ok, thank you very much for that report for us stephanie decker live for us in west jerusalem. okay, well most countries, the thing arising infections, the u. k is proven to be an exact exception. it's had a 20 percent drop in daily cases since last week. this is leading trickles for a new approach. pull. brennan is live for us in london. hello there, pull indications the u. k. might be shortening the coven isolation period to just 5 days. what's the reason behind that? well, what we have at the moment is huge pressure on the u. k. schools and hospitals because of staff absences. part of that is because the staff themselves have got cove it another part of it. busy is because the bid tested positive or somebody around and close to them has tested positive as well. at the moment. the restriction is that you have to isolate for 10 days, although after 7 days in the england at least you can test. and if you're negative, you can then go back to work with the education secretary, the man in charge of education here in england has said, is that perhaps that could be reduced to 5. and

stephanie decker has more now from west jerusalem. has kept his borders close to foreigners, for most of the pandemic, really close them again in november. but what it says now and it's, it's, it's interesting, really, because, ironically, the numbers are all time high here in terms of daily infections. but what they're saying is that simply the spread is so among the community that travel in and out is not really going to make a huge difference. as of today, the borders are open to vaccinated, foreigners, i'm israel is really at pushing the idea that it is the vaccine. and the booster that is the best bet against this virus. they were the 1st country to to use a 3rd booster last year. they're now already administrating the 4th booster to those over 60 years of age, there's research going on whether this is going to be effectively administered to the entire population. but it is a situation where you have high numbers testing centers. i think as in other countries are, you know, really at breaking point. that's why it's also changed s

homes and shake gera. joining me now, as daniel seidman is a human rights law, enjoys been awful west. jerusalem is decided when, thanks for joining us on al jazeera. why in particular, has this eviction been carried out? the official reason is an expropriation of privately owned land to build a swarm for the palestinian residence of sharlitra. but that is not being taken at face value. there were alternate sites to build that school. it was possible to build the school on that side without demolishing the house. and it's taking place in the context of a major thrust by the israeli government to displace the palestinians of shandra and turned their properties over to the settlers. so what on the face of things made, peters appeared to be a something in the normal course of events. a rule is basically one of the rushed nerves in the conflict, the displacement of palestinians in shadow, gerra and, and so on and elsewhere. what recalls do any palestinian families still living there have or what hope do they have that they can stay there when the very existence in shaped euro is under constant threa

stephanie decker has more from west jerusalem and kept his borders close to foreigners. for most of the pandemic, really close them again in november. but what it says now, and it's, it's, it's interesting really because, ironically, the numbers are all time high here in terms of daily infections. but what they're saying is that simply the spread is so among the community that travel in and out is not really going to make a huge difference. as of today, the borders are open to vaccinated, foreigners, i'm israel is really pushing the idea that it is the vaccine. and the booster that is at the best bet against this virus. they were the 1st country to to use a 3rd booster last year. they're now already administrating the 4th booster to those over 60 years of age, there's research going on whether this is going to be effectively administered to the entire population. but it is a situation where you have high numbers testing centers. i think as in other countries are you know, really at breaking point. that's why it's also changed some of its demands in terms of p c. r testin

and this isn't just happening in jerusalem on the west bank. this is happening across colon, i've palestine, for example, in the knock up or so it may be known as the negative, commonly known as the negative. in english, we're seeing thousands of palestinians been displaced and having the homes destroyed on the land annex from them. the key point about checks is wrong, white mobilize so many people over the summer and some new palestinians is because encapsulates the entire palestinian experience of, of force displacement at the hands of the israeli regime. and i think that the, the major and crucial difference between the 2 different groups of accident i wanted focusing on this particular area of east jerusalem shut off because it's one area that we've gone to know quite well internationally. but the idea of living there as a palestinian mohammed, that idea of will i be out to go home tonight and what will happen to my home? what will happen to our family home, what will happen, drive business and livelihood? can you help us get a greater sens

688,000 israeli settlers live in 150 settlements which are spread disruptively across the west bank and east jerusalemis el hodge sal mon, he was a shepherd and a well known anti-occupation activist. he was a small man with no weapons. he resisted the occupation through civil disobedience. when israeli bulldozers destroyed the homes in his neighborhood, he stood with his shepard staff. hodge solomon is an antiactivation activist in his late 60s who we have known our whole lives. every time go to his home, he greets us with a cup of tea and a smile. everyone knows him well, especially the israeli occupation soldiers, end quote. i met him on my last trip to israel, gaza, in the end of 2019. in this photo, we are standing in front of the village's communal bred oven. feet away, the israeli settlement encrouches on their livelihood. they did not appreciate the smoke that wafted from the bread oven into their settlement. they sent the authorities to demolish one of the only food sources in the village. israeli soldiers destroyed a bread oven to satisfy illegal settlers. the harassment continues, the goal w

it now ruled for legion palestinians in the west bank garza and east jerusalem. the american colony hotel remain neutral, lou for this is beth advanced to died in 1968. the hospitality in warmth had succeeded in transforming the american colony into the american colony hotel for his son, horatio and his wife. valentine, took over the helm slowly, transforming the hotel into a luxury establishment. they installed a swimming pool and fitness room to accommodate the wishes of a new generation of tourists. ah. busy we started to get a reputation for food and so people started to come out, juice started coming out from tel aviv to non cursor food in the only place that we were, we were importing lobsters. so these rallies could come in a lobster. the american i asked when she asked my father cuz they used to keep the lobsters in the fraser. and i asked nice, i sort of nobody, it's a lobster. i knew his i said, how did you deal with the loves? he said, we get it out of the freezer. we got 2 out of the fraser every day. and i said, well, what if nobody, it's a lobster.

in addition, israel demolished nearly 300 residential structures in the occupied west bank and occupied east jerusalemast year, the higst number since 2016. this left nearly 900 palestinians homeless. the demolitions are continuing. on tuesday, israeli forces demolished part of a healthcare center which serves ,000 people in occupied eas jerusalem. in sudan, security forces fired live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas at protesters on tuesday as demonstrations continue across sudan to demand civilian rule. security forceblocked roads leading to the republican palace in central khartoum. 70 protesters were reportedly injured across the country tuesday. the protest came two days after the prime minister abdallah hamdok resigned. >> today the people confirming the need for sudanese men and women of all parties to move toward despite the repression. there facing off against the state, as you can hear from the sound of the bombs being fired at those on the front lines who are facing this abuse. amy: the president of kazakhstan has declared a two-week state of emergency in parts of the country and has

the day after tomorrow demanding an end to ethnic cleansing bit in the south hebron hills in jerusalem or the westel-kurd, thank you for being with us, cost suncor -- palestine correspondent for the nation and the author of the recently published book of poems "rifqa." his family's home is in the sheikh jarrah neighborhood of occupied east jerusalem. when we come back, "downfall: the case against boeing." a new documentary just premiered at sundance that looks at the two fatal crashes of the billing 737 max in ethiopia and indonesia, killing all 346 people on board. we will speak with the director rory kennedy, as well as the father of one of the victims, michael stumo. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. relatives of passengers who died in a pair of fatal crashes of boeing 737 max jets in ethiopia and indonesia are urging attorney general merrick garland to reopen a $2.5 billion settlement that the trump administration reached with boeing in its final days in office last year. under the settlement, boeing avoids

. >> whenever i reported out of occupied east jerusalem the occupied west bank or gaza in the past, timend again, i encounter palestinians who tell me how frustrated they are with palestinian political leadership and how infected palestinian politicians -- how ineffective palestinian politicians have been. let me ask you -- did you set out to be an activist? i see that you are a cellist with the palestine youth orchestra, but is this really the only course forward to see any kind of change? >> first of all, i'm a contra bassist, not a cellist. >> my apologies for that. quick snow, it is fine. basically, we do not have anyone to represent us as palestinians. the israeli propaganda is really powerful. nobody would tell the stories of us palestinians living in israel or weaving in jerusalem. for example, what is happening is just an ongoing thing that happens every day in jerusalem. the israeli minister of the interior sets its demography goal for jerusalem at 70% israeli. this means getting the growing number of palestinians to move out of the city. since 1957 until today, hundreds of thou

that boycott that ben & jerry's currently has in terms of selling its ice cream in the west bank and in east jerusalemin place. my understanding is mr. pelz was meeting at the behest of the israeli government with management to try to get them to change their approach there. but again, that was the only meeting that took place, so we'll see what develops here, carl >> the activision -- the activist conversation, we mentioned unilever and kohl's. didn't talk much about peloton, but peloton is up almost 2% in a pretty rough tape year, david. >> it's not an activist i'm familiar with. peloton's market value is far smaller than it was not even long ago so a smaller activist can take what might be a sizeable position although it is said to be less than 5%. >> and peloton has that dual class voting share structure, which means that any kind of activist investor pressure in that stock may be limited so we'll have to see how that plays out. let's get to dom chu with the sector sort. he's looking at utilities. dom. >> defense everyone is playing defense these stays. stocks in sell-off with the s&p at one point

have more on what this means for the west african nation. evicted then their home is demolished by is really police the latest reaction from occupied east jerusalem. ah, this weather reports feature is a theme of snow. hello everyone, good to see you right off the bat will take you to sill ammonia in northern iraq, quite a decent amount of snow and rarer to see this much. so i folks throughout there snowball fights, building snow, man's looking pretty cool with those shades, and i'll tell you what, there's the risk of even more snow or beale rate into cilla monia on thursdays it pushes into western sections of iraq. talk more about that in a sec, but 1st let me get you to the golf. still breezy on thursday is, is a wind out of the northwest blowing down from iraq. it's going to drive down those temperatures. colors are on dark, the blue and purple to lower the temperature. this is friday night into saturday morning. riyadh minus wine minima, 9 doha 9, and those winds will be cranking to 70 kilometers per hour. you're going to feel it cold in there, of the season, off the pakistan, sunny in karachi at $26.00 degrees. there's that shield of snow in

west bank. people in nobliss were protesting against the building and settlements in the villages, the best t, n and better. and it occupied east jerusalem palestinians gathered to voice their anger. and israel's opposition ongoing. pardon me, plans to force displacements of families, businesses in thailand, sending 8 across the border to me in march to help them any displayed by fighting between the military and ethnic current fighters. violence has eased in recent days, but the rebel se though only negotiate a c spot. if government troops leave areas where the violence has taken place. tony chang reports now from the border of thailand, a me and mark. bags of rice and beans loaded up from a warehouse in the tie town of mess up. it's emergency aid desperately needed by people who fled from fighting inside myanmar. the relief package has been put together by local businessmen who come from mamma. but live here in thailand and they're doing it because no one else will. this is say, your name, your job. and i, we're, we are just like a small groups and i, we a grass route. we have not many capacity of like funding we're, you know, they're

west bank. people in nablus were protesting against the building and settlements in the villages in the villages abate dionne and beta i didn't occupied east jerusalem palestinians gathered to voice their anger at israel's ongoing plans. the force displacement of the philippines recorded almost 3000 cove in 1900 cases on friday. that is about a 2 fold increase in just 24 hours as fight prompted. concerned about another wave of virus at a time where millions of people are still reeling from a devastating typhoon. or we lay reports. now, from manila, filipinos packed malls in shopping districts during the holidays, as cases team appear to be dropping to new logs. the government had east most restrictions had one of the busiest seasons, but experts warned there was no room for complacency. i think, december 19th, we, we somehow had that alarming alert that there's already like a switch off then, you know, and the increase in particular the rate is very, very fast. and in terms of patterns, we see that most of the gave this currently are i think the might be mild and the are coming from the 23rd, this age group. so somehow, somehow, weekend quarterly, t

jerusalem, israel, as a correspondent for the "new york times." i quickly learned that the shooter's father, sirhan sirhan, sr., lived in a small village in the weststinian hospitality, sirhan sirhan, sr. invited me in and insisted on making me coffee. i asked him if he had heard that kennedy had been shot. yes, he said, and thought it was terrible news. i asked him if he had heard that the assassin had been caught on the spot. yes, he said. i asked one more question: ha he heard the name of the captured assassin? no, he said, he had gone to bed and had not heard it. stunned, i pushed my reporter's notebook across the kitchen table, and asked him to write the names of his five sons. the fourth name on the list, sirhan sirhan, jr. i put my finger on that name and looked him in the eye and said, that's the assassin. sirhan was shocked. first incredulous and then angry. sirhan sirhan, jr. had been the best of his boys, he said. and then his face darkened, and he said, if he did it, he should hang. with more reporting, i learned that the sirhan family had been deeply troubled. the father had lost his job and blamed the israelis. he beat his wife and s