stephanie decker al jazeera west jerusalem. the last president may face tougher issues when he arrives in the occupied west bank in a few hours. israel's ongoing military crackdowns and evictions of palestinian families are expected to be discussed. and the family of al jazeera journalist during a work lay who was killed by israeli troops in may, has asked to meet joe biden, townhome and reports from occupied his jerusalem. this is the grades of serene abu accolade, the palestinian american journalist, who worked for al jazeera, this cemetery, was full of people for her funeral. this may of this, she was shot in the occupied west bank. ah, she was famous already, but for a lot of palestinians had that embodied what they lived through, the possibility that they could be killed by israeli forces with little follow up for accountability. and now that's become a phone issue for president biden. as he visits the region and his administration launched an investigation into a death, but concluded that even though the bullet was likely

stephanie decker al jazeera, west jerusalem, many palestinians, what the u. s. present to demand accountability for israel's killing of al jazeera journal. sharina barclays. may john hold on reports now from occupied east jerusalem. this is the grades of serene abu accolade, the palestinian american journalist, who worked for out 0. this cemetery was full of people for her funeral. this may, after she was shot in the occupied west bank. ah, she was famous already, but for a lot of palestinians had that embodied what they lived through. the possibility that they could be killed by israeli forces with little follow up for accountability. and now that's become a phony she for president biden. as he visits the region and his administration launched an investigation into a death. but concluded that even though the bullet was likely fired by the israeli military, it was without intention to kill her. now, abu at cleese families have a whitewash. she was wearing a blue helmet and best mot press when she was shot. they've asked to meet president biden on this trip to

stephanie, dr. reports from west jerusalem inconclusive. that's the result of the u. s. investigation into fired this bullet. that killed palestinian american journalist sharina blackly in the occupied west bank in may. ah, you, a state department says it was an independent 3rd party examination and pulled it in extremely detailed forensic analysis. it continued, concluded that gun fire from idea positions likely responsible for the death of shitty in ab lackley. and it added, it found no reason to believe this was intentional, but brought the result of tragic circumstances. terean's family issued a statement saying they were incredulous, considering the numerous witness accounts and investigations by numerous local and international media outlets. human rights groups and the united nations that found in israeli soldier fired the fatal shot the investigation the entire investigation is disappointing, considering the fact that we are not aware of any of the, of the results, no process. we were not, there was no transparency. we were not given enough information regardin

he is in west jerusalem taking part in a summit with the leaders of israel, india, and the united arab emirates among the aims of the so called i to you to summit are improving ties, addressing the global energy shortage and promoting peace in the region. biden. israel's prime minister also expected to sign a non binding declaration to prevent iran from acquiring nuclear weapons as go straight to stephanie deca who joined ly from west jerusalem. stephanie, so we, we are still waiting for this press conference from president biden and prime minister jerry le pete. but that's been delayed because of this virtual summit between india, the u. e. in the us. one more. do we know about this summit? well, it's about food security, it's about clean energy. it's about education to zoom conference. it has been scheduled for as part of his trip, or we are expecting that 1st covers to get underway very soon with the leaders of india, the united arab emirates. and of course, the interim prime minister, yet he age and joe biden and talk about this project. and this was the future. this was, it was in

let's bring in stephanie decker, whose live for us in the west jerusalem. hello this steph. so it changed to who's carrying out the ballistic testing. took us through this development. the americans haven't commented on this as of yet to the bullet was handed over by the palestinians to the americans overnight and. and we have heard in the early hours from these railey army spokespersons speaking to ready army radio, rankel hov, saying that the israelis would be carrying out forensics on this bullet in the presence of the americans. now, as you have mentioned, the palestinians, very clear from the beginning from when she was killed on may, the 11th that they do not want. he is re this to be part of any investigation. these rates had offered at the time for a joint investigation with the palestinians, which is palestine refused. the palestinians refused to hand over the bullet to these ratings, which she is ready said they wanted to be able to conclude as to who killed her. and the americans gave assurances to the palestinians at these radio would not be involved. now the ame

let's go to stephanie deckers lie for us in west jerusalem. stephanie, 1st the give us a bit more detail about the pledge that by the la paid will sign today. while the us president is on his way, the police helicopters in the sky, which means that he will be leaving his hotel just down the road from heading to the ward off her story to meet the inter and prime minister. yeah, he asked me about this declaration that it's non binding. it's a reiteration of the commitment of the 2 countries of america's commitment to israel, security of the commitment of the 2 countries to prevent iran from requiring a nuclear weapon. so it's nothing new if you will, in the sense of we know that this is the priority of these countries. i said it many times, but it is something that certainly is a photo opportunity. as they sit together, there will be a press conference after this meeting and they will be signing this. of course, iran very much a reason. part of this trip. the 1st of us president joe biden, to the region and also a message that he will be carryin

let's bring in stephanie decker, who's in west jerusalem. hello there, steph, what's the significance of the bullet being handed over to the americans? protesting will have been a lot of calls for this to happen, particularly from the americans for the palestinians to hand over the bullet of the palestinians had been refusing to do so. i think what's changed is a phone call from the u. s. t at secretary of state, anthony blink in a couple of days ago to the policy and present mahmoud abbas where again pressure was put on to hand over the bullets that the americans could analyze it to the policy and making it very clear. as you mentioned there, they do not want the bullet to be hand over to these res. interesting though, however, this morning we have these really armies, spokes person speaking to army radio, saying that they will also to investigate the bullet under the presence of the americans. so it's not entirely clear whether they've got access or not. certainly according to one is really newspaper hot it's, they're saying that their sou

having this for us, his stephanie decker whose live in west jerusalem. hello there, steph. so conflicting reports on who will carry out the ballistic testing talk us through today's developments. yes, well we heard from these ready army spokesperson a speaking to army radio this morning, runcle huff, where he said that it would be these really carrying out forensics on the bullet in the presence of the americans calling it an israeli investigation. now the americans had put a lot of pressure on the palestinians to hand over the bullet for quite some time now at the policy and have refused to hand over the bullets until really i think pressure coming from a phone call from the u. s. threat secretary of state anthony blinking to palestine, president mahmoud abbas just a couple of days ago. the americans very keen to wrap this up before the visit of usaa president joe biden, later, next week. now the policies have been very clear throughout this that they do not want israel to be part of an investigation that don't believe it is impartial. the don't have any trust when it come

we'll let stay with the story and bring in stephanie decker in west jerusalem. most stephanie, of course, for those people hoping for a conclusive results to this investigation. this may be a frustrating and disappointing time war. people saying where you are while the palestinians didn't expect anything conclusive, a certainly not accountability or justice. when they heard that the bullet had been handed over to the israelis said to investigate, even if the americans were president, it's something that kind of thing. and it always said they didn't want because they didn't believe that it would be an unbiased and transparent investigation. we've just had a statement from shedding a blacklist family, a long statement to where it pretty much backs that up. saying that there, incredulous that it's been found, inconclusive, that they expected more from the americans. picky also that she's an american citizen. it also mentions accusing the u. s. of getting billions of dollars of military to israel as it perpetuates it's occupation and killing a seeing is. and that it

regional rival. iran biden is also due to meet with palestinian leaders in the west bank some west jerusalem streets are fully decked out ahead of president joe biden's visit to israel in the occupied territories. many here are looking forward to his arrival. i'm sure is it in binary, can make some kind of difference. what kind i can say right now, this is a problematic time. it's not the best opportunity to try any kind of change, but could bumps in that every time an american president comes to jerusalem, it's a great honor for me. but as a jerusalem, i should also a great hustle because the sushi will be closed and we won't be able to leave home noises. i think it's very courageous of him to come ashore. days after the prime minister is changed to come. i mean, it shows how special the relationship is. it. no one knew had him yet. year lockheed who is heading the caretaker, israeli government will greet the u. s. president biden often refers to his longstanding friendship with israel. his 1st visit dates back almost 50 years on the agenda. iran and the nuclear talks a possible defense all

stephanie, thank you very much indeed. steph tucker in west jerusalem. i want to come back to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkins says, stephanie, they're pointing out of the fight. that in no time he actually mentioned the palestinians by name that would probably indicate that there is going to be some sort of backlash within moments of that helped him landing in israel. that is the thing that i noticed as well in a slightly different context. it the, the fact that he is underscoring already out of the gate from the moment that air force one has touched down in israel, that there is already a bit of a failure before this trip has even started. and that is the fact that this is not going to achieve any sort of breakthrough in any kind of way between some of the elephant in the room. and that is the, this breakdown and discussions between the israelis and the palestinians. the white house made very clear even before the president left washington, that there would be no shuttle diplomacy, as we've seen with other presidents, there wasn't even a

and his 1st trip to the middle east as president stephanie decker has moved from west jerusalem. it's non binding, it's a reiteration of the commitment of the 2 countries of america's commitment to israel, security of the commitment of the 2 countries to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. so it's nothing new if you will, in the sense of we know that this is, you know, that the priority of these countries. i said it many times, but it is something that certainly is a photo opportunity. as they sit together, there will be a press conference after this meeting and they will be signing this. of course, iran very much a reason. part of this trip. the 1st of us president joe biden, to the region, and also a message that he will be carrying on to saudi arabia. what he has there tomorrow, a curfews in place, and shall i incur effective immediately until 5 am friday becomes a day out to thousands of people. storm the offices of prime minister and acting president runner become a singer. they calling for his resignation and for president got to buy a raja pox it to be impeached.

stephanie deca has moved from west jerusalem city in a blacklist family this morning at saying that it had not been consulted. it has not been informed that the bullet would be handed over or complaining about the lack of transparency as we're discussing. now we don't exactly know whether it's these railways, who carrying out the forensics, whether it's the americans and from what we understand the palestinians did not send someone to be present during a, you know, this investigation. so palestinians category really about having no faith when it comes to these rallies, carrying out these kinds of investigations. 3 people have been killed and several injured by explosions in the russian city of belgrade. the city is located just north of russia's border with ukraine. moscow has accused ukrainian forces of shelley, the city, but keep hasn't commented. the head of tennessee is constitution committee has condemned to proposed constitution put forward by the president. kind. sad said off ballet that says he doesn't resemble the draft agreed to by the committee. argentine is, economy ministe

stephanie decker talking to some west jerusalem. okay, let's go to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawker, who's with us here in doha. kimberly, given the fact that the israeli government is fragile best they're facing elections and november, what can the, by the ministration actually hope to achieve out of this visit? well, it's a real problem for the, by the administration, given the fact that the 2 governments had been working together for some time, that is the by the administration had been working with the previous israeli government then of tally bennett government. of course that collapse to and now it is working with a caretaker, government, one where the relationships are new and not well established. and so this is a pretty big problem because it means that all of the work that had been previously is kind of gone out the window. and now the by the administration finds itself on the ground scrambling in order to try and put together and accomplish some of it stated goals. and so as a result, even though the white h

kimberly help hit alger 0 to ha. stephan deka has more from west jerusalem. it's the 1st visit of joe biden as u. s. president to the region, it's his 10th in total, and joe biden made it very clear in a short speech at ben curry, an airport that the 1st time he visited, the region was in 1973 and highlighting the strength of allegiance and friendship between himself for as an individual but also between the americans and israel. interestingly enough, he never really mentioned the palestinians by name palace palestinian palestinians . he did say that even though it was a long way off far, he did admit those saying that the 2 state solution was the best way for but we do know also that reporters were briefed on air force. one thing that there would be no announcement when it comes to revival of middle east peace talks. ah, now the u. s. president has a busy schedule on thursday. i'll be meeting with the interim prime minister yellow p to be meeting with the israeli present. and 15 minutes we understand allocated to opposition leader benjamin netanyahu, that on

military says it is carrying out ballistic tests with american oversight, 50 decker has more from west jerusalem this morning. we have these really army spokes person speaking to army radio, saying that they will also investigate the bullet under the presence of the american. so it's not entirely clear with it. they've got access to not certainly according to one israeli newspaper hottest. they're saying that their sources telling them that that investigation has already been concluded. as of this morning, however, it may not be enough to actually point as to who exactly killed shooting. 3 people have been killed in several injured in belgrade. no rush and sitting near the border with ukraine. moscow, a few crime is to blame and accuse its forces of shelling. the city heave hasn't commented. israel says it's shut down 3. i'm on drones launched by the lebanon based group hezbollah. they were heading toward the disputed gas field in the mediterranean sea, the military release to this video. it says, show some being destroyed. the kerisha gas field is part of a maritime dispute between israel and l

stephanie decker, the 1st live in west jerusalem. let's get a little more analysis on this. we can speak to jonathan reinhold, he's head of the department of political studies at bar lawn university, joins us from ton of e. thank you. for your time, sir, not look under donald trump's u. s. policy it clearly, there was a tailed to ed's israel. so when joe biden came into power, there was a sense of relief in the palestinian camp that things would change, but nothing is actually changed, hasn't policy wise? no, not really. i think the music was very different unto trauma to the music, which was we hear on the bite and the underlying policies remain the same. and that is right, the end of the bomb or administration, a parent teacher conference, at the se, basically accepted a decoration to recognize the israel's right to exist as a jewish state of the jewish people. so this continuity their boynton having seen the palestinians, reject the parameters, put forward by obama in 2013 and being familiar with what happened. can they live in 2000 with all of us in 2000? they does not b

thank you for that, stephanie deck of efforts in west jerusalem. libby as oil chief as refusing to accept the government's decision to sack him as arguments heat up over which of the countries 2 administrations should have access to oil revenue. libya's national oil corporation chairman was stuff us analysis, triply based prime minister abdul hamid al dab, as mandate to govern, has expired. therefore, ending his authority to dismiss him, they been named a new board of directors, including a new chairman on wednesday. control of oil revenue has been at the heart of the conflict in the divided country for almost a decade. lead 2 of these men up, this outdated government has been a caretaker government since october 2021. parliament withdrew its confidence vote and it became nothing but a caretaker government. it's political agreement ended on june 22. meaning this is an expired government and there is a 2nd government appointed by parliament. therefore, i say to him, you are what you are. you are just sitting around in a fait accompli. molena still ahead on al jazeera, pacific island leader

stephanie decker, al jazeera west jerusalem, and the al jazeera media network continues to demand a rapid, independent, and transparent investigation into the killing of serene and other new sudan and ethiopia have agreed to a dialogue to overcome the tensions along their border. according to ethiopian prime minister abbey ahmed, khartoum and accused addis ababa as forces of killing 7 of its soldiers and disputed border area of al for chicago. and putting the bodies on public display. the agreement to hold talks comes off to abby. i'm had met sedans, military leader, general abdel fata elbow hung on the margins of a regional conference in kenya. meanwhile, prime minister abbey, i'm, it is blaming an armed group on ethiopia, tara las for carrying out what he called a massacre. more than a 150 people were killed in an attack in western aroma state. abbey i'm. it's tweeted about the incident saying and happened in the coil. and while anger district, the aroma liberation army has been blamed for several attacks targeting the, i'm hard people the south african governments failure to act on aba

stephanie decker is in west jerusalem with more on that visit. even americans have stipulated and made it very clear they use the same words and language has been used for a long time, perhaps not with the trump administration. that is the only way. ford is a 2 state solution present biden. they are, did make reference in the press conference. he said, equal rights for all he mentioned equal freedom of movement for all. well, i think we're very a very, very long way away from seeing those things become a reality. there will be economic incentives tomorrow, a package we expect around a $100000000.00 by the americans fledged to palestinians halted hospitals in occupied his truce. and they've, off some of the gulf states to equal that a that amount to hospitals occupied these jerusalem. but he doesn't bring anything to the table diplomatically. also, you know, things like the breakdown, entrust when it comes to the killing, particularly of our colleagues. shitty and ab laughlin as well. the america pressurizing, the palestinians to hand over the bul

stephanie decker, al jazeera west jerusalem, and the out to 0 media network continues to demand a rapid, independent, transparent to investigation into killing or sharing the south african governments . failure to act on abandon. coal mines is putting communities in danger, as according to report by human rights watch, the group says abandoned coal mines left uncleaned by form. operators are creating health and safety issues. it accuses the government of doing almost nothing to address what it calls the toxic legacy. disuse minds often pollute nearby water sources for you sealer. and the kobe is a fin berg fellow in the environment and human rights division and human rights wash. she says the south african government needs to take a stronger stance on companies. abandoning coal mines. what we found is that despite the fact that there are regulations in legislation in legislation in place that regulate mining companies and the fact that they need to set aside financial provision am so that they can properly rehabilitate their mind site after they're done mining. in practice, this isn't t

soldiers and may, while reporting on raids in the occupied west bank, stephanie decker has more from west jerusalem use really army spokesperson told army radio this morning that it would be in his really investigation with americans present that they would carry out the ballistics on the bullet and that they would take responsibility if it was indeed found that it was is ready. soldiers who killed shooting ob laughlin, the potassium has been very clear that they do not want israel involved when it comes to the analysis of the bullet. do they refuse to hand it over before they refused a joint investigation, which israel offered very soon after the killing? the americans haven't commented as of yet as to who exactly is carrying out the forensics. one of the main is reading newspapers this morning, reporting that according to their sources, the investigation had already been done. at the end of the day, when it comes to the forensics to ballistic analysis, you can really only trace and be certain as to who fired it. if you have the fire arm as well, which is of course of these res, have access to the

stephanie decker, al jazeera west jerusalem. the report that more than a 150 people have been killed in an attack in western ethiopia. for minister avia med tweeted about the incident saying there was a brutal attack on local residence in the how are gillen district. he's blamed an arm group on the country's terror list for carrying out the attack. but other parties are blaming the government. should arms, army chief has announced that the military is withdrawing from ongoing talks with political and civil society groups over for me, government i've been for child will. hon says the move would allow non military leaders to head the transition to a civilian rule. there in mass anti military protest across you down in recent days . and a crackdown on thursday killed 9 people under there is hipaa. morgan reports from cartoon when the un mission incident announced it would be facilitating talks between the military and political parties. the head of the army agreed to be part of it. but on monday general abdel for to help or hon ann

stephanie decker reports of west jerusalem. israel. the 2nd day of president jo biden's, middle east trip started with interim is ready, prime minister. yeah. le. pete. the leaders all smiles at their meeting. top of the agenda. iran dot, signing a non binding declaration, reiterating the u. s. is ready partnership, america's commitment to israel security way and to ensure iran would never acquire a nuclear weapon based on the other main topic of discussion. israel's integration and the region. israel's piece with his neighbors. these are essential gall tomorrow. i'll be the 1st american president to fly from israel, directly to jetta. saudi arabia. i represent important progress mister president. you will meet with the leaders of saudi arabia, katara, quaid, oman, and iraq. i would like you to pass them all a message from us. our hand is outstretched for peace. we are ready to share our technology ready for our scientist to collaborate and our businesses to corporate opposition leader benjamin netanyahu got 15 minutes a face time, a m

biden's 2nd day in israel and his 1st trip to the middle east as president stephanie decker is in west jerusalem. it's non binding. it's a reiteration of the commitment of the 2 countries of america's commitment to israel, security of the commitment of the 2 countries to prevent iran from requiring a nuclear weapon. so it's nothing new if you will, in the sense of we know that this is the priority of these countries. they said it many times, but it is something that certainly is a photo opportunity. as they sit together, there will be a press conference after this meeting and they will be signing this. of course, iran very much a reason. part of this trip. the 1st of us president joe biden, to the region and also a message that he will be carrying on to saudi arabia when he has there tomorrow. maybe his old chief is refusing to accept the prime minister's decision to sack him saying is mandate to govern has expired. a tripoli base prime minister abdul hamid al debbie named a new board of directors, including a new chairman on wednesday. ukrainian officials in the eastern low hand screech and sta

stephanie decker, al jazeera west jerusalem. as to don's military says it's withdrawing from national talks aimed at ending a political deadlock, military ruler, general abil fuss. alba hahn is asking politicians and civilian groups to hold talks to form a transitional government. they have been mass anti military protests across you down from months now. demonica returned to civilian rule out there as him. morgan reports from cotton when the un mission and put down announced it will be facilitating talks between the military and political parties. the head of the army agreed to be part of it. but on monday, general abdel for the home announced the army was withdrawing from the talks about the military. this fusion should not take part in the current negotiations to give room to the political under volition or your powers and other, but through it again, societal parties to agree on a technocrat government from the civil community to undertake fors, the coming period of time. and i hope these forces would engage in genuine and s

also certain other elements and i want to bring in stephanie decker, he's joining us live from a west jerusalem at stephanie. what were the key points out of that that you picked up on while 2 main subjects, really iran, that ticket, the communal efforts against iran, the potential for military alliance. the fact that they will never allow iran or to become nuclear. the fact that israel reserves the right to unilaterally deal with it, but the fact that they are very much working together on this and also israel's integration into the region of you heard there from the air. and i p saying he had an outstretched hand to the leaders that will be present in jetta at the g. c. c summer talking not just militarily, but also talking about their scientists being ready to cooperate their businesses. being ready to cooperate and also you know, so this is read the ment he was asked about the 2 state solution, but it was very brief. i thought interestingly, there are one of the journalists asking the question, because you as president joe biden will be attending the augusta victoria hospital to morrow unoc

the thanks very much stephanie decker bringing us up to date from west jerusalem or join me. onset now is our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkins. now, when the president was speaking just a few moments ago, he talked about his personal connection with israel. he talked about the shared technology that the both countries have. he also briefly mentioned the 2 state solution. what he did not do in any way was refer to the palestinians by name or in fact in any other way. but what do you make of them? well, he also acknowledged that there would be no sort of agreement in his words, in the near term. that's almost essentially admitting that he has no impact on bringing these 2 sites together, which has been a foreign policy goal of most american presidency in my life time. and so that doesn't look good for joe biden, coming in here. it almost projects weakness. as soon as he set foot on the ground, and that is exactly, it was the opposite of what i think this administration was hoping to project. the white house has been very clear that what they were hoping to do with this visit i

stephanie decker reports from west jerusalem was inconclusive. that's the result of the u. s. investigation into fired this bullet that killed palestinian american journalist sharina blackly in the occupied west bank in may. ah, you, a state department says it was an independent 3rd party examination and pulled it in extremely detailed forensic analysis and continued concluded that gunfire from idea positions likely responsible for the death of shitty in ab lackley. and it added, it found no reason to believe this was intentional, but rather the result of tragic circumstances. terean's family issued a statement saying they were incredulous, considering the numerous witness accounts and investigations by numerous local and international media outlets. human rights groups and the united nations that found in israeli soldier fired the fatal shot the investigation the entire investigation is disappointing, considering the fact that we are not aware of any of the, of the results go process. we were not, there was no transparency. we were not given enough information regarding the

stephanie decker, al jazeera west jerusalem. the al jazeera media network continues to demand a rapid, independent, transparent investigation into the killing of serene and other news. sudan and ethiopia have agreed to a dialogue to overcome the tensions along their border. thus, according to ethiopian prime minister abbott army cartoon was accused, addis ababa was forces of killing 7 of its soldiers in the disputed border area of alpha, chicago, and putting the bodies on public display. the agreement to hold talks comes after abbey, amid met sedans, military leader, general abdel fata al, behind on the margins of a regional conference in kenya. meanwhile, prime minister abbey ahmed is blaming an armed group on ethiopian terror list for carrying out what he called a massacre or than a 150 people were killed in an attack in western or o me estate. a b. m a tweeted about the incident saying it happened in the column while anger district, the aroma liberation army has been blamed for several attacks targeting that i'm horror people

stephanie deka is in west jerusalem with more on that visit. even the americans had stipulated and made it very clear. they used the same words and language has been used for a long time, perhaps not with a trump administration. that is the only way. ford is a 2 state solution present biden. there did make reference in the press conference . he said, equal rights for all he mentioned equal freedom of movement for all. well, i think we're very, a very, very long way away from seeing those things become a reality. there will be economic incentives tomorrow, a package we expect around a $100000000.00 by the americans fledged to palestinians halls hospitals in occupied is true. so they've asked some of the gulf states to equal that a that amount to hospitals and occupied these drew's them. but he doesn't bring anything to the table diplomatically. also, you know, things like the breakdown, entrust when it comes to the killing, particularly of our college city in ab locklear as well. the america pressurizing, the palestinians to hand over the bullet

stephanie decker, bringing up to date from west jerusalem, or johnny bernard here. and ohio is a white house correspondent, kimberley colquit. i'm the president biden had made a point of saying that he was the u. s. would continue to support israel to defend itself. is there anything there that give us any indication whether or not that's a change in policy? and no, in fact, this is a continuation of a long standing policy when it comes to defending israel in the united states financing it. in fact, i went and looked at some the numbers and in fact to israel is the largest recipient of military assistance by the united states. since world war 2, going back to the year, 1949, only egypt, and then i've gamma stan would come close in terms of those numbers. in fact, to the u. s. president talked about the most recent contributions that the united states has given in terms of military aid to israel, and that included monies that were spent. well, he was vice president under the obama administration and allocation about $38000000000.00 that was granted over 10 years. the

stephanie deborah, talking to us from west jerusalem on ohio maha mata is the journalist and executive director of plus $972.00 magazine. he's joining me now from tel aviv good to have you with us, sir. i'm the impression that i'm getting a is that essentially the core of this, this trip is saudi arabia, on that israel is essentially a stop on the way one would imagine that is not going to get on terribly well with the israeli leadership. what do you think of the israel might have been hoping from this visit from joe biden? i think for the israeli leadership, there are 2 main goals for this isn't the one is internal and political as was mentioned, we have upcoming elections. this is a caretaker government, i think in a way for you to repeat the newly appointed bremond story. this is an opportunity to show that he can kind of played big. he can get that sort of endorsement from by didn't not an official endorsement course, but i think also for bye this is a reason to kind of push against the chances of benjamin canal coming back. so that's the internal political aspect of elections. and

the palestinian town of bethlehem in the occupied west bank is likely his last stop after a visit to east jerusalem on friday. graffiti of biden's predecessor trump still adorns the israeli barrier. partially surrounding the town. the u. s. and palestinian leaders hoped to reset diplomatic relations which reached a non dear under trump, some palestinians in the holy city hope for change. he sent it by then at the hardest wood and how quickly i message to biden, as please showed a true picture of what happens with the palestinian people. because distortion happens in the media and our true image is convey to the world and adam ellison and people really need this because we are going backwards. the world is not paying attention to us and no one's looking towards us. now what i had to go to knock, many palestinians are pushing for biden to bring up the recent killing of u. s. palestinian journalist, shaheen abo auckland, which many blame on the israeli military after the president ends his visit here. he's expected to fly to saudi arabia. this could harold less frost. he ties between the former arch f

jerusalem. but politically the white house seems unwilling to pressurize really over continued expansion of west bank settlements and weak in the face of israel's resistance over plans to reopen the consulate in jerusalem. one of his close st aides -- >> they have been talking about these issues for more than a year but nothing has been achieved. we continue to hope this visit will produce serious outcomes that it provides hope and a political horizon. >> reporter: his visit to the west bank will take him to bethlehem just a few miles south of jerusalem where the president will find it hard to avoid stark reminders of the conflict. one issue likely staring president biden right in the face, killing of a beshireen ab akleh, this giant mural is right on the road that you take. for many the death of the palestinian american reporter shot dead while covering a military operation has been inadequate and indicative they believe of the u.s. unwillingness to force israel to get serious about peace and bringing an end to occupation. >> putting an end to this injustice, to this impune immunity is importan

in east jerusalem and many of them don't have the same status as israeli citizens who live in west jerusalem guess is he was just try to be sensitive to the fact that is still considered a key part of the issues that are unresolved, is that is that jerusalem is holy to christians and jews and important to palestinians and back to my point on saudi arabia earlier, it is a key part of the discussion. so how i view it is biden's turn to correct some mistakes the trump administration did in cutting aid to the palestinians. this is a that was going to hospitals. the aide cut off happened before the -- the aid of happened before the coronavirus pandemic. i want to see evidence of what happened there i feel that the fact that it was written up in the newspaper and there is controversy shows how sensitive these issues are to so many people. on the jcpoa, the biden team basically has said publicly that there is very little chance they will reenter -- or that iran will reenter, to be precise, because they were trying. the plan a was to do that and that is not working out. what we see is with biden's t

in east jerusalem and many of them don't have the same status as israeli citizens who live in west jerusalem guess is he was just try to be sensitive to the fact that is still considered a key part of the issues that are unresolved, is that is that jerusalem is holy to christians and jews and important to palestinians and back to my point on saudi arabia earlier, it is a key part of the discussion. so how i view it is biden's turn to correct some mistakes the trump administration did in cutting aid to the palestinians. this is a that was going to hospitals. the aide cut off happened before the -- the aid of happened before the coronavirus pandemic. i want to see evidence of what happened there i feel that the fact that it was written up in the newspaper and there is controversy shows how sensitive these issues are to so many people. on the jcpoa, the biden team basically has said publicly that there is very little chance they will reenter -- or that iran will reenter, to be precise, because they were trying. the plan a was to do that and that is not working out. what we see is with biden's t

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