that benjamin netanyahu transitional government ahead of september's election doesn't have the or thorazine to actually and act a new settlement in the occupied golan heights but that hasn't stopped benjamin netanyahu he's taken his cabinet up there for what he called a festive cabinet meeting which was attended unusually you have to say by the us ambassador david friedman all this coming on the same day that his wife sarra had to be convicted in jerusalem of a corruption case she pled guilty to making the best of somebody else's mistake in a in using public funds to have lavish takeout meals cooked by some of jerusalem's best chefs at the same time as the prime minister's residence was employing a chef of its own so that was against the rules she is due to pay back or least be fined some $15000.00 u.s. dollars of course the bigger question now confronts benjamin netanyahu he has 3 corruption cases of his own attempts to try to secure im

west jerusalem. and with al-jazeera life along the national still ahead. a show of force from the military in the democratic republic of congo as soldiers launch and major operation against quips and protest as pour in from all corners of the czech republic to help the largest valley since the velvet revolution. hello again welcome back to your international weather forecast what we do have a heat wave that is in the making for a start here in the western part of europe where temperatures by the middle into the end of the week we're going to be seeing 10 to 16 degrees above average so let's take a look at your monday map 1st of all we're going to sing paris one of the highest temperatures on the map here on monday at $33.00 degrees zurich at 30 berlin at $28.00 but the way really expands as we go towards tuesday high pressure is dominating keeping a lot of sun across much of the area some 2 eyes we're going to see those terms to start to go up for berlin at $32.00 degrees there at $33.00 as well and madrid at about $36.00 degrees and this is going to conti

and in west jerusalem mitchell brock former advisor to president shimon peres and prime minister ariel sharon a welcome to you all and let's begin in washington d.c. where james norton james this peace plan has been almost universally criticized by people within foreign policy circles in fact one palestinian diplomats likened it to a divorce settlement where neither the lawyers turned up to the meeting and neither did the people getting divorced what is the strategy here. you know i think it's important to note that the trump white house has really operated as almost an isolationist white house really going back to pre-war to almost pre president roosevelt there really has been a policy of disengagement for the most part outside of a few a few efforts here or there and i'd say this is one of the key efforts obviously for the trump white house to president trump to put jerry questioner in charge of a middle east peace plan or planning process and so i think you know if you look at there from their perspective and i think jericho talked on this network yesterday about economics and inves

walking into east jerusalem there are essentially erasing the difference between east jerusalem and west jerusalem the palestinians say it's all part of the israeli plan to try and erase their heritage their history on this land this of course a city as important to christians as to muslims as it is to jews the palestinians say israel is trying to make the city more important for one group than the others . chiller has closing its borders to venezuelans escaping the economic and political chaos and have already been given shelter but the chilean government changed its rules to stop more venezuelans coming in as tourists as a latin america and as lucy newman reports now from the border between chile and peru some venezuelans are now resorting to walking through minefields just to find sanctuary. they're cold hungry and desperate to get to chile where many have friends or family but after traveling south for more than a week these venezuelans are stranded on the peruvian side of the border because chile won't let them in without a passport and residency visa. might be an assault or and her 2 small b

occupied golan heights is ready territory of more on the state's cross to force it to use in west jerusalem and harriet all of these events happening with the backdrop of benjamin netanyahu running for election for the 2nd time this year. that's right this 2nd election that he didn't want to have it has been forced on him or at least he's chosen it as the best option after he failed to form a coalition of the the last election on april the 9th and so already the informal campaigning is extremely obviously underway and this is part of that he's gone up to the occupied golan heights with his cabinet for this ceremonial meeting his critics point out the opposition points out that as a transitional government it has no power to actually enact and you settlement in the golan but he's there anyway and he's getting kept what he says is cabinet approval for the naming of this yet to be built settlement trump heights it's clear that there are 2 audiences in play here one is president trump himself it's a way of thanking him for what was an intervention just a few days ahead of the last election when

and to the compound alongside the israeli military have a full sit tons more on this now from west jerusalem and basically it's nearly the end of the holy month of ramadan hereon just this disturbing video emerges from one of the holiest sites in islam and it does not going to please worshipers that. no and the reason that it's happening in the contest of this is that it's also excuse me a day known in israel as jerusalem day marking the according to the jewish calendar the day 52 years ago that israeli forces occupied east jerusalem during the course of the 1967 war so it's in celebration of that day that they attend a large march or at least thousands of people usually ultranationalist religious nationalists march through the streets of the old city which leads to tensions especially in the muslim quarter were lots of shots a shot and we can expect that to happen later this afternoon but usually when these day to day when this day coincides with the end of ramadan as it has this year then we would expect to see it close to access to to all man was lim's at least during most years the aqsa

didn't get the full support of the russians either did they don't both and the russians meeting in west jerusalem today the russians were quite categorically that they saying that actually this train was flying every ron reagan esque face. that's right the russians have always taken a big side that we're on the us efforts in the middle east but of course that might well be because the u.s. itself has been skeptical of russian intentions in the middle east particularly in the civil war inside syria but this is also a situation where at least you have both the russians and the americans in the same room talking about shared security concerns and talking about ways of trying to stabilize the middle east whether this is a harbinger of perhaps a new sort of detente between the u.s. and russia remains to be seen but there is very it is notable that the russians were very plainspoken in their skepticism on how the u.s. sees iranian efforts to extend its foreign policy objectives across the middle east obviously the russians how want to make certain that their interests are protected but again that they

restrictions then it will be a chance for the economy to grow but only at that point ok rob matheson in west jerusalem thank you as promised abraham fried out with and syrian studio associate professor of conflict resolution at the doha institute there is a lot of conflict to resolve yet i don't know that you and i are going to do it in 2 or 3 minutes but let's talk about 1st what what rob was discussing there the fact that and i'm loath to say deal of the century because i think that is a that's a branding exercise from the trumpet ministration but this deal this cushion a plan it's an economic plan as rob was pointing out it doesn't actually look at the issues which have given rise to the economic problems just as well it's 3rd the money at the problem. why yes you are absolutely right kiran and that's actually the very image of reason for this plan that it will not work and it's absolutely baseless of dealing with this. most complicated conflict in the world that the syrian conflict and this is by the way the economic approach is not the new to the proceedings and these are promises of making polic