international criminal court to investigate its allegations and harry joins us now live from west jerusalem harry why is human rights watch making this judgment now when a lot of the evidence they point to has been in play for a long time. well yes that is a key question one that i put to him a shock here he heard from in that package when i spoke to him and his argument was really twofold one that yes in the past human rights watch and other organizations have looked to individual aspects of israeli policy and practice of the occupation and have assessed them on their own grounds but this was in a tent to look at the situation in totality set out a definition for these crimes and see in a number of different settings where the israeli policy met those definitions and in human rights watch as assessment it did so that's one element of it the other being that in the past there had been hope for a settlement so the entire situation the occupation the the 2 state solution that one stage was looking like it could be made a reality he says that that is not the current situation and that this is

the spending splitting up for families a key finding of the report but 1st we go to a faucet in west jerusalem areas we saw in your report a lot of the policies and practices described by human rights watch have existed for many years why they are releasing this report now. well they say it's on 2 fronts one that rather than looking at individual activities policies elements of israeli practice and the occupation they're looking at everything in the round they're setting up a definition for these crimes and they're using that as a legal prism to examine evidence over a wide range and they say that doing that bringing all of these disparate parts of the situation together does meet in those instances the definitions that they set for apartheid and persecution and the other point they make is that whereas some years ago some decades ago there was the idea that the occupation may have been a temporary thing that there was a viable peace process underway with the final destination of a 2 state solution in sight that is not the situation now that israeli politicians have been talking very clearly a

reports while the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the findings are false it has more from west jerusalem on the reaction of the israeli government . dismissing this report as something that is coming from an anti israeli motivated organization it says that the claims of proposed stress and false don't bear any relation to reality on the ground but israel is also conducting a pretty vigorous battle on many fronts against this kind of portrayal in the international arena against the boycott divestment and sanctions movement for instance especially in the united states which it says is an anti semitic movement against the international criminal court which recently has launched an investigation into allegations of war crimes against both israeli officials and hamas officials again the israeli prime minister calling that an anti semitic move by the prosecutors and investigators the u.s. navy says an iranian warship aggressively approached american vessels in gulf waters earlier this month for it it shows an iranian ship cut in front of a u.s. vessel which had to move out of its way to avoid

describing it as a reckless act of terrorism which won't go unpunished how to force it reports from west jerusalem. iran says its main uranium enrichment facility was the victim on sunday of nuclear terrorism the perpetrator it says was israel the spokesperson for iran's nuclear agency was injured when he inspected the damage there will the incident happened in a place that is used for power distribution as it was a small explosion it caused part of the ceiling to collapse and to some elementary i'm scattered over the floor there was a hole there covered by these parts and it was about 7 to 8 meters deep i didn't see that and when i stepped on it i fell down citing unidentified intelligence sources the new york times reported an explosion took out the power supply setting the uranium enrichment program back but at least 9 months in my view without a doubt if this is definitely not a coincidence and one thing you need to remember while it is. israelis the usual suspect in these events over the last few years one must be mindful that there are many opponents in many different corners to the resumpti

right israeli activists from confronting a group of palestinians are a force of reports now from west jerusalem. it's a pretty dangerous brew of factors which have fueled this so far and risk fueling it even further towards a bigger escalation involving other parts of the region the question that started the the protests which have been going really since the beginning of ramadan the 1st night of ramadan is the issue of the steps outside damascus gate the one of the most famous entrances to the old city in occupied east jerusalem where after mightly pres it is traditional for people to come and assemble and gather this year the police have prevented that happening they've put up barriers just allowing people to enter and leave without being able to congregate on the steps so since the 1st night of ramadan there have been these skirmishes and clashes what's changed in the last few days has been this attempt by a group of several 100 of a couple 100 or more of far right israeli jewish activists and arab chanting racist death to arab chance as they marched from west jerusalem to confront the pales

defense secretary on monday ari force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. china's top disease control officials says locally produced vaccines aren't highly effective it's a rare admission by the centers for disease control china has produced 4 different over 1000 jobs and has shipped millions of them abroad health officials are reviewing their vaccine strategy and considering mixing different brands one study found the sign of a can jab has a success rate of just above 50 percent and the maker of a sign of acas recommending longer interviews intervals between the 2 doses to increase the japs effectiveness and spacemen that mensa vaccine could work better in some countries than others emails about we started out with the protection rate of the vaccine is affected by many factors such as the intensity of the local outbreak the vax. immunization program different virus strains the criteria for determining a case the age range of patients under observation and so on this is one of the reasons for the different protection rate of sign of covert $1000.00 vaccine

death to arabs chance as they marched from west jerusalem to confront the palestinians at damascus gate the police israeli police said that they were going to prevent them from getting there in the end they got very close they were just criticism on the night thursday night they were more heavy handed dealing with the palestinian protesters the new we're with the israeli jewish ones and there were about 125 injuries on the night rebels in northern child say they're ready to observe a cease fire and discuss a political settlement from the change in concord in chad also known as facts crossed from libya on april 11th calling for an end to president idriss deby is rule that he was killed fighting the group on the front line a military council headed by the late president's son the hamas will oversee an 18 month transition to elections let's go live to enjoy mina in chatham to serious have a morgan. but what exactly is the rebel said and how is the transitional government likely to respond. well adrian let's not forget that there are these cease fire the call for a ceasefire by the forefron

we have how you force it in west jerusalem for us we'll get reaction from him in just a moment but 1st let's cross over to. the iranian capital tehran and said iran clearly very clearly has laying the blame for the attack on israel what's it's been saying. this saying that this is nuclear terrorism that israel has openly been against iran's nuclear program and negotiations to have those sanctions lifted so they are the prime suspect but it has been a bizarre 24 hours or so yesterday we were told about an electrical incident to iran was downplaying it making it seem like it was some sort of accident but then the head of the atomic agency here the organization called it an act of terrorism nuclear terrorism and today iran is pointing the finger at israel we've also have iranian media quoting sources within the intelligence ministry saying that an individual has been identified and they're working on apprehending them again very bizarre because if 'd you have identified an individual surely you would go out and detain them rather than tell the media about it and this is reminiscent of wha

defense secretary on monday ari force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. second wave of corona virus cases in india is pushing infection numbers that are unprecedented levels 152000 people tested positive on sunday a new high but the 6 time the daily case record is passed in this last week alone with the right appearing to accelerate in all it means more than $13000000.00 people have tested positive this is the 3rd highest total in the world but india is also leading the vaccine race and numbers alone it's 100000000 doses behind an event in the united states and china the problem is that it's a drop in the ocean when you look at the sheer size of its population a nation of 1350000 people. all right you've just got there is a presser at the center of social medicine and community health at jawaharlal now university says that campaigning for ongoing regional elections has made the krajina fire situation worse several doctors associations have written to the country's election commission pointing to more strict and practical guidelines given that given the re

for its part iran is insisting the damage can be quickly repaired harry falls that al-jazeera west jerusalem well white house correspondent kimberly helka tells law the by the administration's response. as a ron accuses israel of being behind the attacks on its nuclear facilities i asked the white house press secretary john psaki about whether the white house is concerned the alleged actions of a u.s. ally could do rail the discussions to limit iran's nuclear program and bring the united states and iran into compliance under that agreement the white house press secretary fused to comment on whether israel was involved only to say that this was in her view a speculation on causes take a listen we've seen the reports we don't have anything more to speak to as it relates to the causes or who is responsible our focus of is of course on the diplomatic path forward we've not been given any indication that attendance at the discussions and that will proceed on wednesday has changed now the white house press secretary did confirm that the united states was not involved in the attack asked for the im

defense secretary on monday ari force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. rescuers are trying to reach 21 coal miners stuck hundreds of meters below ground in china they became trapped after a coal mine flooded in the northern province of sheen jang on saturday 8 of them have been pulled out alive now the rest are trapped in 3 different areas of the mine and it's not clear what condition the workers are rained. now almost $100.00 days out from the research will tokyo olympics japan has adopted more coronavirus restrictions all restaurants and businesses in densely populated areas must close before 8 o'clock each night large events have been limited to 5000 people japan's government says it's doing what it can to prevent major outbreaks in the run up to the games now the number of corona virus infections in india has also hit a record for a 6th consecutive day the country is struggling to contain another wave on sunday reported the highest single day death toll in 5 months or forty's and several states are warning of vaccine shortages in the coming days but

defense secretary on monday ari force that al-jazeera west jerusalem. will almost 100 days out from leaving take your olympics japan has adopted more coronavirus restrictions all restaurants and businesses in densely populated areas must close before 8 o'clock in the evening large events have been limited to 5000 people and japan's the government says it's doing what it can to prevent major outbreaks in the run up to the games for the seller matches our correspondent joining me now live from tokyo of course the prime minister and allan stricter measures only on friday which would begin on monday today so what does that mean really for the public at large and to the affected areas. we're basically asking people to frame from going out. one of the most famous shopping areas in tokyo and as you can see maybe behind me it's almost empty like i can say it's done what it is unusual ordinary days so people they understand now the situation and they are trying to get a frame from going out from their homes but even all even this measures have been asked by the

in hamas-controlled gaza, from which palestinians are barred exit to live in the west bank or east jerusalemin occupied east jerusalem. where, unlike israeli citizens, palestinians can have their the residency status revoked. this is the second high-profile report this year that's accused israel of practicing apartheid. in january, the israeli rights group said the israeli government was enacting jewish supremacist policies in the occupied palestinian territories and inside israel itself. israel is again rejecting such charges. it's foreign ministry -- its foreign ministry, saying human rights watch is known to have a long-standing and israeli agenda, actively seeking for years to promote workouts against israel. the decision to not share this report for review or comment with any israeli authority i clear indication that it is a propaganda pamphlet which lacks all credibility. but critics point to the 2018 nation state law which defined national self determination as "unique to the jewish people." and the fact that for several months last year, israel's prime minister was advocating the per

trying to salvage the iran's nuclear deal with while powers are a force that reports now from west jerusalem. iran says its main uranium enrichment facility was the victim on sunday of nuclear terrorism the perpetrator it says was israel the spokesperson for iran's nuclear agency was injured when he inspected the damage there will the incident happened in a place that is used for power distribution as it was a small explosion it caused part of the ceiling to collapse and to some elementary i'm scattered over the floor there was a hole there covered by these parts and it was about 7 to 8 meters deep i didn't say that and when i stepped on it i fell down citing unidentified intelligence sources the new york times reported an explosion took out the power supply setting the uranium enrichment program back but at least 9 months in my view without a doubt if this is definitely not a coincidence and one thing you need to remember while it is. israelis the usual suspect in these events over the last few years one must be mindful that there are many opponents in many different corners to the resumpti

breaking into programming and crossing live to west jerusalem where israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is now holding a press conference with the u.s. secretary of defense lloyd austin lets us know that our peoples instinctively understand. as you know the u.s. israel defense partnership has continually expanded over successive administrations and our cooperation is crucial in dealing with the many threats confronting both the united states and israel threats that you're very familiar with from your distinguished service in iraq and by your command and sent off in the middle east there is no threat that is more serious more dangerous more pressing and that posed by the fanatical regime in iran iran continues to support terrorists around the world in 5 continents threatening civilians everywhere iran has never given up its quest for nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them and iran consistently consistently and outrageously calls for israel's annihilation and works towards that goal mr secretary we both know the horrors of war. we both understand the importance of preventing war

gaza raji soran a human rights lawyer and director of the palestinian center for human rights in west jerusalem and hertzberg legal advisor to in geo monitor a non-governmental organization that analyzes the output of the international n.g.o.s community from a pro israel perspective and in london william schabas professor of international law at middlesex university welcome to the program let me start with you today palestinian president mahmoud abbas has welcomed the human rights watch report he said in a statement that it's urgent for the international community to intervene do palestinians feel that this will lead to any kind of change. i want to say. since 20 years since the. world conference against hers in durban south africa. more than 1200 international organizations across the globe said israel is a new brand of apartheid so this is not something you read if you were us as part of the air or international human rights organizations but 3 months ago. say they should which is one of the leading human rights organizations and then tried to report stated in a clear cut way that is right in

on our jazeera aside big is in tehran we'll speak to him in a moment but 1st our aforesaid in west jerusalem where the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was speaking alongside the visiting u.s. secretary of defense has 3 nights now or not specifically mentioning the incident at natanz or the iran nuclear deal tell us more about what he said. well that's right i think what he didn't say is almost more interesting than what he did as is quite often the case in these sorts of public events that the language from netanyahu is lying as we've heard many many times in recent years labeling iran a fanatical regime bent on destroying israel and saying that he was the israeli prime minister who was going to stand in its way and make sure that iran did not get a nuclear weapon however the the context for this meeting with lloyd austin the new u.s. secretary of defense the 1st senior member of the biden ministration that has come here since biden was sworn in in january is that the biden ministration wants to revive the nuclear deal with iran obviously on certain terms most notably that iran com

defense secretary on monday ari force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. well as you mentioned earlier israeli media sources have reported that the incident at the iranian facility was a cyber attack and it wouldn't be unheard of that the nuclear threat initiative as adult $23.00 cyber incidence of nuclear facilities wild wide between 199-2916 those are only the ones that are made public its cause iran 0 out of 4 nuclear security and joint 42nd out of 47 the measures against sabotage it shows that ranking with north korea this wouldn't be the 1st time that the tans has been targeted even though it's isolated from the internet the so-called stucks net attack in 2010 tampered with centrifuges that for more than a year saw that u.s.b. drives infect the computers are 5 companies linked to the plant which unwittingly to the virus inside. well let's take a closer look at the possible fallout from all of this mark fitzpatrick is a former deputy assistant secretary of state in the u.s. joins me now from washington so this incident at natanz comes off to an iranian

while the israeli foreign ministry has dismissed the findings are a force that has more from west jerusalem and the reaction from the israeli government . dismissing this report as something that is coming from an anti israeli motivated organization it says that the claims are proposed stress and false and don't bear any relation to reality on the ground but israel is also conducting a pretty vigorous battle on many fronts against this kind of portrayal in the international arena against the boycott divestment and sanctions movement for instance especially in the united states which it says is an anti semitic movement against the international criminal court which recently has launched an investigation into allegations of war crimes against both israeli officials and hamas officials again the israeli prime minister calling that an anti semitic move by the prosecutors and investigators the u.s. navy says an iranian warship aggressively approached american vessels and gulf waters so earlier this month footage shows an iranian ship cut in front of a u.s. vessel which had to move out of the way

killed off and always good to get your insight thanks for joining us from west jerusalem. now corona virus infections across india have reached another record high with more than 386000 new cases and nearly 3500 deaths reported the preparations are now underway to vaccinate all idols above 18 starting on saturday but it's unclear how the government plans to inoculate an extra 600000000 eligible people when there's a shortage of jobs in mumbai inoculations sentence have been shut for 3 days health ministers from several hard hit hard hit states pardon me including the company reach and warned that they have no doses left. and so for now i would it help get a lot of doctors into. these many other condition but it is not vets in the us we do not have vaccines for adults right now we've requested the companies for the vaccines amazing the order has been issued 2 racks in it are not already dean but we had enabled to get vaccines even when we had it into practice that the vaccines are not available. india's military is sending its medical staff to state governments the public c

at restrictions on gatherings during the muslim month of ramadan are a false reports now from west jerusalem. night after night these are the scenes that may come to define jerusalem's ramadan of 2021 since the 1st night of the holy month palestinians have been protesting against the closure of the steps outside damascus gate where they would usually gather after prayers they don't allow to the people to sit on the steps to drink something they want to change everything and we don't forget it's a couple of bullets than in this film and that if you peace in your every day there are clashes and it has turned into a live street it's an icon of daily ritual. there is now a real danger of further escalation with the added element of far right jewish groups seeking to confront the palestinians. on thursday supporters of one such group marched to damascus gate chanting death to arabs the 2 groups facing off for several hours with more than $125.00 people injured mostly palestinians in violence with security forces it follows last month's electoral success for an alliance of religious nationalists a

israel says it's now targeting missile batteries in syria in retaliation for said has more from west jerusalem. yes this was a sizable blast that was heard here in jerusalem nearly 100 kilometers away from the site of this missile fell close to israel's dimona nuclear reactor in the town of or near the town of claim that there were air raid sirens there the israeli military concerning those pretty immediately after the explosion and of course with the context of what's been happening in recent weeks the very high tensions between iran and israel over iran's nuclear program and the attack ascribed to israel sun 10 days ago on the iranian what's hance enrichment facility there were immediately concerns that this could have been potentially the next step in that shadow conflict a very dangerous and escalatory one however the israeli military says what took place was a syrian anti-aircraft battery targeting. the incoming israeli ordnance which overflew its target and went all the way over israeli territory and exploded in southern israel that is something that there is some precedent for those sim

trying to salvage to iran's nuclear deal with while powers are a force that reports now from west jerusalem. iran says its main uranium enrichment facility was the victim on sunday of nuclear terrorism the perpetrator it says was israel the spokesperson for iran's nuclear agency was injured when he inspected the damage there will the incident happened in a place that is used for power distribution as it was a small explosion it caused part of the ceiling to collapse and to some elementary i'm scattered over the floor there was a hole there covered by these parts and it was about 7 to 8 meters deep i didn't say that and when i stepped on it i fell down citing unidentified intelligence sources the new york times reported an explosion took out the power supply setting the uranium enrichment program back but at least 9 months in my view without a doubt is definitely not a coincidence and one thing you need to remember well it is. israelis the usual suspect in these events over the last few years one must be mindful that there are many opponents in many different corners to the resumption of the

missile was fired during israeli air strikes inside syria very force that has this update from west jerusalem. the context of what's been happening in recent weeks the very high tensions between iran and israel over iran's nuclear program and the attack ascribed to israel some 10 days ago on the iranian chants enrichment facility they were immediately concerned this could be potentially the next step in the shadow conflict a very dangerous and escalatory one however the israeli military says what took place was syrian anti-aircraft batteries targeting. the incoming israeli wouldn't which overflew its target and went way over israeli territory and exploded in southern israel. a search operation is underway for an indonesian submarine that went missing with 53 sailors on board the care i know. this taking part in a training exercise around 100 kilometers north of bali but it missed essential reporting call on wednesday. russian president vladimir putin has warned that moscow will respond harshly to any foreign provocation to save the nation speech made no mention of jailed kremlin critic alex i

harry fawcett is in west jerusalem and we'll have more on the u.s. defense secretary's visit in just a moment but 1st we go to our tehran correspondent asaad big so what more iranian authorities saying about this incident accident at the natanz facility. well let me just update you with what the latest that we're hearing now a written statement has been given by the head of iran's atomic agency cheering in media here. now what he said is an admission that this is not an accident this is an attack and no he didn't use those words but what he said is today's act against enrichment facilities shows the failure of those to oppose iran's nuclear progress it also shows a failure of those that oppose iran's negotiations to have those sanctions lifted he went on to say that the international community the i.a.e.a. must confront this nuclear terrorism and that iran has a right to respond to those behind the attack and those that ordered it this is come after we 1st initially that this was an incident it was being investigated we thought it was an accident but

a report from west jerusalem.orter: iran says its main uranium enrichment facility was a victim of nuclear terrorism. the perpetrator, it says, was israel. the spokesperson for iran's nuclear agency was injured when he inspected the damage. >> the incident happened in a place that is used for power distribution, as it was a small explosion, it caused part of the ceiling to collapse and some element in more scattered over the floor. there was a hole covered by these parts. it was about 7-8 meters deep. i didn't see it, and when i stepped on it, i fell down. reporter: citing an identified intelligence sources, the new york times reported an explosion took out the power supply, setting the program back by at least nine months. >> in my view, without a doubt, this is definitely not a coincidence. one thing you need to remember, israel is the usual suspect in these events over the last few years, one must be mindful, there are many opponents in many different corners to the resumption of the joint comprehensive plan of

central israel let's speak now to of course want to hurry forsett who joins us on the line from west jerusalem scant information at the moment what more do you have . well yesterday the 1st reports came through after this large blast being reported in southern israel in the negev desert close or at least not far from the dimona nuclear facility of israel in that area so of course that is given the stream the high tensions that are currently ongoing between iran and israel the iranian nuclear program and israel's attempts to prevent that program and indeed prevent. or at least. a return to the iran nuclear deal the kind of shadow conflict that's been going on at sea among other places this was very quickly something that has been linked to that in some quarters however what is being said by the israeli military is that this was a surface to air missile that being an anti aircraft missile that was launched by syrian air defenses during an israeli air strike and that this missile over flew its intended target and it came to came to ground in southern israel now this is not if this is what did hap

we'll get more on lloyd austin's visit in just a moment from her a force that is there for us in west jerusalem 1st of all that let's go over to our side bay he's in tehran and i said what more can you tell us about this incident. well iran is saying that this was an electrical incident but there was no leakage or injuries they said that they are investigating it and the findings will be disclosed later now in a tense nuclear plant is the main nuclear facility for iran and under the 2015 nuclear deal there are allowed to enrich uranium there so if this is just an electric incident why are we standing here talking about it that's because iran has a habit of downplaying. such incidents in last summer we were told that there was just a fire at an outdoor facility at natanz we were shown state. then we were told there was an explosion and then we were told that it was an act of sabotage and yesterday it was referred to by an official in the transplant as a terrorist attack also this takes place at a time where a new ring in ship was targeted in the red sea mine we understand in israel is being blam

defense secretary on monday ari force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. a 2nd wave of cases in india is pushing covert infection numbers to unprecedented levels more than 152000 people tested positive on sunday that is a new high but it's the 6th time the daily case record has been passed in the last week alone with the right a pairing to accelerate in all this means more than 13000000 people have tested positive this is the 3rd highest total in the well right now but india is also leading the vaccine race in numbers alone it's 100000000 doses behind only the united states and china the problem is that it that it's a drop in the ocean when you think about the population of india at one point. 35000000000 people well over a 1000000000 people rajeeb does got here is a professor at the center of social medicine and community health at u.r.l. there university he says campaigning for regional elections has made the situation with the virus much was. several doctors associations have written to the country's election commission pointing to more strict and pract

now rafah set has more from west jerusalem this is extremely serious and a large scale incident one that the prime minister of israel has called a terrible tragedy it took place after midnight we understand there are some diversion reports as to exactly how it happened some reports that there was a collapse of a stand the reports talking about a roof collapse but the most current reporting seems just that it was in fact a stampede that there were videos is emerging of one area where people were trying to get out with police blocked an exit that had been proceeded by people videoing what looked like a buckling roof or support structure above them it seemed to be swaying so that could give some indication as to what took place but this is an extremely large scale event estimated $100000.00 people with there even as things were planned they were very very tightly packed together so once this problem started to emerge it got worse it seems much more quickly and also the kind of overcrowding at the event prevented or at least delayed attempts to try to get people out and to get medical attent

the syrian government says most of these were intercepted perry force it has the latest from west jerusalem. israeli military says an investigation is underway into what took place in the early hours of thursday morning when it says an errant syrian air defenses misao missed its target an israeli jet and flew across israeli territory to explode in mid-air close to the nuclear reactor add to murder about 30 kilometers or so away from that very high value target the israeli defense minister benny gantz as said n s a 5 missile did indeed miss an israeli jet that is ready defenses tried to shoot it down but failed to do so he said normally such outcomes are different indeed there have been precedents for this kind of thing happening before as recently as 2019 a syrian air defense missile was found to have set fire to territory in northern cyprus having again missed an israeli jet and ending up there however this location is very different and the timing is very different these are tense times between iran and israel especially just 10 days or so after that attack on the iranian nuclear facility

israeli jewish activists anti arab chanting racist death to arab chance as they marched from west jerusalem to confront the palestinians at damascus gate the police israeli said that they were going to prevent them from getting there in the end they got very close there was criticism on the night thursday night that they were more heavy handed dealing with the palestinian protesters than they were with the israeli jewish ones and there were about 125 injuries on that night and the same time this is also being fueled by the fact that far right elements of israeli politics and now represented in the israeli knesset the parliament since the last election there's been alliance that was really sponsored by the prime minister benjamin netanyahu that allowed such representation they have been sharing videos of palestinians attacking jews talking about terrorists ripping down israeli flags and we also have the fact there are palestina. elections will take place later in may we have hamas and its military wing talking about supporting the protest is inside east jerusalem and there have been a large

campaign more than half of the population has received both shots are a force that has more from west jerusalem. another landmark reached in israel's response to the corona virus pandemic on sunday with the dropping of the outdoor mask mandate people are still being told to wear masks in indoor public spaces or if they gather very tightly together in large numbers outside but in settings like this you can dispense with the mask as well as that schools are now back to normal or catch feeling has now stopped class sizes can return to normal and for face to face teaching all of this been made possible of course by the tumbling case numbers at the height of the pandemic there are more than 9000 new cases a day on friday it was just over 100 and that of course being made possible by the vaccination campaign more than 5300000 israelis have had at least one dose that's 57.5 percent of the population with a further 1000000 people having had the disease recovered and therefore have immunity as well and need to go we'll continue wearing it for at least 2 months until the world is making progress like us.

and frantic and says discussions will cover priorities by both nations high force that is in west jerusalem covering this visit and harry plenty to be discusses the 1st official visit from a senior biden ministration official but no question that the main issue is going to be iran. that's right i mean as you say that that pentagon statement talked about a range of priorities about reaffirming israel's military superiority in the region in the u.s. commitment to that which of course comes most notably in the form of nearly $4000000000.00 a year in u.s. military aid but the key issue of difference between the new by the ministration and that of benjamin netanyahu is continues as israel's prime minister now in this is caretaker role after the most recent election is the issue of iran and very different set of policy priorities on that front the biden ministration has said that it wants at least to get back to the j.c. p.o. a the iran nuclear deal of course setting conditions on that iran is in a similar position while the those very stark differences remain towards getting to an agreement but

continue to defend itself against iran's aggression and terrorism well high force that is in west jerusalem and he has well on what the israeli prime minister had to say. what he didn't talk about was the iran nuclear deal that the by the ministration has said that it wants to. find a way back towards and that's what these talks in vienna this week being resumed are all about and so he didn't mention that deal at all unlike his defense minister benny gantz obviously of also a very bitter political rival they just fought an election against each other they don't have a shared policy platform but he in his meeting with austin on sunday said that israel would work closely with the americans to ensure that any new deal safeguarded israeli security netanyahu who has been speaking very vociferously against any idea of the deal didn't even mention it in public as for austin again there was fairly familiar u.s. language about the ensuring nature of the alliance about looking for stability in the region and working together to find enduring peace supporting the efforts of the previous trump administ

enrichment for its part iran is insisting the damage can be quickly repaired harry force at al-jazeera west jerusalem. now the e.u. is calling on the international community to act after a report found the syrian government likely used a chlorine bomb in 2018 the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons says there are reasonable grounds to believe syria's air force used the bomb on homes in the rebel held it lib region injuring 12 people the government has denied using chemical weapons during the 10 year civil war. the united nations special envoy for yemen has urged parties involved in the war to find a diplomatic solution martin grifters describes children who become victims of the 6 year conflict as a lost generation more than $6000000.00 yemenis desperately need food with about 50000 close to starvation griffith's comments came before un security council members and other officials began talks aimed at ending the war the war in yemen has lasted over 6 years. in these 6 years yemenis have increasingly and appallingly lacked access to food and medicine more than 6 years with no basic se

trying to salvage the iran's nuclear deal with while powers are a force that reports now from west jerusalem. iran says.

saying there are efforts underway to try try to derail those talks well harry force that is in west jerusalem and he says benjamin netanyahu and benny gantz have been trying to reaffirm their ties with the u.s. . both of them talked about the long term nature of the israeli u.s. relationship and indeed plans going forward in terms of military acquisitions of course united states gives in a $4000000000.00 a year of duty assistance to israel as well as that talking about the that the nature of the relationship going forward and the fact that it is as strong as it ever has been so you get you get that pretty typical kind of language but obviously we're talking at a time when the iran issue is the main issue and the issue of divergence between these 2 administrations very different from the trump era the biden ministration wants to try to engineer a return to the j.c. p. o. a the iran nuclear deal the government of benjamin netanyahu is very much opposed unless very serious set of. requirements from israel are met which are unlikely to be met in any such return so what was interesting was that an