israel was infuriated. it launched major assault on the palestinians in the west bank, primarily targeting hamas. hundreds of people arrested, mostly hamas members. also gaza, also killings. a pretext, of course. there always is. the pretext was that three teenagers, israeli teenagers, in the settlements had been brutally murdered, captured and murdered. israel claimed officially that they thought that they were alive thomas so therefore launched along, several weeks assault on the west bank, alleging they were trying to find them alive. meanwhile, the rest, attacks and so on. it turns out they knew immediately that they had been killed. they also knew immediately that it was very unlikely that hamas was involved. the government said they had certain knowledge that hamas had done it, but their own leading specialists have pointed out right away that the assault, which was a brutal crime, was very likely committed by members in hebronakaway clan hamas and had been a thorn in their sides. and that apparently

or the capital of israel. so why will there be any effect on foreign policy except by people who will misunderstand the situation, either because they really don't understand it or they will exploit it in some way? >> i've got i've got at least two points to make about that if i could. first, it's not a misperception. it's an accurate perception. one looks at 214 as a whole, not just 214(d). what 214 does is try to force the executive branch to take a series of steps th would take if it did not recognize the sovereignty of israel over jerusalem, and that nations would only take if they did recognize the sovereignty -- >> but congress did that, so nothing that we do is going to change that or change what congress thought. >> i think that's, with all due respect, too easy an assumption, your honor. the difference between when this statute was enacted and it did give rise to very serious problems that we had to work very hard to try to get under control. the difference between then and now, there's two very impor

and jordan has been feeling that israel is undermining and disrespecting this role. so it required u.s. mediation to fix the ties. jordan has been feeling embarrassed not only domestically because this peace treaty with israel is highly unpopular, half of the population comes from palestinian origin, but also jordan feels embarrassed internationally because it is known to be a u.s. ally and one of the main countries fighting alongside the u.s. and striking isil targets in iraq and syria, almost fighting a battle on behalf of the u.s., yet it hasn't seen the u.s. do something serious about stopping israel from continuing its violations in al-aqsa compound, and east jerusalem. so now it looks as though the jordan -- the king has said to kerry please do something about this to stop this, because you have leverage over israel and we are not going to have a normal relationship with israel until these violations stop and until israel returns to respecting jordan's special role in looking after east jerusalem >> all right. many thanks. israel has announced it is to build 20

or the capital of israel. so why would in effect on foreign policy except the people who will misunderstand the situation, either because they really don't understand or they will exploit it in some way? >> i've got at least two points to make about that if i could. first, it's not a misperception. it's an accurate perception. one looks at 214 as a whole, not just to 14 d. what to 14 d. does is try to force the executive branch to take a series of steps that no nation would take if they did not recognize the sovereignty of israel over jerusalem. animation could only take if they did recognize the sovereignty -- >> but congress did that so nothing that we just go to change that or change what congress thought. >> i think that's too easy an assumption that the difference between when the statute was enacted, it did give rise to very sous problem we had worked very hard to try to get under control. the difference between then and now, two very different important differences and 52 very important conclusion. it w

israel is ready for these negotiations. israel is ready for peace. i am ready for peace, but it must be a genuine peace, a durable peace and for that, we must have a palestinian partner who is committed to forging such a genuine peace, a partner who is prepared to confront terrorism and not inside them, a partner who is prepared to recognize the nationstate of the jewish people, a partner who is prepared to address israel's serious security concerns serious, not to continue the conflict with israel, but to end it once and for all. ladies and gentlemen there are many countries in the region today who do want to put the conflict behind us. i think that offers hope. there are leaning sunni arab states that are reevaluating their traditional hostility towards israel. the increasingly understand that the real threat to them does not come from israel, it comes from militant sunni radicals like isis and from a nuclear armed iran. and i believe that cooperation with the states that are more ready to work for peace and for security with israel than ever befor

father to gazamy to destroy israel, there was no expansion by israel. existed in the borders of the 1957 war. -- 1967 war. a lot of people do not understand that president nasser and the jihad was doing aggressive expansion before the war. these arabat all of countries are afraid of expansion is ridiculous. look at the map of the middle east from morocco all the way to iran and beyond. turkey, to sudan . you can hardly see israel. israel is mentioned in the koran as the holy land of the jews. later on, when mohammed became a warrior, he condemned the jews as the enemies of allah. so in terms of islam -- in , the concept of jihad is a violation of international law. theirslims to camouflage beliefs, they have to put themselves in a position of being victims. the most important thing for muslims to do jihad is to do jihad in response to being victims. so they have to claim that israel is expanding when, in jerusalem has always been called a jewish city. --usalem is a jewish city you know, if you check the koran , jerusalem is jewish. later on, mohammed co

population. >> i promise the future of the people of israel in the country of israel and the state of israel. >> some israeli arabs say they also feel like second class citizens, and some feel that the law will take away their rights. >> this law is undemocratic, and could be used for legitimatizing the discrimination against palestinians of israel. >> and then there is jerusalem itself. the long-sought-after would-be capitol of two nations has been riven in tit-for-tat violence. palestinians were angered by what they had seen by right wing jews. some have lashed out in violence. five israelis, including four rabbis were were killed last week in an attack on a synagogue in west jerusalem. in retaliation they would destroy the homes of the attackers. they're blaming the leader of the palestinian authority saying he's inciting the violence. >> i'm really not safe, and before leaving the house i think twice. i wanted to go out with my daughter, but i left her at home. we're very terrified. we're not calm, and we hope there is an end to this, and that it is not just the beginning. >> the

let's turn our attention to israel. israel made a new move that could further inflame the already high tensions with its arab citizens. on sunday, the israeli cabinet voted in favor of a bill to legally defund the nation -- to legally define the nation as a jewish state. >> after an -- a heated debate by an already divided coalition government israel's cabinet voted in favor 14-6 of a proposal. it recognizes jewish character institutionalizes jewish law and the list arabic as an official language. >> only the jewish people have that national rate. these are granted only to our people and its one and only state. click the government says that all citizens including minorities, will still have equal rights and protection under the law. but the bill automatically excludes israel's largest minority arabs. they count for 20% of the population. arab legislators and rights groups have already called it races. they say it undermines israel's democratic values. it also tests the prime minister's already divided coalition. israel

and israel's enemies. when an israeli attacks somebody, they're condemned universally. they're immediately arrested. but when palestinians kill israelis at prayer, they name parks after them, talking about the palestinian authority, now. they make them into heroes. they put up posters of them. the president of the palestinian authority sends letters of condolence to the family. yes, he condemns the attack out of one side of his mouth. out of the other side of his mouth, he incentivizes and incites the attacks. there's no moral equivalence between israel and the palestinian authority or hamas when it comes to toleration of terrorism. one group encourages, the other group discourages it. and that's proved by these pictures. >> some of these pictures being held up, presumably by family or friends or some sort of representative of those two attackers this morning. i've been there a lot, enough to know about the pictures that you talk about. there are shrines, there are billboards with all of those who have car

those who are worn in jerusalem and to live under the sovereign government of israel wish to put israel on their passport to put them on the passport. >> what about those that want to have palestine as a state of birth. >> correct, justice, because at that point there is before 1948 a palestine. >> palestinians cannot do that. that suggests that they had a view and the view was that jerusalem was properly part of israel. >> that is because the statute, we are dealing with an existing statute that you put on or remove, they were not advocating the situation by putting in this or other entities. they say to you either put it on her taken off and those are your choices. >> there's one in barcelona, spain. that citizen allowed as a place of birth? >> if they wish to remove the country of birth and they wish to have the smaller entity, yes. >> is that for people who believe in independence? >> is enabling an individual choice to self identify. >> you are consistent on this, that it's not recognition. suppose the state department, and i think that this is recognition, if we defer to the state

or the capital of israel. so, why is -- will there be any effect on foreign policy, except by people who will misunderstand the situation? their intent either because they really don't understand it or they will exploit it in some way. >> i have got at least two points to make about that, if i could. first, it's not a misperception, it's an accurate perception, one looks at 214 as a whole, not just 214 d. what 214 does is try to force the executive branch to take a series of steps that no nation would take if it did not recognize the sovereignty of israel over jerusalem and nations would only take if they did recognize. >> congress did that. so, nothing that we do is going to change that or change what congress thought. >> i think that's -- with all due respect, too easy a assumption your honor, the difference between when the statute was enacted, give rise to serious problems that we had to work very hard to try to get under control, the difference between then and now, there's two very important differences

tuesday was israel's deadliest attack since 2008. israel hopes these policies will act as a deterrent to further violence. many see them as genuine obstacles to peace process in the region. >> tigre now, where the u.n. says close to 1000 people -- to the ukraine now, where the u.n. says close to 1000 people have been killed since september and the number of displaced people has nearly doubled, soaring to 466,000. for more on the worsening humanitarian situation on the ground, let's bring in our ukraine correspondent, gulliver cragg. 1000 killed in two months, do those figures seem crop -- seem plausible to you? >> the human report itself says that is probably a conservative estimate in particular because it is hard to know how many russian soldiers and russian citizens have been killed, because russia continues to deny that it has soldiers at all in the territory of eastern ukraine, despite numerous reports in russia of hundreds of body bags going back to russia from ukraine both regular soldiers, probably, and russian citizens, who

a strong israel means a strong united states, and a strong united states means a strong israel. and that is why i want to offer my condolences to the families of the israelis murdered by palestinian terrorists in jerusalem yesterday. the increase in these attacks is a grim reminder of the need for the united states now more than ever to stand side by side in support of israel and its right to defend itself and her citizens. i condemn these terror attacks, and i call on president obama and leaders of other responsible nations to do the same and to hold the palestinian leadership accountable for these actions. we must recognize the importance of u.s.-israel cooperation across a wide spectrum of areas, but particularly our cooperation on security and defense issues. in the past year, i have had the opportunity to not only see firsthand what our joint efforts have produced with the iron dome anti-missile defense system but also why this is such an important venture. last august i led a congressional delegation trip to israel to discuss our bilateral relationship with prime minister

they cannot cross into israel for work or to go to the west bank. and the only exist is through egypt where people spend days at the border. felt like i left another country, you know? >> you went to another country. >> so you think i did the right thing? >> oh, forget it. >> forget it? >> yeah. >> they'll lynch you. you know? because they don't have too many trees. i don't know where they'll handing you from. >> i'm always eager to come here because this is my home. and then when i go back, i take with me a lot of guilt leaving these people behind. >> when are we going to get to the humane level? people should be incensed. not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe that rather than

the security situation in israel and pipeline is deteriorating rapidly. last week there was fighting around al-aqsa compound known as temple you mount. also stopped palestinian men from entering. >>> israel's prime minister is to hold a special says on monday but earlier benjamin netanyahu warned he would make life difficult for all those who threatened lives in israel. >> we'll fight against the palestinian authority, we'll act decisively against the rioters who are calling for israel's destruction, in favor of the palestinian state i say to them simply move there to the palestinian authority's areas or to gaza. i promise you the state of israel will not make it difficult for you but those of you who stay we'll make it difficult for you if you are a rioter or terrorist. the full extent of the law including new laws including the demolition of terrorists' homes and other measures. we will not tolerate this kind of disturbance. >> live in jerusalem and what do you know more about this attack? >> felicity, a very tense situation in the occupied west bank, f

where understandably israel is making this demand. at the same time you are facing the possibility of new sanctions from the europeans who believe hamas is not a terror organization. they say it is. what is the end of this cycle. >> you are turning on the jews. it's not a new story. it's a very, very old story and it fights the same message to president abbas. you are not going to get the state and you will get our support is if you make peace with them. the problem we have is the issue of poisoning a generation of palestinians through state-run media and schools and through newspapers that are controlled by the palestinian authority that has been swept under the rug. no one dealt with the problem. if people look at what's coming from the authority and hamas and other terror groups among the palestinians, you will not be surprised to see the acts that you have today. if that's what you head and that's what you see and that's what you learn day after day, week after week and year after year, if you demonize israel and israelis and they

when hamas attacks israel, and israel retaliates? >> how does israel respond to these attacks at the synagogue? >> it has to respond first of all by finding the perpetrating, finding out if there were any other people, seeing who takes responsibility, taking appropriate actions against those who incite terrorism, and figuring out a tragedy, whether that strategy is destroying the homes of the terrorists or other actions, they have to, first, protect their civilians. that's the first instinct. then, second, they have to move towards de-escalating. and i have to tell you, benjamin netanyahu has been doing a wonderful job trying to de-escalate the tensions. >> i can't say the tensions have been much de-escalated. >> well, they ended the restrictions of access to the top of the mount. what has to be made sure -- >> why did they put the restrictions on in the first place? >> because there was violence. and you always put restrictions. look, in ferguson, there are restrictions on access. we do that in the united states. it was in an attemp

you did not talk about israel and the history of how israel got nuclear weapons. i was wondering why. secondly, would you elaborate on the role israel could play or auld have to play to make nuclear weapon free zone in the middle east? israel.ally talk about right now, i find -- i invite you to come back. the chinese program as related to the soviet and american and the french and .ritish related to the soviet relateda and brazil as to each other. south africa was always a mystery to me. mysterious. be that as it may, and israeli program was not a mystery to me given the attitude of its neighboring states. the possibility that the soviet union would turn out to be a protector of those that will be hostile to israel. israel fought a series of wars in which the soviet union had the potential toprotector of the be an actor and the israelis wanted a deterrent. look at the rangers -- look at the range is for the jericho's. i do not believe the rain program is driven -- the iranian program is driven by the israeli program. i've spent a lot of my career in the middle eas

when they sent my father to gaza to destroy israel, there was no expansion by israel. israel existed in the borders of the 1957 war. -- 1967 war. a lot of people do not understand that president nasser and the jihad was doing aggressive expansion before the war. the idea that all of these arab countries are afraid of expansion is ridiculous. look at the map of the middle east from morocco all the way to iran and beyond. from the north, turkey, to sudan. you can hardly see israel. israel is mentioned in the koran as the holy land of the jews. later on, when mohammed became a warrior, he condemned the jews as the enemies of allah. so in terms of islam -- in modern-day jihad, the concept of jihad is a violation of international law. for muslims to camouflage their beliefs, they have to put themselves in a position of being victims. the most important thing for muslims to do jihad is to do jihad in response to being victims. so they have to claim that israel is expanding when, in fact, jerusalem has always been called a jewish city. jerusalem is a jewish city -- under isla

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as violations by israel especially in east jerusalem stop. not only between jordan and israel, because it feels that perhaps the u.s. owes it to jordan since it is a fighting a war in the region, alongside the u.s. that it tried to stop what is happening in israel so definitely feeling that the u.s. has a role to play and that it owes that role to jordan, and recently the king said that he is frighting islamic extremism, but on the other happen, no one is fighting what he described as extremism. very strong words he used and only a few days after that, we saw therm storming into a mosque and this is when jordan decided to recall the ambassador. >> we will of course cross back to aman as soon as we get it, for the moment, thank you. let's go straight to east jerusalem, of course, east jerusalem, the old city, the focus really of the most recent protests. just walk us through what is happening there in sense of some security measures. >> indeed. although the israeli prime minister making this dramassic step by going to aman jordan to meet with

the founding document says the greater israel is to be known as the state of israel. clearly, this is not the first time that israel has done this. the difference here is and this is why this is ruffling so many feathers is that there is a sense that this effectively downgrades 20% of the population that is palestinian/israeli. advocates say it needs to be enshrined in those customs but a basic lawf. >> will guarantee that the courts, as well, have to take into account, but so many people within israel, within netanyahu's coalition, as well as palestinians angered by this. >> why is prime minister netanyahu doing this? is it all chocked up, i guess, to internal politics? >> reporter: yeah. i think mostly, it's internal politics. what he says publicly, he told the cabinet yesterday that the bill is a response to critics, both inside and outside israel who question the country's right to exist. but most analysts i speak to say it's about internal politics. ♪net is perhaps pushing toward an election or about to be pushing toward an election. this bill is so controversi

israel is ready for these negotiations. israel is ready for peace. i'm ready for peace. but it must be a genuine peace, a durable peace, and far we must have a palestinian partner who's committed to forging such a genuine peace a partner prepared to confront terrorism and end incitement, a partner prepared to recognize the nation state of the jewish people. a partner prepared to address israel's security concerns seriously. a partner who wants a palestinian state not to continue the conflict with israel but to end it once and for all. ladies and gentlemen, there are many countries in the region today who do want to put the conflict behind us. i think that offers hope there are leading sunni arab states that are re-evaluating their traditional hostility towards israel. they increasingly understand that the real threat to them doesn't come from israel, it comes from militant sunni radicals like isis and from a nucle nuclear-armed iran. and that i believe cooperation with these states that are more ready to work for peace and for security with israel than ever before, i bel

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and palestinians who threaten the state of israel. will be harsh and that will keep israel safe, it hasn't really worked out. >> it hasn't, i think one of the challenges is as long as there's this tension surrounding the mosque the temple, as long as there's that tension there, there's always going to be the people particularly in's just absolutely who have access who travel inside jerusalem, a lot of the palestinians who have west bank cannot travel into jerusalem. i think they tack it much more personally. and that's something you can't control. you can't control that kind of thing. >> well, and that's the question, we have asked it in just a moment ago, whether or not ma mowed abass can control the more extreme elements of the palestinian society. can benjamin netanyahu control the far right of his country that might want to push the movement? >>in trying to do what they can to sort of punish that radical element, i think he is consent about his coalition, and the voices from the right, and the country has steadily moved to the rig

it's called the great reversal in israel. he was an obstructionist and his goal was to expand the country of israel. not contract it. >> the idea they would somehow give up, totally against what he stood for. >> these were men were very -- >> so the individual personalities, you couldn't imagine coming together and the circumstances seemed completely unlikely. >> well, it was rosalynn carter's idea to take -- >> she's actually a very important part of the story. >> oh, yeah, she was very helpful to me. you know, this started as a play. >> indeed. >> and the producer was carter's media advisor and took me to plains and introduced me to the president and first lady. >> first time you'd been? >> no, i met carter a couple of times before and interviewed h him. >> not mrs. carter. >> and this how they built in 1952 after he retired from the navy, incredibly modest and behind the couch is a pitcher that -- a picture that carter painted. looked like something from "good night moon." [laughter] >> so the producer says, mr. president,

we begin in israel, prime mr. netanyahu responding to the attacks saying hamas, the islamic movement and policy authorities are responsible for inciting the slaughter of four rabbis including three americans and a police officer who responded to their attack. joining us now is israel ambassador to the united states. mr. ambassador, good to have you here. do you believe there has been in all of this a broad effort, or is it the so-called independent terrorist attack on the part of the two? >> it is not clear if anybody gave direct orders to these people to perpetrate this attack. we have to conduct an investigation to find out, but what is clear is an environment has been created in which these attacks are encouraged, where killers are glorified. you saw them celebrating the savage murder of these four in the synagogue and a police officer who was killed trying to protect them. and you also may have seen that fatah, the organization of president abbas praised the killing, condemned the killing in the first sentence

but jordan says it's an undermined by israel. jordan is actively fighting isil in iraq and syria alongside the u.s. it's also one of only two countries in the region that have peace treaties with israel. washington cannot afford to have two of its closest allies in the middle east in disagreement. it took u.s. mediation this time to sort out jordan and israel's differences. netanyahu promised in the status go jerusalem will not be touched and made these assurance to his cheek abdullaking abdullah in q. the question is whether this meeting will mark the beginning of the end of this later conflict. >> stefanie decker is live from east jerusalem. age restriction have his been lifted and friday prayers are due to start. what are we expected? >> reporter: well, at the moment, i have to tell you, it's extremely quiet here. there is very little police presence. there are no barricades which usually you would have during tense times. we are just outside damascus gate the entrance to the old city here in occupied east jerusalem. people ha

israel rejected the findings of the report >>> world health organisation says israel's blockade of goods into gaza is taking a toll on the territories health care system. we have a report on the limit of essential medicines and supplies, pushing it to the brink of collapse. >> reporter: for months this person has been coming to the al aqsa hospital in center gaza hoping to get an appointment for his surgery. he was injured in july after israeli tanks destroyed his home. pieces of shrapnel are embedded in his leg, making it difficult to walk. >> translation: when i was first hurt, i was told i would not be operated on until september, because so many had more serious injuries than i did. that was cancelled because the hospital didn't have the chance to treat me. >> reporter: his story is not uncommon. more than 11,000 were injured, many with long term or permanent health conditions requiring relying awe lar treatment. the -- regular treatment. the capacity to provide care is not there. >> the only way to repair gaza's damage said health care is for israel to lift the blockade and egypt to

they cannot cross into israel for work or to go to the west bank. and the only exist is through egypt where people spend days at the border. >> i felt like i another country, you know? >> you went to another country. >> so you think i did the right thing? >> oh, forget it. >> forget it? >> yeah. >> they'll lynch you. you know? because they don't have too many trees. i don't know where they'll handing you from. >> i'm always eager to come here because this is my home. and then when i go back, i take with me a lot of guilt leaving these people behind. >> when are we going to get to the humane level? people should be incensed. not just the palestinians. we should fight arabs and jews to preserve that. >> my opinion is that both sides, people are tired, fatigued and brainwashed and they will not reeble in a way that they would march? the streets. people are saying i care about my four corners and my garden, and it's out of my control and i don't see this rebellion happening. >> clearly i'm the optimist of 2002 of us. in fact, i believe that rather than

plus israel. saudi arabia has decided if a deal is made, are we going to insist on nuclear programs for the rest of us? that is a big proliferation. then you are heading towards a region where everybody has a bomb making program. they said they are going to do that. do they mean it? that is more dangerous. he has set himself absolutely against this deal and said over and over again that it is dangerous. what is he going to do about it? there is always the risk that israel might decide that this deal has been negotiated and leaves israel more insecure and takes some kind of military or unconventional actions. , there are so many branches in the road that people will need to think about because they lead us into areas where they could be military conflict. >> what happens if there is not a deal? if this collapses, either short-term or they try to go to march and do not get any kind of long-term deal, what is the likelihood of military action, either by the israelis or the americans? >> well, it has

we know the relationship between jordan and israel is deeper than one event. i am sure they'll find ways of managing the crisis. however, i don't think that jordan and the king should be pushed too far. he's a true friend of israel, and situations like this, you have to respect those who are really there, sending - standing alone sometimes, in a situation that is not that easy. >> i'll take that into account. today, in the arab world, you don't have that many. >> the importance of the alliance between israel and jordan, there is an irony, of course, that jordan, when in control of the city did not allow free access for the city for the three religions, for the jews coming across the green line. >> the jordanian minister urged the international community to take action. can very have any efforts? >> very little. >> very little. we have seen it since the 6-day war, 1967, the so-called peace process and the international community failed, simplies because no courage on both sides. there were a few moments when there was hope with rabin. he looked at the situation

since israel's founding in 1948 u.s. has maintained the position that no country has sovereignty over jerusalem until that's negotiated in a mid east peace deal. that's just another complication to those efforts. pete williams joins us from washington to help break this down. pete, what's the latest on this. >> the lawsuit was brought by the parents of a boy that was born in jerusalem. the parents are both americans. he's a u.s. citizen. all his passport -- he wanted to have the word "israel" on his passport. congress passed a law in 2002 in cases where the parents want the passport to say israel, it must. the federal government has never done it and the question is, is that law passed by congress constitutional? yes, say the lawyers for the family. they say congress has the power over naturalization, over controlling who comes into the country. so, therefore, they have the passport control. the obama administration says, no, that's the president's decision. he, after all, decides which foreign ambassadors are received.

what's israel going to do. netanyahu said over and over again it's dangerous and america is wrong to do it. what's he going to do about it? there's always a risk israel might decide this deal that's been negotiated leaves i recall more insecure and takes a military or unconventional action. so after monday and the outcome monday, or the prolongation, there's so many branches in the road that people will need to think about because they lead us into areas where there can be military conflict. >> we both mentioned what happens if they're not a deal and the role of the israelis if this ever collapses, either short term or they try to go to march and don't get any kind of a long-term deal, what is the likelihood of a military action either by, a, the israelis or by the americans? >> well, it's been believed that the israelis have concluded that they don't have the weapons to strike iran hard enough in these hardened mountain facilities where they keep some of their subterfuges to make an attack worthwhile. the u.s.

for israel to be annihilated. the q and aon why israel should be eliminated. benjamin netanyahu fired back saying, iran's quote terrorist regime must not be allowed to get a nuclear bomb. >> i call on the p-5 plus one countries. don't rush into a deal that would let iran rush to the bomb. >> this as secretary of state john kerry heads home after two days of talks about iran's nack program with the country's foreign minister. the clock is ticking. the deadline is just days away. the global affairs correspondent begins our coverage. when you hear what you came out from iran today from the supreme leader, you their prime minister of israel. the question is will the u.s. do this deal? >> reporter: well, it's true. secretary of state kerry wrapped up ten hours of talks with the foreign minister. they say there's time for progress but the signs from iran on whether a nuclear deal could lead to better ties between the u.s. and iran are not encouraging. with the deadline two weeks away, secretary of state john kerry heade

israel doesn't have a lot of friends in the region. it only has two peace treaties with arab countries, and they are jordan and egypt. and israeli relations with jordan are far warmer than they are with egyptians. so this is indeed a serious escalation. we understand the jordanians are very angered by some of israeli actions especially inside the al-aqsa mosque, because the jordanians feel that israel does not respect jordans historic and special rule in east jerusalem in looking after shrines. this is a role that israel recognized under the peace treaty it signed 20 years ago in this 1994, so we are definitely seeing a diplomatic escalation. we are also hearing from observers who are close to the government, that these violations by israel are considered a threat to jordan's national security, and this is why jordan is taking them very seriously, so indeed we are seeing this diplomatic escalation, and some statements by officials going as far as saying that jordan would review all agreements with israel, including the peace treaty if

israel's cabinet passes a proposal declaring the country a jewish state. flags in washington d.c. fly at half staff to honour former mayor marion barry who passed away. in the sunday segment, "the week ahead", we'll take a closer look at what is at sfak in negotiations over iran's nuclear -- stake in negotiations over iran's nuclear programme >>> at this hour, six world powers and iranian leaders are in vienna racing against the clock to make a deal on iran's nuclear programme. the deadline is tomorrow. a senior u.s. official tells al jazeera that could be extended. secretary of state john kerry talked with the iranian foreign minister for 80 minutes. president obama told a.b.c.'s this week he's hopeful an acceptable deal will be reached. >> i'm confident that if we reach a deal that is very fiable. and assures that iran does not have break out capacity, that not only can i persuade the american people. johna hole has more on the talks. national powers and iran are in place. china's wang ye is due in on monday. some sources suggest it could be missed altogether. a state department

the safety of the people of israel, and i think this is what the people of israel expect from us right now. to stand together, as one. in solidarity. and what i ask is for much more solidarity.

. -- birth, israel. do i know whether this person was born in jerusalem or in haifa? >> no, you don't. >> how does it advertise for the world that the president is contradicting himself? all you know is that the person was born in israel. could have been anywhere in israel. >> the world knows that we will issue thousands of passports to people born in jerusalem identifying them as born in israel. and the world knows that we will be doing that because the congress of the united states required it. and those actions -- >> it is not a communication contained in the passport itself, is it? you're just saying that this piece of legislation advertises to the world what the situation will be. but you're not compelling the president to say that this individual was born in jerusalem and we are going to say he was born in israel. because you can't tell that. >> you are requiring the president to make statements, thousands of times, that contradict the official recognition position of the united states. now, it is

in to the innocence of iran or israel. but israel has a genuine possibility to have a deterrent threat of counter value and did this week to see them publish that to identify what downhill a shopping areas would be the strife floor to be counter value. >> fifth you have confused that. don't sit down yet. but to reserve the phrase counterforce and not talking about a russian counterforce attack third talk about half an attack on forces where they will not have an impact it it's very scary stuff. it completely misreads my prospective the response to any use of nuclear weapons against united states of america. into the misread before with the resolve if we were talking counterforce and what happened i hope and pray if that happened to the retaliation would go counterforce to the lee a. that shutting down the conflict. one of the things about the nuclear weapons that any of us looking around the room would know what nuclear weapons do has been lost. so i worry a great deal there are a lot of people in this great country. to do

israel's prime minister joins talks in jordan aimed at calming tensions. signs of progress. fight against ebola. as the state of emergency. plus out of this world. sending pictures but how long will it last? >> robin adams here with the sport, and one big story dominated headlines. the world governing body in chaos, as it's own investigator accuses it of a cover up. and blaming russia of corruption. >> israel's prime minister is in talk aimed at easing tensions. he is meeting the u.s. secretary of state and jordan's. and u.s. has criticized the decision to build 200 new settlement unit which is are illegal under international law. palestinian president is also in jordan, be uh is not clear if he will be involved in the talks. relations with jordan have al been strained with the decision to close the mosque compound for the first time since 1967. >> in recent weeks. we have correspondent in both jordan and in west jerusalem. in west jerusalem, but first in aman jordan where we are waiting for a press conference between the jordanian leaders there and the u.s. secretary of sta

the final agreements on the table that israel does not bend to. the palestinians want east jerusalem as a capital of a future state. the government says it will always be the unified capital of israel. if you look at the language, it's difficult to see the two sides. the government doesn't want to budge on some of the final status issues. we had nine months talks sponsored by the u.s. it didn't begin to address the issues. it gives you a sense of how difficult it is. in his language, when the talks failed, he can only do so much if two sides are not willing to compromise. >> stephanie dekker, thank you, from east jerusalem. >> earlier i spoke to a senior member member of fatah, and said the israeli government is trying to turn the conflict into a religious confrontation. >> unfortunately the world tension is on this unfortunate condemned attack yesterday on the israeli synagogue. there was attention, not nearly as scarily focused on daily activities, and by extreme terrorists on groups for a daily basis. today the situation is as such. it's one pr