he worked in gaza. is married to a man, to a jewish man, and he is married to an israeli man, so you can imagine that hamas was not thrilled with him, but he is very principled and the tears were real. anybody who lives there has even passed through there, the heartbreaks and what hass bee done to the people of gaza. amy: what do you think needs to be done now? >> the first thing that has to be done is the siege has to be lifted and the un's human rights council, although the report was a complete whitewash and disgrace, mayor mcgowan davis was the author of it, they did say, according to the law am a besiege has to be lifted immediately and unconditionally. that is the law. it has to be lifted immediately and unconditionally. that is the first thing that has to be done. the siege has to and. the occupation has to and. the people of gaza, after 50 godforsaken years, should have the right to breathe and live a normal life. amy: how do you think that is going to happen? >> it is a very tough moment right

to eliminate the occupation in gaza. but because of the cooperation between the palestinian authority which is a big crime actually, with the israeli security sections, they succeed to prevent the intifada in the west bank and jerusalem. but i would remind you about what happened when the israelis decided to make what is called the electronic channels. the disarmed people demonstrated and they succeeded to protect the al—aqsa mosque. mr zahar, if i may interrupt you, you say that you will respond and you've responded in the past, the truth is, since that decision taken by trump in december on jerusalem, we have seen a dozen or so rockets fired from gaza towards israel. the israelis have responded by targeting weapons dumps. the truth is, everything that you talk about in terms of violent military resistance plays into israel's hands? it allows them to characterise route yet again as terrorists, out to kill israeli citizens. —— characterise you. what is the use of that in the current climate? first of all, these are

he worked in gaza. is married to a man, to a jewish man, and he is married to an israeli man, so you can imagine that hamas was not thrilled with him, but he is very principled and the tears were real. anybody who lives there has even passed through there, the heartbreaks and what has been done to the people of gaza. amy: what do you think needs to be done now? >> the first thing that has to be done is the siege has to be lifted and the un's human rights council, although the report was a complete whitewash and disgrace, mayor mcgowan davis was the author of it, they did say, according to the law am a besiege has to be lifted immediately and unconditionally. that is the law. it has to be lifted immediately and unconditionally. that is the first thing that has to be done. the siege has to and. the occupation has to and. the people of gaza, after 50 godforsaken years, should have the right to breathe and live a normal life. amy: how do you think that is going to happen? >> it is a very tough moment right

to eliminate the occupation in gaza. but because of the cooperation between the palestinian authority, which is a big crime actually, with the israeli security sections, they succeed to prevent the intifada in the west bank and jerusalem. but i would remind you about what happened when the israelis decided to make what is called the electronic channels. the people, the disarmed people demonstrated and they succeeded to protect the al—aqsa mosque. and to avoid the division... but, mr zahar, if i may interrupt you, you say that you will respond and you've responded in the past. the truth is, since that decision taken by trump in december onjerusalem, we've seen a dozen or so rockets fired from gaza towards israel. the israelis have responded by targeting weapons dumps. the truth is, everything that you talk about in terms of violent military resistance plays into israel's hands. it allows them to characterise you yet again as terrorists, out to kill israeli citizens. what is the use of that in the current climate? first

to eliminate the occupation in gaza. but because of the cooperation between the palestinian authority which is a big crime actually, with the israeli security sections, they succeed to prevent the intifada in the west bank and jerusalem. but i would remind you about what happened when the israelis decided to make what is called the electronic channels. the disarmed people demonstrated and they succeeded to protect the al—aqsa mosque. mr zahar, if i may interrupt you, you say that you will respond and you've responded in the past. the truth is, since that decision taken by trump in december onjerusalem, we have seen a dozen or so rockets fired from gaza towards israel. the israelis have responded by targeting weapons dumps. the truth is, everything that you talk about in terms of violent military resistance plays into israel's hands? it allows them to characterise you yet again as terrorists, out to kill israeli citizens. what is the use of that in the current climate? first of all, these are settlers. these people left

five million people live in fifty eight recognized palestinian refugee camps in jordan lebanon the gaza strip and the west bank including occupied east jerusalem the us is one of the main contributors to relief agencies for palestinian refugees that goes towards education health and social programs washington donated just under three hundred seventy million dollars to the united nations relief and works agency in two thousand and sixteen. well speaking to al jazeera a little earlier the u.n. relief agency spokesperson christopher gunness said there's been no suggestion from the u.s. that he will pull support but trump's twitter claim isn't helping the already unstable situation. there's a lot of uncertainty in this very turbulent region and we must do everything we can and is widely recognized in its humanitarian work to bring a sense of calm and indeed in two thousand and fifteen when we came close to suspending our services that sent shock waves through the refugee community five point two million people who are dependent as on under as first responders in times of war we give out foo

largest political group in gaza has meant that things have stagnated gaza remains under siege imran khan. its long been symbolic of the grave human rights abuses committed during the so-called war on terror but now u.s. president donald trump has decided to keep the notorious kuantan of a military prison open through an executive order his predecessor barack obama had promised to close a facility in cuba within a year of taking office but while many prisoners were released obama was unable to shut down guantanamo together in his state of the union address on shoes they warned that hundreds of dangerous terrorists could be released in the past but this would no longer be allowed to happen. i am asking congress to ensure that in the fight against isis and. we continue to have all necessary power to detain terrorists wherever we chase them. where ever we find. and in many cases for them it will now be one ten and a. quarter of almost ten years since the last attained he was taken to guantanamo bay so trying to proposal to start sending people there again is a major departure seven hund

imran khan the gaza strip. in paris floodwaters have can. to rise enough threatening towns downstream along the send river heavy rain has forced road closures flooded embankments and as that of the cancellation of river boat cruises through the french capital the high water levels are expected to remain for the coming days and even weeks to come in the philippines having protests against a chinese research expedition to an underwater region called behnam rise it's an important marine area in the philippine sea with untapped resources and the un has declared that it belongs to the philippines jamaica and again reports. in two thousand and twelve the united nations confirmed that the bene rise is part of the philippines there are tree it's an undersea plateau located on the country's eastern coast it's at the center of the planet's marine by a diversity and its resources are untapped with more than thirteen million hectares believed to be rich in minerals and gas. which travelled to bynum rise a few months ago ba

agency the palestinian refugees have taken to the streets of gaza. the deputy director of the f.b.i. is stepping down from his post had been accused of bias by president trump is resigning several weeks ahead of his planned retirement date in march criticized him several times in the past accusing him of supporting hillary clinton in the two thousand and sixteen election we've seen numerous ports as all of you have and any specifics i can tell you none of this decision was made by that of the white house in any specifics i would refer you to the f.b.i. who i believe will be making a statement later today to see that the white house was not involved in the decision be clearly the president seemed to be involved in public relations if you're going to. look at the president stands by his previous comments but in terms of the situation today as i just said we've seen the reports just as all of you have we don't have any specific comments and i would refer you to the f.b.i. for any specifics on the things that are taking place today. over the latest on th

business leaders in gaza say the economy there is on the verge of collapse with unemployment soaring and sales falling it's called a strike to highlight their plight among can report. on monday this busy shopping district will all silent as workers and businesses join the strike and it's not just here shops factories restaurants and hotels are all expected to take part across the gaza strip. doors will close machines will be turned off and work will stop from eight in the morning to six hours the strips of main commercial organization called the strike yeah. we wish through this stright send the message to all his arab leaders international leaders and to the united nations the gaza strip will collapse and and we need immediate help if the economy collapses it will have impacts everywhere health education and all services. businessmen a listening and they want to take part they say things are getting desperate and there's no money in the economy. all god's eye will be closed we will be on strike and we want the world to listen to know our suffering and help us to find a solution gaza

the economy is on the verge of collapse now some seventy percent of gaza lou. in refugee camps like this and they're the ones that are going to be the most affected that's almost half of the population of gaza iran called the gaza strip a weather update next year and i was here at them promises promises photos but still work to see pennsylvania is coal country think of president donald trump's campaign pledge plus. i you know fever i would bring the blame bring no hearing on their life i'm getting i want you mighty point out in the state of how volatile are already fourteen people have died in the last month. by the springtime flowers of a mountain lead. to the sun snowfall on the winter story. and i there certainly has been cold over the southeastern parts of china recently in fact for some of us has been a fair amount of wintry weather these pictures are from chung ching showing the beautiful very cold conditions we've had there and the snow has gradually been pushing its way south with its fizzling out though so not really anything left to it as we head thro

al jazeera in the gaza strip. and time to take you through some of the headlines now for the first time in almost a year north korea says it will reopen communications inside the demilitarized zone with south korea the gesture is a prelude to talks that are scheduled for tuesday between the two rivals. north korea's leader kim jong un has given an order to open the panmunjom hotline between the north and south from three pm on january third to contact south korea regarding the right time for talks and sending a delegation to the peeling chuang winter olympics. or do we reach a gay park in south korea's government welcomes north korea's response to yesterday's offer to restore the public communication channel who would discuss practical affairs regarding yesterday's offer to hold south and north korea talks. u.s. president donald trump is threatening to cut off funding to the palestinian authority saying it's not interested in talking peace on twitter trump said the u.s. received no appreciation or respect in retur

and less ability to survive look at what the gazans have sustained because of the israeli siege of gaza. but but people you know i'm not willing to sell their homeland for money now faced with the prospect of a political solution growing dimmer and humanitarian. getting scarcer the only thing it seems palestinians can count on is even more uncertainty homage to images either among the occupied west bank. spokesman christopher guinness told al-jazeera that there's been no official word from the us that it will pull support and the aid organization will continue to provide health care and education. we have had no indications whatsoever from the us administration that they intend to cut funds from under they remain the single largest donor last year giving us three hundred sixty five million dollars we have daily conversations with them and as i say we've had no indications whatsoever of funding cut our contribution to the human dignity and the capital human capital of five point two million refugees the middle east is widely recognized it's enormous we run schools for half a million chil

israel's military assault on gaza in these conflicts with hamas haven't helped either three years ago the factory was hit by an israeli rocket. mohammed gifts this week factory to nor has she sees its problems becomes a story of shattered dreams. the rights group that made it cool says it aim to inform people but also challenge stereotypes we wanted to be able to tell the story of the movement restrictions on the gaza strip and do it in a creative way so that we could attract new audiences and open people's eyes to the fact that there is a different reality inside of the gaza strip than the one they normally hear business is also being hurt by israeli restrictions on export mohammed says trade won't pick up in less the siege and at the end of the film no makes everything right with her imagination. in reality things simple and causes industries are still crippled malcolm where bendigo show for this week if you'd like to comment on anything that you've seen you can tweet me. on twitter please use the hash tag. when you do or you could drop us a line counting the cost of al-jazeera dot

israel says it won't lift the siege on gaza. up until recently but now it's under the control of the palestinian authority it won't disarm until the end of the occupation now the strike is likely to have an impact only have an impact on israel it's unlikely because of the hard line position like a man called algiers or. the united nations as long as the largest humanitarian a pail yemen is asking for almost three billion dollars in the nation's almost three years of saudi led airstrikes and fighting with his the rebels left forty five percent of the population in desperate need of lifesaving assistance. at least six people have been killed and several injured following clashes between police and protesters and democratic republic of congo the anti-government demonstrators were organized by leaders of the catholic church in the country are angry at the delay in holding a presidential election after president joseph kabila final term expired and twenty sixteen catherine so i reports. after morning mass at the main catholic church

we've handed gaza over to the palestinians and they made a mess of gaza into a failed and terror state. we're not going to do that again. we gave up 80% of historical land of israel back in the '20s. what we need to see is how bottom up we create good lives for palestinians and israelis side-by-side. we're not going anywhere, they're not going anywhere. we have to figure out how to do it. but it's very tough to do it when the palestinians call and actually will fund their citizens to kill jews. they'll pay $3500 to anyone who kills many jews. they'll only pay $400 to someone who injures a jew. that's the official running rate in the palestinian authority government. that's crazy. so before we talk about peace, i would urge the palestinians stop killing jews and stop as a government paying with american taxpayers' money terrorists to kill jews. >> saeb erekat, your response to that. >> i'm not here to score points and i'm not here to take all of these lies because judaism to us was never a threat, it's not a threat and will never be a threat and judaism is one of god's great religions l

million people live in fifty eight recognized palestinian refugee camps there in jordan lebanon the gaza strip and the west bank including occupied east jerusalem the u.s. is one of the main contributors to relief agencies for palestinian refugees that money goes towards education health and social programs washington donated just under suey hundred and seventeen million dollars to the united nations relief and works agency in two thousand and sixteen. well the on numerous spokesman christopher gunness told al jazeera that there's been no suggestion from the u.s. that it will pull support and the aid organization is just getting on with business . we have had no indications whatsoever from the us administration that they intend to cut funds from under they remain the single largest donor last year giving us three hundred sixty five million dollars we have daily conversations with them and as i say we've had no indications whatsoever of funding cut our contribution to the human dignity and the capital human capital of five point two million refugees the middle east is widely recognize it'

electricity is off most of the time in gaza. during my visit i haven't explained it since the siege began ten years ago most of his production lines are closed most of the time. he didn't want to fire any of his four hundred staff their families depend on the wages to employees had their hours cut instead. because the animation also shows the machinery they use has problems to israeli authorities restrict the import of anything they say could be used to make weapons the packaging meant to be done to my city by dismissing these a spare parts that's not being allowed in this machine but cream filling and biscuits. just technicians come here and service it in order to come this whole production line being down for you some of the equipment these be sent to germany for servicing and that's not allowed either. the mohammed doesn't believe the restrictions or just for security reasons it's there is the day that it's very light this is always the goal but that's. the make the people is somebody that is the political side israel's milit

and a cartoon about a sweet factory in gaza tells the bitter reality of life under siege. the u.s. has called for an emergency session of the u.n. security council to discuss the protests in iran the iranian supreme leader has blamed his country's enemies for six days of violence in which twenty one protesters and the police officer died a big security operation is in force in several cities mike hammer has the latest from u.n. headquarters in new york. ambassador nikki haley called a briefing to outline u.s. priorities at the united nations in this new year and top of her list the situation in iran if the iranian dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the un must speak out in the days ahead we will be calling for an emergency session both here in new york and at the human rights council in geneva we must not be silent the people of iran are crying out for freedom all freedom loving people must stand with their cause this echoing sentiments expressed by president trump early earth who said in a tweet the people of iran are finall

and the traditional craft of carpet weaving is unraveling in gaza we look at how the blockade there is affecting this ancient business. hello and welcome to international weather forecast it's looking very unsettled across europe in the coming days we've got an active frontal system moving in across the u.k. giving some really heavy rain ahead of it well it's a very mild conditions across parts of france and into switzerland but as we behead on through into choose this system goes through cold air falling behind a rash of showers some heavy snowfall across northern parts of the u.k. rain pushing across france and through into germany some snow over the alps some snow further east and some really cold air across eastern parts of europe plus a mix of of minus seven degrees expected in kiev in ukraine on the other side of the military as a quite a spell of weather in fact the winds coming up from the south temperatures not too bad there on the coast of libya tunis in tripoli seen highs of seventeen degrees pleasant enough conditions in karo through into tuesday not much change really quit

israel's military assault on gaza his conflicts with hamas haven't helped either three years ago the fact she was hit by an israeli rocket. mohammed gets the sweet factory to nor has she sees its problems becomes a story of shattered dreams. the rights group that made it cool says it aim to inform people but also challenge stereotypes we wanted to be able to tell the story of the movement restrictions on the gaza strip and do it in a creative way so that we could attract new audiences and open people's eyes to the fact that there is a different reality inside the gaza strip than the one they normally hear business is also being hurt by israeli restrictions on export mohammed says trade won't pick up in less the siege and at the end of the film no makes everything right with her imagination in reality things aren't so simple and causes industries are still crippled malcolm web ending our show for this week if you'd like to comment on anything that you've seen you can tweet me a finnigan on twitter please use the hash tag a j c t c when you do or you could drop us a line counting the c

gaza is crumbling. the siege imposed by israel in egypt now and its eleven pm and three walls have left its infrastructure in ruins everything is in dire need of repair or replacement buildings roads house services. this is a shop day a refugee camp mo in abu dujan this house is not fit for human habitation according to the local united nations agency yet there's no money for even basic repair much less extensive reconstruction. and we are a family of eight people living in a small house until now we can provide food and i can't expand the house i only have two small rooms the house is too small and it's falling to pieces the blockade dictates the day to day reality for two million people in gaza where israel controls the borders space and walters goes an economic experts are warning that even if help is given immediately as security and humanitarian situation might be unavoidable many youth don't but. many of the first thing they want to leave gaza they want to leave anywhere the social. good i says an

israel's military assault on gaza these conflicts with hamas haven't helped either three years ago she was hit by an israeli rocket. mohammed give the sweet factory to noor as she sees its problems becomes a story of shattered dreams. the rights group that made it says it aim to inform people but also challenge stereotypes we wanted to be able to tell the story of the movement restrictions on the gaza strip and do it in a creative way so that we could attract new audiences and open people's eyes to the fact that there is a different reality inside the gaza strip than the one they normally hear business is also been hurt by israeli restrictions on access mohammed says trade won't pick up in less the siege and at the end of the film makes everything right with her imagination in reality things so simple and causes industries are still crippled malcolm where bendigo show for this week if you'd like to comment on anything that you've seen you can tweet me. on twitter please use the hash tag a j c t c when you do or you could drop us a line counting the cost of al-jazeera dot net is our e-m

and a cartoon about a sweet factory in gaza tells the bitter reality of life under siege. the u.s. has called for an emergency session of the u.n. security council to discuss the protests in iran the iranian supreme leader has blamed his country's enemies for six days of violence in which twenty one protesters and the police officer died a big security operation is in force in several cities mike hanna has the latest from un headquarters in new york. ambassador nikki haley called a briefing to outline u.s. priorities at the united nations in this new year and top of her list the situation in iran if the iranian dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the un must speak out in the days ahead we will be calling for an emergency session both here in new york and at the human rights council in geneva we must not be silent the people of iran are crying out for freedom all freedom loving people must stand with their cause this echoing sentiments expressed by president trump earlier who said in a tweet the people of iran are finally actin

and a cartoon about a gaza tells the bitter reality of life on the sea. the u.s. has called for an emergency session of the u.n. security council to discuss the protests in iran the iranian supreme leader has blamed his country's enemies for six days of violence in which twenty one protesters on a police officer have died a big security operation is in force in several cities mike hanna has the latest from the u.n. headquarters in new york. ambassador nikki haley called a briefing to outline u.s. priorities at the united nations in this new year and top of her list the situation in iran if the iranian dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the un must speak out in the days ahead we will be calling for an emergency session both here in new york and at the human rights council in geneva we must not be silent the people of iran are crying out for freedom all freedom loving people must stand with their cause this echoing sentiments expressed by president trump early earth who said in a tweet the people of iran are f

this house is typical of many in the gaza strip now currently there's electricity blackouts they get like steve blackouts are about twelve hours a day now the u.s. is withholding food aid but what does that actually mean supply things like this sacks of flour rice it's the basics that they supply now they only supply them about once every three months so a sack of flour about this big needs to last a family of nine for that long so there's already a cute shortages. pusher we are worried because this is the only help we have to be able to live we have no choice where else are we supposed to get food from we can't buy it we can't work there is no where if they decrease the aid what shall we do there's about two million people in the gaza strip now about one point one million of those people rely on food aid in some way or another is people like these that are going to be affected the most now the u.s. president has said that he wants changes to the way under operate she also wants the international community to step up and donate a lot more aid he said that the u.s. is very generous bu

the gaza strip was to be administered by egypt. in the midst of defeat a man not done not said conceived a plan that would change the future of egypt. a movement that would be known as the free offices. a few cathedrals about the harbor were different that outbreak. of a black hole a level of copper. in the desert a lot of kind of i got a side that while i may have the us out of the clear but fear. that led to see a mostly. washer going down a lot of a. bed of the same lot of way. that he that i will offer him at the outset are. three years after the end of the war the free offices struck. in july nine hundred fifty two they launched a coup d'état. egypt's king photo who was dethroned and sent into exile. lieutenant colonel come on up to. the mastermind behind what was now cooled the july revolution quickly rose to be the country's defacto leader. in israel this news aroused deep rooted fears in kibbutz state who can bring time into home of israel's founding prime minister david banker. when gorean all the time feared that one day

israel's military assault on gaza has conflicts with hamas haven't helped either three years ago the fact she was hit by an israeli rocket. mohammed gifts this week factory to nor has she sees its problems becomes a story of shattered dreams. the rights group that made it cool says it aim to inform people but also challenge stereotypes we wanted to be able to tell the story of the movement restrictions on the gaza strip and do it in a creative way so that we could attract new audiences and open people's eyes to the fact that there is a different reality inside the gaza strip than the one they normally hear business is also being hurt by israeli restrictions on exports mohammed says trade won't pick up in less the siege and at the end of the film no makes everything right with her imagination. in reality things aren't so simple and gases industries are still crippled malcolm where bending our show for this week if you'd like to comment on anything that you've seen you can tweet me. on twitter please use the hash tag. when you do or you can drop us a line counting the cost of al-jazeer

half million people live in fifty eight recognized palestinian refugee camps in jordan lebanon the gaza strip and the west bank of the us is one of the main contributors to relief agencies for palestinian refugees it gave about six hundred sixteen million last year and foreign aid that went to education health and social programs for palestinian refugees washington donates almost thirty percent of its overall funding to the un's relief agency in a series of tweets the palestine liberation organization has responded to trance threats saying the palestinian people will not be blackmailed and trump has sabotage the peace process blaming the palestinians for the consequences of his own irresponsible actions the u.s. says intends to withhold more than two hundred fifty million dollars of aid to pakistan to the decision comes after the us president accused the country of being a safe haven for the call terrorists rather than jordan has more from washington d.c. . the u.s. president doll tromped used his first tweet of two thousand and eighteen to attack the pakistani government accuse the pak

was sent to attack an egyptian army base near the city of gaza but. forty egyptian soldiers were killed. and many more injured. when bigger came back decided immediately to show that israel is not going to give in. this time a from the egyptian border the provocations and the attacks by inch of traders who are on the rise. but a year or two of the need for a way in matters of some your comes off from seem was the mob a kid in medina or was. what. and that has. what has alerted would be more of what are. claiming they were egyptian territorial waters not so close the terrans straight at the entrance to the gulf of aqaba to ships sailing to and from the israeli port of the land. to strengthen his army not some sort more weapons from the west at this time to no avail. so in a surprise move he turned east. russia's new foreign minister mr should be laugh lost no time in taking a personal part in middle east affairs and he was soon engaged in talks with president nasser. egypt signed this huge arms deal with czechoslovakia which was actually with the sovie

this house is typical of many in the gaza strip now currently there's an electricity blackouts they get like steve blackouts are about twelve hours a day now the u.s. is withholding food aid but what does that actually mean supply things like this sacks of flour rocks etc it's the basics that they supply now they only supply them about once every three months so a sack of flour about this big needs to last a family of knowing for that long so there's already a cute shortages. pusher we are worried because this is the only help we have to be able to live we have no choice where else are we supposed to get food from we can't buy it we can't work there is no where if they decrease the aid what shall we do there's about two million people in the gaza strip now about one point one million of those people rely on food aid in some way or another as people like these are going to be affected the most now the u.s. president has said that he wants changes to the way under all price you also once the international community to step up and donate a lot more aid he said that the u.s. is very generou

was sent to attack an egyptian army base near the city of gaza but. forty egyptian soldiers were killed. and many more injured. when bigger came back decided immediately to show that israel is not going to give in. this time a from the egyptian border the provocation some of the attacks by into traitors were on the rise in. a tub the mass of a year. or the need for a way in mass of some your himself from c.m. was the mob. in medina. what. and that has a let me answer. has alerted min of i are. claiming they were egyptian territorial waters not so close the terrans straight at the entrance to the gulf of aqaba to ships sailing to and from the israeli port of the land. to strengthen his army north of salt more weapons from the west at this time to no avail. so in a surprise move he turned east. russia's new foreign minister mr should feel off lost no time in taking a personal part in middle east affairs and he was soon engaged in talks with president nasser. egypt signed this huge arms deal with czechoslovakia which was actually the soviet union. to slo

businesses in the gaza strip have been struggling under an israeli blockade now for a long time many are barely able to keep running with some forced to close due to a lack of supplies and all the difficulties of cotton and by an israeli rights group shows the reality facing one sweet factory reports now from gaza. a girl called nor buys an ice cream and wins a ticket to visit a sweet factory. where you have heard even maisano lauder shot in the snow was a hollow yet as new as a fictional character in an animation made by an israeli rights group but the factory and its owner mohammed tell bonnie a real and some of the many problems operating under the blockade of gaza by israel in egypt. no discovers them as mohammed shows have around starting with a power cut electricity is off most of the time in gaza. during my visit mohammed explained that since the siege began ten years ago most of his production lines are closed most of the time. he didn't want to fire any of his four hundred staff and families depend on the wages to employees had their hours cut instead. because the animation

. >> the next day david and i separated so that i could go alone into gaza. along with the west bank, gaza is one of the two areas that have been taken by israel in 1967 and has been an occupied territory ever since. >> when i was in gaza david attended an israeli right wing rally in jerusalem. a large movement of religious israelis believe that rather than returning this land, it should be annexed by the state of israel. these people, called settlers, were creating villages in the occupied territories in order to create this reality. the rally was one of many demonstrations held by the settlers to convince the israeli government not to withdraw from the occupied territory. >> you have not seen an earthquake. >> the devastation of an earthquake. all you have to do is go to -- >> the water here is salty. so the government set up desalination plabts. they cannot just get pressure water. looks like somebody's handy candy. in fact, it's their daily routine. there are hundreds of thousands of people who don't want to get out of gaza. they want to keep them in gaza

israel's military assault on gaza has conflicts with hamas haven't helped either three years ago the factory was hit by an israeli rocket. mohammed gifts this week factory to nor has she sees its problems becomes a story of shattered dreams. the rights group that made it cool says it aim to inform people but also challenge stereotypes we wanted to be able to tell the story of the movement restrictions on the gaza strip and do it in a creative way so that we could attract new audiences and open people's eyes to the fact that there is a different reality inside of the gaza strip than the one they normally hear business is also being hurt by israeli restrictions on export mohammed says trade won't pick up in unless the siege and the end of the film new makes everything right with her imagination. in reality things simple and industries are still crippled malcolm webb ending our show for this week if you'd like to comment on anything that you've seen you can tweet me i'm at a finnigan on twitter please use the hash tag a j c t c when you do or you could drop us a line counting the cost o

this house is typical of many in the gaza strip now currently there's an electricity blackouts they get like steve blackouts for about twelve hours a day now the u.s. is withholding food aid but what does that actually mean supply things like this sacks of flour rice it's the basics that they supply now they only supply them about once every three months so a sack of flour about this big needs to last a family of nine for that long so there's already a cute shortages. pusher we are worried because this is the only help we have to be able to live we have no choice where else are we supposed to get food from we can't buy it we can't work there is no where if they decrease the aid what shall we do there's about two million people in the gaza strip now about one point one million of those people rely on food aid in some way or another is people like these that are going to be affected the most now the u.s. president has said that he wants changes to the way under operate she also wants the international community to step up and donate a lot more aid and he said that the u.s. is very generou

this house is typical of many in the gaza strip now currently there's an electricity blackouts they get like steve blackouts are about twelve hours a day now the u.s. is withholding food aid but what does that actually mean supply things like this sacks of flour rice it's the basics that they supply now they only supply them about once every three months so a sack of flour about this big needs to last a family of knowing for that long so there's already a cute shortages. pusher we are worried because this is the only help we have to be able to live we have no choice where else are we supposed to get food from we can't buy it we can't work there is no where if they decrease the aid what shall we do there's about two million people in the gaza strip now about one point one million of those people rely on food aid in some way or another as people like these are going to be affected the most now the u.s. president has said that he wants changes to the way under operate she also wants the international community to step up and donate a lot more aid he said that the u.s. is very generous but

falling they've called a strike to highlight their plight imran khan reports from gaza city. on monday this busy shopping district will also island as workers and businesses join the strike and it's not just here shops factories restaurants and hotels are all expected to take polls across the gaza strip. clothes machines will be turned off and work will stop from eight in the morning to six hours the strips of main commercial organization called the strike. we wish through these strikes and the message to all that is it is international leaders and to the united nations the gaza strip will collapse and and we need immediate help if the economy collapses impacts everywhere health education and whole services. business been a listening and they want to take part they say things are getting desperate and there's no money in the economy. all god's eye will be closed we will be on strike and we want the world to listen to know our suffering and help us to find a solution gaza is reaching breaking point. but any impact of the strike outside of gaza is likely to be small whether the

went i started hitting gaza and he told gaza saying sorry just accept it but doesn't tell me how morales thomas on the promise is this story true and he's also got a ticket on the totem pole gascoigne's mind that can work this way so got us out he told me so i said well when i came because he was screaming like a baby in detroit i'm actually accept and he said all the work be coming over and he said if the referee hears and screaming that i'm going to book him if he doesn't hear him scream at. someone to squeeze his leg he would try to squeeze the truth should be some time off so i was always had a cold almost broke i'll get to the fact that i don't know what he would do it through and i thought you got to do something about the junk as well why you erudite fuss and i. really appreciate you joining thank you very much it's a pleasure and. she also in the study in calling will show the swing join us the same time next week when i shuts a world when a patrick vieira come on. the stand he has a lot. move from one. of our good armor on our show but there are rather tough that are the four fo

now the ten year blockade of the gaza strip by israel and egypt has left its forty's with no means to properly dispose of rubbish piles of garbage and are putting public health at risk malcolm web reports from gaza. one of the many problems in a city under siege is how to dispose of its rubbish. it's a job to help clicked it using a donkey and cart. the blockade of gaza by israel and egypt means that if you refuse trucks and fuel is expensive this year you go like surely there is no other country in the world using donkeys to collect the rubbish if we had proper vehicles and enough fuel it would be faster and make our work much easier the gaza strip is home to about two million people it's almost entirely built up to the city's waste is loaded in trucks and taken here to a giant open dump. it's one of three one of them close to people's homes it's enormous it just goes on and on and it stinks it's hard not to god standing here just a few hundred meters in this direction is the separation wall built by israel around. about a kilometer over here is the edge of the city so there's just n

largest political group in gaza has meant that things have stagnated gaza remains under siege imran khan. president trump has decided to keep the guantanamo military prison in cuba open using an executive order his predecessor barack obama promised to close it but failed al-jazeera as defense correspondent patty culhane reports. of a we haven't got that report but we can hear from mohamed. was a prison at guantanamo bay he was detained without charge from two thousand and two m is released fourteen years later he spoke to us from mauritania's capital no upshot. it's a very bad the very said the very dark day for whom. and for this and to be this complete disregard and complete contempt. to all the rule of law and to all these part of the world who is just beyond him i really said. i wish not all people decent people around the world can do and who is it i know people who've agree with donald trump we called them in this part of the extremist they completely agree with me they want this like these were called for fight against so-called. yes they agree with him but this isn't even be

has more from the protests in gaza. this was one of the largest protests seen here in gaza city for a very long time officials are saying at least thirteen thousand people came out was all going to buy the unions clearly a very big organization here they were able to get numbers out onto the streets and the protest was really about the austerity measures that the united nations relief works agency has had to put in place because of the u.s. funding cuts to its budget for palestinian refugees last week the u.s. announced that it was cutting sixty five million dollars from us funding and then they followed up very quickly with a further forty five billion dollars for food aid now the is in crisis mode right now is having to deal with all of these budget cuts and what they're doing is they're immediately putting into place hiring freezes for people like teachers health workers people that put money into the economy had their families rely on them for the work that they do also they cutting graduate employment programs and

israel says it won't lift the siege on gaza until a mass disarms that hamas used to rule the strip up until recently but now it's under the control of the palestinian authority the masses it won't disarm until the end of the occupation now the strike is likely to have an impact only have an impact on israel it's unlikely because of the hard line position they take iran card holders are gaza city still ahead and al-jazeera germany's social democrats vote for talks about forming a coalition with anglo-american but their leader faces criticism plus. one in five east of indonesia is facing a serious health crisis i'm stunned france and reporting from the us might region in the south of tampa where children are dying because of undernourishment and measles outbreak tied to the sport says or garcia gets his golf season off to a winning start in singapore details coming up with peter. hello there we've got an awful lot of wintery weather across the us at the moment it's all thanks to this weather system here it's galloping its way towards the east but if it does so it's trending up a lot of

all they are going to come into gaza trying to rest its about honey it was very unlikely to happen so impractical terms a massive dismissing this as just yet another political ploy by the u.s. and we're likely to get that officially within the next hour or so yeah i will be awaiting for that reaction of course getting it here on al-jazeera for the moment in rock on in ramallah and gaza in jordan washington d.c. thank you. well earlier the european union said it will give an extra fifty three million dollars in aid to palestine following the u.s. decision to withhold funding the e.u.'s foreign policy chief ed henry chemical rini made the announcement at a donors meeting in brussels the u.n. has warned that gaza's economy is on the verge of collapse we know the more we can achieve progress on the ground the more this can help prevent violence and the more this can help also a political process so in this context we believe it is important that the palestinian authority is committed to unite the west bank and gaza on the one i'm single and legitimate authority. it's long been symbolic of

eight hundred thousand of them live here in the west bank and another one point three million are in gaza condemnation from palestinian officials who insist they are still very much committed to the peace process was swift many of them said palestine was not for sale we've lived for a long time without american aid and we couldn't so survive without american aid and if it's really means that there will be more hunger and less ability to survive look at what the gazans of staying because of the israeli siege of gaza. but but people you know i'm not willing to sell their homeland for money now faced with the prospect of a political solution growing dimmer and humanitarian aid getting scarcer the only thing it seems palestinians can count on is even more uncertainty mohammed gentleman dizzee into the occupied west bank. i'm a former policy adviser to the palestinian prime minister. he says cutting aid to the palestinians will have a major impact on refugee camps in the region. the palestinian government and policy our leadership always expressed willingness to go back to the negotiating tabl

israel's military assault on gaza these conflicts with hamas haven't helped either three years ago the factory was hit by an israeli rocket. mohammed gifts this week factory to nor has she sees its problems becomes a story of shattered dreams. the rights group that made it cool says it aim to inform people but also challenge stereotypes we wanted to be able to tell the story of the movement restrictions on the gaza strip and do it in a creative way so that we could attract new audiences and open people's eyes to the fact that there is a different reality inside of the gaza strip than the one they normally hear business is also being hurt by israeli restrictions on exports mohammed says trade won't pick up in unless the siege ends at the end of the film no makes everything right with her imagination in reality things aren't so simple and causes industries are still crippled malcolm webb al-jazeera in the gaza strip has time for sport has far. thanks very much manchester city have started the new year as they finished it and that is unbeaten in the english premier league they watford at

strip and as one delegates who came from that region here to brussels put it he said the entire gaza is on the verge of collapse if that money does not flow. not just reporting from brussels for us thank you gary. now a one of a kind cello has made its debut at a concert in northern italy the instrument was sculpted from ice on top of a nearby glacier it's beauty and fragility are part of its sound and its origins are high in the alps. this is how eyes can sound when you give it the right shape. they call it the nice cello. italian musician giovanni salema plays it in a bubble inflated with cold air. inside it's minus eight degrees celcius but nothing puts him off his notes. the audience is in chant it. american schools thirty million are made the cello in a glazier does january he's created ice instruments before for him it's easy if you shape it like a cello it will sound like one. it's a sculpture it's a complicated ice sculpture no i scold her i have two kinds of r.'s i use the white what you see which is the body of the instrument is made of snow and water and the bridge which i