november market to malta this month for palestine after an israeli offensive in gaza palestinians and human rights advocates of worldwide grieve for a people constantly struck by death and destruction but nearly two weeks later celebrations broke out after a successful bid for statehood at the u.n. it was then that the palestinian people experience starkly different emotions happiness relief and most importantly hope that finally things would change for many critics were also quick to point out that the un vote might be merely a symbolic representation of palestine's international support that it couldn't really change the reality on the ground without direct negotiations with israel so what is the tangible significance of this vote and how might it authorize the expansion of palestinian rights on the basis of international law to talk about all that and more i'm joined by francis boyle a presser at the university of illinois school of college and law and author of palestine palestinians and international law dr boyle thank you so much for coming on and taking the time. well thank you

november market to malta this month for palestine after an israeli offensive in gaza palestinians and human rights advocates of worldwide grieve for a people constantly struck by death and destruction but nearly two weeks later celebrations broke out after a successful bid for statehood at the u.n. it was then that the palestinian people experience starkly different emotions happiness relief and most importantly hope that finally things would change for many critics were also quick to point out that the un vote might be merely a symbolic representation of palestine's international support that it couldn't really change the reality on the ground without direct negotiations with israel so what is the tangible significance of this vote and how might it authorize the expansion of palestinian rights on the basis of international law talk about all that and more i'm joined by francis boyle a presser at the university of illinois school of college and law and author of palestine palestinians and international law dr boyle thank you so much for coming on and taking the time. well thank you ve

november market to malta this month for palestine after an israeli offensive in gaza palestinians and human rights advocates a world wide green for a people constantly struck by death and destruction but merely two weeks later celebrations broke out after a successful bid for statehood at the u.n. it was then that the palestinian people experience starkly different emotions happiness relief and most importantly hope that finally things would change the many critics were also quick to point out that the un vote might be merely a symbolic representation of palestine's international support that it couldn't really change the reality on the ground without direct negotiate. as with israel so what is the tangible significance of this vote and how might it authorize the expansion of palestinian rights on the basis of international law to talk about all that and more i'm joined by francis boyle a presser at the university of illinois school of college and law and author of palestine palestinians and international law dr boyle thank you so much for coming on and taking the time. well thank you

november market to malta this month for palestine after an israeli offensive in gaza palestinians and human rights advocates a worldwide grieve for people constantly struck by death and destruction but nearly two weeks later celebrations broke out after a successful bid for statehood at the u.n. it was then that the palestinian people experience starkly different emotions happiness relief and most importantly hope that finally things would change for many critics were also quick to point out that the un vote might be merely a symbolic representation of palestine's international support that it could really change the reality on the ground without direct negotiations with israel so what is the tangible significance of this vote and how might it authorize the expansion of palestinian rights on the basis of international law to talk about all that and more i'm joined by francis boyle professor at the university of illinois school of college and law and author of palestine palace to. lands and international law dr boyle thank you so much for coming on and taking the time. well thank you v

november market to malta this month for palestine after an israeli offensive in gaza palestinians and human rights advocates a worldwide grieve for a people constantly struck by death and destruction but nearly two weeks later celebrations broke out after a successful bid for statehood at the u.n. it was then that the palestinian people experience starkly different emotions happiness relief and most importantly hope that finally things would change for many critics were also quick to point out that the un vote might be merely a symbolic representation of palestine's international support that it could really change the reality on the ground without direct a ghost. nations with israel so what is the tangible significance of this vote and how might it authorize the expansion of palestinian rights on the basis of international law talk about all that and more i'm joined by francis boyle a presser at the university of illinois school of college and law and author of palestine palestinians and international law dr boyle thank you so much for coming on and taking the time. well thank you ve

palestine moves up in the international arena becoming a un recognized the preserve a state which could allow to pursue israel now over claims of war crimes. egypt's power struggle spirals rival forces gather strength in a showdown over the draft constitution and the president's self-imposed supreme authority. i watch this space the more wiki leaks on the way a paralegal in the sun is promising more ground shaking revelations next year to talk to us about. hello i'm kevin owen with a major new stories the past week than of course the palestinians moved a step closer to being fully recognized as independent the un voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state the middle east correspondent for us policy reports now on how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight voting in favor nine against for

justice in palestine is now life's cause. she is the author of witnessing palestine, a jewish american woman in the occupied territories and made numerous television appearances including a lecture and i'm sure many of you saw on the daily show and in 2009 she received the arab-american anti-discrimination committee's peace and justice award and certificates of commendation from the governor of wisconsin for her commitment to justice in palestine. she has given 500 lectures at churches, mosques, synagogues and universities. please join me in welcoming our two speakers. [applause] >> thank you for coming out. does this sound ok? can you hear me? thank you for coming out this afternoon. i would like to thank adam for those very generous words. my publisher pretty much dropped up this idea. colleagues, as it is called, not sure if courtney is here, loan spirit, i want to thank her. and most of all i want to thank anna for whom i have the highest regard. i do a lot of public speaking around the country and i always ask the questi

passed a resolution to partition palestine that the palestinians does not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state prevailed and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants are living there it's eyes were suddenly given by the united nations the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who are the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was was your father was an officer and there was an equivalent on the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking for. so there you see that as soon as this resolution was accep

passed a resolution to partition palestine that. the palestinians does not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state programs and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants are living there its eyes were suddenly given by the united nations the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who were the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was the cool of the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking for. so there

decision of granting an enhanced observer status to palestine and therefore recognition of palestinian lives as you see it especially given what's happened over the last week how committed you think both sides are in achieving this two state solution. well the two state solution is something that everyone is wonderful signed up to but the reality on the ground of still not having complete free movement in an adult and the huge number of settlements across the west bank and the settlers and of course the problems of east jerusalem suggests that it's quite difficult to achieve it unless there is a real will to withdraw the settlements or palestine to develop and i don't see that will at all with netanyahu ok let's put it another way there's all the fault then if you want to call it fault lie with the palestinian lie with the israelis should the palestinians have been doing more. well the palestinians given up a lot of land in lots of negotiations they've given off a lot of ground on lots of occasions and on this occasion when israel started bombing gas or retaliation so they say to the r

passed a resolution to partition palestine that. the palestinians does not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state programs and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants are living there it's a time where certainly given by the united nations a lot of the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who are the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was was your father was an officer and there was an equivalent of the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep lookin

passed a resolution to partition palestine that. the palestinians does not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state programs and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants are living there it's i were certainly given by the united nations the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who are the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was an equivalent of the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking for. there

passed a resolution to partition palestine that. the palestinians did not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state prevailed and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants were living there its eyes were suddenly given by the united nations the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who were the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was the equivalent of the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking for the

passed a resolution to partition palestine that. the palestinians did not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state programs and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants are living there that's i were suddenly given by the united nations like the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who are the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was an equivalent of the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking for. t

passed a resolution to partition palestine that. the palestinians did not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously was then a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state prevailed and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants were living there its eyes were suddenly given by the united nations the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who were the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was an equivalent of the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking for. s

passed a resolution to partition palestine that. the palestinians not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state prevailed and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants were living there at the time were suddenly given by the united nations a lot the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who were the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was an acquittal of the palestinian side there was no fighting force on the both inside and then once again you keep looking furt

passed a resolution to partition palestine that. the palestinians did not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state prevailed and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants were living there at the time were suddenly given by the united nations the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who were the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was a father was an officer and there was an equivalent on the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking further

passed a resolution to partition palestine that. the palestinians does not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small jewish state programs and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants are living there it's i were suddenly given by the united nations like the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who are the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was the cool of the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking for. there y

passed a resolution to partition palestine that. the palestinians did not accept this resolution and then began a massive attack to destroy the small jewish community that was living there at the time. and then miraculously within a year you know state of israel was created in the small of your state prevailed and so forth. but then when you look at the details you see that the jewish community at the time which is a small group of immigrants really less than half a million immigrants were living there at the time were suddenly given by the united nations the lion's share of the country and the palestinians who were the vast majority in palestine at the time were were deprived of more than half of their land which is absurd and then you look further and you see that the jewish community had a massive militia of almost forty thousand armed men which my father was a was your father was an officer and there was an equivalent on the palestinian side there was no fighting force in the both inside and then once again you keep looking furt

palestine moves up to the international arena becoming a recognized state which could allow it to pursue israel over claims of war crimes . also this half hour of news egypt's power struggle spirals while the forces gather strength in a showdown over the draft constitution and the president's self-imposed supreme authority a correspondence where. us watch this space that. way it seems the sun promises more ground shaking revelations next year as he talks to us r.t. . kevin owen it's eleven pm now here in moscow and the main story of the week just gone the palestinians moved a step closer to being fully recognized as independent the u.n. voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic station status to ignore member observer state middle east correspondent paula reports that now on how the move may signal a way in the way that the world sees israeli actions from now on. it might be foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight v

the week's top stories are from our team palestine moves up in the international arena becoming a un recognized observer state which could allow it to pursue israel over claims of war crimes. egypt is heading deeper into chaos after the country's top court halted all work in protest over being blocked from ruling on the new constitution this comes amid public outrage triggered by president morsi his self-imposed powers. plus watch this space there are more wiki leaks on the way during assad's promises more ground shaking revelations next year as the talks started. going live from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly report this is r.t. if the palestinians moved a step closer to being fully recognized as independent the u.n. voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state our middle east correspondent paula slayer reports now on how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. over

the week's top stories are from r t palestine moves up in the international arena becoming a un recognized observer state which could allow it to pursue israel over claims of war crimes. egypt is heading deeper into chaos after the country's top court halted all work in protest over being blocked from ruling on the new constitution is comes amid a public outrage triggered by president morsi self-imposed powers. plus watching this space there are more wiki leaks on the way joining us on promises more ground shaking of revelations next year the talks are taking. and broadcasting live from our studios in central moscow this is r.t. certainly glad to have you with us and the palestinians moved a step closer to being fully recognized as independent the u.n. voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state our middle east correspondent policy or reports now on how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming suppo

week's top stories from palestine moved up in the international arena becoming a un recognized observer state which could israel over claims crimes. these are live pictures now from the west bank where triumphant of president mahmoud abbas has arrived after his victory in new york. egypt's power struggle spirals forces gather strength in a showdown of the draft constitution and the president's supreme authority. and watch this space there are more wiki leaks on the way. more ground shaking revelations next year as he talks exclusively to r.t. . you're watching our. carry johnston welcome to the program the palestinians moved a step closer this week to being fully recognized as independent u.n. voted to upgrade the station's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state a middle east correspondent reports now on how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un

week's top stories palestine moves up to the international arena coming if you will recognize a state could pursue israel over claims of. egypt's power struggle spirals brother forces gather strength from a show that over the draft constitution on the president's self-imposed supreme authority. also headlining from us watch this space sort of more wiki leaks on the way it seems. promises more ground shaking revolution revelations next year talk to us all about it in about. ten pm moscow time it's kevin owen here at r.t. tonight the big story of the week the palestinians moved a step closer to being fully recognized as independent the u.n. voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to nonmember observer state now a middle east correspondent reports that on how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight voting in favor n

palestine moves up to the international arena becoming a good weather recognized observer state which could allow it to pursue israel now with claims of war cry of. egypt's power struggle spirals rival forces gather strength in a showdown over the draft constitution and the president's self-imposed supreme authority. plus watch this space there are more wiki leaks on the way during the sounds promises more ground shaking revelations next year she talks to us at our team. midnight here in moscow thanks for being with us for a viewer watching around the world my name is kevin irwin and the big story last week the palestinians moved a step closer to being fully recognized as independent of the u.n. voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state a middle east correspondent paul asli reports no one how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions from now on. it might should be no foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a

." >> i have been able to visit israel and palestine on more than two occasions. and what i experienced there was such a cruel reminder of a at a painful to protest south africa. we were largely controlled in the same way. >> we will speak with the israeli and south african born co-director of the film, then reverend billy on the end of the world. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. people across the united states are expected to join a moment of silence at 9:30 this morning to mark one week since the massacre at sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. last friday morning, adam lanza opened fire at the school, killing 20 children and six adults. a series of back-to-back wakes and funerals are continuing for the victims. those mourned on thursday include catherine hubbard, benjamin wheeler, jesse lewis, and allison wyatt, all aged six, and grace mcdonnell, age 7. the service was held in new york for teacher anne marie murphy, who is believed to have used her body to shi

these top stories marty palestine moves up to the international arena becoming a un recognized observer state which could allow it to pursue israel over claims of war crimes. egypt's power struggle spirals rival forces gather strength for the showdown over the draft constitution and the president's self-imposed supreme authority got the latest on. plus watch this space there are more wiki leaks on the way julian aside from his more ground shaking revelations next year as he talks to us to. live near to new central moscow is kevin owen here it's one am moscow time now the palestinians moved a big step closer to being fully recognizes independent last week the u.n. voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a normal member observer state middle east correspondent paula slee reports now on how the move may signal a change in the way the world sees israel's actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hund

it's nine pm here in moscow the top stories in the week palestine moves up in the international arena becoming a un recognized observer state which could allow it to pursue israel now over claims of war crimes more on that ahead. egypt's power struggle spirals rival forces gather strength to a showdown over the draft constitution and the president's self-imposed supremest authority. plus watch this space of more wiki leaks on the way it seems journalists sounds promising more ground shaking revelations next year as he talks to us at r.t. . the big news of the week the palestinians were a step closer to being fully recognized as independent the u.n. voted to upgrade the administration's diplomatic status to a nonmember observer state a middle east correspondent paula slee reports now on how the move my signal a change in the way the world sees israeli actions. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight

independent and both of us understand that there is a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is just the state that's here let's do this hand in hand without negotiations without us as a partner to do a one sided to impose it on israel and they feel the strong need to give a response as an israeli i can say that has to do with domestic politics personally i don't necessarily adhere to that stop i think you've heard a lot of criticism here in israel in linking it in such a way that is also about politics but of course israel maybe not helping them out on top of the the settlements israel is also announced is not going to hold over a hundred million dollars of aid to the palestinians to pay back debts to israeli companies is that really an option when of course you've got the world's largest refugee populations on your doorstep well that refugee population is something that needs to be taken care of in any case but i'm looking at these. as part of the last four years th

granted palestine member observer status palestinians want east jerusalem to be the capital of a future palestinian state and promising to raise the issue at the security council author and historian gerald horne says that with palestine's recent upgrade israel's playing a risky game. israel is making a very dangerous wager that its chief ally and washington can be protected from the reach of international law but i think that's a misjudgment on israel's part the enhanced status of the palestinian authority raises the possibility that the israeli beater ship can be dragged before the international criminal court in the hague for various transgressions not only that but the neighborhood of israel is changing with the rise of the south and the rise of the islamicist so i think israel is playing a very dangerous game in the short term and in the long term the problem is mr netanyahu does not want a settlement of this question he feels that his regime can continue in a grab the palestinian land and settling palestinian land which jewish settlers ad infinitum into the future however it's wel

independent both of us understand that there is a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is just the state that's here let's do this hand in hand without negotiations without us as a partner to do a one sided to impose it on israel and they feel the strong need to give a response as an israeli i can say that has to do with domestic politics personally i don't necessarily adhere to that stop i think you've heard a lot of criticism here in israel in linking it in such a way but that is also about politics but of course israel maybe not helping the matter it could be said on top of the the settlements israel's also announced it's not going to hold over a hundred million dollars of aid to the palestinians to pay debts to israeli companies is that really an option when of course you've got the world's largest refugee populations on your doorstep well that refugee population is something that needs to be taken care of and any case but i'm looking at these as part of the las

space and political isolation over the stop and start settlement approach and palestine whose state who was recently on pointed out that you are. on to be diagnosed it's published three countries to secrete economy gas and austerity prescription from the finance minister with the public being force fed ex hikes and spending. this is coming to live from moscow hello and welcome to the program tongues and all my vehicles have been deployed to the presidential palace in egypt's capital cairo after a night of street battles which cold file an injured hundreds the violence started once thousands of president morsy supporters moved into a crush of setting off his opponents the standoff became the bloodiest says they'll prising things the president began two weeks ago cairo based reporter belcher told me the latest. right now i have to hurry square work the scenes. the have been scuffles on the square here behind me outside the presidential palace i tried reports that the clashes have broken out during the day but basically we've seen very violent scenes overnight my colleague tom barton was t

fifth anniversary of hamas the leader of the islamist group khalid meshaal who has vowed to liberate palestine inch by inch called for arab countries to keep on defying is rob british m.p. jeremy corbyn says israel is risking losing international support. netanyahu seems simply to have not cottoned onto the fact that the vast majority of the rest of the world support the right of palestine would just support the right of palestinian recognition and therefore not of occupation of the west bank two state solution is something that everyone is wonderful signed up to but the reality on the ground of gars still not having complete free movement in and out and the huge number of settlements across the west bank on the settler roads and of course the problems of east jerusalem suggests that it's quite difficult to achieve it unless there's a real will to withdraw the settlements or palestine to develop and i don't see that will at all with netanyahu if he can't even rely on governments that are basically quite sympathetic to israel and israel's claims then he's losing out big time all around the worl

fifth anniversary of hamas the leader of the islamist group khaled mashal who has vowed to liberate palestine inch by inch called for arab countries to keep on the finding israel british m.p. jeremy corbyn says israel's risking losing international support. netanyahu seems simply to have not cottoned onto the fact that the vast majority of the rest of the world support the right of palestine to exist support the right of palestinians and therefore not have occupation of the west bank two state solution is something that everyone is wonderful signed up to but the reality on the ground of still not having complete free movement in and out and the huge number of settlements across the west bank on the circular roads and of course the problems of east jerusalem suggests that it's quite difficult to achieve it unless there's a real will to withdraw the settlements or palestine to develop and i don't see that will at all with netanyahu if he can't even rely on governments that are basically quite sympathetic to israel and israel's claims then he's losing out big time all around the world and he jus

his supporters from over a dozen countries does the group have a chance of expanding its pall over palestine despite mahmoud abbas's recent triumph at the u.n. . i'm not sure that. the un is all that i think the fact that. now palestinians are actually close to getting back to a one state solution abbas goes and seeks a two state solution again but what today's today tomorrow is tomorrow these are just words today good words i think that michelle made in a speech. but we also have to realize this is not entirely a hamas victory there were other palestinian participants involved the palestinian would you hired the popular front for the liberation of palestine how mass was in you know as good as things look today how much also has the difficulties that needs to overcome they are being pulled by two sides of sort of the real. political line to make a choice to choose a side and and it's going to be a rough road ahead so actions are going to definitely count louder than words for hamas and what they do not just today or tomorrow but in the coming months will count the moment they start to look l

independent and both of us understand that there's a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is just the state that's here let's do this hand in hand without negotiations without us as a partner to do a one sided to impose it on israel and they feel the strong need to give a response as an israeli i can say that has to do with domestic politics personally i don't necessarily adhere to that stuff i think you've heard a lot of criticism here in israel in linking it in such a way but that is also about politics but of course israel maybe not helping the other could be said on top of the and i was for the settlements israel is also announced is not going to hold over a hundred million dollars of aid to the palestinians to pay back debts to israeli companies is really an option one of course you go to will's blood just refugee populations on your doorstep well that refugee population is something that needs to be taken care of in any case but i'm looking at these as part o

it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight voting in favor nine against looking at forty one abstentions six of important political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations the national law and its violations of the rights of the palestinian people especially on the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians can now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better by. getting chips in dealing with israel but it came at a price within hours tel aviv announced to put building three thousand more homes in the west bank a sure sign that the situation on the ground won't change overnight does it's not a step forward it's a step aside or even you know a step. further let's really believe the international community gives to this violation the us was also quick to cost account of the palestinian party may be unfortunate and

the international community when it announced the building of new homes near east jerusalem on the palestine was granted nonmember observer status at the un british m.p. jamie corbin it says israel is risking isolation. netanyahu seems simply to have not cottoned onto the fact that the vast majority of the rest of the world support the right of palestine we just support the right of palestinians and therefore not of occupation of the west bank two state solution is something that everyone is wonderful signed up to but the reality on the ground of still not having complete free movement in and out and the huge number of settlements across the west bank under settler roads and of course the problems of east jerusalem suggest that it's quite difficult to achieve it unless there's a real will to withdraw the settlements or palestine to develop and i don't see that will at all with netanyahu if he can't even rely on governments that are basically quite sympathetic to israel and israel's claims then he's losing out big time all around the world and he just needs to wake up i think the washington s

independent and both of us understand that there is a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is just the state that's here let's do this hand in hand without negotiations without us as a partner to do a one sided to impose it on israel and they feel the strong need to give a response as an israeli i can say that has to do with domestic politics personally i don't necessarily adhere to that stop i think you've heard a lot of criticism here in israel in linking it in such a way that is also about politics but of course israel maybe not helping the matter could be said on top of the and i was with the settlements also announced is not going to hold over a hundred million dollars of aid to the palestinians to pay but debts to israeli companies is not really an option one of course you go to will's blah just refugee populations on your doorstep well that refugee population is something that needs to be taken care of in any case but i'm looking at these as part of the last

independent both of us understand that there is a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is just the state that's here let's do this hand in hand without negotiations without us as a partner to do a one sided to impose it on israel and they feel the strong need to give a response as an israeli i can say that has to do with domestic politics personally i don't necessarily adhere to that stop i think you've heard a lot of criticism here in israel in linking it in such a way but that is also about politics but of course israel maybe not helping them out or it could be said on top of the and i was for the settlements also announced is not going to hold over a hundred million dollars of aid to the palestinians to pay back debts to israeli companies is really an option when of course you go to will's blah just refugee populations on your doorstep well that refugee population is something that needs to be taken care of in any case but i'm looking at these as part of the last

simply to have not cottoned onto the fact that the vast majority of the world support the right of palestine to exist support the right of palestinians and therefore not provoke people of the west bank two state solution is something that everyone is wonderful signed up to but the reality on the ground of still not having complete free movement in and out and the huge number of settlements across the west bank on the circular roads and of course the problems of east jerusalem suggests that it's quite difficult to achieve it unless there's a real will to withdraw the subtle palestine to develop and i don't see that will at all with netanyahu if he can't even rely on governments that are basically quite sympathetic to israel and israel's claims then he's losing out big time all around the world and he just needs to wake up i think the washington support will weigh in very quickly obama has been reelected on the reelected president into a second at his most powerful and i think the lesson here who might do well to remember that he also very much involved himself in the internal politics the usa

as something being supposedly serve in palestine isn't allowed. i have as active ports. produce of israel except this isn't israel this is the jordan valley in the west bank and this farm is deemed illegal under international law the european union imports around three hundred million dollars worth of products from here each year now a group of twenty two n.g.o.s from across europe is looking to highlight the issue and it's published a report in which it claims imports make the settlements viable because they are produced in illegal settlements which are contrary to international humanitarian law should be banned out of the european union now if this is not possible at least the consumers have to have the possibility to. to decide for themselves if they want to buy products which have been produced in the legal segment your see farmers this land is much concerned by the thoughts of european n.g.o.s he says he's here because his government told him it was ok to be here. because i was told here you can. see my circle where i was told i could it's more the state of israel t

independent both of us understand that there is a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is just the state that's here let's do this hand in hand without negotiations without us as a partner to do a one sided to impose it on israel and they feel the strong need to give a response as an israeli i can say that has to do with domestic politics personally i don't necessarily adhere to that stop i think you've heard a lot of criticism here in israel in linking it in such a way but that is also about politics but of course israel maybe not helping the matter could be said on top of the and i was with the settlements israel's also announced it's not going to hold over a hundred million dollars of aid to the palestinians to pay debts to israeli companies is really an option when of course you've got the world's largest refugee populations on your doorstep well that refugee population is something that needs to be taken care of and the case but i'm looking at these as part of

independent both of us understand that there's a difference between saying palestine independent and doing it on your own with the united nations without israel as a partner as if saying that the impediment is just the state that's here let's do this hand in hand without negotiations without us as a partner to do a one sided to impose it on israel and they feel the strong need to give a response as an israeli i can say that has to do with domestic politics personally i don't necessarily adhere to that stop i think you've heard a lot of criticism here in israel in linking it in such a way but that is also about politics but of course maybe not helping the matter could be said on top of the and i was reading the settlements israel's also announced it's not going to hold over a hundred million dollars of aid to the palestinians to pay back debts to israeli companies is that really an option when of course you've got the world's largest refugee populations on your doorstep well that refugee population is something that needs to be taken care of and the case but i'm looking at these as pa

voted to upgrade palestine to observer state status despite america's opposition parties paul asli and now looks at how the vote affects the situation in the middle east. it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred thirty eight voting in favor nine against forty one abstentions it's an important political and legal victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations of the national law and its violations the rights of the palestinian people especially the expansion of illegal settlements palestinians can now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips in dealing with israel but it came at a price within hours tel aviv announced it was building three thousand more homes in the west bank a sure sign that the situation on the ground won't change overnight does it's not a step forward it's a step aside or even you know a step. back t

it might have been a foregone conclusion but that didn't dampen the jubilation on the streets of palestine. overwhelming support for upgraded palestinian state has to a nonmember observer state in the un one hundred fifty eight voting in favor nine against look at it forty one abstentions report of political and legal. victory to hold israel accountable in a practical way on its violations of the national law and its violations of the rights of the palestinian people especially on the expansion of illegal surveillance palestinians can now apply to join the international criminal court and other global organizations giving them better bargaining chips in dealing with israel but it came at a price within hours tel aviv announced it was building three thousand more homes in the west bank a sure sign that the situation on the ground won't change overnight does it's not a step forward it's a step aside or even you know a step. back that's really a pity the international community gives hand to this violation the u.s. was also quick to cost the cloud over the palestinian party mood the unfortuna

after palestine was granted nonmember observer status at the un british m.p. jeremy corbin in the week told me israel is risking isolation. netanyahu seems simply to have not cottoned on to the fact that the vast majority of the rest of the world support the right of palestine to exist support the right of palestinian recognition and therefore not of occupation of the west bank two state solution is something that everyone is wonderful signed up to but the reality on the ground of still not having complete free movement in and out and the huge number of settlements across the west bank on the settler roads and of course the problems of east jerusalem suggest that it's quite difficult to achieve it unless there's a real will to withdraw the settlements and allow palestine to develop and i don't see that will at all with netanyahu if he can't even rely on governments that are basically quite sympathetic to israel and israel's claims then he's losing out big time all around the world and he just needs to wake up i think the washington support will weigh in very q

ambassador to the general assembly voted on thursday by a large amount and to upgrade palestine from its status as an observer entity to an observer state. the united states opposed this, as you just heard from susan rice. why is it a bad idea? >> the united states and israel put intense pressure on abbas and the palestinians not to bring it up, and the palestinians had already decided to bring it up. there is a rule in politics -- when you have the votes, a vote. they have the votes. i believe behind it was an attempt to buttress and support the palestinian authority, which has been eclipsed by hamas, it is strengthening its hand -- into strengthening its hand, that hamas had become the paramount force in the region. >> i believe this is on the anniversary of the vote for israeli acceptance in the un, wasn't it? 1948? exactly the same day. that was not a creation of israel. that was the partition resolution to create two states. that is the tragedy. that was a resolution 65 years ago that said there should be a jewish state and an arab state. the jews accepted, the arabs rejected. t

statehood bed in the un general assembly palestine was run to nonmember observer state status at the end of november with nearly all of europe is porting or eight or abstaining less than a day after that israel announced plans to build three thousand homes and palestinian land a move condemned by germany and the rest of the. merkel was has warned netanyahu here risks political isolation and massive military trade deals between the two states are still expected to go ahead on the other hand free trade with the you is something that supposedly sovereign palestine isn't allowed to have peace or all of the reports. of israel except this is a does real this is the jordan valley in the west bank and this farm is deemed illegal under international law the european union imports around three hundred million dollars worth of products are near each year now a group of twenty two n.g.o.s from across europe is looking to highlight the issue and it's published a report in which it claims imports make the settlements viable because they are produced in illegal settlements which are contrary to int