s passed the bill which means two thirds of the knesset must now approve giving up territory at least thirty people have died in peru after the bus they were travelling in plunged eighty meters of a cliff on to rocky beach the bus was carrying fifty seven passengers to the capital lima when it collided with a truck along a narrow stretch of highway known as the devil's curve rescuers had to climb down to the beach and have been battling the tide to recover bodies nigeria's military says more than seven hundred people held hostage by the group boko. have managed to escape their found may near mon gone close to the north eastern border with chad those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story. donald trump said jerusalem is the capital of israel and now israeli m.p.'s have passed a new law making it harder for any future government to compromise with the palestinians one hopes then for a two state solution this is inside story. the a. hello welcome to the program i'm adrian finnegan in the words of one israeli opposition m.p. when jerusalem burns everyth

when jerusalem burns everything burns naaman shive fears a newly passed law in the knesset could lead to more unrest in the middle east the israeli law makes it harder to divide the contested capital of jerusalem in any future deal with the palestinians and it reduces the palestinian population of the city by one third new borders have been drawn up so that several arab neighborhoods are now outside jerusalem it could all have a dramatic impact on any peace deal between israel and palestine with some saying it's yet another fatal blow to the two state solution we'll get to our guests in just a moment but first mohammed jam jhoom reports from west jerusalem. at its core this new law would require that eighty of one hundred twenty knesset members who are a full two thirds of the knesset would now be required to approve any future legislation that would attempt to divide jerusalem essentially that would ensure that jerusalem would remain off of the negotiating table when it comes to any future peace talks of course that would complicate an already very complicated situation now this vote

when jerusalem burns everything burns naaman shive fears a newly passed law in the knesset could lead to more unrest in the middle east the israeli law makes it harder to divide the contested capital of jerusalem in any future deal with the palestinians and it reduces the palestinian population of the city by one third new borders have been drawn up so that several arab neighborhoods are now outside jerusalem it could all have a dramatic impact on any peace deal between israel and palestine with some saying it's yet another fatal blow to the two state solution we'll get to our guests in just a moment but first mohammed jan jhoom reports from west jerusalem. at its core this new law would require that eighty of one hundred twenty knesset members or full two thirds of the knesset would now be required to approve any future legislation that would attempt to divide jerusalem essentially that would ensure that jerusalem would remain off of the negotiating table when it comes to any future peace talks of course that would complicate an already very complicated situation now this vote comes

when jerusalem burns everything burns naaman shive fears a newly passed law in the knesset could lead to more unrest in the middle east the israeli law makes it harder to divide the contested capital of jerusalem in any future deal with the palestinians and it reduces the palestinian population of the city by one third new borders have been drawn up so that several arab neighborhoods are now outside jerusalem it could all have a dramatic impact on any peace deal between israel and palestine with some saying it's yet another fatal blow to the two state solution we'll get to our guests in just a moment but first mohammed jan jhoom reports from west jerusalem. at its core this new law would require that eighty of one hundred twenty knesset members who are a full two thirds of the knesset would now be required to approve any future legislation that would attempt to divide jerusalem essentially that would ensure that jerusalem would remain off of the negotiating table when it comes to any future peace talks of course that would complicate an already very complicated situation now this vote

ordo was filled with israeli members of the knesset and indeed israeli palestinian members of the knesset and that disjunct really was was very clear to see that of course right wingers were here saying that the whole idea of the us declaration should be some the palestinians should have capitalized on that this was. very clear of all of the u.s. backing of israel is true of jerusalem as israel's capital of making that clear and that was the time that the palestinians should've really used that clarity in some way unclear exactly how to then pursue their own claims to to a palestinian state and use the united states influence in some way to help that happen the leader in the knesset of the zionist union the main opposition bloc told us in slightly more nuanced language that he was here to really warmly welcomed this very close friend of israel although it's interesting that the u.s. vice president didn't want to meet with the israeli opposition leaders he's really suring up what is already an extremely close relationship between the administration and the israeli government of benjamin ne

his friendship with israel pence who's the first american vice president to address the knesset praised for his decision to recognize jerusalem for all the united states recognized your nation wanted ministration after another risk for used to recognize your capital but just last month president donald trump made history he righted seventy you're wrong he kept his word to the american people when he announced that the united states of america will finally acknowledge jerusalem is israel's capital. from west jerusalem. well mike pence wasn't very far into the speech just a couple of lines the first as you noted given by u.s. vice president to the israeli knesset the parliament here before there was a protest from israeli palestinian members of the knesset standing up some shouting jerusalem as the capital of palestine of course contradicting the u.s. position that it is the capital of israel which was the source of that process before they were taken out of the knesset and in some scuffles those scuffles out here in the or at least there was shouting matches out here in the corridor as w

this is live from london also coming up in the program angry scenes in the knesset says israeli palestinian politicians disrupt the u.s. vice president's speech and he announces the american embassy will move to jerusalem is and is next year. it's offensive in northern syria and says russia agreed to the operation. full football star george where sworn in as light as late as president promising to crack down on corruption crippling his country. so politicians in the united states have reached an agreement to end the federal shutdown which came into effect at midnight on friday night essential government services have been closed across the united states for three days senate since from donald trump's republican party and the opposition democrats have now struck a temporary deal to restart government funding well the shutdown began when both parties failed to agree a budget in a rout over immigration the democrats are unhappy that the republicans are appealing a bill that prevents the children of illegal immigrants being deported let's go straight to capitol hill and he's following events at

his friendship with israel the first american vice president to address the knesset praised for his decision to recognize jerusalem. for all the united states recognized your nation wanted ministration after another refused to recognize your company but just last month. president donald trump made history he righted a seventy year wrong he kept his word to the american people when he announced that the united states of america will finally acknowledge jerusalem is israel's capital . has more from west jerusalem. well mike pence wasn't very far into the speech just a couple of lines the first as you noted given by u.s. vice president to the israeli knesset the parliament here before there was a protest from israeli palestinian members of the knesset standing up some shouting jerusalem as the capital of palestine of course contradicting the u.s. position that it is the capital of israel which was the source of that process before they were taken out of the knesset amid some scuffles the scuffles out here in the or at least there was shouting matches out here in the corridor as well after the s

vice president calls a commotion under a jek to from the knesset. welcome to the heart of their arms the whole raman these are our top stories turkey says its offensive in the northern syria won't stop until it's established a security zone along the border plus. i'm robert bryden and avoid problems with the solar panels that are helping china float to the top of the green i mean julie . welcome to the program mike pence has become the first american vice president to speak at the israeli knesset pence's speech was initially interrupted by protesting israeli palestinian politicians in the room after they were thrown out and spoke of the u.s. friendship with israel and its commitment to recognize in jerusalem as the country's capital words welcomed by his audience. for while the united states recognized your nation one and ministration after another refused to recognize your capital but just last month president donald trump made history he righted a seventy year wrong he kept his word to the american people when he announced that the united states o

s jerusalem correspondent attorney is near the knesset welcome attorney tell us more about mike pence his message today. well i mean it was a speech mark with a lot of biblical references and he also praised american israeli relations but he also reiterated again the decision by u.s. president chum to recognize jerusalem as the cups of israel because a lot of praise for that in the knesset he said seventy years it has been wrong and has invited by mr trump to take that decision and also as you have said he announced that actually the u.s. embassy this very controversial issue of moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem would be much sooner than it was expected it would be done by the end of two thousand and nineteen but he also had something to say to the palestinians that's listen what he had to say to them the united states appreciates your government's declared willingness to resume direct peace negotiations with the palestinian authority and today we strongly urge the palestinian leadership to return to the table peace can only come through dialogue. to come a mike pence

where mike pence is speaking to me a watch has been mike bence's message at the knesset. why he has given a speech which was packed with references and also the relationship between the u.s. and the jewish nation and he reiterated again. mr trump and his decision to recognize two semester cups of israel and right at seventy years wrong and that is is what's capital that got him as standing ovations again but he also had some more practical things to announce basically said that mr john has given. instructions to immediately begin to begin preparations to move the embassy. from tel aviv to jerusalem and that that should be done before the end of next year so that was asked in speculated a lot about how long this will take now mr pence's said here in the knesset that they're expecting that to be done by the end of next year two thousand and nineteen but he also emphasized again in his speech and that's something we haven't heard yet from the u.s. administration that both sides are willing. to come back to the negotiation table that the u.s. would. support a two state soluti

at its core this new law would require that eighty of one hundred twenty knesset members or full two thirds of the knesset would now be required to approve any future legislation that would attempt to divide jerusalem essentially that would ensure that jerusalem would remain off of the negotiating table when it comes to any future peace talks of course that would complicate an already very complicated situation now this vote comes on the heels of another contentious vote vote that happened on sunday this was a vote by the central committee of the likud party they voted to annex large portions of the occupied west bank now the first thing to remember is that that resolution they voted on is not binding and also we've not yet heard any reaction from prime minister benjamin netanyahu as to whether he will indorse that resolution and actually try to take it to the knesset to get it passed into law but that resolution after it passed was causing great consternation and anger amongst palestinians of course palestinian president mahmoud abbas said that this was considered an aggression agai

t w jerusalem correspondent tanya chrono is near the knesset welcome a time tell us more about mike pence his message today well i mean it was a speech marked with a lot of biblical references and he also praised american israeli relations but he also reiterated again the decision by u.s. president charm to recognize jerusalem as the caption of israel because a lot of praise for that in the knesset he said seventy years it has been wrong and has invited by mr trump to take that decision and also as you have said he announced that actually the u.s. embassy this very controversial issue of moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem would be much sooner than it was expected it would be done by the end of two thousand and nineteen but he also had something to say to the palestinians let's listen what he had to say to the united states appreciate your government's declared willingness to resume direct peace negotiations with the palestinian authority and today we strongly urge the palestinian leadership to return to the table peace can only come through dialogue telecom and mike pence

vice president mike pence has told the israeli knesset that the american embassy will move to jerusalem by the end of next year now that is earlier than expected and only adds to the controversy is the first u.s. politicians of visit the region since president trump recognized as israel's capital last month israeli arab lawmakers made their opposition to the move clear right from the start. speech. the protests kicked off even before mike pence had begun his speech out of his really lawmakers were ushered from the knesset after waving signs at the u.s. vice president following donald trump's incendiary move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. but so are you saying showed east jerusalem including the holy and the al aqsa mosque as a message that we had against trumps declarations east jerusalem should be capital of palestine west of islam capital of israel. pence who was given a much warmer welcome by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was unrepentant about the move he said that the u.s. was only recognizing fucked over fiction as a first step towards a new peace nego

harder to give up any part of jerusalem to the palestinians with respect to an opposition member of the knesset about that and also will meet some of mexico's dream of undocumented migrants who were allowed to stay in the united states but are now leaving before the war changes and they get pushed up. here we had to maintain a global movement on sexual harassment and this. is just released a comprehensive anti harassment campaign and the movement is called time's up why don't you send us your comments throughout the show using the hash tag a.j. green news great columns on facebook. the news live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and at al-jazeera dot com and iran's supreme leader has spoken publicly for the first time about the anti-government protests which are rattling his country ayatollah ali how many says iran's external enemies of fueling the turmoil which according to state media has killed another eight people taking the toll to at least twenty two let me start with this report from matheson. gunshots in the city of persia and on monday night. demonstrators defy

vice president has told the israeli knesset that the american embassy will move to jerusalem by the end of next year now that's earlier than expected and it only adds to the controversy mike pence is the first u.s. politician to visit the region since president recognized jerusalem as israel's capital last month israeli arab lawmakers today made their opposition to the move clear right from the start of speach. the protests kicked off even before mike pence had begun his speech out of his really lawmakers were ushered from the knesset after waving signs at the u.s. vice president following donald trump's incendiary move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. but so are you saying show east jerusalem including the holy and the al aqsa mosque as a message that we have against. easter do something should be capital of palestine western islam capital of israel. pains he was given a much warmer welcome by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was unrepentant about the move he said that the u.s. was only recognizing fact over fiction as a first step towards a new peace negotiati

s pass the bill which means two thirds of the knesset has now approved giving up territory under any future peace deal a simple majority was required previously it comes a day off the party of prime minister benjamin netanyahu approved a draft resolution that calls for large parts of the occupied west bank to be annexed and south korea has accepted the north's rare offer of talks proposing the two sides meet next tuesday seoul said the meeting would mainly focus on north korea's participation in the upcoming winter olympics which are being held in south korea you're up to date with all of our top stories that's it for myself and the team here in london more news coming up at the top of the next hour in twenty five minutes time from doha off to artscape which is next. the head of the september twenty fourth national election survey showed a satisfied for the state of their economy this is easily the start news biggest tech success story the company was bought by microsoft in two thousand and eleven we bring you the stories that the shaping the economic world we live in counting the co

us was president my fans is about to speak at the knesset.

at its core this new law would require that eighty of one hundred twenty knesset members or full two thirds of the knesset would now be required to approve any future legislation that would attempt to divide jerusalem essentially that would ensure that jerusalem would remain off of the negotiating table when it comes to any future peace talks of course that would complicate an already very complicated situation now this vote comes on the heels of another contentious vote vote that happened on sunday this was a vote by the central committee of the likud party they voted to annex large portions of the occupied west bank now the first thing to remember is that that resolution they voted on is not binding and also we've not yet heard any reaction from prime minister benjamin netanyahu as to whether he will indorse that resolution and actually try to take it to the knesset to get it passed into law but that resolution after it passed was causing great consternation and anger amongst palestinians of course palestinian president mahmoud abbas said that this was considered an aggression agai

vice president who just arrived as you said behind me here in the knesset to give a speech. some saying it's going to be an historic speech in the knesset but at the end of the day it's very difficult to understand what he means by a new era. of negotiations because he's not going to meet with any palestinian leader official the palestinians have said long ago that they will not meet with the vice president and just protest over that u.s. decision now we're seeing live pictures of appends in the knesset as we talk not only appends again reiterated that the u.s. recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel what message did he send by making those remarks in jerusalem knowing that the palestinians are enraged mind this decision. well that's exactly that i mean palestinians have made already clear in to send after mr trump made his announcement to recognize true islam as the cups of israel and mr pence was supposed to come of it in december his trip to the region it was postponed twice they had made it clear that he's not welcome here and they're not the only ones also previou

i'm about this and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up anger in the knesset brawler over the u.s. vice president's reassertion of jerusalem as the capital of israel. turkey intensifies its military operation in northwest syria and opens a new front in the town of a free. man from the football pitch to the political playground to george way is sworn in as liberia's new president. a three day u.s. government shutdown is about to end not the politicians approved a bill to extend federal funding but the immigration dispute at the center of the crisis is still far from resolved the democrats agreed to back the bailout allowing government funding to continue until february the eighth minute turned republicans gave assurances of a vote in the coming weeks on the status of undocumented migrants brought to the u.s. as children also known as dreamers the president donald trump has tweeted that democrats had come to their senses he also said that he was open to an immigration deal but only if it was good for the country however deep divisions between the two sides remain all our imp

to go before he was interrupted by israeli palestinian members of the knesset decrying the u.s. position and any prospect of u.s. involvement in the peace process there in force departure cleared the way for pens to speak to two other audiences israelis and u.s. evangelical christians for whom the jerusalem declaration was a major campaign pledge in the weeks ahead our administration will advance its plan to open the united states embassy in jerusalem and that united states embassy will open before the end of next year pence's said that his faith largely determines his long standing backing for israel this speech fused that religiosity with as often the near total political support of the trumpet ministration for the government of the watching benjamin netanyahu including its position on iran i have a solemn promise to israel to all the middle east and to the world. the united states of america will never allow iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. he said the us would back a two state solution if both israelis and palestinians agreed and israel security could be guaranteed and put

they were removed from the knesset. they wee saying this decisionn is against any peaceful movement and will not bring peace to the region, and any peacece initiative. palestinian saidid already backn decemberer, shortly after trump announceced his decisionon to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel, that they will not meet with any u.s. administration officials, because they say the status of jerusalem should be part of final status negotiations. that is also consensus around the world arerea brent: our correspondent in jerusalem, tania kramer, on the story tonight. tania, think you very much. in the united states, the shutdown of the federal government is coming to an end after three days. the senate voted for a bill to fund federal agencies, which allows the government to resume its business. after lengthy negotiations, democratic leaders in the senate agreed to end their delaying tactics and return for the republicans agreeing to debate the immigration issue, especially the plight of so-called dreamers who we

they were removed from the knesset. they wee saying this decision is against any peaceful movement and will not bring peace to the region, and any peace initiative. palestinian said already back in december, shortly after trump announced his decision to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel, that they will not meet with any u.s. administration officials, because they say the status of jerusalem should be part of final status negotiations. that is also consensus around the world area brent: our correspondent in jerusalem, tania kramer, on the story tonight. tania, think you very much. in the united states, the shutdown of the federal government is coming to an end after three days. the senate voted for a bill to fund federal agencies, which allows the government to resume its business. after lengthy negotiations, democratic leaders in the senate agreed to end their delaying tactics and return for the republicans agreeing to debate the immigration issue, especially the plight of so-called dreamers who were taken to

giving them a headache if he were to try to push this resolution through to the knesset and pass it as a law and that also that it wouldn't play for him domestically as well. kind of tied to that mohammed one notices that it does seem a little vague that decision when it comes to geography of what way they want to annex it is that because this takes us to the sort of annexation could undermine what do you do with the occupied population if you take the occupied territory. i would say that that's certainly one of the reasons why the language has been vague because even if this were to get to the knesset in its current form this would be so in cindy area this would inflame tensions at a time when things are so uncertain and that's not really an outcome that most government officials here would like to see happening so you had this language that came out about what exactly the likud central committee was trying to do some were interpret it as meaning that they were going to try to. the entirety of the west bank others took it to mean that they were only going to try to apply israeli sover

his friendship with israel is the first american vice president to address the knesset praised for his decision to recognize jerusalem for awhile the united states recognized your nation. one of ministration after another refused to recognize your capital but just last month president donald trump made history he righted seventy you're wrong he kept his word to the american people when he announced that the united states of america will finally acknowledge jerusalem is israel's capital. well herefore said joins us now live from west hollywood just saying pitches the prime minister benjamin netanyahu sitting down with mike pence we're expecting them to make some sort of statement fairly soon. signing in some sort of some book there i'm guessing to agree on something what are we expecting them to say. well i think it'll be more of the same when we saw the meeting this morning ahead of that trip by mike pence to the knesset to live in that speech which they both the wording the jerusalem was israel's capital benjamin netanyahu really relishing the fact that this was the first foreign lead

vice president addresses the knesset thank you. now the u.s. government shutdown is set to continue into the workweek as republicans and democrats struggle to end the stalemate over funding a vote of the government spending bill has been delayed until monday off the two sides failed to reach a compromise where money for federal agencies was cut off on sesh day effect and a range of departments including passport and visa services immigration is at the heart of the dispute democrats are refusing to approve the funding until there's protection for undocumented migrants who enter the u.s. as children they're known as dreamers. is following developments from washington d.c. . the shutdown of the u.s. government will stretch into a third day this is after the faint glimmer of hope to achieve an overnight compromise was dashed when senate democrats announced that yet there was still no deal now the next possible vote would come at noon monday but on an elusive compromise that has yet to be reached a group of bipartisan centrist senators have been wor

was president to address the knesset on monday. aid workers say three million people in the democratic republic of congo are on the brink of starvation or fighting between the army and rebels has prevented farmers from planting crops for seventy is a myanmar judge has denied bail to two voices journalists accused of violating the official secrets act while other than and reported the escape of six hundred fifty thousand from the military crackdown and state they face fourteen years in prison if convicted. forty men who been held in australian prison camps on pop when you get a man a silent have left for the u.s. they're being resettled under a deal that was brokered with the obama administration and the man known as the father of south african jazz has died after suffering from prostate cancer a few months ahead again international recognition through hits like so what a blues song that became synonymous with the anti apartheid and. those are the headlines on al-jazeera repl architecture is up next. al-jazeera asked us where every

it was to say the least a controversial vote members of the knesset israel's parliament setting a higher threshold for any future attempt to give up any parts of jerusalem instead of a simple majority of sixty one votes now a supermajority of eighty votes or two thirds of the one hundred twenty seat knesset will be needed to approve any legislation ceding parts of jerusalem to any foreign parties it places a major hurdle in the path of jerusalem being part of any future peace talks palestinian leaders while frustrated are not surprised saying similar laws are being pursued in an israeli effort to consolidate its occupation look a film that some promise in all its screens that we are moving directly in a number of puff you know in the puff no they change its own. this is a victory if there is however considerable confusion about what happens next one of the key questions for palestinians now is what impact this legislation will have on areas like of iraq up where we are now and the traffic refugee camp it was originally expected that as part of the bill the knesset would also vote to allo

s press the bill which means two thirds of the knesset must now prove giving up any territory. pakistan is seen as control of charities and financial assets linked to one of the main suspects in the two thousand and eight mum by bombings in india it came as president dog tweeted pakistan is a haven for terrorists potential aim has more on who's behind the charities. there's a ten million dollar reward for any information leading to the conviction of half is sayit yet here he is at a rally last week protesting u.s. president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel the united states believes saeed is the mastermind of the two thousand and eight attacks in mumbai over the course of four days attackers used automatic weapons and grenades to kill more than one hundred sixty people say he has denied involvement in the attacks and a court in pakistan found there was insufficient evidence to convict him and twenty seventeen he was put under house arrest for violating anti-terrorism laws had a ready made his release prompted outrage from pakistanis and the u.s.

bring coffee it's good to have you with us the vice president mike pence has told the israeli knesset that the american embassy will move to jerusalem by the end of next year now that's earlier than expected and it only adds to the controversy mike pence is the first u.s. politician to visit the region since president recognized jerusalem as israel's capital last my. israeli arab lawmakers made their opposition to the move clear right from the start of fences speech. the protests even before mike pence had begun his speech out of his really lawmakers were ushered from the knesset after waving signs at the u.s. vice president following donald trump's incendiary move to recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. but some theme are you saying show east jerusalem including the police and the al aqsa mosque as a message that we had against chopstick liberation east jerusalem should be capital of palestine western islam capital of israel. pains he was given a much warmer welcome by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was unrepentant about the move he said that the u.s. was only rec

yesterday the arab palestinian arab members of knesset held up a sign which in english said jerusalem is the capital of palestine but in arabic it said east jerusalem they were very quickly whisked out of that room into which mr pamphlett sad that he believed that that was a sign of democracy believe it or not that those people were forcibly taken out of their own out of their room don't you think that they trumpet mr issue which is very unabashed an unashamed about its own tendencies is going to bring out the worst from the israeli political class i don't have any expectations that the trumpet ministration can play the role of mediator we don't know if the trumpet ministration is going to present some kind of peace plan the ultimate deal the deal of the century that he's been talking about i think it's very unlikely that he's going to put something on the table that both israel. these and the palestinians can agree to it is likely to be like prior american proposals much more to the israeli position than the palestinian position in which case there won't be agreement and the israelis

s jerusalem correspondent a tiny kremlin is near the knesset welcome attorney tell us more about mike pence his message today. well i mean it was a speech mark with a lot of biblical references and he also praised american israeli relations but he also reiterated again the decision by u.s. president chum to recognize jerusalem as the cups of israel because a lot of praise for that in the knesset he said seventy years it has been wrong and has invited by mr trump to take that decision and also as you have said he announced that actually the u.s. embassy this very controversial issue of moving the u.s. embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem would be much sooner than it was expected it would be done by the end of two thousand and nineteen but he also had something to say to the palestinians let's listen what he had to say to them the united states appreciates your government's declared willingness to resume direct peace negotiations with the palestinian authority. and today we strongly urge the palestinian leadership to return to the table peace can only come through dialogue. to come a mike

s passed the bill which means two thirds of the knesset must now approve giving up territory. south korea has accepted the north's rare offer of discussions proposing the two sides meet next tuesday it follows kim jong un's new year's address or struck a more friendly tone towards seoul donald trump has just said on twitter sanctions are beginning to have an impact on north korea. now to pakistan charities linked to a the main suspects of bomb attacks in india being banned by the government from accepting donations the ban coincides with the u.s. president tweeting that pakistan was a quote haven for terrorists is natascha going to. remember there's a ten million dollar reward for any information leading to the conviction of half is site yet here he is that a rally last week protesting u.s. president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel the united states believes saeed is the mastermind of the two thousand and eight attacks in mumbai over the course of four days attackers used automatic weapons and grenades to kill more than one hundred sixty people

fact if we compare it to the kind of overtures that he made israel for example telling the knesset that he's administration is going to expedite the whole process of moving american embassy to jerusalem i think it certainly doesn't feel like. much ever and extended hand to the to the palestinians i know that back in december you didn't read much into the. embassy moving proposal but now that the administration seems to be following through with that the standing ovation that it received in knesset as well as the netanyahu government over all efforts to get the most out of the trumps administration do you feel concerned i'm very concerned not because the americans are going to move their embassy to jerusalem they're going to move their embassy to west jerusalem and jerusalem has been the capital of israel for seventy years now it's not recognized by the international community because the international community has believed that the drill solution needs to be resolved in a negotiated agreement between the jews and the arabs the israelis and the palestinians but i don't think the america

yesterday the arab palestinian arab members of knesset held up a sign which in english said jerusalem is the capital of palestine but in arabic and said east jerusalem they were very quickly whisked out of that room into which mr pound sad that he believed that that was a sign of democracy believe it or not that those people were forcibly taken out of their own out of the room don't you think that they trumpet ministry issue which is very unabashed and unashamed about. it's own tendencies is going to bring out the worst from the israeli political class i don't have any expectations that the trumpet ministration can play the role of mediator we don't know if the trumpet ministration is going to present some kind of peace plan the ultimate deal the deal of the century that he's been talking about i think it's very unlikely that he's going to put something on the table that both the israelis and the palestinians can agree to it is likely to be like prior american proposals much more buryas to the israeli position than the palestinian position in which case there won't be agreement and th

fact if we compare it to the kind of overtures that he made israel for example telling the knesset that he's administration is going to expedite the whole process of moving american embassy to jerusalem i think it certainly doesn't feel like. much ever and extended hand to the to the palestinians i know that back in december you didn't read much into these. embassy moving proposal but now that the administration seems to be following through with that the standing ovation that it received in knesset as well as the netanyahu government overall efforts to get the most out of the trumps administration do you feel concerned i'm very concerned not because the americans are going to move their embassy to jerusalem they're going to move their embassy to west jerusalem and drew some has been the top of the of israel for seventy years now it's not recognised by the international community because the international community has believed that the drop some issue needs to be resolved in a negotiated agreement between the jews and the arabs the israelis and the palestinians but i don't think the am

the administration seems to be following through with the standing ovation that it received in knesset as well as the netanyahu government over all efforts to get the most out of the trumps administration do you feel concerned i'm very concerned not because the americans are going to move their embassy to jerusalem they're going to move their embassy to west jerusalem and drew some has been the top of all of israel for seventy years now it's not recognized by the international community because the international community has believed that the drop zone issue needs to be resolved in a negotiated agreement. between the jews and the arabs the israelis and the palestinians but i don't think the american move or their embassy is really going to change anything on the ground didn't my mind what it does is it pushes up the urgency of reaching an agreement because the jerusalem issue is so sensitive and so much a core of the israeli palestinian is a relationship that we need to resolve the issue of jerusalem is even in the knesset yesterday the arab palestinian arab members of knesset held up

angry scenes in the knesset israeli palestinian politicians disrupt the u.s. vice president's speech and the american embassy will meet to jerusalem as early as next year. expands its offensive in northern syria and says russia agreed to the operation. former football star george will is sworn in as liberia's president promising to crack down on corruption crippling his country. and i'm. sure the strike a lexus sanchez has completed his transfer from austin into majesty united with him to make italian going the other way on that. so the politicians of the united states have reached an agreement to end the federal shutdown which came into effect at midnight on friday not essential government services have been closed across the united states for three days senate since from donald trump's republican party and the opposition democrats have now struck a temporary deal to restart government funding well the shutdown began when both parties failed to agree a budget. gratian democrats are unhappy that the republicans are repealing a bill that prevents the children o

s pass the bill which means two thirds of the knesset must now approve giving up territory and refuge or peace to the simple majority was required previously it comes a day off of a party of prime minister benjamin netanyahu approved a draft resolution that calls for large past the occupied west bank to be annexed well isaac herzog who's the leader of the opposition in the israeli parliament criticised the new law and said it would have no impact on daily life in jerusalem . what the bill has it has a political ramification on behalf of the political bodies and immense in the israeli political scene who say we should make sure that nobody negotiates anything to do with jerusalem so that's a political question for the future it has no bearing on anybody's daily life in jerusalem now does it have any effect on the israelis per se i can tell you that it was only a kind of a very tiny minute item on the israeli national agenda today although it's made headlines and that's part of our criticism about it because it's a useless law with no real impact on anybody not to mention june has more

s passed the bill which means two thirds of the knesset must now approve giving up territory under a few chippies still a simple majority was required preview. it comes a day almost to the party of prime minister benjamin netanyahu approved a draft resolution that calls for the launch costs of the occupied west bank to be an extent momentum june has lost some cash back and in occupied east jerusalem there are still many questions being asked about the impact of this new law what we do know for sure is that number one this law would mean that a super majority or eighty of one hundred twenty knesset members would be needed for approval of any future legislation when it comes to giving up territory in jerusalem that's instead of the sixty one or simple majority members of the knesset that are needed or that were needed before now that makes a big difference because in effect that essentially takes to roost off the negotiating table and any future peace talks now the second and perhaps more contentious issue this brings up is that this could potentially allow for the changing of jerusale

the capital of israel that is obviously something that he will reiterate in his remarks inside the knesset he's also likely to talk about regional issues such as iran and also continue what he has been saying so far on this regional trip but united states remains open to process the. specs of sponsoring a two state solution if both sides agree to that of course the palestinians utterly reject that idea the palestinian leadership says the united states is no longer a potential sponsor or even mediator in any peace process going forward what's interesting is how the reception will be inside the knesset we hear that the u.s. ambassador to israel a longtime supporter of settlements in the occupied west bank has invited leaders of the settlement movement that's thought to be unprecedented a sign of just how close the bones are between this particular u.s. administration and the right wing inside israeli politics as far as the israeli palestinian members of the knesset the members of the joint arab list they are planning to stage a very obvious walkout a senior member of the joint most telling i

to respect if we compare it to the kind of overtures that he made israel for example telling the knesset that he's administration is going to expedite the whole process of moving american embassy to jerusalem i think if suddenly it doesn't feel like. much ever and extended hand to the to the palestinians i know that back in december you didn't read much into these. embassy moving proposal but now that the administration seems to be following through with that the standing ovation that it received in knesset as well as the netanyahu government overall efforts to get the most out of the trumps administration do you feel concerned i'm very concerned not because the americans are going to move their embassy to jerusalem they're going to move their embassy to west jerusalem and drew some has been the capital of israel for seventy years now it's not recognised by the international community because the international community has believed that the drill solution needs to be resolved in a negotiated agreement between the jews and the arabs the israelis and the palestinians but i don't think the

yesterday the arab palestinian arab members of knesset held up a sign which in english said jerusalem is the capital of palestine but in arabic and east jerusalem they were very quickly whisked out of that room into which mr pamphlett sad that he believed that that was a sign of democracy believe it or not that those people were forcibly taken out of their own out of their room don't you think that they trumpet mr issue which is very unabashed an unashamed about its own tendencies is going to bring out the worst from the israeli political class i don't have any expectations that the trumpet ministration can play the role of mediator we don't know if the trumpet ministration is. going to present some kind of peace plan the ultimate deal the deal of the century that he's been talking about i think it's very unlikely that he's going to put something on the table that both the israelis and the palestinians can agree to it is likely to be like prior american proposals much more bill are used to the israeli position than the palestinian position in which case there won't be agreement and th

vice president's speech at the knesset as mike pence reiterated america's commitment to jerusalem as the capital of israel saying the embassy will be moved by the end of next year and a new report from finds billionaires made enough money last year to end global poverty seven times over the inequality gap between rich and poor increases but what can be done to bridge the divide jamaica's tourism minister says the island is safe despite a state of emergency being imposed because of a spike in. questions and comments throughout the show. you. with the news good real live on air we're streaming online through you tube facebook life and al jazeera dot com well turkey says its offensive in northern syria won't stop until it's established a security zone along the border turkey has attacked off for three days with artillery aircraft and ground forces on monday turkey widens that operation to districts and says the city of men is next. airspace was controlled by russia but the turkish president. says they formed an agreement for turkey to move in the offensive focuses on the y.p. gee that's

s passed the bill which means two thirds of the knesset must now approve giving up territory under a future peace deal a simple majority was previously required it comes a day after the party of prime minister benjamin netanyahu approved a draft resolution that calls for large parts of the occupied west bank to be annexed homage on june has more from kaffir acca in occupied east jerusalem. there are so many questions being asked about the impact of this new law what we do know for sure is that number one this law would mean that a supermajority or eighty of one hundred twenty knesset members would be needed for approval of any future legislation when it comes to giving up territory in to roost and that's instead of the sixty one or simple majority members of the knesset that are needed or that were needed before now that makes a big difference because in effect that essentially takes to roussillon off the negotiating table and any future peace talks now the second and perhaps more contentious issue this brings up is that this could potentially allow for the changing of jerusalem's mu